The Gatekeeper...

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So I'm now in the editing stage of my final paper. Like, the final one. The one that is worth 25% of my final grade. And it's a super long research paper. ;__; I'm gonna diiiiieeee. Actually, when I took in the first draft today my professor seemed to like it, but he said I needed more specific evidence. I have a lot of personal experience stuff in there, but I need more actual scientific facts.

They're just so hard to FIND is the problem. I've looked EVERYWHERE for this one little thing I need to know, and no luck. See, my paper in on antidepressants, and I need a percentage of people who are depressed, how many of those people take antidepressants and how many go with other options, and how many of the people who go with other options succeed in conquering their depression. But I can't FIND it. ;____; Woe.

...Ugh. I'm going to go play Kingdom Hearts now and try to get out some of my frustration. ¬_¬

(Yes, I know, I've been MIA for a long time. My computer got a virus and life was being bitchy.)

Argh.

I got a B+ on my third English paper of the semester today.

NOOOOOOOOOO. THAT MAKES TWO B+s AND ONLY ONE A! I AM NOT A B+ STUDENT!

I think it's because I've had so much trouble managing my time lately. If I had been able to give it more thought and work on it over several days I would not have had a problem. Luckily, my English professor is the BEST professor in the world, and is letting each student rewrite one paper. So, since our next (and last) paper is supposed to build on this one anyway, I've decided to rewrite this one. That way, as an added bonus when I go to write my next paper (THIS WEEKEND! AAH!), I won't have to do as much editing.

So yeah. AND I still have to do something for Japanese to make up for when I was in Hawaii. I think I'm going to go with what my professor and I talked about, which is basically a powerpoint slideshow talking about the things I saw. But in order to DO that, I need 1) the digital camera so I can get all of our photos onto my computer, and 2) some kind of program that'll let me type in Japanese (NO IDEA where I'm going to get that).

*whimper* Help meeee!

I'm going to be more MIA than usual for the next week, as I'm going to Hawaii with my family. I'll be back next Thursday. Byeeesss <3

I've pulled an all-nighter to study for midterms tomorrow.

Stupid college.

I'm kind of proud, though, to tell the truth. I've managed to pull the ghastly first draft of my midterm English paper into something fairly decent, and was able to study for four hours without getting distracted to prepare for my Japanese midterm.

And now I am tired.

...I suppose I'll just wait five hours, then go to English, then take a nap after that, and hopefully not be too tired for Japanese...

...I really wish I knew how to make coffee...

...But my mom always does it...

...That's rather pathetic...

...Oh well...

I think I kinda get it now. Sorta. Some of it. Things are starting to make sense. I've been right about some things and wrong about others, but everything is coming together now. I feel like I really know who I am to a much higher degree than before.

...I'll stop the introspective babble now. xD

Lots of stuff to get through today. Let's start with...

1. HAWAII. ZOMG. I absolutely cannot wait. asdkfsjlkjfdklsjasf;

2. Cell phone guy didn't come to Japanese today! :D It's the first class he's missed, so I'm hoping against hope thinking maybe he dropped the class.

3. NARUTO 371 SPOILERS OMG. OOOOOOMG. *brain overloaded with awesome*

4. My Japanese professor gave us so. much. homework. T_T This is far more than she's ever given us before. We have to read a bunch of pages and do a bunch of work sheets, plus download two programs online, find a few Japanese songs and upload them to the website (no problem for me since I've got a huge library of Japanese songs), memorize an entire conversation and replace the character's facts (name, gender, nationality, school, etc.) with our own before presenting it in class, and watch at least one Japanese movie (or movie with some Japanese in it) and try to pick up at least a few phrases. And no anime.

Yes, you read that right. NO. ANIME.

...

T_T Why, sensei? Why?

GAAAAAAHHHH ENGLISH IS TOMORROW AND I HAVEN'T PACKED MY BACKPACK SINCE I UNPACKED IN ON SUNDAY! *rushes around throwing things into backpack*

Well, I had... an EVENTFUL day -_-.

So my internet goes out. It's around eight thirty at night, I suppose. And guess what?

I HAVE TO FINISH MY PHYSICAL SCIENCE CLASS BY MIDNIGHT THAT NIGHT OR I FAIL.

Did I mention it's online? Yeah.

So I call up my friend leon_ares. The beginning of the phone conversation went something like this: "Hi. Do you have wireless internet?"

The remainder of the conversation was mainly as follows: "OMG CAN I PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE COME OVER TO YOUR HOUSE AND USE YOUR INTERNET. PLEASE." I said this in a... slightly less frantic way, of course. So anyway, five minutes later I'm at his house, hopefully making my EXTREME GRATITUDE show as clearly as possible. And I managed to finish the last two tests in the course with relative ease. Tests are much more fun to take when you have someone there to make fun of the questions with you xD.

But OMG. Seriously. He freaking saved my life. ♥♥♥♥

And now, of course, the internet's back on -_-. Figures.

I just finished the seventh Harry Potter book for the second time.

I'm not sure how I feel.

( This is a ramble to do with Harry Potter and how it has affected my life, and somewhat lifted my depression. Skip it if you want. )