Whoo. It's certainly been a while. Not a lot has happened lately, other than that this semester is significantly more enjoyable than the previous one. The reasons for that are threefold: One, all the annoying teachers that I didn't like are no longer in charge of my class. Two, the subject content is much deeper and more expansive. Two-point-five, none of the science modules have stupid or irrelevant projects. And three, most of the modules use passable grammar.

I myself have not changed much. I still spend lots of time procrastinating, and constantly feel torn between games and books. When I'm reading or working, I think about how I could be earning more gold with my druid. When I'm playing, I think about how I could finish that last bit in a few hours if I weren't so interested in killing things.

Alas, my work is catching up with me. Recreation is going to have to take a step back to make room for a different kind of fun. Knowing me, however, the subtle tide that is online games will rise again and smother whatever work ethic I might have come up with.


I recently had a new air-conditioning unit installed in my room. The old one had been giving me problems for months. Sometimes it wouldn't start. Other times, it would blow warm air out for no discernible reason. The malfunctioning got more frequent lately, and so now I have this cool sci-fi thing hanging on the wall.

I like to think of it as a high-tech but underused cryogenic system.


The materials science people need to invent a paper substitute that is maybe ten times less dense, but just as strong. I say this because textbooks are irritatingly heavy. I have borrowed a book on human anatomy and physiology to help me out in one of my modules, but it's such a hassle to carry around. It's huge, so I can't fit it into my bag. It's really heavy, so even if I could fit it into my bag, I wouldn't. It also happens to be soft and floppy, so it is difficult to carry it around without it spilling out of my arms and into the nether-world of underused textbooks.

I realise that I don't need everything that the book has, so I have opted to start summarising the required chapters into a notebook. This is all because of my conditioned aversion to NYP lecture notes. Even though the grammar is much better now, I still don't like them. They've got this aura...

I have not actually started this yet, but I intend to before long. I'm happy that most of the modules are now largely weighted in written tests, but this unfortunately means I need to spend less time pushing buttons and more time scribbling illegibly.

I can picture perfect biological diagrams, but when I draw them out they look like a bunch of circles and lines. Kind of what they'd look like if Picasso drew them, only worth a lot less money.

-Joe

And so, I joined the band. On a side note, I hate ants even more now.

The first week of school felt slower than anything. There was almost nothing taught that I didn't already know. Also, there wasn't a lot of homework. So, I got through the week questing on my druid.

Second week, we began to touch on the more content-based hard science topics. To my great delight, I found out that pretty much all the modules that I am taking were weighed heavily in written tests. How fortunate for me, how unfortunate for almost everyone else. It is at times like this, that I truly appreciate the bell curve.


Today, Shaun and I went for our first band session. Insert usual complaints about the needlessness of orientation and icebreaking activities. And then, ants got into my bag. These were like the ants that were bothering me in my room, except bigger and faster. They were black ants on steroids. I must've placed my bag right on their trail. In my efforts to remove the ants from my bag, I also dislodged two years worth of junk that was up until now enjoying a lovely stay at the bottom of my bag.

Now, these ants were simply ferocious. I got bitten(or stung, I don't know. I didn't let them stay on me long enough to observe their methods of causing me terrible pain) maybe twenty-five times, and I somehow had an ant in my pants. You probably already know this, but do not let ants get into your pants.

Other than that, today was a nice day. Playing in a band makes me forget how people normally are.

I need to do some stupid report on the qualities of yogurt. Ygbbsdbbsbddghh.


-Joe