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tarigwaemirAd Mundo Exteriore,
So, I redesigned my personal website—you know, the one that has absolutely nothing of substance other than an infinity symbol that acts as a navigation bar? The link is on my LJ userinfo page. The new version of course isn't uploaded yet, and once I do get around to putting it up, it'll be over on oniichan's domain. (Danke, Angelette!) It's much more conventional now, though the ever-present infinity symbol still acts as my navigation bar, thanks to a script I stole from someone. ^_^ It's going to be a writing archive, so if any of my friends want me to host their writing—fan fiction, original fiction, poetry, essays, etc.—I'll be happy to share space. In any case, I have to move it from the Vaio to the iBook first, so it's not going to be uploaded until spring break.
I've been reading more Hikaru no Go fanfiction (yes, I am a masochist), and wincing at the horrible writing. (I really hope the authors of some of these fics are not native English speakers, because it'll be terribly humiliating if they were. I mean, the best fanfic writers with flawless grammar and style never seem to have English as their first language. Why is that?)
I've just realized something very terrible. I'm going to have to take a mandatory placement exam for math and writing at the beginning of freshman year, and I've practically forgotten all of BC Calculus (aside from the theorems of course) because I've been studying pure theory for a year. For example, I know when I need to use integration by parts, but I don't recall the formula. I don't remember the derivatives of inverse trig functions nor do I remember what infinite series equals e^x. I had to look up the integral of cos(2x) just now, in order to give a counterexample. This is serious! Argh. I think I'm going to end up panicking and reviewing math over the summer. Can someone tell me if college placement tests are as difficult as the APs? And if the placement test is general or staggered? If I can specifically place out of multivariable calculus or linear algebra, I wouldn't be so nervous. (Although one would expect that I should be able to work "backwards" from multivariable to single-variable calc...but for some reason, it doesn't work out that way. ::feels stupid::) Let's just hope I'm hyperventilating for nothing.
My mood icon doesn't really match my actual mood. I feel miserable, utterly wretched, not morose. (That's what six hours of wrestling with math homework does to me. I mean, I love math, but I'm also a chronic procrastinator, and I always feel horrid when I'm working under pressure.)
...Tari
Post-script: Finally finished the Prospero's Children trilogy by Jan Siegel. Absolutely wonderful, though I was a bit upset by a Tolkien reference that I felt was a little patronizing and not properly respectful. >_< But other than that, it was a superb finale. Unfortunately, afterwards I began my math homework with barely enough time to finish, and my good mood, as you can see, was ruined.
So, I redesigned my personal website—you know, the one that has absolutely nothing of substance other than an infinity symbol that acts as a navigation bar? The link is on my LJ userinfo page. The new version of course isn't uploaded yet, and once I do get around to putting it up, it'll be over on oniichan's domain. (Danke, Angelette!) It's much more conventional now, though the ever-present infinity symbol still acts as my navigation bar, thanks to a script I stole from someone. ^_^ It's going to be a writing archive, so if any of my friends want me to host their writing—fan fiction, original fiction, poetry, essays, etc.—I'll be happy to share space. In any case, I have to move it from the Vaio to the iBook first, so it's not going to be uploaded until spring break.
I've been reading more Hikaru no Go fanfiction (yes, I am a masochist), and wincing at the horrible writing. (I really hope the authors of some of these fics are not native English speakers, because it'll be terribly humiliating if they were. I mean, the best fanfic writers with flawless grammar and style never seem to have English as their first language. Why is that?)
I've just realized something very terrible. I'm going to have to take a mandatory placement exam for math and writing at the beginning of freshman year, and I've practically forgotten all of BC Calculus (aside from the theorems of course) because I've been studying pure theory for a year. For example, I know when I need to use integration by parts, but I don't recall the formula. I don't remember the derivatives of inverse trig functions nor do I remember what infinite series equals e^x. I had to look up the integral of cos(2x) just now, in order to give a counterexample. This is serious! Argh. I think I'm going to end up panicking and reviewing math over the summer. Can someone tell me if college placement tests are as difficult as the APs? And if the placement test is general or staggered? If I can specifically place out of multivariable calculus or linear algebra, I wouldn't be so nervous. (Although one would expect that I should be able to work "backwards" from multivariable to single-variable calc...but for some reason, it doesn't work out that way. ::feels stupid::) Let's just hope I'm hyperventilating for nothing.
My mood icon doesn't really match my actual mood. I feel miserable, utterly wretched, not morose. (That's what six hours of wrestling with math homework does to me. I mean, I love math, but I'm also a chronic procrastinator, and I always feel horrid when I'm working under pressure.)
...Tari
Post-script: Finally finished the Prospero's Children trilogy by Jan Siegel. Absolutely wonderful, though I was a bit upset by a Tolkien reference that I felt was a little patronizing and not properly respectful. >_< But other than that, it was a superb finale. Unfortunately, afterwards I began my math homework with barely enough time to finish, and my good mood, as you can see, was ruined.
