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tarigwaemirAd Mundo Exteriore,
The hell known as exam period is finally over! ::cheers::
I think I did fine on that last final. Well, I'm sure my essay should and could have been longer and better organized, but my knuckles were pulsing by that point, and honestly, I really don't care. My analysis of the "new" primary source passage was excellent, and I say that objectively. I mean, I saw the poem (Propertius, Elegies, IV.6) before, thanks to my final paper, and also by this point I've nearly memorized Virgil's description of the Battle of Actium on Aeneas' shield in the Aeneid, so the comparison was detailed and spot-on. I managed to identify all the images and passages correctly, though my commentary on a few may have been weak. The multiple choice was insanely picky but amazingly I figured all of them out too.
I only studied two and a half hours for this final. That was a pretty amazing stroke of luck that I came through the exam relatively unscathed. I guess it helped that I read Ovid before in eighth grade and that I did so much extensive sourcebook reading for my final paper. I swear, that exam was completed nearly entirely on the basis of residual knowledge from the paper.
My knuckles still feel swollen. Ow, it hurts to type. ;_;
I've been admitted to my second choice seminar! Unofficially, that is--the professor just emailed us. Actually, the only reason why it's my second choice is because I really wanted to take a non-science seminar (my last chance before biochemistry swallows me up whole, you know?). It's closely related to the field I want to go into (the seminar is called "Why did intelligence evolve on Earth?" and I want to do origin-of-life research), and I think it would be a really cool class. I'm almost hoping that my first-choice seminar rejects me just so I can accept. ^_^ The textbook apparently is already available at the Coop, and I'm thinking about going ahead and buying it regardless of whether I take the seminar or not.
Hm...I won't have to write papers for this class, would I? ::ponders::
Anyway, I'm going to relax! And go to sleep early! And write the last of the application essays tomorrow (I think I'm going to have to spend all my money sending them out by Next Day mail. Argh.)
...Tari
The hell known as exam period is finally over! ::cheers::
I think I did fine on that last final. Well, I'm sure my essay should and could have been longer and better organized, but my knuckles were pulsing by that point, and honestly, I really don't care. My analysis of the "new" primary source passage was excellent, and I say that objectively. I mean, I saw the poem (Propertius, Elegies, IV.6) before, thanks to my final paper, and also by this point I've nearly memorized Virgil's description of the Battle of Actium on Aeneas' shield in the Aeneid, so the comparison was detailed and spot-on. I managed to identify all the images and passages correctly, though my commentary on a few may have been weak. The multiple choice was insanely picky but amazingly I figured all of them out too.
I only studied two and a half hours for this final. That was a pretty amazing stroke of luck that I came through the exam relatively unscathed. I guess it helped that I read Ovid before in eighth grade and that I did so much extensive sourcebook reading for my final paper. I swear, that exam was completed nearly entirely on the basis of residual knowledge from the paper.
My knuckles still feel swollen. Ow, it hurts to type. ;_;
I've been admitted to my second choice seminar! Unofficially, that is--the professor just emailed us. Actually, the only reason why it's my second choice is because I really wanted to take a non-science seminar (my last chance before biochemistry swallows me up whole, you know?). It's closely related to the field I want to go into (the seminar is called "Why did intelligence evolve on Earth?" and I want to do origin-of-life research), and I think it would be a really cool class. I'm almost hoping that my first-choice seminar rejects me just so I can accept. ^_^ The textbook apparently is already available at the Coop, and I'm thinking about going ahead and buying it regardless of whether I take the seminar or not.
Hm...I won't have to write papers for this class, would I? ::ponders::
Anyway, I'm going to relax! And go to sleep early! And write the last of the application essays tomorrow (I think I'm going to have to spend all my money sending them out by Next Day mail. Argh.)
...Tari
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Date: 2004-01-27 07:44 pm (UTC)Though I cannot give you your Christmas gift because I left it at home....Mother has to mail me it..
O.o
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Date: 2004-01-28 12:19 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-01-28 10:07 am (UTC)Yeah..
For Gondor!
O.o
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Date: 2004-01-28 01:56 pm (UTC)"tari" = "high one" (feminine), or more loosely, "queen", e.g. Varda Elentari, Yavanna Kementari, Sauron Annatar ("tar" being the masculine form)
"gwae" = wind, e.g. Gwaihir
"mir" = jewel, commonly used in female names, e.g. Miriel
Um, yeah, really, really stupid name, but I came up with it in fifth grade, and it's kind of...stuck. ::shrugs:: Much like you and Krystalgem, I suppose.
...Tari
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Date: 2004-01-28 02:57 pm (UTC)Yeah, so it takes David Wenham for me to suddenly realize and understand my best friend's internet name...sigh...I am so pathetic...
O.o
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Date: 2004-01-28 01:58 pm (UTC)...Tari
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Date: 2004-01-30 09:38 pm (UTC)GO HANA!!! way to kick final BUTTOCKS!!! ::poings around::
good heavens, mail is an evil thing...
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Date: 2004-02-02 01:31 pm (UTC)...Tari