Electric Twist

Wow, I can't believe it's still Tuesday. It's been such a long day, and I don't mean that it's boring. Let's see, I got up at 7 am to finish my philosophy homework. I left home at about 10:20 and went to put my HEAVY biology textbook in my locker and had no time to grab breakfast so I decided to head off to psychology right away. That's when I ran into Mae :)

Psychology. Philosophy. Then it's food for the first time that day. It was a REALLY enjoyable slice of pepperoni pizza.

After that I headed to study for my biology exam tomorrow. I was productive, I think. I even memorized the structures of 9 amino acids (for biochem) during the 30 minutes when I thought I wasn't going to do anything--is "not doing anything" even allowed anymore? Anyway, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to memorize all 20 amino acids, among other things, in time for Friday, but I guess ochem trained my brain to do stuff like this well.

6:30-almost 10: philosophy club. Without understanding most of what was said, I got so much out of the talk. I knew more about the study of philosophy in general and I got more ideas of what I need to read up on.

Now it's back to studying biology (i.e. back to reality) after I'm done with this post.

Sometimes I feel that being a neuroscience/philosophy major confuses people into respecting me, which is good for me--it's good to be respected, but I'm really not as intelligent as people think I am at all. On the one hand, I don't mind at all because I know that I'm not someone who gets the best grade yet contributes to the learning process of others by tutoring or even just discussing homework. On the other hand, I seriously wish I were more intelligent!

...which is why I need to go study right now... and listen to A Fine Frenzy's "Bomb In A Birdcage" album.

Float On

Here's how my day went:

I missed the bus and had to wait outside in the nasty wind for an extra 30 minutes. I only needed to be on the bus for about 5 minutes, and then I had to walk for about 15 minutes. I barely made it to class.

The good thing is that I'm really liking my Biol 2002 group. I would admit that not everything we do during concept lab is that helpful, but my group is pretty awesome.

I had a busy day. I left home at almost 10 am, and from that time until 9:30 pm I had only an hour and a half of free time. The only food I had between morning and 7:30 was a disgusting muffin from a vending machine in the Biological Sciences building. Next time I should just run over a few minutes to grab a pizza or something.

I have to admit I felt like I was going crazy a few hours ago, but now I feel less tired and I think I can study for at least five more hours. My class tomorrow starts at 11:15 so I don't have to wake up very early.

Y-Scholars is starting next week, and I think I might have to tutor another student (physics). So definitely more stress over what I already have, but I think I'll be okay.

This post is called "Float On" because that song (by Modest Mouse) is on my mind right now, and I guess the content of the lyrics go along with my optimism of the moment well. Go listen to it :)

Okay, time to study (read for philosophy, watch videos of biochem lectures and memorize a bunch of stuff, and study for biology)

And drink chai. Drinking chai is like telling myself I'm going to study hard for the hours to come.

First post!

I decided that instead of posting Facebook notes, I'll just make a proper blog instead. The content would be mostly college/future/goals-related, since those are the things I can afford to rant a whole lot about these days. But there's always room for philosophy, music, and other worthwhile topics :)

The title, description, etc are all lines from the song "Beach" by Mew, which is probably one of the bands that has inspired me most in the past few months. The lyrics relate to growing up (among other things), so it's appropriate for the original purpose of the blog, I guess. Check it out.