Sunday 14 October 2012

Midterms Round #2

You'd think that having all your courses crammed on two days would also mean a lot of overlapping exams and assignments. So imagine my surprise when everything is nicely spread out for me to do. It's pretty great, I really wasn't expecting this.

It means that this term is a lot of relaxing than the last one. And for all my regular readers who remember, it was kind of a nightmare near the end.

This term should hopefully be a piece of cake in comparison.

My assignments for Conservation and Social Influences psychology have been done in advance so no need to worry about those. There are papers for both of them however and I really should start working on them as soon as possible. They don't seem hard at all which is great, I'll just need to take a weekend off and power through them.

Social Influences is even nicer in that that paper is basically the final. And I am more than happy with writing one less final in December. The midterm for this class is this Thursday though, and I haven't touched my notes yet.

I'll read them later.

In the meantime, another Aging Psychology midterm is next week as well as a Cognitive Psychology one. I still haven't got the hang of the Cognitive Psych quizzes yet, but I think I'm finally noticing a trend. Hopefully I can start doing well on these things.

I also opted to do volunteer service for my Aging psych course instead of writing a paper. Investing 20 hours in community service seemed a lot better than writing. I ended up getting placed with a caregiver's society and what they want to do is expand their online influence. So I'll basically be helping them with blog posts.

Blogging as school work, who would have expected that?

I'm working, I promise.

Lastly, I've finally registered for the GRE. I'll be taking it at the end of November and it's a 4.5 hour long exam broken into multiple segments. It's just the general one which is good, I really don't want to relearn Physics, Chemistry, Biology, or Calculus. I'll begin hunting for study guides and what not after this last wave of midterms are done.

Oh, and some people were interested in where I got the My Little Pony figurines for Theresa. I originally wasn't going to share it (because I don't want her knowing how much they cost) but then I remembered she's too busy to read my blog anymore.

The person is called Krowzivitch and she does some very nice work. She has exploded in popularity however and if you don't grab a commission slot within the minute it opens you won't get in. Here's a sample of her work:


Alright, back to work. See you guys on Wednesday.

30 comments:

  1. I want that cake....
    that aside it seems like you're being overwhelmed, good luck getting ahead of the ball

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  2. She doesn't have commissions open right now, but I can live. There are people who make plushies and those are very expensive. I wish I had infinite moneyz. That cake looks like it has a hat :D

    Anyway, good luck with the midterms. Once you start work it won't seem as bad. You're even blogging, which is something you already know how to do.

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  3. I love the ponies man, they look perfect and I reckon that Theresa is going to adore them! I'm glad to hear that things are pretty relaxed when it comes to the university midterms and everything because I do remember that last year things did get pretty hectic!

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  4. It's cool that you have less subjects this year so you will be less preoccupied with your work :) Nice ponies, really original!)

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  5. Well, I'm glad it's spread out at least. Midterms still suck, though...

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  6. best of luck with the midterm, Demian!

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  7. GRE dusts memories I had good score but had to go for job. Blog for school work that sounds interesting.

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  8. Wow looks like she does great work. Seems a lot easier than the last semester and don't blame you for not wanting to learn that crap over again haha

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  9. Blogging as school work sounds pretty awesome. Well, depending on the content you have to post. I don't imagine you'll be posting any fart jokes or youtube videos of cats doing funny things. (not that you do that now...)

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  10. Gah. Good luck with the GRE! It was funny, while reading your post I suddenly MISSED being school - and simultaneously was super glad I was done. It was weird to feel both emotions at once!

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  11. wish I could blog as school work

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  12. "Aging Psychology"? Hey, I'm doing some personal research from experience in that field right now! Actually, for about the last 10 years.

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  13. That's pretty cool that you get to do blogging as school work! Good luck on the midterms!

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  14. GRE is tough but with hard work you will be able to crack

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  15. Good news about your exams! And thanks for the info on a possible breast cancer vaccine in the future...I hope it pans out!

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  16. Life's good! I'm glad you've gotten some stability, congrats

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  17. Make sure to pay attention in Aging Psychology. I may be calling you soon for advice.

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  18. Good luck! Hope all goes well!
    Oh and that photo of the chocolate cake now has me craving chocolate cake.

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  19. Ahhh!!! Theresa is so lucky!

    As are you for being able to blog for school work!

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  20. I wonder if Theresa knows the Brony meme

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  21. Yay for a less crazy term!! And my goodness that cake looks spectacular! I have a craving for chocolate cake now.... rawr!

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  22. Those figurines are totally amazing! More like cartoons than the originals (I have some of the originals.)

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  23. It sounded like you needed a break and I'm glad you're kind of getting one. It's a well deserved one at that!!!

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  24. The cake looks delicious :p Can I have a bite?

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  25. Glad mid terms are going well, very cool about the volunteering option.

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  26. Sounds like a busy couple weeks ahead; good luck! You sound far more prepared than I ever was. I usually saved writing papers until 12 hours before they were due....

    xo

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  27. first off THANKS for dropping by my blog and for dropping a comment, I don't know how u landed there but I'm happy you did :)
    I love robert downey jr too especially as charlie chaplin

    now, you owe me 3 things:
    1. I visited to thank you but ended up staying for more than an hour here in your site. I think I've back read about 5 posts :)
    2. you made me jealous about "blogging as a school work". i wish I had that experience when I was in college.
    3. I'm now craving for chocolate cake.

    Result:
    I followed you here I'm #509 and added you in my blog roll so I won't miss your "candid thoughts". And I'm now heading out to grab a piece of double decker choco cake :(

    See yah around!

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  28. im glad too hear u wont be too stressed out i have overlapped assignments or clashes with exams :<

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  29. Glad your current term is turning out less-crazy than the last!

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