Friday 22 March 2013

Taking it Easy

I've been surprisingly at ease since my last midterm on Tuesday. And I don't see why I wouldn't be. With that out of the way, I only have 1 paper left to write that's not due for another 2 weeks and the only exams I have left to do are finals, which aren't for another 3-4 weeks.

It's really unsettling. For the first time in years I'm not stressing, panicking, or worrying about something or another. Every part of my mind is used to thinking about something I should be preparing for. And when it fails to find anything, I feel lazy.


Plus, I've been sleeping in a lot. As in, past noon, on weekdays. Is this a bad thing? Maybe. Do I feel awesome and well-rested for once? Yes. Yes I do. Well, sort of. I've been meaning to work on my various projects during the mornings, except that I'm asleep.

In more productive news, I've added another project to the queue. I'm not expecting much from it and I'll give additional details at the beginning of the next month as per project update.

I've also found a potential way to speed Project Derp up substantially. In theory, if I get this working, I could have phase 2 done in a fraction of the time needed. Which would be awesome. Because then I could actually do a blog post about it.

Project Cold is actually going very well too, but I want to make sure my previous work with it wasn't a fluke before I discuss it.

Pre-emptive thumbs up until then.

Last thing before I end this post, the last midterm I wrote was Linguistics. I distinctly remember not studying that well for this exam, I also remember falling asleep a lot during the class. And some of the concepts were brand new to me when I read my notes.

So I pretty much set myself up for failure for that midterm.

Though lately as long as I beat class average, I'm happy.


And so, I get that midterm back and what was my mark?

. . . .

104%.

An exam I have-heartedly studied for. Beat class average by over 30%. I feel pretty awesome right now. You know what? I'm probably going to feel awesome for a while.

Awesome.

32 comments:

  1. Its not fair. I must feel happy fr u but I am jealous. How come I dont score well when I have prepared just average? Ok ignore me. Bask in the glory of awesomness.

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  2. You should feel awesome. Unless there's some kind of grading rule I'm not aware of you broke the limits of reality and achieved more than 100%. But seriously well done. Taking a break is a great thing to do but I know how you feel about sleeping in. If I sleep in late I tend to get a lot less done, even if I'm more rested.

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  3. A hundred and four percent? How did you swing that?

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  4. Congratulations on your great mark! That usually happens to me, I tend to get really good grades on the assignments I don't really try hard for, and get crappy grades on the ones I try my best at. Doesn't make sense.

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  5. 104% !!!! You deserve to strut today! Enjoy your weekend!

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  6. All kinds of awesome today at your bay.

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  7. Way to go!

    And if you are feeling rested after sleeping in, you obviously needed it.

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  8. For somebody who works so hard all the time you are more than deserving some time to just laze around and relax so make the most of it and enjoy yourself mate, 104% is absolutely incredible too man, absolutely amazing work that most people could only dream of doing, massive well done to you buddy, absolutely phenomenal.

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  9. I don't blame you for feeling awesome or for taking as much sleep as possible. Good luck with your projects. :)

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  10. The "I've done nothing productive all day" picture made me laugh haha

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  11. Daaaaaaaaamn son! 104%?! I'd feel like I'd deserve those lazy mornings!

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  12. That is excellent. You must be a naturally good. Also you must be hard on yourself and thought that you did not study much when you actually did. Looks like your standards are a notch or two up compared to average.

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  13. Congrats! You deserve to feel awesome.

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  14. Good to know your midterms went well. :)
    Mine were nothing short of rape.

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  15. I'm kind in a similar phase with you right now... I'll probably speed up when the finals/due dates are closer.

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  16. Dah-umn! 104%? Nice work!

    Good luck with your projects! It will be nice to hear some details on them when you're able.

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  17. Nothing wrong with sleeping in---it energizes you for the rest of the day =)

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  18. Project Derp? I like the sound of that. And, don't panic... spare time never lasts. ;) Hope you're doing fine.

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  19. Enjoy your little reprieve! And congrats on your test score.

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  20. Hoorah!! Thumbs up all round!! And you so need too feel awesome!! And you are!! Yay!

    Take care
    x

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  21. Chill dude, life's too short. (And a 30% better than average IQ will help, no doubt.) :)

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  22. The only time I ever got 104 was when I got a 104 degree fever. Congratulations, you awesome bastard!

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  23. Good for you my friend. Keep on studying.

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  24. Rejoice in this well-earned down time :)

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  25. how'd u get over perfect? correct some grammatical error for the teacher? and i basically did that move in the first pic/gif all day today, which worries me because i dont know what i will do tomorrow. i guess i'll have to actually work after a week and a bit of slacking

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  26. awesome you!

    that blog graphics of yours is really a scene stealer in my blog roll. lmao!

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