WHY AM I UPDATING MY LJ MORE OFTEN THAN MY REGULAR BLOG

*not all that recent; may write another entry on Thursday or Friday to talk about summer school and such.

Not much has happened since the end of the school year. Heck, I haven’t really had the chance to truly get away from Berkeley, what with having to attend eye appointments every week. I had to get fitted for new lenses since the ones I had weren’t giving my eyes enough oxygen. After that, I needed yet another refitting because they seemed to be irritating my eyes!

The following week, I came in without the test pair I had on before, which was a no-no. I thought they wanted me to see how the trial lens would be. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I was a subject of sorts that day. Interns and the like had the opportunity to look at my right eyeball through a teaching tube. Apparently I have something on my eye that usually disappears after birth. Thanks, mom! Aside from that, there was also a foreign body in my left eye, but they wanted me to come back the following week to (1) determine my eyes’ response to the lenses and (2) see whether the body would just go away.

This week I had it removed (might’ve been residue from a ripped contact lens) and my lenses were fine–though my vision didn’t feel as sharp this time around–so I won’t have to go back for an appointment until next year. I much prefer these lenses over my previous pair, especially compared to the first test pair I tried on. Stiff contacts feel so awkward. I believe they Acuvue Oasys, two-week disposables. I’m used to monthlies, but the increased health benefits is nice, even if it probably costs more. Yippee! I so prefer going to the dentist over the optometrist; I feel like I’m taking a test rather than attending an appointment when I’m at the optometrist. Eye chart, you are my enemy… It just feels ridiculous to say this letter is an A when I know I’m not looking at an A.

Besides that, I’ve seen two movies this summer so far: Up and The Proposal. As usual, I’m really fond of Pixar movies.

THE CAL POLY CONUNDRUM

Just writing this down for future reference.

Greyhound – 5 hrs
1-way tickets from SJ to SLO with companion discount (adult fare), order 3 days ahead of departure; will check for 2+ tickets if anyone asks!

$35.25 (1st ticket)
$17.63 (second ticket)

Amtrak – ~4 hours
1-way tickets from SJ to SLO (adult fare)

$68.00 for 2 people (assume it’s $34 each then)

The Adventures of Kim and Amy, Part IDK

So Kim and I are talking about feces and fiber because we’re oh-so-classy people.

Me: HAHAHA. OKAY. HMM. I GUESS I HAVE ANOTHER EXCUSE TO DRINK JAMBA JUICE and eat more burritos.

Kim: xDD

Me: i had oatmeal the other day? XD

Kim: beans r good for u. oh man.

@#$%

• lulz, i got the definition of psychology wrong. it’s not only my favorite class this semester, but…that’s kind of really really basic. i was reasoning why i should put “a, b, and c are correct,” but ignored my thought process because I don’t remember it being on the slides. then i checked, and it turned out they were. WHOOPS.
• I SHOULD TRUST MY INSTINCTS AND NOT MY BRAIN. I think I got the location for Wernicke’s area wrong because I was trying to reason it despite knowing B-W–> inferior-superior. Probably associated them with the wrong lobes.
• …I neglected to study for most of the second midterm material because i was sleepy and forgot about the stuff that i didn’t hole-punch. WHOOPSx2.
• I do not forsee an 88 in my near future. Amusingly enough, I think I did best on the material for the first midterm despite getting my worst score on that one. I guess I concentrated on that since I did so badly there and handwaved the second midterm material since I did decently on that. XD;
• PSYCHOPHYSICS WAS ON THE TEST, BUT I FORGOT WHAT IT MEANT.
• parasympathetic – resting! sympathetic – fight or flight. …i forgot what i put on the exam.
• I SHALL UPDATE WHEN THE GRADES ARE UP. I’d love to get an A- in the class, but I bet I missed more than 12. XD;
• Missed 16 and ended up with a B+ in the class. … …Well, here’s to hoping I get decent grades in my other classes.

YEAH, MY TWITTER-STYLE POSTS AREN’T SHORT

• Note to self: paranoia isn’t restricted to people thinking everyone’s against them; generalize it to simply having delusions and hallucinations! Also, I should’ve read those Sci. America articles as opposed to relying on someone else’s notes for that. Good for general idea, but not so much on a tiny detail. Ahh, my extra point! I’ll need to adjust my expectations for the final since I doubt I got in the A-range for this midterm.
• It feels good to be done with an essay “ahead” of time. I can’t even remember the last time I finished an essay before…I don’t know, 9 ‘o clock? Granted, it was because I had to study for another exam, but still! …Am I actually one of those people who needs to be busy to get crap done? XD;

Goals for the Summer

• Read ahead for Fall 2009
• Get good grades for summer classes
• Study Japanese (try to recall those 2 years)
• Acquire a Macbook and learn how to use it
• Read those damn English grammar books I own
• Obtain editing skills
• Talk to Bader about how one would get internship credit? Might do it next week instead. …She lives nearby though, so I could always try visiting her.
• Go to the Career Center for tips on nailing internship interviews?
• Figure out potential travel time and such for internship
• Work on resume

Considerations

HMM. Amazon price dropped to $1,322.46. 1323.46 if I get Amazon’s laptop instead since they almost price-matched J&R or whatever.

No es muy interesante

I saw this at Walgreens sometime in December.

Okay, that’s probably the most interesting thing in this entry.

Called Kinokuniya the other day and it turns out they did indeed send us a postcard. Since they have my name, address, and phone number, I can just come in with identification. Whoop!

The PFA Library is pretty much three or four separate rooms with books and files. It’s smaller than I thought it’d be and kind of has limited seating. It’s all secretive and stuff since I had to sign in to gain access. The receptionist had to buzz me in. Fancy! I spent about three hours in there and scanned 63 pages worth of stuff.

No clever title :(

…Man, I can’t stop thinking about how my parents may have thrown out a Kinokuniya postcard (more specifically my dad since he loves throwing things away; he even threw away one of my brother’s puzzles because he hadn’t put it together). I went in like last month or the month before to special order a magazine and they told me there was a 50-50 chance they’d be able to acquire the item for me. I didn’t actually expect them to get it, so I went ahead and ordered them online, though it’ll be some time before they get shipped to my house. I appreciate my mom finally telling me, but doing that on a Monday when I know I can’t go to the store to check is going to distract me for the rest of the week. Guess I’ll sell the copy I ordered or ask Akadot to cancel or swap it for something else. It’d be sad too if it turned out to be something else instead of a Kinokuniya postcard, meaning we’d waste gasoline.

…I’ll just call them tomorrow or the day after. b

Closest thing to Twitter style

• Damn it. It’s Pre-conventional –> conventional –> post-conventional. Wonder how I got it into my head that there wasn’t a post. I was debating over this one… Well, I think I did better than last time, but who knows? Doubt I got an A though. ;; Might end up taking the final at this rate… *5:32 – Nope, not an A. Definitely better than last time. Median range this time. Will have to take the final for any chance of an A in the class. Need an almost perfect score on the third exam and a score comparable to today’s exam.
  
• Going to see whether there’s any film crit on prostitutes. Have an experiment to attend at 11 am.