Bits Of Babbling

Final Final Taken:
Summer is upon us!

Well, all done with finals for this semester! Today was the hardest of them, it involved no such animal as multiple choices, verification of the truth or false-ity behind statements, or an open invitation to search through text and notes for answers. No, indeed this one actually involved independent thought and the formulation of my own answers, though ironically enough this was the test I prepared for the least. My preparations were as follows: Stay up till 12am browsing the THorum and talking on MSN, sleep for 6 hours, browse THorum again, shower, etc etc... and eventually I got to the studying part for the 15 - 20 minutes I spent in McDonalds eating a McGriddle.

I suppose that to the untrained eye this would appear to be a gross waste of valuable preparation time, given the information that this was indeed the hardest of my tests... but really there wasn't much studying that could be done for it. The class is mostly concepts with a few definitions tossed in here and there to season the dish to perfection. Having already understood most of the concepts before they were taught, I was on fair footing from the get-go.

It’s been a dark, nasty, rainy, day and things were not boding well for having a successful test. This was the kind of day where you expect to meet your doom. I met up with a friend in the parking lot and walked to class with him, we discussed the many evil things which could pop up on the exam in addition to commenting on the aforementioned gloomy doomy day. Thankfully when we got the exam, none of our worst fears were realized. Indeed the worst problem during the test was when the McGriddle got into an argument with my body - I was a fool who dreamed of a Utopian world in which the two could co-exist in harmony. No such luck!

Test finished and the McGriddle debacle resolved, I walked back to my car letting the cool rain soak me as it pleased. It wasn't that I was helpless to stop it, I carry an umbrella in my bag at all times since rain is a common occurrence in this area. But the rain wasn't too heavy, wasn't too cold, and having just finished my final final... I just didn't care.

Update: Geology grade is in, I managed an A in there after all

Posted by Michael at May 13, 2004 10:37 AM