Ninjas STILL can't catch you if you're on fire

Will forever and ever be something very awesome ♥.

This week has been kinda ehh at points, but the bubbles we blew today at the Donau Park were really just good ol' fun! Although it did get cold reaaal quick at 5PM, brr...

Gotta go pack my overnight bag for Carmen's place now, as I am dragging her to V's party tonight as well and am gonna crash at her place later and watch reruns of Germany's Next Top Model tomorrow~~


ALSO: My white shoes of DOOM haet me, as the stitches are open in the left one already and I have already bled in them as well. Fuck, now I can't take them back no more... MY GERMS lolol >_>;;


I still don't know what to do for my birthday festivities and people keep asking me... :[

First day of uni after the hols and I have already kinda shut down my brain. Well, in defense it WAS Step 6 and fricking boring. CCC was positively witty after that in Allgemeine Psychologie >_>;; THE WEATHER IS SIMPLY FAR TOO GOOD TO STUDY. And now that it's warmer, the subway actually kinda reeks. Like unwashed man. Tasty.

Gonna go get my finge trimmed again at some trendy(?) hair place at the Mariahilfer Street after uni tomorrow, so I am kinda of nervously looking forward to that... And still boggling that it'd cost 20 euros as opposed to the 50 euros it would've cost in the MC. Man I miss the asian prices for this kind of things...

Off to do some tutorium-related googling! BRAAAAINS. And then sleep aaah it's nearlly 1AM already D:

I am so fricking tired and will probably spend the entire day running around getting stuff done like today (LAUNDRY GET yess) BUT before that some pics that made me happpppy~

( JOY AND JOYNESS AWAIT WITHIN <333 )

Calling mini hiatus until wednesday, email spamminations nonwithstanding blaaargh SOZ PSYCH EXAM DOOOOM and the WHOLE DAY uni tomorrow jesus tuesday I haaaaet youuuu DDDD:



BUT! I PASSED ALLGEMEINE PSYCH yaay one psychology exam done, one more to goooo (with a three again, man it's like I'm happy for that and all, but shit have I dropped down to be a plain jane average student ;_; The former swot in me is all ashamed...)

HERE have an awesome link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadl/sets/72157594279945875/

and an awesome song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vfLeJQvhgI

and something that would interest german-reading dudes I guess (I was at the italian restaurant across the bank when this happened! LOL eyewitnesss): http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/0,1518,469607,00.html

First the THREE HOUR BONANZA that is 'intro to soz. research methods', where for a measly 2 ECTS credits we get what is the most classroom-like lecture I have ever been in so far. THE PROF ASKED FOR A SHOW OF HANDS OF WHO DID AND DIDNT DO THE HOMEWORK. IN A GROUP OF OVER A 100. ...which brings me to the next point-- homework? Whaaaaat the hell is going on here. Also I asked the asshole-question of 'I wasn't here last week, could you please repeat what the homework question was?' and daaaamn did I ever get a chewing out of my lack of responsabilities(!!) and I should be more responsible about my studies!!1 and I could see all the other shifty-eyed looks of all the other people who also weren't here last time thinking 'wow I sure I am happy someone else asked that!!' lolol...

And today was 'Statistics for sociologists', which I had only picked due to the 1 hour yet FIVE ECTS deal and haaah. I came ten minutes early and the kinda smallish lecture room was already full to overflowing. I managed to squeeze myself in though, stood and squatted on the floor through the first 20 minute of intro bla bla(without a microphone I might add, and the chick was all 'may I have your attention please!' ..well no, if 80% of the room can't hear you due to shitty room acoustics and the sheer amount of chatter in such a overfilled room >_>) and uh left once we were supposed to sort ourselves into groups and figure out some sums. ...like, what the hell is with Soziologie and their burning desire to GROUP FUNNNN all the time?? And these are general lectures, not UE or workshops OR seminars... so I am kinda confused. Don't get this in my psychology electives, that's fo sure!
Spent the rest of the evening at Anja's, where I mooched off her food and just chilled until I had to go to my STEP6 Tut, which again was a waste of time, as Kerstin wasnt there and her rep just gave us something to do for 20 minutes and after that we could go home. Uh.

BUT: I GOT MY LAUNDRY ALL DONE TODAY TOO~~~(FINALLY), which is sadly also the best thing that happened to me today wtf XDD.

Am also continuing to try and plan the Versailles roadtrip proposal so that I can have a vague chance at facing Dad's imminent smackdown... but man I wish i wish this can work out... So far the estimated costs are about 350 euros MAX for 5 days, which is hella expensive(fucking petrol is 125 euros already!!) but I think we estimated too much for the food daily and maybe can save there?? Hrrm I should check how much money I have in the bank account too...
And yet I'm already so nervous that what if I can't go and waaah it'll be kinda my fault as it'd be too expensive to go alone for Frank and maaan if only we could have another person to come along!! AHH ANGIE WHY YOU GOTTA HAVE SCHOOL and KAT WHY YOU GOTTA BE ON ANOTHER CONTINENT DDD: wagrh

The saga of Shaz vs. STEP1 learning material continues! At least I have two more days(well, counting today as a day) to go! And have managed to sort out my room and vacuum clean it as a side-by result of procrastination yesterdaaay... before eventually slumping in bed at around 10.30PM. What the heck is wrong with my sleep patterns lately? I mean, technically this is waaay more healthy than what I'm normally used to(looool), but still vaguely unsettling.

Oh and Wallner finally deigned to reply my emails and I shall apparently have an appointment with her this wednesday to discuss what I need to do to raise my failure of a STEP3 assignement up to her lofty standards by the 16th of April. My bet's on having to start over from scratch, but who knows?? I'd sure appreaciate an explanation on the grade first, though. And maaaybe any tips on WHAT TO DO with my time goddd two more years just because of this one fubared course?? DD:
(Am starting to think if it would just be better if I just take another STEP3 course this winter with another course... I mean, my year's wasted in that perspective anyhow...but then again... ARGHH why is this all so complicated...DDD:)

Those two craptacular things aside, my uni life seems to be looking up-- at least schedulewise, managed to get into both of my first choice tutorials and seem to have had the luck that my mondays start at 5PM to 9PM and my fridays are only 10.30-12PM, (with tue-thur normal classes blah blah)... which means, somewhat LONG WEEEKENDS forever ahahaha yay XDD

And the weather seems to be finally leaning towards spring? It's getting darker later, that's for sure~

INTERNET! From my own laptop! Alas and alack it is only fricking DIAL-UP though gaaah I thought I was past this part of my life! At least it loads LJ kiiinda quick ish, though I am loathe to try and access Youtube in this state, argh. AND the time it takes to DL things! Man, man maaan this really makes me appreciate the hi-speed connection I normally enjoy back in the dorms!

Managed to sleep for 15 hours today, basically straight ...which felt awesome yet probably means that my days of saying "Jetlag? Neverrr" are over! Heh. Didn't really seem to miss much though-- Ma went for some reunion lunch and test-drove the car she's thinking of buying. Some Honda Civic I think? Aaanyways, it's gray/silvery and she asked me what to name it-- which after mentally running through the list of silver-haired awesome people/characters I managed to convince her of the awesomeness of naming it DANTE. YES. Sephiroth was too long apparently! Booo
I mean, suure, Dante would be a better name for this really sexy sports car or something, but! I think it's hilarious nonetheless :D
(aach and now I just remember that Riku and Ansem also had silver hair! But naatch I like Dante more :3)

Oh and I met my godfather(plus his family)for dinner today! Maaan it's been over half a year...

Shall prolly be hanging with Gingerrr tomorrow, IF she gets back to me about wether there is a comics festa SOMEWHERE in BKK waargh she should switch on her phone more often! And am thinking of getting my hair cut-- a fringe! We shall see how this goes~~

STATE OF THE SHAZ:
_eyes burning? CHECK
_thoughts moving at the speed of molasses? CHECK
_sleep to be gotten? TOO LATE TRY AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON

STATE OF THE FORSCHUNGSEXPOSE (upon which A YEAR OF UNI rest):
_comprehensible? NOPE
_more than 50% done? NOPE


STATE OF THE SHAZ:
_DOOMED? YES




...and since it's already 5.32AM there is no point for me to sleep since I will have to be up at 8 something for STEP2 Tut and then will prolly get home at 1PM, which is like the only window of chance I have for sleep then. BECAUSE then its the homestretch of marathoning until the Deadline of Friday, NOON

Will prolly collapse and DIE after that, methinks.

...and yet the results for the Soziologie test still haven't been posted! Tsk tsk Prof. Schulz! You should make your minions work harder~

The STEP2 Exam today went suprisingly well!, I am utterly and pleasantly suprised to say. Took my time admidst distractedly redownloading episodes of the Nodame Cantabile drama(with limited success--stalled downloads at around 20-37 minutes each wargh) and rereading the various prep notes, and I even managed to get there 45 minutes early and could chillax in peace and eat some food before the whole hassle started. It was quite the ordeal for our professor, sorting out the seating in the filled Audimax!. We ended up having to vacate every third row so that the controllers could stroll through, which kinda put everyone elbow to elbow with their neighbour(and we had to write down their names on our sheet for cheating comparision purposes lol), but I sat next to Anja and someone called Teresa who wasn't all irritating and 'Psst psst answeeers' like some of the people behind us were. I mean, I am far too chicken to even think of cheating like that, the negative options faaar outweigh the benefits if you get caught-- if you somehow fail, you just retake the exam at one of the next 3 dates but if you get caught cheating, now that shit just goes on your permanent record. Baaah.
Had the loveliest feeling of utter blankness when it came to answering the questions, I didn't even have to really consider what I was writing, so sure and prompt did the answers come to me, which is quite awesome, really ♥. Must endeavour to replicate this next week for STEP1!
/suprise yay

YET THE DOOM THAT IS STEP3 IS FAR FROM OVER, even if the fact that Karim, Hanna, Viola and Mira are basically at the same block of nothingness that I am kind of makes me feel less like despairing (maybe collectively for our shared potential FAILURE instead??!). So in the course of the next few hours I suppose I should get cracking on my hypotheses YET AGAIN, so that Wallner(Biiiiitch) may shoot them down at the Beratungsstunde tomorrow. Blargh. I wish she'd extend the deadline, it seems that all the other STEP3 three tutors have, yet she remains a stone-hearted cow. Boo. I hope she gives me more to work with than 'your conclusions are faulty and not kommunikationswissenschaftlich relevant', which in itself is valid critique... BUT a 'WHY' that is comprehensible would be nice too.
/bitching

Off to procrastinate a wee bit more though LOL I NEVER LEARN

...three more to go! AAAAAAH SOZIOLOGIE WAS AN AMBUSH OF O-SHIIIIIT PROPORTIONS. I mean, so here I thought that I was more than adequately prepared for the exam, right? I read the 10 chapters countless times, could cough up a few dates and names and figured that the exam with it's 10 TRUE or FALSE questions would be doable... WRONG. The questions were so left-field at times, I mean hoooly shit. "Is Garfinkel the father of the [X] theory?"(I'VE NEVER HEARD OF HIM BEFORE), "Is the Club of Rome Prognostic a Delphi-based study?" and other such questions that pertained to things I SKIMMED, as I figured that they wouldn't be important. AHAHAHAHA GOOD ONE. And just guessing at random was also out of the picture, as for every correct answer you get 1 point, but every WRONG answer leads to minus two. There was also the option of three extended answers questions, that if answered correctly would give your final grade a one-up and I was on that option like white on rice fo' sure!
Soooo if all goes well I either would have JUUUUST made it with 5/10, or best case scenario 6/10 ...or I could have also failed with 4/10. AHHHH. Shall find out on monday (which is also another Big Relevant Exam Day woes)
Also I was sitting next to a SUPAA genius who didn't seem to get the fact that we got handed two very different test sheets and kept trying to poke me so that she could cheat off me or even better, whisper the answers to her. I mean, uhhh whaaat? I've only just met you five minutes before the exam and already I am expected to help you cheat? HAHAHA GOOD ONE. Some people!
Wonder if she did copy my answers tho lolol...


BUT in better news I at least have an A/1 in my comics tutorial~~ 91 points yay ♥
Horrrrst was sadly sick today but Flo came back and we had retarded fun roleplaying as Americans in the year 1941 faced with the mammoth task of controlling the media output. Not as much fun as Harry's group had with the Nazi's though-- "*fake broadcast voice* Comrades! We are the BNSDAP-- the BETTER Nationalsozialistische Partei". Hee~~
AND I finished TWO Forschungsfragen for STEP3 bullshit! THERE IS HOPE FOR ME YET~ (here's to hoping that Wallner doesn't shoot these new questions down too grrrrthatbitchihaaaaateher DD:)

Oh and the sensationalistic free newspapers you can get in the Subways are saying that the ginormous Orkan "Jürgen" is supposed to hit our lovely country soon and bring with it winds of up to 120 km/h. Hmmmm~ ((D:?)) Tomorrow night should be iiiinteresting!