Taxation vexation...
Tonight (Wednesday) I had taxation from 6 til 9. The class is okay... actually taxation is a lot more interesting so far than I thought it'd be... but my first class on Wednesdays is at 9:30am so by 6 I'm pretty much ready to call it a day. During class I alternately take notes, fight the urge to fall asleep, fight the urge to check my email, fight the urge to sign on to msn, take more notes, look at in-class examples, give in to the urge to check my email, and give in to the urge to sign on to msn. Somehow I manage to keep up with note taking while doing those other things. I don't fall asleep. Even if I really really want to. I'm paranoid that I'd snore or drool or say something in my sleep... and I don't need to have to deal with something like that. So I stay awake... and take notes... and check my email... and talk on msn.
One thing about taxation is that it's in room 177, which is usually about 250 degrees by 6pm (one side of the room is all windows). I don't mind the heat at all... seriously I'd rather be hot than cold any day... but my computer can't handle it. The fan is about five times as loud, and kicks in about thirty times as often, as the fans on all the other laptops around me. I try to keep it quiet by switching it to silent mode.... but the fan still kicks in. And apparently the fan, as loud as it is, still can't keep the laptop cool enough because sometimes it just shuts off. No warning... no chance to save my work... just *click* and a black screen. How's that for annoying? I have to get it checked...
But I don't seem to have time for that kind of stuff anymore. Take tomorrow for example. I'd like to take my laptop in and get it checked in the morning but I have to get up and get myself to the gym and back by 9:30 so I can have enough time to do my Charter readings for Friday. Then I have to leave for a MAKE UP CLASS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD UNTIL TODAY at noon. I think it goes from noon til 2:30. Home by three so I can work on cover letters for an hour, have a shower, get into a suit, and get downtown to the wine and cheese by 5:00. I'm volunteering there for an hour and then attending so I can talk to a bunch of lawyers and try to get them to really like me so they think they still want to interview me after they see my transcripts. Then... at 9:00... home again... this time to watch Survivor that I hope I remember to tape. After that it's study time and then bedtime because I've got an early class on Friday.
I'm not actually complaining about any of that. I don't mind being that busy. The only problem is that all the days are starting to look like that so my laptop is going to have to continue to be loud and hot for the time being.
What I am willing to complain about, however, are make up classes. My day would be a lot easier tomorrow without one. And it's only the second week and already there are like five make up classes scheduled on different days with promises of more to come. Don't get me wrong... I understand that profs have commitments, conferences, engagements, etc. but it really screws up my schedule. I was going to start a no make up class policy this term but I have to go to the make up class tomorrow because it's negotiation and dispute resolution. That class only has like 12 people in it and if you miss two you have to have a special meeting with the prof about it. I don't need that kind of stress.
On a positive note, I finally rode my bike to school on Tuesday and I'm going to ride it tomorrow too. It's a lot faster than I thought... thirty minutes from door to door. Not bad, considering it's about thirty five minutes to take the bus (including the walk to the bus stop and the walk from the UBC bus loop to the law building). So that's good right? The only bad thing is that now I can't use time as an excuse not to ride to class...
Wow, I feel really complainy tonight... I have to think of something else good to say before I stop writing or things will feel... unbalanced. Okay so here it is: I get awesome three day weekends every week and on the fourth day, Tuesday, I don't have to be at school til 3pm. I'm finally running without most of the calf/ankle/knee problems that I've had in the past and things are feeling so good that I'm getting ready to do a marathon in May. I asked two former profs and one former employer to write reference letters for me and reading them.... wow.... they said things that made me feel really great. I've started watching season one of Lost on DVD and I love that show. Seriously I can't wait til the weekend so I can eat sushi and watch some more. There.... all good things.
Oh and I've been watching TLC shows like The 78 Pound Baby and The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off... after watching those.... damn I don't have any real problems!!
One thing about taxation is that it's in room 177, which is usually about 250 degrees by 6pm (one side of the room is all windows). I don't mind the heat at all... seriously I'd rather be hot than cold any day... but my computer can't handle it. The fan is about five times as loud, and kicks in about thirty times as often, as the fans on all the other laptops around me. I try to keep it quiet by switching it to silent mode.... but the fan still kicks in. And apparently the fan, as loud as it is, still can't keep the laptop cool enough because sometimes it just shuts off. No warning... no chance to save my work... just *click* and a black screen. How's that for annoying? I have to get it checked...
But I don't seem to have time for that kind of stuff anymore. Take tomorrow for example. I'd like to take my laptop in and get it checked in the morning but I have to get up and get myself to the gym and back by 9:30 so I can have enough time to do my Charter readings for Friday. Then I have to leave for a MAKE UP CLASS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD UNTIL TODAY at noon. I think it goes from noon til 2:30. Home by three so I can work on cover letters for an hour, have a shower, get into a suit, and get downtown to the wine and cheese by 5:00. I'm volunteering there for an hour and then attending so I can talk to a bunch of lawyers and try to get them to really like me so they think they still want to interview me after they see my transcripts. Then... at 9:00... home again... this time to watch Survivor that I hope I remember to tape. After that it's study time and then bedtime because I've got an early class on Friday.
I'm not actually complaining about any of that. I don't mind being that busy. The only problem is that all the days are starting to look like that so my laptop is going to have to continue to be loud and hot for the time being.
What I am willing to complain about, however, are make up classes. My day would be a lot easier tomorrow without one. And it's only the second week and already there are like five make up classes scheduled on different days with promises of more to come. Don't get me wrong... I understand that profs have commitments, conferences, engagements, etc. but it really screws up my schedule. I was going to start a no make up class policy this term but I have to go to the make up class tomorrow because it's negotiation and dispute resolution. That class only has like 12 people in it and if you miss two you have to have a special meeting with the prof about it. I don't need that kind of stress.
On a positive note, I finally rode my bike to school on Tuesday and I'm going to ride it tomorrow too. It's a lot faster than I thought... thirty minutes from door to door. Not bad, considering it's about thirty five minutes to take the bus (including the walk to the bus stop and the walk from the UBC bus loop to the law building). So that's good right? The only bad thing is that now I can't use time as an excuse not to ride to class...
Wow, I feel really complainy tonight... I have to think of something else good to say before I stop writing or things will feel... unbalanced. Okay so here it is: I get awesome three day weekends every week and on the fourth day, Tuesday, I don't have to be at school til 3pm. I'm finally running without most of the calf/ankle/knee problems that I've had in the past and things are feeling so good that I'm getting ready to do a marathon in May. I asked two former profs and one former employer to write reference letters for me and reading them.... wow.... they said things that made me feel really great. I've started watching season one of Lost on DVD and I love that show. Seriously I can't wait til the weekend so I can eat sushi and watch some more. There.... all good things.
Oh and I've been watching TLC shows like The 78 Pound Baby and The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off... after watching those.... damn I don't have any real problems!!
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