tl; dr

I just finished my physics pre-lab, which turned out to be pretty easy this week, thank god. The first question though had all this writing and diagrams. And when I saw that I was like, "Yeah, I'm not going to read all that.  Let's go see the question first then I'll decide if it's worth it." So I scroll down to the first question and there is only one answer choice: "I have read the instruction above." 

Oh you got me there, pre-lab. Lol. Needless to say I went back and read it. Just in case.

BTW: keepin this post short for those of you who feel the same way. And because I'm too lazy to write more.

Keepin it real

About an hour and a half ago, I was in tears. I had just realized I forgot to turn in a homework assignment that was due exactly four minutes earlier, that I had spent two hours working on yesterday. Immediately after that I went to do my physics pre-lab quiz. I looked at the questions, realized I didn't know how to do any of them, then looked for instructions on how to do those problems- couldn't find that either. The following moment went something like this:

"WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE!!! I SUCK AT SCIENCE AND MATH WHY THE F*** AM I MAJORING IN IT! I'M GOING TO CHANGE MY MAJOR TO ENGLISH AND I DON'T CARE WHAT MY PARENTS SAY! I AM SICK OF ALL THIS SCIENCE! I'VE NEVER LIKE SCIENCE ANYWAY! I'VE JUST BEEN LYING TO MYSELF ALL THESE YEARS!!"

And in the spirit of not overreacting, I then looked up how to change my major, if there was any chance at getting a tuition refund at this point in the semester (there's not), and contemplated the possibilities of dropping out of school- you know, whether or not I would have to live on the street to be considered a total failure or just my parents house for the rest of my life.

So, if you're wondering how all of this turned out, I passed my pre-lab with a 67% (you only have to get 50%-I know overachiever, right?) and I did that by guessing random numbers. I can't believe that strategy actually worked, but it did, I'm just cool like that. And I figured, with all of the money I've spent (in loans) already, I better keep going with this science thing, at least for this semester.

I'll call him "Tom"

I've caught this guy hanging out on my window screen multiple times. New friend or voyeur, I'm not sure.

Speaking of bugs, I've seen a lot of weird and creepy bugs since moving to Iowa. Is that a thing? Iowa has big, creepy bugs? I don't know. Seems like it. 

I'm going to do it as soon as I finish this post

Homework and I have gotten a lot closer since I've started going to real college. I didn't treat homework right at community college. Oftentimes I went weeks without doing him. And when I did do him it was almost always at school. He would wonder, "Why don't you ever take me home to meet your family?" and I would be very honest and say, "because I don't like you that much and I'm just using you to get a better grade."

But now, oh man, I do homework every weeknight. Sometimes, I do him for hours without stopping. I admit, it can be painful, especially since I was so inexperienced. However, I think I'm getting better at it. I know homework appreciates all the effort I put into our relationship. We have even tried new things. I used to only do homework on the bed. Recently though I've been doing homework on the desk. Who knows, maybe sometime I'll even do him in the library!

So even though I'm used to being a slacker, now that I'm in real college, when homework gets hard, you better believe I'm going to be there doing it all night long.

Seriously, I only went downtown like twice this summer

I would like to put an issue to rest that has been keeping me from doing my physics homework for the past two hours.  The other night I met some people at a movie at my school in Iowa. I told them I was from the Chicago suburbs. Then one guy, who is from Hawaii (why anyone would go from Hawaii to Iowa, I don't know), said he was disappointed that I don't have a Chicago accent.

So for the past two hours I have been researching, i.e googling "Chicago accent," just to figure out what it is. That didn't go so well because the people who described the Chicago accent had it very exaggerated, and I know I'm not from the city, I'm from the suburbs, but I've never heard anyone talk like they do in that one SNL skit- which multiple people cited in their websites of how to talk like a Chicagoan.

Most of my research was all over the place though. Even the Chicagoans were arguing! So, I guess even with people who are from the city, some people talk weird and some people don't.

Of course, the next step, before I could go on to my physics homework, was to figure out if I have any sort of accent. This was all settle with a quiz I found on the Internet (and you know that everything on the Internet is true and people who did the quiz on the Internet said it worked- ignore the circular reasoning). The quiz said I have a neutral accent (though I've been told [and been told I mean made fun of] that I say "bagel" weird.)

Anyways, here's a good article about talking like a Chicago local. The slang is where it's at. Some of their things I say and some I don't, but seriously other people don't call them gym shoes?! That one threw me.

Well, I guess I ought to do homework now. I also need to get groceries soon because I need bread that isn't moldy. Except that's a different story. And there's no Jewels around here. ;)


Try the quiz here!!!