I'm getting to use Photoshop for a project at work right now... It's just small stuff, and nobody even asked me to do it, but it's reminding me how much I love it... I'd love to get paid to do stuff like this... That's one area of that personality test that didn't come up quite right, I think... my "Artistic" score was way too low.

It's my last day of work until next year... I'm excited for the break... I'm excited to get back on track when I come back.

I'm even more excited to see Mike on Monday. I can't wait for the warm weather, either!

I just did my German Oral Exam for my final... It went pretty well, for a 2nd year college student, and I easily got an A.  I asked what my grade was and we had a discussion about my lack of homework this semester, etc, but he said I would probably wind up with a B, actually he was certain it would be a B.  I was happy to hear this...

At least I impressed one of my professors this semester, and it was the one whom I respected the most.  He told me I was so good at German speech.  I am happy to be academically proficient in the area I cared about most.

Next semester it will be an A.  It feels better to do well than to do crappy... I've always known this.........

Lost is so amazing.  I finished the first season and now I'm watching the 2nd season, I've bought all 9 episodes from this season on iTunes so I can catch up.  I've finished the first two so far.  Dang... This has been a lot of Lost this week.

Kinda funny and depressing...

I HATE Full Screen formatting!  If you know me well, you know I'm pretty dang anal about my DVD collection consisting of 100% Widescreen formatted movies.  My aunt got me Star Wars 3 for Christmas and I haven't opened it yet because I'm going to have to go to Wal-Mart to exchange it for the Widescreen version.  I've always likened Full Screen to someone chopping off the sides of the Mona Lisa so she'd fit in the owner's frame.  It destroys the artist's original vision.  You aren't supposed to mess with that.

Well, I just found this:

"At some point after Leonardo's death the painting was cut down by having part of the panel at both sides removed. Originally there were two columns on either side of the figure, as we know from early copies. The edges of the bases can still be seen."

Haha, OH MY GOD.  People are SO RETARDED.  Looks like the full-screen idiots have been around a lot longer than televisions.  Haha.

Oh, and it finally snowed.

I am a complete failure this semester.  An utter slacker, a grade F loser.

Somewhere along the way, I lost sight of what I was supposed to keep track of...  I realized I lost it far too late.  I wish I hadn't realized it... it was a painful epiphany.

I fell back into my high school ways... only worse.  College IS different.  It's not as easy.  It requires a BIT more effort, and I gave it less.

I just failed a couple tests in a few minutes (Econ is harder than I thought).  As I left the classroom I was overcome by shame, I knew my professor was looking over the sorry excuse for a final exam I had just handed him, and I know, if he was the type of person, he would have shaken his head if I had looked back at him.  I was far, far to embarrassed to look anywhere but the floor as I hurried to the door.  On the walk home, I almost cried.

Luckily, I think I'm embarrassed enough to never, ever be so stupid again.  Maybe it's the fact that this is a mistake that will cost me thousands of dollars and half a year.  Maybe it's the fact that I pride myself so much on my intelligence that I cannot bear to sit there at a TEST, which I normally have no problems with, and just feel completely clueless.  I've never felt so stupid.

However, I'm very glad I'm embarrassed because now that I feel like I've hit the bottom I have serious drive do better... I really suck at life this way.  It's really, really lame, but I have to learn the hard way, two or three times.  I hate this about myself and yet I let it continue to be true.

Well... no more.

I cannot WAIT for next semester.

You'll all see.

Now tied with Ocarina of Time as best game ever.

Just saw it again.  Updated impressions:

• The production was amazing.  The costumes were the best yet, they looked like clothes witches and wizards would actually wear.  The special effects were flawless.  From the dragons to Hogwarts and the landscapes (my favorite Hogwarts vision), everything was captivatingly realistic yet beautifully fantastic.  Filmed very well, and set to a masterfully orchestrated score.  Set up so well.
  
• The screenplay was actually really good too.  The things it left out really were subplottish.  The things it left in, it nailed.  We got what was important, we got a little more, and we got it all really good.  Neville's role was excellent... can't wait for more.  Only disappointment was the World Cup... I guess it worked though.
  
• edit: OH WAIT, thank you for reminding me Caley and Katy... No veela.  That was sad too.  No Crouch explanation too.
  
• The actors were better than I originally gave them credit for.  I noticed a few more things in certain performances that impressed me.  The kids are all doing better... Rupert Grint still sucks though.  The adults were, without exception, quite perfect.  I enjoy Gambon's Dumbledore more every time I see it.  It's just a little shocking and jarring.  You'll get used to it.  He's eccentric.  And Voldemort... soo good.
  
• Uhm, what was up with Voldie's wand?  Why was it a bone?  Are wands even like that?  How does that bone contain the sister tailfeather to Harry's wand?  Does anyone know what kind of wand Voldemort is really supposed to have?
  
• Cho Chang is hot.

And yeah... it's really good.  9.85

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!

8 hours and 13 minutes!

The next day...

yeah... I'll probably have to see it again...

but I think it gets about a 9 point... 8... yeah... it's freakin sweet...

@_@

I'm at work right now... sometimes I really get the feeling I'm hated here... it's really weird. I have no idea what I've done to be hated. I'm pretty sure it has to do with previous feuds that I've heard a bit about but really know nothing of.

On that note, I've decided to stop trying not to end sentences with prepositions. My French teacher, who I really kinda like, was talking about that saying how it's a stupid stupid rule that someone made up a LONG time ago to make English more like Latin and I was like, you know, you're right. That IS a stupid rule. It does happen all the time. It's not something I should really be worrying about. SCREW ENGLISH.

I really can't believe there's STILL not any snow here. None so far this year. It RAINED on Sunday... that's beyond bizzare to me. I love it though.

Tonight I watch the Amazing Race and whoop everyone's asses in Scrabble at 8 and then go see Jarhead with Katie and whoever else wants to join us at 10:15. Sounds like a good Tuesday.