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Holy shit guys.

I just submitted the last of the work for my BA.

Now to decorate for the holidays and enjoy the sweet, sweet taste of victory belated birthday cake with my family!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

(That is the echo of a very stressful day.)

I read that certain spoiler, since I figured I'd figured it out anyway (I had) and I enjoy fandom too much to quit it. I'm looking forward to it, since I figure it will be fun even if it's not amazing. And you know, you just *know* that we (the fandom) are going to show up on Fandom Wank at least once before it's all said and done!

My exam went so well today! There has been way too much stress the last few days (so much so that I've taken to paper journaling again, because it's such a good way to purge), but I'm hoping to start knocking off some assignments, which will help a lot.

So many plans, so little time before I go home!

Avatar 3x08 is a fantastically creepy story and a great place to end my mini-Avatar marathon for the night. The idea it introduced was called a long time ago by jezebeau, but it's even more disturbing in practice than it ever was in theory. I'm thinking, Ty Lee, maybe? (Probably maybe spoilers to be found in the comments.)

Halloween has been, for the most part, a success. Lots of class time, a few hours spent with Maud, a while with Alex, and a very successful (and satisfying) class presentation, as well as other bits and bobs. The class presentation was an oral storytelling exercise in autobiography and I have never walked away from such a thing feeling so good. The professor said it was "perfect", which is something I have never heard before and will probably never hear again. Spent the day in costume too - unsurprisingly, everyone thought my tenth Doctor costume was either a new look to match the new hair (ps I cut my hair super short), or that I was dressing up for the presentation. I then won at geekery by giving my name as "The Doctor" when I grabbed some dinner at a restaurant. (I'm sorry I missed you, Mitch! I couldn't find a place to get time in, well, time.)

This morning, I found a "Vote Saxon" poster pasted between the words of my housemate's "Bad Wolf" chalk scribbling. I literally tripped over my own feet in my excitement to get back to residence to find a camera. (I am for the win) It would appear that rainbowfox and I started something with that first batch of chalk drawings.

The whiteboard on my door now notes that I am "Out of spoons :( "

I don't really expect anyone to get it, but it's nice to express my frustration about the situation anyway.

I need to figure out how to relax in residence, or I am going to crash and burn in a more lasting and painful way before I can even get to October.

*roars*

Soon!

In less than twenty-four hours, my exam will be written, all of the completed reading sheets handed and I will as good as caught up in this frelling course! Even disregarding the implications that has on things like my social life, that is fantastic, amazing news. I am going to feel awful in that exam, but it will be DONE. I don't think I have ever looked forward to an exam this much.

You know the latest end of term meltdown is winding down when you start censoring all the negative bits out of conversation (even if it means that you effectively stop talking).

I continue to simultaneously admire and loathe Professor Bérubé's exam and essay questions.

Dear deadline.

I'm not meeting you tommorow.

So sorry.

Can we try to meet up again sometime? Maybe March 9th or 20th, or both? That'd be swell.


Dear professor.

I acknowledge I was a fool to take a class with you again, after all of last year's headaches. I felt I didn't really a have choice, but really, it probably would have been wisest to stay as far away from you as possible. However, it's too late to turn back now! So we'll have another teeth-pulling, stress-inducing "Floating deadlines mean I hand it in when I'm good and ready." talk. Because your class isn't worth another all-nighter. So uh... yeah. Looking forward to another sparring match in my awkward french.

To those of you who care... Happy Valentine's Day! Hugs and kisses!

To those of you who don't... Happy Wednesday! (Hugs and kisses you to you too!)


... is it already Wednesday? Do I really leave in three days? Have I really done so little homework? Aaaaaaaah!

It seems to be a climate of snowy doom back east. While I'm looking forward to all that snow to play in when I get back, I'm just as happy to avoid travelling the city when it's coming down. I'll take my west coast spring! No cherry blossoms yet this year, but the crocuses and other flowers are all getting ready to bloom. (Those of you back east do not want to know the kind of temperatures I am enjoying.)