Well I guess the news first. I got my physics exam today. Seems like I’m not dropping the class just yet. I got a 95 out of a 100. I’m a little annoyed because it really should’ve been a 96 as that one point was taken off for something I did that was immensely stupid.

I was the 2nd one finished with the test (there were about 150 people in the lecture hall), and I’m kicking myself for not going over the test before I turned it in. Taking my time would have likely won me those last 4 points. But I’ll take this and appreciate that I’ve got room for improvement.

That was the “up”. The “down” came, surprisingly enough, in my digital design class. Last week I went to class, sat down, and prepared for two hours of high-bandwidth data transfer into my noodle. When the professor walked in much of the class got up to hand in that weeks homework. I on the other hand simply thought to myself, “There was homework due today?” I then spent the first hour of lecture frantically doing the homework assignment.

Yesterday the homeworks were returned to us. I got a 60, out of a 100. Now here’s the worst part of it. Only one question was actually wrong, only 4 points. The rest of the 36 points were stupid, stupid mistakes because I rushed. An extra bit here, double negation there, and an entire question (20 points) answered in binary when the question clearly asked for a final answer in decimal. Stupid.

I spent the previous week living and breathing out my physics book. My panic-induced studying paid off, however it cost me more than I expected. What really bothers me is that there was no reason not to have done my homework. The digital design class was supposed to be my 4.0 class. This isn’t a problem of of not understanding the material. This is exactly what I talked about two days ago. Perfect of example of me being a shitty student.

I won’t kill myself over it this time. This is supposed to be a learning experience; well I’m learning. Better organization, better studying habits, better time management. And slowly: better Kane.

The homework is just a small downer. The physics exam is a big, big upper. Physics is only going to get tougher, but it definitely helps to have survived the first hurdle. Happy day.

You know what else? I grabbed some Chinese food for dinner tonight. No joke, here’s my fortune:

Even the grand oracle is cheering me on. Nice.

Since I didn’t bomb physics I should reward myself, don’t you think? Hmm… maybe on Sunday I’ll…

Grrr! Today has not gone as planned. Let’s compare:

Now as a sneek preview to my not-yet-written post about the first week of school, I’ll tell you this: I need to be studying. Seriously. I need to be doing it now, not next week or the week after.

Yet here I am with Friday gone fully geriatric and I still don’t remember how to integrate a damn thing. Soup is almost done and I could still get 3 solid hours of education in today, but honestly I think I want to just kick back and watch a movie.

24 hours and $60 wasted. Tomorrow’s gonna have to go a little smoother.

I’ve gotta say though. Really in the grand scheme of things, so what, a damn router died. No Saturday-morning cartoons and I’ll be caught up in no time.