Christmas Fun!

Wow! I got just a ton of presents! David got lots too! I really don't think I've been this 'nice' this year really!

Anyways...

From David I got: Dance Universe 2 Dance Stage, a new school bag, a pair of long johns, and an organizing board for the wall.

From my parents: some cash, socks, PJs, turkey gravy mix, beef jerkey, two nice hotmats

From david's cousins: Duka gift certificate, a nice candle.

From David's parents: tickets to the rehearsal for Melodifestival here in town, money towards a new bed, two sweaters, a hat, some slippers, a new pair of gloves, a mixer, some candle holders, a cake server, etc

From David's brother: a second hand control to the 360

David got a ton of things too: NHL 09, cash, some things I listed above were to both of us, new slippers, a tool set, candle holders, a new sweater, a scarf, a nice shirt, gift certificates to Dressmans and Bokia, a new frying pan, some dishtowls from Peter, some whiskey, etc

And I'm sure we've both got tons of other things that I've totally spaced on.


Once the after Christmas sales start, David and I have tons of things to do. Some things need to be returned since they're the wrong size, and David's game is going back to the store since it is half price to buy it elsewhere, we've got gift certificates to use, and all sorts of fun things! We're also hoping to buy a new bed soon, but that also means buying new sheets since ours won't fit. It'll be nice to upgrade past the 120cm bed that we've got now. To something that doesn't have pointy springs in it and is a bit wider.

Hope everyone else had a lovely Christmas and thanks again for all the presents!

Bleh Bleh Bleh! (And double BLEH!)

I'm getting soooo annoyed at my homework attempts. I'm not sure that I'm actually making any progress in my understanding of programming OR math. I'm starting to feel so emo that I'm in the "I'm too stupid for this" phase.

But the only thing to do about it is to keep working. If I work at it long enough, I'm eventually bound to understand something.

I've also noticed a drastic increase in things such as 'house cleanliness', 'face book posts' and 'irc spam' in times when I really don't want to do my homework. I think I'll be heading in to school tomorrow morning and try to get some studying done there where there MIGHT be a few less distractions... I hope.

Still Studying...

I feel that I'm studying constantly... but without actually making ANY progress forwards. Tons of things in C++ that I don't understand. Math is going better but I'm having major problems with integrals. I've got less than a month until finals and tons of things involving Christmas and New Years that need to be done. Oh, and did I mention that I need to understand C++ well enough to make a game before school starts back up? Bleh.

Today I'm hoping to go Christmas present shopping, clean the house, fry up some chicken for tonight's dinner, and get the Christmas tree set up. A bunch of David's family is coming over for Fika tomorrow. I don't think we have enough places for all of them to sit. I need to go buy some fika treats for them to eat... and I think we need to borrow a bigger coffee pot... Otherwise only 4 people will get coffee every 10 minutes.

And as usual, here's a random link.
Confused 10 year Old
This time the link is from CNN. I guess sometimes that it is really difficult to decide what is actually best for a kid. I'm sure this isn't it, but I'm not sure I know what is the best for her. Just something to think about. I've got to throw something not mind numbingly technical into my posts. I can't neglect the side of me that has studied social studies the past 5 years. :)

Another random BBC link.

Syrian underclothes

This is just another BBC article. But it made me think, mostly because it goes against what the media generally reports as coming out of the middle east in terms of women's rights and and such.

Anyways. Phosare meeting today went really well. Not much happened, but I got a chance to socialize and to see who else made phosare. There are a LOT of datorspels peoples. We're like half the phosare force. It'll be fun! I can't wait!

Facebook

For some random reason (probably related to boredom and not wanting to study) I've rediscovered facebook. I've been spending insanely too much time there. I guess it's a way to socialize even when I'm sitting in a lecture or bored at home. Same reason as I hang out on irc probably.

Anyways... I was too lazy to find a nice article to post today, so you get to go without. I'm done with classes for the rest of the year though! I am going to go back tomorrow for a phosare mote, and perhaps one last fika before Christmas break. Thinking to wear my student overalls tomorrow, just because I can!

Are parents responsible?

S Korea parents fined over rape

This is just a random BBC link, but it brings up an interesting point. Are parents responsible for their child's behavior? At what age does that stop? I've seen very good parents have like 5 angels and one kid that is the devil. And nothing would get that one badly behaved kid to act like the others. But I've also seen examples of very very bad parenting that still resulted in amazingly well adjusted children and adults. It is an interesting thought to kick around in my head though.

Phosare!

Well! I've made phosare. I'm not totally sure what I've just got myself into, but it should be fun anyways. I really should update my blog more often. I say that everytime I post something here. But this time it has been a REALLY long time since I last posted. School has, as usual, been crazy. I've been meeting up a lot with friends.

Yesterday we had 'bar emptying', which was fun. The evening started with someone too drunk to buy anything, and ended with the police showing up. But actually no real problems. I didn't work in the bar really. I know I'm totally useless there. I did collect a lot of glasses, did a lot of dishes, and spent lots of time standing in the door or refilling the fridge. Fun fun fun!

Now I've only got a few more days left before this thing that we call 'vacation' but just actually is a chance to catch up on school work.