Ashley’s Weblog

…and the weeks from the Fifth Circle of Hell are about to begin. Happy fun time.

I am, of course, referring to school. I had multiple tests, a group presentation [which was a Circle of Hell in and of itself], three papers [one was the longest I've ever written], and I still had to go to classes. I did, however, skip work for almost three weeks to make sure I got everything done. Thankfully, I have the kind of job in which I can do that.

The wonderful thing was that I had a presentation and exam in the same week in the same class. This is the class I just finished my longest paper in as well. She has the nerve to chastise us for not doing the reading for the class. The reading tends to be three 20-30 page scientific articles. >_> Sure, let me get right on that…

In case anyone cared I’m currently taking HDFS 229, 301, and 416. As well as Soc 030 and RLST 181. For you non-PSU folks that’s Human Development and Family Studies [HDFS] - Infant/Child Development, Ethics, and Race, Ethnicity, and Diversity. Soc is, of course, Sociology. In this case it’s Sociology of Marriage and Families and all that good stuff. And last, but certainly not least, Religious Studies [RLST]. In which we’re studying Chinese and Japanese religions.

Upcoming for the rest of the semester are two exams, two finals, one take home final, two papers, some random homework, and to read a book one of those papers is on. A piece of pie [I don't like cake] in comparison to the last three weeks.

I was so burned out on presenting about, writing papers about, and listening to lectures about fatherhood that I could care less about it now than I did at the beginning of the semester. I have a lot of question about how essentials fathers really are or does the family just need a second parent to “properly” function. I did not have time with everything else going on to really get into it. Maybe I’ll resurrect the topic when I’m less burned out from it for a future paper.

I am going to attempt, should I ever find decent instructions or the courage, to triple boot my computer. So, I will be using [I hope] Leopard, Ubuntu, and Vista [no comments]. There’s a lack of good instructions online. There are some that give a good idea [like this and this] as to what to do if you’re a little more technical minded than I am or have had a decent night’s sleep [unlike me].

Off to enjoy what’s left of my weekend - toodles!