stat prof finally posted up the midterm grades. i shouldn't have been obssessing about it. i did decent. a bit surprising that i got a higher score on my short answer than on my multiple choice, but whatever. i have to do REALLY well on the final now to keep my grade. but that shouldn't be too difficult since my stat final is my last one and i have a lot of time between that one and the one before. thank goodness i dropped psycholinguistics so i don't have to be worry about a final for that class.

speaking of classes, sanaz registered me on tuesday since i had class during my registration time. thanks sanaz! you're a swell gal. ;D so next quarter, i'm taking:

- italian 50 (well, technically, i'm wait-listed for that class, but the teacher said that we'll get in. oh yeah, i have the same italian teacher next quarter as this quarter which is cool cuz she's a good teacher)
- mae 5 (mechanical & aerospace engineering. doesn't that just sound so impressive?? well, it's not. it's just a computer programming course - a prereq for psych majors. luckily, sanaz has taken this class before so i have her genius mind to help me out. plus, she hooked me up with a book i can buy off some random stranger she met in ap&m who's taking the course this quarter. is she great or what?!)
- psych 103 (introduction to principles of behavior - one of the core psych classes)
- psych 104 (introduction to social psychology - another one of the core classes)

i was (and still am) kinda worried about taking two upper div psych classes at the same time, but then i thought about it and i was like, well, i'm gonna have to take multiple psych classes for the next few years anyway and if i can't handle it now, i'm going to be screwed for the next few years. the good news is that i looked up both profs and courses in cape (course and professor evaluation) and they both got really high ratings for instructor and for course. but there were some comments like, "too much reading" or "vague papers", etc. but...i guess that's to be expected. no such thing as the perfect course. =| that would be nice though, wouldn't it? i was gonna take bio 3, but uh...yeah, i don't think so. the description sounded more interesting than the other bio classes, but i think i should stick with bio 10 since it's specifically designed for non-science majors (aka dummies) like me. bio 10 *is* offered next quarter, surprisingly, but...i think i'll just take it some other time. it'll probably end up being like, one of those ge classes that seniors finish off their last quarter.

as for my schedule next quarter, it's not too bad. i start at 10 every monday, wednesday, and friday but i have a huge gap between that first class and my last class (i only have two classes on mondays and fridays) which starts at 230. on tuesdays and thursdays, i start at 930, but like mondays and fridays, i have a huge gap between that first class and my last class which starts at 220. wednesday is my busiest day since i scheduled all my discussions on that day. but it looks as if all those discussions are optional, so... yeah. ;D it's not a bad schedule. i'm just thankful i get to wake up later, even if it's only by an hour. hey, an hour is a lot in sleep-time!! i get out a little bit later everyday though which i'm kind of sad about since there'll be more beach-weather days in spring quarter. :( but...i'm getting ahead of myself. i should just concentrate on my studies. right.

all right, enough of this boring babble about my classes next quarter. i'm sure you guys could all care less what classes i'm taking. i'm surprised you haven't skipped off to read someone else's blog yet. la la la la laaaa....

oh, the fmla meeting last night was really really interesting. i really liked it. i felt really bad that i started dozing off for a little bit but i couldn't help it! i'm on my period and i get fatigued easily. cut me some slack! anyway, a representative from the feminist majority foundation came down from la to talk to us about the fmf (like, who they are, what they've done, etc) and about mifepristone (aka "ru-486", "the morning after pill", etc.) and emergency contraception. it was really really interesting! and, at the risk of sounding like a complete nerd (i go to revelle, what do you expect?), it really motivated me to learn more about mifepristone (they call it "miffy") and emergency contraception ("ec") and to spread the word. she told us exactly how miffy worked (it's actually safer than the already safe surgical abortion) and that yale and the university of georgia are the only universities in the country that offer mifepristone on campus. the university of georgia was an interesting one...i mean, you just don't expect that they'd offer the morning after pill in georgia which is like part of the whole bible belt thing (isn't it?). and did you know that with *certain* brands of birth control, a certain dose could work as ec? like, with some brands, five birth control pills will equal one dose of ec. and you know what's kinda stupid? while they do offer ec here on campus, they only offer it on the weekdays. now, think about it. when do people have sex? wednesday night? i don't think so. anyway, the representative (her name was michelle) talked to us for a couple of hours and like totally motivated us to try and push for mifepristone to be allowed on campus but it's gonna be such an uphill battle since we live in la jolla which is just so ultra-conservative. but i think it'd just be so amazing if we could have that huge of an effect on our campus. ooh! and i get a cool pink t-shirt that says, "THIS is what a feminist looks like"!!

i am SUCH a geek. i can't believe it. oh well. i REVELLE in my geekiness. get it? get it?!? (you know, actually, i KNOW there are some of you out there that won't get that *cough*melissa*cough*, so i'll just spell it out: i revel in my geekiness, but i'm from *revelle* so...yeah, get it?) ahahahahahahahaha... oh god, i'm such a geek. i need help. actually, i wasn't the one who thought of that. i saw it on sanaz's shirt first. SHE'S the geekiest! HAH!! *points and laughs*

la la la...all right, this blog is getting just unbelievably long, so i'm going to shut up now and try to work on my vietnamese.

ps...i love you sanaz. ;D