aiya. one of my psych professors for fall quarter emailed all of us and wants us to start preparing for his class by doing some extra readings. i'm looking at his website right now and he sounds like a real kook. here's some advice he gave us:

- Don't drink and drive. You can't write very well while recovering from an automobile accident.

- Learn to say, "NO." "No, TJ is for dumb high school students." "No, the acoustics are better on my stereo than at the Rock concert and besides I can burn 25 CDs for the price of one ticket." "No, the ocean isn't going anywhere. I can go surfing anytime." "No, I have to read these journal articles before I can go to the party." "No, I don’t want to watch Big Brother. They’re all a bunch of total losers." "No, I can get my eyebrow pierced during winter break." "No, I can see it when it comes out on video."

- Tell your significant other that if he or she plans on leaving you, he or she should wait until after you finish writing your paper before telling you.

- If you are sure that your significant other will not leave you, then explain to him or her today that you will need to set aside this week for all of your cuddling, kissing, and other romantic activities that you might have hoped to do during the rest of quarter. Explain that while you really would like to spend some time during the rest of quarter engaging in such activities, your professor is a real jerk who assigns way too much work. As a result, the two of you will just have to abstain for a while. If your significant other begins showing signs of depression, remind him or her how terrific the Christmas vacation will be. You'll be feeling great because of the good grade that you just received in this class. Surely those feelings will transfer (remember Zillman's theory of excitation transfer?) to your feelings for your significant other. After being deprived for that long, just imagine the great time both of you will have! You might even order the chocolate and strawberries now.

- If you don't have a significant other now and you meet the person of your dreams before you finish writing your paper for this class, think about your future. Don't be stupid. What's more important? Forget the paper and go after the person!

hmm. despite myself, i'm actually starting to get really interested in this class. it's psychology and the law. but then again, i thought the psycholinguistics class sounded really interesting two quarters ago and i dropped out of that class fourth week. this class sounds really difficult though. aiya. i am slowly beginning to realize that going to college has just been a slow and painful lesson on just how stupid i actually am.