1) Magical powers in gemstones were believed to have come from cosmic rays striking their countries of origin (i.e. India, Persia) according to the philosophers in the Middle Ages.
My professor may have been on cold medication this entire week, but her lectures were excellent. The part where she paused dramatically and then screeched "COSMIC RAYS ( Read more... )

I think I've found the one thing that I prioritize even lower than sleep - Valentine's Day ( Read more... )

...25-page term paper.
Started research one week before it was due.
Started typing it 27 hours before it was due.
Finished typing in 11 hours.

(and due on the same day)
1 Japanese final (started studying night before)
1 Lab practical (also started studying night before)

Drat.
Now that I know I can procrastinate to this extent, I'll be doing ( Read more... )

Note to self:
Let's never start research for a 25-page term paper for tutorial - coincidentally, the only grade for this class - a mere week before the deadline ever again.

Especially when you have a Japanese final and a lab practical exam also on the same date.

Life would be so much easier if we all just reproduced by binary fission. Or if romance was a purely fictional thing.

Because mine doesn't seem up to doing its job. I've had this dratted cold for a while now, and no amount of vitamin C or fluids seem to be helping, ditto the cold medicines. My usual back-to-school allergies just made it worse (kendo practice with the sniffles, anyone?) I woke up this morning with a sore throat, no voice, a headache and completely ( Read more... )

I never thought I had a maternal bone in my body until this week. Last year was so busy that I never really got a chance to meet or know the '10 class, but I am so glad I'm getting a chance now. If someone had told me freshman year that I'd be giving out classes/concentration advice, I would've laughed them off - but hey, apparently I do know ( Read more... )

( This is me stressing. Read at risk of annoyance. )

Just when you thought the world was all modern now, something like this shows up:
The nerve of this guy astounds me.

Honestly. What century does he think he lives in? I'm no militant feminist, not by a long shot, but whoa.

The sad part is, there will be girls who will reply to said pinheaded, anachronistic chauvinist-pig and go with him.

For a university with as large an endowment as it boasts, Harvard really has cut back disappointingly on several fronts. Namely, undergraduate stuff. The university-provided pillows and red phones in each dorm are no longer there. Financial cuts, they say. Now granted, I have a cell phone and don't really need the land-line (I think the ( Read more... )