I just have an RMSA (stats exam) next week to worry about, apart from that I'm just worried about actually having to go in to Uni tomorrow. Proper anxious =[ bleugh.
I feel like I hardly achieved anything yesterday so was meant to be getting up early today to start work. Then my housemate went out drinking, got back at 2am (to be fair, I was still awake) with a bunch of other drunk people and continued to drink and be loud and play loud music till the early hours. My room is above his so I could hear everything (the girl above the lounge is on teaching placement at the moment so it's of utmost importance we don't disturb her). Woke up at about 9 this morning - tired and pissed off with him. So ended up spending the last two hours cleaning the kitchen etc. Need to go get showered in a bit.
Today's goal is to finish setting up the SPSS database I need for my project (and I hate SPSS), and to get to 3,500 words on my extended essay. It needs to be 4,500 and I'm on 2,750 which was a shock yesterday when I counted up. I thought I only had 1,800! It's finally starting to come together as well instead of just being 8 completely separate documents which don't link. And I think I understand most of it too. Yay!
And I got £50 today which is for the next two weeks but I'm going home on Weds so it's only really got to last 5/6 days. I hate trying to work but not having any money - I stop eating properly because there's nothing in my cupboard and I get stressed about essay and lack of money. But yay! Money! Lol!
I should probably stop procastinating like this and actually do some work. Hmmmm . . . stats or sex essay?
7th July 2007
Hope is the feeling you have, that the feeling you have isn't permanent. (Jean Kerr)
Ah Alison, I spent hours trying to get SPSS on my computer and right at the very last minute everything decided to freeze on me. Wasn't impressed!! Good luck with your work!!
As for the money situation...I'm scared to check my balance right now >.<
i want your ugly, i want your disease,
i want your everything, as long as it's free
~ <3 ~
gah I just got an email from my adviser moaning that I haven't been turning up to his module, when he knows it's timetabled at the same time as another module I'm taking... gah!
^^ I can imagine that's annoying! Is there anyone you can talk to though about getting either one re-scheduled? It isn't fair to be moaned at for something you can't help.
Nat your Mondays sound so good!! Jealous =P
But they're strange times. My lectures all start on the hour, so like 9am, 1pm etc.
They look funkay though xD
i want your ugly, i want your disease,
i want your everything, as long as it's free
~ <3 ~
Ellie, I hate SPSS with a passion. I never really understood how it works because when they taught us how to use it they literally said "hit this button, then this one, then this one, then you have your answer". Well, that's great but I don't understand what the number I get at the end actually means, and I don't understand why we have to use this specific programme. The thing that really grated on me was when they were teaching us how to work out stuff on SPSS that I know how to work out with a pen and a bit of paper! I don't understand why I need to learn the SPSS way when I can work it out myself.
I had to email about a quarter of my participants for this project and ask them to fill out the questions they'd missed or put two answers for. There was one person who for the first section (15 questions) answered everything "neither agree nor disagree". Every section had exactly the same answer all the way through. What is the point?! You must have some sort of feeling about this topic or why did you even bother filling it in? At least make it up, change the answer around a bit so it looks like you've tried and aren't just trying to get RPS credits. Useless 1st years. Lol!
7th July 2007
Hope is the feeling you have, that the feeling you have isn't permanent. (Jean Kerr)
For cheeky/sarcy lectures you want to hear what one of mine wrote on the bottom of a report!
'It's bizaree. You've shown that you can write when you can be arsed. It's a shame this wasn't one of those times'.
I didn't know whether to laugh or be offended!
Cheeky sod.
=O Cheeky bastard!
On a presentation I did a week or two ago my tutor said "I gave you the benefit of the doubt." and "You've just scraped a pass because I felt sorry for you, seeing as you did you presentation on your own." ¬_¬
I got a piece of work back last term with the comments "your argument is very good, as is your use of sources, however you write like a child"
I was quite upset, but I still got a 2.1 for it, so it can't have been that bad!
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Make us all feel wonderful. We'll never forget."
My lecturers aren't that nasty in their feedback. My supervisor even puts little smiley faces on the good bits and sad ones on the bad bits. I love him!
My relaxation day has been amazing. Now all I want to do is sit and smile.
