Hey, I'm going to start taking belly dancing classes this week! Thursday, to be exact!
It is SO much fun! I hope you like it!
You know me! I'm like, "Go school! It's your birthday!" Or something to that effect.
Willow ,'Empty Places'
Spike's Bitches 30: Going on Thirteen
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Steph L. - May 30, 2006 6:29:25 pm PDT #6836 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
sj - May 30, 2006 6:37:55 pm PDT #6837 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Nora, that sounds like so much fun. I hope you enjoy it. I think belly dancing classes sound like so much fun, but I think they would be too physically difficult for me.
Hil R. - May 30, 2006 6:48:14 pm PDT #6838 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yay Erin!
One more week until my exam. Eek.
Aims - May 30, 2006 7:17:33 pm PDT #6839 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Was it the job that I helped write the cover letter for?
Sort of. That job is gonna be awhile before I hear. However, I've been tailoring that letter for other jobs I apply for, including the one that called, so yes! It is.
And they didn't call back tonight. Dang it. Should I call them tomorrow?
Vortex - May 30, 2006 7:18:44 pm PDT #6840 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
My Super Ex-Girlfriend starring Uma Thurmon and Luke Wilson.
I saw a trailer for that when I went to see X3. couldn't quite decide how I felt about it.
Sean K - May 30, 2006 7:54:16 pm PDT #6841 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Polter-Cow - May 30, 2006 7:59:47 pm PDT #6842 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Congrats, Sean! I know that shit can be scary. I've never had to be Spider-Man, but I've been high up on Ladders of Doom and wall-crawling scaffolds to hang and adjust lights and I fear death and dismemberment.
Cass - May 30, 2006 8:09:19 pm PDT #6843 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Dude. You KNOW your mom's non-dad kissing history? I sure as heck don't.I was watching the History Channel with my mom and found out more of hers. It was kinda strange. There was a moment of, "Huh, this other guy could have been my dad. But then I wouldn't be me..." And then I stopped channeling Oz cause it was confusing.
I once again vote for more buffistas to move to Portland, because I want to move there. And I want people I know to already be there when I do.::checks "Move to Portland" off list::
Hey, I'm going to start taking belly dancing classesI just decided to do this as well. Friend brought it up tonight and it seemed like a fabulous idea. I think the classes start next month.
Hil R. - May 30, 2006 8:09:48 pm PDT #6844 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm freaking out a teensy bit about my exam. (Just a teensy bit? Actually, yes.)
The format of this exam: it's an oral exam, two hours long. There are three professors asking questions that I have to answer, and anyone who wants to come watch it can. (Pretty much, this means most of my math friends who aren't going away for the summer will be there.) So far, so good. I'm reasonably confident that I know the material, and I've got no problems with public speaking.
The way the questions are asked is what's getting to me. Pretty much, the point is to test the depth of my knowledge of various areas of combinatorics. So, they'll pick some topic, start with questions to make sure I know the basics, then ask for more details. More analysis. More insight. This continues, until it gets to the point where I can't answer any more, and then they move on to the next topic.
I am horrible at being in a situation where I don't know the answer. And no matter how hard I prepare for this exam, there will be at least five or so times that I just have no idea what's going on, due to the format of the exam. And during my practice exams, this always ended up flustering me enough that I'd do much better on the first few topics than on the later ones, because by the time it got to the third or so topic, my brain was already in "I didn't know the answer! I didn't know the answer!" mode. And even though I know that it's expected that there will be times when I don't know the answer, I just can't get myself out of that mindset.
Hence, the mildly freaking out.
DavidS - May 30, 2006 8:24:06 pm PDT #6845 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hence, the mildly freaking out.
Phew, perfectionism is hard work. I'm glad I don't have that issue.
So, here's my suggestion. Don't think about like it's a mythological test that you have to pass in order to get by the minotaur. Think about it if you were the teacher and just wanted to see the depth of knowledge of your student. You don't expect them to know everything yet. But you want them to have a clue. Show your cluefulness. Show your process.
You're making an error between your expectations for yourself and their expectations for you. You expect to be perfect. They don't. You need to recalibrate what you think you're being tested for. Not knowledge but overall functional understanding of combinatorics.