The alarm in our building went off at half three this morning for NO REASON . Gronkity gronk.

Oh, Jars - ick!

So, in mememe news my bodyclock seems to be back on track: stayed up until 1am or so rather than crashing out at 7pm. Woke up this morning around 9ish or 10ish, at a guess. Huzzah!

I do love Yorkshire. I do love looking out of the window at the bare-limbed trees and the undulating patchwork of the horizon, at the slate grey winter sky. I mean, I love Bangkok too, but...it's nice to be home, you know? (Returning from Bangkok, one is hit by the lack of jungle. Returning from Egypt, one was always hit by the almost obscene lushness of the countryside, even in winter; compared to a land where desert is default normality for 99% of the landscape, Britain seemed amazingly green. Compared to Thailand, however, it's all very stark and bare. And I know that this is all a bit states-the-obvious-ish, but it's just that it hits you in a visceral way, you know?)

I had a lot of weird dreams last night, and by now I've forgotten most of them, but I remember one in which Polter Cow and I were MARRIED for some reason

This is so funny because I had a dream that P-C was my college roommate, which is extra funny because I told someone in my dream, "Well, that's not his real name and I've never met him" both of which are true, but don't relaly make sense for a roommate.

I got my final grade - B!

Although she never put in all the separate grades we got so I don't know how much extra credit. I figure I was about 4 points from an A. But I'm so damn glad this class is over.

And now I will never have to bitch about her again. Tonight instead of going to class Mom and I are going to eat one of my favorite, fancier places to celebrate.

Next semester I'll be retaking a class so it will help my GPA more than this class did, right now my over all GPA is 1.94, but that's with 5-7 classes I got Fs in because I stopped going to class (either because I was manic or depressed).

Go, you! I'm glad you did well in that class, Askye, and you certainly deserve to celebrate.

my over all GPA is 1.94

My BiL applied to his PhD program at MIT with a GPA of 1.75 and was accepted. He'd flunked out of 4 or 5 undergraduate programs before realizing he pulled it together.

Yesterday my office was 60 degrees. They finally came down and fixed some vent or something -- when I came in this a.m. it was 85. Thank goodness I remembered to dress in layers.

Once I get on a roll and start retaking a bunch of classes it will go up dramatically. I have 2 semesters with nothing but Fs and I'm confident I'll be able to change all of those to As or Bs. Even College Algebra. I have been pessemistic about my abilities with college algebra because of the struggles I've had with basic math skills, thinking well if I suck at that how can I do well at something harder. But hearing about everyone's experiences in math here has really changed me. I'm actually looking forward to it and going to go into the class with an open mind. And I was going to put it off, but I think I'll take that in the Fall.

I'm actually looking forward to it and going to go into the class with an open mind.

Hooray!

My BFF wants to be cremated, and have some of her ashes put into the punch, then have everyone do a toast with the punch.

If I become very wealthy, then in my will I'm going to stipulate that in order for my heirs to get the estate, I have to be made into LifeGems and they have to WEAR ME AS JEWELRY.

Luckily for my theoretical heirs, my lifetime plans don't include wealth.