"Don't forget 3. Oct .11"

[trenchkamen]

Except I missed that bus by four hours. I really need to catch up on Fullmetal Alchemist 2.

Can't sleep. What else is new.

Took the GREs again today, did considerably worse than last time. Like a hundred points worse in analytical, exact damn same in verbal. My brain did not want to work. I was having trouble focusing; I could not process what I was seeing even though I knew it was easy. I'm not used to this. Something is wrong.

Had the same problem trying to read today. Yes, recreational reading.

How can somebody have been top of his medical school class and not understand what eukaryotic means? Write!Fail.

It's October, my favorite month: my birthday, Halloween, and, now, National Coming Out Day, though why "coming out" needs a day is sad, but that's another issue for another day. Every day should be coming out day. Rainbow festival was today, but I didn't go after my GRE because I was too pissed off, and it was getting late in the afternoon.

I'm also insanely behind on LJ. So, uh, sorry about that.

The halfway mark for the semester is coming up, and I haven't started on any of my graduate school applications, and I still need to finish my broader impacts proposal. Ultimately I have nobody to blame but myself. And I need to start on the gigantic fucking lab report that's due next week.

Comments

[joeshadows.livejournal.com]

I know what that burned out feeling is like. There's a reason that there's a giant pile of books, movies, and games I have sitting in my room that I haven't had the mental focus to get around to. I tend to feel that way when I get home from work, and I haven't had enough days off in a row to really shake it.

Get some sleep and some time off, it'll do you good. Go to a waterpark with your boy. Hey, if nothing else, the nigh-constant pain of the inevitable sunburn will help keep your mind awake. ;)

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

I have a giant pile of books from used book sales. Like enough to fill a small shelf.

I'm proud of myself for having not had a sunburn for years. Still is hot enough for water parks, though.

[kitschaster.livejournal.com]

I guess forgetting definitions is no better than forgetting the actual terms themselves. By the time I got sick of music theory and the testing process, I couldn't remember half the damn terms, but I could tell you exactly what it did. Unfortunately, "Ummm....that repeated rhythmic pattern thingy that Stravinsky uses for the second movement in The Rite of Spring!" ...doesn't cut it when writing an essay for a written exam. =\

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

The extent of my music theory came from marching band, i.e. minor keys are sad, major keys are happy, trumpets are never in tune.

[kitschaster.livejournal.com]

Sounds like the first year of music theory for me. And then we got into the hard stuff like clapping rhythms and making chords sound confused about their gender.

Ergh, sorry to hear about your exams. Third time's a charm, and eukaryotes have a lot of stuff in them.


Also, there's a day now for coming out. Oooooh, almost as cool as talk like a pirate day! =D

[theonlynonny.livejournal.com]

they have it as a day so that those that are hesitant can have more support.

At NAU we had a big demonstration where we taped off an area near the Union and state there with a sign saying it was coming out day and what not. It was fun. And also some people that were in the closet came to the prism meetings and started getting help and support....SO it is a good thing to have IMHO ^.^

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

I think it's a good thing.

What is sad is that society is so hostile to those who are coming out that they need a day to feel protected.

[theonlynonny.livejournal.com]

ah, yeah I can understand that. I've heard of poeple using it for coming out about other things too, like sickness or psychological disorders like mpd. *shrug* rather they have the day and not need it, then not have it and need it. you know?

[duckmole86.livejournal.com]

Please tell me you passed your GRE and are just retaking it for a better score. Otherwise, I'm avoiding the bloody things altogether because you're easily much smarter than I am. Or at least better at applying your intelligence.

But Lauren, if you're having that sort of trouble focusing/processing things, you should probably ask a doctor about it unless you're dealing with some severe burnout. I have issues like that when I'm seizing, and occasionally other times, but I know that that comes of a combination of the seizures and the meds I'm on to prevent them. You'll almost certainly feel better about things when you find out why.

*hugs*

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I did well above average both times. I just thought I could do better because the first time I made some simple mistakes. The mathematics section is rather easy, logic problems with simple algebra and geometry. The only difficult part about the verbal is some obscure vocabulary that you have to know outside of context (i.e. analogies and antonyms). So definitely do not avoid it or fear it.

I've been burned out, yes, but I'm also going off Zoloft. I think that has a lot to do with it.

[johnwwells.livejournal.com]

Well, you still haven't put off the apps as long as I did, I don't think - not yet, anyway. All the same... chip away at them after you've managed to snatch a little rest? I'm always happy to proofread - my e-mail is pnagami atatatat gmail.

(Sequence repeat misreading inserted to foil spambots, of course.)

Happy birthday in advance! Or belated, depending.