December 2004
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Again, I will reiterate how much I love it in Houghton while school’s out. Not many people around, park wherever I want, cheap groceries, and getting paid to do nearly nothing (since there’s no one around, no one has computer problems). For Christmas I snagged another really cool cookbook, this one is called “A Man, A Can, A Microwave” and it has some really interesting...
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The year I was born
In 1980 (the year you were born)
Jimmy Carter is president of the USPresident Carter announces punitive measures and embargos against the USSR in retaliation for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupts in a violent blast estimated to be 500 times as powerful as the Hiroshima atomic bomb
Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th US president in a sweeping...
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It’s all over now! My last final was today. I was worried about it and fretting over things I couldn’t remember while taking but then I thought “Hey, I’ve practically aced this class already, the worst that’ll happen is my grade will drop a bit.” Which relaxed me enough to at least finish the exam.
On another note, if you ever get the chance to see the movie...
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2 down 1 to go
And the last two exams are proof that if you study too much, your exam grade will suffer, but if you study JUST enough or not at all you seem to excel. I started working on this last exam and said to myself “Self, you missed the department Christmas party for this?” and proceeded to stomp that exam like a big nasty cockroach under my boot. I don’t know what’s going to be...
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One down two to go
I had an exam on Monday, it sucked. How come when you really study for an exam it turns out horribly and when you just wing it you do really well? Well more to follow, I’ve got another exam in about an hour and I need to get my head clear for it…
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Well, it’s been a while since I’ve posted. A lot has happened since then, Thanksgiving came and went and I am getting a divorce. Life carries on though I suppose. The sun still rises every morning and the world moves on. School and work have kept me busy through all of this (hence why I have updated in a while). I seem to be improving in my not so good class, and work is… well,...