Final #3 done

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Alan V

The 312 final today actually wasn’t that bad. It was quite long, and the problems certainly made me think, but I’m fairly certain I came up with reasonable answers for all the problems, demonstrating that I actually knew the material. After all, that’s what really matters.

Got the grade for the final for 213. Did worse than I was expecting… 81%. Not terrible though, and I’ll still probably get my A, so I can’t really complain. Also got my final folio grade for photo. A on the folio, A- on the final assignment (self-defined project). I’m planning on scanning all the photos from each of my submitted assignments sometime this week, so you’ll probably see them soon. Probably going to start a new site section for those prints plus the various good photos I have.

Tonight was the Almost Midnight Breakfast. Lots of yummy food. Then was a cluster rave. OMG I love this camera.
While nice long exposures to get the blur of the raving were nice…

And ones with smaller apertures to let in less light and just get the glowsticks are better…

I much prefer this, which captures the scene as well as blurs the raving:

More rave pictars can be found at http://photos2.alanv.org. Please, leave comments on the pictures too. I love picture comments almost as much as I love journal comments. There’s a reason I went through the effort of writing a script for the photos instead of sticking them in a folder and turning on listing permissions… I like having comment capablity :-P

This song is bizarre. It’s a “Bring Me to Life” remix, done by a group called Pink Panther. Seems like something that would be good for raving though.

I’ve had way too much sugar lately. Between the free candy at CS finals and free cookies during finals week for CS majors and the free BBQs all around campus with burgers and tons of soda, I’ve probably had more sugar in the past 2 days than in the past 2 months combined. CS wants to kill its kids with sugar, I swear… XD

Oh yes, and I’m feeling better. Thank you to everyone who was worried about me and gave me huggles and generally made me feel loved. :D

Finals #1 and #2 done

Posted on May 9, 2006 by Alan V

213 was yesterday. At first, looking through it, my thought was “OMFG I’m going to fail.” Then I actually started working through the problems, and you know what, they were all doable. The exam itself was nothing like any of the practice exams I looked over (which is probably why it scared me at first glance), but everything on there was reasonable and doable if you understood the material. I feel good about it.

Then today was combinatorics exam. I went into it feeling generally doomed. Then we got the exam. I looked over it. First problem… oh, it’s just combinatorical proofs of two identities. Easy. Second problem… one of the nice probabilistic method proofs Easy. Third problem… a bunch of true/false with justifications… relatively easy. Last problem… two of these five proofs… oh, one is just inclusion/exclusion, and one is just marriage theorem… easy!
I finished in about 50 minutes, double checked all my work twice (took about another 30), and came out feeling quite confident in my answers.

So yeah, my first two finals went quite well.

Tonight is the 312 final. That should be scary. Hopefully I’ll do okay on it though. I feel like I know the material relatively well, I just may have some trouble applying it.

Whee. After tonight, I should be stress-free until next Monday. Not too worried about 18100 exam, and now that my ‘A’s in 213 and 21301 have been relatively assured, I don’t need to really worry about 80180 either.

Meh x 3

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Alan V

I’m feeling a little better, I guess. I’ll really feel better after the finals tomorrow, since they’ll be the worst of the 5 I have.

In case anyone’s curious, the past two days’ posts weren’t directed at anyone specific. I just felt kinda neglected and stressed in general and just kinda broke. Meh. Apologies.

I don’t even know why I’m stressing about finals so much… it’s not like they’re seriously going to affect my grades in any class unless I seriously bomb any of them. 213 is almost guaranteed to be an ‘A’, same with 312 (although I am seriously afraid of that final), same with photo (no final to worry about anyway), same with 18100. 21301 is weighted as such that I need a 33% on the final to get a ‘B’ or a 75% to get an ‘A’. 80180 is kinda meh… we have every possible question that could appear on the final. I need to stop worrying about grades anyway. Meh.

(Talking about the 213 final)
Keith: Someone set up us the bomb the final
Me: We get signal handler?

tmoss: trying to use a fictional work in a fact based paper is full of the crack
tmoss: you have to make EVERYTHING a metaphor
alanv: i boned your mom last night
tmoss: well, if you bone is media
tmoss: and my mom is the general public
tmoss: then i means that the media fucks the general public in the ass untill there is no fucking life left in them

Meh x 2

Posted on May 7, 2006 by Alan V

Yeeeeah, waking up from a dream that literally has you crying for 15 minutes is NOT a good way to start a day.

Thanks to Alisa for the huggles though. <3

I just want to go somewhere and drink until I stop feeling anything and get totally drunk and pass out and not have to deal with life right now. Meh. If only I was 21.

Alas, combinatorics study guides and 213 old exams beckon.

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