Advertising and a Semester's Reflection

Originally Posted at 02:55 PM on Dec. 17, 2003

The test has now come and gone. I would guesstimate I got a 94ish on it. Looks like I settle for the A-, but I am at least able to say I accepted the challenge, and took a shot at it.. not falling too far from where I aimed. There's always next semester.

Three hours sleep is fun.

In other news... Fuck! I just got my Anthropology grade back from my prof... and I got an 85, which means a C for the semester (as opposed to the B- or C+ I was aiming for). That sucks ass. I thought I did better than that. And I have to say, basing a grade entirely off of tests is the suck. You know, I can't even say the tests kicked my ass, if I had studied properly for the first two to begin with, I would've had an easy B, but as so often is the case, I prove to be my own worst enemy.

I totally managed to squander some ridiculously easy classes this semester. Math Mods, total joke, I fell two points short of an A, and there is no +/- so I get a B. Business Computing Skills, I squeaked out an A by 2 points on the Final (I thought I did better on that one too). Anthropology Lab, I lost a few points every "test" on remarkably stupid things, because I never reviewed (mostly because I couldn't read the test schedule to save my life), ended up with a B+ instead of the easy A it should've been (granted it was only one credit). Anthropology (as mentioned above) would've been a joke of a class had I studied for the first two exams (which were worth one third of the grade a piece). Advertising, looks like an A- (assuming I didn't overestimate.. or severely underestimate... my performance on the final - but I'm damned confident in a 90+ score), thanks to actually studying for the tests in the class, and near perfect attendance. Accounting looks like a B, unless I absolutely bombed the final, which I don't think I did, and if I get a B, that's really good for the class, because everyone I know has had their asses handed to them by it, being lucky to receive a C+ (of course, you may yet get a C+, so don't be a cocky asshole). It isn't over until the old guy/lady bubbles in your grade and sends it off to..wherever the grades go.

The semester as a whole saw minor growth for me as a person, I made a few new friends, kept the same couple of enemies, and generally had a decent time. My weight went up roughly 5 pounds, but I believe it to be due to muscle, as opposed to the some 15+ pints of Ben & Jerry's I had. I have actually felt kind of slimmer (not that I'm a blob of a person to begin with), and I plan to frequent the rec center with the regularity I maintained during finals, throughout the Spring if not moreso. There are feminine prospects for the future as well, and I may be growing nearer to a decision on a career, whether it coincides with my major (now or in the future) remains to be seen...

Disappointment abounds for this deceptively easy semester (gradewise). But, as always, there is hope for the future. There is always next semester, to which I truly am looking forward. I feel resolved to get the best grades of my college career in the coming semester, just because I know it's going to be tough (and of course there will be added pressure from the parentals for the sub-par performance of this semester.) I won't be doing well for them, I will be doing well for me.