eighthphase

Had fun at the ren faire! I kind of wish I'd eaten more, and it would have been nice if I hadn't almost fainted near the end, but overall it was fun. I bought a couple of things, including a rune for inner peace (that might just replace the silver cross da bought me, as far as my talismans go) and a gorgeous leather-bound journal that I'm moving my Inoue Chronicle outline into stat because it's just too pretty a journal to not use. (I probably should have bought a bigger one, but I didn't want to spend too much and I didn't like the look of most of the larger ones.)

Caught up on my soc reading, mostly! I have to do the supplementary readings for chapter three (there are two for this one, unlike the last two chapters) but I did finish reading chapter two and then read all of chapter three. I don't remember what the supplementary readings are; I still need to download them. ^_^; I'll probably do that later, though.

I spend a lot of time working in AVID class; mostly stuff I should probably actually be doing at home. It's actually helpful when doing physics homework, because I can't just decide, "Well, this blows; I think I'll go play with the cat" or something (though I can and do decide, "Well, this blows; I think I'll check my email" or something; thanks, Lancelot!) and also because I can ask our other tutor (I honestly don't know his name. I think it's Jeff, but I don't remember for sure) for help, since he's also in my physics class.

At the same time, though, I think I actually do better work at home, or at least not in AVID. AVID class is loud and busy, and I've found that it's a little harder to concentrate now that I'm not the only tutor, because now I have someone to distract me. I also miss being able to listen to my instrumental playlists while working; they tend to be quieter than my lyrical playlists, so I can't hear them over the noise in AVID. It's a shame, because they also tend to be less distracting, since I'm not trying to follow along with the lyrics, so I can focus more easily on, say, my soc textbook.

Of course, I also only tend to really get work done at home when people aren't bothering me for whatever reason, which usually only happens when there's no one around to bother me... but still, at least I have that opportunity at home, whereas I don't in AVID.

Also, random thoughts of the day: I just finally realised that media is the plural of medium! (Also that librum is the plural of libra, but I think that one's more easily excused, as the only time someone ever uses either word is when talking about horoscopes.) And I also realised that I have an irrational dislike of the "such as" construction, as in, "In other countries, such as Vietnam..." I think it sounds stiff and unnatural and I will never ever use it, even if it is a perfectly valid construction.