Midterm Time

Couch, originally uploaded by jawsmurphy.

it's that happy time of the quarter again.....yes, that's right....Midterm Time!!! woo hoo!! and, honestly, i've been doing a good job studying. this week. it seems like all quarter i haven't been motivated at all. maybe because i burned myself out last quarter. or maybe because i feel as though the classes i am currently taking are useless to me as a chemist. or, most likely, it's because once i got my grades for last quarter i realized just how little grades actually matter in grad school. i think it's mainly just more hoops that they want to watch us jump through.

regardless, all quarter i've been coming home and doing battle with my couch. it doesn't really matter if i'm watching tv, catching up on my internet surfing, or even just staring off into space. once i sit down, i can't get myself motivated to actually do more chemistry. (and maybe that has to do with the fact that i'm already putting in 10-12 hour days, at least).

either way, i'm hoping to keep my motivation up through the end of the quarter. because even though i've now realized the irrelevantness of grades and classes, i don't want to end up pissing off my boss. cause i kinda need him on my side in order to survive this whole ordeal.


in other news, i went to a "sex worker art show" yesterday for valentine's day. it was fairly entertaining. mostly just hilarious. again, maybe it's lack of sleep talking. but watching a woman in full bondage spastically thrash about so violently that she ends up throwing herself to the ground *is* kinda humerous. = )

Posted by *erin* | 10:56 PM