There just aren't enough hours in the day. Which is how I am able to write an entry all about how I'm going to actually start updating again...and then not update for 6 months. -.-
It's a problem.
In point of fact, I don't really have a whole lot of time right now, just thought I'd put in a quick update.
Went to Minneapolis for Anime Detour this last weekend, had a rockin awesome time like last year. Hopefully I will have time to upload some pictures later. Show you some of the neat cosplays there were. We thought it was kind of funny that this year there was the tallest Syaoran cosplayer ever, and last year there was a really short Kurogane (for those who have never seen Tsubasa, Kuro is really tall and Syaoran is a little short). We found it quite tragic that they weren't both there this year ^_^
Other than that, mostly just the usual of being busy with school and work. Started managing this week, got a raise for my driver pay to boot, which was pretty sweet ($0.30 ain't too shabby for a second raise). School was pretty bad the week before this...went about 3 days without sleeping. Yeah, fun times. o.0
Fucking ridiculous amount of work for not that good of a grade (I really hate group projects). On the plus side, I kicked ass pretty hard on the last essay in that class, so it more or less evens out
Now I should really head out to the library and finish my Zoology paper...whoo.

It's been a really long time since I wrote in something like this.
At first I didn't write because, in all honesty, I was just too depressed and too stuck in my own head. Then, once I finally moved past that, there was so much shit that had happened that I didn't (and did, in a way) want to talk about and didn't want to face up to that I just avoided writing in my journal. After awhile, I was doing better in my life and was happier and occasionally I would want to write (and just kind of skip over the parts I didn't want to/didn't know how to talk about), but I just wouldn't know how or where to start...so I just left all the words in my head, because it was easier.
But you know what? I really enjoy writing, and all the excuses in the world don't make that go away...so just fuck em all...I'm just going to write...like I would if I had never stopped writing.
I think I've (somehow) managed to make a pretty decent new start for myself in my life...so I'm just gonna rinse and repeat and hope for the best.
Cheers.

(This was written last night, just to clarify ^_^)
Been a kinda crazy week, all things considered. Mostly just from play practice, which has been running some pretty insane hours (doing full run throughs starting at 9/9:30, which means we don’t get done until midnight-ish). So that’s been a might tiring (and I have a minor part–I’m only on stage for like ten minutes. I -really- feel bad for the main charas). Add on to that stress over grades and whether or not I’d be able to drop Bio (couldn’t find my prof to sign the add/drop form before the final drop date, so I had to petition the Board of Academic Standing), which very easily could’ve been the difference between keeping my academic scholarship (which is my biggest one, and is -very- important financially) and not, so I was a wee bit stressed/freaked out about that. Actually, I didn’t realize -how- worried I was until I got the e-mail saying I’d been approved. It’s kinda funny (in a sad/bad kind of way, at least) how much I tend to...internalize stuff. I honestly wasn’t feeling that stressed over the petition thing (or, at least, I wasn’t thinking about it 24/7), but I got the e-mail on Wednesday, and the last two days I’ve been in a really good mood (at least/especially compared to how I’d been before), and I didn’t even -start- to connect the two things together until today. I guess it became more obvious because I knew I wasn’t entirely in a good mood otherwise, because missing home has really started to hit hard the last few days, especially missing Rachel (...I felt really sad and pathetic last night...I pulled the big white hippo my sister bought me awhile backout of the box I’d put it in (didn’t have room for it anywhere else, so I had it poking its cute little head out of the top of a box on my “closet” shelf) and slept with it, because I knew I wouldn’t be able to fall asleep otherwise ^^;; ). So I know I’ve been a little sad about all of that...so it was a little more obvious that my really good mood was probably more a result of not having the Bio stuff sulking around the back of my head.
Heh, I’m pretty good at digressing/rambling today, ne? ^___^;
Am at play practice currently...just finished the first scene of Act 1 I think...it -is- a funny play, despite all the problems associated with getting it put together ^^;
Have a lot of homework to do this weekend, on top of play practice. Seems this is a busy time of the semester for everyone, though. It’s around the time a lot of projects and papers end up being due, I guess. Personally, I have the last tendrils of my Environmental Studies class project (mapping/land stuff with the Merango Watershed....it was a lot of complicated, confusing guesswork type stuff, and I think we shall all be glad to leave it behind ^^;; ), an assload of Stats stuff to do (three chapters homework...going back over past chapters stuff until I actually -understand- it -.-; ), my term paper for psych that I -need- to get started on, at least enough to get a vague outline/proposal-thingy written up, aaand my ojibwe project (thanksgiving prayer translation, about 1 page) to start...and finish. I think that’s all though. I hope that’s all, elsewise my brain may go explodey ^__^; and one kind of assumes that would be distinctly bad. All that mess it would make and all.

...yeah, thenabouts I believe I ran out of time to write, or somesuch
I think I had more I was going to write about, but I can't remember anymore, so I guess I'm not gonna care ^_^;;
Just figured I'd toss an update up, since its been awhile...will try to write more/the rest later this weekend sometime...but that's all for now kittens!

It's true. I am feeling quite joyful, and I have no idea why. I figure its best to just leave it at that. Afterall, it's the weekend, and that means I can put my brain on "stand by" mode if I want. Or something like that, anyway. ^_^;
Hum. Friday was a good day. Even just outside of the general "whee, it's Friday" that is typical. It was just plain a fun day ^____^
Psych class is still my favorite--Aalbers is just plain too funny, (mostly) in an unintentional adorable kind of way ^_^ Actually, I've ben trying to decide if that's why that class is my favorite (i.e. the only one I actually look -forward- to going to), or if its more the content than the prof. I mean, obviously I -should- find the content interesting, as I'm majoring in psych...but then, one would think that I would then enjoy Bio too, which I don't. Of course, the prof in that class is -horrible- so I've kinda been hoping that's why it's been one of my least favorite class (if not the least...I think I may enjoy Stats more). I suppose we'll find out the answer to that next semester, when I, um, retake BIO 115 (Concepts of Biology), but with a different prof. I don't know. I always thought that I would enjoy bio-type stuff more than more analytical things like chem...but I actually -missed- not having chem this semester (but I do have Gen Chem II next semester)...bleh, I don't know. I suppose I technically still have 2 years to get a vague clue of what the hell I want to do with my life ^^;; It is also possible that BIO 115 is just too general/broad and thus boring, and I'll find biology more interesting when I get into some of the upper courses like Mammology and Ecology. *shrugs* we'll see.
But to return to psych class quickly: the last two lectures have been on biology (he's not very fond of this part...he decided he should shout to make it more exciting. It was funny ^_^), and then on Friday we talked about how SSRIs (such as prozac) work, and it was really interesting--especially when he started with how he actually doesn't like the use of SSRIs (an opinion in the vast minority right now, obviously enough). SSRIs don't actually contain any seratonin or anything like that, nor do they simply boost your bodies production of it (apparently this is because its not even possible--your brain actually treats seratonin as a poison, and so your blood-brain barrier (functions to protect the brain from possibly harmful things, essentially) would just block any extra seratonin that was directed at the brain). Instead, SSRIs interfere with the bodies Re-uptake cycle (RI="Re-uptake Inhibitor"), which is a phase of neural transmission. Basically (no, really), a bunch of neurons (technically, "neurotransmitter substances" made up of chemicals, such as seratonin) are shot out across a snaptic gap to receptor sites, but then, after releasing the neurons the Terminal Button (what released the neurons) goes into a phase where it becomes a semi-permeable membrane, thus allowing it to act kind of like a sponge. While it is like this, it "re-absorbs" some of the neurons (it does this to preserve bodies resources, I believe). So, what an SSRI does is in someway inhibit that process, such as making it "sponge-like" for a shorter period of time or perhaps not at all, which essentially increases the amount of seratonin taken in by the receptors.
Well, -I- thought it was interesting :P
After that we talked about Freud (who "on the other hand, is fun" ^__^), which was amusing, as could perhaps be guessed. More Freud on Monday (with our Freud comic book)--I'm excited ^_______^
Took the time the other day to actually sit down and figure out my winter schedule stuff, since they -finally- put up the timetable. So, for the interested, curious, and/or bored, I present my Winter Term Schedule! (duh duh duh!)
MWF: 9:30-10:20 BIO 115
10:30-1:20 Free :)
1:30-2:20 Pre-calc (doesn't that sound like -fun-?)
2:30-4:20 Gen. Chem II
T: 10:30-12:20 Bio lab
1:30-2:20 Pre-calc
2:30-4:20 Free
4:30-6:20 Cognitive Psych (I am really excited for this class ^_________^)
R: Free until 4:30!!! (and then psych class ^_^)
I dare say that Thursdays are going to FRELLING ROCK XDXD
And that only comes to 15 credits--2 short of the "limit" (after which you have to pay extra money -.-), aren't you proud of me?!? ^_____^;

What's this? An entry? ...and the world is not ending? ...nor has hell frozen over? ...nor has Bush been granted a brain?
then, bygods, its a Miracle!
^_^;;
Honestly, the real problem is that my life gets so busy and things that I forget I -have- an LJ...especially after I went about a year without "having" one (as in, I had one, but didn't have the time, energy, or sanity to actually -use- it)...and then, a day or two ago I my brain had one of its ever-frequent "Ping!" moments, and I went "holy crap! I have an LJ! and I haven't written in it in a week or two! ....crap!" ^^;; ..and then Rach yelled at me the next day....so here I am. I would just like to say that I cannot possibly be the only person who finds it somewhat pride-demeaning to have to put up Post-its reminding yourself to update your journal...-.-;;
Ah well.
Let's see here...what all has been going on in Katherine Land? (Shit, I need to write in this thing daily just so I can use it as a frelling reference guide *shakes a fist at her crack-pot memory* ...oh yeah, it fears me). Well, starting from the time of my last entry, the highlights would be Family Weekend (that first weekend of October), when my family and Rach came down here to visit which was most happy and squeeful ^__________^ ....was a nice "mid-way" point, and was "helpful" (that's a terrible word choice, but my brain can't do any better right now ^^;; ) because it came right around the time I was really -really- starting to miss Rach...so that was good :) And then it was fun to get to see my family, because they're fun and amusing and all that cool jazz ^_^
On the bad side, that was also the week of bad test results -_-; ...stats test: not so great...but, to look at it..um.."positively"...my stats test -was- better than my Bio test -.- ...yeah...-way- more reading ahead and studying my ass off for the next test in that frelling class...cripes -.-
But then I did pretty darn good on my Ojibwe test (okay, so it was a frelling cinch, and it would have taken a complete mindless dolt to even get a mid-B) and managed a 97% (though I must say, it's kinda annoying when -one- letter is one whole point)
To go back to Bio briefly though--I don't know what the hell is wrong with me this semester, but that whole...getting up "early" thing has -not- been going all too well for me...I've missed Bio more than any other class (it being my 8:30 class)...and, considering its the class I'm probably doing the poorest on, is not so good...still fixable, but not so good/happy nonetheless. Mostly it just annoys me...I got up at freaking 5 am for almost all of last year...why the hell am I having so much trouble managing 7? much less -8- ...and I know part of it (probably a large part) is that I haven't really gotten into enough of a constant sleeping habit to set a pattern, so my body isn't really "readY" to get up earlier yet, and that if I just forced my lazy ass out of bed on time for a week or two, I'd be fine....so hopefully that will be happening soon ^^;; ...its not even that Bio is -hard- 'cause its not really...its just so very, very -random-, as per the nature of an intro course, perhaps....but like 5-10 times worse...I am very much a "Big picture person" (as my mother calls it)...my brain is immensely fond of -concepts- ...not details. Or at the very least, not details with no "big picture" context....because you can look at a picture and pull pieces of it out and explain/describe it in detail, and then put it back where it goes in the picture. Frankly, if I have no where to put it "back" it -will- get lost. My brain is already -way- too random and chaotic for me to keep track of random bits of information that have no bigger concept to "anchor" them in my brain. As I've told Rach before, my brain is like a giant space vacuum...everything just kind of....floats. However, I've been getting the feeling that it was mostly that first unit that was so -very- bad about the lacking of wholistic conceptss thing...so hopefully the next test will go better ^^;
*peers as her semi-rant on bio* ...but you can't tell my brain's trying to forestall finishing my homework ^_^;;
We (that being me, Ally (my roomate), Heather, and Megan) were going to go to Applefefst this weekend, but kinda ended up...not. At least me and Ally didn't, in the interest of doing homework and such things. It's all good.
I rather suspect I should go finish doing said homework...because I still have some stats hw to finish up, as well as a psych test tomorrow that has a lot of ass-kicking potential...and I just don't think my pride can take another test-ass-kicking, so off I go to frolic in fields of filosophic ...fichology. (Oh, but I -do- crack myself up some days ^^;; )


P.S. Don't forget to take some time out to contemplate your inner vegetable! (As in, Aristotle, division(s) of the soul? the vegitive soul? inner vegetable? get it? eh, eh? Jesus, I'm so fucking hilarious sometimes, I can barely stand it :p )

Right. So that whole....updating lots and lots didn't go so well for me thus far...but I'm gonna try -really- hard. should be easier now that I've kinda gotten to get into the flow of this year, so hopefully updates will become more regular. Hey, we can hope, right? ^^;;

Part of the problem, really, is that I haven't been feeling all that....inspired to write...if that makes any sense to anyone but me ^_^;
ooooh, but I did just think of something to write about!
TEH SHINYNESS!!!!!
That is to say, Advents Children. Even though rach and lacie and etc all squeed their brains to implosion over its prettiness, I still was unprepared...because, while, yes, it is just plain graphically gorgeous, it also has an extremely engaging story line and characters, -and- is funny as hell too (well, I also got "extra" amusement from Kadaj ..Reno and company were the intentional humor...but Kadaj was crazy in the wazy that makes me giggle lots ^___^ I liked him lots XD)
Seriously, even if you're not a FF7 fan, you should see this movie, because regardless of its being part of/related to FF7 it is an amazing movie. Simple as that. So go see it before Kadaj goes bishy-cute-crazy on yo ass!
^___^
As far as school life goes..well, nothing all that thrilling has happened. Am now on first floor though (room 125, nice and close to the only two doors I ever have to use, so that's nice ^_^), and new roomate is very nice and all is good...is also better because I have Heather (who was on my OO trip) and her roomate Megan down the hall, and Megan is a big Utena fan as well XD (she has the most frelling -gorgeous- poster cut-out thing of the Utena/Anthy DVD cover), so that is much coolness ^_^
As for classes...pretty much all good..Ojibwe is a bit intimidating, just because its SO much at once that is SO different from any other language I know...Orchestra is good as well...although we're playing one piece by Devorjak that is frelling INSANE! it is EVIL! evil I say! ^_^;;;
hum de dum..well, I think thats all I will say for now....I kinda need to go read me some textbook and do me some homework...
Ciao!

Just figured I should get -something- in here...don't ask me why....I just do what the sheep tell me to. ^_^

Actual update/entry later. Promise :)