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Testy Behavior.

I worry a bit about tests. Tests irritate the hell out of me, because they require a certain level of knowledge that isn't required in the real world. You know, real-world situation, somebody asks you something, and you don't need to know right then, you can just look it up and find out. That's what Google's for, right?

Projects and papers are where it's at, even if they take a lot longer, because you know what you're getting yourself into. And you also know if what you've done sucks or not. When you turn in a project, you are damn well aware of what grade you deserve on it. You put enough time into a project/paper, and you're going to get an A, hands down.

A final ... not so. Especially if they don't give you some sort of study guide or review session.

I only have one more final, and three major projects I'm working on, but it's the final I'm worried about.

Last final ever, Monday. Thank God.

... this is one of those ranty posts. sorry, i'll try to limit them.

posted by Doug 9:54 AM

Eyes Heavy With Sleep.

In Sheena's last post, she mentions something about how if she has eye-poop, people should let her know. I think it would be worthy to note that most people wouldn't know eye-poop if they saw it (except maybe that runny stuff that comes out of dogs eyes and gets lodged in their fur, what the fuck is that stuff). Allow me to clarify.

Eye-poop is sleep. And I mean sleep, not as in the state of not-being either awake or dead, but in the crap in your eyes when you wake up. Isn't that a cute name, though? Sleep. It's like it's some little physical manifestation of the activity, it sounds like it could be a Pokemon the way it's used.

The term eye-poop is a direct translation from Cantonese. Two syllable word for the stuff, Ngan meaning "Eye" and "See" meaning Crap, or Poop. Chinese is full of combination phrases like this, and I gotta say, I love 'em because they usually bring up some bizarre mental picture.

Anyway. Now you know.

posted by Doug 8:36 AM

Done with School? Bored?

Play the Bush Game! Play as characters as varied as Jessica Lynch and Jesus, Michael Moore and Mr. T to collect the 5 keys of Voltron and save America from the Bush Administration. The game takes about 45 minutes to play from start to finish, but at least check it out.

Also, Al Gore gave an incredible speech at NYU.
Listen: Mp3
Read: Transcript
or
Watch at MoveOn.org

posted by Doug 12:41 PM

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