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[tammaiya]

Because I haven't actually mentioned it yet, on market day on Wednesday I joined the Law Society, Jellybabies (the queer society- I have a badge saying "we're here, we're queer, and we're NOT GOING SHOPPING" :D) and Film Group. Ran into half my brothers friends whilst signing up to the last, as they're on the committee. (As in fact brother used to be.) Suspect maybe Rohan would have disowned me if I HADN'T joined. XD;

Must make pledge with self to go to Film Group sometimes and not let hermit-like behaviour consume me. Rrr.

Must also get driver's license, because that would be remarkably useful if I actually want, you know, mobility that doesn't rely on the skeezy unreliable bus system. *sweatdrop* Speaking of which, campus SO BIG. So much walking! The Law faculty is in the middle of nowhere, because- as Matt so gleefully pointed out- we are pariahs. We even have our own library. Nobody likes us! *g*

Seriously, though, from the Law faculty to the bus interchange is about the distance it used to take me to walk home from school. And yesterday? I must have walked more than 5km. University Avenue -> Baldessin Precinct Building -> Chifley Library -> Manning Clark Centre -> BPB -> Law Faculty -> Dad's office -> bus interchange -> ... well, the plan WAS -> Deakin but I ended up in Woden because the bus LIED. It liiiiiiied! It said it was going through Deakin! That wasn't THROUGH Deakin! That was PAST Deakin! So then I walked to the other side of the Woden Plaza and back to get a 10-ride bus ticket, caught a bus to Deakin, walked around school (yes, I went back to my school), and walked HOME.

So much walking omg ded.

Ps, I had a weird dream that I think was influenced by that physical exhaustion (as well as too much manga, too much slash, possible gender issues, and 3rd year japanese-related performance anxiety) wherein I was male. Um. It was very strange. I was fighting against some bad guys with my awesome magic skills (which were a cross between Recca from Flame of Recca, Sorata from X and Naoe from Mirage of Blaze) but I got so exhausted I could hardly breathe and when I tried to cast a spell nothing happened. So I ran away when they tried to kill me and ran into other bad guys (who were less bad, maybe?) who I'd been fighting earlier and still couldn't cast a spell so I burst into tears and they were like o.O; and felt vaguely mean. Then I said "FINE WHATEVER DO WHAT YOU WANT." And there was about to be gay sexx0r with me as the uke when I woke up, which I don't think I felt too bad about because the seme was surprisingly nice and also hot.

*contemplates this* Dear subconscious: wtf, you.

Got my folders etc for uni. So many less utensils necessary than school. Wonder if I really needed to put all 17 blue biros in my pencil case. Ah well. At least I'll never run out. Started my uni reading, and have hit several snags.

1: I am quite obsessive-compulsive about books, for some reason. I get really upset if they are imperfect in some way- if the cover is bent, if the pages get stained, whatever. I CAN'T highlight them. It hurts me deep inside. As you can imagine, this might be a problem for Law. o.O;

2: OMGWTFBBQ SO MUCH READING. *wonders if they really expect her to do ALL the required reading by Tuesday* *sadly concludes that they do* *woe* I retained my social life in college when everyone else was making sacrifices. Now, however, it looks like my time has come to be COMPLETELY WITHOUT A LIFE. The reading I have to do for Law for the first lectures filled an entire entry in my student diary. Where'm I going to fit my linguistics and japanese homework? *bitches*

Am very tired. At least STARTED the reading for Torts. Torts is interesting; Foundations looks like it shall be filled with wankiness. Went to the trial Brumbies match tonight. We won. Mum has put her back out so badly she can't walk. Do not think that speech abilities in japanese are good enough for 3rd year, because get shy and freeze up and can't say anything on quite regular basis and though can understand a lot of grammar forms when try to USE them bollucks it up right awful. Bah.

Despite my inability to write and all my paralysing fear and feelings of inadequacy (I'm going to faaaaaail! I won't keep up with the readings and I won't understand anything and the Japanese will be too hard and who knows why the fuck we're studying this case?) am actually quite excited by uni.

Well, when I'm not ridiculously tired, anyway, which is not now. Wish I had the will (and time) to do something because I'd really quite like to read Tsubasa and write fic. >

Comments

[-leareth.livejournal.com]

While the professors would /like/ you to have done all the reading by class, they're realistic to know that most of you won't have, so don't worry (unless you get the anal-retentive type of prof who likes to put people on the spot and ask them questions) XD

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Hahaha yes. My mother told me horror stories about this one professor back in her day who used to pick random students and ask them questions and if they hadn't done the reading he'd chuck them out. She then added that he was a very good professor. XD

[-leareth.livejournal.com]

That's the thing -- the scary profs are usually the best ones. One of the scary "hot-seat" style profs I have here makes me nervous every class but I try to sign up for his classes because I know he's one of the best ones :)

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

That makes sense. They're the kind of teachers/professors who really care- I had a few teachers like that back at school, the kind who were tough but brilliant and if you did the work you did well.

[-leareth.livejournal.com]

In other words, I should be responsible and tell you to do the work for every class instead of telling you that you can get away with cramming in the last few weeks :P

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Hee! I am going to TRY to do all the reading, but I have a sneaking suspicion that this is going to end up like history, where again I INTENDED to do the reading but what actually happened was that I listened in most classes, took some notes and crammed like hell before the final exam. *shifty look*

[-leareth.livejournal.com]

Well, put it this way; I found that as long as you work hard and take all the notes in lectures and classes, you would have already cut down the amount of work you have to do in your spare time. Plus it makes your life much easier when you're going through your notes again so you can take them into the exam ^^

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Okay, that sounds a lot like history, then. *brightens considerably* Thank you!

[sanabas.livejournal.com]

You're doing asian studies as well, so you're only half a pariah. *gleefully laughs anyway* Donnie Darko is on at film group Tuesday night. I WILL drag self out of room, and I WILL join film group. I want to see how much was changed with the super duper director's cut.

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Most people do combined Law degrees. :P

I considered going to Donnie Darko, but there are issues in transport, in how much reading I'll probably have to do by then and in the fact that I'll just have had 6 hours of lectures that day. >

[sakanagi.livejournal.com]

Good luck with your work. With careful planning and scheduling, though, you hopefully won't need luck. ^^ It really is best if you're not behind in your reading, even if it does kill all social possibilities.

Wow, your awesome magic skills in that dream sound good. But it's just no good when spells and things like that don't work. I remember one dream I had where there was supposed to be a secret passage I was going to hide in, but for some reason it wasn't there. I turned to the people who were chasing me and said "Hey, wait, you shouldn't be able to see me here!" and they said "Oh, right," and gave up looking for me. ^^;

Aww, no-one likes the Law dept. at your Uni? It must be due to fear. XD

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Well, my social life mainly occurs on the computer, so this is going to take a lot of self-restraint. "I COULD go into the other room and sign onto AIM... NO BAD ME!"

They were quite awesome. In the first part where I was fighting against them, I was just using the electricity and the onmyoujitsu (there was a lot of "BAI!" going on XD) and when I tried to cast the spell that didn't work, I think I was using the flame. Especially since I tried to summon one of the fire dragons after the spell didn't work and couldn't remember any of their names. *sweatdrop*

It's not really that they don't like us. *pause*

I hope. *shifty look*

[sakanagi.livejournal.com]

So you had onmyoujitsu+electricity+fire powers? I am envious. ^^

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Yes! Er, fat lot of good it did me in the end, though. ^^;

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahah. Hah. Now you shall realise what I was doing all those months while you were chatting and writing and generally being a normal human being.

Welcome to the society of hermits, my dear, we'll let you out into the sun occasionally.

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

*weeps bitter tears* There are so many things I need to be doooooing right now, and I'm not doing any of them. Bit by bit, I am finding the self restraint to get OFF AIM and do sections of my reading. So hard, though.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

You have Mondays off, though, don't you?

HATEHATEHATE

Might see you on Tuesday, when are you coming in then?

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

THE WHOLE DAY. I have 6 hours of lectures. I only have Monday off because there was no way to schedule any of my classes then. Um. I'm free between 2-3pm Tuesday? And after 4?