More speech class goodness

( The speech, my draft of it )

Research paper bare-bones draft/outline: ADHD vs. ritalin vs. careless doctors

( It's not done yet. )

From Echo, via votania

( Questions about relationships )

Spiffiness.

Took notes for Baronness Babble yesterday in Science class. She's a delightful lady, and she couldn't make it to the second hour. She's ADHD, and she is having a hard time. (Many of the questions I pose to the teacher, I pose with her in mind, to clarify it for her beyond any doubt so it'll stick in her mind.) She asked me to, but then didn't expect it of me, as I was too damn tired to be staying awake. But, as she'd asked me to, of course I did... She was surprised.

She stopped by the Dillard's clearance center down at the Spectrum Mall (Hi, othercat!) and picked up what looks to be a goooooorgeous black velvet two-piece outfit for me. (Evidently it wasn't too expensive, so I don't feel bad...)

I'm delighted.

I somehow don't expect that when I think of other people, that they think of me...

What's up with shadesong's bad feeling?

According to http://www.runecast.com ( ... )

busy-working

...yet still with time to update journal.

Hacking on research paper. Getting headache from monitor. Will be slightly slow going. Ah well. I have three hours.

Turned monitor down to 50% brilliance. Much better.

Dawn and I will be going out to movie tonight. Will review for pleasure of all.

Between earrings and necklace, my neck is going to have a rash: I can feel it. Yuck. The things we do for beauty...

Got my first page.

Wow. I'm actually getting this done!!

Working...

Hacking at the paper still. Votania's home safe after her stressful day... oh dear. Looks like there are some Male Chauvanist Asses that are in dire need of a swift kick. Ganders taste just as good with the sauce that was brewed for the goose...

So far, I've got a good 1552 words. I'm aiming at six pages; this is just the rough draft, though, so I can work with the summoning of small rabbits into headgear.

Went Out

Dawn picked me up after English class. Between her running late and our missed directions, we wound up being too late to see the movie. We went out for dinner instead. She knows this nice little Irish pub (in the heart of downtown Tempe) and that's where we wound up. Nice place. Nice food.

We gossiped and magic-geeked some. Guys: accellerator shields. You know that Mercedes Lackey spinning-shield trick? Well, if you've got layered shields that form an accelerator, spinning around any incoming hostile at the speed of thought, and then you release it back in the direction it came from once it's good and ready to return...

Interesting concept, at least. I know that there are some things that should Never Ever Ever get into the accellerator; sithjawa, I think that this is where your magnets come in.

Came back home. Will be crashing soon. Have been out of house since a little after 6 this morning.

Got a B- on my speech, despite the 2:30 overrun of my allotted time.


Life is good.

(no subject)

Darkside's a sweetheart.

...It just wrecks his evil image if he admits it.

Note: try to stop petting his hair. He's not too fond of that. Stroking his arm is evidently "distracting" while he's trying to code on his calculator.

I rock.

Evidently, finagling a good grade for Speech out of Ashford is difficult. I'm probably going to be leaving with a high B or a low A. When the married chick FA who hangs out with Neighbor in the mornings when her class is in the lab heard that I'd gotten a B- from Ashford for my speech today, despite being 2:30 over the time limit, she bowed down before me.

We had a fun time chatting. I told her the joke about the Pagan who goes to hell, and we had some interesting religion-geekery along with some ADHD chatting, as I was working on my reseach paper at the time. Note to self: post remainder of it tomorrow, and then do some more hacking at.