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Apr. 4th, 2012 11:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogI've been away for a bit. It's kind of been a hell week, with four exams. I hope to be back here more, once more. For now, a few notes from Facebook/G+.
With only one exam left to go this week, things are finally settling down. My class learned yesterday that one of the three possible essay prompts on the exam would be removed. As I was chatting with the history professor on the way to the car, I asked her, "So, did you take the essay on Progressivism out because it's the most complicated one?"
She agreed that it was the least straight-forward of them. And as much as I kind of felt like I should choose that one because it would be valuable for me to get a better sense of Gilded Age progressive reform, I'd kind of decided on one of the other ones 'cause they were, as noted, more straight-forward and it's been a packed week. I guess I get to be a little lazy here and there.
The Spanish exam was easier than I expected, but I still wish I knew some Spanish speakers to practice with regularly. I"m expecting a B. I know, I've said that before. But this time really. Need to work on that.
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lisagems called me Hermione on the phone a few days ago and the image has kind of stuck in my head, for better or for worse. I have a lot to live up to there in terms of skill and talent I suppose, but I'm definitely becoming as neurotic. I also found myself wishing for a time-turner so I could take extra classes in the upcoming Fall semester. I need to stop myself at 17 credits though.
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It's weird the way things show up on the Facebook friends feed. When looking at the default view, I get things from people who aren't on my friends list, but have friends in common. I realized after posting on someone else's wall that it's not even somebody I know; they just posted a picture that had a friend (well, in this case a relative) tagged in it and it popped up on my feed.
Then I have my 'everyone' list that ought to be just everybody I've friended so I can read them all without Facebbok deciding I don't want to see some of them. Except lately I've noticed that I don't even see everyone's post there either. There really seems to be no solid way for me to consistently view everything that everyone I've friended posts. Clearly this is not an interface designed with the general public of Facebook users in mind. But we all know that, right? It's really designed for advertises to keep people at the site as long as possible and clicking on things. The only reason I keep using it is because I interact with so many people here that I wouldn't have as much contact with otherwise.
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I've been having trouble for a couple days sending an full-resolution image to someone who's buying usage rights from me. Looks like my original email from them had a typoed email address in it! Oops.
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On an unrelated note, I'm kind of floored that there still people who actually use words like "nigger" in public posts that describe another person. I have few enough people I encounter in my life that racism in the US is usually in the back of my mind when I don't have a reason to think about it.
Sure, you have the right to say it. And, really, it doesn't discredit your other opinions in itself. But it does make you a giant asshole.
With only one exam left to go this week, things are finally settling down. My class learned yesterday that one of the three possible essay prompts on the exam would be removed. As I was chatting with the history professor on the way to the car, I asked her, "So, did you take the essay on Progressivism out because it's the most complicated one?"
She agreed that it was the least straight-forward of them. And as much as I kind of felt like I should choose that one because it would be valuable for me to get a better sense of Gilded Age progressive reform, I'd kind of decided on one of the other ones 'cause they were, as noted, more straight-forward and it's been a packed week. I guess I get to be a little lazy here and there.
The Spanish exam was easier than I expected, but I still wish I knew some Spanish speakers to practice with regularly. I"m expecting a B. I know, I've said that before. But this time really. Need to work on that.
lisagems called me Hermione on the phone a few days ago and the image has kind of stuck in my head, for better or for worse. I have a lot to live up to there in terms of skill and talent I suppose, but I'm definitely becoming as neurotic. I also found myself wishing for a time-turner so I could take extra classes in the upcoming Fall semester. I need to stop myself at 17 credits though.---
It's weird the way things show up on the Facebook friends feed. When looking at the default view, I get things from people who aren't on my friends list, but have friends in common. I realized after posting on someone else's wall that it's not even somebody I know; they just posted a picture that had a friend (well, in this case a relative) tagged in it and it popped up on my feed.
Then I have my 'everyone' list that ought to be just everybody I've friended so I can read them all without Facebbok deciding I don't want to see some of them. Except lately I've noticed that I don't even see everyone's post there either. There really seems to be no solid way for me to consistently view everything that everyone I've friended posts. Clearly this is not an interface designed with the general public of Facebook users in mind. But we all know that, right? It's really designed for advertises to keep people at the site as long as possible and clicking on things. The only reason I keep using it is because I interact with so many people here that I wouldn't have as much contact with otherwise.
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I've been having trouble for a couple days sending an full-resolution image to someone who's buying usage rights from me. Looks like my original email from them had a typoed email address in it! Oops.
---
On an unrelated note, I'm kind of floored that there still people who actually use words like "nigger" in public posts that describe another person. I have few enough people I encounter in my life that racism in the US is usually in the back of my mind when I don't have a reason to think about it.
Sure, you have the right to say it. And, really, it doesn't discredit your other opinions in itself. But it does make you a giant asshole.
