Death by textbooks

[ferrumaeternum]

I know I’ve been kind of scarce around here this past month, and it probably won’t get much better until the semester is over. (However, there will definitely be tattoo updates!) I just thought I’d mention that because I don’t plan on abandoning LiveJournal or going on a hiatus. Even though I’m only taking 12 credits this semester, I’ve been insanely busy, and it’s getting pretty bad at the moment.

I’m failing astronomy, so I’m going to keep trying to do everything within my power to pass this class. I read the book, I’ve only missed six classes when I have it three times a week, I study, and I’ve done all my homework, and somehow it’s not working. The only consolation I have is when I look at the class averages and see that the majority is actually doing worse than I am. I guess the rumors are true that the physics department only passes a few kids from each class. This girl I know who’s studying to be a sonographer had to take all her physics classes at another school because she couldn’t pass anything here. I got A’s in all my high school science classes, so I find it hard to believe that I have a D-average at the moment. Hell, the worst grade I've ever got in my entire life was a C last year in math, so the idea of actually failing a class deeply worries me. I’d like to pass so I could get half of my required natural science credits out of the way, but I might just be damned and will have to retake it with another professor who doesn’t waste time talking about Star Trek, drag racing, Spinal Tap, and how he doesn’t see anything wrong with being a devout Catholic yet claiming that astrology is silly and fake.

I also have a ton of work to do in all my other classes before the semester is over. Getting tattooed the next two Saturdays isn’t helping, but I made the appointments months in advance and need to take advantage of Lane while he’s actually not out of the country.

But there’s good news:

• According to their MySpace, Turisas will be at their merch table after they finish their set! Perhaps I won’t have to wait outside in what will most likely be below freezing temperatures in order to meet the band after all. (Although I will still probably go out and stalk them once they leave the venue anyway.)
• Morrissey is apparently going to do a U.S. tour in 2009. I wish they’d hurry up and release the dates because the concert schedule for next year is looking pretty bleak as of now and I want something to look forward to.
• My dad decided he’s keeping the farm! When my parents file for divorce, he’s selling the 30-some acres of forest, but he’s keeping the farm and its 83 acres. I’m happy because it’s something he loves, it’s been in my family since they immigrated here, and I have a lot of good childhood memories there.
• My house is becoming less redneck. The huge piles of dirt and wood have been removed from the driveway, and a charity organization is coming to take away my dad’s old, rusty, broken down pick-up truck this week. Not to worry, there’s still plenty of other random shit lying around so the white trash charm will remain.
• My dad is going to put the $30,000 back in my sister’s and my college funds that we lost when the stock market crashed. Even though he only put $5,000 in each of ours when we were born and just invested it wisely so we have enough for college, I think he feels guilty for letting it lose that much. (The money is coming from part of what he got when a logging company removed the old cherry trees from our wooded property.) It just makes me feel better because I think I will end up having to go another semester, but I’ll find out for sure in a couple weeks when I meet with my advisor.