Post 40 and quota death....

My exams have gone well so far. I don't think I've made any monumental stuff-ups at any rate. We shall see.

Last one is later today (Maths 1E1 which I'm feeling fairly ready for) then I need to pack and get ready to leave. Least I get an afternoon with Kay. *does uber-happy dance*

As it is now, not much to say, except that this year has been totally fantastic, I've met so many cool people (some as warped as myself :D ) and just generally had a blast.

On the downside, I didn't do as well as I had hoped, but anyway, it's in the past, all I can do is try harder I guess.

On a side note, I've been going to Goju-Ryu sessions recently, just to do something. And I must say it's a great deal of fun. Even (attempted to) follow a few kata in today's session. I'm definitely doing it next year, as well as continuing to climb.

Anyway, not much else to say, I've been cooped up in my room attempting to study for a while. Hope it pays off.

Now to burn my quota and head home!

*vanishes in cloud of pixel dust*

List of Top 50 Cool Bookses

Stolen from Warpeddragon.

This is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones you've read, strike-out the ones you hated, put a hash after those you started but never finished and put an asterisk beside the ones you loved.

1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov # (I wants it....)
3. Dune, Frank Herbert *
4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
6. Neuromancer, William Gibson
7. Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke *
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick **
9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury #
11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov (I think I have it somewhere....)
14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight, James Blish
16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett *
17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
22. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling
27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams **
28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
31. Little, Big, John Crowley
32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick (also on my list)
34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke (Didn't like the sequels)
39. Ringworld, Larry Niven (Attempting to track down the sequels)
40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut # (Busy with it ;))
43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein * (Better than the movie, without effort)
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks #
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer

Lazee dazes....

OK. So I had 17 days.

I've treated myself to a week off.

That's right Splat-fans: a week off. I have done the following work this last week:

Zip.
Zero.
Niks.
Nada.
Nothing.

Needless to say, it's been most pleasant.

Last week was OK. 4 exams, but still. I think Chem went OK. Physics prac was good. Geology I don't think I wrote enough, but then again, their mark allocation was a bit funny... We will see. Some more time to study would of been nice too. Physics theory, despite not really having enough time to study for, was OK. I think I did reasonably well.

I haven't really done much of anything this week. Read a fair amount, played computer games. Would have lived at the wall if it was accessible. Talking of climbing: I might be getting new shoes. At least, I'm going to see, Mike has organised/heard about some Mad Rock Locos going for R200, which is pretty darn cheap. So I might get a pair and stash them away for future use.

Plans for the next couple weeks: Start studying again tomorrow. Pack. Get photos for a passport done. Write the exams (Comp Sci and Maths). Head back to KZN. But probably not home for a while.

Anyway, like I said, not much has been going on. Been taking it very easy of late.

I've seen quite a lot of Kay too, which is a bonus. *does happy dance*

Time to go do some more serious procrastination now. ;)

*Aston vanishes into ceiling*

2/7. 3 tomorrow.

Yes, it is an arb title. Allow me to elaborate:

Two of my seven exams are past history. One of them (Chemistry) with any luck, forever. *permits self random happy dance on ceiling*
I think I passed, at least: I put an answer down for everything except biological building blocks, which bored me to tears and was apparently a difficult section anyway. Not that I was able to do anything in it, so I certainly thought so.

The other was the Geology practical (a week ago), which I have succeeded in not totally screwing up almost half of it, so we'll see how I do. My class mark was 70% which is good, especially since I didn't work that hard at it. *permits self second happy dance on ceiling*

Ahem.
What else...?

I have a grand total of FOUR exams this week. Che 102 theory today, Phy 102 Prac tomorrow, Glg 102 Theory on Friday and Phy 102 Theory (ouch) on Saturday.
I then have a seventeen day gap. I mean, that's longer than the September holiday was. *rolls eyes* Malicious bloody timetable computer.

Wonder if I can get to East London or something for a few days. Would love to go to Sunrise on Sea. Pity granny moved to eShowe in a way. *sighs* Oh wells.

Right! Work time.

*Aston vanishes to do some werkses*