this side of the blue

phew! been working on my paper for the past three hours, and i'm about halfway there--but anyway, i only need the appearance of having a full researched paper for tomorrows quiz grade. not that it isn't, because it is! i've worked hard, i tried to be creative in the way that i articulated my thoughts and presented the facts. it's just not done yet. but this isn't the sort of thing you can finish on a whim, you know. what's hard for me to accept is working so hard and not getting an A. i mean, i got an A on my last research paper, but i've had it happen before where all i've gotten was a stinking B.

like on my Math test. he posted the grades this afternoon; mine was a B+. James insisted i should be happy with this grade, since Math isn't my strong subject, but when you study until you're blue in the face you want a grade that reflects that. i know in the end, as long as i pass no one is going to be any the wiser; but i'll know. i never got grades like that in high school, despite how hard i tried, i was usually a C or B student. so now i want that. and i'm older, more mature, and much more eloquent. so it's sort of expected. i set these boundaries for myself.

apart from scholarly stuff, what else is going on? oh--i've decided to buy old comic strips of Little Orphan Annie. i dunno if i'll actually LIKE it, but at this moment i'm sure as hell interested. i read about it on Wikipedia today when i should have been working. the comic ran for over two decades (mid 1920's to nearly 1950 or something...), but i'm more interested in the post Depression/WWII era. for it's time, it was considered a highly contraversial strip filled with loads of metaphorical policital messages. anyway, volume 1 (which covers 1924-1927) was on Amazon for 26.39, so i bought it tonight.

oh, my bookshelf from WAL-MART is here. but i couldn't pick it up yesterday because Bruce was off doing a side job, couldn't pick it up tonight because i had to work on my paper, and i have school tomorrow! WAHHHH! it will probably have to wait til the weekend.

it may not seem like it, but i'm in a decent mood today. i feel accomplished and tired, but it's early, and i'll get a early night in, so i'll be fresh for my full day tomorrow. NITE!!!!!