Another exam bites the dust (?)

Okay, so in about 14 hours from now, Day 1 of my three-day final accounting exam will be starting, and I must admit, I'm sort of freaking the hell out.

On a rational level (and yes, I do have one of those; be quiet), I know that I've done what I'm supposed to do to prepare and there isn't too much more (though there is a little) that I can do that will actually help my odds at passing the exam.

And it does come down to odds -- even if we're presented with topics/issues we understand, that's no guarantee that we'll actually write about and discuss them the way the board of evaluators wants us to. No guarantees. That's always the worst. No idea whether what you're doing now to prepare will payoff in the slightest on the actual day(s) themselves. Sigh. I feel completely unprepared despite what I've been doing for the past few weeks. Not. prepared. at. ALL.

Anyway, yes, this IS my passive-aggressive, oh-so-subtle way of asking you all to pass your good-lucky vibes in my general direction (Mississauga, specifically, in case someone sends the vibes to downtown Toronto instead, which won't do me any good) over the next three days because good lord do I need 'em.

One way or the other, this will all be over for at least another year (over forever, if I pass! Though "forever" is a funny kind of word), so that's not nothing. BLAAARGH.

Must go crazy prepare a bit more now. See you on the other side, I guess...

(Also, why isn't anyone else guessing song titles on my previous post? Too difficult, or just not interested? Cheat if you must. ;) I expect those all to be done by this weekend :P)

Labels: exams

Tuneful Tuesday, redux

In an effort to (a) make things slightly more interesting; (b) provide a way for me to update this blog without, you know, actually updating it; and (c) distract myself from Impending Doom (Exam Edition); I present you with another song-guessing game. Here follows a list of some lyrics from 20 consecutive, random songs that played the other day on my home computer (where I have access to a far larger collection of music than I have on this work computer). Identify the song, and then I'll post the audio file. How's that? :) (Ha, I ask, but since I'm already doing this, you don't really have a say. Mwahaha.)

Ok go! (On treadmills!)

(Note: Comments can be made on either blogspot or on livejournal.)

1. I was a person who would censor "Pee Wee's Adventures" / She was exceedingly liberal / And we fell in love - Moxy Fruvous, "Fell in Love" - identified by Isolde
   
   
2. A part of me would like to travel in your veins
   
   
3. Have you no dignity? / Have you no sense of style? / You'll never be pretty until you smile
   
   
4. Sometimes I wish I'd never known just how brilliantly you shone / Right before you threw the stone to cast me out
   
   
5. I'm a little bit rusty, and I think my head is caving in - Matchbox Twenty, "Push" - identified by Isolde
   
   
6. Finally found a fella / Almost completely divine / But his vocabulary / Is killing this romance of mine
   
   
7. No matter where you are / I can still hear you when you dream / You traveled very far / You traveled far, like a star / And you are / All of those yesterdays / Coming around
   
   
8. And all day and all night and everything he sees is / Just blue like him inside and outside - Eiffel 65, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" - identified by Isolde
   
   
9. Hollywood will beckon / Everyone will listen / Play my video / Hear me on the radio / Dancing to the disco / No one ever says no
   
   
10. But wait till I get him back / He won't have a back to scratch / Yeah, keep turning that chin / And you will see my / Face as I figure how to kill what I cannot catch
    
    
11. I wish that I was like Tori Spelling / With a car like hers and a dad like hers / And I would show them how, how it was done / That'd be fun, that'd be fun - Jill Sobule, "Supermodel" - identified by LJ user elizalavelle
    
    
12. There's more to see than can ever be seen / More to do than can ever be done / There's far too much to take in here / More to find than can ever be found - Disney (The Lion King), "The Circle of Life" - identified by Isolde
    
    
13. The world's your oyster shell / So what's that funny smell / You eat the bivalve anyway / And you're sick with salmonella / You get your Ph.D. / How happy you will be / When you get a job at Wendy's / And are honored with employee of the month - Barenaked Ladies, "Never is Enough" - identified by Isolde
    
    
14. I never meant to hurt you / I never meant to lie / So this is goodbye / This is goodbye - Moby, "Porcelain" - identified by Isolde
    
    
15. Here I now wander alone as I wonder / Why did you leave me to sigh and complain? / I asked of the roses, why should I be forsaken? / Why must I here in sorrow remain?
    
    
16. Apologies / Are all you seem to get from me / But just like a child / You make me smile / When you care for me - Depeche Mode, "A Question of Lust" - identified by Isolde
    
    
17. And I'm not gonna stand and wait / Not gonna leave it until it's much too late / On a platform I'm gonna stand and sing / That I'm nothing on my own / And I love you, please come home
    
    
18. Never was one for a prissy girl / Coquette call in for an ambulance / Reach high, doesn't mean she's holy / Just means she's got a cellular handy - Tori Amos, "Siren" - identified by Isolde
    
    
19. Sell my soul - I'll sell my soul / I've nothing left to lose / Hurt myself - I'll hurt myself / Cover my face with tattoos all of painted tears / One for each year that only could have been
    
    
20. High up above or down below / When you're too in love to let it go / But if you never try you'll never know / Just what you're worth - Coldplay, "Fix You" - identified by LJ user elizalavelle

Labels: fun, music

Small impasses

I'm planning to go watch a movie of some description with my study partner (Michelle) this Saturday, but we can't yet decide which one to go to. The problem here is that we're both big movie-watchers, so really, we'll end up watching all of these movies at some point anyway -- the only issue is the timing. Which do we watch now? Which will be watched when it's out on DVD, etc.?

There's 3:10 to Yuma; Ratatouille; Paris, je t'aime...and then there's also Harry Potter.

Now, the logical people wouldn't go see Harry again (and I do mean 'again' - Michelle's seen the movie once and I've seen it twice, once on regular screen and once on IMAX 3D), but then we've never claimed to be logical. So it's a toss-up, really, and neither of us really has a preference for one of these over the other since they're not the sorts of movies that, you know, you reallyreallyneedtosee. You know? Maybe you don't know. YOU might actually be sane.

Labels: general, movies

XKCD

Hehhe. There's an amusing Serenity joke in today's XKCD online comic -- check it out!

(I'm supposed to be studying right now, but my study partner and I met up at the university downtown, which is gonna be mobbed today 'cause there are college orientations and things going on, so now we're back at my brother's place. Where there is wireless internet and XBox. Egads.)

Labels: firefly, general