Aqua Regia

Thankfully midterms are over because otherwise I would go on a rampage. Thankfully, I did well on all my tests.

We found out our last grade today, which was the test we took on Friday. Thanks to dreaming_faerie, I got curious about Nostalgia Critic. So most of last Thursday night before my test was spent dying of lulz listening to his reviews! Yay for priorities! XD

But the last test really did suck, and I went away on my overnight trip feeling bad about it. And last night I even had another one of those "YOU FAILED NOW YOU'RE THROWN OUT OF PHARMACY SCHOOL" nightmares that plagued me last semester. So it was a big sigh of relief when I saw that 83% this morning.

Weekend trip was nice - visited with my brother and spent some time at the ocean and shopping. Retail Therapy, I choose you!

But I'm still tired. The Lab I TA for was canceled for this week OMG SO GLAD, and I don't have any of my labs scheduled as well, so I spent the afternoon watched more Masters of the Universe. My gosh, I love that show - it does so much to develop the mythology of Eternia and the characters.

But DAC (my committee) has a speaker coming this Thursday, so yay more coordination!

Also, I have not forgotten about taking pics of the Italian Winx! But I may just wait until my new three arrive to debox/photograph them all.

Well, Midterms are over again for another year, and Finals lay ahead in another month-and-a-half. Overall, the tests went alright, though Friday's was a real killer (especially coming right on the tail of the double-test day on Thursday).

I basically lived on coffee/energy drinks and snacks for the whole week. SO unhealthy for me, but it was the only way I could stay awake with only 5-6 hours of sleep per night (I generally need around 7-8 to function "normally").

I promised myself I wouldn't do much work over this weekend, and I've stuck to that directive pretty well. :D Friday I came home and basically crashed out after treating myself to the newest He-Man series (2002) on DVD at Target. I've wanted to watch this series for some time. After finding the original series a little hard to get into, I'm hoping this one can help me fall in love with the Masters of the Universe world. After I finish it, I'll probably t

Ahh, I do so love my retail therapy; there's not much it can't cure. XD

Dad, Mom, and I also took a trip to Fresno on Saturday to visit Grandma as sort of a late Valentines visit, and took her to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory (far and away my favorite restaurant - love the Crispy Chicken Costoletta!). On the way home I watched There's Something About Mary, which I've heard so much about, but never actually got around to watching. It was amusing, if not exactly my thing. And when we got home, my parents wanted to watch The Pursuit of Happyness which was a great movie - definitely worth watching. It really makes you think about how much you'd be willing to give up to accomplish your dream, and if what you're doing at the current time in your life is truly your dream. Gave me lots to ponder.

This morning, I was finally able to sleep in (10 hours - woot!) and felt almost human after waking up. I've been dying to see Spiderwick Chronicles (gotta support the fantasy movies!) since it came out, and drug Mom along with me (for lack of anyone else around here interested in going). Having not read the books - despite almost checking them out several times at the library - I wasn't really sure what to expect going into the film. So I was pleasantly surprised (by the PG-13 rating, among other things) that I really enjoyed the movie. Freddie Highmore is always a pleasure to watch (he was great in both Finding Neverland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and having seen him finally mature in last year's August Rush really made me interested in seeing where his career goes). It was extra fun because he played twins too! All of the supporting actors were great as well. This means that I have to buy the books now though, if only to see how the two differ. I'm having deja vu from back when I watched A Series of Unfortunate Events and ended up reading the whole series. XD And just to tack this on a the end, but the music was awesome - James Horner, I believe. There's another soundtrack to add to my Amazon Wishlist.

And we got a preview for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as well! I'll say here is: AWESOME. I'm definitely excited for May 22!
However, our theater raised the prices (again!), was full of kids and smell a little like rancid butter, which was definitely NOT a plus. Oh well, the fun and charm of the movie made up for it!

Now back to the reality of Pharmacy School!

Well, my IBS (Integrated Biological Sciences) Midterm was a bitch, even though I've been studying for it for days now. But I expected that. University-level science has never come easy to me, but 102 questions later I'm really considering a deep change in my study methods (aka, don't try to absorb tons of stuff at the last minute). I might even *gasp* have to look into forming a study group (at least to be able to bounce questions regularly off of other people without feeling like TEH STOOPID.

So tomorrow (or I guess it's today by this point...) I have my Pharmacy Calculations and Statistics Midterm, which I'm not too worried about (have aced most of the quizzes), but Wednesday its IPS (Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences), which gives me great pause. I haven't put nearly the time into that class have I have into IBS (even though they're probably the same difficulty). So JOY, I have about a day to prepare for another hard test. We end on Thursday with the Pharmacy Systems Midterm, which should be alright. Oh, and then I'm going to Borders for a coffee and some serious retail therapy. XD

***POSSIBLE MINOR HEROES SPOILERS IF YOU CONTINUE*** (Not really though)

And WTF Heroes is turning into Star Trek reunion. George Takei, Dominic Keating (from Enterprise), and now Nichelle Nichols too! Are they trying to beat out Gargoyles for most Star Trek Alum guest appearances or something? Oh and I really hope Katie Carr stays with the show. I love her as Peter's new love interest. But I might be slightly biased because I loved her in the the Dinotopia TV-miniseries (the one with Wentworth Miller). I had a little "SQUEE! DINOTOPIA!" moment when I first saw/recognized her on Heroes. Then of course I had to go look up Dinotopia online and found out that a new book is out this month! I'm definitely going to have to add that to my library soon. Those books are worth it almost for the art alone.