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schmericaPumpkin cheesecake is a food of the gods, yo. Especially when it's nice and heavily spiced without being overpowering. Mmmm. The grocery store did go a little overboard with the whipped cream, but that's easily fixed.
This term is almost over; it was a particularly disappointing one for me, so I'm already looking ahead to the start of new classes next month. Winter term starts January 8th, and goes through mid-March. The problem that's been fucking me up really badly has always been my horrific attendance rates. I'm trying to think of ways to improve this, because it's ridiculous, and I'm sick of not doing well when I should be acing everything. If nothing else, at least if I can get back on track for the next two quarters, it might at least show on my transcript that I am able to work to a high standard, and that I was committed to turning my grades around: if I ever want to go on to anything else, I'll really need that.
Do you guys have any advice on the subject? So far I'm thinking my strategy will probably be two-fold. On the one hand, I need to keep careful track of how much class I attend, and I want to make sure I keep myself accountable for it -- so you might be seeing a lot of "However-much/16 hours attended this week" on Friday entries in those months. On the other hand, I think positive reinforcement could be really helpful, but I'm not entirely sure how to go about it. Anything food-related is out, completely -- making food into a reward will fuck up my eating habits even more than they already are -- and I can't afford to really spend money, because I am a scrimping student. Any thoughts?
On another note, I've been thinking for the last week or so about something I want to do this month. December is, for me, not only Christmas and the end of the calendar year, but the end of a school term, and the end of a year of my life when my birthday comes around. It's a special month! And the internet is full of special people! So I decided every day this month I'm going to make this a project, to pick someone off my friends list and say something, just a couple of sentences about why they're so awesome.
Today is December 1st, and I want to say nice things about![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
katallison. Kat Allison writes really amazing fic, and her Fraser voice is maybe the best I've ever read, but that is not why you should love her. You should love her because she is kind, and intelligent, and compassionate, and wise, and thoughtful, and interesting. She is one of the people who make the idea of being a grown-up much less scary, because it offers the chance that I might grow up to be a little bit like her.
This term is almost over; it was a particularly disappointing one for me, so I'm already looking ahead to the start of new classes next month. Winter term starts January 8th, and goes through mid-March. The problem that's been fucking me up really badly has always been my horrific attendance rates. I'm trying to think of ways to improve this, because it's ridiculous, and I'm sick of not doing well when I should be acing everything. If nothing else, at least if I can get back on track for the next two quarters, it might at least show on my transcript that I am able to work to a high standard, and that I was committed to turning my grades around: if I ever want to go on to anything else, I'll really need that.
Do you guys have any advice on the subject? So far I'm thinking my strategy will probably be two-fold. On the one hand, I need to keep careful track of how much class I attend, and I want to make sure I keep myself accountable for it -- so you might be seeing a lot of "However-much/16 hours attended this week" on Friday entries in those months. On the other hand, I think positive reinforcement could be really helpful, but I'm not entirely sure how to go about it. Anything food-related is out, completely -- making food into a reward will fuck up my eating habits even more than they already are -- and I can't afford to really spend money, because I am a scrimping student. Any thoughts?
On another note, I've been thinking for the last week or so about something I want to do this month. December is, for me, not only Christmas and the end of the calendar year, but the end of a school term, and the end of a year of my life when my birthday comes around. It's a special month! And the internet is full of special people! So I decided every day this month I'm going to make this a project, to pick someone off my friends list and say something, just a couple of sentences about why they're so awesome.
Today is December 1st, and I want to say nice things about
katallison. Kat Allison writes really amazing fic, and her Fraser voice is maybe the best I've ever read, but that is not why you should love her. You should love her because she is kind, and intelligent, and compassionate, and wise, and thoughtful, and interesting. She is one of the people who make the idea of being a grown-up much less scary, because it offers the chance that I might grow up to be a little bit like her.
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