Twofer

I can't believe I'm still jacked up about the Oilers' win from two hours ago. But it's the first back-to-back win since the first two games of the year, so I'll take it.

Everybody loves twofers right? Buy one get one free, that's two for the price of one. Anytime you can get a two for one, it's a pretty sweet deal. I already announced to the world (facebook, but that's beside the point) about getting an A on my paper this morning, so I didn't want to be all "gloat-y" about finishing the day seeing that I got 100% on another paper. In one day, I got back two papers that were above 90%. I thought that getting a 100% on my second paper was too good to be true; because, honestly, I didn't think it was a 100% paper when I handed it in. But surely, when things seem too good to be true, chances are that it is. I got on the bus and took my second paper out to see how in the world I managed to pull off a 100%, and right away, on the first page, I see some pencil marks from my prof pointing out some mistakes that I made. A 100% paper should be flawless. And I saw that she pointed out a couple things that I said that weren't exactly true either, so how did I manage a 20/20? The only logical explanation I could come up with was that all she wanted was to see that we put the effort into discussing the two books we were supposed to analyze, but it just doesn't feel right that I got 100% when I really shouldn't have. I know this is the first 100% I've gotten on pretty much anything that's important, but it just feels weird. I think I'd much rather see a 65% or something like that knowing that that is the grade I earned. Although I really shouldn't complain because I can use all the marks I can get, as I am not the brightest student. It also makes me think that anyone else in the class that put the same effort I did into the paper will have gotten full marks - which totally defeats the special feeling of being one of the few to get 100%. I even considered going back to my prof to get her to explain to me why I got 100% and for her to give me the marks I really deserve. But at the end of the day, I will take this one. If it happens again, I think I'll really talk to the prof, unless I feel I deserved it.

One thing that my parents taught me is that everything you get feels better knowing that you've earned it. It's been that case my whole life. I think the only thing I got that I didn't earn was my Gameboy Color. Boy, that thing changed my life.. and not in a good way.

So starting the day with an A, and ending it with a 100%, I've got to say that it's a pretty decent start to December. I've got to say that, even with the super high suicide rates, December has got to be the second coolest month in the Gregorian calender. Yep, I just used the word Gregorian. I love that everyone is collectively jazzed up about Christmas. It's the same every year, but the feeling never gets old! I also like that it's not overly cold because of the Chinook.

Well, not a whole lot has happened since the last time I blogged. I've had to be at school a little bit longer on a couple occasions this week because of a group presentation on Friday. Honestly, I'm not really looking forward to it, because I don't really like these things. I don't mind so much public talking, but I just don't really like to present stuff. And I think I can get an "amen" from a lot of people, because I think we're all just ready to hibernate at home. The tiredness is really starting to kick in, and the will to get up every morning is just kinda fading away. And then we get slapped in the face with all the finals we have to write.

So, since a few people have asked, my last exam is on Friday the 17th. I will either be home the next day, or on Sunday evening. I'm really hoping to get back on the 18th (Saturday) because I really want to go to worship and see e'erbody.

And since this post is all about twofers, I will give a couple of links to my "works". The first one, is my youtube channel. I posted a video of myself playing guitar a while back, and got some decent feedback, so I tried a few more songs over the course of time. I apologize for singing, because I can only guitar for so many songs before it gets boring. I know my voice is weak, so please don't laugh at me too hard. There's a nice little Christmas song in there to get you in the mood too! Again, sorry for being off pitch! Also, the second link will be to my "new" blog. I signed up for Tumblr a while ago trying to see what's so great about it, but it never turned out to be anything. And I've also been thinking for a while whether I should start a blog just to write about the things I'm learning at school in more depth. So, for anyone that would be interested in reading the things I'm learning, you can go there once in a while to see what I've written. I am gonna strictly keep this blog to my general "life".. not too much of that in depth stuff. There's nothing on that blog yet, but when I have things on my mind, it will take off!

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/NEACnate
Tumblr: http://nathansun.tumblr.com/

Happy December, peeps!