Dude, I’ve really got to post a LITTLE more often on this thing. Anyway.
I consulted that allergist again, and he said that I’m not AS allergic to dogs as I am to cats, so I can still possibly get a dog later on, as long as I take some precautions: I have to get a “hypoallergenic” dog (well, there’s actually no such thing as a completely hypoallergenic dog, but I’m referring to the breeds that tend to cause less problems in people with allergies), and I should try to reduce the total amount of allergens present in my home. I can also use one of those allergy tablets or the nasal spray to reduce discomfort. PHEW, that’s a relief.
So basically, I’m going to be limited to a small handful of breeds: the Bichon Frise, the Maltese, the Poodle, the Chihuahua or the Portuguese Water Dog. I’ll probably get either the Bichon or the Maltese (although the down side is that they require a HELL of a lot of grooming). I’d really love to get a Beagle, a Labrador Retriever or a Golden Retriever, though. Oh well, better than nothing.
Sunday, September 29, 2002
Wednesday, September 18, 2002
Had my allergy test today. I'M ALLERGIC TO DOGS!!!! AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! DAMN YOU WORLD!!! >:[
And I'm supposedly allergic to bird feathers, too. Strange, I've never had any problems with my budgies Anakin and Obi.
And I'm supposedly allergic to bird feathers, too. Strange, I've never had any problems with my budgies Anakin and Obi.
Thursday, September 12, 2002
Damn, those stupid private school kids on the train are annoying. It seems that no matter what time I ride the train, there are at least 20 of those stupid snot-nosed brats in the same car as me. Reminds me of how high school stank. xp
Friday, September 06, 2002
University. BLEH!!! Okay, maybe I’m just being overly negative again, but I already dislike it. I’m kinda worried about the fact that our marks are based on just a mid-term, the final, and a couple of assignments or a term paper.
I’m a wee bit worried (okay, REALLY worried) about the labs I’ll have to do for Analytical Chemistry. Well, at least I don’t have those labs until the winter semester, since Analytical is a two-semester course. But anyway, the labs are four hours long, and according to the T.A., you have to be really careful not to waste time. Apparently, if the lab teacher catches you still in the lab even a minute after the end (5:30 pm), you lose 20% of your mark for that lab. And the lab reports are probably going to have to be super fancy looking and all, which sucks because I’ll have a lab every week.
But that’s not it. According to one of the T.A.’s, because the competition for some graduate schools are so tough, some students have been known to sabotage other students’ experiments. Seriously. This happened when the experiment products had to be left in the oven to react, and when no one was around, a student would either steal someone else’s product, or throw out several people’s products. Now that is just trashy; a terribly pathetic, cowardly, horrible thing to do. If I caught someone throwing out someone else’s product just so they can increase their chances of going to med school, I would kick his/her ass. I seriously hope that kind of shit will never happen when I have to do the labs; otherwise, I will hunt that idiot down and pass his face through a cheese grater.
Anywho, as for the other courses, I suppose they’re not TOO bad. Except for Sociology, which I dropped yesterday and replaced it with Environmental Geology. Dude, Sociology scared the crap out of me on Thursday. The teacher goes SO FRIGGIN’ FAST, and even IF I had the time to scribble down the notes he projected on the overhead, I still wouldn’t have a clue what’s going on. If you just read the overhead slides, they make no sense whatsoever (to me, anyway). At one point, I decided to stop writing and just listen to what he was saying. I still didn’t really get it. And for some reason, at the end of the lecture, he gave us his life story. Is he planning to give a surprise quiz on that or something? (“Where was I born? What university did I attend? What year did I graduate? What articles have I written?” and other possible pointless bullshit like that) And as icing on that nauseating cake, the course was full of that stuff where there are a million different point of views to the same topic. I HATE that kind of stuff with a passion. That’s why I’ve come to appreciate science; more often than not, there is ONE solution that EVERYONE agrees on. 2 + 2 = 4, no matter what anyone says! No one can suddenly start parading around saying that from ‘their point of view’, it equals 200! And if we want to know WHY a certain chemical property behaves this way or that, or HOW certain objects obey the laws of physics, you’ll get a DEFINITE answer! No argument! No bullshit! UGH!!! Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that those courses with ten million different perspectives shouldn’t exist; I just can’t stand the frustration that comes with (me, in particular) trying to understand that stuff. Anyway, I’m hoping I’ll enjoy that Environmental Geology course; hey, studying rocks may not be the most exciting thing in the world, but at least rocks aren’t the subject of controversy.
I’m a wee bit worried (okay, REALLY worried) about the labs I’ll have to do for Analytical Chemistry. Well, at least I don’t have those labs until the winter semester, since Analytical is a two-semester course. But anyway, the labs are four hours long, and according to the T.A., you have to be really careful not to waste time. Apparently, if the lab teacher catches you still in the lab even a minute after the end (5:30 pm), you lose 20% of your mark for that lab. And the lab reports are probably going to have to be super fancy looking and all, which sucks because I’ll have a lab every week.
But that’s not it. According to one of the T.A.’s, because the competition for some graduate schools are so tough, some students have been known to sabotage other students’ experiments. Seriously. This happened when the experiment products had to be left in the oven to react, and when no one was around, a student would either steal someone else’s product, or throw out several people’s products. Now that is just trashy; a terribly pathetic, cowardly, horrible thing to do. If I caught someone throwing out someone else’s product just so they can increase their chances of going to med school, I would kick his/her ass. I seriously hope that kind of shit will never happen when I have to do the labs; otherwise, I will hunt that idiot down and pass his face through a cheese grater.
Anywho, as for the other courses, I suppose they’re not TOO bad. Except for Sociology, which I dropped yesterday and replaced it with Environmental Geology. Dude, Sociology scared the crap out of me on Thursday. The teacher goes SO FRIGGIN’ FAST, and even IF I had the time to scribble down the notes he projected on the overhead, I still wouldn’t have a clue what’s going on. If you just read the overhead slides, they make no sense whatsoever (to me, anyway). At one point, I decided to stop writing and just listen to what he was saying. I still didn’t really get it. And for some reason, at the end of the lecture, he gave us his life story. Is he planning to give a surprise quiz on that or something? (“Where was I born? What university did I attend? What year did I graduate? What articles have I written?” and other possible pointless bullshit like that) And as icing on that nauseating cake, the course was full of that stuff where there are a million different point of views to the same topic. I HATE that kind of stuff with a passion. That’s why I’ve come to appreciate science; more often than not, there is ONE solution that EVERYONE agrees on. 2 + 2 = 4, no matter what anyone says! No one can suddenly start parading around saying that from ‘their point of view’, it equals 200! And if we want to know WHY a certain chemical property behaves this way or that, or HOW certain objects obey the laws of physics, you’ll get a DEFINITE answer! No argument! No bullshit! UGH!!! Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that those courses with ten million different perspectives shouldn’t exist; I just can’t stand the frustration that comes with (me, in particular) trying to understand that stuff. Anyway, I’m hoping I’ll enjoy that Environmental Geology course; hey, studying rocks may not be the most exciting thing in the world, but at least rocks aren’t the subject of controversy.
