grrrr. aaaargh. ERK.

I let myself get complacent about the last final exam I have this semester-- tonight at 6. So much of it is stuff that was covered in more detail in another class that I just read through everything several days ago and then put it aside till today. Now I"m finding all those wierd history details that he says he won't ask but did on the last exam. Eek. And since I am totally NOT a history person, I have no clue what's important and what isn't. I feel like a recalcitrant fourth grader-- "But why would I ever need to know the name of the first National Archivist?" Because some teacher will ask you about it as sure as you don't learn it, that's why. Some stuff he's hit on so many times I figure it's a shoo-in for inclusion, like replevin. A fairly esoteric law, and according to Wikipedia, a really old-fasioned, seldom invoked one, at that..... unless you happen to be an archivist who wants to recover something stolen from your repository. Then it's one of the most important things on god's green earth. And for god's sake, don't get him started on the SC case that was just decided. (The teacher, not god. I have no idea what god would have to say about the SC case.)

Back to the books.

another study break....

I *like* this one!

On the twelfth day of Christmas, luciab sent to me...

Twelve crevettes drumming

Eleven curtoramas piping

Ten desolinas a-leaping

Nine anonamys dancing

Eight cats a-milking

Seven mysteries a-reading

Six libraries a-painting

Five ma-a-a-aps

Four veronica mars

Three civil liberties

Two medieval manuscripts

...and a postsecret in a calligraphy.

Get your own Twelve Days:

done!!

I'm done! Done with classes for the semester! And not a single question on replevin. (I even asked him aobut it when I turned in my exam-- he thought it was on the midterm. Damn. That's what I studied.) And lots of questions about specific names. Now see, that's why I suck at history. I can't remember names.... the bizarre thing is, the names I tried to concentrate on, I got wrong. The name that I didn't even pay attention to came back to me at the last minute and I got it right! And the acronym I took a wild-assed guess on-- I got that right, too. And I think I blew enough smoke to do okay on the essays, so maybe I didn't do too godawful bad. When you know you miss 3 6-point questions right off the top, you definitely hope that you blew smoke in the right direction. This is very strange, though-- usually I do better on short answers, but this time I'm regretting there were so many of them. Can't fudge them-- they're right or wrong, no partial credit. I did turn in an answer to one essay question that I didn't have to so maybe I'll get a gold star for effort. Heh.

I talked to my brother yesterday about Christmas-- he and his honey are going to be in KY this year at Christmas for the first time in... oh, decades. I'm so excited to see everyone. I ordered my camera and had it sent to KY; I hope it gets there early so I can take pics of everyone.