All I want for Christmas...

I was just thinking what I would like for Christmas. I really couldn't think of much. Sure, there are things that would be nice to have, but there are only very few things I need. I will probably not be getting any of them anytime soon anyways. Upgrades are nice, but when it comes down to it, the versions I have are sufficient. I don't really need a new mp3 player even if the one i have now only holds a few songs and only works half of the time. I don't need a brand new 7 megapixel digital camera when the 3 megapixel one I have lacks only the sound capability for video capturing. Sure it would be nice to have, but when it comes down to it, it's not a big deal. I could use a guitar, but I'm using Troy's until he decides he wants it back. What else? I was thinking about how cool it would be to have a nintendo ds or something similar, but I know that would only cause me to waste more time than I already do. A usb flash drive would be nice, but the 128mb one i have works well enough to suit my present needs. I really don't know what else I would want. Maybe a micro sd card for my phone. When I think about it though, I really don't need to turn my phone into a mp3 player. If i did that I would need some headphones too. I could use some books to read, but I have so many I have only half finished and even some that I haven't started reading. New clothes would be good, but anyone who knows me knows I am not the most fashonable person. Sadly I still wear clothes I wore in highschool. I rarely buy clothes for myslef. There are so many things money can't buy. I want those things. I can't think of anything else.

Optional exams: it’s a love/hate relationship really.

So, I went to my professor’s office hours today because she basically refused to send us our final report and exam grades from last week. One of the first things she said was that she was kind of disappointed in me and she thought that I understood this stuff. (She was talking about the exam grade). See, we have an open book part of the exam and a closed book part. I did great on the closed book part but I did horrible on the open book calculations part. Then she says that I am a terrific writer and that I can go far with that skill. And she says how useful it is to be able to write lab reports in the future. Basically I had no idea what to think at this point. I had gotten a 55 average on that disappointing exam and a 100% on that great research report. So where would that place me for grades? Well, higher than I had originally thought. She offers an optional final exam. It will take the place of our lowest exam and it is cumulative. I would need to get a 70% on it to raise my grade. If I get lower I am stuck with the lower grade. This scares me. My exam average in that class isn’t too high. I do not want to take the final. I won’t have any time to study for it. Do I risk it? I don’t think I will. I have till 5pm tomorrow to decide. In the back of my mind I wish I would have studied a little bit more for the exams in this class…at least as much time I put into all those stupid lab reports I did so well on. Maybe I do have a talent after all. Who would have though it would be writing boring scientific papers? I guess all of us can’t be well-rounded, ehh?