Final List: Movies & DVDs from the Summer

On a related note, these are the movies and TV on DVD I managed to watch this summer (sadly, this is as current as I'll be until next May)...

Final List: Books from this Summer

Now that summer's over, I figure it's time to take down the slideshow sidebars I've had up all summer with my wishlist and list of books to read as well as those detailing books I did read and movies I read. But, in order to make myself feel like I was productive, I'm keep them here for posterity's sake... this is the final list of books I read this summer -

A Better Mood

"Sometimes people just aren't who you need them to be, at like a certain moment, and unfortunately there's nothing you can do about it." -Grace Manning, "Once and Again"

In a better mood than in my last post... a very, very full week of sports-watching, parties, BBQs, and drinking. Basically, I'm exhausted, but satisfied. I definitely forget that good friends and just hanging out with people who can distract you are an awesome change of pace and really help me forget that life can suck sometimes. Butterflies are nice, but sometimes you do just need friends... even ones that sometimes disappoint you because they don't always (that's why they're still friends... and not everyone can be there for you all the time and maybe you can't do anything about it, but it doesn't mean that these people don't still care about you and aren't doing the best that they can... I tend to forget that very important lesson sometimes too).

And I Win... (at life)!

Done for the semester FINALLY!

I survived one big part of the gauntlet necessary to go from Masters to Ph.D. - the stats class I took this semester. (That goes along with taking comprehensive exams and the dissertation.) One down (ironically before I finish my Masters) and it feels good. I'm definitely more relieved than I thought I'd be. I was honestly so mentally and physically exhausted as this was definitely the hardest class I've ever taken, or at least hardest that's ever counted for so much (get a D or lower and you're out of the program, get a C and that has to be the last one of you career since you only get one and I haven't used mine yet) and honestly, I'm guessing I got a B, and I hope so, but even if I got the C, I'm just so glad it's over. I learned a lot, but who can keep up at that pace? The projects people turned in before this exam completely filled 3-in 3-ring binders! And some people had theirs professionally bound. Damn brown-nosing M.B.A. students (seriously, I'm not stereotyping, it said M.B.A. student on the cover).