| I've been progressing well in the second quest of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Yesterday I beat the Tower of the Gods and got a bunch more figurines, including a couple that you only get one chance at. Those would be Gohdan and Zephos & Cyclos; Gohdan was easy to get, but getting a good pictograph of Cyclos was a pain in the butt. It took me about five or six attempts before I managed to get one that Carlov would accept for making a figurine out of. In addition to those, I also filled out the entire Dragon Roost Island collection, all except for Medli, which I shall be getting after I go back to Forsaken Fortress (and get beat up by Ganon).
With the addition of those figurines, my collection is getting to be decent sized. Once I get Medli's figurine I'll have both the Dragon Roost Island and Forest Haven rooms full, as well as others scattered about in the other rooms. Next I think I'll be collecting ones from Windfall Island -- it's a lot easier now that I know the Ballad of Gales and can warp back and forth between the area I'm getting the pictographs from and Forest Haven. And also while I'm doing that, I figure I'll get the rest of the Legendary Pictographs from Lenzo. (The Song of Passing is also very handy, heh).
Now, for something completely different . . . the Otaku Awards. The results have finally been posted, but I'm not really surprised with how I did. I won the same two awards as last year: Series Otaku Member of the Year and The Triforce Award. Though of course, for anyone that wasn't around before version 7, those are pretty meaningless. Gone is the Otaku Series section, its forums merged with the old Otaku Gamer section to form Hardwired. If the awards had been done post-v7 I doubt I would've won anything, unless there had still been series specific awards despite there only being a single console gaming forum.
Hold on, here's yet another subject change; I have no algebra class on Wednesday. My professor's wife is apparently scheduled to have labor induced, being two weeks overdue with her baby. I'm not really sure if I'm happy or disappointed that I don't have to go out to class, though. On one hand, it means not having to go to class (duh), but on the other hand, it means I'll just have more school to do at home.
History and literature aren't bad, since I just have to read a book for each, but chemistry has been a real pain lately. It's the first class where I've gotten an F on a test -- two of them, in fact. I understand the concepts behind the subject, and why things happen the way they do, I just can't memorize all the different little steps involved in calculating whatever the heck it wants me to do. And I can do all the math that's required for it fine, but if I don't remember what it is exactly that I'm supposed to do, that doesn't do me much good.
Really, though, it's gotten to the point where I don't even care anymore. I've gotten sick and tired of trying to cram into my head all the stuff it wants me to memorize and getting stressed when I still can't, so I just don't bother anymore. (I'm sorry, but there's no way I'm going to memorize about twenty polyatomic ions' chemical formulas, names, and charges -- it's just not going to happen). And really, I don't think this chemistry class will even matter in the long run. I seriously doubt I'm going to major in something that requires taking chemistry in college, and I'll most likely just end up taking the CHSPE (California High School Proficiency Examination) instead of actually graduating from high school. Chemistry is interesting, and I actually do enjoy just reading the book, but beyond that it's pretty much just "yeah, whatever."
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