Done done done

So... still done with my master's. :) The final went *OK*. There were some answers I guessed at, educated guesses, but still guesses. My estimation - out of 6 problems, 3 of them I knew the answer, solidly. 3 of them involved some guesswork. In those three, the problems were ususally broken into 3 or more parts, of which 1 part was usually very much guessing, 1 part was less guesswork, and 1 part I actually knew. So... I can figure:
- 50% - full credit
- 50% - guessing:
- 25% I knew
- 25% I guessed at

Assuming some of my guesses are right or right enough to get partial credit, it's at least a B. A B on the final still spells an A in the course.

I'm not actually worried. My project was rock solid. My other grades are fabulous. And I suspect that if I bombed bigtime, so did everyone else, and he'll have to rethink his grading system. :) No... not hubris, just fact.

Had a lovely champagne surprise from new_man and an unexpected compliment about my dancing from my director. Yes, the two are the same person, but new_man-my-boyfiend, and Scratch-my-director might as well be two different people. Our relationship works better when I think of them that way - getting critique on wiggling your butt, and shaking your ta-tas from your boyfriend is hard to take. But getting it from your Burlesque troop director is entirely appropriate and should be encouraged and expected.

I'm not sure which tasted better - the champagne or the compliment. It's funny how a simple little thing can make all the difference.

And it was damn good champagne, too!

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With a lovely evening behind me, I got up this morning to practice. Oy. This would be the "lack of ego & willingness to strive for improvement" part of the day. :) If practice is all about sucking in private to avoid sucking in public, then I definitely fulfilled my mission.

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Dance tonight with Ms. Jezebel! Whee! Aparna on Friday or Saturday. Hair cut on Saturday! Wednesday is King Kong.

I know it has only been 4 months since my last school break, but this is different. The idea that I'm not ditching out on school and homework to go have fun, or do a performance is SO COOL. It was downright decadent to fill the backpack with a fun-reading book, a sash for dance class, a notebook of dance moves, and a tape for recording Aparna. No textbook, no blank notebook for making notes. Today I will eat lunch and read my book and not feel the slightest bit guiltly for reading a fun book, instead of a homework book.

And the Amazon.com order came in! Rachel Brice dance & yoga, gnostic philosophy and Japanses fiction - here I come! Tale of Genji came in a few days ago, and I've started in. Oy! It's a big one! I'm trying to get my head around the lyrical nature of it - it's a very old book, and this is a translation. It has that slightly archiac lyricism that older compositions have, even in translation. But it's not as dry as a direct translation of the Ramayana can be.

memey goodness

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Boooo-riiiiiiinnngg

I wish linking requirements to system test cases was more interesting. Granted it is important, but if we could make this more like a web-game or Sudoku, it would be way more fun...

You know... give me an assortment of requirements assigned to test cases in a seemingly random way, and I will use logic to figure out how to assign the rest of the requirements without violating the initial "rules". :) It could work... and after, say, 10 or 20 requirements the system gets harder and I have more requirements and test cases, less time to solve them and fewer starting conditions.

I tell ya... combine that with a catchy melody in the background and occasional stressful noises when I assign the wrong requirement to the wrong test case, and we have ourselves a winner of a game here.

Oh. One problem. The requirement <-> test case assignment is not exclusive, transitive or associative.

Blah.