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Nov. 15th, 2005 09:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bethlakshmiSchool
Good news - got grades for both project and exam for class back yesterday:
- 96/100 (straight A) for the midterm
- 100/100 for the project
I think the prof was impressed, as he mentioned how well I did as an aside before class. I'm pretty happy. Also kind of neat - 3 of the 7 questions on the exam are from the PhD qualification exams given to PhD candidates at WPI. The prof sort of hinted that I might want to pursue a PhD program. I said I didn't think there was enough crack in the world to talk me into that. :) But it's nice to be invited.
Must not slack too much between now and end of class (Dec. 14) - want to keep A, not loose it. We have a not-so-bad, but still ambitious time ahead of us - I think we now know all the material we need for the project, it's just a matter of doing it. But we do have the second half of the project to do in 4 weeks. Will be starting this weekend, in the hopes that I can not work too hard over Thanksgiving. Also realized I fucked up a tad - my Thanksgiving plane tickets cause me to miss class Monday the 28th. Shit. I don't like missing two classes, but I don't want to deal with the costs of messing with tickets.
Dance
Went home and sewed more ruffles - 2nd tier is on. All ruffle layers are now sewn, and must only be attached to dress (the less fun part). Then I just have to tack on some sequins for the neckline and I'm good. Wishing I had pasties with tassles. I did have the silver set, but one had gone missing. And, as cool as they are, the ducky pasties are not so right for this...
Practiced both songs this morning. Nervous but feeling better about both of them. The flamenco dress is way too baggy - no hip moves show, at all, because my hips are moving, but the dress is not. I don't *think* that should be so... I will probably end up taking it in along several seam lines to make it more attractive. The weight of the ruffles is pulling out the sides quite dramatically.
Work
I will be on video. Training room reserved, slideshow ready - starts at 9:00 AM tomorrow. Thank goodness - it was gonna be 8:30. Have some Presentation Pants ready, and a blouse and blazer.
Life
No Ft. Myers mini-vacation for me. My dad is nervous about leaving his trailer alone with the mass chaos in Ft. Lauderdale - they've been having problems with break-ins. So... we'll be doing Thanksgiving in Ft. Lauderdale. That's a bit of a bummer, but he said he'd try to find some neat stuff to do, so as not to be home, staring at the desolation. I do understand. We don't have the capacity to move his RV, and all his worldly possessions are in it...
I'm not sure how to handle the destruction. I do not want to trivialize what my dad has been through - any hurricaine is No Fun, and this one was pretty destructive. I think he's scared, and trying not to show it, so he's talking about the massive destruction. But... I've been reading![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
new_man, pax_industria and learnedax's accounts of Waveland and New Orleans - and the destruction there sounds even worse. I don't want to downplay the importance of his problems, but I really need to deal with this in a solution-oriented way, and not a "oh my god, can you believe this desolation" sort of way, or I will loose it. Perhaps I can drive that home by talking about volunteering while I'm down there. I know it would make my dad sad - we don't see each other much, and he likes really focused time together. But... if he is going to focus on the tragedy side, perhaps I can derail that by focusing on the "OK, then, let's do something about it" side of the same coin.
... I wonder if my dad would be willing to work Thanksgiving in a soup kitchen with me... neither of us are very good at massive food prep and serving stuff. And he's not in good health... but ... we're alive, safe, and mostly unharmed. What better way to give thanks than to serve those who aren't so lucky?
Good news - got grades for both project and exam for class back yesterday:
- 96/100 (straight A) for the midterm
- 100/100 for the project
I think the prof was impressed, as he mentioned how well I did as an aside before class. I'm pretty happy. Also kind of neat - 3 of the 7 questions on the exam are from the PhD qualification exams given to PhD candidates at WPI. The prof sort of hinted that I might want to pursue a PhD program. I said I didn't think there was enough crack in the world to talk me into that. :) But it's nice to be invited.
Must not slack too much between now and end of class (Dec. 14) - want to keep A, not loose it. We have a not-so-bad, but still ambitious time ahead of us - I think we now know all the material we need for the project, it's just a matter of doing it. But we do have the second half of the project to do in 4 weeks. Will be starting this weekend, in the hopes that I can not work too hard over Thanksgiving. Also realized I fucked up a tad - my Thanksgiving plane tickets cause me to miss class Monday the 28th. Shit. I don't like missing two classes, but I don't want to deal with the costs of messing with tickets.
Dance
Went home and sewed more ruffles - 2nd tier is on. All ruffle layers are now sewn, and must only be attached to dress (the less fun part). Then I just have to tack on some sequins for the neckline and I'm good. Wishing I had pasties with tassles. I did have the silver set, but one had gone missing. And, as cool as they are, the ducky pasties are not so right for this...
Practiced both songs this morning. Nervous but feeling better about both of them. The flamenco dress is way too baggy - no hip moves show, at all, because my hips are moving, but the dress is not. I don't *think* that should be so... I will probably end up taking it in along several seam lines to make it more attractive. The weight of the ruffles is pulling out the sides quite dramatically.
Work
I will be on video. Training room reserved, slideshow ready - starts at 9:00 AM tomorrow. Thank goodness - it was gonna be 8:30. Have some Presentation Pants ready, and a blouse and blazer.
Life
No Ft. Myers mini-vacation for me. My dad is nervous about leaving his trailer alone with the mass chaos in Ft. Lauderdale - they've been having problems with break-ins. So... we'll be doing Thanksgiving in Ft. Lauderdale. That's a bit of a bummer, but he said he'd try to find some neat stuff to do, so as not to be home, staring at the desolation. I do understand. We don't have the capacity to move his RV, and all his worldly possessions are in it...
I'm not sure how to handle the destruction. I do not want to trivialize what my dad has been through - any hurricaine is No Fun, and this one was pretty destructive. I think he's scared, and trying not to show it, so he's talking about the massive destruction. But... I've been reading
new_man, pax_industria and learnedax's accounts of Waveland and New Orleans - and the destruction there sounds even worse. I don't want to downplay the importance of his problems, but I really need to deal with this in a solution-oriented way, and not a "oh my god, can you believe this desolation" sort of way, or I will loose it. Perhaps I can drive that home by talking about volunteering while I'm down there. I know it would make my dad sad - we don't see each other much, and he likes really focused time together. But... if he is going to focus on the tragedy side, perhaps I can derail that by focusing on the "OK, then, let's do something about it" side of the same coin.... I wonder if my dad would be willing to work Thanksgiving in a soup kitchen with me... neither of us are very good at massive food prep and serving stuff. And he's not in good health... but ... we're alive, safe, and mostly unharmed. What better way to give thanks than to serve those who aren't so lucky?
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Date: 2005-11-15 03:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-15 05:44 pm (UTC)I think that's a lovely idea. My dad goes and helps with a local housing project/elderly center each holiday (I don't remember if it's Thanksgiving or Christmas or both). He usually acts as maitre'd. He wears a tux and shows people to their tables. They love it.
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Date: 2005-11-15 09:15 pm (UTC)I think that I was reminded of this by you telling me your dad helps out during holidays... I'm trying to find a way to bring it up to my dad. This is kind of a wild concept... but I think it might do us both good.