Open Thread #28
May 2nd, 2008 // by javabeans
Thank god for weekends. Any fancy weekend plans? I’ve had a busy week, so I’m cutting loose and taking it easy. 
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Elliott Smith - “Bled White” [ Download ]
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May 2nd, 2008 at 7:59 am
No fancy weekend plans for me. Just preparing for my finals and graduation…ahh, it’s the end of my youth, lol.
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:20 am
i’m watching “The 11th Hour” tomorrow for free!
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:40 am
I have an AP exam on Monday that I need to prepare for, but it’s kinda too late…..
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:00 am
Columbia’s reading week starts next week.
…then 6 finals.
I’m screwed.
BTW, Elliott Smith’s Bled White was one of my favorite songs back in highschool.
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:03 am
@lisa
Which AP Exam?
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:05 am
were going to the beach this weekend! yey! but hopefully it won’t rain! it’s been raining for the past few days..
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:23 am
Ahh, that song that makes me back. Wow, that was like before Ben Affleck lost his flashing lights to J-Lo and snogged up with Kimmel. What HAPPENED to him?!?
Sobering to see Cat and Sufjan kinda come up and meet some success, knowing he’s not here.
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:23 am
Finals are next week! Let the nail biting, through the night studying begin. After that, lots of rest and a Who Are You marathon!
Take it easy dramabeans, you’re awesome!
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:03 am
12-15 page paper for Global Security…it should be interesting…but…I should have started it earlier since it’s due on Tuesday…
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:43 am
oh my my, final time. I have 6 finals, 2 papers due, and 2 project presentations. My life is almost over.
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:55 am
LOL, I think I’m in the same boat as everyone, have law exams soon! Aaarrgggh!
But my friend is making me a Thai green curry this weekend so my life isn’t all bad.
Also, love Elliott Smith too…His cover of ‘Because’ is one of my favourite songs. Lovely.
Have a good rest of the week everyone! And remember, what doesn’t kill you, can only make you stronger…Haha.
May 2nd, 2008 at 1:03 pm
I have a 20 page paper due monday.. then 2 finals on the same day including a paper due on that day.. urghhh.. life sucks.
May 2nd, 2008 at 1:45 pm
So glad my studying days ended in April for now.
My weekend doesn’t start until Monday and I’m looking forward to working out with my personal trainer.
Got to get in shape for my Korea trek next year.
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:12 pm
i’ve been sick all week & now i have hundreds of pages of reading plus 3 papers and a project to finish by next wednesday… life truly sucks rotten eggs.. anyhow good luck everyone..
Jo II.. thanks for the encouragement.. & is there any way you can send me some Thai green curry?
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:25 pm
today, we’re going to have some ‘karaoke session’. It’d been a while for me not to sing my heart out..lol.
After that we’re going to catch ‘Iron Man’. Some other friends had seen it already, and gave good review, so…i’m really looking forward it.
On drama’s side, I’m struggling to finish ‘New Heart’. And just started to watch 1st epi of The Last Scandal–interesting, like you said,Javabeans.
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Just catching up on sleep, chores, and dramas. Hoping to start on Last Scandal.
Wait, isn’t The Sweet Life starting this weekend? Aigoo, too much to do!
So sad to be missing out on a certain album’s shindig.
Have fun, though! 
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
going to PALM SPRings and Im gonna work my tan….
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:21 pm
ugh i have ap exams as well. the next two weeks will be hell weeks… but just think, after these exams school is basically over. and then i graduate!
but before aps, i’m going to bamboozle at giants stadium this saturday! anyone else?
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:30 pm
trying to catch up on some dramas (Who Are You? ep’s 16 and 17) and Que Sera Sera…..which i am re-watching because i absolutely LOVE this drama
May 2nd, 2008 at 4:21 pm
MIXED emotions for this weekend. u guys seem like u r gonna enjoy it n a few are studying for finals.
Well, everything is due on Monday for me. research paper, other papers, law briefing, n ummpresentation n projects r due too. so many things that i don’t even remember, thnks goodness for my plannerS.
I’m frustrated b/ci have my sorority formal (fun fun) this saturday n my gmat prep course this saturday too. I’m going to both so that means i’ll have to wake up at 8 and get home by 5 to get ready for formal. i’ll have an hour to do my hair and stuff until my friend comes. well, it’s not high school prom, i can get dress pretty fast.
so friday and sunday are my days to catch up and get going. i canceled my plan to go to my friend’s bachlorette’s party tonite b/c too busy.
sunday i have sorority meeting too, hmm. n dinner after.
omg this is long, im sorry.
stuff are due n i hvent study for finals yet.
–no dramas for me, but i might take peek for an hour or two at the Jap drama–
–can’t believe iswak ended.
May 2nd, 2008 at 4:46 pm
It’s Golden Week here and I’ve got 5 (count them - 5!!!) days off in a row! Oh, I LOVE Golden Week. April is the toughest month for teachers in Japan (first month of the new school year) and by the time Golden Week shows up most of us are complete basket cases. Plan to just be LAAAAZY. (Go anywhere?! Are you kidding? The news this morning reported over-crowded trains and 50 kilo traffic jams. No thanks!)
Wishing success to all those writing reports and taking exams. May all your studying pay off big time!
May 2nd, 2008 at 4:48 pm
This week was so hectic…it’s like all the professor’s get together at some secret meeting and are like okay two weeks left of the school year lets torture them to the max.
I had a test, paper, and today a case competition….so much homework to do before Monday…but I am taking a break for the rest of the day.
Has anyone read The Alchemist?
May 2nd, 2008 at 4:55 pm
@Dele — The Brazilian novel? Literatura Ultraisma esta el mejor! (ahhhh, did I ever mention that I took the AP Spanish exam twice . . . )
@gossip — If you’re interested in this season’s J-drama, definitely recommend Last Friends. It’s stunning and sometimes shocking. I’m a Prisoner of Love!!!
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Finals for me. Micro Lab finals tomorrow…..ugh. And phamacology finals soon after. UGHH!! and before i can rest my head….another final!
Now all you people out there dont get jealous on me…i know you wish you could take my place. =P
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:37 pm
i guess i’m the only one around here who is just STARTING school rather than doing finals and all that…?? winter semester just ended for us and spring term is starting. i learned that trying to get your brain to work and catch up after 4 months of letting it completely rot is quite difficult…i just started the nursing program and so my plans for this weekend include doing my vital signs assignment and forcing lots of ppl to let me take their blood pressure on them
fun stuff. i would have to say that’s 1000000x better than studying for a million finals and writing huge papers huh? well lucky me…
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:48 pm
In the same boat as many of you.
FINALS are coming! I have a major lab report due monday that I want to do really good in. I’m graduating soon. So excited and at the same time sad that I have to leave my undergrad.
I keep thinking of all the good times I have had. I can’t believe WAY ended and that I have to leave my school. So many sad things….
On the bright side, I get to go to med school in fall. hahaha
For the weekend, I will mix in writing for the lab report and watching kdrama. lol
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
@Didi,
“On the bright side, I get to go to med school in fall. heheheh”
Ah, I’m sorry to hear that.
(Medical school = no fun. Residency = no fair.)
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Hi!
Well it is going to be a loooong weekend for me, Monday is a holiday so no work for me! YEY! =^_^=, So I am catching up with some Kdramas: Imma finish Thank You (3 Eps. left) and Imma start Who Are You and some time in between watching those 2 I will see another Ep. of a JDrama Called Absolute Boyfriend or maybe Fated To Love You.
For all the ppl who had commented about Finals and Assignments GOOD LUCK! :O)
Have a great weekend as well peeps!
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:16 pm
**evil laugh**
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:45 pm
@belleza…..if it is by Paulo Coelho…then I guess so. My friend bought me the book as a surprise….I’m guessing she thinks it will inspire me….is it any good?
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:47 pm
javabeans speaks the truth! If you want me to pull an all-nighter, PAY ME!!!
But seriously, once you start earning substantial money for your work, it’s hard to go back to the student life. (The first 2 years out of university is a lot of fun. Hiccup!
) Also if you have 1st generation Asian parents, your relationship with them may vastly improve too.
@dele,
Yup, that’s the one. I haven’t read it, but some friends have mine liked it. If you like surrealist fairy tales with a spiritual message, it’s perfect.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:19 pm
colbert lost the #1 ranking for 2008! But so did Rain.. but they got 3 and 2 respectively… Dance off! XD Or cuddle off or spoon off?
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Yes javabeans, being out of school is good, but going to work is bad.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:52 pm
there are a lot of smarties in here.. what is it about asians & the health sciences? i never joined the army of nurses, doctors & pharmacists like the rest of my friends.. there seem to be quite a few lawyers in here too.. never went down that path either..
besides javabeans.. belleza seems like the only literary type i can relate to.. *sigh* it’s like i’m living my undergrad days all over again..
well.. better prepare to resurrect myself from the dead and crawl on over to class on monday.. fuller seminary.. why must you betray me?
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Good luck to everyone in school! School is bad but work is just as bad. I was up writing a grant narrative and only got three hours sleep this week. Feels just like school. Maybe if I didn’t work at a college I could get away from school once and for all but being a teacher ect you never get away. School for life!
And you know it is bad when all you are excited about is getting back in bed and that you don’t have to wake up in the morning. And watching “Who are You”… kind of sad but it could be worse
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Yes Cee, i totally agree with you! Working is bad, so bad. I’ve been working for less than a year and i’m missing school so much already. School life was much simpler then… *sighs*
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:24 pm
@am,
Three Bears Dance-off, of course. Loser gets dropped off in the middle of China!!
@marcel,
My high school years were a lot like that. I don’t know that it was about being from Korea, (VERY) Catholic, and hopelessly in love with Morrissey/James Iha, but it just made my friends highly creative. I recommend!
(And yes, I cried through the Love Letter . . . Nobody will break your heart like a man of the cloth! )
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
I wish it’s already December…
May 3rd, 2008 at 1:43 am
Whoa guys! i feel so old reading your remarks because I’m already working.
Anyway, today is Saturday so I have to work. There’s also the World Pyro Olympics but I can’t go because there’s too much traffic in the area. T_T I’ll just finish watching some dramas.
Tomorrow Sunday, go to Church then lunch with my family. Hopefully it’s Chinese food. Yum! yum!
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:36 am
just came home from work and aside from that I’m happy that i finally finished watching Last Scandal…have to catch up on Who Are You and will be watching Bittersweet Life/Sweet Life which will air tonight
it’s really stressful to study for the finals but it will pay-off eventually…I actually miss going to school ^ ^