AW MY ETHNIC DIVERSITY & POP CULTURE TEACHER

I was originally ticked at her because she sent everyone who missed class last week had to do these extra readings and if we didn't, she'd take points off. So I did the readings and then reread them today before class, expecting the worst.

Instead, class was actually pretty chill. We had some good discussions and (thankfully) I got to participate a lot. I was kinda doing it just so I didn't feel like all that time I spent reading for that class wasn't for nothing - a kinda IN YO FACE BITCH! move but not really. She also went around the class to talk about what our research papers were going to be on and when I told my idea she really liked it so I was like yay! I don't have to stress about this one as much as the other paper I have to do that is literally murdering me!

well the vending machine ate 40cents when i tried to get a snickers BUT THE PART OF CLASS AFTER THE BREAK WAS OK TOO LFMAO... kinda made up for it. i just wasn't so rageful etc.

anyway
after class I meet with my prof with the other kids in my group cause we all have to present together, and talked about what we had to do... it's pretty straight forward, thank god. one less thing to worry about.

And after that she was like "Oh Kat!" and I was like UH SHIT WHAT.... and she thanked me for doing the readings.
I was absolutely blown away - I've never had a teacher thank me for something like that before. She said she was glad I had done them because my contributions in class that day were really good and helped move the discussion along really well, and I just couldn't stop smiling as I left the room. It made me feel really good that the work I had put in made her happy, and her life a little bit easier. Even though this class and the readings drive me insane, the professor really is such a great woman. My grade in this class isn't so hot at the moment, but I think I can pull it up with this next assignment, my presentation and my final. Yosh!


also i did my Islamic law presentation today... and the woman who holds class in the room after us kept trying to interrupt me while I was presenting which is literally the most annoying thing in the whole universe. The first group ran long and I was last in mine, so my presentation ended up being mad rushed and I don't think anyone got anything out of it LMFAO. Oh well. At least it's done, and my professor can't mark me down because A HUGE BITCH PROFESSOR KEPT INTERRUPTING ME. So yeah.

Oh and I fell on my bike on the ice on my way to my Islamic law class. My luck with bikes is quite impressive. I have huge bruises on my legs again from my most recent spills, they truly are impressive.

TODAY WAS RIDICULOUS
went to the ies building for this meeting i had to go to
went to the van gogh museum (which is a really cool museum btw)
hit a tourist who ran in front of me and stopped when i yelled at him to move
came home
realized i didn't print&turn in my midterm
biked back to the ies building and did that
got a candy bar from the vending machine
came home
and now i am going to do this meme
woooooooo


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Well today was... interesting LMFAO. I got up early, showered, got dressed, had a psycho freak out moment, and then went out and got some work done and shopping for my cousins. I was going to bike from Dam square up to the Waterlooplein market, but lmfao that didn't happen.

I was on the street, and I saw a taxi stopped in the middle of the cobble road (there's the main road where cars are supposed to drive, and then the side road where you drive if you're about to park at a specific hotel/restaurant/whatever). And I was like "well ok I'll just bike around it whatever" no biggie. I go around the passenger side, and just as I pass it, the guy opens his door and knocks me off my bike. I didn't even realize what had happened until I hit the ground on my hands and knees lmfao. I was fine, the guy was really apologetic about it and he even fixed my handlebars that got knocked out of alignment for the billionth time LMFAO. So it wasn't really a big deal except I felt super sore, especially my knees. I got back to my apartment, and looked and my right knee was just fucking terrible. So I just stayed home for the rest of the day watching the Super Street Fighter 4 tournament in Season's Beatings and got my shit together. A little lame, but whatever. We all just happen to have those days when we're biking along and get hit with a car door, right?

Moving on to the video game meme then -

Day 6 - Most annoying character.

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holy shit today was ......well today was Special.

First, I stayed in my PJ's until 2:30 and I threw on some sweatpants and a tank top and decided to go out biking about an hour later. So I go, and it's really sunny out and like 65 degrees it's so fucking nice!! I biked through a lot of little side streets and shit so I got to see a lot of different stuff than I normally do.

Anyway, eventually I found this adorable little park near the zoo, you could sit right on the edge of a canal and chill. I had no idea there was a park like that so close it was a really pleasant surprise. I walked around there and then I decided to go back home.

On my way, I bike myself into a sign. I was trying to make a right and I thought there was a bike path, but it was just a lie! So I tried to turn quicker but to no avail - I slammed my shoulder and chest into the pole. It wasn't too bad but now my shoulder is kinda throbbing. Oops. There was a guy nearby who was like "OH MY GOD ARE YOU OK?!" and I was just like I'M FINE BRO DON'T EVEN WORRY and I biked off like nothing ever happened FLMAO.

so then I get back to where you make the turn across the street to get to funen, and I see a car coming, so I slow down cause I figure the car will pass by the time I get to the turn. However, the joke was on me because there was a motorcycle I couldn't see behind him and then another car. Since the slope to the road is downhill, my breaks didn't kick in quick enough even when I slammed my feet into the ground. So I turned trying not to get into the road, and I still ended up scraping against the second car like a fucking asshole. I just felt so dumb, and I bruised my ass/upper thigh in the process. So now the whole right side of my body is sore as shit. Lnfoa.

Then Chelsey&Danielle came over and were like "LET'S BOOK A TRIP TO BARCELONA FOR DECEMBER!!" so I think I'm going to be in Barcelona the 2nd-5th. I'm going to wait for Breanna to get back since I knew she wanted to go so we can book this shit.


Yeah. I go from awesome find to oops to fucking shit i'm going to die to oh cool travel!

this icon is my face.
/shoves shoulder into a freezer


oh yeah last night at leidaplein? fucking awesome. me and my friends were just so krunked and ridiculous it was just funny LMFAO. and i remembered why i love whiskey and hate jager though even though jager is so cheap at this sports bar (10 shots for 10euro man). i'll have to go back there again, if anything to watch some football games (proper or american!)

well today has been
interesting......

First I had to get up at 8am (oh the joy) for class. It was weird and it didn't matter that I didn't do the readings at all (again). The professor made us bring our laptops to... read an article on the new york times website (which we all could've done at home) and to read the first part of the qur'an (which we also could've done at home). However, none of us could get online. Once we figured out the UvAguest shenanigans, only 4 or 5 of us could get it to work properly on our computers. Lol what. The prof had no idea about this, and was like "you guys need to make this work!" Hey. Hey fuck you man. Shit is not that easy. We got out of class early because of it though, so that... almost makes up for it.

Now before leaving for class I saw a bike had fallen onto mine. Great. I pick my bike up from the mess and start biking, but my back wheel got caught on something while I was driving over the brick part of the road. Fantastic! So my wheel got busted up to shit. I had to go replace it about an hour ago and paid 15euro for it too. 15euro! Just fuck me. It squeaks like crazy now too which is so annoying, but at least the wheel is fixed and everything.

After class I finished up my 2-3page pop culture paper, now I just have to fix up the playlist and send it to my prof, who is so fucking weird, by the way. She wants us to have a partner picked out and know what we want to do for our final research paper by 6pm tonight - when we have class. What a great idea! Let's get a bunch of stressed international students and make them flip out right away! Yes! What a perfect plan! Ugh.

At 12:30 though IES pulled our small CORE group which idfk what that means except we have to meet a few times, talk about how we're adapting to being in Amsterdam, and they give us pizza for lunch. I seriously can't remember the last time I gorged myself on pizza like that because goddamn, it wasn't even that good but I was SO HUNGRY. Also I just really wanted pizza. I haven't had it in over a month man I JUST WANTED THAT DELICIOUS GOODNESS INSIDE OF ME

lmlfamsdfoh oh my god i'm so tired/crazy/i dont' even know
i mean it's nothing major just
a lot of tiny things grating on me!

i should nap...... *stares at homework*

Guys!

I can ride a bike through Amsterdam!! HURRAY!

The cost however comes at my poor, bruised as shit legs.

JUST LOOK AT THEM

they're so sad.


in other news I want to replay earthbound because I spent a lot of this morning listening to the music and looking through it's pixiv tag :(

and i need to buy my books tomorrow
although my night class doesn't meet tomorrow yay!!

"If there is one person or more on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal."

*goes off to make dinner*