thursday evening

evening class was filled with the sounds of fireworks. i was able to catch the sighting of two from my seat in the back row. i'm really glad that nigel was lecturing because at least then the lecture was done well and was less of a sad thing to be sitting in class instead of out for fireworks.

after, we asked nigel to help us sort out our timetable. we wanted to know about the rest of the course that we will be missing, saturday, and our assignment. he provided some further clarity but we still don't have the whole picture. it appears that we will be going to stats and missing the last half of the research class. however, we are not responsible for that information and because of that our assignment should be altered. i'm hoping this holds true because there is a lecture devoted to it otherwise. (perhaps i should go to that monday class anyway.)

regarding saturday, he figured it wasn't 100 percent mandatory because it's not written in alex's timetable but that it would be highly beneficial and recommended. in other words, we'll be attending on saturday. but only the morning, as he said we could (and moreso because the afternoon is ethics by that first guy and i really don't want to sit through that). at least the group of us decided together. so we'll endure it together.

i was able to use my british vocab word "sort / sorted" in context fluently though in that conversation. and that makes me feel a bit of an accomplishment.
and i'm glad that i didn't start that essay because now we don't know what our assignment is anyway. so i'm glad i didn't put in hours of work for nothing.

i am dreading this saturday class though. and i think i've pinpointed the reason. it's got nothing to do with the class or the topic. and really it's not a big deal because it's for school. the whole sense of dread stems from the fact that it's being understood in my mind like a capcs saturday academy day. oh capcs, how you've warped my mind. maybe i can get over it by going?...