I ended up going out to the Morningtide prerelease Friday, and walked out 1-3, and the win was due to a bye. I've not drafted in ages, and I suspect that trying to focus on new cards at 3am didn't help either.
The rest of the weekend was spent in WoW. I didn't really feel like going out, and I wasn't exactly overwhelmed by social invitations. Eat and game, eat and game, eat and game, sleep. Eat and game, eat and game, eat and game, sleep. Eat and game, eat and game, eat and game, sleep.
I'm majorly burned out in school right now. It's been next to impossible to motivate to do anything. For those new to my life, I did two masters degrees back to back--with literally two weeks off between the first and second. Then, I took a year off (though one semester was in school as a nondegree student), and went back for my doctorate. About the only thing keeping me going is the fact that I have one class after this semester, and I'm then done with the classroom portion. I just have to take my exams and do my dissertation. Still, it's getting harder and harder.
I've been a graduate student since 2001. Since 2001, I've been living in that hand to mouth mode. I had a small reprieve while I was a public high school teacher, but most of the money I made there went into paying off finances from the previous graduate schooling. It's been ages since I could just sit back and relax a bit, and I'm really not sure how much more I can keep pushing on this before something breaks here.
The local gaming store is holding a Morningtide (new MTG expansion) prerelease tournament tonight at midnight. Pre-reg starts at 11pm. Who knows how late it'll go. The bait is a first crack to see the new set and grab a promo foil.
Do I want to go or not?
Oh, and is it just me, or does the new Rambo movie look like little more than a superficially patriotic slasher film? I mean, we had the unrated trailer last summer, and now, the music bed is Drowning Pool's "Bodies," which seemed to grace the past few Friday the 13th sequels.
What's next, Stallone in a fright mask or goalie mask?
The second week of the semester is over, and an extended weekend is approaching. Thoughts so far (class names abstracted to save my fat ass if I'm ever found out)...
Stats: I have Bernice Clifton (from Designing Women) teaching. Looks like her. Sounds like her. Almost as scatterbrained in lectures--in that crazy professorial good way. I just keep waiting for her to break out in spontaneous chorus of "black man, black man! Where do you come from?"
Philosophy of education: God, I forgot how much I loved philosophy classes. Sitting around, discussing ideas. The professor is farther left than I am. I'm not sure if I should be pleased or frightened by this...
Game design: We're going to virtual-design a game (i.e. narratives and descriptives of a product) by the end of the class. The homework this weekend is to play video games and analyze. Finally, my hours in World of Warcraft pay off! :)
Theory of modeling and simulation: Theory, my fat ass. We spent three hours tonight getting a crash course in Multigen Paradigm. It's looking like all application here--get in and model. This one may be the "what was I thinking?" class for the term...
In other news, I'm still thinking about the body/weight issues. I really wish I could talk to someone who could be open and objective. The problem is that friends give a shit about me, and that giving of a shit (one way or the other) often interferes with things...
