AUGH! 7 DAYS!

Yeah.

So, I just wrote a final today.

I'm feeling a lot better. Actually, it was probably the funnest exam I've ever written. My first master's class final! Yay! But, on the other hand, I'm sad to see the class go. It was a really fun class...sort of. It's a long story. I started to understand what was going on with the text MUCH closer to the end of the class, which was too bad, instead of nearer to the middle...but hey, I'm slow, right? But overall, I hope I did well on the exam. I didn't finish the last question on the test, but I don't think it matters much, since half the class wrote for three hours straight, and I would say at least a quarter of the people didn't finish. It was a rough test...but I think that's why I thought it was fun. There was no regurgitation allowed, and you were required to answer in a fixed number of lines, no more and no less. Anyways, I'm glad it's done, and now that this is over I will be able to concentrate on other things. Like Christmas. And making a fool of myself.

Like, today, when I was over at Shayne's party, and I went on a long random tangent about how I have adopted the word "y'all" and how much I think it's one of the best things that came out of the U.S. Yeah. Way to NOT offend your friend from the South, Brennan. Good one.

On the bright side, I gave him a Canada pin, and told him to wear it next time he was taking a little tour through Palestine. Since Shayne's a nice American and a bit of a Canadian sympathizer, I thought it was ok. Doin' a little ambassadorizin' for the friendly ones. Maybe they'll convert.

And I hung out with some of the Dutch students, tonight, too, so that was really nice. The Flemish here take a while to know, but they're really awesome. Two thumbs up.

Also, I went to the Philosophy Christmas Party last night, and it was a really fun time. Totally got my nine euros worth. There was lots of food, some really great Christmas caroling (Did I ever tell you how much I love Christmas carols? I love Christmas carols. I could nearly cry I like them so much.) And I had fun sitting next to Jon and his wife, and they told me all about working in Japan as English teachers, and how John got paid twice as much as his wife because he was white and a Native English speaker. (A PhD student, Alex, compared it to how Americans do not want to leanr karate from an American, but some sort of Japanese 'authentic' karate teacher. You go, Mr Miyagi!) Also, I watched all the PhD students throw wine corks at each other during the speeches, so that was nice. I had a good time.

And, the Christmas market is on in Leuven here, and boy, is it something to see. Christmas markets are really something different over here in Europe.

ANYWAYS, it's been a weird, weird week, and I'll have to tell y'all about it later, but I should probably go. I told a friend I would go and hang out for a while with him, so I need to get ready. He should be here any minute. I'll probably post one or two more things when I get the chance this week. I don't have a lot left to do now. *Grin*