More school stuff

Just about all I ever write about is school. You might think that I don't do anything else. You would almost be right.

My Excel class is pretty easy. The in-class part is almost a waste of time for me. This class should be helpful in my Stats classes and I'm pretty sure that if I do become an economist, I'll be using this and Access (databases) pretty often. The homework only takes a couple of hours and I usually have it done by Sunday night.

My English class is entering the final stretch. Last week we watched Brazil and had some interesting discussion about it. Even though I've seen this movie a bunch of times, I now have an even greater appreciation for it. I never really bothered to think about many of the deeper themes presented in the movie. For my final paper, I have chosen to write about the Harry Tuttle character in the movie Brazil and his relationship to Sam Lowry, the main character. I may also look at Tuttle using concepts like leaderless movements, resistance, and subversion. I want to compare him to groups like 4chan, and Anonymous. I'm a little worried about getting it up to 7 pages, but I think I'll be alright. I have 2 weeks to finish the rough draft for submission and them 2 more weeks to finish it. I shouldn't have sold my Little,Brown Handbook. It would come in handy for this. At least I have the internet. It won't be quite as easy, but it will work. Hopefully, I will be able to convince myself to work on this daily instead of waiting until the last minute to finish it.

My one credit PE class has been harder and has taken more work than I thought it would, but it is helping me to exercise more and eat (at least a little) better. I am having a harder time exercising (riding my bike) every day now that it is starting to rain. I've been trying to do more simple muscle-building exercises in my room, but I find it hard to get excited about them and find it difficult to stay motivated. Winters are long and wet here. I need to do more. I really don't want to gain back the weight I've lost and would like to keep losing more. That's going to be hard to do if I don't cultivate some new exercise habits.