Shag Point, New Zealand Superthread

[Axver]

I wish the Political Science department at Melbourne would ditch its stupid idea of doing two 1-hour lectures a week. History does one 1.5-hour lecture a week, which I love. Back in Queensland, both departments did one 2-hour lecture and that was a bit long, but 1.5 hours works quite well. Having to go in twice is just a pain, especially when it's morning lectures like this upcoming semester.

I know, it's not much to complain about really. But since I've got to the point where I'm just doing PolSci to make up the numbers and my passion is only in History, I feel like whinging about it anyway.

[corianderstem]

2 weeks until The Dark Knight and Mamma Mia open!

3 weeks until The X-Files!

[LemonMacPhisto]

Originally Posted by corianderstem 2 weeks until The Dark Knight! 3 weeks until The X-Files!

[Axver]

Originally Posted by coolian2 I actually do my best work in the mornings, which is why I prefer morning exams. I hate dicking around for a long period of the day only to have to suddenly focus on something in the afternoon.

See, I have always preferred an afternoon exam. Then I can sleep in without worrying about alarms or anything, comfortably eat breakfast/lunch, travel in at my leisure, and not feel rushed before the exam.

In terms of general work, though, I do my best work either very late at night, i.e. 11pm-2am, or in the very early morning, 6-8am.

[BonoIsMyMuse]

3 hour graduate seminars were the worst for me. They were only once a week, but they lasted forever, especially the nighttime ones

[corianderstem]

What, LMP - you not an ABBA fan?

[bono_212]

Originally Posted by corianderstem 2 weeks until The Dark Knight and Mamma Mia open! 3 weeks until The X-Files!

Dark Knight I'm not so excited about, but I really wanna see Mamma Mia


but I ened to hurry up and finish watching Anthology, I didn't realize X-Files was so close

[LemonMacPhisto]

Originally Posted by corianderstem What, LMP - you not an ABBA fan?

Yeah, not so much. Plus, I'll have to hear all of my Drama Club friends raving about it for a year, like Hairspray... meh.

Ashley, you not a fan of Batman? Or things that are bound to be awesome?

[corianderstem]

Originally Posted by bono_212 Dark Knight I'm not so excited about,

Say what now????

I freaking love ABBA, and musicals, and pretty men on the screen (Pierce Brosnan! Colin Firth!), and a friend of mine saw a screening last week and said it was fantastic. Yay!

[coolian2]

Originally Posted by BonoIsMyMuse 3 hour graduate seminars were the worst for me. They were only once a week, but they lasted forever, especially the nighttime ones

I went to a place for a little while that did two hour lectures.

Not bad in principle, but I wanted to kill myself after the first 15 minutes.

[bono_212]

Originally Posted by corianderstem Say what now???? I freaking love ABBA, and musicals, and pretty men on the screen (Pierce Brosnan! Colin Firth!), and a friend of mine saw a screening last week and said it was fantastic. Yay!

I wanna see it, don't get me wrong, I'm just not DYING to see it...(though I'm not dying to see mamma mia either, but you got it right with pretty men COLIN FIRTH!)

[Axver]

Originally Posted by BonoIsMyMuse 3 hour graduate seminars were the worst for me. They were only once a week, but they lasted forever, especially the nighttime ones

Eek. I haven't even checked to see if we get stuck with that sort of thing in History at the postgrad level. I know some poor undergrads, e.g. various sciences, get stuck with 3 hour sessions here, though. Unlucky bastards.

[Axver]

Originally Posted by corianderstem Say what now????

Time to horrify you, then: I don't give a shit about The Dark Knight.

Also, I didn't know until about two days ago that there's even an X-Files movie coming up. I thought that had long since vanished off the radar.

[coolian2]

Originally Posted by Axver See, I have always preferred an afternoon exam. Then I can sleep in without worrying about alarms or anything, comfortably eat breakfast/lunch, travel in at my leisure, and not feel rushed before the exam. In terms of general work, though, I do my best work either very late at night, i.e. 11pm-2am, or in the very early morning, 6-8am.

I tend to do my best work when I'm rushed and/or cornered like a rat.

[corianderstem]

Originally Posted by Axver Time to horrify you, then: I don't give a shit about The Dark Knight.

Philistine.

Also, I didn't know until about two days ago that there's even an X-Files movie coming up. I thought that had long since vanished off the radar.

Believe me - even the old diehard fans were surprised. I didn't believe it would actually happen.

"They're talking about a movie!" Uh-huh.

"There's a script!" Yeah right.

"They're filming in Vancouver!" .... hmmm, really?

"There's a release date!" OMGWTFBBQ!!!!!!