test taking strategies.

so my professor gave us a test preparation handout to help us with our upcoming test. he said to pay particular attention to the tips for matching questions and multiple choice questions.

here's the tips for multiple choice questions:

1. Try to answer the question before looking at the answers.
2. Read all the answers and look for the one which best completes the stem.
3. Use the process of elimination.
4. When numbers are in each alternative, choose the numbers that are in the middle range, not the extremes.
5. Choose answers that are longer and more descriptive.
6. When two very similar answers appear it is likely that one of them is correct and the other is a disguise.
7. Choices containing unfamiliar terms are not likely correct.
8. Watch out for negative words in the instructions or in the main question: e.g. Which one does NOT...

now.. did one of those make you pause? do a double take? think a little harder?

"When two very similar answers appear it is likely that one of them is correct and the other is a disguise."

Um. . . duh?

that is obvious, right? am I missing something? only one answer can be right, soo....

just found that to be humorous. hope you enjoyed it as well. back to not-procrastinating A.K.A. studying!

-_-

^^ that is my fed up face. and many other emotions face. but fed up right now.

I'm so sick of the male population being incapable of texting back.

I will seriously know a guy has the potential of being the one when he texts back. that sounds so lame but it is true. it shows he wants to talk to me. wow, so much to ask for in a guy, I know.

It's not even an "I like him and he won't text back" thing. it's simply a "he's a male and whether I like him or not I know he probably isn't going to text back and quite frankly that is super annoying so why should I ever text a guy again?" thing.

but for now, let's DO say it is a guy I like. or could like.

I'm tired of getting shut down by the few guys I actually show interest in. it's really disheartening. why can't there ever be one that likes me back? it seriously seems to never fail. a guy likes me.. I don't like him. well that stinks. I finally meet a guy I like.. of course he doesn't like me back or pursue me. why would I ever think he would?

hmmmph. just want to quit trying sometimes.

soul sisters.

so I'm kind of a paranoid person. well... when it matters.

like when I'm in the library. and I have to go to the bathroom. I always ask the person sitting closest to me if they'll watch my stuff while I'm gone.

"chillax, jennie! you're at byu! no one would steal your stuff. they'd be more likely to leave you a present than steal your stuff!"

yes, people may be freakishly nice here. but stuff happens. and I can just picture a conversation going like this:

me: uh.... dad..............so...... uh... welll.....................my laptop was stolen.
dad: what?? how??
me: well....... I just left it for 5 minutes in the library while I went to the bathroom............
dad: *cricket*
me: yeah I realize now that that was kind of dumb idea.....

few things are more motivating than the thought of possibly disappointing my dad. thus the never-leave-your-precious-items-unattended rule.

so, today, I was in the library, found a table, put my stuff down, and then asked the girl across from me if she'd watch it while I went to the bathroom.

y'know what she said?

with a smile on her face, "I was just about to ask you the same thing!!"

it was in that moment that I knew I had found my soul sister.

okay... sure.. she may have left 10 minutes later.. and I'll probably never see her again...

but we are soul sisters!! okay?

soul-sisterness is not something to doubt. ever. I wish you all luck in your endeavors to find your soul sisters or soul brethren.

and now, back to my 7 page paper. peace.

remember that one time we had the greatest idea ever?

yeah.

so last year (my freshman year) at BYU, there was a night of 4 different preference dances (girl asks guy). each had a different theme and each was going to be really cool! there was a dr. seuss theme, a harry potter theme, a pride & prejudice theme, and a great gatsby theme. my 3 good friends and I decided to be awesome and ask our guys out in the coolest way ever. one of them had the brilliant idea of using a photobooth to do the asking! so all of us (except 1 cuz she couldn't make it) went to the mall and did just that:

(we actually had to make mel's at home cuz she couldn't come to the mall... but it looks real huh?? I don't have the other girls' pics..)

cutest idea ever, right?! but oh no.. it doesn't end there!

then we made an amazing scavenger hunt. we wrote out 4 awesome riddles and printed them and made them super cute. the riddles would lead our guys from the dorms, to pizza hut, to dairy queen, to campus.... where they'd eventually find a bag of candy and our photobooth pictures asking them the ultimate question.

but then.... rochelle suddenly had a funeral in canada to go to.

and really, that wasn't the problem. dude, if you've got a funeral to go to... you've got a funeral to go to! I figured the rest of us girls could still do it. we had put so much effort into this and it was going to be awesome!!

but then....

slowly...

the other girls backed out.

and it never happened.

yep. that is truly the end of this pitiful story. to this day I am still sad and bitter that we never did it, and I think they might finally be realizing how awesome it could have been.

so that's the story of the most awesome preference-asking-out that never happened. everytime I see that picture show up in my desktop slideshow... my heart aches a little. oh the fun it could have been....

oh, and the photobooth pic in my blog header was from that same night. <3

the end.

really though,

my ability to embarrass myself is uncanny.

there is kind of nothing worse than that moment where you do something awkward in front of others and feel so stupid and think that everyone in the room probably thinks you're so, so weird.

just happened. like 5 times in a row.

the only thing that comforts me is knowing that when other people do awkward/embarrassing things, I really don't think too much of it. oh how I hope there were people like me in that room just now.

yeah, that's a pretty accurate representation of the size of rock I'd like to crawl under.

to the cadbury creme egg....

I loave you.

yes, loave. it is love but in an awesome accent. because that is how much I love you. I loave you.

the deliciousness you just brought upon my mouth was indescribeable. your milk chocolatey perfection mixed with smooth sweet creme makes my heart skip a beat. I live for you.

if it were anatomically possible, and if we were married, and if you were male, I would make love to you.

thank you for brightening my life with your sweet succulent chocolatey deliciousness.

love always and forever,

Jennie

p.s. I wouldn't mind if you started coming in this size... just sayin'....

3 things that never fail to give me an instant heart attack:

1. slipping on ice

2. driving past a cop

3. realizing I forgot/almost forgot to do something for someone that they're counting on me to do

heart attacks have been prevalent in the last few days, lemme tell ya.

but today is a new day where I DON'T have to walk on campus and fear for my rear and I DON'T have to do anything I told anyone I'd do. I'm going to edit pictures, do homework, and inevitably search for hours for a new coat.

sadly though, the probability of #2 happening is still high. :( darn those cops...