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I do so love spring. Not quite as much as Autumn, but I love it too. Everything is bright and alive, and the sky exists in a perpetual threat of rain. No matter how nice or warm, or how far away those clouds look, there is the distinct possibility of getting wet. It's a season for umbrellas with no jackets, and scarves in reserve. I do so love this place.

It's funny, it seems that many people start blogs as personal endeavours. But then, as their readership grows, they begin to write more and more for the audience and less and less for themselves. Strangely, this blog started out as a means for me to stay in touch with other people, to have some sort of communication with people that I don't get to see that often. However, while it still does that to a certain point, more and more it is just an excercise into itself. An act of creative non-fiction, often with no real thought gone into whether it is understood.

On that note, I've unplugged my phone so the best method of contact with me is probably e-mail, although contact with me in general will be slim. It's fair to say that, holding constant things I've decided to go to between now and then, I probably won't see you until later April or May when all this is finished.

So, I'm on the bus again, heading to Deirdre's Korean Drumming performance. This one isn't as out of my way as yesterday's because my last Econometrics class is at fourteen hundred hours, but I'm still only going because of the magnamity of the event. One year's worth of work is not to be taken lightly.

On that note, I think I've finally solved one of my big econometric hurtles. I don't actually know, because my estimations that I wanted to have done by last night aren't, but using income per capita adjusted for purchasing power parity makes such a huge difference it isn't suprising if my inital results were badly skewed. I'm hopeful, but still feel rediculously behind. My goal is a rough draft by Monday, but I'm not so sure I'll hit that either. I'll certainly try.

Although really, I'm not nearly as worried about my thesis as I am about Econometrics. My thesis is a series of concrete goals. Goals that can be measured and reached. Then, once done, the logic is nearly boolean: if I finish my thesis I will get a good grade. Pass the threshold point, and we're gold.

Econometrics, on the other hand, isn't like that at all. While it seems to require less actual work, the success of the work is much more strongly in question. If I get to the point where I can write the test, I won't necessarily do well. There's chance, in both the learning and the examination, and I don't really feel like the odds are in my favour. At least there's no new material after today, now I can start actually learning all the stuff we're already supposed to know.

I must admit, I'm pretty giddy about being this close to done, even with the twin monoliths staring down at me.

Written On: Laptop (Bus: 99)