Diary of an up and coming sociopath

Well, that’s Computer Networks over and done with. I started the morning by falling out of bed, which is never a good thing to do, and more so on Exam days. I slipped on a magazine as I jumped up to switch off the alarm, was the problem, and it sent me ass-backward onto a box of comics, which luckily broke my fall. I lay in a somewhat dazed state until Ian hammered on the door some time around 7:50, as instructed, at which point I got dressed and we went to Uni.

Wheatley was looking depressing as hell. It was grey and cold and raining, and we went to the canteen to do some last minute revision and settle the bile with snacks. Then the exam.

I won’t say it’s the worst exam I’ve ever done, though that would be quite accurate. I finished in 45 minutes when the thing is 2 hours long, which was one of my first indicators that something was grossly amiss. I like to think I pioneered a series of new networking ideas that will one day go to good use. That is, rather than admit I made up most of my answers on the spot from half-remembered knowledge. Some re-reading later I decided my exam was indeed, done, waited until the hour had passed, and then attempted to leave. At first I was told that this was not allowed, because there was “A situation” but 5 minutes later the woman returned and said that yes, I could leave. Dunno what the situation was but it wasn’t of much consequence els eI’d have something to actually say about it, rather than this non-anecdote.

After I left the horrible room, I went to sit in the canteen and await my peers. A small ponderance on the futility of doing the exam after the farce that was our coursework occupied my mind, and I decided that this was probably my first module fail. Not that I’m too botehred, I can afford to fail this module, and I’d rather it was one that was actually hard rather than one I just didn’t do the work for. Anyway. George and Tom eventually joined me, followed shortly by Ian. We discussed our answers, decided we were screwed, and then took time out to restructure next term’s modules in light of the networking buggeration. I’ll finalise those changes on results day anyhow.

Next I have to revise some Graph Theory. I’ve got the exam in just over an hour so a little revision could go a long way. After reading the example questions I’m a little less confident about the A, but it’s going to be a good exam. I’ll no doubt be back with an update after the exam is finished.

I can’t believe this is how I’m spending my Saturday. Bleh. I find it slightly humourous to note that for the first time in recent memory, if not ever, I did 3 updates yesterday, on the one day I was supposed to be spending revising. That if nothing else was probably an indicator of how well this morning was about to go :-)

Still, Maths has the power to absolve my sins.

* Title by Nikki