That was the week that was
May. 9th, 2009 01:04 am![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
phoenixWhat a week. It's been an excellent one in terms of college: I'm back on track, I've learned stuff, made it to every class this week, my marked assessments got As, I've sorted out an arrangement regarding my undone assignment that will make this the first semester when I've done *every* assignment. I'm proud of myself.
(I also nearly exploded with anxiety during my last class as I realised with horror how little I knew, unable to answer any of the six questions scrawled on the board. Twisted my legs and arms across each other, drew patterns on my arms, frantic for distraction. A break came and I rushed out and around the building, moving from a fast walk into a run as I tried to scrub off the stress by splitting the air with my body. Yet I stayed at college, stayed for another hour, learned, unknotted, relaxed.)
Dreamwidth-wise, it's been excellent too. I'm settling in, meeting so many new, interesting people: my reading list has just *exploded*. It took me about seven years on LJ to work up to reading 129 people's journals: at present on DW I'm reading 126; smart, creative, intriguing people who write at length. All of us beginning our DW lives, setting new standards and honesty levels in our writings, reaching out and making new friends.
(Oh, work blocked it! Based on a commercial filter, Websense, not directed at me. Which is exciting, because it means DW already 'matters' in some sense, as even wretched censorship-based companies know of it (by comparison, Journalfen is not blocked on it, and nor was Insanejournal until pretty recently). So, okay, this is small comfort, but I want *some* comfort!)
(I also nearly exploded with anxiety during my last class as I realised with horror how little I knew, unable to answer any of the six questions scrawled on the board. Twisted my legs and arms across each other, drew patterns on my arms, frantic for distraction. A break came and I rushed out and around the building, moving from a fast walk into a run as I tried to scrub off the stress by splitting the air with my body. Yet I stayed at college, stayed for another hour, learned, unknotted, relaxed.)
Dreamwidth-wise, it's been excellent too. I'm settling in, meeting so many new, interesting people: my reading list has just *exploded*. It took me about seven years on LJ to work up to reading 129 people's journals: at present on DW I'm reading 126; smart, creative, intriguing people who write at length. All of us beginning our DW lives, setting new standards and honesty levels in our writings, reaching out and making new friends.
(Oh, work blocked it! Based on a commercial filter, Websense, not directed at me. Which is exciting, because it means DW already 'matters' in some sense, as even wretched censorship-based companies know of it (by comparison, Journalfen is not blocked on it, and nor was Insanejournal until pretty recently). So, okay, this is small comfort, but I want *some* comfort!)
