October 15, 2008
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I was sitting outside yesterday at a picnic table in a place referred to as "The Angle" and reading a book. And it was dreadfully hot in the sun. One would have no idea that it was the middle of October. It still feels like summer. What happened to autumn? It started getting cooler. And then the temperature went back up and now, the leaves aren't changing.
I hate Maryland weather. I've complained about this so many times and mentioned the temperature a lot throughout my entries, but the weirdness of our seasons here never ceases to frustrate me. We only have two seasons: winter and summer. No in between. Autumn and spring just don't happen. All of a sudden, in December, the weather becomes frigidly cold. And that lasts to about May or June when the weather becomes unbearably hot. There are no transitions and it's terrible. I wish I had picked a college in another state, with a fall and a spring. But, alas, I did not.
Well, I got my first important English paper back yesterday. I had been worrying about it ever since I turned it in. I wrote it all last minute, of course, and I was afraid that it was obvious. As it turns out, it was a little obvious, considering I had a fair amount of spelling and grammar errors throughout the thing, but strangely enough, it didn't hurt my grade as much as I thought it would. It seems high school teachers are more difficult graders than college professors. Weird. Because I know my paper wasn't that good, yet I got a ninety seven on it. I think that is the highest grade I have ever gotten on a research paper in English. Ever. And I got it in college, in my first semester, on my first research paper. Needless to say, it's very surprising, indeed.
That means that every paper from here on out, my grade can only go down. That's depressing. And my professor will notice too, because for some reason, he knows my name and likes to make strange comments on all of my assignments. He even said something to me when he handed back my essay yesterday. It's getting a tad bit creepy. All of the girls agree that our English professor is quite handsome and this unnecesary attention I seem to be getting is making me nervous. I hope it doesn't progress.
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