Full Moon ritual tomorrow...

While I have completed my essays due tomorrow (well Saturday, actually), I haven't finished the memorization we were assigned. I am simply horrible at memorizing things, which is odd for someone like myself who seems to retain what they read pretty well - just not verbatim. Yet, ironicly, I still have poems from elementary school rattling around in my head, including the "Innkeeper's Tale" and way too much Shel Silverstein! Perhaps my head is full.

So far, I've been using the break down method, i.e. memorize it in blocks, while including the block above as you go onto the block below. This is painful, but the only way I know to memorize anything that works, other than making audio recordings to play and respond to - which worked wonders when memorizing CM rituals like the LBRP.

Anyone else deal with a student with these issues or themselves? Any suggestions, tricks of the trade, etc.?

The joys of techgoodness...

There's all these little pc chores that you tend to let go until its sort of crazily overdue. First off, was dumping the AOHell crap off my system. I think I've found all those f*cking AOL files, but its hard to say - damn things are like a cootie invasion. Once I started messing around with the program files and add/remove programs menus, I just sort of surrendered the day to pc maintenance. I won't bore anyone with details - but with multiple hard drives you get optimization issues, storage differentials, defragging, etc. and the day goes by pretty quick.

I managed to get our old wireless network router up and running again so hubby and I can share the broadband. Which was a lovely surprise when he got home tonight - we haven't been able to share an internet connection since before we bought the house, so he geeked out in the livingroom for a few hours before heading off to bed early. We did, however, manage to laugh ourselves silly by YIM'ing to each other between my office and the livingroom - a scant three feet away. Boy, are we sure easy to amuse.

Now, onto more fun with widgets...

Muwahahahahaaaaaa~