Food for thought
Posted by Aranka on Thursday 15 November 2007
One should never go grocery shopping when one is hungry. That’s a fact and it is true (well duh). Haven’t had it happen in a while, but always when I buy groceries around 5, I’m bound to buy stuff I really don’t need. Like chocolate, or cookies, or chips!
I cook decent stuff at least 3 times a week and at home I also eat fairly good stuff, so a pizza every now and then is no problem. However, I never ever use the microwave. At home we’ve never had one and here in Utrecht we have two of those things. I’ve eaten microwave meals at my work at times, but I generally find them gross. There’s this icky taste to them. Today I didn’t feel like thinking of what to cook, nor did I feel like eating pizza, so I did the unthinkable and bought a microwave meal!!! Chicken tandoori with yellow rice. In theory that sounds great and yummy, but in practice… well, I’ll figure that out in an hour or so.
In other news, I have started a new term this week. The second one of the year. Last night I thought I’d check if maybe one of my grades from last term was already up and there was one up!!! The one from my art history exam, apparently I got a 7 (1-10 range), so that’s like great haha. I passed it yay! I was so happy 
Don’t know yet about the other one, I’m a bit afraid of that, but we’ll see.
This term I’m doing two courses I’ve done before. Twice actually, but let’s not talk about that. After finding out last night I passed the art history class I’m confident again that I can pass these classes too. Will be lots of work, for one class I have to analyse 16 plays. Will be like 12000 words in total!!! Madness!! The ‘thesis’ to end your bachelor only has to be 5000 or 6000 words… And the other class will have an exam and a paper about something historiographical. I hate it, but it’s mandatory.
I also did a whole lot of figuring out on Monday, when I had to sign up for courses to follow in term 3 and 4. So now I have an outlined program until January 2009, when I should be able to have my bachelor’s degree. It means I’ll have to pass all my classes from now on, so let’s hope for that!
Ian said
The grocery industry has to be booming there, with so many stoners!
Aranka said
arunmochleibh said
We used to have to sign up for all our classes at the start of the year, but I used to get really excited to see what classes were going to run
I think microwave meals are bleugh. I’m a very lazy cook but I still like nice food, so I shy away from microwave meals!
Rob said
Sounds like the majority of us are microwaivers, then
Hey Aranka, lots of luck in your upcoming and prolonged time of Serious Hard Work!
16 plays… That does not exactly sound like child’s play.
At least you can’t say “it’s all work and no play” but if you call that a simple joke I plea guilty.
cheers,
Rob.
LightContrast said
If I went grocery shopping while I was hungry, I doubt I’d be able to focus. I’d forget about my list…haha. Maybe.
If I’m hungry, I’ll eat microwave meals…it’s a meal! If I wasn’t hungry, I might not eat it. A hungry person doesn’t care too much about what they eat.
Congrats on starting a new term. My major has an optional thesis. I don’t see myself writing one. I have a few weeks until my semester is over.