Fannish Argosies

I hate benthic community structure.

I hate common scoters.

I hate PRIMER software.

I really really hate assignments where the statistical analysis methods are the most important feature of the report, while the reason for actually writing the report is hugely vague. Once again, I feel a bit at a disadvantage b/c the lecturers assume everyone knows about certain resources (Admiralty charts, for one) when in truth most of us who are international students are all going "Huh? What are those and where do I get them? Then what do I do with them?". Thanks to a classmate I have bearings for where we took the grabs (which somehow seemed to be emailed to everyone but me???), but I'm not sure what to do with those, either.

I have until Tuesday to finish this, sure, but I'd like to be able to enjoy my weekend. I just wish it weren't such a vague, nebulous assignment. You can tell this module is very geared toward the Marine Environmental Protection students, and none of us Marine Biology people are enjoying it very much.

*sighs and goes back to writing, hoping it's not shite*

At least there will be new SG-1 and BSG tonight.

Happy 4th to all who celebrate it! Myself, I'm marking the occasion by overdosing on the 1st season of Due South, which I couldn't resist buying as it was available for the amazingly low price of $22 at Best Buy. I'm having a hard time resisting going back for the 2nd season - only $17, geez.

Even after the umpteenth viewing, I still want to smack Benny in the head for his behavior in the Victoria arc.

To rapidly change the subject, any of you ever filled out a visa application? There are some things on here where I just don't know what to put down. Most especially the bit about how much funds are available for one's trip to the country. They want specific amounts and forms of currency. Now, does this include what my tuition will be, or only my living and travel expenses? My loan hasn't been finalized yet, so should I wait until it does? I'm not sure just how much will be in my bank account by September, but should I try and make an educated guess and put down that amount?

They also seem to want official copies of things like my college diplomas. I'm certainly not sending them the originals, so how would I go about getting an "official" copy?

This is just frustrating. Argh.