"Failure is temporary, giving up makes it permenant"

I saw King Kong last night and it was spectacular. Peter Jackson showed that he can make a great movie outside of the Lord of the Rings. The only real negative I can think about is that it was simply too long. Although I can't really think of anything that I would want to get cut out, which is probably one of the things that makes him such a great director, I can sit through 3 hours of film, and think every moment was great. Why do I say it was too long then? Well, after about two hours or so I found my self wondering where Mrs. Kong was, or mommy and daddy Kong. I also sat there wondering how, biologically, this could possibly happen, since all other evidence shows that when animals are in a contained ecosystem, like on Skull Island, they shrink, not grow, yet everything on that island was big. Where did Kong get all of his food, not mentioned the dinosaurs too. Even though Jackson failed to answer those pressing questions, I would still highly recommend this movie to anyone, just so long as you don't ask me along, I don't think I want to see it again any time soon, and I would be highly shocked if it didn't get at least a nomination for best picture.

In other news, I got a 3.83 GPA this quarter, the one class that ruined me was Management Information Systems, which I got a 3.4 in, I got 4.0 in the other two. I should probably be proud of that, since those two other classes were 400 level courses, which means that they were pretty advanced, and thus more difficult, but as usual I am actually a little ashamed of my grades. Not because they are too low, but because I don't really feel like I earned them. Don't get me wrong, I didn't cheat or did anything unethical to get those grades, I just don't feel like I really worked hard enough to have earned that 4.0. This seems like a constant "problem" I have had. I remember when I was homeschooled getting ready to start highschool, being worried that I was going to have to work really hard to keep up, since I hadn't done any sort of school for so long, but then it turned out to be a breeze. Then junior year approached and I again I started to worry, since everyone said that junior year was the hardest, but once again it was simple. Same story for starting college, and actually this summer I was a little worried, since I was going to be starting the higher level courses, but those fears seems once again to be misplaced.

I guess I really only feel bad in comparison to others, since other people in my classes are always telling me, or people in general, how hard they have to study for these classes, and I see them in class furiously taking notes, or flipping through their heavily highlighted book, and I sit through class with a closed notebook and book, sitting back in my chair, and invariably I end up getting at least as high, if not a higher grade than them. I'm not really sure what the point in saying all of this, it's just been on my mind the past few days. It certainly is in no way a complaint, since only a fool would complain about not having to study, and I am of course not trying to brag or anything, so I guess do with it as you see fit.