Mathematically speaking today is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year. (See Note at bottom)

Fortunately for me (even though my entire year is depressing) today has been AMAZING!!

First of all, I was pleased with my assignments I'd done for my International Communications class. Especially since I was able to get it done, when the bookstore had run out of books, and the teacher (who is French and delightful) doesn't expect to have the assignments from those of us without books 'till Wednesday. But no, I got all of mine done this weekend, and turned them in today. Along with a film, and a video link, as well as an article (the assignment was to research 3 examples of media productions) and most kids just turned in printed articles off the internet. So she was pleasantly surprised with my film, and I felt like a good student :) Especially after I saved class, when the teacher was calling out for help from a techie. I of course didn't pay any attention and didn't really hear her or what the problem was, but Abby and Lacey are also in the class with me, and they started poking me, and telling me to go help. Which I did. And I saved class for the day. Woohoo #1!

Then, I had a job interview for the Alumni Phoneathon here at Webster. ResTech recently cut my hours (and we're down from 6 techs to 3, so the time has really been dropping) so I need a 2nd job just to keep around 15-18 hrs a week, and maintain the same amount of money I was making. Which was barely enough to pay bills, with no money leftover for fun or trips home.
I got there early, made a good impression, and walked out of there with the job before the other three peeps even showed up. Yay me!!

THEN! I get back to the dorms, and find out I have a new voicemail. It's from Webster's University Center, which confused me, but then I found out that I won the drawing for a free copy of Christopher Gardner's "The Pursuit of Happyness" that I signed up for about 80 times, wasting time when we were in the UC waiting on Noel to finish using the ATM machine. Woohoo!

Tonight Christopher Gardner is actually here and going to give a lecture at Webster, followed by a book signing, which I can go to now, since I have a book!! However I'd have to get out of my Janis Valdes class first. Which normally wouldn't be an issue, but it's the first class due to Martin Luthor King day last week, annnnddd its Janis Valdes. I love her. She is the only teacher I would never want to miss a class for. Well, maybe my new French teacher...she's pretty cool so far.


Anyways, about the mathmatical worst day of the year thing:

In 2005, a psychologist named Cliff Arnall declared that he had devised a formula to calculate the worst day. That year, it was Monday, Jan. 24; last year, Monday, Jan. 23. So watch out, because today may well be 2007’s most miserable day.

Arnall’s so-called formula looks like this: [W + (D-d)] x TQM x NA. All of the letters and symbols apparently represent a sort of mathematical code to track the following:W: How bad the weather is at this time of year.D: Amount of debt accumulated over the holidays minus how much is paid off.T: The time since the holidays.Q: Amount of time passed since New Year’s resolutions have gone south.M: Our general motivation levels.NA: The need to take action.

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