Well, the distractions from Saturday spilled over to Sunday and Monday. I rationalize it as taking a break for the holiday, but in reality I simply could not focus on the questions or the outlines to be productive at all. I went for walks, got a little sun in the process, but now have been able to get another good day of work under my belt.
I made it through the foundation course and started in on the actual general review. Let's just say the videos for the foundation course were far better than the videos for the general stuff ...
For starters, the professor that is doing the first subject of the general review speaks with kind of a lisp so it is difficult to understand him in the first place, but when he speaks quickly it becomes nearly impossible. The toggles that were so wonderful in the foundation course videos have now become sparse, an endangered species if you will, as they only show up for each new heading. That means you have a toggle for the main items of the course, but not the sub-topics. That makes it rather difficult to relocate your space when the video decides to flake out and freeze, or restart, and you have two hours of a topic in between toggles ... talk about trial and error to find your place once again. It would've really helped if the creators would've created toggles in the videos that matched up with the outlines so you could easily find your place again instead of aimlessly wasting time to do so.
On the plus side, the ability to pause the video is a nice feature because the professors talk way too fast to be able to write anything down and actually get what you are writing before they move on to the next topic on the list. I don't know what the live classes are like, and I have heard good things about the live lectures, but I have to imagine they move rather quickly through the material because let's face it - this is a TON of material.
Off to another day of general review ... how much of this is actually sticking in my head, well I guess only time will tell.
Oh, for the main distraction - here you go . . . the external HDD is put away, but I took a long walk yesterday and picked up True Blood season 2. I don't have TV, so I've relied on itunes for all my episodes and have been anxiously awaiting this DVD release. I talked with a friend who just started watching season 2, and since I needed yet another distraction I picked it up. Yesterday I watched the entire season from start to finish and now I am satisfied. Rest assured, I only watched the season AFTER I finished with my bar requirements for the day. I spent the first 7 hours of my day with the bar material, but after that - I spent the next 11 or so hours with the folks in Bon Temps. The distraction was worth it - now my focus isn't split wondering what happened with Bill and Sookie.
Onward bar soldiers.
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