Yes.

I'm feeling quite content right about now. A little unnerved in a few areas, but still content.
I just got my Calculus I grade. I got my A, alright :) I got a 93.96%, which I round up to a 94. The college is on a 10-point scale, so I didn't "just" make it, either. I just hope it transfers to UMW easily! I posted something on my Facebook status about my success in Calculus--"...swore she wouldn't take math in college, got an A in Calculus I, and can't wait for Calculus II." Mrs. Weddle "liked" my status. I miss her so much. I wish I could send her an e-mail telling her that I'd declared myself an English major (so many of her other students have), but she would be disappointed in me knowing that I hadn't followed my dream. In my senior yearbook, she gave me my "final" homework assignment. I have to go out into the world and make a difference. I haven't failed to complete a single homework assignment for her yet, and I hope to keep my record clean.
I've been thinking about what I want to accomplish in this coming school year. I want to start using a planner. I've never bothered to use one because I've always been pretty good at keeping track of assignments and dates in my head. I just feel like I should start, though. I want to stay fairly organized. My side of the dorm room was always clean, as in my clothes were in the hamper and my dishes were washed on a daily basis. My desk, however, was a mountain of papers, books, and art supplies just begging to be stapled or otherwise contained. I'd like to improve on that. I want to get out and be more social. If nothing else, I really want that. I've come to realize that socializing with people and making contacts is going to be one of the most beneficial things I can do in college, even though it's proving to be quite difficult for me. I'm just naturally quiet; I don't assume that people want to talk to me and hear what I have to say. I hate that aspect of myself and I hope to continue working on it for the next few years. I want to go to all of the department picnics, all of the department parties, all of the random department activities (even the Video Game Olympics, even though I'd just make a fool of myself when I have to play Guitar Hero on easy), and all of the guest lectures. I would really like to see if there are any professors (particularly Stephen, because he's so nice and I think he's into artificial intelligence) who would be willing to let me help them do some research. It would be a lot of fun, and it'll be a big bonus on my resume if I decide to apply for graduate school. I want to join PERL, the computer science club, and I want to work really hard as one of the co-presidents of GALL.
Speaking of GALL, I made a pretty sweet slideshow about all of our activities from last year. I gathered up all of the pictures I'd saved on my computer and I snitched a few from the club's Photobucket account. For the background of each of the title slides, I used a photo that I took in the library of a sign that asks library patrons to report any "disruptive" or "suspicious" activity to the front desk. I thought it was appropriate :) The first title slide says "THIS IS GALL," then there's a gorgeous picture of the campus that I took from the balcony of the gym early one morning, and then it starts into the other events--Bottlecap Bead Curtain, Masky Flashmobby, Body Canvas, "Anatomical" Origami, Live Snake, Lightbulb Garden, Wacky Warnings, and Happy April Fools' Day. To top it all off, the whole seven minutes and 33 seconds is set to the equally-long "Corona Radiata," by Nine Inch Nails of course :) "Corona Radiata" is a spine-tingling industrial instrumental piece, and I thought the creepy-yet-beautiful feel of the piece reminded me a lot of GALL. I still don't know if I'll upload it on Youtube, but I might put in on Facebook. I didn't take all of the pictures (maybe 93%, but still). I heard that "Corona Radiata" is free for our use because Trent Reznor gave out free downloads of "The Slip," the album that the piece is on, and he's no longer on a big label. I dunno, maybe I'll put it on Facebook first and then put it on Youtube. I'm very proud of it, after all.