and finally, 8!

in fact, the references began on the ninth page, so the paper was exactly eight. yay, i'm done!

on a more serious note, i'm amazed at how i managed to survive this class and at how much it taught me. when the quarter had just started, i felt physical pain at the thought of going to class. that i had d.school right after made up for it, somewhat. the class was required, and attendance was mandatory. luckily wednesdays were "example days" so it was mostly mondays that i had to scrape past. 

when it was my turn to present a reading in the second week of class, i thought it was the end of the world and i'd find myself just staring at the class not knowing what to say. instead, my professor wrote to me to tell me i'd done a good job. later on, c and i had to do an example for "play". we somehow pulled off mafia, and it was such a success :). then i did the hanson presentation - after going prepared for five successive classes, the final one ended up okay, and the example was a great bonus. all this while, i was shocked beyond belief that i had lasted this long in this class. so shocked that i didn't realize i was actually learning about learning :).

even the thought of the paper had killed me. eight pages seemed so long and painful. but in the end, they went by fast enough, and the paper forced me to read 3/4ths of the readings for the quarter, over a span of two days. not only that, i enjoyed writing it. it's amazing what necessity can force us to achieve, really. 

i'm tired after the paper, but in perfect awe of the world... and how it makes us achieve what we set ourselves out to, albeit with a little bit of struggle.