update

yes, i'm still alive

yes, i'm still studying like mad

no, i don't feel completely confident about the test (nor do i think i ever will)

no, i probably don't want to talk to you in the next week unless you're telling me how to solve math problems (sorry, that doesn't mean i don't like you, i'm just pretty one-track-minded right now)

eric, colleen, leigh and i all met at 9 this morning to take day 1 of a practice test under usual testing conditions, (format: each day 3 required questions, 6 others from which you choose 3 each day... score out of 60 points, you have 9am til noon to work... this happens for two consecutive days to give a total score out of 120... usually 70 is guarantee to pass)... estimating based on answers and objections from within the group, i got 47/60 on this morning's work... considering i got 42.5 TOTAL on both days last august, this is moderately encouraging.... at least i've learned *something* during the inbetween time :-P

now, here's to hoping that the real test next week includes questions i know how to do too

later dudes