113008: more studying

yesterday.. i didn't do what i had planned, but i finished the two pacing sections so on that test i got 174.

but today, i got 168. i thought i raped it too..

i think i've hit a limit on what i can do until saturday on rc and lr. the percentage i get right on those sections is pretty stable, but it's just the logic games that are inconsistent. and on the tests i do well on games, i get 170+.

eh, i'm not stressin too much. this week i'm going to wake up every day in the morning to get myself ready.

can't wait for this to be over!!

112808: studying, dota and more studying

so today i took another practice test. i got 171, but there was a mapping game that i lost big points on. i got all the rc right and only two lr wrong. i got one role of a statement wrong, because i misidentified the main conclusion, and an assumption wrong because i flipped the sufficient and necessary clauses. for logic games, i got one sequencing wrong because i miscopied a rule. i got two hybrids wrong because i overlooked two rules. and i got four mapping questions wrong because mapping games are of the ghey.

except for the mapping game that screwed me.. if i did this well on game day.. i'd be ecstatic. not only was the scale on this test closer to more recent scales. i just have to be able to reproduce this consistently and be up every morning until the day of the real test.

to celebrate my performance i played dota, then i uninstalled it. i'm going to give the cd to someone until after the test. no more temptations.

after uninstall, i did two pacing sections. i got one paradox question wrong because i didn't read the stimulus carefully enough. i got one sequencing wrong because i didn't follow through all the rules.

tomorrow i'm going to finish two more pacing sections to finish prep test 43 and do another whole lsat. but after i bike with daniel bay again.

one more week!!

112708: steak, hills and redemption

yesterday, i didn't study that much..

today, we ate steak instead of turkey.

i biked four miles with daniel bay, but there was this big hill.. and it was infinitely tougher than the six mile bike ride last week. gotta stop smoking.. haha

i did 2 lsats today. i did really well on one of them, until the games section put me at a 168, and the second one had a tricky logical reasoning section and a harder scale so i got 166. man, i really need to work on games..

that's all.

112508: sleeping in, thank you note and rain

today i slept in, a lot. and i felt super guilty. so the rest of the day i think i was sort of productive.

i wrote and sent a thank you note to the hr person that i talked with yesterday. it was harder than i thought, and i even had to write it over (correction fluid/cross outs are a nono). but i'm glad i got it off. now it's the waiting game i guess..

today, i got 172.
i missed 5 lr, 3 rc, 3 lg
i missed four lr on the last section, i think i started getting tired/lazy. today's games should have been easier, but i slipped up somewhere. these scales are really generous. i wish the newer tests were like that, but they're not.

it rained today. yay!!

112408: phone interview, wonder bread and logic games meltdown

so i had my phone interview today. i think it went well, i blanked out like once or twice, but pretty much gave them all the right answers (i think). my interviewer also talked for a long time afterward, and she wouldn't do that if she didn't think i would be qualified, right? now it's just waiting until a job opens up, and then another interview. i hope they put me in san diego as a claims representative, cause it's more money than a claims processor and it'd be in san diego. i'm kind of sick of living at home..

i went into ralphs today to get some wonder bread for grilled cheese sandwiches, and they didn't have any! i was shocked. but instead i got some ralphs value bread.. a loaf for 99 cents. but of course, it's hard for me to go to a grocery store and not spend some time looking at all of the wonderful things that modern grocery stores have. the ralphs near my house doesn't have a good meat/seafood section.. but still there are plenty of other things to check out. for example, they have bone marrow and pickled pigs feet and "roast beef" in a can. interesting..

anyway, today wasn't as productive lsat wise. i just did a practice test, but not really realistically.

today, i got a 167
i missed 6 lr, 3rc, and 4lg. i also melted down on the lg section and didn't answer an entire game.. five unanswered questions..
today's scale was extremely generous..

but yeah, i need to work on logic games tomorrow.

i hate this, every day it's some other section that needs work. it's like after fixing one leak, another forms..

tomorrow, more realistic practice!!

112408: grindstart

so i have less than two weeks until i take it again, so i'm going to for sure take a full length exam every single day until then and log how i'm doing here. also, i'm going to take additional pacing sections. part of me is wondering how effective this will be, because i've done most all the materials once before, but i suppose it can't hurt.

today, i got a 173
i missed 4 lr, 4 rc and 3 lg
i'm going to work on rc tomorrow.

in other news, i updated my netflix queue, and it's about 30 movies long now. can't wait for them to start rolling in.

phone interview tomorrow.. wish me luck!

112008-112208: pre-employment test, air filters and six miles

on thursday, i went in to take my pre-employment test. it was pretty easy. now there's a phone interview on monday.

yesterday, the cabin air filters and the engine air filter that i ordered came in the mail. so i replaced them both in my car. it was pretty easy, the cabin air filters were inside my glove box and the engine air filter was inside the hood. no screws or tools needed. i can't believe jiffylube would have charged me more than a 100 bucks for the service, when i paid 40 bucks for the parts and did it myself. btw, the cabin air filters were especially grody.. i plan on changing them again in 15k miles. i found out that doing car work by yourself is incredibly fulfilling. i noticed a difference straight away both in both engine performance and the air quality inside my car. perhaps next week i will change the oil, because jiffylube put in shitty oil.

oh and yesterday i biked around 6.5 miles with daniel bay. his leisurely pace translated into heaving breaths, spasm-y legs and a funny waddle for me. still, it was good exercise and i slept extremely well yesterday. although part of me thinks i overslept because i ate a 2/3rds of a frozen cpk pizza and some ice cream. talk about negation.. anyway, i might even get a 24 hr fitness membership because we passed by one on our ride. 2.5 mile bike warm-up would be pretty nice.. i didn't do any biking today, but starting tomorrow.. i shall do it.. semi-regularly..

okay, two more sections and then gonna try to get to bed.