I think midterms are worse than finals. Sure, you may have to study a bit more for finals, but you're given the time to do so. While trying to study for midterms, you still have to go to class and juggle the rest of your assignments. You have to contend with noisy roommates who don't have midterms at the same time as you. The days are getting shorter, and the temperature colder, and all you want to do is stay in bed.

The reason this comes up is that I've spent the majority of the last 3 days catching up with my psych readings (which I'd ignored until now). I haven't had much sleep, and I've had way too much Dr. Pepper, so I'm slightly irritable, and you people get to hear me rant.

I had written up a long post about personal experiences and other people's behaviours, but I decided to scrap it, because it was way too long and sounded like whining even to me. Instead, I've decided to include some quotes from my psych text.

Rats are very similar to humans except that they are not stupid enough to purchase lottery tickets.

The average adult has one testicle and one ovary.

We share half our genes with the banana.

It's not that gay men are oversexed; they are simply men whose male desires bounce off other male desires rather than off female desires.

I contend that nature has given males the heaviest burden of all: the burden of always having to Make the First Move, and thereby risk getting Shot Down. I don't know WHY males get stuck with thise burden, but it's true throughout the animal kingdom... It's always the male bird who does the courting dance, making a total moron of himself, while the female bird just stands there, looking aloof, thinking about what she's going to tell her girlfriends ('And then he hopped around on one foot! Like I'm supposed to be impressed by THAT!').

Mom may be holding a full house while Dad has a straight flush, yet when Junior gets a random half of each of their cards his poker-hand may be a loser. (On genetics)

What's the difference between a man and E.T.? E.T. phoned home.

When a man can't explain a woman's actions, the first thing he thinks about is the condition of her uterus. (PMS doesn't actually exist; people only perceive that it does)

Corduroy pillows make headlines.

Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.