And then I emerged.

You know what's worse than finals week?  The week before finals week.
The one where all of your portfolios and databases and papers and presentations are due.  The one where you figure out what your grade is so far, and you calculate just how well you need to do on your finals to maintain your grade.
The one where you hole yourself up in your room and alienate your friends and family, just to emerge from it a week later exhausted, starving, lost, and confused.  You may or may not feel a little like this:

Beard included.



It is a scary time.  You have a weekend of peace, just to be plunged back into studying and worry, as you realize, 'Hey, this test is cumulative!  Time to catch up on a semester of stuff I've completely blocked from my memory!'

But hope is on the horizon!  Break will start soon!  A break with no homework or papers or anything!  Just rest, relaxation, and maybe some parties with people I haven't seen in ages.


That means you guys.


Until then, cheer up with this classy song: