Hey faithful stalkers! In case you didn't catch the call or the facebook announcement...
I HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO BOTH BYU AND BYU-IDAHO!!!!!!!!!!!
As of yet, I am still undecided as to which I will be attending, but I'm definitely leaning toward Idaho.
Thanks to everyone for your patient waiting, as well as all your of your support, and for a few of you, your late-night essay input that proved invaluable.
I love you all, and I'll definitely let you all know when I make a final decision.
Love,
Katie Helen
P.S. Jen, while I do LOVE food...especially tantalizing cupcakes, I have managed my Mormon-wear through online ordering and a few cherished visits to you over the years. But it will be a struggle to turn down such sweet temptations! You're so awesome!! :) *hug*
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
PSH!!
Ok...so I still have yet to hear from BYU. I think the psychologists there are trying to condition me to NOT check for any updates, because I'm SERIOUSLY considering changing my daily checking pattern to an every-other-day checking pattern.
It's one of those blasted things I learned in school that warps the way I think about life.
The fastest way to train a dog is continuous positive reinforcement. (does trick, treat, does trick, treat, etc.) unfortunately, this is also the least reliable, because as soon as you stop 'treating' the dog, he loses all will to 'trick' and soon loses the habit.
The slowest way is to never reinforce, but that's just mean.
The most reliable way to train a dog is the same way casinos create addicts. It involves only rewarding good behavior at random intervals. As the dog won't know when the next reward will come, but knows it will follow good behavior, it'll keep up the 'trick', hoping against hope that MAYBE this will be the time it gets a 'treat'. (Gamboling equivalent: 'I know I've won before. It'll happen again. Just ONE more time. It'll be next time. What if it's next time?)
So there I sat, day after day, checking the www.besmart.com website, hoping that that day would be the day, because if I don't check EVERY day, who knows? It could come yesterday!!!
Excellent books I've read lately that I would recommend to anyone:
1. The Percy Jackson series (soon to be a movie)
2. Hawksong and Snakecharm +
3. The Mortal Instruments series (City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass
4. The Vampire Diaries (as they were written more than a decade before Twilight, I refuse to be accused of falling to the Vampire fad...even if I have
5. The Hunger Games and Catching Fire
6. Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras
7. The Dark Visions series
8. Anything by Tamore Pierce
It's one of those blasted things I learned in school that warps the way I think about life.
The fastest way to train a dog is continuous positive reinforcement. (does trick, treat, does trick, treat, etc.) unfortunately, this is also the least reliable, because as soon as you stop 'treating' the dog, he loses all will to 'trick' and soon loses the habit.
The slowest way is to never reinforce, but that's just mean.
The most reliable way to train a dog is the same way casinos create addicts. It involves only rewarding good behavior at random intervals. As the dog won't know when the next reward will come, but knows it will follow good behavior, it'll keep up the 'trick', hoping against hope that MAYBE this will be the time it gets a 'treat'. (Gamboling equivalent: 'I know I've won before. It'll happen again. Just ONE more time. It'll be next time. What if it's next time?)
So there I sat, day after day, checking the www.besmart.com website, hoping that that day would be the day, because if I don't check EVERY day, who knows? It could come yesterday!!!
Excellent books I've read lately that I would recommend to anyone:
1. The Percy Jackson series (soon to be a movie)
2. Hawksong and Snakecharm +
3. The Mortal Instruments series (City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass
4. The Vampire Diaries (as they were written more than a decade before Twilight, I refuse to be accused of falling to the Vampire fad...even if I have
5. The Hunger Games and Catching Fire
6. Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras
7. The Dark Visions series
8. Anything by Tamore Pierce
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