May 26, 2002 | 11:37 PM

Drats!

Blast!

My professor just emailed me my grade on my Chomsky-Dennett paper.

And I only got a B+.

Not that this is bad since I wrote it in less than two hours while I was at work, but I really liked that paper.

Now I have to wait and see what I got on the takehome exam.

If I have a B+ or above on that, I'll have an A for the class.

I really really want an A.

I never used to care about stuff like this, but I think it's good that I'm caring about it now.

It's like I'm going back in time and doing everything over differently. I think being a grade grubber is much better karma for me than being a slacker.

I'll be sleeping with my grade grubbing little fingers crossed tonight.