HEMNES

Sorry, Linda! The MALM bed frame was really low- so low that it was a few inches of elevation for just a mattress and no box. Ryan's won, and yes, I'm going to have more trouble cleaning it. Hah. Like I've ever cleaned a bed frame. Well, that's because I've always just had the metal thing to hold it up with a wheel on each corner.
I suppose everyone is having a fabulous New Year and that most of the Asians are at Asian dinner parties. New Years over here is quiet, as it was last year when my parents went to bed at about 9:30pm or 10:30pm or something outrageously early like that.
I took 300 pictures, not including the ones that I deleted. It's probably time to upload a few.

3. Mission: SPACE
Choose from two exciting adventures on this mission to Mars. Join the Orange Team to experience intense training on the original voyage. Or join the Green Team for a milder journey with everything but the spinning. Minimum height 44/112 cm. Expectant mothers should not ride.

No life.

I practiced the piano this morning. And a Merry Christmas to you, too.
I also put another layer of paint stain onto the plaque, and my mom wants us to pack for the day after tomorrow, which makes no sense because today is sort of a holiday.
I'm wondering what would happen if I try to charge my iPod with a computer that doesn't have iTunes. Meaning, I hope it doesn't start to try to synchronize with nothing. But if the computer doesn't make it do anything, the theoretically it shouldn't happen, but I'm still not completely certain about it. Maybe I'm over analyzing it. ::EDIT:: I just checked, and I can. ::END EDIT::
Practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice ... Tomorrow is the weekly lesson because we're leaving after that.
Feliz Navidad a ti, tambien.

Write as much as possible.

I always get kicked off the computer to do things today, and I haven't really done taht much. This morning, I "studied" for the PSAT as I was supposed to do after I had breakfast. Then, I practiced the day's worth of a piano concerto. Or maybe that's when I "studied." Lunch came around, and I had bread with duck. My parents got an address plaque that I had to measure, drill, and sand. Then, my dad gave me some sort of stain so I could stain it. Tomorrow, I have to paint it white and screw the numbers onto it. I'm not going to tell you which numbers because it would be kind of dangerous to say that online. The whole job reminded me of Applied Technology, which we had in middle school in 7th and 8th grade. We had to build things and it was almost fun. The one in 8th grade was the best because we built that trebuchet that my parents chucked away before we moved because they wouldn't let me keep it and my partner already had a trebuchet, albeit not as amazingly perfect.
Logan's current status is: ♫ Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Daft Punk, which definitely reminds me of drugs... don't say anything.
But they don't even apply anymore because now it's: ♫ Violin Sonata in G Minor, Op. 5 No. 5: I. Adagio - Convivium
Ironically, I don't listen to classical music unless I'm playing it or I'm sitting somewhere and someone else is playing it.
W00t! Linda got Blogspot.

Which one?

Linda likes the one on the left, and Ryan likes the one on the right. And Jack... wants both.
Between Linda and Ryan:
Linda: i like the rectangle one
Ryan: theyre all rectangles?
Linda: the one i like U_U
the other one is hard to clean
Ryan: cleaning? bah
Linda: bah?
you dont clean
SHE does
OHHHHH
Ryan: :'(
lololol
i laugh at your tears!
AHAHAHAHAHA
Ryan: maybe she is the wrong one
no cleaning!
Linda: yes cleaning!
Ryan: no cleaning!
no cleaning!
Linda: yes learning
ive made my point
1:55 PM
yes cleaning!
you dont appreciate easy to clean things U_U
Ryan: no i dont

Marxist

My statuses always begin with "Dear Karl Marx," and then I write something to him. That sounded weird.
We're leaving after Christmas for Orlando, where we will visit IKEA and Disney World. We'll be back on New Year's Eve.
Nothing has really happened recently, but yesterday, we went to Joseph's house. After that, we say "I am Legend." We = Chanyang, Katelyn, Jack, me, and Ketan didn't go to Joseph's house. Ryan and Lacey and Joseph and Chanyang's brother and June and Erin were at Joseph's house. We played SSBM, Halo, the piano, and ate pizza from Hungry Howie's and drank Coca-cola and Vault. Pictures are uploaded if you're bored enough to look at them.
Linda, dear, you're too nice to some people. Maybe that's what makes you so special my intern.
I should probably start the second semester of Physics, but my parents want me to study for the PSAT and MAO. Neither will be very successful, and on top of that, my floating vacation weeks will be used unless it really is a "holiday" for FLVS so that the schedules have been halted, too.
Two of my best friends are finally... ecstatic. :]

You should go biking.

My dad told me that, except when my parents say "should," it usually actually means "must." So, I did, and it was really cold because the wind was being mean and loud. I can't find my black sweater. :( Maybe it got lost at school.
It would be nice if I had transportation or money so I could get you a holiday present. Maybe I'll write cards.
...
I miss my sweater. :(
Well, there's a Bio and Stat test tomorrow. Fun fun fun! Seven more exams to go.
In only two years, we will be the ones who practically die of fear because we will be hoping to receive acceptance letters from some incredible universities. Ryan the GOP Fan might be waiting for Vanderbilt (where Al Gore graduated.. haha).
Yesterday, I listened to three podcasts in Spanish. Two were Spanish Intermediate, except it didn't really seem very intermediary because they were speaking quite slowly, and it wasn't very difficult to understand. Then, I listened to one that was Spanish Advanced, and they were actually speaking normally. However, I couldn't hear all of the words and it was definitely more challenging. Unfortunately, the transcripts require money.

-chomp chomp-

Eating a snack, recharging the iPod, talking to Ryan, and having read Joseph's blog post, I must say that I have absolutely no life. I'm too lazy to finish the post in which I wrote messages to people because it is one of those things you do a lot the first time and then you sort of drop it
My novel review for A Farewell to Arms had 1459 words in it, excluding the information on the corner of the page. Bs-ing the midterm for Physics, I have a solid A whether the teacher grades all the FRQs or not. If my additional seven exams weren't next week, I'd celebrate.
I feel like hanging out with someone. Anyone, I guess. Tell me if you're free. =]

Hahaha.

I got.. lower this year on the PSAT than last year. Because I messed up on the math section and cannot get perfect scores on it as Ryan seems to do each time he takes it. The Deerlake kids took it in 8th grade, too, so they've had it at least three times now. Four for Jack, since he took it a month or two ago.
Today in Stat, Tim showed me one of the prompts for the speaking portions of an AP Spanish test. It was about promoting the business at Niagara Falls, or something. I'm not sure, because I skimmed it before we had to leave for 4th period.
The Euro project is due tomorrow and I haven't finished my last drawing, so buena noche.

Peer Pressure

::EDIT:: They are not in order of importance. So don't feel bad if you're near the end or the middle. :: END EDIT::

We could talk for hours and hours and days and never run out of things to say. In fact, the only times when our conversations went quiet were when we were doing homework at the same time, or when we stayed up past 6:00am and I tried to get you to stop poking me.

Little brothers are so immature and annoying, and you know that you fit some of the description quite well, but we talk to each other far too often. I'm glad I met you, and would never have guessed that a whole person lay beneath the shy, quiet kid. Thank you for helping me when I forget what 5pi/6 means.

No one in the world has ever praised me so much, and it was one of the most amazing things in my life when you said what you said. I will do my very best to remember to call you in thirty years. Last year, when I first heard about you after the MAO Banquet, I had absolutely no idea that we would grow so close so quickly this year. You are far smarter and more intelligent than you will ever admit.

I can't forget you, and I can't forget when your friends told me that you liked me. It was hilarious, just like every single moment we ever shared. We made each other laugh, and before I moved away, I cried. And half of those times, it was because of you, and you will probably never know that. I've moved on, but I know that whenever we see each other, we will have the most amazing time.

Kid, you're turning into a girl-magnet! Stop it! Haha, I'm kidding. Anyways, you're always a step (or a few steps) smarter than me on a lot of math-related things, and I really admire you for it. You're intelligent and last year, Freed was determined that you would be the most successful out of the froshies he knew after all of us grow up. You annoy me relentlessly, but it's all good because you're marvelous.

You're such a nice guy. It's too bad you got taller and older. I feel sorry for those girls.

Maybe you don't remember this, but near the beginning of the last school year, you wrote two incredibly long emails with advice about school to me because I'd asked a few questions. You probably would have continued to write them if I didn't stop questioning you, and that is only a small example of the great person you are.

If I had to choose someone to be my big brother, then I would choose you. You're incredible. Patient, kind, understanding, talkative, caring, and obviously smart, you always make me feel glad to know you. I smiled so much when some good things happened to you, and you deserve a lot more because you don't think you do.

It hurts me to see you cry every now and then, but it seems like you aren't going to be so sad now, and I'm glad. One of my closest friends used be your best friend until you didn't have any classes with her. I know why she would have been your best friend because it makes a lot of sense.

It's kind of sad that you like him.

You blew me away with your persona, and I'm trying to forget about you, ignore you, and it doesn't matter if I want to hate you because it is not possible. On another note, I saw her last week and she was really pretty.

You have so many hidden talents and one of the biggest smiles in the world. When you were sad, I could not live knowing it was true. I'm going to work on my angles just for you.

At the end of the year when I finally really and truly realized that you existed, I wondered why I had never spoken to you. This year has proven that it was dumb, and you are great. You cheer me up and sometimes, make me forget how sad I am.

It's too bad we don't see each other very often. It is really cool to talk to you on extremely rare occasions. Don't think so badly of yourself. I know you'll get mad if I keep trying to persuade you that you're a really good person, but it's so true that I feel the need.

Why do you know who everyone likes? You're such a gossiper but I'm glad to be related to you. I know we'll talk more often next year because of MAO. That's what nerds do.

I miss seeing you every Saturday, but the reason why we did is so negative that it's all good overall. We still don't talk enough, but I get along so well with you and your mother. So I miss you even though I see you every day at school and talk to you almost every day of the year in some way.

We agree on aspects of life so much, and it's sad that we don't get to talk to each other because we're so busy at different times. Complaining is easy and hilariously fun around you.

I want to hear you play the piano. No excuses.

Often, you get really controlling around people who you barely know. It might hurt you in the future, but I can't ever tell you that directly because you would hate me for it.

Our parents knew each other before they were married. I didn't know you existed until about 6th grade. You are an incredibly patient older brother to your younger brother, and a crazy-smart Chinese kid. We need to hang out some day again.

You're never going to stop amusing me. I can't see myself having feelings for you, and glad of that. It was creepy for your mom to know that she met my mom because my mom didn't realize that she did. It is also a little creepy for you to talk about me to random preppy guys who happen to know me. Or how a random girl at Homecoming waved enthusiastically to me because you knew me, and I had no idea what to do but say "Hi" back. But you're a cool kid.

You have fly hair and I'm really glad to have you as a friend.

You have really weird hair, and I hope I didn't scare you too much.

I thought you were great, but the more I know you, the less patience I have. I try to accept the way you are, but the way you are gets in the way of our belief systems. I'm sorry. When I wave at you, it takes a lot of effort for me to smile.

We teased you a lot last year. Being amazing friends is so much better, but it's fun either way and we know you know that. We're going to go driving and shopping and all that girly stuff when we get older and it's going to be marvelous.

You care so much when I'm sad, and it means a lot. People may think you're annoying, but you're such an affectionate person.

I DO NOT WANT TO BUY CHOCOLATE FROM YOU.

Everyone ranted about you endlessly. You turned out to be more amazing they could ever describe. Your future boss is going to adore you.

It's amazing that you value life so much, and I really admire you for it. You brought me up onto my feet, but I didn't tell you that for no apparent reason.

I'm glad I make you laugh.

You have the most beautiful piano in the world, and I am sooo jealous.

I know where you live. And I shouldn't.

Alright, I'm done for the day. There are so many people I left out of this post, and it would take a very, very long time to write something for everyone. People I left out never read this, so it should be okay. If you don't think you're in it, then please tell me.

Reminders for life.

After the recital, on the way out the room, almost ten random audience members told me I'd played really well. One of them was a really elderly-looking lady in a wheelchair. She asked me how long my fingers were, and gently took my left hand between hers to see. It was so sad to see her sitting there, too old to move or to learn to play the piano, but she was so happy to have attended the recital.
One little Chinese girl's father got the step-stool for her, and pedals were attached to it so it could hit the piano's pedals. She didn't use it, but it made me remember all the little kids out there who have them. I never actually used one, but my piano teacher did have a sort of step-stool for me around 1st grade. By the time I found out about the special piano stools with the pedal extensions, I was too tall to use one.
I realized the English novel review is due next week. It was elating.

Yo MAO.

At the end of Hunter's presentation.. well.. near the end, she had Chairman Mao in her hell circle. T.T However, it was a really really nice powerpoint. I said "nooo...." and the whole class laughed. That was yesterday.
Today was the Mini Mu, and my gosh did I do the most random things. Erica and Sarah took almost all of my pictures, and I'm really glad they used my camera because now I have a bunch of the pictures that were used in the powerpoint by Mr. Goldstein, since Freed has the same camera. They used his cord on my camera, and it was wondrous.
In the beginning, I walked around, helping out with little tasks, eventually staying in Mrs. Chan's room, where all the proctors congregated, and Kavita and Freed spoke to them about their jobs. I took out a cafeteria bench with Candace so the mothers could set it up for lunch. After the proctors had gone, there was a lot of trouble in 8200. We felt really bad for Yige, the hall monitor there, because there were so many problems that he was overwhelmed trying to fix things. Overwhelmed because there was just that much; he was doing a really good job. When I went to visit him, most of the commotion had dissolved, and I ended up just helping Diana and Linda with two of the many elementary schoolers who were raising their hands to ask questions about the test. Apparently, one little boy didn't know what to do with the scantron. As I walked away from Yige to go out the door, he said, "Hey, do you like _______?" I said, "Why?" and he said something along the lines of "So you do!" Yeah, great reminder of something horrid as I walked down the stairs, trying to push it out of my mind. So, as things settled down, Carolyn and I went to the courtyard with Sarah and Erica, where the kids came and did some disputing after the first session. I left Carolyn to go back to Freed's, walked to the auditorium and back with Erica in lost search for a piano that I might be able to use for a few minutes, came back, and helped Logan and Marshall with scanning. Overall, scanning was quite smooth, but there were a few solvable problems here and there. The good part is that the program worked, which it hadn't yesterday before about 5:20pm. I stayed around for the awards ceremony until the powerpoint started.
The recital went smoothly for me, although I did make a lot of little mistakes. It seemed to be good to the other people who were there, so I'm not too regretful about it for once. Ah, much better than last year when I played a really short and boring and weird thing by Scarlatti. Chopin is so much better.
I've got about 157 pictures at which to look and possibly upload and I love that because pictures... Well, I'm not going to rant about pictures. Or put up the Christmas tree this year.

All the good fishes were taken.

Our AP Euro book: Sand's novel Indiana (1832), about an unhappily married woman, was read all over Europe. Her notoriety- she became the lover of the Polish pianist Frederic Chopin, among others, and threw herself into socialist politics- made the term GeorgeSandism a common expression of disdain for independent women.
-sob-
On another note, Lacey wrote an INCREDIBLE note to me on her blog: You are quite possibly the best person I've ever met. I haven't known you very long but I feel I can say that without any hesitation. No one's been that accepting of me in every way. That willing to help me, no questions asked. You understand. I wish you would think of yourself better because I think of you in the best possible way. You are AWESOME!!!
It really made my day a lot brighter to know that anyone would be so happy to know me. And oh, did we have fun torturing Blair at lunch today.
We're frantically getting ready for the Mini Mu, and it will be amazing. I have to leave at 2pm for a recital at the Westminster Oaks Retirement Center, and I really hope I don't mess up for them. "Them" meaning the old people for whom I feel sorry.
After school, by about 5:30pm, I was supposed to wait for my mother to take me home. It started to get dark, and she still hadn't come. I knew she was on her way by about 5:45pm when I called her, and as the sun was mostly set, I sat on the sidewalk and started to just think, ignoring my surroundings (which included a fellow jazz band member who kept asking me to buy his World's Finest Almond chocolate that I didn't want). I couldn't help it, but all the day's reminders of that one guy kind of built up and tears started coming out of my eyes. Thankfully, Michelle, Logan, and the band kid were too far away to notice. I couldn't let my mother see me crying, so I stopped myself with plenty of time to spare. It felt miserable to know that I still missed... things. Or wanted them. It's getting so tiring, as this post probably is because it started off sort of lighthearted, even though it kind of was an allegory. Well, actually, the Chopin thing was an allegory.

short

Clara gave me some albums through my memory stick and hers because mine ran out of memory. It was pretty amazing because she gave me so much. :] I'm excited to hear it and I've never had such an increase in songs at once.
Lacey was absolutely right. A case would be really helpful.
Ah, time for dinner.

Schedule Conflicts

December 8th:
7amish-4ish Chiles Mini Mu
11am-4pm Come Visit Caroline
3pm-5ish Piano Recital

Januaryish:
Howard Wilson Piano Contest
MAO competitions for which I have paid

April _?_:
FSMTA District Concerto Competition
MAO State

May 9:
AP European History Exam not in Orlando
May 9-10 FSMTA Competitive Events including the State Concerto Competition in Orlando

Studying

The lesson was moved to today and Freed isn't picking up his cell phone. I can't visit Caroline because of the Mini Mu and the recital, which actually overlap anyways so I REALLY can't visit her.
We survived another week of sophomoreness, so we have about two weeks to study for exams and we haven't even begun reviewing.
Anna had a little rant about study time, so here's mine.
The amount of time studying is inversely proportional to how much you understand the information and how easily you can process the extraordinary details that you need to make a very high A. At this school, most teachers don't really teach you the information, and for that, one needs to study more than just before a test to be safe. You can always cram the night before and it works, but you can't cram a lot of information so it depends on the class. There is no way of measuring studying by set hours such as "two and a half" or "five." You stop studying when you have a satisfying feeling that you understand everything and know the information that goes with it. The time it takes to do that is not something you can compare across classes. Anna may only need two and a half hours to cram for her math test, but I do not think Joseph would be able to successfully memorize a few chapters from his AP World History book in that time. It's all up to you, and if you don't feel like studying, it's your decision. Asian people do not all study five hours straight every day. That is a stereotype and I am proving this by not having done any homework today, and it's already 9:24am! There is no way I will be doing Euro for five hours straight. It would be extremely tedious and boring and worse than it already is.
The pep rally was a mediocre waste of school time. I really enjoyed how our classes were shorter, so I suppose it was okay. I talked to Lacey and Brianna part of the time. The acts didn't really contain much talent and some of them were very disturbing. After that, Jazz Band Reh went to 5pm, so it was still mandatory to stay at school actually doing something. This is further proof that I did not spend five hours studying because I went to bed at about 10pm and I had to have eaten dinner and checked my email and played around with my graphing calculator with MirageOS.

Not really listo.

Anna and I helped Katelyn decorate her Christmas tree today. I found a plastic gingerbread ornament, and it looked like a miniature version of Rodolphus from the Harry Potter Series. It had blonde hair and looked manly and evil and like it wanted to kill you. I was not on something.
Life is going to get really hectic again. Exams are approaching, and I constantly want to skip Jazz Band. It ends at 6:30pm on Mondays, and by then, it's already really dark outside and I haven't even begun my homework.
I finally added the Tetris Tournament app and beat Anna on my third try. It was great.
It's weird that our family even owns a Christmas tree and also weird that we have Christmas lights. I suppose it's all festive and Holidayness and great that the first Christmas trees were used by Germans who are balla'.
These last few hours before we head off to bed and wake up to a day of school are precious.

Last weekend haunts meh.

Today, I used our portable DVD player to watch The Notebook on the way to and back from Florida Caverns State Park. The park was interesting, but disappointing after the memories of crawling through Blue Mounds in 8th grade. The movie was extremely depressing and probably not something I should've watched at this point, and it made me kind of worried because those people loved each other for the rest of their lives and couldn't stop thinking about each other. It's obviously a fictional story, but it was a little creepy. With no doubt, Ocean's Eleven is still much more awesome than that movie because it had explosions and hacking and such and such.
At lunch, we had barbecued beef and onions, bread, chicken, soda, and a few other things. Chanyang called me right before I ate the bread, and said "I hate you!" because I gave her Ryan's cell phone number. T.T She called him twice today because she wanted to rant about LSU, who lost according to Jack. Her family and Joseph's family were coming back from Destin after their overnight condo-renting-ness and the beach. Jack, meanwhile, is in Gainesville watching the FSU vs. UF game. I wonder how that's going. Ryan is trying to find a place for his puzzle piece. I wish him luck.

6-1=5. 5 is a nice number.

I looked at the 5G iPods, and Circuit City is selling the Refurbished 60GB iPod Video for $199.99, so I think I'm settling with that. I just have to wait for it to be in stock! -EXCITED!- The only real downside is that the battery life is about 20 hours, which is half the life of an iPod Classic, but that's absolutely fine.
I cannot believe Lacey got Gmail just for me because I can't talk to her on AIM for obvious reasons. She made me feel incredibly special. Then, Katelyn went and got AIM! But she'll be able to talk to Ketan, so I'm don't completely feel bad.
::EDIT:: Today at Target, I bought The Notebook because I've heard good things about it. It's pretty amazing that it was there.

The 6th Generation

My parents said they will get me an iPod Classic (80GB) if I give them 100 dollars. However, they refuse to get it from anywhere except Sam's Club, which doesn't have any in stock right now. I kind of wish they still made white ones, though. The front was changed to silver and they took out the plastic layer because it was easily scratched. The worrying part is that the navigation seems to have issues... I actually want a 5G iPod Video, now that I really really think about it.
Today, I woke up at 4:37pm because my parents wanted to go to random places to buy cheap things. It wasn't very fun, but it only happens once and year, and I was bored. I'm still bored, but piano lessons are tonight, so it's not that bad right now. My Thanksgiving break has been occupied with forgetting about things, and whether it's working or not, I'm incredibly grateful that our teachers limited the amount of homework that was assigned to us. It's nice to relax for once in our sophomore years, and realize that we're going to simply drop dead when next year barely begins.
My father bought a 20-dollar Linksys wireless adapter thingy at Circuit City, so we have wireless internet! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D It's exciting. And a few minutes ago, I realized that Circuit City was selling their 80GB iPod Classics for the same 237-ish price as Sam's Club.

The end.

The drama is over for most of us, so we expect to focus on our homework more these days. Actually, I don't have much of a say in that since I'm banned from AIM (which is actually a good thing), and a whole bunch of other stuff, I suppose. Plan to call me very, very much. :]

I cried a lot today.

On Top

www.lyrics007.com:

Remember Rio and get down
It's another DJ, it's another town
She's been trying to tell me to hold tight
But I've been waiting this whole night
But I've been down across the road or two
But now I've found the velvet sun
That shines on me and you

In the back, uh huh, I can't crack
We're on top
It's just a shimmy and a shack, uh huh
I can't fake, we're on top
We're on top

The day is breaking, we're still here
Your body's shaking, and it's clear
You really need it, so let go
And let me beat it, but you know

That I've been down across the road or two
But now I've found the velvet sun
That shines on me and you

In the back, uh huh, I can't crack
We're on top
It's just a shimmy and a shack, uh huh
I can't fake, we're on top
We're on top
We bring the bump to the grind, uh huh
I don't mind, we're on top
It's just a shimmy and a shack, uh huh
I can't fake, we're on top
We're on top

And we don't mean to satisfy tonight
So get your eyes off my bride tonight
Cause I don't need to satisfy tonight

It's like a cigarette in the mouth
Or a handshake in the doorway
I look at you and smile because I'm fine

And we don't mean to satisfy tonight
So get your eyes off my bride tonight
Cause I don't need to satisfy tonight

It's like a cigarette in the mouth
Or a handshake in the doorway
I look at you and smile because I'm fine

Trying to take that breath.

It's not really working. I've been really happy at school because Joseph has been trying to get things out of me so he and a few other really caring people might try to help me, but there isn't much to do. We're not getting the information we need, and it's really confusing right now. Someone chose to end his relationship because he still had feelings for someone else.
I've been invited to two gatherings tomorrow that coincide with each other. I don't think I'm going to end up going to either one unless I can get a ride, so the decision will probably be made tomorrow.
Nothing interesting has happened. We're frustrated, mad, scared, crying, confused, paranoid, and disappointed as usual.

I feel sick.

Logan enlightened me this morning at midnight... He was trying to convince me that oh, this is normal... but it's only natural because so many people apparently do it. I don't know where he got the stats, but it is pretty life-scarring.
I like being a sheltered Asian.

nVm

Actually, I'm going in December... Got the wrong month for some reason.
So meet me in Orlando after Christmas.
I feel... horrid. The guy who made my friend cry inadvertently made me want to cry, too. Remember when everyone said "No! Don't say that! You have a chance!"? Well.. I don't. Life sucks and the day I want to give up, I find out that if I don't give up then I will be hurt even more. My mind told me that this weekend would be relaxing and I would finish my homework easily and that I could stop thinking about this. But then, someone goes and randomly mentions something, so everything seems to be going backwards now.
I told myself that I wouldn't talk anymore to the guy I like... I've been advised to be great friends with him, but I'm too weak to try and it simply won't work. After today, I know that my decision was probably better in this situation because there isn't anything that anyone can do. We can't control things like this; we can only try to make good decisions with or around them.
If I can't stop crying, it won't make me stop telling you to be happy. It's so hypocritical, I know, but please please please be happy. I am not, so be happy for me and when you want to cry, I will cry for you. Isn't that a good deal?

Oh so balla'.

The past week has contained a slew of unfortunate occurrences. Going down the list, Spanish is probably the only class that has no worries. It would be a nice way to begin the day if it weren't incredibly dull. Thankfully, today, we didn't actually do any new work. European history was nice when my grade went to a 95% for doing well on the FRQs, but I got a 4/10 on the reading quiz today. William got a 5/10. The reason for this dramatic drop in performance has been that I've been doing my stat and bio projects, trying to study, and not really getting anywhere. In Stat, I prepared to cry during lunch yesterday, but I am incredibly thankful because somehow, I got a 104% on the Chapter 5 test, so I actually had a 102% even after the 64% on a quiz. Chem has just been torture. I had a 90.1% and then got an 88% on a homework assignment. I thought I had a B, but when I finally checked during bio, my grade hadn't changed at all. After doing the roll-up timeline, my grade rose by .4%, but I know I messed up on the big test today. I got an 87% on the last test somehow, and I don't think I got an A on this one so there's pretty much no way I'm going to have an A in this class no matter how easy it is. At one point during the week, I broke down crying right for many, many reasons that I will never reveal to everyone because it would take a long time and it would sound really selfish talking about oneself for a very extended period of time before I even sat down at the lunch table. That day, I had problems with doing my airplane problems for Pre-Calc for a mysterious reason. The next day, then entire class was forced to rush through the test. English is just... ugggh grammar. The book doesn't teach it well, and we end up making educated guesses on the work that we do in class.
Four people know who I like, and if you're not one of them, it's not because I hate you. I don't know why they know. But don't worry. There's nothing that can be done except giving up. It's just so hard.
My awesome brotherly friend wrote a short letter to me after the night when I told him about some of the reasons why I was going through such a hard time. I didn't rant about everything, but I still got a lot out there and he was so sweet. Letters have always been one of my favorite things, and the act really made me smile. He's an amazing guy and I am still smiling for him.
Today, William called me to ask why I wasn't at the jazz band rehearsal. I don't know if German will accept my excuse, but it's kind of funny how I don't actually have a band grade to get lowered.
One of my friends who was mentioned above is probably going through the worst time of her life. The fact that she's gifted and in challenging classes with loads of coursework isn't helping a bit. I really want to make her happier, but there isn't much I can do to improve the situation. Crying at lunch isn't fun when you're trying to have a nice lunch and to finish your homework and study for an upcoming test. I wish we wouldn't know that.
Someone awesome and incredible and smart even though she disagrees burned me a copy of Sawdust. It was the only thing that excited me throughout the entire day, and it was wondrous.
It is time to name the new FLVS building, but today is the last day to turn in an entry and also the day I found out about it. And I have no ideas.
I want to relax. Work work work work work is all we ever do these disappointing days. I'm going to Disney World for the first time during Thanksgiving Break. Meet you there?

Mr. Brightside

I'm posting this from imeem.

What did you get? What did you get? What did you get?

I don't know yet.
Today was the Rickards Invitational, and oh my goodness gracious!
We had to arrive around 8am, and when I got to the bottom of the school, I found Roland. Before we headed to the cafeteria like it instructed us on the itinerary, Kavita came and told us to follow her to the auditorium. There, half the people had already arrived, including the massive amount of Algebra II kids.
Ryan was late, so Chanyang decided to call his cell phone. However, during the day of the band concert, I had reprogrammed that exact number as jk's cell phone number. Chanyang described the conversation: "Ryan": Hello? Chanyang: Hi Ryan!!! "Ryan": You got the wrong number..
After that, Chanyang got a different number from Jack, which was actually Ryan's phone number. Then, after I changed William's entry of Ryan's cell phone number, Wiliam and I walked up to Chanyang and asked her what the phone number she had was. William, showed her the "real" number, and she changed hers. Jack and I changed the real number to the "real" number too, and we also told Chanyang what "Ryan's" number was. Chanyang yelled at Jack for giving her the wrong number the first time even though he hadn't.
Heading off to the Comprehensive Individual round, we realized that there was a slight upgrade from last year. Instead of an intensive reading-like classroom, we sat in an AP Literature and Composition room. The tests were also much easier, but we were up against the Calculus kids, so we had no chance. Disputes were longer, too, and we didn't have problems with QUITE as many. The Comprehensive Open round was mainly Algebra II problems, which we absolutely forgot how to solve.
Lunch was pretty cool because so many of us were there. William and I walked into Abercrombie for the first time and Hot Topic. After we entered Hot Topic, Ryan, Joseph, Jack, and perhaps James Yan all walked inside the store, too.
I still haven't graded my tests.

Two hours for two minutes.

Yesterday was the band concert, and I went there for two house to play "Soul Man," which definitely didn't take very long. The piano had some really boring chords and that was about it.
My friends were going to set me up with a guy tonight, but one of them wouldn't let two of them go ahead with it because she said he has a girlfriend, which he doesn't. Hah. I knew it would be impossible. =]
I can't go anyways because my mom wants me to go to the Seafood Festival and St. George Island with the family and Shirley's family. I will most likely spend my time reading for Euro, English, and Bio. We have to read about nine Cantos for the weekend which is completely insane, in my opinion.
My teacher said I can play the second movement of Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto! Sounds interesting. I really hope the competition is not one of of my AP exam days.
We have a Euro project, Chem project, and other random homework and I have FLVS and I don't know how I'm going to complete my homework. Chanyang is coming on Sunday evening so we can do the Euro project. I have to go to dinner so I get's this is the end of this post. I need to post more often.

Hwy 10 E

The oil meter thingy on my mother's van stopped working, so on her way back from her business trip near Jacksonville, she ran out of fuel. My father made my brother and me come along, and we drove out to rescue her. My dad brought a communist-colored gallon of oil. The entire trip took about 1.5 hours, and luckily began right after I finished my Euro notes. This is probably the most exciting thing that's going to happen all weekend.
There's this guy who I can't decide whether I like, which is pretty sad because people should know whether they like other people. Still can't figure it out. = ="
I'm glad I set up two couples, though, and I think I'm going to set another one up in the near future. I'm just waiting for my friend's word.
I can't find a piano concerto that I like and isn't too difficult or too easy in my teacher's point of view. It's getting really frustrating.
The Twelve-finger piano piece in "Gattaca" is really easy and you don't need twelve fingers at all. I kind of sight-read the fun parts today. It's an Impromptu by Schubert that looks more difficult that it is when played. If I don't die of boredom tonight, I don't know what I'll do.

Pathetique

I found out that I'm the only girl who I know who hasn't EVER been asked out, which is pretty sad, no? There must be something very wrong with me. Am I missing something that everyone else seems to know or have?
The batteries in my graphing calculator stopped functioning right before the Stat quiz. Thankfully, I could use my scientific calculator to do the work, but I can't do the homework without it.
I haven't begun my Euro IDs and notes yet, and it's probably going to be a really bad weekend. MAO isn't doing the concession stands this week so I will probably spend the entire weekend on homework. Hah. Fun.
There isn't much to say because I'm just really depressed again. Why can't I just get used to it? I'm so selfish and weak these days...

FSU vs. Miami

We had a concession stand on the first floor. Diana and I were at registers and Jack was our runner. It was interesting to see so much orange and green at the same time and random outbursts of screaming and FSU warchants as usual. We didn't sit in a single chair all day and became incredibly stressed during the halftime show. By the end of the game, FSU was winning but Miami must have done something good because we ended up selling $5 scorecards near Gate J. It was kind of weird to see mobs of unhappy FSU fans and ecstatic Miami fans on the other side of the stadium. The scorecards were very profitable- we'll just have to see how much money we get back. My parents and brother were driving outside Subway when Diana, Jack and I got to the van. It was nice to spend a day trying to convince Jack to run to Georgia to get Chanyang and flinching every time we saw orange and green (and it had nothing to do with the team). I stalked Ryan with the camera and he laughed at Diana and me when we took off our visors before we left to sell scorecards. He should have seen himself.
Yesterday was much easier than the NC State game, and now, I'm really worried about how I'm going to find an accident investigator to interview for my FLVS homework.

"You're stealing everyone's guys!"

That is what Ryan said to me during 7th period. He has no idea I know what HE smells like too. And believe me, it was kind of... obvious... Jack could smell it too.....................
The power of caps...
Stefany Beraldo (West High) wrote
at 8:25pm
"Feelin purty special" Wow, I guess you must be...jk!
Anna thought it meant she called me "jk." I knew it wasn't supposed to be connected but then I realized that she was saying that "jk" made me feel special. First of all, I do not feel special because of a guy, but because Blair, Erica and Lacey (I always put people in alphabetical order to be fair) invited me to hang out with them in preparation for Homecoming tomorrow, and it really made me feel special when they were typing "YES" a lot.
There's a Euro quiz tomorrow on the entire chapter. During PSAT and Homecoming and end-of-the-quarter!! And the teacher doesn't seem to know the information of the class?
We got our $12 tickets today at lunch. Crazy expensive.
Blair said that the general in "Mulan" is hot because of his.. chest.. and then how it Won would be hot if he had er black lines on his chest too? So, Erica suggested that I bring a black marker to school tomorrow. Just for Blair, who will be very excited about it.
Anna, on the other hand, is excited about meeting jk. Good for her. She repainted her nails her favorite color very recently.
Chanyang called Mrs. Findley, asked if Jack could go, and she said "okay" and Chanyang made sure she gave him $12. Joseph's the only other guy in our little family who is going. Or, Joseph's the only guy in our little family who is going if Jack's a little sister. Joseph is my nephew, Draco, and it's odd how he married Luna Lovegood (Katelyn).
And I did not consciously steal anyone's guys!

Homecoming

Yesterday night, Pack-Attack started around 7:00pm. John was awesome and gave me a ride, and unfortunately, everyone had to pay $2 to get a little ticket stub that Mrs. Watson tore into halves. It was almost sad. The drum line, ITS, SGA, MUN, Psychology, Anchor, and STAND performed some very, VERY contrasting skits. The Anchor people were just screaming most of the time, which was pretty scarring because it's the only one I've joined. Nelson was cheering on Psychology Club a bit unenthusiastically because their skit wasn't amazing, but he was president, which Noli informed me. I felt slow. Michelle, my fabulous big sis, informed us that we didn't actually have to go, which contradicted Mrs. Chason's "you'd better be there, I'm taking attendance"-ness that people described to me because I missed the meeting for MAO.
This post is taking a while to type because I'm looking at the phone tree. The Rickards Invitational money is due this Thursday (I don't usually make announcements on here, Lacey, just so you know). We're helping out at the FSU vs. Miami game this Saturday at 1pm, which will be interesting like always. I hope people show up to it.
In English, we had to vote for the Homecoming king and queen, and I voted for John M and Alicia, and Jack didn't know what to do so he closed his eyes, twirled his pencil point in a circle in the air, and it landed near Alicia's name. His eyes were closed. He repeated these steps with the guy column and landed on John M's name. It was hilarious. Jack's face was in a state of traumatizing shock when he looked down the second time.

Haha.

275th post. =)
I got Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 today at Beethoven and Company. I hope my teacher will allow me to play the second movement of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 because it's the easiest the six movements altogether. It's quite pretty, though.
I've gotten a lot further in my English novel, and my father wants me to finish the assignment this weekend. That's probably a good idea, since I have tests for which to study and the book is due in a week. I have about 60 pages to go, which is a phenomenal improvement from this morning, when I wrote the DBQ that Ryan and Chanyang didn't really help write at all, except Ryan contributed the first sheet of looseleaf paper. Chanyang is at something band-related yet again, so I can't really blame her for not working on it.
The portable device manager on here was updated, so now I can't see the songs that are on my mp3 player by using Musicmatch Jukebox as usual. There isn't really much I can do about it besides perhaps looking at the files with Windows Explorer. Even now, when I add a song, it does not show up the next time the mp3 is plugged into the USB port. As long as I don't want to take any songs out or am too lazy to be much more than indifferent, it shouldn't be a problem.
There is some sort of dance at the LDS church in Tallahassee tonight. Katelyn said Rachel described them as guys asking girls to go and attempting to convert people to Mormonism. At the same time, it is the JCL induction party at Logan's house. Ann, Brandon, Ryan, and I had expressed wishes to join JCL, but Mr. Yates asked a woman who had more authority regionally and was told that students must be in Latin in order to be in JCL. We were still invited to the party.

Church

Jack just noticed that BC goes to his church. Ironically, Jack doesn't actually go to church. Him, Anna and I were at the chorus concert from about 7:30 to 8:40pm. I don't know how I convinced Anna to go, (jk) but Jack and I hope to get 10 points of extra credit in English by writing a page of critiques and attaching the program. I have to do the Bio homework I didn't do but is still due tomorrow (amazing, I know).. on the digestive system.

Hot cocao is good!

Somehow, I don't really care about the changing status of peasantry in the 1660s

Which sounds pretty selfish, but I don't really care that Henry II died while engaging in a recreational activity so it was kind of his fault that Coligne died.
It's kind of bad that I haven't really studied any Euro within the past few hours, and I have done NO studying for Pre-Calc except looking over the answer of one problem (online) that I never actually did. Big tests in each tomorrow. For some reason, I thought we had our AP Stats test tomorrow, so I got really worried because I need an A on the test, OR ELSE.
It's really all my fault for procrastinating, but I don't really want to read about 30 pages in the textbook in preparation for the quarter's last test, and I hope I get a passable grade on it. I have a 98%, so hopefully, I won't have to do amazingly on it. It would be nice to go out with a strong grade, though.
The Medea essay in English was actually 100 points, which is probably a very bad thing because it was the one writing assignment in English in which I finished as physically quickly as possible because I had no patience to do well with it.
I think the Europeans had a lot of problems. They were too nosy about other people's religions, and from all this warfare and famine, they never managed to learn how to cook properly. I mean, I'm sure they know how to make good food, but OVERALL, it isn't as awesome as Asian food. And then, it got much worse in the US because they were people from Europe who were just trying to survive and all VIVE LA RESISTANCE with the British and such so they never really learned how to cook, either. I'm getting really hungry. The DUTCH, on the other hand, were smart and made a lot of profit. I mean, they sold firearms to their enemies, didn't rely on an important of gold and silver, and were just plain awesome compared to the Spanish (who were still awesome because they spoke Spanish but not so awesome because they weren't very good at being economically gifted). Bodin is so mean. Absolutism is stupid. Montaigne wasn't very smart, and deicded to be open-minded and skeptic at the same time, so then everyone hated him. Grotius just wanted to die, I guess, since he wanted the natural laws to be above all the rulers. But the Swedish king, Gustavus Adolphus, put his book under his pillow. If you don't read the text carefully, the whole world seems absolutely chaotic. Brahe probably deserved to lose part of his nose for not believing in heliocentrism. Not really. That is a bit harsh. I'm just being bitter because they had to exist so I'm being tested on them.
I don't know how I slowly flipped through the pages, not really reading but kinda paying attention the fact that certain stuff happened, and I mean STUFF. It all kind of leads to more things and more things and more crazy dead European men.
All this complaint will probably result in a very poor grade tomorrow for me, but I can focus on things like how Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim is such a cool name because Hohenheim was Ed's father's name in "Full Metal Alchemist".
OH right... My English novel needs to be read.

24 Pages of Agony

I saved much of the Euro notes for today, and I never really read the information very thoroughly in preparation for the quiz, so I have to read the entire Chapter by Tuesday without going off to random tangents elsewhere.
Yesterdy was exhausting, but the ride home was so long that I got a nice rest at the end of the day. My first football game was good for the home team (FSU vs NCS), but I found out that WI lost because Ryan had to call and ruin my day.
There's something about walking up and down the stands with loads of drinks and trying to sell them that really makes you tired of life in general. However, the freshmen were really amazing yesterday because they almost wanted to work. =)
I'm off to write vague Euro notes and worry about the test and my Stats grade.

Anna and Katelyn love soccer players...

Thanks to David for reminding me that I haven't written a new post in a while.
The MAO candy sale was amazing this year. Chanyang got the last bag. The copious amount of active Algebra II kids and the incentive of half your profit going to your MAO account really helped.
My Stat grade is sloooooooooooowly dropping bit by bit. I did very poorly on the last quiz and I realized that even though we haven't gotten it back, but hopefully my grade won't go down that much. I really need to do well on the test to obtain a safe A, though. I can't concentrate! Stat is a constant reminder that I don't like Stat, and the teacher is really good at explaining the concepts to us, but I just can't pay attention to the important points of the course. Imagine how many minor details go missing when I sit there during third period.
Blair and Erica are awesome, by the way.

What would I do?

I was talking to Jack, and I decided to reverse it. Don't worry, you're not going to die. You aren't in order of importance. One person just led to the next...
Jack... I'd get all of us to decorate his room in blue and orange together, and I wouldn't mind orange and blue so much.
Katelyn... I'd get really teary-eyed at math tutoring because I've only tutored you once, and probably cry for days just for Joseph.
Joseph... I would probably still dislike the wolverines, but burst into tears every time I go on the bus and you aren't there with your violin... and cry for Katelyn.
Chanyang... The morning announcements wouldn't be the same without your evil smirks. I'd paint a "DREAMS WILL COME TRUE" mural somewhere dedicated to you. (In Korean.)
Diana... I probably wouldn't stop crying during overnight MAO trips when we spoke until 1:30am at Middleton. And about 6:00am at my party.
David... I'd download all the Jessica Simpson songs I could find and play them for a really long time. And you know I would never do that.
Ryan... Your head wouldn't be able to block the 9200 balcony. I'd turn around to talk to you in Pre-Calc and probably think you're just gone for the day because you were sick.
Anna... I'd learn, practice, and perform my piano pieces for you.
William... I'd be the second youngest kid in 2010. And I'd hate it with a passion.
Susan... You know I'd drive to WI and to cry. And not be able to see and probably crash because I'd have so many tears.
Connie... I'd cry for your sister because she never got to really know her amazing, genius sister.
If you aren't on there, it's because you have shown absolutely no sign of reading this. I don't hate you!

What would you do?

I realize how morbid this post is, but considering how depressed and frustrated right now, I'm going to ask you a question. I'm just curious. Joseph's decided what LOL would do... -.-

What would you do if I died (in the near future)?

Don't worry, I'm not about to die or anything.

Communist Comrades

9:16 PM Jack: it was good
me: :)
don't you want to play it?
^^.
Jack: i know i couldn't
me: =/
9:17 PM Jack: since i can't even read music
or move my fingers quickly
me: ^^
9:18 PM Jack: it sounds like playing it would be typing on steroids
me: 0.0
Jack: when it comes to finger movement
9:19 PM me: ...
i don't take finger steroids, in case you're wondering.
Jack: are you sure?
me: i naturally mastered the ability to move my fingers quickly.
you can put that on your profile if you want.
Jack: good for you comrade
me: yes, good for me, comrade.
Jack: put what?
9:20 PM me: "i don't take finger steroids, in case you're wondering. i naturally mastered the ability to move my fingers quickly."
Jack: i'll do that
9:23 PM me: okay.
Jack: i added it
9:26 PM me: LOL
9:27 PM Jack: it is a funny quote
me: thanks. :)
9:28 PM Jack: you're welcome, comrade
we all make good quotes comrade
me: omg. this is soo weird, comrade.
9:29 PM Jack: i know, comrade
9:30 PM me: LOL!!
sorry
this is way too weird.
9:31 PM Jack: i know it is weird, comrade
it feels weird being a comrade
9:36 PM me: LOL!!!
9:37 PM Jack: ok
me: comrade.
9:38 PM Jack: thank you comrade
9:39 PM me: ...
9:40 PM Jack: what?
me: ok this is a cool song.
Jack: what is, comrade?
9:42 PM it's in your status, comrade
9:43 PM me: yes, it is.
letterbomb.
9:44 PM Jack: yeah
9:46 PM me: :)
oh no
it's the depressing one now..
9:47 PM Jack: scary
it's depressing
9:49 PM that's a scary name for a song
9:50 PM me: whatsername is cool.
don't you listen to it?
9:52 PM Jack: i heard it
me: it's cool.
sad, though... really sad.......
Jack: i used to be able to play it on the guitar
but i need a pick
9:55 PM me: ..ok
Jack: yeah
9:56 PM good song
right now
me: :)
yeah!
Jack: you made me listen to it comrade
since we're all equal
9:57 PM me: :)
9:58 PM Jack: yeah
comrade
me: so, comrade...
9:59 PM i'm gonna fail the spanish test.
tomorrow.
Jack: that means i will tomorrow, comrade
10:00 PM me: ..yeah..
Jack: don't fail, comrade
me: don't go out with john, comrade.
Jack: i'm not going to, comrade
me: oh really, comrade.
i don't believe you, comrade.
Jack: no
10:01 PM me: you didn't say comrade, comrade.
Jack: ok comrade
i said comrade, comrade
me: not after "no", comrade.
Jack: sorry comrade

APUSH = relapse

Next year, I'll probably be taking APUSH, and even if I don't, I'm going to go through a very traumatic time in my life. This traumatic time will be overwhelmingly traumatic even after you forget that it's junior year and your PSAT and SAT and ACT scores actually count. Not that we can forget those little snags.
U.S. History in 8th grade was torture. I chucked my papers away when I had to pack to move away, and I sincerely regret it because there was so much useful information in those piles. Life is boring and nothing happy has really happened. Lunch was almost as traumatizing as a week of USH, but not quite.

Precisely the Exact Moment

Jack had to go to "tennis" precisely when Blair and Won became an official couple on Facebook.
I got one percent higher on my Ch. 2 Stat test than my Ch. 1 Stat test. The Chem test on Monday is really important because I have a really low A (meaning 90.1%). Thankfully, it's mostly math. Unthankfully, it's measurement math. I hate measurement. I despise it with a greater passion of destruction than any other category in the whole subject. Pre-Calculus is nice, but rulers are not. Not if you've been whacked by them, either. But that doesn't really have to do with my hatred of learning how to measure things.
Today wasn't very eventful. I drove, did homework, and ate food. I still need to practice the jazz music because it's so illegibly tiny that I need loads of work on it. I'm pretty much really bored and haven't moved for too long. I really need to go outside or something. Maybe it's cool enough to bike a little. But there's hills everywhere... I guess I'll try that. There's isn't enough to write a decent post.

Paraphrased Lunch- dialogue written as accurately as possible

9/20/07 Lunch
Chanyang: Let's go!!!!!
Me: Where??
Ryan: Let's go!
Chanyang: To the hill to see Jernigan!
Ryan: Let's go let's go let's go
Jack: -smile-
Chanyang: Come on, -insert my name here-!!!! Let's gooooo!!!
Me: Why would I go to the hill?
Chanyang: To see Vicky! And LOL!
Me: -.-
Jack: -laughter-
Ryan: Yeah, let's go...
-everyone gets up-
Me: Why are we standing up?
Diana: -blank look, thinking we're all insane as usual-
-more commotion-
After we leave the cafeteria, Chanyang and June forcefully push me east. Jack, Ryan and Jason follow. At least, I THINK Jason followed... Erm not sure. Sorry, Jason.
Me: HI ANDREA!
Chanyang: HI JERNIGAN!
-we talk for a little while- LOL hasn't turned around yet.
10 seconds later: He half-turns around.
-we walk towards Vicky-
Chanyang: There's Vicky!!
Me: Where?
Chanyang: Right there!
-guys behind us are really quiet for some reason with nothing to say, I guess-
Me: OH!! I see her!!
-I walk to Vicky. Others follow. On the way, LOL seems to be looking in my direction.- ???????? -.-
We speak to Vicky until one minute before lunch. Meanwhile, he leaves with friends.
(I know, my dashes aren't very consistent- as long as you know what is/isn't dialogue. It's pretty obvious.)
On the way to 5th period:
Jack- very serious: He was looking at you the whole time! He kept following you.
Me: -.- How could he be FOLLOWING me???
Jack: His head kept moving when you were walking.
Me: -.-
-.-
-.-
-.-
-.-
-.-
How?
Jack: Like when you stopped, his head stopped. O.O
Later in Pre-Calc:
Me: And you were looking at him the whole time?
Jack: No, but every time I glanced over there he was looking at you. -demonstrates movement of head with his own head- I could see his eyes moving. It was really scary.

Even later in Pre-Calc:
-I decide that the Nerds are too low in the box to pick up and eat so I poured a bit into my mouth. A BIT.-
Ryan: Why do you eat them like that?
Jack: Yeah, you might choke!
Me: Well, at least people wouldn't be staring at me.
Jack: -laugh- If you're dead? -agrees-
Ryan: But then LOL will have to do the Heimlich Maneuver.
Jack: Haha yeah.
Ryan: OR wait no, CPR.
Jack: Cuz that involves...
Me: >.<

7:24pm

Today at 7:24pm, I finished all my homework (that's due tomorrow). Unfortunately, there's an AP Stat quiz and Pre-Calc test tomorrow. I keep making stupid mistakes in both classes on the homework, so my chances of flunking are not too slim. We had our first Pre-Calc practice today after school in Ms. Underwood's room. I guess her name's going to change since she's getting married. Or did she? I have no idea anymore. Today on the way to our Bio, I saw our MAO Prez with ice and she looked like she'd just been knocked out... Hope she's okay... And of course, we have 50 IDs to do for Euro and a Chem test this Friday. I absolutely have to do well on it since I'm at a 90.1% right now. Interestingly, I got an 82% on a Spanish quiz so my grade went up since I did even more poorly on the last quiz. It makes me feel really stupid because the material wasn't difficult but I wasn't careful. A's shouldn't be difficult to obtain this year, but I can't help expecting myself to slip up a few more times and ruin the whole thing.
I dropped off the hamburger buns that I had to bring to Tekesta Park for Anchor today, and another girl also brought some and she was going to leave because she had an SGA meeting. I just left to do homework at home. Tomorrow's the mandatory induction ceremony in the auditorium. That should be interesting. I should probably do a lot of homework today, even though it isn't due. And of course, I SHOULD look over the Pre-Calc and Stat textbooks so I can do well tomorrow. This makes me really nervous.

iTest 2007

I did about 10 problems, Ryan did about 15, Lisa+Diana did one, and Joseph did nothing. I'm currently scaring Chanyang by typing "LOL". It's working pretty well. Her reaction was "WHAT?!"

David: Did you get the joke? It was great.
Me: O.O
David: I love you.
Me: O.O
David: Yige loves you too.
Me: O.O
David: I want to massage you.
Me: O.O
David: Scared for life (*insert my first name here*)?
I don't know what's wrong with him. He must be on drugs and alcohol at the same time or something.

Diana realized that she might be able to go to the Homecoming Dance if she doesn't have too much homework because the day after that is Friday-No School. Maybe she can ask _ _ _ _ to go with him. wink wink. And Chanyang is making a big deal out of John. wink wink. And Jack loves it when you mention guys. cough cough.

This weekend, I fell in love with doing all my homework on Saturday and only having small things to do today. Besides the iTest, Sunday was easy. We only have one section on which to take notes for Euro this week because we're doing FRQs and DBQs. In my opinion, that's a lot worse than getting quizzed and tested on the textbook. Essays are so uncertain and you never know if you analyzed them correctly.

Vandy

I was browsing through various university websites, and they all had one thing in common. If you click to apply to the place, you have to click over and over and over and over again until the actual application becomes your holy grail. This process takes so long that it is as if they don't want you to come.
At this moment, I'm using the iLike application to listen to the beginning of the Fantaisie Impromptu after sending an FB message to Katelyn and Jack. It's so fun! If you listen to it, you will know what I mean. Playing it makes the situation many times better, though. Hopefully, that makes sense.
Today, Ryan found out that Al Gore went to Vanderbilt- formerly a prospective university in Ryan's opinion. It was quickly torn off the list.
Time for piano practice!

"Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without."

I forgot that since I have a faster internet connection, uploading images will be easier. I was looking at layouts and came across the above picture. It's so sad even though our little(cough cough) inside joke makes it funny.
You might see more pictures in my posts now that it won't take a few hours to upload a 1MB picture.
One of the more common Pride & Prejudice pictures (from the newer version) is kind of scary. Anyways, here's the movie poster since certain people don't know the book/movie:

Again, it's really depressing and touching but scary and untrue at the same time.

10 Pages

Yeah, I know. I still have 10 more pages of notes. I thought it was still 32 all day, which sucked, but I'm happy that it isn't.
For Anchor, girls have to wear dresses on Monday and on Tuesday evening- the Induction Ceremony that is mandatory for all members.
Monday- MAO, Pre-calc
Tuesday- Math tutoring, Jazz Band
Wednesday- stuff
Thursday- more stuff
Friday- more more stuff
Yay... I should definitely take my Euro notes, reread the chapter, and get ready for the essay and test tomorrow. Thankfully, she put the prompt on the whiteboard for us to prepare. In the future, it won't be so easy nor so convenient.
Sorry about the short post.

32 Pages of Euro Notes to Go... 32 Pages to Go...

Like "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" except not desirable.
I don't like beer, though.
Anyways, I finished my 50 Renaissance IDs- FINALLY!!!! I think I went on autopilot for the past few hours, searching for them, jotting down key facts, and going on to the next one. It was very tedious and I really don't want to take so many notes. I'm probably going to read it and write very vague things into my notebook because it shouldn't matter that much. I just need all the sections and such. The AP Euro test is this Thursday for Chapter 14 Renaissance Europe. It's so redundant to put "Europe" into the title.
Interims are coming out soon and the Atheists in our English class are very, very worried about our grades, particularly Diana. I feel really bad for her and I'm scared for myself, too. I'm saving some coloring to do at lunch tomorrow, so I probably won't go to the Anime Club meeting in the IRC.
Gaku called me today because I'm one of the four iTest captains. I had to call my team members and tell them to sign up and stuff. It went well- everyone's signed up!
Gaku- Clara, Roland, Patrick, Carolyn
Ann- Won, Linda, Yige, and Michael
Kejing- Diana, Ryan, Joseph, Lisa
Noliyanda- Logan, Xixi, Lauren, Vicky

::EDIT::
Of course, our iTest team is "Gator-fil-A".

::2ND EDIT::
At lunch on many occasions: "____ IS GOING OUT WITH JOHN MORAN!!!"
"____ IS GOING OUT WITH JOHN MORAN?????!!!"
"YEAH! ____IS GOING OUT WITH JOHN MORAN??"
"WAIT, WHO DOES ____ LOVE?"
"JOHN MORAN"
"-POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT-"
"THEY'RE GOING OUT!!!"
"WHO'S GOING OUT"?

No one's going out with him, though.

Skipping Euro Note-Taking Time for This

Today was such a weird day.
In Spanish, the church people moved our desks into normal rows rather than angled weird rows. In Euro, Chanyang said "Aww.. he got a haircut" and Omar decided to comment it loudly. We had to take notes from a very boring PPT that is way too large to download and save but I did it anyways. In Stat, I found out how worried Diana is about her English grade, and felt miserable for her until I reached Chem, where we didn't do anything new. Significant digits are really boring. Lunch came really quickly, and Bio was boring as usual. We have a large Chemistry quiz in Bio tomorrow, and I'm probably not ready but I'm typing this and minimally taking notes on Florence. Pre-Calculus began with Mrs. Johnson reminding us that we all failed, and we got our tests back. I felt really stupid for getting a 101.5% (she rounded down to 101 on OASIS), but people did really badly and William got a 95 or something, so I felt VERY, VERY lucky. English was not very eventful. We didn't get our summer reading test essays back, nor any other grades because some people hadn't taken the test yet. Once, she left our essays at church choir practice. O.O

They said Ryan with Catherine's head band looks like Federer.

I think Federer's nose is too big and Ryan's hair too light for them to look like each other. Yeah, I finally went on Google Images and looked because I forgot what he looked like. Federer, I mean. I firmly believe I know what Ryan (slightly) looks like from being in about five classes with him every day at school. And lunch. I see what they meant about the head band, though. Except Catherine had a very light pink thin-for-a-head-band-head band.
I got myself into Jazz Band, and I'm really happy about it, but the music is soooo hard to read! Not because it's hard.. but the notes are TINY! And not even normal-shaped. As in nice and round and NORMAL and it's so messy and argh.
And Bruni sucks because he was the first to write a modern history book. Which led to more history books and our Euro book that very bipolarly has short and long sections. We have to take notes on the long sections during the weekday which makes it worse unless we want to get ahead, but who is so bored that they would want to take extra Euro notes? And we have 50 ID words.

The Lowest One by Far

I have a 91% in Spanish right now because I got a 69% on a culture/geography quiz. Hah. Hah. Hah... If my previous Spanish teachers knew this, they'd probably die or something worse.
This is actually really funny: I had to put the birthday balloons that Joseph sent me via the Balloon Express in Mrs. Priddy (last year's Spanish teacher) room so I could take it home the next day when I wasn't going home on the bus but with my dad so we could go to the tax collector's building to get my permit. The next day when I went back to get the balloons, Mrs. Priddy said that a lot of her students told her "Happy Birthday" since the mylar had that on it and that she told all of them that they were my balloons. I don't know who, but some people said that I'm very nice or something. Anyways, yesterday (or was it the day before?) I found out that a certain person has her 4th period AP Spanish class. = =" Chanyang and I laughed very hard. Or well, Chanyang laughed very hard.
Chanyang ALSO laughs very hard during the morning announcements in AP Euro. Ryan just smiles.
I think it's funny how I'm doing poorly in my 1st and 7th periods and my AP classes have the highest grades.

He was definitely there (and stoned).

My WONDERFUL friends have recently gotten very paranoid and have decided that the school prez stares at me because he "likes me". Jack is very happy about this because that means one of his "boyfriends" will have been taken away. Today, he was at the SNHS meeting and he looked kinda stoned...
Joseph, Katelyn and Anna are playing Canon in D, and the piano part isn't good until about the end besides the fact that it starts alone.
My permit card thing came in the mail yesterday!
I'm really bored. I have nothing interesting to say and ____ talking to me is NOT like "day and night". Unfortunately, he DID notice me. O.O
In Pre-Calc, I told Ryan that his head was good where it was because it blocked the 900 building balcony (allusion to Romeo and Juliet) so he lowered his head very far. Jack is now in love with Chris Kessling, who is in three of my classes and sits in front of Jack in Pre-Calc. Typing of Pre-Calc, we are probably getting our tests back tomorrow. She said she graded the first page for everyone and no one got a 100%. This was very disappointing. I still have an 85.7% in English and she only uploads our grades every two weeks. If I do perfectly until 9/18 (interim reports), I SHOULD have an A but you never know. Thankfully, I don't think we're individually presenting our projects tomorrow, but there will be a "gallery" sort of showing. There is a test in Spanish, quiz in Euro and test in Stat tomorrow. All in a row starting in first period. I am going to be very, very nervous.

Day Three

After lunch, my dad sat in the car as we made circles at Meadow Ridge and Preservation again. Then, my parents and brother and I left the house to go to Home Depot. My dad stopped in Walgreens and I took over from there until that place across from Suntrust. I parked (where there weren't cars) correctly, which was very lucky. Then, as we drove home, my dad went into the BAM! parking lot. I drove home from there and on Bannerman for the second time since yesterday. Driving 50mph on Bannerman is awesome. Jack finished his Drug/Alcohol Course today!!! He still has to patiently wait for his certificate, though. I wish my mom drove to work in the smaller car... Then, I could scare Lisa every morning. I'm so excited!
I'm not so excited about my grades, though...

El segundo dia cuando conduzco.

This very late morning around 1:30pmish, my father let me drive on Ronds Pointe, Preservation, Conservancy, Summerbrooke Drive, and Meadow Ridge. He backed out of our driveway for me, though. We probably went around and around for about an hour. Later today in the 3pmish time frame, my brother was being very feverish so my mom and I went to Publix to buy ice cream and other food-related objects. She drove outside Chiles but instead of going to the parking lot, I got on the car, turned to Thomasville, changed to the right lane successfully-ish. I looked in the mirrors but turned too quickly- there were double white lines for a while until I could turn to the right lane. Bannerman was a little scary because it was so narrow, but it was okay. I'm so glad my mom isn't scared of me driving. My dad didn't want me to go on Bannerman today. He said I was too wobbly. I can't wait to drive to school every day, but it will be in the van so I probably can't for a while. My dad's work place is farther away so he takes the smaller car.
Katelyn's having party but Jack, Chanyang and I have academic issues... cough cough Euro test Tuesday cough cough.

::EDIT:: Went driving in Summerbrooke and Ox Bottom again.

From Chiles to Deerlake

My mom took me to the CHS parking lot, and amazingly, the gates were open! I went in circles for a long time. Later, I went onto Lawton Chiles Lane, passed the Broken Egg Cafe, and ended up passing Golden Eagle west. I later passed DMS and went past Journey's End and Winter's Run, where I finally met a dead end. On the way back, I stopped by the side of the road so my mom could get the car back. She got really scared when she realized that I was driving about 35mph even though previously, she'd told me to do that. I was too much of a novice to go on Bannerman, and she taught me how to add oil to the car by paying with a credit card. And just so you law-obsessed people know, it wasn't actually DARK when I was driving before my mom drove again. The sun had not set until after she started driving.
The only thing I "crashed" into was the curb when my mom was making me park at CHS and I didn't know she wanted me to so I kept going forward because she was talking to me and it was really distracting. Yay!!!!!

Today, Appalachian State beat Michigan State 34-32. Jack, Ryan and I pretty much love Appalachian State now. It wasn't even a Division I team or something, so this was awesome! And WI obviously beat WSU.

While everyone was at the football game...

I couldn't go because I had a piano lesson at 8:15pm. It rained a lot, but I'm sure it was very, very fun. On the way home, right after we'd left the teacher's house, it wasn't really raining. There was a straight part of the road, and in the DARK, my mom let me drive for the first time and I didn't actually have my temporary permit(piece of paper used before they mail you the card) with me. The car lurched quite a bit because I didn't know how easily it would move. 0.0
Chanyang called me around 9:30pm and I answered her back at about 10:00pm when I arrived at home. She was calling from a restaurant place where a lot of CHS band people were, and I asked her if I knew anyone else there. It just so happened that the student body president, John Moran was there, and he scares me ridiculously. Today during Pre-Calc (6th period), I could see the 900 building balcony and I got very scared because someone could be spying on us. Ryan and Jack didn't help. Later, while waiting for the bus, Joseph kept pointing and indicating locations behind me and saying "Who's there? It's John Moran!"

This is Not Meant to Scare You

I know where you live. I know where you sleep. I know with whom you sleep. I know why you sleep with them. I know where they live. I know where they sleep. I know they sleep with you. I know why they sleep with you. I know where you live...

I GOT INTO JAZZ BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-2008 Chiles Jazz Ensemble
I'm not typing all of it, though.
William's 1st trumpet!
I'm excited! I'm excited! I'm excited!

Diana convinced Ryan and me to join JCL. I think he's doing History. I might draw something? I don't know... I would like to contribute to the club, though. Hopefully, this year will be more fun than last year.

I haven't started my homework yet.

This is What Happens When You Read Jonathan's Facebook Notes

My entire biological family forgot my birthday.

This would be really funny if it weren't actually true. This morning, my mom wondered why I was "dressed up" (not really), and I was like, "It's my birthday." Then, she was like, "Oh. I forgot. -silence-", and added a not-very-happy "Happy Birthday!". I feel really special that my friends remembered, and how I went home with seven textbooks because Jack was returning the Spanish 2 textbook I gave him to study over the summer. My bus driver told me to wait outside the bus because I switched to another one to get home a little earlier today. Most of the people on the bus saw me with five large textbooks in my arms. Some looked at me like I was mental, and others actually felt sorry for me. This wasn't a very special birthday, but I'm hoping to get some piano sheet music in the near future!!!
Connie sent me a card and a 2-D timberwolf that you can cut and glue into a 3-d one. 0.0

::EDIT:: I forgot to mention this amazing act of chivalry!!! Ryan and Jack helped me carry my very abundant textbooks after lunch to Pre-Calc and after Pre-Calc to English!!! THANKS, ANTONIN AND NARCISSA!!!!!

El Cuarto.

This day was much better. The classes were even more dull than usual, but my dad installed our Embarq modem, and we now have DSL!!!!!! Finally! After a year of FSU dial-up, this is absolutely amazing. He even said he might get a wireless router! I'm so excited about this! People who never get high-speed are thankful for it. =]
I'm really worried about AP Euro because I'm the only one in the class who's never done a DBQ because I wasn't at Deerlake so I didn't get a certain class (Logic and Semantics) last year. "Really worried" is an enormous understatement.
Stats is so boring! Nooo!!!!! And we had to do measurement in Bio!!!!!! Even worse!

El tecero es el mas horible de los tres.

Nothing really significant happened to make me plunge into a horribly depressing mood, but my chest is weighing me down as though I've cried for hours, but of course, my eyes aren't watery or anything. In Spanish, the teacher pronounces her words really well, but we're not elementary schoolers. In Euro, the only thing that really happens is like David predicted- Omar flirting with the teacher. In Stats, basically, we're covering my second least favorite topic in math (after measurement). It's so dull. Chem isn't much better. Even though the entire company except Diana is there, everyone just sits there the whole time. On the bright side, we took a Math Pre-Test and it was really nice to just solve easy math problems as quickly as possible. Bio was really disappointing. We'd finished our concept map yesterday, and as it turned out, we weren't supposed to make it like the second example in the book (which was still a concept map). I'd already started to feel irritated at everything for some odd reason, so I just vented my anger inside my amygdala during the class. At lunch, I went to Mrs. Chason for the Anchor stuff but I'll have to go back tomorrow because she didn't have all the papers. Lunch... June and Chanyang love stealing each others' seats so much that they always end up stealing MY seat. Pre-Calc was very boring as usual. I haven't learned anything yet, but I never seem to learn anything in math classes at Chiles. Hopefully, this year will be a bit better. English was incredibly vapid, but we read an excerpt from a book about a Japanese woman who was put into a camp in the US when she was young. I believe the teacher misinterpreted an important part, but it doesn't really matter. This day doesn't really seem very terrible, does it? I don't know what's wrong with me. I just feel so empty. My mind is on autopilot and it doesn't want me to have any feelings. Funny... this is how I felt when I first moved here. A relapse, perhaps? Probably not. Enough people have flat-out lied to me to bring me into the real world and notice more the weirdest occurrences.

El Dia Segundo

Spanish was incredibly dull. And we had to choose our Spanish names from a list of really bad names. She wanted "exotic" names this year and they are terrible.
During homeroom, I realized that I was supposed to see Freed about my Mini Mu test. He went over his corrections, and surprisingly, my test actually might be really good! Euro... same preppiness as always. We took the 2004 test and I failed miserably. I knew about one or two questions. FLVS didn't teach well. Stat was really boring and dull as it will be forever. Chem was when we were shoved with homework. Bio homework- get three leaves from the same plant as long as they aren't azalea leaves. En el primer minuto del almuerzo, dio un mechero rojo. Lunch- I sat next to William and said "DON'T TOUCH ME" multiple times and very loudly. Apparently, Anna and Katelyn cheered me on even though they didn't know who it was, but after last night's conversation about guys who touch girls too much... And William wasn't even in that conversation. Pre-Calc was really boring. I hate radians but understand it, which helps make it even more boring. In English, Ryan, Jack and I presented the exemption rules with a poem.
Freed to Jack:
Roses are red,
violets are blue.
You can't exempt because you got a 2.
You're grade was an F
in the first nine weeks,
so I can't give you the signature that you seek.
You can't exempt,
You're not the best,
Blah-be-dee-blah,
You got OSS.

And none with me.

I'm so sad. Susan typed "And none with me" after I told her how I have five classes with Ryan, three with Jack, one with Diana, and all of us have lunch together! All meaning: Joseph, Chanyang, Katelyn, Yige, Anna, June, Diana, Jack, Ryan, William, Paul, Zeck, Andrew, Lisa, Linda, Vicky, Catherine, etc, etc, etc. =D
I still really miss WI, and every day here isn't so good without all my Wisconsinite friends.
Today was an interesting day. I found out that I have my first two, Chemistry, and last two classes with Ryan. Who else was really scary throughout the day? Jonathan and I yelled at Shuyao for recommending Yige for Chem. However, we found out that a certain person is moving away. Before that, you cannot believe the excitement when I seriously informed Jonathan that David had already moved away. Except then, of course, we received news that there is only one Pre-AP Chem class, so he quickly forgot all the happiness. I thought it was a pretty funny and dynamic mood swing.
Poor, poor Diana. She just HAD to take AP Art History so she has one class with me. Jack's the only sophomore in his Physics class.
I really hope this year will be better than froshie year!

Back to my old habit.

I really need to play Halo. I never have, and Anna has it and she was going to bring it to my house for the get-together but her mom wouldn't let her. Why? There's grenades in them and it's supposed to be a really good game! There's this group on Facebook called "Accio Grenade!" which is really weird.
Oh, and I still need to whack Luke on the head.
It's kinda late so this post will probably be very short, too.
I wonder where Ryan went for the weekend.
Apparently, Jack slept with Luke again and even took a shower at Luke's house. For the people who know him, though, it isn't very surprising.
I finally finished the first draft (30 questions) of the Mini Mu test and when I emailed it to Freed, he replied saying I was the first one to hand it in and then he put this smiley ":-)" which was kinda weird. I mean, most teachers don't use smilies. I've emailed Ms. Colombo and if she ever puts a smiley in her email... O.O Scary thought.
I'm really, really worried about sophomore year because I don't want to go back to Chiles and suffer, and it'll really either be good or bad. I hope it's good!!!!!

Sorry, but you'll be able to catch up with the conversation.

I'm temporarily leaving the chat (Joseph, Katelyn, Chanyang) to write this post. I'm waiting for Chanyang to go to band rehearsal so she can ask German the Jazz Band audition results! I was at Chiles yesterday to help out with MAO. Erica and I felt a bit left out because everyone else could drive and were getting their parking passes. Joseph is currently trying to catch up with the conversation because he went to lunch and missed a lot. He still hasn't finished reading, which is saying something. Okay, now he has finished.
I'M SO NERVOUS!

Student Class Schedule

I got lucky today and received my schedule for the 07-08 school year.
1. Spanish 3
2. AP European History
3. AP Statistics
4. Pre-AP Chemistry
5. Pre-AP Biology
6. Pre-Calculus
7. English 2 Gifted

LCHS Dog Wash

Every year from April to September on the second Saturday of these months, the Humane Society has a dog wash. Funny how the school's initials are the same as the society's. I arrived around 9:30. Washing dogs fit the descriptions from the interrogation of Cissy. We wet the dogs, put shampoo on them, rinsed them, gave them a flea dip if the owner wanted it, and dried them. Some of the dogs were kind of large. I washed at least two smaller dogs by myself. They all seemed to want to stand on the edge of the table (on which they were put if they were small enough) even though it would've been incredibly dangerous to jump. Actually, I'm not quite sure they realized how far they were from the ground. I'm glad we have perspective. In 6th grade, we learned how "special" we were because we had opposable thumbs, depth perception, and stood upright. This was our introduction to early humans. Anyways, Cissy was right. I became more immune to certain smells. I can still distinctly smell the weird shampoo that the Humane Society had. The flea dip smelled a bit like bleach but not as strong. One of the smaller dogs was so nice and just stood in the tub of flea dip, whereas other dogs were very eager to leave. There were drinks and food , but there were so many dogs that I didn't eat until I got home. The ladies who were volunteering were very nice. When I arrived, one of them was at the gate and she told me to go to the lady with blonde hair. There were two or three people with blonde hair, though. My father came at about 2:10pm to take me home, and by then, my lower back was very, very tired. I can still fell it, actually, just like Cissy had complained. Next time she'll probably be there too. Focusing on washing dogs really helps pass the time because five hours is a very long time while doing only one thing.
::EDIT:: Today's my brother's 8th birthday! I know... I forgot until after I published the post.

Unwanted Signs

As we approach the next school year, so many horrific signs that it is approaching seem to mask the happier points of our days. Before the tax-free days, school supplies already replaced the chocolate at Wal*Mart, stores claimed to have clothing "sales", and the first newsletter of the year arrived in its ugly maroon/white/black-ness. The MAO sponsor sent an email to his "wonderful officers" to remind them of the first meeting of the year. But before school actually starts, I've managed to put a lot of stuff into these last weeks. A jazz band audition, eye doctor appointment, planning a get-together, my brother's birthday that I obviously never planned, rereading the summer reading books that I pushed into the back of my head in late May/early July, and once again, rereading HP7 and replacing certain characters with my friends, finishing up the Mini Mu test, beginning to procrastinate playing the piano, and going to school for MAO stuff next week all seem to be leading up to the 20th.
This might be helpful for the future:
Me=Bellatrix Lestrange
Jack=Narcissa Malfoy/Lavender Brown
Ryan=Antonin Dolohov/Cygnus Black
Jack's mom?=Thorfinn Rowle
Katelyn=Luna Lovegood
Anna=Ginny Weasley
Diana=Rich and old descendant of Helga Hufflepuff
June=Ted Tonks
Chanyang=Andromeda Tonks

One More Year

366 more days until 08/08/08!
Hopefully, I'll be able to see by then so I can watch the 2008 Beijing Olympics on TV. I just got my eyes checked and I think their dilation eyedrops are way too strong.
It's so blurry. <-- everything

Waiting for next Thursday

At around 12:30, I arrived in the band hallway and met William, Chanyang, and Marshall. Around 1:00, the band teacher told everyone to play a part of a piece with a long name, and they went off to sectionals. Later, he took me to the ensemble room (the largest practice room), told all the saxophones to leave and stand in a small room for about 10 minutes, unlocked the piano, and the Jazz Band audition began. I played the F and B Major scales, the first two pages of the first movement of the Pathetique Sonata by Beethoven, and four pages of the tiny score of jazz music with tiny notes.
The results will be posted on either side of the band room wall (bulletin board and the band hallway) next Thursday.

Unecessary Questions

Chanyang goes to church with her younger brother and Joseph. She said that Joseph "was asking unnecessary questions" regarding a certain blog and a certain someone. I find this incredibly interesting.
Band camp is next week and I wouldn't usually care, but I'm so freakishly nervous!!!!!
Despite my stalkerness, I managed to immediately forget my own cousin's birthday. How humiliating.
I'm thinking about having a birthday party for the first time since... I think it was 3rd grade, but I'm not quite sure. Anyways, as long as my parents agree, it will be AWESOME! I should ask them some time... I hope they say "yes".
Amazingly, it wasn't very difficult to memorize the fingerings for all the major scales. I just hope Mr. G doesn't mention minor ones. William said "major scales", though, because that's probably what he had to play, but he plays the trumpet.

NOOOOO!

I haven't written for so long and I really feel like I'm neglecting this blog. Perhaps the reason I haven't updated so much is because nothing interesting really happy these days even if they're interesting. I have less than eight minutes to make that up before I got to my Head of Marketing/Travel's house for a get-together that involves most of my employees. We are finally going to see POTC3!!!!! Because of conclusion #1, Ryan is Dolohov, June is Ted, Jack is Narcissa, I'm Bellatrix, Katelyn's Luna, Anna's Ginny, and I think that's it so far. I'm not going to explain why because I've had to tell that story to about three or four people by speaking very quickly because it is so long. I'm currently on question 15 on the math test that I have to write and it is mandatory that I finish by the first day of school. I don't know how I'm going to actually see the president of MAO on the first day, though, but maybe there'll be some sort of meeting. Or, she's just warning me. Either way, I really need to work on it. Tonight should be fun. I am forced to either bike or walk there because my mother said so, so I'm going to bike, of course. I suppose I'll have to bike back, too. In the dark of Ox Bottom and Summerbrooke. That doesn't really feel very safe. I'm going to leave now and try to wake up my MVC on the way.
::EDIT:: Right. I completely forgot to mention this. Chanyang suggested that I audition for the Jazz Band on the piano, so I emailed the band teacher and he said that I need to play a few scales and some sight reading. I don't really see how this can test peoples' abilities (especially if they don't actually practice scales for over a year), and I really wish I could play a solo or something. I'm so worried!

Rosemary Beach

We went to the gulf today until around noon, walked back to the condo-thingy, took showers, had lunch, drove west towards Destin, went back when we were 12 miles away, and ended up feeling quite tired. My brother is currently watching some sort of "Lilo & Stitch" TV show on Toon Disney or whatever it's called. The front gate is painted very communistically red, which was a good welcome when we arrived yesterday. There isn't much to do right now and I'm running out of things to type. There is currently a fat, red-eyed bunny on TV. It has a purple tongue. I don't think it's very good at English. It isn't as bad at English as Ally and Luke, though, because according to the MVC, they need help in that vital subject. Now, there's this yellow, less-menacing version of Stitch who probably isn't Stitch. So queer... The weird bunny has a red cape with a yellow "H" hanging from the front. At least he's communist. I would hope the bunny weren't a "she". Unfortunately, Lilo's house is blue with an orange-ish roof. The large-ish male alien is wearing a blue dress. It is pretty scary. The other male alien with one eye has a red dress. I probably shouldn't continue describing this weird show (for children). Wow. Lilo just turned into "a teenager". I suppose the title of this post isn't extremely accurate at this point.

You never know when I might leave...

I'm currently staying at Rosemary Beach in a million-dollar apartment in a building with a small swimming pool on the roof. My parents and brother just came back from watching my brother swim. Argh gtg.

Blackmail

My MVC was photographed (by me) while wearing a pink shower cap, a hot pink "Birthday Girl" ribbon, a crate with three pink Breast Cancer Foundation tennis balls, and holding the container. His surprise party went much better than expected. My poor cousin was the only Class of '11 person because the others had gone on vacation and my VP wasn't in a very good mood, but all of us had a wonderful time. I played Guitar Hero II for the first time in my life. It wasn't as exciting as DDR, but looked like something that can entertain people for hours if they like guitars. I'm off to send an interesting email.

My brothers

One lead Jack, Ryan and me to three conclusions. I won't list them here because blogs aren't exactly confidential. The other one was asked by me if he's asexual and he said "I don't know" and "probably". Thank goodness neither were my Chinese brother.
I still have to practice the piano. I have lessons tonight and I don't think I learned much over the week. What a waste of money. I feel terrible. It's really hilarious talking to my American/German/Italian brother and American/French/English father figure on Gmail Chat at the same time, though.

We need plates.

Today, Katelyn informed me of some plans regarding one of my brothers. She and Chanyang had wanted something to happen. I called everyone except June and Chanyang about it. So far, three people have said yes- Ryan, June, and David. Most of it has gone well, but I'm still amazed at the lengths I will go to help my friends. I spoke to my MVC's favorite guy, whose voice sounded weird on the phone.
Today, I added the "Heritage" app. I convinced Katelyn to add "Chinese" to her heritage. Ryan said in his ethnic dishes that he eats "Chinese food, pizza, chimichangas". I had to find out what the last one was by Googling it. I highly doubt the Chinese food he's talking about is genuine Chinese food, but that's okay. At least it's "Chinese".
And no, I think we have enough plates. I just needed a title. We actually need food.
You know what I mean.

228 posts later,

I just copy/pasted 228 posts onto an MS Word document so I could have another copy of all of these posts. It worries me that one day Blogger will shut down or something and I won't have time to keep what I wrote. It's amazing how much I've typed during 9th grade. I told my third completed journal as of yesterday that I'm keeping a journal and a blog, but I don't have an empty journal right now and I think blogs work much better. Typing is immensely faster and my friends can read this whenever they are online. I regret not typing much this summer so far, but there isn't that much to say.