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?