Just saying hi, as I don't have much for homework tonight. Seems that college may actually be easier than high school. Sorry I haven't been on for maybe a year. Too much going on these days. A nuclear engineer wannabe has lots on his plate. I may make a conscious effort to try to hang out more, but I think I may have overtired my interest in history. Actually, to better put that, I've learned enough here to satisfy my interests, which is mostly the combat. There's prolly a boatload of ppl here t
You may have seen the story on the news about the diabetic girl that died because her parents wouldn't take her to the hospital because they thought praying would heal her. I knew her. She sold me food at the cafe...
Idiots.
Hi. Antiochus got a concerned e-mail from Gaius and remembered this place. Any classics have been thrown aside for everything that's been happening lately.
I've been accepted into college. I am currently working on one of 17 scholarship essays. I just finished my last first semester of high school; no more gym class for the rest of my life. Yes! I applied for a high-paying summer job designed for college-bound students. Current economic conditions are jeopardizing it. My very expensive new
Lately I've been having weird dreams.
The ***** has hit the fan for four of my friends and their respective girlfriends. (Within the last two days)
I'm becoming more cynical of our government.
I'm still freaked out by sleep problems and my weird dreams.
I'm confused. The world I know is crumbling in this little village I live in.
I cope by doing photomanipulations in photoshop cs2. Here's my latest of myself... "Kiddies, Don't Play With Fire."
It's late on a muggy summer night. Thought I'd drop in for a while. You know, catch up a bit.
Some things recent to me:
My summer greenhouse job ended; I applied at a retailer where I get paid copius amounts extra for knowing spanish. I also applied to the place I got my senior photos taken... a professional photography studio where the artist uses the same photomanipulating software I use-- Photoshop CS2-- and my skills will be put to good use!
I re-did my room. Threw out all the ga
Tomorrow I have a day off. I've worked after school and on weekends for the last 13 days.
Now that AP US is done, the class gets to do pretty much whatever we want. I'm writing a DBQ (Document-Based Question) for the kids in next years class to do. A DBQ is a question a student must answer in a 5-paragraph essay format by reading primary source documents given, and outside knowledge. The question I am asking is: "How effective was the United States government in combating the spread of Comm
I bought Nixon's Seize the Moment for $.75.
I got a 28 on my ACT, but would have done a lot better if we had 20 more minutes in several sections. But whatever, I did better than 93% of kids in the U.S.
The internet connection went out in the store yesterday and I fixed it. Saved everyone.
Saw Spidey 3 yesterday, pretty good movie.
I'm brainstorming all sorts of schemes for ways to raise several thousand dollars by next summer so I can go to Europe.
Ummm
I'm kinda bored.
Wake up: 6:00AM
Leave house for school: 6:30AM
Start first class: 6:50AM
Leave school, go to work: 1:45PM
Begin work: 2:00PM
Leave work: 6:00PM
Go to review sessions for AP exam May 11: 6:00PM-8:00PM
Homework: 8:00PM-11:00PM
Rinse and repeat, this is my week.
I was very pleased when I got mail the other day. I have been asked to join a group of musicians for a tour of Europe next summer as a "Music Ambassador." We are going through VIL, a 16-day trip through 7 countries in Europe. Our travels will include, in chronological order: England (London and Windsor), France (Paris), Switzerland (Crans-Montana), Liechtenstein (Vaduz), Austria (Innsbruck, Seefeld), Italy (Venice!), and Germany (Munich/Dachau, Rothenburg, Frankfurt).
Hell yeah. My clarinet
Talk about the longest four hours of my life!
The inglish part had us answer 75 questions in 45 minutes.
The math part was rediculously easy. I even laughed to myself. Then I hit question 41, and the next 20 I had never seen before.
Read four stories and answer questions in 35 minutes.
Blah blah blah
About 3/4 way through I got bored and couldn't stop thinking about a certain someone.
Hopefully I'm smart enough to continue my education!
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I got my nametag for my
AP US is the coolest class on earth.
Today I learned that the US saved the world from communism! We spent billions of dollars in foreign aid to hapless countries to prevent communist uprisings and combat the spread of this form of government. We saved Greece, Turkey, South Korea, and pretty much all of western Europe from them damn commies. I'm not sure how Amero-centric this unit is, but many of the facts are quite reinforcing to the unit thesis, and we even discuss many of the stupid thing
Global warming is all over the news.
Anywho, I almost cried today in my physics class when we calculated the efficiency of a standard coal power plant. It's around 25% NOT including energy required to transport the coal, energy to maintain itself, energy dissipated through lines, and reduction of efficiency due to moving parts/friction within the plant's thermodynamic system. :'(
Well, last night I got this neato little game, C&C Generals. Yeah, it's dated now, the new one just came out, but hey--it's fun! So I basically played it all last night and this morning. All of a sudden......... I think, "Wow, I need to go do something productive."
Is it normal to feel like I'm being a waste of society on my spring break?!?!? Ahg. American work ethos.
As mentioned in my last blog, I headed out for Chicago Friday. Our high school band was chosen to be in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in the Windy City. We were all excited and ready to go.
We were heading down the highway, it was nice and sunny out, nothing unusual, when all of a sudden it got really snowy and windy out. brown fields gave way to snow and slush everywhere. Suddenly the bus slowed down and came to a crawl. Uh oh. Traffic was backed up, and we found out why. Countless cars in
Life is good. I turned in my contest essay, I eagerly await the results. Tomorrow I leave for Chicago. The school marching band is parading in the St. Paddies Day Parade. Watch the news, you may see me. (Look for DC Everest High School! Green and white, with a tree!) The bus ride there will actually be enjoyable, for I am graced with the company of my girl the way to and fro.
As 1st chair clarinet, rank lieutenant, and co-section leader, this weekend I get to really test my leadership and or
There is something about this particular picture that evokes undescribable emotion within me. The picture has an aire of "gloriousness" per say; perhaps a look of hope- I do not know! What is he looking out at? Is it the horizon? The horizon to him must have no limits, he is there to take it! Glory and adventure are off on that horizon! The trees in the background evoke some sort of relaxing feeling in the background, for the place he must be in is beautiful. The feather, the shadow over the eye
Well, my interest in the classics is at an all time low, I'm kind of burnt out right now, and have no time to pursue the extras. With summer you will see more participation from me. Also, I am sad to admit my Masada research project must be scrapped because 1) Time constraints, I'm the only one at my school doing history day for fun, but I find myself too busy too write a 10 page paper for fun. 2) My research partner dropped out, for the same reason. 3) I don't have enough primary sources. One
I am taking the most wonderful and beautiful Lady to the prom this year.
(Oh so fitting...)
Everything about you is how I'd wanna be-
Your freedom comes naturally-
Everything about you resonates happiness-
Now I won't settle for less!
Give me
all the peace and joy in your mind!
Everything about you pains my envying-
Your soul can't hate anything-
Everything about you is so easy to love-
They're watching you from above!
Give me
all the peace and joy in your mind!
I got my license.
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I wrote this story for my writing workshop class. You can tell I didn't have a good day.
I arrived to the pit before the sun rose. It was cold and wet outside; the slush oozed from beneath my feet like stepping on a bug. Through the doors I entered. I took a left, my eyes squinting. The walls were white, the floors were white, the ceiling was white- and the lights were bright. I trudged up some stairs, each step
Well, as of late, I have become interested in money after I got an "Investing for Teenagers" book for christmas from my aunt and uncle. Today I began collecting info on government bonds I own, ect. Well, I dug out an old fire-resistant lock box from the back of my closet that I'm going to use to store my stuff in. Inside I already had my coin collection. I was curious and went through all my old coins and bills. I have various pieces of money from many, many different countries, but with my newf
Yesterday the Rotary Forum passed through our school. For those of you who don't know what the Rotary Club is, it's basically very similar to a foreign exchange student program. Speaking to us that day were: A student from Wisconsin sent to the Czech Republic, a girl from Malaysia, a (rather attractive) girl from Italy, a guy from Brzil, one from Mexico, Spain, Russia, Sweden, and South Korea. It was amazing. First of all, Italian is a beautiful language. The guy from Spain had that awesome cast
