Yay! River didn't leave! I was worried that when it said "Ponds are leaving forever" that River would also be leaving, as she is technically a Pond in her own right. But, thankfully, she is not. I assume that she'll be there for a LONG time! Or, at least, I hope she will be! She better be, or I'll be quite sad. Though, the River we saw last night was very close to dying. She had just become a professor, so that means she'll be on her way to the Library at some point in the near future. I REALLY hope we get to see the scene in which The Doctor give River his screwdriver. THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE. Anyway, the episode last night was SO SAD. AMY AND RORY ARE GONE! FOREVER!! ASDJASHFKAJFHKAFJ!!! Anyway, OSWIN ON CHRISTMAS!! Yay!
Happy (most likely) last post for September! HELLO OCTOBER!!! ONE MORE MONTH UNTIL THE END OF SPEECH CLASS!! SO EXCITED
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
One giant incestuous orgy of awkward and facepalming
Hello everyone! I am incredibly bored. Also, ignore the title. It is a favorite quote of mine from The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. It has nothing to do with the entry, but it is too hilarious not to share. I think that is going to be my default title when I can't think of a title. YES! That will be incredible. For some reason, incredible seems to be my word. I've been using it a lot recently. Anyway, GUESS WHAT?!?!?! Apparently, there is an entire of genre of music based off of Doctor Who! How incredibly amazing is that? It's called Trock. It's short for Time Lord Rock, which is epic. My favorite song is Everything is Ending. It's about The Doctor and Amy when they kissed in the episodes in series 5 with the Angels (I can't remember its name :P, I think it's called The Time of Angels). SPEAKING OF ANGELS, TONIGHT IS THE SERIES 7.0 FINALE OF DOCTOR WHO! THE ANGELS TAKE MANHATTAN! ADHASFJAHSKFJHAFKAH GOODBYE AMY AND RORY! Forever this time...There will be a lot of crying tonight probably. What? You're surprised that I cry at TV shows? Fuck you, bitches, I have feelings! I cried at the end of Series 2 (OHMYNONEXISTENTGODS ROSE), the end of Series 4 (OHMYNONEXISTENTGOD DONNA), and at the end of The End of Time (OHMYNONEXISTENTGOD TEN). I will most likely cry tonight for the Fall of the Ponds (as Matt Smith has called it). But, then, at Christmas, WE GET CLARA OSWIN/OSWIN OSWALD!! Yay! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the incest (title reference FTW).
Friday, September 28, 2012
Whoa, friends exist
Hey all! So, yay! I have friends! I just spent basically the last 3 hours on various google plus hangouts with various friends. It was really fun actually. The first one was me, Erika, and Mathieu. That one was just weird and hilarious. Mathieu ended up finding two balls in his couch, and we kept joking about "Mathieu's Balls." It was really funny! Then, next came me and Erika for like 10 minutes, and then, Erika's friend Alex joined. She met him this summer at camp or whatnot and apparently they were like instafriends. He was pretty cool. Then Noah got on and le awkward began. They both put on good faces for Alex, but I knew both of them were feeling incredibly awkward and felt the other one hated them. I mostly knew this because they kept chatting me that. Noah has some things in his mind that I know aren't true, but he thinks they are and won't believe me. I wish I could say it here, but if Erika reads it, it could be bad. I have a great analogy to make him sure that it's wrong, but I didn't think of it until after I just plain told him he was wrong. I'll think of a way to tell him in person on monday or something.
Anyway, FRIENDS ARE FUN! I met a new friend tonight too, which was fun times. Yay for social lives! Even if they're virtual ones!
Anyway, FRIENDS ARE FUN! I met a new friend tonight too, which was fun times. Yay for social lives! Even if they're virtual ones!
Have I started a revolution?
Hello persons! I don't actually mean like a revolution in the sense of like "LET'S RISE UP AND KILL THE GOVERNMENT WITH OUR ARMY OF PENGUANDACORNS!!" I mean a revolution of blogging. Back in June, Sarah told me to get a blog (which I guess would make her the starter of this revolution, but I did most of the work so I win). I did, and ended up having an awesome time posting about my life. I know no one on the interwebs actually cares about my life, but I do and some of my friends (hopefully!) do, so that's why I do it. So, after I got a blog, then my friend Aki got a blog. It basically stayed that way for a while. Actually at first her and Sarah were the only ones that knew about my blog. But then she told my other friends in August. It's not as though I didn't want them to know, it was really just that I hadn't talked to them all that much over the summer. Anyway, after they knew, Noah decided he would get one. He got one, then NEVER USED IT. So, I had given up on that aspect. But, then yesterday, he got one! My second victim! Mwahahahahahaha! Now, as we speak, my other friend (lol like I only have 2 friends) Erika is getting one too! I HAVE BEGUN THE MAGICAL AWESOMENESS! (Sorry words failed there) I shall post her URL once it actually exists. It has begun...the teenage bloggers shall take over the interwebs with our army of PENGUANDACORNS!!!!!!
EDIT: Here is the URL: http://simplyimperfect210.blogspot.com
^two colons FTW
EDIT: Here is the URL: http://simplyimperfect210.blogspot.com
^two colons FTW
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Noah got a blog!
http://darkerseuss.blogspot.com
NOAH WRITES POETRY WHOA! NO ONE KNEW THIS!! Well, that's him. Enjoy. And, Aki, Noah wants to keep it a secret, so don't tell anyone.
NOAH WRITES POETRY WHOA! NO ONE KNEW THIS!! Well, that's him. Enjoy. And, Aki, Noah wants to keep it a secret, so don't tell anyone.
That awkward moment when...
Hey yinz (PITTSBURGHESE FTW). The bet is gone so I can blog now! YAY!
So, today, something incredibly sad happened. Today, Noah and Erika, my two best friends who also happened to be dating, broke up. This is incredibly sad for many reasons, some of them selfish, and some of them legitimate. One of the legitimate reasons it's sad is because it makes my two best friends sad. It's never fun when your two best friends are sad. Never. The selfish reason to that is that I have to try and make BOTH of them feel better. Which is really hard. Erika feels like the biggest bitch of all time right now. The group right now is her first real, stable, friends in a very long time. I'm not sure if I can actually say the reason on here, but I will anyway because Aki wants to know. Erika and Noah have been going out for a long time now, 7 months. Recently, though, Erika says she feels like the relationship between her and Noah has been more of a friendship than a real relationship. The example she gave me was like when they said "I love you" it felt more like when friends say it instead of like couples saying it. I kind of understand where she is coming from. I also don't a bit, but it's not my place to question. A half selfish/half legitimate reason this breakup sucks is that it could make the group go bye-bye. Erika wants to stay friends with Noah and keep the group stable, but Noah isn't quite willing to forgive and forget so fast. I am trying my hardest to get him to keep things normal, but I don't know how long it will last. Erika is incredibly (apparently that is my word of the day. I have used it so much today...weird) scared that she will get kicked out of the group or something. I don't think that could happen, but if Noah starts kind of ignoring her I'm afraid that that could really really hurt her and I don't think she needs to be given any more reasons to be sad right now. But I also kind of get where Noah is coming from. MERAHJAGHASKDKASJF CONFLICTION (is that a word??) I think we all just need to get through the awkwardness and go back to being an awesome group of friends. Now, I guess, it's my job to get both of them through the awkwardness and back into the light (cliché ftw).
Let the complicated times begin!
So, today, something incredibly sad happened. Today, Noah and Erika, my two best friends who also happened to be dating, broke up. This is incredibly sad for many reasons, some of them selfish, and some of them legitimate. One of the legitimate reasons it's sad is because it makes my two best friends sad. It's never fun when your two best friends are sad. Never. The selfish reason to that is that I have to try and make BOTH of them feel better. Which is really hard. Erika feels like the biggest bitch of all time right now. The group right now is her first real, stable, friends in a very long time. I'm not sure if I can actually say the reason on here, but I will anyway because Aki wants to know. Erika and Noah have been going out for a long time now, 7 months. Recently, though, Erika says she feels like the relationship between her and Noah has been more of a friendship than a real relationship. The example she gave me was like when they said "I love you" it felt more like when friends say it instead of like couples saying it. I kind of understand where she is coming from. I also don't a bit, but it's not my place to question. A half selfish/half legitimate reason this breakup sucks is that it could make the group go bye-bye. Erika wants to stay friends with Noah and keep the group stable, but Noah isn't quite willing to forgive and forget so fast. I am trying my hardest to get him to keep things normal, but I don't know how long it will last. Erika is incredibly (apparently that is my word of the day. I have used it so much today...weird) scared that she will get kicked out of the group or something. I don't think that could happen, but if Noah starts kind of ignoring her I'm afraid that that could really really hurt her and I don't think she needs to be given any more reasons to be sad right now. But I also kind of get where Noah is coming from. MERAHJAGHASKDKASJF CONFLICTION (is that a word??) I think we all just need to get through the awkwardness and go back to being an awesome group of friends. Now, I guess, it's my job to get both of them through the awkwardness and back into the light (cliché ftw).
Let the complicated times begin!
Loopholes for the win
Hi everyone! I'm writing this on September 24th, 2012. Now, according to the contract, a post cannot APPEAR on my blog, but that does not stop me from writing them and waiting until October 5th to post them. Yay!
Anyway, why is someone this stupid allowed to run for president? That's just sad. If someone opened the windows on an airplane, the pressure would be greatly altered, the level of oxygen would greatly decrease and the passengers would most likely die. I can't believe he wants the windows of airplanes to open? This is stupid. He even has "plans" for NASA! He says (paraphrased obnoxiously) "a better NASA doesn't need more money! It just needs to be told what to do more!" Wow...that's just bad. NASA needs more money. That's a fact. This is where Uwingu is going to hopefully help. THEY MET THEIR $75K GOAL! Yay!
Anyway, if Romney wins the election in November, I will move to the Moon. Oh, wait? WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GET THERE!!! I will just move to England, because thankfully (at least right now) airplane windows DO NOT open.
Bet gone so can post yay
Anyway, why is someone this stupid allowed to run for president? That's just sad. If someone opened the windows on an airplane, the pressure would be greatly altered, the level of oxygen would greatly decrease and the passengers would most likely die. I can't believe he wants the windows of airplanes to open? This is stupid. He even has "plans" for NASA! He says (paraphrased obnoxiously) "a better NASA doesn't need more money! It just needs to be told what to do more!" Wow...that's just bad. NASA needs more money. That's a fact. This is where Uwingu is going to hopefully help. THEY MET THEIR $75K GOAL! Yay!
Anyway, if Romney wins the election in November, I will move to the Moon. Oh, wait? WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GET THERE!!! I will just move to England, because thankfully (at least right now) airplane windows DO NOT open.
Bet gone so can post yay
Umm, no. Sorry, that's not allowed
Hello everyone! I am writing this on Tuesday September 25th. I just watched the penultimate episode of Warehouse 13's season 4.0. THEY DID SOME SHIT IN THIS EPISODE.
First off, making Artie the "evil he would have to live with for the rest of his days" was brilliant. It makes far more sense than making some random dude just hate him for changing time. So obvious yet so unexpected. BRILLIANT! Also the re-appearence of Jeri Ryan was awesome. Love to see some Star Trek people on current TV now and then. Actually, this was a twofer for Star Trek people. Brent Spiner was also there. He played Data in TNG. Anyway, that was cool. The plot of this episode was also just really good. Anyway, THEY KILLED LEENA!!! NOOOOOO! She was the most mysterious character in WH13 who needed for more development before I would have at least been slightly more okay with her being killed off. Hopefully next week (or, in your timeline, a week ago) she will be (or will have been. That's the trouble with time travel, too many weird tenses) somehow revived. Even though Leena has been there from the pilot, we still no nothing about her, or at least barely anything. THIS IS SO NOT COOL, BROS!
The bet is now gone so I can post this yay!
First off, making Artie the "evil he would have to live with for the rest of his days" was brilliant. It makes far more sense than making some random dude just hate him for changing time. So obvious yet so unexpected. BRILLIANT! Also the re-appearence of Jeri Ryan was awesome. Love to see some Star Trek people on current TV now and then. Actually, this was a twofer for Star Trek people. Brent Spiner was also there. He played Data in TNG. Anyway, that was cool. The plot of this episode was also just really good. Anyway, THEY KILLED LEENA!!! NOOOOOO! She was the most mysterious character in WH13 who needed for more development before I would have at least been slightly more okay with her being killed off. Hopefully next week (or, in your timeline, a week ago) she will be (or will have been. That's the trouble with time travel, too many weird tenses) somehow revived. Even though Leena has been there from the pilot, we still no nothing about her, or at least barely anything. THIS IS SO NOT COOL, BROS!
The bet is now gone so I can post this yay!
Sunday, September 23, 2012
1...I'm still a liar
THIS IS DEFINITELY MY PENULTIMATE POST OKAY? This is kind of setting the stage for my last one. Well, maybe. I don't really know. My last one's title will start with 0 instead of 1. Just thought you should all know that. Anyway, I WILL MISS YOU ALL. BYE! AND PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DONATE TO UWINGU!!!!
1...I lied
So, that was not my penultimate entry. This will probably be. MORE PEOPLE NEED TO DONATE TO UWINGU. Look at my sidebar thing. PRESS THE DONATE BUTTON. GIVE UWINGU LOTS OF MONEY! It would mean a lot to them. Their idea is one of the best I've heard in recent times. IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. I wish them good luck.
1...AHHH
So I have too much stuff going on this week. In class essay in english on monday, I have to give a speech on tuesday, I have a 94 minute chem test on thursday, and finally a math test on friday. On top of all of that I can't complain to my wonderful readers. ARHJDKAHSFLKJAHGklbvsdlkjfhdaslkjfef lkadsbvsxk SAD. PANTS PANTS PANTS. This bet is weird. We should all win something if we don't break, but we don't. KJDHsalkJfhlkjvnds. Well, this is probably the penultimate entry before the silence. BYEZ
1...anyone got $10K to spare?
If you do, DONATE IT TO UWINGU!! There's 32 hours left in the campaign, and they need about $10K to reach their startup goal. HELP THEM OUT AND PLEASE DONATE DONATE DONATE!!
Yay I found out how to embed!
Yay I found out how to embed!
1...I don't need this
So I updated my phone to iOS 6 and signed into facebook...NOW ALL OF MY FRIENDS ARE CONTACTS IN MY PHONE. WHY?! I DON'T WANT THAT OR NEED THAT!!
Oh, and: Yay! 50th post!
Oh, and: Yay! 50th post!
1...Scientific calculators are awesome
So, for my Chem test on thursday, I will have to be able to convert units to other units. I can do this, but I realized that my calculator has a UNIT CONVERTER app, which is incredibly useful. I don't really think I'll use it, but it's nice to have in case I get stuck. Yay!
1...Okay, so I have no ability to feel cold apparently
I forgot to blog about this yesterday, but yesterday night, I went to get ice cream. It was like 45ºF maybe, possibly colder. I didn't even wear a coat. I was in short sleeves standing in line at Rita's waiting to eat COLD ice cream, and I wasn't really that cold. Then we got ice cream and I started eating it, and I still wasn't cold. My dad was FREEZING and he was wearing a COAT and didn't even have his ice cream yet.
So, apparently I just can't feel cold. That's cool, I guess. (BADUM PSHHH) (stupid puns FTW)
So, apparently I just can't feel cold. That's cool, I guess. (BADUM PSHHH) (stupid puns FTW)
Saturday, September 22, 2012
1...Oh noes It's my last day
I know, I know, it's not actually sunday yet. But I want to make my sunday post before like 11 tomorrow, so I am making it now because I am about to go to sleep. I AM SO TIRED. Remember how my dogs woke me up this morning? Well that's why I'm tired. I still know exactly what my last post will be tomorrow. AHAHA so perfect. WELL I AM GOING TO SLEEP NOW GOODNIGHT
And, remember, DONATE TO UWINGU!!!!!!
And, remember, DONATE TO UWINGU!!!!!!
2...Help Uwingu Fly!
Uwingu!
Now that I've confused you, I shall explain. Uwingu is a new way of funding scientific research. It's and Indiegogo (similar to Kickstarter) project that needs $75,000 by Monday September 24th, after which it will become a self-sufficient thing. They currently have $64,156 and 60 hours left. At this point, I'm not sure if they will succeed. It was a WONDERFUL idea, and if these things didn't have deadlines, once they had reached their $75,000 goal, it would have been amazing.
Read about it here
Donate here
Please help Uwingu change the future of space exploration!
Now that I've confused you, I shall explain. Uwingu is a new way of funding scientific research. It's and Indiegogo (similar to Kickstarter) project that needs $75,000 by Monday September 24th, after which it will become a self-sufficient thing. They currently have $64,156 and 60 hours left. At this point, I'm not sure if they will succeed. It was a WONDERFUL idea, and if these things didn't have deadlines, once they had reached their $75,000 goal, it would have been amazing.
Read about it here
Donate here
Please help Uwingu change the future of space exploration!
2...Wow I am so bored right now
I don't really know what to do with my life right now. I have just been kind of clicking between various websites. I am really bored. There's a new Doctor Who tonight, so that's good. Then next week is the last episode of the Ponds. I am frankly ready for them to leave. BRING ON TEH OSWIN. I wish there wasn't school this week. Or at least on monday. I realized today that I have to wear dress clothes on Monday whilst also having PE. I don't think that will work. I can't change out of them, because I can't re-tie a tie. So I'm either going to not go to PE or something. Maybe Coach C will let us not be there because we shouldn't have to be sweaty for our pictures! That makes sense, let's use that as an excuse. Anyway, I'm still bored. AKJDHKJAG<
2...Yay! 75 points!
So, I just got back from the toastmasters meeting. It was interesting. The people were really nice. Almost everyone there knew who Mrs. Holmes was. She was apparently one of the founders of the one we went to. I didn't do a table topic, as predicted, but Jon did. He did pretty well, but he only went for 38 seconds, and the minimum was a minute. Thankfully these weren't graded. I probably should have done one, but I didn't. Anyway, yay for 75 speech points!
2...Toastmasters
Hey! Guess what? Today I get 75 points in Speech class because I'm going to a Toastmasters meeting with Jon! YAY! FINALLY A SPEECH ASSIGNMENT THAT I WILL GET 100% ON! I could get 85/75 if I do a table topic, but that would involve speaking in front of people who I do not know, so I am not going to do that! BUT YAY I GET 75 POINTS!
2...My dogs are evil
WHY THE CRAP AM I UP NOW?! I shall tell you why...my dogs fucking bark way too much. They woke me up ay 6:40 and now I can't get back to sleep.
It's that suckish moment when you go to sleep with a headache, but then wake up feeling like you're getting another one...
Hurray! 42nd post!
It's that suckish moment when you go to sleep with a headache, but then wake up feeling like you're getting another one...
Hurray! 42nd post!
2...And the countdown continues
Two more days. This will be so annoying. I thought of a good way to begin the two week of no blogging. It's actually perfect, but none of my readers will get it. But it's too perfect for words. I am so ready to post it. It will be wondrous. The only thing I can say is that Aki may not want to read it, as it spoils something in later Who episodes. But, as you already spoiled things by using the Wiki, you probably already know it. BUT IT IS THE PERFECT WAY TO BEGIN THE TWO WEEKS. I hope you all enjoy when the post appears, as it will be the last post here for TWO WEEKS. Meh. Evil friends are evil. EEEEEEVVVVVIIILLLL!!!
Friday, September 21, 2012
3...Dear "cool people"
They didn't name a candy after you, did they?
Sincerely,
Nerds
Epic win is epically winning
Sincerely,
Nerds
Epic win is epically winning
3...I need to do this one day
Run into a store, ask what year it is. Then, when the person answers, shout "IT WORKED!" and run out of the store cheering.
OMNG THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. ONE OF MY FRIENDS PLEASE DO THIS WITH ME THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.
3...George Takei is my favorite person
I've been going through his photos on Facebook, AND THEY ARE HILARIOUS.
That is all. I told you these posts will be stupid and bullshit.
That is all. I told you these posts will be stupid and bullshit.
3...I don't even know
So, I had this unofficial goal (unofficial as in like a "hey, it would be cool if this happened" kind of thing) of getting 50 posts by the end of September. It doesn't seem as thought that's going to happen now does it? WRONG! I'm just going to post the most bullshit posts this weekend. I AM GOING TO MAKE IT TO 50! Technically, if you count my old blog, I was at 50 in like July, but I wanted to get to 50 here! AND I WILL. PREPARE FOR LIKE 10 POSTS TOMORROW! BOOM! WIN!
kthxbai
kthxbai
3...And the countdown begins
Hello my lovely children of the internets (that's never going to go away you know)! First off, why don't we start with some news?
Today was school, in which something happened that I will get to later. But, class-wise, it was okay. Started with PE, in which we played volleyball. I AM REALLY REALLY BAD AT VOLLEYBALL. Also, the teacher is teaching us things that are just plain wrong. For example, the way you bump is NOT by pulling one of your hands into the most awkward position ever, even though he seems to think it is. And, as far as I know, and I could be wrong about this, setters DO NOT stand with their backs to the net. That would just be weird. Anyway, that was PE. I hate it. Then came SPEECH. We all know my feelings about that class. Today wasn't bad. I thought I was doing my demo speech (which I was supposed to do both wednesday and thursday, both of which days I did not for different reasons), but I didn't have to. I am apparently going next tuesday, with an entire double free to mentally prepare myself in, which is wonderful. Anyway, after speech came math, in which we did nothing. Then came history, in which we learned about stuff that happened in the past. Also in that class Mathieu, Erika, and I discussed over Skype (while we were supposed to be paying attention lawlz) the terms for the thing I shall talk about after I finish with my "news." Then came Chemistry. I love that class. Mr. Marx is fucking crazy. Also, I got my test back. I got a 31/32. GOOD GRADES FTW! Then came lunch, in which Noah, Rohun, and I were on the Terrace (Pronounced tar-us). Also at lunch Mathieu and Erika wrote up the terms for this vague thing I have been alluding to, and we also signed them. Then came Spanish, in which nothing really happened. I watched Alberto play Canvas Rider, looked through the APOD Archive (in which I found my new desktop background. TWO GALAXIES COLLIDING), and I also classified a few galaxies on Galaxy Zoo. Then, last period, was a free. I didn't really do anything during this free. It was basically me watching Mathieu and Rohun play stupid video games.
Anyway, now to be more specific about what I have been alluding to. Some of you may be wondering "What's up with the title?" I shall tell you what's up with the title, but first, a little background. So, on wednesday A week, Noah, Erika, and I all have a free third period. Noah decided to play Minecraft, which is a stupid game that has no point. Erika and I said that we both think that he could not go for two weeks without playing it. It was pretty much just an opinion that we both share, and I never really expected anything to come out of it. But, did something come out of it? YES! Somehow I got tangled up in this web of bets. Noah has to go two weeks without playing minecraft, or watching minecraft related videos. Mathieu has to go two weeks without playing minecraft or going on Reddit. Erika has to go two weeks without drawing. Emma has to go two weeks without video games. And, finally, I, yes I, have to go two weeks without blogging. So, as this starts on Monday, I have three days left until I will not talk to any of you until October 6th. There are punishments too! But, the weird thing is we're on "teams" and if one person from the team breaks, EVERYONE ON THE TEAM HAS TO DO THEIR PUNISHMENT. The teams are Noah and Mathieu, against Me, Erika, and Emma (Wait, why did I get the all girls team?). Noah's punishment is that, if he breaks, he has to take two of his meds and let us film him (he acts high and it's HILARIOUS), and he has to wear suits to school for a week. Mathieu's punishment is that he has to go to semi-formal, and let us film him saying "Girl, your hair is GORGEOUS!" (which is funny), Erika's punishment is Mathieu and Noah get to poke her five times so she squeeks, and they get to pick what she wears for a week. Emma's punishment is probably the easiest, Mathieu gets five chances to poke her so she collapses (long story), and she has to share her food. My punishment is EVIL. If either me, Erika, or Emma break, I HAVE TO GO TO FUCKING SEMI-FORMAL. WHY!?!?!?!?!? If any of them break, I will KILL THEM. If I do end up having to go, I'm going to be a FUCKING REBEL. I'm going to go in SWEATS AND A T-SHIRT. WINZ.
Anyway, wish me luck! I shall stop talking on Sunday night. But before then, I will probably talk more than ever before! JKHADKJASDH
Today was school, in which something happened that I will get to later. But, class-wise, it was okay. Started with PE, in which we played volleyball. I AM REALLY REALLY BAD AT VOLLEYBALL. Also, the teacher is teaching us things that are just plain wrong. For example, the way you bump is NOT by pulling one of your hands into the most awkward position ever, even though he seems to think it is. And, as far as I know, and I could be wrong about this, setters DO NOT stand with their backs to the net. That would just be weird. Anyway, that was PE. I hate it. Then came SPEECH. We all know my feelings about that class. Today wasn't bad. I thought I was doing my demo speech (which I was supposed to do both wednesday and thursday, both of which days I did not for different reasons), but I didn't have to. I am apparently going next tuesday, with an entire double free to mentally prepare myself in, which is wonderful. Anyway, after speech came math, in which we did nothing. Then came history, in which we learned about stuff that happened in the past. Also in that class Mathieu, Erika, and I discussed over Skype (while we were supposed to be paying attention lawlz) the terms for the thing I shall talk about after I finish with my "news." Then came Chemistry. I love that class. Mr. Marx is fucking crazy. Also, I got my test back. I got a 31/32. GOOD GRADES FTW! Then came lunch, in which Noah, Rohun, and I were on the Terrace (Pronounced tar-us). Also at lunch Mathieu and Erika wrote up the terms for this vague thing I have been alluding to, and we also signed them. Then came Spanish, in which nothing really happened. I watched Alberto play Canvas Rider, looked through the APOD Archive (in which I found my new desktop background. TWO GALAXIES COLLIDING), and I also classified a few galaxies on Galaxy Zoo. Then, last period, was a free. I didn't really do anything during this free. It was basically me watching Mathieu and Rohun play stupid video games.
Anyway, now to be more specific about what I have been alluding to. Some of you may be wondering "What's up with the title?" I shall tell you what's up with the title, but first, a little background. So, on wednesday A week, Noah, Erika, and I all have a free third period. Noah decided to play Minecraft, which is a stupid game that has no point. Erika and I said that we both think that he could not go for two weeks without playing it. It was pretty much just an opinion that we both share, and I never really expected anything to come out of it. But, did something come out of it? YES! Somehow I got tangled up in this web of bets. Noah has to go two weeks without playing minecraft, or watching minecraft related videos. Mathieu has to go two weeks without playing minecraft or going on Reddit. Erika has to go two weeks without drawing. Emma has to go two weeks without video games. And, finally, I, yes I, have to go two weeks without blogging. So, as this starts on Monday, I have three days left until I will not talk to any of you until October 6th. There are punishments too! But, the weird thing is we're on "teams" and if one person from the team breaks, EVERYONE ON THE TEAM HAS TO DO THEIR PUNISHMENT. The teams are Noah and Mathieu, against Me, Erika, and Emma (Wait, why did I get the all girls team?). Noah's punishment is that, if he breaks, he has to take two of his meds and let us film him (he acts high and it's HILARIOUS), and he has to wear suits to school for a week. Mathieu's punishment is that he has to go to semi-formal, and let us film him saying "Girl, your hair is GORGEOUS!" (which is funny), Erika's punishment is Mathieu and Noah get to poke her five times so she squeeks, and they get to pick what she wears for a week. Emma's punishment is probably the easiest, Mathieu gets five chances to poke her so she collapses (long story), and she has to share her food. My punishment is EVIL. If either me, Erika, or Emma break, I HAVE TO GO TO FUCKING SEMI-FORMAL. WHY!?!?!?!?!? If any of them break, I will KILL THEM. If I do end up having to go, I'm going to be a FUCKING REBEL. I'm going to go in SWEATS AND A T-SHIRT. WINZ.
Anyway, wish me luck! I shall stop talking on Sunday night. But before then, I will probably talk more than ever before! JKHADKJASDH
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Martin, the Moon Miner
Hello again children of the internets! I have decided that I actually WILL post my story from my testing today. It's kind of weird, but for me, it was quite creative! Here it is, I hope you enjoy:
Martin awoke one morning in his house on Luna Colony III. He ate breakfast and got ready to go to work at the Luna Colony Mining Station. He went over to the main section of the colony, and caught the transport to the mining station. He arrived at work and greeted his friends, and then proceeded to put on his spacesuit, which was needed because the moon has no atmosphere. He stepped outside and looked up at the Earth, which was in its full state, and the Hubble Space Telescope, which was still going after 57 years of taking images of far away nebulae and galaxies! He was in awe. He also loved coming out on the surface because he could get away from the artificial gravity that the colony provided and have some fun in 1/6th-g. He began his digging, but he soon came across a tablet. This tablet looked ancient. It had a language on it that he had never before seen in his life. He decided he would go take this inside and show it to his boss. His boss told him that he should send it back to Earth to be analyzed. Martin did just that, he sent it to Caltech in Los Angeles. After waiting for about a month, the results came back. He didn't really think he discovered "ancient lunar life" but he was curious to find out exactly what he DID discover, perhaps remains of the ancient Apollo missions <side note>Okay, if it was only 57 years after Hubble was launched, Apollo wasn't "ancient" yet, but it sounded cool okay?</side note>. He opened the envelope and was amazed. The language on the tablet was like no language ever before seen on Planet Earth, and the tablet contained fossilized remains of bacteria that had a different genetic code from Earth bacteria. Martin had discovered a separate genesis of life! He was truly amazed. He later won the Nobel Prize for discovery. <side note>I don't think there is a Nobel Prize for that, but it worked in the story so shut up</side note> He then used the money from the prize to buy a nice house on Mars for him, his wife, and their three children, and they all lived happily ever after.
So, that was my story. It was very odd, and the ending was a bit abrupt, but it was very creative, especially for me with only 5 minutes to think of a plot and write it!
And if you didn't read my entry about all of my testing, here it is.
Martin awoke one morning in his house on Luna Colony III. He ate breakfast and got ready to go to work at the Luna Colony Mining Station. He went over to the main section of the colony, and caught the transport to the mining station. He arrived at work and greeted his friends, and then proceeded to put on his spacesuit, which was needed because the moon has no atmosphere. He stepped outside and looked up at the Earth, which was in its full state, and the Hubble Space Telescope, which was still going after 57 years of taking images of far away nebulae and galaxies! He was in awe. He also loved coming out on the surface because he could get away from the artificial gravity that the colony provided and have some fun in 1/6th-g. He began his digging, but he soon came across a tablet. This tablet looked ancient. It had a language on it that he had never before seen in his life. He decided he would go take this inside and show it to his boss. His boss told him that he should send it back to Earth to be analyzed. Martin did just that, he sent it to Caltech in Los Angeles. After waiting for about a month, the results came back. He didn't really think he discovered "ancient lunar life" but he was curious to find out exactly what he DID discover, perhaps remains of the ancient Apollo missions <side note>Okay, if it was only 57 years after Hubble was launched, Apollo wasn't "ancient" yet, but it sounded cool okay?</side note>. He opened the envelope and was amazed. The language on the tablet was like no language ever before seen on Planet Earth, and the tablet contained fossilized remains of bacteria that had a different genetic code from Earth bacteria. Martin had discovered a separate genesis of life! He was truly amazed. He later won the Nobel Prize for discovery. <side note>I don't think there is a Nobel Prize for that, but it worked in the story so shut up</side note> He then used the money from the prize to buy a nice house on Mars for him, his wife, and their three children, and they all lived happily ever after.
So, that was my story. It was very odd, and the ending was a bit abrupt, but it was very creative, especially for me with only 5 minutes to think of a plot and write it!
And if you didn't read my entry about all of my testing, here it is.
Wow, that was thorough
Hello children of the internets (still your name)! Remember my entry yesterday about how I didn't have to go to school because of educational testing? Well that happened today. Let's talk about it, shall we?
I woke up at 8 to get picked up at 8:40 to get there by 9. It was awesome because I went to bed around 11:30 last night, so I got 8.5 hours of sleep, WHICH WAS WONDERFUL! So we got there around 8:55, and we ended up standing outside of the wrong suite for about 20 minutes. The suites in this building are laid out oddly, they have a number and a letter. The problem is the letter is only specified at the beginning of the hallway. We were supposed to be outside of 207C, but we kept knocking on 207D (without knowing), until the person in there finally asked why we were knocking on their door. Come to think of it, we were knocking for about 20 minutes, and why the person didn't answer the door like any normal person would, is beyond me.
Anyway, we got to the correct suite around 9:20. Dr. Slomka (the dude who was doing my testing) didn't seem to care (or even notice). Anyway, the testing began around 9:30. We started with a "simple" drawing thingy. I was given a design of some sort, and had to re-draw it under it. The first ones were easy because they were just lines. But, then came the REALLY HARD ones, like cubes, and tesseracts (at least I thought it looked like a tesseract) and some sort of crazy ring system that I just failed at.
Then came some other tests and stuff. I think from this point on I'm going to talk about specific tests that were either really hard, really easy, or ones I did really well at.
The memory tests were interesting. For one of them, I was given a sequence of numbers and I had to repeat them back to him in either the same order, or smallest to biggest, that one was both hard and easy. I did well, but it was kind of annoying. Another test was I was given a sequence of letters and numbers, and I had to group the numbers into smallest to biggest, and put the letters in alphabetical order. That one was REALLY CHALLENGING, but I didn't get any of them wrong, surprisingly.
There was also the memory test in which you were told a story and had to repeat it back to him in as much detail as possible. I was told two stories, and I did really well with repeating them back. What I did not know was that I was going to be asked about them AGAIN a half hour later. What was interesting about that was that I gave more detail that time than before. My brain is weird. Another memory test (there were a lot of them) was you were given a list of 16 words, and had 4 tries to repeat as much of them back as you could. I got 9 of them on the first try. Apparently that's 4 words above average. I had gotten all of them by the third try. I was also asked about that list a half hour later, and I was able to remember 13 of the 16 words. I HAVE TOO GOOD OF A MEMORY OKAY.
Another test (not a memory one) I found rather interesting (and actually kind of fun) was where I was given a picture, and had to write a story with a beginning, middle, and end. My only restriction was that I had 5 minutes. Thankfully my picture was a picture of some guy on the moon, so I was able to come up with a really interesting story. It was about a guy named Martin, who lived on the Luna 3 colony and was a miner and he discovered evidence of ancient life on the moon. It's not scientifically accurate (especially because I said the Hubble telescope was still going after 57 years, which sadly won't happen), but that wasn't what they were going for, they wanted me to be creative, and I was. Yay! I was very proud of myself with that story. The only problem is I had to hand write it, so they probably won't be able to read it. :'( It was such a good story though! I may even post it later.
Anyway, the testing lasted from 9:30 to 3:30 with a one hour break for lunch at 12. The testing was REALLY thorough, and after the first three hours I felt like I would have rather been in school giving my speech, but it was worth it because now I get to have special accommodations for the SAT. Yay!
I woke up at 8 to get picked up at 8:40 to get there by 9. It was awesome because I went to bed around 11:30 last night, so I got 8.5 hours of sleep, WHICH WAS WONDERFUL! So we got there around 8:55, and we ended up standing outside of the wrong suite for about 20 minutes. The suites in this building are laid out oddly, they have a number and a letter. The problem is the letter is only specified at the beginning of the hallway. We were supposed to be outside of 207C, but we kept knocking on 207D (without knowing), until the person in there finally asked why we were knocking on their door. Come to think of it, we were knocking for about 20 minutes, and why the person didn't answer the door like any normal person would, is beyond me.
Anyway, we got to the correct suite around 9:20. Dr. Slomka (the dude who was doing my testing) didn't seem to care (or even notice). Anyway, the testing began around 9:30. We started with a "simple" drawing thingy. I was given a design of some sort, and had to re-draw it under it. The first ones were easy because they were just lines. But, then came the REALLY HARD ones, like cubes, and tesseracts (at least I thought it looked like a tesseract) and some sort of crazy ring system that I just failed at.
Then came some other tests and stuff. I think from this point on I'm going to talk about specific tests that were either really hard, really easy, or ones I did really well at.
The memory tests were interesting. For one of them, I was given a sequence of numbers and I had to repeat them back to him in either the same order, or smallest to biggest, that one was both hard and easy. I did well, but it was kind of annoying. Another test was I was given a sequence of letters and numbers, and I had to group the numbers into smallest to biggest, and put the letters in alphabetical order. That one was REALLY CHALLENGING, but I didn't get any of them wrong, surprisingly.
There was also the memory test in which you were told a story and had to repeat it back to him in as much detail as possible. I was told two stories, and I did really well with repeating them back. What I did not know was that I was going to be asked about them AGAIN a half hour later. What was interesting about that was that I gave more detail that time than before. My brain is weird. Another memory test (there were a lot of them) was you were given a list of 16 words, and had 4 tries to repeat as much of them back as you could. I got 9 of them on the first try. Apparently that's 4 words above average. I had gotten all of them by the third try. I was also asked about that list a half hour later, and I was able to remember 13 of the 16 words. I HAVE TOO GOOD OF A MEMORY OKAY.
Another test (not a memory one) I found rather interesting (and actually kind of fun) was where I was given a picture, and had to write a story with a beginning, middle, and end. My only restriction was that I had 5 minutes. Thankfully my picture was a picture of some guy on the moon, so I was able to come up with a really interesting story. It was about a guy named Martin, who lived on the Luna 3 colony and was a miner and he discovered evidence of ancient life on the moon. It's not scientifically accurate (especially because I said the Hubble telescope was still going after 57 years, which sadly won't happen), but that wasn't what they were going for, they wanted me to be creative, and I was. Yay! I was very proud of myself with that story. The only problem is I had to hand write it, so they probably won't be able to read it. :'( It was such a good story though! I may even post it later.
Anyway, the testing lasted from 9:30 to 3:30 with a one hour break for lunch at 12. The testing was REALLY thorough, and after the first three hours I felt like I would have rather been in school giving my speech, but it was worth it because now I get to have special accommodations for the SAT. Yay!
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
No speech, no school.
Hello my lovely children of the internets (THAT'S TOTALLY MY NEW NAME FOR MY READERS...I don't know why though). Guess what? I didn't have to do my speech today! That actually sucks. I was ready to get it over with, and just sit back for the next week and a half, but now that won't happen. Also, I got Noah to skip (with permission!) Latin for moral support, but since I didn't go, it was just stupid. I should probably tell you why I didn't go, shouldn't I? It's rather simple: technical difficulties. So, I needed to use my dad's computer because it had CCDOps and Photoshop. We were going to hook it up to the projector and it was going to be wonderful, but when we plugged it into the projector place, it didn't show up. We tried for 20 minutes to fix it, to no avail.
I would go tomorrow...but...I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL!!! I am getting educational testing done from 9 to 230, so I won't be at school. YAY! NO SPEECH TOMORROW!
In other news, today we went to CMU to watch a lecturey thing on campaigning in the time of Twitter. Supposedly it was for Spanish, but there was absolutely no Spanish spoken there. I have come to the conclusion that either Señor just used his classes as an excuse for him to go, or he just wanted to go to ask his question "Do you think young people are more stupid because of social media?" which was basically Señor telling us he hates social media. Either way, there was no real reason for us to go. But, we got to go to HAMERSCHLAG HALL, which is just fun to say. Apparently the hall was named after Arthur Arton Hamerschlag, which is just a ridiculous name. Anyway, Señor is crazy and I missed history. YAY!
I would go tomorrow...but...I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL!!! I am getting educational testing done from 9 to 230, so I won't be at school. YAY! NO SPEECH TOMORROW!
In other news, today we went to CMU to watch a lecturey thing on campaigning in the time of Twitter. Supposedly it was for Spanish, but there was absolutely no Spanish spoken there. I have come to the conclusion that either Señor just used his classes as an excuse for him to go, or he just wanted to go to ask his question "Do you think young people are more stupid because of social media?" which was basically Señor telling us he hates social media. Either way, there was no real reason for us to go. But, we got to go to HAMERSCHLAG HALL, which is just fun to say. Apparently the hall was named after Arthur Arton Hamerschlag, which is just a ridiculous name. Anyway, Señor is crazy and I missed history. YAY!
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Demo speech tomorrow!
Hello wonderful readers! I bet you miss my complaining about speech class right? I mean, I haven't done it in so long, I bet you're wishing for more. Well, your wish is my command, here is some speech class complaining!
So, tomorrow, I have to give my demonstration speech. For anyone who is too stupid to figure this out, a demonstration speech is a speech in which you demonstrate something. It may surprise people to know this, but I'm not INCREDIBLY nervous about this speech. I'm demonstrating how to process an astrophoto, which is something I know how to do rather well (Just look at my background, I made that!). The problem I see with this speech is that it won't be 10 minutes long. I'm going to attempt to keep my eye on the clock to see how long I've been going for, and if I'm close to the end and haven't gone 10 minutes...I actually don't know what I'll do at that point. I'll just curl up in a ball and go hide in a corner. Yeah, that's what I'll do. My other problem with this speech is that you need an outline. The outline apparently is 10 points of the grade. I don't think I even NEED an outline. I could do this speech by, well, just doing it. I'm not going to be looking at it. I know how to do this very well, and if anything this outline will DECREASE my grade since I don't know where the awkward pauses will be where I need fillers and I guess if I don't include that in the outline my grade will go down. I don't even know why my outline should even be a part of my grade! I mean, we're learning to MAKE SPEECHES, and if we can successfully do that without an outline, it shouldn't matter.
WISH ME SO MUCH LUCK!!!!
Also, Aki, you should skip Chemistry and come give me moral support! Also, Sarah, you should just skip school and show up at my speech class (starts at 1:30, but I'm last tomorrow so I don't really know what time I'll start, but you should just show up for the whole class. You can watch Sophia and Kayla give speeches too, I guess) and give me moral support too! And, if by some magical fluke Noah is reading this, you should skip Latin and come give me moral support as well!
HELP ME!!!
So, tomorrow, I have to give my demonstration speech. For anyone who is too stupid to figure this out, a demonstration speech is a speech in which you demonstrate something. It may surprise people to know this, but I'm not INCREDIBLY nervous about this speech. I'm demonstrating how to process an astrophoto, which is something I know how to do rather well (Just look at my background, I made that!). The problem I see with this speech is that it won't be 10 minutes long. I'm going to attempt to keep my eye on the clock to see how long I've been going for, and if I'm close to the end and haven't gone 10 minutes...I actually don't know what I'll do at that point. I'll just curl up in a ball and go hide in a corner. Yeah, that's what I'll do. My other problem with this speech is that you need an outline. The outline apparently is 10 points of the grade. I don't think I even NEED an outline. I could do this speech by, well, just doing it. I'm not going to be looking at it. I know how to do this very well, and if anything this outline will DECREASE my grade since I don't know where the awkward pauses will be where I need fillers and I guess if I don't include that in the outline my grade will go down. I don't even know why my outline should even be a part of my grade! I mean, we're learning to MAKE SPEECHES, and if we can successfully do that without an outline, it shouldn't matter.
WISH ME SO MUCH LUCK!!!!
Also, Aki, you should skip Chemistry and come give me moral support! Also, Sarah, you should just skip school and show up at my speech class (starts at 1:30, but I'm last tomorrow so I don't really know what time I'll start, but you should just show up for the whole class. You can watch Sophia and Kayla give speeches too, I guess) and give me moral support too! And, if by some magical fluke Noah is reading this, you should skip Latin and come give me moral support as well!
HELP ME!!!
Monday, September 17, 2012
Visiting my old school
Today, I visited my old school, Saint Edmund's Academy. When I went to that school, I hated it. But, I had a few teachers that I liked. So, that was the reason I wanted to visit. I would have visited last year, but as I was the only one from SEA at WT (acronyms are awesome) last year, I didn't want to visit alone because that would be awkward.
The day started out in front of the library. I was the first one there, arriving EXACTLY (I was very proud of myself for this) at 12. Then, 2ish minutes later, Akipo arrived, stating that she was "politely late." The next 20 minutes were spent in search of our friend Sarahpo. We tried calling her cell phone (failed), calling her house (failed), calling her FATHER'S phone (failed). We were even about to walk to her house! But, we decided that would be awkward and we walked back to the library. Then, Sarah appeared from the inside of the library. Apparently she had thought we were meeting inside. It was weird. We then went to brugger's for lunch. I didn't eat anything as I had eaten breakfast 1.5-2 hours ago, and I had just taken my meds. We then went to SEA. We got there as a group of people from the class below us were leaving. THE GUYS WERE SO TALL...made me feel short. Our first teacher we saw was our old history teacher Mrs. Patton. She talked to us the most and seemed the happiest to see us. We then went to see our old math teacher Mr. Tucek (Mr. T), he had people in his room and he was teaching them so we didn't really talk to him that much. We then went to try and see our old Latin teacher, but she wasn't there. We then went to go see our old English/history teacher Ms. Coyne. Aki was really the only one who wanted to see her, but we all ended up going. She was about to start teaching so we just talked to her across a room and had all of her students commenting. Next was Aki and my old Spanish teacher, Señora Pimentel. She was also really happy to see us, but she didn't remember Sarah...so that was awkward. She told Aki and me that she hasn't any other students as good as us, which was REALLY nice of her. Then we went to go see my old homeroom teacher/Sarah's french teacher, Mr. Jenkins. He is a really nice guy and he talked to us about stuff. Then we went down to go see Mrs. Scahill, the kindergarten teacher. She was excited to see us (mainly Aki, as they are volleyball people). Lastly we went to go see the new pre-k rooms and we attempted to see our old kindergarten buddies, but we didn't. Then we left and walked to Akipo's house, where we played Apples to Apples (Sarah slaughtered Akipo and me), played Mario Kart on Wii, and watched some Sherlock.
So, that was my day today. It was pretty fun.
The day started out in front of the library. I was the first one there, arriving EXACTLY (I was very proud of myself for this) at 12. Then, 2ish minutes later, Akipo arrived, stating that she was "politely late." The next 20 minutes were spent in search of our friend Sarahpo. We tried calling her cell phone (failed), calling her house (failed), calling her FATHER'S phone (failed). We were even about to walk to her house! But, we decided that would be awkward and we walked back to the library. Then, Sarah appeared from the inside of the library. Apparently she had thought we were meeting inside. It was weird. We then went to brugger's for lunch. I didn't eat anything as I had eaten breakfast 1.5-2 hours ago, and I had just taken my meds. We then went to SEA. We got there as a group of people from the class below us were leaving. THE GUYS WERE SO TALL...made me feel short. Our first teacher we saw was our old history teacher Mrs. Patton. She talked to us the most and seemed the happiest to see us. We then went to see our old math teacher Mr. Tucek (Mr. T), he had people in his room and he was teaching them so we didn't really talk to him that much. We then went to try and see our old Latin teacher, but she wasn't there. We then went to go see our old English/history teacher Ms. Coyne. Aki was really the only one who wanted to see her, but we all ended up going. She was about to start teaching so we just talked to her across a room and had all of her students commenting. Next was Aki and my old Spanish teacher, Señora Pimentel. She was also really happy to see us, but she didn't remember Sarah...so that was awkward. She told Aki and me that she hasn't any other students as good as us, which was REALLY nice of her. Then we went to go see my old homeroom teacher/Sarah's french teacher, Mr. Jenkins. He is a really nice guy and he talked to us about stuff. Then we went down to go see Mrs. Scahill, the kindergarten teacher. She was excited to see us (mainly Aki, as they are volleyball people). Lastly we went to go see the new pre-k rooms and we attempted to see our old kindergarten buddies, but we didn't. Then we left and walked to Akipo's house, where we played Apples to Apples (Sarah slaughtered Akipo and me), played Mario Kart on Wii, and watched some Sherlock.
So, that was my day today. It was pretty fun.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Roller Coasters
Hey readers. Welcome to the followup from my other post today. I think this could become a TOPIC. :O whoa. Here goes:
So, as you know, today I was at Kennywood (the amusement park in Pittsburgh) with my friends Sarah and Aki from middle school (Aki goes to my school now too) (yes Aki I'm starting this in a similar way you started yours). Sarah doesn't like rides, and at the beginning of today I didn't either. So, I wasn't sure what to really expect out of today in the way of rides (I WAS DEFINITELY NOT EXPECTING WHAT HAPPENED TO HAVE HAPPENED).
I guess a part of me felt bad because I knew Aki likes rides, and I knew if I wasn't going to go on any, she probably wouldn't have either, since Sarah and I would have just sat there while she went alone. I didn't want her to waste a whole visit to Kennywood just sitting with Sarah and me watching all the beautiful and wonderful rides pass her by. So, I decided to be *whoa* brave. I did this in a very odd way: by NOT taking drugs.
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For those of you who don't know, I have ADD. That is Attention Deficit Dissorder. I take medications for this every morning. They have side effects (mostly good ones, especially for school), they make me not hungry, and they make me think a lot more. So, by not taking them today, I was able to enjoy food with my friends at Kennywood, and not think too much whilst in lines of the "scary" rides. Though, I did think, just not about dying or stuff. I thought about EVERYTHING. Literally, everything. I just basically babbled the whole time we were in line for the Phantom's Revenge (biggest ride at Kennywood) about anything that was on my mind. Blogs, Doctor Who, Joe and Aki (lolz), me and my crush whose name I don't want to say in case she (or someone else who knows her) somehow reads this, Lizzie Bennet, Sherlock, Psych, Noah and Erika, school, etc. Surprisingly, I don't think I babbled about speech class, which is quite surprising. The babbling was to kind of calm myself down, but it had the unfortunate side effect of driving Aki INSANE. I'M SO SORRY AKI!!!!
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The first "ride" we went on was the carousel. That obviously wasn't scary for me, and I really only did it because Aki and Sarah wanted to. Then, next, was "The Racer." Sarah didn't go on this one. And, really, the only reason I went on it (and, in turn, the only reason I went on ANY rides today) was because I went on the racer (and, now that I think about it, the thunderbolt too) when I was in third grade, and I really liked them. I was with a very persuasive friend then too, his name was Billy Hoge, and somehow he managed to get me to go on rides. Similar to how Aki managed to get me to go on rides today. Anyway, the racer was really fun. But, I was really scared whilst in line (even though the line wasn't really that long). When we finally got on and got moving, I was just like "well, this will be interesting." Then, the butterflies (in my stomach, there were not random butterflies on the racer) showed up. For the first ride, they basically stayed in my stomach the whole time. But, after the first ride was over (OUR CAR WON), I wanted to go again. And we did. The second time the butterflies didn't stay as long. But they were definitely there. Then we got food. Specifically, fries. The Potato Patch has some of the best fries ever. Even when your low blood pressurey friend COVERS them with a crap ton of salt.
The next ride was "The Thunderbolt." That ride was more intense than the racer. A lot more intense. The butterflies were there a lot, but surprisingly less than the second time of racer. That ride was awesome. The thunderbolt is apparently unique for the fact that there is no climb in the beginning before its first drop. You just go forward...and then DOWN. It's pretty fun, but I was very scared in the line, and annoyed Aki with my babbling and questions like "Why am I doing this?" and statements like "I'm going to die." But, of course, I ended up LOVING it. We then went to do other things. Specifically, a SMALL ride called "The Turtle" which is basically little tiny car thingies going around in a circle. It was interesting. I used to love that ride when I was younger and didn't like big rides. But compared to the Thunderbolt, it was WEAK. Lots of inertia though. Then we went on the bumper cars, those were fun. We then went to get ice cream. It was omnomnom.
Then came the decision. We were going to go on a ride called "The Exterminator" but I wasn't sure about it, because it was inside and apparently a different kind of ride. So, Aki started to walk towards the entrance of "The Phantom's Revenge" and I just followed her. She apparently didn't expect that to work, but it did. We waited in line for about a half hour. Sarah was there for the first 10ish minutes. But, since part of the line is on a bridge, and Sarah doesn't like heights, she just left. The rest of the line was me babbling to Aki and asking questions like "Why am I doing this?" and saying things like "I'm going to die" and generally annoying the crap out of her (SORRY AKI). But, near the front, she uttered words that calmed me down a surprising amount: Everything we want in life is right outside our comfort zone (also the title of her entry for today, which also happens to be about a similar topic, so there's a link to it). The climb for the Phantom is REALLY LONG, and I ended up making Aki hold my hand (YES I AM A WHIMP GET AT ME BROS). Then, the ride began....and it was WONDEROUS. I loved it. IT WAS AWESOME. Then we went off to do other things, like get food. WE WAITED IN LINE AT THE POTATO PATCH FOR ALMOST AN HOUR. THAT SUCKED. We saw another middle school friend of ours, Meredith Tipper. That was interesting. It was awkward for me, because I am an awkward person in general. Then, Aki and I went on the Phantom again. THE BUTTERFLIES WERE BARELY THERE THAT TIME. It signified that I had basically mastered the art of roller coastering. I didn't even babble in the line. So, the Phantom is my new favorite coaster. Then, Aki and I went on "The Swing Shot" which is just a giant swing, so that was pretty fun. Then we went home.
So, today, I discovered roller coasters. Those things are addicting. They are kind of like drugs. I hate that I didn't discovered them earlier. Today was the last day Kennywood was open for the year. Except for fright night, which I am considering making my friends go to if The Phantom is open, so I can get Noah to go on it. BUT SERIOUSLY, ROLLER COASTERS ARE LIKE DRUGS IN THEIR ADDICTINGNESS. I loved them! Thank you Aki for making me do them! IT WAS AWESOME.
P.S. I'm sitting here on my couch, and when I sit VERY STILL, I actually feel like I'm on the falling part of a roller coaster...it's actually awesome. (HAHAHA IT'S KIND OF LIKE ACID FLASHBACKS...to continue the drug analogy).
P.P.S. Watching the virtual star party right now. Yay! NICOLE IS DRINKING FROM A TARDIS MUG. Swag...
So, as you know, today I was at Kennywood (the amusement park in Pittsburgh) with my friends Sarah and Aki from middle school (Aki goes to my school now too) (yes Aki I'm starting this in a similar way you started yours). Sarah doesn't like rides, and at the beginning of today I didn't either. So, I wasn't sure what to really expect out of today in the way of rides (I WAS DEFINITELY NOT EXPECTING WHAT HAPPENED TO HAVE HAPPENED).
I guess a part of me felt bad because I knew Aki likes rides, and I knew if I wasn't going to go on any, she probably wouldn't have either, since Sarah and I would have just sat there while she went alone. I didn't want her to waste a whole visit to Kennywood just sitting with Sarah and me watching all the beautiful and wonderful rides pass her by. So, I decided to be *whoa* brave. I did this in a very odd way: by NOT taking drugs.
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For those of you who don't know, I have ADD. That is Attention Deficit Dissorder. I take medications for this every morning. They have side effects (mostly good ones, especially for school), they make me not hungry, and they make me think a lot more. So, by not taking them today, I was able to enjoy food with my friends at Kennywood, and not think too much whilst in lines of the "scary" rides. Though, I did think, just not about dying or stuff. I thought about EVERYTHING. Literally, everything. I just basically babbled the whole time we were in line for the Phantom's Revenge (biggest ride at Kennywood) about anything that was on my mind. Blogs, Doctor Who, Joe and Aki (lolz), me and my crush whose name I don't want to say in case she (or someone else who knows her) somehow reads this, Lizzie Bennet, Sherlock, Psych, Noah and Erika, school, etc. Surprisingly, I don't think I babbled about speech class, which is quite surprising. The babbling was to kind of calm myself down, but it had the unfortunate side effect of driving Aki INSANE. I'M SO SORRY AKI!!!!
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The first "ride" we went on was the carousel. That obviously wasn't scary for me, and I really only did it because Aki and Sarah wanted to. Then, next, was "The Racer." Sarah didn't go on this one. And, really, the only reason I went on it (and, in turn, the only reason I went on ANY rides today) was because I went on the racer (and, now that I think about it, the thunderbolt too) when I was in third grade, and I really liked them. I was with a very persuasive friend then too, his name was Billy Hoge, and somehow he managed to get me to go on rides. Similar to how Aki managed to get me to go on rides today. Anyway, the racer was really fun. But, I was really scared whilst in line (even though the line wasn't really that long). When we finally got on and got moving, I was just like "well, this will be interesting." Then, the butterflies (in my stomach, there were not random butterflies on the racer) showed up. For the first ride, they basically stayed in my stomach the whole time. But, after the first ride was over (OUR CAR WON), I wanted to go again. And we did. The second time the butterflies didn't stay as long. But they were definitely there. Then we got food. Specifically, fries. The Potato Patch has some of the best fries ever. Even when your low blood pressurey friend COVERS them with a crap ton of salt.
The next ride was "The Thunderbolt." That ride was more intense than the racer. A lot more intense. The butterflies were there a lot, but surprisingly less than the second time of racer. That ride was awesome. The thunderbolt is apparently unique for the fact that there is no climb in the beginning before its first drop. You just go forward...and then DOWN. It's pretty fun, but I was very scared in the line, and annoyed Aki with my babbling and questions like "Why am I doing this?" and statements like "I'm going to die." But, of course, I ended up LOVING it. We then went to do other things. Specifically, a SMALL ride called "The Turtle" which is basically little tiny car thingies going around in a circle. It was interesting. I used to love that ride when I was younger and didn't like big rides. But compared to the Thunderbolt, it was WEAK. Lots of inertia though. Then we went on the bumper cars, those were fun. We then went to get ice cream. It was omnomnom.
Then came the decision. We were going to go on a ride called "The Exterminator" but I wasn't sure about it, because it was inside and apparently a different kind of ride. So, Aki started to walk towards the entrance of "The Phantom's Revenge" and I just followed her. She apparently didn't expect that to work, but it did. We waited in line for about a half hour. Sarah was there for the first 10ish minutes. But, since part of the line is on a bridge, and Sarah doesn't like heights, she just left. The rest of the line was me babbling to Aki and asking questions like "Why am I doing this?" and saying things like "I'm going to die" and generally annoying the crap out of her (SORRY AKI). But, near the front, she uttered words that calmed me down a surprising amount: Everything we want in life is right outside our comfort zone (also the title of her entry for today, which also happens to be about a similar topic, so there's a link to it). The climb for the Phantom is REALLY LONG, and I ended up making Aki hold my hand (YES I AM A WHIMP GET AT ME BROS). Then, the ride began....and it was WONDEROUS. I loved it. IT WAS AWESOME. Then we went off to do other things, like get food. WE WAITED IN LINE AT THE POTATO PATCH FOR ALMOST AN HOUR. THAT SUCKED. We saw another middle school friend of ours, Meredith Tipper. That was interesting. It was awkward for me, because I am an awkward person in general. Then, Aki and I went on the Phantom again. THE BUTTERFLIES WERE BARELY THERE THAT TIME. It signified that I had basically mastered the art of roller coastering. I didn't even babble in the line. So, the Phantom is my new favorite coaster. Then, Aki and I went on "The Swing Shot" which is just a giant swing, so that was pretty fun. Then we went home.
So, today, I discovered roller coasters. Those things are addicting. They are kind of like drugs. I hate that I didn't discovered them earlier. Today was the last day Kennywood was open for the year. Except for fright night, which I am considering making my friends go to if The Phantom is open, so I can get Noah to go on it. BUT SERIOUSLY, ROLLER COASTERS ARE LIKE DRUGS IN THEIR ADDICTINGNESS. I loved them! Thank you Aki for making me do them! IT WAS AWESOME.
P.S. I'm sitting here on my couch, and when I sit VERY STILL, I actually feel like I'm on the falling part of a roller coaster...it's actually awesome. (HAHAHA IT'S KIND OF LIKE ACID FLASHBACKS...to continue the drug analogy).
P.P.S. Watching the virtual star party right now. Yay! NICOLE IS DRINKING FROM A TARDIS MUG. Swag...
Akipo's mission was Successful
OMNG HI GUYS I JUST RODE ROLLER COASTERS!!! I rode the Phantom's Revenge (the biggest ride at Kennywood, which is the big amusement park of Pittsburgh). IT WAS SO MUCH FUN OMNG!!! I was really scared most of the time. Aki can tell you how scared I was, as I kept babbling the whole time because I was so nervous. I think I was close to driving her completely insane. I'M SO SORRY AKIPO!! BUT THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME GO ON RIDES THEY WERE REALLY FUN!! My favorite was the Phantom, which also happened to be the one I was most scared to go on. IT WAS AMAZING FUNNESS!! I want to go back to Kennywood with my other friends and go on rides with them. NOAH NEEDS TO GO ON THE PHANTOM!! I SHALL MAKE THAT HAPPEN!!! There's not much more I need to say. I still think it's saturday, and for all intents and purposes, it is. BUT IT'S SUNDAY AND THE VIRTUAL STAR PARTY COMES ON AT 11 YAY!! I AM SO EXCITED!! Then tomorrow is SEA visiting time, also with Akipo and Sarahpo. I'm excited to see Señora, Mr. T, and Mrs. Patton...Aki is excited to see Ms. Coyne....I don't understand why.
FUN TIMES HAPPENED TODAY YAY!!!
FUN TIMES HAPPENED TODAY YAY!!!
Saturday, September 15, 2012
So, I'm a lying liar
I know I said I'd write a topic today, but I don't really think I will. I don't know if I'll ever write this topic I've been wanting to. I probably will at some point, but not anytime soon. I think I'm going to make the topics at least a monthly thing (maybe more than once a month, but at least a monthly thing). And since I've done at least two topics for September, I feel no need to do another one now. I may do one before the end of the month, but I don't know. Anyway, here's another randomness post, because these are REALLY easy to write. I just write what I'm thinking. It's fun. Anyway here it is:
KENNEHWUD TOMORROW. Yayz. Sadly, I didn't end up having a social life today, but that was okay because I didn't really need one. Who needs a social life anyway? Those things are for square people. Did you know Kennywood admission is $38?!?! THAT'S RIDICULOUS!! Unless the food at that point was free, then it would all make sense. But, $38? That's a bit too much. My dad has to give me $60 so I'll be able to eat tomorrow. MONEYZ. Anyway, I'm bored. Oohhh you know a new thing I've gotten into? Rage comics! Those things are awesome. They are so accurate to real life. You should all read them, because they're fun. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY BAHISFDHKSADKJSAHDKJASHD! Anyway, TOMORROW SHALST BE FUN!!! WISH ME LUCK ON THE RIDES!!
Beanies are still stupid.
Here's a gif of David Tennant kissing John Barrowman and then Barrowman falls over, enjoy.
KENNEHWUD TOMORROW. Yayz. Sadly, I didn't end up having a social life today, but that was okay because I didn't really need one. Who needs a social life anyway? Those things are for square people. Did you know Kennywood admission is $38?!?! THAT'S RIDICULOUS!! Unless the food at that point was free, then it would all make sense. But, $38? That's a bit too much. My dad has to give me $60 so I'll be able to eat tomorrow. MONEYZ. Anyway, I'm bored. Oohhh you know a new thing I've gotten into? Rage comics! Those things are awesome. They are so accurate to real life. You should all read them, because they're fun. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY BAHISFDHKSADKJSAHDKJASHD! Anyway, TOMORROW SHALST BE FUN!!! WISH ME LUCK ON THE RIDES!!
Beanies are still stupid.
Here's a gif of David Tennant kissing John Barrowman and then Barrowman falls over, enjoy.
Friday, September 14, 2012
In which titles don't exist
Good news, everyone! (As you can tell, I'm watching Futurama) I don't know what to write again today!
So, the week is finally OVER!! YAYAYAY! I CAN SLEEP NOW!!! IT SHALL BE WONDERFUL!! Though I do have to get up early on sunday for my kennywood escapades with Akipo and Sarahpo (no more obnoxious hyperlinking). Keep in mind, early for me is not necessarily early for everyone. I think early is like 10:30. But I have to get up at like 8:30-9 on sunday, as I'm supposed to be at Sarahpo's at 9:30. Ooohh now I may not even be free tomorrow! We may be having a go-kart/rocket meeting tomorrow. OHMYNONEXISTENTGODS GUYSIES I MAY HAVE A COMPLETE SOCIAL LIFE THIS WEEKEND WHOA. New record! Anyway, I don't really know what to write right (lol) now. Guess what I'm doing right now? Reading my old Facebook chats with Sarahpo. WE ARE SO WEIRD SARAHPO!!! WE HAVE SO MUCH A.D.D! Anyway, BOREDOM. Tomorrow I will definitely post a post with a topic! That topic will be a surprise (even though I already know what it is, hehehe the perks of being the blog author). Oh, and guess what I haven't done in the last few entries? Complained about speech! I've been having more self control, or something.
Remember, beanies are stupid.
Bye
So, the week is finally OVER!! YAYAYAY! I CAN SLEEP NOW!!! IT SHALL BE WONDERFUL!! Though I do have to get up early on sunday for my kennywood escapades with Akipo and Sarahpo (no more obnoxious hyperlinking). Keep in mind, early for me is not necessarily early for everyone. I think early is like 10:30. But I have to get up at like 8:30-9 on sunday, as I'm supposed to be at Sarahpo's at 9:30. Ooohh now I may not even be free tomorrow! We may be having a go-kart/rocket meeting tomorrow. OHMYNONEXISTENTGODS GUYSIES I MAY HAVE A COMPLETE SOCIAL LIFE THIS WEEKEND WHOA. New record! Anyway, I don't really know what to write right (lol) now. Guess what I'm doing right now? Reading my old Facebook chats with Sarahpo. WE ARE SO WEIRD SARAHPO!!! WE HAVE SO MUCH A.D.D! Anyway, BOREDOM. Tomorrow I will definitely post a post with a topic! That topic will be a surprise (even though I already know what it is, hehehe the perks of being the blog author). Oh, and guess what I haven't done in the last few entries? Complained about speech! I've been having more self control, or something.
Remember, beanies are stupid.
Bye
Thursday, September 13, 2012
I may have a topic later
Hello again readers! This post is basically a backup in case I'm too tired to do the topic I wanted to do yesterday and today. In case you were wondering, the post I made yesterday was also a backup. I was considering making another one later, but then Akipo made me watch The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (which ended up being pretty good), so I didn't make it. Today I'll probably just be too tired. Tomorrow I'll DEFINITELY make this entry. Well, maybe. If not tomorrow, DEFINITELY (for real this time) Saturday.
So, guess what? I HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A SOCIAL LIFE THIS WEEKEND OMNG WHOA!! The sad (in the pathetic sense, not the "I'm sad because of this" sense, because this isn't a bad thing, these people are awesome) thing is, it's with the same people both days. Saturday is the only day I'm free. Monday I'm going to SEA with Akipo and Sarahpo (or Sarahpo) which should be fun, and Sunday I'm going to Kennywood (the amusement park of Pittsburgh) with Akipo and Sarahpo (or Sarahpo) and Sarahpo's (or Sarahpo's) family. That should actually be rather fun. I haven't been to Kennywood in at least over a year, I think even three years. Let's just say I can't even remember the last time I was at Kennywood. I'm normally not a ride person, but Akipo has made it her mission to get me to go on rides. I'm willing to try them, but I'm not very happy about it. I have a plan to get me to be okay with it: I will not take my ADD meds that day. That will help me because when I'm on my meds I tend to think more, and the more I think the more I won't want to be on the rides, but without them, I won't think at all, so that will make it easier to get me to go on them. Another advantage to this is that I'll actually eat, and Kennywood has some good food as I remember, so that will be fun. I hope my friends can handle me off my meds. They probably can, but I may say really stupid things, as I don't really think about what I'm about to say. Come to think of it, I do that anyway. So the only difference will be that I eat more and am more willing to do crazy things. But, in case there is any unforeseeable craziness by me, I apologize Akipo and Sarahpo (or Sarahpo)
P.S. I apologize for the obnoxious hyperlinking with Sarah's name (and the obnoxious hyperlinking in general) I didn't have to link it every time I said a name, but it was fun. Sarah also has two blogs, which is why her name is always linked twice.
P.P.S. I just realized something HILARIOUS about my plan to go on rides: Many people calm themselves by taking drugs, I have to calm myself by NOT taking drugs. That's just awesome.
So, guess what? I HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A SOCIAL LIFE THIS WEEKEND OMNG WHOA!! The sad (in the pathetic sense, not the "I'm sad because of this" sense, because this isn't a bad thing, these people are awesome) thing is, it's with the same people both days. Saturday is the only day I'm free. Monday I'm going to SEA with Akipo and Sarahpo (or Sarahpo) which should be fun, and Sunday I'm going to Kennywood (the amusement park of Pittsburgh) with Akipo and Sarahpo (or Sarahpo) and Sarahpo's (or Sarahpo's) family. That should actually be rather fun. I haven't been to Kennywood in at least over a year, I think even three years. Let's just say I can't even remember the last time I was at Kennywood. I'm normally not a ride person, but Akipo has made it her mission to get me to go on rides. I'm willing to try them, but I'm not very happy about it. I have a plan to get me to be okay with it: I will not take my ADD meds that day. That will help me because when I'm on my meds I tend to think more, and the more I think the more I won't want to be on the rides, but without them, I won't think at all, so that will make it easier to get me to go on them. Another advantage to this is that I'll actually eat, and Kennywood has some good food as I remember, so that will be fun. I hope my friends can handle me off my meds. They probably can, but I may say really stupid things, as I don't really think about what I'm about to say. Come to think of it, I do that anyway. So the only difference will be that I eat more and am more willing to do crazy things. But, in case there is any unforeseeable craziness by me, I apologize Akipo and Sarahpo (or Sarahpo)
P.S. I apologize for the obnoxious hyperlinking with Sarah's name (and the obnoxious hyperlinking in general) I didn't have to link it every time I said a name, but it was fun. Sarah also has two blogs, which is why her name is always linked twice.
P.P.S. I just realized something HILARIOUS about my plan to go on rides: Many people calm themselves by taking drugs, I have to calm myself by NOT taking drugs. That's just awesome.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Happy 50th!
Hello again readers. Welcome to another randomness post.
So, I exist. Yay! Anyway, I'm really tired right now. I only got 4 hours of sleep last night. I'll hopefully get more sleep tonight. Also, right now my dad is nowhere to be found. He's off today, so I assumed he'd be home after school. He's not. I haven't called him to find out where he is either, but I don't think I will. It's not really much of a problem. I don't need him for anything right now, but I thought I'd mention it. OHMYNONEXISTENTGODS GUESS WHAT? IT'S THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES DECIDING TO GO TO THE MOON!! That's right, Kennedy gave his famous "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard!" speech 50 years ago today, on September 12th, 1962 at Rice College in Texas. 8ish years later, we did it! YAY MOON!!!!! Then the Apollo program got cancelled. Sad face. Then there was the Constellation program, which was going to be epic. It was going to be a capsule, similar to Apollo, but A LOT BIGGER and more TECHNOLOGICAL. It was to be constructed in LEO (Low Earth Orbit) and then sent TO THE MOON. Then, some years later we would have established a permanent base on the moon, a wonderful place to launch things from. The final phase of the Constellation program was to be a MANNED MISSION TO MARS, launched from the MOON. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AMAZING! Sadly, NASA's funding isn't great (it, in fact, SUCKS), so the project was scrubbed and so NASA now has no way of getting astronauts up to the International Space Station, so we use the Russians, which costs money each time they launch. Anyway, we need MORE FUNDING FOR SPACE EXPLORATION.
Rantie rant was rantful.
Anyway, I'm still tired. I hope you all enjoyed what turned out to be my Space Exploration rant.
Bye
So, I exist. Yay! Anyway, I'm really tired right now. I only got 4 hours of sleep last night. I'll hopefully get more sleep tonight. Also, right now my dad is nowhere to be found. He's off today, so I assumed he'd be home after school. He's not. I haven't called him to find out where he is either, but I don't think I will. It's not really much of a problem. I don't need him for anything right now, but I thought I'd mention it. OHMYNONEXISTENTGODS GUESS WHAT? IT'S THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES DECIDING TO GO TO THE MOON!! That's right, Kennedy gave his famous "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard!" speech 50 years ago today, on September 12th, 1962 at Rice College in Texas. 8ish years later, we did it! YAY MOON!!!!! Then the Apollo program got cancelled. Sad face. Then there was the Constellation program, which was going to be epic. It was going to be a capsule, similar to Apollo, but A LOT BIGGER and more TECHNOLOGICAL. It was to be constructed in LEO (Low Earth Orbit) and then sent TO THE MOON. Then, some years later we would have established a permanent base on the moon, a wonderful place to launch things from. The final phase of the Constellation program was to be a MANNED MISSION TO MARS, launched from the MOON. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AMAZING! Sadly, NASA's funding isn't great (it, in fact, SUCKS), so the project was scrubbed and so NASA now has no way of getting astronauts up to the International Space Station, so we use the Russians, which costs money each time they launch. Anyway, we need MORE FUNDING FOR SPACE EXPLORATION.
Rantie rant was rantful.
Anyway, I'm still tired. I hope you all enjoyed what turned out to be my Space Exploration rant.
Bye
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Title goes here
Hello readers. Today will be a quick blog about nothing. Mostly because I'm really tired right now and don't have that much to talk about.
So my life is boring. I have school, in which I sometimes learn stuff. Then I go home, and don't do stuff. Today in school was perfectly fine, until the last two periods. Tuesday B week I start with a free, then I have math, then Chemistry, then double free, and suckishly end the day with Speech and English, my two least favorite classes. What's worse, today in Speech we were talking about how to be social and how to carry on a conversation/start one and whatnot, which is stuff I'm really really bad at, as I'm rather anti-social. Then in English we talked about class discussions, another thing I'm really bad at (especially in English class). Dr. Sanders knows that I don't like to talk in class (because it was one of the things I included in the introductory email I was supposed to send to her, to make sure she didn't think I was just not paying attention and proceed to take points off of my grade, like Dr. Andy does and Ms. Alexander did last year). So that wasn't as bad, but when we started talking about the kinds of people who don't like to talk much in class, she just kept looking at me, and it made me feel all awkward and stuff. So that sucks. Tomorrow I start the day with speech, which just should never happen, but sadly it does. I wish this week was over. Then it could be the weekend and I could be happy. Though, sadly, next week isn't much better. I have to do my demo speech on wednesday, which I don't know if I'll be able to get it all together by then, as I need to get a windows computer with CCDOps and Photoshop on it to be able to do the topic I'm planning (how to process an astrophoto). If I can get it together, I have to make an outline and stuff, and I don't really want to do that, as I know what to do already. Anyway, meh. I can't wait until after I finish that next wednesday, that will be a fun time.
Well, that was some writing.
P.S. Sorry I complain about speech so much, I just REALLY hate the class.
So my life is boring. I have school, in which I sometimes learn stuff. Then I go home, and don't do stuff. Today in school was perfectly fine, until the last two periods. Tuesday B week I start with a free, then I have math, then Chemistry, then double free, and suckishly end the day with Speech and English, my two least favorite classes. What's worse, today in Speech we were talking about how to be social and how to carry on a conversation/start one and whatnot, which is stuff I'm really really bad at, as I'm rather anti-social. Then in English we talked about class discussions, another thing I'm really bad at (especially in English class). Dr. Sanders knows that I don't like to talk in class (because it was one of the things I included in the introductory email I was supposed to send to her, to make sure she didn't think I was just not paying attention and proceed to take points off of my grade, like Dr. Andy does and Ms. Alexander did last year). So that wasn't as bad, but when we started talking about the kinds of people who don't like to talk much in class, she just kept looking at me, and it made me feel all awkward and stuff. So that sucks. Tomorrow I start the day with speech, which just should never happen, but sadly it does. I wish this week was over. Then it could be the weekend and I could be happy. Though, sadly, next week isn't much better. I have to do my demo speech on wednesday, which I don't know if I'll be able to get it all together by then, as I need to get a windows computer with CCDOps and Photoshop on it to be able to do the topic I'm planning (how to process an astrophoto). If I can get it together, I have to make an outline and stuff, and I don't really want to do that, as I know what to do already. Anyway, meh. I can't wait until after I finish that next wednesday, that will be a fun time.
Well, that was some writing.
P.S. Sorry I complain about speech so much, I just REALLY hate the class.
Monday, September 10, 2012
On a lighter note
OHMYNONEXISTENTGODS THIS:
For those of you who don't get this, this is my name written with REAL GALAXIES. THANK YOU GALAXY ZOO!!! THIS IS THE EPICEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN!!
Want to make your own? GO HERE NAO!!!!
For those of you who don't get this, this is my name written with REAL GALAXIES. THANK YOU GALAXY ZOO!!! THIS IS THE EPICEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN!!
Want to make your own? GO HERE NAO!!!!
Some people in the world are really horrible
Hello readers, I have kind of a bad (in the like "wow that is like horrible to do" sense, not qualitatively bad) topic today. Horrible people, specifically David Scott Johnson:
So, those of you who know me know my parents are divorced and living in separate houses. My dad does not have a girlfriend, but my mom has a "boyfriend." Here's the problem with this one: he's one of the worst people I've ever met.
Let's back up for a moment. Him and my mom met in 2010 (november I think) and I met him in December of that same year. When I first met him, he was AWESOME. A physicist for a stepdad? EPIC. For the first year or so, he was perfectly fine. Annoying at times, but nothing horrible. But, recently, he has gotten to the point of I think crazy. He has his ways of doing things. If you don't follow his ways EXACTLY, he legitimately starts calling you a freak and, in the most literal sense, mentally abusing you. My mom wants to get rid of him, but the FUCKED UP laws of domestic partnership say that he doesn't have to leave. I'm unsure of the specifics of all of this bullshit, but it's really messed up.
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Current example of Dave's horribleness: Right now, my mom is in my dad's kitchen crying because Dave is tracking everything my mom does on her phone or anything. She can't get anything done because he's...okay I can't really think of the word, but this whole current situation is very messed up
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Dave has a lot of stupid rules, and if you defy these rules he says you're a freak of nature, moron, not human, etc. For example, he can't stand to not have the lights on in a room. EVEN A ROOM HE ISN'T IN ON A FLOOR OF THE HOUSE HE ISN'T ON. I like to watch TV with the lights dimmed or off. If I'm doing that and he walks in, at first he just walks in and turns them on, but if I go and turn them back off, he just loses it. He starts calling me a crazy freak of nature and stupid things like that and it's all just really stupid. What's worse is he means everything he says. He legitimately thinks that because you watch TV in the dark, you shouldn't be allowed to live. Another one of his rules is dogs on the furniture/bed. My dogs (at both houses) have grown up being allowed to be on furniture and sleep in the bed with my parents. Dave does not like this. He refuses to sit on the furniture or sleep in the bed because of this. He keeps trying to train my dogs to not do this, but the problem is none of the rest of us care about it, so the training isn't forced into their heads. He gets REALLY FUCKING MAD about this. He actually THREW Zuni off of my mom's bed once. Not "put on the floor," HE FUCKING THREW MY DOG ACROSS THE ROOM. Then, when my mom got mad, he just said she was crazy and threatened to call her boss and get her fired. Once again, I know he can do this, even though I don't really know how.
Every time my mom tries to get rid of Dave, he either threatens her life, or call her boss and get her fired and get her put in jail. The thing is, he can do all of this. I'm not 100% sure how, but I know he can. My mom is scared for her life and job right now, and all because of this...I can't think of a word that properly conveys how horrible of a person he is. The only people who I can think of who are worse than him are murderers, and he is threatening my mom's life, so he's almost on par with them. You may ask, why not call the police? Guess what, we have. There is nothing they can do. The domestic partnership laws of PA are really fucked up, and they favor the non-house owner (in this case, David). The only way my mom can get rid of him is to evict him, but if she tries that he'll go even more insane and potentially follow through on some of his threats.
I'm scared for my mom's life and I don't want to go back to that house until he is gone. I've thought of ideas on how to make him just want to leave. My current one is that when he goes to India next monday, change the garage code, change the locks, and put all of his stuff on the driveway for garbage day. Maybe when he gets back he'll realize that we don't want him there.
In closing, I'd like to say one thing: I've never SINCERELY wished death upon anyone before in my life, but if there was one person on the planet today who I wished would die a slow and painful death, it would be David Scott Johnson.
So, those of you who know me know my parents are divorced and living in separate houses. My dad does not have a girlfriend, but my mom has a "boyfriend." Here's the problem with this one: he's one of the worst people I've ever met.
Let's back up for a moment. Him and my mom met in 2010 (november I think) and I met him in December of that same year. When I first met him, he was AWESOME. A physicist for a stepdad? EPIC. For the first year or so, he was perfectly fine. Annoying at times, but nothing horrible. But, recently, he has gotten to the point of I think crazy. He has his ways of doing things. If you don't follow his ways EXACTLY, he legitimately starts calling you a freak and, in the most literal sense, mentally abusing you. My mom wants to get rid of him, but the FUCKED UP laws of domestic partnership say that he doesn't have to leave. I'm unsure of the specifics of all of this bullshit, but it's really messed up.
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Current example of Dave's horribleness: Right now, my mom is in my dad's kitchen crying because Dave is tracking everything my mom does on her phone or anything. She can't get anything done because he's...okay I can't really think of the word, but this whole current situation is very messed up
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Dave has a lot of stupid rules, and if you defy these rules he says you're a freak of nature, moron, not human, etc. For example, he can't stand to not have the lights on in a room. EVEN A ROOM HE ISN'T IN ON A FLOOR OF THE HOUSE HE ISN'T ON. I like to watch TV with the lights dimmed or off. If I'm doing that and he walks in, at first he just walks in and turns them on, but if I go and turn them back off, he just loses it. He starts calling me a crazy freak of nature and stupid things like that and it's all just really stupid. What's worse is he means everything he says. He legitimately thinks that because you watch TV in the dark, you shouldn't be allowed to live. Another one of his rules is dogs on the furniture/bed. My dogs (at both houses) have grown up being allowed to be on furniture and sleep in the bed with my parents. Dave does not like this. He refuses to sit on the furniture or sleep in the bed because of this. He keeps trying to train my dogs to not do this, but the problem is none of the rest of us care about it, so the training isn't forced into their heads. He gets REALLY FUCKING MAD about this. He actually THREW Zuni off of my mom's bed once. Not "put on the floor," HE FUCKING THREW MY DOG ACROSS THE ROOM. Then, when my mom got mad, he just said she was crazy and threatened to call her boss and get her fired. Once again, I know he can do this, even though I don't really know how.
Every time my mom tries to get rid of Dave, he either threatens her life, or call her boss and get her fired and get her put in jail. The thing is, he can do all of this. I'm not 100% sure how, but I know he can. My mom is scared for her life and job right now, and all because of this...I can't think of a word that properly conveys how horrible of a person he is. The only people who I can think of who are worse than him are murderers, and he is threatening my mom's life, so he's almost on par with them. You may ask, why not call the police? Guess what, we have. There is nothing they can do. The domestic partnership laws of PA are really fucked up, and they favor the non-house owner (in this case, David). The only way my mom can get rid of him is to evict him, but if she tries that he'll go even more insane and potentially follow through on some of his threats.
I'm scared for my mom's life and I don't want to go back to that house until he is gone. I've thought of ideas on how to make him just want to leave. My current one is that when he goes to India next monday, change the garage code, change the locks, and put all of his stuff on the driveway for garbage day. Maybe when he gets back he'll realize that we don't want him there.
In closing, I'd like to say one thing: I've never SINCERELY wished death upon anyone before in my life, but if there was one person on the planet today who I wished would die a slow and painful death, it would be David Scott Johnson.
This is not my blog for today
This is just me being very excited:
OMNG YESS!!! ASTRONOMY CAST IS BACK AFTER A THREE MONTH HIATUS!! ADJLSAHDJLHDKASJHDJASHDKAJS YAY!!!
Bye
OMNG YESS!!! ASTRONOMY CAST IS BACK AFTER A THREE MONTH HIATUS!! ADJLSAHDJLHDKASJHDJASHDKAJS YAY!!!
Bye
Sunday, September 9, 2012
In which I apologize for failing
Hello readers, I fail. Specifically, I fail at blogging. I would like to apologize for this. For the past week (ever since the Astronomy (excuse the three links in one word) series), my blogs have been just me basically talking out of my...butt...(Hooray for self control which leads to not swearing!). I haven't been able to think of any good topics to write long blog entries about. Hopefully this not being able to think of what to write aboutness won't last for too much longer. I know there are still more topics I could write about...the problem is I just can't think of any. Maybe someone will give me one. But, for now, this entry doesn't really have a topic. So, as usual, I'll just write some randomness and hope it makes sense:
So, today is sunday. I really don't like sundays, because that means school happens the next day. Also, things close early (or, worse, aren't even open) on sundays, which is incredibly annoying. This sunday wasn't particularly interesting. In fact, it was incredibly boring. And what's worse is that, since school is tomorrow, I can't end my sunday with a wonderful virtual star party, as those begin at 11:30. I guess I could pull an Erika and stay up amazingly late, but I don't know if I should. BUT IT'S THE NEPTUNE EDITION!!! I don't want to miss a live viewing of Neptune...I'm conflicted. Someone tell meto stay up and watch it what to do!! Anyway, not much is happening in school tomorrow. I drop math, which is not that useful since I didn't have any homework that I could have not done (lawlz). I have speech second period tomorrow which sucks. I hope it's not a THIRD day of table topics, but I also hope we don't get our next assignment too. Third period I have English, which I just don't like. Then, after break is History, then Chem, then Spanish, then FREE!!! Then, Tuesday, I have a Chem quiz. I'm not that scared for it, though everyone else is. Then after the chem quiz I have a double free! Yay!! Then next weekend is a three day weekend!! YAY!!! Also that Monday I'm visiting my old school with Akipo and Sarahpo, then we're going to one of our houses to "party." So, that should be fun.
My thoughts can legitimately go everywhere. I started with virtual star party and ended up with visiting SEA...I don't understand my brain sometimes.
So, today is sunday. I really don't like sundays, because that means school happens the next day. Also, things close early (or, worse, aren't even open) on sundays, which is incredibly annoying. This sunday wasn't particularly interesting. In fact, it was incredibly boring. And what's worse is that, since school is tomorrow, I can't end my sunday with a wonderful virtual star party, as those begin at 11:30. I guess I could pull an Erika and stay up amazingly late, but I don't know if I should. BUT IT'S THE NEPTUNE EDITION!!! I don't want to miss a live viewing of Neptune...I'm conflicted. Someone tell me
My thoughts can legitimately go everywhere. I started with virtual star party and ended up with visiting SEA...I don't understand my brain sometimes.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
The randomness that is my life
So, basically, in essence, I have crazy friends. This is in NO WAY a bad thing, in fact it is awesome and I wouldn't have it any other way. Today we all were at my house (for the first time, I might add). We studied for the chemistry quiz on tuesday, and then we just decided we'd all be crazy. Mostly Noah was the crazy one, as shown by these (plus, you get to see the rare occurrence of me using the word swag). But, all in all, today was really fun. It was supposed to be just me, Erika, Noah, and Mathieu, but Emma also showed up, which no one knew was going to happen except Mathieu. We watched random videos, strange gifs, etc. There's not really much else to say. I guess I could tell you some of the weirdest quotes from today:
"I'm protecting my paaaanntss" - Emma
"Does anyone realize these things are probably satellite proof?" - Noah (in reference to Goldfish bags)
"It's so dark in here!!!" - Noah with a laptop case on his head
There were some other ones, but I'm too tired to think of them. Basically, this entry is trying to say that today was fun and my friends are awesome and insane.
Yay
"I'm protecting my paaaanntss" - Emma
"Does anyone realize these things are probably satellite proof?" - Noah (in reference to Goldfish bags)
"It's so dark in here!!!" - Noah with a laptop case on his head
There were some other ones, but I'm too tired to think of them. Basically, this entry is trying to say that today was fun and my friends are awesome and insane.
Yay
Friday, September 7, 2012
Successful impromptu public speaking
Hello once again readers, and welcome to ANOTHER speech class entry. This one is a bit more optimistic though:
Today in speech was ANOTHER day of table topics (impromptu speeches). The scenario was different today. Today we were all news reporters for the newspaper, and Mrs. Holmes gave us each a headline and we came up with the story. They were real headlines, but they could mean something completely different than what they actually were for. My favorite one was "Owner told of rabbit explosion." Mine was "Enraged cow injures farmer with axe" and somehow I managed to talk for a WHOLE MINUTE about this. My brain decided to work today, which was very nice of it. I think it went pretty well. Mrs. Holmes was laughing as she came up to let me sit down, which was a good sign. I hope this was one of the graded ones. I still don't know how I'm going to do the five minute one, but now I'm a bit less afraid of it. I'll just be so excited when this trimester is over. Especially because I have five double frees next trimester. I start both fridays with one and I start Monday B week with one too. It will be nice. Anyway, speech class actually went well today, which was incredible and amazing and epic and the best thing ever. Exactly two months and two days until my last class. Wish me luck!
P.S. SO MANY RUSSIANS READING MY BLOG! I've been getting more Russian views than US views recently. I hope you're enjoying my blog, Russians! Keep reading!
Today in speech was ANOTHER day of table topics (impromptu speeches). The scenario was different today. Today we were all news reporters for the newspaper, and Mrs. Holmes gave us each a headline and we came up with the story. They were real headlines, but they could mean something completely different than what they actually were for. My favorite one was "Owner told of rabbit explosion." Mine was "Enraged cow injures farmer with axe" and somehow I managed to talk for a WHOLE MINUTE about this. My brain decided to work today, which was very nice of it. I think it went pretty well. Mrs. Holmes was laughing as she came up to let me sit down, which was a good sign. I hope this was one of the graded ones. I still don't know how I'm going to do the five minute one, but now I'm a bit less afraid of it. I'll just be so excited when this trimester is over. Especially because I have five double frees next trimester. I start both fridays with one and I start Monday B week with one too. It will be nice. Anyway, speech class actually went well today, which was incredible and amazing and epic and the best thing ever. Exactly two months and two days until my last class. Wish me luck!
P.S. SO MANY RUSSIANS READING MY BLOG! I've been getting more Russian views than US views recently. I hope you're enjoying my blog, Russians! Keep reading!
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Failed impromptu public speaking
Hello lovely readers, welcome to another speech class entry.
So, today in speech I made my first impromptu speech. Here's how this one was (at least how it was supposed to) work:
You have a basket. The basket contains items. You have your head. Your head contains your brain, and your brain contains (or at least it's supposed to) your imagination. You pick one of these items and you're supposed to give a speech about it as if it was some sort of archeological find that you found whilst archeolging.
It didn't go very well with me. I picked a part of a vacuum cleaner apparently (it was like a tube thingy) and I had a very good direction that I was going with it, but then after I made my first point, my brain died and I just had to stop. The minimum was 1 minute. My speech was barely 20 seconds. My hope is that I'll get better at these as the trimester goes on, but I don't know if I will because I'm so awkward. Interestingly though, I did realize something about my speaking today (and yesterday): I don't act nervous when I'm talking. Even though I'm AHDJKHSAKJHDSD NERVOUS inside, I don't act that way. I thought that was kind of awesome, and it definitely made me feel A BIT (not that much) better about speaking. Though, I do hope Sophia stops taking pictures of me speeching and sending them to my sister...that's just annoying.
P.S. I've realized a pattern: on the weekends, my entries are long and good, and during the week, they aren't. I think that's because school eats my brain. But, that could just be a coincidence...though probably not.
P.P.S. I got blog views from the UK. WELCOME TO MY BLOG BRITISH PEOPLE!!! I LOVE DOCTOR WHO SO THAT SHOULD HOPEFULLY VALIDATE ME IN YOUR MINDS. Please keep reading! Sorry for my American spelling, but it was how I was raised.
So, today in speech I made my first impromptu speech. Here's how this one was (at least how it was supposed to) work:
You have a basket. The basket contains items. You have your head. Your head contains your brain, and your brain contains (or at least it's supposed to) your imagination. You pick one of these items and you're supposed to give a speech about it as if it was some sort of archeological find that you found whilst archeolging.
It didn't go very well with me. I picked a part of a vacuum cleaner apparently (it was like a tube thingy) and I had a very good direction that I was going with it, but then after I made my first point, my brain died and I just had to stop. The minimum was 1 minute. My speech was barely 20 seconds. My hope is that I'll get better at these as the trimester goes on, but I don't know if I will because I'm so awkward. Interestingly though, I did realize something about my speaking today (and yesterday): I don't act nervous when I'm talking. Even though I'm AHDJKHSAKJHDSD NERVOUS inside, I don't act that way. I thought that was kind of awesome, and it definitely made me feel A BIT (not that much) better about speaking. Though, I do hope Sophia stops taking pictures of me speeching and sending them to my sister...that's just annoying.
P.S. I've realized a pattern: on the weekends, my entries are long and good, and during the week, they aren't. I think that's because school eats my brain. But, that could just be a coincidence...though probably not.
P.P.S. I got blog views from the UK. WELCOME TO MY BLOG BRITISH PEOPLE!!! I LOVE DOCTOR WHO SO THAT SHOULD HOPEFULLY VALIDATE ME IN YOUR MINDS. Please keep reading! Sorry for my American spelling, but it was how I was raised.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
In which Jacob talks words
Hello again readers. Welcome to another day of me not knowing what to talk about. So, yeah...this should be fun. Why don't I share with you my favorite Doctor Who moment (ever): I'm The Doctor. David Tennant is just so epic. FOON!!! She was cool, and she had an awesome name. BANACAFALATA CYBORG!! Anyway, that was fun. I gave my first real speech in speech today. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I was nervous as crap, but Akeyo told me that I didn't seem nervous at all, which really surprised me. Also I didn't give the shortest speech! I actually did pretty well with 3 minutes and 16 seconds. Tomorrow is probably going to be table topics, so WISH ME LUCK!!!! I'm going to go die now.
Well this was short.
P.S. I'm re-watching "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End." Those are really the best episodes of Doctor Who I've ever seen. Just thought I'd mention that.
Well this was short.
P.S. I'm re-watching "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End." Those are really the best episodes of Doctor Who I've ever seen. Just thought I'd mention that.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Things 'N Such
Hello readers...I've (for reasons I'll never know) decided to not give myself the day off. Why? Because I blog too much. That's definitely it. I don't even know what to talk about today. Someone tell me what to write about!! Oh, by the way, I have a new favorite (non-science or astronomy-related) quote:
Do you ever wanna just turn into vanilla pudding and fly off into the sunset?
- Sarah Slaymaker
For some reason I find that incredibly entertaining. I just do. Anyway, still don't really know what to write about, but I'd feel like I'd let people down or something if I don't blog a day. Which is weird, because I don't have any readers other than two of my friends, and they don't really mind if I take the day off. Well, I guess I'm just weird that way. Anyway, I miss summer. Why can't it be summer again? Our next series of days off isn't until november...that's just too far away. But, at least when that happens, first trimester will have been over and I won't have to take speech again! Unless I fail, which I probably will. I wonder if anyone is in my glass class next trimester? I don't really care one way or the other, because ANYTHING is better than speech, but it would be nice. I have a Chemistry quiz next tuesday, that should be fun. I'm not really that nervous for it, as I seem to be the only one who knows what we're doing. Ions are fun. They're easy, too, but people don't really understand them because they're weird and choose not to pay attention. Apparently this entry is just becoming my thoughts typed out. So I understand if you choose not to read it. People should go to other countries and read my blog, so then I could get views from other countries and feel awesome. Or, I guess, people from other countries should read it. Either one works. No one reads my blog! Only two of my friends, literally, because I don't get new pageviews until I see one of them comment or something. More people (like people who I don't know) should read it. Well, I'm not really sure what else to say...WHY HAVE I BEEN WRITING SO MUCH????? I NORMALLY HATE WRITING!! WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO ME!!??!?!?? AFJKASHDKAJSD
Bye
Do you ever wanna just turn into vanilla pudding and fly off into the sunset?
- Sarah Slaymaker
For some reason I find that incredibly entertaining. I just do. Anyway, still don't really know what to write about, but I'd feel like I'd let people down or something if I don't blog a day. Which is weird, because I don't have any readers other than two of my friends, and they don't really mind if I take the day off. Well, I guess I'm just weird that way. Anyway, I miss summer. Why can't it be summer again? Our next series of days off isn't until november...that's just too far away. But, at least when that happens, first trimester will have been over and I won't have to take speech again! Unless I fail, which I probably will. I wonder if anyone is in my glass class next trimester? I don't really care one way or the other, because ANYTHING is better than speech, but it would be nice. I have a Chemistry quiz next tuesday, that should be fun. I'm not really that nervous for it, as I seem to be the only one who knows what we're doing. Ions are fun. They're easy, too, but people don't really understand them because they're weird and choose not to pay attention. Apparently this entry is just becoming my thoughts typed out. So I understand if you choose not to read it. People should go to other countries and read my blog, so then I could get views from other countries and feel awesome. Or, I guess, people from other countries should read it. Either one works. No one reads my blog! Only two of my friends, literally, because I don't get new pageviews until I see one of them comment or something. More people (like people who I don't know) should read it. Well, I'm not really sure what else to say...WHY HAVE I BEEN WRITING SO MUCH????? I NORMALLY HATE WRITING!! WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO ME!!??!?!?? AFJKASHDKAJSD
Bye
Monday, September 3, 2012
My relationship to Astronomy, Pt. 3: Why do I love it?
Now, to conclude my astronomical story, we have part 3! Part 3 will be WHY I love astronomy as much as I do. I hope you enjoy:
Why do I love astronomy so much? While most people on the planet don't even bother looking up, I do. Why? It's quite hard for me to put it into words. But there's something about astronomy. I don't really know what it is. Join me as I attempt to put this into words:
In science, we don't know a lot of the answers. Scientists, unlike most other professions, they LIVE on not knowing. It's what keeps them going. If we knew all of the answers, then there would be no need for science, no need for a scientist to keep doing his/her work. This is very true in Astronomy as well. While we do know quite a bit about the universe we live in, there is still SO MUCH that we don't know even today. As humans, we have a natural instinct to try and learn about the world around us. Astronomy just takes that to the next level. Astronomers want to know about the universe around us. We thrive on learning about the things that happen all around us in the sky. When we see something we don't know, we get excited. Our minds say "Oh, what is this? Let's learn about this!" And we do. Science is built around repeatable evidence. As Carl Sagan said: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. And that's what I love about science and astronomy. It doesn't require any leaps of faith or for you to "believe" in something. Everything in science is at least mathematically provable. For things like String Theory and Loop Quantum Gravity, it's not possible to observationally prove them. But, that's not the point of this entry. It's why I love astronomy. And it's basically because with astronomy and astrophysics, we don't know everything (the mystery is the most exciting part!), and with our knowledge, there is some uncertainty, but it's all related to experimental uncertainty, not leaps of faith. (I'm sorry to any religious person who reads this) That's why I can't handle religion. It's unprovable and never can be proven, mathematically or observationally. In science, when that's the case, we have a problem. Our brains break down when that happens, and we reject it and look for more rational explanations. And guess what, we find them!
So, that's why I love science and astronomy, and somehow a bit of why I don't like religion popped in there. I hope it was understandable. This was the hardest one to write because it's hard to put into words why I love it so much. I'm sorry if it confused anyone.
P.S. That was A LOT of writing. It was fun to write, but it was a lot. I probably won't post tomorrow unless something happens that I want to talk about or something. I posted 4 small entries and one large entry Saturday, a small one yesterday, and three large entries today. I feel like I deserve a day off. Whether or not I'll give myself one, we'll see.
Why do I love astronomy so much? While most people on the planet don't even bother looking up, I do. Why? It's quite hard for me to put it into words. But there's something about astronomy. I don't really know what it is. Join me as I attempt to put this into words:
In science, we don't know a lot of the answers. Scientists, unlike most other professions, they LIVE on not knowing. It's what keeps them going. If we knew all of the answers, then there would be no need for science, no need for a scientist to keep doing his/her work. This is very true in Astronomy as well. While we do know quite a bit about the universe we live in, there is still SO MUCH that we don't know even today. As humans, we have a natural instinct to try and learn about the world around us. Astronomy just takes that to the next level. Astronomers want to know about the universe around us. We thrive on learning about the things that happen all around us in the sky. When we see something we don't know, we get excited. Our minds say "Oh, what is this? Let's learn about this!" And we do. Science is built around repeatable evidence. As Carl Sagan said: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. And that's what I love about science and astronomy. It doesn't require any leaps of faith or for you to "believe" in something. Everything in science is at least mathematically provable. For things like String Theory and Loop Quantum Gravity, it's not possible to observationally prove them. But, that's not the point of this entry. It's why I love astronomy. And it's basically because with astronomy and astrophysics, we don't know everything (the mystery is the most exciting part!), and with our knowledge, there is some uncertainty, but it's all related to experimental uncertainty, not leaps of faith. (I'm sorry to any religious person who reads this) That's why I can't handle religion. It's unprovable and never can be proven, mathematically or observationally. In science, when that's the case, we have a problem. Our brains break down when that happens, and we reject it and look for more rational explanations. And guess what, we find them!
So, that's why I love science and astronomy, and somehow a bit of why I don't like religion popped in there. I hope it was understandable. This was the hardest one to write because it's hard to put into words why I love it so much. I'm sorry if it confused anyone.
P.S. That was A LOT of writing. It was fun to write, but it was a lot. I probably won't post tomorrow unless something happens that I want to talk about or something. I posted 4 small entries and one large entry Saturday, a small one yesterday, and three large entries today. I feel like I deserve a day off. Whether or not I'll give myself one, we'll see.
My relationship to Astronomy, Pt. 2: New Mexico Skies
Why hello again, my readers. Welcome to Part 2 of my astronomical life, New Mexico Skies. Let's begin:
So, in 2010, my mom met this dude named David Johnson. He's a physicist of sorts. When I first met him, I thought he was AWESOME (now he's one of my least favorite people ever, but that's because of how he treats me and my mother. Badly, in case you were wondering). He told me and my mom about this place called New Mexico Skies. What I didn't know was going to happen was that we were actually going to go there. We did that in June 2011. Specifically, June 23rd to July 1st. Those 8 days were some of the most amazing in my life. The skies there were almost as dark as it can get on Planet Earth. I saw stars I'd never seen before, details of constellations that are lost in the city, and, most amazingly of all, the Milky Way in a detail I'd never before seen with my naked eye.
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What is New Mexico Skies, you ask? It was (no longer open for visitors *crying*) a place where you could go, they had amazingly dark skies, and telescopes for you to "rent" for the night. They'd teach you how to use them and how to image with them. It was awesome. I wish I could go back, but I can't.
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While I was there, I used a BUNCH of telescopes. The main one I used was a 16 inch Meade LX-200 SCT. It was the biggest, and the easiest to use. The majority of the images that I took there came from that scope. (Does anyone want to see my images? They're on my DeviantART) That 16 inch telescope was awesome. Even though it had a tiny field of view, it was still AWESOME for taking images. The other imaging scope I used was a 6 inch refractor. That one was a bit more complicated to use, as it had to be manually re-focused every 45-ish minutes, and couldn't take pictures of objects moving past the meridian (middle of the sky). But, the images that came out of it were FANTASTIC. I took images of three specific objects, The Eagle Nebula (a 135 minute exposure on that, I would explain how that's possible but I don't really think you care), the North America Nebula (90 minute exposure, also my background!), and (I was so glad I was able to catch this object) The Andromeda Galaxy (a 60 minute exposure, was my background picture at one point). That telescope had an enormous field of view, and was just so cool to use. I was SO looking forward to coming back in the winter and using it to image The Orion Nebula, but, alas, that never happened. My entire time there wasn't only imaging, but I also used some visual scopes as well. The first one I used was an 11 inch Celestron SCT. That one was really cool, I saw a bunch of fun things with that. I also used a 30 (!!!!!!) inch dobsonian one night, and that was frakking incredible. That thing was so huge you needed a ladder to see into the eyepiece. I saw nebulae in detail I never thought I'd see visually before. It was so amazingly epic.
<slightly interludey thing>
Here's the thing about imaging: It's not much work once the telescope is aligned and stuff. You just tell the telescope to look at this thing for this long and let it do its work. The only thing you do is make sure it doesn't break or something. So, during my time imaging, I legitimately laid down on the platform which the domes were on and looked up. It was incredible. In a real dark sky, you don't even need a meteor shower to be happening to see shooting stars, they can just happen. I saw so many of those while I was there. That was really cool. I also used my DSLR to take long exposure images of the Milky Way, which was amazing. They're also on my DeviantART. Basically what this interludey thing is trying to say is that you don't even need a telescope for astronomy. All you need is a dark sky and your eyeballs. You can still have a fantastic time with just that.
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I had the time of my life at NMSkies. When it ended, I was like "I know I'm going to be coming back here, don't be sad!" And I wasn't. In August, we scheduled a time to go back in December. I was SO excited for that. I would get to image the winter sky and get to see the winter sky darker than ever. Well, guess what? We never went. It was a combination of my mom's back problems and snow storms there. I was legitimately heartbroken. We were going to go back in summer 2012, but we waited too long to book and then they stopped allowing visitors there. I legitimately miss that place. I don't think I'll ever get to go back to a place like that again and do the things I did there. It was the most amazing experience of my life so far, and I miss it quite a bit.
So, that was part 2 of me and Astronomy (hehehe that rhymes!) It turns out it was about the same length as the other one, sorry for people who don't like to read! Part 3 is probably going to be explaining WHY I love Astronomy so much. I could write that today, or tomorrow. I don't know. Stay tuned!
So, in 2010, my mom met this dude named David Johnson. He's a physicist of sorts. When I first met him, I thought he was AWESOME (now he's one of my least favorite people ever, but that's because of how he treats me and my mother. Badly, in case you were wondering). He told me and my mom about this place called New Mexico Skies. What I didn't know was going to happen was that we were actually going to go there. We did that in June 2011. Specifically, June 23rd to July 1st. Those 8 days were some of the most amazing in my life. The skies there were almost as dark as it can get on Planet Earth. I saw stars I'd never seen before, details of constellations that are lost in the city, and, most amazingly of all, the Milky Way in a detail I'd never before seen with my naked eye.
<interlude>
What is New Mexico Skies, you ask? It was (no longer open for visitors *crying*) a place where you could go, they had amazingly dark skies, and telescopes for you to "rent" for the night. They'd teach you how to use them and how to image with them. It was awesome. I wish I could go back, but I can't.
</interlude>
While I was there, I used a BUNCH of telescopes. The main one I used was a 16 inch Meade LX-200 SCT. It was the biggest, and the easiest to use. The majority of the images that I took there came from that scope. (Does anyone want to see my images? They're on my DeviantART) That 16 inch telescope was awesome. Even though it had a tiny field of view, it was still AWESOME for taking images. The other imaging scope I used was a 6 inch refractor. That one was a bit more complicated to use, as it had to be manually re-focused every 45-ish minutes, and couldn't take pictures of objects moving past the meridian (middle of the sky). But, the images that came out of it were FANTASTIC. I took images of three specific objects, The Eagle Nebula (a 135 minute exposure on that, I would explain how that's possible but I don't really think you care), the North America Nebula (90 minute exposure, also my background!), and (I was so glad I was able to catch this object) The Andromeda Galaxy (a 60 minute exposure, was my background picture at one point). That telescope had an enormous field of view, and was just so cool to use. I was SO looking forward to coming back in the winter and using it to image The Orion Nebula, but, alas, that never happened. My entire time there wasn't only imaging, but I also used some visual scopes as well. The first one I used was an 11 inch Celestron SCT. That one was really cool, I saw a bunch of fun things with that. I also used a 30 (!!!!!!) inch dobsonian one night, and that was frakking incredible. That thing was so huge you needed a ladder to see into the eyepiece. I saw nebulae in detail I never thought I'd see visually before. It was so amazingly epic.
<slightly interludey thing>
Here's the thing about imaging: It's not much work once the telescope is aligned and stuff. You just tell the telescope to look at this thing for this long and let it do its work. The only thing you do is make sure it doesn't break or something. So, during my time imaging, I legitimately laid down on the platform which the domes were on and looked up. It was incredible. In a real dark sky, you don't even need a meteor shower to be happening to see shooting stars, they can just happen. I saw so many of those while I was there. That was really cool. I also used my DSLR to take long exposure images of the Milky Way, which was amazing. They're also on my DeviantART. Basically what this interludey thing is trying to say is that you don't even need a telescope for astronomy. All you need is a dark sky and your eyeballs. You can still have a fantastic time with just that.
</slightly interludey thing>
I had the time of my life at NMSkies. When it ended, I was like "I know I'm going to be coming back here, don't be sad!" And I wasn't. In August, we scheduled a time to go back in December. I was SO excited for that. I would get to image the winter sky and get to see the winter sky darker than ever. Well, guess what? We never went. It was a combination of my mom's back problems and snow storms there. I was legitimately heartbroken. We were going to go back in summer 2012, but we waited too long to book and then they stopped allowing visitors there. I legitimately miss that place. I don't think I'll ever get to go back to a place like that again and do the things I did there. It was the most amazing experience of my life so far, and I miss it quite a bit.
So, that was part 2 of me and Astronomy (hehehe that rhymes!) It turns out it was about the same length as the other one, sorry for people who don't like to read! Part 3 is probably going to be explaining WHY I love Astronomy so much. I could write that today, or tomorrow. I don't know. Stay tuned!
My relationship to Astronomy, Pt. 1: How I got into it
Hello my readers of the internet, I have a story today. It's the story of me and Astronomy, the first part at least, which is how I got into it, and a few of my first experiences with it. This series could stretch out into who knows how many entries. I plan on telling almost ALL of the story of me and Astronomy. You don't have to read it all, as it is rather extensive, but you can if you want to. Now, this blog post could go either way, it could be amazing and well written and easy to understand, or it could be confusing and incoherent because I'm really tired right now. Wish me luck. I shall start now:
Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE LOVE Astronomy. I mean, look at my blog, there is a NEBULA in the background. How many blogs have nebulae as their backgrounds? I don't really know, but I know mine does. That's not just any old nebula, actually it kind of is, but I took that picture. I took it with a 6 inch refracting telescope in Mayhill, NM. It was epic. This was a 90 minute exposure, at least I think it was. Wait, what am I doing? This isn't an entry about the background picture! This is my attempt to explain to everyone my how I got into astronomy...let's try this again:
Why do I love astronomy? That's a good question. It's hard to put into words. Try asking yourself why you love your favorite thing...It's not as easy to answer as you may think, is it? Let's start with how I got into it. It's a very random sequence of events, and timing was strangely important. In February 2010, during the epic snowstorm, I was at my mom's house, and we were watching National Geographic, specifically "The Dog Whisperer." One of the commercials was for a little miniseries NatGeo was doing called "A Traveler's Guide to the Planets" premiering that weekend. I thought "Hmm, that looks interesting, I should watch that, I don't think I'll be going anywhere as there's a crap ton of snow." I then proceeded to completely forget about it. That is, until May of the same year. I was supposed to be studying for finals when I suddenly remembered that program. I thought "Finals can wait, I wonder when it's on next!" I then proceeded to go to the NatGeo website to find out if/when it's coming on again. To my surprise, it was on then! At least, four of the six episodes were on, and I'd missed one (the Mars one). But, since I was desperately trying to procrastinate (I procrastinate studying by watching educational television, I'm that awesome), I thought "To the television!" And then proceeded to watch the episodes on Venus + Mercury, Saturn, and Uranus + Neptune. <random opinion>If the show hadn't been on then at the time I was looking, I don't think I would have ever watched it, as I would have most likely forgotten about it again, and in turn may have never gotten into astronomy. That is the one day where I'm SO VERY glad I was procrastinating on that specific day at that specific time, or I may not be where I am today.</random opinion>
After seeing the show, the planets (at the time, specifically Venus) were all I could think about. I went to the interwebs to find the other three episodes and watched them with my undivided attention. After that, I was hooked. After finals and school were over, I spent that entire summer reading and learning all I could about astronomy, and at the end of June (specifically June 30th, 2010) I got my very first telescope! The one I still use today. I was SO happy when I got it. What was more awesome, we got it on special or something, so it came with a BUNCH of eyepieces and lunar and planetary filters, so I was set. I was SO excited to use it that night. I looked at Saturn, Venus, and I attempted to look at a bunch of DSO (Deep Sky Objects), but I was still a wide-eyed young lad who didn't know about light pollution, so when I saw nothing I just blamed it on bad alignment and moved on. About a week later, I learned about light pollution. I learned that Pittsburgh has very bad (though not as bad as some other places) light pollution. I also realized that Up North (Torch Lake Village, MI. My grandparents have a house on the beach there) does not have bad light pollution. So, I was all like "OMG (as I wasn't an atheist yet) LET'S GO UP NORTH LIKE NAO" and then we did, albeit like 3 weeks later. My telescope came with us, and it was AMAZING. That was the first time I'd ever seen the Milky Way, and I loved it more than anything I'd ever seen before. Everyone was there too! My cousins, my two uncles, and soon-to-be step aunt. They all loved looking through my telescope. It was awesome. We stayed for a while. Even though all of the Dolans left, the Nuñezes who were there stayed a bit longer. They stayed long enough to see the beginnings of the Perseids, and that was awesome. Then they left and I got to see the peak of the Perseids up there, and it was amazing. Then, I came home, and did a little bit more observing from my various yards, and then Summer 2010 was over, and I was sad. I didn't do as much observing during the school year as I would have liked, but there is one night I will remember for a long time. It was Columbus day weekend and we didn't have school on Monday. It was a clear night so I decided to stay outside with the scope really late. I ended up seeing objects I'd never expected to see, at least at that time of year. I managed to see The Andromeda Galaxy, The Pleiades Cluster, The Orion Nebula, and the Horsehead Nebula all in one night. It was awesome.
So, that was my 2010 astronomy experience, in which I discovered Astronomy. On to 2011, in which...
Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE LOVE Astronomy. I mean, look at my blog, there is a NEBULA in the background. How many blogs have nebulae as their backgrounds? I don't really know, but I know mine does. That's not just any old nebula, actually it kind of is, but I took that picture. I took it with a 6 inch refracting telescope in Mayhill, NM. It was epic. This was a 90 minute exposure, at least I think it was. Wait, what am I doing? This isn't an entry about the background picture! This is my attempt to explain to everyone my how I got into astronomy...let's try this again:
Why do I love astronomy? That's a good question. It's hard to put into words. Try asking yourself why you love your favorite thing...It's not as easy to answer as you may think, is it? Let's start with how I got into it. It's a very random sequence of events, and timing was strangely important. In February 2010, during the epic snowstorm, I was at my mom's house, and we were watching National Geographic, specifically "The Dog Whisperer." One of the commercials was for a little miniseries NatGeo was doing called "A Traveler's Guide to the Planets" premiering that weekend. I thought "Hmm, that looks interesting, I should watch that, I don't think I'll be going anywhere as there's a crap ton of snow." I then proceeded to completely forget about it. That is, until May of the same year. I was supposed to be studying for finals when I suddenly remembered that program. I thought "Finals can wait, I wonder when it's on next!" I then proceeded to go to the NatGeo website to find out if/when it's coming on again. To my surprise, it was on then! At least, four of the six episodes were on, and I'd missed one (the Mars one). But, since I was desperately trying to procrastinate (I procrastinate studying by watching educational television, I'm that awesome), I thought "To the television!" And then proceeded to watch the episodes on Venus + Mercury, Saturn, and Uranus + Neptune. <random opinion>If the show hadn't been on then at the time I was looking, I don't think I would have ever watched it, as I would have most likely forgotten about it again, and in turn may have never gotten into astronomy. That is the one day where I'm SO VERY glad I was procrastinating on that specific day at that specific time, or I may not be where I am today.</random opinion>
After seeing the show, the planets (at the time, specifically Venus) were all I could think about. I went to the interwebs to find the other three episodes and watched them with my undivided attention. After that, I was hooked. After finals and school were over, I spent that entire summer reading and learning all I could about astronomy, and at the end of June (specifically June 30th, 2010) I got my very first telescope! The one I still use today. I was SO happy when I got it. What was more awesome, we got it on special or something, so it came with a BUNCH of eyepieces and lunar and planetary filters, so I was set. I was SO excited to use it that night. I looked at Saturn, Venus, and I attempted to look at a bunch of DSO (Deep Sky Objects), but I was still a wide-eyed young lad who didn't know about light pollution, so when I saw nothing I just blamed it on bad alignment and moved on. About a week later, I learned about light pollution. I learned that Pittsburgh has very bad (though not as bad as some other places) light pollution. I also realized that Up North (Torch Lake Village, MI. My grandparents have a house on the beach there) does not have bad light pollution. So, I was all like "OMG (as I wasn't an atheist yet) LET'S GO UP NORTH LIKE NAO" and then we did, albeit like 3 weeks later. My telescope came with us, and it was AMAZING. That was the first time I'd ever seen the Milky Way, and I loved it more than anything I'd ever seen before. Everyone was there too! My cousins, my two uncles, and soon-to-be step aunt. They all loved looking through my telescope. It was awesome. We stayed for a while. Even though all of the Dolans left, the Nuñezes who were there stayed a bit longer. They stayed long enough to see the beginnings of the Perseids, and that was awesome. Then they left and I got to see the peak of the Perseids up there, and it was amazing. Then, I came home, and did a little bit more observing from my various yards, and then Summer 2010 was over, and I was sad. I didn't do as much observing during the school year as I would have liked, but there is one night I will remember for a long time. It was Columbus day weekend and we didn't have school on Monday. It was a clear night so I decided to stay outside with the scope really late. I ended up seeing objects I'd never expected to see, at least at that time of year. I managed to see The Andromeda Galaxy, The Pleiades Cluster, The Orion Nebula, and the Horsehead Nebula all in one night. It was awesome.
So, that was my 2010 astronomy experience, in which I discovered Astronomy. On to 2011, in which...
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Whoa wait I didn't post today!
OH NOES! I didn't post on September 2nd! Although, I feel that since I posted 5 frakking times yesterday, I should get off the hook for that. But, alas, I'm posting anyway. There is no topic for this entry at the moment I'm typing this sentence, but one could easily evolve in the next few sentences. Today was boring, not much (actually almost nothing) happened. My dad and I Skyped my sister in college. She's having a good time. She still doesn't have a roommate yet. Then, around 6 I went to a family friend's house and had birthday cake (as it was his birthday). The cake was good and I saw his girlfriend's EPICALLY CUTE DOG named Sammy Samakow. HE'S SO AMAZINGLY CUTE AND SMALL AND AMAZING AND SMALL AND CUTE AND AMAZING. Then my dad and I went to dinner (Dessert first FTW). Then I got home and watched some Netflix. Then I fell down the stairs and thought I twisted my ankle but didn't (YAY!), it hurt a lot though. Now I'm here typing this. Later, I will probably go to sleep and wake up tomorrow and thankfully not have to go to school because one does not have to labor on labor day! Yay!
Anyway, my day was boring. Hope you had fun reading it though.
Anyway, my day was boring. Hope you had fun reading it though.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
My relationship to music
First off, something completely unrelated to music: WHOA!! New Doctor Who!!!!!!! That was EPIC! Surprise debut! Jenna Louise-Coleman! Oswin Oswald! What? Okay. So many Daleks!!! CRAZY EPIC AMAZING EPISODE!! Can't give away more than that, but the end is a fucking TWIST! And it's sad, oh so very sad.
Second off, something else completely unrelated to music: Who here has heard of the game "Slender"? I have. I heard it was scary as scary can get. So, logically (at least going by human logic), I played it. It's really not that scary. I don't know if you all are on drugs or something whilst playing this game, but it's so not scary. It's just a virtual slender human without a face. Nothing more. Nothing real. You want to know what's really scary? There could be a potential type 1a supernova close enough to wipe out all life on Earth and we wouldn't even know!
Third off, the entry:
So, there's this stuff in the world. It's called music. It's a very interesting thing, this music. I'm not really sure what it does to you, but for some reason when words are said in a melody, it makes everyone have things called emotions. It's very odd. But anyway, that's all fine and dandy, but also, I now realize, not what this entry is supposed to be about. It's supposed to be about my taste in music and stuff.
So, ask yourself, what music does Jacob Block like? Then, if you can't think of anything, ask me that question. I'll answer that in two words: No clue. I have no frakking idea what music I like. It's all so random. If I hear something I like somewhere, I'll get it. But, I DO NOT actively search for music. I have legitimately gone MONTHS listening to the same music, and I'm perfectly happy. Right now, I'm loving The Gaslight Anthem. Two specific songs by them are amazing. 45 and Handwritten. I love those songs. I can't stop listening to the two of them on repeat. I'm sure it will change at one point, but that could be a long time from now. Now, something I realized I forgot to explain to you: I go through "phases" of music. I never listen to all of my music at once, only a little bit of it at a time. Like, right now I'm on The Gaslight Anthem, and I don't touch any of my other music. This could go on for a long time, I could just listen to Gaslight for three months and not touch anything else. That's how I do music. I don't understand how everyone else does music. It's weird. How can you keep it all straight?
My friend Noah, he godsdamn motherfrakking LOVES MUSIC. I mean, if he could marry it and have sex with it, he'd have so many babies (I'm so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so sorry for that image). He has a record player and stuff. He's just Mr. Music. No, that's a stupid name. He's the Music Man? Hahaha someone please help me here, I'm dying. Anyway, I just don't understand it. How can someone like music that much? It's not that exciting. You want to know what's exciting? Motherfucking stars, that's what. Giant balls of thermonuclear fusion that create all of the elements in the universe, and ultimately create us. We come from star stuff! Now that's just EPIC. Music...well, music isn't. It's a fun thing to do when you're bored, but I don't see much else in it. Now, you can say I'm not a real human because of this, and I say thank you. If I'm secretly an alien, then that's just pure awesome. I hope that's true...it isn't though, sadly. I just don't like music that much. That's just the kind of person I am.
Deal with it.
P.S. Five entries in one day? Epic. I have no life. Even though today I was with friends. I guess I have no life even when I do. I'm THAT confusing.
P.S. Five entries in one day? Epic. I have no life. Even though today I was with friends. I guess I have no life even when I do. I'm THAT confusing.
So many entries in one day
So, I'm still at that friend's house. We're studying various things right now. I don't have anything I need to study right now. At least anything with me that I need to study. So I'm sitting here awkwardly (common theme of today). I wish I brought something with me to study, but I didn't because I'm that productive. Sitting awkwardly somewhere whilst everyone else does things SUCKS. ASKLDASJHDSKJLHDAkKJLAH evil. The worst part is that I'm not even useful. I can't explain things for my life, and there are multiple people here who need things explained to them. But there are also multiple other people here who can explain things far better than I can. So I'm just sitting here awkwardly without a use and no one is talking to me. Anyway, wish me luck. Sorry for all the entries in the same day, by the way. There will probably be more later...I think I'm going to make an entry about my relationship to music later. Yes, that's exactly what I'm going to do! Stay tuned.
My thoughts as I sit here awkwardly.
So, I am at a friend's house. I apparently got here one hour early, even though him and I conversed beforehand with these words, and I quote:
Me: Should I still show up at one?
Him: Of course?
Him: !*
There are other people here, his other friends that play Minecraft with him. I don't, at all. I hate the game. A lot. There seems to be no point in the game and no reason to play it. But Minecraft is not the point of this entry. In fact, there is NO POINT in the entry. This is only to make me seem not awkwardly sitting here. So, right now I'm typing this entry obnoxiously loud. It's quite fun, but no one is noticing....sad. SOMEONE NOTICE ME...hahah just kidding. I legitimately hate it when people notice me. I especially hate it when teachers notice me. This is fun. I frakking hate sitting here awkwardly. THIS IS SO BAD!!! Cows and milkshake in Minecraft? ¿Qué? WHAT ARE THEY ALL SAYING?!?!!?!?!?!?!??!?! WHY AM I HERE I WANT TO LEAVE BUT I CAN'T SO THAT WOULD BE AWKWARD. Now Rohun just looked at what I'm doing, so this sucks. ARAJHFKJASHDKAJDHWJKHDAKJHKAJSDHAKSDJ This is evil. I don't want to be here. I legitimately want to leave.
P.S. This was typed at 1:10, but I didn't post it until now.
Me: Should I still show up at one?
Him: Of course?
Him: !*
There are other people here, his other friends that play Minecraft with him. I don't, at all. I hate the game. A lot. There seems to be no point in the game and no reason to play it. But Minecraft is not the point of this entry. In fact, there is NO POINT in the entry. This is only to make me seem not awkwardly sitting here. So, right now I'm typing this entry obnoxiously loud. It's quite fun, but no one is noticing....sad. SOMEONE NOTICE ME...hahah just kidding. I legitimately hate it when people notice me. I especially hate it when teachers notice me. This is fun. I frakking hate sitting here awkwardly. THIS IS SO BAD!!! Cows and milkshake in Minecraft? ¿Qué? WHAT ARE THEY ALL SAYING?!?!!?!?!?!?!??!?! WHY AM I HERE I WANT TO LEAVE BUT I CAN'T SO THAT WOULD BE AWKWARD. Now Rohun just looked at what I'm doing, so this sucks. ARAJHFKJASHDKAJDHWJKHDAKJHKAJSDHAKSDJ This is evil. I don't want to be here. I legitimately want to leave.
P.S. This was typed at 1:10, but I didn't post it until now.
Why I hate it when people don't respond to texts
This is going to be a very quick entry. Not as long as my other ones, but still stating my opinion on a matter.
So, I legitimately HATE it when people don't respond to texts. Hate it. Lots. But, not for the reasons that one may think I hate it. Not because I'm annoyed at them for not responding and being douchebags, I'm okay with the douchebaggery. It's actually because I hate myself for sending the message. If someone doesn't respond to a message, I automatically assume that I'm bothering them and I shouldn't have sent the message in the first place. Then, later when I find out that I actually did bother them (WHICH JUST HAPPENED LESS THAN 10 SECONDS AGO), I feel like a horrible person that shouldn't have the right to text.
Well, that's what I feel when people don't respond to texts. I know, I know, it's stupid and doesn't make much sense, but it's true.
Large groups (with some new people sprinkled in)
Hey! Look! I found a topic! Let's all rejoice in happiness for me!
Anyway, entry time:
Large groups make me shut off. I hate them. Whenever I'm in them, my brain says "Well, you're not allowed to talk to anyone, because no one would want to talk to you. You're too awkward!" So, what ends up happening with me is I just stand in a corner and don't talk to anyone, or, if possible, I leave. The problem is I legitimately don't have any control over this. I want to talk to people! I really really really do! But, my brain says that I can't, and I shy away. Another problem is my definition of a large group is different from everyone else's, 8 or nine people is WAY too many for me, which is why I'm quite worried that if my group of friends keeps expanding, I will just freeze and stop being a part of them, which would make me legitimately sad, because I LOVE my friends. (OLD BLOG ENTRY ALERT: People who like me are awesome, the entry to thank my friends for being my friends, and sticking with me through the awkward stage of knowing me, and being just plain awesome). I don't want to leave them, but if the group gets too big, I won't be able to handle it and I would have to go back to being the awkward kid in the class with no friends. I hate this, because I feel like a jerk saying "No new people!" because if someone new in the class has no friends, I'd feel HORRIBLE saying "Well, sorry, because I can't handle too many people you have to go find other friends. These ones are taken." I'm even a little cautious about adding Rohun to the group. He's pretty cool, but the way the group was before this was PERFECT. Now everything is changing and I don't like it. (I want a time machine (TARDIS) to go back to last year, when life made sense and everything was happy. My sister was still here and I only had 5 people in my group!). It's also not that I don't like Rohun! I do! But the problem is my socialness...I don't have any...New people SCARE ME! I'm not kidding, they legitimately scare me. Meeting new people is like one of my least favorite activities to do! Second only to public speaking (and maybe dying).
I guess what I'm really trying to say is that I'm not a bad person. I'm just a very...I really don't want to use the term socially awkward here, because I'm legitimately trying to be serious right now...nervous (?) person. When in large groups or meeting new people (or, in my worst nightmares, being in large groups while meeting new people) I'm just really nervous that...well I don't even know what I'm nervous about, but I REALLY am. I wish it were different, but it's not. I want to be social, outgoing, extroverted. More than anything in the world, but my brain WON'T LET ME. It's just telling me to go into that corner and don't let anyone notice me, and it sucks more than anything.
Well, that's my feelings on large groups (and a little bit on my feelings about meeting new people). Hope you enjoyed reading about my awkwardness.
P.S. I just got three pageviews from Russia! Welcome!
Anyway, entry time:
Large groups make me shut off. I hate them. Whenever I'm in them, my brain says "Well, you're not allowed to talk to anyone, because no one would want to talk to you. You're too awkward!" So, what ends up happening with me is I just stand in a corner and don't talk to anyone, or, if possible, I leave. The problem is I legitimately don't have any control over this. I want to talk to people! I really really really do! But, my brain says that I can't, and I shy away. Another problem is my definition of a large group is different from everyone else's, 8 or nine people is WAY too many for me, which is why I'm quite worried that if my group of friends keeps expanding, I will just freeze and stop being a part of them, which would make me legitimately sad, because I LOVE my friends. (OLD BLOG ENTRY ALERT: People who like me are awesome, the entry to thank my friends for being my friends, and sticking with me through the awkward stage of knowing me, and being just plain awesome). I don't want to leave them, but if the group gets too big, I won't be able to handle it and I would have to go back to being the awkward kid in the class with no friends. I hate this, because I feel like a jerk saying "No new people!" because if someone new in the class has no friends, I'd feel HORRIBLE saying "Well, sorry, because I can't handle too many people you have to go find other friends. These ones are taken." I'm even a little cautious about adding Rohun to the group. He's pretty cool, but the way the group was before this was PERFECT. Now everything is changing and I don't like it. (I want a time machine (TARDIS) to go back to last year, when life made sense and everything was happy. My sister was still here and I only had 5 people in my group!). It's also not that I don't like Rohun! I do! But the problem is my socialness...I don't have any...New people SCARE ME! I'm not kidding, they legitimately scare me. Meeting new people is like one of my least favorite activities to do! Second only to public speaking (and maybe dying).
I guess what I'm really trying to say is that I'm not a bad person. I'm just a very...I really don't want to use the term socially awkward here, because I'm legitimately trying to be serious right now...nervous (?) person. When in large groups or meeting new people (or, in my worst nightmares, being in large groups while meeting new people) I'm just really nervous that...well I don't even know what I'm nervous about, but I REALLY am. I wish it were different, but it's not. I want to be social, outgoing, extroverted. More than anything in the world, but my brain WON'T LET ME. It's just telling me to go into that corner and don't let anyone notice me, and it sucks more than anything.
Well, that's my feelings on large groups (and a little bit on my feelings about meeting new people). Hope you enjoyed reading about my awkwardness.
P.S. I just got three pageviews from Russia! Welcome!
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