Chocolate, pineapples, horseradish, ponies, floccinaucinihilipilification, pamplemousse. Yeah...I've got nothing.
Katie, coffee crisps are basically...chocolate coated wafers with coffee in them, I guess. Think of a coffee flavoured Kit Kat, if you know what that is.
Kayla, I'm not exactly sure. I think it's somewhere around...maybe 90? 91? 89? Baked apples sound really good. I made a chocolate fudge tart on Saturday for a dinner party. It tasted really good, but one looked really strange because it didn't set properly. The other one was pretty close to perfect, if I do say so myself - just gooey enough to taste yummy but firm enough on the outside that it didn't fall apart.
Yep, I'm running a blank. Thus I will...Hopefully not fall asleep on my math homework.
1/29/2012
I had the best week ever.
Ok. So I had like the greatest week ever. I don't even know where to start so I'll just ramble. Ok, so first school stuff. My assignments all went really well and I'm completely on top of my homework.
Next, I got to go out with my friends and see S Club, which was cool, I love all the old songs. I like dancing even if i'm not very good at it. :P
Ok, then one of my friends both the new Ipod touch and gave me his old one. So I got a free 16gb ipod touch, which is brilliant because I love music and my old mp3 broke a few months ago.
Fourth, I got offered a free ticket to go see Ireland play Italy in a rugby match in Dublin, which I'm really excited about, it'll amazing because I've never seen the Irish team play in the flesh before.
On the topic of immortality, I'm going to cheat slightly and ask to be like the elves in LOTR. As in that you can live forever unless you're killed. That'd be pretty nice, the best of both worlds.
Also, I just discovered Molly Lewis. WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME? She is sooooooooo awesome. I love "An open letter to Stephen Fry".
Kayla, those baked apples actually look amazing, they really make me want to go get something to eat right now! :)
Anyway, this week I'm going to a pizza eating contest, a showing of Napoleon Dynamite, an indie disco and a yu gi oh tournament. I love the variety of college life. :)
DFTBA
Adam
P.S. I'm left handed too :P
Next, I got to go out with my friends and see S Club, which was cool, I love all the old songs. I like dancing even if i'm not very good at it. :P
Ok, then one of my friends both the new Ipod touch and gave me his old one. So I got a free 16gb ipod touch, which is brilliant because I love music and my old mp3 broke a few months ago.
Fourth, I got offered a free ticket to go see Ireland play Italy in a rugby match in Dublin, which I'm really excited about, it'll amazing because I've never seen the Irish team play in the flesh before.
On the topic of immortality, I'm going to cheat slightly and ask to be like the elves in LOTR. As in that you can live forever unless you're killed. That'd be pretty nice, the best of both worlds.
Also, I just discovered Molly Lewis. WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME? She is sooooooooo awesome. I love "An open letter to Stephen Fry".
Kayla, those baked apples actually look amazing, they really make me want to go get something to eat right now! :)
Anyway, this week I'm going to a pizza eating contest, a showing of Napoleon Dynamite, an indie disco and a yu gi oh tournament. I love the variety of college life. :)
DFTBA
Adam
P.S. I'm left handed too :P
1/28/2012
My nose hurts
So are you guys allergic to any animals? I found out me and my brother are allergic to something in cat's spit. So therefore I've been messing with my nose constantly. That, and I think I'm getting a cold. Nonetheless my week was good. I can't remember half of what happened, but the parts I do remember were great!
We're reading this book in English called Candide by Volitare. Have you guys heard of it? Its so good I recommend it 100%. It's been on Broadway a few times, and we were watching clips during class. My teacher liked it so much he ordered it form amazon in the middle of class. That's one thing I like most about that teacher. He does the strangest things.
Something that surprised me that was important to my education was making honor role. Apparently they sent out an e-mail to parents whose children made honor role, but my mom being not to into the internet didn't tell me. So I had to stand awkwardly in front of the school, probably being the only surprised kid up there. It was nice though.
I want to be able to talk about something besides school, but t seems impossible. Outside of school I have the internet. No social life, parties, special events. Just me, and a computer screen. Speaking of computers I am very close to a new one! Just a few more weeks and BAM.
It feels very weird to be posting on Saturday, but in a good way I guess. To clear something up I am in fact left-handed. Kate I've been trying to get The Name Of the Star for ages from the library. The ting is is that my library hates to be awesome. I wanted to save money, so I tried ordering school books (one being Candide) instead of buying them. What ended up happening was Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell in Spanish and not English. I mean I know it was hard to understand me over the phone, but IT CAME IN SPANISH. French the llama, guys, french the llama. So I keep ordering TNOtS but they never actually get it to me. They keep sending it back.
People. I mean especially librarians, who are supposed to be awesome, right? Hey instead of school I talked about books. Good. Right anyway what is a coffee crisp? Seriously, I'm interested to know what I lack. While I wait for a response I'm going to go watch Prince Of Egypt with my sister and a brownie.
Bye!<3
We're reading this book in English called Candide by Volitare. Have you guys heard of it? Its so good I recommend it 100%. It's been on Broadway a few times, and we were watching clips during class. My teacher liked it so much he ordered it form amazon in the middle of class. That's one thing I like most about that teacher. He does the strangest things.
Something that surprised me that was important to my education was making honor role. Apparently they sent out an e-mail to parents whose children made honor role, but my mom being not to into the internet didn't tell me. So I had to stand awkwardly in front of the school, probably being the only surprised kid up there. It was nice though.
I want to be able to talk about something besides school, but t seems impossible. Outside of school I have the internet. No social life, parties, special events. Just me, and a computer screen. Speaking of computers I am very close to a new one! Just a few more weeks and BAM.
It feels very weird to be posting on Saturday, but in a good way I guess. To clear something up I am in fact left-handed. Kate I've been trying to get The Name Of the Star for ages from the library. The ting is is that my library hates to be awesome. I wanted to save money, so I tried ordering school books (one being Candide) instead of buying them. What ended up happening was Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell in Spanish and not English. I mean I know it was hard to understand me over the phone, but IT CAME IN SPANISH. French the llama, guys, french the llama. So I keep ordering TNOtS but they never actually get it to me. They keep sending it back.
People. I mean especially librarians, who are supposed to be awesome, right? Hey instead of school I talked about books. Good. Right anyway what is a coffee crisp? Seriously, I'm interested to know what I lack. While I wait for a response I'm going to go watch Prince Of Egypt with my sister and a brownie.
Bye!<3
1/27/2012
I like to pretend I can actually cook
Well exams have started so I was off school today and by my next post I'll be officially over with semester one. Yay! Though, second semester seems as if it will be fairly difficult. The only course I'm really looking forward to is art.
We got so much snow on Sunday and Monday, like at least a foot or two I'd say. The snow hills everywhere pretty much doubled in size compared to how they were before. The only good thing about getting so much snow was that it meant warmer weather for a bit and it got us half a day off of school on Monday.
Deidra was over at my house all day today so we decided to take a break from studying to bake and cook. We ended up making these awesome chocolate cupcakes with Rolos inside. It was a really simple way to improve our usual box mix cupcakes. After that we made beef stroganoff, which was surprisingly easy. And then for desert we made baked apples with cinnamon and brown sugar inside. It was pretty awesome if I do say so myself.
Congrats on your marks Adam. Katie I love Coffee Crisps, the fact that some of you guys don't have them makes me want to go buy a bunch and mail them to you, haha. Kate, I can relate, I am definitely not a morning person. Kira, what's a 3.925 GPA in percentage? Because we don't use that at our school, but honestly 3.925 seems like a pretty good GPA to me. Campion hope you're enjoying your last days of freedom.
DFTBA
Kayla
We got so much snow on Sunday and Monday, like at least a foot or two I'd say. The snow hills everywhere pretty much doubled in size compared to how they were before. The only good thing about getting so much snow was that it meant warmer weather for a bit and it got us half a day off of school on Monday.
Deidra was over at my house all day today so we decided to take a break from studying to bake and cook. We ended up making these awesome chocolate cupcakes with Rolos inside. It was a really simple way to improve our usual box mix cupcakes. After that we made beef stroganoff, which was surprisingly easy. And then for desert we made baked apples with cinnamon and brown sugar inside. It was pretty awesome if I do say so myself.
Congrats on your marks Adam. Katie I love Coffee Crisps, the fact that some of you guys don't have them makes me want to go buy a bunch and mail them to you, haha. Kate, I can relate, I am definitely not a morning person. Kira, what's a 3.925 GPA in percentage? Because we don't use that at our school, but honestly 3.925 seems like a pretty good GPA to me. Campion hope you're enjoying your last days of freedom.
DFTBA
Kayla
1/26/2012
Plants and Left-Handedness
The semester is finally over, and now exams are starting. Thankfully, I only have 2 to write, since I had a major research essay for my history class instead of an exam (which I stupidly left until the last couple days and had to mad rush to get it done). They shouldn't be too difficult, as Biology was fairly straightforward and I understood mostly everything, and I am usually pretty good with English. After that, I will have 5 days of nothingness until I have to go back and start semester two.
During the exam period and days after until I go back, I am caring for a few of the surviving plants from our gardening club. Most of them didn't survive over Christmas break (our teacher does not have a green thumb), and have been getting wilty and dead since then. I plan on hopefully being able to fix the ones that are still alive and make them awesome for when I bring them back. (Just because I like to brag about this, my plant is the tallest one, and the only one that never went into a near-death stage.) So Operation Plant Overhaul begins with these:
... which were the only living things we had left. Trust me, they look worse in real like than the picture makes it seem. Unfortunately, the one in the middle is Kayla's. But I have faith that I can make it look, at least a teensy bit, like the one on the right, which is mine.
I hope seeing S Club 7 was a fun night for you, Adam. I used to listen to a bit of their stuff when I was younger, but not much and not for long. I've never really been a big music-y person. Also, I'm glad that you will be able to write more now that you and Katie have switched. I didn't think it would out so perfectly.
Katie, are you left-handed or not? From the context of the conversation I gather that you aren't, but I am not quite sure. I am, by the way, left-handed that is. It isn't a disease, of course, but there is a lot of strange speculations that go along with left-handedness. Apparently left-handed people die an average of 7 years earlier than right-handed people. Also, there is this twin theory that some people believe, where left-handed individuals were originally part of an identical twin pair, with the right-handed twin fetus failing to develop early in development. Just a neat tidbit of information.
And now I am tired because I have been staying up late every night this week to either get homework done or to read or just because I'm weird and my brain doesn't let me sleep. Too much on my mind, I guess. I hope you all have a good, relaxing weekend. Don't forget to be awesome!
P.S - This is our 200th post.
During the exam period and days after until I go back, I am caring for a few of the surviving plants from our gardening club. Most of them didn't survive over Christmas break (our teacher does not have a green thumb), and have been getting wilty and dead since then. I plan on hopefully being able to fix the ones that are still alive and make them awesome for when I bring them back. (Just because I like to brag about this, my plant is the tallest one, and the only one that never went into a near-death stage.) So Operation Plant Overhaul begins with these:
... which were the only living things we had left. Trust me, they look worse in real like than the picture makes it seem. Unfortunately, the one in the middle is Kayla's. But I have faith that I can make it look, at least a teensy bit, like the one on the right, which is mine.
I hope seeing S Club 7 was a fun night for you, Adam. I used to listen to a bit of their stuff when I was younger, but not much and not for long. I've never really been a big music-y person. Also, I'm glad that you will be able to write more now that you and Katie have switched. I didn't think it would out so perfectly.
Katie, are you left-handed or not? From the context of the conversation I gather that you aren't, but I am not quite sure. I am, by the way, left-handed that is. It isn't a disease, of course, but there is a lot of strange speculations that go along with left-handedness. Apparently left-handed people die an average of 7 years earlier than right-handed people. Also, there is this twin theory that some people believe, where left-handed individuals were originally part of an identical twin pair, with the right-handed twin fetus failing to develop early in development. Just a neat tidbit of information.
And now I am tired because I have been staying up late every night this week to either get homework done or to read or just because I'm weird and my brain doesn't let me sleep. Too much on my mind, I guess. I hope you all have a good, relaxing weekend. Don't forget to be awesome!
P.S - This is our 200th post.
Back to school next week (fake enthusiasm)
Well, my holidays are almost up. I go back to school on Tuesday next week, so that means that I have about five days left of freedom... and most likely I will use them by doing absolutely nothing. Well I've had a pretty good holiday and I suppose that all that I really wanted to do was just, well, nothing. I found a few good hobbies during my time off, like watching bad movies and MSTing bad fan fiction so it wasn't a complete waste of time. This year is supposed to be my last year of high school and I'm certain that it will be a lot better than last year. Last year I had three subjects which I absolutely hated, Accounting, Maths and Biology and now this year I don't have to take a single one of them!
About immortality. Well I think that what you would get out of it depends on the person. Some people couldn't stand to be around forever whilst others would relish the opportunity and enjoy it. Given the choice, I would chose to be immortal. I've asked people this question a lot and all of them have answered with mortality. Well, everyone I asked were my friends, so it's possible that at our young age, we have our whole lives ahead and we think that's enough for one person. But I guess that if you asked someone the same question who was say, 85 their answer could be completely different. All that I'm saying is that it depends on the person. Not only but there is the saying that with age comes wisdom, so with immortality you could learn so much more about life than one single mortal person could. There is the problem of having to watch all of your loved ones die but a mortal live is full of that anyway. In our own lives we will be forced to watch people that we love die, it's just that an immortal would be full to an even greater extent. But personally, I would chose to be immortal. Well that's my 2 cents on the subject.
Anyway, I'm sorry for missing last week but I was really sick and I ended up sleeping the entire day but I'm much better now (sort of).
So have an awesome week guys
DFTBA
About immortality. Well I think that what you would get out of it depends on the person. Some people couldn't stand to be around forever whilst others would relish the opportunity and enjoy it. Given the choice, I would chose to be immortal. I've asked people this question a lot and all of them have answered with mortality. Well, everyone I asked were my friends, so it's possible that at our young age, we have our whole lives ahead and we think that's enough for one person. But I guess that if you asked someone the same question who was say, 85 their answer could be completely different. All that I'm saying is that it depends on the person. Not only but there is the saying that with age comes wisdom, so with immortality you could learn so much more about life than one single mortal person could. There is the problem of having to watch all of your loved ones die but a mortal live is full of that anyway. In our own lives we will be forced to watch people that we love die, it's just that an immortal would be full to an even greater extent. But personally, I would chose to be immortal. Well that's my 2 cents on the subject.
Anyway, I'm sorry for missing last week but I was really sick and I ended up sleeping the entire day but I'm much better now (sort of).
So have an awesome week guys
DFTBA
1/24/2012
Meh...
So, I just watched the State of the Union, while trying to do homework and getting distracted. Um...what to talk about...
Deidra, whenever I think of immortality, I remember a book I read once called "Tuck Everlasting". It really made me think. When you live forever, what do you do with yourself? Life would pass around you, you would lose everyone and everything you ever cared about while you would...endure, I guess. And would you keep aging? I would never end up doing what I want to do because I'd say, "Oh, I can just do it tomorrow."
Katie, that reminds me of something stupid I did the other day, on like the second day we had snow and ice before it all melted. I was getting the mail. I fell and somehow managed to cut my chin on the mailbox. You're left handed? That's interesting.
I have nothing else to say...and my parents want to yell at me about my 3.925 GPA...so I think I'll go!
Deidra, whenever I think of immortality, I remember a book I read once called "Tuck Everlasting". It really made me think. When you live forever, what do you do with yourself? Life would pass around you, you would lose everyone and everything you ever cared about while you would...endure, I guess. And would you keep aging? I would never end up doing what I want to do because I'd say, "Oh, I can just do it tomorrow."
Katie, that reminds me of something stupid I did the other day, on like the second day we had snow and ice before it all melted. I was getting the mail. I fell and somehow managed to cut my chin on the mailbox. You're left handed? That's interesting.
I have nothing else to say...and my parents want to yell at me about my 3.925 GPA...so I think I'll go!
1/23/2012
The First Monday of The School Year...
...was not enjoyed... or at least not the waking up part. In eighth grade I use to love waking up and going to school. It's now two years later and I hate it. The rest of the day wasn't that bad though.
The book I am currently reading is Maureen Johnson's The Name of the Star. I'm only about half way through it but it is already amazing. I don't expect that this book is going to be the type to make me cry. I'll probably have a review of the book next Monday. No spoilers will be in the review in case the book is one you are thinking about reading.
Kira, I quoted you on Facebook ("I don't like the thought of laws existing because of one religion imposing beliefs on the whole country. ") and many people liked it. I felt as if you put the things I've been believing for so long into the perfect sentence. Finding the right words is something I can be horrible at.
There have been many times when I've thought about immortality, Deidra. I've come to the conclusion that it would be nice to live as long as one would like to live. I know if I had a choice between immortality and mortality, I would definitely choose mortality. I know I wouldn't want to live forever. I think eventually everyone would get bored of life and they would wish they could die. I would love to have the chance to live maybe a few more hundred years just so I could do more things, visit more place, etc, but I know I only have 100 years, if I'm lucky enough to live that long, so I don't spend to much time thinking about it. Like you I would also like to know what the world becomes in the future, how far science has advanced, how the human race has changed.
Great job with your exams, Adam! You did an awesome job.
As always, I hope you all have a great week and DFTBA.
Kate
The book I am currently reading is Maureen Johnson's The Name of the Star. I'm only about half way through it but it is already amazing. I don't expect that this book is going to be the type to make me cry. I'll probably have a review of the book next Monday. No spoilers will be in the review in case the book is one you are thinking about reading.
Kira, I quoted you on Facebook ("I don't like the thought of laws existing because of one religion imposing beliefs on the whole country. ") and many people liked it. I felt as if you put the things I've been believing for so long into the perfect sentence. Finding the right words is something I can be horrible at.
There have been many times when I've thought about immortality, Deidra. I've come to the conclusion that it would be nice to live as long as one would like to live. I know if I had a choice between immortality and mortality, I would definitely choose mortality. I know I wouldn't want to live forever. I think eventually everyone would get bored of life and they would wish they could die. I would love to have the chance to live maybe a few more hundred years just so I could do more things, visit more place, etc, but I know I only have 100 years, if I'm lucky enough to live that long, so I don't spend to much time thinking about it. Like you I would also like to know what the world becomes in the future, how far science has advanced, how the human race has changed.
Great job with your exams, Adam! You did an awesome job.
As always, I hope you all have a great week and DFTBA.
Kate
1/22/2012
I like to burn things.
Does that make me crazy? Something about the smell of burning ink and grades is just nice. Too bad it's not the end of the year. First off Adam that is like the best idea ever, because I always want to post on Saturdays but I have to restrain myself. So next week coming to you in the form of a post will be me on Saturday. Cool beans? Awesome!
Hopefully this switch-up is better so that I don't forget to post! Sorry btw. What's new...THERE IS SNOW ON THE GROUND! Which actually isn't all that exciting because with snow comes ice. With ice comes the striking pain in my lower back that I received this past Friday. I was walking (more like falling) down the hill from our school to meet the buses and this guy would move out of my way so I stepped off the snow onto the ice and fell into the same snowbank. Stupid move because no I have slight pain. Not to worry this happens a lot. Like way too much.
Speaking of thins hat happen way too much I posted on Tumblr the other day a conversation I had a little while ago with a teacher and I think I'll share it here too:
Hopefully this switch-up is better so that I don't forget to post! Sorry btw. What's new...THERE IS SNOW ON THE GROUND! Which actually isn't all that exciting because with snow comes ice. With ice comes the striking pain in my lower back that I received this past Friday. I was walking (more like falling) down the hill from our school to meet the buses and this guy would move out of my way so I stepped off the snow onto the ice and fell into the same snowbank. Stupid move because no I have slight pain. Not to worry this happens a lot. Like way too much.
Speaking of thins hat happen way too much I posted on Tumblr the other day a conversation I had a little while ago with a teacher and I think I'll share it here too:
- Teacher: Tell me three facts about yourself.
- Me: I don't have any.
- Teacher: Then just make them up.
- Me: I'm not that interesting.
- Teacher: GO!
- Me: I'm left-handed.
- Teacher: Oh I'm so sorry.
- Me: (face palm)
I mean come on its not a disease to be left-handed is it? Does this have to happen EVERY time? On to more important things. Something I wanted to talk about last week was the same-sex marriage topic. I say yes and no. I mean they should be aloud to be bound together and vow to love each other, but church and state are different so if the church doesn't want to recognize the marriage than it doesn't have to. Though that still isn't right because you shouldn't pick and choose who to service and who not to. Ya know?
I am in love with The Fault in Our Stars, forever and always. I'm not going to spoil it, but I will however tell you what I told my friend:
Okay so I got the book Thursday night, so instead of studying for tests I had the next day I just read until 11:30 and only had about 100 pages left. Between the bus ride, morning announcements, and the first three periods I read. I finished just as third period ended and was still crying a bit. People kept asking if I was okay and of course I was I had just finished the best book I've read this year. So right before lunch I was telling a friend about it and she was reluctant because she saw me crying and knew it was sad and was like "no its too sad" and I told if she wanted to experience life all that she had to do was read this book and life=experienced.
I love U2, I haven't the slightest idea what coffee crisps are,and yes I've heard of S Club 7 and I'm sooo jealous. I haven't taken robotics but it was offered as an elective when I was in middle school, but not where I go now. It sounds/seems like a lot of fun I wish it was offered. But alas I'm doing Envirothon. Which had a meeting this past Saturday and I would love to tell you about it but thanks to the foot or so of snow outside my door the meeting got canceled. In other news I have five books to read. Two for school and three for pleasure. I have more but these five are the important ones. One I guess is technically for school, but it was voluntary book club, so its more pleasure than work. That's about it for me, so until next time. Have an awesome week.
Bye!<3
Ain't no party like an S Club Party
So, yeah, that's the big news in my life, I'm going to see S Club 7 on Tuesday in the UCD student bar. Tickets were only 8 euro and they're such a blast from the past. I don't know if they were very international but they were really big in the UK and Ireland round the Millenium.
Gotta love them. On an unrelated topic, I got my exam results back, they were pretty good, my GPA was 3.83 which is like an A minus so I'm happy with that.
I was a little disappointed that with my mad timetable I didn't get to see Andy Quirke last week. He created and played Damo and Ivor. They're a really popular comedy sketch duo, he plays both characters. It's a really good satire of Dublin people where you have the North side is seen as rough and the South side is seen as stuck up and posh. It's funny but I think you have to be Irish to get it.
Also, I seem to always leave these posts until Sunday night, so I was wondering if Katie might like swap days?
DFTBA
Adam
Gotta love them. On an unrelated topic, I got my exam results back, they were pretty good, my GPA was 3.83 which is like an A minus so I'm happy with that.
I was a little disappointed that with my mad timetable I didn't get to see Andy Quirke last week. He created and played Damo and Ivor. They're a really popular comedy sketch duo, he plays both characters. It's a really good satire of Dublin people where you have the North side is seen as rough and the South side is seen as stuck up and posh. It's funny but I think you have to be Irish to get it.
Also, I seem to always leave these posts until Sunday night, so I was wondering if Katie might like swap days?
DFTBA
Adam
1/20/2012
Running out of Time
Well, studying has been a fail this week so I guess I just have to make sure I study lots this coming week. I just can't wait for this semester to finally be over so I can start my next classes.
I'm helping out at the vet again tomorrow though, so that'll be a nice break from my usual routine. I plan on really watching the surgeries closely this time around so I can get as much from the experience as possible. Hopefully I won't get grossed out by it or anything.
Adam, I'm glad you had a good time in Germany and didn't get lost.
Deidra, if you asked me face to face I would probably just say I want to be immortal right off the bat. However, it would also depend on the situation because maybe there are restrictions or downsides to being immortal (for example: vampire = drinking blood, Captain Jack = continued aging). Then I also wonder what sorts of things I would do if I was immortal because I would have like all the time in the world and I'm a horrible procrastinator. So if I didn't have a restricted time to live I might just end up wasting a bunch of time doing pointless things, whereas I could have been doing more if I had been mortal. Also a lot of things sound better in theory than in practice, so there would really be no way to tell if I'd really like to be immortal since all I've ever been is mortal.
Anyway I got some stuff to take care of so this'll be all for now.
DFTBA
Kayla
I'm helping out at the vet again tomorrow though, so that'll be a nice break from my usual routine. I plan on really watching the surgeries closely this time around so I can get as much from the experience as possible. Hopefully I won't get grossed out by it or anything.
Adam, I'm glad you had a good time in Germany and didn't get lost.
Deidra, if you asked me face to face I would probably just say I want to be immortal right off the bat. However, it would also depend on the situation because maybe there are restrictions or downsides to being immortal (for example: vampire = drinking blood, Captain Jack = continued aging). Then I also wonder what sorts of things I would do if I was immortal because I would have like all the time in the world and I'm a horrible procrastinator. So if I didn't have a restricted time to live I might just end up wasting a bunch of time doing pointless things, whereas I could have been doing more if I had been mortal. Also a lot of things sound better in theory than in practice, so there would really be no way to tell if I'd really like to be immortal since all I've ever been is mortal.
Anyway I got some stuff to take care of so this'll be all for now.
DFTBA
Kayla
1/19/2012
Choose Wisely
It seems as though the closer I get to exams the slower times seems to move. I seriously just want to get them over with already. It's not funny anymore. I want the 'new semester excitement' to happen, where I promise myself that I will keep up with everything and not procrastinate. Where my notes are legible and I don't just want to sleep in class.
Adam, your new semester schedule sounds dreadful. At least there is only one day of extreme torture. It could always be worse. Glad to hear that your trip went well and that you had lots of fun. The pictures are beautiful.
I had The Fault in our Stars read to me via Skype by a Nerdfighter friend, and I have to say it was amazing. I cried so much, I couldn't believe it. I think like you, Kate, I made it worse when I started to connect it to my own life. I don't know how I would ever be able to handle anything like that. Also, Hazel is a very lucky girl.
Kira, I always find it strange to hear that certain places don't have things like specific chocolates. Especially ones that are so yummy. But then again, the US also doesn't have Kinder Surprises, so hearing that Michigan doesn't have Coffee Crisps isn't all that shocking.
Have you guys ever thought of immortality? The idea of living forever doesn't really appeal to me, and if given the choice I don't think I would choose it. I tend to say that I'm in love with my mortality. I like knowing that at some point my life will cease to exist, that my time will run out. I think my hesitance towards immortality comes from my fear of our world's future. Sure, I would like to know what we come up with in 100, 500, 1000 years. I'd like to know if we cure cancer or find a way to truly be 'green' with the planet. But I know that things like hate, violence, and war will never end. I don't want to be stuck in a world that cannot solve its problems. Also, I just don't think I could stand the monotony of day-to-day living over and over and over again. I think I need that danger of dying, inevitability of the end feeling to really keep me going. What about you guys? Would you choose immortality over mortality?
Anywho, that's all from me. Hope your weeks are great and your weekends are greater. Don't forget to be awesome!
Adam, your new semester schedule sounds dreadful. At least there is only one day of extreme torture. It could always be worse. Glad to hear that your trip went well and that you had lots of fun. The pictures are beautiful.
I had The Fault in our Stars read to me via Skype by a Nerdfighter friend, and I have to say it was amazing. I cried so much, I couldn't believe it. I think like you, Kate, I made it worse when I started to connect it to my own life. I don't know how I would ever be able to handle anything like that. Also, Hazel is a very lucky girl.
Kira, I always find it strange to hear that certain places don't have things like specific chocolates. Especially ones that are so yummy. But then again, the US also doesn't have Kinder Surprises, so hearing that Michigan doesn't have Coffee Crisps isn't all that shocking.
Have you guys ever thought of immortality? The idea of living forever doesn't really appeal to me, and if given the choice I don't think I would choose it. I tend to say that I'm in love with my mortality. I like knowing that at some point my life will cease to exist, that my time will run out. I think my hesitance towards immortality comes from my fear of our world's future. Sure, I would like to know what we come up with in 100, 500, 1000 years. I'd like to know if we cure cancer or find a way to truly be 'green' with the planet. But I know that things like hate, violence, and war will never end. I don't want to be stuck in a world that cannot solve its problems. Also, I just don't think I could stand the monotony of day-to-day living over and over and over again. I think I need that danger of dying, inevitability of the end feeling to really keep me going. What about you guys? Would you choose immortality over mortality?
Anywho, that's all from me. Hope your weeks are great and your weekends are greater. Don't forget to be awesome!
1/17/2012
Untitled
Okay. so I really don't have too much to talk about...but I'll ramble because rambling is fun.
This past week has been pretty good. I never knew Michigan didn't have Coffee Crisps...PLEASE tell me the rest of the United States does. I'm pretty sure other non North America countries don't, but I didn't know the U.S. didn't till this week. That was a serious run on sentence.
Random H.P. movie facts which you'll probably have heard: Alfonso Cuaron had Dan, Rupert, and Emma write essays about their characters. Emma's was like sixteen pages long and very detailed. Dan's was a simple outline. Rupert never wrote his. A second...Dan wasn't originally Harry Potter. Someone else had the role, then he lost it a day later because Columbus wanted a British guy.
A lot of you seem to think robotics is hard. It is. And confusing. But it's fun. Sorry if I'm sounding very disconnected, I'm listening to U2, which is very distracting. I LOVE YOU, BONO!
Kate, thanks for giving me a book recommendation. I've really wanted something to read.
Adam, I'm glad you enjoyed your trip.
Kayla, I think that same-sex marriages should be recognized. I think it should be legal in other places as well, because I don't like the thought of laws existing because of one religion imposing beliefs on the whole country. But seeing as that has not as of yet occurred, I think that Canada at the very least should recognize these marriages.
Uh...I'm losing my train of thought, so I'm gone! Bye!
This past week has been pretty good. I never knew Michigan didn't have Coffee Crisps...PLEASE tell me the rest of the United States does. I'm pretty sure other non North America countries don't, but I didn't know the U.S. didn't till this week. That was a serious run on sentence.
Random H.P. movie facts which you'll probably have heard: Alfonso Cuaron had Dan, Rupert, and Emma write essays about their characters. Emma's was like sixteen pages long and very detailed. Dan's was a simple outline. Rupert never wrote his. A second...Dan wasn't originally Harry Potter. Someone else had the role, then he lost it a day later because Columbus wanted a British guy.
A lot of you seem to think robotics is hard. It is. And confusing. But it's fun. Sorry if I'm sounding very disconnected, I'm listening to U2, which is very distracting. I LOVE YOU, BONO!
Kate, thanks for giving me a book recommendation. I've really wanted something to read.
Adam, I'm glad you enjoyed your trip.
Kayla, I think that same-sex marriages should be recognized. I think it should be legal in other places as well, because I don't like the thought of laws existing because of one religion imposing beliefs on the whole country. But seeing as that has not as of yet occurred, I think that Canada at the very least should recognize these marriages.
Uh...I'm losing my train of thought, so I'm gone! Bye!
1/16/2012
Another Monday of No School
That's about the 4th in a row if you count Christmas break.
I spent Friday night reading the last 150 pages of the Fault in Our Stars. I'm not going to post any spoilers, but WOW. It's definitely may favorite stand-alone book. I laughed, I cried (I cried even more when connecting things from the book to my life), it was amazing. I definitely recommend you read it if you haven't yet. I know I've already interested my non-nerdfighter friend.
My first week of classes went well. I already like all of my teachers. Hopefully I don't think I will have a lot of homework, at least not compared to last semester. Most of the time that had been spent doing homework last semester will go to practicing my violin this semester.
I don't know if I've said, but the band/orchestra conducted recommended me to the teacher in charge of our school's annual musical, so I will be in the orchestra pit playing the music. We had our first rehearsal yesterday. There weren't as many people there as I expected. I did better than I thought I would, but there's still a long way to go.
I've always liked the idea of a bucket list, but I've never really made one. I think would feel pressure to do everything on the list. But I do have a bunch of things I would love to do/accomplish such as meeting youtubers/inspirational people, publish a novel, and be a fun teacher.
On the subject of same-sex marriage, it's my belief that the marriages should be legal or at least recognized. The topic of homosexuality and same-sex marriages is probably the one topic I get really pushy (that's not quite the right word, but I can't think of the right word) about, especially when talking about the United States. We are supposed to be a free country, but people are hypocrites so it's really isn't free.
I hope all of you have a great week.
Kate
1/15/2012
Okay, so this is gonna be the bestest post ever
Okay people, I'm psyched. This will be a good post. This will be the best post ever. Or not. I dunno. Sure, I'll give it a go.
So, I'm back from Germany. It was amazing! I love that country so much. It's so nice, I met up with two friends there. We had a really nice time. Now there will be pictures.
So that's Germany. I didn't get lost like I thought I would :) I managed to go to Cavan (the town near me), get a bus to the airport, get a plane to Dusseldorf, get a tram to the train station, get a train into the city and then get a train out to Dortmund. All in all, it sounded far more intimidating than it was.
I spent the first day in Dortmund adjusting to the change in time and pressure of getting there. Then the second day I moved on to the house of a different friend in a place called Munster. I was there for the rest of the week, we went round the city and saw museums and other things like that. It was nice.
So, anyway, now I'm back in college and I start tomorrow. I'm looking forward to seeing my friends and all that. Unfortunately my timetable really sucks. I have one hour on Monday and then eight hours from 9-7 on Wednesday, I wish it was better spread out through the week.
So, how is everyone?
I can't say that I had heard about the same sex marraiges but that was pretty interesting. I hope it all gets resolved.
I'd say Ron is a Gryfindor but I don't mind if people argue that he should have been somewhere else because no one person conforms exactly to one set of attributes. Every character in the novels, could potentially have been any house, because we all have those four attributes. Everyone on the planet has elements of bravery (even if they don't realise it), everyone is intelligent in certain ways, everyone has things which they are loyal to, everyone has an element of ambition. The four houses (in my opinion) represent four basic human values. I think the question is moreso which of these values does the character pride themself on. For example Harry prides himself on bravery and Malfoy on ambition. To suggest Harry lacks in intelligence, loyalty or ambition is stupid so its more a question of what house do you really think you belong in.
Anyway, it's getting late, so i'm going to head to bed. I shouldn't start these posts so late. Nighty night.
Adam
I have a friend who is really into robotics. It looks complimacated.
So, I'm back from Germany. It was amazing! I love that country so much. It's so nice, I met up with two friends there. We had a really nice time. Now there will be pictures.
I spent the first day in Dortmund adjusting to the change in time and pressure of getting there. Then the second day I moved on to the house of a different friend in a place called Munster. I was there for the rest of the week, we went round the city and saw museums and other things like that. It was nice.
So, anyway, now I'm back in college and I start tomorrow. I'm looking forward to seeing my friends and all that. Unfortunately my timetable really sucks. I have one hour on Monday and then eight hours from 9-7 on Wednesday, I wish it was better spread out through the week.
So, how is everyone?
I can't say that I had heard about the same sex marraiges but that was pretty interesting. I hope it all gets resolved.
I'd say Ron is a Gryfindor but I don't mind if people argue that he should have been somewhere else because no one person conforms exactly to one set of attributes. Every character in the novels, could potentially have been any house, because we all have those four attributes. Everyone on the planet has elements of bravery (even if they don't realise it), everyone is intelligent in certain ways, everyone has things which they are loyal to, everyone has an element of ambition. The four houses (in my opinion) represent four basic human values. I think the question is moreso which of these values does the character pride themself on. For example Harry prides himself on bravery and Malfoy on ambition. To suggest Harry lacks in intelligence, loyalty or ambition is stupid so its more a question of what house do you really think you belong in.
Anyway, it's getting late, so i'm going to head to bed. I shouldn't start these posts so late. Nighty night.
Adam
I have a friend who is really into robotics. It looks complimacated.
1/13/2012
On Exams and Same-Sex Marriage
Hey peeps, how's everyone's week going? Mine was pretty good considering it was the first week back after Christmas break. The work load isn't that heavy thanks to exams coming up soon, though exams aren't really something to be looked forward to. I have a feeling this is going to be a tough one so that's why I'm planning on actually studying for two weeks ahead of time instead of the day before as I have done previously. I am least looking forward to my English exam though because if the format our teacher has chosen gets approved then there's going to be seven essays on our three hour exam. I don't know how your exams are usually like, so this could just be me, but I've never done seven essays on one exam. It's going to be a struggle to get it done in time.
There's some turmoil going on right now with the Canadian government that has to do with same-sex marriages. Canada has had legalized same-sex marriages for a while now, and we've also allowed same-sex couples from other countries to get married here. But just recently it has been brought up that apparently if the people came from somewhere that didn't allow same-sex marriage then the marriage may have never been valid. You can read about it here or by googling around about it. (I encourage doing so in case I haven't explained things well.) It doesn't make much sense in my mind, I could understand it a bit more if the place they were from maybe didn't recognize the marriage, but at the very least Canada should recognize it since they were the ones that allowed it. Either way our government is going to have to explain things before it gets too out of hand, in most of the comments I've read the people were upset and a little confused about the whole situation. Any thoughts?
Katie, I really enjoyed the twitter that you linked, gave me quite a laugh reading through it. About the contacts with internet, though it could be very very usefull I could see that going very wrong in terms of mass enslavement of the people. I mean it probably couldn't be that hard for some computer hacker to do, don't you think? Brains are controlled by electrical impulses after all. But that's just me thinking on the negative. And I don't really have anything to add in terms of time travel.
Kira, robotics sound really interesting, especially because we dont have anything like that around where I live. Is it very difficult to do? Is it fun? Also for your question, like Deidra I have one that I made in grade 10, but a lot of the stuff on it has probably changed because I wasn't really thinking all that deeply about it when I first made it. And I haven't really looked at it for a while so it probably needs some editing.
Congratulations to everyone on all your good marks. And I hope your trip is going well Adam.
DFTBA
Kayla
There's some turmoil going on right now with the Canadian government that has to do with same-sex marriages. Canada has had legalized same-sex marriages for a while now, and we've also allowed same-sex couples from other countries to get married here. But just recently it has been brought up that apparently if the people came from somewhere that didn't allow same-sex marriage then the marriage may have never been valid. You can read about it here or by googling around about it. (I encourage doing so in case I haven't explained things well.) It doesn't make much sense in my mind, I could understand it a bit more if the place they were from maybe didn't recognize the marriage, but at the very least Canada should recognize it since they were the ones that allowed it. Either way our government is going to have to explain things before it gets too out of hand, in most of the comments I've read the people were upset and a little confused about the whole situation. Any thoughts?
Katie, I really enjoyed the twitter that you linked, gave me quite a laugh reading through it. About the contacts with internet, though it could be very very usefull I could see that going very wrong in terms of mass enslavement of the people. I mean it probably couldn't be that hard for some computer hacker to do, don't you think? Brains are controlled by electrical impulses after all. But that's just me thinking on the negative. And I don't really have anything to add in terms of time travel.
Kira, robotics sound really interesting, especially because we dont have anything like that around where I live. Is it very difficult to do? Is it fun? Also for your question, like Deidra I have one that I made in grade 10, but a lot of the stuff on it has probably changed because I wasn't really thinking all that deeply about it when I first made it. And I haven't really looked at it for a while so it probably needs some editing.
Congratulations to everyone on all your good marks. And I hope your trip is going well Adam.
DFTBA
Kayla
1/12/2012
So Much Snow
It has been snowing a lot here this past week, and getting colder, which has made walking to and from the bus each day quite annoying. I have been thinking of making a video or something walking around outside, just to show my faraway friends what everything looks like. Maybe I will do it this weekend if I have some time or feel like procrastinating.
We are slowly finishing up our first semester, and I feel like each day is just dragging on. Exams are a little over 2 weeks away, and even though I don't want to write them I want them to come faster and be over with. I don't particularly enjoy that we have to return after Christmas break to the same classes and routine. I would much rather begin second semester now, since it is a new year and everything.
Well Adam, I hope all of your traveling went well and that you didn't miss a flight or take a wrong bus. Germany sounds like an interesting place, especially if you've got friends there to show you around and hang out with. Hopefully you will take some video while you are there. It would be cool to get to see some of your adventure.
I agree with your points, Kayla, and still truly believe that Ron is a Gryffindor. I think that I was more thinking along the lines of if he could be in a different house, as opposed to if he deserved his place. I mean, without a doubt he a Gryffindor, but there are some good points to be made that he could belong somewhere else. Then again, that could be said about anyone, as people aren't really defined by only one trait. Of your reasons though, I think the Yule Ball robes was my favourite.
Congratulations on your grades, Katie. It sounds like you worked hard, especially in history considering your mid-course transfer. I liked the elephant fun facts. Here is another: elephants prefer one tusk over the other, just as people are either left or right-handed.
Good work on your grades as well, Kate. Hopefully mine turn out as well as yours. Don't worry too much about chemistry, it sounds difficult but it usually isn't.
Robotics sounds really fun, Kira. I hope you make a really awesome one and win some tournament that I am assuming you are going to enter. As for Percy, I think he belongs where he is, just like Ron. While he may be cowardly at times, and not trust in what he is told, he did go back to his family in the end and apologise. I think that would take a lot of courage, especially since he left them in such an important time, and the family is so big I would be scared of them. I did a bucket list for my tenth grade careers studies class, but the stuff that I put on it was more interesting things that I would like to see, not really things I want to do. I think that making an actual list to follow would be tough, especially if you weren't able to complete something. I am the kind of person who likes to cross things off a list, and be able to say that I have finished them, so that fear would bother me. I think I would prefer short-term lists.
Campion, congrats on passing your year. I was quite confused at first that you have received results for last year, but then I remembered that your system is different than ours. It seemed weird that they would let you do an entire half year of school before telling you if you had passed the previous year. I hope you are enjoying your time off, despite being sick and all. Feel better!
As for the question on time travel, I think it would be extremely fun if it were possible, but there are too many possible repercussions. Every action, no matter how minuscule, would have a consequence that could change history. I mean, eating an apple in the 1600s might result in you not being born. It could have been the apple that saved your ancestors life, or the reason they met their significant other. Like John says, "If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless." As much as I would love time travel, I would be too afraid of messing something up.
The contact lenses with Internet sounded really cool, but I'm not quite sure how I would feel if they were real. Like anything, they would be a great technology, but would be put to evil uses fairly quickly. We would end up using them in war, and even against each other. While the idea of knowing everything about a person before even knowing them might be nice at times, I think I am still too much of a fan of spontaneity and chance for that. Getting to know someone would take on a different meaning, and nothing would be private anymore. Also, as a last thought, I don't like the idea of putting regular contacts on (which is why I have been wearing glasses for almost five years).
I hope you all had great weeks, and that your weekends are fantastical and funfilled. Don't forget to be awesome!
We are slowly finishing up our first semester, and I feel like each day is just dragging on. Exams are a little over 2 weeks away, and even though I don't want to write them I want them to come faster and be over with. I don't particularly enjoy that we have to return after Christmas break to the same classes and routine. I would much rather begin second semester now, since it is a new year and everything.
Well Adam, I hope all of your traveling went well and that you didn't miss a flight or take a wrong bus. Germany sounds like an interesting place, especially if you've got friends there to show you around and hang out with. Hopefully you will take some video while you are there. It would be cool to get to see some of your adventure.
I agree with your points, Kayla, and still truly believe that Ron is a Gryffindor. I think that I was more thinking along the lines of if he could be in a different house, as opposed to if he deserved his place. I mean, without a doubt he a Gryffindor, but there are some good points to be made that he could belong somewhere else. Then again, that could be said about anyone, as people aren't really defined by only one trait. Of your reasons though, I think the Yule Ball robes was my favourite.
Congratulations on your grades, Katie. It sounds like you worked hard, especially in history considering your mid-course transfer. I liked the elephant fun facts. Here is another: elephants prefer one tusk over the other, just as people are either left or right-handed.
Good work on your grades as well, Kate. Hopefully mine turn out as well as yours. Don't worry too much about chemistry, it sounds difficult but it usually isn't.
Robotics sounds really fun, Kira. I hope you make a really awesome one and win some tournament that I am assuming you are going to enter. As for Percy, I think he belongs where he is, just like Ron. While he may be cowardly at times, and not trust in what he is told, he did go back to his family in the end and apologise. I think that would take a lot of courage, especially since he left them in such an important time, and the family is so big I would be scared of them. I did a bucket list for my tenth grade careers studies class, but the stuff that I put on it was more interesting things that I would like to see, not really things I want to do. I think that making an actual list to follow would be tough, especially if you weren't able to complete something. I am the kind of person who likes to cross things off a list, and be able to say that I have finished them, so that fear would bother me. I think I would prefer short-term lists.
Campion, congrats on passing your year. I was quite confused at first that you have received results for last year, but then I remembered that your system is different than ours. It seemed weird that they would let you do an entire half year of school before telling you if you had passed the previous year. I hope you are enjoying your time off, despite being sick and all. Feel better!
As for the question on time travel, I think it would be extremely fun if it were possible, but there are too many possible repercussions. Every action, no matter how minuscule, would have a consequence that could change history. I mean, eating an apple in the 1600s might result in you not being born. It could have been the apple that saved your ancestors life, or the reason they met their significant other. Like John says, "If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless." As much as I would love time travel, I would be too afraid of messing something up.
The contact lenses with Internet sounded really cool, but I'm not quite sure how I would feel if they were real. Like anything, they would be a great technology, but would be put to evil uses fairly quickly. We would end up using them in war, and even against each other. While the idea of knowing everything about a person before even knowing them might be nice at times, I think I am still too much of a fan of spontaneity and chance for that. Getting to know someone would take on a different meaning, and nothing would be private anymore. Also, as a last thought, I don't like the idea of putting regular contacts on (which is why I have been wearing glasses for almost five years).
I hope you all had great weeks, and that your weekends are fantastical and funfilled. Don't forget to be awesome!
Results
Yesterday everyone got their results from last years exams and I'm glad to say that I passed! It's a massive relief and I'm glad that I passed. I there was only one exam I didn't pass and that was the subject I was not going to take next year so I'm not to bothered about that, I passed my Art and English exams and that's all that matters I guess. On another note, a nerdfighter friend of mine passed her university entrance so now she's coming to the city I live in for university.
About Ron, to be honest I'm not really into Harry Potter that much, I've read the books and I thought they really good but I just can't get into it for some reason. It's strange because I usually love fantasy with books like "Mistborn" and "The Way Of Kings" (which I highly recommend by the way). But I do believe that Ron belongs in Gryffiindor, he shows great courage and bravery throughout the series so I do believe that he belongs there.
There are sevaral things on my bucket list, there's some obvious ones like Meet Hank and John or Attend Power Morphicon (power rangers convention) but there's a few weird ones on there, like learn how to play the violin, attend a screening of The Room and few other things.
Well I have to go now, I'm currently fighting through a horrible cold. I swear that I have one hell of a weak immune system, this is like my third time this month that I'm sick but anyway I hope guys have an awesome week.
Have an awesome week guys
DFTBA
P.S- Contact lenses with the inter would be AWESOME!!!
About Ron, to be honest I'm not really into Harry Potter that much, I've read the books and I thought they really good but I just can't get into it for some reason. It's strange because I usually love fantasy with books like "Mistborn" and "The Way Of Kings" (which I highly recommend by the way). But I do believe that Ron belongs in Gryffiindor, he shows great courage and bravery throughout the series so I do believe that he belongs there.
There are sevaral things on my bucket list, there's some obvious ones like Meet Hank and John or Attend Power Morphicon (power rangers convention) but there's a few weird ones on there, like learn how to play the violin, attend a screening of The Room and few other things.
Well I have to go now, I'm currently fighting through a horrible cold. I swear that I have one hell of a weak immune system, this is like my third time this month that I'm sick but anyway I hope guys have an awesome week.
Have an awesome week guys
DFTBA
P.S- Contact lenses with the inter would be AWESOME!!!
1/11/2012
SORRY!
Sorry I forgot to post yesterday...Aw, I'm such a flake. I completely forgot.
Robotics season has started again. Meaning? Hours of sitting, planning and building. Pretty awesome, if you ask me.
Deidra, I really think Ron deserves to be a Gryffindor. He conquers his fear of harm coming to his family to help save the world. That's not an easy thing to do. He sacrificed himself when he was eleven to make sure Harry could keep going. If anyone didn't belong...it would be Percy. Someone might be able to make a good case for him being a Hufflepuff.
Good job, Katie. I love that book so much. My copy is worn from all the times I've read it,
Enjoy your trip, Adam. I love travel. There's nothing to worry about. Just don't stick any liquid in your bag when you're going through security. People get mad at you.
Campion, I hope your year goes better than the last one!
In regard to last week's question, I believe everything comes down to our choices. There's always multiple possible outcomes. New question - ever toyed with the idea of a bucket list? I've been writing one.
Robotics season has started again. Meaning? Hours of sitting, planning and building. Pretty awesome, if you ask me.
Deidra, I really think Ron deserves to be a Gryffindor. He conquers his fear of harm coming to his family to help save the world. That's not an easy thing to do. He sacrificed himself when he was eleven to make sure Harry could keep going. If anyone didn't belong...it would be Percy. Someone might be able to make a good case for him being a Hufflepuff.
Good job, Katie. I love that book so much. My copy is worn from all the times I've read it,
Enjoy your trip, Adam. I love travel. There's nothing to worry about. Just don't stick any liquid in your bag when you're going through security. People get mad at you.
Campion, I hope your year goes better than the last one!
In regard to last week's question, I believe everything comes down to our choices. There's always multiple possible outcomes. New question - ever toyed with the idea of a bucket list? I've been writing one.
1/09/2012
End of the Semester
Friday was the last day of the first semester. Half of the school year is already over. Finals were Thursday and Friday. I improved from last quarter and I am proud that I passed my Honors English class with an A.
Tomorrow everyone will have new classes. The class I will be in should be pretty easy except for Chemistry, but with the teacher I am going to have it shouldn't be that bad. Plus, I'll have extra time to do homework around lunch.
Kira, I have mentioned being in my school's orchestra before, but I'm not sure that I specified the violin. Your question is an interesting one. The topic is one that I have thought about quite a lot. I'm indecisive about it. Sometimes I do think fate exists, sometimes I think our actions make the future into what it may become.
I hope this year will be a better year for you Campion
Deidra, hen it comes to Ron, I have no doubt that he deserved his place in Gryffindor. Even though he fought with Harry many times during the series, he always came back around and took Harry's side.
Adam, I'm glad we finally got your youtube channel name. *subscribed*
Kayla, I loved the points you made about Ron being a Gryffindor, especially the fifth.
Congratulations on your grades Katie! I read through that article and it made me realize how much I love the way things are now. I love the idea of time travel and the other things like that, but only in a fictional sense. I think the idea and possibilities they talk in the article are unnecessary and maybe dangerous.
I would love to be able to travel time with the Doctor, but I know that the show is fictional. If scientist were ever able to figure out the secrets to time travel, it would be dangerous to allow anyone to go into the past. One minor thing could cause a huge change through time or a paradox. Like the idea of the Evil Baby Orphanage, if we took Baby Hitler and put him in the EBO, then the Holocaust wouldn't have happened and no one would think to go back and put Baby Hitler in the orphanage. It's all timey-whimey.
Well... that's all for this post,
Kate
Tomorrow everyone will have new classes. The class I will be in should be pretty easy except for Chemistry, but with the teacher I am going to have it shouldn't be that bad. Plus, I'll have extra time to do homework around lunch.
Kira, I have mentioned being in my school's orchestra before, but I'm not sure that I specified the violin. Your question is an interesting one. The topic is one that I have thought about quite a lot. I'm indecisive about it. Sometimes I do think fate exists, sometimes I think our actions make the future into what it may become.
I hope this year will be a better year for you Campion
Deidra, hen it comes to Ron, I have no doubt that he deserved his place in Gryffindor. Even though he fought with Harry many times during the series, he always came back around and took Harry's side.
Adam, I'm glad we finally got your youtube channel name. *subscribed*
Kayla, I loved the points you made about Ron being a Gryffindor, especially the fifth.
Congratulations on your grades Katie! I read through that article and it made me realize how much I love the way things are now. I love the idea of time travel and the other things like that, but only in a fictional sense. I think the idea and possibilities they talk in the article are unnecessary and maybe dangerous.
I would love to be able to travel time with the Doctor, but I know that the show is fictional. If scientist were ever able to figure out the secrets to time travel, it would be dangerous to allow anyone to go into the past. One minor thing could cause a huge change through time or a paradox. Like the idea of the Evil Baby Orphanage, if we took Baby Hitler and put him in the EBO, then the Holocaust wouldn't have happened and no one would think to go back and put Baby Hitler in the orphanage. It's all timey-whimey.
Well... that's all for this post,
Kate
1/08/2012
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It's that time of the week in which I regret having to go back to school! Remember Friday? Such a nice time, so good. I got my grades back, FINALLY! I passed, like I thought I would, some classes just barely with a C I add shamefully (holds up history). In my defense I switched into honors half way through the course! Besides that B's and mostly A's to spread around, which is nice.
I'm not a Harry Potter person, I realize after sometime now I just can't nerd-out over it. Confessing that I have no argument to throw into the ring about Ron. Instead I'm going to talk about elephants, just because. So here are ten facts:
1. The elephants can live between 50 and 70 years. The oldest known elephant lived 82 years old.
2. They are the symbol of wisdom in the Asian culture and they are renowned for their great memory and intelligence.
3. The word ‘elephant’ comes from the greek “ἐλέφας” which means ivory.
4. The adults in good condition are said to have no natural predators except the humans which are a real threat to them.
5. Elephants are the biggest land mammals still alive.
6. It takes a female 22 months from conception to have a baby. This is longer than any other animal in the world.
7. The trunk of an elephant has more than 40,000 muscles in it.
8. Elephants love to swim.
9. Females can continue to have offspring until they are about 50 years old. They tend to have a new baby every 2 ½ to 4 years. Twins are extremely rare for elephants.
10. Elephants are known to have a type of tuberculosis which can be transferred to humans. This is why those that work closely with them have to get a vaccination to prevent it.
That was fun. I'm not quite sure why I found researching elephants so fun, but it was. A lot. Maybe I'm just too tired and am easily amused! Seriously though, elephants need more credit. I haven't had a lot of time to play my uke much, and I think I forgot just about everything I knew last week, which is fun. Do you guys listen to NPR? I do on occasion. We had to listen to part of a broadcast in physics on Thursday about how contact lenses will soon have the internet and the same with a chip put in our brains to control the mouse. Something along those lines, but that's not my point. They had Michio Kaku and I own his book Physics of the Impossible. I was wondering what you guys thought about time travel actually existing one day or the contact lenses with internet. Do you think it's plausible? Here's the link to listen to it:
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/29/142717081/physics-of-the-future-how-well-live-in-2100Tell me what you think if you get the time!
This has been long enough so goodnight, dftba andBye!♥
1/06/2012
Warning: Ron Rant Ahead
I don't really have much to talk about this week, mostly because I just don't feel like it so I'm just going to respond to a couple of things.
First, I like what Deidra said about how it's better to say 'I made a wrong choice' instead of 'Why does my life have to be like this'. I like to say that everything will just work itself out in the end somehow. So I'm not quite sure how that works into the whole fate situation. I'd probably say it's something like your decisions define what happens so I guess that's free will. If you've ever seen the movie The Adjustment Bureau that kind of shows how I think things work. It's like you have a set fate for something, but it can change depending on what happens around you and how you react to it. However, I'm not sure if I agree with the part of the movie that there are "people/angel/things" who make sure you don't get too far off track. So I guess my opinion is sort of a combination of free will and preordestined fate.... if that makes sense and is not too contradicting.
It's good to hear from you Adam. I hope you have a good time on your trip and relax, travelling isn't that bad unless you make it that way. I find if you don't worry too much about things like that they tend to go just fine. Being stressed won't do any good anyways. I'm sure your travels will all work out, but good luck all the same.
And now for the probably longest part of my post:
I am 100% on the side that Ron is a Gryffindor through and through. I read through a bunch of the comments and had a talk about it with Deidra yesterday and these are my reasons:
1) Yes, Ron has ambitions, but everyone does, it doesn't mean everyone is a Slytherin. I like to think that he just wants to prove his worth to his family. After all, he has so many siblings that have already done very well in school so he wants to live up to the same sort of level. (And not to be mean to Ron, he is one of my favourite characters, but he didn't exactly try that hard to become prefect in my opinion and the Slytherin chant says that they use any means to achieve their end.)
2) As for the whole "it's just because his whole family was in Gryffindor" or "he asked the hat to put him in that house" arguements, even with those factors I don't think it means he deserves his spot in Gryffindor any less. After all Harry asked to be put in Gryffindor and I think he is well suited for that house too. And not all families follow tradition like that (example: Sirius Black) so there's still the possibility of him being sent to another house, but he wasn't.
3) On that note, many comments were (stupidly) just saying that because Rowling put him there that's where he deserves to be, like she was god or something. That's not true though, she could have made a mistake (though I don't expect many seeing as how it's her series after all, but she is only human), but I think in this case her choice was justified. Which brings me to point...
4) Why he's really a Gryffindor. He's shown courage and bravery throughout the story. For example: The very first book when he sacrificed himself in the chess game so Harry and Hermione could go on to find the philosopher's stone. He followed Harry into the forest (following a trail of spiders no less), to the Ministry of magic to save Sirius, and to find the Horcruxes. Also even though he left that one time he did return to Harry and Hermione, that was brave considering he knew what he was up against and was thinking clearly now that he didn't have the Horcrux around his neck. Two other points of notice: he destroyed one of the Horcruxes, and he wore those horrible dress robes to the Yule Ball (haha, that took courage).
5) And as for the fact that he was so scared of doing certain things. Well, I like the quote that one person used in the comments that bravery is about facing your fears not having no fears at all. Repeating what I've already pointed out: Ron was scared of spiders, but he followed a trail of them into the forest. And it's not like Harry and Hermione and everyone else had absolutely no fears. I seem to recall them being scared on multiple occasions, but they faced them just the same, earning their spots there.
Aaaaaaannd that's it I think. Phew, that was a long one. I'll probably think of more things later on too, but I'll leave it at that for now. It'll be interesting hearing what you guys have to say, especially if you agree with him being a good Slytherin, seeing as I seem to be pretty strongly against him being anywhere else but Gryffindor. I hadn't really realized how adament I was on this topic until now.
Ta-ta for now!
DFTBA
Kayla
P.S. - Lol for me saying I had nothing to talk about, I guess I did, but it was just a long response, nothing new.
First, I like what Deidra said about how it's better to say 'I made a wrong choice' instead of 'Why does my life have to be like this'. I like to say that everything will just work itself out in the end somehow. So I'm not quite sure how that works into the whole fate situation. I'd probably say it's something like your decisions define what happens so I guess that's free will. If you've ever seen the movie The Adjustment Bureau that kind of shows how I think things work. It's like you have a set fate for something, but it can change depending on what happens around you and how you react to it. However, I'm not sure if I agree with the part of the movie that there are "people/angel/things" who make sure you don't get too far off track. So I guess my opinion is sort of a combination of free will and preordestined fate.... if that makes sense and is not too contradicting.
It's good to hear from you Adam. I hope you have a good time on your trip and relax, travelling isn't that bad unless you make it that way. I find if you don't worry too much about things like that they tend to go just fine. Being stressed won't do any good anyways. I'm sure your travels will all work out, but good luck all the same.
And now for the probably longest part of my post:
I am 100% on the side that Ron is a Gryffindor through and through. I read through a bunch of the comments and had a talk about it with Deidra yesterday and these are my reasons:
1) Yes, Ron has ambitions, but everyone does, it doesn't mean everyone is a Slytherin. I like to think that he just wants to prove his worth to his family. After all, he has so many siblings that have already done very well in school so he wants to live up to the same sort of level. (And not to be mean to Ron, he is one of my favourite characters, but he didn't exactly try that hard to become prefect in my opinion and the Slytherin chant says that they use any means to achieve their end.)
2) As for the whole "it's just because his whole family was in Gryffindor" or "he asked the hat to put him in that house" arguements, even with those factors I don't think it means he deserves his spot in Gryffindor any less. After all Harry asked to be put in Gryffindor and I think he is well suited for that house too. And not all families follow tradition like that (example: Sirius Black) so there's still the possibility of him being sent to another house, but he wasn't.
3) On that note, many comments were (stupidly) just saying that because Rowling put him there that's where he deserves to be, like she was god or something. That's not true though, she could have made a mistake (though I don't expect many seeing as how it's her series after all, but she is only human), but I think in this case her choice was justified. Which brings me to point...
4) Why he's really a Gryffindor. He's shown courage and bravery throughout the story. For example: The very first book when he sacrificed himself in the chess game so Harry and Hermione could go on to find the philosopher's stone. He followed Harry into the forest (following a trail of spiders no less), to the Ministry of magic to save Sirius, and to find the Horcruxes. Also even though he left that one time he did return to Harry and Hermione, that was brave considering he knew what he was up against and was thinking clearly now that he didn't have the Horcrux around his neck. Two other points of notice: he destroyed one of the Horcruxes, and he wore those horrible dress robes to the Yule Ball (haha, that took courage).
5) And as for the fact that he was so scared of doing certain things. Well, I like the quote that one person used in the comments that bravery is about facing your fears not having no fears at all. Repeating what I've already pointed out: Ron was scared of spiders, but he followed a trail of them into the forest. And it's not like Harry and Hermione and everyone else had absolutely no fears. I seem to recall them being scared on multiple occasions, but they faced them just the same, earning their spots there.
Aaaaaaannd that's it I think. Phew, that was a long one. I'll probably think of more things later on too, but I'll leave it at that for now. It'll be interesting hearing what you guys have to say, especially if you agree with him being a good Slytherin, seeing as I seem to be pretty strongly against him being anywhere else but Gryffindor. I hadn't really realized how adament I was on this topic until now.
Ta-ta for now!
DFTBA
Kayla
P.S. - Lol for me saying I had nothing to talk about, I guess I did, but it was just a long response, nothing new.
The one where I come back and then don't say much.
Hi, sorry I haven't posted in so long but I didn't have a chance to post the last two saturdays. Anyway, I'm posting this a bit early because I'm actually getting up at 1:30 A.M. to go to Germany to visit friends. I'm very nervous because I've never flown or travelled much on my own before. I have to get a bus to Dublin Airport then fly to Dusseldorf airport and then get three trains to get to a little village called Schwerte where I'm getting picked up. It's a lot of pressure and I'm pretty scared. I couldn't get a camcorder so I'll be taking some footage on a crappy digital camera that has a video function. I might upload the footage to my channel which is called *spoiler*. Just joking my channel is called sllekmada which is incredibly uninventive I know.
Anyway it's probably best if I get a bit of sleep now before I leave. Wish me luck. :)
DFTBA
P.S. Sorry I didn't have time to reread your posts and respond to them.
Anyway it's probably best if I get a bit of sleep now before I leave. Wish me luck. :)
DFTBA
P.S. Sorry I didn't have time to reread your posts and respond to them.
1/05/2012
No Apocalypse
It feels like it's been more than a week since my last post, though clearly it hasn't. Even though I love the holiday break, it gets a tad boring at the end, especially when I have homework that I should be doing. I mean, I want to get it done, I honestly do, but the procrastinator in me just won't die. Every time I get the mind to start, my mind drifts to another thing, which I have done countless times already this break and does not assuage my boredom at all. I think I actually want to return to school, if only to be reunited with my friends.
So I was on Mugglenet the other day, looking up something, and there was a discussion linked in the sidebar that caught my attention. Does Ron Weasley really deserve his place in Gryffindor house? I thought the idea was intriguing, so I checked it out. Apparently because of his great ambition, ego, and fear, some people think he could have had a place in Slytherin house. At first I thought the idea was ludicrous, Ron is a Gryffindor through and through. But after thinking on it for a bit, and over today, I have decided that Ron would have made a fair addition to Slytherin. He always had high ambitions; wanting to be Quidditch team captain and Head Boy. He didn't seem to mind how it happened, either, and didn't protest the 'use' of Harry's Liquid Luck to aid this.
I read through some of the comments, and about 99% of them are against this idea. Most of them state that Rowling put him in Gryffindor, so he must be one. Personally, I think that his inclusion in Gryffindor was more to keep the trio together and get them started in their friendship than a real in depth look into their characters. Harry could have been placed in either Slytherin or Gryffindor, and it was only his aversion to the house that kept him out of it. Hermione was a brilliant young which who would have made an excellent Ravenclaw. So who's to say that Ron wouldn't have made an ambitious Slytherin. It's not to say he would have been evil or anything. And we don't get his perspective when he is being sorted; maybe he was asking the hat the same thing Harry was.
Another interesting comment that came up was that all of Ron's family were in Gryffindor, so it was natural for him to fall into the same house. This may be true, that family lines tended to follow this pattern, but the Black family saw this exception with Sirius. The entire Black family were in Slytherin, but Sirius was in Gryffindor.
I'm interested in knowing what you all think of this, since it could go either way. Heck, Ron could have ended up in Hufflepuff. In the end, I think he deserved his place in Gryffindor, it is undeniable with everything he did, but his personality could have easily landed him in Slytherin.
I don't do New Year's resolutions, as I think that the entire basis makes them unattainable. Last year I did something called the Big, Fun, Scary List, which was basically a new year's resolution, but less strict. It's more like things I would like to see happen, or that I would like to try, but nothing that I have to 100% stick to. I don't think I even fulfilled half of what I had written for 2011.
Katie, I used to do the New Year's countdown when I was a bit younger, but after the New Year's that I spent away from my family due to a false move situation, I stopped doing it. I just stay up like as usual during the break. This year I didn't even notice it until about 10 minutes after when my mom came in to wish my a happy new year. I like your resolution of keeping positive and smiling more. I can also be pretty pessimistic, but I have found that pessimism sometimes makes the good times stronger. Or I say that to make myself feel better.
Kate, I hope your speech went well, and that you were able to remember everything. With such an awesome one, I have no doubt that it went fantastically. Also, when it comes time, Canada would be happy to have you for school. Or at least, I would be happy to have you in Canada. =D
You had a really good question, Kira, that I don't have a really good answer for. The idea of a preordained fate or future is a little far fetched for me. I think that life is just a series of actions that lead to consequences, and nothing is really pre-organized for us. I think that to think of life like that is to look on a negative side. Especially when bad things happen. It's better to say 'I made a wrong choice' instead of 'Why does my life have to be like this'. As for free will, I think we have a certain degree of free will, which is dependent upon different people and situations. Generally, we can do what we want. To me, there is no great being that says 'No, puny human, you cannot go outside today'. Life happens. It's a story that is being written as time goes on, not one that we are living through to the end. (wow, I sound kinda philosophical there.)
I hope your last year of high school will be a good one, Campion. My mind still has yet to come to terms that it is my last year, despite everything I have done to prove it wrong. What are your plans, if any, after this year? Because there will be an after, as there is no 2012 apocalypse. Please don't tell me you believe in that nonsense.
Adam, I miss you and hope that you have had a good holiday. Hopefully you will be up to writing this week, as we all miss your presence here. Also, still waiting on that channel name. *pleading look*
Long post has been exceedingly long, and thankfully at a decent hour. Happy New Year, I wish all of you the best of luck in 2012, and don't forget to be awesome! Thanks for a great half year of A Week of Awesome!
So I was on Mugglenet the other day, looking up something, and there was a discussion linked in the sidebar that caught my attention. Does Ron Weasley really deserve his place in Gryffindor house? I thought the idea was intriguing, so I checked it out. Apparently because of his great ambition, ego, and fear, some people think he could have had a place in Slytherin house. At first I thought the idea was ludicrous, Ron is a Gryffindor through and through. But after thinking on it for a bit, and over today, I have decided that Ron would have made a fair addition to Slytherin. He always had high ambitions; wanting to be Quidditch team captain and Head Boy. He didn't seem to mind how it happened, either, and didn't protest the 'use' of Harry's Liquid Luck to aid this.
I read through some of the comments, and about 99% of them are against this idea. Most of them state that Rowling put him in Gryffindor, so he must be one. Personally, I think that his inclusion in Gryffindor was more to keep the trio together and get them started in their friendship than a real in depth look into their characters. Harry could have been placed in either Slytherin or Gryffindor, and it was only his aversion to the house that kept him out of it. Hermione was a brilliant young which who would have made an excellent Ravenclaw. So who's to say that Ron wouldn't have made an ambitious Slytherin. It's not to say he would have been evil or anything. And we don't get his perspective when he is being sorted; maybe he was asking the hat the same thing Harry was.
Another interesting comment that came up was that all of Ron's family were in Gryffindor, so it was natural for him to fall into the same house. This may be true, that family lines tended to follow this pattern, but the Black family saw this exception with Sirius. The entire Black family were in Slytherin, but Sirius was in Gryffindor.
I'm interested in knowing what you all think of this, since it could go either way. Heck, Ron could have ended up in Hufflepuff. In the end, I think he deserved his place in Gryffindor, it is undeniable with everything he did, but his personality could have easily landed him in Slytherin.
I don't do New Year's resolutions, as I think that the entire basis makes them unattainable. Last year I did something called the Big, Fun, Scary List, which was basically a new year's resolution, but less strict. It's more like things I would like to see happen, or that I would like to try, but nothing that I have to 100% stick to. I don't think I even fulfilled half of what I had written for 2011.
Katie, I used to do the New Year's countdown when I was a bit younger, but after the New Year's that I spent away from my family due to a false move situation, I stopped doing it. I just stay up like as usual during the break. This year I didn't even notice it until about 10 minutes after when my mom came in to wish my a happy new year. I like your resolution of keeping positive and smiling more. I can also be pretty pessimistic, but I have found that pessimism sometimes makes the good times stronger. Or I say that to make myself feel better.
Kate, I hope your speech went well, and that you were able to remember everything. With such an awesome one, I have no doubt that it went fantastically. Also, when it comes time, Canada would be happy to have you for school. Or at least, I would be happy to have you in Canada. =D
You had a really good question, Kira, that I don't have a really good answer for. The idea of a preordained fate or future is a little far fetched for me. I think that life is just a series of actions that lead to consequences, and nothing is really pre-organized for us. I think that to think of life like that is to look on a negative side. Especially when bad things happen. It's better to say 'I made a wrong choice' instead of 'Why does my life have to be like this'. As for free will, I think we have a certain degree of free will, which is dependent upon different people and situations. Generally, we can do what we want. To me, there is no great being that says 'No, puny human, you cannot go outside today'. Life happens. It's a story that is being written as time goes on, not one that we are living through to the end. (wow, I sound kinda philosophical there.)
I hope your last year of high school will be a good one, Campion. My mind still has yet to come to terms that it is my last year, despite everything I have done to prove it wrong. What are your plans, if any, after this year? Because there will be an after, as there is no 2012 apocalypse. Please don't tell me you believe in that nonsense.
Adam, I miss you and hope that you have had a good holiday. Hopefully you will be up to writing this week, as we all miss your presence here. Also, still waiting on that channel name. *pleading look*
Long post has been exceedingly long, and thankfully at a decent hour. Happy New Year, I wish all of you the best of luck in 2012, and don't forget to be awesome! Thanks for a great half year of A Week of Awesome!
Start of a new year
Well it's the start of a new year. I'm just gonna say that I did not have a good year last year but I've sorted some things out so maybe things will go better for me this year ( I hope). 2012 marks my last year of high school and considering the dismal year I had this year I plan to make up for it this year. I plan to improve my film work a lot since I barley did anything on it last year and I also plan to regularly update my YouTube channel because I've been neglecting it an awful lot recently. One thing that I did manage to improve on last year was my art, it's as good as it's ever been and I think I may have found an art style that finally suits me.I'm not one to make a new years resolution but if there was something I wanted to improve on, it's to just be a more positive person. Being negative just did a lot of damage to me last year and just finding something to be happy about would be the thing to make my day.
I just wanted to thank you guys for a great year and lets see if we can keep this thing going for the rest of 2012 (assuming we don't all die but I'm sure we'll be fine). And don't forget that if you guy's are ever in New Zealand be sure to look me up your always welcome. Well I need to keep this brief because it's late at night and I've been trying to upload this bloody video for the entire day, so maybe I can show you guys next week but anyway...
Lets have an awesome year guys
DFTBA
I just wanted to thank you guys for a great year and lets see if we can keep this thing going for the rest of 2012 (assuming we don't all die but I'm sure we'll be fine). And don't forget that if you guy's are ever in New Zealand be sure to look me up your always welcome. Well I need to keep this brief because it's late at night and I've been trying to upload this bloody video for the entire day, so maybe I can show you guys next week but anyway...
Lets have an awesome year guys
DFTBA
1/03/2012
I Give Up...
Sorry I didn't post last week. I didn't have access to the Internet. But I'm home again, so I can write!
Kate, you play the violin? I have the feeling you said that, but I forgot. I'm jealous. I've always wanted to learn.
Katie, I love the Sherlock Holmes movies. But I really hated how Conan Doyle brought back Holmes in the books. I remember being furious and throwing my book against the wall. It's like, "He's dead. Let it go."
Kayla, my resolution is to be nicer to people. I can be really mean sometimes. The friend I mentioned, with the website? A mutual friend of ours told the same thing to us both. She made our resolutions for us, pretty much.
Deidra - skating is one of my favourite pastimes ever. The only thing - except for Tae Kwon Do - that is athletic that I'm any good at.
Campion, I agree with everything you said about Tin Tn. I expected it to be so much better...Not bad. But not fantastic.
So...I feel that I had a question that I can't quite remember...Okay, a new one then. I was reading the other night, one of my all time favourite plays - Macbeth. Do you believe in preordained fate, or free will? Or are they the same thing?
Kate, you play the violin? I have the feeling you said that, but I forgot. I'm jealous. I've always wanted to learn.
Katie, I love the Sherlock Holmes movies. But I really hated how Conan Doyle brought back Holmes in the books. I remember being furious and throwing my book against the wall. It's like, "He's dead. Let it go."
Kayla, my resolution is to be nicer to people. I can be really mean sometimes. The friend I mentioned, with the website? A mutual friend of ours told the same thing to us both. She made our resolutions for us, pretty much.
Deidra - skating is one of my favourite pastimes ever. The only thing - except for Tae Kwon Do - that is athletic that I'm any good at.
Campion, I agree with everything you said about Tin Tn. I expected it to be so much better...Not bad. But not fantastic.
So...I feel that I had a question that I can't quite remember...Okay, a new one then. I was reading the other night, one of my all time favourite plays - Macbeth. Do you believe in preordained fate, or free will? Or are they the same thing?
1/02/2012
School tomorrow... woo...
This has been a great vacation. I needed one.
Even though I have had a tons of time to do things, I wish I had more. I have so many things I want to do, but I simply won't have enough free time with school. I have yet to watch the Doctor Who Special but it is on my computer ready to be seen. I wish I had more time to practice my violin. I also wanted to right down all of the quotes I have compiled since the last time I wrote in my quote journal. I have, for the most part, memorized my speech, but I still need time to say it aloud. I have not yet finished my optional math project, but I did finish my research paper.
I never make resolutions for the new year. I know I wouldn't be able to keep them, but this year there wasn't anything I really wanted to achieve besides for short-term goals that aren't fit to be New Year's Resolutions.
So... the US Government passed the NDAA thing and I'm considering moving to Canada for college. Yep.
I would really love it if I didn't have to go to school tomorrow.
Kate
Even though I have had a tons of time to do things, I wish I had more. I have so many things I want to do, but I simply won't have enough free time with school. I have yet to watch the Doctor Who Special but it is on my computer ready to be seen. I wish I had more time to practice my violin. I also wanted to right down all of the quotes I have compiled since the last time I wrote in my quote journal. I have, for the most part, memorized my speech, but I still need time to say it aloud. I have not yet finished my optional math project, but I did finish my research paper.
I never make resolutions for the new year. I know I wouldn't be able to keep them, but this year there wasn't anything I really wanted to achieve besides for short-term goals that aren't fit to be New Year's Resolutions.
So... the US Government passed the NDAA thing and I'm considering moving to Canada for college. Yep.
I would really love it if I didn't have to go to school tomorrow.
Kate
1/01/2012
Happy New Year!
So hello there it's 2012 and I actually managed to stay up! It's never anything special, but its nice to say I did I guess. I think it's because I could never make it as a small child. Either way. So how was the new years count down for you? Do you do it? Anything planed for the day or just a lazy I-don't-want-to-go-back-to-school thing? That's more me, because I might have school Monday and I'm not looking forward to it.
I do on occasion make a resolution or two, but this year I might have a few.
1. Learn Ukulele
2. Actually try an make some kind of peace with my demon of a teacher
3. Find out my grades for the end of my trimester. Seriously it's not funny anymore.
4. Smile more
5. and to just be more positive. I always feel too negative.
Wow I made a list, neat! The first one is a big one, since I failed so much at the guitar. I recently acquired a ukulele this past Thursday. I now know c,e,d,f,g major, a, e minor (i think), c7, and the intro to Candy Floss by Alex. Which is nice. I'm quite proud of myself and hope to continue throughout the next year.
I want to make 'procrastinate less' a resolution, but it won't work. Thanks for the review on Tin Tin, I was considering it, and if I can I'll try and see it with some friends. Instead of Tin Tin, I saw Sherlock Holmes two on Friday. I have to say it was amazing. I never like sequels but this was just absolutely awesome. Defiantly a must see if you want to laugh. The ending is just B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L! What I liked the best was that I saw it with friends that I hadn't seen since we went to different schools. It was just so nice seeing them, we had a great time.
I thinks it's great that you disagree with me Deidra. I feel she isn't as badass as Rory though. Like he punched Hitler in the face, died and became a Roman, and I just don't see Amy as important to The Doctor. I really just want to see him change and deal without them. I liked her in the beginning, but I feel her time is almost up as a character.
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Now I've just rested, and I need to see if I swore at all. I curse a lot when I'm tired apparently. Nope we're good! I don't really have any plans today seeing as it's new years day and it's a Sunday so everything is closed. Which means I wait yet another week to get my haircut. All because my sister just can't sit still long enough to do something I want. Anyways...It's going to be a pretty boring day so I think I'll go with that. Happy new year, may it be full of awesome-y goodness! Dftba and,
Bye!♥
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