Mmm...Stress

So... beginnings are tough... can we just skip to the part where things get interesting? Cool.

Today was good, there was an Envirothon lecture on our special topic which is low impact development. The presenters themselves were okay, and I didn't fall asleep so all in all it was a pretty nice morning. What I found most interesting after it ended was how I saw everything after. For example, I went into a parking lot and I just kinda exploded with ideas on how to improve its sustainability. 

On to more interesting things, like books! My first John Green book was Paper Towns when I was in the seventh grade. My sister had read the book and was raving about it. I at the time didn't like to read but she convinced me that I had to read the book. I ended up reading Paper Towns and really enjoying it. I like to think of it as my favorite JG book because it was the first book I read outside of an assignment. Looking over at the books (because I own them all) I think my favorite by far is An Abundance of Katherine's. I feel like Katherines' is underrated and extremely amazing. It was so entreating, I remember laughing so hard.

Though Katherines is amazing it's not my favorite book ever, just my favorite JG book. So outside of John's books, what is one of your favorites? Just gazing at the shelves I can't decide, so I'll make a list of five books I think are awesome.

1. Saving Max by Antoinette van Heughten. This book blew my mind, and that's all I have to say.
2. Dear Zoe, by Philip Beard. I haven't read this book in a while but I remember it being really good. I devoured it in a few hours. That good.
3. If I Stay by Gayle Forman. I. Love. This. Book. Words can't begin to describe how much I want to own this book.
4. The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier. Realistic fiction has never been more, honestly, real. 
5. And lastly, but certainly not least Coraline by Neil Gaiman. One you've all probably heard of. It was my first Neil book. My mother read it to me and my sister when I was about six or seven as a bed time story.

On the topic of Coraline, it is my least favorite literature-to film-adaption. Now that I've gone on about books...what else is there... Music. I like Elton John, but I don't think I know many songs by him per se. He's like Led Zeppelin, I just don't listen to them as much. 

On the topic of music I watch this television show called Once Upon and Roger Daltrey is going to be the voice of one of the characters. When I found out I wanted to puke I was that excited.

It was the end of the second trimester on Friday and I'm freaking out because I want my grades to be good. My moms not too over the top, but I can't stand the suspense. I made honor role last time, and I think it would be cool to have that happen again.

Again back to music, have you guys heard Lady Godiva? Thoughts? Okay, until next Saturday...

~Katie

Hmmm, Honestly Can't Think of a Title Right Now...

Haha, didn't actually mean to leave my post so late this time, but then my parents convinced me to go watch a movie with them. So we ended up watching Little Women, which I have not read the novel to, but it was very good none the less.

My week has been going pretty great if I do say so myself. It's been really nice having this time off from school, even though I do still have some work to do for it. And the weather has been really nice so far, very sunny and warm. A lot of the snow is starting to melt off which is nice even if I have no doubt we'll be getting a huge snowstorm again around the end of the month.

I went to see this musical (my first musical!) on Wednesday called Fiddler on the Roof. It was really really awesome. I loved the music for it and the story line was really good, the main character had me laughing a lot. I can't get the very first song, Tradition, out of my head.

Oh, another good piece of news: I've got an apartment in Ottawa now. I am going to be roommates with my sister, which is nice. We found a pretty decent place that I think will be liveable. My sister will be moving in there at the end of April and some of my stuff will go in then too, but I don't expect to actually move in until August probably.

Katie, I've never read Catcher in the Rye, but it is definitely on my to read list. I've only been to two concerts in my life one for Metric and one for Marianas Trench. They were both during the same week so they're both pretty memorable, but since Marianas Trench was more my favourite band at the time I would have to say that it is the most memorable. The music was great, Josh was really funny, they came on the stage dressed as ninjas, it was Ian's birthday that day so they all wore shirts with his face on it, and one girl threw a bra at Josh and he wore it for a while. I've never really emailed my teachers even though I'm usually on good terms with them. It just really isn't something that happens a lot at our school I think.

Kira, I don't really get migraines at all, I don't even get headaches either unless I've been reading nonstop for too long. It must suck that you get them. Hopefully they don't bother you too badly.

Deidra, I have to say that "I work better under pressure" has got to be the motto of procrastinators. I have used it a couple times as well and really thinking about it I don't think its true. At least not for 100% of the people that say it. They just do because they want to justify leaving things to the last minute.

Anyway ta-ta for now,
DFTBA
Kayla

I wonder if a tail would improve my balance

Hey everyone. Hope your weeks have been going well. Grad photos were this week, which I almost completely forgot. Besides our individual ones we were allowed to sign up for buddy pictures so Deidra and I got some done, we did the Nerdfighters hand sign in one picture.

I did manage to finally go see Chronicle last weekend. It was pretty good, not exactly what I was expecting to see, but good none the less. I think I liked it because if by some chance some teens got super powers in real life I could see them behaving the same way the guys in the movie did.

Our teachers just informed us today that there's going to be a field trip to Thunder Bay on March 2nd to go view a bunch of science and medical labs. I'm really excited about it because I'm going into biology for university so I think it will be cool to go see what everything is like. We're even going to be seeing a DNA lab so that's cool.

My sister just showed me this song and it's already stuck in my head. It's called Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) by Gotye. You guys should check it out. Oh, and I only just realized that Martin Freeman, the guy who plays Watson in Sherlock, is also playing Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. It's kind of strange I didn't realize it sooner I think, but I guess it makes sense because I only started watching Sherlock a while ago. Also just randomly wondering, do any of you guys watch the TV show The Walking Dead?

Adam, hope your tests went well. I've never even watched a rugby game on TV or in real life before (mostly because I'm not really into watching sports, but also because rugby isn't really as big here in Canada usually everything is about hockey) so it will be interesting to see those pictures if you post them.

Kate, I've often wondered what animals think when they see humans. I mean we stand upright, we have no tails, and we have no head-to-toe fur. Whereas we're completely fine with how we look it's very strange to think about it from an outside point of view.

I thought a bit about your question Deidra and I think I would choose a prehensile tail. It just seems like it would be useful to have an extra limb that can grab and hold stuff. Runners up: wings, gills, and a turtle shell.

DFTBA
Kayla

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:

• 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 

Twice I've Done This Today

Hey you lovely people, guess what?

The awesomeness that is my computer is BACK! So I'm happy. It returned to me this past Wednesday, and we have been together ever since! That sounded really weird...sorry. Anyway this means I can type as much as I want for as long as I want! So much awesome has happened within the past week, it was really hard to wait until today to tell you.

I don't know if you guys follow the awesomeness that is Evan [http://www.youtube.com/user/naveregnide] on YouTube. I do. Today he went on blogtv and played through his new album that is due to come out soon. It was great getting to listen to it before it released, so I knew whether or not I would enjoy it. Like how Alex Day has player's on his website so you can listen before you buy. Well I enjoyed it immensely, and will be saving the change from the couch cushions so I can have the songs myself.

 If you did watch that short, and very poor quality video I made about my vacation to North Carolina, I can confirm that it was actually that boring. Not sure if I mentioned if me and my sister actually got to the waterfall or not, but we didn't. By the time we turned back, and were almost out of the trail, [which, by the way was the most horrendous path ever. two miles of large rocks and nothing else. Not a path, paths are smooth not bumpy.] my dad showed up in his car and gave us a ride back to the cabin we were staying at. Apparently where we turned around was five minutes away from the stairs to the waterfall. The stairs however were like another mile...so either way that wasn't happening.

Oh and my scheduling went well. I will be in:

Honors English

Honors History

CP [College Prep] Environmental Physics

Algebra 1

And my after school activities will be Visual Arts [so art class].

I am very pleased with the classes, and I am excited to attend them. The down side was purchasing the uniforms. It cost around one-hundred thirty dollars.:(

Another important thing or things I guess is I got Twitter and a personal blog. Tumblr was a bit too...Tumblr. So I just got a blogger.

Oh another thing was how well this girl named Catherine is doing with her fundraiser for the ALS Association. She is well on her way to decreasing world-suck for people with ALS. If you guys want to help her reach her awesome goal of 2,000 dollars, share this video: 

http://www.youtube.com/user/themaddestcat#p/u/0/yfDgrlwV2yg

with anyone and everyone so they can help too!

Well this has been my longest post in awhile, and I feel quite good about it. Until next Sunday!

Bye!♥

P.S. 

Twitter: 

http://twitter.com/#!/DarlinKatie

My blog:

http://untitledseris.blogspot.com/

 Also I think themes would be great...how about your favorite charity and why they are awesome?
Its a one color kind of day...