I Refuse To Grow Up

     This past week has been kind of weird. I have been frantically trying to change my online history course for a writer's craft course, and I don't know exactly what is going to happen with it. I am really really hoping to get into it, since English and writing are what I love (and history is just bleh). Also, I have been writing a lot of essays for English class, which has been wearing me down. Essays are not fun to write.

     I did do a fun exercise on descriptive writing, where I had to describe what I can see from my bedroom window. Since I live in the basement I thought it was going to be extremely difficult, but once I opened my blinds (which are always closed, it was the first time they had been opened in months) I found that it was actually pretty easy to describe what was out there.

Living Low

     Soft yellow light filters down through dusty window panes as the tips of dying blades of grass leisurely brush the glass. In the brightening sky jet black birds make slow smooth circles, their shrill calls piercing the tranquility. Rising, the remainder of the scene comes into view. The front lawn unfolds in front of me, a vast expanse of glistening green broken up only by a declining shrub. The small number of remaining leaves make the plant appear skeletal and lifeless. Beyond its twisted branches lies the cracked and faded road, void of people and purpose during this moment. The houses that line the street remain dark, only their faces illuminated by the glowing light radiating from the street lights. Dropping back onto the bed, the scene disappears from view, once again engulfed by the walls of the room.

      I had never heard of Starcraft before you mentioned it in your post, Campion. It seems like an interesting sort of game. I am not much of a gamer, but it looks like something that I might like to try. Anyway, a few days after reading your post, I overheard some guys in my school talking about it. Coincidence? I think not.
      Kayla, the only thing I have to say to you is read more of The Great Gatsby! I finished it on the weekend and am dying to talk about it with you. The beginning of the novel was a little dry, but the ending is what really makes it worth the read. Just keep going!
     Happy Belated Birthday Adam! I hope it was really good and that you celebrated it well. Here is your Internet birthday cupcake, do enjoy!  ^.^  Also, some of those challenges sound pretty scary. I would probably be too embarrassed or shy to do many of them.

     Sorry to hear that you had a suckish week Katie. But I expect to see a dinosaur at some point in the future, so that I have something to cheer me up whenever I have a bad week (since I cannot draw dinosaurs).

     Kate, I am jealous of your ukulele. Although I have no musical talents I would love to have one, because they are so adorable and awesome. Are you going to decorate yours and make it nerdy? Or just leave it like it is?

     Congratulations Kira on your acceptance into Gryffiindor! I also have always believed myself to be a Ravenclaw, but I would accept Gryffindor or Hufflepuff anyday. Slytherin on the other hand, I would not. =P

     I must now go and do more English homework. So I hope you guys enjoyed this post, because I used it to procrastinate my work, and that you all have good weeks. Don't forget to be awesome. Ever!

I Even Ended Up Taking That Physics Class....

So it's back to the daily grind of school. All I can say is this will probably the first year where I won't have endless amounts of free time from putting work off or simply not having all that much work to do. It's actually kind of hard for me to believe that it's only been four days, I've been so busy it feels way longer than that. It already looks like I'll have more to do in Student Council than last year and I know for sure I'll have more work to do for my classes. And that's basically why I decided to write on Friday, because that way I would actually have time to post and the rest of the weekend to do homework. But, yeah, I'll try to not complain about school in every post.

In my English class we're supposed to be reading The Great Gatsby right now which I think is pretty cool because John is doing those videos on it at the same time. I'm also going to be reading Jane Eyre and Sense and Sensibility for my Independant Study Unit. I was thinking of reading those books sometime anyway so I figured they'd be a decent choice.

Also today was pretty exciting because there was some problem with the fire alarm, making it go off for no apparent reason so we got to stand outside for like at least a half hour and miss class while the firemen checked it out. Four fire trucks came which was pretty cool.

Adam, I hope college is going well and you're enjoying yourself. Also Happy (early) Birthday, because it's closer to the 12th now then it would be if I waited till my next post. Hope you have an awesome one.

Katie, don't worry about your little panda drive adventure. I think it happens to most people every once in a while. I myself am constantly looking for lost things and sometimes it turns out I was holding it the whole time.

Kate it must be kind of a big thing for your brother to be training to join the army and I'm not really sure what to say, but good luck to him. I hope it goes well.

Kira I hope your sweater was fixable. I don't have a sweater like that, but I know if something else I cared about was damaged I would also be pretty upset about it.

Deidra, I know what you mean about it being nice to see all your friends again because I'm usually gone for the summer and super unconnected with everyone (except you) during that time period.

Campion, I don't really keep up with sports either, even though hockey is a huge thing here in Canada. But when we hosted the Winter Olympics and won against the US in men's hockey for gold I was cheering so hard I even surprised myself.

DFTBA
Kayla