If ever you feel overwhelmingly stressed, I recommend that you go rent the movie Nacho Libre. The extreme stupidity of the movie is certain to get your spirits up and your gratitude in check. Lol. This week has been particularly busy, and it only goes up from here.
1. a. NFL Regionals was held on Saturday. The whole week before that I'd been sleeping at 3-ish or 4-ish in the morning. The night directly before, I went to bed at 5-something AM and woke up at...6:45. I remember because I originally planned on waking up at 6:15, just as I set my mom's cell phone alarm clock to. I set it at a series of alarms--5:45, 5:55, 6:05, and 6:15. I got to Dandan Elementary at 7:00 AM, and no one was there. The gates were locked and the place was a ghost town. I texted a number of people trying to assure that the comp was at Dandan; I called Gretch to ask and she said, lol, "Rach, course noone's there, it's fucking 7 in the morning!" lol. She came 15 minutes after. lol.
b. If any, I learned the extent of how much I'm willing to push myself. Or rather, "propel" myself. I wrote my Expos two days before the event, but had to modify it 3 times such that I only had the morning of the comp to "memorize" it. I got my DI the day before the competition and used the night and morning before regionals to memorize and work out the performance. Mr. Easton was darn pissed with me, but, hey, there was a point where I was considering not competing at all.
c. I'm sooo proud of this years winners. It's an absolute truth when I tell you that, in these competitions, the ante gets upped every year. Competition was hard this year. I'm telling you, oh yes, oh yes, it was. I can't wait to go to Kansas.. lol. I love the crowd I'm going with, too. (Not that last years crowd was anything short of this years; it's either you lovem or you hatem.) Anita, Gin, Adeleyah, Andrew, Ryan O, Hazel, Deborah, In Young, Effrain... All good folks. I'm kinda pouting that a lot of last years folks aren't going this year.
d. Upsides? (1) More mileage for my Onepass account, (2) getting off of this island this summer, (3) meeting more NFL nerds, (4) perhaps meeting up with old NFL nat'ls friends from the '06 comp, (5) I don't have to fundraise for my JSA airfare!, (6) I get to go to Lincoln, Nebraska for Thespian thus I get to try out for the Thespian Junior Scholarships (cheyah!), (7) getting off this island, (8) getting off this island, (9) getting off this island. Have I missed any?
2. AP Exams are coming up in May. I know that the likelihood of getting a 5 will be difficult to attain but I'll do my best to get the best I can. The exam for AP Biology is my biggest competition. The exam for AP Lit will be fun, I'm guessing. I'm studying for both anyway. I need to get my SAT Prep up. I need to login my noggin.
3. I'm loving my business class. AP Lit is therapeutic with the exception that the assignments we get are tedious--easy, very easy--but tedious and time-consuming. For AP Biology, Mr. Philips (who is really the AP Physics/Honors Chem/Honors Astronomy/Marine Biology teacher) is doing an excellent job. We couldn't ask for a better replacement for Mr. Mack. After Mr. Mack retired last semester, the whole class (there are 6 AP Bio students) have gotten so far behind. The principal got the NMC biology teacher to teach us for a while, but in truth, he was a sucky teacher. Mr. Phillips is a far better, in my POV. He got Mrs. Borja to order Princeton Review Cracking the AP Exam books for each of us. Oh Yeah. lol.
4. Lately people keep asking me if I'll be going to prom. It's.. uncertain? I don't know. I think I'd like to but. I don't know. The ticket costs...how much does the ticket cost? I forgot. I think it's $65 for couple and..$45? for single? My chic friends are going with chic friends and the chic friends with boy friends are going with boyfriends. I wonder if my guy friends will be going with guy friends? lol. Course not. Eh. I always wanted my first prom to be more traditionalized though. We'll see. We'll see.
5. JSA! You know what?!? I haven't turned in my deposit yet! That's why I'm going to stay up until 1ish in the morning to call Christie Omengabar and pick her brains for insight. I'm really worried. I don't want to be fundraising for a spot I don't have. Rawr! So freaking frustrated about that! I'll pull the cash out of my savings account for all I care! That's what I usually do for all my important expenses..
6. Which reminds me. My laptop? It broke. I used my cash to finance the purchase of the thing. And. It broke. You know, maybe I could work part-time before the NFL>Thespian>JSA trip and save up for a new laptop. Or I could order one through Dell and pay for it via an installment plan. I'll ask my dad if I could use his credit card and I'll deposit cash after every paycheck. My parents offered to buy me a new one, but, cmon. Mom? Dad? You've got too many other expenses to deal with. And I've always hated asking my parents for stuff anyways. Especially when I can get it myself.
7. JSA Fundraising! (Pay no attention to #5 at this point.) Right now, I'm holding a raffle fundraiser for my tuition. Turns out that I'll be the only student from MHS going to JSA this year. The tickets are $1 each. Grand prize is 3 PIC waterpark passes. 1st prize is a $10 Hollywood Theaters GC (let GC = Gift Certificate). 2nd is a $10 Bestseller GC. 3rd is a $10 Papaya's GC. 4th is a $10 Boarderline GC. 5th is a $10 Payless Shoesource GC. 6th is a $5 Blockbuster GC. 7th is a $5 Subway GC. 8th is a $5 McDonald's GC. 9th is a $5 Java Joe's GC. 10th is a $5 Saipan Cell Prepaid Phonecard. If you're interested in buying or selling tickets you could call me at 4841328. :)
8. That's all I can think of as of now. (=
1. a. NFL Regionals was held on Saturday. The whole week before that I'd been sleeping at 3-ish or 4-ish in the morning. The night directly before, I went to bed at 5-something AM and woke up at...6:45. I remember because I originally planned on waking up at 6:15, just as I set my mom's cell phone alarm clock to. I set it at a series of alarms--5:45, 5:55, 6:05, and 6:15. I got to Dandan Elementary at 7:00 AM, and no one was there. The gates were locked and the place was a ghost town. I texted a number of people trying to assure that the comp was at Dandan; I called Gretch to ask and she said, lol, "Rach, course noone's there, it's fucking 7 in the morning!" lol. She came 15 minutes after. lol.
b. If any, I learned the extent of how much I'm willing to push myself. Or rather, "propel" myself. I wrote my Expos two days before the event, but had to modify it 3 times such that I only had the morning of the comp to "memorize" it. I got my DI the day before the competition and used the night and morning before regionals to memorize and work out the performance. Mr. Easton was darn pissed with me, but, hey, there was a point where I was considering not competing at all.
c. I'm sooo proud of this years winners. It's an absolute truth when I tell you that, in these competitions, the ante gets upped every year. Competition was hard this year. I'm telling you, oh yes, oh yes, it was. I can't wait to go to Kansas.. lol. I love the crowd I'm going with, too. (Not that last years crowd was anything short of this years; it's either you lovem or you hatem.) Anita, Gin, Adeleyah, Andrew, Ryan O, Hazel, Deborah, In Young, Effrain... All good folks. I'm kinda pouting that a lot of last years folks aren't going this year.
d. Upsides? (1) More mileage for my Onepass account, (2) getting off of this island this summer, (3) meeting more NFL nerds, (4) perhaps meeting up with old NFL nat'ls friends from the '06 comp, (5) I don't have to fundraise for my JSA airfare!, (6) I get to go to Lincoln, Nebraska for Thespian thus I get to try out for the Thespian Junior Scholarships (cheyah!), (7) getting off this island, (8) getting off this island, (9) getting off this island. Have I missed any?
2. AP Exams are coming up in May. I know that the likelihood of getting a 5 will be difficult to attain but I'll do my best to get the best I can. The exam for AP Biology is my biggest competition. The exam for AP Lit will be fun, I'm guessing. I'm studying for both anyway. I need to get my SAT Prep up. I need to login my noggin.
3. I'm loving my business class. AP Lit is therapeutic with the exception that the assignments we get are tedious--easy, very easy--but tedious and time-consuming. For AP Biology, Mr. Philips (who is really the AP Physics/Honors Chem/Honors Astronomy/Marine Biology teacher) is doing an excellent job. We couldn't ask for a better replacement for Mr. Mack. After Mr. Mack retired last semester, the whole class (there are 6 AP Bio students) have gotten so far behind. The principal got the NMC biology teacher to teach us for a while, but in truth, he was a sucky teacher. Mr. Phillips is a far better, in my POV. He got Mrs. Borja to order Princeton Review Cracking the AP Exam books for each of us. Oh Yeah. lol.
4. Lately people keep asking me if I'll be going to prom. It's.. uncertain? I don't know. I think I'd like to but. I don't know. The ticket costs...how much does the ticket cost? I forgot. I think it's $65 for couple and..$45? for single? My chic friends are going with chic friends and the chic friends with boy friends are going with boyfriends. I wonder if my guy friends will be going with guy friends? lol. Course not. Eh. I always wanted my first prom to be more traditionalized though. We'll see. We'll see.
5. JSA! You know what?!? I haven't turned in my deposit yet! That's why I'm going to stay up until 1ish in the morning to call Christie Omengabar and pick her brains for insight. I'm really worried. I don't want to be fundraising for a spot I don't have. Rawr! So freaking frustrated about that! I'll pull the cash out of my savings account for all I care! That's what I usually do for all my important expenses..
6. Which reminds me. My laptop? It broke. I used my cash to finance the purchase of the thing. And. It broke. You know, maybe I could work part-time before the NFL>Thespian>JSA trip and save up for a new laptop. Or I could order one through Dell and pay for it via an installment plan. I'll ask my dad if I could use his credit card and I'll deposit cash after every paycheck. My parents offered to buy me a new one, but, cmon. Mom? Dad? You've got too many other expenses to deal with. And I've always hated asking my parents for stuff anyways. Especially when I can get it myself.
7. JSA Fundraising! (Pay no attention to #5 at this point.) Right now, I'm holding a raffle fundraiser for my tuition. Turns out that I'll be the only student from MHS going to JSA this year. The tickets are $1 each. Grand prize is 3 PIC waterpark passes. 1st prize is a $10 Hollywood Theaters GC (let GC = Gift Certificate). 2nd is a $10 Bestseller GC. 3rd is a $10 Papaya's GC. 4th is a $10 Boarderline GC. 5th is a $10 Payless Shoesource GC. 6th is a $5 Blockbuster GC. 7th is a $5 Subway GC. 8th is a $5 McDonald's GC. 9th is a $5 Java Joe's GC. 10th is a $5 Saipan Cell Prepaid Phonecard. If you're interested in buying or selling tickets you could call me at 4841328. :)
8. That's all I can think of as of now. (=
1 comment:
umm. login my noggin? o_O
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