My Week

Ac Dec party was fun, aside from the fact that I broke one of the flip flops so I had to walk around barefoot all day. That hurt. I feel sympathy for people who don't have shoes. Karla and I spent 30 minutes finding a pool in Ladera Ranch, and I found out there are abour 25 in the neighborhood. Dang. We had a lot of chicken, and I ended up bringing a pie, even though guys were suppose to bring desserts. Ah well. ^^ I have a feeling Auburn was trying to suck up. I don't know why he would want to, but when he was eating the pie I bought, he was all like, "Mmm, this has the perfect amount of cream" or something like that. And then towards the end, Karla was all, "We suck as hosts" and blah blah, and he said something like "No, you guys were perfect" which sounded a lot like pity. Karla and I agreed on that one, and that's saying something. And then when he was leaving, Karla and I were yelling, "Have a good summer!" and I couldn't resist adding, "Have a good life!" (I know, I'm mean) and he turned around and said, "It's now like we're never going to see each other again, right?"...and he sounded semi-genuinly concered. I don't exactly know how people sound semi-genuin, but yeah. And there was that confusing convo with Denice the other day...I hope he's being nice. That would make me feel guilty for suspecting him, but really hope Aubrey's not pushing him to do anything because that's really mean.

On Sunday, I was working with Rose and Kylie at the library and Rose suggested doing something during the week. We agreed to meet at Borders on Monday to complete a puzzle of Kiki's. Honestly, I don't fully comprehend Rose at times. I like hanging out with my friends, but really, I can't do it as often as Rose does. It's not that my parents wouldn't allow me to, it's that I'm not that sociable and some things would just be odd for me...like getting together to put together a puzzle. It doesn't help that I'm not good at lying. Well, that's not true, I can be a remarkable good lier when I want, but I am definately not good at saying no, something Karla told me I should do, and Nina did too, a long time ago. Or just be honest. But I have a problem with that too. Lying's bad, but so's too much honesty if I don't know the person that well. When I get invited to something, I agree to it sometimes because I can't bring myself to say no for fear of hurting the person who invited me. Urg, confessions suck.

Anyway...I have been bored out of my mind this week. My parents agreed to take me to Borders tomorrow so I won't have to sit at home in the blazing 94 degrees. I am slightly worried that I will be gone for an entire afternoon because that means Curry and Snow will have left alone. I'm hoping to let Snow out before I leave because Curry does better inside his hutch in hot weather, and I don't want to take chances with Snow after her heat stroke last week.

All the results for the tests I took the past couple months are arriving or on their way. I passed the exit exam (449/450 in math, 450/450 in English ^^). Yay, I can graduate high school. -_- AP results are coming. They scare me, they really scare me. So are CAT scores. They don't scare me that much right now, I'm sure they will when I'm opening the envelope. But AP results really really really scare me...

*gulps*

I'm in trouble. I totally forgot the Ac Dec party was a potluck. *scrounges around the fridge for food*

Boredom

I'm bored. Tony woke up at 3:30 this morning. I think he might have insomnia worse than mine. He was suppose to take a nap but I don't think he actually fell asleep, and his eyes are burning red. If I wasn't used to it, I'd be scared.

Oh yeah, last weekend, Snow scared the heck out of me. She started ripping her fur out and she dug this hole and put some of her fur and grass in it. I called Amber on Sunday and she told me Snowwy was making a nest either because she's pregnant, or she's doing it out of instinct. As we're sure she's never gotten a chance to get pregnant, we assumed it was out of instinct. She stopped Sunday night actually, and burried her hole (all rabbits put dirt back into their holes after they're done digging). But how cute is that? My baby bunny thought she was suppose to be a mother. ^_^

I just realized "Boredom" is the first chapter in Death Note. -_-;; I have been reading waaay too many fanfics lately.

*ahem*

I need to write about my life. I have been avoiding this task for days out of sheer laziness.

First of all, I did not fail chem. Second of all, I did not fail English. Third of all, I have not started summer homework yet.

Fourth of all, I've been working like crazy on the Ac Dec scrapbook. I'm not sure why. I need a project, yes; I like Ac Dec, yes; I like scrapbooking, yes; but I have other projects I could do too, yes. I'm almost done with it. I need one more page to put the pictures of people "working" in class, a title page, and a page for the invite to the Ac Dec party on Thursday. I can't do the title page without the PE 20 picture, which I have yet to recieve, and I'm contempating the first page. The paper I'm using for it is covered in fish (don't drink water) and I've got 3 pictures of Emie, Pooja, and Michele playing with goldfish. I'm not sure how to arrange them though, and I want to make this one funny (even if Denice is the only one who gets it ^_~). I've also got some fish stickers Tony gave me a long time ago.

Fifth of all, I have to talk to Akshar about getting my permit. I need to know where he went, who he arranged his behind-the-wheels with, and what's on the test...not that I'll get the same one, but I need to know what to study since it's been like, 3 months since I took Driver's Ed.

Sixth of all, I'm babysitting Tony everyday. Life is quite boring. Mom offered to pay me $100 per month, but I actually feel bad taking money from my parents. I know sometimes I've gotten...aggravated I don't get an allowence, and I've never gotten practically any money from my parents, but now that my mom is offering, I don't think I can take it. So I told her she can just pay for my behind-the-wheels, which are around $200 anyway, and for my birthday party...which I have yet to plan. She might actually spend more that way, but it makes me feel better that she's not giving me money for random spending.

Seventh of all, Karla and I decided not to go to Connie's bonfire because we're not that into wild beach parties and we're going to throw Kylie a birthday party instead. We're planning to meet at the mall at 6 tomorrow and find her a gift in 30 minutes, because we told Kiki to come at 6:30. Then we'll treat her to dinner and take her to see Cars. It'll be fun. ^_^ And I'll make sure we don't walk into the wrong theather this time...

Eight of all, my flute recital's on Friday. I've realized that I actually practice when I have a deadline in front of me. I'm performing Pan, and I think of catching the wind...or chasing it...or something...but it's about a bird, so it suits the piece. I'm also playing stuff from Carmen, and it reminds me of the opening scene of North by Northwest. New York traffic and rush hour and all. Maybe it's just me...I think Bizet was before Hitchcock's time.

Ninth of all, I got my first job. At least, that's what my mom says. It's not from my parents, and I'm getting paid, so I guess it's a job. It's just tutoring though, and I'll just be working with Rachel. She failed her final, and I had a long talk with her mom about it. Apparently, she's not even suppose to be in the class she just took. That explains why they're teaching geomety, alg II, and stats material in pre-alg. ...Wait a minute, it doesn't. Pre-alg is to prepare you for alg, and they barely spend time going over INTEGERS, which are like, the basics of the basics. So her mom wants me to get the fundamentals down with her because you need those to build up. Oh yeah, I antagnolized with how much I should charge with my mom, and I was thinking $8, cuz that's above minimum wage enough to keep me happy, but Mom was all like, "ask for $10/hour first, and then you can negociate to 8," but Rachel's mom was ok with 10. I'll be doing 1 hour sessions 2 or 3 times a week, which isn't bad. I'm also thinking of advertising at summer school. I'll have to talk to Kiki about it tomorrow, since she's going for history and ask her if Mr. Tinker's still teaching. He was my geometry teacher last year. I wonder if he'll remember me. If he's there, I'll definately contact him and get him to tell his students about me. It pays (literally) to have teachers who like you. =)

To round it up, tenth of all, I don't have one, but I like symmetry, so I'll just say I watched Harry Potter 2 today. It's not significant, but it makes me wanna read the books again. And I'm still thinking about Corbett's story/screenplay. I've made up my mind to definately give it a shot. The problems are that: 1) I have no idea how to write a screenplay, and the story would really make a better movie than a book, and 2) I'd personally want to keept it rated pg13, which means cutting out some of the scenes Corbett described. (don't ask) I'll think about it all later.

Graduation

To celebrate the end of the year, I sold flowers, and in the process, I got tired, sunburned (slightly) and about two shades tanner. Woot. I know it's bad, but in my defense, no one thought about sunscreen.

Anyway, I'm still nervous about chem and Eng. And I will miss all the senoirs like heck. It really isn't a big deal when you graduate from elementary school or middle school, but when you graduate from high school, you're never going to see some of them again. Ever maybe.

But I made sure Shana and some of the other senoirs in Art history will come back and visit. Right now, though, they've got to get on with their lives, and I'm happy for them that they're going to college and I'm happy that they're happy. I guess that's all I can do for now.

Finals Week (I can't think of a creative title right now)

I don't remember the last time I wrote here. Either my memory's dying or it was a really long time ago...meaning, like, more than a week. Or it could be both.

Anyway, so yeah, finals. Chem sucked. On one hand, I really hope Brian, Craig, and Akshar ace it because they are brilliant and totally deserve the grade. On the other, I hope they don't do too because that would make me feel stupid. But it's a normal curve, so I hope I got a B at the least.

English sucked. I got 86.7% on the multiple choice--not too bad. It could've been worse. My grade before the stinkin' test was 92.8, though, so I hope I did well on the essay. I'm not sure though...I mean, I read 1984 and Brave New World, and (surprise) I actually liked them. Both of them. A lot. But I'm not sure I wrote that well in my essay. I am going to hunt Mrs. Little down tomorrow and ask her if she's graded them yet.

French did not suck. French was alright.

But I will be sooo depressed if I did better in my AP classes than my regular ones. I have a 95% in stats and and A- in English. Life can be so cruel sometimes.

Impressionistic Art Fetish

I am sooo happy! Mom took half a day off of work today because Tony's kind of sick and she wanted to bring him home. After I came home, we went to Michael's because I had to get the photo frame for Garrity's surprise. (shhh...*wink*) The frame's 22 x 28 because we have 82 pictures, and Denice's cutting them out, but even if you cut every one in half, that's still equivilent to 41 full pictures. It's a nice brown, and it has an inner border of shinny white that's not quite silver. Platnium, maybe.

So we picked that out, and since the poster section is right next to all the poster frames, I couldn't resist looking at some of them, and I swear, I recognize half the artwork. There was this long poster of Monet's water lilies (it's a detail), and it was really really really pretty, so Mom agreed to get it for me. I'm putting it on the strip above my closet. I already have a poster of kitten there, but that is getting kind of old, and I hate the frame. It's too thick for the space. Then because I was getting a poster, Tony wanted one too, and he picked out one of Niagra Falls. Funny thing was, my mom really liked it also, and she said we'd hang it on the wall opposite the front door even though Tony wanted it in his room.

The posters were the same size, so I offered Mom my frame for the Niagra Falls one, and she agreed to get me another frame, since they were all on sale anyway. So I got a thin silver frame, and it fits nicely with the architecture of my room. My old frame was thick silver, and it looks good with Niagra Falls, so everyone was happy. Then I went to look at the scrapbook paper stuff, because I wanted some of the paper Karla bought for our French project. They were impressionistic paintings, but they were to be used to decorate stuff, and I really didn't think they would go with my room. Still, it was fun looking at them. I love impressionistic art. ^_^

So now Monet's in my room! <3

<3 ^_^

Dear Ac Dect Kids,

First, I want to thank you all for your hard work this semester. I hope
you had fun and also learned something new. I am looking forward to
next year's China curriculum. It looks at this point as if will be
teaching the class again--and I look forward to working with you next year. I
plan on ordering some different types of materials for next year that
may make the curriculum easier to grasp, including Quiz Bowl-type
materials. I know that many of you have other activities, so I will make an
extra effort to accomodate those of you with scheduling conflicts.

Second, I have not received any notice about overall team awards this
time (the OC Dept of Ed is apparently too busy with Pentathalon), but I
can say that we will be receiving at least one major award--in the
past, they have given plaques for this. They have asked that I not say more
to maintain the surprise. I have no information about individiual
awards, but I am hopeful. The awards ceremony is on Monday, June 5th at 6:30
PM at Servite High School in Anaheim. I hope to see you there and if
you do plan on attending, could you please email me back? Also, I will
post the awards ceremony flyer on the Ac Dec website.

Feel free to drop by my new classroom--P9--to chat or if you have
questions about the ceremony or next year.

Mr. Garrity

Garrity will be teaching Ac Dec next year! Yay! And I finally got my letter. Sadly, I'm afraid I got some oil on it because there was a ton of oil the salad I was eating for lunch, and it got all over my hands. Oh well. And I guess I'm going to the awards ceremony because Rose agreed to give me a ride, which is very nice of her.

Meanwhile, I've actually started reading 1984. The only reason I started was because I was brushing my teeth last night. And while I was brushing my teeth, I somehow thought of Battle Royale. So then after I spit out my toothpaste and rinse, I get the book Nina got me, and I turn to the begining. And on the second page of the book is a quote from George Orwell. It was from some book I've never heard of and I would type the quote, but it's pretty long. So I thought it was a good quote, so I started reading 1984. I know I have a wunnerfully logical mind. ^_^

On the other hand, my mind might also be a bit...paranoid. I'm pretty sure a certain someone in marching was trying to suggest I join again. I went to meet my carpool in front of the bandroom afterschool and she started ranting about how Mr. Waldukat misses all the flutes because only three are signed up next year and there are some important flute runs in the music, and how he wants them all back. My internal reaction was, Like hell I'm going to do anything because Mr. Waldukat feels bad. I have no duty to do anything for him, except I'll probably think of him in nicer light if he lets me play at graduation. Must ask soon.

On the third hand, there is another certain someone who is DEFINATELY paranoid. Way more than I have EVER been. Shadow told me at lunch. The certain someone was been seeing the shrink because she's been having nightmares and that affects her sleep, and she can't eat, even when she's hungary. According to Shadow, she can't bring herself to actually bite the food. No wonder she's seemed so sad lately. And there's the Jacque business. Seriously, she should take it easier. Life isn't that intense.

I had a weird thought...Dr. Corbett showed us this whole thing about how the 2000 and 2004 elections were rigged for Bush. I wonder...if she would stoop to that level if she couldn't win fairly and still pretend years after that she hadn't done anything wrong. Well, either way, if she did something like that, I don't think I could stand for it. I guess we'll see...