Today I came closer to having a panic attack then I ever have before. And it was terrifying.
So I was sitting down in the student lounge, waiting for my test to start, when a bunch of fresh man came down and started sitting down, talking about the English test they just took. I nearly pissed my pants, because I thought it was the second block of finals.
But no. It was the first block. And I totally missed it.
I sprinted upstairs and I was crying and hyperventilating and my entire English class saw me. It was really embarrassing, because basically the entire freshman class knew about it by the end of the day. It's scary how fast gossip travels at my school.
My teacher was cool with it, but the fact that I couldn't breathe really freaked me out. That's how scared I was. And I'm for sure never gonna forget a final again. EVER.
But now finals are over! I'm so happy! My last final wasn't even an actual final. It was just a normal test for one of my honors classes. It's all writing, but I wasn't rushed or anything, so it was nice. And it turns out I got a 175/175 on my Bio final. That is quite good, considering I only spent about 15 minutes studying. My mom keeps saying I have an aptitude for science, but I'm not so sure. I can just memorize facts and once I do, I rarely forget them. It helps that Bio interests me.
So now I'm on break, but sadly, I have to go back to my elementary school tomorrow because of my little brother and sister's school Christmas program. Stupid new music teacher made it a good 3 hours long, with each class/grade doing about 4 songs each. Multiply that by 10 grades (Pre-K - 8th) and you get a lot of holiday bullshit. Wish me luck. I'll need it to get the blood flowing back into my ass.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Finals
Well damn. I haven't posted on this in awhile...
And it's finals week at my school. This is both good and bad, but mostly good, because we get out - wait for it - the 16th. I am going to be out of school ages before my brother and sister.
Am I going to rub it in their faces?
Why yes, yes I am.
But of course, it's still finals, and this is somewhat a good thing. My school is weird, yet awesome. There's three days of finals, and during those three days, it's open campus. You're required to be there for your final of course, but if it's just down time, you can leave. There are multiple restaurants by my school, and if I wasn't unfortunate enough to be totally and completely broke, I would be taking advantage of this. And I would be fat.
What's bad about finals is that it's goddamn stressful. Basically the entire school is a quiet zone, and it's so quiet and it's weird. That just adds to the whole feeling of doom lingering over the school. I'm taking three honors classes, and with math, I have to get over an eighty on the final, or I have to drop the class and double up next year. The whole point of me taking Alg II was that I didn't have to double up. And then there's English, where I'm teetering on the verge of a B and an A.
But the good news is that I had my algebra final today, and it wasn't that bad actually. So I won't be grounded for the next six months. Hooray! I'm taking English tommorow, so if anyone's reading this, pray for me, or wish me luck or whatever. I need it...
On to break.
The good thing about Christmas break is that it's a break. I can do whatever the hell I want, within reason. This includes playing Skyward Sword, which is fantastic for your information. I haven't had very much time to play it lately due to swimming, which is what makes the break kind of suck.
See, swimming doesn't get a break for Christmas, because swimming has no soul and deserves to die in a hole.
Whoa, that rhymed. Poet and I didn't even know it.
But anyway, besides about three days around Christmas, there's no break from swimming. And it gets worse. The two weeks we have over Christmas pretty much suck ass, with two practices a day and the whole thing being even worse than Hell Week (Hell Week is the first or second week of the season, and it's where the coaches see who's in shape, and then they laugh at the people who are out of shape as they drag their sore bodies to the locker room). And guess who's mother is making her go to every single practice possible?
Yeah. My mom's a bitch when it comes to swimming.
I'm sincerely hoping that my mom gets so caught up in the Spirit of Christmas and forgets to take me to practice. This is what's happened the past couple of years, when my mom says I'm going to practice three times a week over break, and she either forgets or just is too lazy to take me. I care what her excuse is. I just don't wanna go.
And it's finals week at my school. This is both good and bad, but mostly good, because we get out - wait for it - the 16th. I am going to be out of school ages before my brother and sister.
Am I going to rub it in their faces?
Why yes, yes I am.
But of course, it's still finals, and this is somewhat a good thing. My school is weird, yet awesome. There's three days of finals, and during those three days, it's open campus. You're required to be there for your final of course, but if it's just down time, you can leave. There are multiple restaurants by my school, and if I wasn't unfortunate enough to be totally and completely broke, I would be taking advantage of this. And I would be fat.
What's bad about finals is that it's goddamn stressful. Basically the entire school is a quiet zone, and it's so quiet and it's weird. That just adds to the whole feeling of doom lingering over the school. I'm taking three honors classes, and with math, I have to get over an eighty on the final, or I have to drop the class and double up next year. The whole point of me taking Alg II was that I didn't have to double up. And then there's English, where I'm teetering on the verge of a B and an A.
But the good news is that I had my algebra final today, and it wasn't that bad actually. So I won't be grounded for the next six months. Hooray! I'm taking English tommorow, so if anyone's reading this, pray for me, or wish me luck or whatever. I need it...
On to break.
The good thing about Christmas break is that it's a break. I can do whatever the hell I want, within reason. This includes playing Skyward Sword, which is fantastic for your information. I haven't had very much time to play it lately due to swimming, which is what makes the break kind of suck.
See, swimming doesn't get a break for Christmas, because swimming has no soul and deserves to die in a hole.
Whoa, that rhymed. Poet and I didn't even know it.
But anyway, besides about three days around Christmas, there's no break from swimming. And it gets worse. The two weeks we have over Christmas pretty much suck ass, with two practices a day and the whole thing being even worse than Hell Week (Hell Week is the first or second week of the season, and it's where the coaches see who's in shape, and then they laugh at the people who are out of shape as they drag their sore bodies to the locker room). And guess who's mother is making her go to every single practice possible?
Yeah. My mom's a bitch when it comes to swimming.
I'm sincerely hoping that my mom gets so caught up in the Spirit of Christmas and forgets to take me to practice. This is what's happened the past couple of years, when my mom says I'm going to practice three times a week over break, and she either forgets or just is too lazy to take me. I care what her excuse is. I just don't wanna go.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Convo
So, my high school, while still being open to all religions, is a Catholic/Jesuit school. And since I am a freshman, today I just experienced the dreaded convo...
Also known as a convocation, it's basically just a prayer service with the whole school. Everyone dresses up for it, we have a different schedule, and we all have to go in the gym and... do.. stuff. I don't know. But since today was the feast day for our patron dude, who I won't say the name of, we had a convo.
I had to find a skirt that hit my knees, because the deans made up this new stupid rule that all clothing has to hit the knee. The problem is, they don't sell anything that hits your knee unless it's a maxi dress. But I'm pretty sure the principals told the deans to cool it for today, because I saw a lot of girls who had way shorter skirts then I did.
At the actual convo, there were a bunch of different prayers from different religions, and I actually wasn't bored, despite what everyone says. The prayers were really cool, as most of them were either sung or in a different language. And while the story about how the dude was martyred was really nasty and made me want to throw up, it was also kind of inspiring in a gross way.
The only thing that bothered me was how numb my butt got. Bleachers suck when you have to sit in them for an hour with nothing to rest your back on. By the end, I was walking around like an old person, but I was rushing to the other gym, because another inspiring tradition at my school is that after the convo/prayer service, there's lots of cookies.
Apparently, you need the extra sugar to get the blood flowing back into your ass.
Also known as a convocation, it's basically just a prayer service with the whole school. Everyone dresses up for it, we have a different schedule, and we all have to go in the gym and... do.. stuff. I don't know. But since today was the feast day for our patron dude, who I won't say the name of, we had a convo.
I had to find a skirt that hit my knees, because the deans made up this new stupid rule that all clothing has to hit the knee. The problem is, they don't sell anything that hits your knee unless it's a maxi dress. But I'm pretty sure the principals told the deans to cool it for today, because I saw a lot of girls who had way shorter skirts then I did.
At the actual convo, there were a bunch of different prayers from different religions, and I actually wasn't bored, despite what everyone says. The prayers were really cool, as most of them were either sung or in a different language. And while the story about how the dude was martyred was really nasty and made me want to throw up, it was also kind of inspiring in a gross way.
The only thing that bothered me was how numb my butt got. Bleachers suck when you have to sit in them for an hour with nothing to rest your back on. By the end, I was walking around like an old person, but I was rushing to the other gym, because another inspiring tradition at my school is that after the convo/prayer service, there's lots of cookies.
Apparently, you need the extra sugar to get the blood flowing back into your ass.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Thoughts on Skyward Sword
Don't deny it.One of these is The Legend of Zelda, the most awesome video game series that I've had the pleasure to play. Not that I play many to begin with.
I saw my friend playing Link to the Past when I was like, 9. And this past year, I was super bored around October. Eighth grade year was a total blow-off, and I was just... bored after school. Then I realized we had a Wii. So I asked my mom for Twilight Princess for Christmas.
And I had a shit ton of fun playing it. I loved the story, the temples were awesome, and it was just... epic. Also, Link was pretty cute. That helped, not that it needed much help. My brother also got into it, but he was only 9 then, and he totally sucked at it. He eventually finished it, but it took him like, over 100 hours.
Yeah.
So we got the DS games. These were also fun, even though I lost my damn DS that had Spirit Tracks in it before I could finish it. I still can't find it, which pisses me off to no end.
We also got the Collector's Edition for the Gamecube. I've been playing Ocarina of Time, because Majora's Mask has made me feel stupid.
Love all these games.
And now what I'm super excited about is the upcoming Zelda game, Skyward Sword. There are multiple reasons why.
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Zelda
Come on! She's flippin' adorable!I've heard a bunch of stuff about her being an oracle and having some sort of holy power... Hoping it's not the Triforce, just for something different, but it'll still be cool anyway.
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Another reason why I'm super excited about this game is that there's Zelink written all over it. If you don't know pop culture, it's a shipping. You smash the names together. It's Brangelina, but for Nintendo nerds. But Link totally likes Zelda; it's written all over his freakin' face.
Also, explain this:
Hee-hee...
There's no other option - they better kiss or at least hug in this game, or I will go ape-shit-banana-monkeys. I'll still go apeshit if they touch each other anyway.
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Ghirahim
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or the full title that he'd rather you indulge him with - LORD GHIRAHIM
(took that straight from the cutscene - caps and all)
I'm horribly afraid that this guy will rape Link... just kidding!
But seriously, this guy is the reason this game should be rated T. I can totally see him, like, "playing with his food", like being overtly cruel and malicious. Which would be awesome, but still creepy.
But seriously, he talks about how since he doesn't have Zelda, it's given him a strong appetite for bloodshed. He then walks up behind Link and says right into his ear that he promises not to outright murder him - just beat him 'til he's almost dead.
Yeah, because that's so much better....
But I'm expecting some dark shit from this game.
Oh yeah, and Ghirahim does the tongue thing.
Link probably wishes he knew about the tongue thing before.Link
Is it just me, or has Link developed more of a personality in the last couple 3D games? I know people like to think of Link as a version of themselves, but I have honestly never done that. One, I'm a girl... and I think Link's cute. That's just weird. Also, I'd never walk around with that hat on, or at least I won't admit it out loud. But I've seen cutscenes and he seems totally human and relatable. The animation and acting have soared to new heights (lol) for this game. There's a sequence where Link is entering the Fire Temple, and when the door opens, a burst of heat rushes out. Instead of facing it like the robot that he isn't, he puts his elbow in front of his face and soldiers on like a boss. There's also the fact that this is what 99.9% of what all humans would do when encountered with a bunch of... hotness? Lava? Take your pick. Either way, it's cool how more realistic he seems. Add that to the whole Zelda thing in this game, and he seems more and more like a real character. I'm waiting with crossed fingers for when Link gets lines in the series. For God's sake, the guy's been holding it in for 25 years! You'd wanna talk too!
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Gameplay
The gameplay alone is enough to give me a fangasm. I love books where there's a crap ton of swordplay, and I've always wanted to learn fencing, because it looks cool. So the fact that all the enemies will actively block all your attacks, and that people are saying that this will be the greatest simulation of swordplay in a video game... It makes me wish it was Christmas, because I'm gonna make my parents spend the 50 or 60 bucks on the game... But there's more than that. The enemies' intelligence has skyrocketed. If you strike to the left and they're blocking right, they will switch on you and block left before you can hit them. It's more like actual swordplay, where there's periods of watching and observing, then a quick clash of blades. There will also be certain types of goblins - some will have horns so they can call in reinforcements, some will be on towers that you have to assplode, and when Link's hanging on an edge, they will stomp on his hands and hit him with a club to try and get him to let go.
It looks freakin' awesome. I'm kind of disappointed though, because I heard that the two first temples will be the (no surprise) Forest and Fire/Volcano temples. But I've also heard it called the first dungeon called the Sky Temple, which would be the one from the E3 demo. So I'm confused. But there's three different kind of levels of the game:
- There's Skyloft, where Link and Zelda are from originally. It's a bunch of islands floating in the sky, and you get around on a huge-ass bird (eeeeeehhh!!). The people of Skyloft aren't aware of the fact that there's a land below the clouds... But then when Zelda disappears - like "falls off her bird" disappears - Link has to go down to...
- Hyrule, which is ruled by the above sparkly figure. You travel between Hyrule and Skyloft with birdy statues, and this is where (I'm assuming) most of the temples are.
- The Silent Realm is a place that combines the Twilight Realm with the Tears of Light in the beginning of Twilight Princess and the whole super-sneaky Link thing from the Tower of Spirits/Temple of the Ocean King. You wander around this place collecting these tears, and powerful Guardians that can kill you in one strike. And here's the interesting part: it's supposed to be a spiritual quest, and you have to give up your sword to go through these warped areas. So basically, you are completely defenseless against these guardians. I think it sounds really cool, and I've seen footage of it. Awesome, terrifying music when the Guardians wake up. I've heard some confusion about this one's name too. I like Silent Realm better, but I've also heard Siren Realm... So yeah...
- There's the entire world, which is like a dungeon in itself.
- There are the dungeons, which are well, dungeons.
- And then you might have to backtrack to these dungeons, meaning there's more than one dungeon in the above dungeons....
Okay, there are new aspects of the game that they've released like just now. So I'm gonna end this here. I will not be looking up Skyward Sword again until I actually play the game. So as of 9/27, this is kind of up to date.
Roached
A thing that I have a paralyzing fear of are bugs that are bigger than a lady bug and aren't a butterfly. If I even see a cicada, I go ape-shit-banana-monkeys and refuse to go outside until it flies away. Also, I just don't like bugs in general. Too many legs, eyes, and whatnot.
So guess what we have to be testing in Bio for about 2 f*cking weeks?
F*CKING MADAGASCAR HISSING COCKROACHES!!!!! SON OF A BITCH!!!!!
For this experiment, we have to:
But this is still gonna suck. Because we have to write a huge-ass lab report on them. Which requires research. Which I hate.
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Also, at my school, we have 2 classes that you absolutely have to take 5 days of your week. They take up your breaks if you don't have them on a day (my school has multiple breaks throughout the day, usually about one to two, but they can be taken up by classes).
So one of these is a first year language.
Okay, understandable.
The other is the first year of science that everyone has to take: a.k.a., Biology.
Now, I can kind of see where this makes sense. It's kind of related to math, which is what we should be having everyday. And don't get me wrong, I despise math too.
But we don't have to touch cockroaches in Alg. 2. And it doesn't take up 3 of my breaks. AND THERE ARE NO BUGS OR LAB REPORTS INVOLVED.
ARGHHH....
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Sorry for being super whiny and ranty. I just needed to (kind of) scream at the thought of touching *shudders* cockroaches.
So guess what we have to be testing in Bio for about 2 f*cking weeks?
F*CKING MADAGASCAR HISSING COCKROACHES!!!!! SON OF A BITCH!!!!!For this experiment, we have to:
- Pick up the little assholes!
- Perform an uninspired experiment on them!
- Then we have to write an entire freaking paper about them!
But this is still gonna suck. Because we have to write a huge-ass lab report on them. Which requires research. Which I hate.
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Also, at my school, we have 2 classes that you absolutely have to take 5 days of your week. They take up your breaks if you don't have them on a day (my school has multiple breaks throughout the day, usually about one to two, but they can be taken up by classes).
So one of these is a first year language.
Okay, understandable.
The other is the first year of science that everyone has to take: a.k.a., Biology.
Now, I can kind of see where this makes sense. It's kind of related to math, which is what we should be having everyday. And don't get me wrong, I despise math too.
But we don't have to touch cockroaches in Alg. 2. And it doesn't take up 3 of my breaks. AND THERE ARE NO BUGS OR LAB REPORTS INVOLVED.
ARGHHH....
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Sorry for being super whiny and ranty. I just needed to (kind of) scream at the thought of touching *shudders* cockroaches.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
There Will Be No Introduction...
I am an almost 15 year old girl who is slightly nerdy, but is also pretty goddamn normal. And that's all the freakin' introduction you'll get. I was considering writing a super long post about myself, but:
Also, I'm an enormous pottymouth. It's just how I think, so if you don't like it, oh well. I don't normally say them about actual people, it's just for emphasis.
I will probably be posting poems, drawings, or stories that I write, but haven't really shown to anyone yet.
Another thing: I'm super lazy. Don't expect to see posts everyday.
- I can't write about myself. I feel like a self-praising bitch.
- I would also feel like an idiot.
- I'm too tired, but I feel like I should say what this blog will be about...
Also, I'm an enormous pottymouth. It's just how I think, so if you don't like it, oh well. I don't normally say them about actual people, it's just for emphasis.
I will probably be posting poems, drawings, or stories that I write, but haven't really shown to anyone yet.
Another thing: I'm super lazy. Don't expect to see posts everyday.
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