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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:54:53 GMT

I think most of us know that I've gone over to Facebook. That's right; I've converted. Facebook is much easier to maintain. Nevertheless, I sometimes check here for new updates. Anyway, I hope you all have a nice school year. Oh yeah, here's my schedule:
0- AP Chem.
1- AP Chem
2- Wind Ensemble
3- AP Calc.
4- AP Bio.
5- AP Bio.
6- Spanish 4
English online

I hope I have time for fun.... Peace out.

Sunday, July 09, 2006

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 01:23:42 GMT

See you in a week. I'll come home for about 26 hours and leave again for another week at something else. Fun, huh? So maybe I'll see you in two weeks. Adios.

Saturday, June 24, 2006

Sat, 24 Jun 2006 20:49:34 GMT

So despite forgetting bug spray, a camera, and a flashlight, I still had quite a bit of fun. I now have late-night kitchen-raiding privileges, which I used to acquire chocolate milk, cookies, Apple Jacks, cookie dough, apples, ice cream, and carrots. It pretty sweet the stuff you can find at 11:30 at night in a walk-in fridge/freezer. On our camp-out everyone decided it would be a good idea to eat flaming marshmallows, which needless to say ended badly. I also pitched the tent on a slight hill (there wasn much of a choice) and woke up on the door in pouring rain. Very fun?See ya.

Edit: And now I'm going back for another week to work there. I just found this out... Should be fun again. You can reach me on my cell phone if you like. I may not answer right away but I can probably call back later in the evening or something. Or you can text me. Have a nice week again.

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:57:25 GMT

Apparently I leaving for some sort of staff training thing at camp all next week, so Il be seeing you guys when I get back. Too bad we didn get to hang out before my departure, but some of you know all about that?

I finally got my organic strawberries! Hooray! I also have some peas and romaine lettuce, but I really only care about the strawberries. Very rewarding having picked them myself.

The beach was fun on Wednesday, especially ultimate Frisbee.

Wow, I just went backwards in time?/p>

Okay, see you next week or something. Adios.

Monday, June 12, 2006

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:19:59 GMT

Did I mention that it's summer now? I must have forgotten in all the excitement.

World Cup. Australia is playing Japan right now. It seems like every Japanese player is a foot shorter than the Australians; they just bounce off the Australian guys.

I hope everyone is doing well. Have a nice day!

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 21:27:35 GMT

I want to jump - I'm so scared
I want to swim - don't want to get wet
How do I get to You - what do I have to do?
I want to pray - I need sleep
Don't want to sow, I just want to reap
I know what You're going to say: there's something in the way
Will it ever end, this war inside me?

I'm just so glad
That when I can't, You can
And where I end
That's where You begin

Only exams left...then summer. Hooray! If anyone wants to do anything, call me anytime. I'd better go study now. Adios.

Sunday, May 28, 2006

Sun, 28 May 2006 19:52:30 GMT

Better luck later I suppose.
Have a nice week everyone.

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Tue, 23 May 2006 22:09:00 GMT

I couldn't score if my life depended on it. Heck, I can't score when there's a crappy goalie in the net. And I definitely can't score when there's a player on me and a good keeper. I give up.

Edit: I tipped it over the crossbar. Still can't score...

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Sun, 21 May 2006 14:58:27 GMT

I suppose an update is in order. I found this on the Internet and decided to post it for lack of anything better to say:
AN OPEN LETTER TO TEACHERS

Welcome !!

We entrust to you our brats. We expect you to discipline them where we have not. But do it in a way that won't make us angry.

Keep our children entertained. They are bound to get restless. They watch a lot of television, so they aren't very good at entertaining themselves. School bores them because they can't flip channels.

Some of us are ardently against abortion. Others of us are pro choice. Some of us demand school prayer. Others demand no school prayer. Some of us are Christians and hate atheists. Some of us are atheists and hate Christians. Please reinforce the correct moral views to our children who are in your care.

Feed our children well. We don't have time to give them breakfast at home, so they are quite hungry when lunch time rolls around.

We understand that teachers are human beings and have days when they are depressed, not feeling well, and just plain have the blues. Never show that side of yourself to our children. We want them to believe the world is always a happy place. Smile.

Teach our children that America is always right, has always been right and that now is the best time to be alive in the entire history of man. Of course, we don't believe this stuff anymore ourselves, but we want our children to believe it. They will read enough negative things in the newspaper.

Remain in control at all times. Our children will yell at you. We will call you up on the phone an yell at you. We will go to the school and yell at the principal about you. Please stay calm. Someone has to go.

Accept the great responsibility that has been given to you. If our children don't learn to read, it will be your fault. If they come out of high school having no idea what they want to do in life, it will be your fault. If they don't go to college and flunk out, it will be your fault. If they can't find a job, that will also be your fault.

Be perfect. Lord knows our children see enough imperfection in their homes. Somebody has to set an example.

And please don't gripe about money. Really now, you get three months of vacation away from the brats. We have to have them around all year long.

Yours truly,
The Parents

On this day in history:
427 B.C. - Plato was born.
996- Sixteen year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
1927- Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field, in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
2004- Sherpa Pemba Dorje climb Mount Everest in 8 hours 10 minutes, breaking his rival Sherpa Lakpa Gelu's record from the previous year.

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Tue, 09 May 2006 18:58:01 GMT

    I think I did rather well on the AP Gov't exam considering I didn't study for it until this morning...although I'm not at liberty to discuss the multiple choice questions...ever...because the College Board people have microphones everywhere.
    Afterwards was pretty fun, even though Brandon's keycard didn't work so we went to Subway for nothing. At least it was "meatball marinara Tuesday." And Marilyn's was okay too. Who would name an ice cream place after Marilyn Monroe? Did she even like ice cream? Kinda weird...
    And now I've realized that I have a mucho grande amount of homework tonight. Chemistry is way over my head. How is it useful for me to know where an electron is? If John Dalton or Niels Bohr were just aching to know, then that's fine, but I don't want to know. I am much more content to learn things that will actually help me in life. Unless I go into nuclear physics or something like that, I am not going to use anything that has to do with the location of an electron. It's not like some bum on the street will ask me to solve his problems and I can say, "Oh yeah, well the S-orbital of the Tungsten molecule will help you with that. See ya." If anyone can come up with an everyday use for the knowledge of the location of electrons, I will personally shake them by the hand.

This day in history:
1994: Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
1986: Tenzing Norgay, who, with Sir Edmund Hillary, was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest, died.
1989: Christy was born. And you know that's a monumental day in the history of the world. I'm not joking.

Have a nice day!