Thursday, August 26, 2004
Blogging for sake of not wanting to study history any more. I'll carry around the evil heavy book and study during lunch.
Few updates for the week since not much has happened....
Physical therapy Tuesday...well at least it confirmed that I'm not crazy. My knee was still sore and shaky and I was afraid I was just being paranoid...but the therapist looked at it and proded it and said it was definitly still swollen...so they didn't let me work it much, just real slow on the bike...and iced it for a while. It felt worse Wednesday-I actually iced it in history on Wednesday with the ice pack from my lunch lol-but it's not as bad now.
I had a totally crazy day in physics that I think was Tuesday...We'd talked at lunch I think Monday about the play "The Mouse that Roared" because it's based on a book...and Taylor and I both thought it was a childerens book. Do you remember that book about a lion and a mouse in the jungle and you can read it one way and it's one story and then you turn it upside down and read it from the back and it's another story and the pictures still fit?! I always thought it was soooooo cool...and that's what I thought "The Mouse that Roared" was hahaha but it rather threw me off when Dave said he was casted as the Secretary of State, though I think he actually got another part. But yeah. It's really bothering me that I can't think of the name of that book and no one else can either. Anyway, this really does relate to physics, I promise. We had to show how to do math problems on white boards and my group had two problems...so we did them so you had to turn the board upside down to read the 2nd problem. Ms. Beiles came up to us because we were done and other groups weren't so she asked if we remembered the book with the pictures that could be turned upside down for another story...AND SHE COULDN'T REMEMBER THE NAME EITHER but I couldn't believe she asked us the day after our conversation about that. And then Melissa was acting really hyper...and she appoligized, using the excuse that she'd eaten dry ramen for lunch...which somehow led us to a discussion about slice 'n bake cookies...which of course led us to talking about Corey and how he wants to be a chef...and Ms. Beiles was still sitting there...and she asked me if he'd thought about going to the CIA (Culinary Institute of America), which is the college he wants to go to. Then she said something about how it'd be cool if he went on Iron Chef, which of course is his favorite TV show. How freaky is that?! And then she said that the chairman on there was in a version of Jesus Christ Superstar o_O quite random.
Urm...what else...Had a vocab quiz in English I think I did well on...Physics test was decent, just a few multiple choice ones I wasn't totally positive on but oh well...I have an oral report due tomorrow for English that I don't want to give...but it's alphabetical...and since I'm either 2nd or 3rd from the end of the alphabet...and all but like 3 people in my class chose the same book...I'll just be saying the same things as the others pretty much so the only one that'll be paying attention by then will be Mr. Koechling lol. Yay. Test in history tomorrow that I'm going to fail but oh well I hate history. I actually accidently said to Melissa today, "I know more about American history that U.S. History" and she's like "uhh...apparently not...." *cracks up* I meant more about American than World even though I was much more confident in World History...I've been way spoiled by easy teachers/easily B.S.-able teachers for history classes...hence talking Mr. Wilkens (ELP) into letting Melissa, Kara, and me play the Disney version of "Pretty, Pretty Princess" because it "relates to ecanomics" hahaha. I thought about considering being ok with a B in history if I get an A in English...but you know what...it's extremely unlikely that I'll get an A in that class. 30% of my grade comes from in class timed essays. And I'm not so great at those lol. Oh well. So I'll have to actually work in history.
I get that icky nerve test done tomorrow where they'll stick needles in my arm(s), leg(s), and maybe neck and send electric shocks between them...ugh. I want to know what's wrong with me...I want them to find something so I'll stop feeling like such a nutcase...as long as it's treatable...they might've found something new that could be a reason behind my dad's problems so depending on how things go maybe they'll test me for that too since I've inherited so much medical stuff from him...This nerve test sounds awful though ughhhhh...But then I get to go to the football game and see the marching show which looks really cool (and see Corey for 3rd quarter, which is even better ;-) That's what I hate most about the school year...hardly any time to see him it feels like). Everyone I've talked to that's in marching band thinks it looks awful because of the details...and without knowing exactly what to look for, I can't say much there...but I REALLY like the design of the show...the formations and general ideas behind it rule! So for the game, it'll be fine, and they're got time for fine tuning before competitions. Extras might start next week *excited*
I read something today that made me sad...A girl that I haven't talked to since the 8th grade just added a profile and subprofile to her screen name, which I still have...and I randomly read it...and found out that her brother died last year. I think it would've been the year after he graduated...and considering she has something in her profile about always wearing a seatbelt, I'm going to assume there was a car accident. It just made me want to cry...I didn't even know the guy or anything...but just imagining what the family went through...yes I know plenty of other families have gone through the same thing, several over the last few years...but it amazed me to see some of the things she said in her profile. She says what a wonderful brother and friend he was and such and how she can't wait to see him again...which obviously means her faith is very strong...but then she has quotes about how someone always has it worse than you and has a message to all of her friends to count on her any time if they need a helping hand or shoulder to cry on...She sounds so strong...and she always has been as long as I knew her...but I just can't imagine being like that after such a tragedy.
I'm out of things to say. Oh except that I owe Steven again for some evil plan help, in addition to owing him from before haha txies much!
Few updates for the week since not much has happened....
Physical therapy Tuesday...well at least it confirmed that I'm not crazy. My knee was still sore and shaky and I was afraid I was just being paranoid...but the therapist looked at it and proded it and said it was definitly still swollen...so they didn't let me work it much, just real slow on the bike...and iced it for a while. It felt worse Wednesday-I actually iced it in history on Wednesday with the ice pack from my lunch lol-but it's not as bad now.
I had a totally crazy day in physics that I think was Tuesday...We'd talked at lunch I think Monday about the play "The Mouse that Roared" because it's based on a book...and Taylor and I both thought it was a childerens book. Do you remember that book about a lion and a mouse in the jungle and you can read it one way and it's one story and then you turn it upside down and read it from the back and it's another story and the pictures still fit?! I always thought it was soooooo cool...and that's what I thought "The Mouse that Roared" was hahaha but it rather threw me off when Dave said he was casted as the Secretary of State, though I think he actually got another part. But yeah. It's really bothering me that I can't think of the name of that book and no one else can either. Anyway, this really does relate to physics, I promise. We had to show how to do math problems on white boards and my group had two problems...so we did them so you had to turn the board upside down to read the 2nd problem. Ms. Beiles came up to us because we were done and other groups weren't so she asked if we remembered the book with the pictures that could be turned upside down for another story...AND SHE COULDN'T REMEMBER THE NAME EITHER but I couldn't believe she asked us the day after our conversation about that. And then Melissa was acting really hyper...and she appoligized, using the excuse that she'd eaten dry ramen for lunch...which somehow led us to a discussion about slice 'n bake cookies...which of course led us to talking about Corey and how he wants to be a chef...and Ms. Beiles was still sitting there...and she asked me if he'd thought about going to the CIA (Culinary Institute of America), which is the college he wants to go to. Then she said something about how it'd be cool if he went on Iron Chef, which of course is his favorite TV show. How freaky is that?! And then she said that the chairman on there was in a version of Jesus Christ Superstar o_O quite random.
Urm...what else...Had a vocab quiz in English I think I did well on...Physics test was decent, just a few multiple choice ones I wasn't totally positive on but oh well...I have an oral report due tomorrow for English that I don't want to give...but it's alphabetical...and since I'm either 2nd or 3rd from the end of the alphabet...and all but like 3 people in my class chose the same book...I'll just be saying the same things as the others pretty much so the only one that'll be paying attention by then will be Mr. Koechling lol. Yay. Test in history tomorrow that I'm going to fail but oh well I hate history. I actually accidently said to Melissa today, "I know more about American history that U.S. History" and she's like "uhh...apparently not...." *cracks up* I meant more about American than World even though I was much more confident in World History...I've been way spoiled by easy teachers/easily B.S.-able teachers for history classes...hence talking Mr. Wilkens (ELP) into letting Melissa, Kara, and me play the Disney version of "Pretty, Pretty Princess" because it "relates to ecanomics" hahaha. I thought about considering being ok with a B in history if I get an A in English...but you know what...it's extremely unlikely that I'll get an A in that class. 30% of my grade comes from in class timed essays. And I'm not so great at those lol. Oh well. So I'll have to actually work in history.
I get that icky nerve test done tomorrow where they'll stick needles in my arm(s), leg(s), and maybe neck and send electric shocks between them...ugh. I want to know what's wrong with me...I want them to find something so I'll stop feeling like such a nutcase...as long as it's treatable...they might've found something new that could be a reason behind my dad's problems so depending on how things go maybe they'll test me for that too since I've inherited so much medical stuff from him...This nerve test sounds awful though ughhhhh...But then I get to go to the football game and see the marching show which looks really cool (and see Corey for 3rd quarter, which is even better ;-) That's what I hate most about the school year...hardly any time to see him it feels like). Everyone I've talked to that's in marching band thinks it looks awful because of the details...and without knowing exactly what to look for, I can't say much there...but I REALLY like the design of the show...the formations and general ideas behind it rule! So for the game, it'll be fine, and they're got time for fine tuning before competitions. Extras might start next week *excited*
I read something today that made me sad...A girl that I haven't talked to since the 8th grade just added a profile and subprofile to her screen name, which I still have...and I randomly read it...and found out that her brother died last year. I think it would've been the year after he graduated...and considering she has something in her profile about always wearing a seatbelt, I'm going to assume there was a car accident. It just made me want to cry...I didn't even know the guy or anything...but just imagining what the family went through...yes I know plenty of other families have gone through the same thing, several over the last few years...but it amazed me to see some of the things she said in her profile. She says what a wonderful brother and friend he was and such and how she can't wait to see him again...which obviously means her faith is very strong...but then she has quotes about how someone always has it worse than you and has a message to all of her friends to count on her any time if they need a helping hand or shoulder to cry on...She sounds so strong...and she always has been as long as I knew her...but I just can't imagine being like that after such a tragedy.
I'm out of things to say. Oh except that I owe Steven again for some evil plan help, in addition to owing him from before haha txies much!
