Already Gone

I saw this song in my iTunes, and I figured that that suited what I thought of the holidays (It's a Kelly Clarkson song. Wikipedia, back me up on this! ...Thank you.). Yes, they are already gone. Now, the term starts, and exams begin. Oy vey. Anyway, to my day, and this post just might herald a new era of posts that are on time.

I woke up at about 8, and I found that Dad had already left for golf, which I think he was going to for a fundraiser for EJ's footy team (I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that that is what it was for.). On another look, EJ was gone too, and Mum told me he had gone with Dad. So I took the opportunity just to relax for a while. However, soon, I had to get into my assignment, considering it was due on Tuesday. When I did get around to it, though, I was relieved: I had done more of it than I had thought, which meant I only had something like one and a half paragraphs to do on it before it was finished (allow me to say one thing about that assignment: it was really strange and I don't know why they set it. Anyway.). When that was done, I went on my computer for a while, and watched TV. Around 12, though, Mum and I went in to watch the first episode of 'FlashForward,' which we had taped on Foxtel. In fact, the first episode was so good that we watched the second one as well. We were going to watch the third, but we had to wait until Dad got home, as he hadn't watched it. And I know I'm reviewing stuff a lot lately (just see Friday's post), but I would like to say this: it is a very good show. I mean, the concept is just out there, but they're doing really well with it (though it does raise some paradoxes about free will and knowledge and fate and that type of thing. It's best not to think about those things when you're watching; you just confuse yourself.).

When that was finished (and it was about 2, give or take), I went back and went on my laptop, where I figured that I'd had enough of severely late posts (by that I mean, starting it the next day, and doing most of the work in the hour before I go to bed on the day after I want to get it done, at least.), and I started posting for Saturday. I ended up finishing that about 4 hours later, due to a long series of events involving mistaken times for dinner, getting distracted because of TV (what's new), and smashing my knee into a doorframe (goddamn, that hurt). Then it was dinner, and while eating dessert, Mum, Dad and I watched the third episode of 'FlashForward,' thus getting us up to date. And when that was done, I did some blogging, and packed my bag for school tomorrow (oh, noooooo!). I got halfway through this post before it was time to go to bed.

And that was my day. I know it was a late post, but it was completed in the morning of the day after rather than the night. So, with any luck, I can begin the posts on schedule soon. Anyway. It was the last day of holidays, and I'm sorta nervous about the exams. All study can't make people not be nervous (grammatical difficulties just ensued).

Goodbye holidays, I shall miss you,
AB

Airports and Assignments

Yes, it's another title (with alliteration, mind you) that has "Assignments" in it; the second in not even one and a half weeks. Ah well. These things are inevitable sometimes. Hopefully soon, better titles may arise, though it depends on what happens in the day. Also, earlier posts, although let's not go nuts here.

I was woken up at around 8:30, yet again. I hope one day to just sleep. Ah well. These things happen. After getting ready for the day, I figured that I had to get the experimental part of my Science assignment some time, and today was as good as any. So I started off by trying to figure out an experiment in which I would be able to measure my face relative to a mirror, while being at least 50 cm away from the mirror at all times. I ended up sticking bits of tape to the mirror 5 cm apart, then checking how high my face was relative to the bits of tape. Then the hard part came in, and I had to convince EJ to be at least slightly cooperative, so I could measure the reflection of his face. I did make it work, thankfully, and I thus completed Parts A and B of my assignment.

When I'd finished that, I decided to reinstall Battlefield Heroes, just in case it actually did have a virus. However, Trend Micro said that the new one also had a virus (and of course it didn't; think what that would imply. EA Games is a worldwide company.). So I had to spend over 20 minutes attempting to get it to shut up, which it eventually did. When that was all sorted out, I played BFH for a while, as I was able to without it messing up on me. That did get boring eventually, however, so I went on Scratch, and continued with the Monopoly game I was attempting to make. Then, later, after doing some more gaming and TV and what-not, Mum, EJ and I went to the airport to pick up Dad.

I brought my DS, and EJ and I played some games on it in the car waiting to pick Dad up, as he was flying to Sydney. We drove around for a while, and we eventually found Dad in a carpark. On the ride back to home, I read some, using my iPod as a torch. Call me many things, but unresourceful I am not. And when I got home, we talked to Dad, and I blogged about Thursday.

And that was my day. Yeah, it's a late post, but you've gotta be used to this. That, or you're new to my blog, in which case, welcome to AB: A Blog! Anyway. Soon I'll get back up to schedule; that is, if I can avoid procrastination.

This makes it 7 days of holidays,
AB

Books and Board Games

Ah well, back to the days of alliterative titles. This one is fairly straight forward, in that books were involved (more than usual I mean; we went book shopping, my favourite kind of shopping), and EJ and I played board games. Which is rather unusual, but we did. Hmm. Anyway, to my day.

I was woken up at around 8:00, as there, unfortunately (or not so unfortunately; we were doing something good, I suppose.), were things to be done in the day. And so, to that end, after getting ready for the day, we headed off to Westfields. Mum had to go and do some stuff (clothes and that type of thing; nothing particularly interesting), but EJ and I were allowed to go into Dymocks and get some books. Now, in case I haven't already mentioned this (and I'm mentioning it now, just in case), Dymocks is quite possibly the best bookshop in the whole of Westfields. There is also an Angus & Robertson, but their prices are higher and they have barely any physics books, although their range otherwise is slightly higher (but only slightly). So Dymocks it is (Borders is amazing, of course, with two floors of books and very reasonable prices, but the problem is it isn't in Westfields. I might live in there otherwise.). We spent quite a while in there, with EJ finding something like $80 worth of books (he originally had $100, but he was getting one of them for Christmas), due to the fact that he has many series (is series the plural of series?) of books and they have books coming out very quickly. Me, I mainly have authors, and they don't publish books that often (though I am looking out for the new Matthew Reilly book, and the new Hitchhiker's Guide book by Eoin Colfer. I'm not sure whether he'll be as good as Douglas Adams, but I'm still getting it.). However, I did still buy a book: 'The Colour of Magic' by Terry Pratchett. I hear he's good, and I decided I would try him out.

After buying, Mum got here, and we then went into Spotlight to get some stuff. Once that was done, we had a quick look inside Angus & Robertson (we didn't get anything), and we headed home. When we got home, it was about time for lunch, and I decided to play Monopoly with EJ (there was an Xbox 360 at the house back in Canberra, and EJ played a game on there a lot, which was a virtual Monopoly game). We played for something like 2 hours, until I started to get bored. That's a problem with Monopoly: it can just go for ages and ages. So we packed that up, and I then adjourned to my room to blog, as well as do some of my assignment (Science assignments...). I got through Sunday's and Monday's post and thus published every single post from Friday through to Monday (I wanted to put it all out there in one big hit; I don't know why). To end the day, I read some, but didn't get to post for today. So here I am.

That was my Tuesday. Sorry about the late post; blame a back-up of posts as well as hapkido. Society works too. Anyway. I will see if I can get my schedule back, but we'll have to see. Holiday procrastination may kick in.

Ah, books, how I love thee,
AB

Assignments and Assemblies

The PE assignment, specifically, and the SRC induction and the Year 12 Farewell for assemblies. I actually fairly like this title, because rather than starting with the same letter, they have the same beginning syllable (which is, um... ass.). Anyway. The whole day was pretty much a bludge, as I did essentially no work. Not counting the assignment.

Periods 1 and 2 were the Year 12 farewell. As usual, it involved several performances, such as the piano player (Hurlstone, remember?), the standard band group (doing a non-standard song; a genre change of 'Toxic' by Britney Spears to heavy rock. Or some sort of rock, in any case.), and in one twist, a group of dancers, which spontaneously changed from dancing to Indian music (could have been Pakistani or Bangladeshi; I'm no expert in this type of thing) to the dance from 'Thriller,' which was pretty good, tell you truth. They also did the standard look back on all their times in Years 7 to 12, and all the humorous things that happened. The whole thing took 2 and a half hours, which by the end meant that most people were just sitting around waiting for it to end so that we could eat. It did finish eventually. Recess was cards.

We skipped Period 3, because the Year 12 Farewell went overtime. We went straight into Period 4. That was actually yet another assembly, which, as I mentioned before, was the SRC induction. It was fairly boring, although it was interspersed with jokes, like Shane getting everybody to stand up (it was funny, trust me), and me responding under my breath to Shane saying "Welcome, parents, students and staff" (or something like that), to saying 'Sup,' which made Kevin crack up. Lunch was more cards, as well as me buying an iceblock with $5 that I had with me for some reason (it was only 50c, so I had $4.50).

Periods 5 and 6 were supposed to be PE. Instead, due to the movie arvo of which I didn't buy tickets, we were given the opportunity to go to separate classes. I went to John's. Period 5 in John's class was Science, where I played 'Hangman,' answered riddles, and wrote the Periodic Table on the blackboard for no apparent reason (people who haven't seen me do it before are usually fairly amazed. Those who have seen me do it are kinds used to it by now.). Period 6 was Geography, in which we went down to the Hall to get Carter, who was supposed to be teaching. In the actual class, we watched 'Fawlty Towers,' as I'd brought it intending to play it in Period 3, which was cancelled. We watched 'Communication Problems,' one of the best episodes which everybody in the class loved, even Carter (that may be a bit of an overstatement, considering there were 5 people in the class, including Carter and me). After the episode finished, we played 13. And when I got home, I launched pretty much straight into my PE assignment, which I finished at about 8. And for the rest of the night, I blogged, but not enough.

And that was my day. Sorry for the late post; you may see many more. I'm going to Canberra for the weekend, and whether or not I'll have internet still remains to be decided. So there may be a time when I won't be posting, though I will be writing everything down, and when I get back to Sydney, I can put it all up. Just a heads up.

It's almost the end of term,
AB

Finishing Up

OK, the title isn't great. But this day didn't really have anything special regarding a better title. So this title it is. Anyway. What I actually mean is that I finished two of my assignments, leaving only PE. Oh, and that exam tomorrow on Geo. But I can't really do that at home, so I don't really deem it an assignment. Well, without further ado, let's have a look at my Thursday.

Period 1 was Ag, in which I caught up on work I missed on Monday. You know how I said that I didn't miss anything important (if I didn't, I am now. I may or may not have put it in a previous post. Ah well. You know now.)? Well, what people neglected to say is we got heaps of sheets in Ag. So I spent the period taking notes from Hewie from what he had written down, as well as trying to keep up with today's work. Oy vey. At this point, there are many people to blame: the people I asked about Monday, my brother for giving me the bug, the little bug itself (technical term: pathogen, but this isn't a nerdy type of... OK, maybe it is. But that's biology. I'm a physics and chemistry guy.), or myself for not checking. Say what you want, but we all know that all the blame belongs to one body. I'm not going to say the obvious, but you know what I mean. Period 2 was History, in which we were allowed to go through the Geography textbook for last-minute work on the assignment. However, the textbook isn't too helpful, so I took some precursory notes for myself and read for the period. Recess was 13 with the usual group, as John and Andy had come back. They weren't here because of the dust storm.

Period 3 was Maths, in which we had a substitute teacher that I had never seen before, who hadn't been doing any teaching work around the school (as far as I know of), and didn't tell the class her name. Congratulations, anonymous substitute. She gave us revision work on trigonometry for the period, which Mango and I finished about half of (I read through it, mentally did some questions, actually did some questions, then got bored) before the period sort of became playing tic-tac-toe and real life minesweeper. A1 for you. Period 4 was Science, in which we had Baxter for our class. So, with Baxter filling in for Bruce, and Bruce filling in for Robson, we have a class with a teacher who is substituting for a substitute. I hence call this type of teacher a dub-sub (as in, double substitute). Anyway. What we did for the period was read through a sheet on how our body protects itself against disease. I thought it was pretty interesting, to be honest. Lunch was cards, and for pretty much the entire second half I was waiting in line for Kevin and me to get a sheet for school sport. I remember last year it took maybe 10 minutes. Now it takes an entire half of lunch. Hurlstone continually amazes me.

Period 5 was Commerce, in which we had our second-last lesson on the computer labs. This was a really productive period for me, as I worked my way through two or three questions of my Geography assignment. I also finished my Commerce assignment, which is really good, as it means I'll be able to do only a minor amount of work tomorrow in Commerce in the computer labs. We also voted for prefects for next year, currently in Year 11 (Years 10 to 12 vote for the Year 11s, apparently). I just voted for the people who I'd heard of. Period 6 was English, where we went to the computer labs to look at a mock-up of the English School Certificate. If that's anything to go by, then what they are saying is right: the Yearlies will be harder. When I got home, I did some of my Geography assignment, finally finishing it. Then, after I printed it out, I decided to relax with some Battlefield Heroes. I did two relatively memorable things: I got up to Level 13, and I took out a plane with a tank. I was trying to kill another tank, and some guy flew in front of my attack. That was so epic. However, I only got halfway through posting, so here I am.

And that was my day. Sorry about the slightly late post, although it's much earlier than all the last times. Who knows, I might even get back on schedule! Although that may or may not happen. Eh, we'll see. Anyway.

Thank god those assignments are done,
AB

Another One In the Dust

OK, there was a dust storm in Sydney today; I'll get to that, most likely in the first real paragraph. But, you know, I had a most favourable opportunity to quote Queen (what other songs have 'dust' in them?), and I did. You know how I love Queen, and if you don't, you really should. Anyway. Let's have a look at my day, which was just downright bizarre in some cases.

I woke up at 6, as I do, and I looked out of the window, you know, just glancing. The whole of the outside was a dark orange colour, almost red. It seemed like the windows were tinted; it was freaky. It was as if the house had been teleported to Mars. Wikipedia already has an article on it (I mean, wow, that was quick), but it also has a picture. The outside of my house looked something like this (I didn't take this picture, mind you. But the whole of Sydney looked like this, so, yeah.). It started to clear after a while, after powerful winds swept the dust cloud away, gradually but surely.

When I got to school, most of the dust cloud had gone, but there was still dust on almost everything. Periods 1 and 2 were PE, in which Wilson said that, due to health problems caused by the dust, we couldn't go outside. So what we did for the two periods was go into the dance studio and look for magazine cutouts in Men's Health and those types of magazines for our PE scrapbook (which is due Friday week. Goddamn!). However, as I'm doing road safety, and that was in none of the magazines (I didn't really expect it to be), I just read the mags, read some of the book I brought, and worked out the plot for the book I'm trying to write. I haven't looked at it in a while, and I thought that I might as well get back to it.

Recess was 31, since John and Andy weren't here. Period 3 was Commerce, in which we went to the computer rooms to do some more of our assignment. I really hope I finish soon; what with the Geo assignment and the PE assignment. Oh, I can't wait for the holidays. But, yeah, pretty much the entire period was a bludge. Most computer periods are. Lunch was 13 with me, Kevin and Victor, since Ebony was with her friends.

Next was School Sport, or rather it would be if not for that dust storm this morning. Like in PE, it was still a health hazard (it apparently was to be for the whole day). So what we did was go to one of the Ag rooms and watch 'Groundhog Day.' So what we did was go to one of the Ag rooms and watch 'Groundhog Day.' (OK, that was intentional. If you have watched the movie, you will find that funny. If not, you will most likely be completely confused. Watch it.). While we watched the movie, we also played cards. After Sport (in name only), I got home, and did some assignment. At around 7, we left for hapkido.

Shirisha was there (she wasn't there on Monday, apparently), but Grandmaster Geoff wasn't. I'm not entirely sure why, but I suspect he'll tell us so next Monday, if he's there. Instead, we had this black belt (I'm not sure of his name, but he's there a bit), who worked us quite a bit. After my class off on Monday, I was still working into it. At the end of the class, while waiting around in meditation, I saw the receptionist bring out an orange belt. My heart rose in anticipation; and sank in disappointment, after it transpired that it belonged to somebody else. Soon, soon I will get it. When I got home, I blogged, but not enough. So here I am.

To comments now, one from Mango.
*Mango: Curse you and your radians! I've known about that calculator function for ages, man, and you take it off me. That just ain't fair! Lol.

And that was my day. Sorry for the later post, although it was a much longer one. I do like the long post, though you may have already known that. I just like to write a lot. Anyway. I'll attempt to get back on schedule soon, though we'll just have to see.

Don't I love to quote Queen,
AB

Guess Who's Back

...at school. OK, I'm trying to keep up this good title run. This one may not be as good as the last two, but it's probably better than some of the other ones. Anyway. Let's have a look at what happened on this Tuesday, in which I actually went to school (as evidenced by the title and explanation), and I wasn't even sick once.

Before school, it transpired that Mum had been sick in the night; she'd caught our bug. Though, if it's anything like ours, she'll be better soon. Period 1 was Maths, in which I found out that I missed a period on radians (and after all that time messing around on my calculator using radians... Here's the Wikipedia article for it, just in case.). What we actually did was start a new topic on probabilities, but, of course, nobody was around to get my 'Hitchhiker's Guide' jokes (Infinite Improbability, Heart of Gold; read the books if you have no idea what I'm talking about. They are excellent.). It was a fairly boring period, really. Period 2 was Drama, in which we watched the videos for the ads for all the groups. Kolodziej marked the wrong videos at least three times, by my reckoning; and ours looked pretty good, I think. We had to cut it down, though, by about 30 seconds, which led to it looking a bit rushed, to say the least. Ah well. It still looks pretty good. Recess was cards.

Period 3 was Commerce, in which we went to the computer rooms to do some of the Commerce assignment. The assignment is coming along well, though we'll still need some more time on the computers, of course. After the Geography assignment, of course (thanks for reminding me, me!). In between periods, I stopped by the office just to hand in the note saying why I was away. Period 4 was Science. In that, we had a look at the agar plates. There were mixed successes, with some getting 15 on the good part of the plate, as well as a lot of people who got next to nothing (Ebony actually got more on the sterilised part of the plate than the supposedly bacteria-friendly section. Why is a good question.). We also heard more of the presentations, and got our marks back (I got 4.5 out of 5. As, seemingly, half the class did as well.). Lunch was cards. We also learnt Andy's middle name: 'Phuc.' I don't think it's pronounced like... well, you know, but it's still pretty funny. Like that city in Thailand, Phuket. Anyway.

Period 5 was English, in which we read a short story dealing with the odd one out. This one was about an overweight teenager who is on a camping trip (I think) with friends and she realises that one of her friends is ultra-skinny from bulimia. I mean, skin-painted-on-bones skinny. Yeah. That wasn't actually badly written. Anyway. Period 6 was History, in which we watched a video on Gough Whitlam (did you know his first name is Edward? Neither did I!). Pretty much a bludge really. And so for the rest of the day, I talked on MSN and did some of my Geo assignment. On MSN, I was also told by Leeza that it was confirmed: she was, in fact, coming to Sydney! Ah, good times.

To comments now, 1 from 1 person.
*Mango: Well... yeah. There used to be heaps of people reading (or at least commenting), and now there's not that many. Ah well. That happens.

That was my day. Sorry for the late post, blame society (damn them!). And also this thrown off schedule. Eh, I'll get around to putting posts up on time soon. Until then, late posts will be the norm. I'm sure I've said this before.

I like being free from illness,
AB

Doc Doc, I'm There

OK, that's a play on words for 'Knock knock, who's there.' But, that's sorta obvious (and if it's not, then damn.). And quite frankly, I am enjoying this great titling run. Two days may not seem like a lot, and it really isn't. But two days is a long time in posting (it really is. Well, in my blog anyway.). Now, to my day, before I start ranting too much about late posting (and short posting as well. Although, I do have to rant about something. I mean, what else would I do?).

I woke up at around 6:30, and we all decided that we would stay home for the day. My argument was that if I was sick and I went to school, then I could be in some trouble (sudden urge to vomit + being in class = bad!). So I figured staying home was the best idea. My brother had a different idea which led to the same conclusion (that is, staying home from school), and Mum concurred. So we got ready for the day, and at about 8:30, Mum drove off with Oma for the station, seeing as Dad had left for Canberra for a bit. I waved to them goodbye, and watched them leave. Mum got back soon after, and at around 10:30, we left for the local doctor's.

We spent a bit of time there, and the essentials of what he said we had is a stomach bug, a virus that should go away within a few days. On his computer, he said gastroenteritis which (according to Wikipedia) sounds bad, but seems to be medical speak for what I just said (the stomach bug, in case you're wondering). He also said that I may get diarrhoea (pretty sure that's how you spell it), which sucks. We got home at about 11, and I did a bit of my assignment. I look forward to a time when there won't be any assignments due for a while (so, holidays). And towards the end of the day, when I didn't have diarrhoea (thank god) and, to boot, I hadn't vomited for a while... I actually didn't go to hapkido. I know, I know, but my health does come first. Should go on Wednesday though, when I will hopefully get my orange belt. Here's hoping. Instead, I played some Battlefield Heroes, trying to get some decent screenshots. I also listened to some of the Brownlow medal count, though not much because of time problems. However, I didn't get to post so much, so here I am.

And that was my day. Sorry it's a rather short post, but when you really didn't do much, then there's only so much you can write (Sunday's was only longer because of the comment and the waking up really early, and even then...). Ah well. This stuff happens. I should be going to school tomorrow, so expect a long-ish post for then. We'll see, at any rate.

My sickness, I hope, is improving,
AB

A Big Barbecue Bash

Other rejected titles included 'BBBQ' (The extra B is for BYOBB. That's a typo.), and 'AB: A Barbecue' (which sucks, quite frankly). Anyway. Yes, today we had a barbecue, with Shay's family coming over, and, well, let's see how it all pans out when we get there.

I woke up at around 7:30, as I had decided to go watch the cricket game that I would be playing in if I had not given it up for hapkido. We left at around 9, and I brought my magazine and 'The Lost Symbol,' the new Dan Brown book that Oma got me yesterday afternoon (oh yeah). So when I got there, I talked to people, and I eventually found somewhere to sit, where I intermittently read my mag or book, and watched the cricket. However, at about 10-ish, Dad and I left the game (which was still going, by the way) to go see EJ bat. It lasted all of not very long, as we saw 2 overs, after which it was time to swap over. We would have spent more time at the ground waiting than watching him bat. Anyway. When we got back, our team was already kicking ass, and they ended up bowling them all out for 40 or so. That's a win of about 80 runs (in a Twenty20 match, so 120 odd is good), so it was a convincing win. We got home at about 11:30.

When I did get home, I had some lunch, and I promptly went to do a bit of my Geography assignment. Only a bit, though, because we also spent a lot of time rushing around preparing for the barbecue that came as a big surprise to me. Shay got to our place at around 6, I'd say (I know I skipped a bit. It wasn't that exciting, believe me.). So we talked for quite a while, and we (everybody except EJ and Lachlan) regaled everybody with anecdotes from our past. Dad tells the best stories, I think, though I don't want to sell a lot of people short (the tale of the broken whipper-snipper was also told, to much laughter.). Dinner was good, and after that and after cleaning up, we went into the loungeroom to watch the Cats-Magpies game. Oma is a Collingwood supporter, and pretty much everybody else in the room was not. So we watched the whole game, although Shay's family left just before the end, when Geelong were sure to win. And they did, with the final score reading 120-47. I went to bed at around 11, but sadly the night was only just beginning...

Sorry for leaving you at that cliffhanger, but the rest of the action in the night (pun not intended) happened in the early hours of Sunday morning, and this is Saturday's post. So in the next post, all shall be revealed. Also, an explanation for why this post is rather late will be given. And if you don't like it, well, neither do I. Ah well. It was also a fairly short post, mainly because it was a weekend. Sunday's post will probably be even shorter, though it's not a definite thing.

A barbecue amongst friends; summer in Australia has officially begun,
AB

English Finish

Which rhymes! Sort of. Anyway (ignoring my title please). What I mean is that my English assignment is finished! Hours of work since Saturday have finally culminated in one 8 page booklet. But not before many setbacks and turmoils. All this to be explained in this episode of AB: A Blog (I still haven't got theme music yet).

Before school, while at school, we talked about the English assignment, and Ebony brought up the fact that we had to include the class text in one of the questions. My jaw dropped open. I didn't do it. Luckily, it didn't have to be done straight away. Period 1 was Science, in which it transpired that we didn't have to do our presentations just yet. Oy vey. What we actually did was swipe some bacteria from benches onto agar plates for no apparent reason. We also got, in what was seemingly inevitable, a completely new assignment, due next term. For the love of god... Period 2 was Geography, in which I did both some of the English and the Geography assessments. Ah, it never ends. Recess was cards.

Period 3 was English, in which we discussed the movie that we'd been watching in class, 'Shine.' We all had differing opinions about some of the stuff that happened in it, but I think the majority of the class liked it. I certainly did. We also talked about the techniques that were in the movie, which I guess a lot of people used to do a lot of their assignments on at the last minute. I started mine on Saturday, though. I'm the smart one (S-M-R-T, I mean, S-M-A-R-T). Period 4 was Maths, in which we did some more 3-D trigonometry. Really hard trig. Like, you try to figure it out and your brain starts short circuiting trying to figure it out. That type of thing. Lunch was also cards.

Period 5 was Drama, in which we did more modernisation of 'Oedipus Rex.' But, as Cam was away on some Irish music festival (I think; don't quote me), I ended up going with Allie, Lucy and Alice. Near the end, the class did some of their presentations. The absolute best has Pradeepti, Rutherford and Tansy in it, so they kicked ass. Tansy was Oedipus, who worked for a gangster, Pradeepti. Amy was a prostitute, which is where the whole giving away the son, then later "marrying" him came in. It was hilarious, and they called it none other than 'Underpus.' Classic. Period 6 was Commerce, in which I did some of my Commerce assignment. It's a neverending cycle, hey? After school, we went to the gates to get to the station, as we do: only to find that they were shut. Not just shut, but padlocked. I then put two and two together and worked out that it was Johnny, who had a lock and chain with him at Lunch. We did manage to get through, though.

When I got home, I did a lot of my assignment, and around 6:30, Oma arrived at our house after Dad and EJ came by from the station. Usually, I would be talking to her for ages and so on, but English still wasn't finished and it had to get done. So I worked until about 8, when it was finished. Of course, my luck dictates that it can't possibly be that easy (Annoying!), and it took me and my dad an hour to get it working, after the email stuffed up and we had to get the printer working. Oy vey. But by 9 it was printed and done, and I then spent the rest of the night blogging.

And that was my day. Sorry about the late post; it was actually weekend procrastination this time, as well as the assignment. Ah well. Soon I'll get back into the schedule, and then a little stress will be alleviated from my assignment-filled life.

One assignment down, too many to go,
AB

So Much Assignmenting

Yes, I use assignment as a verb. As in, to assignment, meaning to do assignments. Assignmented, assignmenting. Anyway. Enough title explanation. I know the title isn't too good (well, it's bad. No getting around that.), but there was a lot of work. Hell, I've complained about this before; you should know this by now!

I woke up early this morning, and I used the time productively to finish my Science assignment. One down, too many to go. Role Call was us doing a vote for next year's SRC, or rather, voting for a new member for next year's SRC. I'd say who I voted for, but it's a secret ballot. So, yeah. I hope the people I voted for get in, anyway. Period 1 was Ag, in which we went down to the farm to finish off the mulching of our potato beds. By the time we got through doing them, ours was one of the tallest in the class (across the whole grade, even), and definitely the thickest. It looked like a gigantic hay caterpillar monster (if you'll pardon the lack of poetry there). Of course, many Ag prac classes are just excuses to listen to my iPod, which I did. Period 2 was History, in which we did some work on Gough Whitlam. Just some standard stuff, really. Recess was trying to think of names for a new soldier I'm thinking of getting (he's not going to be my main guy, of course. I just want a spare soldier.). Some ideas that were thought up were OMG-SMG, AchillesHeal, RhysPawn (as in, respawn), and my favourite: YellowSubmachine. Yes, they are all plays on words, but I love them all.

Period 3 was Maths, in which we started a new topic, which we found is Extension 1 work for Year 11: 3-D trigonometry. From what I can understand, it's just like regular trigonometry, except it can get a lot harder. Sometimes it's pretty simple, a bit like the trig we're used to, but sometimes it gets a bit complex, to say the least. Lunch was cards, of course, and we got asked to leave the Science block by Crancher (a Maths teacher, mind you) for something that we'd always done and never been told off for. Yeah. Thanks, Crancher. Sport was rugby, and so it was my sacred and sworn duty to try and get out of it as soon as I could. I found a way that often works: find somebody who wants to play who isn't playing, and switch with them. We don't usually switch back. We played cards for a while, and we realised that the 10 of clubs was gone. Nowhere to be seen. Damn. After Sport, I printed out my Science thing in the library (since my printer is being somewhat uncooperative. Read: it doesn't work.), and found the 10 of clubs. It was back where we were playing cards at lunch, of course. I also talked to Ebony for a bit. We talked about whether the plural of Millennium Trains is Millenniums or Millennia (meanwhile, this spellchecker doesn't recognise millennia as a word. What the hell, spellchecker?). We also talked about the new Tangaras, as we were on one. When I got home, I did a lot of my assignment, and around 7, we left for hapkido.

Shirisha went today, but Shaylee didn't. And she won't, because she gave me a call, saying she quit. She apparently couldn't balance everything, what with work and all, and she gave up hapkido as a result. Bugger. Ah well, though. I suppose that happens. The class today was a real workout, as the first 20 minutes or so was spent doing isometric exercises, stretches, push-ups, crunches... You get the picture. One big workout. The rest was good, although I didn't get my orange belt. I guess I'm still waiting for it. Ah, maybe Monday. We'll just have to see.

And that was my day. I should be finished my English assignment by tomorrow afternoon or tomorrow night, depending on how things work out. We'll just have to see. The posting will all relate to what happens then.

I will be so glad when this week is over,
AB

Grins and Gridiron

Yes, it ain't the greatest title. However, this day was not one for a good title, so I had to turn to an online thesaurus (oh, how that thesaurus has saved my ass so many times), and look up comedy, because there was some funny stuff in my day. And grins worked. Yeah. Anyway. To my day, which has a late post, naturally. Blame assignments and society.

Period 1 was English, in which we finished the movie 'Shine' that we'd been watching for the past few periods. We're gonna be talking about it for the next few periods, which I think will be pretty good, surprisingly. Of course, I'd rather be talking about the assignment (it's due on Friday, dammit!), but this is good too, I suppose. Period 2 was Maths, in which we did some of the chapter review. It's fairly simple, and it was just pretty much working. You know, no bludging, no stressful work, just doing work. Recess was cards.

Period 3 was Drama, in which we went to the music rooms (since the Drama room was closed for the HSC music courses; go figure), and went to modernise 'Oedipus Rex.' I was with Cameron, and we twisted it up like crazy. The ancient Greek classic tragedy with King Oedipus in it turned into, after some brainstorming, into a comedy (or at least black humour. It's comedic, anyway.) set in the deep south of America (which is really funny considering what happens in the play) with the owner of a farm, Cletus (Cam's idea. I thought it was too 'Simpsony,' but I got shot down.). Period 4 was Commerce, in which we went to the computer rooms to start (get this) another assignment. I actually should be pretty thankful: all the other classes handed theirs in today, and we have 5 periods of class time to work on it. So I suppose it would save time clashing with all the other assignments (which are Science, English, Geography, Commerce and PE, in order of when they should be handed in). Lunch was the standard, although it did result in a pretty, shall we say, dramatic exit from me as I realised that I did not have my PE stuff with me. I said 'Excuse me' in a calm voice, then shot off like a rocket to the computer labs, with a loud 'Crap!' to sound my exit.

Periods 5 and 6 were double PE, in which we did Gridiron. I learnt from my mistakes of Monday, and decided that stopping people with my hands was perhaps not the best idea. However, I did take up the position of, when defending, stopping people with my shoulders and my body weight; and when attacking, either running around people or barreling straight through them. That was pretty fun, actually, and I don't think I really hurt people that much, which is lucky for me (except Corinne, though, when our arms smashed into each other. Sorry, Corinne!). And when I got home, I did some of my assignment, and attempted to print something. However, it turns out that there was no ink in the printer (and on the week when two assignments are due. Spectacular.), and I had wasted precious time. Oy vey. But I did get some done, though I didn't get to blog. So here I am.

And that was my day. This post was too late, but mainly because of hapkido, assignments, and a backed up post schedule. Everything's just happening at once, I suppose. Ah well. That's the way the world turns, hey?

Assignmenting will soon have to go into overdrive,
AB

A Manic Monday

Allow me to say that that is not such a lame title, I am quoting (probably misquoting) from Futurama, and specifically, Love and Rocket (I'll let Wikipedia explain, if you are one of those poor individuals who hasn't seen Futurama.). Anyway. Now that that's over, I can get to my day, so that this post isn't so delayed. Assignments, remember (although I wish I could forget)?

Mum drove me to school, as we left late and otherwise I probably would have missed my train. However, due to the car travel time, I actually got to school early, so I was able to do a bit of my assignment at school (I sent it to the school's computers just in case). Period 1 was Maths, in which we did some Maths stuff that looks difficult but was actually somewhat easy (did you know that the square root of 8 multiplied by sin 15 equals the square root of 3 minus 1? Neither did I!). One of the boarders (I think her name is Zoe) also came to our class for some reason. No idea why. Period 2 was Drama, in which we went to do some acting out of a scene from 'King Oedipus.' (I keep calling it 'Oedipus Rex,' if only because of the Tom Lehrer song. Listen to it on Youtube.) Remember on Thursday when I was doing that assignment? Turns out we were supposed to be practicing for this very performance. Goddamn! Luckily, Cam and I didn't have to do it today, and the scene we picked out isn't particularly difficult. Recess was talking, and cards.

Period 3 was Commerce, in which we went to a seminar in the library about how we should study Law at the University of Wollongong, much like the Thursday before last when we did the same for Ag. It wasn't a bad presentation, but it got sort of rambling towards the middle, and the person started speaking in a bit of a monotone. Although, based on their presentation, it sounds like a really good Uni. Anyway. Period 4 was Science, in which we went back to the library (I know; again), and did some work on my Science assignment (OK, this is utterly ridiculous.). Corinne, Lana and I also talked about our Ag presentations. Apparently mine was 'epic.' I know it sounds like I'm bragging, but... I am. I'm proud of my Ag presentation, man! Lunch was the usual, although we did talk a lot about movies for some reason. It also led to Shafi asking us if 'The Lion King' was Japanese. Oy vey.

Period 5 was English, in which we watched a lot more of the movie 'Shine.' It's getting really good; I would recommend it. The best thing is that the guy who acts like he's had a mental breakdown, Geoffrey Rush, also plays Barbossa from 'Pirates of the Caribbean.' I swear, you would never realise that they were the same person; they don't look or sound the same. At least to me. Period 6 was History, in which we did some work on Gough Whitlam, and how he was ousted (ousted is a weird word. I mean, look at it. Anyway.) in the constitutional crisis of 1975 (let it not be said that I don't learn anything in class. Although, in all fairness I did know that beforehand). I got home at about 3:30, and after a lot of work on my assignment, it was time for hapkido.

Shaylee had work today, so she didn't go. But Shirisha was there today, although she came just in the nick of time. Beforehand, I handed in my attendance card, signature sheet, and $35 to the front desk, so that I can get my orange belt. It's only a matter of time now! In the class today, we started off doing catches and all that, and we did starjumps for the first time in a while. And in case you're thinking, 'Well, they're only starjumps,' try doing 120. On a hot day. In a long sleeved uniform with long pants on. Hapkido gives you quite a bit of a workout. About halfway through, though I had another panic attack: and I refused to let it show. So I pushed through it, and sure enough, I got it to stop, even in the middle of exercise. These are good signs, people. And when I got home, I blogged, but not enough. Ah well.

Comments now (yes!), 1 from an anonymous person (even though I think it's pretty obvious who it is):
*Anon: I know assignments are more important than computer games, Dad (lol). And I do agree with you about balance. You know what they say about all work and no play. I laughed when I read that 'breaking things' crack (pun intended); that's good.

And that was my day. Sorry about the late post, though I've already explained this and shouldn't have to explain it again. Probably. Anyway. I'll try to get back on schedule, but assignments come first, I'm afraid.

Hooray for comments,
AB

The Neverending Workload

I refer to the book, 'The Neverending Story,' which I have never read (a book I've never read? Dun dun dah!). I wanted to reference that for yesterday's post, but I couldn't really think of anything. But I did think of something today, and this is why the title is what it is. Anyway. Today was much like yesterday, in that there were a lot of assignments and we had to do the lawns. So, let's see my day.

I got up at around 8, and I got into my assignment as quickly as I could. However, at around 11, maybe 11:30, Mum and Dad unveiled their newest additions to our lawn: a new umbrella/shade (I don't differentiate. That's why I always have my umbrella on me in summer; it gets hot), a new whipper-snipper (because the last one was incredibly damaged. If you missed the last post, I recommend reading it for an explanation and maybe some humour as well), and a new lawnmower, because I think the one that we usually use isn't actually ours. It's borrowed. So we can take it back and get rid of our one, which is also broken, and has been for a while. We were working for maybe 2 or 3 hours, fixing up what was left to be done on the lawns, and setting up for my grandmother's visit (and not Nanny. My Dad's mother, Oma, who is coming down from Toowoomba on Thursday.).

Once we'd finished the lawns, they looked pretty damn good if I do say so myself. Though I might be biased; I did want them over pretty quick. One memorable quote by my Dad about my assignment was uttered at one stage (I can't really put this in anywhere else): 'Stop playing Battleforce Wars!' He meant of course Battlefield Heroes, but he raised a fair point. Not that I'm playing it while I'm trying to get my assignment done; that would be crazy. Only late at night on the weekends when I can't be bothered thinking. Around 3:45, after some time off to do my assignment, Dad started to put some Weed & Feed (I think that's what it's called) on the lawns, and of course our dog, Mario, couldn't be there, as he will eat anything (he has eaten a rock before. He had to get surgery and everything. I might get around to telling that someday.). So EJ and I went to take him for a walk around the park. I got my iPod out, of course, and after EJ went to play on the equipment, I listened to my iPod and walked the dog. We got home at around 4:15. So for the rest of the day, I did more of my assignment (which is getting finished slowly, but surely), and towards the end of the day, I posted. But, due to all the things that have been going on, I did not get to do this post on Sunday. So here I am.

And that was my day. Sorry for the late post, and the short post, expect late posts for quite a while to come. I've got a lot of assignments and they're all calling me. Shorter posts may also become a common occurrence for a while. I'm sorry, I don't like it either, but if that's what has to happen, then that's what will happen, I'm afraid. Ah well.

I wish these assignments would get done quicker,
AB

Working Like Crazy

Let me explain here: I've got an English assignment due on Friday that is a goddamn lot of work, and we had to do the lawns. So you can excuse me if my title isn't very good, my post is late, and/or my post is very short. Because that's why. So, without further ado, to my day.

I got up at about 8:00, and by around 10 I had finished the majority of my chores (up until then, it had been a pretty slow day). So then I ended up getting to my English assignment. After drawing up the table for the second question on Excel, I realised that, 'Holy crap, this could be a really long assignment.' Example: Literary techniques from the first Harry Potter movie that represent the odd one out. How do you do that well? I was a fair bit into the question (although not nearly enough), when it was time for the family to do the lawns, which, as you can imagine, was somewhat annoying, but it had to be done.

Mum and EJ were at cricket, so Dad did the lawnmower and I used the whipper-snipper (I almost wrote whipper-sniper. Lol.). Dad got most of the way through and I got about halfway through when the whipper-snipper began to fail. We got it working a few times, but at one point, it just gave up and died. Nothing I could do could start it again. So I gave it to Dad, who also tried. But it was to no use. Dad, then, got very angry. He hurled the whipper-snipper at the back fence at full strength, which I took as my cue to start backing away, mainly because I was worried about the prospects of danger, to say the least (petrol in whipper-snipper. Petrol is not a very friendly substance. By which I mean of course, boom.). He then started smashing the whipper-snipper against the ground, as if he was trying to beat lumps out of the grass, or trying to chop some wood that was lying there (which seemed like he misunderstood the first rule of fixing things: Make sure it's broken.). I came back hesitantly, and it turns out he was only doing it (at least partially) because he wanted a new one, and he wanted to make sure it was definitely unable to fixed (which I can safely say he achieved). Although he didn't foresee the whole petrol problem. I did the rest of the lawns.

I got back inside at around 2 or 2:30, and I then kept at my assignment. I worked until about 7, when it was time for dinner. I then went to go watch the Crows-Magpies game. Which was a really good game, although it's a pity Collingwood won, by 5 points too. I also played Battlefield Heroes for about an hour, and as my long range machine-gun ran out, I tried the shotgun. Which actually worked pretty well; better than I expected. Though I won't be trading it in for the long range, if only for the fact that I need a long range gun. I went to bed around 11:30, after posting, of course.

And seeing that there are no comments (really not surprising), that was my day. I know it's a really late post; quite frankly, I'm surprised it's not any later. And that I managed to get over 600 words. I mean, my day could be summed up as assignments and doing the lawns, but... anyway. I'll try to get Sunday's post up earlier than this one (relative to when it should be up, I mean. No time travel.), but no promises.

Bloody assignments,
AB

Damn These Assignments

I could come up with a title that is catchy, though it would probably become an exercise in futility as I will most likely end with an alliterative title and call it a day. Or, I could just say that I've had enough of these bloody assignments. 3 periods today were to do with assignments. 3! Anyway. Enough of my ranting and let's see my day, shall we? (Please note: most of that first paragraph was put there because I couldn't think of much. Although, you can't blame me on this one. Blame society!)

Period 1 was Geography was doing the Geo assignment, and it's coming along nicely, if a bit slowly. When some of the other, more urgent projects are completed, I can focus on that. And then I can begin to really focus on the PE project. It's just one of those terms where assignments never seem to cease; there's always another one ready to strike. Period 2 was Science, in which we had Bruce for the first 'official' time, by which I mean Robson left this morning, so Bruce has our class for the next few weeks, so this is his first day actually really teaching. And he started off spectacularly, giving us an assignment due Thursday week. A substitute gave us an assignment. It just doesn't seem to add up. The assignment was that he gives us a disease, and we then make a presentation on it. I did have rickets, but I was able to change it to juvenile diabetes, only really because I can ask Shay all about it. And a good thing too, Wikipedia has maybe two or three times as much on juvenile diabetes than of rickets. Recess was 13, of course.

Period 3 was Ag, in which we went down to the farm to finish up our hoeing. And about time too, although I have enjoyed listening to Tom Lehrer on my iPod. We got into groups, and drew straws to see what row we would fix up. I drew for my group, and got the best row, so for most of the period, we just added a bit of dirt here and there. All of the other groups, though, threw rocks at our row, presumably because we had the best one. Period 4 was PE theory, in which we got into groups, and tried to work out how it would stop us finding out health information, which was a much better period than it sounded. I made many a joke, such as what a doctor would tell you if they didn't speak very good English ('Go find better doctor!'), and a major problem with parents who didn't speak English. In parent/teacher interviews, Wilson gets the kids to translate. Do you see the problem with this? What happens if Wilson tells the kid to tell the parent that they are doing bad at school. Aha!

Lunch was cards, and in which yet another funny thing happened. Andy said 'Get a life!' for some reason. One kid, who was passing by (perfectly ordinary; he was just some kid who happened to be walking near us at the time), just said, out of the blue, 'You get a life, Andy!' And just kept walking. Like nobody had said anything. He hadn't even stopped to say it. He was just walking. It was hilarious; Kevin and I just cracked up. Period 5 was the Year Assembly, in which the school song was slow and the national anthem was fast, and in which Norris talked on and on in a monotone for about half an hour. Period 6 was Drama, and our group was celebrating the finish of our assignment. While going through all of the parts, Shane then asked, 'Who did the justification?' We all looked at each other. Somebody (I think it was Cam) asked 'What justification...' I then asked Shane if he had the notification, and he got it out. There it was: 400-500 words. We all scrambled, and it was up to me to do it, as I wrote the quickest. I wrote and wrote, pretty much continuously, for 45 minutes. I got one and a half pages done, trying to remember the ad, then making up elements such as music and fitting it to the ad. It was tough work. When I got home, I blogged a bit, and I was also able to play Battlefield Heroes for a bit. But I didn't really get to post, so here I am.

And that was my day. Sorry for my late post, with assignments and all that, I wasn't really able to post. And if you don't like it, then I simply say it's my blog. So, yeah. I can't think of any ideas for the closing paragraph (yeah, I know), so I'll just finish up here.

I have had enough of late posts,
AB

Marks On Monday

In which I got the marks for the Ag presentation, and the Science comp (yes, I know I sort of got the results on Friday, I actually got the marks back today). Yes, there is a titling problem, though I am expecting it to improve soon. And if it doesn't, well, whatever. My blog. Anyway. To my day.

Period 1 was Ag, in which we got the marks back for our Ag presentation (I got 94%, topping the class. Sweet.). We also did some work on potatoes. Because in Ag, you do work on things that seem relatively mundane and in fact are. Like potatoes. Soon we'll be on to things with legs (dun dun dah!). Anyway. Period 2 was a computer lesson for Geography, in which we did a bit of an assignment due on Friday. Of bloody course. If it isn't one thing it's another. Anyway. I actually got a fair bit of work done, and I learnt a lot about the 1960s (their music was kick-ass). Recess was cards, mostly 31 and 13. We're starting to play a bit of both; add a new game to our repertoire.

Period 3 was Maths, in which we did something called the sine rule (Wikipedia can tell you what it is). We did the proof and all, and I tell you what: maths is awesome. I mean, you get all of these complicated diagrams, and you condense it down to something that works for all triangles and that you could teach a Year 7, and that they would get. The word I'm really getting to here is elegant. Science agrees: it is indeed an... Elegant Universe! (ultimate nerdy joke! Explanation for you un-physics nerds. For shame.) Period 4 was Science, in which we learnt of a new graph called a velocity graph. Which is exactly like the last graph, but it measures how fast something's going instead of where it is. It can also go into negatives (ooh! Negative!). Anyway. So for essentially the whole period, we did work on them. I also read a little of my book. Lunch was 13 and 31, as well as messing with Johnny's head by tapping him on the other shoulder (yeah, that worked. He was going nuts about it. Hilarious.).

Period 5 was Commerce, in which we got this sheet about unemployment, and talked about that. It was double-sided, and it was about one and a half pages in total. However, Kearney kept going off onto tangents about how this program is doing this and this program is doing that, and highlighting the relevant passages that we only got through just over a page. Period 6 was English. We had the most random period ever. We started off on a booklet about Odd Ones Out, and we started on transvestites (there were two pages in the booklet about this. Seriously.). Then we got on to transsexuals, via a mishearing by somebody. We heard one or two anecdotes, and there was, how shall we say, some talk on the anatomical changes that one might require when undertaking gender reassignment surgery, such as 'Is that possible?' and Lana's accidental classic: 'What do they do about the boobs?' She did it at the exact wrong time, when everybody was silent. Didn't even mean to say it. Anyway. I then got home, and blogged a bit, as well as practicing my back roll at home. I gotta get it right sometime. And at around 6:50, we left for hapkido.

Shay had homework and Shirisha wasn't there, but that's understandable. Before class, I did some more practice on my back roll. Grandmaster Geoff was back today, and we did a fair amount of work. I learnt a few things: namely, that I could be doing my kicks way better, and second, that I was doing my kiyaps wrong. Although Grandmaster showed me what exactly I was doing wrong, so I was doing it at least better by the end. And when I got home, I blogged, although not enough. So here I am.

This was my day. Expect a much better title tomorrow, or rather, what I think is a good title. Or at least a good reference. Anyway. Yes, it's a late post, expect one on time very soon. I'm not saying Tuesday, but soon. As you can guess, I'm a bit (read: a lot) of a procrastinator.

Goodbye winter,
AB

Done and Dusted

After several exhausting, exasperating hours, my Ag assignment is, like the title says, done. Is finished. All gone assignment, kaput! (OK, I really couldn't resist that Fawlty Towers quote. Manuel is awesome). So sorry about the late post, I was working on my assignment. Hell, I didn't even go to hapkido.

I woke up early to do as much of my assignment as I could, and with my usual wake-up time being 6, that's pretty early. I got an hour's work in before it was time to go to school. Period 1 was English, in which we were supposed to do speeches. Hancock, however, so we had the permanent substitute (or as Kolodziej would say, temporary), Contado, who showed us this god-awful book called 'Displaced Person.' A quick Google search tells me to go to Wikipedia and look up all about refugees (official titling problems). The second link invites me to look at a bad book review, which is basically just the blurb; but electronically. America marketed it as 'Misplaced Person,' which I think is unintentionally hilarious ("I lost my keys... and Jimmy!")We read through the book as a class, and it was horrible. I recommend avoiding it like the plague. Period 2 was Maths, in which we just did more revision work. It's getting rather annoying. Ah well. Recess was the usual.

Period 3 was Drama, in which we went to the computer labs to look up stuff from Ancient Greece. But, as usual, my computer didn't work, so I just partnered with Cam. And the sites Kolodziej gave us didn't work, so we used Google. And it worked. Lunch was 13. Sport was going down to the oval, and we were supposed to be doing baseball. But the guy who was supposed to teach us (idea: stop spending money on coaches for people who don't care about the sport and start fixing the computers) didn't show up. So some of us played T-Ball (Tee Ball? Tee-Ball?), which quickly devolved into sitting around. Ebony sat with Victor, and John, Kevin and I took turns to try to destroy a plastic water bottle (we got very bored). It quickly turned out, however, that the bottle was indestructible. We tried throwing the bottle up and hitting it with the bat, we tried playing baseball with the bottle, we even tried smashing it against the fence. Nothing worked. In the end, I just put the bottle on the ground and started attacking it like an lumberjack taking an axe to a log (I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK!). Which also failed. In the end, we just gave up.

When I got home, I had afternoon tea, and then I got stuck into my assignment. I worked and I worked, from 4 until around 9. And by the end, I was getting bloody sick of potatoes. Google Images was bugging me. And I had had enough of not going on Battlefield Heroes, and not going on MSN, and basically not having any free time at all. At 9, I promptly collapsed in a chair. I then got up, to send it to the school's computer. When that didn't work, I just put it on my USB and called it a night. The assignment was finished.

Comments now, just the 1.
*Karen: Yeah, I have a feeling I'll do that too. I mean, if I do it, it will be due Monday, if I don't, it'll be tomorrow. Murphy's Law in action (if it can go wrong, it will.). Ah well. That joke was pretty good; but I don't have the topic test. I have a 4 hour Maths competition. And no. I'm not kidding.

And that was my day. Sorry about the late post; I think I had a very good excuse (and if you think that's not good enough, well, it's my blog. Or, blame society. Actually, yeah. Blame society.). Tomorrow's post should also be correspondingly late. I also have a valid excuse. You'll see there.

Ag is done: Huzzah!,
AB

Plays and Presentations

Yeah, it's a title with alliteration. I really, really can't be bothered to think at this point. I've been working practically non-stop (not counting dinner) for 3 or 4 hours now, on my Ag potato presentation. Thing is, I barely did any work at school. It's just a lot of work at home. Not hard, but bloody repetitive. Find pictures, put them on the presentation, make it look good, so on so forth. And yes, it's a late post, blame the Ag assignment and society.

Period 1 was Maths, which was doing yet more revision work. Which somehow turned into Faulds talking to me about iPhone apps after I showed him this thing I'd worked out that I had lying around in my bag (because that's what I do when I get bored in A1. I mess around with algebra and geometry and whatever really catches my interest. Nerd!). Period 2 was Drama, in which we went to a different room to watch this video on Greek dramas, which is our new topic. But we're still doing advertisements. But only for the assignment, which I don't think counts towards anything. Yeah. The video itself (not a DVD) was OK, although they could have picked something newer. Say, not 15 years old. Anyway. The whole class was a bludge, really. Recess was 13.

Period 3 was Commerce, in which we went to the computer rooms to do a sample tax return. There were 8 computers that got the internet. Out of about 30. That seems to keep happening. Some computers couldn't be turned on, some could be turned on but couldn't be accessed. I was one of the lucky ones who got the net, and I spent most of the period messing around on the tax return sheet. That is one complicated procedure; I hope it gets simpler when you start to work and understand some of the terms. But I doubt it. Period 4 was Science, which was a room change for a third time, again to the computer labs, to do work on biotechnology and stem cell research. It looks pretty promising, apart from the religious objections. Which I sort of understand, but don't agree with.

Lunch was the usual. Periods 5 and 6 were this play about Macbeth that we paid for a few months back. What happened was that the actors from Bell Shakespeare who went around schools and showed people plays showed us this version of Macbeth. What they did differently is that they only acted the biggest scenes in the play, and then showed us what could be done different, and all the educational value, with a lot of humour thrown in (unintentionally too: They called the character Macbeth 'Macca.' So we naturally took the piss put of Kevin.). It was great, except the actors seemed more like characters. A play within a play sort of. Anyway. That only went up until 2:15 though, and as the teachers had nothing planned, they put us in the main quad and told us to just do something. So Kevin, John, Eric and I just played cards for 45 minutes or so. When I got home, I had afternoon tea, and then went in to do my assignment. I put in a good solid 3 hours work, 5 hours on and off (dinner got in the way). I didn't get it done, but I did get an awful lot done. But not enough at all, so here I am, 24 hours late blogging. I'll catch up soon, I swear.

Comments await my responses, 3 from 3 people.
*AC: AC is back? Returned? No, apparently. I'm sort of confused now. Why do you want to conceal your identity? This just raises more questions than answers. Anyway, before I get crushed by my own ponderings. Thanks for commenting, and it's nice to have a reader.
*Karen: Lol, XX and XY. I love science jokes. And I know we're 13 obsessed, we just love to play. And what's wrong with Commerce? (I don't envy your Japanese minor.). IPT does seem boring, doesn't it? Hmm.
*Ebony: I know I sucked as timekeeper, you don't have to state the obvious. Good luck on your speech; It's best to get it out of the way. That History thing was a bit weird, but she's probably just got a headache or something. Teachers have bad days too. Especially Kolodziej. And speaking of aeroplanes... Where is the anonymous aeroplane?

And that was my day. I'm really sorry for the late post, but I've done about 8 hours of work on my Ag assignment in two days, and that's mostly my free time taken up. Won't I be glad when I have more free time. Oh, how I look forward to that.

Bloody potatoes,
AB

Let There Be Less

I was having title problems, and I still am. However, this one isn't so bad. When I mean less, I refer to the Ag assignment, and through it, the late posting that is plaguing me. And I was doing so well, with the posting that was at least partially on time and the script of the potato presentation being almost done. I mean, looking back on it, it was both a good and a bad day. Anyway. Late post, as I have mentioned. Society. Blame them. Standard procedure.

I got up at about 8:30, and after chores and so on, I went inside to do some of my assignment. I wanted to get as much of the Ag assignment done as I could, so I'm not rushing at the last minute. So when everyone else went to a footy meeting, I was able to stay home, and to work on my presentation. I managed to finish the script, which ended up going for almost a page and a half. So then I started to work on the actual presentation itself. Which sounds easy to do, because you know exactly what you want to do. However, because it's Powerpoint, and the computer doesn't know what you want it to do, it is very hard. Well, maybe not hard so much as it's a lot of work. Around 3, I left for Shay's, to watch the Swans-Tigers game.

When I got there, I had already done a fair bit of work, so I decided to kick back and play some Battlefield Heroes. And I ended up on a server with Kevin and Andy (good so far), but with bad Nationals and epic Royals. One Royal got something like 19 kills and 0 deaths. Repeatedly. Which, suffice to say, was bad for us. I seemed to keep getting scores like 1500 but 2 kills and 7 deaths. Which is strange. But, I don't play for kill-death ratios. I play because I like playing (which is probably why I didn't like sniping that much. It's just sitting up somewhere and shooting.). I ended up completing some missions, and I'm about halfway to Level 10. When Shay got back from work, we talked. I got home at about 6, and I spent the rest of my night eating dinner, and blogging frantically. Hence the title. But, as always, I didn't get to finish. And that is why this post is late.

To comments now, 1 from 1 person. Thanks again, Karen!
*Karen: I am not obsessed with AFL; I just like it (I would respond to that Kolodziej thing, but I have no idea how to. So I skipped it.). I do get very passionate, however, about Carlton. It's a family thing (it all stems from my Dad.). And right now I'm reading the 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' series, which I recommend to everyone who enjoys laughing, and who likes things that are out there. Trust me, you'll like it.

And that was my Sunday. Monday's post may or may not be late, depending on how everything turns out. Sorry that this one was late and a bit on the short side; these things happen. Win some, lose some, I suppose.

This week coming will be a lot of work, but it will be worth it,
AB