I meant that to be read as a 'Braveheart' tribute, with the long, drawn-out, dramatic cry at the end of the movie. But, it's hard to put that into words. Anyway, what it means is that it is the end of term, and I am now free! Well, for another 2 weeks. But freedom is freedom. Now to my Thursday, which was bludgy as ever and funny, too.
I got to school, and Victor wasn't there. But he was the only one. Before school, I challenged Eric and Ian to an arm wrestle. Usually I'd be the last one to do that, but I wanted to see if hapkido has made a difference. And it has! I beat both of them. That was fun. Anyway. Period 1 was Science, and we didn't even get a chance to see Robson for the last lesson. Instead, we had... Bruce. We had him for something like 2 terms in Ag in Year 8, and believe me, that was plenty. I thought he'd left. Bloody hell. I finished my work (yes, we actually had work), and then it was time for Geography, which was watching a documentary up in the annexe. I read half the time and watched the other half. Recess was 13, as usual, with John, Kevin, Andy and me. We're lucky we had that many; Eric didn't want to play, and Victor wasn't here, as I said before. Period 3 was English, which was watching a DVD (not video, surprisingly) of 'Round the Twist.' I hadn't seen that show in years. I liked that show. Hancock was also talking about our short stories, and he said they were due in today. The whole of the class just started saying 'No! You said next term!' In the end he let it go, which was a load off. Next was Maths, in which all but 3 were here, so we did work. The whole lesson was on the surface area of cones. Nothing else. Just that. Too much work for the last day of term. I also worked out how to make a variable equal a number. So I don't forget: Number, Shift, RCL, Variable-without-Alpha. There we are. Lunch was cards, but not entirely 13. We also played 31, with Mango too. The funniest hand: one of mine. I was dealt an ace and a king of diamonds, as well as a nine of spades. I was first, and I drew the jack of diamonds. Instant win. The expressions on everybody's faces were priceless. When Mango left, we went back to 13. Period 5 was Drama, which was some impromptu prac stuff. It was all funny, but the best one had to go to one by Shane and Oscar. I luckily wrote it down in Commerce, so I could put it here. Here goes:
Shane is standing up, with a David Attenborough-type voice. Oscar is lying down, to the left.
Shane: Hello. I am Professor... Blueberry, and I'll be playing a game called 'Spot the Crocodile.' Oscar snaps with his arms, evidently pretending to be a crocodile.
Is he in the gumtrees? [he looks at Oscar.]
Is he in the volcano? [he looks at Oscar.]
Is he in the grass? [he looks at Oscar.]
He must be in the pond... [Shane bends over, in front of Oscar.]
They are hard to spot, for they require... a magnifying glass. Let me just increase the magnification on this... [All this time, Oscar is moving up behind Shane, but slowly.]
(Eat me, you idiot!) [Oscar attacks. The End.]
All impromptu, and funny as hell. You had to be there. But I wrote it so I could remember. Lastly for the term was Commerce, which would usually have been horrifying, but Kearney was giving out chocolate as a reward for a quiz-type thing. Basically, he asks questions, we get chocolate. I ended up getting a few eggs. Delicious! My Dad picked me up from school, and gave me good news and bad news. In summary: Bad news: We have to do chores for two hours. Good news: Then we're finished. His version was that after we're finished we can relax for a while, only doing regular chores. But we do that anyway! So I, being a smartass, wound down my window, and went 'We're doing 2 hours of chores, then we're finished! Yippi-kai-yai-yay!' You could see my Dad trying not to laugh. After whipper-snippering, cleaning the house, doing the kitchen and so on, I finally got a chance to relax. School may have finished at 2, but work didn't. But when it was done, I was relieved, to say the least. And here I am, work finished, and on MSN, listening to Rihanna (aha! Thought I'd say Queen, didn't you? I'm surprised myself, actually.) on my iPod.
I'm in the mood for one random list. OK, it's not random. It's sorta relevant. Things I'll miss over the holidays:
*Cards at Recess and Lunch: It's fun playing cards with everyone. Well, it's more I'll miss the company of my friends in general. But that's what MSN was made for, hey? Still no substitute though.
*Having an easy way to blog: I mean, look at today. I can split the day into periods, and write more. But, I suppose this will be good for my writing, which will be good for my dream of writing a book someday. Maybe I'll work on some stuff in the holidays.
*Hapkido: I don't think I'll be doing it as much, with Easter and going places and so on. And that sucks, because quickly hapkido has become a really fun thing to do, and it's good exercise. I never thought there'd be a day I was missing exercise, but here it is.
Now, I think, is a time for comments. 6 yesterday, from 6 people. Awesome.
*Rosa: That was a surprise, I'll say that. First comment, first for the post! And thanks for the following, that's 7!
*Victor: I do miss your comments. They are funny!
*Karen: I do not like her (in that way). She wasn't there yesterday, and I may or may not see her in the holidays, depending how much I see her. I also love Solitaire on my iPod, though I have no clue why they called it 'Klondike.' I was looking at my games, and I started playing it, and I thought 'This reminds me of Solitaire...' Maths is boring, and I'll enjoy the holidays. Though I will miss everybody. Have a good holiday too!
*Ebony: ...I'm not sure what to say about that ANZAC ceremony thing. It's very respectful. I've heard of 500 once or twice, but I have no idea of the rules. Hmm. And I missed Victor's comments too.
*AC: My Commerce thing was about 2 pages. I couldn't write much. And I found the ANZAC ceremony interesting, because you didn't quite know what he meant by myth and legend, so you were waiting to see if it had a point, and where he was going (if anywhere) with it. No disrespect. And you should keep commenting (please), I like your comments. I'm sure I've already said this. Memory span of... something.
Well, that pretty much sums up today. The next 2 weeks are going to be fun, I'll try to do something productive instead of just watching TV and surfing the net, though I will be doing those. Especially that last one. Maybe I'll also memorise some songs. Fun if I can recite the whole of 'New Math' by the first day back (if you don't know what that is, here's a link of someone lip-syncing it. And yes, it's by the same guy who wrote 'Lobachevsky.').
Thank god term is over,
AB
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Thank God It's Finished
Yes! Commerce is completed! That was torture. I'll get to my actual day now. You may be surprised I'm blogging this late; I will get to that.
I got to the station, and started talking to Nibraas and Sakib about this cricket tribunal. Long story short, in our final (blog link here), the umpire thought someone swore at him. I didn't blog about it, for two reasons: it didn't seem that important, and I barely knew about it. But he reported the supposed incident, and Nibraas and my Dad were cited for 'failing to control the team.' (My Dad wanted blog credit for some reason. Here you go.) Nibraas got let off because he proved it didn't happen, but my Dad was found guilty. So wait, if it didn't happen, how can he be guilty? Problem 2: Nibraas was on the field and my Dad was off the field when it supposedly happened. But Nibraas was let off and my Dad... whatever. It's confusing me. My Dad's appealing. Anyway. Period 1 and 2 were the Anzac ceremony. That was pretty good, and funny. It wasn't supposed to be funny, but the guest speaker went on for 15 minutes about the dictionary definitions of 'myth' and 'legend,' and specifically, the difference between them. In the end, he gave us basically no answer besides there could be a difference. The point? Good question. I mean no disrespect. But that's exactly what happened. Recess was 13, as usual. I seem to have two hands today (left and right! Lol, but seriously. Card hands.): Good, but I come second; and bad, but I come third. Annoys me. Period 3 was Maths, which was basically nothing except my usual 'come up with equations with trigonometry explaining something for no apparent reason.' Next was Lunch, which was 13 again. Funniest hand. I squandered an awesome hand by mistake, and was left with a 5. John, Victor, me and Kevin. I had a 5, Kevin had 5 cards, none lower than a 7. Victor was to my right, and went out, but in a way that Kevin couldn't play. I played and came 3rd. Kevin's reaction: face in hands and 'NOOOOO!' No kidding. Sport, as is Wednesday, was handball for some reason. Up until 1:45. I alternated between good and bad. As sport is for me. After 1:45, we went off for a drink break and nobody went back on. So I spent the time on my iPod, playing Solitaire and listening to Queen and Tom Lehrer. After school, I finally finished my Commerce assessment. Thank god. When I finished it, it was a big load off my chest, I'll say that. It was then, after a time doing a lot of work (chores and what-not), and dinner, it was time for hapkido.
Master Geoff wasn't there, so we had some other black belts, who worked us all session long. One and a half hours instead if 1. But it was good, since I got a heap of a workout. I also learned some more defensive moves, as well as evasion. Which is really good, because I suppose it's better not to be hit then to defend being hit.
I'll type quickly, it's almost time to go. Comments now:
*Mango (x2): Please comment with more than 3 words each, not just to be first (but thanks for looking up round robin).
*Karen: Cute thing: making me blush. Stop it (lol). Everybody's silly anyway.
*Corinne: O_O. You don't watch TV. Seriously. Holy crap. That's insane. But it doesn't read like it's your fault. That's fair enough.
*Ebony: I suppose The Simpsons isn't everybody's cup of tea, but not even one episode? And you call me socially unaware (which is less true than most people think. But notice I didn't say it was out-and-out wrong.).
*Kevin: Thanks for the braces 'compliments' (*sarcasm*). And that flowing text took me a while, thanks for noticing!
*AC: 'Lobachevsky'; don't knock it 'til you try it. Me with braces would be weird(-er). Ben; enough. I am not Ben. Your comments are cool because I don't know who they're from, so it's a mystery, which makes it awesome.
*Shafi: ALEX!! Short story, thank god it's due next term. I hope. And that song may be strange, but it is awesome. And I'd want to read your blog, I think it would be cool. And I may not even be getting braces. But I probably will be.
Where is Victor's comment?
I'll quickly sum up here, because it's almost time for me to go. Comment as usual, everybody, you are all awesome!
I can't wait for tomorrow afternoon (holidays!),
AB
I got to the station, and started talking to Nibraas and Sakib about this cricket tribunal. Long story short, in our final (blog link here), the umpire thought someone swore at him. I didn't blog about it, for two reasons: it didn't seem that important, and I barely knew about it. But he reported the supposed incident, and Nibraas and my Dad were cited for 'failing to control the team.' (My Dad wanted blog credit for some reason. Here you go.) Nibraas got let off because he proved it didn't happen, but my Dad was found guilty. So wait, if it didn't happen, how can he be guilty? Problem 2: Nibraas was on the field and my Dad was off the field when it supposedly happened. But Nibraas was let off and my Dad... whatever. It's confusing me. My Dad's appealing. Anyway. Period 1 and 2 were the Anzac ceremony. That was pretty good, and funny. It wasn't supposed to be funny, but the guest speaker went on for 15 minutes about the dictionary definitions of 'myth' and 'legend,' and specifically, the difference between them. In the end, he gave us basically no answer besides there could be a difference. The point? Good question. I mean no disrespect. But that's exactly what happened. Recess was 13, as usual. I seem to have two hands today (left and right! Lol, but seriously. Card hands.): Good, but I come second; and bad, but I come third. Annoys me. Period 3 was Maths, which was basically nothing except my usual 'come up with equations with trigonometry explaining something for no apparent reason.' Next was Lunch, which was 13 again. Funniest hand. I squandered an awesome hand by mistake, and was left with a 5. John, Victor, me and Kevin. I had a 5, Kevin had 5 cards, none lower than a 7. Victor was to my right, and went out, but in a way that Kevin couldn't play. I played and came 3rd. Kevin's reaction: face in hands and 'NOOOOO!' No kidding. Sport, as is Wednesday, was handball for some reason. Up until 1:45. I alternated between good and bad. As sport is for me. After 1:45, we went off for a drink break and nobody went back on. So I spent the time on my iPod, playing Solitaire and listening to Queen and Tom Lehrer. After school, I finally finished my Commerce assessment. Thank god. When I finished it, it was a big load off my chest, I'll say that. It was then, after a time doing a lot of work (chores and what-not), and dinner, it was time for hapkido.
Master Geoff wasn't there, so we had some other black belts, who worked us all session long. One and a half hours instead if 1. But it was good, since I got a heap of a workout. I also learned some more defensive moves, as well as evasion. Which is really good, because I suppose it's better not to be hit then to defend being hit.
I'll type quickly, it's almost time to go. Comments now:
*Mango (x2): Please comment with more than 3 words each, not just to be first (but thanks for looking up round robin).
*Karen: Cute thing: making me blush. Stop it (lol). Everybody's silly anyway.
*Corinne: O_O. You don't watch TV. Seriously. Holy crap. That's insane. But it doesn't read like it's your fault. That's fair enough.
*Ebony: I suppose The Simpsons isn't everybody's cup of tea, but not even one episode? And you call me socially unaware (which is less true than most people think. But notice I didn't say it was out-and-out wrong.).
*Kevin: Thanks for the braces 'compliments' (*sarcasm*). And that flowing text took me a while, thanks for noticing!
*AC: 'Lobachevsky'; don't knock it 'til you try it. Me with braces would be weird(-er). Ben; enough. I am not Ben. Your comments are cool because I don't know who they're from, so it's a mystery, which makes it awesome.
*Shafi: ALEX!! Short story, thank god it's due next term. I hope. And that song may be strange, but it is awesome. And I'd want to read your blog, I think it would be cool. And I may not even be getting braces. But I probably will be.
Where is Victor's comment?
I'll quickly sum up here, because it's almost time for me to go. Comment as usual, everybody, you are all awesome!
I can't wait for tomorrow afternoon (holidays!),
AB
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Dental Plan! AB Needs Braces?
Yes. I may need braces. Feel free to imagine me in braces and laugh. If I've ever said 'Can I get any more nerdy?', then the answer is yes. Yes I can. (And if you didn't get that title, then you don't watch 'The Simpsons' and there may be something wrong with you.). I will get to all of that when the time comes.
It was mufti today. They didn't tell us why or even until Period 6 yesterday, but it was an excuse to go out of uniform. Period 1 was English, which was supposed to be reviewing short stories, but since I didn't print mine out, I spent the time reading my book. As I do. Next was Maths, and Faulds made a conscious effort to call me Ben. Not even unintentional anymore. I am now Ben in Maths. Maths was spent doing random equations I worked out, like area of a regular polygon, and a formula for working out pi, both with trigonometry. A1, remember. Or maybe it's just me. Probably just me. Recess was 13, as it always is. I love 13. Period 3 was Drama, which was theory: creating a character. That was a fun theory lesson (surprisingly), and I ended up creating a Russian business man living in New York, which was really good. It also got a song stuck in my head called 'Lobachevsky,' a song by Tom Lehrer (YouTube link), since it's about a Russian mathematician and is very funny. I've been singing it all day. Commerce was doing more work on my assessment, as well as looking up the lyrics to 'Lobachevsky.' Next was Lunch, which was 13 as well as annoying everybody by singing part of 'Lobachevsky' over and over again. I love it. It's already on my iPod. Period 5 and 6 were PE, which was a netball round robin tournament (brief side note: where does round robin come from. Though, I'm sure Mango will put it in his next post, hint hint.). Our team was the only one that didn't win a game. Yeah, we weren't too good. But, that was fine, since I'm used to that, sporting-wise. Then, after some homework, around 5:30, it was time to go to the orthodontist.
I had some brief check-ups, testing bite marks and so on. Then, I was listening to the orthodontist and she said to come back in a few weeks, but she thinks that I'll need wideners (whatever they are), as well as braces to fix things up. My body hates me. Here's how: braces, my bad nail, my panic attacks... etc. Bloody hell. I'm just going to leave it at that because I have limited time.
Comments now, 7 of them, as opposed to the 22 on Sunday. But, 6 people today. So to the comments!
*Mango: Victor has points. But, if it will make you happy, you get all those points. And then some. W00t!
*Mango: lol freedom indeed.
*Victor: You have been beaten.
*Karen: Arriola had her heart in the right place, but she wasn't that great a teacher. That's my opinion. And maybe first next time: Firsts are awesome. And, to say it, yes, Rebecca is cute. That's all I say though. And thanks for the hair compliment. And I wouldn't want my brother doing martial arts: big problem there. Have a nice night too!
*Ebony: Don't ask about my short story. I'm still trying to repress the memories. Drama marks: good. English marks: not so good. Same for both of us. Word verify is now gone, never to return!
*AC: Thursday: all true. I love hapkido, it's amazing. Thanks for the comment compliment (try saying that 5 times fast). And keep commenting, I like your comments.
*John: Hapkido is like nothing else. It's amazing; you meet new people, it's practical, you get a lot of exercise. In short, I recommend it to everybody. And that would be epic; I'd want to see that.
Well, I'll sign off. Everyone comment please, I heart comments. I'll end with something that may annoy some of you (Victor and John) and may puzzle you (everyone else).
I have a friend in Minsk, who has a friend in Pinsk,
AB
It was mufti today. They didn't tell us why or even until Period 6 yesterday, but it was an excuse to go out of uniform. Period 1 was English, which was supposed to be reviewing short stories, but since I didn't print mine out, I spent the time reading my book. As I do. Next was Maths, and Faulds made a conscious effort to call me Ben. Not even unintentional anymore. I am now Ben in Maths. Maths was spent doing random equations I worked out, like area of a regular polygon, and a formula for working out pi, both with trigonometry. A1, remember. Or maybe it's just me. Probably just me. Recess was 13, as it always is. I love 13. Period 3 was Drama, which was theory: creating a character. That was a fun theory lesson (surprisingly), and I ended up creating a Russian business man living in New York, which was really good. It also got a song stuck in my head called 'Lobachevsky,' a song by Tom Lehrer (YouTube link), since it's about a Russian mathematician and is very funny. I've been singing it all day. Commerce was doing more work on my assessment, as well as looking up the lyrics to 'Lobachevsky.' Next was Lunch, which was 13 as well as annoying everybody by singing part of 'Lobachevsky' over and over again. I love it. It's already on my iPod. Period 5 and 6 were PE, which was a netball round robin tournament (brief side note: where does round robin come from. Though, I'm sure Mango will put it in his next post, hint hint.). Our team was the only one that didn't win a game. Yeah, we weren't too good. But, that was fine, since I'm used to that, sporting-wise. Then, after some homework, around 5:30, it was time to go to the orthodontist.
I had some brief check-ups, testing bite marks and so on. Then, I was listening to the orthodontist and she said to come back in a few weeks, but she thinks that I'll need wideners (whatever they are), as well as braces to fix things up. My body hates me. Here's how: braces, my bad nail, my panic attacks... etc. Bloody hell. I'm just going to leave it at that because I have limited time.
Comments now, 7 of them, as opposed to the 22 on Sunday. But, 6 people today. So to the comments!
*Mango: Victor has points. But, if it will make you happy, you get all those points. And then some. W00t!
*Mango: lol freedom indeed.
*Victor: You have been beaten.
*Karen: Arriola had her heart in the right place, but she wasn't that great a teacher. That's my opinion. And maybe first next time: Firsts are awesome. And, to say it, yes, Rebecca is cute. That's all I say though. And thanks for the hair compliment. And I wouldn't want my brother doing martial arts: big problem there. Have a nice night too!
*Ebony: Don't ask about my short story. I'm still trying to repress the memories. Drama marks: good. English marks: not so good. Same for both of us. Word verify is now gone, never to return!
*AC: Thursday: all true. I love hapkido, it's amazing. Thanks for the comment compliment (try saying that 5 times fast). And keep commenting, I like your comments.
*John: Hapkido is like nothing else. It's amazing; you meet new people, it's practical, you get a lot of exercise. In short, I recommend it to everybody. And that would be epic; I'd want to see that.
Well, I'll sign off. Everyone comment please, I heart comments. I'll end with something that may annoy some of you (Victor and John) and may puzzle you (everyone else).
I have a friend in Minsk, who has a friend in Pinsk,
AB
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