It would have been completely relaxing, except for that voice in my head going 'When the hell are you going to get to your assignment? You have 3 pages due on Friday, get to it already. Do it now!' I'll do some of it on Sunday afternoon, after we get back from my grandparents' place for Mother's Day. But, to my Saturday.
I woke up some time, and I don't know what time it was because I just stayed in bed. When I finally got up, it was almost 8 (I would have sworn it was something to 9), and until we had to go to EJ's game, all I basically did was watch TV. We left around 10-ish, with me bringing, as usual, my iPod and book supplies (I didn't get any done). At the footy, I did the scoreboard, as usual. EJ's team ended up winning, by about 50 or so points. (I know. I didn't do much exciting today.) When we got home around 1, I finally went on my laptop, and commented, MSN'd (I need a better word than that.), and surfed the net. After trying to do some work (and it was hard to get into, considering time was limited), we all left for the movies around 5:30.
We went past Red Rooster, and grabbed dinner, then rushed to Westfields, to try to get to the 6:15 screening. We went to see 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine,' which my Mum really wanted to see (because of Hugh Jackman. Oy.) and EJ really wanted to see (because it was Wolverine, and he likes action movies.). Don't get me wrong, I wanted to see it as well, but in a less obsessive way (I haven't really wanted to see a movie since... well, 'Angels and Demons' soon, but before that, probably 'Wall-E.' I loved that movie.). I won't spoil the movie, but I will tell you what I thought of it. And I think that was a good movie. It wasn't the best, but it was still pretty good. I recommend everybody see it. After we watched it, we went straight home, and I went to post, and watch some of the Blues-Dockers game. Carlton lost by 7 points. Goddamn.
Comments: 4, up from the one I got on Thursday's post.
*Corinne: Yes. Yes you are.
*Mango: I did not elaborate, most likely because I really couldn't sum that up well. It was just randomness. Pure and simple.
*Rosa: I wouldn't say the best; I hope we'll do well, but you can't be sure. I'm sure you'll do good too.
*Ebony: Pickle? What? (Though, he does actually look like a 'Pickle.' Huh.) And I suppose it was a bit strange. I really want to see the production we're going to go too, I've only been to one professional play. And you see, if your intimidation theory is right (if), then please end your comments with first. Not awesomest. And people give dogs names to call them over, and fish, we haven't named our fish. You also stole my 'ignore my insanity.' That's mine, dammit! And weekends are awesome. Get over it.
Well, that was Saturday. Sunday will be work, work, and more work. Ah well.
Goddamn Geo assignment,
AB
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
I Live For Fridays
I love 'em. I don't understand how people can not like them; people need breaks. Although, this weekend may not be much of a break. Though it looks like this 3 page Geo essay will be fairly straightforward; they cover Pyrmont heavily in the textbook. Anyway. To my Friday.
Before school was utter randomness with everyone in our group, bar Matt who wasn't here and including Ebony. That was awesome. Period 1 was Maths, which somehow started on doing work and ended up changing into a discussion with Mango on such subjects as cosmic inflation, general relativity, and the tachyon, the theorised particle with imaginary mass. Somehow. I'm nerdy like that. Anyway. After that was Drama, which was getting into groups for an assignment we were set. I'm with Ebony, Amy, Pradeepti and Rutherford (I'm still getting used to the fact that his name isn't Ernest. ...nerd, remember?). I think we're going to go pretty well; Ebony summed it up with 'We're all Drama freaks.' Next was an Assembly of pointlessness, followed by 13. Period 3 was Commerce, which was a combined class in the computer labs since most people were at Cross-Country. So I went on Geometer's Sketchpad for the period, experimenting with tracing. I love that program. Period 4 was Science, which was 11 people playing poker, going on the blackboard, and doing nothing. In the end I was talking to Baxter (our sub) about string theory. Because I'm strange/awesome like that.
Lunch was 13, with the whole table up at one point or another, and 6 people playing 13: John, Andy, Kevin, Eric, Mango and me. I don't know how I can get a quad and triple but no pair, but there you go. My luck is strange like that. Period 5 was English, which was listening to more Macbeth (and the class laughing at Lady Macbeth's soliloquy in Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 38 to 54. Link. On an unrelated note, I still can't get used to the fact that in our class, Ebony doesn't play Lady Macbeth. Still traces of Tournament of Minds linger.). Last was History, which was doing some work, but mostly bludging. Thank god for Fridays. Skip to me at home, I cooked dinner (well, spaghetti, and with my Dad telling me what to do. Not hard.), and here I am, blogging.
1 comment. One comment. Where the hell is everybody? The answer is... I don't know. To replies.
*Ebony: Unspoken bonds. I'm really not sure what to say here. And Pyrmont is in the textbook, thank god, all of it. It's just a matter of weeding through the textbook jargon and sleep-inducing boredom. And here's something: they're friggin' inanimate objects. My bag does not need a name. If I don't name it, it won't do anything. It won't do anything anyway. Ignore my insanity.
I'll finish up right now. The weekend will be , in my prediction, some work, some book, and little relaxation. Ah well. I can't wait for the end of the half-yearlies.
Weekends are wonderful,
AB
Before school was utter randomness with everyone in our group, bar Matt who wasn't here and including Ebony. That was awesome. Period 1 was Maths, which somehow started on doing work and ended up changing into a discussion with Mango on such subjects as cosmic inflation, general relativity, and the tachyon, the theorised particle with imaginary mass. Somehow. I'm nerdy like that. Anyway. After that was Drama, which was getting into groups for an assignment we were set. I'm with Ebony, Amy, Pradeepti and Rutherford (I'm still getting used to the fact that his name isn't Ernest. ...nerd, remember?). I think we're going to go pretty well; Ebony summed it up with 'We're all Drama freaks.' Next was an Assembly of pointlessness, followed by 13. Period 3 was Commerce, which was a combined class in the computer labs since most people were at Cross-Country. So I went on Geometer's Sketchpad for the period, experimenting with tracing. I love that program. Period 4 was Science, which was 11 people playing poker, going on the blackboard, and doing nothing. In the end I was talking to Baxter (our sub) about string theory. Because I'm strange/awesome like that.
Lunch was 13, with the whole table up at one point or another, and 6 people playing 13: John, Andy, Kevin, Eric, Mango and me. I don't know how I can get a quad and triple but no pair, but there you go. My luck is strange like that. Period 5 was English, which was listening to more Macbeth (and the class laughing at Lady Macbeth's soliloquy in Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 38 to 54. Link. On an unrelated note, I still can't get used to the fact that in our class, Ebony doesn't play Lady Macbeth. Still traces of Tournament of Minds linger.). Last was History, which was doing some work, but mostly bludging. Thank god for Fridays. Skip to me at home, I cooked dinner (well, spaghetti, and with my Dad telling me what to do. Not hard.), and here I am, blogging.
1 comment. One comment. Where the hell is everybody? The answer is... I don't know. To replies.
*Ebony: Unspoken bonds. I'm really not sure what to say here. And Pyrmont is in the textbook, thank god, all of it. It's just a matter of weeding through the textbook jargon and sleep-inducing boredom. And here's something: they're friggin' inanimate objects. My bag does not need a name. If I don't name it, it won't do anything. It won't do anything anyway. Ignore my insanity.
I'll finish up right now. The weekend will be , in my prediction, some work, some book, and little relaxation. Ah well. I can't wait for the end of the half-yearlies.
Weekends are wonderful,
AB
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Work and No Work
Yes, I know it's a weird title. It will all make sense once I talk about my day (also I couldn't think of another title.). Now. To my Thursday.
Period 1 was Science, which was doing an experiment on Ohm's Law, which involved work but very little thinking. I enjoy periods like that. After the bell went (long after the bell went. We can't hear it in our Science room.), I went to Maths, which was finally Computer Maths. The first half of that period was waiting for my computer to shut down, and watch Mango do the work we were supposed to be doing (but I couldn't), and when I finally logged in, all the work had been done already. So I messed around on Geometer's Sketchpad (boredom + Maths + computers) for the rest of the period. Bludging is fun. Recess was 13 and 31 with John, Andy and Kevin. 31 seems to be ever so gradually taking over 13. 13 forever! The next two periods were Ag prac, which was going down to foot pare the goats (essentially clipping what passes as their toenails with hedge clippers). I was in a group with Tan, Alan, Nancy, Oishi and Ebony, and we fell into a pattern. Alan and I held the goats, Tan foot pared them, Nancy and Oishi held them sometimes, and Ebony talked to them and later fed them. Yeah. We got through 2.5 goats (one ran away before we finished) before we called it quits. I then talked to Tan, and listened to my iPod while playing Solitaire. Thank god for iPod Solitaire. When we got back to class, we just had time to get our bags, and then it was Lunch.
I played 13 with Eric, John, Kevin and Andy, while Ian, Ebony and Mango watched. Ebony didn't want to play (because she doesn't want to be beaten by non-Asians. I assured her she'd beat me.), so that's who we had. I didn't have very good hands today; I even got a quad Queen and came third, I think. Yeah. Period 5 was English, which was modernising one of Macbeth's soliloquies (it's harder than it seems.). Hancock also called me Ben. That makes something like 7 teachers (Hancock, Robson, Ejsak, Contado, Young, Rawson, Faulds). My name is Alex. Please get it right. (Though, maybe AB could stand for Alex Ben. It doesn't, but it could save time.) Last was History, which was getting a 3 page essay which is due next Friday (not tomorrow, thank god.). Which is just ridiculous, really. However, all the answers are in our textbook, so it's more a lot of work than thinking. Still, very annoying. I also didn't get a chance to work on my book. Tomorrow afternoon, or something like that I will. After getting home around 3:30-ish, thanks to me planning to catch the bus, getting called and then going home by car, and an accident that forced my friend Charlotte's bus to drop them all off at the station and so making my Mum wait around to make sure she gets home safe. And here I am, after work, TV, MSN, and so on, blogging and listening to music.
OK, a brief list. Things that I have to or want to do over the foreseeable future, in no particular order:
*More of my book: I've got a basic idea of plot in my head, but I need to put that to paper, and also work out character details. I also have to put it all on my computer, just in case.
*Geography essay: Of course. Hopefully I'll get it done quickly. Hopefully.
*Half-yearlies: They start Monday week, and go across two weeks. Oy vey. But, more time to study, I suppose.
*Get braces: Two weeks from today, on Thursday the 21st, I get them on. I take a day off school.
*Make a playlist on iTunes: Just something I want to do, so I'm not manually flipping to the same songs all the time.
Comments: 3 from 2 people. Well, let's reply; I need to post quickly.
*Karen: Yes, you are!
*Karen: That's OK; these things happen. You don't have to comment if you don't want to/don't feel like it. And don't apologise; I get it.
*Ebony: Ooh boy, that's another mini-post in my comments section. You make up for everybody else who doesn't comment. And yes, I thought 'My Place' was an awesome name as well; I liked it. I don't want to ask why you name inanimate objects, I'll just let it go. OK, I had a spelling fail, I'm not infallible. And I should probably have picked that 'no comment' thing up. And enough on my paragraphing.
I'll finish up now. The rest of my night will be spent relaxing, as it should. I really need to 'peace out.' But I don't see that happening until after the half-yearlies, because the weekends will be full of studying and exams and so on and so forth. Ah well.
Way too much work is coming up way too fast,
AB
Period 1 was Science, which was doing an experiment on Ohm's Law, which involved work but very little thinking. I enjoy periods like that. After the bell went (long after the bell went. We can't hear it in our Science room.), I went to Maths, which was finally Computer Maths. The first half of that period was waiting for my computer to shut down, and watch Mango do the work we were supposed to be doing (but I couldn't), and when I finally logged in, all the work had been done already. So I messed around on Geometer's Sketchpad (boredom + Maths + computers) for the rest of the period. Bludging is fun. Recess was 13 and 31 with John, Andy and Kevin. 31 seems to be ever so gradually taking over 13. 13 forever! The next two periods were Ag prac, which was going down to foot pare the goats (essentially clipping what passes as their toenails with hedge clippers). I was in a group with Tan, Alan, Nancy, Oishi and Ebony, and we fell into a pattern. Alan and I held the goats, Tan foot pared them, Nancy and Oishi held them sometimes, and Ebony talked to them and later fed them. Yeah. We got through 2.5 goats (one ran away before we finished) before we called it quits. I then talked to Tan, and listened to my iPod while playing Solitaire. Thank god for iPod Solitaire. When we got back to class, we just had time to get our bags, and then it was Lunch.
I played 13 with Eric, John, Kevin and Andy, while Ian, Ebony and Mango watched. Ebony didn't want to play (because she doesn't want to be beaten by non-Asians. I assured her she'd beat me.), so that's who we had. I didn't have very good hands today; I even got a quad Queen and came third, I think. Yeah. Period 5 was English, which was modernising one of Macbeth's soliloquies (it's harder than it seems.). Hancock also called me Ben. That makes something like 7 teachers (Hancock, Robson, Ejsak, Contado, Young, Rawson, Faulds). My name is Alex. Please get it right. (Though, maybe AB could stand for Alex Ben. It doesn't, but it could save time.) Last was History, which was getting a 3 page essay which is due next Friday (not tomorrow, thank god.). Which is just ridiculous, really. However, all the answers are in our textbook, so it's more a lot of work than thinking. Still, very annoying. I also didn't get a chance to work on my book. Tomorrow afternoon, or something like that I will. After getting home around 3:30-ish, thanks to me planning to catch the bus, getting called and then going home by car, and an accident that forced my friend Charlotte's bus to drop them all off at the station and so making my Mum wait around to make sure she gets home safe. And here I am, after work, TV, MSN, and so on, blogging and listening to music.
OK, a brief list. Things that I have to or want to do over the foreseeable future, in no particular order:
*More of my book: I've got a basic idea of plot in my head, but I need to put that to paper, and also work out character details. I also have to put it all on my computer, just in case.
*Geography essay: Of course. Hopefully I'll get it done quickly. Hopefully.
*Half-yearlies: They start Monday week, and go across two weeks. Oy vey. But, more time to study, I suppose.
*Get braces: Two weeks from today, on Thursday the 21st, I get them on. I take a day off school.
*Make a playlist on iTunes: Just something I want to do, so I'm not manually flipping to the same songs all the time.
Comments: 3 from 2 people. Well, let's reply; I need to post quickly.
*Karen: Yes, you are!
*Karen: That's OK; these things happen. You don't have to comment if you don't want to/don't feel like it. And don't apologise; I get it.
*Ebony: Ooh boy, that's another mini-post in my comments section. You make up for everybody else who doesn't comment. And yes, I thought 'My Place' was an awesome name as well; I liked it. I don't want to ask why you name inanimate objects, I'll just let it go. OK, I had a spelling fail, I'm not infallible. And I should probably have picked that 'no comment' thing up. And enough on my paragraphing.
I'll finish up now. The rest of my night will be spent relaxing, as it should. I really need to 'peace out.' But I don't see that happening until after the half-yearlies, because the weekends will be full of studying and exams and so on and so forth. Ah well.
Way too much work is coming up way too fast,
AB
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