Another day, another title which is fairly easy to write. For you see, today was Legacy Day. Wikipedia doesn't seem to know what it is, so the official website may be found here. Now, with the title out of the way, I can get straight to my day, which was mostly a big bludge. Which was pretty good for a Friday, although it is a late post. Ah well.
Before school, I put on my Legacy Day badge and wristband that I got from Dad. Period 1 was Maths, in which I forgot my textbook. So Mango and I showed me this game, where you start with 31 points, and can take away 1-5 points every turn. The person that takes away the last point loses. However, there was a trick, which I found out: if you go second, you just choose the number that, when added with the one that the first player picked, makes 6. (If you're first, though, you're doomed. Sorry.) Period 2 was Drama, which started off as doing some maths thing I was trying to work out (nerd, remember), but then became a conversation about Cam's PA system in his house and things about how I'm not a computer nerd if I haven't pulled my computer apart yet to get to know things that I can find out by not dismantling my laptop. Hmm. Next was Assembly, in which I discovered something tragic: the badge was gone. It had fallen off my jacket and was now nowhere to be seen. So after Assembly, I went through the Drama room, the Maths room, and the path I took between the two. But it was not to be found. So I played some cards.
Period 3 was Commerce, wherein we went to the computer labs to check the effects of unemployment. We also had a substitute, who, although well-meaning, didn't know what we were doing. So I went to Wikipedia, started off at the page for unemployment, and well, this happened (I love than comic, both specifically and a whole). I also found my badge, while absent-mindedly trawling through my pockets. What presumably happened was that the badge fell off my jacket into the jacket pocket. Quite lucky, there. Period 4 was Science, in which we analysed the experiment with the ticker-timer from yesterday. My value for the acceleration due to gravity: 9.7 m/s². Now that is amazingly close to the actual value, and in fact I was the closest in the class. Robson also told me that Pitt had something to show me in the Science staffroom. However, come lunchtime, after handing in that assignment I was doing, when I went to the Science staffroom, Pitt was nowhere to be found. Turns out he wasn't there. So I played 13 with the guys instead.
Period 5 was English, in which we went through the book we have, 'Runner,' to find evidence that the protagonist, Charlie, was the Odd One Out. Which essentially came down to the fact that things happened to him that didn't happen to other people. You know, like essentially every fiction novel in existence. Yeah. In the last period for the week, we went down to the Hall, where there were 4 veterans from the Korean War, there for commemoration of Legacy Day (it's not really celebrating if it's for the families of those killed in action). 3 classes were there (mine, Eric's and Cameron's; I don't know the actual names for the last two), and we heard their stories from back then. Some people didn't find it too interesting; I did. Call me crazy, but I find those types of things interesting. When I got home, I blogged a bit, and then friends came over. Specifically, Michael and Cleveland (they're both footy friends). They watched EJ play 'God of War,' so I played some Battlefield Heroes. After they left, I did some more blogging, then went to do some more BFH. I also watched the first AFL final: Crows-Bombers, which ended with Essendon thankfully being on the ass end of an ass-kicking, by something like 90 points. But I didn't get to finish the post, so here I am.
And that was my day. The next few days will be somewhat eventful, with my brother's Grand Final on Saturday and Father's Day on Sunday, which makes for longer posts. However, as these may be running into the night, the posts may be late. Or, at least, I'll have an excuse to post late. Both, really.
Friday comes, thank god,
AB
Friday, September 4, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Storms and Seminars
As usual, back to alliterative titles. The alternate title was 'Pouring and Presentations,' which means essentially the same thing, but it was more like a seminar than a presentation (the one about the rain would have just gone to match with the last word). Six of one, half a dozen of the other, really. Anyway. Yes, it's a late post, but that's only because I had an assignment. Well, I suppose society had a hand in it as well...
Before school, EJ gave me a maths puzzle that he got in class, and was supposed to do in 5 minutes. It took me about 15 minutes, and I got fractional numbers (as in, 3/17). My guess is either he gave me the wrong question, or the teacher had no idea what was going on. Period 1 was Science, in which we did this experiment with a ticker-timer (Wikipedia doesn't seem to understand, but what it actually is is this little device with a hammer. You feed ticker tape through, and 50 times a second the hammer goes down, marking the tape.). I was with Courtney and Shirisha, as they offered and their group didn't have enough people in it. We were just trying to figure out how much things accelerate due to gravity (9.8 m/s², but we're attempting to get that result ourselves). Period 2 was Computer Maths, in which we went onto the computers to do some stuff for trigonometry. We used Geometer's Sketchpad, so I'm happy. Recess was cards.
Period 3 was a presentation in the library, by a guy from Sydney University, as well as another woman and a student. He had come to tell us all about the spaces available in such positions as veterinary scientists and agricultural economists. And, as you might think, it was boring as hell. The woman was alright (she was talking about horse nutrition, and made it more exciting than I would have guessed), but the guy talked in a monotone for the entire thing, and the student looked like he didn't want to be there. Period 4 was Ag again (it was a double), but this period we went out to do some more hoeing. I, however, used it as an excuse to listen to the Tom Lehrer album on my iPod that I had completed. And it therefore was not a bad period, although towards the end it did start to rain. Lunch was 31 with Kevin in the music rooms, then going down to the computer labs in the DT block to get my jokers from Mango, who had stolen them.
Period 5 was English, in which we got yet another assignment (Goddamn!). This one doesn't seem too hard, but it's still annoying. There was also a big thing going on with the guys next to me, with Hancock labelling them 'monkeys,' and accidental hilarity ensuing when Ben said that whoever bought Andrew's bag was gay, then later saying he had bought it for him. Yeah. Period 6 was History, in which we did another one of those pre-tests. I swear, these are getting way too boring. After school, after making my way through the pouring rain, I finished the assignment we were doing in class, thank god. However, unfortunately, I didn't get to blog, quite evidently. So this is why it is late.
Such was today. There may be some late posts still to come: that is because my schedule has been neatly and completely thrown out of whack. I'll see if I can get it back (hey, that rhymed!), but I'm not going to say when because even I don't know. We'll just have to see.
It rained for the first time in ages,
AB
Before school, EJ gave me a maths puzzle that he got in class, and was supposed to do in 5 minutes. It took me about 15 minutes, and I got fractional numbers (as in, 3/17). My guess is either he gave me the wrong question, or the teacher had no idea what was going on. Period 1 was Science, in which we did this experiment with a ticker-timer (Wikipedia doesn't seem to understand, but what it actually is is this little device with a hammer. You feed ticker tape through, and 50 times a second the hammer goes down, marking the tape.). I was with Courtney and Shirisha, as they offered and their group didn't have enough people in it. We were just trying to figure out how much things accelerate due to gravity (9.8 m/s², but we're attempting to get that result ourselves). Period 2 was Computer Maths, in which we went onto the computers to do some stuff for trigonometry. We used Geometer's Sketchpad, so I'm happy. Recess was cards.
Period 3 was a presentation in the library, by a guy from Sydney University, as well as another woman and a student. He had come to tell us all about the spaces available in such positions as veterinary scientists and agricultural economists. And, as you might think, it was boring as hell. The woman was alright (she was talking about horse nutrition, and made it more exciting than I would have guessed), but the guy talked in a monotone for the entire thing, and the student looked like he didn't want to be there. Period 4 was Ag again (it was a double), but this period we went out to do some more hoeing. I, however, used it as an excuse to listen to the Tom Lehrer album on my iPod that I had completed. And it therefore was not a bad period, although towards the end it did start to rain. Lunch was 31 with Kevin in the music rooms, then going down to the computer labs in the DT block to get my jokers from Mango, who had stolen them.
Period 5 was English, in which we got yet another assignment (Goddamn!). This one doesn't seem too hard, but it's still annoying. There was also a big thing going on with the guys next to me, with Hancock labelling them 'monkeys,' and accidental hilarity ensuing when Ben said that whoever bought Andrew's bag was gay, then later saying he had bought it for him. Yeah. Period 6 was History, in which we did another one of those pre-tests. I swear, these are getting way too boring. After school, after making my way through the pouring rain, I finished the assignment we were doing in class, thank god. However, unfortunately, I didn't get to blog, quite evidently. So this is why it is late.
Such was today. There may be some late posts still to come: that is because my schedule has been neatly and completely thrown out of whack. I'll see if I can get it back (hey, that rhymed!), but I'm not going to say when because even I don't know. We'll just have to see.
It rained for the first time in ages,
AB
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Rough Wednesday Work
Try saying that 5 times fast! (Answer: I get to 'Rough Renswenswen...' at about the fourth try.) This title started off as something bad, but it got better when I realised it worked very well as a tongue twister. So I'll use this one. Anyway. Let's see my day, which, as you can guess, involved some rough work (...on a Wednesday).
Period 1 was more computer work on the Geography assignment, which is finally starting to take form. It's not finished; I'm gonna have to do some at home (it's only roughly a page, so it isn't that much). But for an assignment, I'd say that I'm doing this pretty well. I will hopefully not leave it to the last minute, although, you know, that just might end up happening. Ah well. That type of thing is to be expected, I suppose. Period 2 was Science, in which we analysed the result of the experiment yesterday with falling balls and acceleration and all that. And we came across an odd result: the acceleration due to gravity was about 15 m/s² (that little squared symbol there involved more work than it probably should have). Which, if you're a science nerd like I am, is odd, to say the least. It should be around 10 m/s² (well, 9.8. But you get what I mean.). So, either something somewhere has gone terribly wrong, or we have revolutionised the field of science with one experiment. Recess was the usual.
Period 3 was Ag, in which, like last period, we went out, got the hoes, and went to dig some more for our potato planting. And when we got there, well, let's say that we weren't too pleased. Sheep had been let out in that area, and they went all over our land, destroying our hills and giving us some smelly souvenirs in our trenches. So we had to fix our land up, while avoiding anything that came from the wrong end of a sheep. We did a fair bit of work, actually. Lunch was 13 and 31.
It was then Sport time, and unlike the last few times, we did rugby. Oh, joy. And I wasn't too good, to say the least. They got me to kick for some reason, and then they said I kicked too far. I didn't know there was a 'too far.' I was also doing really good, in my opinion: the ball was near the boundary line, so I ran towards the ball, going over the line while keeping the ball in (like in AFL), and I was dashing towards our forward
line (I insist on saying that instead of try line); when they said that that wasn't allowed. At that point, I just gave up, and Kevin and I became 'emergency defenses,' which sounds good but involves hanging around back waiting for people to come our way. Soon, we were substituted in, so we went to play cards for the rest of the day. Good times. After school, I talked to Ebony, and around 6:55, we left for hapkido.
Shay's diabetes was playing up on her, so I had to go alone. Class itself was pretty good, as one important thing happened: I could do my other back roll. Repeatedly. As in, I don't just do it, then fail the next few times. Every time, it works. It's not particularly glamorous, or refined, but it works. So I'll be going for my signature on either Monday or Wednesday (of next week). Something else also happened. I had a panic attack, for the first time since April (link to relevant post). Which may seem bad, but it had a silver lining. I had an onset of heart palpitations, and as soon as I sat down (as in, within a second), they stopped. That's a good sign for times to come. So when I got home, I blogged, although not enough, unfortunately.
This was my Wednesday. Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair! ...I felt like starting the last paragraph differently, and I like that quote (allow Wikipedia to fill you in). Anyway. Hopefully, tomorrow's post won't be late, but we'll have to see. Things may come up.
I actually like this title,
AB
Period 1 was more computer work on the Geography assignment, which is finally starting to take form. It's not finished; I'm gonna have to do some at home (it's only roughly a page, so it isn't that much). But for an assignment, I'd say that I'm doing this pretty well. I will hopefully not leave it to the last minute, although, you know, that just might end up happening. Ah well. That type of thing is to be expected, I suppose. Period 2 was Science, in which we analysed the result of the experiment yesterday with falling balls and acceleration and all that. And we came across an odd result: the acceleration due to gravity was about 15 m/s² (that little squared symbol there involved more work than it probably should have). Which, if you're a science nerd like I am, is odd, to say the least. It should be around 10 m/s² (well, 9.8. But you get what I mean.). So, either something somewhere has gone terribly wrong, or we have revolutionised the field of science with one experiment. Recess was the usual.
Period 3 was Ag, in which, like last period, we went out, got the hoes, and went to dig some more for our potato planting. And when we got there, well, let's say that we weren't too pleased. Sheep had been let out in that area, and they went all over our land, destroying our hills and giving us some smelly souvenirs in our trenches. So we had to fix our land up, while avoiding anything that came from the wrong end of a sheep. We did a fair bit of work, actually. Lunch was 13 and 31.
It was then Sport time, and unlike the last few times, we did rugby. Oh, joy. And I wasn't too good, to say the least. They got me to kick for some reason, and then they said I kicked too far. I didn't know there was a 'too far.' I was also doing really good, in my opinion: the ball was near the boundary line, so I ran towards the ball, going over the line while keeping the ball in (like in AFL), and I was dashing towards our forward
line (I insist on saying that instead of try line); when they said that that wasn't allowed. At that point, I just gave up, and Kevin and I became 'emergency defenses,' which sounds good but involves hanging around back waiting for people to come our way. Soon, we were substituted in, so we went to play cards for the rest of the day. Good times. After school, I talked to Ebony, and around 6:55, we left for hapkido.
Shay's diabetes was playing up on her, so I had to go alone. Class itself was pretty good, as one important thing happened: I could do my other back roll. Repeatedly. As in, I don't just do it, then fail the next few times. Every time, it works. It's not particularly glamorous, or refined, but it works. So I'll be going for my signature on either Monday or Wednesday (of next week). Something else also happened. I had a panic attack, for the first time since April (link to relevant post). Which may seem bad, but it had a silver lining. I had an onset of heart palpitations, and as soon as I sat down (as in, within a second), they stopped. That's a good sign for times to come. So when I got home, I blogged, although not enough, unfortunately.
This was my Wednesday. Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair! ...I felt like starting the last paragraph differently, and I like that quote (allow Wikipedia to fill you in). Anyway. Hopefully, tomorrow's post won't be late, but we'll have to see. Things may come up.
I actually like this title,
AB
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