Monday, March 6, 2006

  Okey-dokey everybody, a lot of you updated today, so if I haven't already I'll come to your site and comment a little later tonight.

Let me say "thank you" to all who commented on yesterday's post, and continue to comment as well.
I really appreciate all the support you guys give me when I'm feeling down.
And don't worry if you didn't comment on a post or two. Lord knows I do that a lot (I take a lot of time to write my comments, so I often read a post and then try to comment later when I have the time).

Well, I have the Sophomore Writing Exam tomorrow. -_-' Every Sophomore in the state of North Carolina is required to take the writing exam on the 7th or March. By "test", I mean a test-essay. We have 2 and 1/2 hours to write an essay on a prompt they'll give us first thing tomorrow.
This is bad for me not only because I hate writing essays with a passion, but also because of how the grading of them works. I and all my fellow students agree: It's honestly better to be lucky then good on an essay, especially this one. Seriously, the criteria they grade them on is so random. You have no clue weather to take your prompt in one direction or the other, and that basically becomes a 50/50 chance on weather you'll pass or fail.
And guess how much it costs? 25% of my quarter grade!!! @_@ That's not fair! I know I bitched about it a week or so ago, but it's just down-right stupid for it to count that much!!
Ugh, I am so tired of me and every other student getting raped in the @$$ every year by the school board! I don't know how well the school board in your state/county works, but ours sucks! The parents and teachers even agree too!
Our essays get sent to one of 2 government-fed spud-nuggets up in Idaho or somewhere, where their entire job is just to read & grade essay after essay. It'd be a Hell of a lot better if my teacher graded them or something, but unless I somehow get lucky, I'm screwed.

On top of that, I've been feeling really sick lately. >_< I don't want' to have to take that monster of a test while I constantly feel like I'm gonna' throw-up or pass-out! Ugh, tomorrow's gonna' suck, and 25% of my quarter grade (that's more then the Final Exam costs, mind you) hangs in the balance.
Ugh, you see my dilemma? @_@

Ah well, if anything good is coming from this, it's that after tomorrow we won't have to do anymore writing in my English class this year! ^_^ We can focus on the stuff that's more fun, namely the books we're reading! Yay!

Anywho, before I go, I thought I'd update you on my computer's current status.
As you know, St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner (thanks to The Erin-chan, I now know it's the 17th of this month). So, I got a fitting new desktop for the occasion! ^o^
This is by far one of the most amazing things I've ever seen drawn. This was done by an artist named "akhirah", who like me also happens to be an Iron Maiden fan. ~_^ You remember Eddie; Iron Maiden's mascot skeleton/zombie/head-banger, right? Well, akhirah drew a special pic of him for St. Patrick's Day, and I just had to have it for my desktop! Check it out:

Isn’t that an awesome picture of Eddie!?
As you can see, he's jokingly dressed as a Leprechaun for St. Patty's Day, but still looks awesome in his trade-mark way.
What amazed me about this pic is how accurate she drew Eddie here. This looks like something one could only expect from Derek Riggs (the amazing artist who does all the awesome artwork for Iron Maiden).
Needless to say, I was floored by this pic!
Eddie wishes you a happy St. Patrick's Day! ^o^

Please pray for me as I go in to my Writing Exam tomorrow if at all possible, OK? I'd really appreciate it if you'd be willing to include me in your prayers tonight and tomorrow.

I'll see you all tomorrow!
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