Sunday, January 2, 2005

Ergh.


Wow. "Carb Alternative Reese's Cups" really, really suck.

A lot.
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The Final Day

Homework.


It's crunch time.
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Thursday, December 30, 2004

   Now, this is between you, me, and the lamppost.
Is sliced bread really our greatest accomplishment?


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Friday, December 24, 2004

On caroling in the Hospital....

Yeah, how about we not sing Silent Night outside of the INTENSIVE CARE UNIT this time.

>.<
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Tuesday, December 14, 2004

   w00t
Merry Quizmas. =p
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Wednesday, December 8, 2004

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Monday, December 6, 2004

   Agh! The self-control, it hurts!
So, here I am at 8:44 at night after a day of school, three hours of work, and an extra hour of homework at the library. The urge to play World of Warcraft is nauseating. Only, I can't, because I have much work to get done.

Well, technically I can, but I'm determined not to until I get all of (or an acceptable amount of) my homework done. It....is....agonizing. v_v

I've been much more organized in keeping track of my homework lately. I'm actually using my new assignment book, and constantly looking back into it to check things. Today, I actually started writing in the date, and subjects! I'm actually molding myself into a more organized, self-controlled individual.

Yay?

I had Off first period, which allowed me to type up the essay answers to my English test and to compare my test to those of my classmates. Following Off, I went to Sociology. We watched a movie about poverty in the late 80s, and how many people were ensnared in a downward spiral of welfare. They're at the point where they can't survive without the welfare, and any attempt at getting a job (which could not initially provide enough for their family) would disqualify them from welfare. Life sucks for them, to put it mildly.

I took a test in French today. Other than the vocabulary section, where I think I royally screwed up, I think I did pretty well. The grammar and the concept stuff I understood, so I expect a low to mid B, depending on how Mr. Ayres grades them.

After French was Pre-Calculus. Yay for me, I actually understood what we were doing! :D I totally lost it over the weekend (the knowledge of how to do the problems), but I was fortunate enough to reaffirm my learning today. Test on Wednesday. w00t

LUNCH - > Talked to Tim about WoW.

Following lunch was English. We corrected our latest test, and went over some of Emily Dickinson's poems. Somewhere along the line, Mr. Lamoureux took an old adage and twisted it. The result being:

"If you love someone, let them go. If they return to you, they love you.





And if they don't return, stalk them."

Heh. English class can be fun a times. Mr. Lamoureux also passed back our papers, much to the dismay/dread of the class. I was happy with the result, though. I got a B+! Yay! My highest grade so far on my papers for him. On the first try, anyways. He encourages us to rewrite and resubmit our papers for a higher grade. I've yet to do so with my papers. >.> But I really do intend to, at some point. =p

After English we technically had Theology. That is, we were in the Theology classroom with our Theology teacher, but were doing something totally different. Mr. Pagliuca was there (the head of our Guidance department) and he had our PSAT scores and tests. He passed them all out, and then started a spiel on our futures and planning for college and such.

I was a bit surprised at my results this time. I had expected to do worse than before. >.>

Last time, my rough SAT equivalent grade was 1150.

This time, I got a 1350. ^______^

I scored (the approximate equivalents to) a 750 in the Critical reading section, a 600 in the math, and a 730 in the Writing Skills section.

I scored better than 99% of Juniors in the Critical Reading, better than 83% in Math, and better than 96% in Writing. ^_^

Overall, I scored better than 98% of college-bound Juniors. I-just....wow. My parents were both very happy, and all of my friends hate my guts. =p

The national average for each section is 490, we were told. Like...whoah.

Last period I had Psychology, and we finished up our pretests to get ready for our test tomorrow. I intend to ace it, just like the last one. :D

It snowed a bit today after school, and then it hailed. It was very very cold out, and there was a touch of a breeze. New England weather rocks. =D



Ergh. I was going to write more, but I've got to go do homework and take a shower. Wish me...um....sleep? Fortitude?

...

Something positive. >.>
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Sunday, December 5, 2004

WoW: Day Two
I got up this morning and walked down to Mass. My dad was working at the golf course, and my mom was already down at Sacred Heart setting up for Coffee and Donuts. Thus, no ride for me.

So, yes. An hour and ten minutes of mass, as per usual. >_<

Following that, I retired to the cafeteria for Coffee and Donuts. I read through the newspaper circulars, and had a couple donuts. Victoria, Melina, and Melina's sister Nadia showed up, so I talked to them for a couple of minutes. Then my mom decided to put us to work collecting presents around the school for the Youth Ministry's Christmas Drive.

What we do is collect a bunch of toys and such from the church-goers and students, and then we ship them down to the less fortunate people down in Selma, Alabama. We've done it every year for....a lot of years.

After that, Victoria went to Mass and the sisters had to leave. So, I went back to the cafeteria and got a headstart on my homework. I worked today from 12-5, so it was best that I get some homework done A.S.A.P.

I did a bunch of flash cards for my Sociology and Psychology classes, and then my sister came to drive me to work.

12-5....work.

Slow days at the library suck.

Especially when you have these people coming up to me and asking me for help.


I'M NOT THE ONE WITH THE DEGREE IN LIBRARY SCIENCES! GO ASK AT THE INFORMATION DESK!!!!11!1!!11!

Sheesh. I'm a 16 year-old page. Leave me alone. I'm just trying to do my job, which does not involve helping you. >=/

Whee, I'm bitter. =p

Anyways. It was a slow day at work today, which was not fun. Fortunately, all of the hours I've been putting in will pay off this Thursday, and the second Thursday to follow, and two Thursdays from there, and so on and so forth. Yay for incentive.

Most of my homework is done, I've just got a bunch of loose ends to tie up. A question or two in Theology, a couple of problems in English, etc.

When I got hom from work, I got right onto my computer and started playing World of Warcraft. It's been the source of much entertainment and frustration for me. I finally got to harvest something with my Herbalism techniques, and then I get killed before I can use the Herbs for anything. Fishing is fun, though. It's free, and I can sell the fish for a modest price. It's really very minimal but *shrug* it's something to do.

And did I mention it's fun?

I joined up with somebody from the Phantom League, the Guild I signed up for. With my signature, the Guild Charter became official, and I became a founding member of the guild. w00t!

I'm a bit behind the others as far as my Level goes, though. The guy I met up with, Orclin, was somewhere in the neighborhood of Level 13-15. I just got to 8 this evening. But, hey, I don't have as much time as he does, and my computer lags.

I cannot wait until the Christmas break, where I can play this game for hours on end. ^_^

I'd very much like to get a new video card by then, though, so that my game doesn't run so choppily.

Anyway, that's what went on today. I'm off to play more WoW. As soon as I figure out how to take screen shots, you can be sure I'm going to post a couple of neat ones. ~_^
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Saturday, December 4, 2004

   Laaaa-a-a--a---a---a------a--------g
I bought World of Warcraft today, and it's awesome. ^_^ It took a long time to load all four disks onto my computer, especially because I screwed up the first time on disk three. -_-;;

It's making my computer run a bit slower, but not unbearably so. The entertainment value more than balances it off. =p

And, because I've got just about the minimum of everything the game requires, my version runs a bit slowly/choppily. I can still function (pretty much). My character has leveled up to Level 6, and I've got a number of useful items and I've learned a bunch of spells so far. Silly, naive me, I thought I'd start out with all of my spells and abilities. Pfeh. Of course not, I need to earn them! Which, still, ought to be a heck of a lot of fun. ^_^

I love my character, too. He's a big Tauren, and his starting weapon was a stick. XD

Which is cool, heh. Since I started, I've traded in my starting stick and another better one I picked up to earn my best stick yet. Not to mention that the more I use the sticks, the more proficient I become with them. Whee, awesomeness. ^_^

I've only died once so far, and that was because of a slight miscalculation on the speed of my healing spell. >.>

"I'll cast the spell just before he kills me. No problem."

Only, the spells take a second or two to prepare. A second or two I didn't have at that point. So, yeah. I died, and became a ghost. Being a ghost is fun, because you get to move, like, four times faster and run back to your corpse. Then you jump back inside, and you're good to go.

Later on, I got some help from a Level 15 guy of the same race and class as me. He had already learned the Bear Shapeshift, and so he could turn himself into this massive bear that just tore through anything that got in our way. It was awesome. BlackMind ish my hero. =p I want to be just like him when I level up.

XD

Back to the game. It's just....awesome. Everybody should get it and join me in the awesomeness! ^_^
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Friday, December 3, 2004

   "Rally the Horde!"

Hmm. Yeah. Tim's taken to using that phrase a lot lately. We're both still really obsessed with getting WoW. He actually greeted me tonight, calling me Tauren Shaman, or something. I responded in kind, calling him Warchief. =p We're a bunch of geeks, but it's fun.

Today was a bit strained in the morning, but once again I managed to pull through. It was a pretty easy schedule of events, and I was grateful for that.

First period I had AP History. Mr. Currie was in a "class participation" sort of mood today, and he had asked us all to read some pages in our books last night. I had, actually, read the assigned pages, and so I was able to answer the questions he posed to the class. Me, and few others. Mr. Currie actually asked the class: "Geez, guys, is Ben the only one who read the chapter last night?"

Yay me. ^_^

After History I had Off for an hour. Matt, me and diverse others worked together to complete our take-home English tests. Once we had finished with the multiple guess answers, I went to the library and typed up all of my short essay questions. I had just enough time after finishing that to finish off the last of my Pre-Cal homework, which was great.

We basically did a bit of catch-up in the first half of Sociology. Half of the class had been on Senior Retreat yesterday, and so the rest of us basically chilled until they were caught up. Then we did a pretest, which I am immensely grateful for. The last time we had a test and I hadn't had a pretest, I failed miserably. >_<;;

After Sociology was French. We had a test scheduled for today, but we still had some questions on the material, so Mr. Ayres shrugged and pushed the test off to Monday. Awesomeness.

I grabbed a quick bite to eat at lunch, and then headed to the nurse's office to duel John for the first time in a while.

I was playing with a post-ban stall deck, and he was using his pre-ban Spellcaster deck. Which meant that he had a huge advantage over me, with the awesomely powerful cards he had that I didn't. Anyways, my deck worked as it should. I got out a defensive wall of monsters that John couldn't break through, and played Final Countdown, a card that would make me win automatically after 20 turns.

On turn 18, he finally managed to overpower me with some banned cards and win. It was pretty darn close. =p

With a bit of tweaking, this deck of mine has a lot of potential, I think. We shall see.

Anyway, after lunch I had Pre-Cal. It was pretty run-of-the-mill learning. We've got homework. Yay.

English was pretty cut and dry, too. We corrected some tests, listened to Mr. L rat on us a bit on how little we've learned in our other subjects, and gave us another test to do.

We watched a movie in Theology about high school students taking steroids. They were all pretty depressed, and two of them committed suicide. I'm hoping it got the message across to the others in my class. I certainly have no desire to take them. I want to get smaller, not bigger. =p

Before starting the movie, I asked Mr. Leone if he'd read our reaction papers yet. He sort of looked at me, smiled, and said no, he hadn't. In the midst of the movie, he went to his desk and sat down to read. About halfway through the movie, Mr. Leone suddenly laughs. He looks up at me and says that he's just finished reading my paper. He liked my last line, in which I called the author of the article a "libelous moron."

I do so enjoy writing my reaction papers. :D More often than not, I'll attack the author of the article for their methods, rather than the content of the article. But, I guess that counts for something, considering I've gotten highest grades on every one I've done. =p

And then, school was done! Yay! I came home, did some random stuff until about 4:00, and fell asleep for a couple of hours. *dreamy smile* That was great. =p

So, I've stayed up since then, eating Chinese and beating my cousin and sister at various Gamecube games. I've checked out the various components of my computer, and I'm fairly certain that it will be able to handle WoW. So tomorrow, if all goes well, I ought to have it in my possession. Which, of course, will be awesome.

I'm off to bed for now, though, as it's late, and I'm bored.
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