Wednesday, November 24, 2004

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I do so enjoy half-days of school. ^-^ Everything is so easy and concise. Teachers clump together what it is you need to know, and give it to you. Either that, or they screw around all period. Both are acceptable. =p

The important thing about today is: I survived it, relatively unscathed.

I was late to school today, because I desperately needed a shower after last night's practice. We got a good amount done last night, considering that we were forced into the gymnasium, with some of the basketball players. =/

Coach made a couple more comments about my speed, which just sort of swelled by head a bit. >>

"Yeah man, when you came to Thames River that one time, you scared the crap out of me."

Then later, in a drill.

"This here, ladies and gentlemen, is the fastest fencer I saw who came to Thames River this summer. *pause* Of course, he only came once, but hey..."

We were doing a fairly simple parry riposte drill, but he was placing emphasis on our fast and correct recoveries. My bladework was perfect, he said, but my footwork really needed some help. I wasn't actually lunging, I don't think. I was sort of hopping forward with one foot. Coach told me to work with certain individuals on my footwork when I got the chance.

Then, from simple little parry riposte exercises, we moved onto a double bind. 0_o Slightly more complex. It goes something like this:

Fencer A extends his/her blade out.

Fencer B attempts a bind of Fencer A's blade.

Fencer A disengages their blade and moves it upwards to another line.

Fencer B circles their blade around to catch Fencer A' blade in a second bind and score.

It's a simple concept, but hard to put into action. Both people have to concentrate on the drill in order for it to work right. Even at a slow speed. >>

Anyways. School.

I had French first period. I got back my quiz/test from the other day on the imperfect tense. 95% ^_^ The only thing I got points off on was somewhere I put an accent where there shouldn't have been an accent. Silly little irregular verb. =p

I took a test in Pre-Cal. The period was shortened, so that added some time-related stress to the mix. I'm confident that I did well, but I won't believe that I aced it until I see it. Mr. Pukstas has innumerable ways to spot imperfection in our answers. *rolls eyes*

English was spent discussing Transcendentalism and Ralph Waldo Emerson. I was once again fortunate, and we did not have to turn in our take-home tests just yet.

We talked a bit more on cults today in Theology, and got another reaction paper. :D I love writing reaction papers for Theology. It's just so much fun to try and find an angle that none of my classmates will take, and exploit it. The first reaction paper we had to write dealt with the terrorist incident in Russia with the school children.

My classmates agreed with the article's author: Oh yeah, terrible stuff. Those guys are evil.

I brought into question the definition of evil. :p I criticized the article's writer for being biased, and defended the terrorists. Mr. Leone was quite surprised, and very impressed.

In our second reaction paper, we had an article about teenagers dying in car accidents. My classmates related their own life and experiences to the article. I blamed the teenagers for their own deaths, and basically called them stupid.

So, yeah. We got an article about the Pacer's game, and how one of the players attacked a fan or so. The article is just dripping with things for me to bring up. The biased author, the fan who threw the cup, and basketball player; oh, it's just awesome. I can't wait to get started.

We talked a bit more about our mouse conditioning project in Psychology, which I will relay further information to you about later.

We learned about Trusts and Holding Companies in history today, particularly those in the Gilded Age. We turned in our DBQ's about the motives of Imperialism, and I will be awaiting my grade come Monday.

Last period I had Off, so I wandered down to Mrs. Kainz's room and hung out with Angela, Angela, and Mike, a couple of my Senior friends. A short time later, it was 12:00, and the bell rang. School was out for the week(end). ^_^

I came home, and I've been puttering around ever since. Listening to my Evanescence CD, watching movies, playing Gamecube, and working with my Yu-Gi-Oh cards. My older brother and sister are both home, which is pretty cool. We get along so much better now that we see each other less.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving everybody, and enjoy the time spent amongst family and friends. :)


P.S. Last I looked, my site had 2999 visits. Somebody bump me. =p
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