Wednesday, March 10, 2004

   Posting early tonight....
Wow. It's 9:30 and I'm posting. O.o Normally I post at 10:00-something or beyond. This is what happens whenever I try to get my work done before I go online, I wind up having time to do stuff. Which is weird, in my eyes. I shouldn't be able to do this. Or should I? This strange phenomenon is quite perplexing.

I've managed to stay #1 Duelist at St. Bernard's. ^_^ This new Deck of mine is really kicking serious teenage-card-game-geek butt.

I had photography first period today. My group went out and took pictures. Oh boy. :p
After photography I took an Algebra II test. This one was the actual test, not a not-test like the one I took yesterday. I'm predicting a high grade on it. I went over it twice, and the answers all seemed to fit. Unless he threw in a trick problem. He likes to do that.... that jerk.....

Next was English. We got a test back, I got an 80. Not as good as I expected, but acceptable nonetheless. The essay was only worth two points, which turned out to my advantage. Would you believe that I couldn't get a two-point essay? -_-; Apparently, we were supposed to write a persuasive letter, and that's how it connected to the Middle Age literature we were reading.

I so cannot wait until next year. Hopefully it will be better.

The rest of the period we spent working with out partners on our Oral Presentations. I'm partnered with a girl named Kim, one of the smartest people in the English class. We worked out what we would say and got some stuff for a display. I still need to write up flash cards for then. *makes mental note*

We have a vocabulary test tomorrow, which I should study for. Everyone is hoping that we can take up enough time to keep from starting the Oral Presentations tomorrow. It's unlikely, since we have English for an hour tomorrow, but even if we limit the time, it means that there will be fewer presentations. I'm up fifth, and I'm estimating the test taking about a half an hour, so it'll be a close call. It depends on how long the presentations are, and on how long I can hold onto the test without being totally obvious about stalling.

It's not that I don't want to do the presentation. Well...I don't, really. I still don't particularly like getting in front of people to speak, but I've noticed that it isn't so bad when you're up there with someone else. As soon as I get up there, I'll be fine.

Hopefully.

I just don't think I'm quite ready to do the presentation. I'd like to have more time to work on my note cards and discuss what we're doing with Kim. The better our transitions are, the higher we're graded.

After English, I had History. We played a Jeopardy-like review game to see who would get extra points on the test tomorrow. We wound up tying, 30-something for each side of the class. I got about four answers towards that score, out of a lot of kids, so I was pretty happy.

Next was lunch. None of my Yu-Gi-Oh playing friends were in that lunch today, so I ate and then went to play games in the computer lab.

After lunch was French, where we had French history dictated to us by Mr. Ayres. That's pretty much it for French.

Next was Off. I played more computer games at www.Miniclip.com.

Then I had Chemistry. I got our last test back. 100% :D That's the first one-hundred that I've gotten for a while now. It felt pretty good to see a three-digit score again. Hopefully I can keep it up.

My sister had left school early for some reason, and she had taken the car, so I either had to take the bus or get a ride. After some quick and careful planning, I went over Eric's house. My sister was picking up my mom from work today, and my mom works just down the street from Eric.

Ah, before going to Eric's house, though, I played Yu-Gi-Oh with my friend Mark. I beat him, slowly and painfully. He uses a Deck that tries to overpower you with tons of monsters. But every time he'd get one out, I'd destroy it with something. And he had one of my Traps continuously draining his LifePoints. I wound up kamikaziing one of my monsters to win the game. Heh, it was a nice finish.

So, I went to Eric's house and watched Futurama. We played Yu-Gi-Oh in between every few episodes. Eric is a beginner at Yu-Gi-Oh, and he was using a deck that I built. He is, however, very intelligent and well versed in strategy.

Unfortunately, I knew every card in his deck, and knew how to play accordingly. He lost both times, his strategies thwarted and his mood aggravated. I can be a real jerk sometimes. :p

Next, my sister picked me up and brought me and my mom home. Well, I went home, my mom went to a meeting about the Ski Trip, and my sister went to a Boy's Lacrosse meeting.

I came upstairs and started working on my homework. I prudently avoided plugging in my Internet adapter. It was uncomfortable at first, doing work when I could have put it off, but I did it. I still have a bit left to do, but the majority was complete, and that's what really matters.

So, I'm sitting here, typing this up, wondering what else I can talk about.

I need a shower; maybe shave again, too. My school hands out detentions for shaggy faces, so it may not be a bad idea. That, and my younger sister tried pulling my hair earlier. She couldn't get a good grip because of the dried sweat and other assorted gross stuff. >_>

I've still got to do my English note cards for my presentation.

I have a western/frontier dance to go do on the 20th. My class' Student Council planned it, and I'm part of the Student Council. I'm sort of obligated to go, although I'd probably still go otherwise. I bought myself a denim shirt the other night, and I have a star-shaped badge that says: "Sheriff Benjamin" on it. It should be a fun night.

This weekend I have the Confirmation retreat. 4:30PM on Friday to 3:00PM on Sunday. We'll be going out of state, so our parents will be nowhere nearby. They're not allowed to call us, except in an emergency. I came back from our last retreat in a waspish mood, and wound up in a wellspring of despair such as I had on Saturday. It was not a fun time. It was all happy and nice, but the reality of so much wasted time and energy just drove me to tears. Yech...I'll just be glad when this is all over.

My room is still fairly disreputable. My dad won in excess of $2000 last night at a casino, which went to my school tuition. I may be getting a Barrel Behind the Door Trap card, which will help me immensely. One of the few things that hurts my Deck a lot is Magic Cylinder.

With Barrel Behind the Door, I can redirect the damage that Magic Cylinder would normally do to me. Situational, yes, but possibly game-winning if played right.

The Ski Trip is in two weeks, and people are suddenly deciding not to go, which is bad. We need to fill 40 seats, or we pay for the 40 seats out of our Youth Group bank account. Filling in those forty seats could be a hefty expense, so it'd be very good to get more people.

I think that's pretty much it for now. I still need a trademark object; if nothing else I'll be stuck with a toothbrush. I was hoping for something that I could add "of doom" onto, so that it might sound diabolical. Toothbrush of Doom sounds like it's been used before.

So now, I'll leave you with a quote from Wise and Otherwise.

There's an old Yiddish saying:
"When the lazy girls start dancing..."

(Highlight below for the end)
"...the musicians go out to pee."
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