Intro
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Well, I have the day off from school today. I think it's memorial day. Does anyone know what it is that celebrates? *sweatdrop* Yes, I'm off for a holiday, and I don't know what the holiday celebrates. ^^" I'll make a mental note to google that.
Wow... it seems to be a while since I posted. Not since Tuesday morning after my Symposium.
School
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Not much really happened for the remainder of my school week. Go in. Sleep through class. Go out. Well... we got to learn about atomic bombs in chem class! That was fun! X3 We also had a big earth day celebration on Friday.
Friday/Earth Day
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Well, Friday was Earth Day. Actually, no it wasn't. Earth Day already passed a long time ago. My school just celebrates Earth Day on May 26 for some inexplicable reason.
It was fun because a bunch of my teachers decided to take us out to the celebration outside. Probably because they didn't want to be stuck teaching a bunch of obnoxious high-schoolers, when they could be outside, hanging out and gossiping with the other teachers who also decided to go outside and not work. X3
I didn't really take part in the party/activities (too antisocial, and I hate crowds). But I found myself a nice secluded corner in the shade, and got to read for a while, without anyone bothering me. It was nice. Warm too. It must've been in the high 80s. I love hot weather! ¢¾
Our "earth" day really was more a "hang-out-in-the-courtyard" day.
Saturday
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Not much happening on Saturday. The highlight was that I got to go to a Barnes and Nobles bookstore, and bought that book I've been wanting for a while.
The JavaScript Bible
Sixth Edition
by Danny Goodman
I'm trying to learn JavaScript, so I bought a really big and detailed book to teach me. -^^-
I also got to read several manga comics while I was there, including
The Gentleman's Aliance #1 and
Nana #1. I have to say, I really hated the first Nana comic. Nana is a series a follow, and I started somewhere in the middle. But wow, if I started on book 1, I probably never would've continued reading the series. ^^"
While I was at the bookstore, I saw this really funny scene. There were these two girls, probably about my age, give or take a little. But they were just so stereotypically preppy and ditzy, that I wanted laugh. Both were dressed in trendy clothing and giggling over some guy on the cover of a popular magazine (don't remember what magazine). I heard the phrases "like" and "oh my god" a lot too. It was like something out of a movie. XD This is the weird alien species known as my peers. *sweatdrop* I hope to dear god that I never turn out like that. But then again, this is the antisocial part of me that's talking. If for some odd reason I became possessed with the sudden desire to become popular and trendy, I wonder if I could ever fit in with people like that? They seem to be a foreign species whose behavior is beyond comprehension. Well actually, it's more like I'm the alien studying the lives and behavior of the community's wildlife in its natural habitat, as opposed to inside my comfortable bubble. XD
Sunday
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We went to the Asian grocery store to stock up on Asian food, and ate at a Chinese Dim Sum resteraunt. I treated myself to eggtarts and almond tofu and ai yu jelly. Not that anyone knows what that is, but it's tasty.
I also went to see Pirates of the Carribean 3! It was awesome! I really loved it! Best movie I've seen in so long! I rate it 11/10! ¢¾ Also the first movie in a while to completely hold my attention for 100% of the time. Lotta drama and action. ^_~ It's very rare for me to rave about a movie, but I really liked this one! I hope they don't make a crappy sequel, PC4, because that would just ruin everything, after a really great ending (well I guess it wouldn't be an ending if they made a crappy sequel).
I only have one question about the movie. Whatever happens to the main character, Elizabeth? When the movie ends, she's on a romantic sunset island. That makes a cute ending, but what happens then? Does she just hang out on the island or what? I don't think she had a boat, or maybe she did... I can't remember. ^^" Was it even an island? *sweatdrop*
*poke poke*
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Sorry, I just needed to get the poking out of my system. XD
IQ
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I got bored and started taking online IQ tests for fun. (god I'm weird) As far as I'm concerned it's just a free ego-booster. Most of them probably aren't accurate, and I didn't get results for most of them either, because they make me pay to see what I scored. (meanies)
The only one I really remember was the tickle IQ test. That's because they sent me an email saying
"Xanth,
As a top-scorer on
Tickle's IQ Test, the
in-depth analysis of your IQ score is FREE!"
That's actually a quote from my email (the rest was mostly ads XP). This is what I mean by free-ego-booster. ^^" I think the results are shifted up though.
Tickle Classic IQ Test
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Highest Possible Score: 144
My score: 136
Average State Score: 113
Ideal IQ Test
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Ideal Average IQ Test score: 100
I wonder if I should subtract 13 points from my score, to make it relate to 100?
I took a different IQ test (Ticle Super IQ Test) on the same website and scored 113. I don't know what that means, except that it's probably not a great idea to trust web results. ^^" I'm relatively smart, but I'm not
that smart.
I read a chapter about IQ and intelligence in the Encyclopedia. The entire chapter was mostly going in circles, concluding that no one knows what intelligence is, because they can never get the psychologists to agree with each other. XD It struck me as really funny. How can you have a test claiming to measure something, if you don't even know what that something is? ^^"
When you think about it, the whole situation is stupid because they're trying to set concrete definitions, limits, and boundaries for a generalization, because "intelligent" is a very vague word to begin with.
What is the world more divided up in: religion or science? A few centuries ago we were burning people at the stake for witchcraft and heresy. Who knows, in a few more centuries, maybe the world will blow itself to bits with atomic bombs, over the string theory or something. ^^"
Well, I love you guys all so much. Thanks for coming and reading my long rambling post! I'll try to do the same for you guys! ^_~
May the gods of sporks and insanity be with you,
~Xanth~
