Robin's Journal
I just can't explain it. Why am I so bad at the game
Gin Rummy? I lost 7 games in a row, and some to amateurs. I keep giving others what they need. Am I that bad? Maybe the others are just lucky. I lost one game 99 to 111. Oh well, so it goes.
I read
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It's interesting and a bit more easy to grasp than Slaughterhouse five. The plot and storyline are easy to understand. I heard it was also banned. Kind of ironic, since the book describes a world in which books are illegal.
* * *I have this pimple starting on my damn nose. I try to stop it but it keeps growing. Alcohol doesn't seem to work anymore.
* * *I saw the first half of
Gangs of New York last night. It wasn't as good as I thought it would be (it shouldn't have been nominated for best picture). Daniel Day Lewis was good, i'll say that much. He is what makes this film entertaining.
* * *I also watched the movie
SOLARIS, directed by Stephen Soderburgh. It was slow and boring. There was some intriguing mystery, but nothing too thrilling. More of a romance than sci-fi. It had like 4 characters throughout the film. The movie was in my opinion, no good. 7/10 for me; 6/10 for Frank.
Today is New Year's Eve.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Frank wanted to watch the beginning of Bowling For Columbine, but mom wouldn't let him. So we played some Rummy and that was it. I read my book, and Frank also read his. Mom went on ebay and found old Chinese coins. She was interested in them, and was thinking of bidding on them.
I FINISHED THE BOOK SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE BY KURT VONNEGUT. IT WAS INTERESTING, AND NOT AS CONFUSING AS I FIRST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. THERE WERE SOME HUMOROUS PARTS, AND SOME GRIM SERIOUS PARTS. I ENJOYED THE SEGMENT ON TRALFAMADORE. I'M THINKING ABOUT READING SOME OF HIS OTHER WORKS, SPECIFICALLY: CAT'S CRADLE AND TIMEQUAKE. AND SO ENDS ANOTHER GREAT CLASSIC. SO IT GOES.
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We went out today to the post office, where I met Mrs Basch. Frank got an AOL Cd. She confused me with Gerald again. Then we stopped at Walgreens to pick up some medicine for mom. We got some cough drops too. Then we went to burger king to eat.
Mom took me to Sam Ash today to look at some flutes. I brought my flute with me. The guy there seemed a little impatient with us. I played a gemeinhardt and a used emerson. I liked the emerson because the sound was good. It still cost $399. The new one cost $700. Mom was thinking of trading in my old Selmer Flute. I didn't want to. In the end, we didn't get anything. The guy at the front desk had to give me a pass in order for me to bring in my case.
After that, mom dropped us off at Borders. I got Frank his book,
A Separate Peace. I do what I usually do at a book store: Walk around and do nothing. I read a bit from Michael Moore's book
Dude, where's my country?. Frank just looked at his manga. Mom came and got two other bargain books.
We went to Sam's and got some stuff. I saw a bright glow in the sky. Didn't know what it was.
When I got back home, the glow was still there. It was north of here. It was a very faint, but visible yellow glow. I thought it was thunder at first, because there were booms in the distance.
I later learned that there was an explosion a magnesium factory or something.
I saw a documentary on Hiroshima, and then I watched
Bowling for Columbine. It was a funny, but serious documentary. Michael Moore really makes a point about violence and gun control. His method is ingenious and clever. I especially enjoyed that cartoon segment on the "History of America". I give it 10/10.
When I went out, the explosions were still going on.
I played Gin rummy and 40 points this morning. Didn't really do much. I had some noodles for lunch. I read my book, Slaughterhouse Five.
I saw the movie
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. There were some funny parts. It would be nice if I could watch a movie without interruptions. The special effects left me awestruck. Overall a very entertaining film. 9/10.
Mom wanted to print some digital photos from the PC onto glossy paper. Problem was, when we printed it, there were a bunch of lines on the picture. I tried using different paper (the ones that came with the printer), but they were worse. Dad came and realigned everything, and the pictures turned out pretty good. He even took some VERY HIGH QUALITY pictures. Mom took several photos of her koi.
I got up early, watched some Power Rangers Ninja Storm. It was about Cam. It was okay. I had a donut for breakfast. I played some cards. For most of the afternoon, i just went outside an waged war. Today, the Germans invaded England, but the English fight them off. The Germans bombed the English lands. There was much destruction. The Soviet Union was also desecrated.
I played some Gin Rummy on Yahoo. It wasn't as easy as I thought. It did require some thinking. Me, Mom and Frank also played 24. Mom was the best.
Later in the afternoon, Mom took us to the New Renovated Twinsburg Library. I got two books:
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. I also got the book
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Frank talked about
THE THREAT. The Library has a nice anime section. Frank read some Chobits. I was thinking about getting the book, the Wave, but I changed my mind. We also picked up some movies. I chose
Bowling for Columbine. Mom got
Raise the Red Lantern, again. We watched it after dinner. I thought the movie was very well made; the cinematography was very beautiful. The film was slow at times, but there would be sudden jump scenes that would keep you awake. I give Raise the Red Lantern, a 10/10 A.
I had a dream that we found a cat. It was a maine coon, and it had a collar. We were thinking about returning it to its owner.
For most of the morning, we just played 40 points. Hey, I can shuffle cards pretty good now. I think I'm addicted. And what is with Frank's sudden interest in power rangers?
Frank finished Animal Farm. We had pizza and soup for lunch.
I finished my comic WiCCA. It wasn't that good. It was 13 pages long, and its last page is pointless. It has Dr Octopus and a scene from Spiderman 2.
Then me and Frank just talked about Hillary Duff, K Kochis, Anime, and played Rummy.
We had dumplings for dinner - that was good. I rolled the dough, while mom added the meat. We played more cards after dinner.
There was a brief battle between the Soviets and Germans. The Germans bombed England and some other countries. They also bombed the Soviet Union. The Soviets used slush to hold off the German onslaught.
I saw an interesting History Channel Documentary on Nostradamus, and all the predictions he made about WWII, Revolution and of course, 911. Penn and Teller made some funny remarks. They were arguing that if someone had information about 911 before hand, they should have tried to stop it. After, there was a program about Extraterrestrials.
GOOD NEWS!! OUR $60 and $30 REBATES HAVE RETURNED!!!!!
I had a very disappointing dream. I was at Chinese School. There were a bunch of little kids in my class. It was free time, and I took out my cards, ready to play with a little girl, when the administrator came in and said no more free time; more study time. We needed to study more and more. He said card playing was not allowed, and I got in trouble.
Swtich scenes. We are on stage ready to perform our Chinese New Year Concert. First we sing a song. I don't really sing the lyrics; I just add some chorus and hand motions. It was Shan who was singing. And then we were to play our instruments. For some reason, everyone got in a line. Shan began by playing Xi Yang Yang on her violin. I went and picked up my Chinese flute, but couldn't play it. The teacher came out and said the performence was too bad, and made us start all over, but at a slower pace. Then I shouted at them and said they sounded like Shit. We started all over again, but this time with my Western Flute. We sounded a lot better. Chinese people can be real stubborn.For most of the day, I just sat around and drew my comic. I slept during the afternoon. Mom tought us how to play the game
40 Points, or SiShi Fen. It's easy, but difficult also. Frank felt a little better, and even downloaded some power rangers songs. Well, that was Christmas day. That's how my Christmas went.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!.
BAD NEWS!!!!! Frank has a 100
o fever, so we can't goto Chicago!! No! And we had everything prepared last night! We even bought a $40 sleeping bag, and we gave symba a $72 shot! Damn, Frank just had to get sick. This sucks. Well, might as well just sit around and play pool all day. Once again, another Christmas goes by; and another atheist's christmas goes by as well.
I was kind of disappointed we couldn't goto Chicago. I was looking forward to it. So I ended up eating the Chips and Salsa, as well as the Chocolate and Sparkling Cider. Frank stayed in bed all day.
I worked on my WiCCA comic. On page 11. I took a nap for most of the afternoon. I did some research on
Kurt Vonnegut and his book
Slaughterhouse Five. Yeah, I want to read it. Well that's basically all I did today.
I saw one of our koi with a big piece of crap hanging from it's anus. Dad scared it and caused it to shake it off.
We have lots of koi; mom recently bought a gold $35 koi. We were thinking about building a larger pond. Good idea.
I had the weirdest dream last night. I had a dream I was in the band room and they were showing a movie on a large screen. It was something called
Jungle Boys. It was so strange. It had a scene where a woman was in a corn field and was gunned down by a machine gun. There was an airplane falling from the sky. It took place in the country side. It looked like it was made in the 80's and resembled something like the Outsiders. It also starred Pamela Anderson. IT WAS SO WEIRD!!
I finished reading the book
Animal Farm. Yeah, it was good. It wasn't funny, but rather satirical. It really criticizes Stalinism and it shows how communism turns to tyranny. Orwell really did a good job in getting his point through to us.
Me and Mom took Symba to the vet. A lady said we had a beautiful dog. I overheard the doctor talking about cysts, diabetes and stuff. She should lose some weight. There weren't any problems, except she kept sniffing another dog. She did not vomit on her journey! Amazing!
Frank is starting to get sick: 99.1 degrees.
I had some dreams. I dreamt that Frank built a snow sculpture of Gandalf the Wizard. It was very well made and very realistic. It was built against a wall. The face was on the wall, and the beard was on the ground. Gandalf also had glasses. I was wondering how Frank could make those glasses so well using only snow.
Last night I dreamt I was at Chinese school. It was sheer chaos. Some kids wanted to play a game called 'suicide' in the class room. They turned over a teacher's desk. Kids were drawing on the walls. The room was filled with people just talking and running around. I went to the teacher and told him about my proposal to play instruments. He liked the idea. I told him playing instruments was better than singing or doing a play.
FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON, ME AND FRANK JUST PLAYED CARDS. I TAUGHT HIM A NEW GAME CALLED NERTS. THEN WE PLAYED RUMMY WITH A 104 CARD DECK. WE ALSO PLAYED DEAN VECCHIO ON YAHOO POOL. WE WON ABOUT THREE OF THE FIVE GAMES. FRANK MESSED UP AND HIT THE CUE BALL INTO THE HOLE ON THE LAST GAME. DEAN WANTED ME TO PLAY BOWLING.
We went to the library. Everything was renovated there. It's really neat. Now the library is huge. I got the book Animal Farm by Orwell. They have an anime section. The video section is in the former children's section. They have couches and tables and Stools. They even have a fireplace. This library is now luxurious. They have a librarian in the middle of the Young Adult section. Frank thinks she's in the way. I found out I have a 60 cent fine, from that Empires book about the Hittites. Damn. Oh well. The library was still cool. They still had some construction. The children's section is now on the other end. There's a new DVD shelf. We then went back to the fitness center.
It was official now. Mom has decided to go to Chicago for Christmas. I didn't want to go at first, but then I decided it would be okay. We played cards in the morning. In the afternoon, we went to Aurora's shopping center. We first went to Petsmart and then DICK'S. Mom bought a sleeping bag there. We went to Wal Mart also, where I got some gummi bears and Frank got some eclipse gum. We went to Heinens. They didn't have Plum Wine. Saw all my classmates again.
I worked a little on my WiCCA comic. I'm on my 6th page.
I saw the movie
HERO starring Jet Li. It was a decent martial arts film, set in old China. Yeah, I liked the sword fighting and the Kung Fu. Okay Plot. I give it a 9/10. B+.
There was a lot of snow this morning. I saw the new plans for the World Trade "Freedom" Building. We played cards this morning. I went outside and played in the snow for a while. Me and Frank played flute and violin together to see if it sounded good. It sounded okay. It was decided that we see a movie today: Lord of the Rings.
We left at 2:10 to see a 3:00 showing of
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The tickets were $5. When we got there, there was a long line waiting to see the movie. It was jammed in the theater. A man told me to watch his seats so I did. Like 20 people came and asked to sit there. Nearly all the LOTR shows were sold out.
The movie was awesome. It had great battle scenes and a good plot. The action was intense and the characters were well portrayed. It had a good beginning and a good end. The special effects were spectacular. I think this is the best of the Trilogy. I give it a 10/10, or A+. Thanks to Frank's insistence, I added a column to my movie list to include letter grades.
When we came out, all the 5:00, and 7:00 shows were sold out. I even saw the woman put a sticker up on the 7:15 show that said 'Sold Out'. When she pushed the board back, it fell! It was funny.
For the entire night, I just played cards. I used my round cards also. Most of my day was taken up by LOTR. It grossed an average of $30 everyday. Yeah.
English class was a party. I played some rummy with Matt Greg and Vince. I won the first hand. Ahsan, Ali and Me played a game of BullShit which was kind of fun, after I tried teaching Ahsan how to play Rummy. The rest of the class was a connect four tournament basically! The movie Dead Poets Society was playing, but only a couple people watched. The rest of the class just played cards. I let Mandy and Nicole use my cards.
We watched a video on Thermochemistry in Worsencroft's class. It was actually the movie
The Grinch. It was very funny. We had to write three things that had to deal with thermochemistry. I wrote stuff about how water turns to snow.
We took a test in World History. I got a 93%. I guessed correctly that I would miss four questions. Jay, Ryan and Scott got caught cheating and had to retake the test plus write a letter of apology. They got 8 points taken off.
We got new music in band. One of them was a March, and the other one was called
Inversia. I played both pretty good. I just had a little rhythm problem. They handed out candy and we left for winter break. I am happy. We have pep band tonight also.
I had a dream. Very strange. I go with Frank and some other asian kid into an abandoned train station. It is really dark. The tracks were still hot. The little boy was playing around and standing on the very end of the track. He thinks the train will stop before it hits him. Well, the train comes in at a normal speed, and it hits the boy who is leaning against a pile of iron large iron bars. I am looking down on this at an upper angle. The boy's body is really messed up. The boy didn't even make a sound. His body was mutilated. I told Frank to go call 911. I man came in and I stayed quiet, hoping he wouldn't see me. This is the third time I saw someone die in here. The first time, some older boy got hit in the shoulder by an ax. Another time, a boy that looked similar to Scott Burgen, was shot with a machine gun. That is all I remember of my horrible dream.
It snowed alot this evening. Mom was almost going to make me stay home! But dad drove me to pep band anyway. The roads were really snowy. The snow was falling like rain. I was the only flute to play the Star Spangled Banner. Everyone clapped when Ski said I did a good job. I talked with Bobby for a while. We played the Kenston Bombers. Our team played really good. When I left it was 28 to 24. Once again the same "Bleacher Creatures" were booing at the visitors. They kept yelling at player number 10. They yelled "BullShit" when a player faked a foul. They booed when Mr Shumacher took away their beach ball and deflated it. Yeah, it was normal. It was fun though. I liked it. I hope we win. The stepettes were back. They did pretty good too. I enjoyed their performence.
I just found out that Twinsburg defeated the Kenston Bombers last night, 60-53!
My cough is still here, and has gotten slightly better. It snowed this morning.
In english we took a latin base quiz (another easy 'A'). Mrs Pearn gave us ANOTHER quiz pass worth three points. I now have 19 bonus points I can get (5 points per bathroom pass and 3 points per quiz pass). I bought cards to class and briefly showed Ali how to play Rummy. I played Ali in two games of Connect 4; I won once and he won once. Brandy beat Ali. Ali beat Jacob. We just read some poems and that was it. Tomorrow all we're doing is partying. What's the point of even showing up???
Chemistry was just notes. I didn't have my good glasses so I couldn't see the notes. I don't even care what we are doing in this class. I'm just takin notes and doing the work. Don't even care about what I am learning. Mr Worsencroft likes to read us stuff from his "Bathroom Reader". His "Quotes of the day". He wanted to "Shed some light on the subject", by turning on the lights. He picked my Lab in the random picking of labs between me and phil. 50 50 chance. He still picked mine.
Learned about Spanish and Dutch empires in World History. We had our Christmas feast for lunch. Wasn't much of a Feast though. Yeah I told Mrs Denges that I have been to China. She has been to Israel. Interesting.
We practiced in the auditorium again. I took Stephanie's chair, but then Katherine Ruff took it back. I then got another one, but I think Kerri took it. So I got ANOTHER one from the band room and had to squeeze in there. I shared a stand with her. The concert is TONIGHT!. TONIGHT. It is in a couple hours and we sound like sh*t. This is so far the worst year in band.
I came a little late to the concert. For most of the time, I just sat around or watched the other performers. The Jazz Band was the best. Choir was pretty good too, especially in the end when all the alumni came and sang Hallelujah with them. Then came the orchestra. Yeah, they were good. Frank played okay. OKAY! The lady next to me said that I had to go on in a couple minutes, so I left the auditorium and went into the band room. I even saw Ski in the auditorium! I came back just on time. We played and we played well. There were some mistakes, but it was really good. I didn't wear black socks, as pointed out by Adam Roskoph. I showed my cards to Ashley Boyes and she tried to play my flute. I helped out in the end putting chairs and stands away. We left, not getting any refreshments.
I am talking to dean right now who signed on under fallenangel. He is impersonating her and yelling at her buddies. He is also investigating this PM BOMB.
uuuh. My cough is still here and has barely got better. Lord of the Rings got an 'A', of course. I want to go see it.
Mrs. Pearn is back. I overheard Stephanie Police wants to publish a poem on Tiger Prints, but wants to remain anonymous. That's fine, but remember: I submitted
7 poems and NOT ONE has been published. We read a bunch of poems by Wordsworth. The poems we read yesterday were by Blake. Ali gave me $5 collateral for my quiz pass. I put playing cards in my coat.
We did a lab in Chemistry. It involved the reaction:
Mg(s) + 2 HCL ---> MgCl2 + H2 (g)
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I worked with Phil and Alec. Yeah, it was a fun experiment. Especially when we added the calcium to the acid. It was REALLY reactant. Phil and Alec even put calcium in water and mixed some magnesium and NaHCO
3. The stuff sizzled in water. It was cool.
I forgot what happened in history class. I was reading a book about China. We learned about the history of exploration. We worked on a map worksheet where we drew lines north, south, northwest, etc.
We practiced in the auditorium for band, this time with the orchestra. Kyle Bialko sits right in front of me. We were tuning in band and three times I was sharp. I dropped my flute and Ski said "roooooobiiiin."
I drew more hammer and sickles on the windows.
I slept for most of the afternoon. Frank downloaded a bunch of songs.
I saw the movie
Nowhere in Africa. It's a movie about a family who flees Germany during WWII, to Kenya. I very touching story (it is a true story), but a little dragged on. My favorite part was when the locusts came and invaded the crops. Yeah, it was cool. The only thing I didn't like about it was that it was just too long and they kept adding and adding. I give the film a 9/10. Frank gave it 8/10.
'Good Riddance'!
We had a substitute (Mrs. Cohen) in english today. Mrs Pearn must be sick. I probably got her sick. My cough is getting worse. Yeah the same students just played Spades for the entire period. Me Ali and Ahsan worked in a group on the worksheets, which were poems by Wordsworth or someone. Then we played Connect 4 for the rest of the block. I won some games, Matt Podmore won once. Eh, It was fun.
Boy, let me guess. We just took notes in chemistry. I just laid there. We had a prelab. Yeah, Jeremy Ondo said my Thermochemical rules were impressive and they looked like "Chemistry Text".
We simply learned about European Exploration in Denges' class. Worksheets. She asked me three questions in a row. Brandon Vondrak was paid thirteen cents to be the teacher. The plan for this Friday is Test, Lunch and Lunch!
I don't know when Mr Ski will figure out that moving and entire band into the auditorium is chaos. It is just insane. It just doesn't work when 100 students are carrying a stand, a chair and an instrument, all squeezing through a small door. I HATE IT!!! Concert is this Thursday. We will suck. We are simply unprepared.
I guessed nascar_fallenangel's password last night. It was surprisingly easy to guess. It's geekaml. I have a fever of about 99.1o. Mom got a new electronic thermometer. I'm gonna goto bed now, because I am sick. I am also continuing my epic WiCCA.
I got a stupid nosebleed this morning so dad had to drive me. My cough got worse. I continued to have a runny nose all day at school. Mom even made me take an extra cotten ball just in case.
Three words: 'WE GOT HIM'. We got Saddam Hussein. I see his picture everywhere.
We saw a video on the Romantic Period. A very boring video. Is it just me, or is this class becoming more disoriented and more chaotic? We plan to watch the Dead Poet's Society this Friday.
We just took notes in physics. I was the only person to get question 9 correct on the homework. It wasn't even that hard. I typed out the Thermochemical rules.
We just talked about science and magic in history. It has to do with the Scientific Revolution. Three kids, Evan, John Sabo and Amanda Gambosi went up and each pretended to be Galileo. Only one of them was the REAL Galileo. That was number 1.
Supposedly we were supposed to get the candy order in band, but they were 2 hours late. We ran through our concert, which still wasn't perfect. Someone STILL plays at the end of Sleigh Ride. We have more pep band this Friday. We have a busy week. Mom's birthday is this Friday also.
I got a stupid nosebleed this morning so dad had to drive me. My cough got worse. I continued to have a runny nose all day at school. Mom even made me take an extra cotten ball just in case.
Uuhhhhhh. I am so fricken sick today. I got a headache and a soar throat. I went outside for a while. Big news though: SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS BEEN CAPTURED!!!! I was watching the news all morning. I even watched the president's speech. I talked with Dean again, and I created an account called dean19491949. From there I would launch my message attacks but they didn't work.
I laid in bed for most of the afternoon. Frank made his 'creation' outside in the back yard. I am just so exhausted. I snowed this morning, about 3 inches. Thank god there is only 5 more days of school.
For most of the afternoon, I just sat in bed listening to music. Yeah, I watched the news too. Saddam Was Captured. This is big news. I plan to keep the newspaper. Mom went shopping. Man, I have a bad fever. I have to eat medicine. Hope I don't have the flu. I tried to sweat a lot, and I think it helped.
I played Frank in a game of Rummy and I won. I beat Dean in a game of chess.
The war me and dean are fighting is hopeless. HOW CAN WE FIGHT WITHOUT WEAPONS????
We didn't do much this morning. Symba took a crap. We went to chinese school; they had a program about keeiping asian americans fit. They had an idea of doing Romeo and Juliet for the new years play. I wanted to sing revolutionary songs. I got a 17/20 on my SAT test.
If you goto a land with truthtellers and liars, where liars always tell lies. If you ask a person if they tell the truth or not and they say "I always tell the truth!", what are they? THEY COULD BE EITHER LIARS OR TRUTHTELLERS! Frank broke his glasses. We had to pay another $50. Mom didn't buy that warantee. Frank's frame is so weak.
I saw the movie
Love Liza: a comic tragedy. It was funny, but sad. A bit serious and gloomy. Philip Seymour Hoffman is a good actor. It was a drama. Very dramatic with an ironic ending. I give this film a 10/10. Frank gave it 8/10.
Dean wants me to help him promote his site. So I will do so.
There were flurries this morning. Nothing that will stick.
English: We took a latin bases quiz. I did okay. We did a worksheet about the Romantic period (which i did not read). That was it. For the rest of the class the kids just played Spades. Ahsan said his computer had a virus that slowed it down and placed porn on the internet browser. Lindsey Flenner threw a book onto the cabinet but it fell and landed on a computer keyboard, knocking one of the keys off. It was kind of funny.
In chemistry, we simply took some notes. Worsencroft had his door decorated with
I Ce S K I, with each letter being an element. He also had
Sn O W Se As O N. He probably doesn't know about my
Al Ca P O Ne molecule. AlSiPSClAr.
We took a test in history. I got a 92%, which tied two other students: Jeff Bolles and Brandon Vondrak. Andy Z gave me 50 cents which he owed me because I guessed his score correct on the last test. I guessed a 69 and he got a 68.
I got new music in band for a song called
Jungle Boogie. I went online to find the song and listened to it. We'll play it tonight at pep band.
WE DEFEATED SOLON!!!!. In a stunning victory, Twinsburg beats rival Solon 43 to 39. What an amazing game. I went to pep band; Stephanie Police asked for some music from me. We didn't play Jungle Boogie. There were a bunch of kids cheering for ME??!? I must be popular. They were booing at the Solon kids. I got a bunch of Bottle Caps; they taste like shit. I gave some to Bobby and Stephanie Police. I didn't know she could do a back flip. I went to go see The Birds after pepband. It was kind of funny. Frank went to go see it. After that, we went to see that last three minutes of the game. It was tied, 36 to 36. Solon makes a 2 point shot, but Twinsburg makes one also. We make some free throws as well. We were ahead 41 to 39. Then in the last second, we got another 2 point basket, bringing our score to 43. People were cheering so loud, including me!! I saw Kevin Lowe. Everyone was running into the court! It was fun. WE BEAT SOLON!!!!!
It was windy this morning.
We took a test in English over lord of the flies. I worked to the very end. My essays were kind of funny. In chemistry we just learned about heat capacity.
q = mc(TF-Ti)Well, we talked about daily life during the renaissance in history. Teacher asked who smoked. People were decorating their doors. Hey, did you know that when you snap your fingers, the sound that is produced comes from your middle finger hitting your palm!
We ran through our concert. It wasn't perfect.
I saw the film
American Beauty. It wasn't bad. I thought it was pretty good. Lots of plot twists and character development. It is a funny, but tragic story. Tells the story of a man who doesn't give a care in the world. I think I'll give this film a 9/10.
There was war in the chat room last night. Me and Dean played a chess game. He resigned. I learned how to bridge shuffle; it was fun. For some unknown reason, yahoo messenger kept logging me out.
So I downloaded Y!TunnelBasic. This thing should stop booters. Turns out people can use some program and boot you out of yahoo.
I played in Pep band last night. I heard we beat Barberton. I was one of three flutes. We got Faygo pop. I talked with Bobby. WAR IN THE CHAT ROOM!!!
We finished the movie Lord of the Flies in english. It was okay I guess, but not that good. I'll give it 6/10. We did a worksheet where we answered questions about our own opinions. If a fat kid were being bullied I would remain neutral.
We took a test in chemistry. I may not have gotten a perfect. It wasn't that hard though.
We saw a short video in History. Talked a bit about Martin Luther and the church. ooo, this class is boring.
In band, we ran through our concert. Ski sent Mike Watkins to the office. The trumpets went to a sectional with Davet. I sounded good today.
I talked with Dean this afternoon. The rain melted all the snow. WAR STILL CONTINUES IN THE SOVIET UNION!
He added a chat room to his website. It doesn't work for him though. Strange.
I signed up for bravenet. That was to help Dean with a chat room on his site. Alltell is his new chat friend.
Cory Boyes came on the bus, after being sick with pneumonia.
We finished the book Lord of the Flies in class and watched the movie. I can see why this thing is Rated R. They swear so much in it. They also have an adult survivor on the island. There's a boat, glowstick. Helicopter instead of a boat. Lots of differences. I got a 27/30 on my molecule project, all because I didn't explain my angles. Michelle Stinard wanted me to help here with dividing polynomials.
Turns out I got a B+ on my report. Not bad. Gonna commit suicide now. Denges divided the class into Protestants and Catholics. I was Protestant, but I am really an atheist! Alex and Ryan Mcfarland agree with me. Maybe I should become
Jayist. I don't know. This class does get boring after a while.
We rehearsed Pep Band today. That's because there is a basketball game tonight. I will most likely attend. It was pep band the entire period today. Erin and Melinda challenged each other. No change in the seats. Tom Adams got mad at the drummers though. Ski made the bass drummers sit in front because they were too loud.
WAR IN THE SOVIET UNION! The Germans crush the Soviets! They build another megalith and basically annihilate the Soviet Union. Boths sides also acquire nuclear weapons. A diplomatic talk between both sides ended when a Soviet bomb landed on the Embassy. The Soviets will continue to fight till the last man.
I helped Dean add a counter to his site last night. There was no real battle in the chat room.
Cooold this morning.
Ali Rana is going to take English 12. Man. That's tough. I finished the book so I already know what happens in the end of Lord of the Flies. They get rescued and they cry. I am looking forward to the movie tomorrow. It's going to be bad, I can tell. Chemistry gets boring everyday. I JUST CAN'T STAND THAT CLASS!!! Thank god there are 9 more days left. 9 more days of hell left.
History, I'm not even trying that hard anymore. I have an 'A', so it doesn't matter. So what if I messed up on my Tintoretto report (or so I thought). I still have an A. I still do my fricken homework. I have 95%.
DO NOT JOIN BAND. I just hate it so much now. WHY CAN'T PEOPLE JUST SHUTUP!!!!! For christ's sake (i'm still atheist), can't people just learn to keep their mouths shut?? I ain't joining next year. No way.
I downloaded Yahoo Chat so I can talk to Dean and goto chatrooms to fight this "cyberwar". I was neutral before, but now I must become an ally.
This is the WAR plan so far:
------------------------- ((O)) ((O)) ------------------------o----
SOVIETS GERMANS O
( ) | o
O | O O
() | O
O ( ) o
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Forts: 7 German Forts ; 2 Soviet Forts
Bombs Dropped on Soviets: 900
Bombs Dropped on Germans: 100
Asian Americans are smarter than their peers. True, but at the same time questionable. Chances are, if you perform well in high school, you will perform will in college; if you do well in college, you will probably do well in life. So, right now, it looks like I will do well in life. I drew mom a schematic on Word. She really liked it. Impressed. Didn't think you could do that on Word.
We had pizza again for lunch. WAR!!! The Germans bomb the Soviet Union.
We saw the film,
The Last Samurai. It was simply amazing. Very violent, but majestic in a way and such a powerful film. Some guy had a celphone in front of us and kept lighting up the room. I was about to shoot him!! I liked the movie. I think I will give it 9/10. Frank gave it a B+.
Beautiful. Simply beautiful this morning.
Powder, delicately placed on the wire;
Opposite of water and fire.... okay. I...didn't do much this morning. Played some Rummy, watched some TV. Helped mom with her pump factory notes. We ate lunch at Pizza Hut.
There were six people at chinese class. Marie Curie, such a profound scientist. I got a 34/40. I am just soooo STUPID!!! I missed some of the easy questions. There was a difficult problem today: suppose we have two clocks, set at 12 o clock. One clock is 5 minutes fast, another is 5 minutes slow. How long before they both reach the same time? Answer: Well, one clock takes 55 minutes to go around and another takes 65 minutes. That's a 10 minute difference. There are 720 minutes(12 hours) in one rotation. So, solve for x: (65-55)x = 720 ; x=72. 72 hours.
Mom bought an excercise ball for her hand and Bob Weber sent us some fruit (a big box of fruit).
I lost to Frank in a game of Rummy. Can't believe he's beating me in a game I taught him!
I finished the book Lord of the Flies. It wasn't bad. It was a pretty good book. It shows how humans can have the ability to create society, only to have it fail. It shows how anarchy can destroy civilization. It was beautifully, and profoundly written. It was tragic, but it was enthralling. The story had an abrupt start, a turbulent body, and a terse conclusion.
IT SNOWED! There was like an inch of snow this morning.
English: Yeah, its friday. People usually don't stay on task. Did you know a 'jiffy' is actually 1/100th of a second? Polar bears have clear fur, not white. More play money for the game monopoly is printed each year than at the US treasury.
KING HENRY, WAS HE BRITISH? I easily aced the latin base quiz.
Chemistry: I took my molecules in the hamburger patties box. My molecules were the only ones that didn't have bonds showing. I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing. We learned something about hybrid orbitals.
History: We talked about the renaissance. I have decided that for my book cover I am going to make one about Machiavelli's The Prince.
Band: I keep worrying that I will get the solo. I am so close to it. I just have to bear it 10 more days. But then there's second semester. OH GOD!!!I'm ATHEIST
We had another noisy pep rally, to honor winter sports. Juniors won the shouting contest again. It snowed a lot. There were snowball fights everywhere.
The very graphic Ebola 2 was finished yesterday. It was absolutely pointless. Frank also drew a comic, disturbingly similar to mine. His was pretty funny. It was about Hellboy and the Punisher.
We played 500 rum, or RUMMY. The Last Samurai got a B-. I went outside; there was war between the Soviets and Germans. I read some of Stephen King's DREAMCATCHER. Its about UFOs. Interesting.
Wow, it was cold. It's going to get cold.
English: Took a quiz. Turns out I got a 100 on my Restoration Test. We discussed lord of the flies. Man, everyone is just ruining the book for me. Simon dies, then piggy dies. jeeeeez.
Chemistry: We took some notes and that's it! I finished my molecule project.
F
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F - Xe - F
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F
Ok, that was useless. XeF4.
Ve = 8+4(7) = 36e-
Ea = 36 - 4(2) = 28
En = 24
This has a SQUARE PLANAR shape. AX4E2.
We took a test in world history and I got a 92%, which was the only 'A'.
Sat third chair in band today. Notice I also have a new emblem on the top of my site. It represents my victory for achieving THIRD CHAIR. The Third Chair is like my THIRD REICH. It is the highest point I have ever reached in band. My lowest point was 12th chair. This year I sat a sixth chair. Last year I was eighth, but went down to twelfth.
THIRD CHAIR IS MINE!
I am currently the number three flute. I think I surprised a lot of people. Ski said he was really impressed by my playing. I didn't even think I did that good! Today in english we just read lord of the flies. We had a sub in chemistry. I started my molecular geometry project. I may end up using foil balls to make my molecules. I learned a new card game called Rummy. We have a history test tomorrow. I got my tuxedo in band today. We also got music for pep band. I rode bus 28, mostly because this certain SMITH was on bus 14. 89 people have been to my poetry site.
I went with mom to Jo Ann's to pick up some styrofaom balls. I purchased a molecule construction kit for $7.66. I used toothpicks for the bonds. I even spray painted the small balls silver.
Frank went to the library and got Ranma, Evangelion and this one's a shocker: Dreamcatcher by Stephen King!
Some riddles from Mr. Fishbach, our sub:
Can you make one word using the seven letters in NEW DOOR? Yeah, you can: ONE WORD!
Cross out eleven letters to make a single word: GAHSWIVNXGBLQENWKOLRPDU
Simple: GAHSWIVNXGBLQENWKOLRPDU
A sign in front of Rome says: TOTI EMUL ESTO. What is it for? TO TIE MULES TO!
What was the president's name 10 years ago, 20 years ago and 30 years ago? Answer: GEORGE W. BUSH!
ALL THE SNOW MELTED!! First day of December. About 30 more days before 2003 comes to an end.
English: We discussed and read the Lord of the Flies. What would you do if you were stranded on an island? I'd starve. If not, I'd become dictator.
Chemistry: Can this class get more pointless and boring? I walk in and sit and walk out. I do my work, get my 'A'. GOD!! I know I'm atheist, but, GOD!!! Get me out of here!
World History: Well, we talked about the Black Death, churches and architecture. It snowed a little during lunch.
Band: ...
So far, my site has been hit 79 times. I think I'm going to finish my comic now.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I FOUND MY PADDLE AT THE REC. It was just lying on a table.
I finished my very graphic comic. Frank got some Ranma from the library.
