I haven't posted this in a long time, which may mean I will pull the plug on it sometime. It is kind of nice to be able to turn to it though when I don't feel like sleeping nor reading the Aeneid and I want to listen to some more jams! I did pull the plug on my cybernation a few weeks ago, because it simply wasn't fun anymore. Actually I don't know if it was really ever that fun, it was basically like a pet rock that was amusing for awhile but I eventually threw out a window.




(I've never had a pet rock).

My entire life has been okay. Summer school starts next week, I think I'm taking the metro home but who really wants to take the metro anywhere? School ends at 2:20, I will probably get home around 11.

Oh yeah, today was the 4th of July. That doesn't mean that much to me because I will leave this country as soon as I get the chance. However, it does mean SPARKLER MADNESS since fireworks are so cheap. I really do enjoy sparklers and will burn through them every chance I get. I was watching the fireworks at D.C. on the T.V. but I lasted about four minutes until I got bored. Fireworks every once in awhile is cool, but forty minutes? There aren't that many variations of fireworks, nor interesting patriotic songs.

The only other remarkable event today was that there was a really heavy thunderstorm and a couple of tornados. Nowhere here because my little home town (enormously environmentally-degrading suburban plot) cannot be damaged by such things!

As an end note, as if I needed to tell you this, Morrissey = <3

so, today I broke 1,000! (Only Jen will know what this means).

Actually it was probably yesterday, and it was "I Don't Owe You Anything"

I should have been paying attention and have it been some deep and meaningful song that signifies my life. Perhaps later.

This means that in the past couple of months, the Smiths have taken up 60% of the amount of music I've listened to.

I can't believe there's a T.V. show called "America's Cutest Puppies."

Even if it is mildly amusing, it makes me worry.

Yeah, the London olympics logo really is awful. What are you thinking, England? I really wanted to go to that olympics, but with a logo like that it doesn't look promising!

http://main.london2012.com/en/news/archive/2007/June/2007-06-04-12-06.htm

I do like China's though. However I won't be able attend because I may get killed by my very own toothpaste before then.

I'm shocked and ashamed to discover...That I haven't really posted in here for awhile. It's the same excuses as everyone else, that I've simply had nothing to say. I could talk about that test I took today, but technically I can't talk about it for another 48 hours (well, legally which is slightly more than just 'technically'). Even when two days pass I don't think I'll want to discuss it even then.

Currently my life goal is to miss as many biology classes as I can indefinitly.

I think I may be an overachiever.


Is anyone actually buying the new Linkin Park CD tomorrow?

I don't understand how anyone could be a homophobe. I mean homosexuals (and their allies) give you pizza AND ice cream! Surely with this common love of food we can ignore our differences?


The real reason I'm updating this is to ask if anyone has the new "The Academy Is..." album. I don't want to buy it because I have any money. Actually I think that means I physically can't buy it.


Guess who lives in the same housing development as the guy on every news's headlines. :/

This was from the Washington Post yesterday:

"Kaiser Chiefs are surely aware of the short shelf life that plagues British bands that are quickly anointed as the Next Big Thing on the strength of not much more than a punchy single. One day you're on top of the world; the next day the Fratellis, the Klaxons or the Kooks have rendered you obsolete. Based on its performance at a sold-out 9:30 club Saturday night the Leeds quintet has decided that the best way to avoid this fate is to carry itself as the biggest band in the world, deliver a high-energy show with plenty of audience pandering, and hope people look past just how unremarkable and disposable the majority of the songs are."

It does infact annoy me very much how British bands think they can break through in America when they probably won't. I actually don't know why, I think they just all sound the same (with one notable exception, of course <3).

Another thing I cannot explain is why I have an ear and an eye infection. I simply do.


Jen, has anyone yet proclaimed that he wants to be your derivative, so he can be tangent to all your curves? Perhaps that "You're hotter than a bunsen burner set to full power!"? or even as bold as, "Since distance equals velocity times time, let's let velocity and time approach infinity, because I want to go all the way with you."? Don't judge them solely by their pocket protectors!!

I don't know if anyone knows, although it would be cool if someone did, but on Tuesday there was the Climate Crisis Action day. Basically in Washington, D.C. there was a big rally because two pieces of legislation were being put in the House and Senate to reduce carbon dioxide emission levels to 80% the level in the 1990s (it's the first of the legislation of its kind). Being a member of the Environmental Impact Club, we went! horray! Here are four of the most descriptive pictures from the event. It was really cool, but the pictures are big so I'll just post the links ( I hope they work)

The whole basis of even kind of having stuff about global warming was the fact that polar bears are going extinct because of their shrinking natural environment (ice) and they can't swim far enough in water in order to get food (before they just walked on land). So, naturally, there were polar bears here representing the cause: http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/375/climateday013sb9.jpg
The pictures are pretty big. The polar bears are standing infront of the Capitol - if you don't know, the building to the left is the area where the House of Representatives stays and the building to the right is where the Senate stays. I'm not actually sure what the middle building does, legislative stuff I guess.

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/2526/climateday039fz2.jpg
There's a picture of one of the war protestors, flanked by polar bears! There were actually many anti-war protestors at the rally and on the mall (there were tents set up while we were walking from the metro station to the field)

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/1176/climateday016ao9.jpg
Probably the coolest part of the day was when John Kerry came to talk to us. I don't know how it looks from the pictures but I was really close to him, only about ten feet away. He came to talk to us about the necessity of having global warming laws but I don't think he was actually sponsoring any of the bills being entered. At the beginning of his speech before he really got started someone from the audience shouted, "Bring our boys back home!" and he replied, "we're doing our best." I thought that was nice. It shows who really doesn't support our troops (republicans)


http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3695/climateday044aa9.jpg Here's just a zoomed out picture of everything. In reality the whole stage was pretty small (you can see that here), but we had a lot of support!

About this point my camera began to die, or else I may have better pictures. Later we went to talk to Senator Warner but he wasn't there. :/

Anyways that's it.

Today's the Ides of March. Since I'm in Latin we celebrate it, but I don't really know how to. You can't exactly be like "Happy Ides!!!" since it's the day Caesar was killed, but saying like, "Oh doleful day!!!" sounds a tad bit melodramatic. Thus, I will just acknowledge what today is and move on.

I don't understand why people change their hair color so much. There are these two kids on my bus, and every day they have a different color of hair. Usually different shades of blue and redr. Give your poor hair a break! At the very most once a week. I'm cool with expressing yourself through the hue of your hair, but it seems so very mean.

If anyone is reading this, you may notice it's being posted at 12:07 P.M on a schoolday I have strep. Oh well.

There are so many countries in Africa. It is ridiculous. I know that Africa is just a tiny bit larger than other countires, but I'm talking a lot more! Not to mention are countries like Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Equitorial Guinea really necessary? I'm sure it's because of political turmoil, but everyone ought to get along! Think at least of the children that have to memorize all the capitals. And this Wednesday the quiz is only on the Northern part of Africa. South Africa, however, come on! THREE capitals? Have you no shame? And what's with stealing the name of the lower half of Africa? Highly confusing for all parties involved. (Yes I did know of South Africa before now).

Today I went to West Springfield High School. The circumstances of which I don't really feel like explaining, but now I understand why FCPS won't make a new school for TJ. It's because all of the schools built in the decade are in the exact same condition, they'd have to build about 10 schools. Instead they say they're just going to renovate it, but the most I've seen are painting the doorway of a single room and putting trash bags over some of the waterfountains that don't work. I don't really have too much of an opinion because I'll probably have my phD by the time anything drastic happens ( ie, never ever ever).

The new Modest Mouse CD comes out next Tuesday. I am rather excited, but I think I will adapt a hipster point of view and be like "they're last album was better!" Or maybe I'll be disaffected and just not are.

Oh, and day light's savings is tomorrow. I know it's 3 weeks earlier, but I think I'm just going to choose to forget it so I won't have to do anything. I don't really know where the logic in that is either.

For a moment there, I really felt good about myself. Well, not exactly about myself but about everything. Walking back to the car on the snow, I still had things I was worrying about, but it was at the very least going to be okay. I'll still have my chemistry quiz tomorrow, but I studied, right? and it wouldn't be that bad. Then once again reality came back to my head, along with thoughts of everything I'm going to fear this week.


Oh well. I've been really meaning to update this. Not even just meaning, I have been. There have been probably 3-4 entries that I've typed up, but I didn't really want to submit. I'm hoping this won't end up like that too. It actually takes quite a bit of my time. Time that should be spent doing stuff like, eating dinner.

Of course, now I don't actually have anything to say. This is going to be the most boring lj entry to ever exist. One day, hopefully, I'll be good at something like that.

I was going to make an entry today about how excited I was for the lunar ecclipse tomorrow, but now I'm too tired.

Oh well.

Okay, maybe I haven't actually posted in this recently. I:'m not sure of the late date, but I think it's about 3 weeks ago. Sufficient to say nothing important has happened.

Oh, except maybe CALAMATIES upon CALAMATIES happened just 30 seconds ago! I can't find my brush so now my hair is going to be all strange tomorrow. It's not really the worst thing in the worlst since I got my haircut on Tuesday and now my hair is really really short. I guess I can just use my fingers to brush it. Not to mention I think it would have looked plenty weird even if I had used a brush.

Today it snowed too, a fact I think most of the people (if they are even reading this) know. It was all aroudn annoying snow. It was wet so it doesn't stick that much, it happened on a Sunday, and it was mid day. Basically we couldn't go anywhere, but we will still have school tomorrow, a fact that makes me very very sad. I guess since we couldn't go to D.C. like planned I stayed home and did my homework more, but I am actually the only one at TJ who has resigned themselves not to sell their soul to the unruly beast that is homework, so it really didn't affect me much. Although I am saddened by the fact I will still have to take my biology test tomorrow. It's on plant hormones, which is very nice except I don't care. (A reoccuring theme in my life. Really only the only theme in my life).

I have basically built this entry around the fact that I am not studious and didn't spend all my day doing homework. So what did I do? This entry is starting to be really lame, but I read the newspaper. I made waffles. I read Wired. I did do some homework though. I also took a trip to the decontamination zone.

I too just watched another episode of NMTB. Curse you Jen, CURSE YOU! I needn't another person to watch/listen to. I did like the episode though. It was the one where Donny felt up Simon. XD "That was the worst thing that ever happened to me" It's okay though since I don't think you'll be reading this so you won't hear my curses from afar.

No, really, it is!
You can check it out if you'd like to. Does anyone else here have a license? It would be cool if someone did.

Other than that, I haven't accomplished anything so I really don't have anything to post in here. I wonder if the Internet cries every time someone fills it up with something unncessary. It is completely vulnerable to the whims of humans, having no say in its own fate. It would be tragic, but the internet has no feelings.

The Valentine's Day dance is tomorrow. I never planned on going to it, since I have something else to do, but it still makes me sad. Not sad like I don't have a date, sad because the SGA spent $3,000 on a live band, but I don't think that many people are even going to it. By SGA I mean the Sophomore SGA, which means our graduation/prom money. I'll donate some money to us later I suppose. I don't really think we need a prom anyways. Graduation money would be nice, since then we wouldn't have to have it in our cafeteria, but a prom seems kind of superfluous. Of course I won't think that in two years, but now I do.


I find it kind of strange that I know what I will think in the future, but not what I'll even be doing. Okay, nevermind, I know I'll be sitting here musing on how I don't know what I'm doing in the future.


Perhaps I ought to just go to sleep.

I think I was proud of something I did, but I forgot. By that fact I'm guessing it wasn't for having a good memory.

Anyway, this is a post of necessity. If I don't post, my lj will cease to exist and then I could never ever post again. I don't have anything of consistency to fill this with. It's Wednesday and I have school tomorrow. Oh, I have a math mid term too. I'm not going to do very well. That's the only thing I've understood in math this year.

Oh, I made some soup. That isn't what I'm proud of, but I think it's a minor accomplishment. Well, it was this soup mix I bought at the craft show.

Every time I post here I realize just how little I can actually accomplish. In fact, I was thinking about it and the only thing I think I am honestly decent at is memorizing lyrics. I think once in like the 70s there was a show called Name that Tune, or something along those lines where they'd play a short segment of a song and you'd have to name it. I could totally do that, assuming all of those songs were on my mp3 player. (I think it's kind of funny that people who have ipods say ipods, but people who don't just say mp3 players. It's like their mp3 players are so inadequate they don't deserve to be named. Or at least that's what my experience tells me).

I probably wasn't proud of having a long attention span either, QED.

I was really proud of myself for making that last entry, since it didn't seem like I had posted for awhile, except then I looked back today and saw I did it twelve days ago. So, I guess it is now officially time to post some more.

It's fairly cold outside. Luckily for me, I produce my own insulation! Not that I've actually been outside for more than a few seconds. I did purchase gas today. I shouldn't really be telling this, since it'll only confirm everyone's suspicions that I'm stupid, but I hadn't really bought gas before and I was handed the credit card. So I inserted it into the machine (and it wsa like, really hard), but it wasn't taking it, and it was all the way in. Then I tried the other side. It didn't work then either. Then I looked around the gas pump, and it turns out I was putting the credit card into the part where the receipt comes out.

I have quite a bit of homework to do. Well, not really homework but just studying. I made notes on the bio chapters, on prokaryotes and protists. Protists are really awesome! They have this really nice picture of Leptospira, which is really pretty. Unfortunately,
it's in the same group as the prokaryotes that cause syphillus and Lyme disease.

I was going to do the meme thing, except I don't know how to make an lj cut. It's kind of like doing the dishes, I don't wnat any to teach me (not like I really don't know) so I don't ever have to do it.

I don't have anything else to say.

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

That is how today went. I ought to be working on my homework. I have a chem test on Thursday, and I fear that I am going to fail it. Actually, it's not fear. It's understanding. I've come to acceptance with my math and chem grades. I am at nirvana with C+es.

So, instead I will study biology. However, we have this lab on Wedneday on restriction enzymes, which we have ALREADY DONE. Technically we didn't do it, since we didn't have enough equipment so we watched as the teacher demonstrated, but we've already done gel electrophoresis. Agarose, polyacrylamide, potato potaato. Same thing.

We also have a chem test on Thursday. I shall proceed to study for it now. I also could use a trip to the decontamination zone. I guess in reality I could use a lot of things. For instance, a refreshing friendly hug.

Such is life! Such is the universe! Such are kittens and the like!

For Christmas I received in my possession a coin jar that keeps tally of the amount of money you've put in (it just measures the diameter of the coins and can tell what type of coin it is). Currently I have $60.70 in it. I will gladly accept any donations! It is my trip to India fund. I will make it probably to the airport with that much money, if I'm lucky.


P.S. I did not drown under a pile of newspaper. It is just, tragically, I WILL NOW DROWN UNDER A SEA OF UNBALANCABLE CHEMICAL QUESTIONS.

It took me until like five seconds ago to understand where the term "viral video" came from. It's referring to viruses. I have reached a whole new state of enlightenment!

Other than that, a bunch of homework. I'm going to wake up extra early tomorrow so I can do it. I'm talking like 10. I probably won't even finish it then. I will NEVER EVER FINISH IT. EVER EVER EVER. I WILL DROWN IN A PILE OF NEWSPAPERS AND LOST DREAMS.

What a tragic ending!

I don't think I've updated this in a very, very long time. Oh well!
I was in South Carolina for christmas. That was cool, I suppose. I do not have a hillbilly accent, much to my distress. they didn't even have hillbilly accents. Where can I get a good hillbilly accent around here?!

We just got back today, and I've spent most of tiem playing Twilight Princess. I've actually played it for 6 hours now, and I've only beaten one temple (I was actually wondering when I'd finally get to one). It's pretty cool, but I can't help but feel it's really redundant from other games. Of course the producers probably wanted to keep some elements from other games like ocarina of time, but the enemies are just slightly varied (so far, of course). I don't actually have much evidence to back me up, but it's just feeling kind of old! Oh well. I'll update later when I go through more.

I do enjoy the Wii striking action. It hurts my wrist , though (how sad).

I still have a lot of homework to do. Which I am attempting to do now...and failing so badly at.

I've never claimed to be a nice person, and if I have it was a horrible, horrible lie.

I try not to get angry or annoyed easily (doesn't work), since I know I make stupid mistakes all the time.

However, there are just somethings that annoy me to no end.
For instance, I know there are a lot of news stories, and I know there are a lot of journalists, but maybe some should leave the profession. They do not know how to report. I mean, "Pope advocates religious symbols in public places." ( http://messenger.yahoo.com/imv.php;_ylt=Ak4Dce0E7ZJZcZ66izfb9uNqMMIF?cat=Entertainment )He is the Pope. Why wouldn't he? He's not going to be like, "people shouldn't be openly religious, since that's bad." Who cares?

Also, my biology class annoys me. We have a test tomorrow and my teacher just put up the vocabulary words. And it's not like certain vocab words, she just puts all of the bolded words in the book on word. She could just say look at all the bolded words. If I fail this class it will be out of sheer frustration.