Hey, guys. I want to tell you about my normal weekday.
5:50 - Alarm goes off. Snooze
6:15- Actually get out of bed and take a shower. I have to make haste now that I slept 15 minutes too long.
6:30- I'm going through the motions. Get dressed, eat breakfast, brush teeth, put shoes on, grab a pen (not a pencil, even though I know Mrs. Sabotke will yell at me for not being prepared), and walk out the door and into my sister's car.
7:25- Arrive at school, hopefully without a near-death experience (my sister's just starting) and hear the spiel about how Jared Swetnam's huge car gets it her way.
7:28- Walk to Perkins, passing the eighth graders playing nine square, Mr. Williams in his golf cart jamming to some rap, and hopefully Coach Rhea so I can strike up a conversation.
7:30- Enter the Perkins upstairs locker hall. To my left is the usual guys updating each other with the fantasy football rundown from Sunday (most activity on Mondays). To my right is the girls that I don't talk to that much, and down the hallway are people cramming for the Spanish test that they didn't study for last night.
7:45- Time to get to class. Let's say today is an E-day, and Monday, so I have Geometry first. I sit in the back with Barton, Kazuki T, and Garrett. Basically, Garrett and I quote Home Alone the whole class Occasionally we do things to piss Barton off, like everyone's favorite game "How many pieces of paper can we put in Barton's hoodie before he notices!" 27, if you were wondering.
8:45- Next up is AP World History with Mrs. Harper. I sit in the corner and mostly goof off with Azha, but I enjoy listening in on Jackson Davis' talks about life.
9:45- Since it is a Monday, I have advisory with Subashi, which basically speaks for itself. But I really get rankled when it becomes a complaint fest about Mrs. Pulliam's latest antics.
10:15- Time for a quick snack and leisure time before PE
10:30- Time for dreaded PE, where I have to lift weights three days a week for basketball. It's easy to get annoyed by Coach B's default response-"You know why you asked me that? Because you're a freshman." But he really is starting to grow on me.
11:30- At last it is time for Spanish, the zenith of my day since seventh grade. It is quite easy for Camille and I to be regaled by the word of the day, or Will McCarthy in general. I really cannot talk about Spanish all that much because 1. I would get in trouble, and 2. it would take days, even weeks of writing to sum it all up.
12:30- Lunch time! Always a good part of the day, especially when the food is good. After lunch, nine square is a good way to pass the time, but sitting on the planters and making Laurel Ann mad is also a good way to go.
1:30- Time for bloody Biology with THE DocHawk. I can't tell you how useful my knowledge of cells will be in my later life. Oh yeah, Brooke and Rory also.
2:30- Time to produce in study hall with Coach Stevens. Sometimes I do work, but other times I watch Clayton play headsoccer, Motorbike, or Kickoff Returner.
3:20- My academic day is over, but two hours of basketball awaits. I enjoy it, though.
5:30- Leave Basketball and head for the late bus, hopefully on time (sorry Alyssa).
6:00- Hit the shower, change into comfortable clothes, and have a nice meal.
7:00- Homework
10:00- Hopefully in bed.
Monday, November 11, 2013
Desert Island Simulation Reflection
I really enjoyed the simulation in class on Thursday. We identified people who were strong in areas, and assigned them to jobs. For example, Azzie wanted to take care of the little kids, so we decided to put her in charge of them. Meredyth showed valuable survivor skills, so our leader Trevor designated her as head survivalist. We made groups of three or four and assigned them jobs like hunting, making shelter, making fire, and getting rescued.
I think that our class could make it a while on this island, but realistically, we would all die fairly soon. After some time, the group members of no assistance would leave us no choice but to eat them. After a few meals of our peers we would start to go a little crazy. Meanwhile, our waning food supply of whatever bony animals inhabited the island would act more gingerly around humans, thus becoming harder to kill. Plus, two of the people that we ate were hunters, so we had to move some of the water collectors over to the hunting group, leaving us with not enough water to drink, cook, and bathe with. We would get bored on this island, inevitably. Stupid actions lead to consequences, especially when there is no medicine on the island besides the First Aid Kit on the plane that the person we killed used to defend herself with. Who wants to inject themselves with needles splattered with blood? Not me.
LOTF- 2 hrs
I think that our class could make it a while on this island, but realistically, we would all die fairly soon. After some time, the group members of no assistance would leave us no choice but to eat them. After a few meals of our peers we would start to go a little crazy. Meanwhile, our waning food supply of whatever bony animals inhabited the island would act more gingerly around humans, thus becoming harder to kill. Plus, two of the people that we ate were hunters, so we had to move some of the water collectors over to the hunting group, leaving us with not enough water to drink, cook, and bathe with. We would get bored on this island, inevitably. Stupid actions lead to consequences, especially when there is no medicine on the island besides the First Aid Kit on the plane that the person we killed used to defend herself with. Who wants to inject themselves with needles splattered with blood? Not me.
LOTF- 2 hrs
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
my...name?
Well, it's homecoming week.
Yup.
Hundreds of colorful kids trying to make it to class. Oh shoot! I forgot to do that worksheet.
It's cool, just do it at tutorial. But I was going to play nine square! It's okay, Beckman ruins it anyway.
Day=RUINED.
Try to incorporate a red ribbon in your costume! (insert Yao Ming meme)
Want to be my twin? Oh that's cool, you're being quintuplets. NO. BIG. DEAL! But is it really?
Hold up, where are the eighth graders? Oh yeah, Mo Ranch.
You just realized that one year of your life flew by.
Oh, shoot! Here comes Coach Richard. Hide your gum!
Too late, lunch duty.
Camille, what's the difference between preterite and imperfect tense?
Ermahgerd. Gonna fail this quiz.
Barton, does basketball start at 5 today?
*ring ring*
Mom we have practice from 5 to 7. Can you pick me up?
Long night.
I still have to do my blog posts, too. I love to put in things to make Trevor chuckle, but sometimes I just don't give a toss.
I was expecting some candy today, maybe she forgot. nbd. But a zero out of two? Really? Good thing I did the bonus notes.
I hope mom didn't make quinoa.
I hate that stuff.
When is Christmas? (give me a second while I check my new calendar on OS X Mavericks. It's pretty cool)
52 days until Christmas. what? I bet there will be a ton of new Vsauce videos by then.
Was I talking about hoco week? Pong, lol. I had a pretty ridiculous costume though.
Ok, I am itching to check out all my friends' revines.
Do it for the vine?
Nah, I do it for me.
Yup.
Hundreds of colorful kids trying to make it to class. Oh shoot! I forgot to do that worksheet.
It's cool, just do it at tutorial. But I was going to play nine square! It's okay, Beckman ruins it anyway.
Day=RUINED.
Try to incorporate a red ribbon in your costume! (insert Yao Ming meme)
Want to be my twin? Oh that's cool, you're being quintuplets. NO. BIG. DEAL! But is it really?
Hold up, where are the eighth graders? Oh yeah, Mo Ranch.
You just realized that one year of your life flew by.
Oh, shoot! Here comes Coach Richard. Hide your gum!
Too late, lunch duty.
Camille, what's the difference between preterite and imperfect tense?
Ermahgerd. Gonna fail this quiz.
Barton, does basketball start at 5 today?
*ring ring*
Mom we have practice from 5 to 7. Can you pick me up?
Long night.
I still have to do my blog posts, too. I love to put in things to make Trevor chuckle, but sometimes I just don't give a toss.
I was expecting some candy today, maybe she forgot. nbd. But a zero out of two? Really? Good thing I did the bonus notes.
I hope mom didn't make quinoa.
I hate that stuff.
When is Christmas? (give me a second while I check my new calendar on OS X Mavericks. It's pretty cool)
52 days until Christmas. what? I bet there will be a ton of new Vsauce videos by then.
Was I talking about hoco week? Pong, lol. I had a pretty ridiculous costume though.
Ok, I am itching to check out all my friends' revines.
Do it for the vine?
Nah, I do it for me.
Short Story Reading Response
In Sucker, Carson McCullers uses darkness to symbolize how Pete feels, especially after he is rejected by Maybelle. There is frequent darkness in the bedroom when Pete and Sucker are talking, and there is mention of Maybelle smoking in the basement, a notoriously dark place. The impulsive and hateful acts of Pete throughout the story made me feel uncomfortable. As I am typing this, I also am starting to think that he is bipolar. One minute he is at an unexpected zenith, the next he is despondent. Woah, too much? Time to go home.
The way Pete takes out his anger on defenseless Sucker tells me that just one girl (or boy) can have a hugely negative impact on someone. He got so caught up in trying to impress the beautiful Maybelle, and when he didn't succeed, he took it all out on Sucker. In the end, Sucker moved on. He made new friends, and acted and looked different.
Lone Survivor) 1 hr
Test corrections) 30 mins
Coming up with homecoming outfit ideas) 30 mins
Short story annotations) <1 hr
The way Pete takes out his anger on defenseless Sucker tells me that just one girl (or boy) can have a hugely negative impact on someone. He got so caught up in trying to impress the beautiful Maybelle, and when he didn't succeed, he took it all out on Sucker. In the end, Sucker moved on. He made new friends, and acted and looked different.
Lone Survivor) 1 hr
Test corrections) 30 mins
Coming up with homecoming outfit ideas) 30 mins
Short story annotations) <1 hr
Monday, October 14, 2013
Hmmm...
I understand that this is a broad and somewhat unanswerable question, but why is society the way it is? Why do people do things the way they do and why do other people respond differently? I have always been interested in these types of philosophical questions of life and want to learn more about them over the course of the year.
Also, why do I like certain types of books like mystery and action? Of course I am a guy so I don't expect to be reading Fifty Shades of Gray, but I wonder what draws me to that style.
Maximum Ride- 30 mins
Siddhartha- 1 hr. 30 mins
Also, why do I like certain types of books like mystery and action? Of course I am a guy so I don't expect to be reading Fifty Shades of Gray, but I wonder what draws me to that style.
Maximum Ride- 30 mins
Siddhartha- 1 hr. 30 mins
Monday, October 7, 2013
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