The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts. - John Locke
Phew, I survived the family invasion! Ok, so in all seriousness, I actually had fun this weekend. Sure, sometimes I wanted nothing better than to run far far away, but there were some serious fun times to be had this weekend.
My Aunt Janice and her two children Allison (9-ish) and Nick (11-ish) arrived at out house Thursday afternoon. We didn't do much that afternoon except walk down to the high school and hang out at Imagination Station for a while. We were out just long enough to experience some true Oregon weather. (You know the drill, pouring one minute, clear and fine the next.) Friday everyone except myself headed up to Timberline Lodge and nice ride on the MAX. I stayed home to correct math papers and get myself some peace and quiet. I watched Sea Biscuit, talked on AIM for a while and had a generally good time. Saturday everyone except Nathan headed down the end of the Oregon Trail Museum where we explored for a couple of hours, then we all headed over to Clackamous Town Center where my cousin Nick was allowed to choose his own birthday present and my mom bought me a new Tankini bathing suit. After our quick shopping adventure we headed home, only to head out once again for church.
Sunday we all went down to the beach together. We first went to the Astoria Column were I quickly re-discovered my intense hatred of heights and, after a less-than-comfortable climb up the 164 steps, I made my way back down feeling rather sick and almost of the verge of tears. After this fiasco we all made our way to a Lewis and Clark Museum in Washington where we hung out, learned stuff and had a generally good time, although I'm not sure I really enjoyed the part where my dad and brother decided to "make sport" of me and chase me down a steep walkway throwing pinecones at me. After that we made our way to Seaside where my cousins finally got stick their feet in the Pacific Ocean. By this time it was starting to get rather late and we began the less-than-stimulating treck home. (Of course stopping for dinner at the infamous "Camp 18" where I was given a "dinner roll" the size of a small loaf of bread.)
Janice and the kids left for home today while I was at school and life seems to be returning to "normal". (If you want to call my life normal) The school day was pretty good, I had an interesting debate on religion in math class and also enjoyed pleasant conversation on the side with a few of my friends in the class whilst diligently pecking away at my math homework. After school I got my haircut and I think the new cut is super-cute, so that's always good.
Oh yeah, I found this little bit of randomness and I thought I'd share.
Monday, March 29, 2004
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living. - Miriam Beard
W00! I'm back! I have traveled to the far-off land of California and have lived to tell the tale, yay!
Ok, so in all seriousness, I haven't really posted since last Tuesday, so here's the run-down of everything that's been going on since then:
Wednesday (17th): Mr. Frick visited Pro Cantorum and will officially be teaching us again starting this next Monday. The choir as a whole seems to have very mixed emotions about this, we're all glad Mr. Frick is better now and can come back to work, but we all feel like Mrs. Bohart has worked so hard that she should get to direct us at the rest of the competitions at least, it's happy and sad all at the same time....
Thursday (18th): I had a major nervous breakdown this day, my French teacher was being rather unreasonable and was stressing me out and then in Biology I forgot all of my supplies for the lab we were doing that day and had a bit of a freak out, let's just say I spent the rest of the class period laying on the floor listing everything I'd rather be doing at that moment. It was quite amusing and helped me recover "my sanity". After school our family piled into our car and headed off to the wilds of California for some vacationing. We talked some and listened to music before going to a motel and turning in for the night.
Friday (19th): Sitting in the car started getting really boring. I don't even remember anything about the whole day that's worth mentioning.
Saturday (20th): Universal Studios! W00! Yup, that was good fun, a very entertaining park I must say. But word to the wise, if you're going to Universal Studios and plan on riding Jurassic Park, don't bother with your hair or anything like that. I know from experience, there's no point. That night we arrived at our Great-Aunt and Uncle's house and had an enjoyable time just sittin' around talkin'.
Sunday (21st): Went to church with our relatives and had more fun being at church and having conversation. It was interesting how similar their church was to my home church GSCC. After church we had lunch and then my parents headed off to Vanguard with Nathan while I stayed home and finished off The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (a superb piece of literature by the way) and hung out with my Great-Aunt and Uncle (Two very cool people.) until my parents got back.
Monday (22nd): We went to pick up Nathan from Vanguard (he had stayed there in a dorm overnight) and then began our journey home to Oregon. The only real event of note for this day was my unfortunate encounter with a pice of a Ritz Bitz Peanut Butter cracker. Apparently my brother thought it would be amusing to stick this bit of cracker up my nose, but his of "fun" ended up causing me a minor nosebleed as well as causing my mother to be slightly annoyed with him. I didn't make a fuss, I was more concerned with keeping the blood from my nose off of my white shirt.
Tuesday (23rd): By now the Harrisons were pretty tired of the whole car-trip thing. We all got pretty bored on this last stretch of our journey. I finished the book I've been working on since January Mere Christianity and thoroughly enjoyed it, it really made me think about my life and how I act sometimes, I love those kind of books. :) We finally made it home at about 9:30 PM and all eventually ended up face-down in our pillows.
Today (24th): I woke up to the less-than-subtle realization that I had (and still have) a whole lot to do today, I goofed around on the internet for a while and caught up with all that's gone on in the world while I've been away, I was given a bit of news that could've been very mood-dampening for me but didn't really phase me at all, it's seems odd to me, but I don't really mind not being devastated by the bit of news. I finally finished up my Bio lab (you remember, the one I was supposed to do last Thursday) and had such fun doing it too. AT about 3:00 I headed of to the doctors and enjoyed a lovely hour long wait to the see the doctor, (who was very nice) found out nothing was wrong and headed home. Yeah, so now I'm here...entertaining you....
Oh yeah, some of my cousins and one of my aunts from Wisconsin are coming to visit us for the remainder of our break. This could be....interesting.....Any of my friends with the inclination to come kidnap me for an hour or two are welcome to do it, I could use a bit of non-familiness after this weekend and even moreso after this coming weekend. Yeah, so any hostage rescue operations would be appreciated.
I almost forgot! They weighed me at the doctor's office and I now weigh 109.5 pounds! YAY!
W00! I'm back! I have traveled to the far-off land of California and have lived to tell the tale, yay!
Ok, so in all seriousness, I haven't really posted since last Tuesday, so here's the run-down of everything that's been going on since then:
Wednesday (17th): Mr. Frick visited Pro Cantorum and will officially be teaching us again starting this next Monday. The choir as a whole seems to have very mixed emotions about this, we're all glad Mr. Frick is better now and can come back to work, but we all feel like Mrs. Bohart has worked so hard that she should get to direct us at the rest of the competitions at least, it's happy and sad all at the same time....
Thursday (18th): I had a major nervous breakdown this day, my French teacher was being rather unreasonable and was stressing me out and then in Biology I forgot all of my supplies for the lab we were doing that day and had a bit of a freak out, let's just say I spent the rest of the class period laying on the floor listing everything I'd rather be doing at that moment. It was quite amusing and helped me recover "my sanity". After school our family piled into our car and headed off to the wilds of California for some vacationing. We talked some and listened to music before going to a motel and turning in for the night.
Friday (19th): Sitting in the car started getting really boring. I don't even remember anything about the whole day that's worth mentioning.
Saturday (20th): Universal Studios! W00! Yup, that was good fun, a very entertaining park I must say. But word to the wise, if you're going to Universal Studios and plan on riding Jurassic Park, don't bother with your hair or anything like that. I know from experience, there's no point. That night we arrived at our Great-Aunt and Uncle's house and had an enjoyable time just sittin' around talkin'.
Sunday (21st): Went to church with our relatives and had more fun being at church and having conversation. It was interesting how similar their church was to my home church GSCC. After church we had lunch and then my parents headed off to Vanguard with Nathan while I stayed home and finished off The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (a superb piece of literature by the way) and hung out with my Great-Aunt and Uncle (Two very cool people.) until my parents got back.
Monday (22nd): We went to pick up Nathan from Vanguard (he had stayed there in a dorm overnight) and then began our journey home to Oregon. The only real event of note for this day was my unfortunate encounter with a pice of a Ritz Bitz Peanut Butter cracker. Apparently my brother thought it would be amusing to stick this bit of cracker up my nose, but his of "fun" ended up causing me a minor nosebleed as well as causing my mother to be slightly annoyed with him. I didn't make a fuss, I was more concerned with keeping the blood from my nose off of my white shirt.
Tuesday (23rd): By now the Harrisons were pretty tired of the whole car-trip thing. We all got pretty bored on this last stretch of our journey. I finished the book I've been working on since January Mere Christianity and thoroughly enjoyed it, it really made me think about my life and how I act sometimes, I love those kind of books. :) We finally made it home at about 9:30 PM and all eventually ended up face-down in our pillows.
Today (24th): I woke up to the less-than-subtle realization that I had (and still have) a whole lot to do today, I goofed around on the internet for a while and caught up with all that's gone on in the world while I've been away, I was given a bit of news that could've been very mood-dampening for me but didn't really phase me at all, it's seems odd to me, but I don't really mind not being devastated by the bit of news. I finally finished up my Bio lab (you remember, the one I was supposed to do last Thursday) and had such fun doing it too. AT about 3:00 I headed of to the doctors and enjoyed a lovely hour long wait to the see the doctor, (who was very nice) found out nothing was wrong and headed home. Yeah, so now I'm here...entertaining you....
Oh yeah, some of my cousins and one of my aunts from Wisconsin are coming to visit us for the remainder of our break. This could be....interesting.....Any of my friends with the inclination to come kidnap me for an hour or two are welcome to do it, I could use a bit of non-familiness after this weekend and even moreso after this coming weekend. Yeah, so any hostage rescue operations would be appreciated.
I almost forgot! They weighed me at the doctor's office and I now weigh 109.5 pounds! YAY!
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
No quote now, no time. Must sleep! But first 1) I'm alive 2) I had fun 3) I will post for real tomorrow 4) this is fun too:
The following in an excerpt from a children's book, "Captain
Underpants And the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants" by Dave
Pilkey. The evil Professor forces everyone to assume new names......
Use the third letter of your first name to determine
your new first name:
a = poopsie b = lumpy c = buttercup
d = gadget e = crusty f = greasy
g = fluffy h = cheeseball i = chim-chim
j = stinky k = flunky l = boobie
m = pinky n = zippy o = goober
p = doofus q = slimy r = loopy
s = snotty t = tootie u = dorkey
v = squeezit w = oprah x = skipper
y = dinky z = zsa-zsa
Use the second letter of your last name to determine
the first half of your new last name:
a = apple b = toilet c = giggle
d = burger e = girdle f = barf
g = lizard h = waffle i = cootie
j = monkey k = potty l = liver
m = banana n = rhino o = bubble
p = hamster q = toad r = gizzard
s = pizza t = gerbil u = chicken
v = pickle w = chuckle x = tofu
y = gorilla z = stinker
Use the fourth letter of your last name to determine
the second half of your new last name:
a = head b = mouth c = face
d = nose e = tush f = breath
g = pants h = shorts i = lips
j = honker k = butt l = brain
m = tushie n = chunks o = hiney
p = biscuits q = toes r = buns
s = fanny t = sniffer u = sprinkles
v = kisser w = squirt x = humperdinck
y = brains z = juice
Just call me Zippy Apple-Buns
The following in an excerpt from a children's book, "Captain
Underpants And the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants" by Dave
Pilkey. The evil Professor forces everyone to assume new names......
Use the third letter of your first name to determine
your new first name:
a = poopsie b = lumpy c = buttercup
d = gadget e = crusty f = greasy
g = fluffy h = cheeseball i = chim-chim
j = stinky k = flunky l = boobie
m = pinky n = zippy o = goober
p = doofus q = slimy r = loopy
s = snotty t = tootie u = dorkey
v = squeezit w = oprah x = skipper
y = dinky z = zsa-zsa
Use the second letter of your last name to determine
the first half of your new last name:
a = apple b = toilet c = giggle
d = burger e = girdle f = barf
g = lizard h = waffle i = cootie
j = monkey k = potty l = liver
m = banana n = rhino o = bubble
p = hamster q = toad r = gizzard
s = pizza t = gerbil u = chicken
v = pickle w = chuckle x = tofu
y = gorilla z = stinker
Use the fourth letter of your last name to determine
the second half of your new last name:
a = head b = mouth c = face
d = nose e = tush f = breath
g = pants h = shorts i = lips
j = honker k = butt l = brain
m = tushie n = chunks o = hiney
p = biscuits q = toes r = buns
s = fanny t = sniffer u = sprinkles
v = kisser w = squirt x = humperdinck
y = brains z = juice
Just call me Zippy Apple-Buns
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. - Aldous Huxley
Pro Cantorum totally kicked butt at the OMEA district choir competition today, unfortunately, we did not have a chance to take names. I was not really excited about the competition today because I thought we were going to be awful, but we a lot better than I expected. From what I've heard we qualified for state and our scores went something like 90, 90, and 87. Pretty nice I think. But I must say, the greatest thing about today by far was getting to see our real director. Mr. Frick came to watch us perform today and will apparently be returning to us right after spring break. He's still really skinny and probably not up to full capacity work-wise yet, but he's back and that's what matters. It will be so nice to have our director back. Yeah, so I had a good day.
Apparently this is my British alter-ego. Go figure....
Also:
Edit: SB E-MAIL 100! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY! Also, the other 100th e-mail you weren't supposed to see!
Pro Cantorum totally kicked butt at the OMEA district choir competition today, unfortunately, we did not have a chance to take names. I was not really excited about the competition today because I thought we were going to be awful, but we a lot better than I expected. From what I've heard we qualified for state and our scores went something like 90, 90, and 87. Pretty nice I think. But I must say, the greatest thing about today by far was getting to see our real director. Mr. Frick came to watch us perform today and will apparently be returning to us right after spring break. He's still really skinny and probably not up to full capacity work-wise yet, but he's back and that's what matters. It will be so nice to have our director back. Yeah, so I had a good day.
Apparently this is my British alter-ego. Go figure....
Also:
Edit: SB E-MAIL 100! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY! Also, the other 100th e-mail you weren't supposed to see!
Monday, March 15, 2004
Everything you can imagine is real. - Pablo Picasso
This day cannot be easily explained in one or two words words. I can't decide if the day was good or bad. There were many many good parts, but one or two overwhelmingly bad parts that have rather soured my mood on the whole day.
I woke up at a pretty decent time, got ready at my own leisurely pace, had an enjoyable choir class, hung out in the band room the nest period, and found out I got an A on my Gov. quiz the next period. But then it came to math class. Now, generally I look forward to math class, math isn't my favorite subject, but the teacher is cool and there are...other reasons to go as well ;) but today was not fun. We started CIM testing for math and it was insane. Some of the questions were completely out of the league of mere math 300 students and in the middle of the test the power went out on my computer. Now granted, all of my progress was saved, but I had to sit there for a good length of time waiting for my stupid computer to load. Something else happened after class too, it's not important, but it still made me kinda mad. When I got home my new purse finally came in the mail, and that helped a little, but still, the stupid math class adventures have irritated me quite a bit.
I'll be fine sooner or later....at least I don't have any homework.....
This day cannot be easily explained in one or two words words. I can't decide if the day was good or bad. There were many many good parts, but one or two overwhelmingly bad parts that have rather soured my mood on the whole day.
I woke up at a pretty decent time, got ready at my own leisurely pace, had an enjoyable choir class, hung out in the band room the nest period, and found out I got an A on my Gov. quiz the next period. But then it came to math class. Now, generally I look forward to math class, math isn't my favorite subject, but the teacher is cool and there are...other reasons to go as well ;) but today was not fun. We started CIM testing for math and it was insane. Some of the questions were completely out of the league of mere math 300 students and in the middle of the test the power went out on my computer. Now granted, all of my progress was saved, but I had to sit there for a good length of time waiting for my stupid computer to load. Something else happened after class too, it's not important, but it still made me kinda mad. When I got home my new purse finally came in the mail, and that helped a little, but still, the stupid math class adventures have irritated me quite a bit.
I'll be fine sooner or later....at least I don't have any homework.....
Sunday, March 14, 2004
It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that is the common right of humanity. - Seneca
As some of you might have noticed, I was not around much the last couple of days. I have been off doing various and sundry things since Friday morning. At about 9:00 AM on Friday I went with my mom and some kids from her class on a field trip to the big Powell's downtown. I had a lot of fun hanging out with some of the cute little kids in that class. Hali has to be the coolest 6th grader ever, she's such a sweetheart and reminds me a lot of myself. I was really excited to get to hang out with her while we were on the field trip.
Right after we got back from Powell's I went straight to the Subway in Troutdale to meet up with the Youth Light crew for the 30 Hour Famine. After eating lunch and running a few quick errands with Kristi, we divided into groups and went on a video scavenger hunt. It was great fun. I think the highlight was when we got Mr. Olczak and Diana in the front office to sing part of the National Anthem together. Or maybe when Mr. Brooks sang "I'm a Little Teapot" and was horrible at it....In any case, the scavenger hunt was a blast.
Following that excitement we headed over to Advent Lutheran Church and got settled. Kristi did her bible study after that, and then the insanity began. We played some rather harmless games like "Shuffle Your Buns" and then, moved on to one of the wierdest games I have ever played in my life. The game is called "Honey, if you love me, gimme a smile". The object of the game is to pick someone and get them to smile while they are desperately trying to say "Honey, I love you, but I just can't smile" without cracking. There were various methods employed to get people to smile, most of them involved hitting on your victim of choice. (And to answer the question I know is on all of your lips, yes, Peter did get hit on by various lovely girls.) We played the game for several hours until people started getting tired of it. We all had a blast. After that game we had another Bible study and a great prayer session that lasted almost an hour. We then played the ever-popular "Silent Football" and, when everyone was starting to nod off, went to bed at about 2:30 AM.
The next morning we woke up at about 9:30 and, after another lovely Bible study, made 99 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, hopped on the MAX, and distributed them downtown. Then (after a quick Slurpee run) we returned to the church, played some more games, had another Bible study, and finally broke our 30 hour fast by taking communion at 8:00 PM. We then gorged on four pizzas from Papa John's and consumed them all in about fifteen minutes.
After I returned home (to an empty house) I played some Zelda: Ocarina of Time, ate again, watched the movie Overboard, took a shower and finally went to bed. I think I was asleep in about five minutes.
This weekend was so cool, I had fun, made some friends, and was really spiritually refreshing. I hope this feeling of contentment I have now will last for a while, I don't want to let it go.
As some of you might have noticed, I was not around much the last couple of days. I have been off doing various and sundry things since Friday morning. At about 9:00 AM on Friday I went with my mom and some kids from her class on a field trip to the big Powell's downtown. I had a lot of fun hanging out with some of the cute little kids in that class. Hali has to be the coolest 6th grader ever, she's such a sweetheart and reminds me a lot of myself. I was really excited to get to hang out with her while we were on the field trip.
Right after we got back from Powell's I went straight to the Subway in Troutdale to meet up with the Youth Light crew for the 30 Hour Famine. After eating lunch and running a few quick errands with Kristi, we divided into groups and went on a video scavenger hunt. It was great fun. I think the highlight was when we got Mr. Olczak and Diana in the front office to sing part of the National Anthem together. Or maybe when Mr. Brooks sang "I'm a Little Teapot" and was horrible at it....In any case, the scavenger hunt was a blast.
Following that excitement we headed over to Advent Lutheran Church and got settled. Kristi did her bible study after that, and then the insanity began. We played some rather harmless games like "Shuffle Your Buns" and then, moved on to one of the wierdest games I have ever played in my life. The game is called "Honey, if you love me, gimme a smile". The object of the game is to pick someone and get them to smile while they are desperately trying to say "Honey, I love you, but I just can't smile" without cracking. There were various methods employed to get people to smile, most of them involved hitting on your victim of choice. (And to answer the question I know is on all of your lips, yes, Peter did get hit on by various lovely girls.) We played the game for several hours until people started getting tired of it. We all had a blast. After that game we had another Bible study and a great prayer session that lasted almost an hour. We then played the ever-popular "Silent Football" and, when everyone was starting to nod off, went to bed at about 2:30 AM.
The next morning we woke up at about 9:30 and, after another lovely Bible study, made 99 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, hopped on the MAX, and distributed them downtown. Then (after a quick Slurpee run) we returned to the church, played some more games, had another Bible study, and finally broke our 30 hour fast by taking communion at 8:00 PM. We then gorged on four pizzas from Papa John's and consumed them all in about fifteen minutes.
After I returned home (to an empty house) I played some Zelda: Ocarina of Time, ate again, watched the movie Overboard, took a shower and finally went to bed. I think I was asleep in about five minutes.
This weekend was so cool, I had fun, made some friends, and was really spiritually refreshing. I hope this feeling of contentment I have now will last for a while, I don't want to let it go.
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
- John Howard Payne
This has to be the wierdest, and yet coolest site ever! Just type in your address, click and prepare to be amazed.
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
- John Howard Payne
This has to be the wierdest, and yet coolest site ever! Just type in your address, click and prepare to be amazed.
Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public. - Robert Morley
That's for Andy.
Wow, much has happened since the last time I posted. On Sunday I was talking to my friend Rachel online and she invited me to walk with her up to the Dollar Tree near RHS to do a little shopping. I ended up spending close to $20 at the Dollar Tree and a grocery store. On Monday I woke up early and went in to re-take a math test aaaaaaand didn't do much else.... Tuesday I went in early again for Youth Light and during the day went with Expressions, Treble and Pro Cantorum choir to sing at some of the middle schools. Yesterday I woke up really late (8:22 AM) and had to run like an insane person to school so I wouldn't be late. I was a complete mess but I still had a really great day. I enjoyed most of my classes and was really happy for some...other reasons....;) Today was also good. I had fun in English, endured French, found out I have one of 2-3 A's in my Science class and acting quite strangely in PE..... (Let's just say there was an incident during class involving me, dancing, and the song "Funky Town") After school I went to see my math classroom to find out how I did on my quiz from Wednesday and found out I got a 20.5/20! I'm really happy considering my grade from the last quiz....And now I'm here....blogging.......
Oh yeah! Tomorrow I'll be doing the 30 hour famine with Youth Light for most of Friday and almost all of Saturday. I think it'll be fun, but maybe not as cool as last year. But that's ok, we're helping people and that's what counts.
And last but not least, check it out, and aerial picture of my house and Reynolds. So cool.
That's for Andy.
Wow, much has happened since the last time I posted. On Sunday I was talking to my friend Rachel online and she invited me to walk with her up to the Dollar Tree near RHS to do a little shopping. I ended up spending close to $20 at the Dollar Tree and a grocery store. On Monday I woke up early and went in to re-take a math test aaaaaaand didn't do much else.... Tuesday I went in early again for Youth Light and during the day went with Expressions, Treble and Pro Cantorum choir to sing at some of the middle schools. Yesterday I woke up really late (8:22 AM) and had to run like an insane person to school so I wouldn't be late. I was a complete mess but I still had a really great day. I enjoyed most of my classes and was really happy for some...other reasons....;) Today was also good. I had fun in English, endured French, found out I have one of 2-3 A's in my Science class and acting quite strangely in PE..... (Let's just say there was an incident during class involving me, dancing, and the song "Funky Town") After school I went to see my math classroom to find out how I did on my quiz from Wednesday and found out I got a 20.5/20! I'm really happy considering my grade from the last quiz....And now I'm here....blogging.......
Oh yeah! Tomorrow I'll be doing the 30 hour famine with Youth Light for most of Friday and almost all of Saturday. I think it'll be fun, but maybe not as cool as last year. But that's ok, we're helping people and that's what counts.
And last but not least, check it out, and aerial picture of my house and Reynolds. So cool.
Saturday, March 06, 2004
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. - Aristotle
Wow, this has been quite the week. Starting out with insane amounts of homework and ending with a super good day!
As I said, I had far too much homework this week what with starting a new book in English class and having two tests (one in French and the other in Biology) to study for. By Tuesday I was starting to feel a bit overwhelmed, but my stress level reached critical capacity on Thursday, the night before my French test. I went to bed feeling completely under-prepared and dreading the next day, not knowing what Friday would bring.
Friday started out pretty bad, I woke up later than I wanted to and didn't get a chance for the last minute study session I had hoped for. I got to school and got what I needed from Mrs. Peterson and then headed over to Mr. Marini's room so that I could take my English Reading CIM test. I had been told previously that the test was quite time consuming and would probably take two class periods to finish. I finished in one period with ten minutes to spare. Since I took the test on TESA (a computer program that administers the test) I was able to see my results right away and I killed that thing. It takes a score of at least 239 to pass, and I beat that by far. One teacher I talked to said the highest score he's heard of on the test is 260 and I received the lovely score of 256! Yay me! I'm really excited, but I'd like to know how the scores are determined. Soon after I finished the English test I went to French. I felt like I was going to hurl. I thought for sure I was going to flunk, but it ended up being possibly the easiest exam I've ever endured in that class. I was so relieved! I next went to my science class and discovered the results of my nerve-wracking Bio test. I got an A, I was so happy! And then I got to pretty much sit around the rest of the period seeing as it was a "make-up day" and I didn't have anything to make up. The rest of that day doesn't really merit any further comment. It wasn't all that exciting.
Enjoy the Spong Monkeys.
Wow, this has been quite the week. Starting out with insane amounts of homework and ending with a super good day!
As I said, I had far too much homework this week what with starting a new book in English class and having two tests (one in French and the other in Biology) to study for. By Tuesday I was starting to feel a bit overwhelmed, but my stress level reached critical capacity on Thursday, the night before my French test. I went to bed feeling completely under-prepared and dreading the next day, not knowing what Friday would bring.
Friday started out pretty bad, I woke up later than I wanted to and didn't get a chance for the last minute study session I had hoped for. I got to school and got what I needed from Mrs. Peterson and then headed over to Mr. Marini's room so that I could take my English Reading CIM test. I had been told previously that the test was quite time consuming and would probably take two class periods to finish. I finished in one period with ten minutes to spare. Since I took the test on TESA (a computer program that administers the test) I was able to see my results right away and I killed that thing. It takes a score of at least 239 to pass, and I beat that by far. One teacher I talked to said the highest score he's heard of on the test is 260 and I received the lovely score of 256! Yay me! I'm really excited, but I'd like to know how the scores are determined. Soon after I finished the English test I went to French. I felt like I was going to hurl. I thought for sure I was going to flunk, but it ended up being possibly the easiest exam I've ever endured in that class. I was so relieved! I next went to my science class and discovered the results of my nerve-wracking Bio test. I got an A, I was so happy! And then I got to pretty much sit around the rest of the period seeing as it was a "make-up day" and I didn't have anything to make up. The rest of that day doesn't really merit any further comment. It wasn't all that exciting.
Enjoy the Spong Monkeys.
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