I hate adults who...

Patronize me. If you want to seriously get on my bad side, do this.

So I may have mentioned the SAT (or not) but anyways, starting this year my state is paying for all high school juniors (grade 11) to take the SAT which is a standardized academic test that most colleges and universities will require you take. (There is also the ACT and most schools around here will take either one, but others prefer on or the other.)  Am I the only one who thinks this is a fantastic idea? Usually it's like 80 bucks to take. The catch (I guess you could call it that) is that because the state pays for it, it will take place on a school day instead of a Saturday. And because it's such an important test, juniors will be the only ones in the high schools that day. Did I mention this only takes up a day? Good. Now you have the basic background.

So I'm scrolling through facebook and an adult, who has one high school student who is not a junior, is complaining about it. In her original post she says "blah blah blah (for those who plan on taking it)" And so to me it looked like she didn't quite understand that it is now a state requirement. So I simply explained that it IS in fact required by the state and since they are paying for it, it's likely that there will be a lot of students taking it that wouldn't otherwise have a way to pay for it. Again, it's 80 bucks. That's not very cheap. And then she comes back with a completely patronizing comment: "Ahhh but you see , dear one, normally, you go on a Saturday or some such time, and go take the tests. See.. if you want to go to college.. you need to learn to get off your backside and do it yourself. Go..get what you want. We are too busy... teaching you guys that it will be provided for you. WTH? since when? We are taking a day away from school for 1000 other kids to make it easy for 400 others. Yeah.. like that happens in real life.. others than on welfare."

Now let me highlight the parts that I felt to be patronizing. I really should have just highlighted the whole thing. Would that have made any of you this mad? Because I pretty much deleted my comments (that were NOT laced with any sarcasm or rudeness) and then made it so that none of her stuff will show up on my feed. And now, I use a lot of ellipses when I write (especially on the internet) but hers just piss me off even more. And surprisingly, this is an adult I usually look up to and get along with quite well. Now, let's just say, I won't be volunteering to go over to her house anytime soon. 



Oh, and by the way, not only do I have SATs this week, but I have the usual AP Bio and trig homework AND the school play is this week. We still have people who don't know their lines and our platform has started to collapse. All I want is for this week to be over. So that I can go shopping on Sunday with some friends. And then next week is prom, which means I get to party all night with some awesome people ^_^ and then crave grilled cheese sandwiches after the dance haha
After that, Gracie and I seriously need to get a hangout time scheduled. Oh, and I also have my senior project to work on. 














Time for French music and homework. And momma's cookies. And water. I'm thirsty. Then sleep!!

Horrible day. Brought to you by fathers who don't understand anything and instead of just supporting you they just act like jerks and complain. Made better by Merwan Rim's music.

Ok, so I'm stage manager for the school play as always. We are doing Of Mice and Men. The biggest difference between a company play and a school play is how much time we get to prepare. If we got 6 months to prepare and didn't have to plan set building around other events that require the auditorium, you better believe we would have perfect plays. But we get like 2 months and we have to make sure that before we start building the set they don't need the stage for choir or band concerts. The auditorium isn't for the theater department only. I really wish it was. But we have to share.
So, because I'm at my dad's this week I've been getting rides home from rehearsals from my step mom and then today we had a Saturday rehearsal so my dad dropped me off while they were on their way to Costco. Rehearsals were at 11. He dropped me off at 10:30. Wouldn't be a problem except then my drama coach (aka the director) sent out a text saying it was moved to 11:30 because he was having car troubles. So I was pissed at my dad already for being a jerk on the way over and saying things like "I don't understand why you guys have to practice as much as sports teams" "Is the set actually going to be done this time"* "If they have their lines down they shouldn't have to practice so much" "Is this going to be the last rehearsal before the play starts?"** And so yeah, needless to say I was already pissed off when I got there. Then I had my mom pick me up so I could cool off and we did a bit of shopping around. I've decided that from now on, when there's a school play happening, I'm staying with her the week before AND week of. I don't care what my dad feels. He just pisses me off and stresses me out.

So where does Merwan Rim fit into all of this? Well, I logged into twitter and saw that he had been doing some chatting with people and so then I remembered some lyrics to one of his songs. It's a song in English and it's one of those songs that every girl wishes some guy would say those things to her ("If I gave you everything and all the stars, would you feel alright? If I brought you wings to fly up to the sky, would you still be down?" Is that sweet or not?). And then I remembered THIS song that is from now on my New Years Eve/Bad day song.

I couldn't find a good English translation, so you'll just have to deal with only understanding the English parts. But that's ok because those are the parts that make this my feel good song. 

Tu sais, que je
Suis arrivé au bout
Les yeux ferléq je ne tiens plus debout
Je sais, tu sais
J'ai bien failli tomber
Ils ont voulu
Me voir abandonner

Hold on you're fine
When they cut you to size
Then you turn round ans smile just a little
Say Happy New year
Coz this is the end
Of all that was broken
Let go of you fears

Say Happy New year
Un nouveau départ, Un nouveau défi
j'ai vraiment tout donné, vraiment tout donné
J'oublie le passé enfin je respire
C'est un nouveau jour

Get up get up take a second to look
Take a third take a fourth
And you'll see that you're good
Enough enough it doesn't matter at all
When you feel like you're surrounded coz you
Stood too tall

Je sens, mon coeur
Qui se bat
Et je regarde au loin vers le soleil
Sau Happy New Year
Coz this is the end
Of all that was broken
That you needed to mend
Let go of you fears

Say Happy New Year
Un nouveau départ, Un nouveau défi
J'ai vraiment tout donné, vraiment tout donné
J'oublie le passé je respire
C'est un nouveau jour

Je n'ai plus peur des silences
Des coups durs, des absences
Every heart is open tonight

So happy New Year
Coz this is the end
Fin de l'histoire, je réalise
Je sais que demain, je sais que demain
Est un nouveau départ, Aaaah
C'est un nouveau jour, une nouvelle vie
J'ai vraiment tout donné, vraiment tout donné
Je sais que demain, est un nouveau jour






*The last play we did, we had Drama Competition and the variety show right before the play and so we couldn't build the set pretty much until the week of. But we DID get it done on opening night and the play turned out really well. It's just my dad is too thick-skulled to understand that it wasn't entirely our coach's fault that we didn't have it done sooner.

**Seriously?!?! That question just pissed me off. It's not like people don't have to work to get good. And it's not like we just go and learn the lines and then the blocking and whatever else comes naturally. Or that we can go over it once and remember every little detail. We put just as much, if not more, work into our plays as the sports teams put into making themselves good.

Gr.

If you say "golly" "gosh" "jeepers" or anything similar before posting a condescending and sarcastic post, I will kill you with my mind powers through the computer screen. It's one thing to be rude. It's another to use stupid and innocent sounding vocabulary to heighten your sarcasm. It irks me to no end.

-.-

SIGH. Don't you hate it when you find out that someone you...like...having in your life might be moving across the country?!?! Gahhhhhhhhh! :'( [Gracie, I haven't told you about this yet. So if you'd like more info....you know how to contact me]


Well, others than that it has been a good....how ever long ago I found this out. Oh, except for the freaking NRJs on Saturday. (NRJ music awards is a French music awards show.) Merwan Rim didn't win, even though he totally deserved it, and Christophe Maé didn't win, even though he also deserved it. Instead all of these people I don't care about won. Well, Adele (International Song of the Year for Someone like You) is pretty good...And Shakira (NRJ Award of Honor), too. But then they had to go and give the male Award of Honor to Justin Bieber. I mean really? In my opinion, he hasn't been in the business long enough! Sure it's nice to see newbies rise to the top...but he's just this little tween sensation. He should be getting Nickelodeon awards. Not and "Award of Honor."
HUFF. Well...that's my complaint for Saturday.

Hmmmm....Let's see....what else....Well I can't really complain much about today. Except that I have a math test tomorrow and have to have a scene memorized by Friday when I just got it today...Thanks Beets. Thanks.

I just can't wait for this week to be over. Actually, after tomorrow's test it shouldn't be too bad. Anything else that I've forgotten? Well if I think of it later I'll tell you.

*Pulling hair out, throwing a fit, sharpening a knife while glaring at a picture of a particular person who shall be left unnamed* I'm mad. Can't you tell?

So. Today started out GREAT. Last night I exercised and stretched before bed and went to bed early. I woke up this morning and felt better than usual. School day was going fine and then BAM. Horrible day.
What happened, you ask? Oh, nothing much. I just found out that I REALLY can't trust one of my friends.

Ok, so drama competition is next Saturday. I've been fully memorized, ready to get blocking done and just polish things up. My "partner," on the other hand, is not. We've had this script for AT LEAST a month. If not two. My partner's excuse is that she "get's nervous in front of people" or "blanks out." I understand both of those. But if that's the case then why is it that she can't get through ONE run through when it's just the two of us with no one watching? Oh, that's right, because she's NOT MEMORIZED.
And as if that wasn't stressful enough, today our teacher told us that we have 2 too many groups in our category. SO NEXT CLASS all of the groups in that category are going to get up and perform our pieces in front of the class and he will pick the 4 groups that will go to competition. Guess who it's not going to be. If you guessed "you and your partner" you would be correct.

But it doesn't stop there, oh no. Now I have to find a 5-8 minute monologue and have it ready to go by next Saturday. Isn't that just lovely? Thankfully I've found one. Now I just have to start memorizing it.





ACT TWO

So I don't know about the rest of you, but when I ask a question such as "about how far is it to _________?" I just want a generalization. I DON'T CARE HOW I'M GETTING THERE. I don't care if I'm in a car, on a bus or on freaking roller blades. I DON'T CARE ABOUT TRAFFIC. It doesn't matter if the rest of the world is dead, or if they're all going to the same place I am. So when I ask such a question you should answer with "about _______ minutes/hours/days/weeks/etc." and then just SHUT UP. Don't say "but we'll be on a bus so it might be longer." Don't say "but there might be some traffic." And DO NOT get all pissy with me when I tell you "I don't care about that stuff. All I want is a general distance." I don't care about what you were "just say'n" or "just letting you know." All I want is a freaking generalization. Is that so hard? You seem to do everything else half way, why does something this simple need such a huge explanation?
And when I tell you that I don't care about all of that other stuff, don't continue to argue that you were "just say'n." I don't give a crap. Get it? Just shut up and I'll stop having to tell you that I don't care about all of the variables. Faster you shut up about it, the faster I do.

Oh, and the biggest pet peeve of mine when it comes to situations like this? Saying "OKAY! GOSH!" Because all that does is piss me off.

Hit list.

There are a few things currently on my hit list.
1. My computer mouse. It's dying. It's messing everything up.
2. AP Biology classes. They suck.
3. Youtube. It keeps freezing.
4. Facebook. When I type I don't want to see |  || | |   |
5. The person who invented daylight savings. Screw you.

Why do people do this???

Ok, I'll admit that I like to read celebrity gossip online. But if I don't like a celebrity, I won't read the articles about them. That's sane and logical, isn't it?
What I've been noticing a LOT this year is that more and more people are reading articles about celebrities just to complain about it. It will be some little article about a celebrity baby and a ton of comments will be things such as "I'm so tired of hearing about this family" "this isn't news! I want real news!" And what really gets on my nerves is when people say the celebrity is annoying because they always say the same thing. Take for instance, Miranda Kerr. She had a baby boy (beautiful little guy!) back in January and so interviewers were asking her what the experience of childbirth was like. She gives ONE answer to ONE interviewer and everyone else takes that interview and quotes it in their articles. Then all of the comments are things such as "I'm so sick of her! She isn't the only woman to ever give birth!" or "She needs to shut up about this, we don't care how hard it was!" Really people?!?! Are you so blind that you don't realize that the EXACT same words are being quoted in hundreds of articles???
And back to the "this isn't news" thing. If you want real news, WTFreak are you doing in the entertainment section??? Entertainment sections consist of movie stars, singers, models, and anyone else who is considered a celebrity. So if you don't want to read about them, go somewhere else.

And then of course there are the people who think they know how to parent eeeeveryone's kids. I recently read an article about a little boy at a baseball game who was upset about not catching a foul ball. The commentators were laughing at his little pouty face and so they gave him a ball. No big deal, right? WRONG (according to the "I knoweth all" people). About 85% of the comments were horrible and nasty things such as "Now he's going to grow up to be a spoiled little brat!" "That kid needs to be spanked! I would never allow my kid to act like that!" Nobody realized that the kid was just lucky. Is it such a horrible thing to be lucky?? I highly doubt the majority of those commenters even watched the little video clip that was attached. You can clearly see that once the boy starts to complain to his dad his dad puts a stop to it. Obviously these parents know how to raise their kid. The poor boy was only 7 or so, and just because he got lucky fun-killers-united ganged up on him. Am I the only one who sees THAT as wrong?

And don't even get me started on trolls and articles about babies. Has humanity sunk so low that it's acceptable to refer to infants as "fugly" and "ugliest little brat I've ever seen"? They are babies! (Although, something in me is telling me that most of those people are guys...in which case it's sad that they are even reading about babies.)


Pssssssshhhhhheeeeeewwwwww. Felt good to get this off my chest.

I mean really, who could call this little guy ugly?

Things that irk me.

First off, I would like to apologize for not posting sooner. I tried posting last night and then my computer decided to act up.

Ok, so not many things will get on my nerves very badly, but the one thing that I absolutely can not stand is when people get what they've been begging and asking for over and over and then complain about it.
I play this game that gets updated every so often because whenever a new expansion to the game comes out it brings bugs along with it. Well the latest expansion came out about 2 months ago and did give some people some pretty awful bugs, but the complaining was getting so annoying! The forums were filled with "when will we get a new patch" "this is dumb!" "I'm giving up on this game!" and so on. (Of course a lot of the problems could have been avoided if the players had followed the proper procedure to correctly installing a new expansion and or patch.) And the new fix-patch FINALLY came out today. And guess what. There are already people complaining that "the patch broke my game!" The SAME people, mind you, that had been complaining about wanting a patch. And yes the patches can sometimes make pre-existing glitches apparent for some people, but these glitches are normally not game breaking. And the ones that are are usually just in that certain save file.

So basically, if you are going to complain about wanting what you don't have, don't complain about it once you have it!