End of Spring Break

I'm ready for it to be over. It was fun and all, but I need to see people.
Tomorrow is the first day back to school, and I'm so happy that it's finally here! I don't think you guys understand, I NEEEEEEEEEEEED to see people. And it gets me away from  my dad's house during the day. It's not really the house that I want to get away from...it's the people. I like being in a house where everyone knows that it really truly is possible to quietly close all of the doors in the house. And where the couch is comfy. And where it's ok if I feel like laying in bed for most of the day and listening to music. Or having a pajama day. A place where 9 year olds understand that it's PERFECTLY FINE if you go play by yourself, and it is NOT perfectly fine to say "I don't get it" after about 90% of the commercials on TV. If you don't get it, fine, but I don't care. And dang it! I LIKE watching Bones and House and CSI and all of those other grape-jelly-and-rubber shows while eating dinner! If you don't, too bad because it's a new freaking episode and I'm going to effing watch it!

*SIGH* Ok....vent done. Now I'm going to be excited about tomorrow.

YAY!!! I get to see friends again, and people I like, and people I LIKE, and even the people that I want to punch in the face!!!!! And it's a b-day, which means French class (XD) and Biology :)...and math :C< But that's ok!
So what good things happened over spring break? Well I got my semester 2 job shadow done. I shadowed/volunteered for a few days at a police station. It was pretty awesome. I got to do a ride along with 3 officers. The first ride along was ok...nothing really happened. Then the second guy was the local student resource officer (yes, I said THE local SRO...it's a small town) and he also showed me some pictures of when he went to France. He was a fun and nice guy. Then the third guy (who has a mysterious southern accent and no one has any idea of how he got it) showed me pretty much all of the speed traps and told me some funny stories. Then he arrested a guy. That was exciting.
I also did some work around the office such as stamping dates on files, rearranging their bulletin board so that you could actually see the majority of the papers, cutting my finger--uh I mean old tape recordings.
Oh, and I got my prom dress and shoes! So excited for prom! Now I just need to survive the SAT O.O


So yeah. I'm kinda glad to be going back to school. Actually, it wouldn't be like this if I had spent the WHOLE break at my mom's... but yeah.

Today turned out....

Amazing. So this morning I was really nervous because I have NONE of my script memorized and I was tired and really didn't feel like dancing. But when I walked into dance our teacher told us she's sick and so we just watched Newbies. Which I really want to see. I wasn't really paying attention. None of us were. But it was a nice relaxing way to start the morning. And I got to play with--ahem--use this really cool thing to score some paper to make it easier to fold (for vocabulary foldables that she is going to have her classes do). It was such a simple task that it was pretty relaxing.
Then in Spanish we played musical chairs. I wasn't looking forward to it. But it turned out to be really fun!
Psychology was pretty boring...as always. Except when our teacher took a kid out into the hall and hit him with a stick (ok not really, but we were learning about different conditioning methods and he was using that as an example of punishment; they went into the hall and the teacher hit the stick against the wall and the kid "screamed in pain").
Theatre, was just awesome. We had to help our teacher with his homework by playing this game called "Click." What you do is you are in pretty big groups and you have to tell a story with freeze frames. They usually end in disaster just because it will make people laugh and it makes the ending obvious. So we spent the first bit of it discussing what our Click would be. We were all over the place. First he told us we didn't have to keep it confined to the auditorium, which opened up a TON of possibilities. So we were going to get some wheelchairs from the nurse and/or nursing class and have a wheelchair race. And then our teacher suggested that everyone has some type of disability. And then it went to being a special ed. class playing dodge ball and someone asked "What's the worst that could happen?" to which I replied with "We walk into the gym and the special ed. classes are in there playing dodge ball." So that idea was dropped.
We finally decided that we would be an unruly class who gets into this huge brawl whenever our teacher turns towards the board and we would be perfect angels when he's looking at us. It was pretty awesome. We were all dead in the end. My favorite part was looking at the pictures and in the first one we are all smiley, then we are all taking notes, then we are smiley again, then we are annoyed and making bored faces, then the fighting starts, then it REALLY starts, then we are back to being perfect angels...except for the fact that a bunch of people are in new seats :)

Oh, and I finished my book that I've been reading for like the last month. It was amazingly emotional. It's called The Secret Holocaust Diaries by Nonna Bannister. If you like reading history books/memoirs/books about the Holocaust, I highly recommend it.
Then I read another book (it was really short) that was such a nice quick read. It was about this little old lady who lives in China near this bridge that is thought to bring good luck. But because of the bridge's reputation there are a lot of kids who are abandoned there (their parents think that leaving their kids there will give the kids a better future), and so she always takes them to the orphanage. Well one day she sees this little boy and he is blind. Then in the two days that he stays with her they become pretty attached to one another. So a week after she takes him to the orphanage she goes to check up on him and gets really upset by how he's being taken care of. So then she becomes his foster parent. And it's just a really sweet story called The Bridge by Kay Bratt. If you are looking for a quick read, it's a good one to check out. But there were a few tiny grammatical errors, and one that bugged me where the author calls the old woman's daughter "Jing" which is the old woman's name. That was the only reason I didn't give it five stars.


FINALLY, Merwan Rim's new music video for "Mens-moi" came out today. It's a good one. I shall post it. And the song is really pretty. But the music video brings a lot of emotion to it and kind of hints at what the song is about. I'll also post a link to the lyrics with a trustworthy translation.

Lyrics: http://lyricstranslate.com/en/mens-moi-lie-me.html

So yes. It was a good day :)
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Now backtrack to yesterday. In French class I learned that my teacher grew up in the same town as one of my favorite French singers, Pascal Obispo ^_^ So I tweeted about it. AND HE RETWEETED IT :O :D Now I know what you're thinking "How stereotypical teenager of you to get so excited over that" but you don't understaaaaaand! I had just been thinking about how weird it is to think that everyone in the world is connected by people they truly know (not just Facebook ''know''). Like, if you think about it, I know my French teacher, she knows a ton of people who live in her hometown. The chances of one of them knowing Pascal Obispo are pretty high. So hypothetically speaking, he and I share a link that is probably around 10-20 people long. Which is pretty small when you think about 1. I live in the US, he lives in France. 2. I'm an ordinary person, he's famous. So to have that close of a connection with someone like that is pretty amazing! [Not to mention that that means I can just add one to however many people connect us to find my connection to Christophe Maé :) I had to get his name in here somehow ;)] So just imagine how connected you are to you're favorite actor/singer/whatever! Just know the right people and it's like your entire world opens up.
Ok back to the retweeting, so in my opinion, that makes all other connection chains unimportant because he noticed one of my tweets which counts as an interaction between the two of us which means....OMG IT'S LIKE I MET HIM ONLY NOT! Ok, my fangirlyness is done...for the moment. Because I have some much sadder news.

So there's this kid...in my French class...and he used to sit behind me but now he doesn't because this stupid annoying freshman who can't shut her big mouth had to be moved so that she would shut up and just MAYBE (though I highly doubt it) get some work done. So now she sits behind me and poor *guy that shall remain unnamed* sits one seat over, in the midst of a gaggle of freshmen girls whose conversations really get on his nerves. Now it isn't that big of a move...but it's so sad :( He's like the only entertaining one in that class. I would get so bored if he wasn't there. And we always partnered up for the partner reads and games and such. And now I can't just discretely slip him the AP Bio homework when he asks for it (ok, maybe that one was a little dramatic, I mean it's only one seat over). But the fact is, I don't like change. I like him though.... :)

-.-

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.

Pinterest

So I'm trying out this new (to me) thing called Pinterest. It's kind of like flair boards were on facebook only you "pin" a picture to a board. As far as I know you aren't limited on boards and it's all free. So it's pretty cool. I haven't gotten much on it yet but I will include the link. It will also be located on the left hand side bar (<--) under the deviantart link.

WARNING: This might just be something that I use a few times and then never go back to, so sorry if you actually expect me to keep up with it haha. This is the longest I've ever kept up with any blog/journal thingy and I'm only at 70 posts (as of this one ^_^ yay me!), so....yeah.

ALP (French text speak equivalent of TTFN-- ta ta for now.)

PS. Speaking of ta ta for now...the other day in biology we learned about the TATA box. The A's aren't pronounced like the A's in "apple," they are pronounced like the A's in "ta ta." So it was kind of funny hearing our teacher say it...especially after someone had written "*Name of teacher* plays with boobies" (it was originally barbies). AAAAAAAANNYWAY.

ALP! ♥






EDIT: PPS. Haha, oops. Guess you need the link: http://pinterest.com/nikkylove/

Never thought I'd utter these words.

But what a sweet little freshman!! Ok so in the Dance I class (that I'm taking because I had an open and I've missed having dance) there are 7 students. And two of them are freshmen. One of them is a little...energetic/bubbly for my taste. Now there is nothing wrong with being bubbly but she annoyed me at homecoming so I'm still a little iffy about her. The other one is this sweet girl who was in my health class last semester and she was always pretty quiet. So needless to say she's on my "I Can Deal With These People" list. Well. Today she totally made it onto my "Awesome People" list. So we had just gotten done dancing with the guys and she and I are standing against the wall while everyone else takes their turn. And we were just chit chatting and she was talking about how it makes her really happy when she gets the moves down. And then she turned to me and said "You're really pretty by the way."
Best freshman. Ever. It completely made my day. I don't think she will ever annoy me. Ever.
It always feels good to hear things like that, but she's a really pretty girl herself so it makes it seem a bit better for some reason.


And then to add to my boosted confidence, (Note: Dance is first hour) as I was at my locker getting my coat to leave, another girl and I were chit chatting. And then she told me she loves my hair. Yeah, I'd say today definitely gave me a self esteem boost.

What class is this again?

Ok, first of all I'm going to clarify something.
I have three names in Spanish class.
Paige.
Página (My Spanish name which is pronounced Pah-hee-na).
Page (The French pronunciation of my name [Pah-ge]).

So I walk into Spanish class and my teacher says "Hola, Paige. Page. *insert show-off face here* Bonjour, Page. Ça va? Ça va."
Here's what I'm still trying to figure out, is this actually Spanish class? Because there's a lot of French that gets used in that class. And at very random moments. Like discussing ways to say hello and goodbye. In Spanish. And then it some how became ways to say hello in different languages.

But I have to keep reminding my teacher that every time he uses French in Spanish class it really screws me up. Though, because of that, I've gotten really good at speaking French in my head while writing the words in Spanish. Especially for "mais" (pero) and "alors" (asi que). And "il y a" (hay).

Finally! (and some randomness)

After a nice long break I'm glad to be heading back to school tomorrow. This winter I learned a few things.
1. It's not winter without snow. It's just an extension of fall.
2. I need people. Like really need them. I got so bored not seeing people.
But hopefully tomorrow won't be too confusing with new schedules and all. I should only have one change. And unless the people who put schedules together decided to be mean and stick me in some useless class, I should just have an open period for 1A. But I will have to pick up my schedule tomorrow morning. Hopefully the lines aren't too long. Of course all of the info SHOULD have been on powerschool by now. But of couuuuurse not. >:(

Oh, and as of typing this post, I need one more visitor to hit the 700 views mark ^_^ I feel so accomplished!

Now I'd like to share a dream that I had the other night. It was interesting. And I really only remember a few tiny bits and pieces. It was at school. In a library. But definitely not my school's library. There was a celebrity interview going on. Christophe Maé was the celebrity. During the interview he didn't have much of an accent. But I remember it sounding more British than French. And I got really excited because...well...duh. Why do you think? ;) And I went to go get his autograph because I magically had a mini poster for him to sign. He seemed tired. Or annoyed. Or distracted. I'm not sure which really. It may have been a mixture of those three. But he gave me his autograph and I was all excited and then I noticed he had a tattoo on the inside of his wrist. It was like a small black loop shaped kind of like Ω but with the opening facing his fingers and the pieces on the bottom were a bit different. And in the middle it looked kind of like blue water... So I asked him what it stood for. And he said something about it representing how he allows his soul to be free and doesn't restrict himself or something like that. And then I felt really bad because in real life accents don't bother me and I would normally be able to instantly pick up what he was trying to say. But I guess the fact that he all of a sudden had an extreeeaaaamly thick French accent threw me off. So I like smiled at him for a second then said something to the effect of "ahhh." But unlike real life, I wasn't embarrassed for the rest of the dream. Though I was a bit right after that happened. And then I went and sat down and was all happy about getting his autograph. OH! I remember more. So then I was talking with these people and don't ask me who they were. But apparently the lady I was talking to was pretty important and was in a bit of danger. So she had to be taken to this special room upstairs and I was going with her and about 5 other people. These bad guys were looking for us or something. And we had to try and stay quiet but the other people would not shut up. And we were going to be stuck there for a few days.

And that is all I remember.

And so it begins...

Finals week. Starts tomorrow. Then it's two finals a day until next Wednesday. I think I'll be ok....I started my French final yesterday and that was pretty easy. We were SUPPOSED to start our Spanish final today but because my class is so small my teacher thinks we'll be able to get the speaking portion completed in one class period. Tomorrow I have English and then we finish our French final. I think I'm most nervous for math. And a tiny bit for theatre because part of it is improve (which I don't like) and I don't know how that's going to work yet.

But I will DEFINITELY be glad when next week is over. Then it's just a few days until Christmas!!! Exciting, exciting.

School Plays

Are the most fun thing in the world!!! Had so much fun working the play last week, now it feels weird actually coming home after school. Everyone did great. And of course the after party was super fun!!

Can't wait til spring.

Drama Competition: THE RESULTS!!!!!!!!

You guys....I DID AMAZING!!!!!!! (Especially for my first time doing a monologue at competition.)
And ESPECIALLY considering I got my monologue about 11 days before competition.

For round one I got a 9/10 which is superior.
For round two I got another 9/10 AND I was in the top 3 best performances in that round (albeit I was the third out of top three...BUT STILL!! I MADE TOP THREE!!)
And for round three I got an 8/10 which is an excellent.

Surprisingly the one that I thought I went the slowest on I actually went the fastest on haha Guess I was a bit excited to be done with competition.

AHHHHH!!!! This makes me so happy and gives me sooooo much confidence. And I had really nice judges who gave me great tips. Well...the first judge didn't really give many tips....and she called my voice "very one level, until she warmed up." Which was because of my character, not just me. But oh well, if that's the one critique that bugged me then that's pretty darn good!!

Time to find a monologue for next year!! Sadly next year will be my last :( I'm glad that I've gotten to go these past two years though. It's so much fun! You truly see so many great people who are talented and just plain nice.

...So...8-10 more years of this? O.o

Why do I want to major in a science??? I'm having enough trouble with the electron transport chain and what NADH+ and FADH2 have to do with it. And of course there's the whole cyclic photophosphorylation and it's limitations and how plants overcame said limitations. -.-

Thankfully I'm only MINORING in Biology.

*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.

Wish me luck!! The next month is going to be CA-RA-ZY!

Ok, so today I turned in an essay to hopefully win some money, and maybe even a $30,000 dollar scholarship, yes I really did mean to put four zeros behind that three. It's through the Veterans of Foreign Wars and I had to write an essay about whether or not there is honor in serving in the military. I then had to record me reading it and put it on a CD. Check, and check! All turned in, now just crossing my fingers and hoping for the best.
Last Friday I tried out for the school play...to tell you the truth...I'm not sure if I want the part. I kind of like just being back stage and bossing people around. STAGE MANAGERS......UNITE!!!! But if I get the part I will be very happy...but don't wish me luck on getting the part, please.
Then, on the 17th my school is having the variety show. The drama club/advanced class will be putting on a live performance of Ludo's Love Me Dead music video. (Good song by the way.) I'm kind of a stage manager for that (thanks Mr. Beets....-.-) but I'm not sure how much managing I'll be doing as it's maybe 3 minutes long haha
THEN on the 19th we have drama competition...O.o Hopefully my partner will be all ready to go that day. Just the two of us...she has worse stage fright than I do, and THAT's saying something.

But wait, there's more!

I have to write a four page (double spaced so it's really not very long) science essay. By the end of the month. PLUS I still have to type up my job shadow. Oh joy.


But I'm sure in between all of that stress there will be some fun. (HINT HINT GRACIE. HINT HINT.)

Well.

I haven't posted in forever because of school. And let's just say this year has been awesome! Lots of work, but really good.
I am looking forward to so many things coming up in the next month. Homecoming is coming up on Oct. 14-15 and the drama club is going to have an AMAZING float!
The new Sims expansion (Sims 3: Pets) is coming out on Oct. 18. CAN'T WAIT!
And because school is going so good I have a feeling this next month is going to be just as good as it has been.

Can't really think of anything to blog about. Maybe I'll find something interesting soon.

Lame/Odd/Not funny jokes my teachers told in school today.

Health Class:  George and Georgetta were a very frugal couple and they hated spending more money than they thought necessary. So when George died Georgetta decided it would be nice to put an obituary in the paper. She called up the newspaper and asked how much it would be. The man told her they started at $25 and went up from there. So she said "Ok, well I'll just go with the $25 one. I want it to say 'George is dead.'" And then the man told her "Well for $25 you get 6 words." So she said "Ok...'George is dead, Toyota for sale.'"

Psychology: (Teacher's name is Mr. Snow) "It's so hot in here, I better open the door or Mr. Snow might melt!"
"I thought about being a dentist, but I thought I wouldn't have the patients."


I'm sure there were a couple of cheesey ones in Spanish and Theater. But these 3 were the ones that made me think "Facepalm!"

All in all, a great first day of school. OH! And there is a kid in my Spanish class with the last name of Booth. Win? I think so! (Although, he is NO WHERE CLOSE to Booth's hotness.)

Sarcasm and the Internet

Sarcasm doesn't travel well through text. Plain and simple. But here are some tips to help:

1. Be obvious with your sarcasm. When talking the tone is the obvious part, but when you type you can't really get your tone across. Use formatting to your advantage. Underline, italicize, or bold certain words to get it across to the readers that you are being sarcastic.
         Ex: I'm just so excited to be going back to school.
        
2. Use emoticons. Even though not all websites have animated ones you should at least know how to make a smile or a wink.
         Ex: I'm just so excited to be going back to school. ;)

3. Saying "haha", "jk" and "lol" may seem cliche, but they lighten the tone of your post.
         Ex: I'm just so excited to be going back to school. hahahaha

4. Don't be too serious. When talking to someone you can act serious with your sarcasm and it will still come across as sarcastic. But on the internet it's a lot better to be silly with your sarcasm.
         Ex: Oh yes, everyone just loves going to school so much!

 Anti-Ex: Person 1- The people at my school are really nice.
  Sarcastic Person- Oh, so I'm mean now.

As you can see in the anti-example, accusing someone of calling you a name is way too serious to come across as sarcastic. It will just cause confusion and an argument. (Believe it or not, I've seen this.)

5. Combine tactics!
      Ex: I just love it when I have to get up at 6 am! ;) lol

Using these simple 5 tips I'm sure you'll be avoiding forum fights and comment flames in no time!



And to make this related to Bones:              V King of Sarcasm right there, folks.

"Why would a gang leader cooperate?"
"I'm gonna ask him really, really nicely, Bones."
"You know that book I'm reading about getting along with your co-workers? It says that sarcasm is never helpful. I can lend it to you if you want."

Well, it's here.

So it's August. Starting this month students are going to be going back to school.
I'm looking forward to this school year. Hopefully it will be full of fun and surprises. But the thing I'm not looking forward to is the early mornings and the school food. Yuck!
I have a feeling that this school year is going to by very fast, just like this summer did. I have mixed feelings about that. On one hand, I can't wait to graduate. On the other hand, graduation means change. Friends will be moving out of state to go to various colleges, we will have work to worry about, and money becomes a bigger thing.
I'm looking forward to the school dances and being with my friends. I'm looking forward to meeting another exchange student. I'm looking forward to *hopefully* having great teachers.
I'm not looking forward to the tests and drama. I'm not looking forward to the stuck up snobs. I'm not looking forward to English class. I'm definitely not looking forward to having to change my schedule.
Maybe I'll get lucky and I'll be able to take both Spanish and French, contrary to what I've been told in the past. Maybe I'll get lucky and there will be some new cute, nice and smart guy. As apposed to the majority the guys.

Well, I hope everyone else is just as excited/nervous/impatient for this school year to get started! Let the countdown....BEGIN!