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Friday, October 07, 2005

Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:32:00 GMT

ok, so i've gotten really bored with xanga, so i'm no longer using it. i've found a better site to use for all same purposes, and its more convenient for me, so from now on, you can find me

here

Sunday, September 11, 2005

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 04:22:30 GMT

ok, well not much has been happening lately. i mean, i haven't even had much homework this past week, only like one or two assignments that i had to take home to do. its kinda nice. let's see. some completely random thoughts.

i found out that miss mullikin and miss talmadge were talking about me, and they both agree that i'm a bright student, apparently. some times i wonder where people get these ideas.
i went and had a talk with miss barr about college. ya know, about what to do when applying and getting accepted and crap.
i had to sell carnations all this week for NHS. that was fun. i had help though. big thanks to kim yoakum for that.
while playing football in PE, i broke a nail. i know, that doesn't sound like such a big deal, but my nails were about an inch long. so i had to cut them all down because i couldn't just leave one short and the rest long because that would have driven me insane before long. so, now i have nails that reach just past the nail bed. that was probably my most upsetting moment of the week. pretty sad, i know. starting over kinda sucks. this is the shortest my nails have been since i stopped biting them.

ok, well, i think i'm done for now. i gotta get some sleep because later i have to fill out my senior student-of-the-month application. then i have to get some work done on writing my critique for ap english. not to mention, i should try to get some reading done in great expectations. i have to have it read by a week from monday. i doubt i'll finish it, but i already know all the important things that happen in the end, thanks to a discussion book in the library on great expectations, so i hope to at least do good on the final test based on that. well, later

Monday, September 05, 2005

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 21:41:05 GMT

herscher Meth. church serving labor day dinner at HHS.

i'll just let you interpret this sign that the state bank of herscher was advertising. i think there's a subliminal message somewhere in the message. i think it just proves what we all thought to begin with. and i swear, that's exactly what the sign said. really, we should spell out the word methodist next time. don't abreviate it with meth; that makes for a totally different meaning. especially when its at the school.

anyway, my three-day weekend flew by incredibly quickly. good thing i didn't have any homework to do. besides that, i really don't have anything to say. woo hoo, four-day school week. i have to sell carnations all this week during lunch though. oh well, not a problem. well, i should go back to my not-so-extraordinary life. later

Sunday, September 04, 2005

Sun, 04 Sep 2005 01:46:39 GMT

woo hoo. homework-free three-day weekend. i just love those.

okay, so i can easily sum up what happened in the first act of The Merchant of Venice.

~scene one: antonio and bassanio are talking, some of their friends show up, they talk some more, friends leave, and bassanio asks antonio for money to get boats and go seek out portia, antonio agrees.

~scene two: portia and her (what i'll refer to as her) handmaiden (makes me think of queen amidala) are talking about boys. portia's dad is dead, but pre-arranged how portia would decide her husband. the potential husbands will pick one of three boxes, and if he picks the right one, he gets to wed portia. portia doesn't like any of the guys that want to marry her. she does hear that bassanio may be coming to seek her hand and confides to nerissa (the handmaiden) that she wouldn't mind marrying bassanio.

~scene three: bassanio is talking to shylock, a jewish moneylender. lots of argument over whether or not shylock should lend money to bassanio under antonio's name. antonio comes along to straighten everything out, promising that bassanio will pay back the money, and shylock finally agrees to lend 3000 ducats to bassanio for 3 months, even though he doesn't like either of the men.

hmm, my cousin's last name is ducat. imagine that, my cousin's last name is venetian currency.
is anyone else confused as to why this is one of shakepeare's great plays? its kinda sad that i don't really have anything else to say. i get to spend tomorrow at the kankakee river valley regatta. yah, boat races. monday is labor day, so i'm obviously stuck seeing people from school all day at village park. yippee. well, that's it for me, i think. <--look, a parenthetical expression!! you gotta watch out, or those stupid little things just creep up everywhere.

Thursday, September 01, 2005

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 22:47:25 GMT

okay, so NHS meeting today. it wasn't bad. i actually didn't dread having to get up early for it. we basically discussed Homecoming week at the meeting. NHS sells the carnations, so everyone buy a carnation next week during lunch!!! anyway, i made posters during the meeting and first hour to advertise selling the flowers. i think mine are at least readable, if not incredibly pretty. not like i care if they're pretty. so, i'm the only NHS member with B lunch, so i'm selling the flowers by myself. all week. yippee!! i can't wait. seriously though, i don't care; it doesn't bother me that i get to work. i mean, if i'm in charge, then i don't have to argue with people as to how things should be done.

briggs gave us a nice little surprise today. i mean, we're already reading Great Expectations, but now briggs has told us we're gonna read The Merchant of Venice before our field trip on the 20th. we have to read the whole first act before tuesday. yeah, now i get to read two books that have no anchor in my reality. okay, i'm sure i can find someway to relate to the two books, but its Dickens and Shakespeare, so i don't really care to try.

other than that, we're up to 75 crunches now in PE. i might accidently develope stomach muscles before this is done. well, i might, if i hadn't eaten so many pigs in a blanket after school. oh well. what can stomach muscles really do for me anyway?

brief C.A.P.T.A.I.N.S. meeting tomorrow morning at 7:50. can't wait *cough, sarcasm, cough* oh well. i'll survive- c'est vendredi.

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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:16:50 GMT

woo hoo. no homework tonight. okay, well, actually, i have economics homework, but i have two study halls before economics tomorrow, so i think i'll just procrastinate and do it then.

NHS tomorrow morning at 7:15. i just love getting up early. i mean, seriously, who needs sleep when you can be attending stupid meetings for the national honor society? apparently, NHS isn't just a test of whether or not you can get good grades and do community service, but also whether or not you can function at the crack of dawn. woo hoo, go me!! yeah for community service. so when i end up getting arrested for something, i will have no problems working my time off in community service hours. look, i'm not being an overachiever, i'm just practicing for the future.

also, good news for me, my laryngitis is getting better. now i can actually talk a little. its about the volume of a whisper, but i'm working on it. baby steps. well, nothing much is happening, so later

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:12:18 GMT

okay, i find myself really frustrated right now. especially if the C.A.P.T.A.I.N.S. meeting on friday doesn't go the way i need it to.

okay, so here's the deal. ms stimpson and mrs fehland have decided that meetings this year will be mandatory. that's not a problem, i went to most of them last year. the only ones i didn't go to were ones that i didn't know were scheduled until it was too late. the problem is, ms stimpson mentioned that some of the meetings would be during activity period this year. why do we have to change such a good system?? i have 3 other clubs that already meet during activity period; there's no way i can make it to a C.A.P.T.A.I.N.S. meeting too. but if i don't go to the meetings during activity period, then i might miss more meetings than is allotted, and i'll be kicked out of the club. so, to sum it up, i'm gonna be penalized for being involved. how does that make sense? i mean, i was an active member of C.A.P.T.A.I.N.S. last year, and now i might be refused membership just because i'm already involved in Interact, French Club, S.E.A., and NHS. thankfully, Interact doesn't meet during activity period. i mean, i have to go to NHS meetings. i mean, c'mon, its NHS. colleges look at that as an important club to belong to. its an honor to be accepted into NHS. i have to make an appearance at French Club meetings, as i'm President. S.E.A., well, i didn't go to any meetings last year, so i think i can skive those off. but still, that doesn't leave me time to go to C.A.P.T.A.I.N.S. during that hour. i'm sorry, but i have my priorities straight, and the clubs that allow leeway for those of us that are actually involved in clubs at school are gonna be the clubs i favor. if ms stimpson and mrs fehland want to make it so i can't be in C.A.P.T.A.I.N.S. all year, then i just don't have to help the club at all this year. i don't owe C.A.P.T.A.I.N.S. anything. i have scholarships riding on NHS, and French Club has been a part of my life for 4 years now, not to mention i have a major role in the club. i'm to the point where if ms stimpson and mrs fehland want to penalize me for actually taking a part in my school and community, then let them. i don't need C.A.P.T.A.I.N.S. to get into college, and i certainly won't cry over not belonging to it. i mean, i know that a lot of the seniors are in the club for the service hours for NHS, but i'm not. i proved that last year. so why should i be punished? why?

okay, i feel a lot better now. writing really can act as a kind of therapy. it didn't improve my situation, but getting it out in the open really calmed me down. my only hope is that only 2 or 3 C.A.P.T.A.I.N.S. meetings are scheduled for activity period, and ms stimpson and mrs fehland let us miss 3 meetings before they kick us out. then i'll be happy, cuz i can still belong to everything. i can only hope.

Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:20:18 GMT

okay, so this totally sux. i have no voice, as in laryngitis. that's right, jenny has laryngitis. second time in my life. first time was last december, while i was in Antarctica, just for the record.

hmm, not a lot of homework tonight. just psychology. that's a good thing. i got a test over the first half of Great Expectations tomorrow in Briggs' class. i'm sure i'm not gonna do too well on that, but oh well. i'll try my best. i did good on all the tests and quizzes i had today, so maybe i'll luck out tomorrow too.

C.A.P.T.A.I.N.S. meeting tomorrow morning, 7:30 a.m. that'll be better than my Interact meeting this morning at 7:15 and my NHS meeting thursday morning at 7:15. obviously, somewhere along the line, these teachers got the impression that i like getting up before noon. wish they'd get their facts straight. when i say i like the morning, i mean the time after midnight that is before i fall asleep around 2.

uhg, the three-day weekend is getting closer. i'm assuming i'll also have a lot of homework over the weekend, but heh, i'll survive. well, i gotta go try and find a way to get my voice back. later

Sunday, August 28, 2005

Sun, 28 Aug 2005 16:15:55 GMT

ug, i am in sooo much pain right now. my muscles ache from PE, and now my shoulders hurt because i was outside for four hours at the Interact carwash on Saturday, and i am so incredibly burnt. its not even funny anymore. i mean, my skin is so hot, i think i gave my fingers 2nd degree burns just by touching my shoulders. oh, and since i'm in pain whenever my skin touches something, sleeping has become very difficult.

well, i have homework i should be doing, so i guess i'll complain more later.

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:01:50 GMT

okay, well here's what my day looked like:

1st per: Intro to Psych/Study Hall. had study hall with Knobloch today, first hour, as its tues, and my psych class only meets on monday, wednesday and friday. honestly, what does a person do in first hour study hall on the first day of school?? i dunno anything about the psych class, other than its taught by Palinski, whom i've yet to meet. i guess i'll know more tomorrow.

2nd per: Accounting. there's only 7 people in this class. nice and small. keirstin absher is the only other girl in the class, and we're stuck with people like alex senesac, travis peters, steve richards, and mitch hoffman. yuck. dunno what they're doing in that class. Ms. Talmadge is nice, young, and just out of college, i think.

3rd per: French IV. eww. just what i needed. its a combined french III/ french IV class, so there's 7 IV's and 6 III's. meh. not much else to say about this class. i'm one of the french club co-presidents though, if that does anything for ya.

4th per: AP Senior English. okay, so this might be my hardest class this year. okay, more than might, i guarantee you it will be, cuz i'll actually have to do some work in this class. good ole Mr. Briggs, same as always, referring to himself as God in class. that's always nice on the first day.

5th per: Study Hall. woo hoo. another study hall, this time with Ms. Eckersley, the new PE teacher. Once again, I had nothing to do but sit there. Mr. McCoy is gonna get me a permanent pass out of my study halls, though, I asked him after school. but the library doesn't open until next monday, so i find myself stuck in the cramped study hall. oh well.

6th per: Economics. well, i finally cross paths with Dexter. this class seems to be okay; i mean, the material doesn't sound like it will be too hard, and i get to learn how to do taxes and such in the class. and its only a semester class. that always helps. i do hope the weather cools down soon, as we're stuck in that room across from the study hall and Mr. Rezba's room, which is always hot and crowded.

7th per: PE. ah, PE. without Mrs. Thomas. our new PE teacher is Ms. Eckersley, and she's short (my height), young and blonde. i think she's gonna go harder on us then Thomas ever did. other than that, she seems okay.

well, that's my day. we'll see how tomorrow goes.