Actually, Fun Week. Busy, but fun.
I'll explain more in detail later (I keep saying I'll do this, don't I? Yet it rarely happens... ooops). I promise.
Raptor Soccer is going extremely well. Oh yeah, Raptor Retreat yeah. :D hydrate or die is def. our new slogan. Or at least, it should be.
The alumni game earlier today was fun. I got to see people I hadn't in quite some time, and then later talk to people that I hadn't been able to in a while.
I should probably say a whole lot more than this, but I'm very tired. I'll got in depth later. I just wanted to say: this was a great day.
I'll see you all tomorrow.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Oh Look, a Blog Post...
So, I realize that I haven't posted on here in like, a while. Not as long a while as my previous break (January to November is a /really/ long break) but seeings how this /originally/ was supposed to be a blog documenting life at the Magnet during thesis... (and again, that really long break? speaks a lot for the 'life' of a magnet student during thesis), I figure that I must tell you about what happened on Tuesday.
*listens as the interent reader whispers about Tuesday*
Yep, Tuesday was really exciting. I mean, almost falling out of your seat in class because you feel like crap and are falling asleep? Pretty impressive.
Getting a 93 on your thesis? Also impressive.
So yeah, I made an A on my thesis (and if I had done better in thesis class during that long break, I would have gotten higher). And I felt... good?
And then, three hours later, I was calling home sick with the flu. Yay.
Which is how I've ended up posting on here duirng the middle of the school day. I'm still home sick.
Meh.
Although, once you factor in the new retro tv channel (I'm an old tv geek, what can I say?), it's not /too/ terribly bad.
*listens as the interent reader whispers about Tuesday*
Yep, Tuesday was really exciting. I mean, almost falling out of your seat in class because you feel like crap and are falling asleep? Pretty impressive.
Getting a 93 on your thesis? Also impressive.
So yeah, I made an A on my thesis (and if I had done better in thesis class during that long break, I would have gotten higher). And I felt... good?
And then, three hours later, I was calling home sick with the flu. Yay.
Which is how I've ended up posting on here duirng the middle of the school day. I'm still home sick.
Meh.
Although, once you factor in the new retro tv channel (I'm an old tv geek, what can I say?), it's not /too/ terribly bad.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
It's a Simple Request...
... but sometimes it's the simple things that are hardest to do. Which is why it has taken me until now to ask, even though I've wanted to do so for hours.
Would you be too terribly offended, Internet Reader, if I asked you for your prayers? These days, everybody is so touchy about political correctness and where religion belongs and not offending anyone and not doing ANYTHING for fear of stepping on someone's toes. But, in a case like this, I feel that not doing anything is worse than offending the random reader. I'm sorry, but it's true; I don't mean to be rude, but in a case like this, I feel like I should be able to ask you what I please. I mean, it's not like I'm forcing you to do anything; it's just a simple request.
I simply ask you to pray.
Earlier today (well, technically, yesterday, because it's now past midnight, but it still feels like today because I haven't been able to sleep) a kid at my high school caught on fire.
Not one of those little, oops-I-caught-my-sleeve-on-fire-in-a-bunsen-burner-and-singed-all-the-hairs-off-my-arm-and-ruined-my-favorite-shirt-but-I'm-fine fires. That wouldn't cause our entire school to go on lockdown. Teachers wouldn't be freaking out, crying-in-the-hallways freaking out, because of that.
I'm talking human-torch-style caught on fire. Burnt-beyond-recognition type of fire. The kind of fire that leaves 70% of your body covered in critical burns, so that you have to be airlifted to a burn center hours away in an entirely different state because you've been hurt so bad.
And that's why I ask you to pray. Pray for him, because he is hurt that bad. Because he did catch on fire that way. And pray for us, my campus, my school, my teachers, my peers. Because some of us saw that; we saw him walking, burning; we heard him and then had to wait hours to find out what had happened, what his condition was, who he was. A junior. Someone we all know. Someone who now is lucky that he was able to walk and talk as they put him in the ambulance. One who know is hopefully safe in a hospital bed, with the best of doctors caring for him, working his way to recovery.
We still don't know how it happened. Why it happened. How he's doing now.
We do know that he came from the parking lot of our school, that his car was on fire; there was too much smoke for just him. That all our thoughts and prayers and support go out to him and his family, by blood and by friendship; that we who saw him as others tried to help will support each other, because there are just some things that you never learn to unsee, and a classmate lit up like a movie stunt-man staggering outside your classroom window is definitely one of them.
We know that my school will and is supporting everyone who needs it. We're raising money to help his family with the medical bills. We're wearing white tomorrow. We're wearing red the day after. We prayed today; we prayed so much today.
So please, join us. Just keep him in your thoughts, and wish him on to full recovery. Include him in your prayers. Wear white tomorrow (today, technically) and red the day after.
One boombox can change the world, kid. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Would you be too terribly offended, Internet Reader, if I asked you for your prayers? These days, everybody is so touchy about political correctness and where religion belongs and not offending anyone and not doing ANYTHING for fear of stepping on someone's toes. But, in a case like this, I feel that not doing anything is worse than offending the random reader. I'm sorry, but it's true; I don't mean to be rude, but in a case like this, I feel like I should be able to ask you what I please. I mean, it's not like I'm forcing you to do anything; it's just a simple request.
I simply ask you to pray.
Earlier today (well, technically, yesterday, because it's now past midnight, but it still feels like today because I haven't been able to sleep) a kid at my high school caught on fire.
Not one of those little, oops-I-caught-my-sleeve-on-fire-in-a-bunsen-burner-and-singed-all-the-hairs-off-my-arm-and-ruined-my-favorite-shirt-but-I'm-fine fires. That wouldn't cause our entire school to go on lockdown. Teachers wouldn't be freaking out, crying-in-the-hallways freaking out, because of that.
I'm talking human-torch-style caught on fire. Burnt-beyond-recognition type of fire. The kind of fire that leaves 70% of your body covered in critical burns, so that you have to be airlifted to a burn center hours away in an entirely different state because you've been hurt so bad.
And that's why I ask you to pray. Pray for him, because he is hurt that bad. Because he did catch on fire that way. And pray for us, my campus, my school, my teachers, my peers. Because some of us saw that; we saw him walking, burning; we heard him and then had to wait hours to find out what had happened, what his condition was, who he was. A junior. Someone we all know. Someone who now is lucky that he was able to walk and talk as they put him in the ambulance. One who know is hopefully safe in a hospital bed, with the best of doctors caring for him, working his way to recovery.
We still don't know how it happened. Why it happened. How he's doing now.
We do know that he came from the parking lot of our school, that his car was on fire; there was too much smoke for just him. That all our thoughts and prayers and support go out to him and his family, by blood and by friendship; that we who saw him as others tried to help will support each other, because there are just some things that you never learn to unsee, and a classmate lit up like a movie stunt-man staggering outside your classroom window is definitely one of them.
We know that my school will and is supporting everyone who needs it. We're raising money to help his family with the medical bills. We're wearing white tomorrow. We're wearing red the day after. We prayed today; we prayed so much today.
So please, join us. Just keep him in your thoughts, and wish him on to full recovery. Include him in your prayers. Wear white tomorrow (today, technically) and red the day after.
One boombox can change the world, kid. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Fa-la-la-la-la la la-la-la
So, I know I promised that I would tell you that funny/awkward story about the MIT interview um.. yesterday. And I had planned on it, honest. But then, I remembered:
Today is a college app deadline.
Ergo, yesterday was spent on college app. essays.
And, I would tell you all about it now, except for the fact that today is something else; something even more exciting.
Today, I get to go see the Vienna Boys' Choir perform... for free.
How?
Because I'm a member of my school's Junior Intermezzo club. Which is part of an educational program run by the local Concert series people. All very cool stuff. Already this year, I've gotten to see the 5 Browns perform (if you don't know about them, go read this, then watch this and check out their website.) and then talk with them after the performance! :D The youngest brother, Ryan, actually chatted with me about musician-y type stuff! Even though I'm not really a serious musician (I've had lessons off and on in various things, but nothing really ever stuck with me... well, except the guitar. Her name's Jessica.) it was still really cool!
There was another performance I couldn't attend, unfortunately, because I didn't have a ride to/from (well, actually, it ended up that I could have gone, but at that point it was too late to get the ticket for me :( sadness). That was the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and I'm sooooo unbelievably jealous of all those who got to go.
But now I got to go. It's almost 6:00, and I've got to get ready to be at the concert at 7! YAY Christmas special! Don't worry, I'll update you on it as soon as I can (and tell you about MIT!), and will probably go through this whole mad ramble again the next time Junior Intermezzo is going to a concert.
Oh, and by the way: Happy Hanukkah, everybody! Let the holiday season begin!
Today is a college app deadline.
Ergo, yesterday was spent on college app. essays.
And, I would tell you all about it now, except for the fact that today is something else; something even more exciting.
Today, I get to go see the Vienna Boys' Choir perform... for free.
How?
Because I'm a member of my school's Junior Intermezzo club. Which is part of an educational program run by the local Concert series people. All very cool stuff. Already this year, I've gotten to see the 5 Browns perform (if you don't know about them, go read this, then watch this and check out their website.) and then talk with them after the performance! :D The youngest brother, Ryan, actually chatted with me about musician-y type stuff! Even though I'm not really a serious musician (I've had lessons off and on in various things, but nothing really ever stuck with me... well, except the guitar. Her name's Jessica.) it was still really cool!
There was another performance I couldn't attend, unfortunately, because I didn't have a ride to/from (well, actually, it ended up that I could have gone, but at that point it was too late to get the ticket for me :( sadness). That was the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and I'm sooooo unbelievably jealous of all those who got to go.
But now I got to go. It's almost 6:00, and I've got to get ready to be at the concert at 7! YAY Christmas special! Don't worry, I'll update you on it as soon as I can (and tell you about MIT!), and will probably go through this whole mad ramble again the next time Junior Intermezzo is going to a concert.
Oh, and by the way: Happy Hanukkah, everybody! Let the holiday season begin!
Monday, November 29, 2010
[Insert Clever Title About Busy Days Here]
Aaaaahhh! Honest-to-goodness, I've sat here for the past 15 minutes and still don't know what to write. Today has been so busy; I want to tell you all about it but I just don't know what to say! All I want to do is go straight to sleep!
(By the way, I think this will be a post full of !, mainly because I am trying to stay awake! And ! make me feel excited! And therefore, not sleepy!)
I do have a really funny story to tell you guys about today, but I think I will save that for tomorrow; at least then, I'll be awake enough (hopefully!) that I can tell the story and make sense. I'll just say this: it was rather awkward!
But, I got my thesis turned in! YAY YAY YAY :D :D :D
(I cannot emphasize how happy I am about this!)
Unfortunately (and, somewhat amusingly), my advisor had forgotten that it was due today, so he looked rather confused as I handed him my 100+ pg document, all in it's nice little manila envelope (with my mom's name on it... it was an old envelope! I just used it to keep my thesis nice!). And then I was like *is asleep* all during the rest of my classes.
I did:
- get a nice powernap in first period. :)
- start learning a case study in AP CS
- get to finish watching that AMAZING movie we watched in French. LOVE.
- create an absolutely FUN idea for the yearbook spread I'm working on for the next deadline. It's gonna be EPIC :D
- leave school early
I did not:
- miss any notes/important stuff (I think)
- have a very good lunch. :/ It was rather ick.
- get a call from the UVa guy
- have an absolute melt-down panic attack
And I had an amazingly good interview w/ the guy for MIT! So all in all, very good day. But I think that now, with such a light hw load as I have, I might go to sleep. (yes, I understand it's 7:30. I'm THAT TIRED guys. :D)
(By the way, I think this will be a post full of !, mainly because I am trying to stay awake! And ! make me feel excited! And therefore, not sleepy!)
I do have a really funny story to tell you guys about today, but I think I will save that for tomorrow; at least then, I'll be awake enough (hopefully!) that I can tell the story and make sense. I'll just say this: it was rather awkward!
But, I got my thesis turned in! YAY YAY YAY :D :D :D
(I cannot emphasize how happy I am about this!)
Unfortunately (and, somewhat amusingly), my advisor had forgotten that it was due today, so he looked rather confused as I handed him my 100+ pg document, all in it's nice little manila envelope (with my mom's name on it... it was an old envelope! I just used it to keep my thesis nice!). And then I was like *is asleep* all during the rest of my classes.
I did:
- get a nice powernap in first period. :)
- start learning a case study in AP CS
- get to finish watching that AMAZING movie we watched in French. LOVE.
- create an absolutely FUN idea for the yearbook spread I'm working on for the next deadline. It's gonna be EPIC :D
- leave school early
I did not:
- miss any notes/important stuff (I think)
- have a very good lunch. :/ It was rather ick.
- get a call from the UVa guy
- have an absolute melt-down panic attack
And I had an amazingly good interview w/ the guy for MIT! So all in all, very good day. But I think that now, with such a light hw load as I have, I might go to sleep. (yes, I understand it's 7:30. I'm THAT TIRED guys. :D)
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow...
Is coming way too fast! And could it be any more hectic? Methinks not.
First of all, tomorrow is my final thesis deadline! Wooo! I mean, after tomorrow, I'm going to be done, right?
- not really. I'll still have to edit stuff (probably), and then I have to schedule my oral defense. X(
- plus, I have to make sure I finish up everything in time for tomorrow's deadline. I'M STILL NOT DONE! Yikes!
Then, sometime tomorrow morning, I /might/ be having a phone-call-interview-thingy with one of the CS prof. at UVa (my dream school, as of now... I wanna become a programmer, which they're good at, plus they have so much other stuff available if I change my mind! Also, Charlottesville is SOOO pretty :D). Which would be find, except for the fact that it's a MAYBE. Which means it might not be happening after all. And I've forgotten exactly what I was going to ask the guy. Yay.... more stress....
Finally, as if that weren't enough, I have another college interview thing! (At least this has been confirmed: it will be happening, people! Which means that, one way or the other, you will be hearing about it sometime soon.) But here's the thing:
1) It's required for my application to this college. The deadline for this was Dec. 10th (just arranging the interview, which is nice; real app. due Jan 1st), so it's good that I'm getting this done. But man, am I nervous!
2) It's right after school. I mean RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL. As in, 4:00. My school gets out at 3:15! And then I have to fight traffic to get downtown to the guy's office in the middle of downtown (wherever I live :D) in time for the interview. Which means that I will probably be getting out of school early. Again, nice, but still, it makes this a Very Big Deal
3) This interview? The one I've been spazzing about? The one that I'm freaking out about because I have no idea what to say/wear/do for? That I have in NO WAY WHATSOEVER prepared for because my entire Thanksgiving break I've been focusing on my thesis and getting it ready for tomorrow?
You know, that interview?
It's for MIT.
That's right. MIT. As in, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Oh.
Em.
Gee.
I am so freaked out right now. I guess that means I should get back to rewriting my epistolary story, so at least that will be done. Farewell all.
*panic attack*
Tomorrow will be fun...
First of all, tomorrow is my final thesis deadline! Wooo! I mean, after tomorrow, I'm going to be done, right?
- not really. I'll still have to edit stuff (probably), and then I have to schedule my oral defense. X(
- plus, I have to make sure I finish up everything in time for tomorrow's deadline. I'M STILL NOT DONE! Yikes!
Then, sometime tomorrow morning, I /might/ be having a phone-call-interview-thingy with one of the CS prof. at UVa (my dream school, as of now... I wanna become a programmer, which they're good at, plus they have so much other stuff available if I change my mind! Also, Charlottesville is SOOO pretty :D). Which would be find, except for the fact that it's a MAYBE. Which means it might not be happening after all. And I've forgotten exactly what I was going to ask the guy. Yay.... more stress....
Finally, as if that weren't enough, I have another college interview thing! (At least this has been confirmed: it will be happening, people! Which means that, one way or the other, you will be hearing about it sometime soon.) But here's the thing:
1) It's required for my application to this college. The deadline for this was Dec. 10th (just arranging the interview, which is nice; real app. due Jan 1st), so it's good that I'm getting this done. But man, am I nervous!
2) It's right after school. I mean RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL. As in, 4:00. My school gets out at 3:15! And then I have to fight traffic to get downtown to the guy's office in the middle of downtown (wherever I live :D) in time for the interview. Which means that I will probably be getting out of school early. Again, nice, but still, it makes this a Very Big Deal
3) This interview? The one I've been spazzing about? The one that I'm freaking out about because I have no idea what to say/wear/do for? That I have in NO WAY WHATSOEVER prepared for because my entire Thanksgiving break I've been focusing on my thesis and getting it ready for tomorrow?
You know, that interview?
It's for MIT.
That's right. MIT. As in, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Oh.
Em.
Gee.
I am so freaked out right now. I guess that means I should get back to rewriting my epistolary story, so at least that will be done. Farewell all.
*panic attack*
Tomorrow will be fun...
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