It's Saturday
There is no school tomorrow, and I can't remember what happend yesterday, so it must be Saturday. No... wait, I went to San Francisco with my mom and sister yesterday for about twenty minutes. Then we drove somewhere and went hiking for a bit. I wonder when school starts. I hope it isn't soon.
Saturday, July 27, 2002
Lethal Coned Frond
The Giants game on Wednesday was a lot of fun, but unfortunately my face got sun burned. I should have worn sunscreen.
I quit Clan Lord and 1000AD. I had been playing Clan Lord for over four years and I had started 1000AD a few months ago.
I got an A in Economics because for some reason the practice test we took counted as our final/exit exam, except it was scaled from 150 to 80, so I got 80/80 because that was the maximum score you could get. Therefore on the last day we didn't even have to take a test, instead we just watched a bad movie about tap dancing.
Noah - 5:35 PM - 4 comments
I kill a neon Noah
I went to Foothill today to listen to people speak about choosing colleges, filling out applications, jumping in front of traffic, and so on. I guess it was helpful in that it motivated me into thinking about the future. Essentially I should choose a college that matches my interests. The problem is I don't really know what I'm interested in. Also, I learned that I don't have any extracircular activities and it's basically too late to start doing anything--whoops.
I'm having a hard time deciding whether or not to retake some standardized tests--like the SAT II Writing. Even if I do improve my score, I don't think it will do much. Then again, if I improve my score and decide that I really want to go to UC Berkeley, the fact that I re-took the test will have definitely mattered. So whether or not I should retake any tests depends on which college I want to go to, and it looks like I'm going to be choosing between UCs. Which UC though? That depends on what my interests/preferences are. What are they? Damned if I know. Maybe I should be more opinionated. I mean, I SHOULD be more opinionated. No, I AM more opinionated. Yes!
Now back to the question of what interests me. Out of any subject I can think of, I have the most interest in Biology. There's a large number of different kinds of Biology, but I haven't gone through any lists with them to pick out the ones that I'm interested in--I would be able to do this because I've already learned about the principles of many of them to a certain depth. Anyway, I need to go to some campuses and check them out (as well as the classes) because there's no way I can make decisions between colleges without actually having been there. If I can't make any specific decisions in the near future I suppose I should register to take the two tests I was going to retake and study for them as best as I can...
Noah - 5:20 PM - 6 comments
Sunday, July 21, 2002
Dude, why would spider-man wear a spider-man t-shirt?
Noah - 8:23 PM - 2 comments
Recipriversexclusion
This past week seems like a blur to me. I suppose that's what happens when I don't record anything in blog form. I can't distinguish or recall specific days that held certain events. That seems rather saddening. Perhaps this can be solved by simply attempting to remember what happened this week, and in the future by posting more often.
The test on Tuesday was entertaining in that I saw various forms of cheating that were new to me. For example, the student sitting next to me used his cell phone to call a girl across the room, at which point he began asking what she got for each question. I couldn't help but laugh as the teacher was completely oblivious to this. The only form of cheating that I employed was comparing answers with others during the break. I'm sure I didn't do well on that test anyway. Sigh. I remember being very frustrated during class in the past week, thinking that I'm not going to get an A in a really easy class. Hmm. Sadly though, I still believe the grade I get will reflect the amount of effort I put into the class (very little), even if the grading system is fudged up. Oh well. Ironically, procrastinating is a lot easier in the summer.
I got my senior portrait taken on Wednesday. Every person who takes portraits for a living is weird.
Good: I'm going to the Giants game on Wednesday, yaaay!
Not good: Jorge Hernandez's life is over.
Noah - 8:06 PM - 4 comments
Tuesday, July 16, 2002
29,136,781
I walked into Econ today expecting to see a class full of people, waiting to take a test, with space in the back for me to occupy thus positioning myself in a convenient area to cheat off the others around me. This was, strangely, not what I saw. Instead, the class was completely empty, except for Ms. Abernathy sitting at the far end at her desk. I approached her as she requested, and she informed me that class had been canceled for the day. She went on to say that the test would be tomorrow, giving us more time to study. That was convenient for me, as I remember thinking to myself as I went to sleep the night before something along the lines of, "Well, you are completely screwed for the test. You should have studied but it's too late now." In reality, that was several hours before I fell asleep--which was at around three. I couldn't sleep because I just wasn't tired enough. Maybe I was anxious because of the test.
In any case, the test is supposed to be today in about 8 hours. That's not so convenient, because I still haven't studied and now I plan to sleep instead of doing so. I have really no clue what is going to be on the test, because the tests we have taken have been completely different from the book we use. I think Ms. Abernathy does this because it is convenient for her, in that she doesn't have to make her own tests that actually use the information we learn from the book. Her excuse is that we should learn the material well enough so that we can be able to identify it even if it is worded differently. Yeah, that's nice, because the tests she gives us use completely different terms. Gripping isn't going to help me. I'm just ticked because I don't have an A, which was one of the main reasons to take Econ in the summer, especially if it is just normal Econ as compared to advanced placement. That's where the cheating part comes in. As long as we grade each others papers--which we have been doing thus far--it'll work.
Noah - 12:05 AM - 5 comments
Monday, July 15, 2002
Galatic Center
It isn't fun to accidentally cut your finger with a knife while slicing bread. Moreover, it isn't fun to take the bandaid off your cut finger, throw it away, take a shower, and completely forget that you had a cut until you see blood all over your shirt as a result of it dripping from your finger. As you run to the bathroom to get a fresh bandaid, you encounter a problem. Sure, there are plenty of bandaids, but they are all different colors. Damn Nexcare! You fumble around searching for a normal bandaid and after five minutes you find one, wash your bloodied finger, apply ointment, and wrap the bandaid on. Phew.
Wednesday, July 10, 2002
You put a brownie in my cloning device, didn't you?
Yes... no... I don't know... maybe.
The remaining summer slips away into the bottom of the hourglass one grain at a time. The temperature is rising, reaching the highest temperatures of the season today. It's a good thing V8--a room at Gunn, not the drink--is air conditioned making it easier to sleep through Econ.
During the past few weeks I've seen a number of movies, some in theaters and some on TV. From what I can remember, the theater ones were The Bourne Identity (twice), Mr. Deeds (which lived up to my expectations as the worst movie ever made), and Men in Black II. I also read The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy again. That is, I was bored this morning and didn't feel like going to sleep, so I started reading it and continued all the way until the end. Well, the end of the book at least, not the series, so now I have to read the rest of them.
I'm rather ticked off at the ending of the All Star baseball game tonight. Both leagues ran out of pitchers so Selig ended it, tied 7-7 at the end of the 11th inning. That was really lame. Nobody won and there was no MVP.
The plan for tomorrow is to go bowling, apparently. I haven't done that in so long. It's fun, but I play very rarely, so I suck. Actually I don't know what is happening tomorrow. It is the wait-at-home-until-Uri-or-Nathan-picks-me-up-dealie. Hyphens are fun--not nearly as fun as online tests, though. I took thespark.com personality test about 30 minutes ago and was surprised at my results. According to the test, my personality was different from that of several months ago when I took the same test. This makes sense because I answered the same questions differently. It is interesting because I answered the questions accurately. Anyway, here is what I got several months ago:
... uhhh, I've been taking the test for the past ten minutes trying to get the same results as I did several months ago but I have not succeeded. Oh well, it was something along the lines of "you're a loser." Here is what I got today:
"MASTERMIND
(Submissive Introvert Abstract Thinker )
Like just 8% of the population you are a MASTERMIND (SIAT). You can be silent and withdrawn, but behind your reserved exterior lies an active mind that allows you to analyze situations and come up with creative, unexpected solutions. Normal people call this "scheming." Don't learn German.
Anyway, your sense of style and originality are your strengths, and people will respect your judgment once they get to know you. If you learn to be a little more personable, you could be a great leader--you've definitely got the "vision" thing down. Just make sure all the plotting you do behind those eyes of yours is healthy.
Famous masterminds in television: Dr. Claw, The Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Montgomery Burns."
Sweet.
Noah - 12:01 AM - 3 comments
