Buh
I read many old posts yesterday, remembering that I used to write much more. Nowadays it's just a couple notes about teachers losing recommendations or upcoming English assignments. Speaking of English, for some reason I thought I wouldn't have to go today so I didn't do a reading log, which due to Kuiper's grading system would be worth about 8% of the grade if she collected it, and she didn't. I think tomorrow I don't have to go to English...or I have to go there, check in, and leave.
It would suck to have a spider egg hatch inside your esophagus or stomach.
Yep.
Tuesday, February 25, 2003
Hedge maze
1) I talked to Kuiper after English yesterday and she was happy to write a recommendation for me to make up for Honig's missing letter.
2) Honig emailed and called after school explaining that he doesn't know why his letters didn't get sent, and he faxed everyone's letters to their respective colleges.
This means Stanford will receive three teacher recs for me (along with Scott's, which is the optional rec) even though they asked for two. I'll let them figure out what to do with the extra letter.
The water heater has been replaced.
Word of the day: noontide
Definition: noon
Example: I have a math test shortly before noontide.
Noah - 10:50 AM - 4 comments
Monday, February 24, 2003
I Not Stupid
Honig failed to send the recommendation he wrote for me to Stanford. I don't even know if he wrote one. He hasn't replied to email or voicemail. I called Amanda yesterday and she explained how she has been trying to track Honig but has not succeeded because none of the colleges she applied to received Honig's recommendation. Her resolution is to never speak to Honig again. After finding this out, I emailed Kuiper asking if she would be willing to write a recommendation for me. I didn't receive a reply, so I will have to talk to her after English. If she agrees then I will feel sorry for her because Stanford demands that I have the recommendation faxed by Wednesday. Usually teaches have over a month to write recommendations and not two days.
My parents and I have different views on this situation:
Mom's thoughts: Mr. Honig is an asshole! He should die!
Dad's thoughts: Well, we couldn't afford Stanford anyway.
My thoughts: Well, I wouldn't be accepted anyway.
On top of this, the water heater in my house broke.
I felt like throwing up earlier this morning. I feel that way now.
The Sun computers in the library are down again. That's why I'm sitting in Paley's Java class during my prep. If I took this class now, I would actually learn Java. Last year, Kleinjans did not do a good job of teaching it to the same extent in which the class did not do a good job of learning it. Hell, there were even people in that class who were computer illiterate. Why?
I used to imagine myself being in a classroom where everyone was listening to a lecture and taking notes while I was sleeping but not missing out on anything. What I'm doing right now pretty much mirrors that situation although I'm not in this class. I feel like sleeping but I'm not going to.
I have more classes on Monday than any other day of the week==Five
I have less classes on Tuesday than any other day of the week==Three
If you can tell me how many classes I have on the other days of the week, you will receive one million dollars in fun money.
Paley just compared his baseball cap with Cyclops's visor. Heh.
Word of the day: zenith
Definition: the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer
Example: I heard a crash above me and I cast my eyes toward the zenith.
Noah - 10:05 AM - 8 comments
Thursday, February 20, 2003
"God could use that money for a better church."
"I think God has plent of money."
Deggeller informed me that some people who asked Honig to write recommendations got notice from colleges about not receiving them. I don't know if Honig sent mine, but I know it has been impossible to contact him lately.
An upcoming English essay involves finding a place in nature to meditate...and writing an essay about my experience doing so. Essays like this are good because I can write whatever I want and get credit for it.
Word of the day: somnambulism
Definition: sleepwalking
Example: Those who suffer from somnambulism are threats to society. I don't care if they're just like ME and me, they're a menance.
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
Money is good... if you have it. If you don't have it, money is bad.
I found my calculator. As I suspected, Sam accidentally took it home after Physics on Friday.
< CL Speak >
Nacerus has approved me to study the art of bloodmagic, so I can actually train with the bloodblade I already own. I won't train until I pass sixth, and then I'll need to train Histia in order for the bloodblade to drain my health to red. As it is, I have so much troilus that my bloodblade itself can't get me below yellow. I have to talk to Aldernon today about the Nacerean Order so I can ask him some question I have and hopefully join.
< / CL Speak >
Mrs. Kuiper's class is quite agonizing. I think I made a resolution in the beginning of the year to actually read the books we're assigned in English and I have read done that so far this semester. The class is still agonizing though.
I realized that I didn't do very much over the extended weekend because I just didn't have that many things to do schoolwise. I don't really have anything that I need to do for tomorrow so I think I'll go to sleep early. I fell asleep around 2 or 3 this morning as a result of trying to qualify for bloodblade training--and it paid off! I like the idea of dealing extreme accuracy and power in one swing.
Anyone who is not into CL will of course assume that I am joining a cult that is obsessed with blood, and I am.
Word of the day: pharmacopoeia
Definition: a book containing an official list of medicinal drugs together with articles on their preparation and use
Example: Anyone who is serious about making and selling drugs should own a pharmacopoeia.
Noah - 12:09 PM - 8 comments
Saturday, February 15, 2003
Uninspired
This morning around one I felt as if I were going to throw up. I hadn't had that feeling in a long while. I gagged violently but nothing came out, and I continued to feel sick until I woke up later in the morning at eight. I haven't really accomplished anything today. Maybe I'll read The Scarlet Letter eventually.
Word of the day: zephyr
Definition: a slight wind
Example: As I yawned, a refresing zephyr took me by surprise, sending a bee into my mouth.
Friday, February 14, 2003
"You fritter away time like it's worth nothing"
The Biotech field trip today was a complete waste of time, but it was still better than going to American Classics with Mrs. Kuiper.
Since there's no school on Monday and Tuesday, I have time to do things such as:
A. Update Biotech notebook
C. Math HW
D. Read
F. Nerd stuff
I lost my calculator today.
Word of the day: betoken
Definition: to be or give a sign or portent of
Example: Your sleep deprivation betokens a severe psychological disorder.
Thursday, February 13, 2003
"Generally if you can't figure it out it's Finnish"
Lately I have been trying to go to sleep very early but I keep getting distracted by TV, games, homework, etc. I have managed to get 8 hours of sleep in each of the past two nights though.
This morning I woke up at 5:30 to the sound of cat barfing. I found out where Little Guy barfed about two hours ago when I stepped in it.
Word of the day: psychokinesis
Definition: the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force
Example: When I move objects with my mind beams, I am using my powers of psychokinesis.
Noah - 10:27 PM - 4 comments
Wednesday, February 12, 2003
Telekinesis would be a good name for an instant messaging program
This keyboard amuses me. The following keys have been switched:
R for J
I for K
P for ;
S for G
M for ,
L for M
, for L
Is there a pattern? I don't know. Maybe I should spend the next sixty minutes figuring it out.
Yesterday I stayed in Biotech during my prep to prepare the DNA of people who didn't finish the lab for PCR. Mrs. Horsma (her last name is Finnish but she is not) told me she would log me in for an extra hour. I think everyone gets credit for just going to class each day, and thus an extra hour means more credit. However, I did not stay after class today because she didn't seem to need help with anything and I felt like doing other things such as writing this post, which I suddenly feel will be destroyed by Netscape.
There's a Biotech field trip
Oh yes, my English essay. Unlike the majority of the class, I waited until Mrs. Kuiper told us to start writing before I began (halfway through the period). I wrote about tradition of treating women as inferiors, how it was prevalent in both the plays we read, and why it denies women the chance to succeed...or something like that. I tried to make it appeal to Mrs. Kuiper. Heh.
I shall work on physics homework involving a demo I don't understand now.
Word of the day: autosuggestion
Definition: hypnosis induced by yourself
Example: People can use autosuggestion to give themselves an advantage when they compete against others.
Noah - 12:10 PM - 0 comments
Monday, February 10, 2003
Using salt water as a mouthwash in order to remove cheek cells isn't too pleasant
or
I'll chelate YOU
Lloyd: You're it!
Harry: You're it.
Lloyd: You're it, quitzies.
Harry: Anti-quitzies.
Lloyd: You're it.
Harry: Quitzies, no anti-quitzies, no startzies.
Lloyd: You can't do that!
Harry: You can to.
Lloyd: Can not, stamp it!
Harry: Can to, double stamp it, no erasies.
Lloyd: Can not, triple stamp it, no erasies, touch blue make it true.
Harry: No no no, you can't triple stamp a double stamp.
Lloyd: La la la.
Harry: You can't triple stamp a double stamp Lloyd.
Lloyd: La la la la.
Harry: You can't triple stamp a double stamp.
Lloyd: La la la.
Harry: Lloyd!
Lloyd: La la la.
Harry: Lloyd!
The annoying Sun computers in the library are down for unknown reasons. That's why I'm in the room where I usually go during my E prep even though it's B period. Mr. Paley has a class B period in this room, but
There's an in class essay on Wednesday in Mrs. Kuiper's class. We have to compare the families of two plays that we read. One was a middle class white family living in a village in New Hampshire in 1901, and the other was a poor, black family living in Chicago in the 50's. I'm pretty sure what I'm going to write about. I just need to find some quotes and then write a thesis. Fun fun.
I think I'll post now. This browser will inevitably delete this entry.
Word of the day: chelae
Definition: a pincerlike claw of a crustacean or arachnid, such as a lobster, crab, or scorpion
Example: The spider's chelae tickled the skin on my hand as I crushed the spider against the wall.
You can't triple stamp a double stamp!
Noah - 9:51 AM - 4 comments
Sunday, February 09, 2003
Get your ass to jail!
I have to wake up at a decent hour tomorrow in order to be at the main library by one to meet with Steve and to finish our project. This nerd class assignment involves making a flowchart of a rather large program. There is a purpose to this project, but I don't feel like dwelling into the nerdish details at the moment.
On Monday in Biotech we'll be doing a lab that enables us analyze our DNA such that we can determine where our ancestors came from. That's pretty nifty.
Word of the day: oppugn
Definition: to oppose, contradict, or call into question
Example: Some teachers become frustrated when you oppugn their statements.
Wednesday, February 05, 2003
Word of the day: otiose
Definition: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
Example: The lock down drill today was otiose because if someone on campus starts shooting people, I'm going to get the hell off campus and not hide inside a classroom with a yellow piece of paper on the door to indicate that people are hiding inside of it.
Noah - 11:19 PM - 6 comments
Tuesday, February 04, 2003
Word of the day: anticlimactic
Definition: manifesting or attended by a disappointing or ineffective conclusion
Example: The Rube Goldberg Extravaganza was quite anticlimactic.
Monday, February 03, 2003
Trespassing violators will be shot
Survivors will be shot again
Alia's present was a very large GTAVC sticker. Thank you, Alia! I'm not sure what to do with it yet, but I will find a place to put it.
The Rube Goldberg Machine Extravaganza is tomorrow. During the test run today, nobody's machine worked completely as desired. I don't expect all those problems to be fixed by tomorrow, but it should still be fun.
I have two preps this semester. Unfortunately, they are both during the morning and they are never consecutive. I'm in a real English class now--I didn't consider Mythology to be a legit one--that Mrs. Kuiper teaches. I don't hate her as some people do because I had her throughout all of last year. On the first day of this semester Mrs. Kuiper told me she would have expected me to have asked her to write recommendation letters for me. Hmm...I would have except I literally did nothing in both of the classes that I had with her. Now that I think about it, that's probably a good thing. She would have just said a bunch of crap about my being a good student and all. Anyway, enough of that.
Word of the day: vernacular
Definition: The standard native language of a country or locality.
Example: "Well, Wildcat was written in a sort of obsolete vernacular..."
--Eli Cash (Owen Wilson), The Royal Tenenbaums
Noah - 9:58 PM - 3 comments
