My mid-winter break started today. I'll have the next two days off along with the weekend. During that time, mostly to get my mom to stop nagging, I'm working on one part of my AP English assignment that is due on Monday. The assignment is a short biographical essay on the poet who wrote the poem we chose a couple of months ago.

The essay needs to be typed up and, oddly enough, my mom threatened to take my computer away if my AP English grade doesn't go up.
Yep. That'll solve my low-grade problem. Take away the thing that I use to work on my assignments. Thanks mom, you're the best. *facedesk*

EDIT: Oops, there was more I had wanted to add to this post... Uhm, while I am really busy with school (working my butt off for the 95%+ advanced scholarship depending on where I go), my mom finally got Wi-Fi, so now we have internet! Wireless internet! Battling, trading, racing on MKW, tournaments, you name it, I can do it! It's really exciting for me!

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Originally Posted by Quadcentruo Yep. That'll solve my low-grade problem. Take away the thing that I use to work on my assignments. Thanks mom, you're the best. *facedesk*

I guess I should count myself a bit lucky as I'm essentially living alone these days.

On the other hand, I feel pretty sick today I think I'm coming down with something.

Man I really do not like the methods my Math Professor, has been doing, all he does is explain everything to us and expect us to know it, and if we don't he expects us to just go to a tutor that's free through the school. Really hate Math right now I'm gonna see how well I do on the next test before I get a tutor.

Also I really mad at myself now because I finished watching my entire Digimon Adventure DVD boxset but know I have a watch to rewatch the franchise, wasn't I already doing something like this but with a no series last year, I don't remember oh well.

I suppose I bought some flu medicine over at my local pharmacy. I think it might work, as it worked last time around. I hope I'll be feeling better - I can't really afford to be sick again, not while this group assignment is NOT finished. Can't flunk this, can't flunk that, not after I flunked one assignment. (Granted, the flunked assignment isn't failing, but it's worse than usual.)

I think I put myself on too much stress. Assignment stress. Eugh.

In the meantime, I think I might consider buying a Bluetooth mouse (possibly a gaming mouse), cancel plans to sell the tablet, and get the Philips IPS monitor connected again.

If you're going to buy a gaming mouse, make it wired. More reliable in a gaming situation than a wireless mouse.

I called into work today since I live on a hill and can't get to work, so my work sent one of my co-workers to pick me up. However, the person coming to pick me up just got into a car accident. It looks like I won't be working today after all, you can't say I didn't try though.

Note: Missouri is currently in the midst of a major blizzard and the roads are covered in ice.

Work's been long. Thinking about Post Secondary edumications again. Planning my finances out so I not only save money more easily, but also manage to start saving to be living on my own pretty soon.(By that I mean like two-three years or so.) And is currently trying to get a regiment of better fitness going on.........


... And yet the door spring still amuses me...

(Past two months in a nutshell)

Hmm...

I just noticed that Microsoft Office has gotten casual for some reason.

What used to be "The spelling and grammar check is complete." is now worded "Spelling and grammar check complete. You're good to go!".

I like it better the new way.

I hate myself sometimes. Last night, I was up for till four PM, writing an RMT. I fell asleep and the forum timed out. FML.

Was this on your phone or other mobile device? Because on a computer it would be easy to just copy all that you wrote and refresh the page and everything'd be good as new.

Yeah I wasn't thinking and I tried Previewing my Post. Ugh, worst idea ever.

I'm a overly cautious. Even if I know I didn't time out, I'll always highlight what I wrote, cut it, and paste it back just to make sure I copied it perfectly. And if the session does time out, you could always cross your fingers that the text will show back up after hitting the back button.

I copy the post contents, and preview things, to minimize the chances of dropping the post.

Sometimes I still fail.

I do all of that, and I make sure if goes through. I even click on the home button to make sure it shows up on the last 14+ posts (if it's one of those kinds of threads.) And since I'm so insecure I usually make sure I preview my post 5-10 times to make sure there are NO spelling errors, grammar errors, or awkward wordings.

A lot of the time I don't have the problem of losing all my content in a post. Why? I simply don't know what to say half the time. A lot of these thread's topics are outside my field of knowlege (excluding topics about Pokemon and a few others). I should really stretch my mind to new information more often. :X

I like keeping my field of info open to everything. Even though I hate school, I love knowledge and simply learning new things, so I always try a little of this and a little of that to make more posts and, like you said, stretch my mind.

Also, I finally beat Super Mario World~! Technically this is a day late as I beat it right before I fell asleep, but it was a long and hard game. Especially since I went after every secret, but I was able to do it in the end. At first the controls were awkward and I could barely control the cape. Now I can beat an entire level by precisely flying over enemies. Funny how much better I get over a short period of time.

It's hard to think rationally when you're getting blasted by someone else's information.

*TurtwigX picked up the book Overcoming Shyness* *TurtwigX felt himself overcome his shyness as he flipped through the pages!*

I think I've FINALLY done it. I successfully managed a few situations where my awkwardness would've normally held me back, and now I feel more confident about myself. It took long enough, but I'd like to thank my new friend the SAT Prep course teacher for the assist~ And now that I take that test tomorrow morning, time to get in some hours of much needed relaxation~

Incorrect! That paper says "ANYONE NOT RECEIVING 100% WILL MUST..." Your teacher needs to get on that proofreading. But... that sounds totally insane. 5 minutes (basically) for FORTY questions? How much worse can you get?

Distractions got ya worried? Use the black magic of blocking out the whole word with the power of forty thousand suns!

But nothing is worse than the time. I mean, just looking at it sets off my OCD. Why 5 minutes and TEN SECONDS? IT NEEDS TO BE PERFECT. EITHER JUST 5 MINUTES OR JUST 6. CHOOSE.

If that is real, that's the stupidest assignment I have ever seen. I'm willing to bet something in it is just trying to get you to study.

Well I just learned I might be getting surgery... again...

This time it's putting something on my upper jaw so it can expand it....

So yeah, I'm internally screaming right now.

I am INFURIATED right now.

So there was a Dead Island GOTY Edition giveaway at Raptr today. I qualified for it, which is good, for me at least. I'd received the notification from them exactly one week ago. So I got really excited because I get a free copy of Dead Island! Sounds pretty awesome, right? Activation keys and everything (don't worry, the way this is done is legal).
So today's the day of the giveaway! Really excited! But I have school, so I figure I'll go ahead and do it when I get back, and considering how today was a half-day, I get out earlier than usual. What happens when I get back? You guessed it; I MISSED IT. Activation keys are no longer available. HOW THEY WENT BY THAT QUICKLY IS BEYOND MY KNOWLEDGE BUT WHATEVER, I'll just buy it then.
Sorry, I shouldn't be upset. It's not their fault this happened. It's mine.

I've never heard of Raptr, except as something that other installers ask to install (which I always deny).

I think Raptr is like a ranking system, cause most of my friends on facebook use it, and thats what I mostly see

Raptr is a site that you connect your Steam account, Xbox 360 LIVE account, and your PSN account to and it tracks your gameplay time and ranks you according to how much time you've played the game and how many achievements you've earned. They also give out some rewards to people who play certain games (little while ago, I got a 40% off coupon for anything in the "G" series on Logitech's website) and have tiny boards for every game on that site.

Kinda neat really. I don't use it often, but still neat.

It's a miracle, I got a 100% on that Calc test on my first try! I think only 6 out of the 20 people in my class got a perfect score, so it feels really nice to have that off my back.

Congrats on the 100% bro...least you don't have that silly repeat till you get a perfect stipulation to deal with

Oh my goodness, that's amazing! There's no way I would've been able to do that, I probably would freeze up from the pressure. Now laugh maniacally in your teacher's face! Like HAHAHAHAHA!!

I have my midterms this week. I had my first one today, and of course it just haddd to be the one I was worried about the most. Hehe, some certain people weren't helping with distraction on me getting that "last minute" studying in, but I feel I have done adequate at least. Astronomy Midterm is this Friday... hope I have better luck with that one though I'm not sure what kind of questions I'm supposed to be expecting. Psychology is my only other exam and that's Thursday. Though there is no rest for the weary, I have to remake a project and turn it in by Wednesday since I cut it all wrong. >w<

I have my mid terms next week, I really need luck, probably wasn't a good idea for me to take 4 courses in my first semester.

However I think I'll do good really think it'll be easier once I'm done with academic stuff ad choose something I can be more interested in.

...

I have exams next week. Gulp.

Midterm grades are going to be released next week.

I don't know how I'm doing in some classes, specifically my culture class and my Spanish class. I got a C+ on a test in my culture class (there are barely any ways to raise your grade in that class, it's all tests and papers). I've been worried about my Spanish class too; I'm getting a lot of 70%'s on reading quizzes and my speaking is getting a little shakey. With tennis season now in effect, I can only expect things to get tougher.

Our school decided not to send out report cards. Instead, you'll have to check them online. Guess they're trying to make up for last year where they had all the students print off a progress report every Friday for about 40 weeks.
And we had about 1,400 students last year. Do the math.

On to some good news, after finally taking one Greek/Latin root vocab quiz I never took in AP English 4 and getting a 75% on that and a 90% on a reading quiz, I've managed to get my grade in AP English 4 up from a 44% to a 60%. *confetti everywhere*

I'm afraid of my grades. I stopped checking them online and I started trashing all progress reports with my name on them. Now that it's nearing the end of the year my body started going into "slack off" mode, which is one of the things I SWORE I'd learn to control. Not yet, I guess I put ALL the blame on band swarming my mind.

Today was the Winter Sports Awards Dinner in my school. I was actually shocked when I heard my name being called up for an award, "Most Improved Wrestler; Junior Varsity" I forgot the coaches speech but it was pretty nice. I know they're not gonna hear this, but I'd like to thank my coaches!

Oh, it seems that school has been closed for the day. That means it's time for my usual rant of FOR WHAT? There is NO snow on the ground and if there was ice this would call for a 2 hour delay. Are they that afraid of the usually-wrong weathermen? I bet if they told them that the moon was going to crash into the Earth they'd require all students to bring ocarinas to school.

The LI weatherman predicted heavy snow for tonight. I don't even know if I'm going to have school tomorrow or not. (I wish we didn't have school tomorrow ) other than that though, I feel like I'm doing a lot better in tennis; all I needed were 2 days of practice. The juniors at my school are also taking a trip to the Frick Museum and Koreatown. I wish I could be there instead of at school. Oh, and my friend also said they went to a museum called The Cloyster.

GL you two. Try studying with your favorite music.

Someone's a little crazy with music, then...

I made a pie chart one time depicting how I split up my interests. 1/3 of my life was music. Another 1/3 was video games. The last 1/3 was the rest of my life. Barely anything compares to my love for music~

I can see that, Music's definitely the most emotional and energized form of art.

I kind of like seeing Eagles back in here again.

I think I can manage studying with music on...

I am actually more productive if I've got music to listen to. When I mess up files within my games, it can take me around seven hours to fix a simple problem. (Took me nearly three days to fix a problem that had a very simple solution.) But with the music I was able to keep at it until I actually made progress or fixed my problem.

I am just absolutely in love with this Wreck-It Ralph DVD~ Is it legal to marry a DVD? If it is, is it still legal to marry 3 at once? Technically 4 or 5 counting my digital copies. The movie looks so beautiful on a large HD screen where I can spend my time looking out for all of the various references. And all of the amazing bonus content, especially the deleted scenes which are both hilarious and over-the-top for a kid's movie. I even found an error on the DVD's main menu~ I've never liked a movie so much before.

You're too kind~ *blush* But, if I'm weird, then what does that make you? You puzzle me all the time, Maggy. I just happen to really really really really really enjoy watching this movie and learning all about it and memorizing every single line inside of it oh my God now I know what obsession feels like.

Along with insanity

Well I can't help it if I love sugar. But I don't wanna go into a sugar rush or anything. An S-U-G-A-R jump into your racing car say Sugar Rush. ...I just made another Wreck-It Ralph reference. HAH, I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT~!

Quick, someone get the tranqilizers, he's getting out of control again.

c-c-c-c-c-c-combo breaker

Can't sleep right now I had some soda about an hour ago, oh well.

... Soda still keeps you up? Man I must be out if touch with everything cause I down that stuff like water.

I'm back home.

Now I've got over three thousand (!) photos to review and sort.

Turt, we're having an intervention. Right here, right now, right this instant, on this thread.

Umm, I'd rather not. Wreck-It Ralph has improved my overall well being by 120%! There- hehe- is NOTHING wrong with me at all~! HAHAHA~

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Originally Posted by Twiggy Now I've got over three thousand (!) photos to review and sort.

Today, I took 1st Place in this wrestling tournament!!!! My friend also took 3rd, but yeah. I won in Overtime

Jeez it is very windy today. What's the weather like for the rest of you?

Just a reminder that posts here should be longer than 1 word in order to prevent spam.

Speaking of sports, I got onto the school Varsity tennis team.

The weather is currently cloudy right now. There was no snow last week and it feels like spring. Then we end up have 6 inches of snow this week. Why can't the weather makes up their mind?

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Originally Posted by Reuniclus Speaking of sports, I got onto the school Varsity tennis team.

I spent the day doing nothing, too~ Not because there just ain't nothing to do but because I COULDN'T. Somehow getting sick is just a thing for me. Thankfully it's finally getting better but I actually had to miss school because of it. But hey, at least I made up for it with a lot of game time

Hope you get well soon.

I think I have a perpetual cold or something.

What is it about winter that causes a lot of folks to get sick? Getting colds from the cold is a false myth.

I actually know a lot of people that are sick or were sick during winter's prime. It could quite possibly be a mind thing that they think they're gonna sick and they do... I always find that if I think myself believing things, I think they are true and then it happens. I don't know, that's me.

While every other person here is sick, I'm feeling like I'm putting too much strain on my body. I already took a nap a an hour ago and I don't feel too much better. Earlier today during school was nice though. One of my friends acted differently around me today and I liked it (he usually pokes fun at me too much and can be pretty annoying). It's nice to see people realize their mistakes and change for the better~

man today is going super slow....how about you guys