Making my spot in the world

I went to about ten minutes of the final school board meeting today, and they went over the results of the schools for the QAR (some school test-thing that proves that yes, we are a school). I was given a golden ticket forever ago to go and talk to them, and I did. I told them greatly about how there was a rather limited source of different levels of education and that I was typically bored in class.

One of the recommendations for Scott was "provide different education through differentiation." That's me right there, readers!

Upon finding this out, I did the usual victory-slam (like in Mean Girls where one arm is a sling and you fling the other arm into it).

Thing is, the slamming through the other hand/fist up...into my face.

Oh, and my German video got first at State! Mike got second, as we were, again, the only people to do videos. You'd think there would be more Berlin Film-Fest hopefuls in Kentucky.

For those of you who missed my movie, Schwimmen!, here it is:

Unlikely events

Today I:

- Watched Sound of Music in German class (but the English version, so I was humming the lyrics in the back of the room)
- Had a very strange grade in English for all of 20 minutes
- Practiced "Sorcerer's Apprentice" for about an hour
- Helped someone at Youth Orchestra figure out a measure in "Superman" that I had always had trouble with.

And as it's only nine, you know what other unlikely thing I'm going to do?

- Go to bed EARLY (Hoozai!)

A Day with the Presidents

Apparently I had all sorts of projects due tomorrow (or Wednesday, but more or less tomorrow), so that's how I spent my afternoon.

Until about 8:30, I was in Photoshop making an ad for a German clothing store (Kleine Kleider---immer für die Kinder!). Then it was a PowerPoint on Marbury vs. Madison with stick figures in the sense of "Life is Good". Eventually, I'll blog the text and pictures. They're quite cute, I think.

So I didn't get to bed by 10:30, as it's 10 minutes until then. However, tomorrow I'm pretty much guaranteed to, as I won't have any projects, I can spend social studies doing any homework I have, etc.

Time to send in my social studies and pack up my german!

Sleep: what keeps me awake

Today was the Foreign Language Fest, which was actually a lot of fun! My two events (Writing and Oral Proficiency) were right next to each other, so I was able to enjoy myself for most of the day. I met up with several of my YTHC friends at the student center for lunch (Chick-fil-A) and it was nice catching up with them. Then, I waited outside for about an hour with about eight of the other Fort Knox-ers.

My results were okay, I think. I got 2nd place in Level I Writing and 2nd place in German Videos: All Levels. Mike snagged first, but I personally liked his video better than mine so I'm not too upset. And he pointed out that maybe we should make movies together as we're (apparently) the "best" German filmmakers in the region. I do wonder if anyone else even made a video though.

We all got back to school for the final ten minutes or so, and then it was the school dance. To put it bluntly, I could have done without going to the dance. It was two and a half hours out of my afternoon (and I have three tests tomorrow!), and I spent two hours of that against a wall, being anti-social.

I understand most of the German for the chapter six test, though. There's one thing I need to look over for social studies tomorrow, and we get 15 minutes to study in science. I think I'll be good.

And now to go to bed. Sorry for not posting as Eli or Jack today, Aubrey and Maya, but maybe tomorrow.

How I spent my sick day: part 2

- I watched Aristocats on YouTube (Greatest. Disney. Movie. Ever)
- Aubrey was on so I IMed her for most of the late morning-early afternoon
- I wrote about eleven "drabbles"
- I did NOT play Pokemon
- I didn't eat until almost 3 this afternoon (and have not eaten since)
- I watched the special features for Mamma Mia! and Return of the King

I still felt like crap today, so it was Sick Day II. The way I'm feeling right now is iffy, so I'm not sure what tomorrow will be like. Even if I do stay home again, I'll want to go in for German to turn in some homework, get my notebook checked, and take my vocabulary quiz. I would so totally be doing it in my sweats, though.

I really need to practice bassoon, though. I'm about to clean my room so as to hopefully get myself back in the swing of things. If I feel like crap tomorrow...eh, at least I won't feel like crap because of the sickness and because my room is a complete mess.

Musical Theatre might be off tomorrow whether I go to school or not, depending on if the feel-well-enough-to-slog-through-classes is equal to feel-well-enough-to-sing-and-dance-for-ninety-minutes. I'd probably be able to dance if I put my mind to it. I doubt I'd be doing any singing, unless they decided to make me a tenor. From all the hacking and wheezing, my voice is probably three or four full steps lower than it typically is.

I mostly want to be fine by Thursday. I have Youth Orchestra for the first time in three weeks, and don't want to miss that. It is miserable playing bassoon while you're sick, though. It's also miserable to be sick and fly, so at the latest Friday would be acceptable.

Time to clean room and do algebra homework. Oh, and to look over German vocab.

Sick again

This is major suckage, as tomorrow will be the first time I'm back in German after a week of staying at the middle school. Either I'm going to be at school and feeling like crap or I'm going to miss the second-to-last German class for the quarter. Yes, this is the last week of the third quarter.

And then there's the going-to-see-Dad-in-Pennsylvania-at-the-end-of-the-week to take into account. I haven't even flown sick, and I don't especially care to.

I hate moments like these, where you have two daunting choices.

Video

Youtube didn't do a good job of copying the quality, but I suppose it's okay. Special thanks to Iris and Jutta for helping with the translations!

Done!

That's what my German project is right now.

It took a little over an hour and a half to get it fully burned and not stuck in my computer, but it looks great. I have my little paragraph written out and everything. In the morning, I'm going to take a sharpie and just write "Schwimmen!" on the front cover of the DVD, that being the title of the movie.

I'll be posting it soon, and in the next week or so I'll hopefully have an English-dubbed version up.

Freaked much?

Tomorrow I have algebra (Which is altogether not fun) and a physics test that I'm not at all prepared for. After school, I have to JUMP on my German project, as it's due on Thursday and I just found out that I have all these holes poked into it. I'm really nervous about how it's going to turn out, cause it just doesn't seem to fit the criteria very well. I mean, yeah, the movie itself is great. But it's more of a me-thing than something I'm doing for a fourth of my grade.

Then I have Musical Theatre (Which is getting easier) and go over my orchestra music for Thursday evening. So yeah, tomorrow is kind of going to be hell in a handbasket. I wish I could stay home and just get some stuff DONE.

I could use another day of weekend

But I think I'm okay for school tomorrow. I mostly just want to sleep in again, and I also want to finish my German project, which is coming along quite well.

I also need to clean my room. Again, that can wait. And laundry...I should probably do some of that in the morning if I have any time.

Glad there's another day of weekend

Because I honestly don't know what I'd be doing if I had school tomorrow. I've been at my computer nearly all day today, and not posting, IMing, or writing fanfiction (Though I did drag Aubrey in IM along). Rather, I was working on my German project. I have to make a video that's between 6 to 10 minutes long, and I've mostly finished mine. All the film is in place, as is the music. All I need to do is make two dubbings: a German for my entry, and an English for myself (and for YouTube, although my latest favorite YouTuber speaks German).

I need to clean up my room and do all my recording tomorrow, as well as fitting in a four-hour rehearsal. Then there's the whole practicing bassoon and filling out my practice time sheet, and I've been meaning to watch Edward Scissorhands for awhile.

I'll get started now: time for Edward.

Wie ist das Wetter heute?

Sehr warm für die Winterzeit!

But now I need to memorize 10 lines of German weather that's simply talking about the weather of Dublin. I could probably memorize the weather itself easier and translate it, but I might not. So I'll take a few minutes and roleplay instead.

Blog365: Day 35

I have two tests tomorrow, both in subjects that I actually have to really have to think in (German and Science---we're doing PHYSICS). And I hate physics. Because it involves math, and I typically have two hours of math every other day, and I don't particularly want a third hour.

I would much rather be posting as my dear Elves or sleeping, but I have to stay up and memorize formula's and vocabulary words. Ughhh.

EDITED TO ADD: It's 9:47, and I finished studying about 3 minutes ago. I understand it about as well as I'm going to, I think. For now, I'm going to post that thing with the Elves, so if you're reading this, Aubrey...it'll be beastly.

Blog365: Day 14

I have a German quiz tomorrow, so I need to study for that. Otherwise, I'm headed to bed as soon as possible. I got to sleep at 11 last night, and that ISN'T happening again.

Sorry for the lack of post recently. This has just been a long, boring, kind of painful (OW my mouth) kind of week.