This weekend seems to have gone by fast. I was looking forward to resting, but for some reason I don't feel rested at all. I feel just as tired as I did Friday night even though I got a decent amount of sleep and didn't do anything to wear me out.
I watched the Hunger Games trailer when it aired on TV during the Super Bowl pre-show. It's the same one that was released online earlier this week, but it was awesome to see it on TV. We actually have the pre-show recorded on the DVR just for the trailer.
I haven't done much this weekend. Tonight's the second part of the Catholicism video series my church is doing, and that'll be the only time I've done anything this weekend except for church.
I'm in the middle of reading the Nun's Priest's Tale from the Canterbury Tales, but I can't make myself focus on it. I keep zoning out as I'm reading, and I can't remember anything I just read. I'll get it done before I have to go to the video thing later though.
Showing posts with label canterbury tales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label canterbury tales. Show all posts
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Problem with Political Parties
I finished reading the prologue of the Canterbury Tales today for English. We each have something we have to take notes on as we read, and mine's the corruption of the church. So far I'm enjoying reading it. It's not my favorite thing in the world, but I'm not bored by it either.
We had our second test in psychology, and it was a whole lot easier than our first one. The first one I was really unsure about, but this one I felt confident that I knew most of it when I was taking it. It helps that the material was a lot more interesting.
In current events, we went to the computer lab to look up all of the presidential candidates (all of the Republicans and Obama). We're supposed to choose one, and we're going to do a report on why you should vote for them. I really have no idea who I'm going to do. Obama's out because too many people want to do him, and the teacher wants people to do the Republican candidates too. My problem is I'm really moderate. I half agree with Republicans and half with Democrats. There's not one candidate that I support even a majority of their views. It makes things difficult. I would go by the issues that are most important to me, but that's divided by party too. I still have no idea who I'm going to vote for... This is why I hate parties. I want more variety in the people I can vote for. I don't want people from a huge group that have to believe a certain set of principles because they want approval from their party. Who's chosen as the Republican candidate is important, but overall, every single one of them is preaching the exact same thing.
I was supposed to work today, but my sister wound up not having play practice and worked for me instead because she wanted the money. I want the money too, but I'm not complaining about the day off. I have more homework than usual this week because we have less time to get our chapter 19 stuff done for AP U.S. history. (We're behind.) It's taking me forever to get just the part I wanted to get done today done. It'd be taking even longer if I were at work.
We had our second test in psychology, and it was a whole lot easier than our first one. The first one I was really unsure about, but this one I felt confident that I knew most of it when I was taking it. It helps that the material was a lot more interesting.
In current events, we went to the computer lab to look up all of the presidential candidates (all of the Republicans and Obama). We're supposed to choose one, and we're going to do a report on why you should vote for them. I really have no idea who I'm going to do. Obama's out because too many people want to do him, and the teacher wants people to do the Republican candidates too. My problem is I'm really moderate. I half agree with Republicans and half with Democrats. There's not one candidate that I support even a majority of their views. It makes things difficult. I would go by the issues that are most important to me, but that's divided by party too. I still have no idea who I'm going to vote for... This is why I hate parties. I want more variety in the people I can vote for. I don't want people from a huge group that have to believe a certain set of principles because they want approval from their party. Who's chosen as the Republican candidate is important, but overall, every single one of them is preaching the exact same thing.
I was supposed to work today, but my sister wound up not having play practice and worked for me instead because she wanted the money. I want the money too, but I'm not complaining about the day off. I have more homework than usual this week because we have less time to get our chapter 19 stuff done for AP U.S. history. (We're behind.) It's taking me forever to get just the part I wanted to get done today done. It'd be taking even longer if I were at work.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Back to Work
We're reading part of the Canterbury Tales in AP English. I began some of the prologue today. The Canterbury Tales are one of those works of literature that I've heard about a dozen times but never actually read. I didn't even really know what it was. So far, I've been slightly entertained, but I don't think it's something I'd want to read for fun.
We played that quiz game again in current events. We may be switching teams next time we play because one team has lost every single time (and we're graded on it). I hope not though. My group does really well each time. It's not that I want the other team to get bad grades, I just want to get a good grade. It's hard when you have to beat others in order to get a good grade yourself, but you don't want the others to get a bad grade because they couldn't win.
I worked today or the first time since the summer. The first day back always feels a little awkward. It was pretty busy too. For the first three hours or so there was a constant stream of people coming in, but after that the place was desserted. I'll never understand that. It happens all of the time. Everyone comes at the same time for several hours, and then absolutely no one shows up for hours after that. I managed to get a book finished while I was there though (plus homework and a good portion of another book).
Since I was at work, I'm getting to bed later than normal tonight. I wrote another blog post before this and had a video to edit. I wanted to get the video up tonight, but it's going to wait until tomorrow. I also wanted to watch an episode of Naruto tonight, but I don't know if I could make it through it (and I'd regret it in the morning). I am going to read a little bit of fanfiction before bed though (just one chapter).
We played that quiz game again in current events. We may be switching teams next time we play because one team has lost every single time (and we're graded on it). I hope not though. My group does really well each time. It's not that I want the other team to get bad grades, I just want to get a good grade. It's hard when you have to beat others in order to get a good grade yourself, but you don't want the others to get a bad grade because they couldn't win.
I worked today or the first time since the summer. The first day back always feels a little awkward. It was pretty busy too. For the first three hours or so there was a constant stream of people coming in, but after that the place was desserted. I'll never understand that. It happens all of the time. Everyone comes at the same time for several hours, and then absolutely no one shows up for hours after that. I managed to get a book finished while I was there though (plus homework and a good portion of another book).
Since I was at work, I'm getting to bed later than normal tonight. I wrote another blog post before this and had a video to edit. I wanted to get the video up tonight, but it's going to wait until tomorrow. I also wanted to watch an episode of Naruto tonight, but I don't know if I could make it through it (and I'd regret it in the morning). I am going to read a little bit of fanfiction before bed though (just one chapter).
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)