Sleep and I Don't Get Along

Why is it that I tend to be the most crankiest on the days I actually get a decent amount of sleep?  Sleep and I just have an all around crazy relationship.  I'm always tired, no matter what I do.  That being said, sleeping in was great, and I felt great when I woke up.  It wasn't until later that I felt tired again.  I'm starting to wonder if there's something wrong with me.

I managed to watch both Naruto and How I Met Your Mother today.  Plus, I also wrote a bit, and I'm going to work on prereading a fanfiction for someone after I finish this post.  After that, I plan on reading some more of an awesome Harry Potter fanfic that I was reading earlier.  Other than that, my day hasn't really consisted of much.

Naruto Review: Episodes 184-186

This post is going to be a review of episodes 184, 185, and 186 of Naruto.  These are each stand-alone episodes that don't belong in an arc.  I'm just going to give some of my thoughts on each episode.

Episode 184 is called Kiba's Long Day.  I found this episode really sad.  It's about Kiba and Akamaru going on a mission and Akamaru (I can't remember what happened to cause it) kind of losing himself and starting to hurt people.  It was hard to watch in places.  I find Akamaru absolutely adorable and watching him in pain and turning mean was hard.  The hardest parts to watch though were Kiba's reaction to everything.  It may have been a pointless episode, but it almost had me in tears.

The next episode is called A Legend from the Hidden Leaf: the Onbaa.  I found most of this episode incredibly weird.  There's no other way to describe it.  I mean it's about Naruto carrying some strange creature around on his back because it refuses to get off.  At first I thought it was cute, but then the thing started growing.  By the time its feet were dragging on the ground and Naruto was still carrying him, it just weirded me out.  I did think it was kind of cute how he saved Naruto in the end though.  Overall, it was just a strange episode.

Episode 186 was called Laughing Shino.  This episode was a bit weird as well but nothing like 185.  I don't know if this is something that actually happens in Japan sometimes, but the concept of sending a representative in your place to  funeral just seems weird to me.  If you're able to go to the funeral (especially if it's for your father) shouldn't you go regardless of what the will says?  The laughing drug was also a bit weird, but that was nothing compared to the funeral.  Everyone attempting to make Naruto laugh was just strange.  I wasn't at all surprised when the man turned out to really be alive.  It wasn't a horrible episode, but it definitely wasn't that great.

Shows I'm Watching/Want to Watch

There are so many TV shows I want to watch but just don't have time for.  I've been watching Naruto since 2009, and I'm still not even to Shippuden yet.  That's riddiculous!  I wish I had more time to watch it.  I'm also trying to watch How I Met Your Mother.  I haven't been watching it quite as long, but it's probably been a year already that I've been watching it.

Aside from both of those, there's a long list of shows that I want to watch.  When I finish Naruto I plan on watching Fullmetal Alchemist, and I have a ton of animes that I want to watch after that.  As for non-anime shows, I want to watch quite a few other shows.  The thing is I want to get through Naruto and HIMYM first.  It would get way to hectic if I tried to watch the entire series of a bunch of shows at once.  I have a long list though.  I'll probably never get through it since I add to it a lot quicker than I can get through shows (obviously since it takes me over three years to watch Naruto).

It'll be interesting to see when I actually finish Naruto and HIMYM and can start watching other shows.  Do you have any shows that you're currently trying to watch the entire series?  Are there any shows that you want to watch?

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).

A Lazy Last Day of Break

Today's the last day of my winter break.  On one hand, break seems to have flown by, and on the other, it feels like forever since school ended.  I'm a little excited to go back and see people again.  I'm even excited for some of the classes I'm starting this semester.  On the other hand, I still have an essay I have to finish writing for AP U.S. history, and I'm not too excited about homework.

I'm spending my last day of break being lazy.  My brother and sister went to the movies with my grandma, and I decided to stay home and do nothing.  I had a lot of trouble sleeping last night, which led to me sleeping in way too late this morning.  I just hope I can fall asleep at a somewhat decent time tonight, so I can wake up tomorrow feeling at least kind of awake.

I did manage to film a book review earlier that will be edited, uploaded, and posted here later today.  I want to watch an episode of Naruto later today, so I can review the story arc soon.  And, of course, I have to finish that essay for school.  So, I'm accomplishing some things today, but overall, it'll be lazy.

Tomorrow is the first day of my last semester of high school!  I can't believe I have less than five months of school left.  That's just insane.

Oh, and it snowed today and actually stuck to the ground!  That's the first time this year!  It's very light and melted quickly, but I still got to see it.  It might still be snowing actually.  I'd have to look outside and see.

Operation Christmas Child

I'm still worn out from the weekend.  I was at the school enough for the play that it doesn't even really feel like I had a weekend.

I got to start off my Monday with an AP U.S. history test.  Luckily, it wasn't bad.  As far as AP U.S. history tests go, it was fairly average.

I was looking forward to actually going home after school today, but I ended up staying after for about fifteen minutes with Ji.  She was calling this college for information and wanted someone there for moral support.  After she was done with the call, she asked if I was interested in going to the Dollar Store with her to get things for Operation Christmas Child.  We're supposed to have everything for that turned in to school tomorrow.  We stopped at my house, so I could get some money, and my brother and sister ended up coming with us.  We looked around the Dollar Store for a while and found some stuff.  We got a pretty good mix of hygiene items and small toys.  We even saw Randall (who I've known since 4th grade) while we were there.

Once we were done shopping, I just headed home to sit around the house for the rest of the day.  I'm very happy to say that I had no homework today.  It was nice to have a day with no play practice and no homework.  I was even able to watch episodes of both Naruto and How I Met Your Mother.

Naruto Never Ends

I hope everyone in the U.S. had a good Labor Day today, and that everyone in other parts of the world had a good day.  My Labor Day just consisted of sitting around the house and procrastinating on my homework (which I am going to regret when I have all of it to do tomorrow).

I spent my morning watching episodes of All That, Kenan and Kel, Clarissa Explains It All, and Doug that I have recorded on the DVR.  I love the 90's Are All That block on Nick.  It was a great idea.  I'm so excited that Hey Arnold and Rocko's Modern Life are coming on tonight.  I haven't seen them in forever.

I also watched some Naruto and How I Met Your Mother today.  As I was watching Naruto, I realized that I've been watching the show for years, and I've only watched through episode 172.  I still have to finish the series, and then I have to watch Naruto Shippuden.  If you go back and read some of my first blog posts, you'll see that I was just starting to watch Naruto when I began this blog almost two years ago.  (This blog turns two on September 7th!  It's the same day my sister turns 16.)  I really need to start watching more episodes.  If only I had more time.

That's really the most note-worty (yet not really note-worthy) parts of my day.  I'm going to go read some awesome Jimmy Neutron fanfiction now.