It's the day before prom, and if anything, I feel worse today than I did yesterday. At one point today my voice almost went completely out, and I think I had a fever earlier this evening. Still, I'm going to make it to prom, even if I don't wake up miraculously feeling better tomorrow. It's not even because I'm particularly excited about prom. Honestly, I'm kind of dreading it because it involves quite a few things I hate: I'll spend a good portion of the day just getting ready; I hate dancing in public; and we'll be up extremely late (which wouldn't bother me much except I tend to get a little cranky around people past midnight). Yet I've decided that prom is just something you have to experience in high school, so I'm going anyway. Besides, I'm sure my friends and I will find ways to enjoy it even if the actual prom turns out to not be that great. I'm still not looking forward to my awkward attempts at dancing (or rather awkwardly standing near my friends and moving around a bit while they dance). There's going to be laser tag and karaoke at after prom though, and I'm not complaining about that! (I don't even have to participate in the karaoke to appreciate that...)
Nothing of note really happened today other than me being sick and talk about prom. It really doesn't even feel like prom is tomorrow. Time has started going by so fast this month! There's less than a month now until graduation. It's all so hard to believe.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Book Review: Living Abroad in Spain by Nikki Weinstein
ISBN: 1566916666Published: September 30th, 2004
Publisher: Avalon Travel
Read from April 12th to 21st, 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads:
Imagine yourself living in Spain. You head home after a fiesta, eating churros and chocolate and celebrating with your neighbors. You know the locals and speak Spanish with ease. You show visiting friends around with the confidence of one who belongs. Author Nikki Weinstein shows you how to make your dream take shape. She left her life as a magazine writer in New York to make a home abroad in Spain. While some give up-daunted by the financial, bureaucratic, and decision-making issues that accompany a move so extraordinary-you'll be led step-by-step through the information you need on visas, money, jobs, housing, safety, language, culture, and history. Nikki has done the research and made the mistakes-so you don't have to. There's a place that matches your budget, needs, and dreams: perhaps it's an apartment in the vibrant city of Barcelona, a villa in sun-drenched Andalusia, or a beach house on the dramatic Galician coast. You can make it happen. With Living Abroad in Spain, it's easier than you think.Review:
This book wasn't as great as I was hoping it would be. I still enjoyed it though, and it definitely made me want to go to Spain. My biggest problem was the sheer number of typos. They were everywhere! Someone did a horrible job editing this book. They were such obvious typos too, and it drove me insane. I didn't find the writing that great either. Some parts were better than others. Many parts seemed repetitive. It was giving you valuable information if you ever plan to move to Spain, but it was doing it in such a dry, boring way that most people would probably struggle reading it to get the information. Honestly, I skipped over those parts. There were a lot of parts that were very interesting though, and I enjoyed reading those. Those were the bits that made me wish I could go to Spain. Overall, the book was good, but it had some major flaws. If you're planning on moving to Spain sometime, then I would recommend this book to help you.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
A Cow in School
I am officially sick for what is at least the third time this year (though I feel like it may be the fourth). I hardly slept last night because it was so hard to breath and my throat hurt. Hopefully tonight is better, although I doubt it since my throat is worse today than it was yesterday.
School is starting to get really busy (again). It seems as if we're reaching the point where most of the teachers are trying to cram things in before the end of the year (or, as in two of my classes, before the AP test). Because of this, I feel like I'm getting a ton of homework now. There are just about two weeks until the AP U.S. history test and three until the AP English one. After that my workload should be a lot lighter since we'll have covered everything for the test, so even if we're going over stuff, it won't be as crammed in (especially in AP U.S. history.
Today our school served Chick-fil-A for lunch. I have no idea why or if it will become a regular thing (next year at least). However, there was an actual guy or girl walking around in the Chick-fil-A cow costume during lunch. It was the strangest thing. At one point he walked up to the table next to ours and a junior bolted out of her seat and across the commons because she was scared of him. He kept teasing her after that. At one point he stood behind this column by our table and peeked out at her. It made for an interesting lunch.
School is starting to get really busy (again). It seems as if we're reaching the point where most of the teachers are trying to cram things in before the end of the year (or, as in two of my classes, before the AP test). Because of this, I feel like I'm getting a ton of homework now. There are just about two weeks until the AP U.S. history test and three until the AP English one. After that my workload should be a lot lighter since we'll have covered everything for the test, so even if we're going over stuff, it won't be as crammed in (especially in AP U.S. history.
Today our school served Chick-fil-A for lunch. I have no idea why or if it will become a regular thing (next year at least). However, there was an actual guy or girl walking around in the Chick-fil-A cow costume during lunch. It was the strangest thing. At one point he walked up to the table next to ours and a junior bolted out of her seat and across the commons because she was scared of him. He kept teasing her after that. At one point he stood behind this column by our table and peeked out at her. It made for an interesting lunch.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Shopping "For Prom"
Today has been a busy Saturday, and I can't believe I was even able to make myself write this post.
I had to wake up early today because my family was getting our picture taken for our church's new parish directory. The waking up early part really didn't bother me too much because I was going to be up that early to watch Korra anyway, but I feel awkward having my picture taken. The pictures didn't turn out too badly though, although it seemed to go on forever.
By the time we got home from that, I managed to watch about half of the new episode of Korra on the DVR before I had to go meet Ji. I thought I'd finish it tonight, but now it's looking like that'll have to wait until tomorrow.
Ji and I went shopping at the mall today. We went with the pretense of getting accessories for prom (and so Ji could apply for jobs), but that's not really what happened. Ji bought some stuff at the mall, but hardly any of it was prom related, and all I got was Auntie Anne's pretzel nuggets. However, Ji and I randomly stumbled upon a table where they were interviewing people to work at the new Forever 21 in that mall that's opening next month. (Before now the closest Forever 21 to us was a couple hours away in Louisville. This mall's only about half an hour to an hour away.) Ji filled out an application, and they interviewed her right there. They told her she got the job almost immediately. Forever 21 is quite possibly Ji's most favorite store in the world, so she was beyond thrilled the rest of the day. (She also found out she won a scholarship earlier today, so she was in a great mood.)
After the mall we went across the street to Shoe Carnival, so I could buy some new shoes. I needed flats for prom, and my current pair of tennis shoes are falling apart. I'd never bought shoes by myself before and had no idea how expensive tennis shoes can be! Even my mom was surprised at how much the Nike's I bought are, and I bought one of the least expensive pairs there. (She can't complain about the price though. She told me to get Nike's or a similar brand because they'd last longer.)
Ji sold some of her old clothes at Plato's Closet, and then we stopped by Walgreens on our way home because Ji wanted to pick up a few things. Ji wanted to look at nail polish, which let her to buying one bottle and me buying five. I bought my first Essie polish, which Ji was way more proud of then I think is normal. (I can't believe I spent that much on that nail polish, but the other four bottles were cheap brands.)
Then we came back to my house and watched X-Men: First Class. I enjoyed the movie, and I usually don't like superhero movies. I discovered that Ji is apparently an X-Men fan, and she was explaining background about the different characters to me as we watched. She went home after the movie, and now it's incredibly late and I'm exhausted. I feel like I've been constantly on the go all day even though I spent over two hours sitting on the couch watching a movie.
I had to wake up early today because my family was getting our picture taken for our church's new parish directory. The waking up early part really didn't bother me too much because I was going to be up that early to watch Korra anyway, but I feel awkward having my picture taken. The pictures didn't turn out too badly though, although it seemed to go on forever.
By the time we got home from that, I managed to watch about half of the new episode of Korra on the DVR before I had to go meet Ji. I thought I'd finish it tonight, but now it's looking like that'll have to wait until tomorrow.
Ji and I went shopping at the mall today. We went with the pretense of getting accessories for prom (and so Ji could apply for jobs), but that's not really what happened. Ji bought some stuff at the mall, but hardly any of it was prom related, and all I got was Auntie Anne's pretzel nuggets. However, Ji and I randomly stumbled upon a table where they were interviewing people to work at the new Forever 21 in that mall that's opening next month. (Before now the closest Forever 21 to us was a couple hours away in Louisville. This mall's only about half an hour to an hour away.) Ji filled out an application, and they interviewed her right there. They told her she got the job almost immediately. Forever 21 is quite possibly Ji's most favorite store in the world, so she was beyond thrilled the rest of the day. (She also found out she won a scholarship earlier today, so she was in a great mood.)
After the mall we went across the street to Shoe Carnival, so I could buy some new shoes. I needed flats for prom, and my current pair of tennis shoes are falling apart. I'd never bought shoes by myself before and had no idea how expensive tennis shoes can be! Even my mom was surprised at how much the Nike's I bought are, and I bought one of the least expensive pairs there. (She can't complain about the price though. She told me to get Nike's or a similar brand because they'd last longer.)
Ji sold some of her old clothes at Plato's Closet, and then we stopped by Walgreens on our way home because Ji wanted to pick up a few things. Ji wanted to look at nail polish, which let her to buying one bottle and me buying five. I bought my first Essie polish, which Ji was way more proud of then I think is normal. (I can't believe I spent that much on that nail polish, but the other four bottles were cheap brands.)
Then we came back to my house and watched X-Men: First Class. I enjoyed the movie, and I usually don't like superhero movies. I discovered that Ji is apparently an X-Men fan, and she was explaining background about the different characters to me as we watched. She went home after the movie, and now it's incredibly late and I'm exhausted. I feel like I've been constantly on the go all day even though I spent over two hours sitting on the couch watching a movie.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Games and Superlatives
For some reason today wore me out incredibly. I think it had something to do with having two days of school, and then letting us go to the zoo one day before we had to have another full day of school. Then, I had to work today, which of course made me more tired. We get tomorrow off though, and even though I have to work for four hours, I'm excited.
We had to write an essay in AP English today in preparation for the AP test. We were only supposed to give ourselves about fifteen minutes to prepare, since that's about how long we'll have on the AP test. Because of that, I had almost no idea what I would write before I actually started writing, but I don't think it turned out too badly.
At lunch, I ended up playing Never Have I Never with Haley, Jordan, Hannah, and Brooklyn. I had never played that game before even though I'd heard of it and knew what it was. The bell rang in the middle of it, but I had the most fingers still up. Not surprising really considering everyone was saying things that are against the rules or taboo, and I'm pretty much a complete goody-two-shoes when it comes to most things.
All of the seniors got out of the beginning of fourth block because of a senior meeting. We had to listen to them talk about graduation and prom stuff, and then we filled out this paper on what we plan to do after school and stuff so that it can be published in the local paper. We also voted on senior superlatives, which was difficult. A few of them seemed like no-brainers, but on others I sat there forever trying to decide. I mean, I never paid attention to which boy and girl in the class have the best eyes. In the end I put two our three people quite a few times, which is basically pointless since people are only allowed to get one superlative. Since the superlatives are a part of yearbook, we may be counting the votes in yearbook on Monday, although I'm not really sure. It'll be interesting to see who gets what, even if I'm not really looking forward to the counting.
We had to write an essay in AP English today in preparation for the AP test. We were only supposed to give ourselves about fifteen minutes to prepare, since that's about how long we'll have on the AP test. Because of that, I had almost no idea what I would write before I actually started writing, but I don't think it turned out too badly.
At lunch, I ended up playing Never Have I Never with Haley, Jordan, Hannah, and Brooklyn. I had never played that game before even though I'd heard of it and knew what it was. The bell rang in the middle of it, but I had the most fingers still up. Not surprising really considering everyone was saying things that are against the rules or taboo, and I'm pretty much a complete goody-two-shoes when it comes to most things.
All of the seniors got out of the beginning of fourth block because of a senior meeting. We had to listen to them talk about graduation and prom stuff, and then we filled out this paper on what we plan to do after school and stuff so that it can be published in the local paper. We also voted on senior superlatives, which was difficult. A few of them seemed like no-brainers, but on others I sat there forever trying to decide. I mean, I never paid attention to which boy and girl in the class have the best eyes. In the end I put two our three people quite a few times, which is basically pointless since people are only allowed to get one superlative. Since the superlatives are a part of yearbook, we may be counting the votes in yearbook on Monday, although I'm not really sure. It'll be interesting to see who gets what, even if I'm not really looking forward to the counting.
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