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yesterday, we had around 15 random minutes of storytelling in english class. i never knew that such exciting things had happened to my english teacher, ms waterfall. there was a really funny and disturbing story about her chem class in her junior year of high school related to drinking HCL and NH4OH. i was nerdy enough to work out that reaction in my head.

alice's mom came over today with two giant bags full of japanese food from the sushi place nearby. as much as i dislike her strict rules, i love her mom. she brings sushi & cheesecake factory gift cards & plants randomly. today was especially amazing. we had sushi, some deep friend vegetable things, rice, some other vegetables, and miso soup. and now i have a superasian lunch for tomorrow.


i'm really looking forward to this weeked too. i've decided that i'm being the mat hatter for halloween, and my costume doesn't look anything like him except for the hat. i think buying costumes is totally overrated.






caffeine: NONE.

present times.

hectic, happy, & hopeless. that's basically my life right now.

hectic: last week of the quarter. it seems that every teacher justs wants to give you as many projects and tests this week. right now, i'm considering not doing powderpuff because of my calc grade even though i've already paid the fee. academics matter more. this weekend is also going to be crazy. i have plans nearly every single day, but i guess that's good. shopping, halloween party, etc.

happy: my dad cleared out our 3rd garage space in order to prepare for my future car; it makes the possibility of actually getting a car seem very real. on sunday, i test drove the 2010 honda accord coupe. switching from a 10 year old clunky SUV to a sporty coupe was shocking. the control was mindblowing. next week i'm driving the altima coupe.

hopeless: my love life. more accurately, my lack of one...even though
ilikesomeone.
the smallest things can make me happy.

caffeine: english breakfast tea.

procrastination is a talent

today was good & bad.

the good: my parents are researching cars. altima coupe vs. honda accord. coupe vs. sedan vs. suv. after seeing it in person, i've realized that the volvo c30 is very strange-looking, despite what reviewers and critics might say. the s40 is much prettier, except i really dont have $35k to spare. my dad taking me to the dealership this weeked so i can test drive a few cars.

i got two service hours today for playing mario kart. it was supposedly my "peer tutoring" time at the hospital, except no one needed help on their homework, so i ended up playing with a 10-year-old for two hours straight. my thumbs hurts from too much button mashing.

the bad: everything. life. school. i just failed a calc test, and i have 1000 other things due this week. i need to read one and a half books and write a paper. im trying not to think about it now.


caffeine today: NONE. apparently, i looked very pale and sad today.

fish are friends, not food

this weekend has been... eventful. not all fun & games, but i definitely wasn't bored.

saturday: i had to wake up at 6:30am to get school. why? i was volunteering for openhouse at school. i drove to ramya's house, and, as usual, she took around 15 minutes to "walk down the stairs." eventually, we got to school around 8:10. openhouse was open at 8:30. when we got there, there was already a rabid crowd of asian/indian/white parents just about ready to burst inside since the doors were locked. eventually, we got in with sean & rachel's help.

aditi hands me a nametag saying "here, write your name on this, but don't write your last name." apparently, if you do, you'd get stalked by some of the crazy asian parents. (i'm guessing this has happened in the past?)

volunteering in the marine bio room was actually fun-ish. i got to know a lot more of my classmates & advertise tj. we had these touch-tanks set up where visitors could touch everything (sea cucumbers, sea urchins, etc.) except the jellyfish. a little boy tried to talk to me in korean. i've never felt so un-asian in my life.

i basically had to talk about this kind of upsidedown jellyfish, and i like to say that i'm pretty good at bsing facts.

after openhouse, i went to andy's house to visit/ have a hw party. i now realize that i've been to Blue Pearl multiple times before.

sunday: i watched a part of The Mist with ben. no matter how much he denies it, he really was scared. we were practically clinging to each other at the garage part. the movie's actually more gross than scary though. the special effects are ridiculous: in a bad way, but the gore made up for it. i think i empathize (simpathize?) too much with the characters in the movie, and that's what made it so bad. the ending made ben and me really sad, and i guess thats the last horror/suspense movie i'll see in a long time. i'm fine with that.

today/monday: (it's technically tuesday now) salsa dancing AKA studying for the SAT with friends. it's actually not as bad as it sounds.

i actually have too much to say and too little time in this post.

caffeine: tall pumpkin spice latte.

an object on planet X.

the physics problem sets are crazy. i have to say, our teachers must be pretty creative to come up with this stuff, or have wild imaginations. they go along the lines of "the 16" bore guns on the WWII Iowa Class..." or "an object is launched on planet X has an initial velocity of..." it's ridiculous. i spend half of my night trying to figure out what these problems are about. someday, i'll visit this planet X.


instead of doing physics, i wanted to upload hc pictures. I just tried to do that, but then i realized that all of those pictures were on my flash drive which i gave to cindy in energy sys. she said that i'd get it back during marine bio, but that never happened. ohwell. during openhouse, the marine bio lab is going to have jellyfish & sea cucumbers. weird, but interesting. at least i'll have NHS hours.

supershort post because i need to do physics.

war paint & crayon wars

post-homecoming week is always a disappointment. no more pep rallies, weird costumes, or random pictures. it makes up for all of the fun the students had during hc week.

TJ lost the game 0-7. the game part wasn't what mattered though; it's all in the people, the spirit, and the fun. we had an amazing pep rally. freshmen musical ex was the best i've even seen from freshmen. i'm proud to say that i'm one of the few juniors who knew what was coming. 2012 cheer was...interesting. it went "two oh - one two, we're gonna beat the ---- out of you!"

i have to say though, the the juniors were the most spirited. screw seniors. everyone was decked out in red/white/blue/toga. after the first block of pep rally was over, i went back to my marine bio class and we all convinced Mrs. Wu to let us go around and spirit war other classes. bestdayever.

game was okay. normal football stuff...except i got really into it. it was great: taking pictures, doing the "freshman" (that came out wrong), getting yelled at by a band person, sharing hot chocolate & cider, and freezing my butt off.

the "freshmen"

saturday was... interesting. dinner is, and will always be my favorite part. i fail at pins and flowers, and i learned that crayon wars are very fun.

dear sabrina, i think i win this one. my policeman is still alive.

caffeine today: .5 cups of english breakfast tea

one, two, three, four, GO!

thursday: class theme day.
junior class of 2011 theme: "duty calls"
jobs, army, superheroes. almost everyone dressed up.

i have to say, the class of 2011 is pretty cool. tj is just so spirited in general. my friend came up with the superfantastic idea of being the teen titans. as in..

when there's trouble, you know who to call

teen titans!

from their tower they can see it all

teen titans!

when there's evil on the attack

you can rest knowing they got your back

'cause when the world needs heroes on patrol...

teen titans go!

i forgot my camera, so i stole these from andy.

that's pretty much all i know. my costume as starfire pretty much sucked, but this one guy in my physics class came up to me and asked me if i was starfire. it totally made my day. making a the "tower" on my friends' lockers, taping aluminum foil all over divya, wearing a scandalous skirt, using organic chem gloves for robin, carrying around "communicators." yeah, we're pretty much the coolest kids ever. actually, one guy dressed as a toilet. then there was kim & ron. and sailor moon, jupiter, saturn, etc. ironman. telephone from powerpuff girls was definitely my favorite.