Today I decided to be productive in school for once.
I started my productivity by making up a common assessment for English. I had to make up a thesis statement for a prompt basically right in front of her. I passed, so woot for that!
Then I had a Geography test to make up. I dunno how I did on that, but I'm pretty sure I didn't do so well, but oh well, I got an A+ on a map test so whoopie!
Then I made it my goal to finish my missing French assignments. I did it during science during notes, and I got credit for the assignments. Yay more credit!
So basically I'm pretty much made up for what I missed when I was sick. I'm pretty sure all of my homework is turned in, and I've made up all the tests and quizzes. I'm a pretty good boy! It only took a whole week!
That was basically my day. Everything else was pretty boring. But it was an okay day overall I guess, if you rule out my friend being sick. I was productive, the day itself went by pretty quickly, I took my swimming photos, and I got clothes! Yes, part of the swim spirit pack had arrived, and the medium sized sweater fit me like pajamas. A medium is basically half of Ryan's size. We were wearing some pretty big jackets. Fun.
Oh hey the week is nearly over. Funny how the week goes by so quickly. I was asleep for half of it I guess though. But I think I'm feeling better, and the days have been going okay...
Although lunch was kinda lonely and stuff today...
3/19/09
3/18/09
DQ: Dairy Queen
Alright so today I had my first official swim meet. The past 2 meets I was sick, so I've been missing out. But now that I'm better, I was able to swim today. Hooray!
Okay so how did I do. Well I had 4 events:
My friggin' first relay got disqualified. My breaststroker jumped in the water and immediately started doing dolphin kicks. If you know swimming, you're allowed to do that in any stroke except breaststroke. So we were DQ'd for that. I told him it was alright and that we still did a good job, and we did, but I guess I was upset about it because we actually could have gotten 3rd or so.
My individual relay, yay, I swam by myself, and I got a 2 second improvement! I was feeling happier about that. I ended up 2nd. The guy who got first beat me by about a second, so I was feeling pretty good about that.
My 50 freestyle, I improved my time by about 0.37 seconds. It's still an improvement and I'm happy about that! I ended up getting 2nd. According to Ryan I touched the wall first, but oh well, it's still pretty good to me.
The 200 freestyle relay. Well we got disqualified, whoopie. Apparently our 3rd swimmer left the starting blocks too early. Again, we could have gotten 2nd if he hadn't done that. But again I told him it was no big deal, and just not to leave early on his next relay. I was trying to be an okay sport but I think we should have won it.
And then I just sat around for a few more hours. Overall the meet took 4 hours. It was only a half good meet to me. I was disqualified for half my events. I think we should have won those relays, and I hope next time we won't get disqualified. I think we have some pretty good potential for it.
Lol :D
Okay so how did I do. Well I had 4 events:
- 200 Medley Relay (4 people each doing 2 laps of a different stroke)
- 100 Individual Medley (4 laps, 1 of each stroke)
- 50 Freestyle (2 laps of freestyle stroke)
- 200 Freestyle Relay (4 people doing 2 laps of freestyle each)
My friggin' first relay got disqualified. My breaststroker jumped in the water and immediately started doing dolphin kicks. If you know swimming, you're allowed to do that in any stroke except breaststroke. So we were DQ'd for that. I told him it was alright and that we still did a good job, and we did, but I guess I was upset about it because we actually could have gotten 3rd or so.
My individual relay, yay, I swam by myself, and I got a 2 second improvement! I was feeling happier about that. I ended up 2nd. The guy who got first beat me by about a second, so I was feeling pretty good about that.
My 50 freestyle, I improved my time by about 0.37 seconds. It's still an improvement and I'm happy about that! I ended up getting 2nd. According to Ryan I touched the wall first, but oh well, it's still pretty good to me.
The 200 freestyle relay. Well we got disqualified, whoopie. Apparently our 3rd swimmer left the starting blocks too early. Again, we could have gotten 2nd if he hadn't done that. But again I told him it was no big deal, and just not to leave early on his next relay. I was trying to be an okay sport but I think we should have won it.
And then I just sat around for a few more hours. Overall the meet took 4 hours. It was only a half good meet to me. I was disqualified for half my events. I think we should have won those relays, and I hope next time we won't get disqualified. I think we have some pretty good potential for it.
Lol :D
3/16/09
Deep Thought
I've been thinking a lot lately. If you know how I've been, you might think that my thinking phase has had a negative impact on me. In some ways it has, I've sorta lost some of the life I used to boast with my friends. But I've discovered some new things that I've had time to think about. I have figured some things out, I know why some things affected me the way they did, and I just discovered some things about life in general. My mellow slump has not gone totally in vain.
That being said, I hope I recover soon. The problem with being in this state is that I'm not always happy. I like being happy, but sometimes I just can't be happy, especially when I'm thinking. I don't always think about the happiest things, and as a result I'm a dull and lifeless walking body. I think I've brought the impression that I'm becoming depressed, but I'm not. I'm just thinking.
I guess it sorta started when I was sick. Being isolated for so long (5 days) took a toll on me. I've never had this feeling before. I can make it through summer and winter, but not 5 days? I don't know. I missed my friends more than I had ever before, even though I knew I'd be back soon. I don't know why.
But another thing that made me sorta sulky was just I thought my place in my circle of friends had become unmissed. I don't know why I came to this conclusion but I just felt lonely. I felt like I really didn't need to be there and my appearance was just another person returning from a sickness, like they could have done without me. I have no idea why I came to this conclusion, because I know I'm being a selfish son-of-a-bitch thinking such things. I'm such a suck.
I just thought I needed to write something today. I didn't have anything else to write about because today was overall pretty pointless. I'm sorry but the only reason I go to school now is to see my friend(s). Whatever I'll get over it.
That being said, I hope I recover soon. The problem with being in this state is that I'm not always happy. I like being happy, but sometimes I just can't be happy, especially when I'm thinking. I don't always think about the happiest things, and as a result I'm a dull and lifeless walking body. I think I've brought the impression that I'm becoming depressed, but I'm not. I'm just thinking.
I guess it sorta started when I was sick. Being isolated for so long (5 days) took a toll on me. I've never had this feeling before. I can make it through summer and winter, but not 5 days? I don't know. I missed my friends more than I had ever before, even though I knew I'd be back soon. I don't know why.
But another thing that made me sorta sulky was just I thought my place in my circle of friends had become unmissed. I don't know why I came to this conclusion but I just felt lonely. I felt like I really didn't need to be there and my appearance was just another person returning from a sickness, like they could have done without me. I have no idea why I came to this conclusion, because I know I'm being a selfish son-of-a-bitch thinking such things. I'm such a suck.
I just thought I needed to write something today. I didn't have anything else to write about because today was overall pretty pointless. I'm sorry but the only reason I go to school now is to see my friend(s). Whatever I'll get over it.
3/14/09
Shotguns Don't Need Bayonets
It was a boring day today.
I had Japanese school, which was pointless as usual. I got home and I had some time to do anything, so I played video games. It was retarded. I got really bored of playing Call of Duty World at War because I just play Team Deathmatch.
Well my mission today was just to get some weapon attachments. I got the pump shotgun's bayonet. First thing I think is that shotguns do not need bayonets, in fact it's the last thing the shotgun needs. It's a shotgun so I think it's fine up close without a bayonet. Next thing I got was the Type 99 bayonet. The Type 99 is a machine gun, and I unlocked the bayonet for it. Another worthless attachment. Machine guns don't need bayonets either. I'm never using those attachments, and probably never using those weapons again. I have better alternatives to use (LIEK TEH BAR).
I watched Slumdog Millionaire today. I went in with very high hopes, because I had heard very good things about the movie. I came out feeling a bit empty. I didn't understand some of the things that had happened, the overall message didn't register in my mind at first, and I just felt a bit let down. I thought it would an amazing movie with big things about it, but I didn't find anything that totally wow'd me. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, there were parts that I thought were awesome. But I expected me to totally drool over it afterward. I'd give it a 3 out of 5 stars from what I felt.
That was my day. It kinda sucked. I hope tomorrow is better.
I had Japanese school, which was pointless as usual. I got home and I had some time to do anything, so I played video games. It was retarded. I got really bored of playing Call of Duty World at War because I just play Team Deathmatch.
Well my mission today was just to get some weapon attachments. I got the pump shotgun's bayonet. First thing I think is that shotguns do not need bayonets, in fact it's the last thing the shotgun needs. It's a shotgun so I think it's fine up close without a bayonet. Next thing I got was the Type 99 bayonet. The Type 99 is a machine gun, and I unlocked the bayonet for it. Another worthless attachment. Machine guns don't need bayonets either. I'm never using those attachments, and probably never using those weapons again. I have better alternatives to use (LIEK TEH BAR).
I watched Slumdog Millionaire today. I went in with very high hopes, because I had heard very good things about the movie. I came out feeling a bit empty. I didn't understand some of the things that had happened, the overall message didn't register in my mind at first, and I just felt a bit let down. I thought it would an amazing movie with big things about it, but I didn't find anything that totally wow'd me. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, there were parts that I thought were awesome. But I expected me to totally drool over it afterward. I'd give it a 3 out of 5 stars from what I felt.
That was my day. It kinda sucked. I hope tomorrow is better.
3/13/09
UNDERFIRE Deathmatch
UNDERFIRE DeathmatchUNDERFIRE Deathmatch is up on Youtube! Please watch it people, it took me forever to edit it!
This post is just to announce the new video upload. It's been a while since I uploaded something. But here's the new video!
Here's the link:
UNDERFIRE Deathmatch
3/11/09
Home Again!
I stayed home again today.
Last night at around 1 my mom took my temperature. I had a 102 fever. So she gave me some water, some motrin and another blanket and went back to bed. After a while of lying under the blankets, I began feeling uncomfortably warm. I took off the top blanket. Then, a bit later, I began feeling warm still under my normal blanket. Took that off too. I was sleeping under nothing, hoping maybe this might lower my fever.
My illness has made me very restless. I couldn't find a comfortable position to sleep in. I'd lie in one position, and my legs would feel uncomfortable. I'd try another, then my hands felt uncomfortable. I'd try another, and my back would feel uncomfortable. This went on for about two hours or so, in the middle of the night. I even tried sleeping on my brother's bed. Finally, after a total of three hours of twisting and turning, I fell asleep, at 4 a.m. I woke up at 6:30 hoping maybe I'm well enough to go to school. I get up and I'm cold and really sleepy. Finally I decide I should take one more day off. I wasn't ready to go to school with a possibility of a fever and five hours of sleep.
I watched the Today Show with my mom till about 9. I started to get really sleepy. Finally, I could take it no more, and thus I fell asleep again. The next thing I know, it's 1 o'clock. I caught up on my sleep.
I ate lunch, noodle soup and a yogurt. Then I popped on my computer and began Photoshopping the picture that Henry didn't like. Well I decided to try out something I learned on a website, and apply it to the picture. I changed Henry and William's poses also. This is how it looks:
It's the Bourne Ultimatum effect! I think it looks really neat. Learned some new photoshop techniques, like how to use an adjustment layer. I'm very proud! And I hope Henry likes this better. Next time, however, I'd like to take a group photo instead of taking close-ups from the video. That way it'll look better.
By the way, William generally looks like that the entire video.
Have a good rest of the day people!
Last night at around 1 my mom took my temperature. I had a 102 fever. So she gave me some water, some motrin and another blanket and went back to bed. After a while of lying under the blankets, I began feeling uncomfortably warm. I took off the top blanket. Then, a bit later, I began feeling warm still under my normal blanket. Took that off too. I was sleeping under nothing, hoping maybe this might lower my fever.
My illness has made me very restless. I couldn't find a comfortable position to sleep in. I'd lie in one position, and my legs would feel uncomfortable. I'd try another, then my hands felt uncomfortable. I'd try another, and my back would feel uncomfortable. This went on for about two hours or so, in the middle of the night. I even tried sleeping on my brother's bed. Finally, after a total of three hours of twisting and turning, I fell asleep, at 4 a.m. I woke up at 6:30 hoping maybe I'm well enough to go to school. I get up and I'm cold and really sleepy. Finally I decide I should take one more day off. I wasn't ready to go to school with a possibility of a fever and five hours of sleep.
I watched the Today Show with my mom till about 9. I started to get really sleepy. Finally, I could take it no more, and thus I fell asleep again. The next thing I know, it's 1 o'clock. I caught up on my sleep.
I ate lunch, noodle soup and a yogurt. Then I popped on my computer and began Photoshopping the picture that Henry didn't like. Well I decided to try out something I learned on a website, and apply it to the picture. I changed Henry and William's poses also. This is how it looks:
It's the Bourne Ultimatum effect! I think it looks really neat. Learned some new photoshop techniques, like how to use an adjustment layer. I'm very proud! And I hope Henry likes this better. Next time, however, I'd like to take a group photo instead of taking close-ups from the video. That way it'll look better.
By the way, William generally looks like that the entire video.
Have a good rest of the day people!
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