August 2004 Archives
*Just wanted to make a quick note: The August 2nd post won't be up here because I deleted it by accident, but if you're wondering about it, the gist was basically me ranting and wanting someone to talk to about things. Anyways, I hope you read the rest of the archives!*
Ah yes, German. Who doesn't like the German? Oh
yeah, that's right. The French. Well, for your information, we
hate you too! *sticks out tongue*
And if you don't, I still strongly recommend you maximize all
pages that you view, since that's how I've designed them
specifically. Smashed up pages aren't ever fun. So MAXIMIZE,
people!...
And, due to my evil host Geocities, I don't have much space for
pictures and due to my evil slow computer, I don't have time to
upload all of the pictures. So for now, most of the pictures won't
be on my website, but if you want to see one of me in 7th grade,
type in after the 'frostblossoms/' Kathleen.gif. Heh heh. Aren't
I cute, reading to all those little kids?
Today's Sunday, the day before yet another 5 days of school and classes and homework and quizzes. I think I'm doing okay with the workload so far, I haven't been exposed to the true terrors of AP Euro and Algebra 2 Honors yet, so I'm as happy as can be ^_^ Meh. Let's see, tomorrow is the penny lab. I already know what's going to happen...I've already had two siblings go through it! But still, I get to play with the Bunsen burner. Woo! I also have an AP Euro quizzy thing which I'm still feeling ambiguous towards, especially because of my 2 missing pages in the packet! That's alright. I can't help but wonder though, who's going to be dropping out of that class? I want to, but I won't. We probably all feel that way anyways, so yeah. Ummm...well, my English essay of which I have one word. "Title". And that's as far as I've gone with it since I can't really think of anything at all for the freaking journey topic. Ummm, I'm thinking of writing about the U of I trip 2 weeks ago, or maybe some S/B bus ride. Wouldn't that be fun? '...and then the Orange Light of Impending Doom and Destruction shone brightly upon us, sending us cowering into the shadows huddled for protection against the light...' Nah. Makes a good eye-catcher though, don't it? Yeah. Right. Then there's German but nothing too fun there except to have fun talking with Kristine and Rachael. Heh heh. Crabs... Then math...with my calculator that makes me laugh. If only I could communicate with it telepathically...but that's a different story. Last is Music Theory, and I have a review quiz tomorrow but I don't think it'll be a huge problem. We took a field trip the other day to the piano in the choir room. Yay! Field trip...mmhmm. That's it for school.
I'm feeling lazy today so all you get are my
favorite quotes from an amazing video game: Breath of Fire 2!
"It's every girl's dream for a prince on a white turtle to
sweep her away." -- One of the female residents of Simafort
"When I grow up, I'm going to change into a dragon and kill
Deathevn." -- Youngster in Dologany
"Oh yes! Machines are wonderful. Cold shiny metal...accurate
movement without waste...that sound! The smell of the oil! Umm!
It makes me tingle!" -- Eichichi, about her love for
machinery
"I'm not taking my master's side, but Trout is a terrible
man...He is so cheap, he doesn't even have a maid!" -- One
of Kilgore's maids
"One way to recharge magic is to use the mouth to mouth
method..." -- Teacher in eastern room of 2nd floor of the
Magic School explaining magic
*sticks out tongue and runs away laughing like
a crazy one*
:: Posted by
Kat
I don't remember what book this phrase comes
from. It's used a lot though. Hmmmm...I'll get back to ya on that
one. Anyways, before I go on about school, I want to share
something with all of you. I already told Crystal this online,
but you can bear with me ^_^
Alright, you know how in some CD cases, they have like those
little cover booklets with (occasional) lyrics and whatnot? The
other day I was going through my CD collection as well as Kevin's
and my eye fell on the Meteora CD from Linkin Park. So I opened
up the little casey thing and read through it. At the very end,
the band mentioned their individual thanks (to God, various
members of family, friends, fans, etc etc) but what caught my eye
was this little bit at the end of one. 'Support love and peace,
be active in breaking down divisions and stereotypes, and help
those who are in need.' I just thought that was the nicest
thing to say. And that's sorta what I want to advocate as well.
Stereotypes can be fun and good but in the end, you're just
putting people in meaningless little boxes and it just makes your
life worse in the end. So yeah, there's my lil' tidbit for the
day.
Quick word on updates: I'm getting rid of the secrets page, click on over to my bio page to see why ('her amazing life'). And I'm going to see what else I can do to my already existing pages. Maybe new inside jokes in different colors so you can tell them apart from the old, a few more songs/books added to the recommended section, and if I have time, I'll take a few more quizzes and/or polls. I don't have time to go surfing for pictures but if you have some you like (RACHAEL) then email/send them to me or the links. Thanks. Oh, I also got rid of all of the 'mouseovers' on the links since I don't anyone ever read them on the bottom status bar, so yeah. Sorry if you did.
3rd day of school! Well, if you've read the
first, I was a little upset about the bus, about gym, etc. Well,
I've adjusted masterfully and I think I'm getting on okay. Here
is my day, I'll elaborate on certain *people* and *moments* later.
Until then...
1. Personal Fitness:::I still feel that I don't know enough
people in this class! Or the others that I do know are the type
who wouldn't exactly hang out with me. Two groups in particular,
the gothy/punk-type group like Becca Galuzzi, Emily Pluskowski.
The other, of course, are the 'popular/aka skin baring' people
like Lindsay Burcham, Kim Nemcek, Katie Knapp. It's like, sure, I
can say hi, they'll ask me occasionally for the time, but that's
as far as it ever goes. Okay fine, it's my paranoia, I'm always a
hopeful when it comes to people, so don't crush my hopes! And as
for Chelsea, thanks for responding to my post in the IM (my
jealousy issue). Some people never do, so I don't know what they
think of my opinions or if they're secretly harboring thoughts
against me. O_o Hehe, funny face. But I think it comes the
closest to expressing my thoughts at the moment!
2. Chemistry Honors:::I think Mrs. Dispensa likes me. Sometimes
she looks me in the eye and gives me a small smile when she's
lecturing. Or maybe it's just me? Well, either way, I like her as
a teacher and more importantly, as a person. Today we had the
Safety Test, but I think I did pretty well. I only got confused
like 2 or 3 times. Once on the hot glass vs. cold glass question
(I DON'T PAY ATTENTION) and a few times on the matching, like the
watch glass vs. evaporating dish. And that's it for the class. I
like it, lab Monday w/ pennies. Oh, I was going to talk about the
new girl in gym, but I don't feel like using the mouse to click
up. Ummm...she knows Ivan, who went to her old school. That was
funny. Ummm...I showed her pictures of us at my b-day party and
Germany. Actually I was showing Chelsea, but it's not like I was
gonna be all like, 'NO. YOU CAN'T LOOK. MINE!'
3. AP Euro:::I have mixed feelings. First, I hate forcing myself
to participate, but I feel obligated to. Why? Because I sometimes
don't get called on and then my brilliant idea goes to waste.
Take today for example, I wanted to mention this one thing in the
reading. There was a part where Tuchman discussed how some people
took the opportunity to vandalize things and steal stuff, and
took pleasure in it, etc etc. I read this thing on Epicurus and I
wanted to mention how that part was like an Epicurean society
gone wrong. If you don't know who Epicurus was, I strongly
suggest you to look him up. His idea of how the world should be
is excellent, sorta like how I feel. Live for pleasure.
4-5. English 2 Honors:::Again, participating counts in this class
but I get sufficiently hyped up to blurt out. Probably because I'm
recovering from the freezing temperatures in the K hallway! Sure,
English is cold (like Missy said) but compared to AP Euro, it's a
desert. In my opinion ^_^ Today we played Pictionary. I got to
pick heads/tails in the air and I called heads, which was right.
We had to pick names but Scott Mead was like Team 1, so that's
who we became. The other side was first Packers (courtesy of Mr.
David Perry Morton, Jr.) and then UoI (Missy went up and wrote it
up). My team lost but oh well. I had sufficient fun. Haha Milmel.
Me: SCOOPULA!
6. Lunch:::Sat by mah Ennifijer, Hayley, Jerjerers, Chao Chao,
Bird (*sigh*), RossRoss and others, like Sarah Stone and Alissa
Sexton. However, I spent most of the time talking with Hayley,
Ennifijer and Chao Chao. That's about it. Oh yes, Ennifijer wants
me to photocopy all of my Alg2HW so she can do it too. (...)
7-8. German 3:::Alright, I'll go more into depth about this class
later. All I can say about today is that I don't think I learned
anything, we got seats (I sit in back, left of Kristine, in front
of Chris, diagonal from Rachael, diagonal from Tom...it's a small
world we have back there) and Chris (after Rachael told him) kept
on either poking me in the back, or dragging his pencil lightly
across my back. *glares menacingly* I CAN'T HELP BEING TICKLISH.
So I'd hop in my seat and squirm around while thinking to myself,
'If I was only sitting across the room'. I liked the end of class...heh
heh heh. Oh yeah, and my pictures were passed around class too.
LOL
9. Algebra 2 Honors:::I DID MY HW I DID MY HW I DID MY HW!! Aren't
you proud? Today we spent the class going over homework. Not too
interesting. But Mr. Thomas, despite the future hardness of the
class, is really a very good teacher in my opinion. He takes the
time to make sure that people understand the homework and if they
don't, he'll go over it so people who didn't speak up get it too.
And he forces us to figure it out, he doesn't tell us straight
out what the answer is. I've been wondering, is that a new kid in
our class? Brad something? He sits behind Megan Falls so if you're
in my class and you know, tell me. New people are so amusing. ^_^
10. Music Theory:::Today we were in the choir room, and we
learned about modern notation and neumes. Oh, and FIELD TRIP! To
the piano, that is. FOMBL...It's so cool in that class. And Kim
is the best, thank you for being my sitting buddy! Today the joke
was all about the G-string. Both kinds. It took a while for Kim
to get it and when she did, it was funny. I was like, "...Delayed
reaction?" Heehee. Quiz Monday, and my day ends there except
for the bus ride but I sat by Kristen Cella and that was it. *wench
wench*
I might as well say this now: Kyle, if you are reading this, I don't know if you still do come to my website, I want to straight out say I really liked you last year. Actually, since Feb/March in 8th grade. This is something easier to say online than in person since then I don't have to bring it up. If you read it, you read it. If you don't, you don't. I've been trying to stop since it seems pretty futile because I don't think you ever really did like me in that way and if you did, either you never showed it or I never saw. Anyways, so I think I'm over you and it does hurt. Getting over people always hurts because sometimes, you see them and the feeling of your heart pounding faster starts all over again and you're left feeling more confused than ever. I guess what I'm saying is that I'm cutting myself off now, and being friends now is all I want to do. If we can be good friends, then even better. And there's the end of my public announcement to the world. Hah, I wonder what all of you (other than Kyle, including him) think now. That was very strange typing the above just now. But I really do want to have a new beginning and well, you never know. Right, Kristine? Right.
The clouds right now (7:10 pm) are interesting
enough for me to write about them. There is this long band of
lavender sky that looks like a second horizon, underneath it
being this light peach-gray sky. In the distance are small
ripples, small waves of lightish gray that make the sky seem even
more alive. Sometimes people wonder what a cloud would feel like.
I think in reality, it would probably freeze your hand off
because of the temperature, but you never stop thinking or hoping
or wishing that it feels as soft and cottony as others always
make it out to be.
:: Posted by
Kat
As you no doubt already know, school has
returned to our world. Whether that's good or bad is up to you, I'm
not going to be the one controlling your thoughts and feelings!
Hopefully not, at least. Anywho...today went more or less as I
expected. People talkie. Stupid freshmen, how I hate thee. And of
course, the ongoing tensions in the air. Can't forget them. So
here is what happened today for me, broken up into my different
classes and whatnot. Enjoy ^_^
1. Personal Fitness w/ Carli:::I think Chelsea is the only friend
of mine in this class who is a girl. I mean, good-ish friend that
I can hang out with and such. Of course, there are others like
Emily Pluskowski (who I haven't talked to for like...mm...2, 3
years?) and Cassie who I don't really know but is a nice locker
buddy. Oh yeah, and Missy, but she has her other friends. You
know. Taylor, Sean and Connor are also in this class but I'm not
really acquainted with any of them. Actually, Sean's okay but I
don't think I'd be latching on to him! So this morning I went
into the cafeteria with Kristine, and I saw Morgan Crawford, my
"waving buddy" last year from orchestra. Really funny
and smart. She had gym with me too and she told us where to go
and all that. So I was like, "Yay, you have gym the same
hour that I do ^_^!" I walked in with her and Chelsea saw me,
beckoned me and she sat next to a new girl (Karen? Caran? sp?)
and talked to her, introduced herself and sorta me, was very nice
and talkative and social to her. I looked around at the rest of
my gym class...bah...not gonna be fun first semester! But hey, it's
only like 50 minutes of torture so oh well. And Ennifijer and
Good Lass and MeLissa and of course my waving buddy are in the
same hour so at least the end will be nice. And that's basically
it. I sat there stupidly, wishing the hour to end and that I had
telepathic powers so I could talk to 2528, but of course she was
in health. O_o Sigh...Chelsea will probably be too occupied with
the new girl, I don't mean to sound jealous. Okay, fine I do, I
admit it, but only because I hate being alone, which is why I
would never make a true "geek" as defined by Jon Katz.
2. Chemistry Honors w/ Dispensa:::A little better this time...I
got there early-ish. All the seats were alphabetical and I had
fun squealing as each new person came in. Actually, not really
squealing but yeah, close enough. Morgan was in it with me again,
hehe, and so were a lot of people from my Biology Honors class,
such as Kari, Kristine, Soch, Caran, Sean, etc etc. The class was
okay. Boring. As my Ennifijer put it, "That class put me to
sleep!" I laughed a few times, even though the things I
laughed at weren't really too funny if you think about it...ie:
hair w/ hairspray catching fire...hands itching then finger
getting burned by acid...etc etc. But I think Chem will be a nice
respite from gym. Plus there's comic relief every so often coming
from the two boys in the back. Ha. Haha. Hahaha.
3. AP Euro w/ Khalaieff:::I certainly did NOT expect there to be
so many people! It was practically full. It seemed like a nice
class, it had Davy (who is now taller than me!!!!!), Shlee,
Colleen, Kari, Tonia, Tara, Birthday Stealer...I mean Alyssa, Ian,
Colin (big surprise), Amelia, and more. Wow. Mrs. Khalaieff is
really nice, I don't know what I expected, but hey. It's all good...We
had to write a letter to her. I didn't really put too much effort,
but my hand did hurt. Geez, those essays are really going to KILL.
Probably because I've never been a big fan of writing on paper
with pencil, I'm more of a typing computerish person because I
don't make as many mistakes, I can go longer without hands
hurting, and I don't have to slow down my thoughts since my
typing's fast enough so I can usually type along as I think.
Anyways...my letter is pretty boring. I talked about my favorite
color, animal...can you guess what they are? If you don't know by
now, you are NO TRUE FRIEND OF MINE. Seriously, people. I've been
drilling it into your heads. Anyways, then I talked about why I
took it. Haha, I was like, "I admit part of the reason I
took this class is because of my parents and they always have
such high expectations for me...blah blah...I have to get high
grades, take the hardest classes and still remain a 'good girl'
in the process." Hmmm...I would have drawn some doodles but
time was running out so I just finished up with like 2 sentences
about how she could help me. (Answer questions, don't make the
class boring!)
4-5. English 2 Honors w/ Arnett:::I think this class will be fun.
The only people I'm not really too fond of are Elizabeth Clarkin
(new girl from last year, one of my roomates from Germany) and...actually,
I think that's it. So, Mr. Arnett turned out to be a pretty
easygoing fellow. (haha, fellow...it rhymes with JELLO) Some
people in my class include Kari, Ashley, Rachael, Laura, Milmel,
Scott Mead, Pat (you ARE in a class with me after all!), Brendan,
and Davy. I like where I sit, behind Kristine, between Rachael
and Davy, in front of Stephanie (like always). The only thing
bugging me is, of course, "Beth", who sits in front of
Rachael, and was her partner for the green survey, which I
managed to not 'loose'. Haha. Hmmm... Rachael and Ashley and I
made a lot of faces at each other, I traced Kristine's back with
an eraser for a while, and that's about it. We had the green
survey, of course, in partners. I was Kristine's, and we had fun.
Most memorable moment...heh.
6. LUNCH:::Wow. Bet you didn't expect that! I have lunch sixth
hour! Alright, so the reason Kate and Sarah couldn't find me (I'm
sooooo sorry, Kate!) is because I was in German while you people
were supposed to be in lunch 8th hour. So all of us German kids
thought we had it 6-7 like last year but when we got there, Frau
S was like, "What are you doing here?!?" Poor freshmen,
they must be confused. Oh, I saw Erika Shorr my neighbor which
was funny. I hear, "Hi Kathleen!" and I didn't realize
it was her at first so by the time my mind put 2 and 2 together
she was already going in. So anyways, everyone went down to the
Guidance Office. (When I got down there, I was amazed that
practically all of our class could fit in the office!) So anyways,
now Kristine and Rachael and I have lunch 6th instead of 8th like
we thought...I saw by Al, Kacie, Jillian, Megan Falls, and Ellen.
At least there's Al and Kacie...*_*
7-8. German 3 w/ Herr B:::Dude (ha Kristine), there are like 50
people in that class! Well, no, like around 30. Kristine and
Rachael are laughing at me now... Anyways, yeah, lots of people.
I had Craig's gum (thank you, it was mighty tasty) and we were
even brief partners for a while towards the end of class. We have
a seating chart but who knows how long it'll last? Heehee. Too
bad, Rachael and I were planning to bother a certain someone. *shifty
eyes* So anyways, the first row is Misty, Rob, Rachael and
Kristine, and I'm in the second row, with Blake, Hilary and Chris,
then Craig, Conor and Tom are in the last row. Very loud class.
Madame B came over because we were so noisy, she thought Herr B
wasn't in the class! LOL...mmmm...that's about it. I drew a pizza
on Craig's paper. Rachael eats children gladly, she is a man, and
I am stupid. The End.
9. Algebra 2 Honors w/ Thomas:::Nice small class. I think I'd
like it if it was more casual and relaxed but everyone in there
was really tense, it seemed like. Probably from all the horror
stories, heh. I've heard two different accounts. Ellen said the
class was a "killer" and you had to work to get a C the
way you'd normally get an A. Bah. But then Blake said that the
class was okay, as long as you remembered to STAY IN YOUR SEAT. *sigh*
I sit behind a person I don't know, Stephanie and Chelsea are
behind me. Next to me is Danny and Kim, and to my right is Kyle
and Megan. Oh yeah, Pat's in my class too. Mr. Thomas said
something about the two of us being in the State Math thingy. So
Mr. T just spent the whole class basically talking about how he
expected us to act and all that. I don't think he's a mean
teacher, just hard. Any teacher who makes fun of people is always
high on my list. Except for maybe a certain teacher last year who
fell into the recycling bin, She Who May Not Be Named. Hmmmm...at
the end of class we got passes and worked in groups. Whaaaaaa? My
group was confused (me, nameless boy, Kyle, Megan) and then class
ended. Onwards to Music Theory, ho! <====copyright Thundercats
10. Music Theory 1 w/ Frederick:::This is in the band room. Kim
and I sat together since we aren't really best friends with any
of the other people. Stephanie and Natalie are in there, which is
nice ^_^ Then there's Sean Z, Taylor, Chris, Emily Scatterday,
Colleen Riordan and others. I don't know what to make of this
class, seeing as how I wasn't really planning on taking it in the
first place! Mr. Frederick was like, "Tsk tsk" when he
saw I wasn't in orchestra. IT'S NOT MY FAULT. Oh yeah, and EYSO,
heh. "I'm in AYSO with JJ," I said to him at the end of
class. And Mr. Frederick was like, "Do you play the bass?"
And I was thinking...erm...and he's like, "I'll see you in
band then!" Haha. Eh...okay, so the class was basically note
taking over sound and vibrations and frequencies today (the
"physics" of music) and even though I have like 100
pencils in my locker, I of course failed to bring one. So I had
to borrow one of Kim's. (We also got flashy namecard thingies)
That's it for my classes!
Last comments by me...I hate the bus. I hate it
hate it hate it. The afternoon was awful, but the morning was
even worse. I never want to ride the bus again! I hate freshmen.
With a burning passion. Maybe this will end next year. Dern them
all to heck. Forever. Shlee <===Hahaha, I said your name, happy now? Shlee Shlee Shlee Shlee SHLEE.
:: Posted by
Kat