September 2004 Archives
I've finally updated! Aren't y'all happy? Sorry? haven't had much time lately. Or if I have had time, it's been spent mostly reading, babysitting or doing homework for Algebra/Chem!!! Gahness. Nothing too much going on today, of course. I stayed home, watched TV, did random things around the house. Nice easy relaxingful day.
Things that happened in the past week or so...well,
I did go to Borders with JJ after school. We spent like an hour
in the humor section, looking at various books and pointing out
things to each other. Like Republican and Bush quotes, creepy
jokes, Worst Case Scenario, etc etc. In the end, I got 3
Discworld novels (Guards! Guards!, Men at Arms, and Small Gods)
and he got this amazingly hilarious book. On lies and such.
Hummus. Heehee.
Mmmm...there have been lots of tests and if only there was a time
machine...but there isn't. So crap with that. I just don't like
tests. For one thing, I'm never in the right mood, or if I am, I
always get distracted by something. Like announcements (in
Chemistry), thinking how cold/hungry I am (AP Euro) or having my
chair squeak every time I move (in Algebra). Grrrr. Don't you
ever feel like you're not doing your best? Not to mention those
Scantron gnomes. How I hate thee.
My fake sister and I were talking the other day about future and
college and all sorts of crazy things like that. I think I've
finally decided on a direction for myself, which is nice. I
always like to have at least some sort of vision for what I'll do
so I have a backup plan to fall upon just in case. I've always
been interested in medicine and researching (call it a spinoff
from 2nd grade, if you know what I'm talking about). Cindy says
if I liked science, and if I wanted to make myself stand out, I
should go to a camp. And then she sent me this website that was
really cool. I think it was the National Institute of Health, or
something like that. Anyways, there were soooo many different
choices to look at. For instance, there was a camp where you
could go to learn about Mental Health (dealing with child
development, Alzheimer's, etc etc). I thought that was
interesting. Anyways, Cindy and I talked some more and maybe I
should go talk to Mr. Gannon or Mrs. Thiese about that. I really
want to do something and I feel really restrained at times. Maybe
it's just my personality. I can never learn perfectly in school,
I have to look at it outside of school. Like Scholastic Bowl...I'm
so much better at learning random facts one at a time than huge
chunks of processed information like history or math. I never
knew I knew so much until I joined last year. It was a little
creepy. Like, information has just buried itself inside my brain
and isn't disturbed until awakened. Like, there was a question
during a tournament asking where the oldest (government?
parliament?) in the world was, and I buzzed in right away since I
somehow knew it was the Tynwald in Iceland. I'm serious. If you
had asked me earlier that day in a normal conversation where it
was, I wouldn't have ever known. But in that particular S/B
situation, I knew.
Well, I'm off subject. Back to me and my direction. I want to
research deafness now and how to help out those who have problems
hearing. Today I spent a few minutes poring over this medical
encyclopedia, just looking over the ear, the throat, and the nose.
Did you know that those three are connected, therefore thought of
as one single medical entity? At least, I think...Anyways, the
reason I want to go into researching deafness is because I
figured, I've already spent so much of my life devoted to music,
and music, in plain words, is just organized sounds. So I've
learned in Music Theory, that is. Also, my dad does so many
different things with sound in his job and I could learn a lot
from him. He's also been having some troubles with his ear, he
has a 'tinnitur', meaning this high ringing sound. I think it's
like what Beethoven had before he went deaf, and it scares me
knowing that that might happen to my dad someday too. So if I
look into that, maybe someday I can help out lots of people. I
always want to help, and if you give me a chance, I'll try O_o
I think I'll end here today. I'm still sorry that I don't have
that much content up compared to my old Phalanges Site, but hey,
it's been about 3 months and I almost have 1000 people on the
counter! So thanks for coming, and I hope you'll tell more people
about this. Especially when finals is coming up, heehee.
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Posted by Kat
Can you believe I went the whole day without realizing it was the ides of September? I just figured it out now. I want to smack my head now. *bad een* Hmmmm...not many updates. School won't let me make as many pages as I want, so all I really have up at the moment are a couple of my stories. Sorry...just a few. I also am working on my games page, because I have a saved document of cheats and such, so I'll just copy and paste them for you ^_^
Today was a pretty crappy Wednesday. Sorry, but
it was. For certain reasons, Kristine and Rachael know. I told
them in German...and I don't want to say it here since I don't
want to publicly denounce anyone. I think that's a pretty crumby
(props to Holden) thing to do: Say something about a person and
put it where everyone can read it. I know a few of you have done
that and it's pretty much lowered my opinion since the reader
only gets YOUR opinion and not the person's. It's like me vs my
mom in arguments. She always goes for her side, and never listens
to a word I have to say. (Actually, I made her stop yelling once
long enough to hear my side, and when she did, she felt so bad
she shut up for the next hour or two. True story, I swear.)
Anyways, yeah, I didn't really much like this day. Sure, I had
fun occasionally. Thank goodness for lunch, German and Music
Theory. Those are my happy classes. Everything else=phhhht.
Tomorrow, I'll definitely feel different. Probably happier. So
you can just pass anything depressing I say off as just *een*
having a bad day.
AYSO was fun. Shlee slapped JJ. Twice. "You
SLAPPED me!" ...heh. Ummmmm...not much else to say other
than there is a gang war between AYSO and EYSO! Me and Liz were
snapping our fingers. Heh. If you haven't heard, which most of
you haven't, the EYSO is trying to make people not go to AYSO.
Apparently, before it started, they invited a whole bunch of
teachers and directors out to lunch or dinner, I don't remember,
and told them to have nothing to do with us. Well, upon hearing
that, some of them contacted Dr. P, telling him. And so now, we
are all shocked and appalled. Rebecca was talking to me (She's
from Batavia, and an AMAZING viola player) about how she tried
out for the Youth Symphony but when they found out she was in
AYSO, they wouldn't let her in. Instead, the 16th chair violist
made it! And I was like all openmouthed. That is just plain
stupid. Okay, sure, maybe some of the dates that Dr. P are sorta
bad...very bad...but that's no reason to not let an incredible
person in. Or people. I could rant on and on about the evils of
the world, but I probably shouldn't. You're probably reading this
for something else. Dunno what. Do I have a spark?
Hee.
Ashley's 16th has come and passed us by, and Rachael's birthday
is now coming up. Yay! We're all so old! I can't believe Kristen,
Liz and JJ are graduating this year...and next year it'll be my
Ennifijer, RossRoss, Hayley, Melissa, Scott, Manda Anda and...oh,
so many other people! Sigh...Well, that's what we get. I think I
have a phobia of growing up and change. I really do. I'm scared
to death whenever I think of the future. I hate not knowing what
I'll do. Sure, I have all these dreams...but dreams can't exactly
carry me through life forever. 'If only, if only, the woodpecked
sighed'...
Can't wait 'til Scholastic Bowl! Me and a few
peoplies want to talk to Mr. Schoen about having pre-Scholastic
Bowl meetings. Before the freshies come and take over. Bahhh...at
lunch today, me and Ennifijer and RossRoss were discussing the
ideas of possible 'hazing'. Mwahahahaha...like, buzzing and not
letting them try. (Bzzz...FRESHMAN ARE STUPID! Bzzzz...NO! Bzzzzz...You're
wrong!) Things like that!
At least I have something to look forward to...
:: Posted by
Kat
Today is September 11...I don't think I have to explain the implications that go along with that simple statement, now do I? I feel like I should be feeling something, but I'm not, other than a dull sense of regret and empathy for all that people suffered. Maybe it's because I wasn't too affected by the events that happened that day. None of my close family members or friends died...if it hadn't been telecasted all over the place, I probably wouldn't even have known. But that's enough of that, I don't want to start talking about inner subconsious feelings and all that. O_o
I had a pretty rough day on Thursday...I don't
feel like going much into detail since I don't want to relive
those feelings but I'll just say that if I could've had a new day,
I would have taken it. Immediately. And that my mind is cruel.
Ummmm...AYSO! Cindy is pressuring me to quit. JJ too. But I don't
want to because I miss playing in orchestra. Any orchestra,
actually. I don't want to stop playing for a year because I
really do take this as a 'learning experience'. AYSO is making me
try hard, something I never did in EYSO Phil, nor GHS orch (of
course). Because there are a lot of people better than me, mostly
the IMSA recruits, so I feel I have to prove myself. So I got
there, saw Agnes Ma and we chatted a little bit. Then I was led
to the band and orch room (and dropped off case along the way)
and then to the auditorium, where I busied myself making peace
doves out of used sticker tags. I gave one to Shlee, Liz, Liz's
mom, and two tiny ones to JJ. JJ is one of three percussionists,
apparently, but I'm happy. The ones from EYSO didn't come (thank
goodness for that) so I guess the section is pretty decent. The
room was very crowded, with 125 people, and extremely hot. Agnes
left for a while to get her picture taken and when she got back,
she said it felt 20 degrees hotter. Of course, that was
exaggeration, but still. HOT :(
I felt untalented since my sightreading on the spot was somewhat
horrible (didn't expect the speed, didn't expect the numerous
high notes) and the foot by my hand distracted me. I DIDN'T WANT
HIS FOOT TOUCHING MY BOW! And that was that. I made faces at JJ
across the room...like when the 5th grader introduced herself.
Heh. About 70% of everyone there was a sophomore, and either from
IMSA or St. Charles. I think that Amanda, Shlee, Liz, JJ and I
were the only Genevians. Oh, and Jen and Jeff Yonkus. Heehee. *the
end*
I came back from babysitting about an hour ago (it's 7:14 right
now). I also babysat last night until about 10. I know I shouldn't
be accepting all of these jobs, but I feel obligated to. And don't
yell at me. I do. So there. (...) There are bad moments, but I
think good moments outweigh them. On Friday, I couldn't help
wistfully wishing that I was at the football game, with the
Sesame Street music courtesy of the AMAZING marching band, but...instead,
I spent 2 hours pitching to Jack. And retrieving balls. But he's
a nice person at heart. Or, maybe the demon child was at rest for
the moment. He gave me a golf ball, and I was told twice that I
was the best babysitter ever. Actually, almost every person I've
ever babysat has told me that. Sara Williams, Mac, Jack, Peyton,
etc etc. It gives you a good feeling. Not to mention that every
time Peyton sees me, she runs and flings her arms around my waist.
Or sometimes at night, when I read, Maggie leans her head on my
arm.
Cuteness.
I wish I saw more of some people and less of
others. I hardly ever talk to Crystal in person any more. At
lunch, I sit by her, but I always end up feeling guilty since I'm
off talking to JJ or Jennifer (sorry, Crystal). But otherwise
lunch is good. Heh, JJ and his PC magazine. One day, we were both
looking at it, and he was so ecstatic about the Apple. (Ironic,
isn't it, Kristine?) And then we were talking about chips and all
sorts of things and it was a nice computerish moment. I hardly
ever talk computers with people. Usually I just go *eep*, but *eep*
is good too. *shooka shooka* ^_^
KATHLEEN IS THE GREATEST, says Pat's calculator. Heehee. I took
his calculator and wouldn't give it back. So Sean and Pat and
Terry were giving me *angry faces* in Algebra 2 Honors. Ummmm...nothing
else to say now. Oh, BEEF SONG! Aka Hoedown from Rodeo by Aaron
Copland ^_^ Great fun. Chris Werve was all like, BEEF! And me and
Jeff were like, BEEF. It's WHAT's for DINNER. TONIGHT. And even
though some people didn't get it, it was still good fun.
And Kristine, Rachael, Chris and Craig should stop making me
agree to ask a certain person to Homecoming. Oh fine. Kyle. They
want me to ask him to Homecoming. Or Craig's going to 'talk' to
him for me, which I didn't want him to do, but he probably did
anyways. Sighness. I admit, I do want to go to Homecoming with
Kyle but who knows?
*glares*
:: Posted by
Kat
Have you ever seen one of those little whirlwinds, like where the grass/sand/paper on the ground gets swept up in this little mini whirly tornado type thing? If you haven't, you don't know what you're missing out on! You see, the other day I was out on the driveway when I noticed this little pile of grass swirl around in a mysterious circle. It was so cool, I stopped to watch it. Then I wanted to feel the wind so I stepped into the middle. Of course, the grass stopped blowing around but the wind! It felt so cool on my face, like a little fan. Yeah, it's hard to describe. Go jump in one someday and you'll see ^_^
My daddy came back from Taiwan around 3:30. He
brought back lots of food, no pencils, sadly, but I have a new
kind of caramel. Now they're individually wrapped. Isn't that
great? I also have this sorta dried squid thing, okay. That
sounds disgusting but it tastes super amazing. I might even let
you people try some if you don't think it's that nasty O_o Ummmm...nothing
too exciting today. I did all of my math homework except for the
calculator worksheet (Chris has my TI-89, darn him) and then I
finished my chemistry. There were so many problems and in the end,
I just decided not to use the book and use common sense since
basically, all the questions were asking the same thing. Is this
a compound, or a mixture, or is it a solution or heterogeneous?
Bah. And what about chocolate cake? Or milk? *GET AWAY FROM ME!!!*
Heh. Sorry about that. Ummmm...well, tomorrow is Labor Day. I
might see Kill Bill with JJ. Who knows? That would be fun. "Regale
us with your voice, JJ!" FOMBL
Well, I'm about done with today's post. How can
I jazz it up? Well...
Here's a list of some great books out there that you should read.
You'll probably never hear of them in school, nor pick them in
the library, so here's your chance to find out all about these
mysterious books!
The Bean Trees, (I'll tell you the author when I remember)
Downtown, by Norma Fox Mazer
Angela's Ashes, by Frank McCourt
Dump Days, by Jerry Spinelli
Do Angels Sing the Blues?, by A.C. LeMieux
There's a good start off list.
You know what? I was thinking, I should have a
fundraiser for all of those various diseases (that one muscular
disease, cancer, etc etc). My idea was to have writers all over
contribute by writing something and then having people buy it.
Like little short stories. I could sell all of mine (check the
Writing section) for like 25 or 50 cents apiece. And prospective
writers could do so as well, as a way to advertise their writing.
Wouldn't that be great? There'd be huge tables or rooms with
copies of all of these amazing stories or essays or whatever, and
all of the proceeds would go to a good cause. Not only that,
maybe we could hire local talent, like Serendipity (Alissa, Cindy,
Kelly, Claire) or The Velvet Velvet, or whoever to come and play.
Tip jars would be out, maybe even art from various artists (anyone
would do, little kids, big kids, professionals). And all of it
would be right here in Geneva since there are so many talented
people. So what do you think? Why let our talent go to waste, or
why let our skills be kept a secret? We should help others and I
think that this would be a great idea.
Now if only I knew how to start it...I could always ask the
principal, or maybe plan it with a few of you people. (eep?)
Email me if you're interested, have an idea/suggestion to base
off mine, etc etc.
Call this an offshoot of my need to help other people. *sigh*
EEEEEEEEEEP! EEEEEEEEEEEEP! (lol crystal, remember when you were
doing that on the stairs at the high school in order to try and
find me? teehee) *shooka shooka apple rain dance*
:: Posted by
Kat
'Tis September, the most wonderful month of the year/If you're looking forward to Oktoberfest and its mouthwatering beer! ...Actually, I couldn't think of a better rhyme for 'year', so excuse me for trying to become a poet on the spot! Anyways, yes, 'tis September. Shlee and Rae are turning 16 incredibly soon and it makes me feel sad once more to realize all of us are growing up...*sniff*
Alright, so today was a half day. I got home,
filled up on foodlums, then went straight to sleep for the next
two and a half hours. Well, that was the plan. I got the first
two parts done but the sleeping was an issue. Mrs. Bodine called
me right before I was about to fall asleep; I was in that comfort
zone, y'know, where I was in a really nice spot, all cozied up
next to my blankie and on my pillow, and then of course, my mom
banged on the door to 'wake me up'. I had to let Sammy out in an
hour for like 10 minutes. So I was like, 'Sure...' and then I
headed straight back to sleep. Actually, 50 minutes later (I
checked out Caller ID...yes, we do have Caller ID) Mrs. Feehan
called. Today, I shall be babysitting for Kendall and Courtney.
Maybe Mac, it really depends on whether his dad depends to stay
or go out to dinner with everyone else! That's maybe about 5:30
ish, and I'll get a call anyways. Right now it just so happens to
be 2:32 pm. Did you know that? Well, now you do.
According to Mr. Arnett, half days are such a waste of time. I
wholeheartedly agree. Take first hour. PERSONAL FITNESS. I get
there and arrive in the nasty locker room, change and then our
class has to run a lap (and a half) in a giant circle. Then we're
done. Waste of time, not to mention it gets me all icky and hot.
Grrrr. Oh well. Chelsea showed me her bracelet though, the one
for the girl's fundraiser. Sometimes, I want to do something good
too. Like put my talents to good use. I could maybe write and
illustrate short little fairy tales for little children who are
stuck in the hospital (too bad I don't know any), I could make
bead bracelets and assorted jewelry (no talent required, just
much time) or maybe do something musical. Like play the piano. Or
violin. Or viola. Or even...sing. Hey, I sang for Maggie like 2
days ago at night. To 'put her to sleep', LOL JJ!!! So funny. I'll
talk about that later. Anyways, next was Chemistry. We just had a
quiz on the first 36 elements minus the ones in the middle and
then she gave us a pre-lab. (Watch that silver nitrate people,
you don't want spots all over your face and neck!) AP Euro was
yet another quiz...dang it, I messed up Ukraine with Romania!
What's wrong with me? I always mess up the easiest thing like,
someday, I'll probably add 1 + 1 and come up with 5. Something
along those lines, at least. Good thing I don't program computers
^_^ Ummmmm...then was the English vocab quiz. It was super easy,
except for the homograph, homonym, homophone part. I got at least
one of those right, I know that for sure! And German...we had a
quizzypoo (LOL my Music Theory class) over imperatives and vowel
changes in certain verbs. I finished first and I realized I
conjugated 'sein' wrong, but I figure I'll just go to German Club
to catch some extra credit. Last year I had soooo much extra
credit, it was insane! Then in Algebra 2, we went over
calculators and how to use them in absolute value, graphing and
other stuff. Stephanie and I were like...'Ummm, we don't have
calculators.' Heh. And I also have a TI-89 so a lot of stuff will
be different. I'll have to consult the thick thick manual to
figure out how to do most of this stuff. But I suppose I have one
advantage: I can clear out single lines, and the rest of you can't!
Mwahahaha. Oh, and if he had a choice, Mr. Thomas would become a
carnivore. (I'll make a link on the school page) We got our tests
back in Music Theory (I missed one on the back...mensural
notation appeared during the 13th century, the lowest note is the
one you hear in the harmonic series, and my attempt to put humor
in my test got me a point off but that's okay...) and spent the
rest of class learning all about time signatures and notes. 128th
notes! Yay! ... I wonder if I'll ever see one of those. I've
already seen plenty of grand staff eighth and sixteenth note
connections between the treble and bass clef, and 64th notes, but
gosh darn it, I want to see a 128th note in action now!
I'm reinstating the Secrets section, so if you
were already a member, you can still enter. And for the rest of
you, don't ask me how to get in, for usernames or for passwords.
If I want you to see the page, you'll see it. If not, too bad.
Life is unfair/People pull out their hair/Try not to care/Good
things are rare
See that? Yet another attempt at Kathleen's poetry skills. Well,
light humored. My deep poetry goes on forever. And as for story
poetry, you can see my work in action dating back from the summer
of sixth grade in the Lunar Peak Prophecies. Dude, now that I
look back at it, it's so cool! I really could make a story out of
the Prophecies; Everything is laid out as far as plot and main
characters. ^_^
More recent 'good advice' from my mom...
1. If you don't drink water today, your kidneys will explode and
you will die.
2. Don't stay on the computer too long! Your eyes will rot...get
off the computer right now!
3. If you walk outside by yourself, a bad man will come and
kidnap you in his car and then I won't see you for another 3
years.
4. (more kidney advice) Drink more water, otherwise, the doctor
will take out your kidney. Then you have to get a transplant.
5. Those pants look too nice on you. Buy something cheaper.
6. You should wear this shirt with those pants...see, there's a
green spot here. It matches. No one will notice that stain if you
do. Green w/ green. It's fashionable.
7. Don't wear eye makeup unless you want your face to look ugly.
8. (an old favorite, rarely used now) Nail polish makes your
fingernails fall off.
I hope you listen to every single one of the
above and take it to heart.
:: Posted by
Kat