hiatus.
06 Sep 2010 Leave a Comment
in dance, school Tags: hiatus, taking a break
hello all! sorry i haven’t written in a while. things have been busy and a little crazy, emotion-wise.
i’m taking a short hiatus from blogging to focus on what’s happening this upcoming school/dance year. as well, i need to focus on myself and my needs for a little bit. i’ll be back soon, though. =)
busy weekend!
13 Jun 2010 Leave a Comment
in dance, school Tags: dance, performances, plays
sorry i haven’t written in a few days, lovelies. this weekend has been busy so far and this is the only sit down time i’ve had in a while!
friday, i had two local dance performances. it was really fun. i just wish i could adjust to smaller stages better sometimes! for the most part i can deal, but my legs are long and so when i jump i almost fly off those smaller elevated stages. =P i suppose i’ll have to learn.
yesterday, i had two dance classes with breanna english and paul otterbein. they are AWESOME! i loved the classes, even though i was nervous for the hip hop one. (picture a ballerina trying to be gangster, and you’ve got an awkward me…) but, apparently, i have good arms for whacking, which is a style of hip hop. like locking, but with more extended use of your arms. i also really like tutting so i suppose i have two things that i can do in hip hop now =)
after all that, i went to my sister’s school play. the singing was really great, actually. i found it less classical than previous years, but it was lovely singing anyway.
cry me a river.
09 Jun 2010 4 Comments
in school
so, true blood (season 2) is finally out on DVD and i’ve been chipping away at episodes. i LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE true blood. one of the best shows i’ve seen, actually.
and i know people are like “umm, aren’t you a bit too young to watch true blood?” but honestly… it’s not so adult, is it? alright, i suppose it sort of is, but it’s still an awesome story. if you haven’t seen it, please watch. might frighten you but it’s very amazing.
this weekend i’m seeing my sister’s school play. hmm… =P i’m bringing aidan with me. i think my old teacher would be happy to see us. that is, if my old teacher has a moment to say hello to me this time!
blossoming brain flower.
31 May 2010 2 Comments
in bits of writing, school Tags: drama, facebook fights
i love watching drama unfold on facebook. i really do. better yet, i love when people make arrangements over facebook to physically fight each other. ballsy stuff!
but i do have to say, i dislike homophobic remarks very much. that, the world could do without. i’m not even sure how those who say such cruel words can come home to people who greet them with open arms. alas, that is not the point of this short, random post!
anyway, i won’t get too specific on this. but, kid from school has a photo album, another kid from school commented, and from there drama somehow erupted. not sure how but hey, it happens. it’s none of my business though, really; although it is sort of clogging up my newsfeed. just lol-ing from the sidelines…
three times today!
22 Mar 2010 Leave a Comment
in school Tags: english, grade 10
i know i’ve already put up two other posts today, but i’m frustrated with my english class.
it’s not necessarily the teacher, or the silly amount of drafts i also must hand in with my essays, or the long processes of writing i must follow, or the fact that my provincial is coming up. actually, those are all quite fine and i like my teacher very much. problem is, often i am asked to retell a past “conflict” in life. turn it into a paragraph or multi-paragraph composition. turn it into something he can read.
well, i’ve had many conflicts i suppose, but i just don’t feel like writing about them. some are too personal and not suitable for school assignments. some aren’t personal enough. most just don’t work! how am i supposed to tell my “coming of age” story – my “breakthrough” story – when it doesn’t feel, well, appropriate?
okay, it doesn’t necessarily have to be my “breakthrough” story. i’m exaggerating. but there has to be a lesson or moral that comes with it; something i learned through my experience. what to say, what to say…
mayzie.
15 Mar 2010 Leave a Comment
in friends and family, school Tags: aidan, corny jokes
i want your disease.
29 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
in school Tags: early mornings, school, science 10 provincial
today, i drove out to the middle of nowhere chilliwack (left the house at 7:30… *sobs*) to write my science 10 provincial! woo!
before every exam, mom and i decide on a time for when i should finish.
“actually, could you finish in 30 minutes please?”
“sounds good.”
obviously i didn’t finish my provincial in half an hour. that was just an example. another thing i decide is how many marks i should aim for; the bare minimum.
so, for my provincial i calculated that i should get no more than 10 or 11 questions incorrect if i want an A. and there were about 3 questions i was seriously unsure about, so that should work out great! i think i was just so nervous going into the exam that i was panicking over little things. after a while it was fine, though. i just really need an A to bring my mark up. my final grade was 84%, and it’s just not good enough! especially because i love science so much. i’m only lower because i did average/bad on a chemistry exam. not faaaair! *whines*
i guess it bothers me because an A is 86%, and if you’re so close to getting an A, why not do everything in your power to up your percentage?
anyways, i saw mr. spann briefly. didn’t get to talk to him or anything sadly, but at least i know what he looks like. it’s weird cause i had this image in my head of what he would look like. then i saw him for real, and he looks so different!
i’ll meet you soon.
25 Jan 2010 2 Comments
in school Tags: meeting teachers, provincials, school
on friday i get to have my science provincial. woohoo!
which means, i think i get to finally meet my science teacher. i think, i think. i hope. it’d be cool if i could. it’s interesting to have teachers online and never being able to put a face with the words they send you. perhaps a face will belong to all those emails soon.
in other news, i totally miss mr. harris and his classes. ahh. =(
ninety three.
08 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
in school Tags: awkward moments, feeling awkward, quick exams
today, i had a physics exam. it was a unit test for science 10, my last unit test before my provincial actually. but anyways, when i have my tests, usually i’m the youngest one there. sometimes there are adults taking tests, which makes me feel… well, little. so i sign my name and student number, and follow the proctor to the exam room.
i told my mom i would take an hour, because that seems like a reasonable amount of time for a unit test, right? especially for physics, which isn’t my strongest subject. well, i was wrong. really wrong. i check the number of questions and there’s only 30! the other tests had at least 45, but no, this one had 30. i finished in ten minutes.
so i felt really awkward. i’m looking around the room and there’s people with 2 or 3 hour long exams, and were even allowed extra time after that if they needed. i felt totally bad leaving after ten minutes! i spend the next twenty minutes slowly reading through my exam and answering the questions again… doodling random equations on paper so it looked like i was actually doing something… occasionally using my calculator… etc. i didn’t want them to think i cheated when i didn’t. jeez, i’m so awkward. anyway, eventually i gave up trying to extend my time and left quietly. toodle loos, poor girl taking history 12. bye bye people in the back of the room. i’m off to run some errands.
good thing is, i got an A! so at least my quickness wasn’t because i was getting everything wrong.
stackhouse.
30 Dec 2009 2 Comments
in school Tags: allan ball, grammar, ib, james while john, punctuation, stackhouse, true blood
i’ve gotten into a new show called True Blood. i’m just about to finish season one on dvd right now. the first couple of episodes are kind of odd, but i’m really into it now! it’s so awesome. i think i’m just an allan ball fan though =P
so it’s almost 2010. i’ve slowed down in school a lot. technically i should be in grade 11 right now but i found out RE Mountain has an IB program for free, so schoolwork has slowed down TONS to stretch out my grade 10 to regular speed, just in case i do end up doing the IB program. don’t wanna have to redo grade 11 if i don’t have to, haha. if i decide not to do it, it doesn’t matter. i have all of summer to do grade 11. lots of time. =)
random tidbit of information… i found this one sentence that stresses the need for punctuation. for all those who refuse to correct their grammar, please look and understand. you know who you are. ;)
James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.
weird huh? see how awful that looks? let’s punctuate it.
James, while John had had “had”, had had “had had”; “had had” had had a better effect on the teacher.
much better.
trinity.
05 Nov 2009 Leave a Comment
in dance, school Tags: chemistry, dance, issues
i have a chemistry test tomorrow! yikes. i better study hard. it’s the toughest unit it science but if i get it over with, it’ll be better… =P
our dance group has shrunk to 4. i’m worried but i think things will be alright… we just gotta pull through like we always do. emma might be an understudy for the girl that left but, i’m not sure i want that to happen. i’d rather have 4, or take jennifer or sarah instead.
boo! kin.
31 Oct 2009 Leave a Comment
in friends and family, school Tags: boo!, halloween
i’m so excited for tomorrow! well, seeing as how it’s 1am, i guess i’m excited for later today. i’m spending halloween with spencer. fireworks too! i heard it’s gonna rain though, so i’ll have to pack an umbrella.
i may or may not have a biology test next friday. depends on the online application that doesnt seem to want to go through to my school. darn fax machines. who faxes anymore, anyway? it’s called SCANNING and EMAILING =)
my thoughts are so scattered right now! i haven’t written in a while. i just haven’t found the time. but i have good news, i’m passing science and PE with A’s. very exciting for me anyway. =P
okay… i’ll write tomorrow/in 12 hours or so when i’m at spencer’s. toodle-loos! and happy halloween! =)
busy mind.
10 Oct 2009 Leave a Comment
in dance, school Tags: dance, halloween, link, school, thanksgiving, twilight princess
a lot of stuff to write tonight. first, i have thanksgiving dinner at matthew’s tomorrow. yippee! well, actually, it’s shereen’s house, and apparently grandpa is coming. i don’t know why matthew invited him. i’m going to punish him by making him carry grandpa up the stairs. =) no, just kidding… i’m happy grandpa’s coming. he’d be all alone without us so it’s good he’s part of our dinner.
dance is tiring but good. we’ve added on a lot to all our dances. angie didn’t come to one of my ballet classes, so i got a solo class! i did half an hour on barre and then another half an hour en pointe. it was good to get all that pointe over with; at least now i know all my pointe at the barre, and some centre stuff. oh yeah, chloe from LDA asked if i liked sheila as a teacher. an odd question, so i hesitantly answered yes. she then asked, “you wish you were at our studio?”
well, i said… sometimes. but, i’m with sheila now. doesn’t mean i don’t miss everyone there but it was time for me to go. we all leave studios at some point, my time just happened to be last year. that’s all. i definitely wanna go see their christmas recital, just to see everyone… for old time’s sake. <3
my sisters had their first day back to school. looks like everyone is off to a good start! except sarah… she’s pretty much had it with the kids at school and i’m worried she’ll whip out a really sarcastic remark and offend everyone. they’re sensitive there to begin with, wait ’til they see sarah when she gets really impatient! (i love you sarah). emma has lilian in her class so everything’s good so far. hope it stays that way. don’t get into fights, children.
epephphp. (…yeah.) a lot is on my mind right now! OMG guess what! i finally decided to start playing Twilight Princess because, well, i LOVE the Ocarina of Time. it’s one of the best games ever, so i thought there was no harm in starting TP. i was wrong. i’m now addicted and i can’t stop playing. the graphics are great, and did i mention link is shirtless in this game?
isn’t it funny how i don’t like men, but i make exceptions for the following:
- link in twilight princess specifically.
- donnie darko
- uhh, i can’t think of anyone else.
so there we have it. unless you’re a video game character, or a schizophrenic time traveler, you have no chances. =P
btw, what should i be for halloween?
goals? plans? universities?
05 Aug 2009 2 Comments
in school Tags: kaela willey, planning 10, school, summer
planning 10 is relatively easy, except for the part where they ask about what university you want to go to.
why is it everyone seems to know where they want to go except for me? i already have to revamp my course plan based on getting into SFU. but what if next year i decide i don’t want to get into SFU? do i have to start going back and taking more courses? and maybe i don’t want to take all these provincials in grade 12. but that means less chance of getting into the post secondary school i want. grr!
too many choices and options. but oh well, it’s only august. i’m gonna finish planning by the time the weekend’s over i hope.
