Multicultural 2015

Probably the Biggest Event At My School...

I participated this year (and I will be participating every year) singing "Porque te vas" by Jeanette. It was really cool and I guess I should have posted this a lot sooner, because this all happened last week on 5/22/15.

I have been getting a lot of comments. One of my friends who was also in the show said her aunt cried when I was singing, because of how passionate I was. My Spanish teacher said that I surprised her, because I was always so quiet in class. I'm really glad I did it. =)

Line up:

1st- Girl singing Ave Maria

2nd- Folkloric Dancing by 4 girls (these were freshmen)

3rd- Japanese Dancing to Senbon Zakura!!!

4th- More Folkloric Dancing by 4 girls (these were upperclassmen)

5th- ME SINGING IN SPANISH!!!

6th- Group of 6 dancing to "Waka Waka" by Shakira

7th- Group of 8 (includes one of my friends) dancing to 2 songs

8th- 2 girls singing with 1 on guitar

9th- 4 dances from the Philippines.

10th- Ethiopian Dancing

11th- Bollywood Dancing

And that was that. =) I'm pretty sure I'm forgetting something here, but...too bad...

50 Lunch Detention words

I'd Like To Give A Moment of Recognition...

To the 50 lunch detention words I had to do, because I "plagiarized" on an assignment. The problem is...I DIDN'T PLAGIARIZE!!! I took from a website and I cited the information, but because I did not put two quotation marks around the information it was assumed that I paraphrased, which I did not do. My punishment was to do 50 words like everyone else who gets punished at school. Of course, better that I got to do it during my week of spring break. I was able to complete them in three days (4.5.15 - 4.7.15). The first day I did 5, the second I did 40, and the last day today I did 5. 

The thing is every word was an "f" word, so I basically took it as a big "f*** you" and that pissed me off. Well, it didn't matter. And you couldn't believe that as picky as my school is about details, two of the words were misspelled!!!

Here are the 50 words I had to do. Enjoy :(

1. fallible
2. falsetto
3. farcical (spelled farcicle on the paper)
4. fastidious
5. fatal
6. fathom
7. fauna
8. faux pas
9. fawning
10. fealty
11. feline
12. feminine
13. fester
14. fete
15. fetid
16. fiasco
17. fidelity
18. fiduciary
19. filament
20. filet
21. filial
22. finale
23. finesse
24. finicky
25. flamboyant
26. flex
27. flexible
28. flippant
29. flora
30. flotila
31. flotsam
32. folly
33. forbearance
34. forebear
35. former
36. forte
37. fortissimo
38. forum
39. foyer
40. fraction
41. fracture
42. fragile
43. fragment
44. fragrant
45. fraternal
46. fresco
47. frolic
48. frustrate
49. fulsome
50. fusty

Did you enjoy? Neither did I.

Spirit Week 3.23.15 - 3.27.15

Second Semester Spirit Week And How Did It Go...

3.23.15

College Shirt Day: You could wear a sweater/hoodie/shirt from a college. I do not have any shirts like that because I don't see the point in owning a piece of clothing of a school you don't even go to. Perhaps if you had a sibling or cousin who attended the school and bought it for you it would make sense, but to buy it just to buy it is not something I would invest my money in.

3.24.15

Twin Day: It's pretty apparent what the theme of this day is, but in brief, basically two or three people all had to be wearing the same clothing. The bad thing is the school is very strict so if one simple thing was not matching you would have to change back into uniform. Luckily, that did not happen.

3.25.15

Animation Day: You could wear any shirt that was related to an animated TV show or movie. I, of course, participated in this. I wore a Marvel sweater on this day and luckily no one else had the same shirt (Quite a bit of people were matching *chuckles*).

3.26.15

Tacky Tourist Day: Dress like a tacky tourist. The only things you could wear were Hawaiian shirts, cargo shorts, running shoes, and you had to have at least one of these accessories: a lei, binoculars, or a fanny pack. It was just much to convoluted, but many people participated.

3.27.15

Spirit Shirt Day: Wear your spirit shirt--which you readers, do not own. I was the only one who did not wear a spirit shirt, I wore my shirt for being a great student which the principal said was okay to wear. Yet, no one else wore it.

Then we played a stupid game called nationball, which is basically dodgeball on steroids. :P

In total I really only participated in 1 day out of our whole spirit week this semester.

Midterms 3.13.15

I Forgot To Post This On Friday, But...

All went well. I didn't freak out like a lot of people were, because I didn't see how that would help me out. In the end, I think my hardest midterm was Spanish, only because the teacher doesn't give out a study guide, so it's hard to guess what's going to be on the test and what isn't. The easiest one was math, because I already took the class and I feel pretty confident about computers and biology. There was no midterm for P.E. (which is a good thing) and the English midterm resulted in me getting an 87/100. 

School 3.2.15

Everything Has Been So-So...So Far This Semester:

I'm getting more and more used to how my new (can I even call it that, it's just a transition from middle to high school, right?) school works. Right now everything is alright, but it's always around this time of the year where I tell myself that I don't care. Of course, I still do care, but the thing is their are certain classes I no longer care about. It's really the teacher's fault. I don't have any teachers that teach bad necessarily, but they aren't good at explaining or they expect to much and it's hard to meet their needs.

Period 1: Biology has been great. It's been my favorite class the whole year and I doubt that will change. My teacher gives really good notes and explains everything where even you could be a mini biologist. We recently finished making a DNA model out of wire and beads. Last week on Thursday we presented our analogies. We had to compare things having to do with protein synthesis to whatever subject we chose. My partner and I chose to do a movie set and I won't go into more detail about that, because I wouldn't want to bore you (not all of you would be bored though to tell the truth. I'm sure I've got some science nerds in that poll of readers).

Period 2: P.E. will always be a hassle. They reduced our mile time to 9:30 seconds as the time to beat. It hurts so much, but knowing that I'll be healthier makes it okay...I guess. We have a test tomorrow (3.3.15).

Period 3: Algebra I gets more and more boring. I already took it in 7th grade so having to retake it now just bothers me. I do try hard in that class because I know I had trouble with it in 7th grade, more reason for me not to want to take the class again.

Period 4: Native Spanish I is always the funnest class. I come here after P.E. and my mood brightens because the teacher is so funny. I think we're going to have a project pretty soon, because our current unit is about Art and Music in Hispanic culture and I think that  there is a lot of options to choose from in that category. It's something everyone can enjoy.

Period 5: English is always horrible =D My teacher never explains much of the assignments we get with much clarity. I just decided, you know what, I don't even care about this class anymore. My writing is never graded with the grade I think I deserve (and it's not like I'm the world's greatest writer, but I mostly come out with a badly written essay, because it's not something I would ever write unless I was forced too). Right now, we're reading To Kill A Mockingbird (book review on that coming soon when we finish reading the book) and we have to do an essay. We had four options to choose from and I decided to choose the easiest one, because I didn't feel passionate about the others and this one was just simple explaining. "Who are the three most courageous characters and why?" Easy, right?! Well, my thesis statement (fixed 2 times, this is my third) and my introduction (first time turning it in, will be fixed once) still haven't been approved. That's what's going on with me in this class right now. Wish me luck.

Period 6: Well I no longer have health class *sob sob*. We have computer class now, which is easy as pie so I don't mind at all. I'm the fastest typist in the class which made me happy. =)

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Friday the 13th

Surprisingly, Nothing Bad Has Happened To Me At All...

Okay, so it's not surprising, but if you don't feel at least a little bit more cautious on this day, then wow you really don't care about the thrill of today. I'd say the most unlucky thing that happened to me today was having half of my literature circle (we started reading "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee in class on Wednesday) basically not pay attention to anything at all.

Well just remember...

Winter Formal 1.31.15

Today I Had My First Winter Formal...

It was really stupid. I mean it was fun and the snacks were good, but the music choice was bad. I heard there would be a wide variety of music at this dance, but there was none at all. I was very disappointed. The food had no flavor, but I beared with it since it would be my only meal. The hummus and pita bread was good though.

I only danced to a few songs, since like I said the music choice was horrible. For the last dance, I danced with my friend (boy) who danced with me and my other friend (girl), so that we could both experience a few moments of the last dance. It was nice and sweet, except I danced horribly. I really could feel myself dancing bad.

My crush did not go *tear*, but it's not like he would have danced with me if he had. I'm sure due to his religion he wouldn't have gone anyways. 

Anyways, it was a masquerade so I had a lace mask and my dress was purple. That's all for description.

Thanks for reading!~ Stay lovely with me!~

Music Program 1.29.15

So I am Finally in the Music Program...

Last Monday 1/26/15 was our first meeting. It was cool, our mentors are very nice. My crush decided to do drums, but he wasn't their last class, so I'm guessing he doesn't want to be in it anymore. Well, there's nothing like teaching yourself (by the way, I am learning guitar if I haven't already mentioned and I'm teaching myself slowly, but surely)!~

At the end of class, people offered songs and the highest chosen song was "Take Me To Church" by Hozier. This is my unpopular opinion, but I really don't like that song. The chorus really makes it,but everything else is pretty blah if you ask me. I'm sorry if you don't want to hear that and you're just screaming at me right now for saying such a thing. The lyrics are stupid and I honestly don't like what they are saying. The song is bad until the chorus and how long does that last?! NOT LONG!

Anyways, I've been practicing it though and learning it and hoping that all goes well and when we have our little showcase, we'll do a great job on whichever song it is we choose to perform at the end.

Crush 1.23.15

What is it this time?!

No, this post is not about my crush. In fact, I only named it that because it's related to him, but I'm unsure of how I could name it???

Here is the story: My sophomore friend is trying to set me up with a sophomore boy so that I can stop liking my crush, which is pissing me off because it's none of her business who I like. I asked her if my crush was a bad person or did something pretty bad and she replied no. With that in mind, what would be her problem with me liking this boy? He's not bad! I ask her if one of her friend's likes him and she says no to that as well, but the difference in her voice (which I don't think people realize they do. It's good to just be an open book as Mark Twain says, "If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." I used to think it was okay to lie, but when I read that it really got to me. Lying is bad, but not the point of this post.) was so obvious that you could tell she was lying. I didn't know why she would lie about that, what's the huge secret??? Two girls liking the same guy, it's happened many times, it's no biggie. He's very attractive, (in my opinion, my mom doesn't think so *chuckles*) why wouldn't other girls like him??? I'm not the jealous type, not in the least. I've learned that if you want to have a good life, nothing should ever trouble you. My sophomore friend said my crush is just a fantasy that will never happen, that it's impossible. Very rude I must say, because my idea of love is not as near the same as hers. To me love is about being friends first and if my crush were ever to ask me if I "like" liked him (To a certain extent I do "like" like him of course, but is not so strong that I would dwell over him. It is quite apparent that is infatuation. You can be infatuated with anything and not be in love with it.) I'd probably reply saying, "Did you think I liked you? I just wanted to be friends, dude." Of course, this sophomore girl i trying to tell me that I shouldn't be into one guy and yes I understand that, but it's not like I'm doing anything bad. I'm rather fond of him, but if he were to never speak to me again it wouldn't kill me.

I don't know what to make of this situation, but I really do hope the sophomore girl doesn't try to make this an even bigger thing. Her bothering me about trying to like the sophomore boy, who is by the way very funny, is not going to make me happy with her anymore. Sure, I love to laugh, but it doesn't mean I love the guy. If I really loved funny guys, then I'd love every guy (There are a lot of funny boys at my school actually.) I hope everything can be resolved very soon and maybe even my crush can become friends with me. I don't know if he is going to the dance, but if he does go then it would be very nice if he tried to talk to me. I'd be extremely awkward though. I don't know, he confuses me a lot. We catch glimpses of each other now and then, but I think it's only my imagination. Alas, this is the end of my post dear readers, I'm glad I was able to share this with you guys!~ I will try to stay lovely.

Finals Week

So I'm Finally Done With Finals Week...

And thank goodness for that. My brain is on overload right now!!! We have a three-day weekend which is great for me because I don't want to have to worry about anything and the only homework I have is Algebra homework which will be easy.

Our finals week consisted of three days, each day consisting of two finals for a duration of two hours. The first day I had Biology, easiest test you ever did take. If you studied all the previous study guides for the unit tests, then you would understand everything. I have the results for that I got a 95% which raised my grade up from 88% to 90%

Note: I am actually quite angered by the fact that I made lots of A's in my classes and my grade did not budge one bit in any of them and I said, well maybe it will later on, but no, it did nothing so I am awaiting my report card and hopefully everything is updated and I can have the A's I deserve. At least I have ONE A!!!

My next final was P.E. but we had already done them the day prior so we instead had to run our last mile of the semester (BOO!) and that was that.

The second day of finals I first had Algebra which was basically the same as the study guide we had received. Then I had Spanish which was easy in the vocabulary department, but when it came to remembering things that had to do with finances and the author's of poems we had read, I did not do good. I just hope I got a good grade, because that grade really needs to bump up from 88% to 90% at least.

The last day, today, I took my English final and I received an 83% which I was not happy about because it dropped my grade, which wasn't cool! Someone told me they'd gotten a 63% and their grade went up by 1%. Then again in my school if you already have low grades your grades will go up, but if you receive a grade lower than the one you already have you might as well expect your grade to drop along with it as well. Then I took my Health finals and that was very easy as well, I think I might have only missed 2 questions.

Well, I'm glad I'm done with this until the end of next semester.

Crush 1.7.15

I'm Pretty Sure He Thinks I Do Not Like Him Anymore...

Is this a good thing or no? He looks at me more (or so my imagination would like to think), but he never passes through that corridor anymore. I really want to talk to him, but I don't know how I can do that. I want to talk to him through social media to make things easier, the tension will probably go away. Now, I'm not so sure. Maybe if he goes to our winter formal dance, I will get some answers, like if he asks me to dance??? Boys are such confusing creatures.

Life 12.23.14

I'm SO Bored Right Now, I Just Had To Write Something...

I don't have anything to do right now and I don't feel like doing more homework, which I'd say is the worst advice I've given myself so far. I really just don't feel enough motivation do any such thing. I'm budgeting my time the way I know how. Anyways, this winter break has been very uneventful so far.

I would just like you guys to know that I have started the fourth chapter of "Those That Which Are Talented". With finals coming up I may not have time to post it until sometime after January, but if I get to work on it now then I can give it to you guys before January. No promises.

I could write so many things right now but after completing my math homework, my brain needs to rest. I think everyday my IQ is going down down down. Which is bad bad bad!

Anyways, in other news tomorrow is Christmas Eve, a.ka. Noche Buena to Hispanics. It's great, can't wait for tamales!~ I will post pictures of the gifts I receive if I can. I'm glad about it too!~

I will be writing two short stories for here soon. Well, I think I should get to writing more of the chapter. If you haven't noticed, I divide each chapter of "Those That Which Are Talented" into four sections which results in two sections for Part One and then the other two for Part Two. That's usually how it goes. I just divide it by the amount of pages I have. If let's say sections 1-3 have 10 pages total and section 4 has 10 pages also, then I'll just divide it like that. I'm thinking of making another post showing how someone looks, I'm sure people wonder what Teagan and Piper look like. It's hard to show what the guys look like, since their aren't many dress up games with guys included in them. I will try though. So next post for sure, I'll do it right now in fact. I'm just soooo bored.

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Winter Break

I Officially Start Winter Break at Midnight...

It's not really a break though. I have tons of homework to do. I have three projects, two essays, and about 20 math problems (lots of graphing) to complete. Obviously four of these days are already taken out of my two weeks because of Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day.

It's going to be a stressful break I guarantee it.

Feelings 12.19.14

This is a note I wrote to the kid I like (more or less) about how I felt about everything.

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Hi,

I could probably write down a million words to you right now about how I feel, but that would be too many and take up too much time. Instead, I'm going to write down everything I'm thinking of at this very moment at exactly 11:44 p.m.

I can't quite articulate the words into real life and that's why I ask you random questions that don't make any sense. i'm really sorry if it bothers you, but if it bothered you so much then I would have liked it better than you not telling me anything. It's worse not knowing what you think about the situation, than it is being slapped in the face with the truth. It might hurt for a while, but at least every time I'd have seen you I would have known not to say anything, because...Silence. Is. Bliss.

I know that I told you that I was "officially over you" but honestly you're so intriguing (and I don't even understand how, which makes it all the better) that I can't be "over you". I'm still not even sure if it is worth it to think you're intriguing when in fact you might not be. You might be NORMAL or SIMPLE or even *gasp* LIKE EVERYONE ELSE! If that were the case, I'd slowly get over you finally rationalizing that the idea of you was kind of dumb.

Right now you still interest me though.

(^_^ While I've been writing this I've been thinking, wouldn't it be cool if we communicated like this?! ^_^)

To be honest, the only thing I know about you is your name, age, and everything I can see on the outside...That's absolutely the worst to me. I'm weird like that. What I'd really love to know is little facts about you that have no importance at all. Those are the things that really make up a person, not the other stupid obvious things.

My friend and I were joking about you the other day (we actually do it a lot >_<) and she said, "I bet one day he's going to look back at these moments and say that his biggest mistake was walking through that corridor junior year!" I hope not, but it's probably true. I still can't even believe I even asked you what your name was. I'm actually really shy, so the fact I went up to you shocks me. I'm not really like that with people. I don't really like talking to them, because they don't understand and for some reason I saw you and thought, "He understands." I'm not sure what you understand, but you understand something.

I don't really know why I wrote this when you might just throw this away or you might make fun of me while reading this. I don't even get why I'm writing this anymore. I've never done this before.

Truthfully, everything before this paragraph didn't need to be in here, but I put it in anyways, because why not!~

...So really I just want to be your friend...We could be friends if you want...It would be cool.

Haha, I never introduced myself, but why bother now.

Thanks for reading you read this and sorry about my bad handwriting. Have a nice winter break!~ =D

Presentation 12.16.14

I Worked So Hard On A Project...

And today I did not present it...my partner's did.

Let me tell you how the story goes:

In health class we were assigned a project where you would basically get original recipes and make them healthier to show that there is a healthy alternative to every meal you have and that it can also save you a lot of money. In health class, our teacher assigns our partners so I end up with a girl and a boy. The girl is very depressed which I mean is really sad, but when she acts happy and makes fun of her own situation it's hard to believe that she is really depressed and more like someone seeking attention and not for a good reason (by good reason I mean, they want attention to help them with their problem, she does it but I don't think to help the problem) The boy said he would help but then he never did and she didn't do anything at all. After I finish making everything having to do with the project I print it out and during lunch I tell my friend, "What should I do?" and she replied to me by saying "Make sure that they screw up, because then your teacher will see that they did nothing at all." It was a great idea. During health class, our teacher tells us that someone from 2nd period broke the remote control and that someone would have to sit out of the presentation and click on the computer to switch the slides. I decided that it would be my perfect chance to get back at my partners, because if they didn't do anything well then they would present and either way I am very shy so this was by far the best choice I have ever made when it comes to a project. I don't regret doing it at all. When they presented they didn't say anything like I would have liked them to and I don't know if we'll get less points because of that, but if we do I honestly don't care anymore, because when I give them my peer grade, I will put on there that I did all of the work. It's not fair for me to get a bad grade when I did everything staying up for two nights in a row just to make sure it was done to perfection.

I'm glad I could give that all out, because I wouldn't have it any other way. I love venting with my blog. It's like a personal archive of all my memories. I think I might be doing a review pretty soon on a book. Not sure which, but I've been feeling like doing a review and well this would be nice.

School 12.12.14

School is Great, Some Classes Are Not...

I have straight B's and one C right now and I am not happy. Well, I'm not complaining either, but I want to get into my dream school (University of Southern California) and do you think they will accept someone who started out with a 2.83 GPA in their first semester?! Either I have to get straight A's the rest of the year or something else will have to be done about this. It's not fair!!!

Biology is cool, but I could have gotten extra points and she didn't tell our class anything about only checking it on one day, which is not cool or fair!

P.E. well same same, it sucks, but I'm getting better actually and I'm really happy about that :)

Algebra is the most boring class ever, but I can handle it since I already took it in 7th grade

Native Spanish is great, I'm actually getting better with my Spanish.

English gets me mad, because no matter what you do right your grade literally goes up only 0.5 percent not even 1 but 0.5!

Health right now sucks, because we have  a project and my partners suck. I'm basically stuck with all the work now!!!

Just wanted to rant a little, in other news I will probably be making two more short stories for my blog one requested by my friend A***** and one by my other friend M*******

My Crush 12.5.14

I'm Accepting That I Probably Won't Ever Get Over My Crush...

But I literally looked up in the search bar "I have a crush on a muslim boy" because I just want to understand where he is coming from better. I talk to him and he never looks me in the eye, always at the ground. He smiles, but...I mean it's so weird. I feel like he wants to say something in reply to me but he doesn't and so it confuses me. He's more complicated than a girl, honestly O_O. Another thing, I was reading through an answer online saying never touch them and well it explained something. The day I told him that I was "over him" I stuck out my hand, but I wasn't going to touch him I just make a lot of hand gestures when I talk to people and at that moment I did that on impulse (I played the scene in my mind beforehand) and he backed away. It was so weird, but then after reading that I was like "NO WONDER HE DID THAT!" and now I feel like he probably will never like me and also it just seems like we're from two different worlds. I wouldn't convert for him, heck no, and I wouldn't expect him to convert for me, but...I really do like him and I would like to think that somewhere in his heart he likes me back. I mean I see him talking to other girls easily and I don't know if they touch his shoulder or hand or head or by accident, but he seems okay with them which just makes me question myself even more. I had to write this down because I'm just really confused right now and I don't want to disrespect his culture/religion in any way. Well, it was good to get that off my chest...

Today 11.29.14

I Was Supposed to go to the Japanese American National Museum Today But...

My cramps hurt extremely. I was so mad too. We walked through Little Tokyo and then the cramps hit me like a tornado. :(

I didn't get anything but an eclair and when I came home I fell asleep, so I feel anything until I woke up and I was forced to drink two teas to make me feel better. I have to do a lot of homework still, but I think I can complete it!

Also I am very sorry that I have not posted the third chapter, I promised I would post it before Thanksgiving, but as you can see it is not posted. I apologize once more and hope to publish it soon. I will work even faster on chapter four just to make it up. 

Today 11.26.14

I realize that I'm off by a day...

But last night I fell asleep dreadfully early and when I did wake up, I couldn't do anything about it. It hurt to get up. Basically all I did yesterday was complete all four of my typed assignments for class. My partner won't reply to any of her e-mails though and so I'm hoping on Saturday she'll see them, because on Friday I will be at K****'s B****y F**m. Only people who live in California will understand unless you are aware of this amusement park. 

Utopia

So I've been working on a project about the perfect society...

My partner and I decided upon making a society where everyone is individual. I think in real life that would be perfect, because not many people these days actually feel like they can be themselves. They put on an act for everyone else and never try to be anything but what society tells them is acceptable. Really, utopia will be reached when no one is discriminated for their life choices. Because that's mostly what people are discriminated for, sure their is skin color (racism) or gender (sexism), even other factors (which I don't see why anyone should judge you on your weight or height, but people). Honestly, everyone needs to learn to accept each other. Not just tolerate, but accept. Two completely different words. I hope you seeing this out there can think to yourself, yes, that sounds right, maybe today I can just look past what someone chooses to do and instead try to get to know them better. Maybe I can ask them what they think on a particular subject!

Of course, that's also something many people discriminate as well. People think that if other's have an unpopular opinion or not their opinion they shouldn't listen at all. That is completely biased! People should learn to instead make it a point to see where someone else is coming from instead of immediately rejecting another person's opinion.