Under the Skin

I've decided that for the sake of all adults, I have created the glossary of high-school slang. So they know what teens are talking about. If any teens would like to add to this glossary, please post a comment. awesome used when something is particularly exciting or buff awkward turtle done in the place of awkward silence, done by placing one palm on top of the other and rotating the thumbs beast when someone does something particularly buff "Chaaaaarlie" just done to annoy people. Etymology: from the online animation "Charlie the Unicorn" chillax a combination of chill and relax "Come to Candy Mountain" see "Chaaaarlie!" creeper used to describe people or are disturbing cutter a derogatory term, referring to people who self-harm delicious amazing, see "awesome" emo also used as derogator (see "cutter"), but also when someone's having a bad day, they might say, "I'm e...

So, I kept on having ideas of what I was going to do to update my little thing-a-ma-blogger, but none of them were working out so well. So, here we go: I am back in school (yuck!), and I'm enjoying it for the most part. My schedule looks as so: 0. Seminary New Testament- I haven't really met my teachers yet. Thursday was the welcome back breakfast, and Friday was parent day...so I'll get back to you. 1. IB Biology 2- same teacher as last year, but not pregnant this time. I really like her. She knows what she's talking about and she's friendly. 2. IB Chemistry- I like this teacher too. She's a really friendly lady with this "Texan y'all drawl." And, especially compared to my Pre-IB Chem/Bio teacher, a VERY good teacher. 3. IB English 12- Okay. So, on Thursday and Friday we were discussing this story called, "The Witness" written by Jorge Luis Borges. I liked it when I read it myself. I interpreted it to be about legacies, and wh...

All right everyone, I don't know if I'd admitted this before, but I am an Olympics addict. No really, I am. What's even weirder about this? I couldn't care less about sports most of the time. However, when the little doo-doo-doo-doo theme comes on, I just get excited. I think it's because I like the more obscure sports. Anyways, I'm really excited about these games. I can tell you what's going on in them at most anytime, give you the update on a fairly recent medal count and explain details about different athletes. I'm INSANE about the Olympics. So, I root for mostly the US athletes. Of course I'm rooting for Michael Phelps (because who isn't?), I'm quite pumped up for Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, and excited about the Redeem Team (somewhat...I don't really like basketball), but I shall share my less-well-known rootings and fascinations. Non-Americans! -I was rooting for the Ukrainian Men's Archery team (Viktor Ruban,Mark...

I thought I'd let you all know how good Inglemoor High School music is, because I had a discussion with how much better Inglemoor is than Woodinville more than once this week. Here's a band video from last Christmas. It's better than Woodinville, which is the following video. I picked these videos because they were easily accessible. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNGqTmUGGI4 (Inglemoor: The Polar Express) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPYBqb5WrLU (It's the April Fool's Day Parade, but the music is the Woodinville High Marching Band) I guess it's only fair to put in an Inglemoor marching band: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCLAa7ptWAw (Inglemoor: Iron Man and Inglemoor Fight Song)

I have now passed CNA school! YEAH FOR HANNAH! Anyways, I'm very excited to take the test. I will probably not work as a CNA until next summer, because the shifts are not very conducive to the high school schedule, but I'm still excited. I'm also very satisfied with the people in my class. I'm so happy that I can say that I'm very impressed by all the people that were in my class, and I liked everyone so much. Usually in every class there's that one person who you just kind of think, "Wow, they're kind of annoying," but everyone was an interesting and fun person to be around. I liked it.

Okay, so in my CNA class, they tell us that those who you care for are in their second childhood. Many of the things that they learned to do, they can no longer do. I have found that I'm somewhat in that second babyhood, as I teeth. The wisdom teeth kind. I actually usually really like the feeling (I guess I'm a masochist, because I like the feeling of hypodermic needles too), but today it hurts. I think the reason it hurts today is because I have a canker sore right next to the excavation site (or more exhumation site I suppose), and that's somewhat painful. I don't want to get them out though. Because then I'd miss school and/or work. My hope is that I can hold out until Christmas of my first year in college. Because then I will not have a job and I will not be in school. Whether that happens or not, I know not. It's only one side that has ever hurt, and I enjoy chewing on hard stuff when they're coming in. I love the little shooty feeling. Once ag...

At my family reunion, my uncle asked me what I liked about James Joyce. Here's why: I only like some of his work. He's an intriguing man, who has some good things to say. Ulysses is nuts, Chambermusic is weird, and I have to admit, I find Finnegan's Wake incredibly hilarious, but I couldn't do with more than two lines at a time. But, awhile ago, I made this slide show about Dubliners, and I'll put it here: The interesting parody about the music I chose (I thought it fit very well), is that the group, Battlefield Band, all the members are actually Scottish.