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2004 5 May :: 9.40pm
After today's AP Calculus exam, I was pumped. I think I did pretty well on it. Out of all the multiple choice questions there were maybe 4 that I didn't answer, and I think I got most of the rest right. The free-response sections were a little more difficult but not too difficult. The last question was about slope fields, which we didn't study this year - we spent 10 seconds discussing them yesterday! Overall, I think the no calculator sections were easier than the calculator sections. Everyone else thought it was hard. I guess I'll have to wait until to July to find out what I got. I think it's possible I got a 4.
Today wasn't even like a really school day. After the exam, I had to go to my senior seminar. After that I had to go to a senior assembly, where they gave us the goodbye speech - you know, what requirements we have to fulfill and how we shouldn't do stupid stuff. After that we went to the cafeteria (or cafe as the school calls it) for mock elections. Then I had to go to the counceling office to fill out that bubble stuff on the ap exam (my name and address pretty much). So when all of that was done, all that was left was half of 6th hour (I'm an aid, so it's a free period) and 7th hour (which is calculus, so we spent the hour talking and doing non-math things).
Right now I have to go study for Ap english, but before I go, let me tell you how much of a dimwit Wiewiora is. During the exam we got a break halfway through. At that point we hadn't written our names or anything on our answer sheets. Wiewiora comes around collecting them!!! Fortuneately, sarah pointed that out to me and said something before she got past dan, chad, and pat. To think of the disaster that would have erupted if she had collected them all makes my life flash before my eyes!
One last comment, or quote of the day, rather: "This house isn't big enough for two bitches" - my mom.
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2004 5 May :: 9.40pm
After today's AP Calculus exam, I was pumped. I think I did pretty well on it. Out of all the multiple choice questions there were maybe 4 that I didn't answer, and I think I got most of the rest right. The free-response sections were a little more difficult but not too difficult. The last question was about slope fields, which we didn't study this year - we spent 10 seconds discussing them yesterday! Overall, I think the no calculator sections were easier than the calculator sections. Everyone else thought it was hard. I guess I'll have to wait until to July to find out what I got. I think it's possible I got a 4.
Today wasn't even like a really school day. After the exam, I had to go to my senior seminar. After that I had to go to a senior assembly, where they gave us the goodbye speech - you know, what requirements we have to fulfill and how we shouldn't do stupid stuff. After that we went to the cafeteria (or cafe as the school calls it) for mock elections. Then I had to go to the counceling office to fill out that bubble stuff on the ap exam (my name and address pretty much). So when all of that was done, all that was left was half
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2004 4 May :: 7.00pm
Things seem to be falling into line. I got my grade for my sanocki project: 100%! I've gotten responses from two of my three senior seminar contacts. I got an interview at G&L on thursday (and THEY called ME!) Plus, the time for the much dreaded AP exams has finally come. Maybe my life is really like a tornado, and right now I'm at the eye of the storm. I plan on doing some major studying tonight for calc, but I'm not too stressed out about the exam. If worse comes to worse (by the way, I've been overusing that phrase lately), I won't get the math credit and will have to take another math class next year, the same as pretty much every other freshmen. Mrs. Netcott reassured us by saying that no one at catholic has ever gotten a 1 before (worst score possible)...but I still wouldn't want to get a 2! I need a 4 for credit, but a score of 3 (passing) will suit me fine. Well, off to study...
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2004 3 May :: 7.10pm
Thankfully, I presented my sanocki project today and it wasn't as stressful as I made it out to be. Well...I don't have my grade yet, but it wasn't that bad. To start my presentation I told the president that we are bombarded by chinese imports and then I had becky read my tie where it said "made in china," followed by kristin reading the NYC snowglobe where it said "made in hong kong." I preceeded to take off my shoe and had scott read the inside where it said "made in china." Was that great or what? When I practiced my presentation last night it was 9 and half, but at school I shortened it to 6:50. Now that it's over with, I just have to sit back and watch other people present. I went with alexa, bill, and dan, but a lot of people thought mine was the best because: alexa read too fast (she had to), bill's was terrible (at least that's what people say, but it really surprised them), and on dan's they weren't sure what country he was doing (but his link to the internet was really cool). In other news, All time brooks quote ocurred today: "[Jesus' disciple] pops a monsterous boner." POPS A MONSTEROUS BONER?!?! Can you believe a teacher said that? The thing is, she didn't mean it like that (obviously) but her choice of diction wasn't the best for a high school setting. The whole room stopped and asked themselves "did I just hear what I thought I did," and then they laughed. She just kept on going on with what she was saying, so either she didn't want to comment on her mishap or the fact that the class randomly burst out in laughter didn't phase her.
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2004 2 May :: 11.15pm
I was just practicing my sanocki presentation. I got it down from 9 and a half minutes to 7:45, but I have to talk really fast and hope it doesn't take me long to click. I could cut my opening, but it's too cool to not have it. Anyways, today I spent almost two hours working on calc problems and then I went up to school for a calc review. I think I have a chance at getting a 3 on the exam, but probably not a four. I'll be so relieved after this week.
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2004 2 May :: 12.23am
Just got back from Fremont's prom. It was held at some small hall in twin lake, but it was fun. Amanda and I danced quite a lot. I took her out to eat at Fricano's, which she liked, but I felt bad because she got me a bootineer, and I didn't get her a coursage. I gotta remember to call in katie's, though. I thought fremont's theme was good: Hollywood nights. When we came in they put these glow bracelets on us, and when we left they gave us these hollywood picture frames. They had a red carpet at the door and had movie memorabilia inside. In unrelated news, Jordan called me tonight and invited me to hang out at his house with some other people. That was kind of odd since I haven't been over to the kid's house since 8th grade and hardly talk to him in school. Still, I appreciated it, but couldn't go because of the prom.
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2004 1 May :: 12.57pm
Well I saw The King & I last night. Now that I've been broadening my theater horizon, I can say that it was good but not great. The acting, singing, and dancing was awesome (except for Sir Edward - how he spoke was kind of annoying). I think it's the fact that I don't really like the plot or setting to begin with that hindered me from being marveled. Plus, it seemed like a purely entertaining play. I guess you could say that the whole point was how love and education can change people, but that didn't seem very signicant to me. Maybe my problem is that I'm comparing it to Rent in my head, and Rent was sweet. Now that I think about it, our play seemed purely entertaining as well. I should go start my incredibly long day now...
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2004 30 April :: 12.11am
Sanocki project may be going well. I have most of my powerpoint done and just have to tweak it, which I can take care of 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th hours if necessary. Right now it's a bit wordy, so I may have to take care of that. I don't have a speech though, so Sunday night I'll be doing that last minute (I present monday - with Alexa, Bill, and Dan! geeze). Tomorrow I'm going to The King & I with Katie. Saturday I should study calculus (but probably won't). Then I'm going to Fremont's prom that night with Amanda. I hope I can have fun, and not worry too much about my ap exams. Sunday's when I really gotta cram for calc. Plus, we have a calc review at school, but I'll need to come with questions, which means I have to review beforehand. I'm not too worried about the ap english exam, although I scored a 37.5% on the practice multiple choice. I need to improve my essay writing time because I've taken more than the 40 mintues for my last two practice essays. I really wanna do well on these ap exams, but if I don't, I guess it's not the end of the world (..."as we know it" - sorry, couldn't resist). I think it's safe to assume that I'll be much more relived after thursday afternoon. All I have left to do for school after that I get in touch with my senior seminar contacts and job shadow. It's starting to get real...
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2004 28 April :: 1.22am
Earlier today I had about 3 crappy slides and 2 good ones (that includes my title page!), yet now I have 23 unifinished - but highly potential - slides. The power went out for about an hour, and I thought I'd surely be screwed, but it came back on around 10:00pm. Now, my powerpoint is too big to fit on the disk. I guess I'll have to email it to Mr. Caroll. Oh yeah, I think I might fail the AP calc exam, but there's a decent chance that I can get a 4 on the AP english exam.
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2004 26 April :: 8.24pm
I just got back from my scholarship interview at the Muskegon Community Foundation. A bunch of people from Catholic were there, like troy, jake, dan, and alexa, and a lot more students were there as well. I was one of the first to be interviewed by a Ms. Farmer and a Ms. Olson. Fortuneately, Ms. Farmer grew up in Chicago and Ms. Olson's brother is currently the dean of LUC's med school, so I think they were impressed by my school of choice. They seemed really impressed by my GPA and activities, although I'm don't feel that my grades and so forth are THAT impressive. Some of the questions they asked me included: What obstacles have you overcome in choosing a college? Why did you choose Loyola? What book has had a lasting impression on you? How do you want us to remember you when you leave here tonight? If you couldn't major in marketing, what would you major in? Have you ever thought about NOT going to college? That's all I can remember for now. I think they liked my answers, but I didn't ask them any questions. I don't even know when we're notified of our scholarships. Troy told me it might be at Baccaluareate (yeah, I can't spell that word).
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2004 25 April :: 1.45pm
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Today really sucks. I have a headache because I had a million dreams last night and my brain would not shut up! I want to sleep, but I can't fall asleep. I have to go to church today, even though my dad refuses to go. My mom is being a controlling dictator. She "ordered" me to go to the store and buy bagels and when I declined said she refused to do any more shopping. Well, maybe that would matter if she actually went shopping in the first place! Seriously, all past week I'm on the one who went to the store most of the time to buy food. Then my mom complains when my dad buys cheap, crappy food. Which I'll admit, it is very cheap, very crappy food, but still...we had no food in the house! Family life only gets better with my dad around the house. He's almost as bad as my mom except he doesn't really bitch about things, he just orders us to do stuff. Plus, he asks me all these annoying questions about rainbow auction. That's okay, but the worst is when he asks "What food did they serve?" Okay, Pig, does it matter? Right now he's talking to me like I'm watching that stupid star trek movie he's watching, but guess what?...I'm NOT! No matter how many times I tell him that, he still has this need to say random stuff. Maybe he's just talking to himself. As for rainbow auction last night...remind me never to be a waiter. Standing in one spot for 4 hours got really old really fast. None of my tables wanted to bid very much anyways, so there was very little excitment. To top off my already GREAT sunday, I'm supposed to work like crazy on my sanocki project. You know, as much as I need the calc review, I'm thinking I might be sick one day next week.
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2004 24 April :: 1.36pm
Rent is awesome! I loved how modern, in-depth, controversial, and sexual all the characters were. The music was great, too. I'm think I'm gonna look on ebay for the soundtrack b/c I didn't have $36 last night, especially after emily and I didn't get the front row $20 tickets. We got to Grand Rapids around 4:25, but because we took so long finding a parking spot (which was ridicuously priced) we didn't get to the box office until 4:50. We ended up getting $30 seats way up in the balcony. They really weren't that bad, but you couldn't see the actors faces or the details of the stage that well. After intermission, emily and I headed downstairs and got some amazing seats in the front (no one was sitting there). That close, the show was even more awesome! Before Act II started I found Katie and her friends, who decided to join us at our newfound seats. Afterwards, some of the actors like Mark, Roger, and Collins were in front of the DeVos, so we got congratulate them on a good show. Overall, Roger, Mimi, and Mark were my favorite characters. I liked all the songs, but my faovirte might've been the "Tango Maureen." So after the show, emily and I headed to 28th street. Because it was college night at the orbit room and I had no money, we headed to Wendy's - at least it was in GR. Coming home was kinda funny because I ended up in Pierson which is like northwest of Muskegon, about an hour! At a gas station we found out how to get back to muskegon, but we had to go through cedar springs and drive ALLL the way down apple. I thought we could just skip that exit and go to the next one maybe, but NO! When we finally stopped at a gas station, we were 15 miles from GR and 46 from Muskegon!!! I called my dad and he told me I needed to get on 96 West, so we drove for a bit, found that, and got home. My dad's not going to let me live that down for a while. But hey - I didn't know that 131 and 31 were different!
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2004 23 April :: 10.48am
I want everyone who reads this to ask me three questions. No more and no less. Ask me anything you want. Then, copy and paste this into your Journal allowing the people that read yours to ask you anything, too.
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2004 23 April :: 12.59am
I want everyone who reads this to ask me three questions. No more and no less. Ask me anything you want. Then, copy and paste this into your Journal allowing the people that read yours to ask you anything, too.
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2004 22 April :: 7.43pm
I just got back from my second interview at sears. How'd it go? Well, I really don't know. This is the second time where they've made it seem that they're willing to hire me. The part where I may have ruined it? The guy was telling me that he'd want me to come in soon and complete training in a week so that I could get started as soon as possible. He asked if he was "scaring" me, to which I replied, "No, but my only concern is that I'm busy in the next two weeks." Busy with what? he asked. School and AP exams. Solution? He told me to give him a call when I "free up" and if the spot's still open "we'll talk." I really want a job, but right now I need the time to study for AP and work on my sanocki project. If I don't get the job at sears, I guess it's just meant to be. I'm like to work there, but their expecations kind of scare me. Basically, I'd have to comprimise my morals...sort of. I believe sales reps should be honest with the customer, not trying to "trick" them into buying a service plan that they really don't need. I guess it comes down to surival of the fittest. In other news, Shepich asked me to be a councelor for 6th grade camp, but I had to turn it down when I found out it was during both AP exams. I stopped by the Foundation Office today and found out I'm going to be a spotter for Rainbow Auction. Basically, I get to stand by a bunch of rich people and hold up a flashlight when they want to bid on something...I don't think it'll be a bad experience. Lastly, we got report cards yesterday. I think I got a 3.94? I got an A minus in calc, which I guess I deserve. The thing that sucks, though, is that that's going to be our final grade in the class. Enough nerd talk..I gotta read Oedipus Rex..fun.
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