it was the first thing that popped into my head, and since coming up with witty titles is not my thing, i guess it will have to suffice.
i had a math quiz today about quadratic equations, and i'm okay-confident. i mean, i finished it, and i checked my work. but something is making me queasy...
pi day is tomorrow, since march 14 (3/14, 3.14, geddit?) is on saturday. i said i would bring it pie, but i completely forgot and publix is closed now. i hope no one comes after me. i'm terribly sorry!
right now, i'm trying to figure out how to divide square roots. they were never really my thing. we learned this last year and i can't remember how to do it. man, don't you hate that? xD
today was the last day of the semester, and the new semester begins tomorrow with new schedules and lunch classes (i get to sit with matt! <3). i wonder if i'll have another connections class with him, which would be UBER SWEET. i had art with him this semester, so i doubt it, but who knows?
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
parker young is inspiring.
ever since i started exercising my freakishly good stalker skillz on knate young, i realize that i want to be like a person who goes by the name of parker. parker young, who lives in manhattan, comes from tampa, and is knate's older brother, twin of pete and one of the oldest of seven young kids.
like i said, i have mad stalker skillz. o.0
i was reading his xanga blog (which can be reached at xanga.com/parkeryoung; simple enough) and noticed how he posts not about his life, but what influences it and what is helping him become a better man. sometimes it's not always "becoming a better man" like the vid he posted of a dog who violently twitches in his sleep (EL. OH. EL.) and his liking towards floridians, not because he is one. but you should check him out, he's a pretty neat guy.
he posts everyday, so everyday when i get home from school and get online, i do my ritual: check email, check facebook, check george hincapie's twitter, and now...parker young's blog. he posts everyday, so it's something i look forward to. he's such an amazing character. i want a big brother like him. {:)
so, i feel that i could probably post everyday. no one comes here, but i don't think everyone goes to parker's blog anyway either. i think that posting everyday, i'll get a clear overview of what really goes on in my head.
so anyway, i was thinking the other day about how on so many of those questionnaires they ask you what your favorite song is and i always reply, "so many songs..."
but i realized today that maybe, or for at least for the current days, i think that my favorite song might actually be miserabile visu. that song still gives me the spooks and i can't even listen to it at night or i'll think something will jump out at me, but...it so deep. i dunno, it kind of inspires me.
also, i highly admire william t. sherman for his plan to take the march through georgia and burn everything. highly creative and highly effective. nice work, general. we're studying the civil war in social studies, which is actually pretty interesting. i like WWI and WWII better, but studies about war periods are quite fascinating.
like i said, i have mad stalker skillz. o.0
i was reading his xanga blog (which can be reached at xanga.com/parkeryoung; simple enough) and noticed how he posts not about his life, but what influences it and what is helping him become a better man. sometimes it's not always "becoming a better man" like the vid he posted of a dog who violently twitches in his sleep (EL. OH. EL.) and his liking towards floridians, not because he is one. but you should check him out, he's a pretty neat guy.
he posts everyday, so everyday when i get home from school and get online, i do my ritual: check email, check facebook, check george hincapie's twitter, and now...parker young's blog. he posts everyday, so it's something i look forward to. he's such an amazing character. i want a big brother like him. {:)
so, i feel that i could probably post everyday. no one comes here, but i don't think everyone goes to parker's blog anyway either. i think that posting everyday, i'll get a clear overview of what really goes on in my head.
so anyway, i was thinking the other day about how on so many of those questionnaires they ask you what your favorite song is and i always reply, "so many songs..."
but i realized today that maybe, or for at least for the current days, i think that my favorite song might actually be miserabile visu. that song still gives me the spooks and i can't even listen to it at night or i'll think something will jump out at me, but...it so deep. i dunno, it kind of inspires me.
also, i highly admire william t. sherman for his plan to take the march through georgia and burn everything. highly creative and highly effective. nice work, general. we're studying the civil war in social studies, which is actually pretty interesting. i like WWI and WWII better, but studies about war periods are quite fascinating.
Monday, March 9, 2009
math=music.
i have real problems with math. you would think that after all of this time that i would think to study more and harder prior to upcoming quizzes and tests; i prepare and prepare and prepare...and get c's. hate my life.
so i started talking to my dad about my troubles concerning mathematics, and that i can't seem to get a grip, no matter how hard i reach. i got so frustrated at myself and math and everything to do with it because i don't have problems with any other subject. everything's perfectly dandy except that.
but then after a minute of silence, dad says, "you know, renee. there are so many misunderstood people out there. math is the same way. it was meant to be beautiful and fascinating, the way numbers work together and harmonize themselves. people have somehow turned math into a monster."
now that i realize that, i feel so sorry for this branch of study because it doesn't seem to get much slack. i think that i've turned math into a monster in my own mind is because of my surrounding atmosphere, that people say it's hard and i think that it must be. dad's a chemistry buff and understands math, and i want to be like that. to be like that person in your class that just...gets it. you know? it's so irritating that no matter how hard i try, it doesn't work.
i think my attitude towards the poor thing needs to change. i think everyone's perspective just has to change, and that numbers really do work magic.
so i started talking to my dad about my troubles concerning mathematics, and that i can't seem to get a grip, no matter how hard i reach. i got so frustrated at myself and math and everything to do with it because i don't have problems with any other subject. everything's perfectly dandy except that.
but then after a minute of silence, dad says, "you know, renee. there are so many misunderstood people out there. math is the same way. it was meant to be beautiful and fascinating, the way numbers work together and harmonize themselves. people have somehow turned math into a monster."
now that i realize that, i feel so sorry for this branch of study because it doesn't seem to get much slack. i think that i've turned math into a monster in my own mind is because of my surrounding atmosphere, that people say it's hard and i think that it must be. dad's a chemistry buff and understands math, and i want to be like that. to be like that person in your class that just...gets it. you know? it's so irritating that no matter how hard i try, it doesn't work.
i think my attitude towards the poor thing needs to change. i think everyone's perspective just has to change, and that numbers really do work magic.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
new post.
i am about to change this blogger skin because it has been the same for over a year, and it's driving me nuts! i like change; change is good.
so i got a wikipedia account because there were anberlin articles so out of date that it was outrageously crazy, and i decided to perhaps fix them myself, which wasn't bad. it's kind of pathetic that i can actually write articles about bands.
so then, i was looking at anberlin's wiki page and was reading it, about their christian orientation and them as a "christian band." is seems kind of stereotypical, you know? the way people put music into genres and say, "this is indie, this is alternative, this is heavy metal..." why can't it just be music, and let us all enjoy what is does for all of us?
especially with "christian rock." some people hear the word and scrunch their noses in distaste. don't you wish people wouldn't give it that name, because it's kind of excluding, if you know what i mean. it sounds like, "oh, you're not a christian, you can't listen to this music." i don't really listen to christian music all that often, in fact. i listen to music performed by christians. idk if you catch my drift...
as people, songwriters write about who they are and who they've influenced. and as christians, their faith is naturally going to come across in their music. it's not necessarily praising Jesus Christ, because, i mean, we have normal lives too. but once again, it comes across. like flyleaf. they aren't trying to write about their Savior, but as believers and writing about who they are, they will sing about it. and relient k. and anberlin. and ivoryline. and hawk nelson.
i love what knate young said about his faith. he said with interviewers that he doesn't mind being called a christian band because he is a christian, that he is a follower of Jesus Christ and doesn't understand why bands get confused with that question. he says he gets the question, "is anberlin a christian band?" and he replies, "yeah, we are -- as humans."
so i got a wikipedia account because there were anberlin articles so out of date that it was outrageously crazy, and i decided to perhaps fix them myself, which wasn't bad. it's kind of pathetic that i can actually write articles about bands.
so then, i was looking at anberlin's wiki page and was reading it, about their christian orientation and them as a "christian band." is seems kind of stereotypical, you know? the way people put music into genres and say, "this is indie, this is alternative, this is heavy metal..." why can't it just be music, and let us all enjoy what is does for all of us?
especially with "christian rock." some people hear the word and scrunch their noses in distaste. don't you wish people wouldn't give it that name, because it's kind of excluding, if you know what i mean. it sounds like, "oh, you're not a christian, you can't listen to this music." i don't really listen to christian music all that often, in fact. i listen to music performed by christians. idk if you catch my drift...
as people, songwriters write about who they are and who they've influenced. and as christians, their faith is naturally going to come across in their music. it's not necessarily praising Jesus Christ, because, i mean, we have normal lives too. but once again, it comes across. like flyleaf. they aren't trying to write about their Savior, but as believers and writing about who they are, they will sing about it. and relient k. and anberlin. and ivoryline. and hawk nelson.
i love what knate young said about his faith. he said with interviewers that he doesn't mind being called a christian band because he is a christian, that he is a follower of Jesus Christ and doesn't understand why bands get confused with that question. he says he gets the question, "is anberlin a christian band?" and he replies, "yeah, we are -- as humans."
Thursday, February 26, 2009
my new trademark.
so we did second step in science today, some psycho thing our school has to give us about "life lessons," i.e. bullying, anger management, etc. hah.
okay, so today's lesson was about anger management, and mrs. c was asking us about what to do to cope with anger. "what about exercising? like running, jumping rope, playing with the dog...?"
i mumble, "cycling,"
and charlotte, who knows about my huge thing for the sport goes, "you would!"
and then luisa looks at me and says, "paha. dream about going in the tour de france?"
so i guess people i think know me better for my cycling antics, and i stand out better with that. it's my new trademark i suppose. screw the poser punk look. haha.
okay, so today's lesson was about anger management, and mrs. c was asking us about what to do to cope with anger. "what about exercising? like running, jumping rope, playing with the dog...?"
i mumble, "cycling,"
and charlotte, who knows about my huge thing for the sport goes, "you would!"
and then luisa looks at me and says, "paha. dream about going in the tour de france?"
so i guess people i think know me better for my cycling antics, and i stand out better with that. it's my new trademark i suppose. screw the poser punk look. haha.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
D:
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
i want to cry.
i finally saw some good pictures of melanie hincapie, and she just rewrites the definition of physical beauty. GOSH! why does she have to be so darn pretty? makes me so mad. or sad. or happy. or makes me totally forget my crush on george and agree that they make the perfect couple. perfect, absolutely perfect.
waaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frank_steele/469480006/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frank_steele/233488667/in/photostream/
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/apr06/roubaix06/hincapie_trek/IMG_9981.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frank_steele/233493536/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/casagozo/3039139178/in/set-72157609276524198/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frank_steele/233498876/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frank_steele/233498876/in/photostream/
i want to cry.
i finally saw some good pictures of melanie hincapie, and she just rewrites the definition of physical beauty. GOSH! why does she have to be so darn pretty? makes me so mad. or sad. or happy. or makes me totally forget my crush on george and agree that they make the perfect couple. perfect, absolutely perfect.
waaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frank_steele/469480006/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frank_steele/233488667/in/photostream/
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/apr06/roubaix06/hincapie_trek/IMG_9981.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frank_steele/233493536/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/casagozo/3039139178/in/set-72157609276524198/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frank_steele/233498876/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frank_steele/233498876/in/photostream/
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
youtube comments.
observations.
so i'm an avid youtuber, just as the majority of americans, and i've noticed a few things on the comments below certain youtube videos:
on tokio hotel, taylor swift, britney spears, and 3OH!3 vids, there are heated arguements about "THEY ARE FRICKIN AWESOME!"
"YOU SUCK!"
"SHUT UP YOU FILTHY WHORE, YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!"
"YOU HAVE NO TASTE IN MUSIC!"
etc.
underneath anberlin vids, especially "(*fin)" and "miserabile visu (ex malo bonum)" there are huge, and i mean HUGE, fights about religion, christianity, etc. it's absolutely psycho.
so there. my rant of the day. xD
so i'm an avid youtuber, just as the majority of americans, and i've noticed a few things on the comments below certain youtube videos:
on tokio hotel, taylor swift, britney spears, and 3OH!3 vids, there are heated arguements about "THEY ARE FRICKIN AWESOME!"
"YOU SUCK!"
"SHUT UP YOU FILTHY WHORE, YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!"
"YOU HAVE NO TASTE IN MUSIC!"
etc.
underneath anberlin vids, especially "(*fin)" and "miserabile visu (ex malo bonum)" there are huge, and i mean HUGE, fights about religion, christianity, etc. it's absolutely psycho.
so there. my rant of the day. xD
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