T2B23

Wow, I'm good. Today, I wrote my chinese term paper. I basically forgot about this exam until these two days. So when I say I barely studied, I'm not exaggerating - but I wish I were. still,  I'm incredible, I got 2nd place - a 98%. holy crap!* Chinese (mandarin) comes easy to me, since I speak it at home, so I've got a bit of an advantage, but still, I got such a high score on the written aspect. Impressive - *pat on the back*. That's another test down.

T2B22

World religions class - we're gonna start that in Socials (synergy) 8 next class. I hope I get taoism, shinto, buddhism, or jainism... They seem interesting. India is the origin of so many religions. It makes me dizzy to think about all the differences. I'm really new towards studying religion. What we've often done in the past is study culture and civilization. I guess this is more understanding towards a belief and a way of life. I don't really want a really broad topic - too hard to give a report on - there's too much info, but I don't want one where there are only 5 articles about it in the world wide web. I guess I'm picky picky, but everyone's like this - easier time. :)

I'm so excited about the religions we're gonna learn, less enthusiastic about the big projects, but still - filled with ecstasy.

thank god thank god - T2B21

today, I am officially finished my brain presentation. In fact, with a few more practice rounds of speech, I could probably volunteer to do my presentation on the14th - Friday. I want to do it near the beginning to get it over with, since I've got two more big projects to go. This way, I could begin to life some of the homework load off my back. Left-handedness. It's been lots of fun to research, to be honest - lots of really cool info I never new before. Who would have guess that all left handers had once had a twin, but they were absorbed back into the mother's body! Weird, but interestings. I put that under my Did You Knows

Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! - T2B20

The brain presentation is due next day - and I'm still abit confused about parts of the criteria. WHAT AM I GONNA DO?!!!!!!! Must find more time..... or Mr. Olson could be really nice and extend the due date just a day or two more. For now, thanx if you do. Oh well, I had to give it a shot of you don't. Peace.

T2B19

I've been reading Halfbrother by Kenneth Oppel - it's an awesome book, I tell you. It's his latest novel - not part of a series. It is influenced by a chimpanzee were a science drags his family across the country for a rare science experiment. I have to do my book talk on it, so I'm really taking it out in detail. I haven't read may of Oppel's books before, despite how immensely popular the Silverwing Saga is. After how much I loved Halfbrother, I should really try it out. There's one phrase I learned from Halfbrother that I really like. It goes something like this: When you take an animal away from its natural habitat, it will always be a prisoner in cells even if the owners are nice. The difference would be whether the prison guards (us) are nice or not.

T2B18

A word of advice - if you ever go skiing, go more than once. You'll get used to it and begin to enjoy it more towards the later days. I'm serious. I haven't been skiing in like about 2 years. Today, I come home very sore, in pain, tired, and cold. I also smell like skii boots. Whoopee. :(. We're probably going again tomorrow, so I'm gonna work on having a better time. It's a once-in-a-year kinda thing. It's my job to learn to (have to) love it.  I really do once I get used to the soreness.

Another word of advice - always bring a change of warm dried clothing. It'll be much more comfortable. Trust me, I've had experience.

lights OUT - T2B17

My Gosh!!!! - today - the electricity line cut down, so there was an unplanned new bedtime. It's about 6:30 - I'm gonna go to bed in a minutes. Seems funny to think of how little humans have now when electricity is not an option. No games, homework, light, TV, refrigeration, phone - that's most of our daily lives. We go back old-schooled and tried spotting stars. I only saw the big Dipper. I'm not too sure what many other constellations look like anyway. My mom told me a few chinese stories/legends about them. And to be honest, it was really pretty cool. I had a surprisingly good time and it was one of those nights where we were all ears. - happy ears:)