Well, had the first day back to school today. I must say it was about the most typical day of school possible. My schedule this year is not exactly the greatest. I guess it could be worse, but it wasn’t amazing by any means either. It’s kind of a strange badness too. There’s nothing specifically bad about it that I can put a finger on, but just the way it falls together and the way everything fits, I just don’t like it. The main thing wrong with it is that basically all my friends in French are in the other period for Honors French 2. Otherwise I don’t have all that many friends in my classes and it just seems odd. My locker location also isn’t the greatest. It’s very near my second period but I’m nowhere near it after than, making traveling to it not really an option during the day.
Course wise I do like the courses I have this year for the most part though. The only one I’m not exactly busting with excitement about is Computer Apps, but hopefully it won’t be too bad. At least I’ll get to work with computers a lot, even if on Windows, meh. Also all of my teachers seem to be pretty good, except for one, and another I’m still deciding about.
All in all, I have very mixed feelings about this school year. It feels very awkward and, I don’t know what, but at the same time I feel sort of excited about it for some reason. I guess I’ll just have to give it a couple of weeks and see how it’s going.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Back to School...
Well, had the first day back to school today. I must say it was about the most typical day of school possible. My schedule this year is not exactly the greatest. I guess it could be worse, but it wasn’t amazing by any means either. It’s kind of a strange badness too. There’s nothing specifically bad about it that I can put a finger on, but just the way it falls together and the way everything fits, I just don’t like it. The main thing wrong with it is that basically all my friends in French are in the other period for Honors French 2. Otherwise I don’t have all that many friends in my classes and it just seems odd. My locker location also isn’t the greatest. It’s very near my second period but I’m nowhere near it after than, making traveling to it not really an option during the day.
Course wise I do like the courses I have this year for the most part though. The only one I’m not exactly busting with excitement about is Computer Apps, but hopefully it won’t be too bad. At least I’ll get to work with computers a lot, even if on Windows, meh. Also all of my teachers seem to be pretty good, except for one, and another I’m still deciding about.
All in all, I have very mixed feelings about this school year. It feels very awkward and, I don’t know what, but at the same time I feel sort of excited about it for some reason. I guess I’ll just have to give it a couple of weeks and see how it’s going.
Course wise I do like the courses I have this year for the most part though. The only one I’m not exactly busting with excitement about is Computer Apps, but hopefully it won’t be too bad. At least I’ll get to work with computers a lot, even if on Windows, meh. Also all of my teachers seem to be pretty good, except for one, and another I’m still deciding about.
All in all, I have very mixed feelings about this school year. It feels very awkward and, I don’t know what, but at the same time I feel sort of excited about it for some reason. I guess I’ll just have to give it a couple of weeks and see how it’s going.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Last Activities of "Summer"
Well essentially I've got two days of adventures to share here. Though I could say a lot about each of them, the main thing I have to say about both days is one word: HOT. We've had several days in a row in the high 90s (Fahrenheit) if not in the 100s. According to www.weather.com the highest that we have it is still 99º but I think it has gotten hotter than that (our car thermometers have gone as high as 106º. Actual temperature aside, it's still hot.
Friday was a very fun day indeed, despite the heat. My dad took off at lunch and we took off to the lake. Needless to say we stayed in the water a lot, though the water wasn't all that much cooler than the air. We had to go down about 10 feet or more to get a significant relief from the heat, but of course staying there for much more than 30 seconds to a minute at a time wasn't really an option. It was a day filled with snorkeling/diving, wakeboarding, and ridin' around in the boat. A nice way to spend my last weekday out of school this summer to be sure.
Today was probably even hotter. We got up early and headed to Waffle House where we met up with the rest of our motorcycle buddies for some breakfast and then headed up to Jefferson, GA in Jackson county where the first (hopefully annual) Jackson EMC motorcycle ride was set to begin. After just a few minutes of waiting around we were off on a long ride. I think all told we rode over 100 miles (160km) today. The destination of the ride was the Georgia Drag Strip (completely guessing on the name), where we actually got to ride down the drag strip. Luckily we also got to see some dragsters running it as well.
The ride back to the Jackson EMC headquarters was certainly the interesting bit. It seems to be going well for a while, despite the ultra-slow trike behind us that blocked off the rest of our group, and nearly got them lost. I was just glad that we got past them. At one sharp curve though, someone lost control and ran off the road or something. He had to be transported in an ambulance and, if I heard correctly, suffered several lacerations. Probably not the most fun day for him. Much of the ride stopped there to make sure everything was alright for a few minutes, but by doing that we got separated from the leading end, and so had no clue how to get back. Luckily somebody in the group did, so we were able to follow them back to Jackson EMC where lunch and door prizes were waiting for us.
Following the lunch and door prizes (which we won none of) it was time for a hot ride home, but we are finally here, and I'm glad to be siting here in A/C in some fresh clothes. Anyway, looks like it will be time to head back to school Monday, we'll see how that goes haha.
Friday was a very fun day indeed, despite the heat. My dad took off at lunch and we took off to the lake. Needless to say we stayed in the water a lot, though the water wasn't all that much cooler than the air. We had to go down about 10 feet or more to get a significant relief from the heat, but of course staying there for much more than 30 seconds to a minute at a time wasn't really an option. It was a day filled with snorkeling/diving, wakeboarding, and ridin' around in the boat. A nice way to spend my last weekday out of school this summer to be sure.
Today was probably even hotter. We got up early and headed to Waffle House where we met up with the rest of our motorcycle buddies for some breakfast and then headed up to Jefferson, GA in Jackson county where the first (hopefully annual) Jackson EMC motorcycle ride was set to begin. After just a few minutes of waiting around we were off on a long ride. I think all told we rode over 100 miles (160km) today. The destination of the ride was the Georgia Drag Strip (completely guessing on the name), where we actually got to ride down the drag strip. Luckily we also got to see some dragsters running it as well.
The ride back to the Jackson EMC headquarters was certainly the interesting bit. It seems to be going well for a while, despite the ultra-slow trike behind us that blocked off the rest of our group, and nearly got them lost. I was just glad that we got past them. At one sharp curve though, someone lost control and ran off the road or something. He had to be transported in an ambulance and, if I heard correctly, suffered several lacerations. Probably not the most fun day for him. Much of the ride stopped there to make sure everything was alright for a few minutes, but by doing that we got separated from the leading end, and so had no clue how to get back. Luckily somebody in the group did, so we were able to follow them back to Jackson EMC where lunch and door prizes were waiting for us.
Following the lunch and door prizes (which we won none of) it was time for a hot ride home, but we are finally here, and I'm glad to be siting here in A/C in some fresh clothes. Anyway, looks like it will be time to head back to school Monday, we'll see how that goes haha.
Friday, August 3, 2007
Hary Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Well, I have now finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. What an amazing book it was. Seeing as there's not really a good place for me to put a review for it that I know of, like Rotten Tomatoes for movies, I suppose I will post it here. I'll do my best to avoid spilling spoilers on here, but I can't make any promises, terribly sorry if I let something slip.
Rowling has certainly done it again with the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter series. This is definitely the most exciting of the series, and is certainly my favorite. The characters are as excellently crafted as ever, and that unique Harry Potter feel is still there. The action starts with a bang in the first couple of chapters and ends with an even bigger bang among the last pages of the book. While I do wish theres was a bit more of Hogwarts present in the book, it's not a huge problem, and the reason for it not being there is a good one; it's not like it just accidentally wasn't included. The action is there, and when there's not much action going on it it still really difficult to put it down. All in all, this is one amazing book, and I recommend it to anybody, but, of course don't read it until you've read 1-6 (unlike my mom, who has only seen the movies 1-5 and picked 7 up and read the last two chapters)!
Ok sorry that's kind of short but it's difficult to write a book review for something like this without giving a lot away. It was a great finish to a great series, but it is sort of sad to know that it's over, that we won't get to see Harry on any more incredible adventures, but then I suppose everything has to end eventually, so might as well finish it in such a great way!
Rowling has certainly done it again with the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter series. This is definitely the most exciting of the series, and is certainly my favorite. The characters are as excellently crafted as ever, and that unique Harry Potter feel is still there. The action starts with a bang in the first couple of chapters and ends with an even bigger bang among the last pages of the book. While I do wish theres was a bit more of Hogwarts present in the book, it's not a huge problem, and the reason for it not being there is a good one; it's not like it just accidentally wasn't included. The action is there, and when there's not much action going on it it still really difficult to put it down. All in all, this is one amazing book, and I recommend it to anybody, but, of course don't read it until you've read 1-6 (unlike my mom, who has only seen the movies 1-5 and picked 7 up and read the last two chapters)!
Ok sorry that's kind of short but it's difficult to write a book review for something like this without giving a lot away. It was a great finish to a great series, but it is sort of sad to know that it's over, that we won't get to see Harry on any more incredible adventures, but then I suppose everything has to end eventually, so might as well finish it in such a great way!
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