hehe..so cool. I used a double-exposure along with a tripod to make these pictures. I figured out what half of the shutter speed should be for the correct exposure, set my picture up, took one picture (with the camera on the tripod) and then took another one with the same shutter speed. It was pretty cool.

Ok, it's Saturday and I really don't feel like doing homework right now.

This week...nothing much. I've been dead tired because I didn't go to bed before 11:30 or 12 at all this week. And then Thursday was torture. Went to a party then got back at like 10 at night and had 2 tests to study for, a Spanish paper to write, and like a million other things to do. Oh well.

Other than that...I am very angry that Massachusetts has changed its driving laws. Now they're making laws for kids under 18 very, very harsh. Below is what the paper says
If you get a speeding ticket (previously a $50 fine)...

• your license is suspended for 90 days
• you get a $50 fine
• you have to go through a state-led "road rage" program
• you must complete an "attitudinal retraining course"
• you have to pay a $500 reinstatement fee
• additional $10 for every mile per hour you are above the speed limi

People who are just getting their license also need to drive for 40 hours with a parent (raised from 12 hours) and 12 hours in a driver education course (up from 6 hours). In addition, the police can pull you over if they think someone in your car is under 21 during your first 6 months with your junior license.

Ok. There are sooo many things wrong with this new system. First, as a kid on the track team put it, the state is being ageist. Sure there may be some teenagers who are bad drivers, but that doesn't mean that everyone else has to pay for their mistakes. The majority of teenagers that I know are pretty good drivers, and I have met some pretty terrible older drivers. The state was just penalized for being sexist, giving male drivers a higher insurance rate, so why is age any different?

Also, some people don't have enough money to pay these fines. In such a way, it will penalize people who don't have enough money to pay the $500 reinstatement fee and therefore can't drive because they don't have a license.

So, basically, the state is stupid.

Other than that...nothing much. Just finished running 800's. Sort of bittersweet having to wake up at 8:30 in the morning and run so much. The waking up part is hard..and the running is sweet. Oh well.

I really have nothing else to write. I've been listening to that song, "Inside of Love" by Nada Surf like nonstop. It is quite amazing.

But, yeah. Really nothing else to write

If you like piano, you'll like this video

but, yeyah.
Time for some homework.

Peace

PS
apparently, I messed something up so that now if you want to post a comment, you have to click on the link that says "X COMMENTS" below.

"Let Go" by Frou Frou. Listen to it.

Ok. I have decided that "the Garden State" is my new favorite movie. I don't even know why. I saw it at my uncle's house, and for some reason all of the movies I see there are somehow amazingly good...I don't know how to describe it. Momento was another one which I saw over there..quite amazing.

The Garden State also had amazing music. I have officially decided now that I like the Shins, especially their songs which were in the movie (new slang and caring is creepy). But, more importantly, the sort of theme song for the movie is a song which I can't stop listening to, "let go" by Frou Frou. Listen to it. It is amazing.

But, yeahh...this week has been fairly uneventful so far. I had a Spanish test today which I thought I studied enough for, but apparently not. On the other hand, I've been having very odd math quizzes/tests, thinking that I have failed them but actually acing them (I did that three times in a row).

Oh well. I realized the other day that men are stereotyped way too frequently. They are looked down upon for taking possession of their wives, but in reality, women are probably controlling over their husbands just as often. I actually heard two women talking about how if women don't know how to control their husband, then they don't deserve to be married to that man. Our society is full of stupid stereotypes, but it is just a matter of which ones are brought to our attention.

But, yeah...not much else to say. Crazy nights doing homework for the past week or so. my bio teacher said that at this time, we have so much work, but our work habits from the beginning of the year should make it easy for us to just "fly right over" the massive amount of work we have now. No flying in my mind, though. Just one image pops into my mind; going 80 down a freeway with a flat tire.

Peace

EDITT

Ok, 10 songs that start with C...
1. Caring is creepy- the Shins
2. Camisado- Panic at the Disco
3. California Justice- Five for Fighting
4. Cemetery Drive- My Chemical Romance
5. Clarity- John Mayer
6. Complentamente- Chetes
7. Change your mind- the Killers
8. Crooked Teeth- Death Cab for Cutie
9. City of Angels- Red Hot Chili Peppers
10. Come Right Out and Say it- Relient K

Sweet

not sure

Why is it that I get caught up in stupid music? I hate... I am very angered at the fact that I gave in and got a stupid ipod and started listening to stupid music. Now I get so distracted. So amazingly distracted.

Hmm...I have this bio lab that I reaaally don't want to do for tomorrow...well more kinda a like half-lab, but whatevs.

I am really bored, but reallly need to get back to work, so I will take a very short survey

Twenty Random Questions Survey
1. What are you wearing right now?	jeans and my xc sweatshirt
2. When is your birthday?	August 1st
4. Have you ever been on a snowmobile?	no...really want to, though
5. Soup or salad?	uhm... I don't really like either
6. Do you wear glasses?	nope
7. Have you ever been in love?	well..depends what one considers love
8. TV or movie?	uhm..movie?
9. Would you kill someone?	no...
10. What is your favorite flavor in general?	vanilla...I am very boring
11. Hug or kiss?	hugss
12. Math or science?	science all the wayy (yess ap bio)
13. Favorite country?	Switzerland (only because August 1st is their independence day)
14. Do you believe in love?	yes. I think.
15. Do you hate someone?	not that I'd be willing to admit.
16. How are you feeling right now?	tired, bored
17. Would you sell your soul to the Devil?	probably not
18. Long or short hair?	long all the wayy...except it takes a while to grow it out and in the intermediate stages it doesn't look too good.
19. Do you study the Bible?	In a way. I know most parts of the bible..but I don't like study it.
20. Have you ever gone to a mall?	yes? Who hasn't?

I always hate those things. They're pretty much pointless and reveal way too much information about yourself to random people. Oh well...this one wasn't too terribly revealing.


Peace

Make a wish. It's 11:26. (I missed 11:11)

Well. I am angry right now. Well, in a way, sort of. I was studying for a bio test which I have tomorrow since about 7:00. And now I realize that it's not tomorrow. Oh, wow. I'm stupid.

But, yeah. Hmmm..

I had an uneventful day. Went to school at noon cause it was a shoorrrt dayy. Quite sweet. I was so pleased with my luxurious brunch of UNO's homemade pizza that I like ended up almost being late to school and having to bike furiously up like crazy hills (when I was planning on walking) to get to school on time. But, yeah...English class=I don't have to pay attention, History=I was watching a movie and then I had a free in which I discussed schtuff about my schtupid photo project. Well, maybe it's not terribly stupid. Oh, AND. I turned my Junior Thesis in today. 12 pages of pure glory, I was like so proud when I felt actually how thick it really was (Final draft+bibliography+bibliographic essay=5000 wordss!!). But, yeah...other than that. Pretty uneventful day.

Hmm....since I don't have a bio test tomorrow, that means she will probably give us a quiz on what we were supposed to have read for tomorrow. She has told us that she is going to assign a chapter per day for the rest of the year because we are so behind. Oh well.

Did a six-miler today in track. Twas quite sweet. I was especially proud that in the end, I was leading the pack and had like enough energy to actually speed everyone up, although I don't think anyone else appreciated that. Distance running is where it's at. Although I am upset that I can't do the time trials Friday cause I am going to Pennsylvania to look at colleges and such. Oh well.

Other than that, yeah...life is pretty much the same. I'm still wondering whether random imagery in books was actually put there by the author or whether it is created by the reader's mind. And, wow. That was random.

Regina Spektor+Fall Out Boy+Five For Fighting+The Fray=amazing.

And now I'm just trying to kill time. Although I really don't have any time which I can kill, which is not good. I am going to end up killing time which I actually still needed alive. Lol. Talk about killing time.


I shan't say any more.
Other than that I am indecisive.


and crazy.


Goodnight.

tired (not enough time)

Ok, first, before I forget..I just found the coolest thing to do with google. I you have anything you want to define, like everything from short phrases to events to really complicated names that aren't in dictionaries, you can find an easy definition just by typing define:the word(s) you want to define. It's like really easy to use and is like perfect for defining biology and/or any other terms which you feel like defining.

But..yeaahh..I really have nothing to post here. I have finally finished the thesis from hell (or almost finished...still have that paper on how I wrote my paper to write). It was actually pretty entertaining because my like normal every-night bio homework was 1/4 of my thesis (900 words). Oh welll

Hmmm. Track starts tomorrow. I can't wait for that! I love track and everything that has to do with it.

Oh well. This post is quite short. Maybe more sometime later, but sleep for now.


Goodnight.

I don't know

So. This week has been very terribly amazingly uneventful. It started out warm, and got up to 70 yesterday. But, amazingly enough, it's gonna snow like 8 inches tomorrow. It is like a mix of perfect warmth then a perfect winter snowstorm in the same week! Amazing.

But other than that, everything has been pretty much status quo. I am trying to run every day in an attempt to get in shape for the outdoor season. If it weren't for my stupid knee (which only hurts when I am sitting down), I would be out there with my friends doing 400's...but I'm not sure if I can handle that. Especially because they're like crazy sprinters (since when is Nasko a good sprinterr???) who do like 64 second 400 repeats. I wouldn't be able to keep up. Especially since I am a distance runner.

But, yeah. I use the term "yeah" way too much and can't stop. wow. But, yeah (there I go again), I shall continue with my training till mondayy when the actual season startss...I am sooo pumped.


But, yeah. Lately...

I have decided that arguing is pointless. After an argument starts, we are more focused on beating the other person's argument rather than convincing them of our own. The most efficient argument is not one which criticizes the opponents views, but instead one which ignores the opponents views all together and focuses on strengthening your own point of view.

Ok, if you followed that, good for you.

One little scary thing which I found this week is the yellowpages mapping function. From here, fill out a form to map a place, click "Get map", and switch to the "birds eye" view. Those are some pretty high-quality pictures with which you can zoom in like incredibly.

Ok, this post has been all over the place. I don't know what else to write. So I'll end with a quote.

"We sometimes know what we don’t know, but we always don’t know what we know. "

Homeworktime

Peace


oh, ps, it is amazing how sad it is that I still have my Christmas tree set up. We have it outside our living room window this year, due to allergies, and have been way too lazy to take it down. Quite sad. Although it is cheery to get a hint of Christmas every once in a while.

esperando

Ok I am GOING TO post. No matter how tired I feel. (although this may be quite a pathetic post)

My thoughts right now
Brian Peppers and whether he is real or not. :/. Maybe it doesn't really matter?

the fact that I keep going to cnn.com whenever I get on the computer is beginning to annoy me

I am up very late (for my standards) right now

Although I have failed to install one of those patch thingys for my compy, it still has the right time

(^^I guess Y2K didn't really happen either)

I find it funny that the school bell (which we are supposed to have 5 minutes before and when the first class in the morning starts) went off an hour later today

I find it frustrating that our school doesn't have bells

I miss middle school

No, I miss eighth grade

I am still embarassed about the time when I accidentally shared the food of my infatuation in elementary school (in third grade). I was so nervous that she was sitting next to me that when she got up to get her jacket, I accidentally scooted over and started eating off of her plate (ACCIDENTALLY) without knowing it. When she came back, both she and I were surprised.

How can I still be embarrassed (let alone remember) about that?

My frustrating bio teacher gave us a quiz which I was not prepared for today. She ended up making it an open-book, open-note, talk-to-your-neighbor, ask-the-teacher quiz. I still think I only got an A-

I know I have a Spanish pop quiz tomorrow, but I am trying to block it from my memory, for it is supposed to be a pop quiz.

Speaking of blocking things out, I am reading a story in Spanish where a woman grew up a catholic and grew up with this saintly priest, but then learned that even the priest didn't believe in god or heaven. Once he told her that, she was convinced that there was no god. How could you live with that belief?

I really want to break a pencil in half right now, but I don't think that would be very productive.

I get confused sometimes

I think I'm crazy sometimes

I sometimes think that I have bent myself so much to please others that I have no personality. I am who people want me to be. And I focus on that way too much. That is not me...I've forgotten who the real me is.

I wrote that for part of my SAT essay section. I don't think that's what they're looking for.

I am tired now

This week has been crazy

The week has been crazy. Pretty much. From labs to tests to worrying about the SAT, I haven't gotten to bed before 11:00 at all this week, which is pretty bad for me.

*stops writing for like 3 days*

Ok...so...just came back from the Winter Athletics Varsity Awards ceremony. It was quite sweet, except they nearly forgot to call my name. There were about 20-25 kids there for indoor. I just kept on waiting, thinking they would come back to me at the end. Luckily, I got someone's attention, and they realized that I had been called yet. Oh well. Varsity letter=sweet. If I do 2 varsity sports next year (which I am), then I am going to get a special award thingy for getting 7 varsity letters. Cool, cool.

But, yeah. The last few days have been like the rest of the week, in that I've been going to be at about 11:30 every night. But, last night, I actually didn't have a terrible amount of homework, so I tried to go to bed early. But, unfortunately, I failed miserably 'cause I was so used to going to bed late. So, yeah...sitting in bed thinking...

Pretty much..I wondered why I could think that I was thinking about me thinking, or just people's existence overall. I can understand how a human body works, consisting of thousands of cells all working in unison, but I couldn't grasp the idea of the conscious. I mean, how do we know that we exist? We are really just many thousands of little creatures (cells), but are they what create the conscious? How can the existence of something so seamless and intangible as the mind be defined in terms of biology and neuroscience? (in a way, it's actually terrifying to think if we would exist if we did not have the sense of touching, tasting, smell, hearing, or seeing. We would be a prisoner of our own minds, ignorant of the real world.)

But yeah...moving on...If thousands of cells working together can create a creature intelligent enough to think and know of its own existence, then what about the thousands of humans on this world? Do we create some sort of larger being? In a way, today's society does create a living creature, from growing, to having ups and downs to getting sick and getting healthy again. A bit odd to think about.

Ok. Now that I have that out of my system.

I recently found a cartoon thingy (look below) which really struck me in some way.

(http://xkcd.com)

I'm not really sure why I like it so much. Just sort of heartwarming.


But, yeah, I should get off to some bio studying or something like that.

Peace.

Rainy Friday

SsoO.
Psychology it is.

I have been debating over what I am really interested in and what I just find interesting...and have finally decided to ignore my age-old attraction to the ocean and move on to psychology instead. AP psych will be such an awesome class. I will be very angry at my teacher if A) He doesn't recommend me for AP psych of B) He is my teacher for that class next year. Oh, well. Things could be worse.

Along those lines, I have been frustratingly looking for colleges. I am now beginning to feel the stress of looking for colleges, and I'm not liking it at all. Oh, well, I guess that this is what the next two years of my life are going to be like.

I now hate photosynthesis. Dannenberg (my teacher) is frustrating and makes us write so much for our labs. It is so frustrating, and I always have at least one night per term when I need to finish a formal lab and I always stay up until like 1-3 in the morning for those. And so, yeah, last night was the night I needed to finish my (very extended) lab (on photosynthesis). I can't think now. So I apologize if this post is a bunch of incoherent words.

Speaking of staying up late and not being able to think, the feeling that you get the day (or the morning) after, is absolutely amazing. It is almost like I don't really care about what other people think about me, and I am more relaxed and can like talk more. Very odd...this is why I like psychology.

But, yes...running out of things to talk about...

Ok, philosophy time...I was like actually thinking about like the whole idea of winning the lottery and everything the other day. But, seriously, the lottery is absolutely a terrible thing to have. Us rich folk (and I'm generalizing, but most people in the United States are at least average to above average in wealth) are always aiming to be richer. What the lottery is really doing is making the rich richer and not supporting anything but increasing wealth in an already wealthy society. It is sad to say, but if we really want to make the rest of the world a better (and wealthier) place, we will have to become poorer ourselves. And, I don't mean like losing a percent of you income to donations. I mean living and working entirely for the purpose of providing for others. Only in this way will we be able to fix our global problems. Hmm...that actually sounds a lot like communism...

Done with philosophy time. Ok, something really off topic....the other day I found a video linked from a news article involving the worst sports accidents of all time. One video is still playing back in my head, of Clint Malarchuk (a hockey goalie) accidentally getting a skate to his neck by the opposing team. Within 2 seconds, there is a 3 foot pool of blood in front of him. It just makes my stomach churn to think of what was going through his mind right then. Ok, so this is REALLY graphic, so unless you're really comfortable with blood or really want to see this, don't click here to watch the video. You might just want to listen to the commentators first. Just thought I'd share that.

Ok, so time to work on crazy Friday night homework, and looking forward to tomorrow night for something exciting. Hopefully if I have the guts. Hehe, I love making people wonder what I'm talking about.


Peace