Just a heads up that if all goes well, Asa Ame will be moving to a new home by the middle of next week! :]
I'll keep you updated.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Graduated!!!
I am free! I graduated yesterday afternoon, and I've got to say, I'm super glad.
I slept in yesterday, and I slept in today, and I'll sleep in tomorrow, and the day after that.... haha.
Anyways, the last few days of school were seriously a waste of time. I had no real final, and mostly all I ever did were stare blankly at things, play cards, read, or play with friends.
The scheduling for the finals were quite messed up.
I had period 1 and 2 and 3 exams on Monday, but then on Tuesday, I had period 1 AGAIN, and then period 4B, then 5, and then 4A exams (the order is kind of screwed up, too). So then on Tuesday, because all the teachers told us not to come, I didn't come in during 1st period, because it would have been utterly pointless.
Well, being the genius person that I am, I was obviously late to my 4B exam. Best moment of my life- walking into the class late.
But then, one of my friends came in like 30 minutes late, so I didn't feel as bad. 8D /epic failure
Anyways, the day later, we had period 2, which I took the "exam" on Monday for, but I had to go in because my orchestra teacher was proctoring on Monday for the American Government HSA (High School Assessments). That woman wasted 2 hours of my life that morning.
On Wednesday, we had our period 6 exam. And after that, the awards ceremony for various awards that people got.
Well, we practiced for that. How to proceed into the auditorium, how to stand in line, how to walk in line, how to sit down when told to- turn, lift, turn, sit, how to take off our hats, how to walk back out... For three hours on Monday.
And on Tuesday afternoon, we had practiced for the Graduation Ceremony. For three hours. How to stand in line, how to walk to our seats, how to walk up to the stage, how to accept everything, how to walk back down...
We were 3 years old again. They made us feel pretty stupid,that's for sure.
The actual graduation was on Thursday, which was yesterday, and I am now FINALLY done. We ate out at Sushi King for dinner, and that was the end of the day.
And I've got to say that my elbow hurts... I think something happened to it when my cat freaking ran away again, and we had to go capture her, and she was being violent.
Not only does she pull my hair, punch my face, claw my wrists and arms and back in the morning at 4:30AM so that I would feed her, now she has to start running away from home. This is quite an abusive relationship, me thinks.
Tomorrow, I need to go to Balticon at night. Hope we can get there and come back in one piece!
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Tagged by Pauline!
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people and post a comment to the person who tagged you once you’ve posted your three sentences.
「体を温める」と病気は必ず治る
石原結實
これを５～１０回、ゆっくりとやり、しばらく休んで、また同じ動作を繰り返し、全部で５セットくらいやるといい。このとき、胸をなるべく前に押し出すように、また、おしりをなるべく後ろに突き出すようにするのがコツだ。
だんだん筋力が付いてきて物足りなくなってきたら、１セット内の回数を１０～２０回に増やしたり、セット数を１０セットに増やすなどして重荷を上げていくといい。
If only my mom hadn't put this stupid book next to my computer... Just a little furter lies MANY normal books... lol
I tag whomever that wants to do it? XD
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Prom '08
My last prom of my high school career... My last prom of my life, probably.
My sister sucks at taking pictures, apparently. This would have been the best picture she took- especially if the sun weren't covering our faces.
I seem to be incapable of being EXTREMELY excited about something, or being excited about being somewhere afterwards.
It was an okay night, I guess.
I was tired by 9, and wanting to go home by 10.
I feel very sorry for my date. But it's not like there's anything to do there except go around complimenting each other's dresses.
So I danced. Haha.
I ate. The food was actually pretty good. The meat was cold, though. And I'm not too sure why, seeing to it that I was the first person to get it from that meat cutter?
And they had like 10 different kinds of cake and mini-cakes and fingers... *Q*
But I wish they had Italian ice... <- asking for too much
It reminded me of the so-much-more-expensively-done prom from one that I went 2 years ago for another school in my county. They had a hall reserved in the Raven's Stadium, had 2 types of Pina Coladas, chocolate fountain with tons of stuff to stick into it... It was nice.
Except it wasn't all that great, but then again, hey, I'm incapable of having fun.
I made a collage for my orchestra final project, which I totally wasn't going to do, but my procrastination against my AP test got the better of me...
Oh, and I don't think I mentioned this before, but a short story I wrote won 2nd place in a contest and now I get to go to a convention called Balticon... Except...
1) I don't really know what it is
2) I don't really want to go
3) It's on the day after my graduation to the Monday after
4) I have a calc class starting the day after
5) I'm going to have to miss like 4 graduation parties for it
Oh well.
Hope you guys are having an awesome May? I have 7 days of school left, including the 3 days for "finals" that I think I have none of. :)
My sister sucks at taking pictures, apparently. This would have been the best picture she took- especially if the sun weren't covering our faces.
I seem to be incapable of being EXTREMELY excited about something, or being excited about being somewhere afterwards.
It was an okay night, I guess.
I was tired by 9, and wanting to go home by 10.
I feel very sorry for my date. But it's not like there's anything to do there except go around complimenting each other's dresses.
So I danced. Haha.
I ate. The food was actually pretty good. The meat was cold, though. And I'm not too sure why, seeing to it that I was the first person to get it from that meat cutter?
And they had like 10 different kinds of cake and mini-cakes and fingers... *Q*
But I wish they had Italian ice... <- asking for too much
It reminded me of the so-much-more-expensively-done prom from one that I went 2 years ago for another school in my county. They had a hall reserved in the Raven's Stadium, had 2 types of Pina Coladas, chocolate fountain with tons of stuff to stick into it... It was nice.
Except it wasn't all that great, but then again, hey, I'm incapable of having fun.
I made a collage for my orchestra final project, which I totally wasn't going to do, but my procrastination against my AP test got the better of me...
Oh, and I don't think I mentioned this before, but a short story I wrote won 2nd place in a contest and now I get to go to a convention called Balticon... Except...
1) I don't really know what it is
2) I don't really want to go
3) It's on the day after my graduation to the Monday after
4) I have a calc class starting the day after
5) I'm going to have to miss like 4 graduation parties for it
Oh well.
Hope you guys are having an awesome May? I have 7 days of school left, including the 3 days for "finals" that I think I have none of. :)
Saturday, May 3, 2008
" Check List: How to Spot a Child Predator or Child Molester"
Oh! Guess what? I just posted a "comment" for that entry with my article URL, and it's awaiting moderation. Thanks for visiting, Warriors for Innocence!
"Warriors for Innocence"
[I am writing an entry here because apparently, if we even DARE to go against their beliefs in their comments section, they'll "delete comments immediately."]
This sincerely made me laugh... (Text directly quoted from "Warriors for Innocence")
Check List: How to Spot a Child Predator or Child Molester
You need to be aware of the following...
~ A person who is very helpful or alluring
~ A person who exhibits peer-like play
~ A person who has no adult friends and will spend time with children rather than adults
~ A person who plays tickling games and roughhouses/dog piles with kids
~ A person who is immediately accepted into the family
~ A person who refuses to honor boundaries set by you or by society in general
These are all signs of grooming that child predators will use on you, your family, and on entire communities. There is no way to know for sure if someone is a child molester until they have violated a child. Therefore, you cannot accuse someone based on this information. Instead, you can use this as a tool to screen out high risk people, and to keep them away from your children.
Anyone who is nice and will be nice without asking for compensation is naturally, at all times, an evil person wanting to get your baby from you so that he can rape her.
The last time I checked, doing nice things without getting paid was called "volunteering," and being nice to your friends and neighbors were called "common sense." Since when do you need to be paid to justify the fact that you aren't a pedophile?
I find this VERY offending. Many people have been nice to me and my family in the many years we've been around, and I do believe I have been nice to many people without compensation. Sometimes, they don't even realize what I did for them.
But I guess now, they and I are all pedophiles, out to get each other's kids.
As a person going to major in early childhood education to become a GASP!!! PRESCHOOL TEACHER?!?!?, I find this section of the post very offending:
A person who has no adult friends and will spend time with children rather than adults:
We all have friends and even acquaintances that we talk with on a regular basis. Child predators devote all of their time to children. Their entire lives revolve around children. They continue babysitting, and often prefer activities and jobs that involve children like mentoring for children’s organizations, coaching, teaching, camp counselors, etc. They will often choose these activities over socializing with their adult peers.
Well, the last time I checked, we were at a very big shortage for teachers. I guess it's because we are all afraid we'll be labeled as pedophiles if we revolve our lives around kids.
I love kids. I love being with them, watch them learn, teach them things and see that they have an enormous capacity to learn and live which we lost long ago.
They are our future.
Without people to guide them, there will be no future generation. But now, apparently, all of us who try to help the children grow up to be responsible, caring adults are pedophiles out to rape and molest little kids.
A person who is immediately accepted into the family:
Being accepted into a family situation should take time and trust. Child predators are skilled at manipulating adults into accepting them. Stop and take a look at any situation where a stranger, who approaches your family or child, immediately gains your trust and acceptance.
That is obviously not the person's fault that they were accepted. The family accepted them into their family, and probably because they believe that the person is a good person. It is your responsibility as a parent to gauge who comes near you as safe or unsafe. Just because someone is friendly does not mean he is going to come and rape your kids.
I think these people should read over what they write and think to themselves, "Hey... whom are we offending?"
"Do we really care about the kids we say we care about?"
Because if they did, they wouldn't be belittling the educators and people who take care of children because they love children because that is how we are.
We aren't interested in having sex with little kids. We aren't interested in molesting your little kids. I like having fun with them. And I don't consider it a crime to love kids.
I wouldn't want to raise my kids where we are so afraid and paranoid of each other that our children grow up to be very insecure and afraid of the world, unable to trust anyone.
Trust is an important part of a human being's life, and it has taken me YEARS to learn how to have one in people.
Works Cited:
Sues. " Check List: How to Spot a Child Predator or Child Molester." Weblog entry. 29 Apr. 2008. Warriors For Innocence. 3 May 2008
"Warriors for Innocence"
[I am writing an entry here because apparently, if we even DARE to go against their beliefs in their comments section, they'll "delete comments immediately."]
This sincerely made me laugh... (Text directly quoted from "Warriors for Innocence")
Check List: How to Spot a Child Predator or Child Molester
You need to be aware of the following...
~ A person who is very helpful or alluring
~ A person who exhibits peer-like play
~ A person who has no adult friends and will spend time with children rather than adults
~ A person who plays tickling games and roughhouses/dog piles with kids
~ A person who is immediately accepted into the family
~ A person who refuses to honor boundaries set by you or by society in general
These are all signs of grooming that child predators will use on you, your family, and on entire communities. There is no way to know for sure if someone is a child molester until they have violated a child. Therefore, you cannot accuse someone based on this information. Instead, you can use this as a tool to screen out high risk people, and to keep them away from your children.
Anyone who is nice and will be nice without asking for compensation is naturally, at all times, an evil person wanting to get your baby from you so that he can rape her.
The last time I checked, doing nice things without getting paid was called "volunteering," and being nice to your friends and neighbors were called "common sense." Since when do you need to be paid to justify the fact that you aren't a pedophile?
I find this VERY offending. Many people have been nice to me and my family in the many years we've been around, and I do believe I have been nice to many people without compensation. Sometimes, they don't even realize what I did for them.
But I guess now, they and I are all pedophiles, out to get each other's kids.
As a person going to major in early childhood education to become a GASP!!! PRESCHOOL TEACHER?!?!?, I find this section of the post very offending:
A person who has no adult friends and will spend time with children rather than adults:
We all have friends and even acquaintances that we talk with on a regular basis. Child predators devote all of their time to children. Their entire lives revolve around children. They continue babysitting, and often prefer activities and jobs that involve children like mentoring for children’s organizations, coaching, teaching, camp counselors, etc. They will often choose these activities over socializing with their adult peers.
Well, the last time I checked, we were at a very big shortage for teachers. I guess it's because we are all afraid we'll be labeled as pedophiles if we revolve our lives around kids.
I love kids. I love being with them, watch them learn, teach them things and see that they have an enormous capacity to learn and live which we lost long ago.
They are our future.
Without people to guide them, there will be no future generation. But now, apparently, all of us who try to help the children grow up to be responsible, caring adults are pedophiles out to rape and molest little kids.
A person who is immediately accepted into the family:
Being accepted into a family situation should take time and trust. Child predators are skilled at manipulating adults into accepting them. Stop and take a look at any situation where a stranger, who approaches your family or child, immediately gains your trust and acceptance.
That is obviously not the person's fault that they were accepted. The family accepted them into their family, and probably because they believe that the person is a good person. It is your responsibility as a parent to gauge who comes near you as safe or unsafe. Just because someone is friendly does not mean he is going to come and rape your kids.
I think these people should read over what they write and think to themselves, "Hey... whom are we offending?"
"Do we really care about the kids we say we care about?"
Because if they did, they wouldn't be belittling the educators and people who take care of children because they love children because that is how we are.
We aren't interested in having sex with little kids. We aren't interested in molesting your little kids. I like having fun with them. And I don't consider it a crime to love kids.
I wouldn't want to raise my kids where we are so afraid and paranoid of each other that our children grow up to be very insecure and afraid of the world, unable to trust anyone.
Trust is an important part of a human being's life, and it has taken me YEARS to learn how to have one in people.
Works Cited:
Sues. " Check List: How to Spot a Child Predator or Child Molester." Weblog entry. 29 Apr. 2008. Warriors For Innocence. 3 May 2008
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