This laptop is being pretty dang slow, so I don't want to take forever writing this.
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so NO SCHOOL! *woop-woop* I planned to spend the day writing this, posting "This Time", and possibly finishing Family History! And, If I have time, read some Edgar Allen Poe.
First up. So, I posted a song I wrote a few days ago. I got that whole thing finished within a few hours, I think! A few parts don't make perfect sense, but who can say that songs always make sense? I realized later that day my inspiration. I was thinking about "Cough Syrup" by James the Giant, one of my favorite songs of all time. There's also "Bulletproof" by La Roux (my sister and I like her song "I'm Not Your Toy" more), where it says, "This time, baby, I'll be here- bulleeeetproooof." And I wanted to facepalm when I remembered the title of an Imagine Dragons song: "It's Time." Part of the chorus reminded me of "Lalaland" by Demi Lovato. Is it just me, or were her and Selena Gomez better when they were still with Disney Channel?
I got another chapter of Family History done, and I think I've figured out how I want to write the last chapter! So, I just have to write that and chapter 15, which was a flashback that I wanted to do, but I didn't ever have the time since I would look at a (poorly-drawn) timeline I did a few months ago to make sure I got it right. So, if I do this right, I'll be done! If only this stupid com-poo-ter would let me get all that done today!
We're starting to get ready for a research paper that we're writing in English this semester, which is a certain historical time period (American time period- everyone groaned when we heard that) and a work of literature from it, then write a paper that explains stuff about that period, like politics, that influenced the work, and how the work influenced the time period.
A ton of people got excited when we saw that under "Romantic Antitranscendentalism" there was a few choices written by Edgar Allen Poe. I mean, it would've been awesome to do a paper around Poe, but there were already girls calling that they were doing them and no one else could. It's okay- I found something else that interested me too, and no one else took it.
During the time we were talking about the American Revolutionary War in US History, there was mention of a pamphlet called "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine that helped motivate the war. Just the title had piqued my interest, but they never said more than that.
And I found it on this list.
I was like, "Hey! Now I'll get to read it! This could be really interesting!"
And, oh, how interesting it is.
Do you guys know how much I love sometimes when people basicallly bash on idiotic, mere mortals and ideas? This pamphlet, though quite long (took me about two hours to read, I believe), was filled with so much of that that it made me so happy. I told my teacher, and she completely agreed with me! She had commented, "When we had to read literature from the War of Independence, the other students were always so bored, but I loved it. The things were written in that time period basically called everyone idiots, and why they are!"
It would probably be easier to write a paper around this than Poe, anyways. But I still want to read some in my free time, if I get any today.
Last Saturday, I finally got started on watching Soul Eater. It's okay. *shrug* I have a few questions, though. 1: Is Soul Eater the only weapon that eats the souls? 2: I get that the weapon and meister are working together to make the weapon a Death Scythe, but... What's in it for the meister? 3: What kind of parent names their child "SOUL EATER"?!
This morning, I chatted a bit with Darkrai after who knows how long since we've had a full conversation. Even then, I think it was a bit strained. We used to be such good friends, and I'm not entirely sure what happened! I mean, Wattpad getting blocked at my school certainly didn't help, but I wasn't really trying hard enough to talk to him, I think. And he was getting on Wattpad less often anyways, probably being too busy?
Wow... My English teacher had been telling us about stuff like fragment and run-on sentences, and for a moment I had been thinking, "Psh! People, it's not that hard!" And then I realized... considering the status of Grammar Nazi I had given myself... I sure do a ton of that stuff on this blog. *tear* I just feel like this is how I think and talk! I am extremely informal, and I ignore a lot of rules! But I know better than to do that for most school assignments! At least that, right?...
Last Wednesday was Young Women's and Excellence Night, or, as the President called it, Princess Night! My sister and I wore big dresses and did our hair nice and everything! (Well, I didn't look quite as nice as her, but it was still nice for me. *hehehe...*) I had completed my goal of getting half my Faith (I can't decide whether to capitalize it or not! *sob*) project done for it. I printed out 12 pages of my random ramblings about the experiences, and most of it wasn't read, I'm sure. Still proud of myself!
A girl who read all of the most recent thing I wrote, Shea, (say it like the butter!) said that she really liked the way I write, that it was natural, and she could follow along with my thought process clearly. And she had just cracked up at the "itsy-bitsy-blahblah" part in it. I also found out that she was actually amazing at drawing, and her sketchbook had a lot of anime character sketches, like Sora from Kingdom Hearts! Her sister liked to write poems, and there was a pretty dang good one in her little binder. She certainly had reason to be proud of that poem.
A few hours before leaving, I actually quickly drew myself on a paper with my name all big in cursive. Shea and her mom commented on it, saying that the face is anime but the body is more like cartoon. I guess they're right... I don't think it really looks a lot like me. And I felt weird giving myself a bit o' boob, but it would've looked way too weird if I didn't.
I dotted the i's in my name with cat heads! *pleased*
One of the best parts was when my sister and I went in front of everybody and did a short acapella version of a dance we've performed a lot. It's a Tahitian dance. It surprised even my parents. *loud laughter* It was a little weird dancing in a princess dress, but that probably just made it better.
At the end of presentations, we had all been given plastic roses ("*sniff* Ah, don't you love the smell of plastic?") that light up, so that's why my rose is in the pic.
Eh... I think that's it for today. I'll go be useful now!
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