Hello!
So I am about to become work mode jessamyn and do all of my AP Euro work, but unfortunately, my laptop is being mean, and has made the space and delete bar stop working, so I have to keep pasting in a space. AUGH!
I will still work though, because I have transformed into work mode jessamyn, but this is going to be very annoying when I have to go back and paste all of the spaces.
Wish me luck!
~Jess the (annoyed) Nerdfighting BandGeek
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Schooooool Tomorrow
Wow, so I was paniced about homework. And then the light shined down, and fate told me that I only had one essay due tomorrow for English. Then Wednesday all of my Euro stuff is due, and Thursday the rest of my English is due. I'm picking at my Euro right now, but overall I am completely relieved.
So yes, tomorrow is my first day of school tomorrow. I have no idea if people bring their backpacks to class or keep them in their locker. I don't know where my first class is (although once I find my locker things should be pretty easy to figure out). I also promised Kat that I will wear the gryffindor jacket that I met her because of (see story in post script), so I am wearing that and a yellow dress, because I like my yellow dress. I don't like shorts, and I'm going to die in a jacket and jeans for a day, so I'm wearing my dress. Purple chucks, yellow dress, and Gryffindor jacket. I am a dork.
Well I am going to go. It's time to watch my last episodes of friends this summer break. And then sleep. Six is too early to wake up >_<
Goodnight!
Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: Basically, the jacket was originally Kat's. She gave it to me when I moved. See, I met her because I'd been noticing her jacket all day, because she was in most of my classes. Finally, in the last class (math class), I see her sit down, so I sit down next to her. After a moment, I ask her if she liked Harry Potter. The rest is history. But now it is my time to carry the torch, and I will do so honorably. Even in a yellow dress and purple chucks.
So yes, tomorrow is my first day of school tomorrow. I have no idea if people bring their backpacks to class or keep them in their locker. I don't know where my first class is (although once I find my locker things should be pretty easy to figure out). I also promised Kat that I will wear the gryffindor jacket that I met her because of (see story in post script), so I am wearing that and a yellow dress, because I like my yellow dress. I don't like shorts, and I'm going to die in a jacket and jeans for a day, so I'm wearing my dress. Purple chucks, yellow dress, and Gryffindor jacket. I am a dork.
Well I am going to go. It's time to watch my last episodes of friends this summer break. And then sleep. Six is too early to wake up >_<
Goodnight!
Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: Basically, the jacket was originally Kat's. She gave it to me when I moved. See, I met her because I'd been noticing her jacket all day, because she was in most of my classes. Finally, in the last class (math class), I see her sit down, so I sit down next to her. After a moment, I ask her if she liked Harry Potter. The rest is history. But now it is my time to carry the torch, and I will do so honorably. Even in a yellow dress and purple chucks.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Today, and the Future
Oh my. So yesterday I just felt like crap. And today I didn't end up feeling at all like that, but things were a little crazy today.
First, we found out that my dad will be getting here about a day and a half earlier. And for a bit, we even thought he would be getting here tonight. Now I love my dad, but he can be a little crazy about how my mom and I keep the house, so there was that panic freak out as we attempted to clean. Then we figured out there was no way he could get here so quickly, and the panic faded.
Later on, I was showing my mom the live tweets from this incredibly nerdy wedding that Maureen Johnson was presiding over, which led to my mom learning about nerdfighteria, then asking what paper towns was about (my dad read it before), and so I think she might be reading that. Although, she said she'd read harry potter, liked it, and then stopped. I'm still a bit mad at her for that. Also, my mother completely approves if I when I get married, the wedding cake has mario and princess peach. I also discovered that my dad and mom got married wearing "dressy" Doc Martins and just a dress shirt (ie: no tux), and flowy pants respectively. People wonder how I turned out so strange, but they never seem to put my mom and my dad together when they think of me. Instead they see them as separate individuals in relation to me, and wonder how I got so weird.
Oh, and my mom pointed out the fact that we actually can fit a christmas tree in our house. For the first time in three years, there will not be a christmas air purifier! I know it's a bit far off to be thinking of, but we're mostly thinking of this in relation to the fact that my aunt and her boyfriend are coming for thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is always fun with them, because my aunt knits, reads and she's the one I talk to most. And then her boyfriend is British, which makes it a bit funny. Oh, and then my dad has someone to talk computer nerd with (I may be computer nerd to an extent, but not like these two).
And I know this post is already getting a bit long, but yesterday Kristina (ALL CAPS, and The Parselmouths) talked about where she sees herself in five and ten years respectively, so I thought that would be fun to talk about.
In five years: In five years I will be 20, and starting my senior year of college somewhere. Which is a bit crazy to think about. Due to skipping a grade, I will only have been able to legally drink for 2 to 3 months until graduation. I don't really feel young anymore after two and a half years of being ahead a year, but that certainly makes me feel young.
I really don't have any clue what I will be majoring in. I suppose I need to figure out soon, at the very least between music education and anything else. Because to get into the music program I need to audition. It just seems so hard. I've been telling people since I was in sixth grade that I wanted to be a band director, and for a very long time before that it was that I wanted to be a teacher. Either way, I've highly classified myself, which makes me feel stuck. I don't know if I want to be a band director, or a French teacher, or a writer, or if by being an undecided major for a while, I might find out something that I can be amazing at.
In ten years: In ten years I will be 25, and graduated for four years. Judging by the fact that I don't know what my major will be, I think it's obvious that I don't know what I'll be doing job wise. I might be in a serious relationship, or married, but that's a bit more towards the unlikely side. I mean, not crazy unlikely, but definitely towards that side. I hope that I'll still be in contact with my close friends from Hawaii. I'm making that one of my major efforts right now, and I really would like that to work out, because they all have different things about them that make them amazingly awesome, and I love them so much <3
That's about all,
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
First, we found out that my dad will be getting here about a day and a half earlier. And for a bit, we even thought he would be getting here tonight. Now I love my dad, but he can be a little crazy about how my mom and I keep the house, so there was that panic freak out as we attempted to clean. Then we figured out there was no way he could get here so quickly, and the panic faded.
Later on, I was showing my mom the live tweets from this incredibly nerdy wedding that Maureen Johnson was presiding over, which led to my mom learning about nerdfighteria, then asking what paper towns was about (my dad read it before), and so I think she might be reading that. Although, she said she'd read harry potter, liked it, and then stopped. I'm still a bit mad at her for that. Also, my mother completely approves if I when I get married, the wedding cake has mario and princess peach. I also discovered that my dad and mom got married wearing "dressy" Doc Martins and just a dress shirt (ie: no tux), and flowy pants respectively. People wonder how I turned out so strange, but they never seem to put my mom and my dad together when they think of me. Instead they see them as separate individuals in relation to me, and wonder how I got so weird.
Oh, and my mom pointed out the fact that we actually can fit a christmas tree in our house. For the first time in three years, there will not be a christmas air purifier! I know it's a bit far off to be thinking of, but we're mostly thinking of this in relation to the fact that my aunt and her boyfriend are coming for thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is always fun with them, because my aunt knits, reads and she's the one I talk to most. And then her boyfriend is British, which makes it a bit funny. Oh, and then my dad has someone to talk computer nerd with (I may be computer nerd to an extent, but not like these two).
And I know this post is already getting a bit long, but yesterday Kristina (ALL CAPS, and The Parselmouths) talked about where she sees herself in five and ten years respectively, so I thought that would be fun to talk about.
In five years: In five years I will be 20, and starting my senior year of college somewhere. Which is a bit crazy to think about. Due to skipping a grade, I will only have been able to legally drink for 2 to 3 months until graduation. I don't really feel young anymore after two and a half years of being ahead a year, but that certainly makes me feel young.
I really don't have any clue what I will be majoring in. I suppose I need to figure out soon, at the very least between music education and anything else. Because to get into the music program I need to audition. It just seems so hard. I've been telling people since I was in sixth grade that I wanted to be a band director, and for a very long time before that it was that I wanted to be a teacher. Either way, I've highly classified myself, which makes me feel stuck. I don't know if I want to be a band director, or a French teacher, or a writer, or if by being an undecided major for a while, I might find out something that I can be amazing at.
In ten years: In ten years I will be 25, and graduated for four years. Judging by the fact that I don't know what my major will be, I think it's obvious that I don't know what I'll be doing job wise. I might be in a serious relationship, or married, but that's a bit more towards the unlikely side. I mean, not crazy unlikely, but definitely towards that side. I hope that I'll still be in contact with my close friends from Hawaii. I'm making that one of my major efforts right now, and I really would like that to work out, because they all have different things about them that make them amazingly awesome, and I love them so much <3
That's about all,
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
Friday, August 13, 2010
Meh
I'm having a very Meh day.
I've got a headache, had to have poptarts and chips for lunch. But then I'm watching friends, and after so much freaking Ross Rachel drama, I finally get to see Monica and Chandler. And I also made it to 100,000 neopoints.
And then I keep telling myself to do my homework, but I think the plan now is to do it in my 11 to 12 void that always happens because megavideo cuts things off. At the very least, I will be reading Leave my heart at wounded knee.
That's really it for today, so I guess see you tomorrow, where hopefully the summer/beda doldrums will be less doldrummy
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
I've got a headache, had to have poptarts and chips for lunch. But then I'm watching friends, and after so much freaking Ross Rachel drama, I finally get to see Monica and Chandler. And I also made it to 100,000 neopoints.
And then I keep telling myself to do my homework, but I think the plan now is to do it in my 11 to 12 void that always happens because megavideo cuts things off. At the very least, I will be reading Leave my heart at wounded knee.
That's really it for today, so I guess see you tomorrow, where hopefully the summer/beda doldrums will be less doldrummy
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
A 1 am rant about the lack of usable office supplies
I am posting very early in the morning for this one, but if it comes down to me feeling a little off about it, I'll just post later today after I go to bed and get a night of sleep.
I heavily rely on my student planners. The act of writing things down, then numbering them by importance, even when sometimes I really don't need it, kept me sane last year while I was drowning, because at least I knew what I would have to do to stop. Every year since the fourth grade, all the schools I went to gave me one. But I'm really unsure if my new school will be issuing them, so I've gone on the prowl.
You would not believe how insanely hard it is to find something of quality. For one, I need a *student* planner. Not something that comes in fancy fake leather with undated sheets that go into a binder type thing on the inside. That's too much work for me, and in the end, I would probably stop using it. Now, since I'm the one buying it, I'm looking for something that is much more similar to my elementary and middle school planners. They were full sized spirals, with subjects marked on the side, and then a few extra subject spaces for electives. And on a few occasions I was managing to find things like this, that were meant to be bought in bulk, with you designing the cover with you school logo.
I've found something on amazon that I don't need to buy in bulk, is cheap, and fits my qualifications well. However, I would prefer to be shopping in a store like office max, or target, because that's the type of person I am. So I'm prowling their websites so that I might be able to just go to the store and avoid having to buy it off amazon. If only I were that lucky, because I am finding nothing.
In more office supply news, I am finding it really hard to find the clipboard I'm looking for. It's not a specific brand or anything like that, I just want one that is plastic, and has a compartment. I know a few people that have clipboards like that, and I really want one, because I know I would use it. I get sick of writing on top of text books and folders, and then I can keep my homework in one place, instead of scattered about like everything usually ends up. I mean, I always know where it is, but everyone else thinks I'm crazy to be keeping track of ten papers in ten different places.
I may seem crazy, needing specific office supplies. This is only a small bit of it, I mean, I will only use one mechanical pencil from papermate that is incredibly awesome, and I can never use those really cheap pens. And despite the fact that there is no getting out of buying a graphing calculator next year, I prefer to use my solar powered scientific calculator, that doesn't save anything that you've done or anything like that. I like graphing things by hand instead of sticking them into a calculator, and I'm positive I come out better for it. Whenever I have binders, ones for specific subjects have to be one inch binders in all different colors, and ones for everything (put in homework, or just sometimes things that shouldn't go in a subject binder) have to have zippers. Although the zipper binders are pointless half the time, because I just end up sticking folders inside of them. I hate binder tabs, and bulky normal binders. I always have to bring more than two bags to school, one is a backpack for for folders to be carried around, and occasionally books. The other one is a shoulder bag for personal items, and pens and pencils, and just random things, that can also become a bag full of homework supplies, when I have the opportunity to go somewhere after school to eat and stuff before coming back to school for band practice or something simular.
Spirals can be whatever, just as long as they are easily made to be ripped out without taking the spirally end along (not that I ever manage it).
I dunno, I get frenzied about school supplies, and I make far too many systems that don't need to be there.
I'm going to go, because it's about to be 2 am, and I'm a bit thirsty and definitely tired.
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
I heavily rely on my student planners. The act of writing things down, then numbering them by importance, even when sometimes I really don't need it, kept me sane last year while I was drowning, because at least I knew what I would have to do to stop. Every year since the fourth grade, all the schools I went to gave me one. But I'm really unsure if my new school will be issuing them, so I've gone on the prowl.
You would not believe how insanely hard it is to find something of quality. For one, I need a *student* planner. Not something that comes in fancy fake leather with undated sheets that go into a binder type thing on the inside. That's too much work for me, and in the end, I would probably stop using it. Now, since I'm the one buying it, I'm looking for something that is much more similar to my elementary and middle school planners. They were full sized spirals, with subjects marked on the side, and then a few extra subject spaces for electives. And on a few occasions I was managing to find things like this, that were meant to be bought in bulk, with you designing the cover with you school logo.
I've found something on amazon that I don't need to buy in bulk, is cheap, and fits my qualifications well. However, I would prefer to be shopping in a store like office max, or target, because that's the type of person I am. So I'm prowling their websites so that I might be able to just go to the store and avoid having to buy it off amazon. If only I were that lucky, because I am finding nothing.
In more office supply news, I am finding it really hard to find the clipboard I'm looking for. It's not a specific brand or anything like that, I just want one that is plastic, and has a compartment. I know a few people that have clipboards like that, and I really want one, because I know I would use it. I get sick of writing on top of text books and folders, and then I can keep my homework in one place, instead of scattered about like everything usually ends up. I mean, I always know where it is, but everyone else thinks I'm crazy to be keeping track of ten papers in ten different places.
I may seem crazy, needing specific office supplies. This is only a small bit of it, I mean, I will only use one mechanical pencil from papermate that is incredibly awesome, and I can never use those really cheap pens. And despite the fact that there is no getting out of buying a graphing calculator next year, I prefer to use my solar powered scientific calculator, that doesn't save anything that you've done or anything like that. I like graphing things by hand instead of sticking them into a calculator, and I'm positive I come out better for it. Whenever I have binders, ones for specific subjects have to be one inch binders in all different colors, and ones for everything (put in homework, or just sometimes things that shouldn't go in a subject binder) have to have zippers. Although the zipper binders are pointless half the time, because I just end up sticking folders inside of them. I hate binder tabs, and bulky normal binders. I always have to bring more than two bags to school, one is a backpack for for folders to be carried around, and occasionally books. The other one is a shoulder bag for personal items, and pens and pencils, and just random things, that can also become a bag full of homework supplies, when I have the opportunity to go somewhere after school to eat and stuff before coming back to school for band practice or something simular.
Spirals can be whatever, just as long as they are easily made to be ripped out without taking the spirally end along (not that I ever manage it).
I dunno, I get frenzied about school supplies, and I make far too many systems that don't need to be there.
I'm going to go, because it's about to be 2 am, and I'm a bit thirsty and definitely tired.
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
A Linky Life
Today, I came up with the idea to explain my day with links. I'm browsing through my history right now, and I'm going to put down the websites I went to down below, mostly in order, to sort of give you an understanding of my day, and to perhaps show you how much the internet is ingrained in my life.
Yahoo
Facebook
Fanfiction
HPFF Favorites Page
Google: Watch Friends
XKCD
Google: Ball Pit
Maureen Johnson's Twitter
Kristina's Blog
Google: All Caps
Hayley's Blog
Hawaiian Outcasts Blog
Neopets Daily Clickables
Neopets Games
Pizza Hut
Google: 224-856-5015
Thirteen Reasons Why
Postal Service Location Search
Dan Brown Video
Wheezy Waiter Video
SxePhil video
Borders Store Locator
Blogger Homepage
Now obviously, this isn't everything I've been on up to this point, but there are the major bullets of what I've done so far today, and excluding the fact that I walked my dog today (which I don't normally do), everything I did has been represented in my internet history. So if you really wanna figure someone out, get onto their history.
In other news, last night after I was doing my slave labor I wrote 1,500 words of the original story that I've been working on. And I think I got more backstory to my main characters by just writing instead of planning. I mean, the planning is good, because I have an idea of where things are going, which I've never had before, but I could never get a clear picture of the first girl I was writing about. I sent the story off to my friend kat to read, and she got through the first page out of four last night, so I dunno if she's finished it, but I'm excited to hear what she says.
Also, I would like to defend some of the things Courtney said about me. I mean, most of what she said was quite wonderful, I particularly enjoyed the Gilmore Girls comparison, because I never thought of my talking speed that way. But, I would like clarify, that 1) I was thinking grade when I said school, and 2) The slappy was me being so tired that I didn't realized I'd slurred out that instead of slap happy. However, I'm quite glad for it, as it is now a part of my regular vocabulary.
I'm going to go, because I have more friends to watch and neopoints to earn. (And starting tomorrow, homework to do [I'm quite serious, I've got less than a week!])
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: If you can, please comment on the post from yesterday, or Courtney's Hawaiian Outcasts post from yesterday and tell her that she needs to start her own blog. I want to see what she says when she isn't directly talking to me. Thank you!
Yahoo
Fanfiction
HPFF Favorites Page
Google: Watch Friends
XKCD
Google: Ball Pit
Maureen Johnson's Twitter
Kristina's Blog
Google: All Caps
Hayley's Blog
Hawaiian Outcasts Blog
Neopets Daily Clickables
Neopets Games
Pizza Hut
Google: 224-856-5015
Thirteen Reasons Why
Postal Service Location Search
Dan Brown Video
Wheezy Waiter Video
SxePhil video
Borders Store Locator
Blogger Homepage
Now obviously, this isn't everything I've been on up to this point, but there are the major bullets of what I've done so far today, and excluding the fact that I walked my dog today (which I don't normally do), everything I did has been represented in my internet history. So if you really wanna figure someone out, get onto their history.
In other news, last night after I was doing my slave labor I wrote 1,500 words of the original story that I've been working on. And I think I got more backstory to my main characters by just writing instead of planning. I mean, the planning is good, because I have an idea of where things are going, which I've never had before, but I could never get a clear picture of the first girl I was writing about. I sent the story off to my friend kat to read, and she got through the first page out of four last night, so I dunno if she's finished it, but I'm excited to hear what she says.
Also, I would like to defend some of the things Courtney said about me. I mean, most of what she said was quite wonderful, I particularly enjoyed the Gilmore Girls comparison, because I never thought of my talking speed that way. But, I would like clarify, that 1) I was thinking grade when I said school, and 2) The slappy was me being so tired that I didn't realized I'd slurred out that instead of slap happy. However, I'm quite glad for it, as it is now a part of my regular vocabulary.
I'm going to go, because I have more friends to watch and neopoints to earn. (And starting tomorrow, homework to do [I'm quite serious, I've got less than a week!])
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: If you can, please comment on the post from yesterday, or Courtney's Hawaiian Outcasts post from yesterday and tell her that she needs to start her own blog. I want to see what she says when she isn't directly talking to me. Thank you!
