BLUH

I haven't touched this in a long time. Been occupied with Tumblr. Don't know how often I'll actually update this old thing.

School's been mentally draining. I only really have time for school, school and more school. It's getting really annoying and after AP exams I'm just so freaking done with it all. And I gotta go through another year of this and I gotta go to Counseling AGAIN cause I don't want a freaking science but no one seems to understand that. Ugh!

Just.. yeah.. I'm so done

On top of the world

This song is just so damn catchy and it makes me feel happy and wanna dance like a dork. It's my new favorite song.

It's stuff like this I just need a break from pure insanity that is school just for myself to relax so I don't blow a fuse. Just got a lot on my mind with a ton of school work mainly from my AP classes along with standardized testing which I've so far done no studying for even though A) I should look over stuff from forever ago and B) It's easy and the last time I'll have to take it. Not to mention AP exams which are in a month. The joys of being an intelligent student the US of A. Why can't I just take school in Finland where it's supposedly a breeze? Oh well.

At least summer is less than two months away and my birthday just a month. I'm hoping I can be able to see Star Trek Into the Darkness when it comes out exactly on my birthday cause that'd be just awesome. Need to start thinking of who I wanna invite to my birthday party. God I'm just getting old.

Just feel like typing

So I accomplished all of my homework and finishing the first season of Torchwood. At the moment I'm baking some freaking delicious cookies with lots of chocolate chips. Let's just hope I can be able to eat with my teeth problems. I got Invisilign a few weeks ago which are basically plastic braces you can remove. Thing is I gotta change them out every two and a half weeks so the new ones hurt for a few days and now I gotta wear rubber bands too. Why couldn't we have just been born with perfect teeth and not have to worry about all this orthodontist crap.

So for the rest of my spring break, I'll mainly just be sitting on my butt watching TV, knitting my soon to be 8 foot long scarf, maybe catch up on some school work not due Monday, and going out to see my sister for her 19th birthday. For now, I think I try a fresh cookie out of the oven and finish A Study in Pink.

Spring Break 2013

So I'm back after a couple weeks without a computer which was being sent to get its harddrive replaced cause it got diseased. Yeah not really one of the best things to happen to a computer. Not to mention how extremely inconvenient it is when most of your school work is on a computer especially when your teacher wants you to upload stuff to a certain website and blahblahblah. You get the picture. But luckily it's spring break and I can rest easy... cept for the homework. Not that any of it is hard, it's just really tedious. Just reading and answering questions, prepare for the AP exams in May and well yeah you get the jist of it. On the bright side though I got my scores back from the SAT I took earlier last month and I got a 1622. Not bad for a first time taking it eh? I should take it again but I gotta think of what dates won't make me rip out my hair since the next two dates are close to AP exams and semester finals. Oh the great joy of being an 11th grader.

As for my spring break I really don't have much planned. Hang out with a friend to do homework and catch up on the following TV shows:

1. Supernatural
2. Torchwood
3. Hetalia

Yeah talk about an eventful life huh?

I just need to update this thing

Yeah I haven't been on in forever, so I thought, why the hell not update? Can't say too much is going on other than academics but some overall life's been good. More tedious work is showing up especially with school ending in less than three months and AP exams in just two months. Essays, more American history, the works. Oh and our school's spring musical, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown is opening in less than two weeks. Gonna work backstage again like the little techie I am. I got to see a run through and it's going pretty well so far other than the demon set pieces on wheels, specifically Snoopy's doghouse. Last thing we need is an actor falling and breaking his/her neck.

In drama class actually we performed scenes in front of an actual student audience that we direct/act in. I thought mine went really well for the time we got even though I'm a perfectionist and wish we had another week. And of course it didn't help with the mini heart attack I got from someone's phone backstage going off. Yeah, I get really hyped up for this kind of stuff and I get all jittery like I drank twelve cups of coffee.

My mom turned 42 on the 28th last month. We went to a place in San Mateo called the Melting Pot which serves awesome fondue. Yeah, you cook your own food but it's worth it. Crazy expensive though. Oh and I was a dork and made her this card.

Yes it's cheesy but I think it's freaking adorable. And c'mon you only turn 42 once. Might as well take advantage of that.

My friend Francisco got into Doctor Who and has managed to reach the fifth season in like two months so it's really fun to obsess over how great a show it is. And also to inwardly wait for him to have his mind blown with whatever episode is next. I just like that about friends when you're able to have this one obsession you share and have great conversations about.

I finally took my SAT this morning. Been up since almost six in the morning and I regret nothing. I got up early enough to make myself a big breakfast of an omelette and cereal and was able to stop by Starbucks and get some hot chocolate and a cheesecake brownie which is freaking delicious. And for the most part, the SAT was pretty easy. It's nothing that complex: an essay, reading, grammar, algebra, and geometry. Though the math sections were really hard cause there's so much I don't remember. Luckily when in doubt, I just left them blank so I wouldn't get marked off for wrong answers. I'll be waiting a few weeks until I get my scores and hopefully I get a good score.

Big

Recently, SVCT has had a show going on for a couple weeks; a musical known as Big, which is adapted from the film of the same name made in 1988 starring Tom Hanks. I saw it because I need to see a performance for this semester for Drama class, and few friends of mine were acting in the show.

It starts with a 12-year-old boy named Josh Baskin who makes a wish at a Zoltar Speaks fortune telling machine to be "big" after being too he is too short to ride a carnival ride. This backfires as his wish comes true overnight, and little Josh has turned into a grown-up. Forced to leave his home, his friend, Billy, helps to find another Zoltar machine to wish him back into being a kid again, while Josh learns to cope and fit in the adult world by being hired by a failing toy company. As the days pass, Josh finds himself conflicted between abandoning his family and friends for success and the first woman he is falling in love with and vice versa.

I saw the 1988 movie a few months ago and as an adaptation goes, and a musical one for that matter, I liked it a lot, especially with how this production created a spectacular performance. With a cast of teenagers and preteens, with the exception of Zoltar, I really did love and appreciate to see young actors start out in their careers and show that they can pull all the stops to give one hundred percent effort into a great performance, despite that one or two voices weren't exactly great. Another problem I did have with the musical was the acoustics and technical problems with mics on those singing. The playhouse is a really small theater and a lot of times the orchestra was overpowering the singers and I couldn't hear any singing. There were even instances where the actors were trying so hard to sing loudly but the mics made static and other problems. It didn't help I could hear the technicians in the sound booth who clearly have no idea what whispering is.

Other than that I have little complaints. The actors brought their A-game, the sets were cleverly designed to just roll on and off and I really did enjoy a musical adaptation of such a good movie. I wish broken legs to the rest of the performances of Big.

I can feel my brain thinking

Happy February everyone. Okay where the hell is 2013 going? It's really only been a month? Jesus...

So I've finally found a rare moment of peace where I don't have a crap ton of homework to do and it's almost time for a week long vacation. Hey, maybe the teachers will decide to lighten the load and not try to murder us with multiple assignments. I got so stressed last week I was near the point of breaking my stepdad's crap computer and screaming at my mom. I swear, do any of these teachers really even know what us students have to go through? We have lives too outside of academics. I mean, yes, I would like to look into what colleges I want to go to in a year but I don't have time because homework can take up to two or three hours depending what I have to do. It's so obnoxious seeing my email just load up with colleges from all over kingdom come going "Hey! Come check us out! Take our online survey!"

Just stooop!

So I'm happy this weekend is a lot more relaxed so I can just calm down, do whatever I want to, and take time to spend with my family, especially with my stepdad now home from Japan after another month long visit. He bought me, my sister and my mom yukatas but now the trick is trying to figure out how to put them on. I found a video on YouTube so when I have the patience I'd like to wear it and perhaps take a few pictures to share cause I picked out a really pretty one.

Today's just a lazy day with everyone parked on the couch rewatching the first season of Homeland.