senioritus(i may have already written about this)

This topic of senioritus is definately not a new thing, especially to me. It seems as though ever since getting my highest gpa this last semster and then finally recieving the acceptance letter from my college of choice, i have lost all motivation to do any sort of homework and sometimes classwork. As bad as it sounds, which it is because i had just recieved two C's on this past report card, i have still managed to stay above a reasonable gpa. I have sort of put myself behind the eight ball here as i now have to do fairly descent on the next marking period. This in fact works to my advantage because i do work better and produce better results under a bit of pressure and stress. Nevertheless it is imperative that i find some way out of this widespread disease for my own sake and not just because i need better grades for my final semester of high school. I do realize that it is not enough to say that i will not continue this laziness and lackage of working into college. The fact is that it will not be that easy to just buckle down after not working hard at this point in time. This just means that i have to show that i can dig up that school mentality so that i can finish high school with a little bit of dignity and get a good rolling start into college. I hope it works.

old people movie

Elderly life can be quite an adventure compared to other times in one’s life. “On Golden Pond,” depicts this in quite an interesting way. At first thought I would probably pass up an opportunity to watch a movie about old people as it does not catch my attention in a particularly interesting way. But after watching this movie, I may rethink my passing up of another old person movie because “On Golden Pond” was not bad. One of the first key events came when Norman goes out for a leisurely stroll to find some berries in the woods. Despite being fairly familiar woods for Norman, he is this time frightened and finds himself in a somewhat perilous situation because he is frightened by a scary-looking tree. A little while later Norman and his wife Ethel’s daughter comes to visit with a new boyfriend and his son Billy Ray Jr. This is the first scene that demonstrates Norman and Chelsea’s difficulties with their relationship. Unfortunately, Billy Ray Jr. gets stuck with Chelsea’s parents for a little while and must overcome their views and huge age gap. One way this is done is through fishing. Norman seemed to be an avid fisher and allows for Billy to join him on several occasions to share the experience. Billy overcomes his skeptics of the old folk through these fishing outings and just enjoying himself out on Norman and Ethel’s lakefront. But on one fishing occasion, Norman and Billy, now quite the fishing and friendly duo, get into a little bit of trouble in a tricky rock-littered cove as they crash the boat and are left stranded on a rock. Ethel’s insights allow for a rescue of the two and no harm is done to either. The film concludes as Chelsea, now a married daughter, comes back to retrieve her husbands son. Simultaneously, she and Norman begin the repair of their relationship. Chelsea and Billy leave both pretty content with their interaction with Norman and Ethel. Finally, Norman suffers what appeared to be a mild heart attack when carrying too many dishes. Despite this, he comforts Ethel with his wits and humor once he recovers.

dont get it

today is march 21, 2007, the first day of spring. Im going to get to the point of this blog and say that i dont understand how girls can already be so intensly thinking about prom. Already having a limo lined up, the dress, the date. It is all a bunch of nonsense to me. I went last year and didnt know that i was going until the last second and had a lot of fun. I got my tux on time, the corsage, bla bla all at the last second. ANd guess waht?? i still had a solid fun time. So my other point here is that people should not worry so early about prom because i think that creates much unecessary stress.

winterbells part two.. dun dun dun

This game is so good that i decided is deserved a part two write-up. So the other day in class, this class, i found that i had some leisure time and decided to play winterbells. I was concentrating really hard the first few rounds and couldn' t manage to get an acceptable score. I really wanted the one upon a time sought after B-club. The B-club was an exclusive club only for those players of this genius game who can attain a score in the billion range. The reason for my scores not being good was due to the fact of distractions by the name of mr. max and the mark kerney. It seemed as though they could not help but be jealous at the fact that i was better than them at this game and they would not stop throwing stuff at me. But all of a sudden, there came a time in this day in this class that day when i had a moment to myself and this game. It did indeed happen. I was the first in this class to get into the B-club. The twist in this comes as max and colin decided to start their own club- the T-club only a day after the start of my B-club. Tisk tisk. Then colin goes and decides to make up his own number and gets like a quadtrillion or something. looks like i have some work to do.

blogging

I sit here like most of all the other people in this class and i am frantically trying update this blog. This is one of two blogs that o would personally count as bs blogs. So with that being said, even after i complete these blogs, i will post some make-up blogs to make up for these empty blogs.

quotes on board

"sometimes when you win you lose."
"thought is real. its the physical that's the illusion."
"whats true in our minds is true."
The first thing that i noticed was what all of these quotes have in common. At my first glance, it is apparent that these quotes stress the importance of the individual's perception and they are good ideas that one can reflect on after significant situations. If i were to think upon these quotes after times of maybe ending a relationship or defending something important to me when everyone else seems to be against it, i think i would be way more enlightened with myself.
Now for an example of the three quotes in my eyes. Take a religious thought for an example for the third one listed. There are many people with religious beliefs that may not hold true for other people. So what is in their minds about their religions is true for them. and game over because i cant work anymore

winterbells

I sit here and i now boast that i am proud to say that perhaps 60% of my previous school time spent has been playing this semi-new game called winter bells. One would describe it as a new version of the retro middle school game called Icy Tower. I would not. I describe it as probably the most innovative yet simple free Internet game of the year. This game is so good, that it deserves to be compared to those other great games such as ELMA and SNOOD. The game consists of a sweet little bunny rabbit and some bells. The object of the game is to take this rabbit, which follows the movement of your mouse like its a customized cursor, and have the little guy jump on bells. The bells go up into infinite space in randomized patterns and propel the rabbit with a consistent jump each time so that you can either jump every other bell or just jump single bells. Along the mighty trip up the infinite bells, you will come across birds. These aren't just any old flying creatures; these birds are special birds that present a little bit more difficulty as they move laterally across the screen unlike the bells. But better yet, if you manage to land your little rabbit on these birds, they will double your score each time. This is perhaps the whole object of the game which is to make your way up and land on as many birds as possible. What a game huh? I mean how could something so simple and elementary be so gratifying and pleasurable? But shame on me for neglecting to mention the very best part of this gaming experience. Along with the amazing game play, this game comes with a one-song soundtrack. Unlike the game, i just cannot put into words how amazingly soothing and brilliant this song/ music is. It is almost half the game and whomever is reading this should go to google, type in winterbells, click the first choice, and get ready to have one big ball!

book commercial

I saw a commercial yesterday and i thought it was a fairly descent one. It was sort of a paid political announcement type commercial(not really) and contained an interesting analogy which was pretty much the entire commercial. It simply stated that reading books is like exercise for the mind. In my writing about this, it obviously shows the impact or success of this commercial in getting its point across. If you really think about the analogy or whatever it is called, statement, it really is a clever one. This got me to realize that as much as i keep my body in top shape that i should also be doing that for my brain. I sadly realize that will most likely not happen in the near future because i havn't the motivation for doing so. But hopefully at some time my mind will be adequately exercised by means other than the previous assigned books in school.

movie

Awakenings movie that i accidentaly watched yesterday

Awakenings could have been perhaps one of the most moving cinematic stories that I have seen to date. The fact that it was based on a true story makes it even more fascinating and extraordinary. Robin Williams plays Dr. Sayer whom is given the task of working with patients in a comatose state. He finds himself disturbed by these patients and the fact that they have been unaware of what has been going on around them for the past few decades. Just as he is about to conclude that there is little to nothing he can do for these lifeless patients, he discovers that there is still something burning inside each of these patients. The patients are able to catch almost anything thrown at them such as Lucy’s glasses and various types of balls. Then Dr. Sayer does some background checks on these patients and finds that they are all victims of encephalitis. He is eventually given the ok to prescribe a new drug to these patients to hopefully cure them. Leonard is the first to become “awakened” by this medication. Then all of the other patients miraculously follow suit and come to life. Leonard in particular, is studied by Sayer upon his awakening through such events such as his realization that he has missed the past 30 years of his life. Leonard and Dr. Sayer quickly form a bond between each other. The miracle comes to a distressing downward spiral as Leonard begins to experience negative side effects of the drug. Despite this, Sayer continues to increase the amounts of the drug until he realizes that it has little effect on the patients no longer. Sadly, Leonard, Lucy, and all of the other patients slip back into their comatose states and never again experience the types of awakenings as they did in that year(’69).

pantoum

The Rain

The clouds are ready to burst
The birds are flying away
Dog hiding, fearing the worst
The sun has lost its way

The birds are flying away
Thunder is a roarin'
The sun has lost its way
The cats are no longer snorin'

Thunder is a rorin'
Mist upon the road
The cats are no longer snorin'
It covers all of my area code

Mist upon the road
Lightning and thunder
It covers all of my area code
Big storms are a wonder

Lightning and thunder
Dog hiding, fearing the worst
Big storms are a wonder
The clouds are ready to burst