Winter Break Wrap-up Gon' Bezerk!
I spent most of today working on my speech for Honors English 12, which is due tomorrow. I don’t really know how to construct a 10-minute speech, so instead I wrote about a 5-page long paper. Now all I have to do is memorize it. I sincerely hope I don’t have to go tomorrow, because I’ll be pretty fucked. Writing the thing was murder, too. I literally had to tie myself to a chair because I kept getting up to do other things (I am completely serious).
Winter Break as a whole was very good. Highlights include Carlson’s get-together during Mistletoe for all us substance-free types, another Des Moines trip, getting the complete Office on DVD, Muehe’s kind-of all night Risk thing, Winter Formal, and Pete’s New Year’s Eve dance party. Winter Formal was one of the better dances I’ve been to, I think. Jill was a fun date, and I had the privilege of participating in a brutal dance-off against Ryan Adam. I gave it by best, and lost, but I don’t mind--he’s a force of nature, and I’m not sure there’s anything I could’ve done to change the outcome. Pete’s party was extremely fun--I agree with him that more dancing definitely needs to be done in the future.
On the subject of dancing, I had an epiphany while at Winter Formal. All of the dancing I do, I do ironically. This essentially means that none of the dancing I do is ironic (or it might as well not be), and I’m just a very bad dancer. Shit.
While at Pete’s party, I noticed something. “I Want to Help You Ann” by the Lyres was played (it’s on Left of the Dial, kids! Check it out!), and while I hadn’t been wowed by it when I originally heard it, it sounded like the greatest thing ever when played really loudly and and danced to in an ostensibly ironic and undeniably stupid manner. Made me think I need to change the way I listen to music, or try to listen to music in more ways than I currently do.
Here’s a dilemma that I need to resolve within the next week:
I’m trying to decide whether to take Creative Writing or Chemistry 2nd semester. There are few things I want to do more than write, but although I like Goodwin as a person, I don’t really think much of her as a teacher, and I’m not convinced I’d learn much. I don’t really care about Chemistry, but I really like Mrs. Sullivan as a teacher, and I feel like I should at least attempt to learn about it even if it doesn’t interest me. I’m leaning toward Creative Writing. Thoughts?
I want to sled. Where is the snow?
Been meaning to post this. How funny you think it depends on how much contempt you have for Donald Rumsfeld. I have a whole lot, so I was quite amused: http://slate.msn.com/id/2081042/
New Year’s Resolutions:
1. Make the most of the time I have left at Ames High
2. Focus my attention and energy where they rightfully should be focused: on the people and the things I care about
3. Continue doin’ my thing...ONLY HARDER.
Winter Break as a whole was very good. Highlights include Carlson’s get-together during Mistletoe for all us substance-free types, another Des Moines trip, getting the complete Office on DVD, Muehe’s kind-of all night Risk thing, Winter Formal, and Pete’s New Year’s Eve dance party. Winter Formal was one of the better dances I’ve been to, I think. Jill was a fun date, and I had the privilege of participating in a brutal dance-off against Ryan Adam. I gave it by best, and lost, but I don’t mind--he’s a force of nature, and I’m not sure there’s anything I could’ve done to change the outcome. Pete’s party was extremely fun--I agree with him that more dancing definitely needs to be done in the future.
On the subject of dancing, I had an epiphany while at Winter Formal. All of the dancing I do, I do ironically. This essentially means that none of the dancing I do is ironic (or it might as well not be), and I’m just a very bad dancer. Shit.
While at Pete’s party, I noticed something. “I Want to Help You Ann” by the Lyres was played (it’s on Left of the Dial, kids! Check it out!), and while I hadn’t been wowed by it when I originally heard it, it sounded like the greatest thing ever when played really loudly and and danced to in an ostensibly ironic and undeniably stupid manner. Made me think I need to change the way I listen to music, or try to listen to music in more ways than I currently do.
Here’s a dilemma that I need to resolve within the next week:
I’m trying to decide whether to take Creative Writing or Chemistry 2nd semester. There are few things I want to do more than write, but although I like Goodwin as a person, I don’t really think much of her as a teacher, and I’m not convinced I’d learn much. I don’t really care about Chemistry, but I really like Mrs. Sullivan as a teacher, and I feel like I should at least attempt to learn about it even if it doesn’t interest me. I’m leaning toward Creative Writing. Thoughts?
I want to sled. Where is the snow?
Been meaning to post this. How funny you think it depends on how much contempt you have for Donald Rumsfeld. I have a whole lot, so I was quite amused: http://slate.msn.com/id/2081042/
New Year’s Resolutions:
1. Make the most of the time I have left at Ames High
2. Focus my attention and energy where they rightfully should be focused: on the people and the things I care about
3. Continue doin’ my thing...ONLY HARDER.