End-of-break-thoughts
1. I didn't get anything done
2. I didn't get anything done
3. wait...I...oh. I didn't get anything done.
SO tomorrow shall be cramming in calc 2 review (the parts of which I've done have turned out dreadfully thus far), that programming case study which I've made no headway on (I have trouble figuring out which class does what), and science olympiad stuff...I should probably pack up all the plane stuff tomorrow, so we can see about testing next week (by the way Teresa, what happened?). Hey Canton/Plymouth builder folks, how has your testing been going?
I had another piano lesson today at Evola. Since my teacher moved to Farmington, all my lessons will be at Evola from now on. And I must say...it's wonderful. We start out in those tiny practice rooms they have set aside for the teachers in the back, and then my teacher gets sick of the boisterous echo and overall shittiness of the piano and we move to the RECITAL HALL. I HAVE MY LESSONS IN THE RECITAL HALL. ON A SEVEN FOOT KAWAII CONCERT GRAND PIANO. ON A STAGE.
...
I asked my teacher today if this was going to be a weekly thing, and he said probably at least until recital...so after my lesson I stayed to practice and it was great - that piano is much brighter than what I'm used to, and the keys are a bit less responsive than my piano, but that's good for the lyrical parts when I need the keys to be a little more resistant. At any rate, before I could do a full run through of my piece I got kicked out by some other person who wanted to use the room. Heh.
I asked my mom to put me on the list at the Summit for lifeguarding - Sylvia said they just did a training session or something so there probably won't be another one for a while...but if starting pay is what she says it is, I'm willing to wait. Man, do I miss the pool...aside from coaching Special Olympics, I haven't been training since States at the end of high school season, which was...November...I was thinking about the whole lifeguarding thing and I started thinking about getting back in the pool and how good it would feel. Special Olympics isn't the same; I'm just constantly either treading water or chasing after some swimmer who thinks it's a game to clutch onto the wall and scurry away from me. Still, the experience makes me smile :)
Seniors who are going to UM - where are you going to live/where would you like to live? I sent in my deposit a few days ago and some friends from camp said the Hill is probably best, and it sounds good - near the hospital system ;-) convenient if I decide to do some volunteering again/get into some unforeseen mishap, between North campus and central...since apparently most of the freshman engineering classes are on Central campus anyway, North campus would require me to take the bus every day...? UM people, let me know what it's really like.
And lastly - has everyone made their decisions? MIT/Duke/Northwestern/Cornell/U of Chicago admits - are you going? If so I shall miss you...
"I understand small business growth. I was one."
-New York Daily News, February 19, 2000
"I've coined new words, like misunderstanding and Hispanically."
-Radio-Television Correspondents Association dinner, Washington, D.C., March 29, 2001
"Even a stone can be worn down with enough rain."
-a cookie if you guess what it's from!
2. I didn't get anything done
3. wait...I...oh. I didn't get anything done.
SO tomorrow shall be cramming in calc 2 review (the parts of which I've done have turned out dreadfully thus far), that programming case study which I've made no headway on (I have trouble figuring out which class does what), and science olympiad stuff...I should probably pack up all the plane stuff tomorrow, so we can see about testing next week (by the way Teresa, what happened?). Hey Canton/Plymouth builder folks, how has your testing been going?
I had another piano lesson today at Evola. Since my teacher moved to Farmington, all my lessons will be at Evola from now on. And I must say...it's wonderful. We start out in those tiny practice rooms they have set aside for the teachers in the back, and then my teacher gets sick of the boisterous echo and overall shittiness of the piano and we move to the RECITAL HALL. I HAVE MY LESSONS IN THE RECITAL HALL. ON A SEVEN FOOT KAWAII CONCERT GRAND PIANO. ON A STAGE.
...
I asked my teacher today if this was going to be a weekly thing, and he said probably at least until recital...so after my lesson I stayed to practice and it was great - that piano is much brighter than what I'm used to, and the keys are a bit less responsive than my piano, but that's good for the lyrical parts when I need the keys to be a little more resistant. At any rate, before I could do a full run through of my piece I got kicked out by some other person who wanted to use the room. Heh.
I asked my mom to put me on the list at the Summit for lifeguarding - Sylvia said they just did a training session or something so there probably won't be another one for a while...but if starting pay is what she says it is, I'm willing to wait. Man, do I miss the pool...aside from coaching Special Olympics, I haven't been training since States at the end of high school season, which was...November...I was thinking about the whole lifeguarding thing and I started thinking about getting back in the pool and how good it would feel. Special Olympics isn't the same; I'm just constantly either treading water or chasing after some swimmer who thinks it's a game to clutch onto the wall and scurry away from me. Still, the experience makes me smile :)
Seniors who are going to UM - where are you going to live/where would you like to live? I sent in my deposit a few days ago and some friends from camp said the Hill is probably best, and it sounds good - near the hospital system ;-) convenient if I decide to do some volunteering again/get into some unforeseen mishap, between North campus and central...since apparently most of the freshman engineering classes are on Central campus anyway, North campus would require me to take the bus every day...? UM people, let me know what it's really like.
And lastly - has everyone made their decisions? MIT/Duke/Northwestern/Cornell/U of Chicago admits - are you going? If so I shall miss you...
"I understand small business growth. I was one."
-New York Daily News, February 19, 2000
"I've coined new words, like misunderstanding and Hispanically."
-Radio-Television Correspondents Association dinner, Washington, D.C., March 29, 2001
"Even a stone can be worn down with enough rain."
-a cookie if you guess what it's from!