College, or why I haven't been posting.
Alrighty so for those who do not know, I'll be attending college in the fall. Which one, I have no clue, but just know that I'll be going. :)
I've been really busy and even missed Heroes this week (funnily enough, on the same day that I turned in my Heroes-themed muscle card for Physiology). I never reviewed the episode before it, so I have my thoughts summed up in a few sentences, plus a meme and college info, all under the cuts.
I haven't been following fanfic, but I'm betting the amount of HRG/Angela fics are rapidly multiplying as the series goes on. Also, I wonder how many Peter/Angela fics were sparked just from him saving her from the elevator?
The baby Matt Parkman with Hiro and Ando part was just too cute. Toddler Touch and Go! :D Also, return of the jedi powers! For Hiro and Ando gets his super blast.
I WAS SO RIGHT ABOUT MICAH BEING REBEL OMG and his voice cracked xD. I was teasing my brother cuz he (my brother) is 14 and his voice still hasn't cracked yet... but Micah's has. How old is he now anyway?
Also, Tracy is not dead. When she turned to ice, there was no blood-ice.
The Matt/Daphne scenes were so in character and so cute... ugh, I really liked Daphne, and even though I'll miss her, I'm not as pissed off about her death as I was about Elle's. Probably because Daphne ended with a sweet scene between her and Matt and Elle ended by being killed by a man she'd slept with not long before. Sigh.
Created by Recipe Star
Alright, so first, the ones I was NOT accepted to. UC Davis (expected), UCSB (kinda expected), UC Irvine (really wanted to go there but didn't expect to get in), Cal Poly SLO (expected), Pitzer (#1, seriously hoped to get in, denied Early Decision cuz Teacher Recs arrived late), and Occidental (also seriously hoped to get in, has biopsych and cog sci majors!, Obama went there till he transferred).
Now the ones I DID get accepted to. ASU (expected), U of Oregon (not sure what to expect), CSU Northridge (expected), Cal Poly Pomona (expected, but didn't expect to get offered for Honors College), UC Riverside (my first UC!), UCSC (hooray for hippiesville :P ) and Boston University.
So now I'm between UCSC and Boston U. I've made a list of pros and cons. Boston has lots of opportunities. It's a big city, sounds like a great place. The university even has a psychiatric rehab center and a neurobehavioral rehab center. If I could work there or intern there or something, it would be awesome, since neuroscience and psychiatry are two things I'm really interested in. The down side (and my parents keep stressing this) is the weather. Now I've never lived anywhere outside of my current house (in California), and the longest I've been away from home without parents is ten days. Sad, right? So my parents say I wouldn't be able to deal with the weather and should go to UCSC, which is a couple hours driving distance from my house. UCSC is pretty cool, very liberal and very politically active (a total plus). Also, in UCSC, you choose your college based on an ideal (diversity, justice, ethics, etc) and not based on your major. So you get surrounded by the type of people you want to surround yourself in. UCSC has a lot to offer (although not as much as Boston) and my family and two of my best friends will all be in the area.
So what it's really coming down to is this: do I take a risk, do something completely different, and go to Boston? Am I independent enough to do that? Or should I save that for when I go to graduate school (because I need an MD to become a psychiatrist) and stick with something more familiar while I get the hang of living life on my own?
I really have no time to read through my f-list, so if anyone has a particularly important entry, tell me about it.
I will really try to watch and summarize/review/whatever the last Heroes episode before the next one.
SCHOOL STUFF
1- TV/Film - We're doing an ad for the modern language department. "Modern language: what is it? how is it? why take it?" etc.
2- Calculus AB AP - Finished our last test... until the final. Which I am screwed for.
3- Economics - My stocks aren't doing well, but I'm doing pretty well in the class. I'm 26th in the stock game (of 36) but the teacher is 30th so as long as I'm ahead of him...
4- B/W Photo - Doing motion photography. Panning shots are annoying. So is trying to take a picture of a bouncing tennis ball.
5- Physiology - Doing muscle stuff. We had to make 5 trading cards for 5 different muscles, with a theme. Mine was Heroes. Daphne was Rectus Femoris (aka quads aka thigh), Monica was Biceps Femoris (aka hamstrings aka back thigh), Niki was biceps brachii (aka forearm), Hiro was triceps brachii (aka back forearm) and Alex was deltoid (aka shoulder). I used pictures from the graphic novels except for Monica where I used the one of St Joan from 9th Wonders, Hiro I used the picture in the comic book of Hiro stabbing Sylar, Niki was Isaac's painting of her banging down the door. Daphne's was of her running and Alex's was The Swimmer.
6- AP English - Finished No Exit, which I really liked and need to buy a copy of. Now we're doing The Stranger, which is interesting, expect for the writing style. :/
I've been really busy and even missed Heroes this week (funnily enough, on the same day that I turned in my Heroes-themed muscle card for Physiology). I never reviewed the episode before it, so I have my thoughts summed up in a few sentences, plus a meme and college info, all under the cuts.
I haven't been following fanfic, but I'm betting the amount of HRG/Angela fics are rapidly multiplying as the series goes on. Also, I wonder how many Peter/Angela fics were sparked just from him saving her from the elevator?
The baby Matt Parkman with Hiro and Ando part was just too cute. Toddler Touch and Go! :D Also, return of the jedi powers! For Hiro and Ando gets his super blast.
I WAS SO RIGHT ABOUT MICAH BEING REBEL OMG and his voice cracked xD. I was teasing my brother cuz he (my brother) is 14 and his voice still hasn't cracked yet... but Micah's has. How old is he now anyway?
Also, Tracy is not dead. When she turned to ice, there was no blood-ice.
The Matt/Daphne scenes were so in character and so cute... ugh, I really liked Daphne, and even though I'll miss her, I'm not as pissed off about her death as I was about Elle's. Probably because Daphne ended with a sweet scene between her and Matt and Elle ended by being killed by a man she'd slept with not long before. Sigh.
Created by Recipe Star
Alright, so first, the ones I was NOT accepted to. UC Davis (expected), UCSB (kinda expected), UC Irvine (really wanted to go there but didn't expect to get in), Cal Poly SLO (expected), Pitzer (#1, seriously hoped to get in, denied Early Decision cuz Teacher Recs arrived late), and Occidental (also seriously hoped to get in, has biopsych and cog sci majors!, Obama went there till he transferred).
Now the ones I DID get accepted to. ASU (expected), U of Oregon (not sure what to expect), CSU Northridge (expected), Cal Poly Pomona (expected, but didn't expect to get offered for Honors College), UC Riverside (my first UC!), UCSC (hooray for hippiesville :P ) and Boston University.
So now I'm between UCSC and Boston U. I've made a list of pros and cons. Boston has lots of opportunities. It's a big city, sounds like a great place. The university even has a psychiatric rehab center and a neurobehavioral rehab center. If I could work there or intern there or something, it would be awesome, since neuroscience and psychiatry are two things I'm really interested in. The down side (and my parents keep stressing this) is the weather. Now I've never lived anywhere outside of my current house (in California), and the longest I've been away from home without parents is ten days. Sad, right? So my parents say I wouldn't be able to deal with the weather and should go to UCSC, which is a couple hours driving distance from my house. UCSC is pretty cool, very liberal and very politically active (a total plus). Also, in UCSC, you choose your college based on an ideal (diversity, justice, ethics, etc) and not based on your major. So you get surrounded by the type of people you want to surround yourself in. UCSC has a lot to offer (although not as much as Boston) and my family and two of my best friends will all be in the area.
So what it's really coming down to is this: do I take a risk, do something completely different, and go to Boston? Am I independent enough to do that? Or should I save that for when I go to graduate school (because I need an MD to become a psychiatrist) and stick with something more familiar while I get the hang of living life on my own?
I really have no time to read through my f-list, so if anyone has a particularly important entry, tell me about it.
I will really try to watch and summarize/review/whatever the last Heroes episode before the next one.
SCHOOL STUFF
1- TV/Film - We're doing an ad for the modern language department. "Modern language: what is it? how is it? why take it?" etc.
2- Calculus AB AP - Finished our last test... until the final. Which I am screwed for.
3- Economics - My stocks aren't doing well, but I'm doing pretty well in the class. I'm 26th in the stock game (of 36) but the teacher is 30th so as long as I'm ahead of him...
4- B/W Photo - Doing motion photography. Panning shots are annoying. So is trying to take a picture of a bouncing tennis ball.
5- Physiology - Doing muscle stuff. We had to make 5 trading cards for 5 different muscles, with a theme. Mine was Heroes. Daphne was Rectus Femoris (aka quads aka thigh), Monica was Biceps Femoris (aka hamstrings aka back thigh), Niki was biceps brachii (aka forearm), Hiro was triceps brachii (aka back forearm) and Alex was deltoid (aka shoulder). I used pictures from the graphic novels except for Monica where I used the one of St Joan from 9th Wonders, Hiro I used the picture in the comic book of Hiro stabbing Sylar, Niki was Isaac's painting of her banging down the door. Daphne's was of her running and Alex's was The Swimmer.
6- AP English - Finished No Exit, which I really liked and need to buy a copy of. Now we're doing The Stranger, which is interesting, expect for the writing style. :/