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Name: Mike
Country: United States
State: Indiana
Metro: Munster
Birthday: 2/17/1988
Gender: Male
Interests: Writing a journal, listening to plenty of good music (especially Elton John), doing puzzles, socializing with everyone...the usual.
Expertise: Solving and creating puzzles, mathematics, chemistry, being insane...nothing special.
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  mrg8557
Member Since:
3/28/2005
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| OK, I haven't updated lately because, hey, look, I'm lazy! So I'll do this random thing on the top 10 events of the last month. Any questions? No? Great.
The Last Month (April - May) in Review: Top 10
10. "Common Senses": Not real exciting (only #10), but I had the standard dentist and opthalmological (break out the spell checker) check-ups on the same day, oddly enough, yesterday or so. Doing really well on both of them and got a few new pair of glasses. It gets more interesting*, I promise.
*not really.
9. "Summer Vocation": Parents have been bugging me to put in a job application; haven't found any place lately that needs multiple oblique asymptotes found for $1 billion an hour or anything. Haven't got in anywhere as of the moment, but hopefully something will open up.
8. "Flashback to 1927": Grrrr...I can never go to the movies, of course, so I get stuck with this. Friday or so ago (the only night I actually had a CHANCE to work the spring musical at school), my parents constantly entreatied me to go see this darned play thing with them on Al Jolson over at the Community Theater or something. Ridiculous...I went to appease them.
It was all right, even though 90% of the people there were a bit older than 17 (by about 63 years unless Mrs. Premetz was there, which meant a 25-year old was actually watching the show). Still, what teenager would...sigh. Forget it. Equally annoying was the insanely obstreperous high school crowd (not Munster's) that was having their annual promenade outside the theater simultaneously. Blargh.
7. "The Mother Side of the Road": Mother's Day was last Sunday; I'll skip most of the details. We all went out to Old Country Buffet (to which Dad unprecedently ate at the same restaurant again a week later) where I surreptitiously got all the desserts when Dad wasn't looking. Yay!
The main highlights included Dad going off a town over to buy cigarettes without telling anyone and his putting an obscene picture (I'm not saying anything) in his mom's Mother's Day card. I took it out before she saw it, luckily. I had to pretend I was laughing at the Walgreen's Gift Card instead.
6. "Credit Where Credit is Purdue": You'll see the reason WHY I was at Purdue at a later number. Not seeing the West-Lafayette campus, though, since 7th grade, it's really grown on me. Maybe we were lucky to get there on a nice day, but everything about that campus was stunningly beautiful. Currently, I have a strong propensity to go there for college...it seems like a really studious math-oriented school compared to its...other counterpart. No offense to all my readers, though it's hard to try to offend nobody anyway.
5. "Nine Years in the Making": After nine years, one of my all-time favorite television shows--"Everybody Loves Raymond"--closes shop and will actually perform its series finale this upcoming Monday. Since about the 3rd season or so, our family's watched it religiously and caught up in reruns. We can just draw so many parallels, but now...not sure what will replace it in our household. Used to watch "Home Improvement" a lot before it ended a while ago...started to watch "Numb3rs" a bit now, which is quite good as well. But all shows have to end sometime, I guess.
4. "Research Engine": Ultimate -_-; I'm getting so tired of teachers assigning these last-minute report things. Have two in Premetz, albeit one of them being extra credit. The one that isn't, though, requires our interviewing of someone that uses trig. in their job. The only way my dad'll do that is to find the volume of a beer bottle using the law of cosines to see how many shots he can down before getting drunk.
Blaze also piles it on with this huge 150-point "Heroes of History" thing, along with another paper I personally have to do for not wanting to see "Schindler's List." APARTH isn't any better...Fields assigned this paper that I have to do (3-5 pages long) after seeing a work at the Art Institute (field trip Monday). Hopefully, I'll try to find time for it all...just want the year to end, of course.
3. "Behind the Wheel": After unsuccessful attempts for the past olympiad or so, my persistence paid off with my parents FINALLY allowing me to take driving school and learn how to drive myself. Big step; I just wish I could have convinced them earlier. Had two of the 15 courses so far. I'm not sure if I'm the only one who diligently annotates during the lectures or not, but a lot of the stuff is confusing for me. Teacher's pretty nice...like a toned-down version of Mrs. Kouris who loves science fiction.
Meanwhile, Dad (o_O) is actually starting to teach me behind the wheel of the car himself, seeing how I'm supposed to have 25 hours before I take the license test in a car (the school only gives 6). Done about an hour so far...it's OK, but I still feel very uncomfortable. Dad's "It's going to take time; just give it some time" and "You know, a car is like a woman...just be gentle and have plenty of finesse" are not helping too much. Like I'd even relate to the latter comment.
2. "Going for the Gold": And coming up with a respectable bronze. Academic Bowl at Purdue West-Lafayette was last Saturday. For the first time in my tenure at MHS, our teams actually went--the math and science ones, that is. Coincidentally enough, I happened to be on both of them. Bring on the shiny awards!
I'll skip all the convoluted details and such. We happened to get 3rd on both subject matters, though we came desperately close to 2nd on each of them. I'll definitely put the culpability on myself, though no one else allowed me to do that. Still, it was a good experience that allowed me to see the campus a bit more and test my knowledge. And the pepperoni pizza wasn't bad either.
1. "One Giant Push for Studentkind": Without a doubt, the most notable--if likely ridiculously tedious--events of the last 30-day period involved AP testing. Essentially, we can take AP classes at the high school that, based on how well we do on an end-of-the-year test, can earn us college credit. We're supposed to start studying for these tests 6 weeks in advance. We're lucky if it's 6 hours.
Had the AP U.S. History test a Friday ago. I had the best chance of getting a 5 on it (1, 2, 3, 4, or 5--no fractions. You WILL get one of those scores on the test), but I still studied the most for it. We're not supposed to discuss any multiple choice questions on it (there are both those and essays) because, of course, the AP College Board has wired all the blog posts nationwide and is currently monitoring what people say. Ah! Someone just spoke about the French literature test in Akron, Ohio! Send the police!
We can mention the essays though, to which I though the APUSH ones were fair--just had to think a bit on the Mexican War. So, yeah. That following Monday, it was the AP Biology test with granola bars and donuts courtesy of Mr. Franklin. Knew far less than I did for APUSH (because, yeah, I just think about the reproductive organs of plants all day. Yes, stigma and pistil, oh yes)--especially on the labs and essays and such. And the AP Art History test was solid rock bottom--115 multiple choice questions in an hour (APUSH only had 80) along with 9 essays. While most of them were short, Mr. Fields went too short during the class to garner all of the information I needed. Meh, like I'm going to be an art historian anyway. We'll see how I do come July. Gooooo tests! Far away from me, that is.
That's the review for the last month since you're all so darn curious. Next update coming a week after I die. I'll be sure to include directions to the funeral home. | | |
| I don't like being a part of the dating scene anyway (relationships never really interested me), but meh. Look at my copycat attributes. I at least wanted to fill one of these out to see what I was like.
Your dating personality profile:
Liberal - Politics matters to you, and you aren't afraid to share your left-leaning views. You would never be caught voting for a conservative candidate.
Big-Hearted - You are a kind and caring person. Your warmth is inviting, and your heart is a wellspring of love.
Adventurous - Just sitting around the house is not something that appeals to you. You love to be out trying new things and really experiencing life. |
Your date match profile:
Intellectual - You seek out intelligence. Idle chit-chat is not what you are after. You prefer your date who can stimulate your mind.
Practical - You are drawn to people who are sensible and smart. Flashy, materialistic people turn you off. You appreciate the simpler side of living.
Shy - You are put off by people who are open books. You are drawn to someone who is a bit more mysterious. You want to draw her out of her shell and get to know what she is all about. |
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Your Top Ten Traits
1. Liberal
2. Big-Hearted
3. Adventurous
4. Intellectual
5. Wealthy/Ambitious
6. Practical
7. Religious
8. Outgoing
9. Traditional
10. Sensual
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Your Top Ten Match Traits
1. Intellectual
2. Practical
3. Shy
4. Religious
5. Adventurous
6. Traditional
7. Big-Hearted
8. Wealthy/Ambitious
9. Sensual
10. Funny
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Take the Online Dating Personality Quiz at Dating Diversions
Sounds about right. As for the top liberal spot and never voting for a conservative candidate, I'd probably have to admit to that. I don't like to consider myself a radical Democrat...I think a lack of openmindedness (fake word of the day) on both sides of the political spectrum is what causes so many unnecessary altercations and grudges in the world of politics. I do think there are indeed some solid Republican points that I can definitely relate to; but, all in all, most of the liberal viewpoints appeal to me more. OK, rambling over. Carry on, blog writers. | | |
| It seems whenever I have one of these...what is this...weblog thingy? Yeah, that sounds good. Whenever I have one of these weblog thingies, I either update it with staunch regularity as my hard-copy journal (the one I've been writing--on paper--for almost 9 years) hardly gets touched...or vice versa. I've actually been doing OK with my regular journal, but this one has been lacking. Oh well, you're not missing much.
Doing well in all the classes at school, but I'd like to know why teachers love homework. They don't have to assign it, you know. They chose to this weekend anyway. Tons of stupid junk. Had a World War II interview project for APUSH and an ongoing English Catcher in the Rye thing (ugh) for Kouris. Then, added to that, we have a math test Tuesday on the conic sections (and I love math--but hate the conic sections. My favorite field is probably number theory). So, yeah, that's about it so far.
My parents, on another note, have finally allowed me to start driving lessons. I don't see what the big freaking deal was before. I'd be driving like all my other friends now had they let me start at the typical lessons age of 15 or whatever. The main altercations came because my dad felt I wouldn't be responsible enough. Whatever. He's the irresponsible one--who's crashed four or five cars before this one and done his share of stupid reckless acts. My mom tried to convince him I'd be way more responsible, but it hasn't worked until now. Hopefully, I can be driving by senior year. Lessons start in early May or so. So go me.
Hey, you still reading this? Good to know you have persistence. But you can quit now; nothing more here. I promise. Shoo, go away now! See you later! | | |
| Ugh. I'm sick of getting sick. Woke up with horrendous congestion and a headache on Saturday. I don't have the right to complain upon which is beyond my control, but I'd just like to know why I'm so susceptible to this kind of junk. Whatever. It's not nearly as much suffering as Pope John Paul II underwent, in his humble fashions, before succumbing to health problems earlier today. I feel really bad about his suffering, but he took it with such grace and dignity. I'm not Catholic, but it's still sad to see someone like that go. I don't think it mattered if you were Catholic or not. I really don't.
Blah, I just ended the above like Holden Caulfield. Finished Catcher in the Rye. I can safely say that, while there were some bits and pieces of decent material, it's probably one of the worst books I've ever had to read. Most all of the characters (there were a few exceptions) were overly annoying--especially Caulfield, the main character. Soooo hypocritical calling everyone a "phony" when he's the biggest phony of them all. Are we supposed to feel sorry for him or something? The language didn't help either. Also got my WWII interview done today so that was something productive. Still, two huge tests Monday (a really big one in AP Art History)...ugh, Sunday's not going to be any fun... | | |
| April Fools' Day, yada yada. I was planning to type an entire entry of absolutely nothing that was true, but I figure I lie enough anyway for it not to make much difference. Today finally culminated one of the longer weeks I've experienced so far; so much of a workload.
Actually, the only teacher who did something remotely April Foolish was Mr. Fields, who rarely jokes around (I was expecting some from Franklin, rather, or especially Kouris). He just randomly said to take out a blank sheet of paper and whatnot for a quiz. I actually thought he was serious for a sec; hahaha. Even if he did give the quiz, however, Peter would've...what was it? Ripped out his larynx, right?
We just reading The Catcher in the Rye in English; and, frankly, the book is not all that close to spectacular so far. Peter loves it, Armando finds it great, and my dad (like anything else he reads) said it was "ex-cellent" (just like that, too). The book is a bunch of incoherent ramblings thrown together that do not constitute outstanding messages or writing. I don't want to hear about what a "sexy bastard" someone else is either (bump up the ratings to PG on this). While the book is hilarious and has plenty of vivid description (how he thought up all those unique characters is beyond me), those do not necessarily a good book make. It's as if your own Xanga or personal journal was published. Yeah, it would keep someone's interest and be pretty funny--but would it be great writing? I'm about halfway done with it; we'll see how the second half is.
Saw the art show for the second half of English class in the auditorium ("No, it's an April Fools' joke; it's really a draft selection."--John, or something facetious like that). The talent we have in this school, artwise, is absolutely amazing. Any adjectives I used wouldn't really do it justice. I won't mention any works in particular because all of them were good. I will say I did see a photograph of Lisa in a candid pose at dance class that made her look like she was evil with hopes of taking over the world or something (and photography is an art no matter what you all say).
This weekend's one to rest. We just took an APUSH test and, yep, got a project due in a week, too. Woo-hoo. I'll go do something completely unproductive now because it's the weekend and I can. See you all later. | | |
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