It's a 'Processing: Error' sort of day.

I'm taking a break from trudging through English homework at this point in time. It's incredibly hard to concentrate on Pride and Prejudice in the middle of a Sunday afternoon. I think it's the pages and pages of conversation going back and forth between two characters, only mentioning their names once. I've definitely been wearing my 'Processing: Error. Try Again. Processing: Error' face, where you can tell nothing is getting through to my brain. I want to have a free evening, so I should probably get back to work. 
-J-

"That was stealthy ." "What?" "Exactly."

Caution! Ranting Ahead.

IB classes are exhausting. I was definitely ready for the weekend. Or rather, I'm pretty sure I needed the weekend.

So, this morning was ok. At lunch, Sam and Shantel asked me and Katie squared(the two Katies) if we wanted to go to a church were they have a (free)pancake lunch every Friday. So walked out the doors, and Shantel and Sam started to run.

Don't get me wrong, I love them both to death. They are quite tolerable people apart, but they are in a habit of turning into bitches when they're together(pardon the language.) I cease to see logic in inviting people to something if your just going to ditch them as soon as you get out the door. I ran after them, basically because I this is the second time this week that they've done that, and I wanted to let them know just how pissed I was at them. Seriously, how childish can you get?

After a while, they still managed to ditch me. Thankfully, Katie squared appeared again.

I was pretty zoned out in English class, and I managed to get on the teacher's bad side, I'm pretty sure. Not hard to do when stuck in a IB class, because everyone is extremely well behaved. Probably a not a good thing that I got on her bad side, because she's the IB coordinator. Not the first person I want to get a reputation with because of a single bad day. Note to self: try not to yell(or talk in a loud voice) at the teacher, despite how much she may be pissing you off by accusing you in front of the class of slacking off several times in a five minute period. Pffft, she probably thinks I get high before her class. I know, I may have many symptoms of it, but it's natural.

IB bothers me sometimes, because it can make me feel really stupid. Some kids were saying what they want to go to university for. Seems like becoming a specialized type of doctor is a common choice. Or a lawyer. If somebody had asked me, I wouldn't even know. Journalism? Seems like the most likely thing at this point in time. If I can pass English for the next three years.

I think Katie was right when she mentioned my "SCREW THE WORLD." sort of attitude today.Maybe I'm just dramatic. Maybe the world just really sucks. Of course it does.

This is one of the days where I'd have a mental breakdown if my chips got stuck in the vending machine.
-J-

Life at it's sweet mediocrity.

I'm really pumped up for Glee starting tonight. And I'm also pumped for The Office and The Big Bang Theory starting on Thursday. After an entire summer of watching reruns, I want some new stuff to happen! It seems that the only thing that run during summer is crappy reality TV and reruns. *tear, tear*.

Oh, and since I last wrote, my hair has changed color ever so slightly...

And now, for a short moment of self consciousness... my nose isn't that large in real life. Grrr, wide angle lens.

Today I realized how much I enjoy learning random information about people I know, and connections between people I know. Like who's mom called the police on somebody else.

I should probably be reading Pride and Prejudice right now, but whatever. It's not due until Monday. I mean, how could I concentrate with half an hour left until Glee? 

I have nothing much else to say other than:

• I'm fed up with people telling me to make them a sandwich(can anyone think of any good come backs? I am such a loser). 
• I like to sing songs with various people in various classes(i.e. Veggie Tales theme song, The Lonely Goatherd, that song from Pocahontas). 

• IB French is a form of harsh punishment.

And on that note, farewell.  
-J-

"I had a date on a horse, once." *everybody raises eyebrows*

Today was an interesting day. And finally, the initial school awkwardness has disappeared! The original headphones that came with my ipod bit the dust, though. *tear tear*.

It started out pouring, a joy when it's picture day. Oh, yes, let me rant for a second about picture day. I hate picture day. Especially since I always end up going to get my picture taken very late in the day because of alphabetical order. I feel so much pressure to keep looking good through the day, even though I really, in theory, don't care what the picture looks like.

French class was a great as ever when Katie and I are in a group. As in we didn't really get anything done, but decided that she's a pirate by night. Bharat wanted to copy my English homework, but wanted to find out if I was smart first. It bothers me that there are people who have strategy for copying homework.

At lunch, I had a pizza sub from Subway ('twas amazing) and listened to James yell at somebody not to anger the Subway gods. Kind of wish I knew the story behind that one.

Finally, during Chem, I got my picture taken. I stood in line and talked with people in my homeroom about pirates, ninjas, unicorns and monicorns. Apparently, monicorns are unicorns with swords for horns, according to some guy in line behind us. Gotta love random conversations.

I stayed after school with Moriah and Katie to try out for Twelfth Night. That's right, I tried out for a Shakespeare play. I've decided that this year, I'm going to try out new activities to find something I really like. I don't think my audition went terribly.

Moriah, Katie and I took the city bus back home. City buses tend to be filled with students, elderly people, and socially rejected people. It's also kind of strange, because you get to hear people interact with each other in close quarters. Today, I think that I came across the first real 'shady characters' I've ever seen on them. We got onto the crowded bus and found three seats in a row near the back. I didn't think much of the conversation the guys were having in the back of the bus about people not knowing what to do with their lives. But after that, it just kept growing funnier and funnier. Apparently they only go out east to shop, because 'everything else is gay'. Also, a Kevin character got drunk and threatened to stab somebody because they ripped him off. And for not knowing what to do with your life? The answer is to band together with your friends and 'make money'(after a while, it was obvious they were dealers). The best part was when they were talking about what they were going to buy when they went shopping:

Guy 1: "I am definitely buying new shoes. And a new jacket and maybe shades too."

Guy 2: "Kevin has 8 pairs."

Guy 3 giving impression of being really drugged: "Two more would be perfect."

Just the fact that they were using 'yo', just everything was great. They got off, and everybody at the back started laughing. The guy in front of us who had been reading a book the whole ride made a few comments under his breathe and mocked them a bit. "Two more would be perfect." It just kind of seemed like really bad acting the whole time they were talking.

Now I have time to sleep in and read and great stuff like that. Yeah!
-J-

"I think the toaster oven is in the last of its days." "You mean... it's toast?"

Now, life goes on...

Summing up the first three chapters of Pride and Prejudice:

• Rich guy(Mr. Bigley) moves into neighbourhood
• Mr. and Mrs. Bennet discuss at length how to get said rich guy to marry one of their daughters
• There's a ball, and all goes over well with Mr. Bigley, except people notice his friend(Mr. Darcy) is a snob. 

I kind of enjoy how everyone is Mr. or Mrs. so-and-so. Hopefully it gets more entertaining.

I have decided that this weekend, my hair turns from blonde to purple. Why? Because I want to dye my hair, and I want to wait til after picture day, which is Friday. If it goes terribly wrong, I want it to have it fade in people's memories instead of it being documented in a school-wide production. I might change my mind, but I don't think I will at this point.

Another question: is it appropriate for my blog to have the same name when I have purple hair? *strokes nonexistent beard*.
With love and terrible puns,
-J-

Why yes, I do have a playlist of sound effects on my ipod.

Church camp was a lot of fun. I hung out with Andrea for the first time in a while and obtained a new moment that I find painful to think of (no, I won't elaborate). It rained on and off for the entirety of Friday and Saturday, which really bothered me, partially because I had to walk through wet grass to get to the bathroom, and secondly because my shoes wet for most the time. Andrea was going through withdraws from not being able to text because there was no service. We walked around a lot when there was an activity we didn't feel like doing, like three legged races inside the lodge and canoeing in the insanely windy lake. Overall, it was a nice getaway.

I managed to get a cold, and I'm stuffed up and kind of sleepy, probably from the cold medicine. I really hope that I feel better tomorrow, because missing a day in the second week of school isn't something I want to do. Feeling miserable in school isn't much fun, either.

Homework on the weekend. Yeah.
-J-

Still the awkard first week of school.

Third day of school! I'll be happy when I get in a routine and stop thinking of days as numbers.

Today was kind of awkward. I can't quite pinpoint it, but it was. Screw that, I just don't want to whine about my day.

In math, the joys of being in IB is that people want to sit in the front for one reason or another. I volunteered to be moved to the back. The desks are in pairs, and the two empty desks were right behind each other. There were already guys sitting in the paired seats, so I settled where I would sit with a quick round of enie-minie-moe. I think I made the right decision in moving, because in minutes I was actually talking to people other than those I already knew(which I seem to never do in the first few weeks... or months...of school). The conversation was about operating systems, warfare, and if 'nerd' was an insult or a statement. Strangely enough, it was a perfectly normal conversation. I have hopes that the people I'm sitting around aren't quite as lost in math as I am.

In French, we had a list of questions to answer, and the teacher went down the rows. I got the one asking me where I lived, and after refusing to say my actually address, I made one up. Apparently, I live at 100 Sesame Street.

Friday tomorrow, then church camp thingy over the weekend. Hopefully it's warm enough to go swimming.
Bye!
-J-

High school edition 2.2

OK, RANT! Here we go:

I guess the second day is when things start to go downhill. What did I set myself up for, being in full IB? I don't know. Most of my classes haven't really started up yet, just the teachers rambling on and on and occasionally I zone in. But from what I've picked up, I will have an insanely busy year or... three? Most of the classes this year are basically preparing us for next year when real IB starts (question: do they ever stop preparing you for things, or is life a series of things preparing you for other things?). My Chem teacher decided to be nice and bring up the 150 page syllabus for the IB exam in grade 12, and explain all sorts of things we need to know by then. Dude, are you trying to give people mental breakdowns on the second day of school? I tend to like to take things in steps, so I would appreciate if he just showed us what we're learning this semester in grade 10, instead of the knowledge we need to collect through three years of full IB!

So, my day starts out with History. History this year is studying ancient civilizations, which is a nice change from the crap about Canada they've attempted to teach since 1st grade. My teacher seems extremely calm and pretty cool, so I think that I'm going to have History to start the morning with. Moriah's in this class.

Next is Math. It seems like half the class are foreign kids who are really good at math, making me feel like an idiot. I don't really have any friends in this class, but people I'm friendly enough with to make it bearable and not completely awkward. I take comfort in knowing people in my class. Math has never been insanely hard for me, even though I thought it was, but it was then overtaken by various science courses. The teacher is kind of nondescript, but nice enough. I think this could be a boring class.

French class definitely seems like one I'm going to have trouble with. I had trouble filling out the information sheet yesterday, so I feel like that's predicting my imminent doom. Annoyingly enough, there are also a lot of kids who actually know what they're doing. Fools. I really have no idea what the teacher is going to turn out like, but she seems ok enough. Katie sits in front of me, thank goodness for alphabetical seating plans.

LUNCH BREAK

Right after lunch(on days that aren't flip days, where the last two periods are switched) I have Chem. I have a feeling that Ms. Hartman's crappy teaching is going to show through here. I think that I'll have to put in a bit extra work to figure out what's going on. The teacher has a lisp, which drives me up the wall, but I'll probably stop noticing it after a few weeks. He also has a tendency to repeat himself over and over again, which hopefully stops after a while. I sit at the front of a row, which makes me feel uncomfortable(I hate when people are sitting behind me, especially if I don't know them. Some weird paranoia of mine). It's at an edge, which makes it bearable. Katie and Allan are in this class, and I really don't know a whole lot of people other than that.

Last is English. I think that this is probably going to be one of the better classes. Moriah, Allan, and Katie are in it. It actually seems to have people in it who are willing to discuss things relevant to the class, and actually care about it. The teacher seems quite awesome, and not terrifying. We have to chose between Huckleberry Finn or Pride and Prejudice  by Friday for our independent novel. I have no idea which one to pick. Any suggestions?
Love,
-J-

"I would rather you don't know my name." *creepy smile*

First day of school was pretty good :). I think it's going to be a good year, with Katie in three of my classes, Moriah in two of my classes, and Allan in two of my classes. Allan's in my homeroom, too. I didn't realize how many people I got to know last year until I got about five hugs, a couple high fives, and a bunch of hi's when I walked down the hall. It's good to be back to school, I think, even though I think that Pre-IB French was a BAD IDEA. I had a lot of trouble understanding the information sheet, and I don't even get marked on it. My History teacher seems exceptionally calm, and told us that if we didn't do our homework, to be honest about it. He said that if we told him that we killed eight people last night and didn't have time to do homework, he would be okay with it, as long as we were honest. I have no idea how he said this with a completely straight face in an even tone.

I'll try to write tomorrow. I would go into more detail, but I should probably go to bed now.
-J-

School, glug muef plah.

Tomorrow is the first day of school, and I wasn't nervous about it until about 6pm today. Grrrr. Well, I'll write tomorrow about it!
-J-

Everything is funnier when spoken in a dramatic French accent.

Last night Sam and Katie slept over, after eating tacos... it was sort of our moment to realize that summer really is coming to an end. School starts on Tuesday, which is insane. I'm trying to figure out last minute things, like what I'm going to wear on the first day of school, remembering what time my bus comes at, how much I have to fit in my backpack, etc. Stuff that doesn't matter that much when it comes down to it, but I will obsess over because of lack of anything else to do. Other, I guess, than to make videos with my new video editing software. Tomorrow I want to test out the overlay effects to see if I can figure out how to can get two of me in the same frame.

We got a hurricane today... Hurricane Earl. It was terrifying. Not really. It was warm, windy for a minute here and there, and rained slightly. Apparently over in Nova Scotia, though, there's over a hundred thousand people without power, so all this panic was kind of worth it. According to some's status on facebook, the CBC had a scene on the news talking about how,"Trees are blowing down, big storm, blah blah blah, lots of damage, blah blah, powers out, etc." *guy rides unicycle in background*.

I need to go change a guitar string.
Farewell,
-J-