I'm trying to convince myself of said.
It's really something... interesting, and inspiring :]
My kids are adorable, but a couple are really clingy~
It's tough to handle 11 kids at once by yourself o.o
I have a helper, though~ Sir Richard xD
Anyways, please pray for me... I hope I can make it through this week alive and well.
Mmkay. I've gotta be fast, `cause my mom is getting mad D;
Anywaaaaays. Sorry I haven't posted in a billion years- yes, Justine, you beat me- but I've been doing lots of, well, stuff.
I had a sleepover with Natalie, and stayed at her house the whole next day xD Uhhh, we played tons of Maplestory and practiced for our little music group in which I am playing the piano... I had to make it up as we went, `cause it was all chords xD
Ahh. I haven't played MS in yearssss.
Although as KKu so eloquently put it, "WHAT?! What are you doing?! You're going to be a freshman next year!"
I know I play "babyish" games, but they're fun, so don't laugh. And on Neo, I mostly hang out with my guild....
Excuses.
What a weird title, but I hope it made you laugh too :)
I feel strangely elated today. I'm playing Neopets as usual >.> I don't feel like doing anything today, not even making graphics. I'm soooooo lazy. That's why I need school to make me work ;x
I'll add more later, maybe.
I've been bad, not posting for like 4 days >.>
That's because Vic was at soccer camp, so I took it as my holiday and decided to revamp & move my old graphics site, Pitch, to a new location :3 Looks like I still haven't come back from holiday yet...
And I've been playing a ton of Neopets, since my beloved guild disbanded. We've been together for at least 1.5 years, serious. We all kinda joined another guild together though. And Jade is trying to steal my Shou D;
I had a VBS workday today after double services and another top secret meeting that involved rapping. Yeah. We painted props for hours and hours at the workday, but it was still fun.
You probably have no idea what I'm talking about, but I don't particularly care ;x I'm kind of annoyed with myself for wasting so much time.
Anyways, please go check out my new site, Voire. It's pretty spiffy, if I might say so myself. Yes, I coded & made everything personally. I realize I have too much time on my hands-- no need to tell me, thankyouverymuch x3 If you have any requests, please let me know (but they do have to be asian, anime, manga, game, or neopets related). I'm not hiring staff, unless you can make really good graphics-- then please contact me with xamps :3 I will consider. Please leave comments here until I set up some kind of commenting system over there.
Note: you do have to click the sign to get into the site T-T;
Good night.
It's my adorable little brother's 9th birthday today :]
He invited a bunch of church friends over for lunch and epic gaming time. Yes, well. We always play lots of DS/computer games whenever people come over >.> Everyone has a good time though- it's not like people get bored/antisocial or whatever.
Bleahhhh. I know that sounds boring.
Anyways... I had tennis today, group lessons from 8-9. They switched off the power for the court lights, since the new courts will be done soon. Which meant that we started playing in the almost-dark towards the end.
No offense to anyone, but it was pretty easy. I pretty much didn't do anything the whole time. I guess when I have lessons, Coach makes me run the whole time, but since there are so many people in group, we just kinda stood around a lot. Everyone said I was like super hyper, bouncing off the walls and everything. I feel kinda jittery, not being able to get in a really good practice. Thankfully I'll be practicing with Jas tomorrow during the hottest part of the day. Heheh.
I'm bouncing up and down in my seat now :]
Sorry. I haven't been blogging, because I've been too tired or too lazy or a combination of both.
I went to watch Up on Saturday. It's a really good movie :D You'd think it'd be really childish with a boring storyline, but it actually turns out quite differently then you'd expect. Yeah. It made me cry once or twice.
The food bank was cool... we sorted through people's random donations. I think the most interesting thing I found was a packet of fake nails. Out of 12, there were only 3 left, and they all had Disney princesses on them. Who has 3 fingers....?!
The piano exam was okay. I think I did kind of badly, but whatever. The judge was British and pretty serious (you couldn't tell what she was thinking at all, so it was a little intimidating). I totally messed up the sightreading, but everything else was decent.
I got to use my tablet!!! I drew some interesting pics. It's pretty amazing :] You can go to my deviantArt to see one of the pics I drew. It's not too good, but I'm still getting used to the tablet. Please go there often and see my updates :)
I woke up at 10 today. I think there's a pattern... but tomorrow I have to wake up at around 7 so I can warm up for the exam, since all three of us will be wanting to use the piano.
My sister's sick today... but she got blogspot yesterday, and her blog's called kangerine :D It's under "Clicks" on the sidebar, so go check it out. She draws really cute things... like cute kangerines.
I'm going to go to the food bank in around 10 minutes for volunteer work with our church. I have no idea what we're going to be doing. More about that later, maybe.
I'm so nervous about the piano exam. I'm probably going first, `cause I want to get it over with as quickly as possible. That's me. At meals, I eat all the yucky things first and then take my time to enjoy the tasty things.
Heheh :) As you can probably tell, I'm tired of thinking up post titles.
I woke up at 11 today, had a big bowl of sweet potato soup, and played piano for a long time. Seems like no matter how hard or how much I practice, I'm not good enough... Sunday's coming up too fast! I wish I had just a week more.
We went to the mall to buy a couple of things- I needed shoes for the exam that were "clunky," since I have a blues piece where shoe tapping is necessary. So, here they are. Thought they were really cute, and they were on sale too :) I photoshopped the background to make it glow blue, `cause I was bored, and I actually have PS on this computer now. Thanks Vic!
Anyways. My mom's goddaughter is here. She's really cute but super talkative. I can't use my tablet while she's here-- she's 5 years old and I don't want anything to break. It's okay though...
You can see through the picture a little bit, because the main wrapper is set to be a little transparent (so everything in it is transparent too). More coding troubles... If you know how to fix this, let me know :)
Warning: This post is a bit scary. Anyways, I got up at 12 PM today, and technically I could've slept longer except my mom woke me up. It was a good thing.
I had a bad dream and so I first woke up at around 8, but then I fell back asleep. In the dream, a whole bunch of asian families went someplace for vacation, but this guy kidnapped us. He was going to cut us apart and replace what he cut off with "super body parts." He was going to cut off my legs and I remember saying, "But then I can't play tennis and badminton," and he said, "You'll be able to run in a month!" And he showed me how high he could jump and how strong he was, because he replaced his whole body from the neck down. The nurse came in with a huge metal tub of boiling water, and said, "Honey, stick your legs in here and pretend it's cold." I woke up screaming right before he started sawing away...
I haven't had such an awful dream in a long time. The last time was maybe in 4th grade, when my mom and brother got buried alive. When I have bad dreams, they are quite disturbing.
On a happier note, I woke up. And I still have my own legs x]
I have a piano lesson in a little bit. I think I'll do alright, but I'm sure nervous about the exam on Sunday. Maybe that's why I've been having bad dreams.
Happy summer vacation! I hope you enjoy your holiday, wherever you're going and whatever you're doing. Fill me in sometime :)
Today was the last day of my middle school life. The end of eighth grade. The End.
I'm kind of sad... I guess I'm mostly going to miss my teachers, 7th grade dears, and the friends in my grade that I won't have classes with next year (idk who those people are yet, but it's inevitable).
We didn't really do much today. We hung out in advisory most of the time, signed yearbooks, took random photos, ate lunch, and played tug-of-war. My advisory came in second for consolation. We lost to Holeman. Hnnn. Well congrats to Malek, who won the whole thing! I have minor injuries: rope burns, and my feet hurt because I had a tennis lesson after school and Coach made me run left and right and up and down nonstop.
I'm going to try out again in August, and I just might get in. Please practice with me sometime :)
Here's what I'm taking next year, in no particular order (yes, I'm doing IB). I know I'm going to die; I don't need to hear that again. :]
1. TAG English I
2. TAG Algebra II
3. Accel Science
4. WAS
5. Spanish II Enhanced
6. Yearbook (photographer)
7. Symphony Orch
8. Art I or Tennis
I gotta go practice piano now, because I have a lesson tomorrow and I have no idea how to do chromatic scales in contrary motion. I get so confused and my fingering just falls apart. At least I'm doing somewhat better on Schubert.
Happy June! Here's a long post to make up for yesterday.
So I didn't make it into tennis, but I made it into the top orchestra, Symphony :) That's super exciting! I hope that I'll improve a lot, since there will be many amazing musicians there. At the same time, I don't feel like I really deserved to get in. It's definitely a lot easier for violas... but violas are amazing, the best, and all that jazz. Heheh. Shan, I didn't let you down, did I now?
My tablet also came in. YEAHHHHHH!!! Only thing is, my mother is holding it hostage until I finish the piano exam, which is, unfortunately, Sunday. lols. It's not her fault at all, though. I agreed too, since I think I should focus on practicing piano (and viola!) for this last stretch. I've been playing the same three songs and scales & arpeggios since January.
Finals today were pretty easy. I was totally stressing out about the Geometry one, but it was actually easier than the review. Spanish wasn't bad either. It was mostly listening and reading, which took up like 50 questions (the actual test was 75). I got all my orchestra buddies to sign my yearbook... I think that was my favorite class for these past three years. I'm kinda sad to leave middle school behind. I'm going to miss all my teachers so bad. Thank you for teaching me... I have learned so many things from your dedication and patience!
I'm listening to Chris and Conrad's version of "Lead Me to the Cross." It's reeeeaaaaaallly good. It's better than the Hillsong version, at least. Brooke Fraser's is pretty good too, though. But not as good. I tried turning the light on in my room with my head, since I was holding my tablet. I ended up hurting myself.
Mom: "You thought you had a steel head?!" lol.
I love my family to death. We were playing speed scrabble just now, and I didn't win, not even once. I kept getting vowels. Anyways, we were playing, right, and suddenly I heard something like this:
Brother: "Hey Dad, errrr, why are you sleeping on my butt?"
Dad: "It's soft. And nice."
You can imagine what happened after that.
I have a funny family. I'll admit it makes for the best entertainment all day, every day.
