Monday, March 21, 2016 "Very Good."

Monday, March 21, 2016
Week: 32
Songs to Remember: Be Right There (Boombox  Cartel Remix) - Diplo and Sleepy Tom, Fly - GOT7

        Today I learned what the word "exempt' means. I mean, I already sorta knew what it meant, it means "aside from, excluded." In the official KDT VSA show lineup list, my name was under "Exempt" for BTS' "Dope" dance. I was concerned 'till I read the part that said "By being exempt, you are in the show with us." My reaction was, and I quote: "WOOOOOOOOOOOO"

        Let's start from the beginning of the day, shall we. Psychology was just a practice quiz, then free time to work on notes and study. English was actually interesting for once. We discussed the school newspaper, the one that was passed out last week that was the April Fool's edition with satirical articles. Apparently some articles caused a lot of controversy, not to students, but to the fucking staff. Like, really? Students, they're laughing their asses off to this, me included 'cause some of it was pretty clever, but uh, guess the administration took it differently.

        There was an article that was supposed to be a television show review. The fake television show was called "Keeping Up With the Admins," a parody of the show "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." But, guess the admins haven't heard of that show. Anyways, the articles pokes fun at some of the staff members, who are portrayed as if they were the Kardashian characters. The staff thought they were personally attacked, when all it really was was supposed to be a parody of a show, and, it's a fucking April Fool's day edition of the fucking school newspaper. It'll literally blow away in a week, and, it's satire, a concept some people are not able to grasp.

        That's my take on it anyways. Umm, we picked up our new books we're gonna be reading. It's "The Great Gatsy" so, uh, finally something less depressing than Beloved. Or, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail. We also had other people read our one-pager memoirs we had to write. Biology, there was a lecture and a quiz. Shittiest thing about it all: the quiz was only 2 multiple choice questions. So, it's either an F, or an A. Simple as that. Sucked for me 'cause I got only one out of two of them right, and shit's weighted in Bio, so, my grade instantly went down 1% 'cause of that. And no, the teacher still has yet to put in grades for our other test and projects so far.

        Math was just math, lunch was lunch, actually, DrewN and I went to the gym during lunch to watch the Badminton intramural's. Ek and Ag were in it. DrewN decided he wanted to play too, so uh, yeah. I wished there was something like a Yu-Gi-Oh intramural, just so that there was something I could play that I know that I'm good at, heh.

        US History was just watching an hour-long documentary of Oswald's supposed mistress. Not sure if it's the movie, or me, because I had trouble staying awake. I think it's the movie, other classes I didn- well, Biology I had trouble staying awake in too, but. Yeah, I think it's the material. Anyways, for Chinese there were new seats and uh, I got #11. At this point i was like "Whatever" for whomever I sat next to me.

        That was until we all got seated. I have Mt sitting in the back of me, this one dude who I did not know the name of until today. Apparently he's in my math class too. He sits next to Mt, this dude who sat in front of me in the last group sits next to me to my right, we're all sitting in the bottom right corner of the classroom, group #3. And uh, I knew the teacher was gonna move either me or the dude next to me since we both were (technically not but whatever) in the same team last lesson.

        Also the teacher would've moved us anyways since we're both dudes, and she sits us in a boy/girl pattern. So, I stayed, awesome, and this one girl now sits next to me. She sat in front of me once during lesson, uh, 12 or something. Don't remember. I remember it was during one of the times when I had a god seat before. Anyways, not bad. Our group so far is pretty interactive, like, everybody, and that's what I like. If I interact, I get the same if not more interaction from others, and I don't have to be overly-enthusiastic to get interaction from my group members.

        Also, that one freshman in our class sits in front of me, just to mention. He considers me a buddy, so I do the same, heh. And so, as a group, we came up with ideas for a project to do this lesson. This lesson's about sickness, so uh, I suggested we do a live autopsy and report on the cause of death, time, anatomy of the subject, written in Chinese. Each group had to go up to the front and present their group's ideas. Apparently the teacher liked mine's the best, I'm not sure she knows what an autopsy is, heh.

        But anyways, after school was practice, specifically "Dope" evaluations for those who weren't in the A6 performance. That was at 4:30 PM. In the meantime, people were doing formations for "Twice" and "My Baby," while others practiced "Dope," like me. I actually broke down the dance in pieces, in slow motion, watched it all on my phone, and did it exactly as how I saw it. I refined it during that hour and a half that I was there, and uh, it definitely paid off.

        I discovered i was doing the foot thing wrong, I didn't actually see how it was really supposed to be done. No wonder it seemed easier for everybody, heh. I was like "How the fuck do they all do it so well." Well, now I know. 4:30 PM approached, we did evaluations, I calmed myself down so I could focus on executing my moves instead of being nervous and focus on not forgetting the moves, heh. I did my best, we moved on and it was time for "Hate" practice, just a bit. Then moved onto VSA show runthrough. Like, the whole thing.

        And yeah, I agree, it was a disaster, heh. The KDT club president didn't really like how we looked, being confused on some moves, skipping some moves, missing our spots, etc. And, I could see why considering the show is literally next week. The rest of this week is pretty much dedicated to the rally on Friday, in which, I'm sorta ready for, about a 7/10 at most.

        At home, the VSA lineup was posted, I saw my name under "Exempt," read the rulings and all that, turns, I'M IN BABY. Like, damn did it feel good. I also saw that there were people under "Conditionally in" which meant I guess they didn't sign up or something, or missed some practices, and so they gotta submit a video performance of themselves to prove that they know the dance.

        Oh and uh, surprisingly, reading off the names for the "Exempt" list for "Dope", apparently only 13 people are guaranteed in so far. There's like 7 people conditionally in, so, there's that. Also, apparently there's only 6 songs for VSA after cutting "SUBOI." So, technically I'm in 1/3 of the show now, heh. "Dope" and "Hate" are also the last 2 songs of the mix, so that means I'll be in the ending, like, pose thing, heh.

        Wait no, fucking, there's only 5 songs in total. The VSA staff totally fucked us over. So uh, technically I'm in 2/5 of the performance now, heh. Oh yeah, almost forgot to add, Ln messaged me today, congratulating me on making it in for "Dope." She told me that she saw how well I did and was like "I knew you were gonna make it in, for sure." Apparently I improved "110%, heh. It was a nice word of encouragement, and uh, that's another thing that keeps me going. Thanks Ln.

        But right now, gotta finish some English work, then, off to bed. You know what I just noticed? I got a really positive outlook on the upcoming events happening this week and next. I learned this in Psychology before, forgot what it was but, I know I learned it. I feel like I can be more, productive, focused. And uh, I think it's due to how I made it to the list of performers for "Dope," I really do. And, the atmosphere in some of my classes now. Friendly environments, no kidding. And if you don't know what I'm referring to, it's Chinese and US History. Rest are kinda, meh, or shit, heh.

        Also, my buddy Ec has spring break starting this Friday. Which means, he might wanna come to my house. He's planning on to. I mean, why the fuck not. It's spring break, right? For my school it's like, next, next week. Also, guess what. It's March 21st, as in, March is almost over. What, the, fuck. I gotta act now, quickly before my motivation (that's the word I was looking for from Psychology. Motivation) runs out. Alrighty, enough typing, back to writing. See ya.