Monday, August 22, 2016 "Stopping Gap."

Monday, August 22, 2016
Week: 3
Songs to Remember: Play With Me - Cross Gene

        Well, well, well, things are starting to sorta pile up. I'm just hoping I get some free time on Wednesday and Thursday because I got a lot to do.

        For Dance, nothing major, just dancing exercises, small, dancing exercises. I get introduced to them in class, if I don't get 'em on the first try, I practice for like 2 minutes at home 'till I get it right. Math, it's just the same old, same old, nothing more to it. Except the fact that I thought the quiz was today, which it wasn't. It's actually tomorrow, so, I kinda prepared for nothing, but oh well, it just means I don't need to study for tonight (considering the quizzes so far are kinda short).

        Digital Art, where I can barely see the teacher's projection screen due to the angle of vision which is created by where I am sitting. The teacher showed us an example of storyboards, and, a deleted Shrek scene. We're gonna be starting on making an animation in Photoshop, just a really simple, simple animation. I'm taking it a step further and recreating the Pokemon trainer battle animation (low-quality hand-drawn recreation). It's not due at all yet, probably gonna start on it after everybody's done with the letter design, which is gonna be, give or take, 2 weeks, maybe 1 and a half.

        I also emailed the teacher about my seat, because although I do enjoy the loud-ass music played from the other room, I can't really see what the teacher's demonstrating on the screen from where I am. So far, Digital Art and Dance are the least of my worries. English, on the other hand, is going alright, if I can trudge through writing a shitty-ass essay on my archetypes. I'm half-way done, don't even really need to be super concise (considering others in the class who might just write 5 sentences per paragraph and be done with it), but, if it comes down to me having to finish it the day before it's due (Thursday), then I'll cheap my way out.

        Lunch was the same old thing again, nothing much else. Government, apparently the teacher really likes examples and analogies and simulations. Because today, we did another simulation thing. Everybody got pieces of paper, some got 1, some got 2, some got 3. They were different colors, aaand, we were given time to trade them around. Some people liked blues so they traded for blues, some wanted pink, etc. Then the teacher revealed that the different colors were worth different points. The person with the most points can make a new rule for the next round (applying to the next round only).

        This in turn creates a power thing, where the winner can just make a rule that benefits them only, making them win again and again. I was like "Well, this sucks ass" until the teacher gave me a hint that people should pool up their papers to overthrow the group/ person who keeps reigning control. It worked, sorta. People got into their own alliances, showed the different types of power, trading, etc. Overall, pretty cool if you think about it, but uh, yeah. And finally Chinese, probably the highlight of the day, we read the textbook (or print-out, 'cause we don't actually have a class copy of textbooks) multiple times aaand, did some bootleg white-board-and-marker writing exercises.

        Overall it was a good group bonding experience, probably the most we've all talked ever since the real groups have been set up. The girl in our group, not Ka, the freshman girl, who is from China (due to her slight accent and her fluency in Chinese, and because she did confirm it), had a shirt that said "Luhan 7" on it. At the end of class I was like "Hey does your shirt say 'Luhan,' as in, Luhan from EXO?" She was like "Yeah, you know them too?" I was like "Yeah. Pretty cool shirt." Smooth move, Drew.

        Anyways, stuff's due Thursday, got a mix due by Thursday too 'cause we're probably (we as in KDT) gonna practice with it during Friday's after-school practice, there waiting list for senior picnic tickets are still, wait for it, waiting to be used. The student bank manager (one of them) says to check back in a few days, but like, the picnic trip itself is in 4 days, so. Not sure if everybody's gonna be able to get their teachers' signatures that quickly, but who knows. I'm just paying the $25 just to skip class for a day, really, heh. Alright, it's 11:00 PM, see ya.