Thursday, August 11, 2016
Week: 1
Songs to Remember: Dollar - Hobby, Let's Play House - Hobby, Hold Over - Wheesung, Ah-Ha - Double S 301, Firetruck - NCT 127
"Move your body, pick it up. Shake (following) the way you feel the rhythm. When things get hot, make some noise... Kill me."
Out of all the series premiers, this was one that was absurdly different. Is it because there hasn't been a series premier that went like this, the writers wanted to spice it up a bit? I don't know. All I can say is that it didn't go as expected, nothing ever does, heh. Now the question is, will tomorrow go as I think it will? We'll see, but for now, it's the series premier of Precisely Refined.
6:00 AM, I woke up. Woken up, actually, aaand, it wasn't even 6:00 AM, it was 5:52 AM. Last night I did not get any sleep at all. For starters, I opened up Schoolloop and saw that I had Anatomy 1st period, which kinda broke my heart a bit. I closed my eyes, thinking to myself "Alright brain, you can go to sleep now, anytime now." I think I probably had my eyes closed for about an hour before I was actually able to sleep. Suited up, I'm darting for that sub-6:30 AM time, got to school around there. No traffic, 'cause well, nobody's really supposed to come to school this fucking early and would rather spend that time for a couple more snooze hours.
But nonetheless, basically empty besides seniors who were walking around (presumably for senior sunrise). DrewN got the cast and I a table, the picture he took was literally of the table, and no POV, so I couldn't really locate it. Met up with Jk, in which we met up with DrewN a few seconds later. Apparently our table is this small one next to this tree, at the left side of the green field in front of the theater stage. Not the best, definitely not the best, and sucks ass 'cause the grassy ground's gonna be wet (like this morning), and when it rains it's gonna be shit too, but, hey, better than nothing.
No signs of Ag, Lw, nor Ek. I wanted to hurry up and get in line so Jk, DrewN, and I went to browse lockers. We got one that was basically to the right opening of the original lunch ground spot, same building and all, aaand, we had our lockers on the best row (out of 4 rows, we got the 2nd to the top row, aka, the best row. Not too high, not too low). Umm, afterwards, Jk and I waited in line at the counseling thing, with DrewN for a while while he got in line to turn in his locker form. We waited a good, 30 minutes maybe, went from 6 something to 7 something, like, 7:20 AM.
Aaand, out comes an office admin, who proclaims from the top of her lungs something along the lines of "What are you all lining up for? We aren't doing schedule changes right now! Leave! Disperse!" I commented to Jk that this is of the reasons why school shootings happen. Same thing happened to the line for turning in locker forms, somebody came out and announced that they weren't accepting them yet. You see, I think it'd make sense to label that on the paper and shit, or, put it on the school website so that, people don't have to waste oxygen in shouting. But, no.
They also said that the classes that we see on our Schoolloop accounts are apparently "wrong," and that we gotta pick up our paper schedules first before we schedule any changes. Well, me, Jk, DrewN, and eventually Ag, we all got our schedules and as we were walking around, we witnessed the same events, the office admin telling people to fuck off, even with discrepancies on their schedule. Yeah. I was informed that the counselers were only doing schedule changes for those with technical errors in their schedules, like, somebody not having a 4th period listed.
If you have an actual class you can go to, I guess you just gotta go to it. At this point, I just felt depressed, like, fuck. I woke up super-early, I waited in line, shit was shit, didn't get a schedule change, and I gotta attend classes that I thought wouldn't matter (thinking that my entire schedule would get rearranged since Korean is only 4th and 5th period, and, organizing shit around that, along with Digital Art, would be a hassle). I was like "Well, no point in going to class really." Jk, DrewN, and I got reintroduced to some characters who appeared in the last series, including El, Vh, Jb, Jv, I saw Mt, Rh, and others.
Jk, DrewN, and I were sitting at this bench next to the theater, Ag was talking to some mutual friends, aaand, just waited for the inevitable. Bell rings, I'm excited to see the freshmen scramble, didn't actually feel it. Like, the fear, heh. I guess I'm too desensitized to it all, 'cause it looked pretty calm. Jk and I waited, took in a bit of the atmosphere before finally going to our classes. And from there, started part 1 of the series premier. 1st period, Anatomy, aka, period I don't care about because I'll be switching out of it anyways.
That was partly the case. I came a bit late 'cause everybody else already had their seats. Uhhh, coming in I see an old buddy of mine from middle school. We talked a lot about Call of Duty, and, I see him around every now and then but we don't, talk. Partially because we don't talk, and, we got no classes together, 'till now, heh. So I'm sitting in front of him, next to him is a dude whom I know, like, know, but don't actually talk to, was also in my AP Psych class. To the left-back of me was that one girl I had in Bio class in freshman year, and also the one whom I had a convo with during uh, registration. What a coincidence.
I didn't care much for what we were doing in class, what tomorrow' homework was, next week's homework, extra credit, etc. The teacher was this one dude who was the adviser for the VSA club/organization, a pretty well-known one. Apparently this is his last year teaching here, or, maybe in general, but, here at least. He's a real chill dude. He described how some of the labs we were gonna do for the year would include, blood sampling, checking our pulses, urine sampling, digestive system simulations, etc. His descriptions and personality almost made me felt like I was okay with staying in Anatomy. ALMOST, okay, heh. I was like "Hmm, maybe Anatomy wouldn't be so bad after all."
I take a look around the room to see who I'ma be sharing the learning space with, for now. Yep, just like my middle school buddy's buddy said, "There's barely any guys here." That is true. It was around, 80% girls, 20% guys, of which I'm totally okay about, if it weren't for it being Anatomy. One of the craziest things about all this is the person sitting in front of me. As the teacher was doing attendance, he called out the name of the person in front of me (by the way I'm sitting to the right-back of the room, 2nd column to the right, 2nd to last seat in that column).
"Lk." Yeah, it was Lk. Normally it'd be whatever, but considering the history on what I know about her, I thought it was kinda funny finding her here, heh. "No wonder she's taking Anatomy." But anyways, not my problem anymore, just thought it was a bootleg twist the writers did. We did the boring syllabus stuff, did a bootleg activity on naming body parts, that was that. Next period I was hoping for something a bit more, ehhhh, enticing, more twisty. And that's a bit what I got, in fact, almsot all my classes currently have some bootleg twist to them, which, all the more makes the series start off with excitement.
Next was AP Calc. The teacher had a very unusual name. Her last name was just two letters, her first name on the schedule was just one letter (because it couldn't fit apparently), so, it did look unusual. I thought, in my mind, it was a male teacher, and, a new AP Calc teacher, because there are only 2 AP Calc teachers. I look at the classroom number, went in, and oh boy. It was the teacher whom I got my schedule from, of which I felt a bit fearful, heh. She seemed just like my math teacher from the past 2 years, except, mark 2. Like, Ms. Blank 2 point 0. I'd say I'm fairlyaccurate with my description.
I go in, the room's essentially empty, I was gonna sit down at what I thought was a nice spot before finding out there was a seating chart. I take a look at it, I find out that I'm sitting to the left of the classroom, the right-hand seat of the double column seats on the left, and 2nd to the last down it. I see some people who I recognize (don't talk to, but recognize). One of those people happen to be this one girl I had in AP Bio class. I know who she is, whom she associates herself with, but never really talked to her, except one time (literally, one time). And, of course, with her having the same last name as me, her seat's right next to mine.
Now you'd think I'd be glad that it is what it is, and I gotta say (considering this is an AP class so, no real switching besides switching out, or, if you wanna miss out on some material), I am glad. Especially because I knew part of her nature, and I only knew her full nature after I greeted her and we had a convo about seniors. She asked me if I knew what my senior quote would be, and, being the fucker that I am, said "I don't know. Memes?" In this particular case, it worked, because she replied with "I'm thinking maybe fitting the whole Bee Movie script for mine's."
Not gonna lie, that did make me laugh, heh. Well, I can say that my math partner is definitely one to enjoy working with. Besides the terminator that the teacher is, she does let us use our phones in class as long as we're not texting and we use it for Google searches/ calculating, so, there's that. There's a test tomorrow, I'm kinda scared, didn't study yet but I will after I finish this shit (at around maybe 11:00 PM. I'm thinking it's gonna take an hour to do this post, and, it's currently 10:25 PM). So there was that. Fortunately after this was break, and, didn't seem to find where the cast as they weren't at the table.
I was like "Well, 4th year's the charm to go back to the usual spot for break times." Fortunately I ran into Jk aaand, we went to go look for more people to apparently "ward off" the freshmen who were sitting at our table (they were like piling on top of it). We found that Lw, DrewN, Ek, the rest of the cast were there telling off the freshmen and, we got it. Felt kinda bad for them but, hey, they're gonna get our tables next year, they can wait, like us. About an hour after we sat down, the bell rang, we headed for 3rd, which for me was Digital Art. Now I wasn't too crazy about it because I unfortunately realized I'd might need to change it to something else due to, changing to Korean class and class swapping and all that, you know the drill.
But, when I discovered that my buddy Bd was in the same period as me, I felt a bit better. And, I'm sitting next to this one girl whom I think is a freshman. Whole class was almost 100% dudes, besides like 3, 4 girls, but it's whatever 'cause I got my buddy to meme around with. Also I've had this teacher before, and he's a chill dude, respects our work, creativity, encourages is, tells cool stories, rambles on a bit but I enjoy it. In fact, he spent about the entire class period talking about the class, what we're gonna do, etc, up until maybe the last 2 minutes or so. And yes, at this point, I'm conflicting whether or not I should stick with this schedule and ride it out, with how well it's going (besides the fact that I'ma probably die in Anatomy).
After that was not lunch, but in fact 4th period, English. This one was real, disappointment really. Because my class is so far away from my English class, I basically missed out on the good seats. Good, meaning, not next to the teacher's desk, nor in the island in the middle where the whole class can stare you down, nor by yourself, nor next to a plant, nor being next to those with IQ's lower than -50. Now, I'm not looking down upon like, others' intelligence, it's just that, this is a bit too much freelo, that it's BORING. So I chose a seat that was probably the best seat out of all the bad seats, which was the seat to the left of the door-way, in front of a plant, next to the teacher's desk, and, seculded from the people I do know in the class (who were all in this one corner with each other).
The rest of the people in the class, were those of who I mentioned before: the ones with -50 IQ's. Not saying they're intelligence is low, but, I'm saying they don't put as much effort into work or are as motivated as me. I know it's a basic English IV class (more like, English in general but whatever), but c'mon. An icebreaker game we played in class was that one game where you go in a circle, listing people's names and stacking it on and on. Shitty for the person at the end, awesome for the person starting it. I, both unfortunately and fortunately, was in the middle.
That wasn't the problem. The game included alliteration, and so you'd go like "Hi I'm Drew, and I like dragons" and shit like that. The problem was, I don't think people knew what alliteration was until today. The teacher asked "Who here knows what alliteration is? Raise your hands." "One, maybe two, nope one." That one, was me. Now I know that corner group of people I was talking about, I know they know what alliteration is, but for the rest of the class, dear lord, kill me. That was, that was my thinking, just, kill me.
The teacher however, was chill. He was essentially like my freshman English teacher who disappeared the next year, but a mark two. So it was like a Mr. Blank, 2 point 0. It's crazy, I know. Although he's hip and cool, it's not enough for me to want to stay in the class. So far, I'm willing to stay in 2nd and 3rd period only. This one I don't care to stay in (and considering it's 4th period, I'ma be switching to Korean with this one, and then Anatomy's gonna get removed and I'll be put in an English IV class for 1st period. Boom, it's perfect).
Up next was 5th period American Government. The teacher I had, I knew was hip, cool, trendy. However the class, was just about the same as the last one. This was maybe the 2nd time I said "Kill me," heh. There's, there's nothing to offer but the cool teacher! The only person there really worth being in the vicinity of is that girl whom I sat next to in math last year (second semester), but she's the fucking T.A. And I do have to admit, I did try to impress her a bit with the icebreaker thing we all did in class, where we say our name, something about ourselves, the social science classes we liked or our thoughts on 'em, and, answer a question from the U.S citizenship test (which should be, common knowledge).
I did so by saying I liked hiking and art, okay? That was it. And yes, that was the whole period. Currently it's 1st, 4th, and 5th I wouldn't have a problem throwing out the window. And finally, 6th period Chinese, 3 years in a row, of which I had the same teacher, same period. Except this time it was different. I'm walking towards there, I'm hoping to see who I'd be in the vicinity of for the rest of the year (didn't plan on swapping Chinese), I picked the Popsicle stick, it was number 1, I sit next to this one junior dude, which was not bad, not entirely bad. More and more people started coming in, a dude I know that plays video games like me sits to the back of the junior dude, it's alright, alright. Aaand, Zl, comes in, gets (or I should say, picked) seat #2, right behind me.
I was expecting to pick our seats, but this is fine since we'll be rotating. And uh, after everyone got in, I took a look around. "Yep, this is bad." Not even kidding, but there were about 2, 3, maybe 4 seniors in the whole class. I'm serious. The rest, I did not recognize whatsoever, and I recognize a lot of people, but since I didn't I assumed they're all juniors, and not even the juniors whom I do know, besides some, of which sat right behind me. We did the simple stuff like going around, asking each other questions, going on the Chromebooks to do some online surveys (it went smoothly since everybody here has been with the teacher for about 3 years in a row now, so).
And from there, I found out that the teacher only teaches Chinese 3 during 3rd, 4th, and 6th period, the rest, were Chinese 1. Wow, that uh, that does not fair well with what I had in mind to change my schedule. 3rd period Digital Art, I'd really like to keep, don't think my Digital Art teacher teaches it during 6th period, and uh, 4th I gott save for Korean, unless, I swap shit around and get Korean for 5th period, but, I don't know if my counselor can do all that, considering I got 5 minutes. Why 5 minutes? Well, tomorrow the counseling office is giving out 5-minute appointment slips, netting us 1 appointment each at some interval of the day.
They're giving them out as early as 7:45 AM, so, I'll be waking up at 7:00 AM tomorrow, unfortunately. Even more unfortunately, it's 11:02 PM right now, and I gotta study for a test tomorrow. Hmmm. And you wanna know another nice plot-twist? When the teacher was calling out for attendance, she called out "Lt." Yep, I looked around the room too. I would've noticed her beforehand, but still, I was surprised. She wasn't here, the teacher asked her cousin where she was and he didn't even know. So yeah, there's a possibility that she'll be in the class, in the case that her schedule doesn't change and shit. Unexpected, huh?
Besides that, nothing else too exciting. Lots of assignment posts on schoolloop, always something nice to see right. I actually went to the Korean teacher's room to ask her if she has enough space to teach another student. Unfortunately her classroom appeared to be closed, so I just left. Well anyways, hows that for a series premier, huh? Totally, entirely different from all the others, and damn, was that a series premier if I ever saw one. Definiftly, not one I was expecting.
So what's there to do now? I got a lot of perfecting to do, like, my schedule, surviving for as long as I can 'till my schedule does get fixed, and see what it goes from there. I'm working on it all, I'm trying to get it all precisely refined. See ya.
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 "It Never Ends."
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Week: 51
Songs to Remember: Think About You - Jun. K
It's 10:09 PM, and yeah, this marks the point in which if I were to be asleep right now, I'd get about 8 hours of sleep.
But I ain't going to sleep right now, maybe around 11:00 PM. I do need to wake up at 12:00 AM to check my schedule and see if I have Anatomy in either my 4th or 5th period slots, because if I do, that'll make the scheduling situation much easier for me. I also thought about, if I'm still denied switching to the new Korean class because it's "full," then, I'll ask if I can permission from the new Korean teacher if she's willing to have me in her class (or like, if she's willing to teach one more student, etc). I think that's a very nice argument from my point, and, I think I'll get in. Well see, heh.
But besides that, I did have to go to that CLOG meeting from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM today. I learned that, apparently, CLOG management is a lot more complicated than I thought. You gotta turn in forms like, every month regarding discussion with your club, umm, regarding club purchases (like, group purchases, for example, custom t-shirts), you gotta get a form, the quote, club name, signatures from 3 people, it's just a crazy process, and apparently (again), it's for legal reasons (to the state of California).
Alright, 6:00 AM, wake up. I wanna get to school early for that 1st-in-line spot for schedule changing. Also, DrewN and Jk are going to the "senior sunrise" thing, where seniors, well, wake up early for the first day of school. And uh, yeah, 6:00 AM (like, at school) not possible for me. Hell, the only time I did that was for Lunar Show day show, but uhhh, I learned my lesson from arriving that early, heh.
So, as Eric Andre had said, "Hey everyone, welcome to [series] 4. [Series] 4, it never ends..." That's it for today, tomorrow, the series premiere. Are you ready? I'm not ready, especially all the shit I gotta do. Well, see ya.
Week: 51
Songs to Remember: Think About You - Jun. K
It's 10:09 PM, and yeah, this marks the point in which if I were to be asleep right now, I'd get about 8 hours of sleep.
But I ain't going to sleep right now, maybe around 11:00 PM. I do need to wake up at 12:00 AM to check my schedule and see if I have Anatomy in either my 4th or 5th period slots, because if I do, that'll make the scheduling situation much easier for me. I also thought about, if I'm still denied switching to the new Korean class because it's "full," then, I'll ask if I can permission from the new Korean teacher if she's willing to have me in her class (or like, if she's willing to teach one more student, etc). I think that's a very nice argument from my point, and, I think I'll get in. Well see, heh.
But besides that, I did have to go to that CLOG meeting from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM today. I learned that, apparently, CLOG management is a lot more complicated than I thought. You gotta turn in forms like, every month regarding discussion with your club, umm, regarding club purchases (like, group purchases, for example, custom t-shirts), you gotta get a form, the quote, club name, signatures from 3 people, it's just a crazy process, and apparently (again), it's for legal reasons (to the state of California).
Alright, 6:00 AM, wake up. I wanna get to school early for that 1st-in-line spot for schedule changing. Also, DrewN and Jk are going to the "senior sunrise" thing, where seniors, well, wake up early for the first day of school. And uh, yeah, 6:00 AM (like, at school) not possible for me. Hell, the only time I did that was for Lunar Show day show, but uhhh, I learned my lesson from arriving that early, heh.
So, as Eric Andre had said, "Hey everyone, welcome to [series] 4. [Series] 4, it never ends..." That's it for today, tomorrow, the series premiere. Are you ready? I'm not ready, especially all the shit I gotta do. Well, see ya.
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 "A Matter of Time."
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Week: 52
Songs to Remember: Don't Stop the Party - Pitbull
It's only a matter of time now before things might go to shit. I'm talking, first day of school, and I'm gonna have to wake up pretty early to get 1st in line for counseling shit.
Alright to make things short, I won't go into full detail today because to be honest, it was more stressful than exciting. So, I arrive to school at around 10:00 AM, got in line and met up with Jk there. Hmm, pretty good, pretty mellow. We're in line, we talk about random shit, we see people, Jk points out "Hey there's El!" And in my head I'm just like "Mhmmmm."
Standing in line, I only have the data confirmation print-out and the locker-permission-print-out, no, emergency card shit. Well, apparently I can't register without it, but, unlike last year, instead of having to go home to print it, they had the computer lab open so that those, like me, who don't have it, can just print it out there instead of going all the way back home (would suck for those who do have to walk). And luckily the computer lab (this one in particular) is just around the corner of the building.
Went in, printed it out (apparently the emergency card was this small tiny, same-colored button after you confirm shit on the data confirmation page, near the bottom. Holy fucking shit. Again, I blame the shitty UI), was supposed to pay 10 cents for prints but uh, I didn't actually have any cash on me so I just kinda walked out as the adviser was like, helping somebody else out. And if I did have cash on me, it would have been pretty impractical, trying to get change for a, $20 bill, heh.
Lw said hi as she was walking to register, I got back in line, waited again (but not too long, the line wasn't actually long at all, much, much shorter than expected. Godamn, freshman year though, that was crazy). Some poeple printed out the other sheets, I guess just in case, but, I knew you didn't actually have to print those out 'cause there's a checkbox to the side of the document download for you to check and grant permission (like a digital signature) and shit.
But anyways, I'm buying a yearbook online, and, don't think I'ma attend sports games because, why the fuck would I, umm, so I didn't get an ASB card. Went straight on through to get my picture ticket, and then got a locker-owner slip, and then got in line for pictures. Having already waited in line twice, went through all the trouble of printing out a student form at the computer lab, I just wasn't in the mood for a "perfect" picture.
Maybe if I hadn't, I would've felt a bit better, but since I was pretty demoralized, I was just like "fuck it" and hoped it goes well. Ehhhhh, still could've been better. And yes, I do look angry in the picture, because I pretty much was kinda angry, heh. Oh well, the senior portraits is what matters really, and plus, I'll get my own senior quote. Don't know when we get to submit those but, it'll be something alright.
Got my ID, left to go to the counseling office, in which, loads of people were sitting down, waiting for shit, registration problems, ton of stuff. I asked if I could see my counselor, whether I need to setup an appointment or not. The receptionist dude (who looked seriously overwhelmed by the amount of people he's gotta handle in the vicinity) told me yeah, I did have to, and, that'll have to be on the first day of school. Shiiiiiit. Well, that's basically why it's just a matter of time before things go to shit, because, if I do change my schedule (which I'm hoping to and will), it's gonna be jumbled up.
If Anatomy's not in the 4th or 5th period slot, my whole schedule's gonna be off. Because, Korean class is only going to be during 4th and 5th period apparently, so, if not, then my counselor's gotta rearrange my schedule, make sure everything fits, I'm not in a class/period that's overloaded, and just, fuck. And like, digital art's gonna be even messier to switch around because that is only for a few select periods (learning that from freshman year's Intro to Digital graphic shit).
I'ma be showing up to class, the teacher's gonna be calling out names, I probably won't be called so then I'ma have the teacher confirm, look at my schedule, etc, etc, and that's not even, that's even including the seating shit, I gotta pick SEATS. Now that's, a whole 'nother story. I'm just hoping that, tomorrow, I don't have to go to this stupid CLOG meeting (seriously, why the day before school, when everyone should be taking their last breath of relaxtion) and that only like, the president and vice-president have to.
Again, I blame the bad updates from the school. Nowhere, on the school site or any related site, says dates or times or whatever. I did find one thing on the site, listing that there's going to be a club meeting in August, but it didn't specify what date, or time, or WHERE. Fortunately (and well, maybe unfortunately), we got a source from another club president that it'll be from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM in this one room. I mean, I'm just the secretary, you know. This doesn't really, mmm, relate to me too much for me to spend 2 hours there. I mean, for fuck's sake, just like the last time there was a bootleg club meeting, all it really needed was Jb to be there, the club president, and that was it.
And not gonna lie, was pretty cringe, and people used that to end the meeting shortly, thank based god. So, that's enough for today, besides the usual, I'ma have to finish up that math packet (only got 2 more problems to go), and, gotta formulate my game plan. My fate currently is held upon whether I get into this fucking stupid-ass Korean class or not. And if not, I got backup classes, but at no point am I gonna stick with Anatomy, because my boy Dv, he got like a D or, D+. Not good, not good, heh.
And it's essentially AP Bio, 0.5, so, kill me. It's only a matter time, and yes, I will wake up as early as I have to to get over and say "Hey, I'd like to talk to my counselor about my schedule." Anyways, that's enough school stuff for today, seems like the series is premiering with some high tension already, and it's the stressful kind, heh. Alrighty, see ya.
Week: 52
Songs to Remember: Don't Stop the Party - Pitbull
It's only a matter of time now before things might go to shit. I'm talking, first day of school, and I'm gonna have to wake up pretty early to get 1st in line for counseling shit.
Alright to make things short, I won't go into full detail today because to be honest, it was more stressful than exciting. So, I arrive to school at around 10:00 AM, got in line and met up with Jk there. Hmm, pretty good, pretty mellow. We're in line, we talk about random shit, we see people, Jk points out "Hey there's El!" And in my head I'm just like "Mhmmmm."
Standing in line, I only have the data confirmation print-out and the locker-permission-print-out, no, emergency card shit. Well, apparently I can't register without it, but, unlike last year, instead of having to go home to print it, they had the computer lab open so that those, like me, who don't have it, can just print it out there instead of going all the way back home (would suck for those who do have to walk). And luckily the computer lab (this one in particular) is just around the corner of the building.
Went in, printed it out (apparently the emergency card was this small tiny, same-colored button after you confirm shit on the data confirmation page, near the bottom. Holy fucking shit. Again, I blame the shitty UI), was supposed to pay 10 cents for prints but uh, I didn't actually have any cash on me so I just kinda walked out as the adviser was like, helping somebody else out. And if I did have cash on me, it would have been pretty impractical, trying to get change for a, $20 bill, heh.
Lw said hi as she was walking to register, I got back in line, waited again (but not too long, the line wasn't actually long at all, much, much shorter than expected. Godamn, freshman year though, that was crazy). Some poeple printed out the other sheets, I guess just in case, but, I knew you didn't actually have to print those out 'cause there's a checkbox to the side of the document download for you to check and grant permission (like a digital signature) and shit.
But anyways, I'm buying a yearbook online, and, don't think I'ma attend sports games because, why the fuck would I, umm, so I didn't get an ASB card. Went straight on through to get my picture ticket, and then got a locker-owner slip, and then got in line for pictures. Having already waited in line twice, went through all the trouble of printing out a student form at the computer lab, I just wasn't in the mood for a "perfect" picture.
Maybe if I hadn't, I would've felt a bit better, but since I was pretty demoralized, I was just like "fuck it" and hoped it goes well. Ehhhhh, still could've been better. And yes, I do look angry in the picture, because I pretty much was kinda angry, heh. Oh well, the senior portraits is what matters really, and plus, I'll get my own senior quote. Don't know when we get to submit those but, it'll be something alright.
Got my ID, left to go to the counseling office, in which, loads of people were sitting down, waiting for shit, registration problems, ton of stuff. I asked if I could see my counselor, whether I need to setup an appointment or not. The receptionist dude (who looked seriously overwhelmed by the amount of people he's gotta handle in the vicinity) told me yeah, I did have to, and, that'll have to be on the first day of school. Shiiiiiit. Well, that's basically why it's just a matter of time before things go to shit, because, if I do change my schedule (which I'm hoping to and will), it's gonna be jumbled up.
If Anatomy's not in the 4th or 5th period slot, my whole schedule's gonna be off. Because, Korean class is only going to be during 4th and 5th period apparently, so, if not, then my counselor's gotta rearrange my schedule, make sure everything fits, I'm not in a class/period that's overloaded, and just, fuck. And like, digital art's gonna be even messier to switch around because that is only for a few select periods (learning that from freshman year's Intro to Digital graphic shit).
I'ma be showing up to class, the teacher's gonna be calling out names, I probably won't be called so then I'ma have the teacher confirm, look at my schedule, etc, etc, and that's not even, that's even including the seating shit, I gotta pick SEATS. Now that's, a whole 'nother story. I'm just hoping that, tomorrow, I don't have to go to this stupid CLOG meeting (seriously, why the day before school, when everyone should be taking their last breath of relaxtion) and that only like, the president and vice-president have to.
Again, I blame the bad updates from the school. Nowhere, on the school site or any related site, says dates or times or whatever. I did find one thing on the site, listing that there's going to be a club meeting in August, but it didn't specify what date, or time, or WHERE. Fortunately (and well, maybe unfortunately), we got a source from another club president that it'll be from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM in this one room. I mean, I'm just the secretary, you know. This doesn't really, mmm, relate to me too much for me to spend 2 hours there. I mean, for fuck's sake, just like the last time there was a bootleg club meeting, all it really needed was Jb to be there, the club president, and that was it.
And not gonna lie, was pretty cringe, and people used that to end the meeting shortly, thank based god. So, that's enough for today, besides the usual, I'ma have to finish up that math packet (only got 2 more problems to go), and, gotta formulate my game plan. My fate currently is held upon whether I get into this fucking stupid-ass Korean class or not. And if not, I got backup classes, but at no point am I gonna stick with Anatomy, because my boy Dv, he got like a D or, D+. Not good, not good, heh.
And it's essentially AP Bio, 0.5, so, kill me. It's only a matter time, and yes, I will wake up as early as I have to to get over and say "Hey, I'd like to talk to my counselor about my schedule." Anyways, that's enough school stuff for today, seems like the series is premiering with some high tension already, and it's the stressful kind, heh. Alrighty, see ya.
Monday, August 8, 2016
Monday, August 8, 2016 "Full of Problems."
Monday, August 8, 2016
Week: 52
Songs to Remember: Over You - Sophie Pae
Well, this is unfortunate. This is just like last year, where I wanted to switch to a different class and well, I got the "it's full" statement.
And I do blame myself, I, should've thought more carefully on my schedule. At first it did seem like a nice, sturdy schedule, you know, the last time I switched classes was like, around several days before school ended, and at point I should've realized I don't need to do more work than what's necessary.
So I did call in, about 10 minutes ago. My counselor told me that the Korean class is full, and I just accepted that, "Oh well, how unfortunate" and that was that. I could've stopped right there, but, thinking about how many people "really" are in the class to make it full, not sure if that's truly the case. I'm thinking about the classes in this way (I've already sorta stated this in the last post)): if I don't feel passionate about a class, I'm probably not gonna do well in it.
I already ended up with a D+ in AP Bio, that's already an indication that "Well, looks like the study of life ain't gonna be for me." And anatomy and AP Bio already share similarities (very similar) in terms of, material, so, if I didn't do exactly "well" in AP Bio, I'm probably not gonna do well in Anatomy, or at least, end up with a B+ without any actual "trying." And I seriously, do not want to stay up any later than I already do.
Knowing that the grade I'll receive in Anatomy is pretty pointless, there's no real reason to try, and that'll be a lost cause. Now Korean class on the other hand, I'm positive that it'll be similar to Chinese, like in terms of, random, culture shit to learn, but unlike the bulk work in Chinese, I don't think there'll be that much work. I'm thinking like, lecture sorta stuff, or in-class projects like making, fucking, Korean paper shit, you know.
And I've heard from sources that K-Pop will be integrated into it. I could just visualize it now, that when I'm walking to class, I could hear K-Pop music being blasted from the room (just like music being played in this one AP History class that I've passed by from 5th to 6th period) and I could just be like "Hey, I know this." It's something I like, something I love, it won't make a difference whether I get accepted to any colleges or not (which is nice, because then I don't need to focus on the academic part of it and just focus on ACTUAL learning).
Intrinsic motivation, that's something I learned in AP Psych. I'm not doing it for the grade, or the easy freelo (about 90% it will be. If not, hey, I'm motivated enough to get an A in the class), but because I legitimately want to learn. And that's not something I say all the time, in fact, rarely have I ever said "I want to learn." These are the very few time(s) I do.
Now that I've got that over with, time for what's going on. Tomorrow is registration day and that'll be comprised of me waiting in line, umm, holding papers, waiting in line to get my ID picture taken, and then finally get out and talk to my counselor directly (it's more personal, and I can explain to her how I won't be motivated to learn in Anatomy and that I really do want to change to Korean class, aka, beg my fucking heart out, heh). Only then, will my worries be relinquished. That, and this math packet in which I'm kinda procrastinating, by writing this post, heh.
Also which is why I'm writing this in the afternoon, of uh, just about 3:00 PM. I think my perfectionist qualities are showing a bit these past few days, which all consisted of me complaining about my schedule, a week before school starts. I just gotta have my perfect schedule or else that lingering feeling of worry, that feeling of "what could've been differently," won't go away, as demonstrated by all these posts, heh.
So now that it's 11:21 PM, I'm tired, so, see ya.
Week: 52
Songs to Remember: Over You - Sophie Pae
Well, this is unfortunate. This is just like last year, where I wanted to switch to a different class and well, I got the "it's full" statement.
And I do blame myself, I, should've thought more carefully on my schedule. At first it did seem like a nice, sturdy schedule, you know, the last time I switched classes was like, around several days before school ended, and at point I should've realized I don't need to do more work than what's necessary.
So I did call in, about 10 minutes ago. My counselor told me that the Korean class is full, and I just accepted that, "Oh well, how unfortunate" and that was that. I could've stopped right there, but, thinking about how many people "really" are in the class to make it full, not sure if that's truly the case. I'm thinking about the classes in this way (I've already sorta stated this in the last post)): if I don't feel passionate about a class, I'm probably not gonna do well in it.
I already ended up with a D+ in AP Bio, that's already an indication that "Well, looks like the study of life ain't gonna be for me." And anatomy and AP Bio already share similarities (very similar) in terms of, material, so, if I didn't do exactly "well" in AP Bio, I'm probably not gonna do well in Anatomy, or at least, end up with a B+ without any actual "trying." And I seriously, do not want to stay up any later than I already do.
Knowing that the grade I'll receive in Anatomy is pretty pointless, there's no real reason to try, and that'll be a lost cause. Now Korean class on the other hand, I'm positive that it'll be similar to Chinese, like in terms of, random, culture shit to learn, but unlike the bulk work in Chinese, I don't think there'll be that much work. I'm thinking like, lecture sorta stuff, or in-class projects like making, fucking, Korean paper shit, you know.
And I've heard from sources that K-Pop will be integrated into it. I could just visualize it now, that when I'm walking to class, I could hear K-Pop music being blasted from the room (just like music being played in this one AP History class that I've passed by from 5th to 6th period) and I could just be like "Hey, I know this." It's something I like, something I love, it won't make a difference whether I get accepted to any colleges or not (which is nice, because then I don't need to focus on the academic part of it and just focus on ACTUAL learning).
Intrinsic motivation, that's something I learned in AP Psych. I'm not doing it for the grade, or the easy freelo (about 90% it will be. If not, hey, I'm motivated enough to get an A in the class), but because I legitimately want to learn. And that's not something I say all the time, in fact, rarely have I ever said "I want to learn." These are the very few time(s) I do.
Now that I've got that over with, time for what's going on. Tomorrow is registration day and that'll be comprised of me waiting in line, umm, holding papers, waiting in line to get my ID picture taken, and then finally get out and talk to my counselor directly (it's more personal, and I can explain to her how I won't be motivated to learn in Anatomy and that I really do want to change to Korean class, aka, beg my fucking heart out, heh). Only then, will my worries be relinquished. That, and this math packet in which I'm kinda procrastinating, by writing this post, heh.
Also which is why I'm writing this in the afternoon, of uh, just about 3:00 PM. I think my perfectionist qualities are showing a bit these past few days, which all consisted of me complaining about my schedule, a week before school starts. I just gotta have my perfect schedule or else that lingering feeling of worry, that feeling of "what could've been differently," won't go away, as demonstrated by all these posts, heh.
So now that it's 11:21 PM, I'm tired, so, see ya.
Sunday, August 7, 2016
Sunday, August 7, 2016 "Spam Filters."
Sunday, August 7, 2016
Week: 51
Songs to Remember: Inferiority Complex - Park Kyung
So apparently an announcement was made for when schedule changes. That announcement was sent through loopmail (a mail thing on Schoolloop).
I have a setting on my account so that I'd receive emails linked to those emails, so that, when I do receive one, I get an actual notification on phone. Well, in the midst of online forum regsitrations, I checked my spam folder (trying to see if a verification email was sent there by mistake) and stumble upon that specific email stating that all schedule changes for Juniors were to talk to your counselor on August 5th.
I blame Gmail's spam filters. They never put other loopmail emails in the spam filter, why now? But anyways, I'm still calling my counselor tomorrow to see if she'll have mercy on my partially stupid soul and make a change to my schedule. Now, scheduling fixes during the summer, on the specific day, for last year at least, was pretty crazy. There around 4 students at a time, sitting with their counselors.
I'm guessing mine's won't be too happy that she has to fix, yet again, another student's schedule, after the bombardment which was Friday. Oh well, if all else fails, ehhhh, whatever. And besides, it wasn't entirely my fault that I didn't check loopmail. For starters, there's no reason to log in to Schoolloop because all it displays are your old grades, not even listing your new classes. Also, I didn't need to check loopmail directly because A: I have a setting which forwards the message as an email to my email address, and B: it usually consists of shit like sports dates and tryouts and whatever, totally irrelevant to me.
But besides all that, today was just another average relaxation day. Nothing really special, I'm just, waiting for impending doom Thursday, partially Tuesday because that's registration day. That's about it for right now, still gotta finish that math packet (resorting to just input the questions in online). See ya.
So apparently an announcement was made for when schedule changes. That announcement was sent through loopmail (a mail thing on Schoolloop).
I have a setting on my account so that I'd receive emails linked to those emails, so that, when I do receive one, I get an actual notification on phone. Well, in the midst of online forum regsitrations, I checked my spam folder (trying to see if a verification email was sent there by mistake) and stumble upon that specific email stating that all schedule changes for Juniors were to talk to your counselor on August 5th.
I blame Gmail's spam filters. They never put other loopmail emails in the spam filter, why now? But anyways, I'm still calling my counselor tomorrow to see if she'll have mercy on my partially stupid soul and make a change to my schedule. Now, scheduling fixes during the summer, on the specific day, for last year at least, was pretty crazy. There around 4 students at a time, sitting with their counselors.
I'm guessing mine's won't be too happy that she has to fix, yet again, another student's schedule, after the bombardment which was Friday. Oh well, if all else fails, ehhhh, whatever. And besides, it wasn't entirely my fault that I didn't check loopmail. For starters, there's no reason to log in to Schoolloop because all it displays are your old grades, not even listing your new classes. Also, I didn't need to check loopmail directly because A: I have a setting which forwards the message as an email to my email address, and B: it usually consists of shit like sports dates and tryouts and whatever, totally irrelevant to me.
But besides all that, today was just another average relaxation day. Nothing really special, I'm just, waiting for impending doom Thursday, partially Tuesday because that's registration day. That's about it for right now, still gotta finish that math packet (resorting to just input the questions in online). See ya.
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