Harvard and Bunnies

Hello world!

This is me, reporting after another absence of sorts. I figured it'd be fun to get back in the bloggy mood, and, to be honest, nothing much has happened in the past two weeks.

I think.

Nothing I can remember instantaneously, anyway. There are some pretty hectic, wonderful, exciting things coming up, though!

First of all, an interview for Harvard College. Tomorrow. With a plastic surgeon.

This is Harvard's Dining Hall. It's like Hogwarts! ^^

Excitedly Nervous = Me

This interview may make or break me in terms of acceptance. I don't think I'm strong enough to get in on just my grades alone, so this could be helpful. I just hope I don't screw up big time. I also hope that this doctor is more conversational in person than he was on the phone.

There are a few more exciting events coming up, and I shall (hopefully) keep this updated. We shall see if time permits.

Also, -shameless plug- look at this awesome blog just started up by someone dear to my heart, almost as dear as Bunny!

Until then,

O.O.

Snow Day = The End of Christmas

Hello world...

Today, my prayers were answered!

SNOW DAY!!!

We did indeed get that giant windfall of snow that was promised. I use the term windfall literally. There were drifts up to my head. They covered our automobiles. T'was awesome.

Funny thing was, they canceled school before the snow even started falling! BEFORE. There was not a flake in the sky, and the school closings were pouring in!!!

It was wonderful!

Most unwonderful was the fact that my mother took the opportunity to make me and my brother help her finally put away the Christmas decorations and take down the tree.

Yes, we still had it up on February 1st. It's somewhat of a family tradition to keep our tree up obscenely long. And our lights are still up on the house! We'll probably take those down eventually. Give us a month or so.

Anyways, this midnight post must come to a close. Here's to another day off of school tomorrow!

But before I go, a short winter joke for ya:

What's an ig?

An eskimo's house without a loo!

Harharhar!

Have a good one!

O.O.

Blood and Snow

Hello world!

I would just like to inform you that this guy is your newest blood donor! That's right! There is a pint of my blood sitting in a refrigerator somewhere!

We had a blood drive at our school yesterday, and while I've tried to donate before, I could never get a full pint. Well, yesterday was apparently the day. The nurse was surprised at how quick I was finished, and when they tried to clot the bleeding, it took two tries. I guess my veins just wanted to keep giving!

. . .

Well, enough about blood. On to something more exciting, like...


SNOW DAYS!


For days (and by days, I mean since Monday), all that anyone at school has been talking about is the upcoming snow storm and the guarantee of a snow day tomorrow. Well, I've yet to see the actual storm itself, but even my dad seems confident that we're not going to have school tomorrow, and he's never confident about that sort of thing! Here's to hoping I'll have all day to catch up on sleep and required reading tomorrow!

Speaking of snow, here's a snow sculpture that I might consider making tomorrow if we get the snow I'm wishing for. (Nerd alert!)



Playing Dungeons and Dragons in the snow with snow dice and snow creatures. Can you think of a better way to spend a snow day?

I think not!

Hoping and praying for a godsend of snow tonight!

O.O.

Unicorns, Babies, and Cupcakes

Well...

It's been 10 days, but I'm back again! So far, it's going better than my other attempt to revive this old blog! :D (Look back about 2 posts. You'll see it.)

And this time, I bring tidings of great joy! Great joy, in this case, is also known as Robot Unicorn Attack!
Once you do indeed begin to play, you can kiss your life goodbye. Trust me.

I discovered this wonderful concoction of flash game, rainbows, dolphins, robots, and unicorns last summer, and as my friends will attest to, I talked of little else for about a week or more. (It may have been up to a month. I don't really remember. The time line gets a little iffy in my brain at that point.)

The reason I'm finally posting this now is that this game recently experienced a revival at my school. I don't know where the heck it came from, but for once, this man was on top of the trend! That's right! I knew what all the cool kids were talking about!

Needless to say, my friends, who had heard all about this game before, suddenly started playing it and now understand my seemingly-insane obsession with robot unicorns. This lovely little picture illustrates the process of addiction pretty well if you ask me.

(This is unfortunately not mine. It belongs to epicponyz.com and google for finding it for me.)

And so, dear reader, I now pass this wonderful game on to you. Play it. Love it. Share it. Rainbows forever.

Also, I offer you excuses as to my prolonged absence from The Blog. I've been in the wonderful national capital of Washington D.C. since last Saturday until Tuesday.

Which, in hindsight, doesn't explain my absence until now... But hey!

Once again, I made the voyage to DC for the annual March for Life to support babies everywhere. I love babies.
And while I was there, I was able to stop in to a neat little cupcake store with my friends called Georgetown Cupcakes! (I'm in a promoting mood today, I guess.) The women in my group were quick to inform me that this little cupcakery was well-known to the American TV-viewing public as the star of the show DC Cupcakes. I didn't so much care for that, but the cupcakes were, indeed, DEEEEElicious!

My favorite had to be the peanut-butter chocolate lava fudge cupcake. That's right.

Peanut-butter-lava-fudge!

You couldn't name a cupcake anything more delicious than that!

For a bit I was afraid I was doomed to become somewhat of a cupcake snob because of my experience, but yesterday, this was quickly banished by my consuming a half dozen funfetti cupcakes with dark blue frosting at a friend's birthday party. I guess my tummy simply can't resist the wonders of a mini cake in a wrapper.

And so, reader, I must leave you. Enjoy the unicorns and go find yourself a cupcake to eat (preferably funfetti to match the rainbows!) but don't go too crazy, alright?

À bientôt!

O.O.

Busy, Busy, Busy Once More

So...

I finally thought that for once I had gotten rid of all my deadlines, things to do, long-term notices, etc. and could rest in peace.

That didn't last long at all. It left much, much to quickly! I don't have much to complain about, I know, but suddenly I found out I was going to prom in two weeks, got two new roles in a play that starts next weekend, got a job tutoring, and I need to get further ahead in my French class...

Whew. Just putting it all down somewhere helps a lot. At least now I can look back on that whenever I forget my list of things to do.

It'll be a fun, fun last two months of school, that's for sure! :D

Waking early: Non... (Something tells me this goal is gonna be dropped... :P)
Flossing: Oui!
Running: Oui!

Senior Buddy Auction!

Well, today was bundles of fun, and a perfect way to go back to school after Easter!!

Instead of going to school, we actually went to the gym for a fun, out-of-school day! Then again, any day out of school tends to be fun...

Anyways, we had our annual Senior Buddy auction! You basically auction off each of the seniors in the graduating class, and people bid on them, and the highest bidder gets that senior as his buddy to do anything he commands! Mwahaha! The teachers also put up extra credit points, cookies, steak dinners cooked by them, etc. All the money raised goes to homecoming next year! Woot!

So, naturally, I bought a senior for $16, and split him 50-50 with my friend, who'lll take him half the day, me the other half! I know him from drama and stuff, and he's a pretty neat guy. I get to dress him redonculously, he'll bring in boardgames to play during class, buy me lunch and slurpees, etc.

Then we had a bunch of class gainst class competitions. I tied the donut-eating comp. for my class with the seniors. -fist pump- And then we went bowling to raise money for a homeless shelter!

So all-in-all, a good day, and no homework for me!

Getting up early: No...
Running: Yup!
Flossing: Yup!

So... 'Bout Those Resolutions....

I got up at 9:30... I figured I'd let myself sleep in, seeing as I don't get another break from school for eons...

And I ran for the first time since the fall! :D -lifts glass of water- Here's to hoping this is the start of a trend!

Also, I'm going to start flossing religiously (hence, before I go to sleep every day). Hecks to the yeah!

So, for today:

Flossing: Check
Waking up early: No
Running: Check

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!

French Song of the Week #1

Starting today, I hope to find a French song that I like each week and post it on here every Sunday! My French teacher suggested it for "cultural enrichment", and I thought what better way to learn French culture than through music??

So for the first song, hopefully the start of a tradition, I offer on to all of you the song "Paris" by Camille!



I particularly like the tap dancer around 2:15! :P

Enjoy!

(Kudos go to Blusparrow, because I semi-borrowed her idea!)

Busy, Busy, Busy!

I haven't written a post in a looong time, it seems.

School, play, homework, eating, thinking, and reading have all kept me preoccupied these last few days. The weekend was fun, but it sure wasn't as restful as I had hoped it would be. But that's okay. I've been napping again! Maybe that's why I never have time for anything... I spend all my time hibernating!

Well, whatever the reason, I know that I must be busy because I haven't even started to read Les Miserables yet! Normally, when I get a new book, I go ballistic and read as much as possible.

Not this time...

Speaking of books, I have to write an in-class essay on Farenheit 451 tomorrow in English. I really love the novel, so much so that I even bought my own copy after reading it, but an essay doesn't sound fun at all...

But I digress. My life is busy, but I guess I wouldn't have it any other way. I just wish I had a day to take a breather and not do anything. Maybe this weekend...

It's Friday!

FINALLY!

I've been waiting all week for this day to come, and now that it's come, it's been an awesome day. I watched movies in two classes, had a test in another, a quiz in another, and no homework in any class except English! The only bad thing about it is that I have play practice 6 - 8, so no plans for me...

But I have Swedish Fish!
SCORE!

Tomorrow looks like it'll be a pretty regular day until the afternoon, and I get to go to a partay later! Woot woot!

In other words, let's hope this'll be a fun weekend! I hope you all have a great one, too!

Doodle!

Here's a doodle I drew on my right arm in some class today. ( I forget which one...)


I'm pretty happy with it, considering I don't know what it is (some monkey/bear cross?), it was inspired by a scribble, and I drew it with my left hand!!! Hooray for ambidextrousness!

Snow, Sleep, and Stocks

So... I'm really tired. It's only Tuesday and I feel as if I've been through a week of school... My weekend rest seems to have disappeared.

Thankfully, the weather reports say that there's a slight chance of a snow day... And I'm hoping for it, because I need it. (zzzz.... and I need to catch up on French.)



One thing we've been doing in school lately is studying the stock market, and seeing as we're in the lowest of the lowest dip possible right now, chances are stocks will go up soon. I'm thinking about scrounging up a few bucks to invest, if at all possible! Big dreams for a sophomore guy, but wouldn't it be great to actually have spending money?!?! :D

Anyways, beyond my fiscal dreams, and real dreams once I go to sleep, there's no much going on...

Bonne nuit!

P.S. I'm angry that ABC is already repeating Scrubs episodes! Gr! >:(

Radieux!

That means dazzling in French!

My day wasn't too bad today, but not quite something I would call dazzling. Just a regular day at school, with a slightly lower homework load... I got chastised today for not keeping up with my online French course, too. XP

We had an interesting discussion in Religion class today, though. It was about if looking at a person's actions and judging that action is okay if judging a person's overall level of good or evil isn't okay. This may sound really boring and everything, but it was really quite intense... I want to start a debate club at my school now! :D

Oh well, that'll have to wait until another day... -yawn- I think it's high time for a nap...

Non-stop Napping?

So guess what happened today?

I napped for two hours. Completely unintentionally!

And this isn't the first time this has happened the past couple days. I think I napped for two hours Monday, too, and a shorter one Sunday.

Am I suffering from exhaustion or what? Hopefully, this ends soon, because on most weeks, I have no time to nap! I guess I'm lucky I've had a couple easy days in regards to homework and play practice.

Speaking of which, I better finish my English before Lost starts...

Shakespeare in Spring?!?!

:D

I'm very excited today!

I just got back from play practice, and our director is seriously thinking about doing one of four Shakespeare plays next spring(Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, or McB).

This, combined with Ana's completely awesome post, have totally made my day!

:D

Caloric Baked Goods, MORPing, and Mathematics

Well, yesterday was quite an awesome day for a particularly uneventful Saturday.

I had to get up bright and early after 7 AM to get up for church because I had to altar serve, and then my family went out to breakfast, and then I actually got some cleaning done in my room! Note I said some, not a lot. But still, it was better than nothing.

And then, my little brother, my mother, and I made pączki (pronounced pwnch-key (Like PWN with a chee added to it))!

In case you don't know what it is, it's leavened dough, wrapped around a small amount of plum jam, and then fried and glazed!

It tastes very much like a dougnut, and they're made for special occasions in Poland, where both of my parents come from, hence us making paczki.

Here in America, especially around my town, they're really popular around Fat Tuesday (the day before Lent starts). But, being the picky native that I am, I really don't like the ones the bakeries make around here... They're way too much like jelly donuts than pączki... But my mothers, on the other hand... Mmmm... -dies of ecstasy-

In other news...

I was invited to a Morp yesterday, but, alas, I couldn't go. Morping, according to my friends, is when you go around dressed all fancily (dresses, ties, suits, etc.) to places like the party store, movies, mall, and any other place where jeans/tees are the norm! Personall,y I think grocery shopping at Wal-Mart would be especially amusing!

Perhaps I'll go next time, and bring along a whole list of fun places to go! :D

In recent news...

I have a butt-load of homework to do. I guess that's what I get for putting it off since Thursday.

So here I go to finish that backpack full of geometry, English, French, history, and chemistry! Au revoir for now!

Another Post From School...

Well, unlike Monday, today has been a pretty great day!

First of all, I have no homework as of now except for some Geometry! WOOOTNESS! It's such a relief after the past couple weeks of craziness in the area of homework.

Second, after my brother forced me to get up in the morning, I found out that I actually was completely rested! Normally, in teh morning, I resemble an angry zombie very closely...

And lastly, I just feel awesome today! No reason, except for the two above...

Now, once again, if the silly people sitting behind me would just be quiet, this study period would be perfect!! :D

In other news...

I just recently rediscovered an old series of mine in the Ficlets graveyard! I remember I really liked this series, especially considering that it was one of my first. You can check it out here! (Woot for self-plugging!)

That's all for now! Adios! I guess I'll tackle that geometry now.

Busy, Busy, Busy Once Again

Is it just me, or does it seem like this week is packed full of things?

I barely have any time for relaxation anymore... T'is sad. Last night, I procrastinated on my pile of homework by reading Fahrenheit 451 (Which I highly recommend, even though I still haven't finished) for a couple hours... Which meant that I had to do my two hours of homework until 11 PM... That was when I decided that starting a paper (due tomorrow) and studying for a history test (which was today) were less important then sleep.

And now, today, the cycle starts again! Except this time, you've got to throw Scrubs and play practice into the mix.

But, strangely enough, as tiring as it all is, I'm glad I'm a highschool student right now (especially after reading Elsha's post) If you compare our troubles with other people's, they don't seem too bad.

Well, I have to be off, doing homework, French, writing papers, etc. Hopefully, I can squeeze in watching Scrubs!

Resolutions, Key Club, and Photographs

Well, here I am, 3 days into my New Year's resolution and I've already missed a day! :P Hopefully, this isn't a sign of the days to come!

Anyways, I guess I missed yesterday's post because of a busy day. Our school's Key Club, the first in our region, was chartered yesterday, and we had a small ceremony and ice cream social to commemorate it! ICE CREAM SOCIAL, PEOPLE! It doesn't get better than that.

In case you don't know what Key Club is, and I'd be surprised if you did, it's a community service organization for high school students that focuses on outreach and community involvement. I honestly don't see the point of it in a school where 100 hours of community service are already required, but hey! It looks good on college applications, I hear.

In other news...

There are only 3 days left until our diocese leaves for the annual March for Life in Washington DC against abortion in the US. Abortion is one of those things that I believe strongly against, not only because it's against my religion, but because I just think it's wrong to kill a small child in the womb. Just look at this amazing picture:


I was lucky enough to meet the man who took this inspiring photograph, Michael Clancy, when he came to our school for a short presentation. He was an amazing, down-to-earth guy, and he gave up everything to stand behind this photograph. Michael lost his job and can't find work because magazines and newspapers are scared to hire him. His pro-life stance and the sacrifices he made stand against abortion really inspired me in my own beliefs. Michael Clancy was just an amazing dude all around.

Well, that's all for now. Please pray for the success of our march against abortion! :D This is an orange oreo, signing off!