I haven't written a new post in four days, and I didn't even realize that until last night at ten. This quarter at my school is the most hectic of them all, because it's known by all ASA'ers as presentation quarter. I've vaguely mentioned it before, but since it seems to be taking up 90% of my time, I might as well write about it. Presentation quarter consists of yes, a presentation, but also a lot of experiments, a lot of writing, and a lot of stress. I've never had to do anything quite this hard at any other school before, and I'm so glad it's basically over. But, in the last four days, a lot has happened, and I've got a lot to write about. Although February has been the month with the least amount of posts, I'm determined to make March better because I have almost half the month off from school, which will make for a lot of time and some good stories (hopefully).
Last weekend, I saw the movie Cedar Rapids with my family, and I wasn't expecting it to be as hilarious as it was. I can say with full confidence that it's possibly one of the funniest movies I've ever seen, if not the funniest. John C. Reilly and Ed Helms are a perfect pair, and Anne Heche is also hilarious. Read my full review of it at www.blogforteens.com!
Speaking of Blog For Teens, I've decided to make an archive of all my posts on said website. If the site were to ever shut down, or I were to ever leave/lose my position there, I still want to have proof that I wrote there, and the things that I did write. So, I'm going to keep an online archive of all the posts, as well as print them all out in case of a sudden shut-down of the internet (you never know when that could happen). When I get that done, I will definitely post a link for you guys to go see that, and read any of the older posts that you've never read, or even the new ones that you may have missed.
Yesterday morning, I went for my first 5 AM run. I made the decision, I don't even know why any more, but it seemed like it might be a good time. Basically, I get up at 4:30 to get ready, got dressed, and went outside. It was freezing. I almost had the sense to go back inside but I thought, "hey, I already got up and I'm outside, I'll just do it." I start running around the block, hoping that I don't catch pneumonia. I was really surprised about how many people were running at the same time. Then, of course, me being the lucky guy that I am, had a second encounter with a javelina in less than 5 months. The thing looked at me, and I thought, "my luck is up. I'm done. This thing is going to kill me." Thankfully, it kept walking, but at that point, I knew it was time to go home. I got back about 40 minutes later, hopped in the shower, got ready, and went to school. For it only being 6 AM, I was pretty much ready to go back to sleep.
That same day, at around 9:30, I was walking back to Science class from the bathroom, and I saw my friend Stefan. He was jumping on this ledge that connected to a roof that covers a space where there are 6 water fountains. I said hi to him and decided to try to jump on the ledge too. I jumped up, grabbed onto it, swung, let go by accident, and fell flat on my ass. I don't think I've ever been in that much pain before, and for the next day, moving became a BME Pain Olympic Sport.
In English, we read The Crucible by Arthur Miller, and now we're watching the movie, which I have to say, is absolutely horrible. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis, so I thought that there was no way it could be bad. I was very wrong. But I think it's very interesting, that Arthur Miller wrote both the play and the screenplay, which is almost awkward because the film takes too much advantage of the fact that it's a movie, and switches all the scenes around, making the whole thing almost useless. The Crucible, in my opinion, while a very good and interesting play, is ultimately just a self-serving piece of literature. Miller was angry at McCarthy and the Red Scare, so he vented by writing what is hailed as the best play ever written, go figure. While I respect Miller as an author on many levels, I've always felt that The Crucible was too personal for it to have its own opinion. While this may be true for many novels, I feel like if the writer really wants to get recognition, they must put aside their own opinions, and really try to have a new voice. The characters, as a whole, are boring, and some, if not most of the dialogue, is far-fetched, even considering the time period. I do respect the play for what it did, and I really did enjoy it, but I have my opinions I guess.
To end this post, I want to share a link of mine and Lizz's new band Gentlemanly Anonymous. The song is more than a demo version, and it's in a loud place, so some of the quality isn't great. Thank you Piera for accidentally coming up with the awesome name. Here it is, enjoy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dk11mCW-jY
Thanks for reading guys. Oh and by the way, Willow won't let me publish this unless I say tits..sorry. So, yeah, tits. I'll probably just delete this later :)
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