This year I'm taking an American Government course, and it is quite possibly my favorite subject ever. We're reading really cool books (a bunch of texts written contemporarily with the Revolution) and last week I got to write two of the most enjoyable papers of my academic career.
They were supposed to be two papers, written in the first person, one condoning the Revolution the other condemning it. I have this terrible history of going off on tangents when I write in the first person so I was actually dreading these papers, but I found a solution. Instead of writing a letter or something, which I hear most people do, I wrote a political essay. I basically pretended I was Thomas Paine or someone back then and spent about 800 words bashing on either the British or the Revolution. I got way too into it, and after the first one I had almost convinced myself that the American Revolution was some idiotic idea thought up by upstart colonists. Luckily, the next day I wrote one in favor of the war, so my opinion's back where it belongs.
Having fun doing school is the best. Sometimes I just get into these funks where I lose all motivation and just drown under all the things I'm refusing to do. There are really only two ways to get out of those, neither of which happen very often: have fun or get it all done. Usually I have to suffer through all the work, but every blue moon or so I enjoy an assignment enough to motivate me to finish everything. I love it when school loves me.
Speaking of school, I got my SAT scores back! I am so happy! They are finally good enough to get into my dream college, so I don't need to take it again in November :) Now all I need to do is make sure my mom's okay with them and pray that the admission committee knows that I really am smarter than my scores. Keep those fingers crossed.
Random note, I just heard the word catawampus used in a sentence. There really is a first time for everything!
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Sunday, October 26, 2014
I can't think of a title.
I went to a super (hahaha. Get it?) Halloween party last night. It was all a party should be: I had my friends, my food, and a really fun time. It was a blast! A few of us got together and planned out corresponding superhero costumes (get the last joke? I'm so funny.) so my sister went as Black Widow, Josie as a SHIELD Agent, one friend as Superman, another as Cat Woman and I as Captain America.
Like my awesome shield?
Let me just tell you, that shield took a lot of work. Fun work, I'll admit, but a lot of work. I think that my fingerprints may have been ripped of by that ridiculous amount of duct tape. Now that it's all finished I wish I'd taken pictures of all the in between steps, but it's too late now. Suffice it to say, this started out orange and ended up beautiful. #thankyouducttape
Enough with the hashtags. Let's get to the real stuff. Pictures!
Josie mentioned in her blog post (this one) that she was missing some pictures she took on my phone. Well, she wasn't missing much. Ha. Ha. Ha. But really, most of the pictures came out terribly grainy and unlovely, but here are the best of the bunch.
Behind-the-scenes
Do I look dorky or what?
Look at me being so strong and heroic.
I should have my own action movie.
Truth. Honor. Patriotism.
Happy Halloween!
Monday, October 20, 2014
Sunshine Award!
1. What fictional character are you most like? Starting out with the hard questions! I always have a hard time saying that a character is like me because I can relate to most, but that doesn't mean I'm actually similar to them. But no that I think about it, I've gotta say Kendra Sorenson from Fablehaven. Now that I've said that I can't think of the specific ways she's like me, but there are similarities! I promise!
2. If you had to change the color of your hair, what color would you pick? It could be a crazy color, or just a different natural shade. If I had to dye my hair I'd go all out. Purple or blue. Not sure if I'd color my whole head or just do it in streaks, but it would definitely be blue or purple. Or Pink. Pink is good.
3. Girls' night out with three fictional females! Who do you pick? Fun fun fun! I'd invite Pepper Potts, Elizabeth Bennet and Parker. On second thought maybe not Parker if we plan to go out in public...
4. One time you were so embarrassed that you wished the floor would swallow you? Surprisingly enough I never really grasp the awkwardness of any given awkward moment until the night after when I lie in bed agonizing over the incident. But that's a lame answer, so I'll give you this one. Two years ago a friend came into town during the local fair, so we trooped on over there for the day. After a few rides we decided to brave the horrendous line and go on the ferris wheel. WELL, we went around a few times when, coming down again, I caught sight of these two idiots standing up and rocking their cart. They had the stupidest grins on their faces. I don't really know what came over me, but I definitely didn't have time to think before taking action. "SIT DOWN, GUYS!" They were so surprised; their expressions were priceless. And, what's even more surprising, they did it, and for the next ten minutes I got to live through the rest of the ride, passing them another half dozen times. Mortifying, or what?
5. Dream role in any play, any movie, or any book you want to be made into a movie/play? Hermione Granger, hands down. I guess it wouldn't really be acting, but I've always loved her and she's a witch who flies, so what could be better?
6. Favorite historical era for fashion--Which time period had your favorite clothes? I was about to say princess, but that's not a real era, so I shan't. I'm gonna say the 50's. Not really a historical era yet, but their clothes were so cute!
7. The last movie/show you watched was...? The Season Premere of Doctor Who :) I actually went to a movie theatre that was screening the episode, and it was by far the weirdest experience of my life. Good. But weird. Everyone there was the kind of person who would go to the movie theatre for something that was showing on cable. There were tons of people in costume (one guy was a dead ringer for 11) and they put my fangirling to shame. But it was all fine when the show started. Everyone laughed during the funny parts (something all but unheard of in my experience) and, when the credits started rolling, no one stood up to leave. Literally no one. Everyone waited around to see if there'd be an extra clip at the end :) It was pretty great.
8. Would you rather work in a cafe or a library? Cafe. I love the smell of books, but I love the smell of coffee too, and in a coffee shop you can talk to people without worrying about disturbing the patrons.
9. At the moment, what is your favorite song? I don't have a favorite song at the moment...but the last favorite song I had Best Day of My Life by American Authors. It was stuck in my head for more than two weeks and somehow I still manage to enjoy listening to it.
10. If you could live in a treehouse or on a ship/boat, which would you pick? Ohh. Tough one. I think I'm gonna pick treehouse. You know, a totally decked out treehouse like in Swiss Family Robinson? Who hasn't wanted to live in one of those?
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