Oh noes!

So I just took the SAT test on Saturday, and it was pretty much like a day of school with only testing. O_o. Anyways, there was this one question that I didn't get right away, so I skipped it and went back to it. When I went back to try it again, I suddenly was filled with the knowledge of how to solve the problem, so I did. But, right as I was about to put the answer in, the timer went off and so I couldn't fill in the bubble.

It's maddening I tell you! Now that problem, everything about it, is seared into my brain. I could tell you the numbers and the answer and what letter it was, but I can't actually because that would probably be illegal or something of the sort.

My real reason for typing this post was to tell my sister, who I hope will read this, that I cannot comment on her blog. I tried clicking on the "post a comment" button, and nothing happened. I don't know if it's just my computer being stupid or what, but yeah. So my comment is this: "Wow. You really started going into deep thoughts there! From fruit juice to one person changing the world. One person can change the world, but usually it's not for the best. Or sometimes they do change the world but it takes forever for people to realize that the person was right." Yup. That's all. Bye now!

I Hate Poetry

The title is pretty self explanatory. More accurately, I guess I hate analyzing poetry. You know, when the great poets of the past wrote their poems, I doubt they wanted them to be analyzed to death. I wonder how many of them even had a "deeper" meaning.

I am bringing up this subject of poetry because that is what we are going over in my English class. In fact, we had to do this project where we pick three poets, write a biography on each, and analyze a poem from each. Then, we have to write one imitation poem. Holy cows. Also, we have to write an essay on the book we were supposed to have read.

My essay is on Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and the plot and such actually isn't that bad. But the names are...different. Like the main character is Raskolnikov, his friend is Razumikhin, and his mother is Pulcheria Alexandrovna. Needless to say, it's hard to get the hang of their names. Also, pretty much the only thing Raskolnikov eats during the whole book (at least, as far as I've read, which is almost the whole thing) is soup and tea.

Back to poetry. I felt I should post my imitation poem for you guys to comment on, to see if it's any good or needs improvement of some sort. I'll post the real one too though. Here goes:

Psalm of Life
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not it's goal;
Dust thou are, to dust thou returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than today.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.

In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act, - act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make ourselves sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints in the sand of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.

Yay. Here's my imitation.

Psalm of Beauty
An imitation poem by RoENinaE

Tell me not in perfect depictions,
Beauty is a physical state!
For those who have mirror addictions,
Are like marked and chalky slate.

Beauty is within! Beauty is pure!
And an image is not its goal;
Only when the soul is sure,
Will one shine as a whole.

Not appeal, and not slenderness,
Is our demanded shape or form;
But to act with motions of tenderness,
To brave life's constant storm.

Media is long, and Pressure is lasting,
And our hearts, weather good or bad,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
To the drum that will drive us mad.

In the world's pressing photo camera,
In the midst of lightning flashes,
Be not like the wonted chimera!
Be an angel amongst the ashes!

Trust no physicality, however attractive!
Let the beauty queens march their own parade!
Shine, - shine and let your light be active!
Because your inner beauty will never fade!

Lives of great ones all remind us
Beauty is in the mind and heart.
We can fix the lens to see us,
And how we are all a work of art.

Art that is unique in many ways,
Different in shape, color, and size;
Each one is a candle fit to blaze,
And ready to cast out the ludicrous lies.

Let us then be setting the stage
With kindness for generations to come,
Knowing that it shouldn't be an image
That decides what we become.

Tada! The end. Thanks much if you read it all the way through. Please let me know if you come up with improvements for it. Bye!

Fishery Class

This week I took (and am still taking cause it's still the third day) a three day fisheries class. It's been really awesome so far.

Day 1: The teacher explained what fisheries were about and he gave us a rundown of what we were going to be doing. Then, we got to kill some baby fish that were about 8 cm long and we collected data from them (condition, length, weight, etc.) and took blood samples.

Then, we put the blood samples in a thing that spun them and separated the red blood cells from the plasma. We used a circular tool (I forget what it's called) to measure what percentage of the liquid in the tubes was blood.

After that, we took otoliths out of fish heads. Not the little fish though. We used full-grown salmon heads. My lab partner and I only managed to find one otolith, but we had the head of a humpy (aka pink), and their otoliths are really small. On the second head, we lost both otoliths, but that was because we didn't split the head exactly in half.

Day 2: We went out to the hatchery and took a tour. The manager explained what they did in the hatcheries, and then we got to help do tasks. First, we took 200 fish from the tank and massed them. Then we took fish from a different place (these ones were bigger) and we weighed and measured them. Then we helped clean the fish pen things. I have to admit, it was all pretty fun because it was sunny and semi-warm outside.

Day 3: Um, well, it's still morning and school hasn't started yet, but I kind of know what we're going to do. We will go out to the hatchery again and watch the people load fish into this truck thing. Then we will follow them into town and watch them load the fish on a boat.

That's all for now. I am losing my focus, so yup. Byenow!

Long Time No Post.

It's been a really long time since I posted anything. About the Tsunami Bowl, I had lots of fun and it was worth it. My team got 1st place for the paper that we had to write, and then we got 6th in the presentation of our paper and 6th in the buzzer competition (which was the most fun part). I also learned all the lyrics to Don't Stop Believin' by Journey because two of my group members (who I had to sit between on the plane) kept singing it.

Anyways...on with what I really wanted to type. I mainly wanted to rant. You see, I enjoy watching anime shows (they are awesome and now I can actually draw people!). I watched Fullmetal Alchemist which was totally awesome. Then I watched Death Note (which was also awesome) up to about episode 32 before I got mad and quit watching. Then I watched Bleach up to about episode 250 (there is a lot of them). Unfortunately, I did not like that it stopped being in english past that point, so I stopped watching it (though I am reconsidering that decision). After that, I watched Inuyasha (which also has a LOT of episodes, though many of them are just the main characters adventuring around and not really doing anything important). Then, I watched D. Gray-man, which was a really awesome anime! I liked it so much and it was so gripping that I continued to watch it even though it stopped being in english around episode 50.

So this is all fine. But then, I got to the last episode of D. Gray-man (episode 103) and it just ended. I was really disappointed! There was this big battle, but many aspects of the plot were not completed. >_<. Grrr! It was really good too! I am hoping that there will be more to it, and if not then I will just have to deal with it. But I just needed to hammer out this entry to express my extreme disappointment with this show. I really like how they animate the characters though. Anywho, now I have started watching Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, and guess what!? The main character has the same voice as Ichigo (the main character from Bleach). So, it's a little strange to get used to because the two characters look very different. Plus the characters are drawn differently, but that's okay. It's good so far.

If you are not a fan of anime, I am really sorry to have probably bored you with this ranting entry.

Alrighty then. That's all I have to say. Um...there was a fish named swish and he constantly swam in circles until he was caught in a sane net and died on the deck of a boat. Afterwards, he was eaten by someone. So, Goodbye!

The Tsunami Bowl

Hey! It's been a long time since I typed an entry, so sorry about that. Guess what? I'm going to Seward, AK for the National Ocean Science Bowl (or Tsunami Bowl)! Yay! It's a competition between teams from everywhere in Alaska. For one part, your team has to write a big paper about a topic, which you then submit. This year's topic was about thinning sea ice, but we wrote ours about melting glaciers and their effects instead. Then, in Seward, each team has to give a presentation, and then you go off and compete with everybody by answering ocean-related questions.

WARNING: the rest of this entry is pretty much me complaining about the timing of the Bowl. I just really wanted to type this down and complain, but I'm still really excited to go to Seward.

So this is all cool and dandy, but the timing is terrible. Here's a list of other things that happen the exact same weekend:
- The Superbowl. (I'm not really a fan or anything, but this is an event for which my family gathers and has fun)
- My Dad's birthday. (Bummer not to be there)
- The only time the ACT is given in the town in which I live. (So I guess I just have to take it next year)
- The only time Avatar will be in this town. (If you don't live here, you've probably already seen it)
And as for school work, I have a vocabulary test with a million words (more like 100, but that's still a lot), an essay to write in 40 minutes (it's practice for a test, but it's graded), and a math test (which I either have to take early, on the plane, or during the Superbowl). Eesh.

Okay. I'm all good now. Despite all this I am looking forward to the trip and I really hope that the weather is nice and that I don't get carsick. That's all for now. Maybe next time I will type about a dream I had, cause I had a really weird one about the Caribbean, dancing, and werewolves. Goodbye y'all! (southerness. Hehehehe)

Say What?

So I was thinking I should type another post, since I haven't for awhile, and I came up with this brilliant idea. Yesterday, while we went over notes in class, I wrote a whole bunch of randomness and my idea is that I will post it. If it makes no sense whatsoever, do not be afraid. That's how it's supposed to be. So here goes:

They said that is was once was and that fish ate worms. Therefore, the complexity of hair is was, and was is that which can be. In the case that was is that which can be, is could pertain to a certain degree of correctness which we find in all apples.

To put this more simply, the third dimension is dynamically flawed in its vegetables, which should have been pies. But then again, pies are the substance of mixing and blending. Currently, however, pies were changed to turkey's of shell. If there was to be a gravity surging, as the current ways of that law are unstable and universally challenged, the result might be a bending of this reality of is. If is becomes bent, then was could quite possibly develop into were and were into not.

In terms of oranges, books do not comply. There once was a folder that fell off a bridge of pebbles into a river of system. Prices inconveniently encountered this problem, but they widened into rips in fabric. The fabric, composed of nationalism and eyebrows, was and came to be involuntary mountains. During this point in time, the rock of tables and water mysteriously disappeared into the great abyss of disruption.

If your IQ dropped, that's okay.

I stole this tag from netsiK. Hope she doesn't mind! XD

Do you like to write?
I like filling out fun questions. Does that count?

Favourite Books?
Um...Deep Storm - Lincoln Child

Adam - Ted Dekker

and Prey - Michael Crichton

There are many, many more.

Do you compose music/write songs?
*hysterical laughter* no.

Do you like Poetry?
Mostly no. Every now and then, yes.

Loved someone so much who made you cry?
...Not sure exactly what. Beans! Hahahahaha.

Broken a bone?
My right big toe. It's deformed now. O_o

Been in a police car?
Nope!

Been on a boat?
Like netsirK, I live on an island. The same island, in fact. So it's pretty much impossible that I've never been on a boat.

Fallen asleep at school?
Pft. No. I got really tired though.

Did you sing today?

I sing every day.

KFC, Popeyes or Church's?
Never been to either one. It's all part of the "island" thing.

Chick-fil-a or What-a-Burger?
I've never been to or had one of either.

Starbucks or McCafe?
Starbucks. I guess.

What's your favourite time of year?
I like winter when there is snow and summer when there is sun.

Do you ever talk to yourself?
Hehe. Daily. A lot.

Do you have a favourite treat you like to buy on occasions?
A latte or mocha at Java Hus.

Do you believe the Bible is the literal word of God and is infallible?
Without a doubt.

What's your favourite sport?
Psychologically analyzing people. jk.

What colour is your Ipod?
Classic silver. Very svelte.

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
An inch to the left.

If you could go to any fictional place, where would you go?
Um...in the future

Do you love to write or do you just like writing? Or do you write at all?
Of course I write. That's what I'm doing write now. Haha, joke.

What do you want to be when you a grown-up?

I wanna be a dragon!

Favourite animal?
Cat, horse, or wolf.

Favourite Song?
Like I could type them all. A few are Comatose - Skillet, Mouth Like a Magazine - Showbread, and In Christ Alone - Newsboys.

Do you like school?
Sometimes.

Are you a people person? Because I'm getting the idea that you are!
Probably not. I could be, but it depends.

Do you like to talk?
That would depend on the subject and wether or not people will let me talk.

Favourite food?
I like fried rice.

Hobbies?
Um, I draw.

Favourite Author?
*sigh*. One of them is Erin Hunter, or was when I was younger.

Favourite weapon?
Butcher knife or fire poker. (Don't worry, I've never had to use either)

Is this a fun tag or are you getting bored?
I like.

Do you like Hannah Montana and all those girly people and movies like high school musical?
*hack hack, cough cough* No way! I despise musicals! I like deep suspense and plot.

What are you scared of?
Spiders. And falling face first into a concrete slab with my hands tied behind my back and someone pushing me.

Favourite flower?
Geraniums. And flowers that smell good.

Colour of your eyes?
Brown, like the majority.