So to follow up on my last blog, I never got a call from the JCC, but my chances of getting in counseling that late were slim anyway. No new hours at Pet Valu, and now I won't even be working there for a while after this Thursday. I'm a little lazy, so I'm going to paste in my blog from my MSN Space. Oh and by the way, I went on a 7 day cruise from Vancouver to Seward, Alaska from July 28- August 5 (when I got back at like 5am). It was awsome!

It's such a sad thought! It's almost school time! I'm kind of excited, but also not excited. I'm really nervous to find out about my schedule, because the most I've ever had to change on my schedule before was getting rid of band in grade 9, and adding it in grade 10. But for this year I really hope my schedule will work out okay, and that the guidance people looked at my comments. I'd really like Biology and Math in first semester, and Physics, Chemistry and my spare in second. And based on that, I also know that the only music class is first period, second semester, meaning that my English and History will be in first semester as well! What a hard semester that'd be! But that's the way it's gotta be! Please?
So anyway, lots has been going on and will be going on. Lets see.... Last Friday I saw Accepted with my dad. What a cool movie! I like fun movies like that, so I've decided that I'm gonna get it when it comes out. Then that Saturday we were going to go to the Woodward Dream Cruise, but instead we had a going away party for Jaimie and David, who are moving to Spain soon. They slept over all weekend so I was stuck on the couch... my air matress got a rip from stupid Lucy. Then this Thursday I have an eye doctor's appointment to get contact lenses! I'm so excited!!! And as soon as that's done, it's my last day at work for a while, so everyone visit me there!! 3:30-6! You see, the mall is like dead now. One day they didn't even bother turning the lights on down at the Pet Valu end of the mall! And the music isn't always on anymore. Then on Friday I'm going to be seeing that movie Invincible, based on a true story. Since I saw the previews I've wanted to see it! And it comes out on Friday. Then the next day, the Saturday my dad's gonna take me to Hot Topic for some back to school shopping. I have a gift card to use there, and some extra American money from my cruise. Monday, August 28 I'm going to Toronto with my mom to visit family, and hopefully we'll see the second Pirates of the Caribbean then too. The Saturday before school starts I'm getting my hair trimmed and thinned. Sunday, September 3 is Pete's birthday, then on Tuesday the 5th school and House start. I'm doing more these three weeks then I did all July (minus the cruise).

Anyway, I'm off now, I'll try to write a bit more often. Stay in school!

Okay, I only have seven minutes to write and publish this. I'm bored out of my mind currently, though I should be looking over my math stuff. We're having a quiz next period, if I get 8, 9, or 10 out of 10 on it, I'll get 2 bonus points towards my exam next Friday. I've just completed my computers exam which was in class yesterday and today, I played my band exam yesterday in band (did fine), and the rest of my exams are next week! I can't believe the school year's like done!!!! :o
I may be counciling this year at Camp Yomi at the local JCC. I went there when I was little, and at the time didn't like it, but looking back, I have fond memories. I probably would've liked it better then if the Jewish girls weren't such snotty bitches. Anyway, I should be finding out in a call this evening, though I probably won't be able to. If I don't work there, I'll work at Pet Valu like normal, but maybe more/different hours.

I might as well go now. The bell's gonna ring at any minute. TTFN!! Wish me luck on the quiz!! :P

There's not much going on with me today... it feels. It's Thursday, so I have to work... it's supposed to rain off and on all day, it hasn't rained much though today, so hopefully it won't rain while I'm walking, rain while I'm at work, and stop around 5:30 when I go outside to bring the garbage out usually. I probably won't go for a bike ride tonight... we'll see how tired I am and how much my feet hurt, and if it's raining. Oh and I need to practice the trumpet today, 'cause I desperately need to, and we're playing for some kids from a local grade school tomorrow durng fourth period. Ahh I can't miss 4th again! I've missed to much of math, and totally bombed my last test.

So far in math we've had 6 unit tests. My marks were 72, 89, 74, 82, 85, and 64. Before the 64 my math mark was approximately 80%... now after this test it's approximately 78%... this sooo sucks! Last year I had something like 72% in math, and this year at mid-term i had a 77%... And now I brought an 80 down to a 78! =( I need a high math mark to get into university... especially grade 10. Hopefully I'll be able to redeem myself in trigonometry, our last unit (though we'll have a few tests).

While on the subject of my school subjects, in English we're reading Shakespeare's As You Like It... I don't like Shakespeare... although I'd probably like this one if it was written in English! None of us even understand whats going on! For the most part when we read it in class I read my own book and flip the pages of As You Like It when the rest of the class does.

Oh, and I forgot to mention, we're getting a heater for our pool! I can't believe it! I'm pretty happy about it, only the reason I didn't go in the pool a lot last year didn't have to do with the temperature of the water, but the bugs in the water, and having company going in the pool.... I hate swimming alone! I just won't do it... it's no fun at all.

Hmmm, what else... American Idol! Taylor Won! I'm phyced! My dad and I knew America wouldn't be stupid, and that he'd be the American Idol! Yay! He definetly deserves it. Soul Patrol!

Kay, anyway I'm gonna go read now. TTFN... Toodles!

People rely on the bible too much. Especially for things that weren't thought of or relevant in the times that the bible was written. People ask if the bible supported immigration. Umm, that shouldn't influence your feelings on the topic, whether you support it or not. And if it does, and you were to use the bible as support in an argument, then you better be Amish or something like that. You can't use it as an argument if you don't follow the other aspects of it. That means women can't wear pants, and you can only wear one material, etc etc. There was an awsome 'story'/article thingie for this. I'll see if I can find it sometime. Anyway class is almost done. Toodles.

I got my laptop! I'm so happy! I'm surprised my grandfather came through! I can't wait to go home tonight and use it!!! Only problem is I don't know if I will be able to get the TV on it. It has media center, but TV isn't on the main list, it's in settings though. I click it and it says that there's no TV tuner and it's not connected. I know it's not connected, I may need to buy a connector. I'll be okay if that's all I need, but if there's no tuner... And there's no radio tuner either. That's not that bad though. I connected it to the internet last night, and I downloaded the new MSN, all it had was Windows Messenger. I sure hope I'll be able to get TV on it! I'm shocked at how huge the screen is! It's a widescreen too. I'll have to download my games on it, but I think I'll do that this weekend at my dad's, with his high-speed net =D

Hmm, what else. My mom brought me out to a county road, I got to higher speeds. It was an 80 km/h road... I went 60 km/h for the most part, but my mom let me go up to 75 km/h once. I did pretty good =D barely any other cars.

We're probably going to Target next weekend! Yay! My mom and step-dad haven't gone to the states since my step-dad stopped working there like 4 years ago! I have some American money that's like been burning a hole in my wallet since October! =P

Anyway, I'm off. Wish me luck with the TV tuner! One website says it should have it =)

Canada is overlooked too much. We're just like the United States, only better but not a super power. Unlike the States we didn't wipe out two cities with nuclear weapons, and we didn't go to war with Iraq, but we did send peace-keeping troops to Afghanistan. Unlike the States we supply sufficient health care to all of our citizens, poor, needy, rich, and average. But like the United Staes we have great freedoms, leading science and medicine, arts, promise, and better diversity among our people (mosaic in Canada, melting pot in America). We are more open-minded about gay marriage (it's legal here), and if one person gets shot, the whole country hears about it, because it's so rare, while in the States shootings happen on a daily basis, and I can never walk down a Detroit road at night comfortably. I'm sure it's not as bad in other areas, but because I live so close to Detroit it's their news I watch, and it's Detroit's streets that I walk down to go to a baseball game. In Canada it's not your right as a citizen to carry a deadly weapon. Because of this, we also don't need guns to protect ourselves from maniacs who do, because not too many people have them. Just people like cops and hunters.
That's why I'm proud to say that I'm Canadian.

For me, sadness is like a heavieness. I weighs me down in my shoulders and cheeks. It'll do that untill something distracts me, such as someone coming to the door about the census. After that I want to dwell, still, on whats bothering me, because it's still on my mind, but it won't weigh me down... I feel like calling someone...

It's true, that your mind can repress memories, in my case a conversation was repressed with getting a laptop. The conversation was on Sunday, and I'd completely forgotten about it 'till a phone conversation today, and the Sunday conversation was brought up. If the person having the conversation was at all mature, or put together well, they wouldn't have involved me. I wasn't included in the conversation, it was between the woman I just mentioned and one of my Aunts. I was sitting right beside my Aunt, and it wasn't meant not to be overheard, but I tried to think of something else because it hurt my feelings alot. Who talks about someone who's sitting beside the person you're talking to? The woman is jealous of the attention I get... she's acting the way I should be acting with her being like this. It's not like we've ever really been peachy, there's always been jealousy between us, and she can be a real bitch sometimes, not just to me... I observe alot.

As I was writing above, I want to call someone, but there's no one really to call. The only person I've told is my mom, and there's not much more to say with her. In class we're reading The Catcher in the Rye, and a lot of my classmates hated/hate the book, but I'd really like it if we didn't get really hard questions on every single chapter. I think one of the reasons I like it so much is because the more I read, the more I can relate to the main character, Holden. Holden is really depressed alot, and finds alot of things and people phony, but also, throughout the book he always wants to call someone, and I'm like that. Though I only really like talking on the phone to family. Also, Holden has really intricate trains of thought, and it's easily started off onto something almost completely different than the trigger-thought; I do that alot.

Oh yea, I'm supposed to be getting a laptop! I've like always wanted one! Can't wait!

Anyway, I'm off. Ta ta.

Some random thoughts:
Nothing material is truly priceless. You may think that maybe a human life is priceless, or a culture’s history, but it’s not. People can put a price on anything. Ransoms, hits, selling artifacts on the black market. There's always some odd billionaire out there who'd buy old nick-nacks. The only priceless things there could be are emotions, memories, thoughts- things like that. So, yeah, that may be a priceless artifact, but some billionaire will put the right price tag on it.

There's a feeling I've had, I think it's a sort of adventure feeling. It's a tightness in your stomache, like your parents just left the house, your alone wondering what you want to do while walking around the empty house. Another time I get that feeling is very weird. When I over-hear people you wouldn't expect to be talking bad about you doing just that. I also get home-sick when that happens though, because at least at home, if someones going to talk about me in a bad way, they do it jokingly in front of me, or knowing it's within ear-shot, to make sure I hear; it's all in good fun.

Grade 10 Literacy Test is coming up. Starting tomorrow, second period is all review for the Lit test, and lucky me, I have english period 2! Haha... but lots of people don't, so they'll be missing tech, science, math, etc. It's a big test too. If you don't pass, you can't graduate from high school untill you do. The test is next Wednesday.

My step dad had a surgury Monday. Even though they didn't cut him open, they gave him anesthetics, so it still counts. They put him under, and moved his arm around in all of the ways he's currently not able to since an accident 2 years ago May. He's at home recuperating, and in a lot of pain. He was in pain during the surgery too because they couldn't put him fully under, so hear could hear them talking, and knew what they were doing, and the doctor said that occasionally my step dad would have a grimace of pain on his face. Hopefully the pain will go away soon, and he'll regain the movements he'd lost in his shoulder. For now we wait and medicate.

Music Fest is coming up too, it's next Friday. The band is going in it... I'm nervous. I'm the only trumpet, and I have a lot of solos. There are also a lot of notes I can't play [well] in the three pieces we'll be playing. We're playing As Summer was Just Beginning (our best song), Bright Blue Water (our worst song), and Royal Air Force March Past (in the middle). I think I'm going to embarass myself when we go, and they'll probably mention that lone trumpeter when they tell us how we did... ah well, I am the lone, quiet trumpeter.

Anyway, I'm off to do other things. Ta!

Okay, I got the Pumas on Friday, but they weren't the greatest... The problem is that the heel curved up, and it hurt my heel- that's just not cool. So I wore them around the house for a while, and made my decision. Today, my dad and I went to the mall, and went into Champs. I looked at two pairs of shoes. There were another pair of Pumas, and a pair of Adidas. The Pumas were called Alpine Trail Racer (top), and the Adidas were Manama (with Goodyear soles)(bottom). I liked them both! They both felt better than my current shoes. The Pumas did up easily, and fit great, real tight, but not uncomfortable, a supportive tight. They also had lots of arch support. The Adidas not only tied up with laces, but had a velcro strap across the top. The Pumas gave your step an extra perk. Anyway, it was an immensley difficult decision because 1) I suck at decisions anyway 2) they cost the same, no weighing my decision on that 3) my dad was Adidas all the way, no help there and 4) the Pumas looked awsome. I made the decision based on when I was sitting, a different one on each of my feet, the Puma's arch was more noticeable, so I said Adidas. My dad had them hold them. We went to Footlocker, returned my previous pair of Pumas, and then went and bought the Adidas. They're nice to walk in, and they look neat. I still really like the Pumas, but I figure when I get a new pair of shoes I'll look those ones up.
Anyway, I'm gonna go play some games. Ta ta to you all!

Yesterday wasn't that bad. There was nothing to put away because my bosses are training a new person to work there. I think that her name is Sherry... she used to work at Munks, but Munks closed, so she needed a job, and has a lot of experience with pet stores. At least I won't have to get her crickets for her anymore!
So since everything was put away, we cleaned fish bowls. Lots of them. I did at least 8.
Last night was also parent-teacher interviews, so after my mom picked me up from work, we went to the interviews. First was my science teacher, who said I was doing great with an 88%. Next was my English teacher, who said I was right where I was supposed to be, at 76%, and was shocked when my mom told her that English was my lowest mark. Last was my math teacher, who, as we walked down the aisle towards him, stood up and made an 'A' shape above his head (think of YMCA), and said that if he'd had known we were in line he could have stood up and given us (my mom) the signal, and we wouldn't have had to wait the 25 minutes we did. He was very positive, and I'm doing great in the class.
Sometime this weekend I'm going to my dad's house, and we're gonna get my Puma's :)
Anyway, the bell's going to go in a sec, toodles!

March Break is coming up, I can't wait! 1.5 days left!

I have to go to work today, I the prospect of walking there, getting there, and then just walking around putting things away all day 'till it's done, and then taking out the garbage and recycling isn't very tempting. I only work Thursdays now, because now that minimum wage is going up, they can't afford to have me there on Tuesdays (which, for the last few weeks I was there) were slow days. Not only is Thursday a good day for business, but it's also the day we get our weekly shipment of both supplies and fish. So you get to juggle putting things away, and helping all of the customers... even the ones that want crickets and mealworms... yummy!

This weekend I hope to go to the mall and get a new pair of shoes! Puma ones, Speed Cat SD US, I'll post a picture. The ones I want are suede, but I walk through too much mud to get them because the rubber sole is small. There is a pair that look the same, but where the suede ones are white, these are black suede, and the rest is black leather. But the black suede is darker than the black leather, but at least they are the same price. I even had a dream that I already got a pair of the ones in the picture! Lol!

Anyway, I'm going to go do some programming like I'm supposed to. Ta ta!

Okay, so this isn't my first blog ever, but my first blog on here.
At the moment there's nothing in particular I want to say...
I'm in computer class at the moment. We just handed in our computer history timeline. My group did monitors from the 1960's to now. It was easy to find into on the 80's, and really hard for 2000-now.
Now that that project is done, we have another project, this one on ergonomics: injuries.

We're having The Price is Right today, so all the classes are shorter, and we're presentinf the timelines.
For The Price is Right, I want to win something, but I don't want to go up! So odd.
In English we have to make totem poles, with yourself and four other people represented on it. I've chosen to do my dad, mom and friends Josh and Jack. I chose friends based on if I could find an animal to represent them, not by who I'm closer friends with. I'm not looking forward to doing it this weekend; though I can't wait 'till the weekend. :D
We had our first science test, in Physics, and I'm happy to report that I got a 93% on it! :D

I wish that I could be a spectacular blogger like some of the people on here, talking about current issues and stuff. I've done it before, on my website, but I go back and read some of it, and it seems juvenile. Maybe as time goes on, and there are more subjects that interest me I'll write something other than what's going on in my life, but for now, it's all that I've got, and I'm going with it. Anyways, I'm off.