ANOTHER NERD CONVENTION? Did it go well this time?

Yes another one! And do they ever go well? That would be an absolute ye… NO! What do you think, that being with a bunch of nerds is a happy time? Never, because each and every time something weird happens and something bad that then makes me sad happens!  It just so happens that today, was by far on of the worst ones of all time, and that’s saying something.

Today our school’s nerd crew(s) all made their willy nilly way down to (a top secret location), and “competed”, doesn’t quite fit because it’s not a sport (but I’ll go with it anyway), in a “battle of knowledge” (seems fitting enough). We’d all (everyone except my anatomy partner) studied really hard, made our notes, gone to practice, listened and done our research. Most of the events went easily for (said school), and we all felt pretty confident about our scores, and so after our events most of us just chilled out in our homeroom. My events were both the first two hours, so I had a lot of time on my hands, thus leading to me chilling. I just sat there listening to music, searching Pinetrest, studying my anatomy, and laughing at the nerds outside playing, and failing miserably, at ultimate frisbee. It was all going fine and dandy, and I was actually expecting this year to be kind of normal, but then some creep had to go and ruin it for me!

One of the girls on our team is obsessed with moose, and so she brought a giant 5’5 stuffed moose, as a team mascot; not really fitting, but hey, she’s obsessed.  At the “battle of knowledge/completion”, there was of course other people there, and one of them, the creeper he’ll be “Stanley” for now, decided that he was infatuated with the gigantic moose. Stanley left his team’s homeroom, and came to ours to see the moose, but he did a lot more than just “see” the moose. This Stanley kid started kissing the moose, hugging the moose, and doing a ton of other creepy stuff to it. I ended up having to leave my bystander position, and having to take action, thus also leaving my hipster state, as the cool nerd. I had to use my grown-up voice, the one that earned me the title of “mother”, and tell him to leave the room and not come back, he being greatly intimidated, didn’t leave. That’s when I got really mad, I don’t like it when people ignore me, so I got up and pushed Stanley off the moose, grabbed his arm(with great force), and pushed him out of the room. He made me so mad, because I don’t like losing my cool and having to be mean, but the owner of the moose just looked so sad, I had to do something. Still we laughed it off a bit, and then just waited for a little more until the awards ceremony.

I was feeling really good about the whole day, and at first I thought I rocked it. When we were called up to get our awards, the announcer said that I’d gotten 1^st in both my events, so I was beaming; I’d never done so well before. This was unfortunately short lived, because afterwards our “coach”, gathered us around and told us there’d been a mix up; apparently I didn’t get 1^st place on both, but instead 2^nd and our other team had gotten 1^st. Come on I knew there was something wrong when I placed before Moogle Kid, and I am okay with that, but what came next is what really set me off.  Said coach’s son, the one in partnership with Moogle Kid, looked over at me and said “Eat that, (insert my name here)!”, and to my partner he said “(her name here), give it to me!” he was talking about the medal around her neck. And.The. Coach. Didn’t. Even. Say. Anything. And it was all said right in front of him. Yet our “coach” is always talking about team unity, team unity my right eye (that eye means a lot to me, because it’s the one with the best eye sight)! If he even cared about team unity then he’d probably enforce it on his kids, but no his kids are just jerks. The other one said something similar to one of my other friends, Pretty Pony, it went along the lines of “In your face!” yup they’re major jerks if they can set me off.

I’m used to taking people’s crap, but when people are cocky, rude, arrogant, and hypocrites, I just can’t take it. I was just so mad, but I’m good at not getting mad at people in public, thus not making a scene, so I held it in. I killed em’ with kindness, I said all the right things like “Good job”, “congratulations to you too”, and what not, but in my head I’d already killed them a hundred times over. The way I see it they’re already suffering enough with their personality, and attitude. So I just made my way through the good byes and made my way to my parents car, and then I broke out, not with anger, but with tears. I just felt so bad about myself, until my dad told me something.

“(insert my name here), they just couldn’t stand the thought that you are better than them It’s not a might, but you are better, and he knows it too, in life there are just people that will want to tear you down, but you did well, by what you did, you held together, and didn’t give them the satisfaction of letting their words get to you. Because actions speak louder than words, and no matter what I’m always going to be proud of you.”

Drop of Water.

Here's something, (not) fun for you to read!

Terrible writer's block, so here is a review on a book that we've all heard about.

It’s one of the most talked about books of the current time, after Harry Potter of course, and I was one of the last to read it! I took me a while to get around the fact that I really needed to read it, and for a few reasons. Everyone had already told me about it; what it’s about, the characters, the general story line, if they liked Peeta or Gale and basically everything else there was to know about the book. I have to admit, I thought that I was above reading it, and I couldn’t have been more incredibly wrong. I had thought that it was just one of those books with a flimsy story line, that we’ve all heard of a million times before. A book with terrible character development; characters that have nothing relatable about them, and that I continually find myself wondering if the author asked a five-year-old to describe their imaginary friend.  Even worse, wondering if a five year old is the one who wrote the book, because of the terrible wording, and dialogues. Despite what I was expecting, none of these were the case in my experience of reading The Hunger Games.

                This story is actually one of the most original ones I’ve read, the setting, the plot, everything. It’s set in the ruins of what was once North America, now called Panem, with twelve districts surrounding the Capitol; a cruel dictator over the twelve districts. The Capitol has its annual televised Hunger Games, in which each district has to send two children, one boy one girl, as tributes to fight to the death in an arena, the prize for winning; fame, and fortune. Our story follows Katniss Everdeen, a sixteen-year-old girl, who’s use to having to fight to survive, after the death of her father, her distant mother, and the poverty she lives in. It begins on Reaping day, the day when the tributes are chosen. Her little sister’s name, Prim, is drawn she steps up to take her place, which is an anomaly. Katniss now has to survive in the arena after she makes a promise to her sister that she will do everything in her power to win. The way Suzanne Collins sets up her plot line leaves a perfect place for her characters to develop.

                Her characters are set in an interesting place, but she still manages to keep it pretty really, characters with flaws, that they have to overcome, and that make me hate them at times, like normal people. Katniss is a stubborn, independent, survivalist girl, but after Petta confesses his love for her, on national T.V. none the less, is she made “an object of love”. It’s makes it quite clear that Katniss doesn’t really know how she feels, she has to fight against him, and she feels that it has made her look vulnerable. In the arena we she a bit of her as a more compassionate figure, after she makes an alliance with a young girl from district 11, Rue; she tickles her, shares a sleeping bag, and confides in her, treating her as she would her own little sister. Katniss is a strong character, who honestly is lost, and doesn’t quite know what she’s wants, but she does know that she wants to leave the arena. The other characters we follow are Peeta, Haymitch, and a few people from the Capitol. Peeta, “lover boy”, knows what he wants, and that would be Katniss, and showing the Capitol that he’s not just a piece of their game. He is open, caring, and an all-around good guy, he develops by holding his ground, he doesn’t change one bit because of the games, he stays compassionate, and unchanging. Haymitch is a usually drunken character who is Katniss’s and Peeta’s coach through the Hunger Games. He’s kind of the epitome of alcoholism; he’s almost always drunk, and does the stupidest things when he is drunk, like falling of the stage on T.V. He has to overcome his drinking problem to help Katniss and Peeta survive in the games, which are watched by the Capitol people. These people are those that are used to having the easy life; on with ignorance, and never having to need for anything. They’re shielded from what goes on around them, they are like little children lost, and not really trying to be found. Their world is one that they don’t want to leave, because that’s all they’ve ever know. This is made really clear through the writing, which of course is essential in a book.

                Words are of course what make up a book, and what make it a good one. This book is one of general seriousness, but I liked how there were just some bright parts in it, so we weren’t drowned in a serious mood the whole time. "You have as much charm as a dead slug", says Haymitch to describe Katniss. The wording doesn’t just lightening the mood, but the get thoughts across clearly, but with desire and meaning behind the words.” 'I protect Prim in every way I can, but I'm powerless against the reaping. The anguish I always feel when she's in pain wells up in my chest and threatens to register on my face. I notice her blouse has pulled out of her shirt in the back again and force myself to stay calm. "Tuck your tail in, little duck," I say, smoothing the blouse back in place. Prim giggles and gives me a small "Quack." This kind of just did everything it lightened the seriousness, and showed us that Katniss has feelings, and does care about someone.

                This book was just straight up, amazing for a great number of reasons. The story was unique, not just some clone of every other book written in the last 10 years, it had a different setting and general plot. The characters had problems to overcome, and weren’t some perfect stereotypical hopeless damsel in distress, or a tough boy that has super human good looks, and is incredibly strong, but they’re believable.  The words went along with what they character was feeling, and not awkward in the slightest, they made sense, and were meaningful, and served their purpose of letting us understand. This book was one that meets everything I look for in a book, and the only thing I regret is that I didn’t read it sooner.

               

           

Summer Time

 

Well, I’m super sorry for not blogging last week, I was sick and basically what I did all day was sleep. Although I am better now so no worries, I guess it’s now time for me to blog about something that’s probably not so interesting…

*read the following in a dramatic narrator voice*

                                                       

Now, in the mid of third term, comes a thought, developed after one girl looked at her Facebook news feed for inspiration, and that thought is… SUMMERTIME. *end reading in narrator voice (optional)* Yes, it’s sad that I, a self-proclaimed nerd, am looking forward to summer, but there is so much in it to look forward to; sunshine, sleeping in, hanging out, tanning (pathetic, but right now I’m looking very pasty), summer clothes, camping trips, other trips, chilling, and overall NO SCHOOL (at least for a little while, more on that later).

Summer is a time to make up for everything I didn’t do during the school year. That’s usually because I spend so much of my time during school obsessing about my grades, and don’t really leave my office too often. I get go out and hang out with my friends and family, and pretty much live it up like tomorrow is the beginning of school. The sad truth of it is that, my summer is not completely school free.

As I have said before I try to take advantage of every opportunity that comes my way, and the opportunity that I have this coming summer is none other than, summer school biology. Don’t get too worked up about it, I didn’t fail my class of anything, but this will just help me get another credit so, that I can have more opportunities later on. I could, if I really wanted to, graduate early, or take some college classes later on. It’s not even that much, just a 7 week course and I’ve got a full years credit! I can still enjoy my summer, because it’s just from 8-3, and I still have the rest of the day to enjoy, so I think I’ll be okay. I did it last year too, and I didn’t hate it too much! Aside from summer school I have other fun things to look forward to.

I have many trips that I’m planning on going on for the summer, and not just with my family this time. My church group is going on a 14 mile walk to the temple, which will probably prove to be more challenging than it sounds, but I’m up for it! My Young Women group is going camping, which is always and adventure. Last year one of leaders had a wheel barrel dropped on her, and she lost her big toe nail, not too fun. I of course am going to have fun with my friends, I obviously don’t have an idea of what we’re going to do yet, but it’s bound to be a party, as long as I’m there, right?

Well this probably hasn’t been the funnest post, but, well what can I say, next time will be it!

Drop of Water :)