I haven't had a chance to blog on here in a few days. A lot can happen within a few days! I've been pretty busy lately, I usually don't blog unless I have a lot of time to just sit down and pour out my thoughts onto my blog. So lets seeeeeee....
It turns out that post I made about killing two birds with one stone was completely wrong. Just a quick recap, I had an essay to write for English and a speech to prepare for Speech class. Both were supposed to take a side on a debatable topic, so I thought I was going to be able to do both on the same topic. Unfortunately it turned out that the english essay was only supposed to be one of three things: racial profiling, terrorism, or illegal immigration. It concerned me because I didn't pay attention to any of the class lectures regarding those three topics. So basically I walked into my weekend knowing I had two assignments to finish that I hadn't even started yet.
Thursday (November 11): Most K-12 schools had no school today due to Veteran's day, yet I still had school! Oh well it wasn't that big of a deal. I was planning on staying at school (or going home then coming back) to see a live student speech for extra credit for my speech class before kung fu started. The extra credit would've really helped, but I ended up doing something else instead.. Kung fu was a lot of fun. We did sparring tonight! Sparring is always ridiculously tiring, I actually only went up once because I have like..... No stamina. Oh well.. My teacher actually said my punches and kicks were really good, he said that I just need to learn more grappling. During the sparring match I participated in, I was actually able to successfully pull off one take down! You wouldn't believe how proud of myself I was. My opponent's entire leg just somehow ended up in my arm's grasp as I spent the next 5 seconds trying as hard as I could to trip him, which eventually worked. That pretty much made my night. I think I beat him by one point. After kung fu, I was invited to meet up at one of the dorms near DeVry University (I think), to cube draft. We managed to get six people in on it, and it turned out being a lot of fun. The deck I drafted ended up sucking huge balls, but it was still fun nonetheless. I ended up going home pretty late.
Friday (November 12): Since it was Veteran's day yesterday, most of the K-12 schools got both Thursday and Friday off, so a bunch of high school friends and I decided to hang out today. Unfortunately for me I was the only one with a drivers license so obviously I ended up driving the entire day. It kinda sucked having to drive all over the place, but it was still fun. The initial plan was to meet up at Bay Fair Mall (I think that's what it's called) and watch a random movie at the Century Theaters over there, but then the planned changed. I was supposed to go pick up one of the guys from San Leandro area and bring him back, but I didn't want to drive out that far. Luckily for me, he took the bart to Union City so I wouldn't have to drive so far. I called the girls asking them what the plan was and they told me to go rent a movie, but we didn't know what movie to get, so we ended up just grabbing Jack Ass 2. That movie's always entertaining hahaha. Quick sidenote: I rented that movie from the Red Box and I STILL HAVEN'T RETURNED IT YET. WHY DO I KEEP FORGETTING. Apparently it's a dollar per day you don't return it. I think I owe them like 5 or 6 dollars now. This sucks.. Anyways, we all met up at one of the houses and started watching Jack Ass 2, but then half way through the movie we got kicked out of the house because the girl's dad came home... I didn't know we were unwelcome at that house, a clearer heads up would've been nice.. So the other dude and I were just sitting in my car outside not knowing what to do. I decided to call the girls and ask them if they could just ask the dad if we could go inside the house. Instead, the girls pretended to "go to the park" and we all drove to Quickly's down the street. It was too expensive there, so I ended up driving everyone to Church's Chicken afterwards. The chicken was delicious and I was using a lot of gas, but oh well. Turned out the father of the house didn't mind us (males) coming inside, so we just spent the rest of the day playing Guitar Hero 3. Come nightfall, we all met up at my friend's youth group church thingy. To be honest I didn't know I was going to a youth group at first. I generally try not to go to anything religious because I'm Atheist and I feel uncomfortable being around a bunch of people who believe in something that I don't. It makes me self conscious to be within a community of people who believe in something that's the complete opposite of me. I know they probably don't care, but that's just how I feel on the inside. I never hurts to meet new people though. All of the youth group kids were really open and kind, it was definitely a pleasure to meet all of them. The guy running the whole thing even did an icebreaker thing so we could all get to know each other a little more. To be honest I don't remember a single thing anyone said about themselves, but the fact that we did it anyways made me feel a lot more comfortable around all those people I didn't know. That stuff works! It was movie night tonight, so we all watched To Save a Life. It wasn't the greatest movie in the world, but I definitely enjoyed it. I mean, I'm no movie critic, so I usually enjoy anything I watch. I really enjoyed it in the beginning and middle, but as the end approached, the movie started getting sort of... "God" intensive. It got a little too religious for me in the end, but hey, I shouldn't be one to complain because over all I enjoyed the movie. Makes me curious to see what other youth group days are like. When I got home I spent the rest of the night playing Minecraft.
Saturday (November 13): See previous post: "Back on the Bike! Catching Up With a Good Friend"
Basically I wanted to spend this Saturday starting my essay and speech, but I ended up spending the entire day at Logan.. Oh well.. Sunday for sure!
Sunday (November 14): I usually spend my Sundays playing cards, so I wanted to spend my afternoon playing some cards, then the rest of my day on homework, but the tournament ended up lasting the entire day! When I got home I tried starting my essay, but since I didn't know anything solid about racial profiling, terrorism, and illegal immigration, I spent the night researching and reading instead. I'll do the tournament report on a separate blog.
Monday (November 15): Today I had to buckle down for a pure homework day. Both my speech and essay was due Tuesday, so I had one day to start and finish everything. I wanted to take advantage of my three hour lunch, so I spent my entire school day researching and starting off my essay. I managed to get half of it done, and then finished it as soon as I got home. The essay really sucked. In fact, I have retype a lot of parts, but it was just a quick rough draft so I'll fix it later today. I then spent the rest of my evening half-assing my speech. All I was able to do by midnight was make a power point and an outline. I would have to make the note cards and actually plan out what I wanted to say the next day....
Tuesday (November 16): My lack of sleep was really starting to take a toll on me. Friday and Saturday I got 5 hours of sleep, and Sunday and last night I got 6.. I decided to spend my first two hour of school taking a nap in the library. It really helps, trust me. After my first class ended, I desperately tried to finish preparing my speech. It was so last second, it ended up sucking pretty bad, but I think it was worth at least a B..
Today: I want to spend my day relaxing today, but the essay and speech screwed me over so bad, I need to catch up on math now! I also need to go proofread my essay too. Eh, a little homework after school won't kill me. Oh yeah! An old man came first thing this morning and tuned our new baby grand piano. It sounds amazing!
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