Awkward Hand Flails

Hey there kids, I haven't written in like 8,013 years give or take a few exaggerations, but I'm back. AP Chem is preventing me from doing anything else like posting on my blog or matching my clothes or sleeping. But, I decided to take a free day and Stumble and catch up on blogging. And what did I find on my favorite blog today? Well, if you're not going to guess, I'll tell you: Free to Dance listed me as a favorite blog. Pssh, she only did that cause we know each other.

But any who, she also had this pretty cool doodad (Should that have a hyphen?) that I could answer if I so felt like it. And I do feel like it. So I will answer it. Right now.

The rules are:

1. List three things that you love about yourself.
2. Post a picture that you love.
3. List five bloggers that you are passing this along to. to whom you are passing this along. [Come on.] (I mean really.)

1. My mannerisms: I am a pretty sarcastic person (Really? No...), and when I talk, I use my hands. And I might add in a discouraging facial expression or an eyebrow smirk (Did that last one even make sense?). So, do you get the title now; it's totes witty.

2. My Vocabulary: I have a pretty witty vocabulary. I can pop out SAT words like its my job, but in a split second, I can totes magotes talk like this, homegirl. I don't know why, but I will slip into that from time to time. And, I can always pop in a good allusion. I have an arsenal of song lyrics and movie references that I can use in a split second.

3. My Relationship with My Sister: I couldn't think of a good third fact at first, so I stole this idea from her. My sister is 23, but everyone thinks that we are twins. We look and act exactly alike, and she is as funny or funnier than me. When we get together, I sometimes literally can't stop laughing. Like for real.

I love this picture so much. I hate actually taking pictures, and this was great because someone creeped on me and took this picture for me. Second, I am leaning against a palm tree next to the ocean... IN HAWAII. Also, I am reading Franny and Zooey, and I felt like such a hipster carrying that around.

Umm, I don't even know five bloggers... I'm kind of a recluse. So, I will list the three I know of: The Librarian's Bookshelf, Does This Make Me Look Hipster, and of course, Free To Dance.

So, there you have it, kids. Even though I don't really know what "it" is... 

New Reading List

So, I haven't had time to really read a book since Christmas. My schedule is calcitrating my glutimus maximus. For realsies.

But I did recently pick up a book I started a while ago, Special Topics in Calamity Physics. I got it at Dollar Tree (They surprisingly have really good books.). Their book section is filled with Southern Christians trying to save you or really witty books with dry humor that the masses didn't like (Diverse, no?). Well, this is one of the most intelligent books that I have ever read. It is about a genius with a genius daughter, and she is ready to break free. It sounds cliche, but it is the most constricted breaking free ever, and it is so well written.

Well, the point to this ramble is that the author, Marisha Pessl, named all of her chapters after books that you need to know. Usually, these lists are normally too pretentious or too mainstream, but this list seems to be a good mix. There is a little theory, a few classics, and there is always room for Shakespeare. So, I will take Blue van Meer's, the protagonist, advice and try to complete her required reading:

1. Othello- Shakespeare (Completed)
2. A Portrait of The Artist As a Young Man- Joyce
3. Wuthering Heights- Bronte
4. The House of the Seven Gables- Hawthorne
5. The Woman in White- Collins
6. Brave New World- Huxley (In Progress)
7. Les Liasions Dangereuses- de Laclos
8. Madame Bovary- Flaubert
9. Pygmalion- Shaw
10. The Mysterious Affair at Styles- Christie
11. Moby Dick- Melville
12. A Moveable Feast- Hemingway
13. Women In Love- Lawrence
14. The Housebreaker of Shady Hill- Cheever
15. Sweet Bird of Youth- Williams
16. Laughter in The Dark- Nabakov
17. The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales- Quiller-Couch
18. A Room With a View- Forster
19. Howl and Other Poems- Ginsberg
20. The Taming of The Shrew- Shakespeare
21. Deliverance- Dickey
22. Heart of Darkness- Conrad (Completed)
23. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest- Kesey (Completed)
24. One Hundred Years of Solitude- Marquez
25. Bleak House- Dickens
26. The Big Sleep- Chandler
27. Justine- Sade
28. Quer Pisticciaccio Brutto de Via Merulanu- Gadda
29. Things Fall Apart- Achebe
30.  The Nocturnal Conspiracy- Harvey
31. Che Guevera Talks To Young People- Serna
32. Good Country People- O'Conner (Completed)
33. The Trial- Kafka
34. Paradise Lost- Milton
35. The Secret Garden- Burnett (Completed)
36. Metamorphoses- Ovid

Let's see how this goes...

Georgia Tech

So, hello there. I feel like I haven't been here in forever, but I have a good reason: AP Chem. It is killing me (slowly and violently), but it should be worth it next year. I'm majoring in Chem, and I keep telling myself that I can actually do it, but we will see.

Today, I went on a tour of campus. But it was not just any tour; it was the most wicked sweet tour ever. My tour was not led by some random student; it was led by the Executive Director of Institutional Research. She was so nice, and there was only one problem with her. She looked like my former band director. And since she worked at Tech as well, I actually do think that they might be sisters, but I didn't bring that up because she probably hates her as well.

So,  we walked around campus, and I got to talk to a Chem professor who was astounding. She was so helpful and nice, and students kept popping in to talk to her and ask questions, and it was such a nice atmosphere. A college atmosphere. So, after that, we continued walking, and we ended up in the Bio Quad. These are the four most swank buildings ever created by man. Ever.

After that, we walked over to Junior's (yes, that legendary one) and had lunch. She brought friends to: the Director of Student Success Programs and the Co-Op Program Coordinator. I was in awe. They were all so normal and helpful, and they even brought swag. I now have brochures, a planner, a bookbag, and the book that they read in Freshman seminar.

I am still in awe of this day. I was so lucky, and I have to thank my cousin for setting it up. I can very easily see myself here next year. Very easily...

P.S. Their campus bookstore is actually a Barnes & Noble. You get your textbooks at a Barnes & Noble. Swank.

Ginny/Savannah

So, S and I are going swimmingly. And I also am confused as why I previously hid her name under an initial. I guess I didn't want to put it all out there if nothing would happen, but something has happened.

Savannah asked me to Sadie Hawkins, and all is well.

This morning, one of my good friends, Caitlyn, and I were talking about everything. Her boyfriend has red hair just like Savannah. Also, the Savannah, Caitlyn, and I really like Harry Potter. So, we were bored and compared ourselves to characters. And it started to get freakily acurate.

Caitlyn had taken a Harry Potter Boyfriend Quiz before, and she got Ron. The red-head. Ethan, her boyfriend, and Ron are both loyal, funny, and devoted to their best friend turned girlfriend. Since she also has red hair, Savannah was compared to Ginny making me Harry Potter. Ginny and Savannah are both nice, smart, and beautiful. Also, they are younger than their future boyfriends and met through mutual friends.

And, me? I am totally the Chosen One...

Happiness.

So... today has been the best day in a while. Everything went right today.

I think I got a perfect score on the AP Stat test; I actually got what was going on in AP Chem today, and in AP Econ, all of my jokes were funny. I was just in a great mood all day. Then, I went to the band room after school, and I was excited to see S. And then, she made my day even better.

She asked me to the Sadie Hawkins Dance.

I feel so cliche, but I was overjoyed. I tried to act nonchalant, but inside, I was going berserk. When I talked to Deborah about it, I literally jumped up and down (It was embarrassing). It was ridiculously high school. We talked for a while before she went home. Caitlyn was having a vicariously good mood because of it as well.

I love life; it's the best...

I ♥ ♥ Twins

Ok, I have a problem. I really like this girl, and the feeling is mutual. Unfortunately, there are also other feelings floating around, and they are coming from her sister. Twin sister.

I am pretty not sure if she likes me, but I  know think she does.

Let me start with the back story. The twins are freshman (I know; seniors dating freshman is weird. But there is nothing like that going on; it is much more like an advanced friendship. It's not awkward; I promise.). So, they joined band this year, and the twin I like is in my trumpet section. Let's call her S; S and I hit it off immediately. We would chat, and we started texting a lot. Me and one of my female friends quickly became her "favorite seniors." (Her words, not mine.) We got pretty close, and let's call her twin L, L might have felt left out.

Now, there is nothing wrong with L. She was just in a different section and band class which meant I didn't see her as much. So, when S was talking to all of her senior friends, L might have felt lonely with only her freshman friends. That is not the case; she is completely ok and fun; she is really shy. So, now she is in my Wind Ensemble while S is in the Symphonic Band. Now, L talks with me all the time and gestures in the hallway. I really do like her as a friend; I just hope that she doesn't think any more than that.

I am glad to have that rant off my chest. It might not be coherent, but I just used this as an outlet to vent. Now, I have to get back to AP Chem, and none of that likes me...

Courage.

Well, as I unfortunately guessed, school had been canceled yesterday. It's now the weekend, and next Monday, is MLK Jr. Day. So, when I go back to school on Tuesday, I will have been out ten straight days. That is longer than Spring Break. While I have vehemently cursed the ice, some good has come out of this sudden vacation.

First, there was obviously no school. I did get my Chem homework texted to me, but I love Chemistry. And I am still on that successful lab high. Second, I have had had time to fully appreciate AVPM (my new obsession). I have fanboyed over Tumblr pages and YouTube videos pretty much the entire break. This prompted me to ride the growing social media wave (tsunami?) and get a Tumblr:

My Tumblr Page: Tales of a High School Nothing

Check it out; it's pretty nifty. Through Tumblr, I found another small obsession. Dalton.

Dalton is a fanfiction web series about Kurt and Blaine at Dalton Academy. It is super addicting and well written. I know that it is aimed at fangirls, but the plot is really good. It is good to immerse yourself in another world. Also, it is nice to read something for a change. Many people don't read, so this is a good obsession for most who survive off the word sparse internet.

Well, I do need to get off this computer. It is 4:00 in the morning, and I am still wide awake...