keyk: (omg)
So like I totally decorate my tests just to tick my teachers off.

Not entirely true but have a sample )
keyk: (Hmm.)
So I'm writing this paper, yeah?

No, not really. I'm writing. And researching. For. Original. Crap. Instead.
..................

Read more... )

I made accidental friends on Friday with [livejournal.com profile] r4inbowvomit. My friend made most of it happen. But they looked through my SKETCHBOOK. My closest friends don't even know what's in there! OTL; It was fun. So yeah, since they asked me to advertise for them, here:

MIKAWAYA!!! They give really generous portions (at least in Little Tokyo's plaza over here) for really good prices (compared to the bigger ice cream shops around) and it's really good. It got featured on Huell Howser's show once, too! They gave us free dango since they made us draw for them, which was really delicious, except I got a stomachache since I ate too many sweets. OTL; THEY KEPT FEEDING US FFFFF.
keyk: (Umm.)
I got dragged onto the school newspaper committee since my sister preceded me, and here's some of the stuff I've made. Most of my other stuff has yet to make it online, but here're the ones that have.
The things I'm made to do )
Now, since this IS for the school newspaper, I'd rather that no one edit these or use them elsewhere, etc. etc.

Apparently I'm being made to do more work than my sis did. D8
Ahhh, body pains, leave me be!
keyk: (world)
I got a low A- on my calc quiz this time, yaay! Hopefully I can keep my grade up with the next ones too. The problems just get longer and looonger. I'm a bit upset at having a few points docked off one of my writing assignments for Supreme Court just because it was RIGHT AFTER he wrote "You write well!" on my last paper. I don't mind the grade, I just feel like I've let him down. D: Sad day.

Aaaaanyhoo, I've been up to a lot of stuff and I am pretty busy, in high school terms. Holidays and clubs and projects and COLLEGE APPS and the like. Ugh. I really want to go to Chapman U, but my parents are pretty against it. I see where they're coming from and all, and I don't want to impose especially since my siblings both go to an expensive college. It just irks me that I can't go because they went to an expensive college. But, well, that's pretty unfair to put the blame on them. I just don't like feeling stuck in a rut. It's the environment that really got to me there. I wouldn't be motivated enough in a large campus with large classes...and they were so friendly there. I just got that feeling that they really WANT to help you. I didn't get that at public schools or even when I sat in my sister's class. But if not that, then maybe Pitzer or Occidental. MY chances of getting in to those is a lot lower though. Just...a small private college--I'd love that. Too bad they're so expensive, hah.

Aaand It's been well over a month and my computer is still sick since my brother is just that busy. Sucks, but what can you do. I also got back into Pokemon after dressing up as Gary Oak for Halloween with my sis and friends. I'm progressing in the Pearl game you gave to me, Jamu! 8DD;; MY MAGIKARP EVOLVED SO I HAVE A GYARADOS NOW YEAAAAHHH AND A MISDREAVUS AND AN ONIIIXXX AND A ZUBAT AND A GASTLY--OHBOYOHBOYOHBOY! *cough*

My party isn't biased.

Really.
keyk: (Baah.)
Ugh, stinky college apps. I'm going to apply for early action for Chapman U, and then I'll have to get to a bunch of UCs and CSUs. That means I need to uppity my SAT scores with the forthcoming October SAT. I might decide not to do early action if my SAT score is too low and/or my counselor decides I need to retake an SAT II (they're all in the 600s range except for bio, which is in the 700s, but still not quite high enough). As for my major, I...think I've decided on biopsych, behavioral neurology, psychobio--whatever term they use for it. There's a chance I can get to work at an aquarium, so I'm really hoping I can do that on the side when I've worked in the field long enough. *__*; I'm still a bit iffy on becoming a researcher since that requires that I teach and make my own projects, and I'm not too comfortable on the whole being a leader thing quite yet.

The economy is really taking a bite out of us prospective college students. They're going to be a lot pickier (witnessed that last year, geez). I've also heard that they're going to cut down on the amount of Asians being accepted since the percentage of Asians compared to other ethnic groups is much too high...and I'm Asian. DX I also need to apply for financial aid and all that jazz. Then the essays. Geez, so much paper work. :/ I need to schedule some time to visit Chapman U (and research it more while I'm at it, yeesh, I really haven't progressed much)...I'd really love to go there.

I'm also going to apply for Ryman's spring semester. I just need to develop a better foundation with which to build off of and learn how to look at things the way I should be. Problem is, I don't have an art teacher, so I don't know how I'll go around that part of the app. I'll see what my school's art teachers'll say. I sure hope I get in though, since I need to submit artwork from observation along with the app itself (and a mini essay, too). ;__; *SCARED* Ah, time...where have you gone.

EDIT: My parents sometimes.
And here I thought I was finally getting out of the episode.
EDIT: Yay, crayon coloring. Work? ...Whoops.
I really need to stop getting riled up before I do my work. :/
keyk: (Baah.)
So apparently everyone's more worried about bio than history while I'm the other way around. I'm so scared. Dude. It's history. I loved the class, don't get me wrong, but these big humongous exams are not enjoyable at all. I sure hope I can average at least a 5 on those essays and get most of the multiple choice right. Ooh, boy.
keyk: (W-well...)
The last time I felt this dead was probably when I was puking during finals week last year. I'm just so discouraged. I tend to study much longer than most people, and I still end up with the lower grade. I can't help but feel kind of stupid. I know, most people tell me I'm not since I'm able to maintain a so-and-so GPA, but, goshdarnit, I feel like such a dolt in my class when even with all of my efforts I still can't get the grades I aim for. I wish there was someone on the same boat as me, but my friends are all geniuses who can get A's even after telling me they haven't studied, and I, who has studied for about six hours more than them, can get no higher than a B. Everything that's been going on has just been burning my self confidence away.

I can't imagine taking anymore of these tests, doing all of this work--I'm getting so fed up with school. It's even more discouraging how schools are raising the bar for those who want A.P. credit in college; I feel like the highest I can manage is a 3, but now I'll need a 4 or a 5--but it just won't happen. Learn this for the test, do this for the test--I hate college board. I hate how I'm being taught that my life will be decided by all of these stupid tests.
keyk: (Baah.)
This stuff will be a trend until after May. :/ )

And, of course, my nervous system is being as nice to me as always.

Wilhelm will forever be my most favorite antagonist. Like, ever. <333
keyk: (Baah.)
I feel so dead. Man. I HOPE I did all right. It's kind of discouraging when you started studying earlier than most of the people in your class and you're the only one who thought the test was difficult. History is when forgetting names really bites you in the butt.
keyk: (Burning Nekozawa)
So here's the plan: )

Not an uber strict schedule (or is it..?), but, hopefully, my dumping it here will help me remember it and FOLLOW it.

For today, I'll finish my weekend homework and get as far as I can in APUSH.
keyk: (Oh...I see...*swt*)
I'm not going to have my ears checked until spring break, it looks. We have time before then, but I guess this is more convenient for them. Whatever the result, hopefully I can still study and not stress out. If it turns out that I have it, hopefully I'll have the courage to spill my guts to someone. I'll probably be a mess.

Haha, guess who just got assigned another project. It's not all too bad, but I'm so darned tired. I haven't had much of an appetite lately. Even though it's that time. Guess I just gotta keep eating as I usually do!

Whew, next month is finals for my A.P. classes. The week after that week are the actual A.P. tests. I'm not very confident that I'll do too well in any of them...especially history, since I'm not at all good at it. Analyzing things has never been my strong point, be it English or history. A.P. Bio just looks like a pain. I can't imagine writing so many essays for that, and who knows just how brutal they'll be? I'm better at molecular stuff than just memorizing taxonomic things and experiment results. I hope they won't ask about an experiment we've never done before. I have to study a bunch for both of these. I hope I won't pass out or anything.

Some Friday in April. 3:00-6:30 PM. APUSH final
I...have no idea how I'll be alive enough to even DO this final. XD;
Some Saturday in April. 8:00-11:30 AM. APBio final
Ugh. I have to push back violin lessons again. Guess that means I can't put Friday off as my fun-day. :/

I'm more worried about how tired I'll be on those days. My ability to do anything drops significantly when I'm tired. Since I'm probably going to use these two teachers for recommendations, I can't make a bad impression, so I have to do well. I also need to schedule more SAT dates and start studying for the SATI.
keyk: (Default)
My siblings aren't here since they're at USC still; I don't share a school with one of them anymore. I've been sleeping earlier (that'll change as workload increases no doubt), and since I have a room to myself, as long as my fan is cooperating, I can do my work with less distractions. I'm kind of forcing myself to think more positively. I'm still not completely sane since I hold a LOT of conversations with my imaginary friends to keep me....sane, wow that sounded oxymoronic.

I'm probably going to get Cs this year, and I'm hoping that won't step on my college possibilities (the majority of you are/have been in college, right? This school just keeps pushing, so I can't really find a nice response from it. Did your high schools push you really hard to, uh, NOT get Cs? But oh, darn, I can't get into Calc without at least a B in PreCalc), so I'm going to try to accept them and just keep doing what I need to and TRY to improve, and if I don't, I'll TRY not to let it get me down. Again, the majority of my support comes from my imaginary friends. I'm probably going to be too overwhelmed to do plays this year. What with how early I wake up and how late I get back home, it's been hard to keep up a good schedule. I've been working ahead, studying ahead, and doing as much as I can possibly do before 12 AM. I get about 5 to 7 hours of sleep a night, and hopefully my brain can file information quick enough in that time span.

I miss singing. I miss acting. I want to learn how to play the violin. I should practice playing the piano. I miss drawing my story (it'll be really delayed this time around. I don't have time for too many distractions anymore. Sucks, I really wanted to ink them soon.). I don't talk to my friends as often anymore since I'm really pushing myself to work. That's something I'm afraid of. This is about the only lasting (it looks at least) bonds I've ever had. I was pretty much friendless once I got into high school, but I have about three I can really call my friends now. I'll get really mad at myself if the A.P. Bio's test's grade gets my teacher to ask me to leave the class, but I'll do my best to settle with what I get. I'm going to hammer this information into my mind. I've been studying for three days continuously. Then there's PreCalc which is simpler (It's only lessons 1 and 2), so hopefully it won't be too difficult this time around.

Back to re-studying bio.
keyk: (AAH!!!  MY BRAINZ!!)
So...my teacher had us make random moves in the saggital, horizontal (she spells this wrong so much, it's really funny XD), and lateral planes. So I had a crab move, random flapping movements, etc. etc. Then she told us that we had to make it into a dance, or a phrase; it must have a beginning, middle, and end, like a phrase, and it must flow well.

I had no idea how to just take the movements and modify it to make it flow. So I turned to my best friend, STORIES. I decided to tell a story for the dances (I have 2 periods of the same class, so I had two sets of funky movements) instead of just making a dance because it looks right. I...

HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA THAT SHE WOULD LIKE IT. AS A NOTE I THINK THE ART DEPARTMENT IS AMAZING. BUT. I really didn't think mine was so easy to see. ;___; It....scares me. And when I get scared, I get watery eyed. XDD;;;; Then she started telling me that this was a sign of ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT.

I'M STILL SCARED. DX COMPLIMENTS SCARE ME AND MAKE ME WATERY-EYED YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

We also started doing half turns, and even with spotting, I became extremely dizzy. I was dizzy during 2nd period's dance because o that. @_@; I'm still dizzy, and we know I'm being smart by reading and messing with the computer. My teacher asked me if I might be anemic.

.....Well, the thought crossed my mind, but I never--
WAIT I WAS REALLY STRESSED OUT DURING THE LATTER HALF OF MY SOPHOMORE YEAR AND I HAD ALL THESE LIGHT HEADED, I FEEL REALLY BAD FOR SOME REASON days....the blood test was before that, so those results are probably inaccurate by now. It was pre- I'M FAAAILING *EMOs*............And you know you'll see them again during the next school year.

Could I be anemic...? :/ Or...well, I did lose a bit of blood yesterday (not saying why cause it's pretty gross and internal), but that that doesn't apply to all the other days we started turning. I mean, I've had symptoms of anemia before, but they eventually faded away, but came back again during extreme stress periods. My parents always blamed it on my eating habits (I oversleep, but I eat just fine!). I think it's really bad, but sometimes I just can't trust my parents' diagnoses. HAHA. I have such a messed up body.

H-how am I supposed to catch up on AX stuff when I'm always so dizzy and nauseous? DX

@#$@%$^!!!

Jan. 22nd, 2008 08:25 pm
keyk: (Angsty Sion)
Someone shoot me now.

I don't think I can do well in anything. My confidence has completely died today. Everyone gets A's while I get an effing D. And people start complaining to me about their C's in other finals, and some laugh at the fact that I got a D. For once, I feel hurt by their laughing. Pathetic.

I have a long-term project that's purely writing due in a month and a play I want to do and community service, but I can't help but wonder:

Will I really make it out okay like this?
keyk: (Burning Nekozawa)
My parents are gone, so I can work. But it seems I have another issue now. I turn in my English paper, and all the comments I see on it after getting it back pretty much read: THIS SUCKS. I know I should go up to my teacher and ask for help, but the fear of going up to someone usually ends up in my crying in front of them instead of asking for help, so I can't articulate my words and ask questions correctly. I'm scared. I'm too scared to even write my essay. I know I'm going to do badly again.

It's part of a long term project, and since this is a rough draft, I'll get credit just for doing it, but I'm afraid of feedback. I understand how to improve my acting, drawing, and singing, but no matter how much critique my writing gets, I can't seem to get it right. I'll have to turn in the final drafts eventually, but as much as I understand what she wants me to do, I can't get it down on the paper. I wish I had more time to develop my own writing style and play around a bit, but all my practice has to be graded, graded, graded. Grades are the silliest form of measurement to ever exist on Earth.

I hate how everyone else in my class gets it except me. I think I'm the worst writer in my period, and it makes me feel worse being in that class. I'm so sure I'll do badly that I have no motivation for this. I need to get it in though.
keyk: (not happy)
...
HAHA. WELL.
What did I get myself into? DDD: )
My sister keeps bothering me to start my experimental comic to update Yumble, but I now know that I REALLY can't start it anytime soon especially if I decide to try for the next semester play. >>; I thought drama class would be all about acting, but apparently I have to study about Ancient Greece and everything. I need to review notes with someone. Sophomore year was just as bad as I thought it would be, haha.
*slaps self*

:|

Sep. 11th, 2007 08:19 pm
keyk: (AAH!!!  MY BRAINZ!!)
,I dislike having so many quizzes and tests around the same time and on the same days.  I have a play audition on Thursday, which'll take awhile and I have a 600 page reading assignment soon.  I'm not very fast at reading and taking in information, so I 'm going to have a really crowded schedule.  I barely slipped the Chem quiz with an 87%...it was originally 83% until she added a point to all of ours. x_x; I have a test tomorrow for that though, and I downright hate measuring.  I love how there are tests right after quizzes.  I'm not fond of mass subject studying. DX  Not to mention the other homework I'm still given.  I also have to memorize a rather long monologue made by my classmate; I have to act as her.  My only problem is the memorizing part.

I feel like my schedule's really crammed.  I still have this really big long term project, too.  Never had one of those before.  I need to cut down on my free time. =3=

My health problems get worse and worse.  My feet seem to have been bitten by a bug except it was bitten multiple times.  It stings to walk anywhere.  And the older problems.  Yeeep, I'm a happy camper.

EDIT: The amount of cuts I get just by sticking my hand into my backpack is amazing.  I bet I'll be used to getting paper cuts by the end of this year. XDD;;  People's jokes about my bleeding hands are funny.

Ahahaha.

Sep. 5th, 2007 10:59 pm
keyk: (Okay.)
I am the master of overreacting. Someone slap me please. No one picked up my book or seemed to really care, but it at least wasn;t stolen like most things are. Then again, I'd assume most chem students already have their books anyway. Thank god I wasn't as bothered by my friends today. Saying I'm an introvert is a good excuse because for some reason many of them don't know what it means. Hahahaha, I'm terrible. :D I'm trying to keep my drawings from becoming too flat. I was proud of a head I drew (for once), but someone took it and drew on it. D: S-so much for that. ^^;;;;; Ah well, there's always room on other notes.

Chemistry is bothering me due to the great amount of attention I have to give significant figures and which numbers are estimates and which aren't and that we have yet to see something go boom. Algebra II is going a lot more slowly than I had expected. Once the graphs and quadratic formulas come in though, I am so screwed. I love how my teachers like to place me in the back of the class. Hey, my eyes aren't that good.

Ah, right, author project. I guess I'll do that poet. I'm not a huge reader since they hurt my eyes, and I've plenty of novels to read to fill up the 2,400 page quota. Ordinary People reminds me so much of The Catcher in the Rye. If I'm not mistaken, this year will be full of reading about emo people. We will be reading about American slaves and stuff, too, so haha. XD As long as they're not boring, I can't say I'll mind too much considering the fact that I enjoyed The Catcher in the Rye and Ordinary People. Well, we'll see. As long as I'm not blind by the end of the year. And able to make it into Pre-Cal (I can have no lower than a B in Algebra II DDX) and do well enough in Chem, I'm good. Hopefully English is good enough also. I completely flopped my analyzation of Holden; oops.

School's school. But why do people follow me everywhere I go?? x___x; I try not to attract people, but I do anyway. And the majority of them are extroverts and really noisy. AAH. I want a corner all to myself. D:

...I have a strange thing for semi-creepy kids or smart ones in games, anime, manga, and such, and yet I run away from kids in real life at the sight of them. I...don't understand. XDDDD;;; My brother accuses me of not going through puberty correctly. Lawl. :D

Ew, shots.

Aug. 21st, 2007 11:48 pm
keyk: (Baah.)
D: I still hate them. The TB shot hurts a looot more than I remember. Heck, I think it hurt more than the tetanus shot. x_X; I was about to get this HPV shot and stuff, but I'm not sexually active, never plan to be and hope I'm not forced to, and I don't want those side effects or the doses. There's only four strains in there out of the over 100 strains of that virus anyway. Get some more, and maybe I'll think about it.

I told the guy about my hemorrhoids, ew and if it doesn't get any smaller after the treatment, I'm going to have scalpels and surgeons and such up my butt. Gee, I'm so excited. x__X;;; Pleasegetsmallerpleasegetsmallerpleeeassee. DX Or at least postpone the surgery to summer! I don't have time for surgery this year! I had a headache after awhile (never had these after a shot before), and a lot of time used up getting supplies and books(stupid nit-picky teachers), and then homework.

I didn't even get time to work on my essay! Not to mention all of the quizzes and tests this week. x____x;; I got chem notes and math done as well as some silly Spanish homework, but time flies! It's already, what, 12:00?

So much for managing time this year for once. I feel like puking. This year will be the death of me. Geez, I'm stressed. No wonder I have so many bodily problems. If I didn't have to take English classes, I'd be happy. Heck, if I didn't have math either, I'd be happy. But without these classes, gosh, where the heck would I end up in life? Acting and science both require skill in these subjects. :/

I foresee incoming whining this year. You have been warned.
keyk: (Default)
I need to get my schoolbags in order and re-find my uniform. I'm going to be missing books for awhile. :/ The school posted the booklist pretty late, and since I had a vacation, I had to order them afterward. Bleeeh. DX I fear meeting those friends I can't feel very comfortable with.

I'm screwed. I shouldn't have taken so many honors classes. Still, my sister and brother top me even still. I have three out of six, but my sister had four as well as an A.P. class. I qualified, but I wouldn't be able to handle it like they did. *cries* *stabs her inferiority complex multiple times*

In other news, I picked up my preordered Persona 3! Even though I'm not 17 yet, the cashier let me buy it! :DD I did it mostly for the artbook and soundtrack and pretty box though. *cough* Sadly, I can't play since my sister's taking up room with her art homework. I feel sorry for her...T_T;; But she hates it when I do that. XDD;; I could take pictures of my artook if anyone's at all interested. :I When is a different story. I don't have a scanner, so I can't post it right now. I still have to reread Catcher in the Rye. As much as I like it, I don't want to read it right now.

Didn't I say I was going to reply to comments? DX; Ahh, excuse me. I take forever with replies sometimes.

....Apollo Justice? "I'm appalled, Mr. Justice." XDDD;;; Oh, oh dear. I can't say I'm fond of that name. FFT and Ace Attorney are coming out this fall. Aren't I screwed for sophomore project? *slaps self*

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