The Topic of Great Randomness

[wolf_wizard]

Oh well, we haven't even had a snow day yet, and since you live in Canada I would think that you would get a little more snow. I don't know the area you're in, so I guess I'm probably wrong. I went up there during summer vacation a couple years back, and it was hot. Eric, I don't see why you would say that you have te perfect description of your science teacher, and then not say what it was. I think you should, instead of just saying it randomly. You did want to tell us, right?

[Emi]

wolf_wizard: Eric, I don't see why you would say that you have te perfect description of your science teacher, and then not say what it was. I think you should, instead of just saying it randomly. You did want to tell us, right?

Um I believe Eric explained what is teacher was like in a previous post?? I could be wrong. Maybe it was his social studies teacher. I can't remember... Anyway, Eric it's good to know that your bus was behaving today. Ha ha.

Mel... now what made you think I called you a loser? Ha ha just kidding. No worries right?

Eep, I'm sooo busy! Basketball like non stop five days of the week, and then I like have to start working again. No time for school stuff, that's partially my fault, and I'm dying because I have nothing to read at night! I could reread the series but I've just done that. I'm waiting until I have enough money to buy Eclipse because my sister doesn't want to buy it this time (she paid for the other two). I'm excited for the movie as well, it's going to be really good!! I love the Bella girl they cast! She's a really good actress. Ah I got to get ready for bed. It's like the only time I can get on the computer now is from 8pm-10pm. It is now 10. I got to go.

Dai all.

[Tuttle]

Originally posted by wolf_wizard:
Eric, I don't see why you would say that you have te perfect description of your science teacher, and then not say what it was. I think you should, instead of just saying it randomly. You did want to tell us, right?

I'll answer the question for Eric based off of how I see it.

Originally posted by EricG1793:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by seabiscuit1009:
Hmm...this year, I got lucky; only one of my teachers is a maniac who doesn't teach

Have I ever told you about my Science teacher? I have now found a great way to describe her. </div>[quote]


The quote from hungry's message is being replied to when Eric is talking about his science teacher. The description is "a maniac who doesn't teach". If it wasn't that there'd be no reason to have quoted hungry and it was clearly not a mistaken quotation being only what is necessary. So that seems to me to be the description. (not a proof 'cause humans aren't always logical...but if humans were I'd logically prove that must be the description...proof by contridiction. Basically what I did formalized).

Anyways there you go.


Next week is finals. And I don't know whether or not I need to take any finals yet. We have the option of doing a project or taking a final in one of my classes. Well I missed all the classes learning about that. And the prof's out this week (week before finals, fun week to be gone). So I emailed her asking if there was still a way I could do the project instead seeing as the project was a presentation. But if everyone else in the class already claimed the topics I need to do the final.

So I may have a final on Monday. Or I may present sometime later in the week. I don't know yet. And that's next Monday that's the final...
And I have a presentation a week from Thursday for the final group project in my other class.
Yay for finals week.

And they kick us out of dorms after that, so I need to go home. But my friends are around here. And I want to actually be able to see my boyfriend. I mean, yes his family lives 3.8 miles from mine, but I have no transportation over there in winter (summer bike over all the time) and he lives around school in an apartment or sleeps on their couch. I don't want to need him sleeping on the couch to see me for a few weeks. Luckily I have an excuse to come back around school as soon as (well technically a day before) the dorms open up again even though classes don't start for a few days. Yay FIRST. We're both wanting to be more active on the team again this year, 'cause neither of us has done much as a mentor after being extremely active as high schoolers. Well I was active up until build season last year, but not build season 'cause of social awkwardness in my group of friends (read: two guys chasing me and another one liking me but not actively chasing and what comes from that...oh and one of them chasing me being convinced the one that liked me but wasn't chasing me was evil and that one (like, no chasing) was my best friend on campus...and is now my boyfriend ). Last year was so awkward...

Anyways that's all I have time to say. Back to doing homework that's due tomorrow for the class I need to do way too much studying for possibly.

[vashmata]

Originally posted by wolf_wizard:
[...]and since you live in Canada I would think that you would get a little more snow. I don't know the area you're in, so I guess I'm probably wrong. I went up there during summer vacation a couple years back, and it was hot.

Actually, in Montréal (or rather Cote-St-Luc), Québec, Canada, the weather is kind of odd. During summer, it's pretty hot, and during the winter its pretty cold. If you're in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, or Alberta, they're prairies, so it's usually hot (read the book Dust). Now in the Yukon, or Nunavut, they're pretty close to the North Pole, so obviously it's cold up there.

Oh and Tuttle, Eric said: "Have I ever told you about my Science teacher?" which kind of means that he's about to explain about her, unless he just phrased his sentence badly. I guess we won't know until Eric posts here again.

[Tuttle]

Originally posted by vashmata:
Oh and Tuttle, Eric said: "Have I ever told you about my Science teacher?" which kind of means that he's about to explain about her, unless he just phrased his sentence badly. I guess we won't know until Eric posts here again.

How I read that was asking if he had explained about her to you, since he has talked about her a good deal in here.
On page 542 he put a pile of complaints about her, page 540 also, and 538. So if you'd been here for those posts it looks like that's what he's referencing. Either way it seems to make sense how I read it to me.

I have so much homework do to now. Am not sure what to be working on either. I did most of what's due Monday other than studying and I don't have my textbook. I need to teach myself everything since Thanksgiving it seems. That'll be fun. I wish the prof would just email me whether or not I need to take the final.
I also have a group project meeting at 3 for my final project of my other class. That'll be interesting seeing as nobody else is doing anything.

I think one of my friends is trying to TA one of my classes later this year. That'd be nice. It's one of the required classes for math majors who no non-math majors take. So it'd be nice to be able to just ask friend for help instead of going to office hours of the TA.

I should actually go do homework now. I may edit this if I think of something to say soon but probably not.

[Mel]

emi: Yeah, we're good, XD I was just kidding :P No worries. hakuna matata!

wolfie: no, I don't live in New York, state or city. But I live close enough that if we get on a bus at 4 a.m., we can be there just as the sun rises over the city. It's quite beautiful, seeing the city from maybe a mile away, it's back against the sun...quite beautiful.

But tomorrow we'll be there at maybe 8.

Ah, and yeah, I'll be looking out for all the famouse YW sites, :P

And don't apologize for questions, it's okay. I talk too much sometimes. Sometimes I talk to little. And, I have a horrible ability to be inarticulate in the things that matter most me (see more later on that one). So it's cool. And your sentences are fine! THIS IS THE TOPIC OF GREAT RANDOMNESS!!

Nonetheless I'm pleased that you care about your grammar. There have been quite a few in the past that haven't, and it's annoyed me to no end, :P

You know someone who had cancer? Me too, my aunt had breast cancer. She's okay now, though. It was a long time ago, when I was pretty little.

Piano! wOOt!

Eric: Congrats! Nothing like a crappy bus driver/ ride to school can ruin a day. It's good to know things are back on track!

Emi again: Oh yeah, good luck with all your basketball. Scheduling's the worst thing /but if you want a good book, read Jane Eyre that'll keep you busy for a while

Tutt: good luck with all your tests! And I hope that professor comes through with an answer for you soon...^^

So, I was just curious, how _did_ you get through last year alive and intact? I remember you talking about it a little when you were on, but it still seems.....impossible!


Ah, okay, so I'm just finished my Christmas list. Is anyone else as excited as I am? wheeeee

But the funny thing is, I wasn't as excited last year...it's sort of interesting, isn't it? And it turns out my friends were feeling the same thing. Hm. But, see, I think it sort of had to do with a transition...I don't really love Christmas anymore because of the presents.. I sort of love it because everything else that has meaning to it.

Though the presents are nice, XD

Sheesh. Talk about transitions... friendship is tough. That's all I did last night...talk to my friend for hours. We'd been going through some tough stuff. I guess I just hadn't realised how much in trouble she was until now, and she really, really needed me, and so now I'm here for her.

Keep this in mind, guys. Look out for your friends!


So, oh yeah, I was right, I stayed home from school. Lovely. But I feel a thousand times better.

And now, onto-----homework. Yaaaay.

~^

Much love!
Melanie

[EricG1793]

Tuttle, thanks for answering the question for me. What makes that even better is that you answered it perfectly right.

Tonight is the second annual semi-formal winter dance at my school. I really enjoyed it last year. I don't really like any of the "normal" dances, but I really liked the winter one last year.... Maybe it was because they had pizza? They'll be having pizza tonight. Plus all but one of my friends are going to be there. The one friend who is NOT going, told me this morning that he WAS going, but I called and left a message at his house asking if he would like to carpool with me (with my parent's permission, of course ), and his mom called me about fifteen minutes later and said that he was at guitar lessons and that he wouldn't be going to the dance. But his guitar lessons are always done in time for the dance, so I don't know why he's not going.... Whatever. My other two best friends will be there. I have 4 best friends. The two who will be there tonight, the one who's not going, and another one who was going to my school but he went back to the Catholic school he goes to.

Emi, the bus was fine again today. That's a record-breaking two days in a row!!

[wolf_wizard]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! People are calling me wolfy again! (Mel, your good, I just felt like saying it, and I suppose it's easier than writing out Wolf Wizard. Although, looking at other forums, I can't figure out who Hungry is!)Have fun on your field trip Mel! So yeah, a friend of mine recently had cancer, but he's okay now . And for my confusion about Eric's science teacher, I must admit I hadn't joined at that time, and Assumed, seeing as this is the topic of great randomness, that things had moved along a little bit. (Apparently not) Any way, Dai all.

[seabiscuit1009]

Oh. I'm Hungry, in case you were wondering. It's my nickname because of something I said when I was a newbie 2.5 years ago or so.

Umm...so, guess what I did last night that was bad. I went to the library, to see if they had a book I want (that's not the bad part.) The library parking lot was full, so I parked in the lot across the street. After I'm done, I am pulling out of the lot in my minivan, when I somehow manage to hit the left bumper/taillight of a Jeep parked right next to the exit of the parking lot (that's the bad part.) I shattered the tail light and banged up the bumper pretty well, and now have a huge dent in the passenger side of my van. Needless to say, I was freaked; I'm not the type of person to do a hit and run, so I pulled back into the parking lot and called Mom, who called Dad, who came and called the police since he thought the car was parked illegally by being too close to the exit of the parking lot (it wasn't, but the police officer says that he wants to ask about changing the sign there to a No Parking sign. It'd be kind of cool if it got changed because of me, I've got to admit. ) Anyway, the police officer went and got the guy out of the library who's car it was, and I had to fill out a police report and everything. Luckily, we've got insurance. The funny thing is, on December 2 (the 1 year anniversary of me getting my license) we were talking about our insurance at dinner, and Mom was thinking about getting rid of this thing called "Accident Forgivness," which means the insurance rate won't go up if you have an accident, but you have to pay a little extra each month. Luckily, she hadn't cancelled it yet. Anyway, I just found the whole thing to be embarassing/sad/hilariously funny. However, since I spent 2 hours in that stupid parking lot waiting for Dad/the police/guy who owned car to get there, I missed basketball practice, which is annoying. I'd been looking forward to practice all week!

So. Today at school I literally did nothing all day long, and guess what? It STUNK. There were 2 guest speakers, an NHS ceremony thing that made me skip a class, and just teachers who weren't teaching. I should have stayed home; I wouldn't have missed anything, and I would have gotten a 3 day weekend. It's not like I would be jeopardizing a perfect attendance record or anything; for someone who has a 4.0, I'm out of school a lot.

*huggles Mel again* Love you too, in a bff online sort of way. XD

I got a new cd called Little Voice by Sara Bareilles, who is pretty good. She kind of reminds me of a female John Mayer, who I like a lot, so it's exciting. She was one of iTunes free downloads back in June or sometime over the summer, which is how I heard about her. It's rare I ever buy an album by one of the free download people, but she is just really good. I highly recomend it.

Well...I just realized I have to go finish my AP Government essay so I can email it in before midnight. Dai all!

[wolf_wizard]

2.5 Years?!!! Wow. that's a long time. How long does it normally take to become a senior member on average? It sounds like if you posted once a day every day, you should be one by now. I know that we're probably all to busy to do that, but I was wondering anyway. I bet it takes forever. Funny how nicknames can stick, even after 2.5 years. Hmmm, I wonder if everyone will start calling me Wolfy. I don't know if that's good or bad. Thanks for the music recommendation. Dai stihós!

Edited: <span class="ev_code_RED">Ahhh!</span> choppy sentences again.

[EricG1793]

*Looks at Hungry's "Location"* AAAAAAAAGGHHH!! *Looks around HERE, as in the room I'm in, and sees no other humans* *Glares at dog and shouts at him* YOOUUU!!! I knew you ate a lot! Whenever I feed you, you gobble it down! You're always hungry!

*The fact that my dog is not Hungry dawns on me* Oh. OK.

I know that that made no sense, but I felt like saying it. Does anyone even understand what I mean?

I make two or three posts every day in these forums. *Does math* 365 days of the year times 2 posts per day.... 730 posts per year. So, in about one year, I'll be a Senior. 'Cuz it's been about half a year since I registered. Or maybe it'll be more like two years.... I don't know. Somewhere along those lines.

EDIT:

*Tries to control laughing fit* I just sent myself a private message! I made the title "Let's go back in a time machine!" and the post "Time machine! Time machine!" just like Count Olaf did in the "orphaned scenes" at the end of the DVD "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events". Then I replied to my own message and said "Ostriches are coming to devour me!" I got the Email notification and everything!!!! I can't tell you how stupid it looks to have a private message from myself about time machines and ostriches. I just got the best laugh I've had since the last time I saw my newly declared best friend.

Oh. Yeah. My former best friend. Well, I think I've dropped hints here and there on the website that my friend's changing... trying to be cool, you know what I mean? My mom said last night that she thought he had said a lot of mean things about me to me often, and she really didn't like that.... Of course, that's how him and I used to communicate: humorous insults. But I guess he went too far.

Last night was the semi-formal winter dinner dance at my school. I took the camera I got yesterday (GAH! Another thing I have to talk about!) to it. At first, I was a bit skittish, but I decided to take it; if other people were taking pictures, I'd take pictures. There were probably 6 or 8 other people taking pictures, so I decided to. Then, I remembered that my homeroom is doing the video yearbook in Music class, since we're the eighth grade class that switches each special all year, so we have music one day a week all year. This in mind, I looked around and realized nobody else in my class was taking pictures. So I decided I'd focus on the eighth graders (the dance was for seventh and eighth graders) since the video yearbook is just for eighth graders. I walked around and took pictures of groups of fellow eighth graders. Now, here's the thing with my former best friend. Every time I went near him and this girl he was with like Velcro the WHOLE three hours of the dance, he, her, and anyone else they were with would just get in a circle and totally ignore me. I eventually ended up saying (well, yelling, actually, because of all the noise), "Look, this is specifically for video yearbook... do you want to be in it for the semi-formal dance, or not?" And I got not even a sign that they were even LISTENING to what I was saying, but more so-called cold shoulder. I decided this is the last straw. My other friend who is in my grade is now my best friend (remember the friend I mentioned when I was talking about me PMing myself before? That's who I'm talking about now). I suppose my former best can still be a friend, but I'm certainly not calling him my best anymore.

This decision makes me feel weird.... I've NEVER actually lost a friend because we didn't get along anymore. All my past friends moved. Or they ended up being in a different grade than me and we kind of lost contact. This is the first time I kind of lost one. It's an odd feeling.

*Reviews post* Wait! I have to talk about my camera!!!

OK, well I got the Sony DSC-W55/L (the "/l" symbolizes that it's blue; it's available in blue, black, silver, and an EXTREMELY girly hot pink ). It's the second-cheapest Sony camera. And I LOOOOOVVVEE it!! I got it Thursday, and the dance last night was my first ever picture fest with it. Its flash is more than adequate; in fact, it's overkill... half the pictures were very white because it's so bright. I learned to step way back from the people I'm taking the picture of, and then zoom in on them to get a nice, semi-low light picture. It's a lot smaller and compact than it looks. However its ergonomics are extremely good; it's even more comfortable to hold my camera than my dad's that's twice the size. Its battery life is very good, too. And it's very cute looking. And its close-ups are amazing! I was taking close-ups of our portable phone, and I could see curves in the plastic and specs of dust that I can't even see with my naked eye. You can go up to 2 CM away from your subject. I tried that, and it actually is good at 2CM away, but 2 CM is kinda overkill.... I got the end of the lens that distance away from the phone, then looked at it from the front, and it looked hilarious with the barrel of the lens 2 CM away from the 0 button on the phone.

OK, I think I've covered everything.... This is my once-in-a-while massive post in TTOGR.

[Emi]

Mel: thanks I'll look in to it!

Hungry: That stinks really bad. It's a good thing that you have accident forgiveness!! I can't believe that it took that long for everybody to get there! I haven't hit anyone yet, but I was in the car with my friend and she hit's someone's car(it was parked)! Ah, it was so scary, but there was like no damage because she was going super slow (backing out). The worst part is there was a statey running a test nearby and we thought he was going to do something but he didn't. Since there wasn't any scratches on the car we left. But my friend swore she'd never do that again(leave).

You can get free downloads on iTunes??? I didn't know that! I'm going to check now.. haha.

Eric: Yay! That's so great! I don't take the bus anymore, but I know what it's like to have a dumb bus. And great math. I don't think I could figure that out.

Huh. Not sure what I was going to write... It's so weird, I like don't come on for one night and there are like tons of posts! It's hard to keep track!

Um, my team lost last night so now we're 2-2. Not bad, it's just the beginning. We're playing against our rivals on Tuesday. It'll be exciting because the gym is always packed when we do. Both boys and girls. It's also cool because the girls and boys varsity play at one school, which is usually home for me, and then the jv plays at the other which away for my school. So I get to watch the guys play, which is rare because the guys would play home if we're away and vice versa. Yeah, I'm wicked excited! It's fun playing against rivals.

I started work today, it wasn't bad. That's all I have to say about that. haha.

We have to do a research paper on controversal topics, and I'm going to do racial profiling. It'll be interesting to find info on that.

Mel again: I haven't even started my shopping yet! I didn't realize it's only two weeks until Christmas!! I have to get a present for Secret Santa; we're doing that on my bball team. I just need to accumulate money together so I can start. Haha.

Alright I'm done. Dai all.

[EricG1793]

[Rhi]

Looks fine, Eric, except for a few slightly akwardly structured sentences, but if you're not going for grammatical perfection (which I don't advise, not for this sort of thing) then looks good

I lost my voice!!! I've been sick for a couple of days with a cold, and a sore throat came with the cold, but today my throat was only itchy, not hurting, so I thought I was getting better, but then during the early service at church this morning my voice started getting all tight and cracky and hoarse This is really bad for me-I'm in the Praise Team for the early service and the choir for the later service, so normally Sundays have me singing all morning. Yeah, that could be a bit of a problem I realized that my voice was going away when I started reading the Advent scripture. I had to struggle through the scripture and then several songs after that (I'm the only alto in a Praise Team that only has 4 members, well, 5 counting my sister but she doesn't sing) I couldn't just stop and go home because that would mess up the Team so I used every vocal trick I know of to try to keep my voice from breaking (sang softer, opened throat up, tried to keep it smooth) It was_really_bad. And now my dad just told me that they really need me to sing the alto for a special the Praise Team is supposed to be singing in the later service (which starts in about 45 minutes from now) so I'm going to have to sing MORE!! *sigh* Just one more song, and then no more talking for the_rest_of_the_day. and no talking (or any sound at all for that matter) before we sing the special. I don't know what I'm going to do; my voice is really important to me, I'm always singing and stuff and now I'm going to have to not sing. Or talk. It's really hard to not talk just at school, now I'm not going to be able to talk at all.

Oh my gosh, look at all that complaining Sorry guys, I guess I just needed to vent. I feel a bit better now

[wolf_wizard]

OK, You said to tell you if anything should be edited, or changed, so I'm putting the message into my post and putting what I think should be changed and my comments<span class="ev_code_RED"> in red</span>, ok?

I wasn't sure whether to quote Eric or not, since I was adding stuff in, but if anyone REALLY wants me to tell you instead of just looking at Eric's post, the stuff that wasn't red and was in the divided section was Originally posted by EricG1793.