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shazzamitsneill
05 May 2008 @ 06:47 pm
Day 3 of "OMG FUCK" week is over . . as well as the AP Government Exam. It was awesome because there was one essay question that I had NO IDEA to except that it might involve a fiscal year and so I guessed on the entire thing. Even on what monetary policy was (which I had never ever, EVER heard of in my life before) and guess what? I was basically exactly on the mark! I even wrote about inflation in monetary police . . and that was totally a complete guess! AGDFSLKFJS:LKJF I was so happy XD

Soooooo Wednesday I have Clarinet Auditions and I haven't practiced at all.

Thursday is my AP Lit exam and my Japanese Examination. Friday is a big ol' ass Humanities test. As well as a Spanish test and a two day pre-calculus test on Thursday and Friday.

WHY.
 
 
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shazzamitsneill
23 January 2008 @ 11:03 pm
 So today was the first day in the entire school year where we read our essays on the overhead. Prior to us starting, Mr. Hammond said, "if I say 'next' while you're reading, that means you got a D." He was horribly dissapointed in all of our essays, and mine was pretty horrible. Anyways, he starts going by row and by the time it got to me, Jenna Cummings was the only one who wasn't called "next" on and got to read her essay all the way through. So I get up there, and guess what? I read my entire essay! I was so thrilled!! And then it was Adrienne's turn. Now, she's gotten bonus points on shit that didn't have bonus points attatched to it in the first place, and she's gotten a 9 on every single one of her essays sans group assignments. She was called "next" on after her introduction.

I. BEAT. ADRIENNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH DEAR LORD, YES!!!!!! 

"You know Neill, you've come a long way since the start of the Language class last year. I'd even go as far as to say that you're one of my strongest writers, as you could see from today."

Ironic, isn't it? The two people who got to read their essays all the way through were the two people that failed their AP exam. Go figure.
 
 
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shazzamitsneill
03 December 2007 @ 11:03 pm
Oh wow, this is so awesome! I've been stressing about school for the past week/two weeks and I just realized, I don't need to stress anymore! I dropped out!!

. . hrrm. Not really. hahah, but I really don't need to stress anymore. I'm now successfuly caught up with Physics (even though I think I might've done a poor job on one of the assignments . . there goes that consistant 100) and I don't have to worry about that essay in Hammond's because we're watching a movie that's somehow more important than an essay. I know, go figure. But it is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, so, yeah, I guess it is. I have a lot of Pre-Calc work to start and finish, but that should just take me an entire day, so that's no big. I'm used to working for 5 hours straight now. Thank you junior year! But, I've got to get an 100 on this test! I got one twice in a row, and that's kind of like my 8-9ish 100% quiz/test grades in Algebra II last year . . right? Well, the beginnings of it, at least.

I love math! More than I love english! There are definite answers!!!
 
 
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shazzamitsneill
18 October 2007 @ 10:33 pm
 Aww man, so I guess I should talk about today? Well, usually after a day like this is over, most of the stress is lifted off my shoulders (figuritively speaking; but at the same time, I really think I do stand up more straight), however, today it just didn't really happen. Maybe it's because I still have tons of things that I have to be worrying about? At least they don't count towards anything grade-wise in school, I guess?

Well, my tests. First off, Humanities was like, super smooth. I was surprised (and a bit annoyed) because of the stuff I really studied for, only about half of it showed up on the test T___T I'm guessing like 95-100 range? Only because I think I might've gotten a Slide ID Title wrong . . I'll have to look it up. 
Then there's Pre-calc. Okay, unless I'm missing some horrible mistake, I only had a -2 (or something around that), so I'm thinking a 98, 99ish. Which I guess is good for a chapter test, and that is my highest quiz/test grade so far.

UGG LIT. The essay was really bad today. I went in and there were three prompts up on the board and we had to choose one. Well, I chose one that I thought would be really easy for me to write . . just, ug. Basically what happened was I wrote about everything I wanted to write about in my first body paragraph and then (since I didn't have anything to write about) my second body paragraph was just rambling. I really have no clue what I was talking about. I realized my downfall in writing essays is I get SO caught up on making a sentence sound "intelligent" that it bogs me down sometimes. This doesn't really happen too often (rarely at all), so I guess it wouldn't necissarily be a "downfall", but it's still stressful when you know what you want to say, but you just have trouble getting it on to paper.

But, my grade is high enough that I can take an 80 or an 85. Even a 75 probably wouldn't do much :/

I've got the PSAT on Saturday, it's to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship, but to be truthful, I don't really want to. I know that I probably will seeing as it's not that hard, but it's just ANOTHER thing to worry about. At least it won't be on my plate until December? ;___;

I also have to sign up for Personal Fitness, Economics, and AP MacroEconomics online, so don't let me forget please, 'cause I know I will *___*

Oh yeah, and an OM meeting on Sunday at home depot. Jesus Christ I can't wait 'till band seasons over so I can properly balance all of this.
 
 
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shazzamitsneill
13 October 2007 @ 01:02 pm
 I got my third 8 in AP Lit this essay . . what makes it better is that he said all of the grades were low because everyone just summerized and mine wasn't! I wonder what Adrienne got? Probably a 9; like always ;___;

Okay, so that makes my essay grades:
9
8
8
7
8
WHATEV. Imma gunna get moar nynes.

Also, I have a Humanities test (so soon after the last one!) on Thursday . . I need to get the notes from someone, preferably Adrienne. Our place in the class all basically depends on the grade we got on the first test, so I think I'm 4th. Adrienne first, Katie second, Liz third and then me. I don't know how Katie got so high -___-

I CAN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T WRITE ABOUT THE FRIGGIN' CATACOMBS. I WAS DOCKED TWO POINTS! I would've had a 95 and would have tied with second place. ;~;
 
 
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shazzamitsneill
04 September 2007 @ 04:48 pm
 ugg my sinuses hurt so much. I just developed a rapid headache and I have to go to band for three hours and start planning for an essay due Friday in AP. 

I'm a little stressed out, but mostly it's just a combination of school and sickness. I wouldn't feel this shitty if I was healthy D:
 
 
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shazzamitsneill
30 August 2007 @ 11:05 pm
 I was asked to homecoming and of course I said yes. Now I'm really looking forward to it.

OKAY BUT THE REAL REASON WHY I POSTED HERE. Okay so today in AP Lit, we gave our presentation of Tess of the D'urbervilles and I was Oprah in our talk show and Mr. Hammond loved it! It's so hard to get his approval but we did it :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Maybe I'll start off the year with an A? ;)
 
 
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shazzamitsneill
04 March 2007 @ 01:53 pm
I wish I could go into hibernation and wake up around April 22nd-ish or so. This debate is totally kicking my ass, and I'm way to lazy to work on it right now, so it looks like I might end up getting a C, unless I can pump out some 8's and 9's and kick my grade up from the middle-of-the-road B to a low A.

And then maybe if I suck on the debate it will end up a B.
 
 
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shazzamitsneill
12 December 2006 @ 10:25 pm
I have until after Christmas to finish my Hammond assignments (thank God). The orchestra concert went pretty smoothly. Man, Intermezzo sucks is pretty mediocre.

I got two new icons and Pokemon: Emerald Version so I'm set until Christmas. : )
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shazzamitsneill
08 December 2006 @ 11:40 pm

So fifteen pages of my journal entries for AP was stolen and it really makes me unbelievably sad because I seriously put all my free time into them. Ask anyone who sits next to me in one of my classes (except band, I don't have time to do them there) and they will tell you that's what I worked on the majority of the time. That's what makes me so sad, is that I put so much work and effort into the assignment, but yet, someone chooses to steal it. Aggh! It's so aggravating, but if I don't get the entries then my parents and I will go in to have a talk with Hammond and explain to him the situation and he will hopefully have some sympathy for the sophomore.

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shazzamitsneill
07 December 2006 @ 10:28 pm
I've got fourteen pages done! YES! I'm so happy! If I do six more tomorrow, I will have the author's purpose done (hopefully) and then I can just b.s. the reader responses, tone and other crap like that. I might be able to be finished by Sunday, which would an incredible relief, because that means I can focus on my synthesis project and my Spanish final/project. And then all of my Chemistry stuff she decided to dump on us last minute. Aggh! Dang it. Prism is going to suck. At least that's what I predict. But let's hope I'm wrong. Okay!?

Back to work!
 
 
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shazzamitsneill
15 November 2006 @ 09:22 pm
Hahaha, Laser day was basically the most pointless thing I've ever done activity-wise. There was really no point in me going, other than to point attractive people out to Caryl-Lynn. I love Lynn! She's my super-friend! Well, the only really fun seminar was "When Galaxies Collide" and I learned a lot, only to realize I retained nothing about it what-so-ever. All I remember is that it was fascinating. 

I told my mom about my Hammond grade and surprisingly she wasn't like "WTF A D!?" so that's soooo good. : )
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shazzamitsneill
09 October 2006 @ 10:23 pm
I hate days that just seem to go buy very slowly. They are just a pain to put up with, especially when school get's involved. 

So last night, I had six article entries for Mr. Hammond and at eleven I thought to myself, "oh! hey! I should work on these because I need twelve!" Just because I am a dumbass and procrastinate to much. Ah, well, I still am maintaining a B in that class (a low one I might add, 80.5). On the bright side I got a 7 on the re-write which is what I expected more or less, considering the fact that I at least attempted writing it, and then I was just sitting there and ideas came to me and  I stuck them in there in an unorginized fashion. But hey, the first nine weeks is practically over, four more days that I have to deal with. 

School is just not going my way right now, it likes to fluctuate on me, and I'm not just talking academically either.

The weather was very pleasent today and I enjoyed sitting outside for about five minutes in the early morn'.
 
 
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shazzamitsneill
16 September 2006 @ 04:26 pm

I finally convinced my sister to say that she liked the Pokemon games because she did and I knew it, she just wouldn't admit it. hahahahah fun stuff.

My aunt has finished her kemo (remember I wrote about her a while back; the one with breast cancer?) and is getting prepared to go through her radiation . . down here! Horray! She's so funny, everybody is so lively around her. She's bald and it's looking pretty sweet, although I miss her Gedwed thick hair. Won about four beauty pagents with her hot looks she did. :D

And if anyone cares to read about my personality (IN SPANISH!) click

here! )

I want to find out what my grade last Friday's essay was in Hammond, because he talked about what we should of had and what we should of addressed and I did all of it. I felt very pleased with myself. 

I didn't have time to annotate this essay because we didn't start writing until 8:45 or 8:50.

Dumb substitute spillin' coffee all over herself. x)
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shazzamitsneill
01 September 2006 @ 11:53 am
What a crappy start to just a stupid day. I went into for Hammond and came back out with a 15/50. That's less then half. Ten less. That's like a thirty. Ug. Anyways, then I went to band and I decided I was to sick to stay in school so I texted my mom and had her come pick me up because I'm really sick right now. I need to e-mail Mr. Singletary. Ah, blah. I need to sleep because I can't be sick at tonights game because I'm not going to yell. : (
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shazzamitsneill
06 August 2006 @ 11:16 pm

Kill. Me. NOW.

Today was so incredibly fun. I hung out with Taleese and Evan and they we made banana pancakes. Then we played Super Mario and Donkey Kong. It was so FUN! I think (hope) that Taleese and Andrea (Evan and Taylor?) are going swimming with me at my grandma's house. The only person I haven't invited was Andrea, I haven't been able to get in touch with her. : (

Hammond stuff:
Works Cited: DONE
Journal Entries: DONE
Debate Summerazation: . . .
Ignorance is Bliss: WIP

Two days folks, two days for me to get it all done.

 

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shazzamitsneill
03 August 2006 @ 11:36 pm
YES! YES! Scheduale, YES? Yes.

1. None because I'm lazy.
2. AP English Lang.
3. Symphonic Band
4. Chemistry Honors
5. American History Honors because Adrienne and I were going to fail AP
6. Algebra II Honors
7. Spanish I because I'm horrendous at speaking forigeihn languages.

So Doug left and it was depressing. We all came up behind him and did, "Yay Doug!!" and "Akward Turtle". The most depressing part is thinking we won't get to do it to him in any rehearsals anymore. : ( 

I'm becoming so worked up about school starting it's CRAZY. Like, oh man. I have sat down and colour cordinated all of my pens and mechanical pencils with the binders for my different academic classes and I've been putting the finishing touches on everything except the debate for Hammond. I'm EXCITED. I want school to start on Monday. 

OH MY GOD I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED. I'M DOING ALL OF THESE PIANO CONCERTO'S AND I'M SUPER HAPPY. I could not be happier with the way things are looking music wise. It's all really fun. Besides Rhapsody I also want to do Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro. I love piano concertos.

Adrienne got her wisdom teeth out this morning so let's all pray for her health and hope that she's not in to much pain. : )
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Current Sound: Shostakovich's "Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro"
 
 
shazzamitsneill
31 July 2006 @ 09:47 pm

I mowed four lawns today and my hands hurrrrrrrrrrrrrt. Then I went to my first piano lesson since "the death" and my hands hurt even more and it was sad. : (





 
 
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shazzamitsneill
30 July 2006 @ 02:11 pm

Aarrrgh.

My mom went to Staples or Office Depot to go get some school supplies that I wanted. I'm pealing really badly and what not. I'm excited. Horribly excited. I took me like twenty minutes to find everything on my debate topic. I'm going to do so good on that, so it might make up for that stupid essay. Hopefully. I'm planning on rewriting it soon. After I'm done with everything else.

Aarrrrarrrrrrrrralksdfjlggg.

 
 
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shazzamitsneill

Gosh, I'm stupid! I've put all of the AP assignments off until the last minute. I'm working on them continuously this week and I've already finished my Ignorance essay and one entry in my journal so that's really good. I'm also going to do Stem Cell Research (?) for my debate topic.

If anyone's interested, here is my ignorance is bliss essay:

Cutted )
 
 
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