Owned

No, I wasn't owned. I did the owning. Or at least I think I did. I just wrote the lamest exam in the history of the earth...English 12. Everyone told me it would be lame including Jason Bruckal, Kevin Dobson, William Poppy, but I had to see for myself. It was lame. "The simplest experiences in life are the most important" was the theme of the exam. Naturally I wrote my creative essay about the attainment of self-satisfaction before death and used the word "iconoclastic" because I looked it up the night before. So that's one down, three to go.

Well Amay, I honestly thought I had my case made for the Keg, but clearly I'll have to make more points about how awesome it is:
1. Some people I know work there.
2. It is downtown amidst the action of a city.
3. The age demographic is quite youthful.
4. They take (and hold) reservations (unlike a specific Seinfeld car rental place)
5. There is a great selection of dishes, both entrees and appetizers.
6. It is clean and approved by health services.
7. The ambience music is just awesome (I heard "Walkin' on the Sun" and "Kryptonite")

Hey hey free time this week. Port theater performance with Jazz Band and the trip to Surrey. w00t. I'm looking forward to that. I'm also looking forward to my provincial exams, getting my marks back for my SAT's and provincials.

"INSIDE YOUR DELIVERED FROM STRESS. WELL YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE FINE BUT I THINK THAT YOU'RE WISHIN'!!!"

Simpleton

Crap. I haven't written a post in so long. Well here's an overview of the week:

It got filled up really fast with stuff and passed by quite quickly. I had a term 2 chemistry exam on which I received 95% and on the practice provincial I got 99%, so not that bad. English was purely review until friday, upon which we wrote letters for ourselves to open on our 50th birthday. This is apparently a tradition among Mr. Poppy's grade 12 classes and it sounds awesome. Band got excessively stupid around midweek, so I was forced to write a song about it, and then it tapered off in lameness near the end of the week. I've been studying for all of my provincials next week and cannot wait for them to be overwith.

Friday morning I received my marks on my Grade 10 piano exam via telephone (thank you AGB), for somehow my piano teacher acquired them covertly. She mentioned some strange military secret...internet? :S I was pleasantly surprised at the early hour of the morning. She intially said I passed, which is what I was most concerned about, and then proceeded to tell me my mark was 87. I was absolutely stunned and that made my day. I suppose my errors were overlooked as natural in the exam and the parts where I was expressive and musical ultimately displayed my competence on the instrument. In short, I'd have to say that is one of my largest accomplishments in life so far.

Friday was last day of school and I only had two classes, one at the start and one at the end. I drank 2 liters of coke and ate a bag of chips so I kind of was half awake. I jammed afterwards with Colin, Richard and David. Lots of RATM. w00t. I had a drum lesson, and volunteered at "Judy & David" (celebrities of the young'uns world) at the Port Theater.

Today [Saturday] was nice and relaxing. I awoke at 10.30 and slowly got ready for the day. I phoned Alana and we made plans to go to the mall @ 2. 12pm: I went with my mom to Black & Lee's to look at prom clothes. I also went to Moores. Inquire further regarding prom. I'm always eager, as other people are, to speak of such tomfoolery. Subsequently, I proceeded to Woodgrove Mall w/ Alana to browse shops, for she had her paycheck and I had a gift certificate for the GAP. I acquired material assets (two shirts) as did she (Collective Soul CD). When I got home we began celebrating my Dad's birthday (Jan. 31) by going to the Keg for dinner.

The Keg has got to be the best restaurant for the following reasons:
1. Tasty free bread before dinner
2. Bottomless drinks
3. Great atmostphere and popular restaurant
4. Good prices (Regular Nachoes (best nachoes I've ever had) 6.95)
5. Maximum steak price is 24.95. Their best steak, a mon avis, is the Sirloin which is only 19.95 and comes with sides. It should also be noted that it is the best steak in Nanaimo as far as I know.
6. Great service
7. Cool

Afterwards, Je suis alle a la theatre de port avec ma famille. Nous avons observe un homme et sa bande jouent ses instruments. Ils ont choisi jouer les chansons de Elton John et Billy Joel. Les 70's >>> They did some h-core covers and my parents liked it. I felt quite young among these 50's and 60's babies, but I enjoyed it too in a musical skill sense. The guy was an awesome singer. Tomorrow I study. Au revoir.

Quote of the day: "That's lame!!! No that's cool!!! wait, what are we talking about?!" - Ted Neilson
Song of the Week: "Simpleton" by Injected (live cover of Manic Compression song)

I've had it with enhancing my calm

Life is too short for movies that suck.

I need to turn up my essay writing skill. I interpreted a poem entirely wrong and got a 4. : I didn't go to band today, because it was forecasted to be a study period with a sub. I played some quality chess with Rahim and Can. I proceeded home and practiced the piano. I worked on a writing a song that can be jammed on, much like Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip. I worked out and then watched some multimedia entertainment.

La promenade is on the tips of everyone's tongue these days. Guys have been dutifully reporting to tuxedo rental centers while girls chat of their dress being made. Everyone wants to find a date if they have not done so already. As I said on my Iflurtz, high school is an interesting socialogical experiment: one I find quite amusing for the most part.

Seven of Nine

I apologize to Amay about the Star Trek, but the consensus among readers is that Start Trek rocks. The season of Voyager which I've been watching is all about the development of the character Seven of Nine and her integration into life on Voyager. I believe she is my favourite character for a couple of reasons. Alleah, I have season 4 of TNG as well, which includes the one where Picard is assimilated and becomes Locutus. Unfortunately, I only have half of the episode as the other half is in the next season. Stupid cliffhangers.

I, too, can tell the difference between milks. I am quite the 1% fan. Kevin refers to our family as the moderate drinkers for his fridge features the extremes of skim and homogenized. Of course all milk is homogenized (thank goodness), but I prefer that they skim off some fat before doing so. Amay, here is a list of many things that go well with milk: cookies, cereal, bananas, chocolate and strawberries. And its healthy. I find it to be quite the win-win situation.

Saturday, I woke up at the ungodly hour of 7 am. I wrote my SATs and found myself quite scholastically apt. I owned the math part. It had almost nothing hard on it at all, though I have the feeling that I missed a couple out of carelessness. Of course, the whole test is timed and you don't have extensive amounts of time to spend on each question. I didn't know what unctuous, libertine, dovish, eschew, diffident, or limelight meant so I lost a couple marks on the English part. I was confident in my readin comprehension and answered most all of the questions. I saw one person I knew at the SATs, Whitney, the girl I tutor. There was also an entire hockey team writing to try to get scholarships to the US. I talked to one and their huge goal is to get over 1000. I think I'll beat them, seeing as I consider myself above average when it comes to math skills.

After arriving home, I was, naturally, starving so I ate lunch. I proceeded to spent 165 CAD applying for one of U of T's hardest programs, Engineering Science. The average entrance grade is low to mid 90's; however, it would be an insanely awesome course to take. I can probably get some co-op through them as well. My friend, Rahim, also applied to this same program. I am awaiting responses from the College Board, UBC, SFU and U of T. Shortly, I will have to manually report my marks to U of T, since it is out of BC.

mmmMilk

What is wrong with milk? I love milk, esp 1%, and it must be kept on hand at all times for drinking at all times of the day: breakfast cereal, after school snack, dinner accompanist. I do love culture, you are right. I wore that pink shirt today to annoy some people and have a good laugh. lol. I believe Rahim has applied for U of T so he is one step ahead of me. I shall quickly get on that.

I am finally done my grade 10. As some of you may have heard, I did not give Sergei's song justice; however, I gave an average Brad performance on my other songs. I was nervous as anything and had clammy hands; hence, my performance was not up to par, but that may be taken into account by the examiner.

I also received my certification card for my NLS in the mail today. I made a resume and cover letter for CAPP. I've been studying a lot for SATs. I recieved a 5 on an English essay I did for a short story. Lately, I've been watching a lot of Star Trek: Voyager, having purchased the 4th season on DVD. I mean, they have developed the perfect formula for a TV show and every episode is just awesome. I know Star Trek is stereotypically characterized as cheese and nerdtaculous, but I am quite fond of the show. :S

New Post

What is the point of a new post? Eventually this "new info" will become old and out of date. This post which I worked quite hard on will be lost and forgotten in the depths of the internet. :( And each time, I'm forced to compose some mellifluous entry for some people's temporary pleasure. hmmm. Of course, these are my friends for whom I am writing and I could probably spare some time for them :P jk. Naturally, I would provide you with whatever you may so desire. :D

I think I've been under a considerable amount of stress lately, though I haven't been feeling it. I've forgotten things that I'd normally remember. That being said, am I supposed to reply to you, Kevin, or is it you who are delaying the exchange of information? On the last snow evening I invited some friends over and we went on the golf course to enjoy and play in it. Nanaimo, possessing the awesome temperate climate that it does, now has temperatures up to 10 C and much rain. This warm front, in technical terms, is frikking the mountains for ski season. ack.

Life is good. I have a piano exam this Wednesday and the infamous SATTM (actually a legal trademark) on Saturday. Ah, I can't wait for my first 3 and a half hour test; it should be fun. I have not been keeping up on people's blogs as much as I should be, but it should be noted, if only to cite why I am jealous, that Amay and Bethany are soon moving out. . . lucky.

I am going to apply for yet another post secondary instutution, U of T. I suggest Kevin starts applying for universities while abroad, esp. if he plans to win any scholarships. I know some people are crazy and have already applied to maybe 5 or 6 universities, but I'm getting there. My next step is scholarship essays for UBC, SFU and U of T.

After going on the U of T website and investigating it in Maclean's I've decided that it is the best, biggest, sweetest, most old school, most hardcore unviersity in Canada. What a place to get an education!!! I mean, >60,000 students, operating budget running up to one billion CAD, developed the first electronic heart pacemaker, in the biggest city* in Canada, some famous people who went there: Roberta Bondar, Margaret Atwood, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Adrienne Clarkson, Peter Gzowski, Edward S. "Ted" Rogers (Rogers Cable) and Jeff Skoll (eBay). That is what I'm talking about.

The city* owns everything. And by owns, I mean pwns. Digressing, my brother has a friend who says "poons". Progressing, how can you get out of the city* if you don't already live in it. Isn't that the ultimate, "escaping from the city*"? If so, how can one experience it w/o first living in the city*? The city* is just inherently awesome. People form them everywhere because of their instrinsic centrality and awesomeness. People want to be in the middle of other people and doing what others are doing. Originality conforms to that maxim. :( Back to the point, I NEED TO GET TO THE CITY*. Au revoir.

*city = mass congregation of people totalling greater than 1 million

Drummer World

Ok. Until the site went back online, I was delaying writing an entry so I could have a featurette about how awesome drummer world was, but it just never happened. However, when it comes back online, I would recommend a visit or two or a hundred if you are a person. The insane month is almost over. It is followed by a less insane month. If people have random/crazy/awesome ideas of things to do send me an email and we can do them next semester.

The snow time was awesome. Unfortunately, the house became freezing so I begged my parents to turn it up. Now I can play all of my repetoire for my piano exam, for my hands aren't freezing. Skiing will hopefully be a large part of 2005. I can't believe that I am finishing high school this year. I'm excited to the max and hope to be attending a post secondary institution of my choice in the fall. By the time I'm legal in the States I will have attained financial independence. w00t.

Kbps

My site will now load faster on your home computer, because I have removed the large picture of Mt. Washington from it. If you are still interested, you can visit their website or go to much superior Whistler instead. Ah, but why bother? We have 3 inches of snow here in Nanaimo and it just keeps on dumping. For those Albertans who scorn our meager snowfall, you may be jealous to know that we actually get a snow day for this.

I had a difficult talk with someone yesterday, but now that the matter has been discussed, idle contemplation is no longer present. I think I'm going to learn a bunch of Brahms and maybe some more Chopin this year, esp. after my exam. It will release me from the chains of RCM so I can choose songs from ANY list and ANY book w/o their approval. Today I inadvertantly slept until 12:30 pm. I dislike talking to people when I'm in bed, because, inevitably, I say something to irk them, for I just want to sleep. K bye

Couloir

Ah. that was the word of the day and I was reflecting on some fun times. I've found what fulfils me: chess, even though I am currently kind of brutal at it. I intend to work hard and play lots of games on Yahoo, for it is an intellectually stimulating game.

January, as I have said many times before, will be full of work for me. SATs, studying and piano will take up the majority of my time. :( My social life will suffer; however, if anybody wants to challenge me to a chess game, I'll play them during English, Chemistry or CPWE. I'm sorry when I don't have enough time to do stuff with people; it is hard for me to say "no" sometimes, but I have to.

Snow

Yesterday, Nanaimo was beautifully covered with a soft blanket of snow. Driving conditions were not affected, but everything was topped with white. I read more of 1984 which is just fulfilling my expectations at every turn; I'm at the part where O'Brien totally owns Smith, and Smith has just had his outburst of "Julia, Julia, Julia". I watched "Meet the Fockers" and "I, Robot", did some random things.

2005 Post

Happy New Years and hooray for cliches. I just couldn't think of something original to say. Dealing with business: I applied to SFU to Applied Physics which is four year B. Sc. consisting of much sweetness. I also applied to UBC for the faculty of science and the faculty of engineering as an alternate. For both universities, I applied for residence, so there I am, all applied for some universities. Langdon is one of Foo's devilish friends who has a sort of evil grin on his face all of the time. Grant knew from the moment that he saw him that he was "trouble" as Kevin may well know.

2005 started out pretty sweet I'd say. There was some "messers" leading up to it, but they are slowly getting resolved. This year I get to move to a different city. Mad props to that. Kevin did you get my email, cuz my email is being stupid as of late and I don't know if you have already responded. Tell me if you are going to SFU or UBC because we could apply to be in the same residence. :D Anyways, I'm looking forward to this year.

January is going to be a crazy month. All I have to do is Physics 12 provincial, Math 12 provincial, English 12 provincial, Chemistry 12 provincial, Grade 10 Royal Conservatory of Music piano examination and a Scholastic Aptitude Test. Most likely, somewhere in there I'll have a social life and be applying for scholarships/more universities. This will be a week of pondering and thinking about how to deal with things. K bye...