The end is near, but I'm busy as ever.

Referring to school, of course. It's as though all of my teachers woke up one morning - the beginning of fourth quarter, to be exact - and thought, "Darn, we've got to get these kids to a place where their grades actually matter in two months. Maybe we ought to start teaching them something." Not that I've been slacking off all year. Trust me, in most classes, I haven't. But things are getting far more intense. I have homework in every subject almost every day, and I actually have to study for assessments in English, of all subjects. The easiest class under the sun. french has been particularly impossible, I'm sort of worried about all of the major stuff we've got coming up. We learned all of these irregular adjectives today, and it made my head spin. I don't know what I'm going to do. But I've actually been handling it pretty well. I got a ninety three, ninety four, and one hundred on the last three tests and quizzes. I'm aiming to get a B+ this quarter, to make up for my grade last quarter. This class actually matters, since it's a high school level thing. I don't want a C+ on my permanent GPA or whatever. But I need to stop rambling about grades so much.


School was boring today. In Teen Living, I progressed quite a bit on my pin cushion, which I didn't expect. My friends think I'm a complete idiot with no sewing skills, but it seems to amuse them quite a bit, and they do half of it for me, so I don't mind at all. In gym, we stayed inside to play the odd school hybrid of kickball and baseball, titled 'Patriot Ball' for no logical reason whatsoever. It's a pretty fun game though, since there's almost no participation required. Math confused me. I think I failed the quiz we took today. I didn't know what I was doing, and I was quite tense through the whole thing, which made matters even worse. On the bright side, I did really well on the civics test, and I'm expecting my grade in there to slide up from a B+ to an A. Which is what it ought to be, since civics is the only class I can handle, these days. As for science, I didn't too well on the quiz today, and I sort of needed to, but if I study harder next time, I'll be fine. Due to a disagreement with my father while we were studying, I didn't work very hard or long. Science is one of those classes that I can do well at if I try, which I only do about half of the time, so I don't do that well.


After school, I raced to do a ton of homework, which I didn't finish 'til ten tonight, ate a quick dinner and then went to church for my second to last week of youth group. We're transitioning to the high school program soon. I'm sort of anxious... older people make me uneasy when I encounter them, despite the fact that I converse and argue with people far older than me on a regular basis on the Internet. I suppose it'll be better to get used to it gradually. I watched American Idol and finished my homework when I arrived home. Adam was nearly eliminated, and so I had a manic freakout and made my family fear for my sanity. I'm quite the fangirl when I want to be, it seems.


As for the music I've been listening to... it's a very odd compilation of Atreyu, Bella Morte, Pearl Jam, Veruca Salt, and Flo Rida. I really did not see the last one coming. His new single is really catchy though, and I'm sort of addicted to it. The chorus, where the vocals are less rap sounding and more comprised of melody is my favorite part, though, so at least I can say that I'm not turning into a rap fan or something. The lyrics are really stupid, but I'm still listening to it. As I type. I was listening to some acoustic Smashing Pumpkins earlier, and their songs off of Adore in the car with my father. He loves Appels + Oranjes, as do I, so I had it on repeat. I make a habit out of brainwashing people to like my music.

There's only three more days 'til I get my hair cut and dyed, sixteen days 'til the Bella Morte concert. I'm pretty excited, enough so that school is pretty much bearable. Which is good. I'll try to blog more frequently. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are busy for me, and Monday's been occupied by the dentist, as of late. But that's no excuse. Tomorrow is an absolute nothing day. Though I already know I'm going to have an excess of homework, I'll make it a priority to narrate my life, uneventful as it is, on here.