S-A-T! Easy as 1, 2, 3!

 

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I initially wanted to conduct the experiment for a project for Sociology, but my partner sort of backed out today, so I went to Plan B—study for the SATs.

It wasn’t some extensive study session.  It just consisted of last minute brush-ups, especially with the critical reading sections.  We discovered that the study guide that I’ve been using by the Princeton Review presented critical reading questions that were much more difficult than those of the CollegeBoard study guide.  I’ve been subjecting myself to much torture with my study guide!

So, when I tried out the questions from the Collegeboard book that my friends had, it was a boost of confidence.  Still, we didn’t know how the real SATs would really be.  But I’m fine with the confidence boost.

This is perhaps going to be the last day I study for the SATs.  Ever.  (For the Reasoning Test at least)

 

Sail Away

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“When life flings lemons at you, run away.”

It’ll catch on.  One day.

 

When Was the Last Time, Indeed

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It’s been a while since my original group of friends hung out together.  (Well, most of the group…)

Reunions don’t guarantee satisfaction, as we’ve all learned from TV.

There were a few people who borrowed my camera tonight, so I’m only 90% sure that I took this picture.  Tram, if this is yours, say so.  Hehe.

 

It’s Coming…

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Day-off today.  SATs on Saturday.  Barnes and Noble in the morning today to study.

My friends and I then caught some employees of the complex putting up Christmas (or holiday) decorations.  That was pleasant.  Right after Halloween.  They’re quick.

Later that day, I hung out with Michael and some underclassmen.  Ah, that word sounds so negative.  But they’re all cool.  So, they’re all just friends.  Yep. Friends—not underclassmen.

For some reason, just hanging out has been very unfulfilling lately.  It feels like underneath the seemingly happy demeanors and lighthearted moods of everyone lies something a bit dreary.  So, I just feel like hanging out, to just relax, chill, and feel happy, loses its purpose when people aren’t feeling that way.  Maybe that’s only me.  I’m the one who’s just feeling a bit down I guess.

 

iScream

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A weird school schedule this week.  Off on Tuesday for Election Day and off on Thursday and Friday because there’s a Teacher Convention.

Thus, Monday night = PARTY IT UP.

Not exactly.  Just another scary movie night at a friend’s house.  We watched “The Uninvited.”

Thinking my system was already saturated with all that scary stuff from October, I wasn’t too freaked out in the beginning.  But I found myself jumping and covering my face once again from the middle until the end.  Even screamed a few times.  Not a high-pitched girly scream.  Just a regular scream.

 

Fed Up

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I’m so sick of hearing myself promise that I’ll actually do some schoolwork.  I’m sure my friends are too.

One taste leads to one feast.

 

New Meaning of Creepy

 

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Jennifer shrieked.  She found the hunting knife that she knew she hid in the attic last summer soaked in mustard on the couch.

“What’s going on?” Ted yelled.  “This is a sick Halloween joke!”

“Trust me.  This is no joke,” Ellen, Jennifer’s sister, shakingly replied.

“Oh, thanks, Ellen,” Bill said.  “Thanks for letting us know that you really want to kill us.”

“I’m not doing this!”

Thunder roaring, lightning flashing, a dark figure suddenly appeared behind them, only visible to Jennifer.  Without anywhere else to go, she jumped onto the couch behind her.

“What’s wrong?”

“Someone’s behind you!” Jennifer pointed towards where the figure was.

The remaining three quickly looked back, jumping away from whatever Jennifer was pointing at.  The figure was gone.

“OK, whatever you two sisters are up to, just stop it,” Ted said, attempting to sound brave, masking the terror that had been brewing inside ever since they found a message written with mustard on the kitchen wall.  “You’re next!” it said.

“Who are we kidding, Ted?” Bill said, laughing half-heartedly.  “Let’s just get out of here!  There’s no point.”

“You’re crazy if you think we’re going to stay here,” Ellen exclaimed, running to the door.

Shoving Ellen to the side, Bill rushed through the door, towards his parked car.  Suddenly, a shriek was heard.  Jennifer, Ellen, and Ted ran outside to see what happened.

The three followed suit and began to scream.  The Mustard-Hat Killer had beat them to the car.

“Who’s next?” he said creepily.

Or the guy can just be a stalker.

A synopsis of my Halloween:

1. Woke up before noon
2. Was told by sisters that we would go to a free dance workshop in Bergenfield (The workshop was going to start in twenty minutes.)
3. Got lost with Lawrence and my two sisters
4. Got lost more
5. Did not get to attend the workshop
6. Walked around waiting for a friend from the dance group
7. Gloomy day
8. Rain
9. Trick-or-treat in Bergenfield
10. Felt old for trick-or-treating
11. Rain
12. Rain
13. Got bored
14. Went home

Considering all the Halloween stuff that I did for the past two weeks, today was definitely a lackluster culmination of the Halloween season.

I think I’m all pooped out from yesterday.

 

 

“He Looks Scary ;-; Make It Stop”

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So, yes, I dressed up as a mime today, without the hat or the gloves.  Or the miming ability.  I did have the creepy factor going on though.  Sucks though.  I didn’t take pictures of myself, so I can’t show it here.  Haha.

There was definitely a big turnout for costume-wearers this year.  I’m going to simplify the situation and attribute the impressive turnout to the students’ desire to get as far away from the uniforms as possible.

Oh yea, as a mime, I limited speech the entire school day.  People said I couldn’t mime, but when have I ever been a mime?  I unknowingly slipped a few words a few times.  They just came out; I don’t know how.

 

More Halloween Preparations

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This year, Halloween is a bit early in my school (and maybe other schools too).  With Halloween on a Saturday, students don’t get a chance to showcase their costumes in school, so, despite initial disapproval due to our uniforms, the Board of Education finally decided to allow us to wear costumes on Friday, October 30.

That’s tomorrow, by the way.

This dress up for Halloween thing was a whole process, forcing me to face a sequence of problems.  Here’s a summary:

• First Problem: “Should I do it?”

After comments from my friends, such as “Come on, it’s your senior year” and “Come on, it’s the only day we get a break from uniforms,” I finally decided to dress up.

• Second Problem: “What should I be?”

A mime, suggested by Tram

• Third Problem: “What do I need?”

A striped shirt, suspenders, black pants, white face paint, black face paint, a bowler hat, white gloves, and some shoes

• Fourth problem: “Do I have these?”

The only ones I had were the pants and the shoes.

• Fifth problem: “Where do I get the rest?

BIGGEST HASSLE EVER.

By being such an outgoing senior this year, I’ve been spending so much money with things that I probably don’t need to have or do.  Therefore, I had limited money when it came to costumes. Not to mention how it’s not easy to find parts of a costume when you don’t want to buy an entire set in some specialty store.

In the end, I didn’t get white gloves or a bowler hat.  I just didn’t have enough time or money.  It really wasn’t until recently that I thought about dressing up.

Oh, and there actually is one more thing that I forgot to get.  And that’s miming ability.

(pictured above) Painting a long cigarette that was used by Audrey Hepburn, Tram’s character for Halloween.

 

It’s Autumn, Too

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With Halloween so near, I often forget that leaves fall during this time of the year too.