Yasmine was right

Yasmine, you were definitely on the right track back in March when you said that Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain" can be paralleled to Katniss' life in the Hunger Games. I found there are many people who agreed with what you thought and actually put a Hunger Games twist on Adele's music in multiple videos. I have lost the first video that alerted me of your correctness, but there are many videos that can be used for reference. 

Letters to...

I, unlike many other teenager my age, have yet to acquire a cell phone. The lack of such handheld technology has turned me to other ways of communications which at first seem tedious but turn out to have a lot of old time charm to them. Yes, I can email whoever I want to talk to, or message them on Facebook, or, better yet, talk to them when I see them. But who checks their email anyways and how could I give a very detailed explanation of what my day was like on Facebook and what if the person I want to talk to doesn't go to RHS? So I decided to turn to writing long hand letters. The only flaw that I find in writing letters is that it takes forever to get a response. What Facebook or email or face to face interaction can get you in mere seconds takes weeks with letters. Initially I found writing letters a bit difficult but I have come to feel comfortable with just taking half an hour or so to gather my thoughts.

Almost Done

So school is almost done! Im almost done in pretty much all my classes. The only ones I have stuff left to do in are Spanish, History, Math, and Language Arts; so Im halfway through. The only thing that sucks is I have a Language Arts final on the last day of school...seriously? I don't really think thats neccesary, maybe my teacher should have planned a little better so we don't need to have a final on THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. It's just ridiculous to me. Oh well I'll get over it. I am just so excited to be done with Junior Year. I don't think I have ever been this excited for the end of the year. But I am, I swear I have Junioritis, I'm just done.

Birthday!

So next tuesday is my birthday!! Im super excited! The only problem is, I still have no idea what to do for it. Getting older comes with problems trying to figure out what to do. Ive done the dinners, Ive done the sleepovers, and Ive done the little kid birthday parties; I dont really know what to do. Maybe I might just have a low key hangout kind of thing. Oh well either way it will be fun!

Reflection

Tomorrow morning is Senior Sunrise. It's crazy to think that we only have one year left of highschool. This year has gone by so fast but has been one of the best of my high school years so far. With all of my wonderful teachers, coaches, friends and family making this year so special. Our varsity cheer team has had an amazing year and have gotten so close. Yearbook and newspaper had a crazy year but we somehow managed to get it done and still have to it look great. Also as a junior this year i was able to share the year in highschool with my sister being a freshman. It was interesting to see her perspective on highschool compared to mine having been here for two years. Overall this year has been one of the best and i look forward to next year and all of the new opportunities being a senior can present.

24 Hours till Senior Rally

I honestly cant believe that its already here!
Tomorrow will be basically the last day of school for the senior class, because everything after that will be a whirlwind of graduation practice, senior meetings and senior activities (not really ready for that)
And next week I'm graduating! Its ridiculous at how fast this year went, and its taken me by surprise because i wasnt expecting time to fly by as it did.
All i want to do, is enjoy every single moment of these last few days with my class and friends because everything is going to be a complete spin next year, because college begins!

I looked at my "honorable moment" quote in the yearbook and it read:
"...I will walk across the stage at graduation and I know i have done my best"

Im ready for that moment, and when it happens it will be the best moment of my life.
:)

The End

Three days. That’s it. I can’t believe that after 14 years in the Rocklin school system I’m finally done. 1 year at Rocklin Pre-school, 7 years at Parker Whitney, 2 years at Spring View, and 4 years at Rocklin High.  It is truly amazing how fast time goes by, especially these last few years.  I have lived in Rocklin, in the same house, my whole life and although it was a little boring at times, I wouldn’t have changed a thing.  It was a great town to grow up in, and I have met some really awesome people that I am privileged to call my friends.  I don’t think it has really hit me yet, that in 10 days, I will be graduating and never coming back to Rocklin High, but I’m really looking forward to these next few weeks with my friends.  Although I will be moving away from home for the first time in my life this September, I know I will be excited to come back over breaks to see friends and family. 

NEW YORK BOUND

I'm done with school. Like literally finished even though according to society's standards, I still got one more year here in order to go off and do about 4-6 years of school. But one step at a time. I'm done this year mostly due to the fact of this highly anticipated NEW YORK family trip we are taking this June! I'm excited because we always say we are going places as a family and making these big plans but never truly see them through. But this summer, we've bought the tickets, booked the flights, and rented the car so there is no turning back now. You've got to know I've been in love with New York since I was 9 and is the place that I hope to go to college and soon after live in. It's NEW YORK CITY ladies and gentlemen!! Yeah yeah some of you are not city people thinking it's just smelly and way too loud for your taste but I'd kill for that atmosphere. To me, it's infectious. I can't wait. We're visiting Boston, New Jersey, New York City, Montawk, Connecticut... Oh I can't wait, I can't wait. Walking down 5th Avenue, through the Garment District, Central Park, Rockefeller Center, Harvard Square... It's too much for me to handle!!

I forgot to blog a second time, so here it is.

Theme: I hate people so much.

Why: People continually piss me off for various reasons. Not everybody is included, but many people show the following signs.

• They are incompetent in even the simplest tasks.
• Ask me for everything even if the answer is right in front of them. Seriously, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM.
• They put me down and shrug their words off as if it has no affect.
• They don't consider peoples' feeling - AKA MINE.
• People forget I'm here even though I used to be a huge part of their life. They are simply stuck-up or retarded.
• People that do homework every day in here...I understand if you're like me and procrastinate on some things, but EVERY DAY?! C'MON!
• High people trying to argue with me that pot has no effects...don't even go there.

Sometimes I just want to give up...People...Oh, people.

I have this stalker-like person. She's hecka crazy.

The Great Gatsby

At first impression, this book seemed quite daunting to me. Just another book that we had to read for Pereira. I first read the 60 pages two months ago and was literally unimpressed. To me, it was just a narcissitic account of the lives during the 1920's. At the time, I just stopped reading it completely. Last Friday night, I saw the trailer for the new movie and flipped out! Now, I'm not saying Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby in the 2012 new movie compelled me to read this book but it played a pretty large factor. Last Saturday night, I started reading it again from the beginning and what a change. I was an ignorant reader the first go-around. The second time, it was like enlightening. It's a book of so much corruption that it hurts to read about these vicitims. Gatsby isn't in love with Daisy. He is forever corrupted by the pointless infatuation with this chick who honestly doesn't give a rat's a$$ about him at all. Gatsby, an innocent soldier of war, was just a victim in the hands of Daisy. GAHHH Reading through it made me want to punch her! Why couldn't she see past her pomp and glamour to see who Gatsby was before the money?? Maybe they wouldn't be... I won't give it away to those who haven't read it. Now I understand why this book is such a classic. I'm sorry Fitzgerald forever actually doubting you.

What I've learned about dating from watching the Bachelor/Bachelorette

Just kidding. I haven't learned anything except that I love these shows!!!!! What is it about them that make them so entertaining?? Well for me it's 1) all the hot guys 2) I'm a hopeless romantic 3) people making fools of themselves 4) it helps me feel better about my life? So this season, I'm not sure how I feel about Emily. She's beautiful, but sometimes I feel like she acts like a bimbo. And stop being so serious!!! She rarely ever laughs or smiles and all she ever says on her dates is, "You're so cute!" or "I'm excited!" and all she ever talks about is her daughter. We get you have a daughter but let's hope you have more interesting things about you than that. My favorite is Jeff! and the mysterious and sexy Nate who hasn't gotten any air time yet... Lovelovelovelovelovelovelove this show!!!!!

School

As a dedicated student, I realized, we never see our family. We are always either are reading AR books, studying, doing pointless busy work, working on projects, getting together with other students for group projects, etc. And I can't wait until that is over.

Next year, I don't think that I will watch TV at all. And that makes me really upset. Because I like watching TV. But that is an easy sacrifice to make for good grades. But it's annoying.

I already want next year to be over... is that bad?

High School

I remember reading this blog as a freshman and feeling like everyone blogging on it was so much older than me. And now it's the end of my sophomore year, and I was the one blogging this year. And I'm not a lot older than a freshman. It just blows my mind that I'll be a junior next year. Day by day, high school is going so slowly, but when I think about the fact that I am halfway done, I can't believe that time has flown so fast. And now summer is coming up, and we will have so much freedom for ten weeks, before school starts again, and brings on homework.

Summer

YES, I can't believe a week of school left and that's it. I'll be a senior in high school. Too hard to fathom such information. Honestly I still kinda fell like a sophomore, I don't eve know why. But I am definitely pumped for next year. It will be a year to remember for sure.

NBA Playoffs

Spurs vs Thunder and Celtics vs Heat. Who will it be? Well, the playoffs have been very interesting this year with the shortened season, however, I already have my winning pick chosen. I believe the finals will be the Thunder and the Heat with the Thunder winning the championship. Why? Well, first of all Celtics have no chance of winning the championship because they barely made it past the 76's, they have an inexperienced point guard who has still yet to reach his fullest potential, and third Lebron James will most likely dominate and leave very little room for Garnett. Garnett will have to play a major role in both scoring and rebounding in order to push the heat out of the way. Spurs are the only ones who are unpredictable at this point. They haven't lost a game and have been pushing through the playoffs easily despite their teams old age. Can thunder's Durrant, Westbrook, and Harden manage around them? That's the real question. If the thunder can beat the spurs, the thunder can win the championship finals.

Not over yet...

So I walked out of my final AP exam expecting school to effectively be over. 5 of my classes no longer require any work, right? Nope. It's been 2 weeks since the AP Gov test that concluded my season, and I am still working on stuff. I have a language arts book in my lap, am waiting on the results of one Calculus test while bracing for another, and have a Gov test tomorrow. So much for sleeping off the end of May. At least June 7th isn't too far off.

Finding a "Blanket"

So, the vacation time is coming up and all I want to do it put a blank it on top of it ("If I can't see it, it's not there" type of thing). Only reason: if my mind starts to daydream about my summer vaca's I've got planned, then I am toast. Why? It goes like this:

Mind thinks about vacation= I daydream

I daydream= I check out

I check out= I lose focus

I lose focus= grades drop

grades drop= APOCALYPSE

You see why daydreaming could lead me into trouble right? Well, that's why I need a blanket to cover Summer up, for, if I can't "see" it coming, then my mind can focus, and if my mind can focus, then I can stay sane for the last couple of days and then Tah Dah! I can be free. See, full-proof plan right there. Now if only I could find a blanket.....

Legend of Zelda

8 more days of school left and my mind has already wandered off to the very place that I try to hard to keep it away from during the school year; the gaming world. Now, during the year, I try to express no interest in playing my games because I know that I will become distracted and whatnot. This year has been hard because of my classes and I finally broke this weekend; I played Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I haven't actually played it at all since I got it three years ago and starting it was a bad idea because I have been addicted to it!!! Of course, today I actually got some work done and completed some of my goals, and am now ready to take on the last 8 days, but still! Now, even though my mind is now focused again, I still fear that I will become distracted and since summer is coming closer, now is not the time to lose focus.

90210

Every single night I thank God for Netflix. Why? Simply because it currently has all first 5 seasons of 90210. I'm about two-thirds of the way through season 3 and OH MY GOSH it is absolutely crazy intense. Between Mr. Cannon (the teacher who raped Naomi) being arrested, Teddy coming out of the closet, Adrianna trying to get her baby back that she put up for adoption and Navid cheating on Adrianna with Silver, it takes way too much effort to force myself off of the couch. I could watch episode after episode. And let me tell you, it absolutely made my life when Liam (who is gorgeous I must say) and Annie decided to get back together. I was team "Lannie" from the start.  I really hope Annie's mom and Ryan stay together as well as Ivy and Dixon making up. As entertaining as the show is, I am glad that Rocklin High doesn't have nearly as much drama than West Beverly High.

Senior Year

Last night I went to one of my best friends' gradutation for St. Francis. After sitting through the long and painful speeches full of inside jokes that only the graduating class would understand, it made me realize something. That is going to be me next year. Rocklin's class of 2013 only has one more year until we are done with high school forever and moving on into the real world. The more and more I think about it, the more crazy it absolutely sounds. Even though I'm getting older, I still feel super young. The following months are going to absolutely fly by. I'm so NOT ready for all of the stress brought on by senior year, but I guess I'll just have to hold on and enjoy the ride.

Movies!

Is it just me or do all the best movies come out in Summer? I went to see Battleship today which was really good but I couldn't help to fall in love with every movie that played its trailer before the movie. Here are a few that I am thrilled to see; the Disney movie Brave, Men in Black 3 Back in Time, Madagascar 3 Europes Most Wanted, GI Joe 2 Retaliation, Ted, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Amazing Spider Man, Ice Age Continental Drift, The Dark Night Rises, The Expendables 2!

I love me some MOVIES!

Complaints.

It's the end of senior year. I cannot believe that 4 years have passed since the time I was wondering about what high school would be like. This year has been challenging and at times extremely frustrating, but I'm happy that summer's almost here. Now that there are two weeks left and a lot that I need to get done, the stress seems constant. Prepare yourself for more complaining. I've been sick with bronchitis plus sinus and ear infections (the plague) since the end of spring break, and I feel like I'm in a funk. This week will consist of a Calculus final, paying fines for illicit hoarding of library books, doing a presentation for my opus on Mr. Twain, baking for Culinary, finding a plant to classify for Bio, writing an Econ paper, doing my journalism work, and constantly thinking that I may have forgotten something that I need to do for graduation. Alas, my resolution for stress alleviation is to stop thinking about grades and all that hoopla once I get everything done and enjoy what time I have left at Rocklin. Procrastination is basically my study style, and finding that I have many tasks stockpiled from the semester is at the source of my scatter-brained nature. Angst, angst, angst. Senioritis afflicted me early my junior year from being exposed to it in a French class of all seniors, and it has come to rear its ugly head again late in the game. I'm really happy to be done with AP testing for the rest of forever! I'm excited for senior shenanigans week coming soooon (:

Season Finales

While I am most definitely looking forward to summer, late spring also brings about season finales of some of my favorite shows.  These last few weeks and next few weeks to bring to end many TV series, including two of my favorite shows, How I Met Your Mother and Criminal Minds.  Not only are they amazing shows, but they always leave off on a cliff hanger! I’m dying to know what happens but unfortunately I won’t see a new episode until September, which is a long time away and who knows if I will even be able to keep watching them in college.  I guess it’s not the worst thing, I probably shouldn’t watch so much TV.  Oh well, I’ll probably just end up watching HIMYM repeats when it’s too hot to do anything else—which I am totally ok with.

PopTarts

I love the fact that in journalism everybody brings in PopTarts. I seriously look forward to it the night before and get pumped. I try to bring in differing flavors but i usually end up with the standard blueberry until someone else shares with me. Honestly, more people in journalism should get involved in this and we could have like a journalism breakfast club with unlimited flavors of PopTarts! Just a thought...

Grades...

Grades are overrated I think. I don't think they tell us the value of our worth our how smart we are. I may have a 4.2 but i have a lot of friends who have a lower GPA's than me that I would consider smarter in quite a few areas. People are really right when they talk about street smart vs book smart, but don't think I'm not street smart. Don't get it twisted. I just think less value needs to be places on grades and tests.

Stranger Danger

So this Summer I'm spending a week with another persons extended family in a house by the lake in Shasta. At first, I was thrilled, beautiful lake, jet ski's, wildlife, away from my family, with my best friend, how could things get any better? But now...my thoughts are changing. It is one thing to be on good terms with her normal family, so now I'm scared to jump into a house with all her other family members. Meeting a bunch of new people who all know each other really well is a scary thing. I for one have always had trouble opening up when I meet new people, and now I am basically going to be spending all my time with them trying desperately to get a word or two in during meals. I guess all I can be is optimistic that I'll be welcomed and that I'll have a lot fun and I can't worry what they think...I just hope I can get away with my friend whenever, that way it doesn't feel like I'm on a family vacation with strangers.

This Year

This year has been filled with many memories. Most of them include a certain people that STABBED ME STRAIGHT IN MY BACK!D:Grrrr. Anyways, this year has for the most part, been somewhat acceptable. Of course, I never want to see this place again, but alas, I have two years to go. Two more years with some people that make me despise coming here. Two more years with friends that probably won't keep in touch after I graduate. Damn...It's a sad thought. Just too sad...Or maybe someone will prove me wrong, but maybe not. Eh, oh well. Everybody's growing up and with growing up, they are also growing out of their friends. So, for my second to last blog my sophomore year, I must continue to need to rant during blog week. With that being said, FORGET ALL YOU PEOPLE THAT CUT ME OUT OF YOUR LIVES, I DON'T NEED YOU. CERTAINLY NOT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AND CERTAINLY NOT FOREVER. MWAHAHA, WHEN I'M ROLLING AROUND IN MONEY AND MAKIN BIG MONIES, YOU'LL REGRET WHAT YOU DID TO ME IN THE YEAR OF 2012.

For Rahul Verma

This is for you not being at Senior Ball...and plus advertising the butter knife.

8 Days Left

8 DAYS LEFT OF SCHOOL.
Well...8 days of school left for us seniors.
I can't believe my high school career has gone by THIS fast. I mean, in the beginning, it seemed to take forever. But as soon as I hit junior year, it zoomed by. So it went by fast but it didn't at the same time...if that makes any sense.
It will be bittersweet at the senior rally (I'll probably be crying) but, at this point, I just can't wait until summer.
WOOOOOOOO! SENIORS!

Finally Done

To say I am happy AP testing is over is an understatement.  Although I only took three AP’s it was still a very stressful couple of weeks with senior activities right in the middle.  The reason it was so stressful for me was because unlike a lot of colleges, the school I have chosen to go to accepts AP credit and it counts for several classes at the University.  For example if I score a 4 or higher on the AP Lit test it counts for two freshmen English class and fulfills my general ed English requirements.  This will save me a lot of time and money in the future, plus I just really don’t want to take classes I’ve already taken again, therefore the tests were really important to me.  And lastly, because most of my classes are AP’s I’m am now pretty much done with school, except for a few little assignments here and there, which is the most amazing feeling ever! While I am really excited to start school next September in Seattle, right now I’m really looking forward to a summer hanging out with friends and going on vacation, free from homework and tests.

Is it even possible?

Is it possible to have real clouds in a building? I came across a yahoo article where a photographer supposedly took pictures of clouds inside rooms. Now I can be a very gullible person, so I'm very guarded on whether I want to believe that these pictures are real or just another photoshop deal.

My apologizes

To Yasmine Bouzid.
I didn't mean to ruin a part of The Hunger Games for you. You see, with you talking about how crazy you are about The Hunger Games and with all your knowledge of it, I believed you had read all of the novels. Clearly you didn't because, when I accidently talked about what happened to you-know-who, your face looked like this:



I'm very sorry my dear friend. I didn't know. However, you are still required to read the third book because there is MUCH more that you need to discover.
Much love.

Grateful

To my awkward best friend/"default" friend/socially inept advisor/padawan/summer fashion project/smartest guy I know, most of the time/Rahul Verma, So I guess I'm in a remarkably grateful mood today. I'm all bruised up from playing soccer, and I'm pretty tired, but I'm happy because I have a best friend - you! We've been friends since we were in freshman Geography together. Remember making immature froshie jokes, and Mr. Eckenburg telling you to "stop talking dirty to the girls"? LMAO. We all know it was Brittany who was making those jokes... I would never of course, as a disclaimer right now. I'm a lady. Anyway, after that, we were sort of friends. You sort of scared me. Because you're a freak, and because the rather bloody jokes freaked me out. So I guess we were almost not friends then? But sophomore year, we got a lot closer. We had Hurrianko together in the mornings, and the next day we'd have journalism together. I guess that's where we really started getting close. I BEAT YOU IN HURRIANKO HAHA. Then, when I joined Mock Trial, the madness started. I really hated and still hate pretrial. Bad memories, huh? And then after the end of the season, we started hanging out more. Remember matching for Career project day? SUITS FOREVER. And then! The zombie trial! That really cemented our friendship for sure. Things you should know - I call schizophrenic, you can be sociopath. This year has been crazy, if you know what I mean. We talk on the phone for about an hour every day, although I don't see you at school that often minus extracurriculars. The 4N6 state trip was CRAZY. I never knew you and Prith-prith were so perverted, man. Know that I carry a butter knife in my bag all the time, just in case you try to pull anything. How did we come up with "Little Asian Clown" again? Junior year has been chock-full of murder jokes, study sessions, speeches, and "default faces".It's been great knowing that you got my back, no matter what madness is going on. I trust you a lot, and I look forward to having journalism, maybe AP Lit, maybe AP Econ, peer teaching (if we're in the same period, we can hang out) and 4N6 and MT together! Also, the call last night CRACKED ME UP. Good mood now. See you at lunch, or else I'll call you tonight. Don't forget about the Mock Trial meeting tomorrow! AND POST ON THE BLOG. How are you passing journalism!??! Adios, hombre. O, mi madre te dijo "Hola, Rahul. Que paso?" tambien. Andy/Amy

I'd Cap That

This new App sensation in the App store has taken Rocklin High by storm. The app is called I'd Cap That, and it puts a funny and sometimes crude caption on pictures you've taken or just taken. All the captions are written by the app and are completely by random. It provides hours of endless entertainment for any iPhone user. I recommend it to anyone who needs a good laugh or wants to try out a new fun app.

Finish Strong.

As I was just looking at the calendar for the rest of the school year we only have about 3 1/2 weeks left! Wow! This has definitely been one of the fastest school years ever. It is amazing how fast time has gone. I clearly remember the first day walking into journalism thinking that it was going to be a great year... and it really has been. I like to look at the glass half full when school can be difficult (don't get me wrong, there are times when I am  frustrated)... but before you know it, after all the hard work and all the hours spent studying and doing homework, we will be here-- anticipating summertime, the sunshine, hanging out with friends, possibly working, going on vacation, swimming. etc. etc.  The possibilities that we have are endless.

Even if we aren't done yet... we are almost there!

Job!

I finally got a job and I start today. I don't think I could be anymore excited and nervous at the same time! Im working at a law firm in the Fountains. I'll kind of be doing assistant work, filing and helping out the lawyers; that kind of stuff. The funny thing is I was supopsed to be working for a different law firm but that ended up not working out before I was even able to start. Then my moms friend( who I am now working for) asked me if I would want to work for her. It all worked out perfectly! Anyway hopefully everything goes well! Im just really happy to have a real job with like a set pay and everything, Im seriously just done with babysitting other peoples children. That sounds extremely rude but when you babysit as much as I did it gets very tiring and it just is not enjoyable what so ever for me. It seriously stresses me out so much. Anyway I would much rather be working in a law firm doing something enjoyable and also something that can help me in the future, instead of just babysitting.

My First Job

Okay so just recently I got my first job at Robeks! The process has been exciting but a little overwhelming. In a span of 5 days I had managed to apply, have an interview, get the job and have my first day. This all was amazing but completely scary for a girl who has never worked a day in her life. Yeah, you might say that making smoothies isn't that difficult but making the perfect smoothie requires a lot more than just putting in the right amount of fruit and juice.
Robeks offers a number of different boosts you can add to you smoothie and offer a few different juices you can try. These are the difficult part.
In addition to these, the cleaning process is rediculous. For most jobs, closing requires a couple chores and keeping tabs on the record of sales for that day, but with Robeks you have to spend close to two hours cleaning out all of the machines and making sure everything is acceptable to make food in. But other than that the job has been amazing.
Come visit me !

This Week

This week is going to be the busiest, most stressful week of the year. I have a math test today, the AP world exam on thursday, and a speech on Friday. I really should have done more to prepare last weekend but I procrastinated and now I'm extra stressed.

Plus I'm coming off of a horrible week from last week. Finals was the worst race of my life. I feel like I've said that before but this time I'm serious. I was seated first and got 5th. I moved down five places. Plus my PR would have gotten me first place if I had run what I was supposed to run. Finals is supposed to be the best race of the season, and it turned out to be my worst. I literally felt like I could not run any faster though and it didn't make any sense. Now track is over and I cannot redeem myself in the next race because there is none.

Anyways that's my life right now... Next weekend will be better and I will be happier.

Frustration.

Today was a lovely day, because it was Mother's Day and I got to spend the entire time with my lovely mom. We drove to North Shore in Tahoe and ate a very nice lunch and then headed to the beach to lay by the lake. It was a fairly warm day; it was sunny and in the high 70s. After THREE hours in the sun, I was extremely confident that I got lots of color because of the high altitude and being closer to the sun. I used a lot of sunscreen but I was sure it would not matter. I was wrong.

After the ride home I rushed in anticipation to my bathroom and of course, I barely got darker. I guess you could say I went thirty seconds in deep depression. But I got over it. Now I'm just pissed and frustrated; however, even though there was not much success today, I do have a decent pre-summer tan going already. After all, it still is only May.

Teachers

Really, I do not have much room to complain about my teachers. I have been extremely lucky with the ones I got this year. Each and every one of them are friendly, funny (some more than others) and respectful. None of them have the whole arrogant and power-hungry attitude. BUT, there is one thing that half of them do (or in this case don't do), that drives me insane.

Rocklin High School and all of the administration, including teachers, puts a high stress on academic achievement. They all really try to get us to have the best grades possible. I am all for that, except how are students supposed to get the best grades possible if we never know what grade we have in our classes? I would say about half my teachers never update online grades except for maybe once a month. IT IS SO ANNOYING. I need to know whether or not I need to study extra hard for the next test or if I have enough breathing room to slack on a night's homework assignment. But that is not possible because half of the time I have to guess what my grade is. It kills me.

19 DAYS

I have been counting down the days and as of today May 10th, there is only 19 school days left! I don't think I have ever been this excited for school to end, I cant wait for summer, I can't wait to be a senior, and most importantly I can't wait to get out of this town. I feel like senior year is going to be so exciting and I'm just so ready to start applying for colleges, and start planning my life. I am just so done with high school, its been a great time, don't get me wrong. I'm just so ready for the bigger and better things in the future. I think I have Junioritis if that even exists.

French

So, over the summer, I am challenging French 3, which means that I will be going into French 4 as a junior. I'm doing so along with a few other people in my class, and I am actually really excited. The work over the summer seems a lot easier than I expected it to be.

Although, since I've been with the same people since freshman year, it will be a little sad leaving my friends, but I do have other classes with a lot of them. Also, this opens up a class in my senior year, so I can take Journalism 4!

APW

So. After blogging about APW all year, the time is finally here. The final exam is next Thursday, the last day of AP testing. I feel like I don't know very much, and I don't feel as if I have done much studying. Since, for most sophomores, it is their first AP class, everyone is pretty much freaking out.

Plus, for English we  start presenting an 8-10 minute presentation on Wednesday. Yes. That's right. In a class full of sophomores (most of whom are in APW/Dance Show that week) we start presenting the day before the test.

We get assigned days to present today, and usually I like going on the first day, but this time... not so much. I'm hoping for the week after, so I have time to throw together my presentation.

To be honest, I really want to get it over with, because once it's done, my school year is pretty much over (except for all the finals and tests and such). But, for once, I really want the extra time to prepare. Especially since this presentation could make or break my grade.

Summer

Although I'm amiss a stressful time, summer is just around the corner. There are only 18 school days left (yikes another wave of stress) and by now i've shut down completely and in total summer mode. I mean i just cant wait for the day where i can wake up feeling refreshed, not have to worry about school, and best of all, wake up to a house of no parents. summer is going to kick ass.

crunch time

once i've reached that time of the year where i got multiple essential skills to make up in all sorts of classes and if i don't byt then end of the semester, that means summer school, no credit and an unhappy me...sigh never seem to learn since this has happened at the end of every single semester since freshman year.

APUSH

So on Friday I have the AP US History test. This has been such a difficult class for me in comparison to last years AP World History. I've been studying for about a month now but will I ever be ready? I guess I'll find out Friday morning. I've taken a few practice tests and I've gotten mixed results. The first one I took in class about three weeks ago, and got a 4. I took one on sparknotes two weekends ago and got a 5. I've been studying almost every day. I really thought I could have a chance at a 5. Well I took the last one today and I got a few points off from a 4. I got a high 3. A 3 is not my goal. The test was more difficult than the ones I had taken previously, and most everyone's score was lower than the last practice test we took in class. This is worrying me. I need to get a 4 for the grade change. My GPA is at risk. I hope that I can pull through with a 4(I'll cry if I get a 5). I'm hoping that my essays will be strong enough to get me the score I want. I know the teachers tell you "the score does not define you," but for me I feel it does. I have spent so many hours staying up late doing outlines throughout the year, using my breaks every other day to study for the daily quizzes, so  a 3 is not what I am going for. I don't want to "just pass". I want to go in and own the test. Hopefully I will be able to do just that Friday morning. For these next two days I will be looking over my packets and various prompts. Hopefully this will make a difference and I will be able to achieve my goal.

acl

You're never truly thankful for what you have until you've lost it. Or in this case, replaced it. stupid stupid stupid dumb bad luck. That's what this is. Having surgery is described in one word. Hell. I feel like a bag of rocks is on top of my knee. Like literally it's sinking on top of my kneecap. It's the most uncomfortable type of pain. Like pain that makes you want to amputate your leg. I can't breathe half the time and the other half I wished I was knocked out with my meds that I sadly don't take consistently although I should. And when I do take my meds, I'm in lala land. I can't really focus and I feel nauseous. I did throw up after I took meds on like the 3rd day and it was horrible. This has been my life for a week and a half. And sadly, it will persist for about another month or two. Yay rehab. not.

Senior Ball

For someone reason Senior Ball is way less important to everyone than Junior Prom, maybe because we have been there and done it before or maybe because there are more important things going on in our lives right now. I really can’t believe it’s on Saturday. As of right now I have not made my hair appointment or makeup appointment and I don’t even have a dress. I’ve tried on a few dresses that my friends wore last year but they are either too big or too small. I don’t have a date this year and am just going with my friends and so I’m trying to save as much money as possible, especially with how much all the other senior activities cost. But it has been a lot harder than I thought it would be to borrow a dress that actually fits. The weirdest part is, is that I don’t even care; I have so much other stuff to worry about right now. I just hope I can get everything figured out by Saturday otherwise I don’t know what I’m going to do.

Attendance

I got stressed out enough from all the tests I have to take for these few weeks. Last week on Saturday, I just took the EPT and ELM tests if you are going to any CSU. Its about 4 hours testing. Then, yesterday on Monday, I took the AP environmental science test for about 4 hours too. On wednesday, I will have to take AP econ final test in class and next week I have to take the actual AP econ test. With a lot of stressing out, yesterday afternoon, the school attendance is giving me more problem by calling my aunt and uncle that I skip school. What is this?!?! I never skip school or absence unless its ap testing week or swim meet. This thing is ruining my perfect attendance and if they don't clear it, i might can't go to senior trip or the senior ball.

Free of APs

Ap testing. This is the time of year where everyone is stressing about their different ap tests and trying to find time to study. This was me last year only having one ap but this year I am free of the stress of May and am loving it. I honestly do not understand how some people have 3, 4 or even 5 APs. All i can say is I admire you for that. Good Luck Everyone !!

Air Clicker

The design for the new two finger camera has arrived. The actual camera is located on the thumb band and the shutter is on the forefinger band. The tension-sensor in the forefinger band recognizes the bend of the finger, and takes either a picture or a video, depending on how you move your hand. The Air Clicker is connected to your smartphone by bluetooth. Once a picture is taken, it is instantly transferred to your phone and you can view them later. It's a great thing. Personally, I would buy one. Just because I'm a sucker for all things photo-related.

Photojojo! Blog review

My dear friend, Kacy Wilson, stumbled upon a photo blog a couple of months ago. And let me tell you, this blog is pretty snazzy. The content and pictures featured in this blog are incredible. It's amazing to see all these different aspects of photography coming together and the imagination that inspires photographers alike. Click on this link to experience Photojojo! for yourself. http://tumblr.photojojo.com/

Mehhh School

I'm so done with school right now. I'm so tired. I'm sick. I sound like a boy going through puberty right. My eyes and throat are itchy. AND I JUST WANT TO GO HOME RIGHT NOW!!!!! GAHHHH AND I'M NOT READY FOR MY AP BIO TEST TODAY!! It's the anatomy unit, and I'm in anatomy right now. So it should be easy? Guess again. I only know like half the stuff from anatomy because we haven't gone over the rest in anatomy... Oh well I guess I could always just drop out of school? That will go over well with my parents. Sorry if I'm bitter and sassy these next few weeks.

Worst Mood Ever

I am in such a horrible, pissy, disgusting mood today. I woke up and had to start my outline for my Hurrianko speech which is horrible. Honestly I don't even know what he is asking me, I am confused and frustrated and wish it would just write itself. I can't find the notes of the research I did and none of it is working out.

I failed my subjunctive test in spanish last week, I have never failed before. I knew I didn't do good but I at least thought I passed. I hate spanish with a passion. I don't even understand half of what she is saying and i have a 90%. This is the first year I have ever had issues with spanish and I am sick of it! Why is it so darn confusing and why is it not clicking in my head???

At practice yesterday I basically felt like I was gonna pass out the whole time. It sucked because everyoneone on my team was in a super happy mood and I just felt like dying. Plus I was probably being really mean, actually I know I was. Sorry team, thank you for putting up with me.

Oh yeah and this person is frustrating me to the extreme. They keep changing their mind and changing their story and sending me mixed signals and I am flat out tired of it.

Ughhhhhhh. Finals are Friday, I am going to kill myself. Why is everything happening all at once? I am so mad. So if I yell at you today, it's nothing personal.

Studying

I think it's silly how people act about studying. When they're studying, it's the most important thing in the world and nothing can interrupt them. But once you start studying, it doesn't seem that important to anyone. With APs this week, it's pretty annoying to have my friends getting mad at me or bugging me incessantly while I'm trying to study for APchem or APUS. Some people need to take hard classes, that way they know how studying feels and not to bother me when I'm doing it. I'm just glad that APs are almost over and I'll be free from their grip and be able to enjoy my free time again.

DONE.

So today was the AP Environmental and AP Psychology test, lets just say 2 AP tests in one day is stressful enough. Having to drive from one location to another only added more stress. And, the fact that it is the first day of AP testing meant less time to study.

After studying for about two weeks now, I felt ok about APES I guess. When I got to William Jessup the energy in the air was actually pretty high and people seemed pretty pumped up.

This new location is very nice and I think they should use it more if possible... it had great lighting and it was easier to focus.....at the Rocklin Event Center (Sunset Center) the room is super dark and dismal and makes you feel depressed.

The test wasn't that bad, however some of the free response questions were somewhat difficult. The test got out at approximately 11:50 and 8 of us had to race over to the Event Center to take the AP Psych test.  When we got there it felt rushed because we had no time to relax and had to immediately jump right into the test. Overall it was alright, either you knew it or you didn't.

It was a stressful day with a lot of work.. now I have to go do homework and study for a math and history test that are tomorrow. The studying never ends..... at least I'm done with all of my AP Tests.

Good luck to everyone that still has AP tests! You will do great! :-)

NOW HIRING FOR 4N6

Hello! Are you a male student currently attending RHS? Well, RHS Speech and Debate team is looking for you! We are in need of one talented young man who would be interesting in performing a romantic comedy Duo Interpretation! You see, the only guys we have on our team who have gained success are Prithvi Rajesekaran and Rahul Verma...Who both are not Interp kids, nor show facial expression in regular life. However, we have found a wonderful piece that has lots of humor and dialogue. It also is cleverly written. The problem is WE NEED A MALE LEAD! If you join this, there are certain benefits you will recieve. First, you will gain entry into the National Forensic League which gives you a fancy certificate and ways to earn scholarships, recognition, and trophies. You can also put Speech and Debate on your transcripts. Lastly, you will also get to hang out with awesome people! COMMENT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED! We want YOU to join :) Sincerely, RHS Speech and Debate and Amanda Wong who needs a partner desperately. Go America.

logo game

The LogosQuiz on iPhone is one of the most addicting games I've played by far, besides Temple Run of course. The game consists of a series of different logos with important details taken out so you have to take a guess of what logo it is. It's so fun I highly recomend it to everyone!

Life Lessons I've Learned This Week

Whenever I get sick, I get very philosophic. One thing I did this week was ask a lot of random people what their views on life are. 1. Life life fully - N.C 2 Keep running! - N.C 3. Ships can stay in the harbor, but that's not where they're meant to do. Same with people. - M.H. 4. Adding negative energy will never get you a positive result - M 5. Forgiveness is relative. It's not always right or wrong - S.A. 6. It will all get better - P 7. Take a break every once in a while, rest - M 8. Sometimes you just gotta take a break - P 9. Don't you ever slow down? You need to - A.G 10. Learn from your mistakes - S.A. 11. If you truly want to keep something, you have to put down your pride and do so - S.A 12. Fancy stationary makes all letters seem better - B.B 13. Te am and te llamo are two things that sound the same, but are very different. Enunciate! - S.A 14. An apology can fix what might never heal - D.D 15. Mashups are good, in life and in music - D.D 16. You can always be a nice person! - P 17. Some people just aren't worth your time - D.D 18. Just do things for yourself - R.V 19. Do what you like to do then, and what you like to see - G 20. Sometimes a little positive energy is all that's needed to turn a situation around - M For now, that's all I can remember. But I feel lucky to know so many quotable people. Thanks guys for dealing with my sickness/irritation/mood swings all week!

Technology

So you know you live in a world where everything seems influenced by electronics when you try to remember where someones volume button is when you cant properly hear what they are saying.
This literally happened to me as my mom and I drove home today. She was talking about her day at work, when I started realizing I was nodding my head to show I was following her story when in reality I couldn't hear a word of what she was saying. My split second instinct was to turn the volume dial on the radio in the van. Ha ha ha! I felt so silly thinking that her voice was a sound on the radio that I could fix with the twist of a dial.

more growing up

It's about time. I think I can say I've "grown up" in these past couple of weeks. With my mom gone taking care of my grandma, I've had to take charge of the household (all my dad does is pay the bills... Ha!). I've been doing all the cooking, the dishes, the laundry, the cleaning and the grocery shopping on top of work, school, studying for APs and preparing for senior ball. I'm definitely still not used to balancing everything. I've fallen a little behind in school, but I no longer have any doubt in my ability to take care of myself. I'm ready for college and ready to live on my own (with financial support from my parents of course!) But my appreciation for what my parents do for me has grown tremendously. I'm lucky to have parents like them.

City of Bones

I'm not sure how many people have read the Mortal Instruments series, but I just recently read the first book City of Bones and I liked it better than I liked Hunger Games! I'm now reading the second book, City of Ashes, and it is so great! The writer, Cassandra Clare, is my inspiration. This month is the month where we give speeches on what we want to be when we grow up and I want to be like her because she is a successful professional writer. She has the most beautiful way of writing, she compares mythology with city life in Manhattan and has a million analogies for the simplist things that make the story truly stand out. The characters she creates compliment each other so well and seem so real. It is not like Twilight or Hunger Games because the romance is very, very different. Although, one thing it does have in common is a lot of action.

What I am extremley excited about is that a film for the movie is coming out next year on August 23, 2013 and is being made by the same people who made the Lord of the Rings movie. All I know is I am going to be a huge fan, because I missed the Hunger games premiere, all the Harry Potter premieres, every Twilight premiere(there is another one coming out, but I'll probably miss it too, for the purpose of seeing it on Tuesday for less money), so this series, is mine.

The actors chosen for the main characters are Lilly Collins as red headed Clary and Jamie Campbell-Bower as blonde shadowhunter Jace. Look them up, they are both stunning! And yes, Lilly has giant eyebrows, but she works them, so I'm okay with it.

MY BACK BE SAVED:D

Lately, my back problems have just been ridiculous. It just straight up hurt. So I went to my friend, Keaton, and told him to find me an Asian remedy for my back. Haha, he said that he could try to fix my back. It worked for like 30 minutes, but the pain came back.:(It kept getting worse, so I asked Kelly to fix my back. He said he couldn't do much since it was my lower back. :(But I had an epiphany. I have two mattresses, one firm and one squishy. I like the squishy one better cuz then it's not awkward to sleep on my side. Either way, I switched and this morning, I felt sooooo much better. The pain is still there kinda, but for the most part, the bed idea worked:). MY BACK BE SAVED:D.

Conflicting AP's

So i'm pretty irked because my ap environment class has a mandatory movie night the same night as a mandatory formal dinner for ap us both to review for the coming ap tests. I'm not sure which to go to...should i go to the class i'm less prepared for or the one i like more? I feel like i'd be more dissapointing to my classmates and teacher if i skipped the ap us event. Who knows....any thoughts?