174/365 (Test Marathon!)

Yay for three tests for three classes, on of which I didn't even have today!
The chem MC was killer, but the FR and reactions seemed super easy... I got a flat 90% in APUSH, so my grade went from a 89.9% to a 90%. xD Laugh about it now, freak out right before the DBQ we have next class... The bio test was pretty bad, but ah well...
I have a pretty good buffer in all of my classes except APUSH, so yeah... =]

I was talking to Ross after school about the chem FR, and he kept thinking it was C5H6 for the empirical formula that we had to calculate, and I kept saying C6H5, so we were going to be like, whatever, it was a 5 and a 6, when he talked himself through it and was like, so it's C6H5! And I just look at him and say, "Which is what I said?" It was rather funny, but probably one of those "you had to be there moments." xP

173/365 (ASVAB)

I basically got within the 98/99th percentiles for all of the categories except Auto Shop (53rd) and Mechanical Comprehension (88th). So I guess my life ambition of becoming an auto shop mechanic is out...

Academic Awards

The funniest thing happened in chem today (aside from people rolling bags of ice and rock salt while making ice cream). So we have these academic awards thing, which is basically an event during which everyone with above a 3.5 GPA receives some pin or certificate, or whatever. The ceremony was during tutorial this year instead of at night or whatnot, and while most classes were forced to go, Mr. Coburn was more like, oh whatever. So basically no one from my AP Chem class went (waste of time).

Since we didn't go, people brought in the awards to give to the "absentees," and this guy walks into Coburn's class with a HUGE stack of manila envelopes, and Mr. Coburn was just like, "Are these ALL for my class?" It was hilarious. xP

172/365 (Thursday is Going to Suck)

Three tests and an essay due. And I only have three classes! I just need to make up the APUSH test... -cries- Ugh. APUSH, chem, bio tests and English essay... I'm so screwed.

Yay For Eddie and Lisa xD

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171/365 (Varsity Mock Trial, 2010-2011)

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170/365 (Back to San Ramon)

I didn't get to watch finals - we woke up too late. =[ But Rambo's team lost! (The judge who screwed us over.) So we were happy about that. xD

We went out to eat at some cafe and back to the pizza place (yum for bear claws, hot chocolate, and fries)! Lisa and I went back and packed and everything, then left with Steven.

We dropped his brother off at UCLA and toured the campus while his parents helped him finish moving into his apartment. Steven was our tour guide; it was sort of funny. We totally found Mock Trial references on campus too! Pikesville and UCLA are both made primarily of bricks (I wonder if the ones in UCLA are coated with calcium silicate...), and UCLA has a Powell Library (Powell Avenue) and Campbell Hall (Sydney Campbell). It was awesome. xP

Then we pretty much just drove all the way back. We stopped at Chipotle for some food, then Lisa and I slept for a while and talked about school and boys and stress and stuff.

This weekend was super fun. Stressful at times, but amazingly awesome. I had absolutely no time to do homework though - I'm so glad I finished chem and calc... I still need to study for history, read bio, and write an English essay... Blah. Ah well. This weekend was pretty amazing. =]

SIXTH PLACE IN STATE, HELL YEAH!!!

169/365 (Last Day of Competing)

We didn't make it to finals. =[ But we're still awesome! Today was a complete Mock Trial MARATHON, freaking trials from like 9:00am to 9:30pm, it was crazy. The last judge completely sucked too; I swear he made both of the teams look like crap so his team would go on (since he was a coach for a team). Ah well. It's been fun, and I'm probably going to go watch finals tomorrow (hopefully!) so it's going to be awesome. =]

168/365 (LISA LAN HUANG IS AMAZING!)

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Lisa is amazing and I love her forever. 'Cuz we're awkward together. =D She's freaking awesome and hyper and bubbly and retarded, but in Marnie/Ravid/my way and not the other way. =P We want bubble tea right now, but sadly, it's past curfew. =[ Ah well. We're going to watch She's The Man later and stay up late and be awesome together.

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So we woke up today and ate at this nice little cafe thing. It was cute. =D Then we had a trial, which was pretty awesome, but I have NO idea who won. Actually, scratch that. We won! 'Cuz we're winners! And even if the judges don't think we won, we did! Especially since Lisa did AMAZING!!! Yay! =P

We got food at the social (and it was FREE!!!) and talked to people and stole, but not really, pins from random schools. It was pretty fun. And we met up with some guys that we went against in the trial and talked to them, and I made Lisa get Eddie's phone number after I got it. Long story short, I was joking that I wanted their numbers since Nam (other dude) was all like, "Call me!" and I actually got numbers. o.o It was weird, but whatever. I don't think I'm ever going to call them. Maybe find them on Facebook (or FacePlace! Aha!).

It was a pretty awesome day and now I'm going to watch a movie with Lisaur before she starts shooting death glares at me for being on her laptop for forever and eating up movie time, especially since this has taken like 50 times to post.

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I LOVE LISA AND SHE IS SUPER AMAZING AND SUPER AWESOME IN EVERY WAY AND SHE'LL DO AWESOME IN EVERYTHING AND WE CAN BE TRASH CAN BUDDIES FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER!!!

Road Trip

It's really nice to look out the window when you're driving at night, especially when it's raining. It's just really relaxing and sort of... other-worldly in a sense. Just watching the stars of the land shoot by and the stars of the sky stay in their place forever. The twinkling of the cities as we race by, and the glimmer of lamplights and random billboards in the distance. As above all, the ephemeral mist of rain a glittering glaze over the glass. It's amazing. =]

167/365 (Riverside Marriott!)

I'm sort of behind on my 365 Day Challenge posts, but too lazy to make them up, so I guess I'll just finish in a bit more than 365 days. Ah well. I'll just post some random thoughts of me down here in SoCal!

I'm going to start putting mini-titles next to my 365 Day posts so I have an idea of what they're about in case I want to go back and read them. ;D

Anyways, I'm currently in the lobby of the Riverside Marriott. The drive here was pretty long, but surprisingly enough, it wasn't boring at all. I pretty much stared out the window for like two hours and thought about stuff; it was relaxing. The hotel is nice - I liked the Santa Clara one better though. Not really sure why, it just seemed nicer. But whatever, I like hotels (the nice ones, of course).

I also feel very alone because everyone else on the team got a sweatshirt and I didn't. =[ Ah well, I'll get one next year. xP

Our first trial is this evening; I'm so nervous!!! D= Thanks to everyone who wished us luck! We're going to rock this!

And I laugh at all of you in AP Chem right now. =P

166/365

The world is so messed up right now... We have the Iraq issue still, we had the Egypt revolt, the Japan earthquake led to a tsunami and a nuclear power threat which basically means Japan is screwed right now, and the USA has attacked Libya. Oh jeez.

165/365

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This looks super good right now.

Do you expect them to just know?