Archive for School
May 9, 2009
· Filed under Biology, Clothes, Events, Hair, Knitting, Pre-AP, School, Viola · Tagged Hair, Knitting, lace, orchestra, scarf, School, Viola
Yes, so remember that lacy sampler scarf I was working on? It is finally finished! It’s beautiful and so soft!
I was very excited to find out yesterday that I am going to be able to attend our state’s Summer Arts Institute. It’s pretty selective and intense, but I can’t wait! It’s going to be for two weeks in June. I’m glad because I think it’s going to be very helpful for me to have some instruction over the summer, especially for like eight hours a day.
Next weekend I have my auditions for youth orchestra. I’m hoping I’ll be able to move up to the highest orchestra in the program. Really I should be working on that right now, but my solo’s pretty good…grr I just have to pick which three octave scale to go with. My friend thinks I should do B — the complete hardest. I’m thinking more of G though…I just hope I don’t mess up!
Speaking of my EOIs, they went great! I only missed one on both of them. I don’t know which on the math, but I have a feeling about the science one. Something about the unit of measurement you should use when measuring a cork cell. Previously on the test, and in class, it had been mentioned that we use micrometers when measuring a cell, but I guess they wanted me to go with nanometers since it’s the smallest. Ack so complicated!
I got a haircut recently! It’s much shorter now (though I guess still considered long). It feels so nice!
September 19, 2008
· Filed under School, Travel, food · Tagged London, orchestra, School, Travel
Ok, just as an update, right now everything’s been fine in Biology! No one dropped out of Pre-AP and noone’s been kicked out YET…but we haven’t had to move to the new classrom yet, so I’m not sure what’s going to happen.
Anyways, next New Year’s (not this coming one, but the one AFTER that) our orchestra is going to London! We’re going to go see pretty much everything you can possibly imagine going to see in England! I am SOOO excited! We also get to do some performances and march in the London parade! (We get to carry one of the balloons!) The only catch is that it costs us each $3000 to go…the price went up $800 since four years ago. We’re having LOTS of fundraisers for it — today we each got a bag of lollipops (mine had 35) and sold them for a quarter each. My bag TOTALLY sold out by the time we were done with lunch. There weren’t anymore bags I could go and get, though, so I can’t sell them this weekend. So far I’ve raised almost $20, since we had an entertainment book fundraiser a little earlier. Still, 20/3000…I’ve got some work to do. By November we’re supposed to be able to pay the first $300. I’m hoping that our teacher has more fundraisers we can do on Monday, because I am so excited about London and I want to be able to go!!!
August 27, 2008
· Filed under School · Tagged Biology, Pre-AP, principal, School, stress!!!
Hello! I haven’t posted for a looong time because I’ve been so busy with back to school! It’s only the sixth day of school and I already have been regularly having more homework than I can fit in my new huge backpack! My school’s really good, but quite stressful with all the work. We have a bunch of tests this Friday. If during the school year I hardly ever post, just warning you know, this is why!
Oh, by the way, like how I spelled principal backwards? It’ll give you an idea of what’s coming up maybe…
Ok I’ll post an annoying little story from today so that this post isn’t totally boring!
I am in Pre-AP Biology. Well, apparentaly Biology is the cool thing to take Pre-AP or something, because they don’t have enough room for everyone who wants to take it to take it. The created a new regular Biology class the same hour I have my class, so the principal came in and told us why we should be taking REGULAR biology instead of Pre-AP. Ummm…isn’t this, like, the OPPPOSITE of what she’s supposed to do? Of course, in the end she disregarded it all, but it was a little frustrating. Almost noone is thinking of switching EXCEPT the two other girls in my group, one of which who is one of my really good friends, so that’s not good. I don’t think she would need to — she’s very smart! But anyways, instead of creating a new Pre-AP Biology class, they’re just creating a regular one, which is pointless, since no one wants to take it!
Our teacher seemed really quite worried. Apparentally, an Anatomy and Physiology class had been completely removed on Monday, so a class of 30 people didn’t get to take it anymore and suddenly were told they had to find something else. Our teacher is worrying that, since the new classroom can only hold 21 people and in our class we have 35, they’re going to just pick 14 of us to take regular Biology without or wishing to do so. Talk about a REALLY messed up school system.
August 5, 2008
· Filed under Events, Family, Friends, Hair, Knitting, School, Site, food · Tagged baking, brother, California, camisole, Friends, Hair, Knitting, lace, organizations, School, vocabulary, websites
Sorry I don’t have a picture — I will very soon! My Brussels Lace Camisole is so close to being finished! I just have to sew up the sides and weave in the ends! I’ll add a picture as soon as I finish it and can get online. As you’ll see, I’ve made a LOT of alterations to it. It’s almost a completely different pattern now — it uses a totally different yarn, has a different number of stitches, and also has a different neckline. Just a few more alterations and I could sell it as a new pattern — just kidding!!!
My little brother has been preparing for his website’s birthday. He baked a cake in celebration and stuff. It’s going to be the site’s second birthday. Tomorrow he is going to bake some cupcakes to go along with it — yummy!
Yesterday I received a letter from my penpal. She is someone that I met on my trip to California — she’s one of my aunt’s friend’s kids, if that makes any sense. She’s the oldest of the five kids but she is three years younger than me. She’s homeschooled (even though her dad works at the high school). She’s a lot different than me, but hey, it’s a lot of fun to get some mail!!
Two of the plants in our yard died from some sort of heatstroke yesterday. We broke a 90 year record, so it’s quite understandable. One cucumber and our winter squash died. The other two cucumbers are thriving — they are enjoying what their companion despised most of all. They’re all the same variety, too!
Ok so I tried to schedule an appointment for my haircut today and every day that I COULD go they have booked! Arrgh. I hope we can work out something, but I might not be able to get my hair cut until AFTER school starts. GRR.
If you’re trying to improve your vocabulary before you go back to school, here are two websites where, by answering vocab questions, you can donate money to organizations:
• Free Rice
• Aid to Children
See ya later!
August 4, 2008
· Filed under Clothes, Knitting, School · Tagged Clothes, Knitting, School
Ok, I know I already got some new clothes, but yesterday was tax-free day, so we decided to go and pretty much finish up the shopping. Here’s what I got:
Blue Cropped Cardigan
X-Back Camisole
Crochet Trim Shirt
Dark Wash Straight Jeans
Ink Indigo Wash Skinny Jeans
Pink Striped Pleated T
Lace Pocket Camisole
Gray Cardigan
I also got a green peasant top with a ribbon tie and lace edging (it’s very cute!) but I couldn’t find the picture online.
I’ve made a lot of progress on my Brussels Lace Camisole. I think I might be able to finish the back today!
August 1, 2008
· Filed under Belgium, Books, Clothes, Coffee, Hair, Knitting, School, Yarns · Tagged Belgium, Books, Brussels, camisole, Coffee, food, frappuccino, Hair, holidays, Knitting, lace, milkshakes, scarf, Starbucks, stash, stripes, yarn
I’ve gotten lots of knitting stuff done today! I cast off my scarf last night and did the finishing this morning. It looks way better now that I’ve finished it, compared to right when I cast off. Here are some pictures (sorry, it’s too long to get the whole scarf in one picture!):
I had to hold up the ends so that you could see a little more of the stripy detail. Of course, a majority of the scarf is wrapped around my neck.
I had to fold it in half, wrap it around my neck, pull the ends through, and then wrap it around again to keep it from dragging on the ground!
After stitching that all up, I decided to start some Christmas projects at last. I once again got quite delayed, but I think it was all for the best! I ended up going through much of my mom’s remaining stash, and she let me take whatever I wanted. I took two bags full of yarn, which included three big balls of Love from Filatura Di Crosa, in a nice light blue color. Even though it’s not the exact yarn requested, and we had to edit the pattern quite a bit to make it work properly, I have begun knitting it into the Brussels Lace Camisole from Handknit Holidays by Melanie Falick. I have wanted to make that cami ever since we got the book, and while hunting through the book for a project that would work well with my stash, inspiration sparked. I’ve only done eight rows so far, but here’s how it’s looking:
I think you can see the lace pattern better when it's knit up with this yarn, except it is a little fuzzy.
When we visited some of my relatives last Christmas, my aunt told us lots about when she was in Belgium for awhile. It definitely sounds like a very fun place, and even though she spent most of her time Antwerp, that still made me even more interested in knitting it.
I am really excited! I’m going to get a nice new haircut for back-to-school, from a new hairstylist! I’m getting it from the one that my friend goes to, and she loves it! (She also has a really cute haircut, so I think I can trust this lady) I’m thinking of getting those side swept bangs, layers, and tapering (maybe), if it looks good. I am kind of worried about getting bangs — I’ve noticed lots of people are starting to pull their hair back in a way that mimics the bangs but isn’t (if you get what I mean), which is what I have been doing. Oh well, I’m planning on just asking the stylist to see what she thinks will look best.
I’ve been making more smoothies (well, more like milkshakes) today, and I discovered how to make a frappuccino! Yum yum! No more overpriced Starbucks…except I did get a coupon for a $2 grande after 2 pm…
Anyways, I’m going to go finish stuff up online here so that I can get back to my knitting!
July 31, 2008
· Filed under Clothes, Events, Family, Knitting, School · Tagged Apple, Clothes, gardening, iTunes, Knitting, Lands' End, scarf, School, stash
Yay! So today I got some new clothes (which we ordered on Monday from Lands’ End). I got the following items:
Short Sleeve White Crew
Red Plaid Shorts
Layered Tops
Short Sleeve Navy Crew
Sorry that this is all long down the middle…WordPress has a strange image thing. Anyways, everything fits GREAT! I am really excited! These are some nice new basics for back to school.
I’ve also been getting ready for back to school by listening to a few of the things on iTunes U. It’s basically like a bunch of educational podcasts and video podcasts that are all free (they’re like a free University thing almost). Some are REALLY boring, but others are REALLY interesting!
I finished that scarf today (except for the finishing). It’s like 13 feet long (oops…should’ve cast off earlier!). I have to rap it around at least three or four times to keep it from dragging on the floor. It definitely busted lots of my stash!
I helped my mom with a bit of gardening today, and I’m getting quite interested in it. I’ve been looking for other things I plant — mainly in pots on the patio, as we’re running out of space in the yard!
