gettin' things done.

Almost finalized with my schedule. Just have to do some paperwork tomorrow to completely finalize things.
Homeschooling next semester.. which ends at the end of January..

So. Basically, my subjects:

Math. This will be finishing my Saxon Advanced Math curriculum (I have ~30 lessons left. So, 1/3 of the semester dedicated to that. Plus, I have bunches of tests to complete. Add two weeks for that.. yeah) and self-studying Calculus for the CLEP test. I'll do that sometime this summer, plus with MIT Openware I could possibly skip Calc 2 at the U, too. But idk how solid my math stuff would be if I did that.
Chemistry. I'd basically study with Apologia Chemistry, doing about a chapter a week (therefor finishing the book in the semester). I'd do the SAT Chemistry and CLEP Chemistry tests.
English. This one is the hardest. First off, I have some practice MCA-Reading tests before the real thing in March. Otherwise, I have Spelling, Grammar, and Vocab; plus, I have more time to read(!) and I could study a novel in-depth for a quarter (the first one would be The Scarlet Letter, where I would read and do study guides, and conclude with watching the movie). Yup.
French. This one is a little more tricky. I have to finish out the Holt curriculum (that's what I was using this past year-and-a-half), and I can do more literature and stuff. On Fridays, I'll learn a little Malayan French. I'll come back to this.
Elective - Computer Programming. This class meets at the school and is 8-9:30 MWF. I like it.
Social Studies- I'd do a language study. Doing an intro to a few languages that pique my interest, AKA Gaelic, Italian, German, Latin, and maybe Norwegian. I'd test this with crossword puzzles and online assessments.

Mhm. Sounds fun.

Cheers.
Destiny.

On Equality and Americanism.

Sometimes, I wonder why our definition of "civilized" is so twisted. I mean, we have to label people as guys/girls. Why?? Like, what's it matter that HE said that or SHE did this. I mean, does it make that much of a difference if someone is a girl or a boy? If we really want both genders to be truly equal, then the English language has to get rid of masculine and feminine subjects. Yeah, I don't know what would replace it, but pretty much anything would be more beneficial to reaching equality than where we are now.

Right?

I can't be the only one who thought of this. The fact that the language of English has to evolve in order for it to remain very much an "alive" language is not news. It will just take someone really devoted to this to make this change.

On a tangent, France has (semi-)recently removed the word "mademoiselle" from its language, due to people protesting that there are two choices for females, and only "monsieur" for males. I wonder if America will ever take France's lead...

Cheers. 

Destiny.

Delirious.

you're missing from me.
a cruel and (un)fortunate trick played by
none other than Sir Kismet himself, who was forever scarred with the delirious mark of chaste.
If thou deem it worthy,
i'd go (to you).
a desperate vengeance flashing through
my eyes, it would take but a few hours
and you should know i'd waste thousands of them to be with you (again).
we were at the wrong place at the wrong
time.
and you know all too well how time cannot be glued back together;
for it is dynamic and intangible and gone (forever).
you're my missing piece.
my soulmate.
and i lost you.

Something Personal.

"Geez, you're so smart."
"Why do you have to be so smart?"

You know my name, and perhaps some of my classes. You don't know my story.

So.

I stabbed myself with a pencil. Heed my warnings and beware thy backpack in disorder.

Running crew.

For the fall musical, not like a sport or anything.
I am on sound, as in sound effects. I'm supposed to play 5 noises total, four in the first act and one in the second. The five sounds are on two CDs, so I have to switch them out and adjust the volume. It got really boring after the fourth sound...
So I facebooked. And I texted. That was about it... It was pretty boring. But I'm on the crew. And I will get easy extra credit points for English if I make a short paper about the play. Since I'm backstage, I won't even have to pay. But I have to miss my (would've-been) first math team meet tomorrow. And this weeks' robitics meetings. But w/e.

Cheers.

Destiny.

Candy.

This is the best.
I sold half my Halloween candy to my mom for five dollars. Today I spent $6.68 on half-off candy at the drug store. Technically, though, I only spent a dollar and sixty-eight cents on two bags of candy that I hand picked off the isle shelves.
I don't rock. I roll.

Cheers.
Destiny.

Apparently, AP Chemistry is where it's at...

AP Chemistry, at my school, is for juniors. Not really surprising, because AP Biology is for sophomores, and college physics is for seniors. Note that none of this applies to me. So it really shouldn't surprise me that a bunch of 17-year-olds show up more outside of school than driving illiterate underclassmen - aka everyone I associate with.

What made me come to this conclusion?

First incidence.

Who: my younger brother; a junior in my AP Chemistry class.
What: a basketball game.
When: last Saturday.
Where: my high school.

I found out that aforementioned junior is a co-coach for my little brother's basketball team. I also found out that I'm not yet recognizable. Which, I guess, is a good thing; I'm not on the upperclassmen's radars.

Incidence the second.

Target: the junior in my AP Chem who sits in the seat in front of me.
What: a horrible accident that shall not be repeated.
When: approximately thirty-two minutes before the writing of this post.
Where: the local Papa Murphy's.

Long story short, my family - save for my mother who was at home under the pretense of being sick - walked into the location to inquire about the pumpkin-shaped pepperoni pizzas they have for Halloween. Alas, they were out, so my brother made a small scene in their empty store in front of the target. Thankfully, the target didn't realize that me awkwardly opening and closing my mouth was because he may sit in the seat in front of me in AP Chem. Maybe I will forever be friendzoned. Or would it instead be "underclassman-zoned"?
Hmm.

Cheers, I guess.
Destiny.

Robotics

I'm in the robotics club.

Yes, I guess it shouldn't seem like that much of a surprise, but it's just now hitting me.
I'm in the robotics club.

What does that actually mean, I hear you ask. Well, it means that I stay after school twice a week with a bunch of smelly boys (and Katie) and chillax there for one-point-five hours. It's not that bad.
Actually, I signed up for website duty. I digress.
Robotics, at my school, is a section of the FIRST robotics incentive in Minnesota. The goal of the group is to build - from scratch, mind you - a remote-controlled robot that solves activities related to that years' theme. The group itself is split into eight different 'sections': CAD, wiring, building, outreach (securing money from sponsors), IT (the website), business (money), and two others. There are captains of each team, predetermined by seniority, plus the president along with the VP.
The IT section has two members: me and the leader, who happens to be in my first hour Computer Programming class. He was absent last meeting (the FIRST time we actually did anything... heh heh), so the surprisingly technologically literate president introduced me to the mechanics of designing the website. It was pretty cool. I brainstormed a list of epic things to take the website to an... er, epic level... I'm not sure if some of them are actually accomplishable, but we will see.

Cheers.
Destiny.

The Idea of Communication

          I feel as though the concept of language hinders us as people; rather than helping us communicate with profound intentions, language creates a barrier for which the intention behind the meaning is greatly affected. Because, unless one usually thinks without using words, then you can only understand up to the limit of your vocabulary. Yes, language use serves as a medium of communication, but why should we only to express things that are tangible, nonetheless. I feel as though, even if centuries have passed, our species did not evolve more advanced or efficient means of basic needs.
          Even more so, intangible words are often misinterpreted, causing even more of a loophole in this supposed way of communications. Inexpressible words are only unable to be placed into lines on a page because some genius has not used other words to explain the word in the first place. Until the unfathomable occurs, I feel as though the human race will continually lack its full capability.

Take me away.

          I have years until I can finally get to Europe. My Girl Scout peeps are coming with me, though. Yeah, it will be safe, economically sound, and an overall great trip... But, I won't get to have the freedom that I already posses; heck, I even use it on a day-to-day basis. Maybe that's a good thing.
           I can always go back at a later time. My uncertainty lies within the fact that I may not have the time nor the money to return (on another note, I won't even get to go to Ireland...).  Sometimes, I wish I could fast-forward to when I'm swimming in money and arguably more intelligent than Larry Plage / Sergey Brin - a.k.a. the founders of Google - combined. Hehe. But that won't happen unless I go go college, which won't happen unless I get more than two years of math in my HS diploma, which won't happen unless I either graduate early or UMN accepts me into their PSEO program. See this unfounded thinking process?
          Oh, yeah. PSEO. A long, long time ago (even though time technically cannot be measured by length, and the actual year of 1985 is arguably not that long ago), the state of Minnesota adopted the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act "...to promote rigorous academic pursuits and to provide a wider variety of options to high school pupils by encouraging and enabling secondary pupils to enroll full time or part time in nonsectarian courses or programs in eligible postsecondary institutions~..."1 This headed way for a few other states (Ohio being the most notable with their fancy-schmancy PSEOP; in other states this may be known as Running Start or simply dual enrollment) to take Minnesota's example and set up their own state-funded college classes for underage students.
        ~An "eligible institution" being defined as a college (whether two or four years, public or private) located in Minnesota. Although the amount of classes you can take - as well as if the college actually participates in this - varies from college to college.
        PSEO is, basically, a program where any person in their junior or senior year (and, in some cases, sophomore year) can go to a college and take free classes there during the school year. If you're over the ripe old age of sixteen, you can pay to take classes a) beyond a full course load, predefined by your school of attendance or b) during the summer.

I can get so off topic sometimes.

Cheers.
Destiny.


Source:
1: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/getpub.php?pubtype=STAT_CHAP_SEC&year=current&section=124D.09

Hey. It's me.

It's my first time blogging.
Actually, I have and have failed blogging several times before. But, here I am.
Usually, I don't find my life worth blogging about. I'm just like any other 14-year-old-high-school-sophomore-ex-homeschooler-aspiring-psychologist-and-on-the-math-and-robotics-teams-with-separated-parents-girl. Really, I am.
But what suddenly makes my life worth blogging about, you may ask.
Nothing. Really, not much. I knew that starting a real blog was inevitable - I have to do it when I'm in Europe in the summer of '14. I won't have a phone, and Internetting would be my only outside form of communication (I'm going with a bunch of Girl Scouts who meet up every once in a while.. I'm going to need the European break).
Today, I:

1. Watched an episode of Sherlock via Netflix.
2. Watched an episode of Bones via Netflix.
3. Thought about finishing my AP Chem lab. It's just mathy stuff.
4. Slept in until 11. Just kidding - 11:30.
5. Ate.

... Yeah. Perhaps my day was on the more unproductive side. But is it the thought that counts?
I hope so.

Anyways, I'm posting my schedule just for laughs and giggles.

1. Computer Programming 1 Hybrid (Basically programming in the lab for fifty minutes.)
2. AP Chemistry. Lots of juniors in this class...
3. English 10. Easy peasy. I omitted honors because I hate the thought of an English class. Rant on that later.
4. Healthy Living with a B lunch. Easy peasy as well. Virtually no homework, and lunch midway through the class means less actual class time ;)
5. French 2. I don't care for the teacher, but it's an okay class.
6. Study hall... whatever.

.. yup.

Cheers.

Destiny.