Thursday, November 30, 2006
Sweet!
Aww, look at poor frozen Buster. He's a Pup-scicle!
My brother and I enjoying the snow!
My now almost bare door. :(
My brother (surprisingly dressed). Notice the unique "one snowboot" style.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Snow!!
And so that is precisely what I did when I got home from school. Today wasn't necessarily a bad day, but it most certainly wasn't the best. What with doing the career thing in Ms. Baas' class, taking Thurston's Cellular Respiration test (that I can only cross my fingers and help for the best on), watching that stupid sex movie in health, yet again feeling incompetent at juggling club, and dealing with the Quiet Lady during SAT prep, I think I really needed this cold, white gift. I like snow...even though it's a pain to deal with on your car...
So now, after romping about in the snow like a spaz, I do beleive things are better, even if it's just a tad. Now that I got that burst of crazy out of me, I need to kick off my hiking boots, grab a yogurt, and lock myself in my room with my Precal notes, book, and pretest. The least that woman could have done was to grade our quizzes we took weeks ago...
I was thinking yesterday in that class, as I often do, as no one really sits by me. In English yesterday, we were having a discussion about how well the "horses" did as leaders. Anyway, what came up is that equality and fairness are NOT the same thing. In our little government in the classroom, things were certainly not equal, but I tried to make them fair. Gov'ts should BE fair. Shockey, I decided, is neither equal nor fair. It makes me rather angry. But mostly the fact that she pretty much hates everyone, and pretty much loves Drew. That's just wrong.
So. Plan for now. Get off the addicting computer. Go do precal. (and kind of forget about stats for now).
Snow is great. I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were no snow, I'd be in a horrible, grouchy, sullen mood. But, fortunately, I'm in a lighthearted mood. Which is quite surprising considering I have a huge-o test in my least favorite subject.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Kreb's cycle and more
Studying at Julie's was wayy cool and hopefully way helpful. I really need this test not to kill me.
Ahem.
AcetylCoA Beep Lemon Ploop Clapclap Key Ploop Clapclap Energy! Sucks. Fad Fumes Clapclap Ox.
That rocks!
Alright. I think I've got it. Gotta work on the glycolysis thing... Pretty Gal Pretty Gal...
So. Test hopefully won't kill me.
Tomorrow will be good. English will be a breeze, but way easy. I want to go in early and talk to her though. About Paradise Lost. I really like it; I told her it was like The Screwtape Letters. And she knew what I was talking about and actually agreed! Yay. Bio...eh...test... Then Health will hopefully NOT be boring, I mean, come on..(Hipwood won't be there). Then Juggling Club... hooorah. (WHY can't I LEARN!?) Then SAT. Won't be the most horrible thing ever. Then come home and cram for P-cal. Hey, that sounds like PGAL. Phosphoglyceraldehyde?
Monday, November 27, 2006
Aooga
English was actually the best period of the day… it was perhaps the best English class even, in a long time. But poor Ms. Baas, she has a cold, and so she unfortunately had to go home. But before she left, I showed her our awesome game. She really liked it. Really. She said our game was “above and beyond” expectations. And that there was some definite extra credit goin’ on there. So. Even though I spent hours of my Thanksgiving break working on this project, I’m pretty much thinking that it was well worth it. That’s my opinion anyway. So then, since Sarah and I were the only ones completely done, we walked with Ms. Baas to the book depository to get Paradise Lost. And I walked (almost) all the way back whilst balancing the giganto book on my head. Ha ha. And Ms. Baas walked behind, watching me act like a goof ball. So then we got back to the class room. Sigh. I’m going to miss being a horse. But I was glad she got the books for us; I think by the way she told me about the book that she expects, sort of, that we start reading. And so that is what I did for the rest of the class period. Then I handed out the remainder of our “harvest.”
And from there my day started to go downhill, though it was not a steep downhill, so it was actually pretty good. So anyway, in bio I learned that we have a killer test. Wednesday. Yeah. Bummer. Sooo, he talked a little bit, and then put us in obscure groups with weirdo COMPLETELY SILENT people to work on a review sheet. So it was basically me, mumbling answers, letting out my thought processes, and earnestly trying to get the other people to talk. And failing. So…
Then I went to health. I thought it’d be somewhat interesting, considering we’re now at long last at the subject I envisioned “Health” to be about, namely the three letter word. But, alas, Mr. Hipwood somehow managed to make sex boring. Yeah. We pretty much took notes the whole time. And it was killer boring. ‘Nuff said about that class…
Lunch was actually pretty sweet; me, K, and J all did test corrections with the WP’s, and that was pretty entertaining. And we got some work done! Heyy.
So then I rushed out of Bio and rushed into Baca’s class… joy. I beat Afsheen, even after him pulling me out of the way and shoving me. So I scrambled to my seat, bell rang, and then our entire freaking class traipsed over to E-wing to carry books from Ms. West’s room. Then Elise, Steffie, Brittney and I went to the IMC. I’m happy because: 1) We got the cards done! 2) Brittney wasn’t a … ahem …today. Not really. I was carrying the big honkin SAT book on my head, and yelled “look guys! Aren’t I beastly awesome?” And she looked at me, eyes slanted, lips pursed, and said “Wow. Maybe you should join the Circus.”
So then Mom drove me and Kels home. Schwann man came. Now I should go do hw. It’s kind of sad, but I would honestly like to go read Paradise Lost rather than do Pre-cal… What a yucky class!
And you know what? I’m gonna go practice piano!
* slaps own face * Be happy, Sherri, happy!
Sunday, November 26, 2006
And...
Rollicking is an uber cool word. People should use it more.
but it is now much better looking, with all sorts of rockin’ arrows which make it much more clear which way players are supposed to go. I’d better not forget it tomorrow! (I could see me forgetting that). And yay—no bio homework. If I DID have bio due tomorrow, I’d be all “Yarg! Noo!” and probably would not be blogging away right now. Okey. Well, all in all, this was a good weekend. I, like my i-pod, have become recharged this weekend. And now am ready (or as ready as I’ll ever be) for a rollicking good week at school. (PLEASE let the precal test not kill me!)
May everyone reading this have some rollicking good fun this week.
Rollicking good.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Casino Royale Official Opening Titles-- Pretty awesome!!
The opening titles of the 21st James Bond Movie, Casino Royale starring Daniel Craig. Song: You Know My Name - Chris Cornell. |
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Cool!
As of now, there are several men in my house: the rather large Mexican man (who I found out later is named Jim), the Carpet Guy, some guy named Duane, my dad, and my brother. My sister and I are also home (obviously...).
So I'm kind of stumped as far as the article goes (the one I'm helping write for the paper).
I might just take a break and work on my English game. Our game is going to be the most splendiforous, spiffy game in the whole class. I'm going to make a whole bunch of animals out of clay. But as far as Squealer goes, I have a really good idea. I have this tiny toy pig whose snout lights up when you press a button. The light is really blinding. And my theory is that Squealer "blinds" all the other animals to the truth; all he does is feed them lies. So that pig is Squealer. Pretty ingenious, eh?
In a way I'm looking forward to 2nd semester. I think I'm going to try and be Ms. Baas' student aid. And I also get to have Computer Science. But more importantly, I don't have to have SAT/ACT prep anymore.
Soon I've gotta go pick up Arick and Kelsey and go to the movies.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Commencement of my Thanksgiving Break
So. I haven't really said much about what happened to Bingo. Yuck. As soon as I typed that I got a yucky feeling and I realized I really don't want to talk/ write about it. But the quick run-down is this: On Sat., my family drove to Santa Fe, waited in some desolate parking-lot for a long time, and then a rather... eccentric lady came in a blue Toyota truck to pick up my dog. She smelled of alcohol and cigarettes, and talked to us for a while. Then she locked her keys in her car. The window was open a few inches. My sister had to stick her hand in the tiny opening and somehow miraculously unlock the door. She did it. So then after a lot of nonsense gibber-gabber, Trish (the eccentric, drunk, smoker) took my dog away. By the way, she has 20 beagles at her house. Twenty. Wow. So then FFW to yesterday? Yes.
So yesterday there were 2 men in my house, banging nonstop. One was a rather large Mexican man, and the other was named Chris. The large Mexican man was almost continually yelling, "Chris!Chris!" And Chris would do something wrong and yell "Sh*t!" And the banging would continue. Then I, with a killer headache, had to drive to the high school for the National Honor Society thing. And it made my day to see Colin in a kilt. So that's my exciting life. Tomorrow I will get up, watch my bro and sis, then at 3:30 go see Casino Royale. And it might be weird, but it will be fine. I don't have any issues, and things are fine. I think things are better after iming Julie. So.
To adjust my views from the previous long post (the depressed one): I am independent, but that doesn't mean I can't spend time with my friends. If I want to get to know people, I will. And that is what I'm going to do. I hate being undesicive; it's one of my worst faults. So I'll keep trying to be certain, assertive. Yet at the same time, I need to take a step back from it all and try to not concentrate on myself so much. (This is what I was discussing Sunday).
Meanwhile, I will use this time away from school to my advantage and to let some stress fizzle out. And I can finally catch up on sleep! This post needs to be colorful! And happy! Because that is what I want to be right now: lighthearted, silly Sherri. Because that is what suits me best; I've tried being sullen... I really didn't like it. And sorry to all the people I affected today by being moody/grumpy/certainly not me. I just need sleep. And I will (HOPEFULLY!) get it this long weekend. So now for some pictures:
Sherri being uber thrilled at Julie's flippin' awesome hat
Monday, November 20, 2006
Friday, November 17, 2006
Well.
Yet I don't want to live a solitary life; I want the complete opposite-- to be surrounded by people. I love people. People need people.
I guess I'm just a rubicks (sp?) cube with no stickers.
To Kels:
Sorry I butchered the good-bye.
Two things: Happy Birthday and Good-bye to my friend
Me being reflective.
Someone reading this blog likely thinks I have only shallow thoughts/ concerns; that I mostly am concerned with tests/ schoolwork. While it is true that I am somewhat concerned with these things, I am also deeper than that. For a while, a few weeks maybe, maybe just since Saturday, I’ve been having issues. I’m really feeling like I’m slipping away from my friends, no joke. It’s happening differently for different ones, but slippage is occurring nonetheless. And at the same time, the bonds between them are becoming more and more solid with every day. Slowly they are being engulfed by The Group, and I am not. They’re selling out. I think it’s like endocytosis. Whatever. I just kind of feel like being an Independent right now. I need to brace myself for Emily (Key Club Emily) impaling me. But for now I’ll be chill. Is it time to weight/ sort out priorities? I don’t know. I don’t know a lot.
But I was thinking, on the way home yesterday. I realized that I told Kels that I wanted direction in my life. Well, as I see it now, if I wait around for direction to hit me in the face, it’ll already be too late. I need to start being more independent, make more choices, and give myself direction. I do have that power, I’m kind of discovering. I don’t need to do things people try to force upon me. I really need to realize that it is better to say no and do the right thing rather than comply and satisfy people. I am more like a dog, than a cat. And that is fine; I like dogs way better. But I don’t have to be a puppy that scampers after anything and everything, like I have in the past. Buster, my older dog (as of this moment I still have 2 dogs. This is the last night that I’ll be able to say that…), is immensely loyal to his owners, yet is more independent. I’m wondering if dogs, and other animals, get wiser as they get older like humans do. I don’t know.
I’m still going to retain my Sherri-ness though. It’s cool. I don’t hate anyone, I’ve decided. And that is kind of a big thing. Wait. I take that back. I’m not sure if I hate my neighbors or not. I thought 80 some year old senile people were supposed to be quiet, kind, and gentle. These people are the opposite; they are basically monsters. I’m not even kidding when I say that they were screaming at the top of their lungs, cussing my dad out. They have done this several times.
Anyway. Off of the negative, which is basically all this has been. The positives are that my stats test is done, I don’t have that much homework this weekend, I’m going to the pancake breakfast tomorrow morning, I got a lot of yearbook stuff done and therefore feel pretty useful, and right now I’m going to eat enchiladas.
I’m not sad, necessarily. Just reflective.
By the way, I don't know what was up with the whole "speaking in third person" thing. That was kinda creepy.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Ack!
Sherri is kind of freaking right now. She has a big Stats test that is on probobility. And she has Pre-cal, which shouldn't be TOO bad. She has been filled lately with deep, troubling thoughts. She perhaps is having a hard time dealing with stress, and it maybe a little bit fed up with some people. A few of her peers, maybe. Sherri is dealing, though, and she's pretty proud of herself for making that juggling picture work.
The highlight of her day was when Ms. Baas called her a froot loop. That was classic.
Ha ha. Sweet.
Monday, November 13, 2006
I have a lot to say, but not much time. This will suffice for now.
"Poetry is of course not to be defined by its uses...It may effect revolutions in sensibility such as are periodically needed; may help to break up the conventional modes of perception and valuation which are perpetually forming, and make people see the world afresh, or some new part of it. It may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate; for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves, and an evasion of the visible and sensible world. But to say all this is only to say what you know already, if you have felt poetry and thought about your feelings."
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Alright! Tomorrow's MONDAY!!
Here's my FEET!
Wow. Now THOSE are some sexy looking feet right there.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Friday, November 10, 2006
I cannot concentrate! Ever! No wonder I need the internet taken away; I'm beginning to think I'm addicted. Anyway, I thought this was funny. In a way it fits. Sherri hates Drew? Impossible! Not. I just want to forget about the loser. And his 'demonstrative ways.' In other words, all over her. Um, also, here:
This comic kind of fits. Sherri = Sara, Derek= Jeremy. At least at one point it fit; I don't know about NOW I'M GOING TO WORK. REALLY.
that's what my bro is doing right now.
"Sweepin"
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Yes--all my homework is done-- SCORE!
Monday, November 06, 2006
I'm pretty much a weirdo
back, it was just my sister's stupid friend. Hey, know what? It just hit me that I think it was around this time last year that I got my first blog. yoshiwerd. Yesterday was my 'rents anniversary. ok, pic..
kristen, my cousin julia, cousin tommy, danny, me, Dziadzio (my mom's dad), and big psyco Jon. At the park. What a bunch. aren't we sweet?
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Three things
(above) My bro and sis on the couch
(above) my dogs, Buster and Bingo
I've decided three things:
I need more pictures on my blog. Pictures are interesting. My blog is boring.
I cannot concentrate on one thing. I need to do some kind of work. Chores? School work that I really need to do? I cannot do it! I need some ridalin or something
Powerschool is stupid. Especially the fact that parents have access to it. Just mail home grades like before!!!
Okay, I'm done.
Here's a picture of my dorky grandpa (opa):
(sorry you have to turn your head sideways to look at it)
this is my comp:
Peace and Quiet
I found this sign insanely funny when I first viewed it (whenever it was I first saw it..) and it actually made me laugh out loud. We all need more things that do that make us laugh out loud.