Week Full of Meets

So, this week has been filled with meets for me. Right now, my body feels like it's dead! This weekend was my SOLO meet. I made all personal records, making an amazing 55.9 on my 100 free sprint. One of my goals is to reach the JO time, which is 53, and according to my goal plan, I'm right on track! Two other astounding achievements: a 4:57.9 (under 5 minutes!!) in the 400 IM and a 1:12.9 in my 100 breaststroke event. They're all amazing times which i hope to continue breaking. This totally remotivated me for a while, because high school swimming has been kind of a drag compared to awesome club swimming!

Today I had my first official high school swim meet against Carlmont. As a sophomore against a varsity team of juniors and seniors, I did pretty well! Well, the glory's not the same as being a freshmen, like I was last year. I basically made life best times today even though I wasn't feeling so great. So, my 200 free event I made a life best time compared to what I swam at the better pool in SOLO. So, that was great. Also, because I didn't do so well in my 200 free event at SOLO, I learned one very big lesson - DON'T HOLD BACK, which I quickly learned, leading me to the record SOLO meet times I wrote up there. Anyways, I beat my swim buddy, but he still has a faster time than me. Props to him!! Also, shout out to this girl on my team. I think she will read it and know this is for her. Rumor has it that she, who has been swimming a bagillion years longer than me, has an eye out for a 1:12 on the 100 breaststroke. I hope she gets it because she's one of the amazing swimmers I've been watching and learning from!! Well, back to me swimming. I had the 200 IM right after the 200 free, so I was crazy tired. The first 50 fly was ok, but then in back I was losing it. I gave up in breast, took it sorta easy in the first lap of free. Then I found one of my teammates losing it there, so I went turbo and finished with a life best time. I can go faster, and dang, that was me when I was tired!

In the end, we all swam well, and as our former coach last year said: "Based on times, not bad for a first meet." Our JV team has a TON it needs to work on, so I hope they improve!!

Bummer, I lost my ASB election. Oh well, I'm just going to reapply for Leadership and hope for the best!

Well, to the main point of this blog, chemistry. The test was ridiculously easy. There were a couple things I didn't get, but I'll still have an A in the class anyways. We've moved onto stuff about Pressure and Gasses. Its really confusing and our labs lately have not been working. Well, another fun filled week of chemistry! Honestly, I think this blog should be called "Swimming..." or something, because all I can cough up about is swimming more than chemistry!

A Heck of a Week

Last Saturday was my birthday. My sixteenth in fact. You know how people have their fabulous "sweet sixteens" with some sorta party and everything goes right. Well, nothing happened to me at all. I usually am not much of a birthday person, I think it's really embarrassing to have happy birthday sung to me and all, but this year i actually wanted a little party and all. But my parents never asked so I didn't hold one. They ask every year except for this one. Thanks mom and dad. Better yet, they don't even SAY happy birthday to me. Come on, some of my friends bothered to call me, but of course they didn't, my own parents. I also specifically told them what kinda cake I wanted, but of course they get me the wrong one. I wanted a vanilla buttercream chocolate cake, no fruits. It's really a simple cake they coulda gotten at the local Safeway. Really, that's all I wanted.

No.

Instead, they give me this crazy cake from Satura, a day after my birthday. It was a medium sized, chocolate mousse cake. Once again, my mom only hears the half of what i tell her. Typical of my parents.

Yea, I'll admit to anyone who reads this, I think I'm pretty depressed about it. Well, not in any serious way! My parents now are trying to make it up to me, my mom at least. My dad is mad at me, but whatever, I'm sick of this on and off relationship with him so now i just say to myself that I have nothing to say to him and only ask him for rides and stuff. Seriously, my parents can't do anything to fix up what they've done for my "sweet sixteen". Now, I can only wonder what I'm gonna tell people years from now when they ask what I've done for my sixteenth birthday.

Swimming isn't as interesting for me anymore. Swimming at the Mills Pool is really hard. My jammer tan is going nowhere, not even a shade better than I started with three or four weeks ago. I'm trying to be hopeful for the Solo Club Meet this weekend. I'm gonna see all my buddies from BAC! Thats a good thing.

I'm having an obsession to watch Code Geass again. Its really cool, and I enjoy it. Its one of two animes that I like to watch. I hear they're coming up with a new season, possibly in a different time place but with the same basic plot. Hey, as long as it's got the Holy Britannian Empire and Knightmare Frames, I'm good.

Finally, the main event of this week's blog: chemistry. We're doing thermochemistry. It's all about this great equation Q=MC(delta)T. I honestly don't get it and I'm struggling through it. Its all about how stuff is heated and cooled and releases energy and what not. Its great. Got a test next Friday, you should know the drill by now. Enough said. You can figure the rest of my chem life out now.

'Til next week!

Thermochemistry

Yet another annoying song to have stuck in my head: M, C, Delta T. M, C, Delta T. (my chem teacher goes further and says "Thats Calorimetry Yo!"). The great thing about having such a song stuck in your head is that you remember the thermochemistry formula, but the downfall is that it doesn't help in figuring out what M, C, and Delta T stands for. So, brain farts are devastating. You have this song stuck in your head with no meaning. Horray.

Anyways, we got to burn metal and I got to play with fire, so I'm good.

My brand new blue speedo turned purple after four days, so I just got a new one which arrived today. Note to ANYONE who reads this and is a swimmer: ALWAYS BUY SPEEDO ENDURANCE. Anything else is just plain useless. The fabric fades and wears out so quickly. That was a waste of some 30 bucks.

I am running for ASB Secretary. Wish me luck people, cause I think I'm gonna need it. I have a bet with my opponent, and it's that whoever loses owes the winner lunch. I don't wanna buy a Junior that, 'specially when I know I am SMARTER and more RESPONSIBLE and a BETTER SWIMMER than her. The downfall is, running for ASB requires me to make a speech and a slogan, something I'm horrible at. Suggestions anyone?

Meanwhile, I'm planning on all the classes I'll take for next year. I'm taking two weighted classes. Not too bad for Junior year ehh?

Tomorrow's my school's Winter Formal. No date :( But my buddies and I are, hopefully, going to have a blast. Of course, High School Time Trials first! Hope I beat _____________________.

Speedo Day

My turn to wear the speedo. The pic above sorta looks like what I wear, minus the body shape and horrible tan line.

I actually made this decision two weeks ago, and my speedo brief came friday. Yay me. Now i get to show off my horrible jammer tan. All my swim buddies say that my thighs are so white:
1. NASA can spot them
2. I still look like I'm wearing white jammers with a blue middle part
3. It's just plain scary...

It's a weird experience, my thighs just hang out and jiggle, and I'm so self conscious.

Winter Olympics this year anyone? For some reason, I'm not that into it this year... I suppose its the homework I just seem to keep getting everyday.

I saw Valentine's Day, and don't call me a loser, but I actually liked it. It's not a bad storyline, I mean, it made sense and all, and it tied together. Loved Anne Hatheway and her phone sex business. Even better when Queen Latifa tried it out. It was good, and 'cmon, give creds to Taylor Swift for acting like a dumb blonde. I loved it when she was talking about how her boyfriend called and she didn't see her boyfriend but only this big stuffed animal. Another favorite: "I stand behind you... metaphorically". Watch it to find out what it means!

I got to pie my chem teacher today. That was EPIC. Three of my buddies and I did it consecutively. Well worth my charitable $2. Man, a whole year plus more to go of chemistry with him, dang it felt good.

Well, back to chemistry, the main reason I'm writing blogs, we have a test on Friday. Isn't it getting boring, me ranting about how I don't know anything, me getting upset about how I have a test on Friday, me ranting about Chemistry? Well, I have BIG NEWS. I kinda get the stuff this time. We're doing stoichiometry. I still don't think its a legit name for this, and it doesn't seem like a real chemistry thing. Seriously, I thought my teacher made up the name, along with the millions of other songs. Anyways, sure, it's a bit complicated, making all those unit conversion stuff, but its the same throughout. The hard part is figuring what molecules to use and balancing the equations, something I bet i will not get. Trust me, anyone know about the chemical equation of..... nitrate? I'm once again

SCREWED

Sexy Riley!

So, we had an epic spirit week this week. One day we dressed up like we went to BHS, and i wore a BHS tee shirt, and people were like "YOU WOULD" to me. Some people here think I'm a BHS lover because I swim there (thats where my swim team BAC trains).

In the BEST RALLY ever, we had the ACADEMY OF VILLAINS come and dance for us. They're an amazing dance crew, starred America's Best Dance Crew, and they're going to try out for America's Got Talent. They are really talented, made me want to dance, and their music choice is off the charts.

Then, at the rally, one of our seniors, RILEY, did this amazing stunt. It was during the Boys Varsity, and while someone had to do those freethrow shots, he stripped down to his SPEEDO and danced for a while. I <3 MILLS was written all over his body. It was hilarious, and he's definitely a hero. SEXY RILEY SEXY RILEY. We chanted that for a while. Just so you know, I think he distracted the BHS team, cause we ended up winning. MHS FTW!

Chem...
We did more of that Moles X Grams X whatever whatever stuff. Its taking me forever to get it in my head. Chemical equations ick me. We did this failure of a lab, cause the magnesium string didn't burn up and oxidize, so a bad lab. Oh well, not like I would have understood what was going on anyways. A fire is way too mesmerizing.

RILEY's MY HERO..... RILEY's MY HERO.....

First Week, New Semester

Phew, First half of Sophomore year is done! Kinda scary how old we're getting.

Chem.... like dissolves like? I'm not sure whats going on. Just more chemical stuff and reactions. We're doing stuff with solutions, so we get to mix things and use beakers and the whole lot. It's great.



I can't believe that I have ANOTHER semester of Chemistry. Seriously, I was overjoyed when the first semester ended.

I NEED A BREAK ALREADY.

Toronto was great by the way. GREAT food. Seriously, if you bother to read this, you should all go and eat the wonderful Asian food.
I got back into the pool and I'm good as new. ZONE CHAMPIONS coming up, and my team's aiming for 1st in our division. GO BAC!

Dead Week

Can you believe it. I still have to learn more in Chem during DEAD WEEK.
So, we're learning about moles. 6.02 x 10^23!
It's a big number. Fun stuff. My chem teacher even has a video of him singing about it on YouTube.

GLEE FINALE. Awesome! I love Glee. Now, I kinda don't want American Idol and just let Glee run on and on!

SSFAC Meet this week. It might be canceled?? OH NO! Well, let's hope it isn't, cause I'm in for some major time dropping!

Homecoming Recap

Well, I just noticed I don't have a blog about our HOMECOMING.
Don't quite remember what we did in Chem, but I remember what we did for Leadership!

We had SO much to do. Everyday was a dress up day, starting with Black and White Monday, Horror Tuesday, Comedy Wednesday, Western Wednesday, and Austin Powers Sophomores! Black and White was a basic dress up day. This was my first actual dress up for Horror! I ripped up an old tee shirt, and covered it in fake blood. It looked really cool, and people were scared. I even go a bit of makeup from the Seniors! Comedy, or Wacky, wasn't really my strong point, so I didn't have much of an outfit. For Western, I wore my newly bought, 7 dollar (came with the help of a gift card) plaid shirt. And a bandana, yep! Western alright! Austin Power day, my friend made me a shirt with a peace sign on it. That was awesome.

Let me tell you about my CRAZY Friday! I was at school from 6am, setting up for our rally. Then, I had to skip almost all my classes, including Chem, to set up for the rally, then clean up after the rally, then set up for the big night Homecoming Game. Yep, Leadership work all day long. It was GREAT. I even got my VIKAMANIA tee shirt, a Homecoming Exclusive. I only went to my English Class to learn a bit of caligraphy, after getting a cut on my hand! Ouch! Then, I was back to setting up for the dance! At 5:00, I was down at the field, selling Millsware all thoroughout the game. Guess What!? WE TIED! Against El Camino. I really hoped that we could win. Too bad there's no OVERTIME. I left school at 10:30 that day.

Saturday was great. Back at school AGAIN at 10:30am. We finished up decorating for the dance, then went home. I got ready, and was back at 6:45 to start up the dance. I had a great time. It was stopped a bit because we had some technical problems and someone dislocated her leg. That was epic. I stayed after to clean up for the dance, and left school at 11:00pm. WHAT A WEEK. I could have basically lived at school!

Well, that was my Homecoming!

OH NO

Well, I missed two days of chemistry, sick with the SWINE FLU. Well, thankfully, I had the mild case, so no throwing up or anything. But, it also means no Halloween Parties or BAC Spooktacular Swim Meet for me! This really stinks! I was really hoping to drop some times. I guess I'll just have to wait for SOLO and SSFAC!

Well, I think we're learning about light and moving into chemical bonding. I'm not too sure whats going on now. We have a test next week. Wonder how I'll do on that one!