Thursday, April 18, 2002 @ 05:01 p.m.
Mood: Optimistic
Life is pretty much normal around here. I still don't know if I am competing for Science Olympiad; I think I have a 50:50 chance of competing, but you are never too sure with Mr. Reed. Anyways, every other aspect of life is rather dull right now. I presented for AP English, and I do, if I am may add, believe I performed rather well. While my time limit was over a few, I think Shaw will be nice on that one. To top it all off, my parents have started saying I need to get a summer job! Ek!
Oh, and I might be going over to Emma's tomorrow. Kudos for now.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2002 @ 05:32 p.m.
Mood: Sweaty
It's really warm around here. Thus the mood: sweaty. It's so humid the schools around here have already cranked up the ever-so-relaxing air conditioning. The Chem test was okay, if I really wanted it to be, but I guess we'll find out how I did tomorrow. I hope my AP English presentation goes well tomorrow. I have already volunteered. Hehe. The criteria, I feel, are somewhat hard to meet, especially for a student presentation.
MSN is not working...GRRRR.
Yes, Ross, I messed up. Ross, being the only person who would notice and care to reply through the guestbook, has officially corrected me in the usage of arachnophilia. Oops, so the fear of spiders is arachnophobia...same difference, right? Kudos for now.
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Monday, April 15, 2002 @ 05:25 p.m.
Mood: Busy, Busy, Busy
I have a gigazillion things floating in my mind right now...and I am going to be so busy this month. Things are just piling up nonstop. I have: NHS induction, LEDA meeting, Science Olympiad State, LEDA training, Calling All Colors, Night of 100 Stars, all this stuff! I'm going to burst. Plus, I have to maintain my GPA! The life of a student...the trauma! Kudos for now.
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Saturday, April 13, 2002 @ 12:17 a.m.
Mood: FRRRIDAY
NOTE: CHEMOKINETIC HAS NOW MOVED TO Den.T35.Com. Please make sure to UPDATE all links. Thank you.
Friday. Freeday. What exactly is the difference? Exactly. There is none. Yes, indeed, I had an excellent Friday. Although there was a trick question on the Algebra II quiz, I still think I did alright.
Other than school just being like school, I went over to a Science Olympiad parteee! We played games I would play during 4th grade recess, such as freeze tag, red rover...oh, the memories. Oh, I had a blast.
Ross, if you need help with HTML, I've already worked it out with Bret. Talk to him on Monday. As for myself, I usually do HTML on a program called Arachnophilia. Although arachnophilia means fear of spiders, for some reason, it is also a site builder. However, you have to know quite a bit of HTML for the program--or just copy it from other sites like me. Ha. And, kudos for now technically does not make any sense. It means acclaim or celebration for now. Therefore, it does not make any sense, but nothing really does in Denny's Utopia. So, "kudos for now" is just my own special way of saying, "So long..." or "Signing off..." Kudos for now.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2002 @ 05:38 p.m.
Mood: Slightly Crazed
Well, thank you, everyone (including Ross) for all the great feedback. While some was negative, I do appreciate suggestions. I agree color coding the mood is a good idea, and while I am educated and diverse, do you really think the blog should reflect that? Some parts of my brain say yes and others disagree.
One thousand and one apologies for not updating at all for the beginning of the week. I have been stressing out majorly over an Algebra II test, which I took today. I think I did okay, but I doubt anything 100 or over. Chemistry also has been a real pain. Thank goodness D gave us another day to work on this really stupid lab! In the midst of all this academic confusion, I have found myself caught between friendships, alliances, and decisions. Of course, it is due to my exaggeration, but I feel like social situations are sometimes simply terrible. For privacy issues, I will not mention names, especially on the blog. So, remember this: Do one kind gesture each day. Perhaps you will have changed someone's life in the process. Eeeek! I still have an AP English paper due on Friday (RD)! Kudos for now.
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Sunday, April 7, 2002 @ 08:00 p.m.
Mood: Hanging On...
NOTE: CHEMOKINETIC HAS BECOME HTTP://DEN.T35.COM
I cannot believe break went by just like that. I has probably been the quickest vacation I have ever been on, and I wish to death that Spring Break was two weeks and not just one. One is so stingy. I do not want to leave this utopia and go back to worrying about grades, teachers, friends, and actually having a semi-social life. Break is so familiar, so cozy. While the typical Denny response would be, "Of course I miss school. Why not pile on the loads of homework and stress?" I am definitely beyond that. I do not miss school one bit. Spring Break is nearly over, and I feel like I am ready for summer. I just counted the weeks on the calendar, and we have at least seven more school weeks before exams and summer. I cannot wait that long. Thank goodness we get some 1/2 day in May and a Memorial Day break. Goodbye Break, and hello Science Olympiad Stress and Homework!
My sister recently got a Chinese Soap Opera DVD. She's been watching 'em like crazy recently, with all these characters in these love triangles. While I stil claim to be sane, for a second, I wish I was in that soap opera. I mean, everything is so slow, and everyone is employed and makes a secure living. All they have to worry about is who to love and why to love them. Perhaps I'm insensitive or something, but I feel like that is no problem. They make a living and sit around doing nothing. They have their friends. I mean, if the only thing a person has to worry about is love, how much is that? Sure, it's the person you spend the rest of your life with, but if it's that person, shouldn't you know? Anyways, enough with wishing. Goodbye, long waited Spring Break! Kudos for now.
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Saturday, April 6, 2002 @ 05:47 p.m.
Mood: Antsy
Thanks to everyone so far who has commented on the new layout and the move to t35. While it seems as if the old, green layout was more popular among the masses, I feel particularly that this layout, much more simple and less colorful, matches my taste as a drab and dull person. Right? Anyways, if you have any more input as to what the next layout should be, or just want to type something (make sure not to get Carpal Tunnel Syndrome), feel free e-mail me!
I actually have more homework to do than I originally anticipated. Still, I am going to support O'Neill's crusade against sweatshops by assisting her putting up flyers in bright yellow. I am going to Barnes and Noble tonight, I think, which should be a guilty pleasure since I should really be doing homework. I tell you, that poem, "Nikki-Rosa", I have just about memorized. Childhood memories are always a drag if you're black... Blah blah blah. Who cares if it's written in iambic pentameter? Eh. If I want to get anything done, kudos for now.
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Friday, April 5, 2002 @ 10:02 p.m.
Mood: Happy
URGENT NOTICE: DENNY'S UTOPIA HAS BEEN UPDATED AND MOVED TO HTTP://DEN.T35.COM! PLEASE UPDATE YOUR LINKS.
While chemokinetic.pitas.com will remain in use, den.t35.com will be the main web journal. After a full site update, with the help of Emma, I have moved to my own server (free)! It's quite a big move for Denny's Utopia, but most appropriate over Spring Break.
Emma spent most of today over here, and it was very fun. We had pizza, and we talked about people given the circumstances we normally can't...it was probably one of the better points of break, I would say. I spent most of the other moments of today working on my poem for AP English. It's titled "Nikki-Rosa" written by Nikki Giovanni. I understand the content, but the structure throws me for a loop. Any poetry (Giovanni) fans out there? Contact me! Kudos for now.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2002 @ 12:30 p.m.
Mood: Indescribable
I have officially archived the previous entries. It always never ceases to amaze me the people that visit this blog. It gives me warm fuzzies when I think that somewhere out there, one or two very important people actually find it somewhat interesting to read about my life, my worries...aren't those the same thing? So, for all people that visit this blog, and I mean frequent visitors, thank you for caring. If you don't want to think of yourself as a carer, then think of it as dedication. Thank you so much. As D would say, "Okay, I'm going to get off my soapbox" or something like that.
To be honest, I don't know why I wrote the paragraph above, but I think it is great appreciation for those who make time to come here. I know it would probably not make a difference if I failed my AP US test or not, but you come and read about it anyways. So thanks.
That's two paragraphs more than what I originally anticipated to type and wanted to type. If I get Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, I am going to blame it on the masses. I guess those paragraphs come from reading previous entries and guestbook entries. I worry always so much over grades and class rank, tests and quizzes. When will it stop? When I get out of college...no, because then I will worry about careers, marriage and taxes. It doesn't end. Not one bit. So maybe I should lighten up. Maybe I should stop typing in sentences with periods, exclamation marks and commas. Maybe I shouldn't worry about independent and dependent clauses. Maybe I should not worry if someone confused "there" and "their." But if I stopped worrying and paying attention to solecisms and school, what would I worry about? What my hair looks like? What other people think of me? That would be a life worse than this. Not worry about anything--that would be inhumane. So what is life? A bunch of worries? Is that what this world boils down to? See, I worry about ending sentences with prepositions, too. I must stop. Lighten up. As Michael Roman wrote in my 7th grade yearbook, "Denny, your a cool guy, get a cents of humor."
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