Draco Dormiens Numquam Titillandus

Even though half of my summer has been decent this week sort of sucked. First my computer account acts like crap (only mine, no one else's), then my glasses break, after that my Ipod randomly stops working, not only that but after a trip to the optometrist my mom's insurance doesn't want to work for some reason so no new glasses.  All well, think positively. I've finally fixed most of the bugs on my computer, Ipod has been shipped for repairs (for free thanks to the warranty), and I'm sure the who insurance thing well get fixed up soon. I do hope so anyway. I'm tired of wearing chipped, bent glasses held together with super-glue.

Might go out of the country later this summer on a trip to visit relatives. That should hopefully be fun and be one of the highlights of my summer. I'm not sure if I can compare to last year's amazing Europe trip but this should be exciting nevertheless.

I'm not quite sure of this decision yet but I'm thinking I've buying a kindle....

They seem pretty interesting and I've been trying out the Kindle PC App for a while and it looks pretty cool. Yet, the Kindle costs $114. Even though I have a bit of money saved up I don't know if I should immediately spend it on something that expensive. I adore books. I read every single day but the Ipod decision was much easier to make. I listen to music during every hour of my waking moments except when bathing and eating. I got my Ipod during Christmas and I already have nearly over 700 songs on it. There should be more but due to a little mistake I made everything got erased a while back. I'm still trying to download all the other songs that got erased to add them back on. 

Now a Kindle. Whole other thing. $114. It's cool, light, portable, easy on the eyes, and can store over 3, 500 books so I save space and money since $13 can go all the way down to $1. There's also a lot of free classics on Amazon that would normally costs around $10-$19 at Hastings. I ADORE classics. Plus, there are free books on other sites too which help save money. Not only that but the Kindle is a built in dictionary that is extremely up-dated. What to do, what to do?

I'll give it until August. If I stop "loving" Kindle in two months that means I never wanted it. If I don't I'll think about it more. I may be young but I hate making hasty shopping decisions. Everything must be planned and researched!

School's going great and my permit should arrive in the mail anytime soon so I suppose things are going pretty well. There's been some ridiculous stuff going on but it's usually best to ignore useless drama like that. Some girls may be into it but I'm not, seems like a complete waste of time. Can you believed I missed my first ever Homecoming Dance? I decided that my chess tournament was more important but I guess that's not hard to imagine. I had a fun there so I really don't regret it. I'm hoping to try and improve my game so I can go on the next one. Only a few weeks left and I still feel like I play terribly. It's still much better than how I played back in August when I was beginning to know how to play but not as good when compared to everyone else.

I want to join basketball and bowling but Dad says I should wait until next year when I know how to drive which really sucks. If I'm bad now imagine how bad I'll be next year with all those girls that've already have an extra year of experience. Either way, I may be disappointed, but life is still pretty good. A lot of people are saying they hate school but for me I think this is the most fun I ever had. Probably because I'm not some idiotic lamb that follows everyone else in front of it. My parents always taught me never to become dependent on certain people and to make my own decisions and so far it hasn't let me down. I'm happy. 

During Freshman Mentor I was able to calculate my GPA and so far it's a 3.75. Not as great as what Mom and I want it but good enough to be excepted in most colleges and universities. I know it's still a bit early to think about it but seeing as I want to go to Kansas Wesleyan it is best to start now, especially on scholarships. All there's left to do so far is to keep up the work and boost up my math grade, the only reason I didn't get a higher score. Needless to say Mom wasn't happy. Even less when she found out one of my sister's grades went from an A to a B.  Either way I'm still worried about Parent Conferences. I get this feeling my math teacher might tell my mom about the three times I nearly dozed off in her class. So far she hasn't talked to me about it so I'm hoping she hasn't noticed it. Even though I highly doubt that.

Joined the Summer Reading Program at the library and finally got my CPs delivered yesterday. They came bare-root, something I didn't expect, so they have to spend an extra day in their baggies until I get their new soil and pots. Getting straight to that today along with turning in some papers for the reading program which will allow me to browse around a little bit to get some more info on carnivorous plants. Turns out theirs actually four books on them instead of one like I orginally thought. So far, without a doubt, Peter D'Amato's book "The Savage Garden" as turned out to be the best help. No wonder so many experienced CP growers recommend it to beginners.

So far my plants seem to be doing alright but that must be because my house must be heaven compared to the box they were in, though they were shipped and packaged very well. Still, they would probably prefer their old greenhouse back in California than here in Kansas. Hopefully they'll adjust and grow instead of going into more shock and dying.

My last week here in Kansas! Didn't do much today except get some necessary things for my trip and then I'll start packing my things tomorrow along with going to this meeting for the arrangements on Wednesday and Thursday. Other than that its been a pretty regular day. While we were shopping Mom was even nice enough to buy Jazmin and I "Saiyuki: Requiem." We're going to watch it together right after what I call Hot Chocolate Time.

And also....I got a 94 on my Kansas State Reading test!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Got called by the high school counsleor making sure if I still wanted to be in Honors English. Of course I said yes! Now all I need is to pass my math test and raise up my grade to officially pass and get out of Algebra I. Right after Spring Break so I better study instead of sitting on my ass all day listening to the radio.