Classes

I have had if not mounds of homework, mounds of studying. I took my second Chem exam today and I also had a math test (easy, but still). Even more, I have a huge research paper due sometime in the not so distant future that I haven't gotten so far on.  Personal Finance is getting harder and on top of that I need to figure out classes for next semester and try to do NaNoWriMo this year. I don't how I am going to do it, but good bye social life and hello school. I will try to still blog because, even though it is a great procrastinating tool, blogging is also very useful for future reference and posterity.

Chemistry --
Gen Chem is the bane of my existence and yet I am planning on majoring in Chemistry.  The concepts are not confusing in themselves, but I honestly wish that we had mounds of homework. Homework is a wonderful tool in a hard class. It is very annoying in an easy class; however I wish Chemistry had homework besides labs and prelabs.  I am left to doing practice in the book, but usually I don't have time to do them until right before the test. I am still not so hot at time management.  Now I just read chapter five and it really doesn't make much sense, but we are moving on to chapter six on Friday.  I am trying, but hey: do or do not there is not try. Yoda is right, but doing is so much harder than trying. poop.

Math --
College algebra (MATH 150) is my math course this semester, and right now it is super easy.  So far it has been one long review of Algebra 1 which was pretty easy too.  I am kind of glad for the review though because it is nice to go over systems and play with fun numbers before I go into Calculus next year. I'm taking precalc next semester.  The math test today wasn't too hard, but it did take a while just because I was checking my answers and making sure that I got everything right.  Bonus! There was extra credit, and I am pretty sure that I got it right. Major yay.

More Chem --
As I was writing about math I realized that I left out the crazy stuff that was on the chem test.  Okay so right now in chem our teacher is expecting us to know and understand and remember everything from the reading. I have never before had a day of Chemistry in my life so I have almost no idea what all of theses things are or what I should or shouldn't remember.  There was this one thing on the test that was mentioned in the chapter, but not in class which is not cool because everyone, including him, promised that the tests would be on material that we went over in class. However I took the test today, the second day, so I had the hindsight of Brittan who took it yesterday to study and learn how to find the concentration of ions in solution. I did that so I am pretty confident that I either got a high B or an A-. I'm hoping high A, but I am pretty sure that I did not do that well. Hopefully though everyone will do badly and he will curve it.

I really don't understand that though: curving the test grade. What is all that about? I know that it can raise your score, but how does it do that? To google.........
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Just kidding. I'm way to lazy to open a new tab and look stuff up. I have homework to do. I do not need more things to procrastinate with.

However, before I go a quick word about PEGlish and Personal Finance.

ENG 101 (PEGlish) --
We have a 10-12 page research paper and I'm not sure when it is due, but I have a lot of work to do. Haha due/do. Hehehe

Personal Finance --
The very first day of BUAD 260 our TA renamed the class Life 101. How right she was. I am learning so much in this class, but we are transitoning very much from a show up and learn class to a show up learn, do homework, and know the information class. I am kind of scared, but right now I have a 101% so I should be able to keep and A, unless I fail something. *knock on wood*

Well,I actually have a short paper for MBC 101 to write and NaNoWriMo to do.

Wish me luck,

Love,
Alora

Birthday Weekend

So last weekend was the weekend of my birthday. I'm 15 now! I can get a permit, and drive and other cool stuff. I also got tons of presents. So I'm in college and it is hard to ship big things so I just got a lot of money. I now have one hundred dollars at Walmart thanks my aunt and my great-grandma.  I have gotten so many presents, and I keep forgetting to say thank you. I got an adorable necklace and notepad from my other aunt and uncle.  Still more I got an Old Navy gift card from my other aunt and uncle, and a huge package from my other aunt and uncle. I got twenty bucks from my other great-grandma and I got a minifridge and tons of presents from my grandparents.  Oo! and I got a cool computer board thing from Mom and Dad.  Also at midnight on my birthday all of my friends here showered me and Brittan with gifts.  It was overwhelmingly fun.  I got a reversible teddy bear puppet, a nerf gun, astronaut ice cream, and tons of other random things. So I would just like to say a late thank you to all of my present givers. Supposedly I have even more in the mail. Yay! Thank you family and friends. I had a wonderful birthday with my grandparents (Apples to Apples and Chinese food FTW), and I had an amazing birthday weekend with my grandparents and friends.

Thanks again all,

I HAVE A FRIDGE!!!!!!!!!!! YAYA!!!!!!

Love,
Alora

Homework Extensions

Okay so today in English class we were talking about our papers that were due at 5PM today. Then everyone was complaining about it being due at five and them having stuff to do during the day. Yadda, yadda, yadda one thing led to another and now the essay isn't due until midnight tonight. I already turned it in, but that is beside the point.

After that in Personal Finance we had stuff that was due on Monday, but she changed it so it wasn't due until a week from today. It is freaking easy stuff and I am already mostly done. I feel so productive. Now all I have to do is figure out oxidation states in Chemistry. Yay!





Humph. Oh well I get to Skype with my daddy and I actually had class today. Also I am turning fifteen on Saturday. I'm so happy. Today is a good day.


Also I have super secret plans for Brittan's birthday. Yes, I know it is mine, but that does not mean that can I skimp out on her celebrations. I mean seriously guys I'm not that selfish.  I'll tell you all about them Saturday afternoon.

And I get to see my grandparents for my birthday! They are bringing me a minifridge which is really good because the second floor fridge just decided to break quite recently. Now I have to walk downstairs to use a fridge and get someone to unlock the kitchen for me.  Oh well. I get my own fridge this weekend.

I just realized that I say oh well a lot. When I say it I do not mean "oh well" in the usual sense of the word.  I am not giving up. I'm just using it as a transition of sorts. I am saying "oh well, I have talked about that enough or I'll figure it out later or something." Just to clarify because it seems kind of like I give up every other sentence.

Parental Teachings

I have recently realized why I am so awesome. Wait hold up. I am not being stuck up and conceited. I am in college at fourteen I get a least a little awesome credit for that. However most of me being here is because of my parents.  Ever since I can remember my parents have been teaching me random science things. I have always excelled in classes because I usually already knew what we were doing. Now, however, I have no background in college chemistry because I never took high school chemistry. Facebook and Twitter people, do not say "oh but you are getting a 95 blah-di-blah-di-blah" I know that I am doing good, but I feel like I won't do so good next time. I worked really hard to get that good grade and that's what I am talking about having to work hard.  But working hard in itself is beside the point. The point of this blog is to talk about the awesomeness of my parents. 

Parental teachings come in handy with math and science when you have a science oriented family; however they also come in handy with friendships. My mom learned from her mom how to be caring and helpful to everyone and that has really helped me make friends and keep friends. I can be prickly sometimes, but helping others out when they need it helps them see past the prickliness.  I think that all of the good examples of help I received from my mother and grandmother have helped me stay a people person even though I sometimes have trouble with the whole people liking me thing.

Another good parent lesson I have gotten is to never give up and always ask for help. My parents have always been open to me and I have felt like I could go talk to them about anything. Also they have never given up. Mom is going to grad school with four kids and a husband who until very recently was unemployed.  Dad has been dealing with unemployment and being turned down.  Both of them have not given up and because of that good example I know that I will be able to keep going.

Thanks guys. I love you.

Love,

Alora

Kings Dominion

Okay so on Saturday six of us went to King's Dominion an amusement park nearby. It was super fun.  Also it is super small. I walked all over the park at least three times.  We got there around noon and we left around ten. That's ten hours of amusement park fun and it was awesome.  I rode the Dominator, the Berserker, Boo Blasters on Boo Hill, the Volcano, Shockwave, and the Intimidator.  It was awesome! Also, I went into a scary corn maze and walked through "Scare zones" I ran around screaming and I rode a roller coaster standing up.  It was super fun.

Debate time,

Love,
Alora

P.S. Sorry no pics my phone was in Brittan's bag most of the time.

Fall Break

So today is the last day of classes before Fall Break and I am super excited.  Fall break is this weekend: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.  But get this, because labs are cancelled because we have Monday off, I don't have class until Wednesday because the only class I have on Tuesday is my chem lab.  Lab cancelling FTW.  I'm kind of sad too though because most people are going home for Fall break, but I am not. At least my roommate is staying too so I won't be alone, but I'm pretty sure that the rest of the second floor is leaving so it will be just us. Hopefully I will get a lot done during this period of me not having classes. I doubt it though. I am going to Kings Dominion on Saturday which will be fun, but it will probably also ruin my ability to study for the rest of the weekend.  Oh Well.

Happy Fall Break MBC,

Love,
Alora

Once Upon A Time: Best Show Ever

Oh My God.... This most recent episode of Once Upon a Time (Lady of the Lake) was so awesome. There are parallel times in the Enchanted Forest and Storybrook, and there are flashbacks.  Also, Emma is finally in fairytale land and Henry and Charming are totally bonding.  I love this show.  I religiously watch it on Hulu. One of the reasons I love it is that it makes me cry, and most of the time I do not cry. I cried at least three times during this episode.  Not because it was sad though, because it was happy.  This show is not only awesome, but it endorses good family values, and good relationships.  Snow and Charming, and then Emma as parents put their children first and that is just so so amazing that it makes me really miss my parents (cry one).  Also Snow and Charming have one of the best relationships I have ever seen on TV. It is not perfect, but it is just close enough to be perfect.  They will always find each other and it is just so much fun to watch people who love each other work through every hardship to be together.  There is no dumb cheating to ruin their relationship because they truly love each other and that is very refreshing.  Many movies/shows that I have seen recently have had so much cheating or discord in relationships that it really makes me wonder what is wrong with the writers. However this show is so much better than that. It takes most of the more well-known Grimm Fairytales and throws them all into one world: the Enchanted Forest. The characters have so much depth and a time goes on you just keep learning more and more about each person.  Also this show is kind of hard to predict.  Sometimes it is predictable, but when it counts you will have no idea what to expect. Especially this episode. I was dumbfounded. So much background and all of these turns that it took some I wanted it to take and others completely unpredictable.  I love this show....I think I may go watch this episode again or I could watch all of the first season over and over again because it is on Netflix. Woot! Woot!

I gotta go guys,

Love,
Alora