In a sense, I was late to biology yesterday morning :p
Actually, my study schedule is working well, even though I had a killer headache yesterday (probably from the weather). Here's what I did yesterday:
1. For biology, I read some of the text pages in my Human 3D computer program, looked at some pictures of bones and cartilage, and looked at some animations.
2. For world history, I read a timeline of North American history, using the world history program on my DVD-ROM. I'd like to find some good world history books, though, because while the program is good, it's only a brief and somewhat eclectic collection of timelines and such.
3. For Japanese, I watched Let's Learn Japanese on YouTube.
4. After lunch, I did half a page of polynomials.
5. For English, I read a bit of I Am Rembrandt's Daughter, but only a couple of pages.
6. Art - started making a garter stitch square, which I will turn into a rabbit. Part of a KAL :)
7. Creative Writing - worked on one of my stories, but I didn't get that much done :(
Today hasn't been as productive. So far, I've worked on one story and mucked about in Photoshop. Mind you, I did go on a 'field trip' to Michaels :D I didn't get any yarn, but mom got some yarn for a project she has in mind. Next time, I'll make a list of what I need, because there's a baby blanket I want to try making, and it calls for Lion Brand Vanna's Choice Solid.
So, I'm going to a knitting meet-up tonight at Second Cup :) Only problem is, the only project that I can take with me without lugging a pattern around is my soon-to-be shawl, which is just a garter stitch triangle. I'm gonna look like a total noob. I'd love to take my Opera Glove with me, but then I'd have to take the pattern with me, and probably my knitting pouch with my tape measure in it. And the baby cardigan is a bit much to take with me, because I have to take the pattern and some stitch holders with me. I'd rather finish that cardigan at home. So I guess I'll take the giant triangle, and hope to God/Goddess that no one's knitting lace at Second Cup!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Here's what else I did today.
I put the rest of the CDs I got for Christmas on my computer - Eric Burdon and the Animals, Joan Jett, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen and Steppenwolf. I have other CDs - my jazz CDs, a Barenaked Ladies album, and the Aladdin soundtrack - that aren't on my computer, but I don't know if I'll rip 'em or not.
I also chatted with Max on MSN. When I told him how Windows Movie Maker wasn't letting me import music from my iTunes library, he said something like, "Don't talk to me about there being something wrong with your computer, because it'll make me want to fix it." It was kinda funny. I think the reason why it wasn't letting me import the songs that are in iTunes is because those songs weren't in Media Player. Hmm.
I still have to go over my algebra. And tomorrow's Monday! EEP!
I also chatted with Max on MSN. When I told him how Windows Movie Maker wasn't letting me import music from my iTunes library, he said something like, "Don't talk to me about there being something wrong with your computer, because it'll make me want to fix it." It was kinda funny. I think the reason why it wasn't letting me import the songs that are in iTunes is because those songs weren't in Media Player. Hmm.
I still have to go over my algebra. And tomorrow's Monday! EEP!
The Weekend Thus Far
So, here's what I've accomplished so far...
1. I made room for my new shirts. Weird thing is, a shirt that I've had since I was about 7 or 8 years old still fits! It's a Northern Getaway shirt. I think their clothes are oversized and meant to be layered or something.
2. I took some kids' books out of one of my bookcases and I now have a pile of crafting books in it's place. My new knitting books will be in that pile.
3. I talked to my neighbour, but the job she offered me - watering her plants while she's away - has been given to someone else. Oh well.
4. I started a summer booklist, but I haven't put much on it. haha. Maybe I'll work on it some more today.
I looked over my study schedule, but I'm going to tweak it today. I still haven't sorted out my yarn, or gone over my algebra.
1. I made room for my new shirts. Weird thing is, a shirt that I've had since I was about 7 or 8 years old still fits! It's a Northern Getaway shirt. I think their clothes are oversized and meant to be layered or something.
2. I took some kids' books out of one of my bookcases and I now have a pile of crafting books in it's place. My new knitting books will be in that pile.
3. I talked to my neighbour, but the job she offered me - watering her plants while she's away - has been given to someone else. Oh well.
4. I started a summer booklist, but I haven't put much on it. haha. Maybe I'll work on it some more today.
I looked over my study schedule, but I'm going to tweak it today. I still haven't sorted out my yarn, or gone over my algebra.
Friday, January 2, 2009
To-do list for the weekend
I have stuff to do before I resume my schoolwork on Monday...
1. Sort my yarn, so that my natural fibers are seperate from my acrylic.
2. Sort my bookshelves out to make room for my new books.
3. Put the finishing touches on my study schedule.
4. Put together a booklist for the summer.
5. Wash the rest of my new clothes.
6. Talk to my neighbor about something.
7. Go over my algebra???
edited to fix spelling
1. Sort my yarn, so that my natural fibers are seperate from my acrylic.
2. Sort my bookshelves out to make room for my new books.
3. Put the finishing touches on my study schedule.
4. Put together a booklist for the summer.
5. Wash the rest of my new clothes.
6. Talk to my neighbor about something.
7. Go over my algebra???
edited to fix spelling
Thursday, January 1, 2009
I want to knit Roger Hodgson a sweater :p
More on that later :)
First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I spent New Years Eve watching the Best of Just for Laughs special, then the Royal Canadian Air Farce's finale, then a bit of Ron James' stand-up special, then I went on my computer. While watching all that, I ate a bit of calamari, a few of these chocolate-covered caramels with sea salt on them (they actually taste better than they sound!), then some butter puff biscuits that we got at the British imports shop. Then at 11:00, we put it on the local station to watch their New Years Eve program live in Niagara, in which Roger Hodgson, formerly of Supertramp, performed! I missed most of 'Give a Little Bit', though, because I was in and out of the living room. But he was still as awesome as ever. He was cracking jokes about the cold weather - it was so cold that the saxophonist's saxophone was squeaking! Roger himself said, "My guitar is saying, 'What are you doing to me?'", and "This'll be the out-of-tune version of 'School'." He's quite cheeky. There's a video on YouTube of him performing 'Easy Does It', in which he whistles, and the audience was whistling along with him, and he would suddenly stop, and wave his hands to stop the audience's whistling... it's hilarious.
Here's the video of him singing 'Easy Does It', which was from a gig in 2000. It's pretty quiet, so make sure your volume is turned up.
So anyways. I want to knit him a sweater. When my mom saw my Facebook status, which said that I wanted to knit him a sweater, she said that he needs gloves - fingertip-less ones, so that he can play the guitar and the piano! I think she's right - maybe I'll make him a pair of Knucks with 'rock' on one hand and 'roll' on the other!
So, if you're somehow reading this, Mr Hodgson, I think you need a nice sweater and fingerless gloves for playing music in the cold winter air. You probably aren't reading my blog, but if you are by any chance, um, I really like your music - I haven't heard any of your solo stuff, but I'm a huge Supertramp fan :)
I know that sounded silly, but hey, he might just come across my blog someday... :)
First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I spent New Years Eve watching the Best of Just for Laughs special, then the Royal Canadian Air Farce's finale, then a bit of Ron James' stand-up special, then I went on my computer. While watching all that, I ate a bit of calamari, a few of these chocolate-covered caramels with sea salt on them (they actually taste better than they sound!), then some butter puff biscuits that we got at the British imports shop. Then at 11:00, we put it on the local station to watch their New Years Eve program live in Niagara, in which Roger Hodgson, formerly of Supertramp, performed! I missed most of 'Give a Little Bit', though, because I was in and out of the living room. But he was still as awesome as ever. He was cracking jokes about the cold weather - it was so cold that the saxophonist's saxophone was squeaking! Roger himself said, "My guitar is saying, 'What are you doing to me?'", and "This'll be the out-of-tune version of 'School'." He's quite cheeky. There's a video on YouTube of him performing 'Easy Does It', in which he whistles, and the audience was whistling along with him, and he would suddenly stop, and wave his hands to stop the audience's whistling... it's hilarious.
Here's the video of him singing 'Easy Does It', which was from a gig in 2000. It's pretty quiet, so make sure your volume is turned up.
So anyways. I want to knit him a sweater. When my mom saw my Facebook status, which said that I wanted to knit him a sweater, she said that he needs gloves - fingertip-less ones, so that he can play the guitar and the piano! I think she's right - maybe I'll make him a pair of Knucks with 'rock' on one hand and 'roll' on the other!
So, if you're somehow reading this, Mr Hodgson, I think you need a nice sweater and fingerless gloves for playing music in the cold winter air. You probably aren't reading my blog, but if you are by any chance, um, I really like your music - I haven't heard any of your solo stuff, but I'm a huge Supertramp fan :)
I know that sounded silly, but hey, he might just come across my blog someday... :)
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
I'm really bored.
...And I'm listening to Q107 via the internet. They're playing Pink Floyd.
So I went to the library today to pick up a book on Australia, a book on the history of airplanes, a book called I Am Rembrandt's Daughter and two U2 CDs - Achtung Baby and The Unforgettable Fire. Mom had nothing to pick up, which is a shocker, because she almost always has a pile of books and DVDs to pick up.
Then it was off to Michaels, where I got the new issue of Knit.1 and mom got some Bernat Handicrafter Cotton that was on sale. That location, which is the new one, has pretty much the same yarns as the one in Ancaster, but the aisles are roomier at the new location. Then we went to Indigo to get calendars. My calendar is an Artwork of John Lennon one, which is awesome. I can't remember which calendar Mom got. Dad didn't get a calendar, but he did get a coffee at Starbucks.
So I put some of the CDs I got for Christmas on my computer. I still have more to add to my iTunes library, but I put Maximum Cowbell, Planet Pop 80s, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Coldplay and Elton John on iTunes. Sweet :)
Also, with help from Mom, I got my left speaker to kick back on!
So I went to the library today to pick up a book on Australia, a book on the history of airplanes, a book called I Am Rembrandt's Daughter and two U2 CDs - Achtung Baby and The Unforgettable Fire. Mom had nothing to pick up, which is a shocker, because she almost always has a pile of books and DVDs to pick up.
Then it was off to Michaels, where I got the new issue of Knit.1 and mom got some Bernat Handicrafter Cotton that was on sale. That location, which is the new one, has pretty much the same yarns as the one in Ancaster, but the aisles are roomier at the new location. Then we went to Indigo to get calendars. My calendar is an Artwork of John Lennon one, which is awesome. I can't remember which calendar Mom got. Dad didn't get a calendar, but he did get a coffee at Starbucks.
So I put some of the CDs I got for Christmas on my computer. I still have more to add to my iTunes library, but I put Maximum Cowbell, Planet Pop 80s, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Coldplay and Elton John on iTunes. Sweet :)
Also, with help from Mom, I got my left speaker to kick back on!
New Years Resolutions
I put this list together last night...
New Years Resolutions
1. Stick to a study schedule.
2. Try to read the books I put on booklists.
3. Compile a summer booklist.
4. Eat more fruits and vegetables.
5. Learn how to use Windows Movie Maker and eventually make a Bennie and the Jets misheard lyrics video.
6. Try to exercise regularly.
7. Learn intarsia.
8. Learn duplicate stitch so that I can make those Back to School washcloths.
9. Knit a hat.
10. Knit a sweater.
11. Learn cables.
12. Dye yarn.
13. Volunteer in a Music Sunday.
14. Make my bed by 11:00, every night.
15. Get my beginner's driver's license.
16. Practice playing my keyboard more often.
17. Learn to play guitar.
18. Read the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
19. Read up on black history.
20. Learn how to use Photoshop.
21. Design a knitting pattern.
22. Watch 'Labyrinth', 'Tommy' and 'Gangs of New York'.
23. Go for runs around the block when the weather's nice.
24. Knit a pair of socks.
25. Make something out of my Japanese cookbook.
26. Take an art class of some kind???
27. Read The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
So there you have it. I put down 'Read up on black history' because I feel like I should be reading more books on it than I have been. And I was too young to see 'Gangs of New York' when it came out, and it looks so interesting, so I'd like to get that out of the library and watch it.
New Years Resolutions
1. Stick to a study schedule.
2. Try to read the books I put on booklists.
3. Compile a summer booklist.
4. Eat more fruits and vegetables.
5. Learn how to use Windows Movie Maker and eventually make a Bennie and the Jets misheard lyrics video.
6. Try to exercise regularly.
7. Learn intarsia.
8. Learn duplicate stitch so that I can make those Back to School washcloths.
9. Knit a hat.
10. Knit a sweater.
11. Learn cables.
12. Dye yarn.
13. Volunteer in a Music Sunday.
14. Make my bed by 11:00, every night.
15. Get my beginner's driver's license.
16. Practice playing my keyboard more often.
17. Learn to play guitar.
18. Read the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
19. Read up on black history.
20. Learn how to use Photoshop.
21. Design a knitting pattern.
22. Watch 'Labyrinth', 'Tommy' and 'Gangs of New York'.
23. Go for runs around the block when the weather's nice.
24. Knit a pair of socks.
25. Make something out of my Japanese cookbook.
26. Take an art class of some kind???
27. Read The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
So there you have it. I put down 'Read up on black history' because I feel like I should be reading more books on it than I have been. And I was too young to see 'Gangs of New York' when it came out, and it looks so interesting, so I'd like to get that out of the library and watch it.
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