This sucks.

Because Mom doesn't want to watch the Grammys, she put it on Sky High, which I'm pretty sure she's seen before. I know I've seen it at least once.

Anyways.

We visited Grandma yesterday, and she looks better than she had the last time I saw her. She smiled for Mom, and Mom says that her smile has improved. Grandma asked how my mouth was feeling, which was sweet of her. We saw Brian and Maryanne (Mary-Anne? Maryann? Mary-Ann?) - I think Brian is one of Mom's cousins. He said he hadn't seen me since I was much shorter :p

Church was good today. The service was Black History Month themed. Our guest speaker, Rev. Horton, was teaching the kids to play 'Telephone' - he was explaining how rumors get twisted around until they turn out to be different from how they originally started out, often becoming unkind rumors, like how people told rumors about Martin Luther King Jr. So Rev. Horton was asking the kids what their names were, and one girl said that her name was Reese (Reis? Not sure how it's spelled). He misheard her, so he had her repeat herself, and one of the boys said, "Reese - like Reese's Pieces!" Those kids crack me up.

The sermon was good, although I wasn't paying as much attention as I should have. He was a bit difficult to listen to, though, because he pauses a bit as he speaks. What was funny was how Beverly (the service leader for this morning) put a note at the pulpit telling him to wrap up the sermon, and he said, "I'm being reminded of the time." I guess he's been known to talk longer than he's supposed to.

I think we're going to visit Grandma again tomorrow. In that case, I should probably do more laundry.

I forgot-!

I totally forgot to blog about the prize yarn from the 600 party!

I won some Peaches & Creme cotton in two colours (black and red), two of each colour, from Juli. I love it. It's much softer than Bernat Handicrafter. It's such a pity that I can't get Peaches & Creme here, though.

I went to Dr. G's today to have the stitches taken out of my mouth. It didn't take as long as I'd thought - I think it took longer the first time, though. Maybe I had more stitches the first time. Anyways, I tried putting the flipper in, and he tried, but no luck. It won't fit. So, he told me to wait until the rest of the swelling has gone down before I try putting it in again.

Dad put the swap package for the Valentine's swap in the mail for me. I don't think it'll get to my swap partner by Valentine's Day. God/Goddess, I hate Canada Post.

Hi again

I'm back. Now then, more about my lesson plan! :)

Art: try to pick up manga drawing again.

Art: PAINT!!!

I should probably use my calligraphy kit, too.

World History: read the DK Biography on Martin Luther King Jr.

I think that's it.

I went to the library a few hours ago. I took back The Encyclopedia of Punk and Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin and picked up Ten Things I Hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah and a book on Afghanistan. I still have a DVD in transit - The Sarah Jane Adventures, which is a spin-off of Doctor Who. I might have more in transit soon.

I also went to Shopper's Drug Mart to get candy for the Valentine's swap.

My stomach is still being weird.

Ginger ale is my elixer

I've had a weird stomach today. I've been eating in spits and spurts, instead of gorging like I normally do. Thanks to ginger ale and some Pepto, though, it's not too bad now.

In fact, I'm feeling hungry again.

Yesterday I decided that I needed to make a lesson plan, to which my know-it-all mother replied, "That's what I've been saying all along." I'm convinced that the reason why my education has been all weirded out is because...

1. She taught me science when I was younger, and now I've forgotten a good chunk of it.

2. She would focus on my brother and give me busywork to do while she turned him into a boy genius. Now, I know my brother was lazy and stubborn, and he needed to be badgered to do his work, but I was left hanging with annoying fractions, not-so-annoying English and a French book that I didn't really like. I used a science workbook as well when I was about 12 or 13, but I was still lacking something. For history, we had all these heavy books on Canadian history, or the childrens' books from the library. I honestly preferred the childrens' books, because it was the same stuff, but in an easier-to-understand style. And they have pictures. And the font is a good size. I also flipped through books from the library on the Romans and the Celts, and some books on Japanese culture and history. But something was still lacking. My mother now claims that she was going to order owl pellets for us to dissect, but she didn't, because I had told her that I 'didn't want to touch owl poop'. Well, that's a load of bullshit, because I had been reading Skellig at the time (great book, by the way), and I was interested in owl pellets. And, if I remember correctly, they aren't 'owl poop', because owl pellets are coughed up! And, I'm sorry, but Canadian History for Dummies and other textbooks aren't the way I like to learn Canadian history. I learn it in smaller chunks. Deal with it. And I can't learn science from a friggin' fact book, either! I've tried it, and while it works for some things, it doesn't work for others! And if you want me to study geography, I am not learning it from Don't Know Much About Geography, because that book is dry, boring, depressing and nigh colourless. All of the pictures are in black and white. That's no way to learn geography. I also don't want to read that awful book because I'm sick of Columbus (or whoever it was) rambling on about how the world is a pear.

I feel a little better now.

Anyways, I started my own lesson plan for February.

For Biology, I'm sticking with Human 3D. I have to ask Dad to help me get rid of the old shortcuts, though, so I can reinstall it. I guess when Windows updated, it dumped the program. Whee. I might also use my anatomy colouring book as a study tool.

For World History, I'm going to read through the Lucent Library of Black History books (I think that's what the series is called), for Black History Month. I'm also going to continue reading The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Mythology until it's due back to the library on the 19th.

For Japanese, I'm going to continue watch Let's Learn Japanese, and try to practise writing in Japanese script.

For math, algebra. Polynomials at the moment, but hopefully I'll be rid of them in a few weeks.

For English, I think I'll read Roots by Alex Haley, and any library teen fiction I pick up.

For Art, Photoshop, Knitting, and maybe Corel Painter.

For Music, I started compiling a list of songs to practise.

For Creative Writing, refine my NaNo story and work on another story I started.

That's all for now.

Hiya!

I haven't posted it a little while :p

Mom and Dad went to see Grandma on Friday, and I stayed home. Dad says she still thinks that I had a birthday recently. We ordered pasta from a local restaurant for dinner. Om nom nom.

Katie came up Saturday. She and Mom went to see Grandma again, and I stayed home again. After Dad dropped them off, he came home and went on the computer, and I played final Fantasy VIII for a while. In fact, I played so long that I got a headache, and you wouldn't believe how long it took me to find a friggin' save point. Grah.

(What I don't get is why Mom and Katie had Dad drop them off when Katie was renting a car, but...)

Mom was so pissed off at Dad when she and Katie came home (they got a ride from Grandpa), because he hadn't made any dinner, so we ordered chicken wings. I got pissed off, too, because I assumed (stupidly) that I was also being blamed for the lack of dinner. Long story short, I ate some honey garlic wings and some onion rings.

I wonder if Dad ate the rest of the honey garlic wings. Mom told me to leave them for him, but I'm hungry now, and I'm not sure if he ate them.

Today was a rather good day. I woke up quite early - either 6:00 or 7:00. There wasn't much on TV at that hour, so Mom and I watched The Lab with Leo, which was interesting. I had a shower at around 8:00, and after I sorted some clothes out (the top I got from Grandma and Grandpa for Christmas and my tigher-fitting jeans), myself, Mom and Katie went to IKEA.

The original IKEA plan was to get some of the juggling balls for Grandma to help with her reflexes, look at a reading lamp for me, and I think Katie wanted some kitchen stuff. We couldn't find any of the juggling balls, and I didn't get a reading lamp because there's 'nothing wrong with the one Dad has' (fine, then, he can set it up in my room). I did, however, get cardboard magazine files for my knitting magazines and patterns. Sweet! Katie got some shelves for her and Dan's CDs and DVDs, some tea towels, and a casserole dish. There were probably more items, but I can't remember them all.

What I found really funny was, in the self-serve area for furniture, there are signs that read 'medium-brown starts here', 'beech starts here', etc. I didn't notice them until Mom started reading them aloud.

The new items got added to the library catalog tonight :) So I went through the CDs first and reserved a Dire Straits compilation and Bruce Springsteen's new album 'Working on a Dream'. I could only reserve four items, unfortunately - the other two items I reserved were French Girl Knits and Luxury One-Skein Wonders. I put other books on my list, like a Nicky Epstein book.

Last, but not least - the Super Bowl halftime show. Bruce Springsteen kicked ass out there! Our next-door neighbor's daughter came by to drop off some knitting needles that she borrowed from my mom, and then she asked to come by again and to have my mom help her cast on. I myself was working on Grandma's Clapotis while watching the halftime show, which distracted me from the performance, so I may have missed bits of it.

That's all for now!

Oh, wait, I forgot....

I'm really enjoying reading The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Mythology. I'm on African primal myths now, including a god that vomited up the sun - and I think the first man. I think.

Also, the other day (yesterday, I think), I was flipping through the index and came across the word 'Sefiroth'. So I looked it up in the book, and, according to one of the notes, there are ten holy Sefiroths and some unholy Sefiroths, too. I'm not sure if there are ten of the unholy Sefiroths or not - I can't remember.

Now, for anyone who doesn't know why I'm bringing up holy and unholy Sefiroths (or anyone who hasn't played Final Fantasy VII), allow me to explain.

Sephiroth is the villain of Final Fantasy VII. I have this weird habit of looking up the names of the Summons in a dictionary or encyclopedia to find out their meanings, so when I saw 'Sefiroth', I got excited. So far, I know for certain that Shiva is a Hindu god of destruction (although, in the Final Fantasy games, Shiva is portrayed as a female ice being), and I think Quezacotl (or Quetzacotl, according to either the encyclopedia or the dictionary) is a Mexican god. I'm still not entirely sure of the origin of Ifrit, though. Leviathan, I believe, is a being in the Bible.

I have far too much time on my hands :p

Anyways, I've been playing Final Fantasy VIII more often (this is the game after the one with Sephiroth, by the way), and I've gotten to disc 2 - or, I did, until I got my rear end handed to me by a robot!!! Anyways, I saved before the whole robot-kicking-my-ass business, so I'm good. I think I was better prepared than I was on my old file - but, I think I should buy some potions before I proceed to the bit where there's a chance of me fighting a robot again. Damn, those robots can pack a punch.

Oh yeah - and I have to remember to Junction Zell's Guardian Force before I even think about walking out of that cell.

...Yup, too much time on my hands! :p

edited to fix a slight mistake. I meant to say 'my old file', not 'my own file'.

I can't think of a title at the moment.

So here's what's gone on these past few days.

I haven't really gotten back to my algebra - the other day, I looked at the page I had to start and I just felt like throwing the book across the room. I think I'll try again Monday.

I haven't done any knitting today, but the other day I worked on the Clapotis. It's looking all right. I might work on it tonight.

I have to get to the library by Saturday - that way I have no overdue items. Surprisingly, last time I checked my account, I didn't see anything in transit. Maybe I'll go to the library tomorrow, to take back Dewey and two CDs - Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy and George Harrison's All Things Must Pass.

I am incredibly bored.