Sophmore Begins...

Well my second year of high school begins tomorrow and I really don't want it to start T_T

I'm kinda nervous this year, although I think the most of it is 'cause of my 6th period--cross country. It's sports PE, technically, but that's what I signed up for and I'm not sure if I'll be able to go through with it. Not 'cause I'm lazy but I'm still worried about my ankle and me being slow and me not having done the last two months of PE and stuff. *gulp* Hopefully it won't go too bad, but I'm still as nervous as hell.

And these last two days--my last two days of summer to be exact--weren't really fun either. Yesterday me and my brother worked on the sprinkler wire for a few hours and I really wanted to go to Frank and Sons 'cause it's been FOREVER, but apparently they close at five now. -.- Yesterday wasn't much fun. ANd today--since almost noon to a bit while ago we've been cementing which wasn't fun. I also woke up at 7:40-ish which is an hour later than I'll wake up tomorrow.

But on the bright side, one thing good DID happen today.

While me and me brother went to take a break inside around 2, he was watching Fantastic Four. I was thinking it was weird that he was fastforwarding commercials since we don't have DVR or whatever, but he said it was on-demand. Anyways, one commercial caught my interest and right before I left the room I looked back and it mentioned something about 'Harry Potter'. I'm thinking 'what the heck? Harry Potter's not due till awhile. And then it had a kid ride up the Empire State Building's elevator and then it said 'Percy Jackson and the Lightning Theif'.
One thing was going through my mind--Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit! :D I couldn't believe they were making it [already]. I got super excited though the preview said President's Day 2010 which isn't too far from now [I think].

Anyways, I'm going to see the trailer on Youtube.


-Tzui
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"Day Fades Away / I Can't Stay Awake / Alone In This Empty Place"
DETROIT - Black Gold

Worst Day Ever

Honestly, this day is the worst that's ever, EVER happened.

Well first I had to register for my sophmore year. Me and my mom left our house around 11:30, and we waited in line for, like, 20 minutes or so. We barely made the lunch break time, but my dad apparently forgot to fill out the backside of one paper so we had to spend time to fill it. If it was all done I'd've been able to take my hearing test. Anyways, the ASB store was closed so we couldn't do anything else. My mom and I went to pick up the mail and visited Dollar Tree, then came back. I got my planner, yearbook paid and a shirt. Then I took my yearbook picture and got my ID card. Finally I was able to get my schedule and books, then do the hearing test--we finsihed around 1:30.

SCHEDULE:

1st- Chemistry Honors

2nd- Algebra II Honors

3rd- English II Honors

4th- AP World History

5th- Spanish II

6th- Cross Country

*sigh* The next part went a bit easier--me and my mom went to Kohl's for my clothes shopping from, like, 2:30-5:15. O.O Oh, and we spent a lotta money [we saved $388 fromthe sales and stuff then an additional $90 'cause of a 15% card]. Right when we were paying some lady in the register next to us grabbed her bag and ran--she freaking shoplifted! It was crazy, I tell you. Apparently she had gift cards that were bought with other people's member cards, there happened to be no security guards, and a car was waiting for her. Crazy...

We went to our Barnes and Noble next, but I didn't find the book my brother wanted [and I didn't know if I wanted to buy a manga]. We ended up going to a different B&N where we got his book, Shutter Island. My mom was able to find The Thousand Splendid Suns or something, and I got Pretty Face volume 1. I wasn't sure if I should buy something but I did :D

And Here's the chain of bad stuff:

After we left the first B&N, we got a call from my brother--apparently he was in a crash with some old lady and her car hit his. And from what they were saying just now, it all sounds like her fault.

My great-aunt kinda gives my family and my aunt trouble. She's been calling our and her house for the past week or so with "hello?-you-there?-no?" calls and we find out this morning she needs to be picked up from Burbank. So they have to go out of their way to pick her up.

Not only that, but my school starts on Monday T_T

-Tzui

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"The Dreams In Which I'm Dying Are The Best I've Ever Had"

MAD WORLD - Gary Jules

Yosemite

Well, we just got back from Yosemite a little while ago. Here's my little summary:

Friday--August 14
Left around 9am. Drove about 2.5 hours until we ate Jack in the Box. Another 2.5 hours till we got to Yosemite and .5 hours to get to the Yosemite Lodge. Unpacked and had dinner.
Saturday--August 15
Woke up and did the Lower Yosemite Falls hike and Mirror Lake hike. Had lunch. Went around to the village, saw deer, ate cup noodles.
Sunday--August 16
Drove and hiked Galcier Point. Went to little river to have lunch and fished. One brother caught and named Douglas, his fish. Dad didn't catch anything. Finally went back and had dinner.
Monday--August 17
Woke up late [hehe]. One brother went biking whilst we went walking around. Didn't do much.
Tuesday--August 18
Packed and checked out. Hiked to Vernal Fall bridge [hell of a hike]. Went back and had ice cream. Then drove six hours till we got back home :D


-Tzui
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"I Would Swollow My Pride / I Would Choke On The Rinds / But The Lack Thereof Would Leave Me Empty Inside"
INSIDE OUT - Eve 6

Going / Books

Well, as of tomorrow I shall be heading off to another vacation T_T Truthfully, I don't really want to go 'cause 1-we just got back from Tahoe and 2-I'm going back to school soon.

And just 'cause, I'm posting a picture of the books in my room [note: these aren't all the books I've read, just the ones I've bought :D [Best to click for full view]

TOP SHELF
Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites
Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Ninth Grade Slays
Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Tenth Grade Bleeds
Quantum Prophecy: The Awakening
Quantum Prophecy: The Gathering
Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox
Gregor the Overlander
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
Gregor and the Marks of Secret
Gregor and the Code of the Claw
The Hunger Games
The Sea of Trolls
The Land of the Silver Apples
The House of the Scorpion
Dragon Rider
Inkheart
Inkspell
Inkdeath
The Thief Lord
Breathe
The Graveyard Book
39 Clues Card Packs 1, 2
39 Clues: Beyond the Grave
39 Clues: One False Note
39 Clues: The Sword Thief
39 Clues: Beyond the Grave
39 Clues: The Black Circle
[Romeo and Juliet / Midsummer's Night Dream]
BOTTOM SHELF
RightStuf Catalogs
The Host
Star Lore
Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters
Percy Jackson: The Titan's Curse
Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth
Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian
Septimus Heap: Magyk
The Alchemyst
The Magician
The Sorceress

Book of Questions
Of Beetles and Angels
Gods, Demigods, and Demons
Flowers for Algernon
Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Capture
Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Journey
Harry Potter: Socerer's Stone
Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
Quidditch through the Ages
The Ravenmaster's Secret


-Tzui
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"So Long Ago, I Don't Remember When / That's When They Say I Lost My Only Friend"
ONE HEADLIGHT - The Wallflowers

'Black Circle'

These last few days seemed to go by so slooowly. But they're gone now and it's finally the eleventh! :D

I was able to get my brother to take me to Barnes and Noble today and I got the books I planned to buy.

The first is a manga: X-Men Misfits volume 1. I haven't read it yet and it's also not Japanese, though it's kinda like a teen take on X-Men and shtuff.
Next's The39Clues: The Black Circle. I re-read book four yesterday to freshen up for book five--after I'm done writing this I'm goingn to run through this book. ^-^
Last is 39Clues Card Pack 2. 'Snot a book but kinda like a booster pack with 16 cards related to books 4, 5, 6. It's also a money-maker for the company--in order to unlock more clues than the mission and book ones, you need card combos of cards from the card pack. [Though I'm tempted to buy more card packs... =p

More manga that I want'll be coming out soon so I'll be able to increase my manga count by quite a bit. Oh, and it's 150 now.

-Tzui
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"I've Got Blood Running Through My Veins / But I'm Sick And Tired / Of The Fakest Face, Telling Me To Smile"
BODY LIKE MIND - Ace Enders

Manga Again

Wow, it felt like forever since I walked into a Barnes & Noble today.... Maybe I'm just weird like that.

Anyways, I wasn't actually going to buy any manga today since I was lead to believe none were out yet. But I ended up buying two more volumes which brings my manga count to 149. :D
LEFT: Cirque du Freak volume 2 I found this in the Teens section [like vol. 1]. I read that it was supposed to come out later this month. I also found another title from Yen Press that I think is interesting though I might get it later. Anyways, I haven't read this one yet 'cause of freaking Odyssey, but I'll get to it tomorrow.
RIGHT: Legend of Zelda: Four Swords volume 1 This was supposed to come out tomorrow [I think] but I found it by accident while looking for Yotsuba&! 5. I never actually got really far in the game but I kinda know the just of the story. I can't wait for part 2. ^^

That's about it. Oh, and here's a list of books I want to buy next week Tuesday:
X-Men: Misfits volume 1
The 39 Clues: The Black Circle
When You Reach Me
The Times Travelers


-Tzui
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"I'm Not A Hopeless Romantic / I'm Just Romantic Yeah I'm Very Hopeless"
YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE IN SPACE - The Years Gone By

Tahoe / Reno

Super sorry for not having written in a long time, though I was out on vacation for the past week at Lake Tahoe [more technically Reno]. ^^;

Since there's so many pictures I took and a long summary I could write, I'll be lazy and give an uber breif description.

JULY 25
Left early in the morning and drove for eight hours to Reno. Got at the condo around 5:30-6, hung out and planned our week
JULY 26
Went to a place called Animal Ark. Similar to zoo though they have animals that were abused, left to die or cannot survive in the wild anymore. It was neat though my mom was obsessing over the bear. I got a nifty shirt though. I don't think we did anything else...
JULY 27
Went river rafting down the Truckee River. Was super fun but I was scared at first [haha]. We had lunch on the shore and had to cross trecherous level one rapids [they weren't much]. At the end my dad fell out which was scary and funny. We went fishing at Donner Lake afterwards.
JULY 28
Went to a planetarium, visited exhibits, then watched a movie in a dome theater room. Later we went to Denny's for lunch. In the evening we went to Scheel's, this big-a** sports store that had almost every sport [mostly outdoor shtuff]. They had an indoor Ferris wheel and virtual reality games like racing and sports
JULY 29
Went to place called Boca/Stampede. Drove until we settled down to fish. I wasn't in the mood so I watched and took pictures. My mom and I got bitten by a caterpillar. We were heading to Lake Tahoe but had car trouble. We ended up in a motel in Carson City.
JULY 30
Finally reached Tahoe a day later. Got to a really nice condo place. Hung out there, had a bar-b-que. We looked around The Ridge at the stuff they've got, then headed to the jacuzzi and played A-Z categories.
JULY 31
Headed back to Reno after hiking down to Vikingsholm. Went mini golfing and go-karting, then ate DQ and got ready to leave the next day.
AUGUST 1
Headed back home after eight more hours. It's good to be back here.


-Tzui
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"Where Do We Go From Here? / We Find A Way To Disappear"
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE - Ace Enders