T2 B30: Play time!

Sigh. I can finally get some sleep. No more dragging myself from my bed at 7. No more being exhausted for the whole day. Today, for the first time since forever, I spent my time relaxing and playing games. But hey, it's good for you. You really have to play once in a while to loosen up. Then when you get back to work, you feel nice and refreshed. If I was to get to work for the whole day, I would probably end up procrastinating. I mean, you can only focus on work for a certain time before your mind starts to wander. You need breaks in your schedule. Time to plaaay! I mean, that's what winter breaks are for: to play, loosen up and relaaax!
Enjoy your break,
Dapple Grey

T2 B29: Christmas around the corner

Oh my, Christmas is sure coming fast. It's just next week! Wow. It seemed so far away yesterday. Our present pile is slowly growing bigger and bigger. I can't wait to open them! It sure is a test of patience. Every time I look at my big homework list, I groan because I know I have to do work, and winter break's going to fly past, like it always does. I always seem to be rushing on the last day of winter break. But this year I'm going to change. Really. I'm tired of staying up past midnight rushing homework. I really do need to work on my procrastination skills, they are becoming a really bad habit, and I'll need to change them before they get worse. Sigh. I wish I could be more like Kathy C. She never procrastinates, and always gets her work done. How does she do that? I admire her, and I also admire Mimi. They look so perfect, and get really good marks. I want to be like them. So I'll change. I asked Kathy C why she was so perfect, and she replied, "I don't procrastinate because I'm bad at it." That sure gave me something to think about. Bad at procrastination? How is that even possible? It seems like everyone is procrastinating these days. Anyways, right now, I'm sitting on my comfy couch, right next to the Christmas tree. The lights are dimmed, and the only light is from the soft glimmering lights of the Christmas tree. I'm sitting here with my laptop on my lap, and sipping my warm tea.
Sigh. Just relax. Relax....
Dapple Grey

T2 B28: Movie Heaven

Yes, today was movie heaven. If my parents asked me what I did at school, I would reply: "watch movies" Because that was what I did the whole day. It was really fun. No work. At all. So what movies? First for band, we finished watching the Polar Express. It was really good. Then we got candy canes from Mr. Hurst! Hurray! Then came science. We watched "The Snow Queen". It was really mysterious and kind of scary, especially the parts with the snow queen. She totally creeped me out! Also, it was kind of sad, like the girl's mother dies. Okay, after that we had lunch where me and my friends exchanged Secret Santa presents. I got a big muk muk and a horse stuffy! I was so happy! I finally got a horse stuffy! They sure know that I'm in love with horses. And the muk muk! I don't have any Olympics mascot stuffies, except for a small muk muk keychain, so I was really happy when I got a bigger muk muk :). After lunch came Socials. During Socials, we watched the Twilight zone, which was so creepy. You don't really get the storyline until the end, when it's revealed. To lighten the mood, we watched Rowan Atkinson comedies. They were so funny! I loved them! Then in math, we watched these cartoons. (Not about math, phew!) Yup, so it was all movies. Well, we did get dismissed early, because it was the last day before Christmas break, and we got to leave at 12:30. Before we did, we went to a Christmas assembly thing. It was in the large gym and it was packed. We watched dance presentations, and band presentations, and choir presentations. They were really entertaining. Also, some of the people threw candy into the audience. I managed to get a chocolate. Anyways, some of the teachers got together and they played a couple of songs, and that was really cool as well, seeing my band teacher perform. The problem with the assembly was the getting out part. Everyone was trying to get out of the school. The hallways were really really crowded and packed, and it was so full that it got harder and harder to breathe. Plus, everyone was moving snail speed. It was okay, because I'm now free!
Winter break, here I come!
Dapple Grey

T2 B27: Circle the cat

Applied skills party was today. We had our go workbooks to do, and then we headed to the computer lab. At first, I thought we were going to work on our Brain projects there. I was so bored of researching and taking notes. I dreaded that next computer lab visit. But, when we got there, Mr. Olson told us to search "circle the cat" on google. At first, I thought that it was this weird thing that we had to do, but it was turned out to be a very addicting game, and the best thing....we got to play it for the rest of the class! It was so addicting....Really. I tried so hard to circle the cat, and by the end of the class, I circled it 10 times. But Mr. Olson gave us challenges, like trying to capture it in a heart. Alot of people could do it, but for me it was pretty hard. After a while, I just got bored of trying to trap it in a shape. Also, today was the last day of square dancing. We held it in the large gym, with all the other classes. So I got to dance with the grade 9s. They were way better at dancing than the grade 8s. Phew! I'm just glad I got that over with. Okee, now I think you want an update from our Christmas party this tuesday. Ok, so on tuesday, after lunch, me, Mimi, Leslie, and Carina walked to Oakridge for the movie there. Sadly, it was sprinkling, but we were ok, I guess. At least the walk there wasn't long. We sure had a lot to talk about. When we got to Oakridge, we had a really quick lunch, then headed to the theatre. We met up with the other Synergy kids and fooled around then. The movie was really good. I haven't watched a lot of Harry Potter movies, so it was pretty cool. I wouldn't exactly descibe it as scary, but the only scary part was when the huge snake leapt out at the screen, and then at that moment, Judy (I was sitting with her) suddenly grabbed my arm because she was scared. Oh my, having my arm grabbed so suddenly scared me more than the snake did. But that Christmas party was sure fun. Oh yeah, there was also Secret Santa. I was Leslie's Secret Santa and her present was a big teddy bear with candy wrapped around it. I didn't really know what she would like. And I found out that my secret santa was Gabriel. His present turned out to be chocolate. Yum! Last thing, I won't rant on anymore. Yesterday in band we watched the Polar Express. It was a cool movie, the last time I saw it was in Grade 3. It was really nice, I loved that movie when I was a kid.
Okay, no more ranting, I promise.
Dapple Grey

T2 B26: Socials Test!!

My tip of the day? Follow your instincts, your gut instincts. Seriously, you should, it really is right most of the time. Like today, but noo, I just didn't listen. Today was the Socials test on the Punic Wars. Everyone was so stressed about it, despite the fact that Mr. Sale post-poned it so many times. It was even funnier because at the Christmas concert last night, almost all of the synergy strings kids had their notes out, and they were studying when they weren't performing. When I got home, it was already late, so I barely had time to look over my notes. Good thing that I studied before. So then comes the test. I was prepared but there was this question that I wasn't sure of. My gut feeling said that it was option A. So I circled A. Then when I was double-checking, I turned that answer into a B because I thought that that might be right. But when Mr. Sale was telling us the answers in the end, it turned out that the correct answer was option A. See? Your gut instinct is actually pretty correct about most things. Also, I got my first christmas present! It's a gift from one of my friends. I have now placed it under the Christmas tree, and it looks perfect under the tree. Surprisingly, I'm not tempted at all to open it or even shake it. I like to be surprised by Christmas gifts. Ok, while I was desperately searching for a book to bring home for the holidays, Ms. Anderson asked me if I liked Hunger Games. I said yes, and so she recommended me this book called the Maze Runner. It looked pretty cool, so I took the book home. Ahahaha, turned out not to be a good idea. I had no homework that day, so I started to read the book right after school. It was so fastpaced, and action packed that I couldn't put it down. I had only torn myself away from it when I had to go for dinner. Then I ran back into my room to finish it. I finished it late at night, well, not that late but still, almost 12. The ending was very...disturbing, and it featured the characters turning on the lights and finding dead people hanging from the ceiling. I got the creeps for the whole night, and I could barely sleep. In the dark...shivering in my covers. Eventually, I drifted off to sleep...
At least I can relax after taking that socials test.
Relax.....
Dapple Grey

T2 B25: Concert

Okee, we watched a movie during french today. It was a cool movie, but it was in french. Luckily, it had English subtitles. It was about this conductor, and he was going to teach at this school for boys. The school was really harsh, and it punished the boys a lot. As a result, they were all troublemakers, and not welcoming to the new teacher. The conductor tries to teach them music and set up the choir. The choir is successful, but the headmaster wants to shut it down. It gets more complicated after that, but there are some sad parts. Also, because I was in band, we had a Christmas concert today. It was really awesome, because it was my first time seeing the orchestra, senior band, stage band, beginner band, and all the levels of choir perform. It was amazing, since I've never seen the rest of our music groups. I had friends in strings, band and choir, so I watched each of them perform. It was just a fun night, and I stayed after our band finished, so me, Katniss and Kathy C watched the more advanced players perform. And wow, they were fantastic. They make our band sound really beginnerish. They were just so good. Also, when the stage band was going to perform, the curtains lifted and we had such a surprise! All the band players had santa hats on, and the best part was, Mr. Hurst was in a santa outfit! That sure gave the audience a surprise.
Out of air from blowing so much into my flute, so tired....
Dapple Grey

T2 B24: Sciencefair shopping

Yay...I've finally got half the materials I need for my science project. Yup, all I got today was a bunch of different kinds of hair bands. Basically I'm stretching them for two weeks to see which kind of hairband is the most reliable...ack. I don't want to think about sciencefair anymore. It seems farther away, but it's closer than it seems. I don't like that idea. Let's just say that it's a long time until sciencefair projects are due. Okay, we had a really amusing science class today. Ms. Smedley was teaching us about the Kinetic Molecular theory, and then she made us rap. I've never really rapped before, but it was almost like speaking, except with a beat. Most of us fell behind, but you really should have seen Ms. Smedley. She was rapping super fast, right on beat, and she barely missed anything. It was just...amazing. So amazingly cool!
Rap on,
Dapple Grey