New!

Hehe, did you see my last post? I was trying the Blogger emailer, which for some reason I never found until some digging around in my French/study hall/TA class. Pretty convenient, although I wish there was an app...though using email to update is a reasonable alternative. And yes, I typed all that by hand...finger. It's my latest AP French composition, revised and turned in for a grade. Oh, Romance languages, how I wish I were eloquent in you.

I also finally updated the posting system. Haven't been behind the times or anything.

Besides blogging news and Bin Laden dead, AP week has struck and I'm scared out of my mind. I did manage to photograph all of my art pieces in the school gallery today, though there's a lot of actual creating to be done...along with ripping some of my canvases off of their frames. Sad day :(.

Nonetheless, I want to take a nap, so nap it is!

day thirty (!!!)

A photo of yourself today + three good things that have happened in the past 30 days

My 365 for today; click photo to be redirected to my Flickr :)

1. I got an iPhone...and a case for it (today!), along with discovering many new and intriguing applications. Pocket frog, you are my favorite.
2. I ate more avocados than I have in probably the past year. Having another for lunch tomorrow!
3. I learned to appreciate gym class for what it is--basic physical education. Although this is completely hypocritical since I'm dreading tomorrow's speed ball game...I am neither a punter nor a dunker nor a good passer, and this game mixes my lack of talent in three completely different sports (football, soccer, basketball). I preferred our floor hockey unit :(.

And the 30-day challenge (#2!) is complete! I'm excited, should I start another? Hmmm :)

day twenty-four

A photo of something that means a lot to you

I could not get lamer, but I don't have any other photos on hand :(.

SAY HELLO TO MY IPHONE 4...something that apparently means a lot to me! Well, yeah. It does. Not exactly what I want to represent my priorities and values, but will do.

nostalgia, AGAIN

I'm killing some time/doing a few things I've been meaning to for a while, one being backing up my phone contacts in preparation for my new phone, which will be arriving in less than a week.

(First, I'd like to say that I'm impressed with Verizon's backing system, which quickly uploads all your contacts (300+ for me) onto your online account, which can be accessed anywhere and also downloaded onto new phones. Maybe this is an old thing and I'm outdated, but I think it's so cool and beats having to reenter all your contacts [what happened when my LG Chocolate died--nothing would transfer in the store].)

After doing that and taking the time to scroll through my contacts online, I decided to also (finally) upload all my mobile phone photos onto the computer using the adapter SD chip. I love this thing and probably should have used it from the start of my micro SD experiences, but never really thought of it until recently, when I stopped doing mobile food uploads for a few months. After I realized I was a couple dozen pictures behind, the prospect of sending MMSes to Facebook seemed rather idiotic. This is definitely the way to go.

But while taking my micro SD card out, I had to remove my LG Versa from its hard keyboard-attachment case, which I never do...and feeling the size of the bare phone in my hands struck a string of nostalgia in me. I'm not exactly sure why, and it's pretty sad to admit that I did feel a connection with my phone, but nevertheless...it's true.

I remember fighting my way to this phone, researching for days and finally stumbling upon the Versa, whose release was conveniently a week or two after my Chocolate broke; instead of quickly buying a replacement phone, I begged my parents and waited and when the day came, it was glorious. I went after school with a previously-placed order, receipt in hand, and walked out of the store with this radiant box of yummy technology. I loved my Chocolate, but this was the first phone that I was crazy for and received.

Two years later, the iPhone 4 comes along. In retrospect, and in current-spect, my Versa still works very well even if it is a bit laggy (though I think it's my fault for accidentally sort of hacking the system and storing more text messages than is allowed) (also I had a couple hundred photos on it, even though I constantly delete old ones and this shouldn't matter anyhow) (why did I delete them when I could have just uploaded them!!! Argh) and technically I don't need a new phone...but as my contract just expired and college will likely require some sort of smartphone anyway, I felt like it was an opportune time. Plus, I am an amateur tech junkie at heart and this kind of stuff (being able to get my hands on new appareils quickly) always makes me so happy, even if it's just materialism at its core. Yeah.

However, I do plan on keeping my Versa handy, whether to pass onto someone else or to simply store in case I need a back-up phone (apparently a very good idea, since many of my friends/people I know have had problems and can't buy new phones without paying full price and thus are stuck with broken ones? Something like that?). I still very occasionally pull out my chocolate and turn it on and start typing out some text messages--I love the feel of the buttons, something that was hard to get used to without when I switched--the Versa's buttons are so hard to press--and probably will do the same for my Versa baby come a bout of nostalgia. Like right now.

ANYWAY, it's getting late and I have my last (I think!) college interview tomorrow, followed by a full day spent with a church in Philly, leading to a concert in the evening by Tim Be Told and The Reilly Band. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to dress for an interview --> hang out --> concert, but I guess we'll see. It's also meant to snow/rain tomorrow...always a surprise!

day eighteen

Something you crave a lot

A film SLR...which surprisingly, I received in the mail today :). Thank you Victor! He's lending me his 50mm lens and giving me the extra AE-1 he bought--I'm so, so psyched to test it out (I actually already played with it a bit and cleaned parts of it, but no where to the extent that I plan on)!!!

Another thing I'm craving is the iPhone 4 for Verizon, WHICH AS OF TODAY HAS A RESERVED QUANTITY THAT IS PURCHASABLE FOR CURRENT VERIZON CUSTOMERS and my brother bought me one at 3am today, when it went on sale online! I don't know what I'm more excited about at the moment, this camera or my new phone. My goodness.

But to put a damper on today, the report card I received yesterday afternoon was flawed :(. I noticed that my AP Statistics teacher curved our midterm grade, which was incredibly kind and bumped me up back into the 90s (I was doing fine until just recently so I sort of felt like it was appropriate), BUT I became aware that it was an accident today, and I do think she changed it back. Which is actually very upsetting since I perceived my grades as fairly strong with that one in the 90s, but after the drop I can't help but feel sad, if not disappointed.

Yet at the same time, it really is the grade I deserve. And I'm writing a scholarship essay on dishonesty, so this is fitting. Even though I was not dishonest, in all honesty, I'm lucky to have an 88 with the effort I lacked at the end of the marking period (although I studied 5+ hours for the midterms...sigh).

Time to trust in God--or should I say: a reminder that I need to trust in God always and less in my academic transcript.

OKAY but I cannot trust God to delay my scholarship deadline that I've just barely become eligible to apply to, so OFF I GO. Forty-five minutes until its submission!

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PS, I can't believe I forgot this; Happy Chinese New Year, of course! :))

PPS, If this challenge q was asking about food: avocados and mashed potatoes.