81 (skipped blog 79)

My total blog count for the term is 81 (I accidentally skipped blog 79)

Kelly: Yeah, I heard Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Utada Hikaru has done a cover of it! For some reason, though, I like Wake Me Up When September Ends better. Though BoBD also sounds pretty good.
I gave up on Facebook, because it was such a distractor. Although I don't go there often, once I do, I spend a huge amount of time there.

Paraphrase (JC)
The first ever recorded finding of a dinosaur bone, 100-years before its second discovery, was met with indifference, and eventually lost. American were thought by the Europeans to be vastly inferior to their European counterparts. Also, there was the problem of discovering remains of species that were extinct, causing the prevailing theory at the time that everything has its place in the world to fall apart. There were expeditions sent to explore America past the Mississipi River, hoping to find live versions of those species, but none were found. Later on, other species were exaggerated way beyond what they really were.

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To Kelly: Actually, I forgot why. There originally was a reason, I guess. Then I forgot it.
Probably had something to do with habits, and confusion, and so on and so forth.


I went to school today, and finished my Japanese test.
I hope I did well, and I think I did, but the realistic me knows I didn't do well.
Why? Well, while doing the hiragana and katakana translations of romaaji, I kept on making mistakes, and erasing as I go along. I didn't have much time to check, so I might have gotten a lot wrong. Sigh.

I've been listening to Can't Stop by Maroon 5. Its pretty much my song of the day. Yesterday, I've played it only 3 times, now, its 10 times. Its now tied for 5th place with CBR's Put Your Records On. 'Can't Stop' has a catchy beat, they're right, there's more stuff on this album which you could sort of dance to. The closest thing on CBR is 'I'd Like To', and that one definetly isn't a dance track.
By the way, the second most popular Maroon 5 song I had, the one before Can't Stop overtook it, was Sunday Morning. It used to my favourite song (actually right now it sort of is), but the quality is pretty bad on this song for some reason. It's not mine, actually, its the previous owner of the computer's.

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I'm feeling better now; I'll probably go to school tomorrow.
Should I?
I really don't know. All I know is that it'll be very inconvenient if I don't go; I'll have a huge load of work to do on the day that I do go back to school.

I'm toying the idea of covering my monitor with a piece of paper that says 'Fight Computer Addiction!' I'll probably get around to it once I get around everything else.

Oh yeah, the top songs thing.
I'd Like To-Corinne Bailey Rae
Trouble Sleeping-" " "
Put Your Records On-" " " There's a reason its the most successful single from CBR
Goodnight Goodnight-Maroon 5
Better That We Break-" "
Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro-Utada Hikaru (she's probably going to have one song on every list I make)
Do You (feat Utada) -Ne-Yo (I just had to bold that)
Always On Your Side-Sting and Sheryl Crow (I'm not sure if the title's right)
2 Hearts-Kylie Minogue (second time) I listened to 'X', her latest album, on Sympatico MSN. It was not really that good. Her best song was 2 Hearts, although that was an excellent song.
Wake Me Up When September Ends-Green Day

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JC accuses me of infecting her with the flu.
I'm not surprised, although I do have my doubts.
However, I do think I might have infected a lot of people today. Maybe I shouldn't have gone to school.
I remember during our French test, when I sneezed, Ms. Ziakos gave me an evil look.
By the way, our Japanese test was postponed. That was soooooo good. Because if it wasn't, I think its highly possible I would have failed it.
By the way, I got my math test marks back today. I got 70%, which is really low. Luckily, I had a 90% average, so now I have a 81,6% or so average. KB told me that our teacher might give out random bonus marks, but I don't think he'll give them to me. I'm not exactly his brightest student.
I was prejudiced against MSh today. I got a bit of angry at him, and TP also got some of the overspill. He was asking me about my math test marks, and I asked what he got, and he told me he got 91%. I then sort of exploded after that. After calming down right now, I think that it was not his fault at all. It was only I who asked him what his marks were, and it wasn't his problem that I got such low marks. Although he does have a reputation for bragging, but thats what bragging rights are called. Personally, though, I really don't like that. I sort of hate it with a passion, but I probably do it sometimes...
YS was awesome today. After school, when I was whining about how, if it snowed today, I'll have to walk to school tomorrow in the snow, and get a even worse cold. I know, I shouldn't have whined, but I felt like it! Anyways, I didn't expect anyone to listen to me at all, and just dismiss it as some random rambling. But YS did not. He listened to me, then inquired a bit about where I lived, then offered his monthly bus pass for me, where then he would walk. I of course refused, as I did have some passes of my own, and shut my mouth after that. But that was very kind of him, and I would never have done that.
I don't think I should got to school tomorrow. I'm really not feeling well, actually. So, I probably won't be at school tomorrow.

77

My mom left for Japan today...

Sigh.
She's probably landed now by the way.


Also, its only my brother and I now.
Hmph.


In addition, I'm sick. Actually, I've been sick since Friday, and I went to see the doctor on Saturday. I also ran into JC, VD, and JL at Oakridge.

I guess I should go and study for my French and Japanese end of term tests tomorrow, and then my Science test, plus finish my SS, Science, AS homework, and study for the upcoming theory exam.

I should really get started...

By the way, there was a problem with blogger, so I couldn't publish or save for quite some time.

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I am so sorry I forgot all about the paraphrase.
I kind of forgot most of it...

Paraphrase:
Usher figured out the age of Earth using biblical references. Other people chose other ways, such as coal mines, but all of those estimates were grossly incorrect.

That's about as much as I can remember now...

Blog:
I've been listening to Corinne Bailey Rae's self-titled album.
Some people are great singers, such as Christina Aguilara and Mariah Carey. However, they don't have what I would call angelic voices. Bailey Rae has that kind of voice. She's just awesome.

In addition, It Won't Be Soon Before Long (the album) by Maroon 5 is also on my playlist. It's pretty good, like pretty much everything from Maroon 5.

75 Big Questions/Big Answers

For the video, are we supposed to submit notes, or 'big questions/answers?'

Why doesn't the moon fall if the apple does?
-the moon is affected by the gravity, but since it is so far away and travelling at such a high speed, its momentum keeps it in orbit.

How does radium emit energy if it doesn't have a source of energy?
-energy comes in packets called quanti
-however, lots of uncertainty

-Galilei Galileo - testing by experimentation
-falling rate of items w/ different mass
-Newton-Law of Universal Gravitation
-all objects have gravitational pull
-Laws of Motion
-SEcond Law of Thermodynamics
-Rudolf Klauseus-in energy exchange, some energy will always be lost
-Magnetic fields-Michael Faraday
-used magnetic field to create electricity
-James Clerk Maxwell
-Albert Einstein Special Theory of RElativity
- Says that space + time are not constant
-e=mc squared
-Quantum Theory Max Plunk
-Marie Curie had radium, which glowed without apparent source of energy
-lots of uncertainty, weird principles, electrons at both place at same time
-Newton had 1st theory of light-particle properties Corpuscular Theory
-Young showed light has wave properties
-Einstein said light has both qualities
-Nucleus
-one equperiment in whcih alpha particles were shot at gold foil
-expected it to go through
-but some where deflected
-due to the very dense nucleus
-superconductivity-Dutch scientist created liquid helium
-found resistance lowered as it became colder
-~4 degrees above absolute zero, resistance of the mercury was zero
-called superconductivity
-goal is to find superconductors at room temperature
-Quarks-Murray Gell-Mann
-proposed that neutrons/protons were made of quarks
-later proved to be true,
-experiment was like an electron microscope picture of nucleus
-3 quarks
-Theory of everything
-theory unifying S/WNF+EM is really bad
-extremely 'ugly' relative to theories of gravity

What patterns do planets follow in their orbits?

Can Earth revolve around something else?

What's happening with Mercurys' orbit?

What was the origin of Earth?

Blog:
Remember before, when I was becoming apathetic towards marks?
Well, I sort of still am, but I just remembered the goals I sort of made last year. One of them included getting good marks (well, it was a lot more specific and in-depth than that, but I'm not going to go into it). So, now I have to start caring again. And I need to care now, because my marks are dropping.
As of a couple of days ago, I had an A in English, Science, Math, Japanese, and French for sure, with hopefully an A in Applied Skills and Socials, and most likely a B in PE. But now, it seems that I only have an A right now in Japanese, and the Science A is in jeopardy. Actually, the fate of the Japanese A is yet to be decided, because I have the by far biggest test this term next week.
Why?
Well, I didn't do my homework for French, which resulted in me getting a 1/10 on the homework check. That is scarily low. Homework is most likely worth at the very least 10% of the mark. which means that I have to get at the very least 94.1% or so, maybe more to get an A. Ugh. And the Unit 1 test is coming up, and with the amount of tests that I have, I dont' think I'll do well on any.
With English, the memory book is seriously wrecking my chances of getting an A. Mr. Hauck said that our memory book could be as plain as we wanted it to be, and NL asked him if he was going to give extra marks for making it prettier, and he said no. Well, being as naive as I was, trusted him, and turned up with four sheets of paper in a folder. It was very plain. Then, on the day that it was due, he said that he was going to mark us on creativity, which includes the format (in this case, folder) that it was in. There goes 4 marks. Then, another 4 marks were based on whether or not it was edited and refined. Mine wasn't. I thought that, since it was a memory book, it should be based on raw memories, and I don't refine my memories. Ugh. I will never ever trust Mr. Hauck again when it comes to things like this.
In math, well, I've taken it for granted that I won't get an A. Its a bit of disappointing, especially after I knew that I was getting an A after the first test. If I didn't know that, I wouldn't be disappointed. But, now, we had a quiz and a test, and I did poorly on both. On the first one (the quiz), I got an absolutely borderline B. It was 72.9 something %. On the test, I couldn't finish two problem solving questions, both worth at the very least 2 marks each, and 4 scantron questions (hopefully only 1 mark each). That means 6 marks gone forever. Which means that, if I got 100 % on everything else, the test must be out of at least 42 marks. Which it is not. I remeber there being 17 scantron questions, 5 problem solving questions, 6 other questions worth possibly 2 marks, and 2 questions worth possibly 1 mark. Okay, so that is 41 marks. Hm. Maybe, just maybe. But I have never EVER gotten a 100% on any math unit test in high school. Even when I was in Grade 8 regular, my highest was something like 95%. And that only happened once. What chance do I have of 100% in Math 9E?
In Japanese, to prepare for the test next week, I have to memorize 100 characters, and a dozen of other terms and such. Terms I might be able to squeeze an A (just barely), but the characters are a lost cause. In three months, I have only memorized about 25. Now I have to memorize 75 in 3 days.

I feel the stress coming right now.

Sigh.

73/74

Blog 73
I couldn't do a blog today, because after I came home, I ate, then slept. I was going to sleep for only 1 hour for a power nap, but I ended up sleeping until 3:00 in the morning. Then, I ate something, and decided to do some homework. However, the internet was down, so I couldn't make a blog.

I was really really tired after not sleeping early enough for quite a few days. Its becoming a habit.

Blog 74
I was looking at the play counts on my iTunes today, and I was somewhat surprised. Its important to keep in mind, however, that most of the songs I listen to aren't on iTunes. Also, the previous owner of the computer had listened to alot of songs, and I haven't listened to them much.
Name Play Count
1. Stickwitu-Pussycat Dolls 42 (not mine)
2. Crushed-Rosette 31 (not mine)
3. Dirty Little Secrets-The All American Rejects 21 (not mine)
4. Naked-Marques Houston 21 (not mine)
5. Fix You-Coldplay 18 (not mine)
6. Unwritten-Natasha Bedingfield 17 (not mine)

and it continues so on and so on until my first placing one:
7. Kiss & Cry-宇多田ヒカル (Utada Hikaru) 10
8. Fly Me To The Moon-Utada Hikaru 9
15. Kiss & Cry-Utada Hikaru 8
16. 2 Hearts-Kylie Minogue 7
17. Do You (feat. Utada)-Ne-Yo 7

So, the top four out of my top 5 (2 Hearts and Do You are tied) are by Utada Hikaru. Hm.

By the way, Do You was just released Nov. 21 on Japan iTunes, so after only 3 days (in Canadian time, it was released on the 20th) it has shot up to number 17. That's pretty good...

72

I am absolutely stuck for an idea for memory book.
And its due tomorrow.
Argh.
Better go now.

71

I was quite disappointed when John Legend's concert was removed from the MSN In Concert shows.
Oh well.

Ordinary People-John Legend
And I've been listening to 2 Hearts (Kylie Minogue) again. Its finally scaling the charts, but not really here in Canada yet.

Paraphrase:
Lyle began to lose his sight. He was a geologist, and worked a lot on Hutton's theory, although, like everyone else, he never ever got through his works. But because of this, everybody thought that Lyle was responsible for the theories of Hutton. Later on, there was another large debate, opening up between the Neptune and the Pluto (I think) people. Lyle was a catastrophisist, who believed that Earth was made due to catastrophes. After his death, some of Lyle's theories were proven incorrect. Also, there was some controversy regarding rocks and their classifications due to time periods. Well, it was a huge controversy, but it was solved eventually.