Another AP World Story

It seems this class is the most fun, and it keeps me entertained...very entertained. A long time ago, my friend said that my teacher (which is also her teacher) never laughed. She also said that all she said that ALL she cares about is geography- of which I strongly disagree (with both). But, she she made a demonstration with her pretending to be at the chalkboard and pointing at something saying "Geography, geography, geography, and geography is why we have... Geography...." I was sitting in class the other day and that came back to me... I started laughing- good thing she didn't notice! Then, today, I was thinking about the INCREDIBLES movie, and noticed how she looked like, well, Edna, then I remembered the "Go fight, WIN!" and at that moment, she smiled. I laughed again. She doesn't actually look like Edna, that's a little harsh, I will draw her and you'll see! Happy Halloween!
~Rayanna~

Aww...maaaannnn....I've been "Boo-ed"

I haven't been the good kind of "boo-ed" like Boo and Sully in Monsters INC. Nooooooo. I have been Blog "Boo-ed." You know, I always STUNK at Tag when I was little... and now.... Actually, last year, we learned how to play Dutch Duck- Duck Goose, when we sit in four rows with the 1st person of each row sitting knee by knee. You say "Con" or some other word and con means go with the tagger, the other word means to run the other way around as the tagger, and the last one to sit is out. It's really fun... especially when you don't listen to the directions and purposly go the other way than what you call.... Anyways...

~Rayanna~

HOUSE!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!

I am extremely excited to report, we are getting PAVED! Yes, we paid our deposit yesterday, and we are getting our road paved by the end of November! Which means... we'll have to move again in like, 4 months!!!!! WOOO HOOO! After almost a year in waiting, we were wondering if we could wait(There have been very many jokes about taking a spoon/shovel and digging out are basement our selves over the last couple of months :D)! WHOO HOO! By the summer, we will be moved in, and settled, and happy, and not in a postage-stamp(apartment) and we will have an awesome PAINTING PARTY!! YAY YAY YAY!!! Whoo HOO!
~Rayanna~

AP Test Anxiety- OVER!

Well, in the days creeping up to my test day, I was freaking out! I even had PANIC ATTACKS!! Well, it was two weeks ago. The panic attacks quickly stopped- especially after I got my test back today! Each of the two sections were worth 50% of this unit exam grade. I got a 42/50 on the multiple choice and I got that part, then I carefully looked through that essay... I got a 6/9, which sounds bad, but the average was a 4.5/9! Together, I got an 80(out of 100)! And the average for the overall test was a 70! I was freaking out!!! I don't really know why I got panic attacks, I really haven't have them before, and I wasn't THAT freaked out! Weird, what your big pink brain can do to you....

Drawing....

Okay, so I am NOT talented in the artistic ability of drawing... well, at least not as talented as I would like to be. And of course, when I decide I want to draw something, I always start with the hardest thing- a person. But I have finally found a way to draw and hide my drawing insecurities! For example, I drew a person, with a pumpkin for a head, and the hands in the pockets of the pants! There is a fellow blogger who's art work I LOVE and I have always wanted to draw like a cartoonist, or a caricaturist. I am one of those people who doesn't believe in the "Take a picture, it'll last longer..." physic. I take the harder, rockier road, and draw it... it gives me a chance to put my personality into it.

~Rayanna~

Yay!

Today was the third day of the school year where I didn't have more than 3 homework questions! Now I am lazy, and I don't want to do those 3 questions! Good thing I have two study halls tomorrow... :~D

"With age, comes responsibility..." and all that JAZZ!

Now that I am getting older, I am learning new things(big surprise right?)! Like the quote above from Spiderman only not quite. More like, Monster's INC. when Randall calls Mike a 'cretant' and Mike says "First of all, it's 'Cretan,' if you're gonna threaten me, do it properly." A Cretan, are the people of the island Crete, which is below Athens. It is because of AP World, that I now fully understand this quote. There are many quotes in Hercules, which I hated when I was younger because I could not understand it, that I can know understand. (YAY!)

~Rayanna~

I have been 'friendship tagged.' Have you?

I can practically hear all of your jealousy. Okay so here are the questions so I can deserve this friendship award.

1. Do you have the same friends since childhood? The only reason I can answer this question is because people change in high school. NO WAY IN BEEEP!! One of my friends has branched out, one of my old friends has adopted questionable behavior, and another is just... well... different. But the good news is... I do have at least one fantastic friend who had stood by me, and one's all I need.

2. What do you value most about your friends? Their opinion and their lack of judgement on me.
3. Are your friends sounding boards? When I need them, most of them are there. I guess it's one of those "It'll come with age..." things!

4. What is your favorite activity to share with friends? Talk, act crazy, go to movies and go to lunch on the lake.

Another October Movie Review

I really haven't noticed how many movies I watch a month, until I started doing these movie reviews, and I don't usually do the movies I see on TV regularly. Anyway here's another one for this month!

This month's (2nd) Movie Review is... Nim's Island!

Originally, I had no interest in seeing this movie. I thought it was going to be a movie that kids 8 and under would love and never stop talking about (Like Finding Nemo which I love), but it actually wasn't, and I give this movie a 3 star rating.
Nim's Island is about a little girl, who lives with her father on a remote island in the middle of the ocean. Her father is a marine bioligist and how they even survive with his pay, I don't know. Nim loves to read books about a heroic, main character, and after something happens to her father, she calls on her favorite character for help. Then she figures out that her hero is just fiction and that the writer of her favorite books is a complete failure. See the movie to find out what happens!
~Rayanna~

Craigslist

Mom LOVES Craigslist! Craigslist is basically Ebay-without taxes. You post things you want to sell, and wait for responses, then you meet up with the person to exchange. It's really cool, we just bought a sectional for really cheap, but as a result, it gets smaller and smaller in this postage stamp we call an apartment. There is everything from jobs, to treadmills listed! The possibilities are endless of stuff you could find there!