Rules of life according to Thomas Jefferson (one of my favorite presidents, unlike George Washington ( Read more... )

"Sincerity is the way of Heaven. The attainment of sincerity is the way of men. He who possesses sincerity is he who, without an effort, hits what is right, and apprehends, without the exercise of thought - he is the sage who naturally and easily embodies the right way. He who attains sincerity is he who chooses what is good, and firmly holds it ( Read more... )

"Don't ask me to leave you! Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God." Wherever you die, I will die, and that is where I will be buried. May the Lord's worst punishment come upon me if I let anything but death separate me from you ( Read more... )

Today was somewhat better than yesterday. It still was not good, but better. I kept messing things up again though. I screwed up my Spanish test, I could not remember whether I was supposed to use ser or estar for these 5 sentences...which when thinking back on, I wouldn't have even needed to do if I would have worded the sentences differently ( Read more... )

Well I'm not sure how much I really have to say. Yesterday was pretty much uneventful. Church, sunday school, trip to the gym, catching up on homework, usual fun stuff ( Read more... )

Well now, I'm more rested and I feel more up to updating. I had a nice nap and some supper and therefore feel somewhat rejuvenated ( Read more... )

I am back. It actually was overall an enjoyable experience. It definitely was not fun at times, extremely boring at others, and very tiring. But I think I'm glad I went. I did make it to regionals, but I opted not to go for various reasons. There are lots of stories about stuff that happened. Maybe I'll update later and talk about it. But I ( Read more... )

"The present never ages. Each moment is like a snowflake, unique, unspoiled, unrepeatable, and can be appreciated in its surprisingness ( Read more... )

Ok, hopefully this shall be short. I still have quite a few things I need to do before tomorrow ( Read more... )

Oh finally! I have finished (except for proofreading) my Othello take-home test. It is seventeen pages long. And before people start jumping to conclusions about me making things too long, I asked Mrs.Dunlap how long she wanted them to be and she said in the past each essay has been about 3 pages. Well 3 time 5 is 15. Therefore mine being 17, ( Read more... )