History Class: It felt so good to be “smart” in history today. Since I did all of my previous notes for chapter 18, I had a really easy time in class today. We had a sub and we had chapter 18 questions due at the end of the period. I didn’t even need to look at the book much to answer them and I finished before the bell rang. A huge difference compared to what I usually do before.

Picture Day: I’m so bummed today…it was picture day! And of all people…my class doesn’t take pictures today! We were told it was on WEDNESDAY. Everyone else took pictures! I wore one of my favorite shirts AND my mother curled my hair! I come to PE class and Wagner tells us we’re not dressing. At first I thought she was kidding since she likes to make lame “jokes” like that. In fact all we did was read an article and write a summary about it.

What makes me REALLY angry is Wagner just had to say “I knew we weren’t going to dress, I planned it out this week.” OMFG! If she planned it why didn’t she tell us?! Now I don’t know what to wear tomorrow and I wasted my mom’s time this morning doing my hair. SHIAT.

Earning My Grades: I feel really good about my grades…who wouldn’t? Not to be braggy. For the six week grading period I have all “A’s”. And hopefully the second grading period will be likewise :smile:. I honestly can say I have earned my grades.

I remember being a “bad” student my freshman year. That was when I was sometimes lazy, sometimes depressed, sometimes too tired to do my homework. Because of this, I would copy from other people a lot. By the middlish of the year I started shaping up. I either did my own homework or I would accept that I didn’t do it and not copy. Although I did shape up, I still didn’t feel great. Don’t remember why, but I didn’t feel too great.

This year though I’ve been keeping up with my homework. I’ll admit, there have been times where I panicked because I either didn’t finish my homework or left it at home and copied from usually either Benny or Amed. But those times were rare and I have definitely paid my dues by letting other people borrow my homework. It feels so good to be earning these good grades again.

Improving Myself: So far I’ve been trying my best for all of my classes. One class I know I could improve in is AP World History. For the in class group work, I’ve been depending on Amed a lot. And now we have new groups, which means I will have no one to depend on. [At least from my new seat I can actually see the board!] It’s a bit scary because history is definitely not my strong point, but I feel like I can do it as long as I keep up with the homework. I realized that EVERYONE can be good at history…as long as they do the homework. Of course some of us (like me) are horrible at interpreting things and remembering things in history, but as long as you do the homework you won’t be so lost.

Saying No: Say no to drugs, kids! Just kidding. But seriously, DO say no to drugs. Okay, I’m SO not funny, but at least I tried. :oops: Anyway, remind me to say no when someone asks for my homework. I’ve been too nice about it lately. Don’t you agree that it’s totally not fair, spending hours on your homework and getting no sleep while someone else can copy your homework in ten minutes? Very unfair. I’m not cruel; if you’re ever in a bind and didn’t do your homework I’ll be happy to help you out. If you keep asking me for my homework, of course I’m going to say no. I DO think homework is a big deal, no matter how geeky that sounds. I mean, what are you going to learn if you never do it? Why should you use other people for their homework? Who’s going to let you copy in college? I rest my case.

Yesterday night I finished Harry Potter! So sad….[spoiler]Dumbledore died! I mean, I had accidentally read a spoiler, but I still wasn’t prepared for the fact that Dumbledore died. *shakes fist at Malfoy and Snape* Dumbledore’s my favorite character. Aww. I actually cried, like I did in the last book. I never realized why Ginny was so shy before…it was because she liked Harry.[spoiler] I let Helen borrow the book, so I don’t have it anymore, lol. But I do plan to re-read it sometime soon.

Today James and Matt visited my house in the afternoon. It’s Matt’s last day here in California today. He’s moving to Oregon. I’ll miss him. Anyway, it was nice of them to drop by. I’m glad I got to say good bye.

My mom, aunt, cousin, and I went to Fashion Island today. These people were imitating Neal Diamond…or whoever. No idea who he is, but lots of people like him obviously and they liked the imitators too. It was crowded, and I think all of the paid seats were taken. We just stood for a few songs and then left. I got a shirt and one pair of pants.

This is the picture on my shirt. I took it with our digital camera. Isn’t it cute?

That’s definitely me.

There were lots of doggies. There were these two HUGE doggies. One looked like a sheep dog and another was a great dane. The sheep dog looking one was so adorable. It looked like a huge stuffed animal. You could ride on it, lol. There was also a pet store with little puppies at the window. It was the first time I’ve ever seen small puppies at a pet st ore because I usually just see bigger looking dogs. These puppies could fit in my hand, aww. They were probably the most amusing things at Fashion Island for me, lol. I also played games on my cellphone when I was bored.

So that’s about it. I’m going to see Benny tomorrow. Yay!

I slightly changed the date and time format for the diary. I hope the change takes place in all of my older entries…although I highly doubt it. I think it’s only for future entries.

I can finally eat “real” food now! I’ve been eating food other than pudding for the past few days.

My mom bought me Shrimp Scampi. LOVE that stuff. Yum. She bought my brother this “stuffed chicken” thing. It has, like, spinich in it. He didn’t like it…lol.

Today I took out the stitches. An assistant did it, since taking out stitches really isn’t a big deal and the dentist had lots of other patients to deal with. The assistant put numbing stuff on my gums before she took out the stitches. I guess maybe it would have hurt if it wasn’t a bit numbed. It tasted like bubblegum. Although it made my tongue feel icky.

It didn’t take too long, but I ended up waiting for quite a while afterwards because my mom still had to get her teeth cleaned. I sat in the car reading my new Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book. Good thing I brought it! I’m on page 555 by the way. What a coincidence! Pefect numbers. lol. Now that I think of it, I’m pretty close to finishing the book. We finally left around 1 PM.

We went home for a bit and left for my mom’s salon. My cousin David and my aunt also came. David got a hair cut. I got a hair cut today too. My hair was so long! It reached my waist. Now it’s about half way. My mom layered only the front. It feels much lighter…or maybe it’s just in my mind…but yes. To be honest I feel “prettier” with such long hair. Oh well. No more split ends! Yay!

Oh and yes. Yesterday I officially changed the layout for this diary. It still has the teddy bear theme. I was getting sick of looking at the other old layout, which happens only after a long period of time. I’m not saying this to be vain. I just usually never get sick of layouts. I also decided to change it because the old layout was for when people actually visited the diary. Now that this diary is locked, I have no need in displaying stuff for visitors. Now the only person that matters is me. DOH, I forgot to take a screenshot. Wait, nevermind. I have a screen shot on my collective. Even if I forgot it wouldn’t matter because I kept the original code just in case.

I’ve been doing IM pranks from this website. Good when you’re bored. I’m on a quest for finding FUNNY conversations. As of now, I have not yet found an even slightly humorous one.

Benny’s mom likes me!

That’s very sweet of Benny, too.

Well, I’m still having a huge urge for REAL food, but at least I’m not afraid to swallow my own saliva or to swallow food anymore. At least when I can finally eat, I’ll be very happy :P

So today’s meals consisted of mashed potatoes, mashed potatoes, pudding, and yogurt. There’s only pain (usually) when I move my mouth or eat and sometimes swallow. That’s a good thing! And I just don’t get an infection or something, all is going well.

I’ve been reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince! I wanna finish it before school.

Also, I want to clean out my room and closet. That way we could give the stuff we don’t need to people who actually need them.