In Lit class, we were reading To Kill a Mockingbird and talking about Social Expectations, like how Scout was supposed to be more girly and less tomboy, and how African Americans were subjected to racism. Blah blah blah. The book is good, the themes are clear, love the style, can we move on? Yeah, my Timmreck score came out and it was bad. 84 freaking percent. And that's from a curve up from 68%. Life just got a little D: -er. The thing is, I don't feel any guilt. The last few tests, I guess I was lazy during study and stuff, and yes, when I got bad on those, I felt guilty, but for this one I DID study alot and do lots of questions. Maybe this is just as good as it gets? At least, before I got back onto my hard-boiled-egg brain diet. You heard right. My mother, convinced that my mathy brainfarts were attributed to my lack of hard-boiled eggs (which I swore off after eighth grade, pleading disgustingness-- I mean, hard boiled and yam and porridge all mashed up don't mix), decided to give the eggs a comeback. It's been four days, and I feel smarter already. Did that sound sarcastic? I didn't really mean it to be so. I mean, I guess I can do the problems faster. Maybe it's a placebo effect, or maybe I'm just scared of my mom (Irene swears that she's really intense, and I was all like, "Yeah, I thought YOUR (Irene's) mom was intense, and then I saw my mom."). The Momster is freaky when it's about math. You know, I'd totally be in Geometry right now if it wasn't for her. After a disastrous fourth grade in which I turned in a half-assed, two-week late Missions report, she decided that my slacky, bookworming self had got to go. I think she was pissed that I didn't get into GATE in third grade, too. We started doing stuff from math textbooks, those GATE brain-immersion textbooks, all sorts of whatnot. I was kind of like "boundaries are lame, but I shall submit because if not I will suffer corporal punishment". So I was whipped into shape and she carried on till now. I'll always be more word/science/business/creativity oriented then math, but I'm not stupid (well, not totally), and I guess I can maintain a couple of decent A's in maths. I guess I'll just have to stick to the regimen and see where the tide takes me.
On the other hand, the business/creativity side of me is pointing at this: http://www.purlbee.com/rose-barrettes/
Cute felt rose barrettes :DDDD. It's almost Valentines, and they could be all the rage. WIN. Well, that is if I get around to actually making them. Whoah, it's like pitch black outside. Better get some piano in before the parental unit arrives.
What I'm reading: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver What I'm listening to: The sound of the rain and wind