Tessa

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:27:50 GMT

So the play is finally over and I have to go back to leaving in the real world. I'm more than a little depressed that it is my last production in high school. So um, yeah, I hope to do more in the future. Nt much else to say.

Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:49:05 GMT

The trip to Scotland was good, now I know I really really want to go to St Andrews. The problem now is that there's like a week left in the quarter and I won't have the grades to apply and I'm really afraid to wait till February to apply. And I don't really know how to tell my mom that I think we should wait because she doesn't think so. It's all very stressfull.

Tavish is home now, which is alos quite bothersome and stressful, I'm hoping he gets a job soon so that he stops moping around and irritating everyone.

Nothing else really wonderful or interesting is happening, everything is just that wonderfully stressfulness that I think only exists in the fall of your senior year in high school.

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:16:07 GMT

My it's been a while. I guess I don't have that much to report. School is just well school, lots of work, usually quite boring. I've been having college interviews this week and I go to Scotland next week, that's still not sinking in totally I believe. But before I can get to the excitement of trans-atlantic travel I have to get through my SAT IIs next saturday morning. I've been that horriable procrastinator again and left just one week for me to study for the bio. I have the book and I'm going to make sure I do well on that test, it's so important. Oh, I do love how important school and those sorts of things are in life.

Other than school and college search related things, nothing has really been going on in my life. I;ve been working on my poetry, not as much as I would like. I gave up learning Welsh, again. I'll probably pick it up again in the spring or something. Atleast some time when I don't have so much to do.

So yeah, not much going on in this life.

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 01:50:19 GMT

Ugh, back to school. It's nice being back in a schedule but the work and the early mornings and late nights aren't that much fun. It seems like this might actually be one of my easier years, good thing as I need good grades this quarter. Yeah, going to get all serious and try to get into college, will have to see what happens with that.

Yeah, school... lovely.

Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:12:14 GMT

So many people have done this for me that I feel I must do it at least this once.

1. Reply with your name and I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll tell you what song/movie/book/fictional character/SOMETHING reminds me of you.
3. I'll pick a flavor of pudding to wrestle with you in.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me. Well, maybe just me.
5. I'll tell you my favorite memory of you, should I have one yet.
6. I'll tell you what animal or plant you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you.
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal. You MUST. It is written.
.... You don't really have to if you really don't want to, I'll forgive you.

Stolen off of Clemence.

Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:42:23 GMT

My it's been a long time. My SATs, AP and history term paper all turned out decently and I'm just glad they are months over with.

So if you didn't realize, I went away for most of the summer to Guadeloupe and Lac du Bois again. It was an amazing if overwhelmingly French summer. But I survived and hopefully my french is better for it. However I think my english got worse.

I don't really have the time or the energy to actaully write about my entire trip here on lj and all my friends will probably hear about it anyhow. But it was great and I miss everyone I met so much. I got my pictures the other day and it was really nice to look at them all. And to talk with all my friends, I picked up quite a few this summer. And then people, who's name I will not mention, Julia, have to make sarcastic comments about my having friends.

Yeah, so I'm home and hopefully I'll be updating more in the future.

Alive

Wed, 11 May 2005 01:06:17 GMT

So I made it through the week and took or passed in everything that needed to be done. So now I can do things like homework and read books and finally write some poetry.

Oh, and sail...a lot. I have a race every day this week except for Saturday. We got a fourth in the states yesterday and won 4-0 against Falmouth today. Things are going pretty well right now, it's just really hectic.

Sun, 01 May 2005 13:44:07 GMT

I feel as though everything that matters in my little world has been packed into the next ten days. Term paper, SATs, AP exam. I can't wait till May 10th when everything will be done and I can breathe again, I just don't like what I have to do to get there.

That and then I have about four races between now and then. I spent all of yesterday at practice, it feels like I spend all my time sailing. My mom says it's because I do. It's a good thing that I really love sailing otherwise there would be no way that I would spend so much time doing it.

Anyhow, I should go get to work. My term paper is calling.

Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:20:04 GMT

I'm starting to feel bad about myself again. I don't know why, everything is going so well, except maybe for History but otherwise it's all great. Little things just set me off and make me feel depressed.

Frogs

Mon, 11 Apr 2005 01:57:46 GMT

I love the sound of peepers in the spring. It's like bird songs to me, an integral part of spring and as natural as the flowers blooming. It's amazing to think that such little creatures can make so much noise. I'm going to have such trouble when I go to college, not hearing them in the springtime.

Wed, 06 Apr 2005 02:05:04 GMT

So all in all things have been going alright lately. Sailing is going very well, I am happily on the varsity team which I was sort of worried about. Though I'm very sore, it's been very windy recently. I sent a poem off to a magazine so I'll know in 1-3 months if I'll be a published poet and I think I'll be sensing another somewhere else. I just feel like doing something with my life now. I guess I'm tired of lazzing through life without accomplishing anything. The only bad thing at the moment is that my allergies are really acting up so it feels like I have a clamp on my temples slowly being tightened. Wonderful sounding it's it?

And on a side note, there are a lot of thro/thor words. It look me a few trys to spell 'through' right in the above paragraph. Weird.

State Thingy

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 02:12:38 GMT

Stole this from a few people.

bold the states you've been to, underline the states you've lived in and italicize the state you're in now...

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Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:33:49 GMT

Those crazy Scots

Swans

Fri, 18 Mar 2005 03:12:40 GMT

I finally wrote a poem which as made me very happy even if my mom is still hot on my heels about all the school stuff. I understand her view on things but I wish she would back off just a little, I would really love to relax a little in this short amount of time that is given to me.

Be careful what you wish for

Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:22:58 GMT

I used to wish I could actually do stuff during break like go out for lunch or go to museums but because mom always worked, I was left to sit at home and do nothing. Now, she's home all the time and drags me everywhere to "get me out of the house." I've barely been home at all with her dragging me out to practice driving. I'll say okay because I just think we're going to the library and back but no, we'll finally end up back home an hour later.

I like my privacy and like being home alone without anyone looking over my shoulder all the time but she never leaves and when she does, she drags me along with her. I wanted a stress free week where I could work on my writing and read and just laze about but no, she has me all worked up over this history paper, which I have sort of under control, and about my grades. And every time I pick up a book that isn't school related she has me feeling guilty for wasting my time with it.

I'm glad that I'm going away for most of the summer because I don't think that I would have been about to deal with an entire summer with her.

Oh, and Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:00:23 GMT

So we went up to Global Routes for my interview yesterday and to sort out the hwole flying thing. SO now I wouldn't be spending 14 hours on planes come July 25, at least I hope not. My interview went very well, I'm in the program which is very nice and I'm getting very excited about it.

Than, since we were in the area, we went to see the Smith College bulb show, which was a very nice taste of spring. The college's green houses are really expansive and very nice. The we drove around western Mass as to not hit the traffic on the way home.

I think I forgot to say but I didn't get the Class of '48 grant. I'm a bit upset about it because I thought I had a very good chance but now I just hope someone form my advisor group gets it. We made up 50% of the applicants, which I think is really amazing. It's not really as though the money would have made that much of a difference, probly would have paid for my airfare, now I'll just be using my inheritance.

Sailing Gossip

Sat, 12 Mar 2005 22:12:17 GMT

Sailing team gossip, oh how I love it. So as pre-season looms in the near future, we're all in a tizzy of who's doing this, and who's doing that.

First off, Sarah told me that Anna might not be returning and that Nick Spencer sailed with her during the summer and she was awful. Now I don't having anything against her as a person but Sarah and I were and are quite resentful of her position as Luke's crew last year. Both of us worked really hard to improve but just because Anna was cute, weighed almost nothing and her older sister had gone out with Miles, she raced every race and really didn't have to do much.

So if Anna is out of the picture, and I'm already sizing up crews and skippers, I hope I turn out right. There'll only be five of us left in returning varsity, which means is that all we need is another varsity skipper. I have a feeling that it will be Nick Gilson though the fact that he's not going to pre-season will work against him.

Sarah should be Becca's crew and Nick G-B, Tom's, which leaves me with whoever our third skipper is. The downside of this configuration is that we don't have any really light boats nor any really heavy ones.

I suppose the new coach will figure it all out. I've quite a lot about him through reputation and all I can say is that sailing will be hard this year, but fruitful I hope.

Sat, 12 Mar 2005 02:42:46 GMT

Trait	.	low score	high score
Sociability	4%	socially reserved, detached	friendly, open
Aggressiveness	79%	mild mannered, uncompetitive	predatory, domineering
Assertiveness	35%	introverted, loner	controlling, aggressive
Activity Level	69%	relaxed, laid back	vigorous, high energy
Excitement-Seeking	1%	sedate, restrained	adventurous, wild
Enthusiasm	44%	somber, pessimistic	cheerful, optimistic
Trust	49%	suspicious of others	trusting of others
Submissiveness	58%	rebellious, lawless	dutiful, obedient, compliant
Altruism	22%	selfish, cold, austere	helpful, selfless, indulgent
Cooperation	73%	argumentitive, confrontational	conflict averse, meek
Modesty	57%	arrogant, self-satisfied	humble, unassuming, doormat
Sympathy	22%	callous, heartless	empathetic, warm
Confidence	21%	not confident in work	confident in work, egoistic
Neatness	82%	disorganized, messy	planner, clean, anal
Dutifulness	15%	dishonest, derelict	honest, rule abiding, proper
Achievement	32%	lazy, unmotivated	driven, goal oriented
Self-Discipline	21%	procrastinator	responsible, efficient
Cautiousness	91%	spontaneous, daring, reckless	careful, controlled, safe
Anxiety	41%	relaxed, fearless	fearful, worrier
Volatility	57%	calm, cool	touchy, tempermental
Depression	49%	content, balanced	emotional, self hating
Self-Consciousness	91%	confident, assured	low self esteem, shy
Impulsiveness	13%	high self control	low self control
Vulnerability	54%	resilient, unphased	confused, helpless
Imagination	86%	practical, realistic	dreamer, unrealistic
Artistic Interests	86%	artistic indifference	art, nature, beauty lover
Introspection	43%	not self reflective	self searching
Adventurousness	39%	conventional, safe	spontaneous, bold
Intellect	88%	instinctive, non-analytical	intellectual, analytical
Liberalism	94%	conservative, traditional	progressive, open

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Stole it from Ali's journal. Don't know if it's really that accurate.

The Chicken or the Egg

Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:22:17 GMT

I learned the amazing fact today, that not only do certain people not much younger than myself, not know the difference between fertilized and unfertilized chicken eggs, but also seem to be under the impression that the miraculous conception exists within the chicken species. We knowledgeable people in the room tried to explain that eggs that will form into chicks are fertilized by roosters, we were told that we were wrong, and that roosters are another species all together.

It's almost as bad as when someone tried to tell me that penguins live in the Arctic and are prey to polar bears.

I find this level of ignorance deplorable at a high school level. I mean, I learned about chickens in 2nd grade! What are they teaching in schools today?

Fri, 04 Feb 2005 02:27:00 GMT

So exams are over, I don't really want to talk about how I did. I did well on some and quite poorly on others. If I work much harder this semester and not make the same mistakes I think I should be alright for the spring. But isn't that what we all say.

So I joined the fencing club. It's very intimidating to go and fence against people who go to national tournaments and have been doing this all their lives. But then I just have to remember that I've been only fencing for a year, I can't expect miracles. I should have fun, that's why I do it, not so I can go to the Olympics, though that wouldn't be bad, unlikely but not bad.

I started SAT class tonight, so no fencing (how sad). It should be good practice and study skills for when I have to take the actually test. The vocabulary is really easy when you have a background in Latin, which really surprised, they always say that it helps for it, but I haver realized how much. The math section at least at this point to is really remembering elementary things. You get all caught up learning hyperbolas and ellipses that you forget really easy things that you've been doing since sixth grade.

The history term paper looms in the near future but I'm feeling somewhat confidante about it. I want to do the history of nature conservancy in America. Audubon and national forests and stuff. I think it's a good topic that is neither too wide nor too narrow, and one that I can feel strongly about. I still need to work on my language essay to practice my writing but it seems to me that I will never find time for it in everything else in my life.

And I've decided that I'm going to go to Roses, which reminds me, I have to go get my ticket tomorrow. I need to be more social and even though I don't dance, I can still go and have a good time. Though I might miss the Absynthe chat, which would be a shame because I missed last month's chat and didn't really meet anyone. Though that would mean that I would have to write that pirate thing tomorrow night. I should see.

Anyhow, good night and a happy February.

p.s. Anyone know what happened with the groundhog yesterday?

Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:19:08 GMT

I got into the Guadeloupe program! I still have to submit two teacher refernces and do a phone interview but I'm essentially in.

I really can't say how excited I am. This summer is going to be great!

Finally

Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:17:57 GMT

I have finally for the first time in three days been able to log on to livejournal. It's incredibly sad to say but that fact makes me very happy.

It's been a good weekend so far, Tav left today which means that I won't have to share a bathroom with him anymore and I sent the application for the Guadeloupe trip yesterday. I really want to get in, I know I left it really late but I'm just hoping that I get in, it would really make my summer perfect.

I have done nothing today except for reading two books. I'm so glad I was told to read the Pagan Chronicles, they are so funny. Pagan is one of the most sarcastic characters I have ever read about. And the second book, about the chess grandmaster and the ballerina was just a bit strange but oddly touching all the same.

I should probably post this before livejournal decides to log me out.

A most Exhausting Day

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 02:32:56 GMT

I don't really want to talk about today. It is safe to say that it was an exhausting day and I have never walked to far carrying 20 lbs. worth of books and cello. So for what ever reason I never got into school today. I will now not have a full week of school all month long due to exams, holidays and weather related occurrences.

So anyhow at the end of the day everything turns out alright.

A Quote

Thu, 06 Jan 2005 03:52:51 GMT

How can this planet be called Earth when it is most clearly Ocean.

What a Day

Wed, 05 Jan 2005 03:51:00 GMT

I had a very good day today, despite it being the first day back to school after two weeks.

I got a book in the mail. Oh, how I love ordering things from Amazon. It's just that nice fuzzy feeling when you get a new book, and this one delivered right to my doorstep. I got The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey. It was the main inspiration for the story I'm writing now so my mom wanted to get it for me for Christmas but it's out of print so I had to order it.

I resisted procrastinating urges!! If you know me, then you probably know that that is something really huge for me. I was doing my Bio homework and there was quite a bit left and I thought I can finish up in free tomorrow, though I probably wouldn't end up doing it and then it would never get done. But no, I told myself to keep plowing through it and I finished it. Lets hope I can just keep it up.

And I managed to hit my goal of writing 500 more words of my story. If I can manage to do that most week nights I'll be golden.