Gamblers News

I just got back from one of those college info sessions that pretty much everyone my age has experienced. I know that there isn’t really any guarantee of getting admitted to any Ivy League school, so I shouldn’t get too attached to the idea of attending any of them. However, I just have to say it; I wanna go to Yale! *sniff*

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There has been a case before the Supreme Court regarding property rights, and the right of the government to force people to sell their land in the name of public good. The case was brought by several homeowners in New London, Connecticut because the city was trying to make them sell their homes because the property is needed for a PRIVATE development project. Just to make that clear; it wasn’t for a school, highway or hospital. The city wanted to give the land to a private developer to build an office complex.

My schedule for school next year is as follows:

1st Semester:

1 - Honors World Issues, 2 - AP European History, 3 - 4th year French, 4 - UW Extension Composition, 5 - AP Statistics, 6 - TA (hopefully for Mme Stiles)

2nd Semester:

1 - Honors American Issues, 2 - AP European History, 3 - 4th year French, 4 - UW Extension Literature, 5 - Wind Ensemble, 6 - AP Statistics

Everyone tell me if we have classes together!

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I got my SAT 2 scores back.

770 on the Chemistry one

710 on the Math Level 2.

Math is always my lowest score on everything!

Argh!

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How can people ‘marry’ themselves to a 12 year old? There comes a point when living in a different culture is no excuse for abject inhumanity. Abducting, raping, and ‘marrying’ 12 year old children is one of those times.

By refusing to condemn the behavior, we are in effect condoning it. Maybe someone should ask the little girls how they feel about living in a different culture.

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My neighbor went on a business trip to France. They gave him a free magazine in his hotel room and he brought it home and gave it to me. (My mom had mentioned to him that I’m taking French.) The magazine is a copy of Vogue.

IT’S PORN. Seriously. I don’t understand how a magazine that’s supposed to be about clothing and fashion can be half-full of naked people. There are random pictures of people having sex. No caption, no explanation. Just “YAY FOR SEX! Moving on…” Hm. Maybe I’m just not sophistiqué enough to understand the artistry of random naked people fondling each other.

Yeah.
That’s it.
It’s in black and white!
It must be art!

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So, I got back from Girl’s State at 11:30 this morning and promptly took a 4 hour nap. I’m still tired, but not enough to fall asleep; just enough to be really lethargic and lazy. Anyway, here’s a day-by-day account of my adventures.

Sunday, June 12th - Ellensburg doesn’t know what hit them

I got to Central Washington University at about 2. Checked in, met some really cool people and found my room, which was pretty nice. Overcame my first challenge of the week: making a bunk bed. Met my roommate Beth and some other members of my city. Was one of 3 girls in my city to pass the bar exam, meaning I could run for judicial positions. Went to flag lowering and dinner, then to assembly and finally to bed.

Tomorrow I leave for Girl’s State, a big political nerd get-together. I’ll be back on the 18th; expect a full report.

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Total volume of music files on my computer:

Dunno. Never looked and not sure I know how to…

The last CD I bought was:

Phantom of the Opera. Because the Phantom was hot despite the mask.

Song playing right now:

Bandages - Hot Hot Heat

Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:

Ballade – Debussy
Soul Bossa Nova (Austin Powers Theme)
Devil Went Down to Georgia

An Affair to Remember Theme

Rebel Rouser

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One word of this gets around, Justine (who sent me the link) and I are gonna be some of the most sought after ladies around!!!

Nerds make better lovers

Ready for a real relationship? Ditch the
pretty boys and grab yourself a geek

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Howard Dean says that the Republican party is too white. Good thing the democrats have Dean to keep them in touch with pop culture. Can I get a fo’ shizzle?

Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean, unapologetic in the face of recent criticism that he has been too tough on his political opposition, said in San Francisco this week that Republicans are “a pretty monolithic party. They all behave the same. They all look the same. It’s pretty much a white Christian party.”

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Today, we had the Academic Awards as well as the band goofy awards. I’m happy to say that I did rather well for myself, winning Top Scholar, Science department and English department awards at the former and Most In Tune, Most Likely to Hold Up a 7-11 and Most Likely to be a Gangsta Rappa at band. Go me!

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We just got a call from my aunt from a hospital in Kansas, saying that my grandpa had a heart attack and that they put a stint in. He’s ok for now, but the rest of his arteries are really clogged too and they’re going to go in and fix those at the end of the week. I think my mom at least will fly back for that. And to think that until just now, my biggest problem was a stupid fight with someone I shouldn’t even be worrying about… funny how things like this put it all in perspective.

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I just took the most horrible standardized test ever; I signed up for the most difficult of the math SAT 2s because I figured that, since I’m probably going to get a 5 on the AP Calculus exam, I’m pretty good at math.

I didn’t remember how to do any of it.

Remember those things in Trig and Pre-Cal that no one really learned because nobody (not even the teacher) thought we’d ever use it? Polar equations, etc? The test was on that. It is SO FRUSTRATING to know that you knew how to do this problem last year but you can’t do it now. I skipped 5 out of 50. I’m gonna fail.

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Today in Shakespeare class, some of my classmates and I were discussing different people’s views on various social issues. Two of the things we were talking about were abortion and gay marriage. The subject had turned to people who are against both gay rights and abortion, when one of my classmates brought up a very interesting question: what would someone who held those views choose to do if they knew that baby would turn out to be gay?

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Yay! I have a new blog and Alec made it pretty! Unfortunately I don’t have anything interesting to say. Like that has ever stopped me before.
Today, I went shopping for Girls State clothing. I’m kind of nervous about the whole thing; I’m going to be gone for a week, running for office and being elected by people I’ve never met before, and wearing what will be pretty uncomfortable clothes given the dress code and the weather in Ellensburg in June. Everyone who’s gone says it’s really fun; hopefully I’ll end up thinking so too. I will, of course, keep you posted.