Thank You

Thank you

for being there or not being there for me;

either way, you have helped shape who I am, and I am truly thankful for it.

Have a lovely Thanksgiving.

Don't Flatter Me

I really don't respond well to people that tell me I'm good at something. I'll always eventually get red in the face and do this thing where I bring my hand/fingers up by my mouth. I don't know why... I think it's because I feel like I'm covering my face. (It's the sort of thing the "Effed up leprechaun situations" guy from SNL does, just not as extreme)

Anyways, the reason I write this is because it happened to me on yesterday and today.

Yesterday, I was in Spanish class and we were doing a review worksheet. Everyone was working on it and I had finished in less time than everyone else (not by too much, i don't think).
Well, my teacher came up to me because I had started on some math homework and asked "Are you finished".
"Yes," I said.
And then me teacher told me, "I need to find something challenging for you."
I had no idea how to respond, so I just smiled...

I don't know how to respond in those situations, especially when they happen around other people. I don't want to seem like the "oh-he's-some-much-better-than-everyone-else guy" because I'm not, and I don't like people who are like that.

The same type of situation happened again today.

I was at my school's show, and we had incorporated video production into the play for some scene changes where there were voiceovers. I had designed and edited the video by myself, I just had some help with the filming. The whole cast and crew always do a warm-up before the show and our director gives a little speech.

It was a pretty long speech because it was closing night and the show had come a long way. Then he pointed me out and was like, "I'd like to recognize Justin. Because, although I know all of you work hard and are independent, I gave Justin no guidance, I sat him down and told him my crazy ideas for the videos and he went and did it."

This made me so embarrassed/flattered. Everyone was looking at me, and I started to do the little hand thingy, and I just laughed. I wasn't that special; many more people had worked harder on the show than I had. And then everyone clapped for me which was the end of it. One of my friends (pretty much all of them are my friends) gave me hug and I said "I'm going to use you to hide my face."

So.... moral of the story: Don't point me out in front of people and flatter me.

kthxbai

On another note...
I had a freaking awesome time tonight; I love my friends so much. I wouldn't be who I am without them. Here's a little picture of what might have happened at the cast/crew party after the show...

The blonde Sarah Palin?

Today=Average

I feel like nothing special happened today. Nothing too memorable. But I'll write some stuff down anyways.

I had 2 tests today, one right after the other. They were both pretty easy; especially my math test because our teacher pretty much gives us a copy of the test two days before as a "review". I think I have a 101% in that class.... just checked... and yes I do. I also just realized that I got a much better grade than I anticipated on my physics test. So I guess I'm happy with that.

I stayed after school today with one of my friends to make up an essay for AP Euro because I was making my television debut the day the class did it. Our teacher is so ridiculous. My friend and I both knew that our teacher doesn't even read the essays. So I completely BS-ed my essay. The question we were supposed to write about was stupid. It asked how Great Britain, France, and Spain benefited from the growth of world trade in the 18th century. Our book did not mention one thing about France benefiting. It more or less declined because of the Peace of Utrecht (white & nerdy? - YES). So, while writing about the French in my essay, I added a little spice. After saying France failed to benefit from world trade I wrote "The French continued to eat their bread, drink their wine, and not shave their legs. They would later grow under Louis XXX." And then later I wrote "Although France was crumbling at this time, there was still some yeast left in the bread and they would soon rise and conquer."

I thought it was funny. :-D

I watched the first episode of Skins today. It's interesting how much the characters change throughout the season.

Oh! And I ran today! First time since August! I think I did pretty well for not running in 3 months. I ran 3 miles. It felt so nice to finally run again!

I must say, I had a pretty eventful day (especially compared to Sunday :-] ).

Queer Ducks FTW

Yay Laziness

I kind of like being lazy, but then again I don't. When I am super-busy, I always want to just take a day off and do nothing. But when I have days like today where I only do my homework and lay in bed, I feel like I didn't live the day to its fullest. It's kind of disappointing.

I was very happy/content today. And I know exactly why; I just won't tell you.

Hmmm... Did anything interesting happen today?

Oh! We finished watching Clue in my Mystery & Horror class (what a joke that class is!) and the monologue that Wadsworth has at the end is so crazy and sporadic, that I just might use it for my Chicago audition. Also, I had my voice lesson today (I am still sick! 3 weeks later! and can barely sing!) and my teacher and I picked out a pretty good song with a nice high G, because I ain't afraid of no G! (wow, music nerd ftl!)

Well... uhhhh... yay!

Awesomeness

So, today was an awesome day. Well, the ending was. I can't say why, but it was awesome.

At tech today, I pretty much did nothing. I am the Film Designer for the show, and all I did was sit there and help out every 30 minutes for about 10 seconds. It was a waste of time for me. I really enjoyed being the Film Designer though. Everyone tells me my videos are "so good" and that they "look professional". I'm flattered that people think that because I don't think they're that great. I don't think they're bad, but I don't think they're amazing. However, the annoying thing is that the screen that comes down to project the videos on is really slow, and timing it right is a pain in the butt.

And I have been procrastinating doing homework all day. Maybe I should start soon. I guess I should teach myself some European history (considering my teacher knows nothing about it).

Oh, and I found out that I don't have to be at the rehearsals or the shows for the rest of the week. I hope that doesn't change; I have a feeling it will. But, if it doesn't, that means I can go to my cousin's art show! I'm so excited for it. (I'm just hyper in general right now.)

In conclusion, today was an awesome day. I felt feelings I've never felt before, feelings that I doubt many people feel.

Alright, that's enough of that. I might do some more random blogging like this in the future.

My Theoretical Analysis of the Universe

So, lately I've been coming up with these AWESOME theories. Like freaking awesome theories! So I decided I would jot them down; and what better place to do it than on the internet?! I will post whatever new theories I conjure up here. My ideas will grow to be accepted by nearly everybody, excluding scientists of any kind, mathematicians, other theorists, and basically anybody that is knowledgeable.

Theory #1 - The Relation of Crystal Spheres, Heaven, and Christianity

In order to understand this theory, you will have to be aware of Aristotle's widely accepted view on the Universe. As Aristotle said, the Universe is made up of an unknown number of Crystal Spheres. Each Crystal Sphere contains a galaxy. For example; the Milky Way is contained in one Crystal Sphere. Outside of these Crystal Spheres is Heaven. This can be illustrated by the following drawing:

God and Jesus are located in the realm of Heaven. However, Jesus has been inside each sphere. He first entered one sphere and spread the word of God. He was not able to exit the Crystal Sphere however, because he had to die first. Therefore he died and exited the Crystal Sphere, returning to Heaven. He then continued his journey into each Crystal Sphere where he spread the word of God, died, and returned to Heaven. After this, he returned to each Sphere in order, where he stayed for varying amounts of time (depending on the Crystal Sphere) and then transcended into Heaven. He was able to transcend because God had gained many followers through his son's travels through each Crystal Sphere. Each follower gave God about 1.2 squabbles of power, equivalent to 59 joules. Because God had gained so much power, he was able to transmit his power to Jesus, giving him the ability to transcend out of each Sphere rather than dying. Because time is relative to each Sphere, Jesus was able to do this in what seemed like 3 days on Earth. It is each of Jesus's followers' duty to spread the word of God throughout their Sphere.

Theory #2 - The Evolution of Anime

Anime, the Japanese style of animation, has a very deep evolution. In the 1990s, a team of secretive, Japanese astronauts set out to explore a planet that never been touched by humans. After secretly building a spaceship, the Japanese traveled to Jupiter. There they found what we have come to know as Pokémon. They landed on the never-explored planet and discovered these creatures. They were so intrigued by these creatures that they set up about 15,000 cameras to track the creatures. They then built a base, along with a satellite, to transmit signals to the satellite and eventually to Earth. 4 scientist that were on the spaceship stayed on Jupiter and began to reproduce. The Japanese returned to Earth where they created another base to receive the signals transmitted from the satellite. In the first generation of Jupiter-born humans, we find Ash, Brock, and Misty. As the Japanese watched the three trek across Jupiter, cataloging every Pokémon, they noticed that they could watch the three's entire lives. They immediately saw this as an opportunity to make money. They quickly sold the rights to Nintendo in an underground trade. Once this documentary portrayed as a cartoon series was seen by many, Japanese artists began to impersonate the look of the series. Due to the atmosphere on Jupiter, that shapes of bodies and faces were construed. This construed view of reality turned into the art called Anime.