OH GOD.

HURRY UP, MAY 12TH, 2010! FOR 'TIS WHEN I SHALL BREATHE A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF.

AP season. I must resist the urge to spew profanities and persevere.

Tomorrow -

Tomorrow's schedule!

-Wake up at 6:20, make breakfast, get ready, etc.
-Leave at 6:45
-7:00AM - 2:05PM, school
(skip lunch, practice piano.)
-2:05 - 3:15 - Tutor
-3:15 - 3:45 - eat/crash/relax/downtime/brief nap(?)/piano practice(?)
-3:45 - 7:15 - SAT practice test
-7:15 - 8:45 - AP Calculus Multiple Choice practice test
-8:45- 10:00 - AP Calculus BC homework
-10:00 - 10:30 - Break/piano time.
-10:30 - 11:00 - review SAT vocab! Make flashcards
-11:00 - 11:15 - Shower/brush teeth
-11:15 - 12:00 - History review assignment
-12:00 - 12:15 - Complete Spanish homework
-12:15 - 1:00 - Review for AP Chemistry

Take my laptop and iPhone away from me. Too distracting.

Distressed

I have piano lessons tomorrow!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

I'm not ready!

I've been practicing like mad today... but I'm afraid that doesn't quite cut it. A whole freaking week without practicing...

I'm really hating school right now! In three weeks... all this nonsense will be over... and then I get to freak out about more SATs. Yay.

This week is CRAZY. Next will be crazier. And then the two weeks after that will be MADNESS.

To do -

-Complete 9 sections of self-study BC homework
-Read the Old Man and the Sea and complete 10 quotes and notes
-Write the first draft of my Mark Twain paper (#*@$@(*#&$@(*#&$@(*#&(!@*#$&!*&(
-Finish history review assignment *(@#&$(*@#&$(*@#$&@(*#
-Review for AP Chemistry
-Spanish homework
-Take a practice SAT test tomorrow FULLY RESTED THIS TIME. Let's go!
-Make you tell me your secrets for writing the SAT essay. That's the part I'm the most freaked out about.

I'm pretty swamped right now. :|

I didn't even realize I'd be taking my Chemistry STAR test on Thursday. That sucked! At least it was easy. We opened up the first page to go over the sample question and chortled and sniggered.

"Which one of these isotopes is not naturally occurring?"
-surpressed laughter-
"I'll give you a few more seconds to figure out the answer."
-everyone looks at each other and smirks-
"The answer is D."
(Aaron, sarcastically) "WHAT?! Why is it D?!?!"

Must... practice......
must... complete... huge loads of course work...
must not... disappoint Craig... and myself...

I spend at least ten minutes a day reading the forums on PianoWorld and I usually take a peek at the Piano Teachers subforum once in awhile... and I see all these teachers talking about how they're going to drop their students that don't practice and how much they hate the students that don't practice.

And I was like...

That's me!!! ):

And it's not just like they were talking about kids that don't have interest in playing... one person was specifically ranting about a student who has too many extracurriculars and whatnot and couldn't find the time to devote to piano.

AHH.

):

THAT'S ME!!!

And you.

What would you do if your piano teacher dropped you as a student because you weren't practicing enough each today?

I think I'd be heartbroken.

Wonderful Tonight.

-sighs-

-floats-

It was wonderful tonight.

Check thy e-mail.

Hmm...

I have piano lessons Sunday morning. You're welcome to come and take Craig up on that free consultation he offered.

I am taking a brief hiatus from piano... I've been taking this hiatus for awhile actually. Will devote hours tomorrow. Will go to bed early tonight... if only... my parents... did not watch TV at alarming decibels this late... if only....

I had a nice date with Alex tonight. I took one of the rouses from the bouquet he gave me and hung it upside down on my wall to dry so I may keep forever! Hurrah for sentimental objects!

Goodnight.

Agreed.

I won't even get into the conversations I have my dad, which are like....three times a year? Maybe four. And by conversation I mean an exchange of more than two brief (3-6 words) sentences each.

Talking about Asian parents wastes too much time and energy that you and I don't have. And it riles you up or upsets you.

Saturday night I will be losing my Chipotle virginity with Tommy and Sanaz. Maybe Alan. And Viv, too.

I wonder if I could come over afterward for an all-nighter? And then some sleep, and study Sunday morning, too?

-suddenly perks up-

That video of Lang Lang was highly amusing! I chortled. I would like to try playing on an iPad. We should attempt to do a duet!

As you know... + annoying conversations

As you know, I'm not a Lang Lang fan. But I found this pretty amusing, especially since Alex and I just hijacked Alex's iPad for half an hour to play Chopsticks and Colourblind on it yesterday.



My dad just came into the room as I'm studying at my desk and the following conversation took place.

"You're still awake?"
"...yes."
"Do you have class tomorrow at 7 AM?"
"Yes."
"Go to bed. It's midnight."

OH. MY. GOD. I know this doesn't sound like a big deal to you but one of the main reasons why I never talk to my dad is because of stuff like this. Yes, obviously, I'm still awake. I'm sitting up straight at my desk and writing and shuffling papers around. Yes, I do have class at 7 AM, like I do every freaking morning. And yes, I would love to go to bed, but unlike you, I don't have that luxury.

My parents seriously think that I stay up for fun or something and the piles of Calculus homework and AP Chemistry problem sets just solve themselves on their own.

They do a lot of ridiculous things.

Like buy a $1600 dishwasher and never use it. Instead, they'll use a freaking tub that sits in my sink all day, an old disgusting sponge, and then leave it in another sink to dry.

There are so many things wrong with that! We have no functional sink, a bacteria infested sponge, and dishes being left out to collect bacteria and what not. Sinks are the dirtiest area of the house! At least dry them and put them away. AHH! I don't understand them. It's like they don't understand that they left Vietnam over twenty years ago.

Dude. Technology. Use it, especially if you're going to spend so much money on it. The money was either going to go to a really nice refrigerator or a nice dishwater. We use our refrigerator 24/7. We use our dishwasher twice a year.

I don't think it's really so much the whole dishwasher and obvious questions that bothers me so much... what disturbs me is that this reflects their ability to think and reason.

Also - I smell tomato soup in my room. This is curious, seeing as how I haven't eaten tomato soup in over a year and I rarely eat in my room anyways.

Hmm...