Joe Banner

Showing posts with label venting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label venting. Show all posts

Friday, July 9, 2010

It's The End of The World As We Know It

(...I feel fine...)
The song lies. It's the end of the world, and personally, I feel like it's the end of the world. I guess that's what is to be expected, but I'm rather fond of pleasant surprises. I just keep track of how many days before The Time of The End, well, ends. For those who read this and don't understand, I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I think I'm a fourteen year old hormone ridden female. This, in most societies, implies impending doom bursting out at random. Oh, Lord.

I took a stupid test. Actually, it's not "stupid". However, I'm at a loss on how to portray the fact that I wasn't fond of the test, couldn't understand part of the test, felt "stupid" doing the test, and ended up being scorned by my mother for the B+ I produced. However, the "stupid" test cured me of almost three months in a class I didn't entirely need. This I do indeed consider an infirmity in itself. I'm working on the other three months of 9th grade Lit and Comp- reading Shakespeare and feeling like a million bucks. Cool.

The paragraph above is to ensure you in my general intellect. The complaint below is to undo this wronging. (Hmph.)

I hate mail. Mail is the root of all evil.Things I've received in the mail include,

*Two invitations to a beauty pageant looking for beautiful, independent girls. This I threw away.

*A couple report cards less than pleasing to my mother. Her child must receive all A's. (I was offered a tutor- which I consider highly offensive.)


*My SAT scores- which were 6 points short of the highest score in the Jr. High. Six, evil, evil points.

*An awkward birthday card from a teacher that really liked me (which was very sweet).

*An open, humbling invitation to summer school.

I didn't quite meet standards. Maybe I can blame that on not having material to study- maybe I can blame it on something like sheer dumb luck, or not enough standardized tests. I think that's what the goverment would do, anyway. This was for the Math + science center. This also served as further proof of just because you're good at something doesn't mean you're good at everything.I don't think I really excel at math. Nor do I believe I really excel at science. In fact, I pretty much disgrace myself with all things scientific. I beleive the appropriate teen phrase for the situation is I'm screwed. Funny, though. I'm still blaming something else entirely for the apocalypse. :P

P.S. Einstein was a pacifist. Something I found out last night. ;)