accomplishments.

That is, absolutely NOTHING. in the Thesis Thursday Dept.

I got a lot of things started but nothing finished... yet...
kinda sorta drives me CRAZY. I like completion, you know? :P

but I woke up this morning after 9 hours of sleep, all on my own, and was actually awake enough to start my math homework at 7 o'clock... ugh. usually a bad idea, but it worked for me this time :)

and got to talk to my dad on the phone; that was nice.

Kathryne

just good.

I normally dislike Thursdays a lot, but today was good.

They are now dubbed, THESIS THURSDAYs.  pretty awesome, huh? yeah.

I did not have to take the Physics retest today.
I also got things accomplished as far as thesis goes. research AND writing. chyeah.
And I talked with... um... people. (cough. Christine. cough.)
And Mrs. B played a really awesome song in homeroom. LISTEN TO IT.
AND I think Caleb is my new BFF.

Kathryne

I LOVE YOUUUUU!!

<3

Talked to Christine on video chat.

Made my week.
My month.
My 2011.

Also, was very productive today and wrote 3 essays and began my senior thesis!

Kathryne

sledding with friends

1) Went to the library and got lots of materials for my thesis... WHICH IS TAKING FORM (slowly, but it's getting there).

2) Almost convinced my mom to paint the bathroom purple... again, getting there.

3) Wend sledding with friends :) Blake, Colin, Daniel, David, Mark... and Christine, of course. Vicariously.

I didn't sled much, because the trails were a little steep for the excessive foliage covering them (and when I did try it was inevitably a FAIL), but I had fun taking pictures and walking around.

Kathryne

PS- I am going to take MRWP with me to Europe and have the Pope sign it. Wouldn't you like that, Christine?

snow day!

slept in.
so happy.
did schoolwork.
but not too much.
ate pasta! again! yes!
worked on thesis... sort of.
finalized some college stuff.
can I not be done with this now?
fractional exponents are deplorable.
overall, very good day, and tomorrow
should be even better for budgeting of time!

Kathryne

Disneyyyy!

I know nothing about American television (don't watch it), American movies (rarely watch them), American literature (don't read it), or American music (does Regina Spektor count?)... and I am at a loss for my senior thesis. Catcher in the Rye depressed me so much that I my faux-idea for a thesis is not going to happen. SO... I realized that the one (small) link I have to American culture is Disney.

So I am going to do something about Disney.

It might actually relate to what I want to do in college. WHEE!

Kathryne

un-productivity

"So, Daniel, how's school going?"

"Oh, it's great. I start in about a week."

(truer words rarely spoken)

I need to get more motivated. Truly, I do.

However, today the distraction is one for which I can forgive myself. I was not on Facebook or email or anything at all all afternoon/evening, which is unusual for me. It was people. Which was lovely. Playing games and eating food and talking... then small group... then Big Boss, Little Boss with Kristen & David & Daniel. I won! surprisingly.

However, I suppose that if I am going to allow myself good distractions I must cut out the bad ones entirely, since they can no longer claim to exist for their mere value of being distracting. You know? Like, sometimes you need a distraction, so you take anything, even something totally addictive and time-wasting like sitting around on the computer. But then when a GOOD distraction comes up, like doing things with people you actually care about and can see and hear and feel, you feel like you've already spent your distraction-budget and now need to go about filling your work quota.

Now I need to go clean my room and read another chapter of Catcher in the Rye (aka the-only-book-I've-ever-read-more-crude-than-Native-Son-ICCCCKKKKKK) before bedtime.

CIAO.

Kathryne

PS- if you're wondering, it was a snow day

MLKJr Day

Today I ran errands. And did some thesis work (note to general population: Catcher in the Rye is similarly crude to Of Mice and Men or Native Son. WHEEEE. I'm seriously tired of this.)

Then I dropped off Amy's birthday present... finally :) along with a CD of some of Regina Spektor's wackiest, most-obscure demo tracks, I made this...

...which sums up life most beautifully.

And now it is snowing.

Can you say 2-hour delay?!

Kathryne

grace.

I woke up this morning feeling very sick.

I blacked out.

Then I dragged my feet about getting ready.

Then I fell asleep on the couch with wet hair for about a half hour.

I woke up feeling much better... like, better than usual.

That was grace.

Then in senior thesis I confronted my anxieties about writing a 28-32-page paper I was not passionate about.

And my teacher suggested I chose a topic to do with literature. That made me happy.

That was grace.

Then in Literature Megan's cell phone went off.

She took it out of her purse.

She answered it.

In class.

Then she yelled at the person and told them to never call her again.

Then she didn't get in trouble.

That was grace.

That was also very funny.

Kathryne.

re-

rested.

revived.

refueled.

rededicated.

Today was really, really good. I just felt... happy. And like I could breathe, and talk to people, and not worry about must-go-straight-to-choir-so-I-can-eat-before-I-do-my-homework-so-that-I-can-write-another-college-essay-before-bed-if-I-even-get-to-bed.

Seriously, I am glad that the concert and my college applications are just... done.

Next big hurdle?

Senior Thesis... yay. But that's not due until March. Who's up for 28-32 pages? I feel like a baby, but when I think that that's 12 pages longer than last year... and about something I am not-as-passionate about... yeesh. But we shan't talk about that.

I TALKED TO CHRISTINE TODAY <3

Kathryne

new things

SO. guess who has a blog now?

...yep. PRINCESS! :D

so that made me happy.

ALSO. finals are over! my class DVD is finished! and all I have left now is a speech on my thesis, and I will be done working for the rest of the year :)

my week has been amazing. all days should be half days. I can work on stuff (like Sandy's ever-expanding present... muahaha) and eat whatever and I have a HUGE pillow of time I haven't had all year. This is amazing.

Kathryne

Thesis!

!!!!!

Okay, so you all know how I've been talking about this paper overly much (it was 16-20 pages... not exactly worthy of 10 posts since December...), but I want you to know:

It was (almost) worth it!

And, maybe actually reading through it was worth it!

Because not only did I finish the paper (twice), but my teacher already returned it to me! And... I got a 97% :)

That means my final grade in the class (not counting the PowerPoint & presentation, which have yet to be begun) is an A+ :D

I am happy about this.

Also, finals are soon. Which means I only have 4 Chemistry classes left, EVER. And the final is multiple choice :)

Kathryne

Aprés Moi

I must go on standing

You can't break that which isn't yours

I must go on standing

I'm not my own; it's not my choice

-RSpektor

...I WILL make it. I WILL.

To prove it, my junior thesis is done!!!!

Kathryne

Brit Lit!

...is awesome.

Today, we went over my junior thesis some more. My teacher liked it... made her husband/my summer employer read parts.

Quote of the day:

"Katie, I do have a crush on you. It's kind of awkward."

-Mrs. Bond

And, I got to give my whole cognitive processes rant to the class! I am strange, truly.

Kathryne

PS- read this

Writings and Mornings... LAAAA!!

Today I actually enjoyed the morning!

Both ends!

I stayed up until 2 because I was really not tired at all.

Then I woke up at 7 and was still not tired, miraculously.

That made me happy.

I've been hyper all day.

I reached my minimum page requirement for my thesis! YAYYY!!

(16.5 pages down, and about 1.5 pages of stuff left to say... goodie.)

See other writings of mine at

Awesome Possum (aka Veloquence on Toast)

-especially-

Tips for the Conversationally Impaired

(product of 1:45 AM)

also- today's date is 4.6.10... 4+6=10!!! SO COOL!

Kathryne

Junior Thesis Day!

Andee emailed me this awesome new layout; that made me smile.

(the pride part of me wanted to be able to say "I coded my own layout!" but I have to say I think this one is much cooler than my old one)

Talking and walking with Christine this afternoon was fun; that made me smile.

Also, even though I only wrote about 2 and a half paragraphs between 11 AM and 5 PM, I managed to get my act together and get by lazy butt off of G-Chat and write 2.25 pages in an hour and 15 minutes! :)

woohoo... I'm beginning to get tired of writing this. Is that normal?

Kathryne

6.5 out of 16?

Well, I am currently in the middle of the 7th page of my junior thesis... making it legitimately the longest paper I have ever written. (non-fiction, anyways :P)

and that makes me happy.

I ought to be able to get at least 1.5-2 more pages finished tonight, and then I won't have to stress so much on my trip :)

I also went to the library and checked out several awesome-looking books, like

The Essential Tales of Chekhov & The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky

and that makes me happy as well.

I *heart* Dostoevsky... although I prefer to spell it "Dostoyevsky" as the Cyrillic letter for that e is actually pronounced "ye" (see: the Ipanchins/Yepanchins of The Idiot, by the wonderful Dostoyevsky himself)

I cannot wait until I get this BLASTED paper finished!

(and, yes, we did just read Pygmalion...)

Kathryne

blah, blah.

Bad things first:

-haven't talked to Christine in, like, forever... since Saturday! (gaspish... couldn't even think of anything clever to email today)

-rain

-Chemistry

-mornings

Good things now:

-drove for 45 minutes yesterday and didn't kill anyone! only honked at once... I'm bad at lane changing.

-yesterday was my half-birthday! and I forgot to post it!

-DOVE CHOCOLATE. 'nuff said.

-not too terribly much homework.

-watched My Fair Lady in school... YAY!!

-working on my junior thesis, and I am actually not being sarcastic this time when I say I'm having fun.

Kathryne

more quotes :)

sorry, I forgot to write yesterday. But it's okay; anything I would have come up with would have been totally lame as I wasn't in a very good mood.

and Wednesdays involve stuff like Student Government and Chem Lab. ICKY!!!

anyways...

"I want to yell at you, but I have to fix my eye!" (*growl*)

-Megan, to Dan, who was bragging about how he finishes Latin work twice as fast as the rest of us

"I don't just have 20/20 vision, I have 100/100 vision! ...wait, is there a difference?"

-Dan, who was having one of the maybe 10 blonde moments I've ever seen him in

"You are the most abusive lunchbox owner I have ever met!"

-Rachel, to Megan who was throwing her lunchbox at the wall repeatedly

And...

we're reading Pygmalion in Lit! And I get to read the part of Professor Higgins! Oh, I do love him... and I believe he is an INTJ. Needless to say, the voice comes naturally. Maybe a good 5th higher.

And...

my evening plans were cancelled, BUT I went shopping with Kristen :)

and they were cancelled so graciously I couldn't mind in the slightest.

And AND...

I get to see Christine tomorrow! (*mischievous laugh*)

(also, I finally finished Part I of Megan's birthday present... her birthday was Tuesday. And I started my Junior Thesis last night!)

Kathryne

randomness

History class today... OHMY. my stomach hurt from laughing.

We were all seriously slap happy, and we just decided to get off of the track to take the AP test, so we were also quite giddy... hehe, yeah, it was fun, and it was one of those "you had to be there" things.

ALSO!! ALSO!!!!

talked to Christine for an hour and a half =)

and... I am still effervescent!!!

To top it off, my week's schedule is looking pretty nice...

Tomorrow~

school at 6:20 (AM) for Fine Arts Festival

Megan's birthday!!

get home 6:30 (PM) and do homework... yay?

Wednesday~

(nothing that great in school)

Voice (I love Mrs Amy!)

FINALLY can start my Junior Thesis!

Thursday~

reading Pygmalion in Lit (play version of My Fair Lady)

homework, I guess

and... *giggle* something fun TBD ;)

Kathryne