Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Life & It's Chapters.

I was talking about goals with my golf partner yesterday, so I decided to list some goals I had for the year... I think I'm going to separate this into catagories, haha. This is sort of me thinking outloud, so to speak. =P


Golf
I had a pretty good day of golf yesterday. I'm super happy to have been in my JV#3 spot, but after yesterday I've been bumped up to #2! So I'll be playing JV2 in the match on Thursday against Kentlake... I'm hoping to play better and keep my spot and maybe move up again. I'm going to get signed up for lessons soon by the pro at Druids Glen. It's going to cost, but it'll be totally worth it if I achieve my goals and make varsity!

3 Goals for Golf (to be achieved by the end of the season):
  • Score in the 40's
  • No more than 2 putts a hole
  • No more than a double bogey on any hole
**Ultimate Goal: Make Varsity


School
I think I'm finally all caught up with my classes. I just need to work on my time management so that I can keep up with my classes with everything else going on. A friend of mine who is pretty much taking the same classes with me dropped golf because she couldn't handle everything. I really don't want to drop anything, so I'm pretty determined to survive :P

Goals:
  • Straight A's
  • No late or missing assignments
  • Score 5's on my AP exams
  • Score 2000+ on my SAT's
**Ultimate Goal: Maintain 3.8 GPA


Extracurricular
There's a lot of other things I have planned to do during the year. I have to go to clubs like Key club which means I have to do a lot of community service hours. I guess it won't be too bad though because I have a lot from theatre and the museum. Plus it'll help with the Junior Project. I also want to start my poetry club (P.O.E.T.'s People of Expressive Talents). It'll be a monthly thing because I don't have much time. It's mainly a club meant to provide resources and feedback for poetry and stuff. I don't know. I'll be done with my museum commitment in January, so I won't have to deal with that for very long. And I have every intention applying for this City of Kent internship where I'll be paid minimum wage for up to 100 hours. Hopefully it'll lead to another job, but if it doesn't then I don't really care because I'm honestly not sure how well I'll be able to balance everything.

Goals:
  • Start a successful poetry club
  • Apply for internship during winter quarter
  • Work lights for Fall and Spring plays
  • Regularly attend Key Club and NHS; maybe Interact


So some other things I've got to think about and plan to do are try to get some sort of job shadowing gig with an advertising/graphics design firm. This is mostly for the Junior Project, but at the same time I really want to know what it'd be like working at one of them. Oh and Madds talked to me about going to Europe this summer with a group of other students and teachers. I really hope my parents approve, but I want to be able to pay most of my way to Europe. It'll be able $5000 and if I do the internship I'll be able to make at least $800. Then I will be doing a lot of fundraising types of things. I'm just not sure if I'll be able to come up with all that money... Alright, so I'm exhausted. I started working on this entry in Web Design first period, but could get back to it til way later... obviously. Haha.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Don't Want An Ending - Sam Tsui.

Go Conks!

Alright, I know how stupid this may sound, but I have conquered my first week of school! Haha. I have an excellent life with excellent people to share it with.

Accomplishments thus far:
  • Fixed my schedule - Web Design, AP US History, Physics, French, Pre-Calc./Trig., AP English Language and Composition... lovin' it!
  • Caught up in most of my classes - aced first physics test!
  • Enjoyin' my classes and on good terms with my teachers.
  • I'm on the golf team again! Woot!
  • I think I'm finally done with my room. It's pretty awesome. - Vintage Metal Elvis Presley poster and whiteboard calendar + cork board!

Summer Accomplishments:
  • Sat on a roof & saw a sunset
  • Backstreet Boys concert
  • Seafood City + Chowking
  • Golf camp --> tryouts --> team!
  • California, Little League World Series!
  • Oregon -- Shopping in Portland
  • Minnesota roadtrip
  • Room remodeled
  • Cirque Du Solei
  • Haircut...
I can't think of any other summer accomplishments and I'm pretty sure there was a lot more that happened. Haha. Anyway, my goal for this weekend is to be completely caught up and finished with history.

With school and everything going on, I don't think I'll be able to blog so often because I just won't have the time and energy. Right now I'm taking the time I should be reading for history to blog because I miss blogging that much to make the sacrifice. Haha. Seriously thought, I've been so busy and it's only going to get worse. I still have to find the time to go to the Puyallup Fair with the gang. I don't know why I keep doing this to myself... pile on the work, but it's fun for me I guess. Unless I get super behind and stressed out. That's not so fun and that is why I try to stay ahead at all times. That's just how it goes.

Right now I have to worry about my classes and golf. Next Monday is the first Key Club meeting and next Saturday is a mandatory museum training thing for volunteers. I've got another training day on October 2nd and then I have to schedule my Saturday's to volunteer in the morning. I'm planning to join Interact Club and NHS this year too. I'm even thinking about starting a poetry club. Then after golf season I might apply for a paid internship with the City of Kent. All the while I must study for the SAT's and work on my Junior Project. Oh and I almost forgot about working on the plays and stuff! Fall and spring plays! Way back in my mind I'm thinking ughhh... and then there's a voice screaming BRING IT ON! Hahaha. We'll see what happens.

Priorities:
  • School - AP, SAT, Junior Project,
  • Clubs (Key, NHS, Interact, Poetry), Theatre!
  • Golf - Lessons, Practice, Matches, Varsity?
  • Museum
  • Internship?
  • GET LICENSED!
Wish me luck?
P.S. I love making lists!


Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Here's to a new beginning...

I want to blog,
but I don't know
how to start this entry!

Hahaha, ok, so now that that is out of the way. (: I don't know if I can really express this feeling I've got inside of me right now. I'm just happy with life. It's one of those things where if I were to die today, I'd be ok with how my life has been lived and I'd be accepting. I'm not really ready to die though... I'm just saying that. Um, yeah. :D

The roadtrip to Minnesota was amazing! On the way there, our time there, and not so much on the way home, but it felt amazing to be home! Here's what happened:
  • Idaho - Silverwood Theme Park!
  • Montana - Broke down... -.-
  • Wyoming - Yellowstone + Old Faithful!
  • South Dakota - Mount Rushmore + Bear Country USA!
  • Minnesota! First night - awesome game of cribbage
  • Minnesota! Day 1 - Valley Fair!
  • Day 2 - Mall of America!
  • Day 3 - Twins game!!! They won! &I was on the big screen twice! (:
Oh! And I bought this awesome vintage metal Elvis Presley poster! It's amazing and hanging up in my room now... so yeah... I think that might've been one of the best vacations I've ever had. Now I'm back in Washington which means back to school... like for real. Haha. Today was pretty good though, I'm not gonna lie, I really enjoyed it. I think I'm going to like my classes and teachers a lot. Funny thing happened today though... I got four textbooks and they wouldn't fit in my backpack, so I took everything else out to carry and put all my books in there. Well, by the end of the day... I backpack broke. Haha. It was ridiculous, but I've been needing a new one anyway. Speaking of school, I really should get back to my history homework, so I think I'll come back later and blab some more about random stuff.

Peace.

P.S. I made the golf team! :D