Well, I just got out of school about an hour and a half ago. 'Twas a slow day, but only because all we did in all of my classes was go through course outlines, etc. Tomorrow, I'm gonna get to do some real work. Hooray(?) Planning 10: I started off my day in block B with a young teacher, the rest of my teachers being old enough to have grey hair by now. He's an okay guy, I guess. At first, I was sitting with this girl I know (she decided to sit next to me, and not vice versa), but then he plays musical chairs, and the next thing I know, I'm surrounded by a whole bunch of people I don't know--the only guy I knew out of the people surrounding me was a guy right behind me who lives down the street from me. Anyways, like I said before, we looked over the course outline, which says that we're gonna cover "the job market," finance, sex ed, and other topics. Turns out we'll get to spend every Friday watching Degrassi Jr. High, an old TV series I've heard of, but have never watched. Planning, so far, seems like the easiest class this year. Science 10: This class was pretty much the same as Planning, except--ya know--it's a different class. We looked over the course outline for this class, and she was telling us stories about people not following a certain rule, etc. The woman who teaches this class seems kinda strict, but that's okay. Again, a girl I know decided to sit next to me, but we didn't play musical chairs or anything this time. One problem I have with Science, however, is the very uncomfortable, high-clearance seats they use for students. I hate them: usually, I'm comfortable with sitting if the chair is low enough for me to comfortably plant my feet on the ground or if the chair is big enough for me to sit cross-legged right on the chair (with this sucker I'm sitting on right here, I can do both. :D). But this chair is only big enough to fit my fat derriere on and too high for me to firmly plant my feet on the ground. So I just rest one foot on the little bar that's under the table and high up enough for me to put my foot on, but I put my other foot on top. It's not very comfortable, but the best solution nonetheless. I don't have much of a problem with Science, so I'm going for an A this year (I'm usually a slacker who gets B's and C+'s, so...) Lunch: Not much to say about lunch, other than that they've got Dole orange juice (from now on, I'll being calling it OJ in my journal), which kinda sucked when I tried it today (I threw it out when it was half-full), but it was probably because it got too warm: all OJ is only good when chilled. When it gets warm, forget about drinking it, unless you like warm OJ. AP Prep English 10: This class surprised me, mainly because there were plenty of people in the class that I didn't expect to be in such an "enriched" class, as the school likes to call it. We didn't go through the course outline for long this time around, and we, instead, focused mainly on colors and what they mean to us and stuff. One of the things we wrote on was what comes to mind when we think of this or that color. Am I a strange person for being reminded of pancakes by the color blue? No, seriously--I thought about blueberries, and that reminded me of blueberry pancakes, so I wrote that down. That kind of weirded people out. Also, my favorite color is orange, but my favorite color next to that is black. There was also a lot of black in the room. So, when people were asked what their favorite color was and what it says about them, I said when it was my turn to speak "My favorite color is orange, and I think it says that I'm bla-er...laid-back." People kinda laughed, thinking that I was gonna say that I'm a race that I really am not, when I was just thinking about another color that I liked. Nevertheless, they interpreted it in a way that I would have if someone else were in my shoes, so I don't blame them. This class may gave me some slight trouble, since we are gonna read a lot, and I'm a bit of a slow reader, since I like to think the words out loud in my head as I'm reading them. But, otherwise, I think I'll do just fine. Carpentry & Joinery 11: Now, lemme say right now that I'm really looking forward to this class, especially since my best friend, experienced in the subject, is in it. Although the carpentry part won't last that long, I think it's gonna kick total ass. My first reason is that the C&J teacher is one ****in' cool teacher: he's one funny man who does sound pretty strict when he's serious, but he just says it using logic. Again, we look over the course outline, blah blah blah. He showed us some stuff we can make later in the year, which include the TV cabinet. I totally wanna make the TV cabinet if I'm confident enough by the time we get to the later projects. Kinda slow today, but it was good anyways. Well, there ya go. That's what I think of my classes so far. Of course, my opinions about classes and teachers usually change over time, but these are my first impressions. There may be some teachers I may end up still thinking highly of by the end of the semester, and there may be teachers that I'll end up hating by the end of the semester. But I am an optimist, so I'll just focus on the present, and wait to make a better judgement of my teachers. Anyways, I'm playing through Metroid Prime for a second time and for the first time since I first beat it in 2002. My intentions are not exactly to relive the surreal experience that Metroid fanatics such as myself have with the game, but they are just to beat the game with 100% of the items. I played one game with 32%, just finding expansions and energy tanks here and there, but I decided to restart because I was completely unaware of where I got all these goodies from. So I got a checklist from GameFAQs, and I am keeping track. Last time I beat it, I ended up with 51% of the items. I should remove Day of Reckoning from my Now Playing list, since I took it back to the rental store today. I'll probably ask my friend if I can borrow his Xbox so I can play Burnout 3: Takedown and review it. Good lord...why haven't I bought all three consoles by now?