(Aka, I don't know what to title things sometimes)
I should be working on my book report right now, but I felt like writing a blog post, so that's what I'm doing. I was going to make a blog post tomorrow after I presented my book report, but meh.
Reread (most) of The Way of Kings. It was better the second time through, probably. It might have helped that I skipped some of the less important, more boring parts. I wanted to reread both books before Oathbringer comes out. Gave myself roughly two months to read the 2000 pages, so I figured I should skip some parts to make sure I finished on time. I didn't expect to have the urge to just keep reading. I ignored my homework for a weekend and a few days and basically just read most of the time. Finished way quicker than I had planned for. I'm actually forcing myself to wait a little while for my schedule to clear up before I start the 2nd book. It's incredibly difficult. I'll probably start tonight after I'm happy with my book report.
Birthday's coming up on the 10th. Don't really have anything planned, I'll probably just hang out with friends. Nothing too fancy. Turning 17, which I think is a good age because it's not like people are like "you're an adult", and with 16 they're like "Aw, so young". It's the nice sweet spot.
General Conference this weekend! I'm excited.
Tennis season is wrapping up. We just played our last official season game today. We have team regionals next week, and individuals the week after. We're going in as the number 3 seed, so we're facing South Tahoe. Last time we faced them we did well and the score was 7-11. There were two or three other close matches as well. We just have to play just as well, and win a couple more of those close calls. Plus Sam should be able to play (even though he hasn't yet, which is super annoying (now that I think about it there may or may not be a rule about having to participate during the season to play in team regionals, so maybe he won't be able to, which would really suck, so let's not think about that)), so hopefully he'll push us over the top and upset South Tahoe. It would be the first time the boy's tennis team has ever beat South Tahoe, and the first time ever going to State. It's within reach, and I want it.
Aaaahhhhhhh, book report
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Sunday, September 10, 2017
What I was going to entitle this reminds me of this one thing
I kind of forget what specifically that one thing was, though.
Wait... I'm pretty sure I remember it's origin now, but it might be from something else, idk. I was going to entitle this post 'Motivation' although it doesn't necessarily have much to do with the post itself. It was actually only going to be this small beginning part in which I mention that I feel motivated to write more for reasons. Yep, that was going to be the extent of how much I talk about Motivation. Felt kind of Clickbaity. Even though I don't really need a quote on quote 'clickbaity' title because the people who are going to read this/the people I want to read this are already going to do so (I mean, I guess I technically might want some random people that are currently in my head to read it as well, but the concept still applies). So there's no need to put a semi-'clickbaity' title.
The one thing that it reminded me of was an anime, I forget which one, which all it's titles for the episodes were just a one or two word thing like "Forgetfulness", "Death", "Understanding" or something like that.
Now that I think about it also reminds me of some vlogbrothers's episodes. One was entitled "On ____" (they filled in the blank, I just didn't because I don't remember exactly what it was (tbh, it might have been "On Motivation")).
The title I chose also has a clickbaity feel to it. What's 'the one thing'??? Guess I'll have to read it and find out! Idk.
Anyway.
That wasn't really the point of the post. The point of the post wasn't to talk about the title, believe it or not. I kind of just started rambling, which is fine. Adds stuff to the post. Adds meat. Having random words that deal with nothing is good, I guess.
The original point was to start of by saying that I feel motivated to write more for reasons, and then go on to ramble about stuff. Because when I don't really know what to write, I like to just write whatever comes to mind.
I basically already fulfilled my goal of talking briefly about motivation, and then rambling, but I could probably ramble some more.
You see, but then you don't know what to ramble about. So then you just end up rambling about not knowing what to ramble about. Which sometimes leads to something. Not really sure if it will this time since I don't have the next sentence planned out as I write this. Although I did just think of this one: Yes, I write the previous sentence and think about the next one as I write. I'm assuming that's semi-typical. Never really thought about it not being normal... soooo...
I'll probably do more rambly type posts in the future. Or more concise thoughts that are quick. Mix it up a little, idk, I'll figure it out later (figuring stuff out later seems to be a pretty consistent theme in my life).
Also, the more I look at my twenty one pilots list I keep asking myself "How the heck did you do that??". Because I feel like the way the list is set up and maintained makes it flawed in some way, idk. I have some basic theories about the idea.
I seem to be saying "idk" a lot lately and it's annoying me.
Wait... I'm pretty sure I remember it's origin now, but it might be from something else, idk. I was going to entitle this post 'Motivation' although it doesn't necessarily have much to do with the post itself. It was actually only going to be this small beginning part in which I mention that I feel motivated to write more for reasons. Yep, that was going to be the extent of how much I talk about Motivation. Felt kind of Clickbaity. Even though I don't really need a quote on quote 'clickbaity' title because the people who are going to read this/the people I want to read this are already going to do so (I mean, I guess I technically might want some random people that are currently in my head to read it as well, but the concept still applies). So there's no need to put a semi-'clickbaity' title.
The one thing that it reminded me of was an anime, I forget which one, which all it's titles for the episodes were just a one or two word thing like "Forgetfulness", "Death", "Understanding" or something like that.
Now that I think about it also reminds me of some vlogbrothers's episodes. One was entitled "On ____" (they filled in the blank, I just didn't because I don't remember exactly what it was (tbh, it might have been "On Motivation")).
The title I chose also has a clickbaity feel to it. What's 'the one thing'??? Guess I'll have to read it and find out! Idk.
Anyway.
That wasn't really the point of the post. The point of the post wasn't to talk about the title, believe it or not. I kind of just started rambling, which is fine. Adds stuff to the post. Adds meat. Having random words that deal with nothing is good, I guess.
The original point was to start of by saying that I feel motivated to write more for reasons, and then go on to ramble about stuff. Because when I don't really know what to write, I like to just write whatever comes to mind.
I basically already fulfilled my goal of talking briefly about motivation, and then rambling, but I could probably ramble some more.
You see, but then you don't know what to ramble about. So then you just end up rambling about not knowing what to ramble about. Which sometimes leads to something. Not really sure if it will this time since I don't have the next sentence planned out as I write this. Although I did just think of this one: Yes, I write the previous sentence and think about the next one as I write. I'm assuming that's semi-typical. Never really thought about it not being normal... soooo...
I'll probably do more rambly type posts in the future. Or more concise thoughts that are quick. Mix it up a little, idk, I'll figure it out later (figuring stuff out later seems to be a pretty consistent theme in my life).
Also, the more I look at my twenty one pilots list I keep asking myself "How the heck did you do that??". Because I feel like the way the list is set up and maintained makes it flawed in some way, idk. I have some basic theories about the idea.
I seem to be saying "idk" a lot lately and it's annoying me.
Saturday, September 2, 2017
School Update
Well my plan of how to tackle the school year has gone well thus far. If you don't know my schedule (I don't remember if I've stated it in the past) it's: 1. AP Stats 2. AP Calculus 3. US History (I dropped APUSH) 4. Video Production III 5. Honors English III 6-7. AP Physics.
Anyway, the basic plan was to be really good at math (therefore doing well in Stats, Calc, and Physics) and then survive the rest of the classes. It's worked so far with me acing the past test in Stats and Calc and allegedly doing well on the test in Physics (but we haven't gotten the scores for the last one, so I'm not sure).
My lowest grade is actually in US History with an 85 or something like that. That class sucks. I should turn in more work. You can basically turn in work however late you want so it's decently hard to get motivated, but I'll turn it in on Tuesday (no school Monday), so hopefully the grade will go up to an A.
English has projects coming up that I don't like.
Yep, that's that.
Anyway, the basic plan was to be really good at math (therefore doing well in Stats, Calc, and Physics) and then survive the rest of the classes. It's worked so far with me acing the past test in Stats and Calc and allegedly doing well on the test in Physics (but we haven't gotten the scores for the last one, so I'm not sure).
My lowest grade is actually in US History with an 85 or something like that. That class sucks. I should turn in more work. You can basically turn in work however late you want so it's decently hard to get motivated, but I'll turn it in on Tuesday (no school Monday), so hopefully the grade will go up to an A.
English has projects coming up that I don't like.
Yep, that's that.
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Responsibility? Well, kind of
I don't really know what to call it, but it's the fact that things are actually moving along in my life. Got a job (although I don't know when I'll start working or anything). Important Tennis season coming up, gotta get good. Need to continue working on my Eagle Scout, almost there. Driver's test coming up on the 30th. Am finishing up with additional math learning, this way I'll be able to take AP Calc next year.
It feels like things are actually coming together, which is weird.
I'm sure that will change when the new school year starts, so I don't have that much time to enjoy this feeling of things working together.
It feels like things are actually coming together, which is weird.
I'm sure that will change when the new school year starts, so I don't have that much time to enjoy this feeling of things working together.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
twenty one pilots list
More music related (specifically twenty one pilots) blog posts. Yay! Just what you always wanted, I'm sure.
Replacing the Brandon Sanderson characters list with this one. I'll still keep the characters list in some form some where, just not on my blog. I'll tell you if any changes happen to it. Since it changes so infrequently, it's the first list to get replaced. And the one I'm replacing it with is going to be changing very frequently. I could have organized it more, but I decided to just publish it as is and do some (decently) major updates while it's live.
Anyway, as you can tell from the title and the new list off to the side, this list ranks every single song by twenty one pilots. If you remember back one year ago I ranked all their songs. But those were in gigantic categories. I think I said the next time I would make one, I would mostly get rid of those and have 2-5 songs per category. Well, I got rid of them entirely. Somehow. They are now individually ranked. As I stated before, I have a feeling that this list will shift around quite a bit, and will never have a true ending in any form. With a new album coming out sometime, as I talked about in my previous post, the list will need a large shakeup at that point. I am soooo pumped for that album, you have little idea (I've tried to stop using the phrase 'no idea' since it is rarely true, so you'll have to deal with that for now).
I'm looking at the list right now and I can already see things that I want to shift around.
As you may notice, (if you noticed, you might have just forgotten the existence of the album (even if I mentioned it recently) no No Phun Intended songs are on the list. I find the songs incredibly difficult to rank for some weird reason, so I left them off the list.
Ok, now time to talk about random things about where I ranked certain things, since I do that with all the other lists:
Trees is the top. Migraine is next. Doubt is weirdly third? I love that song a lot, but it probably should go down. Ode to Sleep was in my category 4 in my previous rankings (the lowest one, with each song in there having a specific reason to be in there), but has now jumped to spot #7.
Every time I look at Addict with a Pen I feel like it should go up, but then I look at its competition, and I don't know what to do.
Car Radio needs to go up. Badly. I'll do it later.
Let's look at the bottom:
House of Gold is at the bottom, even though it's a beautiful song. My reasoning: It just reminds me of a very specific terrible music video I made. It was so bad.
Love Stressed Out. Which is one thing I should point out. I love all these songs. The ones at the bottom aren't because I dislike them, it's just that all the other songs above it I love even more. Anyway, I was terrible at explaining my feelings for this song last time, so hopefully I'll do a better time this time. The idea is, if I/someone/a fan/a big fan hears someone listening to Stressed Out the first instinct to have is to think they aren't a big fan, and that they just know their most popular songs. (Not that there is anything wrong with someone only listening to only their most popular songs (you know, other than the fact that they're missing out on some great stuff), have to clarify that). So basically, I don't want someone misjudging me and automatically assuming I only know their most popular stuff. Because I know a LOT more. Hope that cleared up that message without seeming dumb. Ask me in person if you have any questions about it.
Granted, then the question is why aren't the other two most popular songs (Ride, and Heathens) down there? And I honestly have no idea. Should really change something about something about that. I mean, I do prefer Stressed Out over Ride, right? Idk.
Oh, yeah the other thing you might have noticed, yet I naturally assume you didn't:
I didn't split up the RAB and Vessel version of songs. They're often so similar (in basically every case except Lovely and Trees) that I felt there would be no use in putting them. Is the Vessel version of Ode to Sleep better than Friend, Please, but suddenly the RAB version of Ode to Sleep is worse? I have little idea. It would be difficult to distinguish between those things, so I just left it as a collective mass.
Ummmm.... what else?
Haven't added Lovely yet for no apparent reason. Not adding their covers or nonofficial stuff (ex. Coconut Sharks in the Water). I'm trying to say "songs by twenty one pilots" to avoid this weird apostrophe thing were I don't know whether it's "pilots's" or "pilots'".
Just a refresh on how I rank the albums, even though I mentioned it in the previous post: 1. Regional at Best 2. Vessel 3. Blurryface 4. Self-Titled
Side Note Thingy: Took a "step back" and looked at how good Vessel is, so now I'm going to do the same with Regional at Best. Because, with Vessel being so good, it seems difficult to have an album above it. But Regional at Best is also just that good. Seriously, it has Guns for Hands, Holding on to You, Ode to Sleep, Car Radio, Kitchen Sink, Anathema, Forest, and Glowing Eyes?! I hold all those songs in basically the highest regard. Be Concerned, Clear, Slowtown, and Ruby are also very solid. Trees is still good, even with it's weirdness. Lovely is the same way.
Even with slightly weaker forms of Guns for Hands, Holding on to You, Ode to Sleep, Car Radio, and (more than slightly weaker form of) Trees; Kitchen Sink, Anathema, Forest, and Glowing Eyes make up for that. Plus Ruby and Slowtown are probably 'more solid' than The Run and Go, Semi-Automatic, and Screen. Be Concerned and Clear are probably on par with those three (except maybe Semi-Automatic, I don't know. I suppose I could just look at my rankings, but whatev.)
That's about it, I guess. Listening to more Imagine Dragons as you could probably tell by the post a little while ago. Bastille is pretty good too.
Replacing the Brandon Sanderson characters list with this one. I'll still keep the characters list in some form some where, just not on my blog. I'll tell you if any changes happen to it. Since it changes so infrequently, it's the first list to get replaced. And the one I'm replacing it with is going to be changing very frequently. I could have organized it more, but I decided to just publish it as is and do some (decently) major updates while it's live.
Anyway, as you can tell from the title and the new list off to the side, this list ranks every single song by twenty one pilots. If you remember back one year ago I ranked all their songs. But those were in gigantic categories. I think I said the next time I would make one, I would mostly get rid of those and have 2-5 songs per category. Well, I got rid of them entirely. Somehow. They are now individually ranked. As I stated before, I have a feeling that this list will shift around quite a bit, and will never have a true ending in any form. With a new album coming out sometime, as I talked about in my previous post, the list will need a large shakeup at that point. I am soooo pumped for that album, you have little idea (I've tried to stop using the phrase 'no idea' since it is rarely true, so you'll have to deal with that for now).
I'm looking at the list right now and I can already see things that I want to shift around.
As you may notice, (if you noticed, you might have just forgotten the existence of the album (even if I mentioned it recently) no No Phun Intended songs are on the list. I find the songs incredibly difficult to rank for some weird reason, so I left them off the list.
Ok, now time to talk about random things about where I ranked certain things, since I do that with all the other lists:
Trees is the top. Migraine is next. Doubt is weirdly third? I love that song a lot, but it probably should go down. Ode to Sleep was in my category 4 in my previous rankings (the lowest one, with each song in there having a specific reason to be in there), but has now jumped to spot #7.
Every time I look at Addict with a Pen I feel like it should go up, but then I look at its competition, and I don't know what to do.
Car Radio needs to go up. Badly. I'll do it later.
Let's look at the bottom:
House of Gold is at the bottom, even though it's a beautiful song. My reasoning: It just reminds me of a very specific terrible music video I made. It was so bad.
Love Stressed Out. Which is one thing I should point out. I love all these songs. The ones at the bottom aren't because I dislike them, it's just that all the other songs above it I love even more. Anyway, I was terrible at explaining my feelings for this song last time, so hopefully I'll do a better time this time. The idea is, if I/someone/a fan/a big fan hears someone listening to Stressed Out the first instinct to have is to think they aren't a big fan, and that they just know their most popular songs. (Not that there is anything wrong with someone only listening to only their most popular songs (you know, other than the fact that they're missing out on some great stuff), have to clarify that). So basically, I don't want someone misjudging me and automatically assuming I only know their most popular stuff. Because I know a LOT more. Hope that cleared up that message without seeming dumb. Ask me in person if you have any questions about it.
Granted, then the question is why aren't the other two most popular songs (Ride, and Heathens) down there? And I honestly have no idea. Should really change something about something about that. I mean, I do prefer Stressed Out over Ride, right? Idk.
Oh, yeah the other thing you might have noticed, yet I naturally assume you didn't:
I didn't split up the RAB and Vessel version of songs. They're often so similar (in basically every case except Lovely and Trees) that I felt there would be no use in putting them. Is the Vessel version of Ode to Sleep better than Friend, Please, but suddenly the RAB version of Ode to Sleep is worse? I have little idea. It would be difficult to distinguish between those things, so I just left it as a collective mass.
Ummmm.... what else?
Haven't added Lovely yet for no apparent reason. Not adding their covers or nonofficial stuff (ex. Coconut Sharks in the Water). I'm trying to say "songs by twenty one pilots" to avoid this weird apostrophe thing were I don't know whether it's "pilots's" or "pilots'".
Just a refresh on how I rank the albums, even though I mentioned it in the previous post: 1. Regional at Best 2. Vessel 3. Blurryface 4. Self-Titled
Side Note Thingy: Took a "step back" and looked at how good Vessel is, so now I'm going to do the same with Regional at Best. Because, with Vessel being so good, it seems difficult to have an album above it. But Regional at Best is also just that good. Seriously, it has Guns for Hands, Holding on to You, Ode to Sleep, Car Radio, Kitchen Sink, Anathema, Forest, and Glowing Eyes?! I hold all those songs in basically the highest regard. Be Concerned, Clear, Slowtown, and Ruby are also very solid. Trees is still good, even with it's weirdness. Lovely is the same way.
Even with slightly weaker forms of Guns for Hands, Holding on to You, Ode to Sleep, Car Radio, and (more than slightly weaker form of) Trees; Kitchen Sink, Anathema, Forest, and Glowing Eyes make up for that. Plus Ruby and Slowtown are probably 'more solid' than The Run and Go, Semi-Automatic, and Screen. Be Concerned and Clear are probably on par with those three (except maybe Semi-Automatic, I don't know. I suppose I could just look at my rankings, but whatev.)
That's about it, I guess. Listening to more Imagine Dragons as you could probably tell by the post a little while ago. Bastille is pretty good too.
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