Team J.A.F.

It's simple.

-You have a 15 page English Essay to write, and you've known about it for 3 months.
-You decide your topic with 2 week to go (did I mention that we weren't given a prompt to begin with. AP classes, indeed)
-You write up a thesis statement with 6 days to go.
-You begin writing the actual essay with 3 days to go.
-You go to school and brag about the massive amount of content you have while other people stress out. You laugh at them. This is a required step.
-The night before it's due, you write from page 2 to page 15.
-Turns out you only have 12 pages of content. Mess with font size, and hope you don't get caught.
-When you're finished up, you hang out on BZP for a bit, seeing if anybody's replied to your work and see that the topics haven't been touched since you last left.
-Realize that it's Midnight and that you should be asleep.
-Log of the computer and go to sleep (and hope you don't have a Zero period).

That pretty much sums up my experiences. My essay is indeed only 12 pages long (13 if you count the bibliography) but I'm not going to risk changing the font or margins... I'm sending it in via e-mail (to save trees... hey, the teacher suggested it!). I should warn you, don't try this at home unless you are a qualified procrastinator. I am indeed qualified- I bought the shirt, and I've had plenty of practice. Now I just have to hope that what I wrote actually is quality. But why bother stressing over it? My Eagle Scout Board is in a couple of weeks... that may be something to stress about.

Last step...

-Recycle, reuse, repeat.
-And listen to some good music along the way. (Tom Petty is my preference right now)

Yep, I've finished my Short Story Contest #3 entry. Learning to Fly, a great song by Tom Petty. It's not classic rock, not new funky stuff. Just my kind of music. Oh, and the story is about Nuparu fighting Vezok for the first time, and using his Kadin mask. I actually think it's a rather good story, but people always have diverse opinions. Not that many of them matter... only the judge's opinions do. Unfortunatly, they're looking for the better writings, so...

If you have a spare minute (or three) check out the story and comment on it. Then I might feel happy when I see I get a review. Yes, it's all to make me feel better about myself.

I managed to convinve my parents to drop me off at a Barns & Nobles today, and I went in and bought me a copy of the latest Bionicle Legends book! Yay! I'm considering it a birthday present to myself... and I read it. It was pretty good in many places, but it still left an odd taste in my mouth after having read it. But, as I learned with Power Play and Legacy of Evil, reading it the first time through doesn't make it seem as descriptive and exciting as when you've reread it a couple of times.

I won't reveal any spoilers, but you'd better go and get that book if you've liked any of the Legends books. Only problem now... I'll have to wait until Janurary for the next book to come out (maybe sooner, maybe later). Because this one doesn't end nicely like Time Trap... it leaves us a nice big cliffhanger.

And if that spoils it for ya... sorry.

Happy Birthday to me.

Okay, my original idea for the newest story contest was to retell parks of Duka's story (based of his short Epicfest story and his adventures in Time Disruption) using the song Come Sail Away by Styx. But when I started planning it out, it seemed rather slow and repetitive. While I may eventually write the whole thing out and post it anyway, I want something a little more appealing for my contest entry.

I was thinking of creating a fight between Nuparu Inika and a Piraka, while using Tom Petty's Learning to Fly song. So far, it sounds like it will be more action packed and faster paced than my other option. Plus, it will go nicely with the Nuparu story I donated to Caesar's Story Collection (which he should be posting sometime). So, anyway... that's my plan. Now I just have to see it into action.

Now I've just got to write it, and call dibbs on the song.

Yep. All that stuff about installing benches and all that I griped about last month is over. I've completed my Eagle project, finished all my merit badges, and got almost everything signed off. Now I just need to pass my Eagle Board in a few weeks, and I'll be of a new rank.

Not that I'll get it, because the Board is suppose to be very tough on you. But I have hopes. And now a little bit more freetime to focus on... homework! UHG.

I've never been the greatest SS writer, but I'm going to enter this contest no matter what. Well, I'll try and put quality work in, but you get the point.

It's a song-fict contest. See the official topic for all the details and rules. I have this great idea for a song and I even think I know which character I'll use. Coincidently, I also used him in my Epicfest entry. Anybody remember Duka?

And, no, this has nothing to do with the other Time Disruption project I'm working on. That's currently on chapter 4 or something...

*remembers that he has two other incomplete stories he should complete too* Awe well.

Did you knwo that some plastic covering sheets used for the walls of our Haunted House give of a noxic gas when they burn and whither away? The fire marshals did, so we had to tear down all the plastic walls (and that was all the walls) and replace them with wooden walls. And that means, instead of stapling thin plastic, we have to nail in heavy wooden sheets over and over again... and again, and again. So that pushed our opening night back a few days...

Not that I'm complaining. If the fire marshals think it's a hazard, then it is. Now if the place catches fire, the people can get out and won't be hammered by deadly gases. On the bad side, if the place goes up, then it will GO UP! Wood burns... but you arne't going to start a fire in our haunted house with a lighter like you could with the plastic...


In any case, after a half day of school and seven hours of lifting wood sheets, I'm very tired. Now I just have to finish my homework before Lost comes on...

While helping paint the Haunted House, I've realized how useful paint thinner is. When you get sticky white paint all over your hands, it doesn't come off using a little soap and water... but some solvents work better. Yet the paint jobs looks pretty good... nice and scary.

Oh, and I'm writing a scary story for Spanish, and just because I can, I think I'll add Tahu into it.

Well, I was going to go on a scout trip this weekend, but I have a ton of homework to get through. I would do it after school, but my drama class gets to be apart of the schools Haunted House, so we'll be doing that in the evenings next week. The planning we've done has been really cool so far, and I can't wait to get in it. It's suppose to be one of the bigger haunted houses in our state... it fills up the school's entire Multi-Purpose Room. (Much to the displeasure of my drama class... we've had to work in a small corner for the majority of the week while it was under construction).

Also, I finnaly got the physical work for my Eagle Project completed. Now comes the most difficult portion... the paperwork! I'm down to about two weeks before my birthday, so I'm pushing it kinda close, but I think I'll make it.

What did I learn today in Comparitive World Govenrment Class? Not too much about Nigeria (which we're currently studying). No, I leanred that some people like to drive down the road with their eyes closed.

It's apparently the new "in" thing. "Everybody does it". Just find a section of road you know well, close your eyes, and navigate like you normally do. Half the people at my table say they have done it. I told them they were crazy.

Thus I think I may need to find a new table to sit at tomorrow. But on the other hand, I now have a more accurate understanding of why so many people die in car accidents in the United States. Us Americans must be crazy drivers!

Drive safely... and KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD!



PS: If I posted this on that other popular blog thingy, those people would probably read this and reconize me. But as I'm sure none of them are on BZPower...