Freakonomics!

I hope that I can show you all my essay at a point where it is presentable. I mentioned my essay that I am working on is about Freakonomics. Well I finished my first draft and it is ready for the editing. I wish I could show it to everyone but I feel that I'm going to wait until its final draft and it is much easier to enjoy then the constant imperfections that you might run across. So I look forward to posting the essay after is done with the editing stage and finally suitable for everyone to read.

Other then that bit of work I finished Nothing to Envy. It ends with everyone that the book follows ending up in South Korea and living a new life. Though not everyone had the best of life as some of the people that made had trouble with debts and bad starts. Including one girl who put herself in debt and then decided that she still needed to bring her mom over to South Korea. While this all worked out alright the problem was that she still was deep in debt by the end of the book. Now of course they are still alive and living their lives. The hard part is that we know none of their names

Today is Halloween and I almost feel like it is still the same day that was yesterday or the day before. I wish it was simple enough to say that this wasn't ever actually a holiday but there is still so many people that celebrate the holiday that makes that impossible. But in honor of a holiday I was asked to give a history lesson on the origins of Halloween. So how about we begin.

The holiday Halloween is supposedly started from Samhain a Celtic Holiday where the people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming spirits. Then during the 8th century Pope Gregory III set November 1st as all Saints day to honor all saints and Martyrs. This holiday held tradition carried from Samhain. The day before All Saints Day was known as All Hallows Eve and later known as Halloween which eventually developed into a community based child friendly day. Activities included things like Trick-or-Treating. But was still supposed to celebrate the coming Winter season with gatherings,candy,and costumes

Doing my Homework

So I was extremely depressed when my computer got wiped to help with my curriculum but I have been working on getting the things I wanted back. Of course I can't get everything back but I can get my old games, some programs to make things work, and the programs to help with curriculum. I am approaching fast on where I was originally at but it will be a while before getting everything I want back. Either way no matter how long it takes I will get everything I lost back and continue with my work on making every game I get a hold of better and much more fun.

So I have been allowed to sleep in one extra hour then usual. I thought this was awesome considering the whole zombie feeling that I was having every morning. But unlike last time I mentioned this I am being allowed to sleep in until 9:00 or 10:00 for a normal time until my schedule straitens out. You see I am already 1/3 of the way through the school year already and am ahead of most people my age so as a way to help with this I got to choose between sleeping in an extra hour or getting every other Friday off. I honestly think that an extra hour of sleep every morning is much more then one extra day every other week in the ways of usefulness. Considering the fact that I will wake up on my own at about 9:30 AM every morning if allowed to sleep in. I don't think that one extra day off will help half as much as that one hour every day.

So my work lately has been a bit slow and I managed to get all of the work I needed to do over again done. Sadly though now I am continuing on the part that I don't understand and my dad wasn't much help with this when I told him that I would need more help in this area of work. This is the actual graphing of the inequalities. I really am not good at this if the equation isn't already written out for me to follow and graph. I don't think that dad was really listening to me as it was late last night and he seemed tired. I hope that he will be more help later tonight.

Extreme Makeover Weekend Edition.

So this weekend was seriously crazy for me. I got limited on all of my electronics for the weekend. This got me to the point that was just awful. I went on several walks to stay calm and not rush downstairs and snap to get mad at Kristi and dad. I know that they were just trying to help but this seriously messed up my weekend for me as I usually hop on the computer and relax for the weekend. Don't forget sleeping in until about 12:00 to keep myself somewhat awake. For most of the weekend we have leftovers. I can stand this most of the time as we usually eat pretty well but I just didn't care this weekend. I wasn't caring that it was the weekend as it also felt like a school day much like my last Thursday but either way I couldn't sit in my house and relax but I know that my brother Nate was feeling much worse then me as his weekends are set around Facebook.

Although at the home I was really enjoying myself I did get to go trunk or treating with Dad, Kristi, and Zoe. Of course this was after all of the amazing family photos. I don't think I mentioned this on my blog yet but Dad and Kristi are getting married. So as a way of getting things ready we got our family pictures taken. It was me, dad, Kristi, Nate, Zoe, Cindy, and Chewy the dog of our family. We got some really good pictures taken by one of my dads good friends Craig. After all of the pictures were taken all over  the place we headed out for the Trunk or Treat event being held at Kristi's church.

I can't stress how much I was out of place with no costume other then my normal winter hat and trunk or treating. I even took a hay ride mainly because I got to sit down. The day was still fun as I was supposed to take a little girl around to all of the cars but she didn't want to leave her moms side so I went getting some candy for myself expecting to go back and watch the moms car but she found someone else and I just got a whole load of candy of my own. Now I can't argue about the candy as I love snickers as much as the next person its just that the day didn't go as I expected.

Stepping up

Yesterday I finally got my white belt! So I waited the entire day for the time to finally arive where I could go and get my belt. Now in class I am not the best student. Nor did I ever believe that I would be the best, but when I got that belt I felt amazing and better then everyone in that room. I felt like I could take on the world and then some. That night I was so proud and now I can show you some of my greatest shots in this fine hour. I know that I have much more to go in the world of martial arts but I am proud of the work that I have accomplished. Even better is that I have 3 stripes and am ready to take my test to get my next belt.

So on another note I got to go on the next field work Friday! This one as I said in another post was to the Kansas City federal money reserve. The place was able to show me many things that I never thought about. I never knew that there was even a place that regulated all of the money in the first place as I never really gave it any thought. So I decide to go in and I had to walk through the metal detector. It went off and I had to walk back through and empty my pockets. Man I REALLY need to empty my pockets. I pulled out several useless objects and some usefull objects before I could walk through. After I got inside I got to look around and see all the different places in the country that have a federal reserve. See the different kind of mint that was used during certain points in time, See how to identify counterfeit money, and got to watch how the job was done by a movie that was constantly being played.

After my field trip to the Federal reserve Zoe and I had to wait in the dentists office as Kristi had a checkup. I was very proud of how we did at the office. We were complimented by the dentists for how mature we were without being watched by anyone. Kristi was able to tell how well we were doing by how quiet we were being in the waiting room with no one there. I couldn't help but feel proud as I read on in Nothing to Envy. Which despite how depressing the book was couldn't dampen my pride in what we had accomplished.

Not a day off.

So I thought that today was going to be a day off because I had to watch Zoe and I was told that when another kid was home I wouldn't have school. Well I don't really agree with that today. I worked most of today on doing my math and coping with the fact that my math work today is the same work I did yesterday and I didn't really understand it then. I really had to use a lot of hints just to get through any problems. So instead of relaxing or worrying about Zoe I was sitting in front of the computer doing my work or trying to cope with the work load.

So I finished what I could of my work but didn't get it all done before I had to call dad and say that I didn't understand any of the work. I didn't have to like the fact that this was pretty much giving up all of the work I had done but I was just getting even more mad by the second. I got so mad that I took a walk outside in the cold just to be distracted from how mad I was. It did help but another 30 minutes I was just as mad as I was before my walk. So I was getting nowhere being so mad. I couldn't even concentrate.

Anyway other then all of that math nonsense I didn't get much accomplished. I didn't get to do anything with Zoe, I didn't get to see any of my friends that were also home today, and I managed to drive myself to give up on my math. I'd say that this was probably one of days that could've ended better. Even if they could've been better I can't help how bad I did just do better at the problem next time.

Sleeping in and Freaking out

Today I was told that I needed to sleep in as I was like a zombie the entire day the last couple of days. So I slept in until about 9:45. I stayed there and couldn't stay because I finally had some energy. Actually I had too much energy in the last couple of days. So I got up and was ready to aproach the rest of the day and get going. I then realized that I could have been in a lot of trouble when it came down to work. I usually start at no later then 8:00 because if I do people start coming in the door at about 3:00 or 2:30 on Wednesdays. So waking up at almost 10:00 was at the time that my little sister starts coming home. I thought to myself that this can't possibly be that bad. Well it didn't end that bad as I found out that Kristi was willing to let me work until about 3:00. I am writing this blog after my day but I am so relieved with the extra rest.

My essay is coming along nicely with the first 2 paragraphs done. I got to work on the math work finally but I didn't understand all of it so I did everything else first. So all of things are coming into place before my 4 day break. I am loving how my days are only getting easier from the start of each day. Of course there is always some kind of impediment on some random day. Of course there is always going to be some sort of problem. Problems are what make the days interesting. Other then hobby's like tinkering and science.

So tomorrow is going to be a bit more interesting then I thought it would be. Instead of doing something like relaxing or helping with Made to Serve I am going to watching Zoe. Now this isn't going to be to bad but it might make my day a bit more interesting. Zoe can really get on my nerves at times. Even worse is how am I going to answer even half of the thousands of questions that she asks.I hope that tomorrow goes easier then what I am thinking that it can be.

50th blog post!

Tae Kwon Do (White belt ahoy)

So there is an update on my Tae Kwon Do work. I have the necessary work to have finally achieved my white belt! All this took was turning in 4 papers over a period of one a week which is approximately 1 month. Sadly I didn't turn these in all of the time and I am just now getting my actual white belt this Thursday. That is if I turn in my sheets as I was supposed to be. Either way if this is not this week it will definetly be next week. I would start getting mad if I forgot to bring in the sheets two weeks in a row.

Today I was supposed to finish the math that was assigned yesterday. So today right after lunch I decided to go downstairs and start on them. After I managed to type in the addresses I realized that something was wrong. It all looked like the text that might come out of dads terminal. Even worse is that since it was obviously programmed with all of the info for the problems I could see the answers too and the picture or graph I was supposed to use wasn't there. This was so bizzare that I decided to stop trying to figure out what happened and hop onto one of the other exercises. Sadly it was the same gibberish as the last one. Even worse is that this assignment was supposed to be done yesterday. I just got one extra day thanks to Kristi. I don't even know how to explain this to dad.

So since my little sister Zoe is home from school on Thursday and Friday this counts for me as a day off. Technically I actually only have Thursday off and thats just because someone has to keep an eye on Zoe while Kristi is helping with Made to Serve. Friday on the other hand is actually another field trip. This field trip will take us to the money museum at the Kansas City Federal Reserve. The reason why is because this field trip will be appropriate enough for Zoe even if some of the concepts are over her head and I can still learn something from going and best of all Zoe is left home alone. I think that this is going to be a win win situation as Zoe gets to go on a field trip with me and Kristi while we can have piece at mind that Zoe is safe. 

Khan Overload

Today I was assigned a whole load of math. 2 videos and 5 different exercises to complete. I never got around to doing the exercises. I do know that I was having a hard enough time trying to stay focused on just the videos without going off topic. I just have had one of those kind of days that no matter what you do you cannot stay focused. Started this morning when I got only about 7 hours of actual sleep. Even if I did get some caffeine this morning I just can't really stay very focused. Today has kinda reminded me when I was so distracted that I almost decided to put the trash from upstairs in the washing machine. I am quite glad I didn't or else That washing machine wouldn't be in our garage anymore.

I have another paper coming up. This paper instead of writing about Adrian Mole I'm planning on writing a paper on the Freakonomics series. The reason is because these two books have single handedly changed my perspective on my future job choice and I would just love to see what I could do with the paper on a subject like this. I honestly have no idea where to start or how the paper will end. I hope that the two books can even be put into a paper but if not I think that I can find something else to write about. The paper might be about Catcher in the Rye if Freakonomics fails. Even then If I don't think Catcher in the Rye will work then I guess I can find something else.

I have mentioned my 3rd book Nothing to Envy before. I think this book is just getting more and more interesting. The fact that the regime in North Korea is just a modified version of Communism is almost shocking that the people don't do anything about it. The people are almost brain washed by their leader and can't do anything about it if they don't know. The fact that they will be reported by each others neighbors is altogether shocking as that someones closest friend may report them to the authorities and get them sent in to the mines for the rest of their life and that there is no way to return to your old life after you fall in rank.

changing perspectives

Isn't it all quite interesting how all of our opinions change yet stay the same. I am talking about how my opinion on my future jobs have changed. While originally I wanted to continue in my pursuit about black holes but I have found something much more interesting. I figured out how much I liked Economics more then black holes but they are all just as interesting as they always were. Nothing has truly changed but my interests. Even then they are all still the same in they way that they are both extremely fascinating to me.

First up is the black hole career. While I spent the last few years researching these hulking imploded stars I also felt that there was so much to learn including why they are the way they are, how come they lead to nothing that we can ever reach. In a way they seem to be mocking us from a distance, daring us to approach them and to tame them to learn their true purpose. I couldn't help but want to learn more. Even going as far to read books and debates and theories on them I just couldn't stay away.

Economics on the other hand is a much more subtle and reliable form of work. Economics helps us understand the world around us then to make sense of everything else we know. This includes scams, the state of our economy, and more. Almost to much to count. Even cooler is the fact that this can all be applied to everything. As this is the study of everything we know in the social world. Just like a teachers incentive to cheat was at one point higher then it is now. But even then they still cheat why is that. Is it just easier to go through all of the work to make them look better. I don't think so but they must have some sort of incentive.

Outside the Box

Today I had absolutely nothing to write about so I had to get some help. I was pacing and bashing on myself to try and find something to write about but all I could come up with was something exactly like yesterdays entry. Well I couldn't let that happen at all as we all know if someone repeated something over and over the repeated object would become obsolete. So I talked to my dad at about 10:00 PM and we finally came up with a topic. A topic I am not to thrilled about typing but it is better then repeating yesterday's entry. The topic is based off of what I notice during my walks around the neighborhood. To be completely honest I barely pay attention to my surroundings but I guess it's better then repeats.

The walks start every day at 10:00 AM where I lock the door and close all of the windows around the house. The drive way has been cracked since we moved into the complex. I have wondered how it became so riddled with cracks and elevations but I hike upward to the sidewalk where leaves litter the ground. The leaves are usually orange or a deep red. They are almost comforting like rose petals along the green and brown grass which slowly dies as winter approaches around the corner swiftly. I run across  the second road which there is always at least three cars parked along the side of the road. None touch the grass but one car which you can tell has beaten the grass to death which it has stopped growing and disappeared where the grass should be. I take a right turn on the 3rd or 4th road and walk up the uphill incline to a road lined with brown and yellow leaves. Why is it that the leaves are different colors over here then the ones along the road next to my house. A long sidewalk leads me to the 4th and final road I walk to return to my road leading to my house. The sidewalk is as broken as my driveway and the gutters are in the same state as well. I let my feet guide me to my destination as I am to busy thinking about whatever might pop into my head. Only coming out of my thoughts to turn or to shield my eyes from the bright sun which is always in my eyes while walking along the 1st and 2nd street. I walk the path I used to walk when I first moved to this complex about 3 years back to the beginning road to continue my work and to rest to repeat the process the next day and the day to come. The process seems to never end but all things come to an end for something else to begin and thus the cycle repeats and the world changes around me each day as I saunter down my roads which shall always lead back home.

An homage to Catcher in the Rye. 

Reading, Reading, and More Reading

So today was consistent with a whole load of reading in fact other then my blog and French that is all I did today. So there was three different books I read. One of them was SuperFreakonomics. Another one was Catcher in the Rye. And to finish it up Nothing to Envy. I read about 1 chapter in SuperFreakonomics and it took until about 10:00. Next up I read about until about 11:00 on Catcher in the Rye. I then finished up with some lunch in between with Nothing to Envy. I decided that most of you know what Catcher in the Rye is I think that I will give a rundown on SuperFreakonomics and Nothing to Envy for everyone reading this. Mainly because this is all I really did today. Of course they are all good books and can all teach you something.

Starting with the book that hooked from the title SuperFreakonomics. The first chapter is based on the research by a man named Sudhir Venkatesh. His research was all about the downtown neighborhoods like the rundown neighborhoods in Chicago. In the first book he researched the inner workings of a gang selling crack cocaine. His skin color lets him be accepted almost anywhere even places with segregation. For example since he is Indian he is a mixture of both letting him slip into the ghettos and "Academia" Without any trouble from anyone. So this time he went into the area of work that is known as prostitution. I don't like the subject but the chapter was very interesting. So he researched the wages, the dangers, and finally the overall life of a prostitute. Once again I did not like the subject at all but I liked the overall chapter. In fact I quite like Venkatesh's work in general. Including his entry on the Crack Cocaine in book one which was a bit outside the box.

Next up is Nothing to Envy. This is a book about the life of the North Koreans. The first chapter is all about the lack of Electricity. Can you imagine life without electricity after living with it so long. I don't think I could. Mainly because I can barely stand a day without my computer let alone an entire life where computers are almost completely unheard of. Even worse this means that you can't walk at night because street lights wouldn't work even if there was any. Then there is the problem with if you are not in the high ranks of the community you are in the middle or at the bottom. If your at the bottom then there is almost no chance of ever becoming successful in North Korea. In fact we followed the story of a girl who almost went to work under Kim Jong Il. She didn't go because her father was originally from South Korea and was instantly apart of the bottom class and could never rise from the bottom. So they could never go any higher then where they were so their life was horrible there until they defected to South Korea. That is where she was interviewed by the writer.
And so I end my blog on that dreary note and hope you decide to look into this book as despite how depressing it is this book is amazing as it is all based off of the peoples lives in North Korea.

Getting Good

I think that most people have noticed this but I thought it might still be interesting to address. I'm talking about how I have been getting better at my daily work. My increased blog entries and for some of you getting done with all of my work early is becoming very prominent. Including today because I just finished with all of my work today that was assigned so I am working on mentioning all of the facts. Essay questions are getting easy, I am flying through math, not hard english, all of my science is writing. That was only today too.

I also have to address the problem that we still need something else other then essay questions. We can't do the school methods as they are worse then essay questions. School methods consist of problems like multiple choice, fill in the blank, and matching. I would like to ask if anyone has any recommendations other then the essay questions and the school methods then PLEASE place a comment on this post as I read my comments every day.

I started SuperFreakonomics and it was extremely interesting. This book covers some of the more interesting things. Like why a terrorist should get life insurance. Why horses were actually worse  then automobiles. I thought that was pretty interesting. The horse subject actually are worse as their waste realeases methane, they could easily trample people under foot, and when they stopped going they can't keep on going they had to be put down. All of this could lead to huge troubles and the reason why the horse drawn carriage was dead over night.

"Field" Work Friday

so today was my 4th field work Friday. The key word there is work. I havn't made it very clear by saying field day Friday so I decided to point that out while I still remember too. I also have some new books that I got for my work in continuing Economics. The first one is Economics for dummies, the second one is Nothing to Envy, and the one I am the most interested in is SuperFreakonomics. For these books we would be willing to accept some new ways of work other then essay questions so if anyone has any recommendations don't hesitate to comment. Speaking of Freakonomics, Kristi and I watched the Freakonomics movie today for the work of the day.

The Freakonomics movie released some content that wasn't even in the book. For example they had an experiment where they tried to bribe ninth graders to get them through high school. There was some people that this worked on but other then that the rest of the students didn't take the bribe and failed most of their classes. The bribe was 50 dollars and a chance to enter in a lottery that had a prize of 500 dollars and the chance to ride in a jeep limo. You would think that more would have taken the bribe but no the bribe didn't work that well and wasn't really what I expected when they said that it only helped pass 37-40 kids. The movie went into more detail about things that were actually from the book like corruption in sumo wrestling. and the name dilemma that is only about do names actually have an impact on a persons future. Of course the main impact on a child's future is his family and neighborhood but names have a large impact on the future like getting a job.

This morning consisted of sitting down at a table and working on my current math packet. The work is point slope form and it is a pain. I worked out how much work I will have to do daily and it should work out properly if I do 6 problems every day until Monday and then on Monday I just do 6 and the last problem and I will be done. Of course in order for this to work I actually have to stay on top of the work over the weekend. The cool part is that I got to try a new restaurant that is not really that new, I just have never eaten there before. This place is known as Jimmy Johns and I think I am one of the only people that I know that hasn't eaten there once until today. It wasn't the most impressive but they still make a pretty darn good sandwich. I think the reason I liked it though is because I ordered a sandwich that had bacon on it. Who doesn't like bacon, Other then the people that don't like bacon of course.

Compare and Contrast

I finished to books based around a what if of the future. One book was the Hunger Games. The first book in the popular trilogy.The other book is Anthem. A classic book that revolves around the lack of individualism written by the author Ayn Rand. For my blog entry I decided to give a rundown of what they have in common and then tell you which one I liked better. So how about we get started.

Lets start out with the Hunger Games. The popular rebel Katniss is known in any city with a media source. Mainly known by the first book Katniss was always trying to put on this macho act for her family to let them know she was there to help. The day comes where she is whisked away to battle to the death with other blood thirsty competitors. She goes into the arena with a boy with a secret crush on her by the name of Peeta. He is extremely strong and crafty but gets himself injured trying to save her. This ended up with her taking care of him as he died very slowly. She ends up saving him and the two of them win the games and the hearts of the audience as the star crossed lovers. The fact that two people lived for the first time started a rebellion within Panem ( the future America ). It then continues into the next books which I will sadly not recommend to anyone.

Next up is Anthem and its screwed up anti-individualist society. For example, the words I,me, and ego are now banned words that will get you burned at the stake and are considered the only punishable crime by death. We start out the book following the boy Equality. What I can't type up for you is the serial code that follows Equality which is a pain to type up. Every job is picked by the government. So every kid out there wanting to be a doctor could be a sewer worker. This same problem occurred with Equality and his wish to be a scholar. He ends up becoming a street sweeper which he finds an old tunnel where he can study things in peace. He meets a girl called Liberty while sweeping the streets one day who he falls in love with at first sight. this is actually a crime as was the wanting a specific job. As these are not the thoughts thought by everyone. As is him finding the old tunnel and not telling anyone. While in his tunnel he discovers electricity and decides to share it with the scholars who turn it away and try to turn him in to the government to be punished for so many supposed crimes. The book ends with Equality and Liberty finding the banned words and living in the ruins of a large building from our current time where they live in peace.

So its time to compare the two of these together. First up is the fact that both of these book are based on a future where war destroyed the world and is taken over by a new government that both have something wrong with them. Then there is the fact that the main character always falls in love with someone as Katniss starts falling in love with peeta and equality instantly falls in love with Liberty.Continuing off the last sentence Liberty and Equality run off together while Peeta and Katniss escape the arena together. Hence they both get out of a tough situation at least once together.I think it's about time I said which one of these books is my favorite. My favorite of the two was Anthem. The reason why is because Anthem was fascinating and didn't need 2 more books to explain everything. Even the fact that Hunger games was 2 times longer didn't even help. I love a good long read but not rhis time.

Mathtastic

In math we are doing linear equations now and now I have to find the x and y intercepts as I've said before. Except that now I can at least find the x and y intercepts. I finished my first packet of work. 3 sheets of x and y intercepts. The last 10 questions were actually graphing them. The work wasn't exactly fun but I feel so proud for actually getting through the work I was struggling with for so long. Thank you dad and time to work on the next packet.

Next thing is that I had to write a three paragraph summary on Anthem. It took a while but it was pretty easy for the most part. The book was pretty cool. I mean how can you not love an alternate future where no one person is an individual. I know I loved the book. I would recommend for anyone that can to read this book. It gives you a different look at what our independence means. We take it all for granted  but this is like a big what if we never had our own independence.

Today was really made up of 2 hour projects. Though ironically when I went to work on my essay questions I flew through them in less then an hour. I think I'm getting better at writing but that doesn't mean I enjoy writing now. In fact I prefer typing much more. That's why on a good day I crank out a decent blog in less then 30 minutes. On a magnificent day I crank out a blog in about an hour and thirty. The reason for that is because on a magnificent day I want to show all that I can in my blog that I couldn't get in if I try for my usual 30 minutes.

Long Day

The day started out with me waking up and getting started on my work. Pretty average routine like usual. Did my work until about 12:30. From then I proceded with going with dad and Kristi for lunch at buffalo wild wings. Dad got a garlic Parmesan, Kristi got teriyaki, I got Aisan xing. During lunch we discussed proper dining edicate. I believe that since they were referencing back to things I did at Aixois, that it was because I didn't really do to well and it was time to be taught. After heading out we stopped by the gas station to refill Kristi's car. I watched dumbfounded as the price went up to about 46.00. A bus pass for a month is 50.00. So if you refill that tank every week you would pay about 200.00. So by buying a bus pass for one month you would save about 150.00. And be economically friendly to boot.

When we got back I went with dad to a place called Scooter world. The reason why is because dad has a scooter being customized from a 50cc scooter which can only reach around 30mph to a scooter that can reach about 70mph easily. The people that worked there were nice and they treated dad as if he was another employee there. So we got to look in the back of the store and dad also got to test out the scooter. When the scooter started up it sounded like a swarm of  angry bees. When dad drove away we could hear him down the road. He let another person try it out and we could hear him down about 5 blocks. I swear that this is going to be one fun bike.

When I got back from the Scooter world with dad we hopped in a car with Kristi and Zoe and headed out for our first doctors appointment in a long time. So we all went up to the office and sat down while dad and Kristi filled out sheets for me and Zoe. We waited about 30 minutes to be called before we went in for our appointment. After getting through the basic check of weighing and height measurement we were put in a room for another 20 minutes before the doctor arrived. We then went through a set of basic questions that would most likely relate to stress in some way. So we left after getting our ears and noses checked and then I got my heartbeat checked. Not really as bad as I thought it would be.

Apologizing again

I've been feeling pretty shallow after writing that blog entry last night. I don't know why I typed up something so hateful to everybody out there. I don't know why I said the things I said. In fact, I don't really know where to begin in all of this. I know that there is more motives for painting and creating then making a living. Football is a past time for the people that enjoy it. That's why Superbowl is such a big deal for people. I felt like I was just complaining the entire entry. So for anyone that I may have insulted or hurt the feelings of in my last entry, I'm sorry for everything. Everyone has something they enjoy in life. Even things that others don't enjoy. I am not the only person that matters when it comes down to opinion.

Today wasn't very interesting except when I skid across the ground right out in front my house while rushing back to the house. Only reason why I was rushing is because I thought the front door was unlocked when I went for my walk. Even worse I went as far as to think the door could've been open and anyone could walk in. So I rushed back, tripped, skid, and walked back inside instead of going on a walk. I don't even know if I will go into Tae Kwon Do tonight. I also ended with a big bruise on my shin.that hurts every time I walk. I'll say that so far this day has been just a little bit interesting.

Work in math is as bad as I thought it would be. I am now graphing and figuring out x and y intercepts. Sadly I still do not understand them even after asking dad how I was supposed to do the work yet I still couldn't figure out the problems. How I was doing gave me the same answer for both x and y every time. I was confusing myself and when I sat down and thought I couldn't see what I was doing wrong so I decided to stop before I hurt myself even more.

end of the week

Time to do one of my special weekend posts. Also because I didn't do it Friday. This weekend was hectic other then today. The only reason why I remembered is because of dad. He reminded me while I was gaming on my computer. To be completely honest with everyone reading this. I don't even know where to start this blog. So I guess that the best place to start is on Friday.

On Friday I headed out for my new assignment of the month. The statistics on a High school football game. The twist in all of this that we had to watch the game in about 30 degree weather. Interesting fact is that this wasn't as relieving as I had hoped. I do not like football games but on the other hand I do love me some cold weather. Football, sadly cancels out the love for cold weather when your siting on bleachers trying to keep your hands warm while writing info your not interested in. The upside was dinner. We ate dinner at a place called Po's. A order at a table Asian restaurant. Really tasty meals in large portions. Got to love it all.

Yesterday consisted of going to work with dad in the morning, eating lunch, going to an art museum, then finally eating my special dinner. The reason why I went to work with dad was because we were planning to have Aixois for lunch not dinner later that night. Sadly, since dad's work was so hard we had to wait until later that night to go. Kristi came to pick me up as we were planning to go watch a movie for my work this week but we all had to eat lunch first. We ate at a place called Cascones. Authentic Italian cuisine. Despite all of the good food the place needs some redecoration. We had to go to the museum as we were far to late for the movie. To be truthful I wasn't a huge fan of the art mainly because I don't really understand why these were made. I know people were trying to make a living but I just don't see much point. Finally dad, Kristi, and I had gone to Aixois with reservations. There I ate an expensive 24.00 steak that was a little under medium. Dad ordered some Salmon with a side of couscous. Kristi had bacon wrapped quail legs that were to die for. To top off the night we all shared a creme brulee.

Wait a day

Tomorrow is my next field day Friday. This one is going to put me ahead of my own family in one type of knowledge. That is the knowledge about sports. Specifically football above all else. The reason for me getting to know more is the fact that dad is a honest to goodness computer geek. No offense to anyone. Then there is Kristi who gets out but isn't interested in sports. To be honest I am not interested in much sports myself but apparently there is something to learn from sports. I guess we will all see.

I know just about everyone that is reading this knows about the fact that the Presidential Debate was last night. Interesting fact is that the best part about the debate was that everyone had a joke to crack about what the two candidates were saying. Including several about Romney's threat towards PBS. I laughed my butt off at when Zoe heard about this that she said that she wouldn't vote for Romney because he was threatening PBS. I know I wouldn't either if I was the person that watched it every morning before school either. Which I did do when I was younger.

This week is coming to a screeching halt with little to stop me in anyway. Football tomorrow, dinner afterwards, and Eating out on Saturday. Speaking of eating on Saturday. I finished my first semester of French and now is treating me to a place called aixois. An authentic French restaurant. On Saturdays the people are encouraged to speak French while inside the restaurant. I believe that this is going to tasty, fun, and hard all in one.

Back to Normal

I made through today with some good news on my mind. Kristi is going to be getting out of the hospital today. In fact, she even sounds better over the phone then she did when I called her the day before. I can't imagine life without right at this point right when she has brought this family to the point of finally seeing the silver lining on things in life. Dad has been providing for this family so much that he can't spend much time on doing much else but work. We all appreciate the work he has put into this family but without Kristi I don't think that life would still be the same.

Work has been going pretty easy this week and doesn't require much in the way of effort. That is just my perspective on the matter but I also believe that this is the week where I get off easy. Next week on the other hand I was told was going to be hard so I do believe that I still have to try this week to try. That is of course the bare minimum required in all bits of work. Effort is a strong word that most people know but do not truly use.

I looked back on one day while I was in the car with Kristi and we were discussing Freakonomics. We had discussed my incentives in life. I could honestly say my favorite one is the ability to eat good food in any shape or form. Even if it is a simple burrito from the restaurant in front of our house. I could then sit down and eat some chocolates or maybe a cheeseburger. There is also more to life for me then food. For example I also love my quiet time on my computer. The complex and confusing patterns on my computer help me calm down and think and relax. All of my life I loved the complex things I could create on my computer.

Missing Kristi

My teacher Kristi is currently in the hospital. She has been going there quite a bit lately and I don't know what much to say. The entire day I've been distracted most of the day by what might happen. She has done so much for this household of ours. Including a clean house, an organized family, and a calm dad. Speaking of dad I can tell that he is as worried about her as me by the way he walks in every day after work. We are trying to fill in where Kristi is missing in the house but the subject is sensitive and no one is really willing to talk about it.

My work has been set up for the week for now. Friday is another make up day and this week is pretty easy with the most of my work being french. I have to work at least 6 hours every day. Not that bad in comparison to public school which after adding things up is about 8 hours every day. School work is pretty much the easiest it has ever been yet. Other then last week of course where I finished the school week 2 days early.

I wish I could continue my blog a little bit more but now I am still a bit distracted by the thought of Kristi. I hope you all can understand my little predicament I am in right now. If your reading this Kristi we are worrying and we miss you.

Math discoverys

Last night before going to bed my dad showed me an interesting video on Khan Academy. It is called Tau versus Pi. I decided that the easiest way to explain this is to show you all the video so that I can get my full point of view across. The part about this video that didn't make any sense to me was just about all of it. On the other hand it looked like it would make things a lot easier. So how about all of you give this a quick look over?Tau versus Pi.

In the ways of this weeks most interesting work. I would say the fact that I am going to be starting my high school algebra a lot earlier then I thought I would be. In fact I didn't even think about ever seeing this in this entire year. I also have a few links for Algebra but there is no reason to give people a lecture on something that I believe most of you know. Maybe even all of you if this blog is only being followed by adults. I do enjoy watching 3 videos a day on Algebra but I have been warned that it will only get harder the next week and I wonder if I will be ready for the challenges that wait ahead.

As some of you might have noticed on Free Day that I only had 2 paragraphs. This might happen every once in a while due to a lack of material to type about. I know I could drag a couple of subjects out and get at least a minimum of 3 paragraphs, but I would prefer not to drag out one point about how I had the ability to pretty much sit at home the entire day on a free day. All I am saying is that I will being writing less then 2 paragraphs on days that don't have much going on.