AP Tests- Two more left!!!

Last week I completed three AP Tests: Statistics, Calculus, and U.S. History. I thought that I was good at math until I took the two math associated tests. Both lowered my confidence in mathematics extremely. But whatever, they're done. I have two more to go- Chemistry and English Language. I am super scared. I got a three on the practice exam in my chemistry class, and I know that I am not a very good writer. I'm just hoping for a four on both. Actually, that's what I'm hoping for all of my tests. Actually, let me lower my expectations to an average of 3.5- which means I can have two 3s and the rest 4, or three 3s and a 4 and 5 (or three 3s and two 5s). There's nothing I can do now to affect the grades of the tests I already took, and I need to accept that. You see, lately I have been finding myself looking through books seeing if I got a multiple choice question right on the test. I was never very confident on the tests, but I think I got at least a three on all of them so far.

Here are my traditions for the AP Tests:
1. My mom makes me two eggs- sunny side down for breakfast
2. I listen to "Sparks" from Theatre Cedar Rapids' version of "Tommy" on the way to the testing site in my car
3. After the test is over I exclaim, "We're done!" several times, even though we're supposed to remain quiet

I can't wait for that letter in the third week of July telling me how I did on each of the tests. But I have to remember that whatever happens happens. I know I tried my best, and maybe I'll get a lower score on the tests because I didn't master the material well enough. I have been pretty busy this schoolyear with Happiness, two musicals, and speech team. I can't believe that I even attempted taking five AP courses with this after school load. So no matter if I get all ones, I think I've done a pretty good job, and I don't see how I could have done better.

Peppers? Pickles? Why are they there?

Who started accompanying pizza with peppers. I understand that it may be tasty to squirt some pepper juice on the pizza, but I've never seen anyone do that in my whole life. All people do with them is eat them plain. Every time someone opens a box of pizza and sees a pepper they say, "Okay, who wants the pepper?" Nobody ever eats them with the pizza. The peppers are just there. It seems you could replace the pepper with anything: chips, a tomato, a block of cheese. It especially gets me going when they have a pepper but they don't have garlic or marinara sauce. Those condiments actually enhance the taste of pizza. When they are replaced with a pepper that has no use at all but to be eaten individually, it doesn't make any sense.

It's kind of like the pickle that comes with sandwiches. It's most often a fourth of a pickle, but the cuts are made along the width, not the height. Thus, the pickle is too long to put onto the sandwich, and you must eat it alone (or as my dad was saying have one bite and then have a bite of the sandwich). Although eating those pickles is sometimes my favorite part of the meal (as I often break out into the song from The Little Rascals, "I gotta pickle, I gotta pickle, I gotta pickle hey hey hey hey!") I still don't understand how the pickle with the sandwich became a tradition, and moreso why it stayed a tradition. The same thing with the pepper- it's a waste a money for the pizza companies to include the pepper, because people are going to eat the pizza with or without the pepper. Also, I'm going to eat the sandwich with or without the side pickle. Those things really have no effect on if I'm going to eat the main part of the meal or not.

They're just too frivolous, unneeded. As much as they are tasty, their presence doesn't make sense.

Getting a New Hair Cut

There's nothing like it. I just got my haircut today, and I feel like a new man. For me, when I see all of that hair fall off me I see all of those worries and strifes fall off as well. I'm let loose. Not only does it feel good, but you get a lot of compliments on it too, and that's always nice. Sometimes, you can make your hair grow exceedingly long so that once you get a haircut everyone really appreciates it.

When I get a hair cut I feel more sharp and clean. I am sophisticated looking. I always look forward to getting my haircut because I know that afterwards I will feel really great, especially if it's a really good haircut.

Without a Phone

When I arrived at the show choir competition yesterday morning I realized I didn't have my phone. I thought I had brought it along, but it wasn't in my bag and it didn't seem to be in my car. So throughout the day I kept finding myself reaching into my pocket to grab my cell phone that wasn't there. It was like when you get your braces off. Everytime you lick your teeth you expect to find your braces there when they really aren't. It was weird not having access to a phone for the day. I couldn't talk to anyone unless I called on someone else's phone, and if I would've had an emergency- while driving, e.g.- than I would've been in some deep doo-doo. I never truly realized the extent to which my cell phone is a part of me. It's basically always on me.

Although I got through the day with great ease, I think that many of my peers would not be able to do so. For them, it's borderline vital. Some people text twenty-four seven, and I can't imagine what they would do without a cell phone. Perhaps they would go cry and sit in a corner, or go home and eat a box a chocolates while watching "The Notebook." I'm just glad I'm not one of them. Nonetheless, I realized that I do depend on my cell phone more than I had thought before that day. It's pretty sad and it says a lot about where our society's going.

I think it would be pretty interesting to have one day where everyone cannot use their cell phone. Or maybe a contest to see who could stand without calling or texting the longest. This is actually a pretty good idea for a fundraiser. Maybe I'll make it happen.