A lack of teeth that mimic the skill of Solomon

I dunno if that title made sense, but I got my wisdom teeth pulled out today. I can't really remember anything about it, which is probably a good thing, but I wish I could have seen my teeth leave my mouth. According to my dad, the surgeons usually crack or break the teeth after opening the gums and pull out the pieces, or something to that extent, so I guess I wouldn't have been able to see them anyway. The numbness from this surgery is still here, the bottom half of my face just feels like dead weight to me right now. I have been drinking a few liquids... some smoothies, some milk, but not much. I don't feel hungry right now, but I feel like if I don't eat something soon I'll be waking in the middle of the night to drink some milk.

I'm having trouble concentrating right now, although most of the laughing gas and the other medications seem to have worn off, with the exception of the numbness. I've literally just been watching Gintama and playing Minecraft all day. According to my parents, I look better because I haven't eaten anything... I'm not sure if that's a good thing. Anyway, I hope that I can concentrate soon and continue studying SAT vocab as well as other skills necessary to do well on the SAT. I'M GOING TO AIM FOR THAT 2400, although I've heard that getting into really good schools like MIT, Cornell, Harvard, etc. seem to decrease your health because of the extreme studying conditions. Perhaps I'll reconsider attempting to get into MIT, I think I'll be fine with University of California: Berkley, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, or Georgia Tech. As long as I can hab duh goot education while still habing duh decent health.

I've been skipping around because I don't have all the episodes yet, but this is fun to watch, I have to say.

In Minecraft, survival and adventure maps have been what I've concentrated more on currently

I apologize if something here didn't make sense, as I said before, I'm not very concentrated right now.

-Sam Rho

Wise teeth

Tomorrow is going to be a fun day... I start off by waking up, only to be put to sleep again by surgeons(?) or some people like that maybe they're just dentists. Anyway, I'm getting my wisdom teeth pulled out tomorrow. That's going to be fun. All 4 at once, no less. Awesome.

In other, not so unhappy, news, taekwondo is really fun! I'm enjoying it and I hope to continue taking it for a while, although I will have to work on my abs... Meaning I'm going to have to practice doing situps. And I'll also have to memorize a series of punches and kicks. I'm excited!

-Sam Rho

Windows 8

I recently changed the OS of a computer in my home from Ubuntu to Windows 8. Originally, the computer had Windows XP, but that just had a terrible virus on it, so it was replaced by Ubuntu. For a while, things went smooth, but I was uncomfortable because I was unable to use it properly. So, i decided to change the operating system to Windows 8.

At first, it seemed fun, sort of like having the Windows phone, but then I realized something was wrong. As I went to shut down the computer, a series of alert boxes showed up saying that disks were missing from areas that didn't necessarily need to have disks, such as disk f, g, h, i, and j. These are parts of the computer that were designed for either CF cards, SD cards, usb ports, or things of that nature that, at least I thought, were allowed to be empty. Perhaps this is just the virus that never left the computer coming back to haunt me... or maybe I just installed the OS wrong. Whatever it may be, it doesn't make me happy to have to keep on clicking continue just to shut down a computer.

-Sam Rho

Arguments

I just finished arguing with an acquaintance over who should be the president of the youth group. It's not exactly a very important position, but it looks good for college. Anyway, I was trying to convince this girl that she should become the president. Of course, I'm not very good at arguing, but I tried to use the example of her being the most important part of any praise song the youth group does because she played the drums. It is, in my humble opinion, true that the drum can play a very large part, especially when it is only one in 3 instruments. It is necessary to have it be correct at all times. It seemed like a pretty legitimate reason that she was important and should take over the seat of president.

The other options for this position are myself and this other friend of mine that is a very good athlete. I really don't want to become the president because I don't enjoy having to converse with my pastor. He's a great guy and all, but sometimes it seems like he doesn't have a clue about the bible...

Anyway, my acquaintance/friend was trying to convince me that I should e the president, but I argued that the president should live near the church so that they can easily go and meet up with the pastor... At which point the argument sort of stopped abruptly as another member of the youth group lessened the tensions by joking around about my acquaintance/friend's inability to be the president because of a lack of mental skills.

There was a little more to the argument, this is only my side, but I feel like it was pretty even in the end when it came to use of evidence and information. I wonder who will end up being the president?...

-Sam Rho

I'm not creative with titles

Today... is a happy day. That's right. The end of many years of school for one of my friends... and the end of 4 years of prison in an Intermediate school for my sister. Haha, not really the prison part. I think she's rather enjoyed her four years of middle school, actually.

Yes, today is the last day of school for the school system that I attend. First, my sister had her farewell ceremony today. She's just finished her 8th grade year and she will be moving to the high school next year as a freshman. I'm not sure if I can think correctly right now. My mind is just somewhere else. I think I'm worrying about all of the things I'll have to do in the coming school year. That's not going to be exciting.

Anyway, what's also happening today is the final year of high school for my senior friends at Handley. They're all going to leave soon and go on with their lives in college. It will be sad to see them go, but today is a day of happiness. They get to graduate and be excited to be finished with all of High school. A few of my friends even managed to get into the positions of Valedictorian and Salutatorian. Congratulations to those people! You managed to fit enough AP classes into your schedules to get the highest GPA's in the entire school! That's way more work than most people would probably be willing to do, but you persevered! I look up to those people and I'm sure that they will all be very successful in the future!

Well, time to get ready for Handley graduation. Congrats to the JHHS class of 2012!

-Sam Rho

Advice to Juniors?

As I was looking through documents on my computer, I stumbled upon this one... I remember that Carolyn sent this to us after some sort of Mr.Hess seminar... just something to read:

Advice for juniors

1. take a free fourth block/ set up your senior year schedule so that you have the least amount of work possible
2. don’t worry about little things on your college applications- the sats don’t matter as much as I thought they did
3. go to the zoo
4. get a stumbleupon account
5. if you have incriminating things in your room, make sure you actually hide them instead of leaving them in your backpack or purse
6. make friends with teachers- you might need to eat lunch in their room second semester
7. buy urban decay primer
8. go to tufts
9. be nice to everyone
10. don’t get your eyebrows waxed if you’ve been using acne medication
11. revenge won’t necessarily make you feel better, but sometimes it does
12.  when you go to panera, order the bbq chopped chicken salad sometime
13.  if someone says that you’re singing the national anthem at 3:45, make sure you’re there by 3:40 at the latest
14.  only cut your own bangs when it’s absolutely necessary
15.  buy things on ebay
16. only paint your nails when you know you’ll just be sitting around for a while (like in government class)
17.  say what you actually mean
18.  have a bonding experience with your fellow classmates, preferably after the dance in someone’s basement
19.  when red things are spilled, clean them up now, not tomorrow morning
20.  don’t do things you know you’ll regret later just because you feel like it at the moment
21.  sometimes, being cute is more important that being smart
22.  schools don’t care if you take physics/calc 2. Even schools that are well known for their math and science. It’s okay if you want to take the copout route. See advice #1
23.  wear your retainer
24.  you can’t always assume that people are telling you the truth and/or the whole truth. Sometimes they’re lying, and you don’t even suspect it, so just be on the lookout. Even though it sucks.
25.  Time heals everything, even if it doesn’t feel like it at the time. It doesn’t feel like it at the time because time hasn’t passed yet duhh

Part Two

1. Drink at some point before you go to college. Otherwise your first time you won’t know what you’re doing and you won’t be with people you know that well and you’ll have a higher chance of having a bad experience
2. If you’re going to make a piece out of a plastic bottle, buy a drill bit- breathing in aluminum foil is bad for your brain. Being an mvgs student, I assume you value your brain.
3. If you feel like you want to puke, just puke. Holding it in will make you feel worse
4. Don’t have sex unless you know for 100% certain that you won’t regret it later. And by later, I mean ever in your life.
5. Don’t do it in a car.
6. Get a macbook
7. Don’t drink and drive. But really
8. Don’t smoke out of the window in your basement. No matter what you think, it will end up smelling
9. Figure out how you’re getting home before you leave your house
10.  Dedicate the shots you take to things and write them down in list form

Multitasking

This school year ends on Tuesday for me. That's really nice, with summer and no school and all, but I'm going to miss it. I had great teachers this year, with the exception of Biology, and I had an amazing time, both at my base school and at MVGS. I'm really going to miss Governor's School... I liked hanging out with all the smart people, it made me feel a little less smart, but that was expected. Anyway, the last graded assignment I have this year is an art project. I'm not taking any art classes, instead this is final assignment is for AP Biology. I really hate that class because the teacher didn't teach me much at all. Most of the things I learned were right before the AP test from a review book. Anyway, I had to create a pictorial depiction of any sort of histology related thing. I chose blood, and that was the most exciting thing ever... really... I enjoyed it so much... drawing a bunch of circles... so fun.

Meanwhile, I was also watching videos on Youtube, thank goodness for that. I was getting really bored of drawing all those circles, so I would just watch random videos. Beatboxing, Minecraft, Smosh, and a bunch of other things. They really helped to pass the time, which actually wasn't good, but it was fun.

AND, while doing all that, I was also playing Minecraft, searching for more diamonds and things of that sort. Hopefully I'll be more productive in the future...

I just realized that I can turn off my phone alarm now... I CAN SLEEP PAST 6AM... THIS IS.... probably not going to change anything... I'll still probably only get about 7 hours of sleep because of my strange sleep cycle. Whatever. It's just nice to have the option.

OH, and I have to study SAT Vocab over this summer, YAY! I'm actually kind of excited because this will be a fun challenge. My mom is taking a pack of about... I think it's like 120 words? Anyway, she's just asking me to define them at random and also making me use them in sentences.

Hopefully as this all goes on, I'll be practicing my writing skills on here for colleges, hopefully.

-Sam Rho