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Home again, home again. I should not have stayed up so late, there was nothing productive about it. Stupid Time Crisis 3, I didn't even beat it.
Yesterday was tough, I got up around 10, and got on the internet, so of course my Dad wasn't having that. He asked about the college stuff, and I told him, so he asked about why I just didn't go there and get stuff straightened out, and I obviously couldn't give him the truth, that I wanted to hang out with Josh today. In a nutshell, he shot down that option and told me to go upstairs, get showered and dressed, and write up questions to ask the counselor and get things straightened. Kelly also suggested I see if I could do my Placement Tests, of course she said it a little nicer, the lesser of two evils, er, more like the Yin/Yang or Good Cop/Bad Cop situation.
So I called up Josh and told him that meeting up was basically a no-go. We still hadn't even thought of anything to do, so I tried to look on the bright side and tell myself I wasn't even missing out on anything anyway, which wasn't true at all, but it was the best I could do. gonk
I wrote my questions out on some note cards while I talked to Josh, and once again my BS'ing abilities remain top-notch, I came out with excellent questions that would still get the job done and please Dad. So, I showed them to him because he wanted to see them first, he had no complaints because I had covered all the bases, (heh.) and I was off to CCSN.
I wasn't up for walking to Charleston like I normally am when I go to Anime Vegas, so I just walked to Sahara and bussed it from there. I need to get some new songs on my mp3 hybrid, I'm getting sick of listening to the same stuff, as good as the music is.
The only thing I had going against me that I could handle was my time limit, the bus ride wasn't going very smoothly. I was hoping to possibly meet with a counselor, get my questions answered and organized, then hopefully get a chance to take the Placement Tests. I was making it there around like 2:15 - 2:30ish, but the last chance to take a test on Fridays is 3:30. So needless to say I was pressed for time. I don't know if other people who walk to places frequently have this problem as well, but I seem to be cursed with the need to use the bathroom terribly when I go walking somewhere, and it only happens when I end up somewhere that's like the median of the locations, so it's too far to go back and too far to get there in time, and there's no place in between to go use the restroom. Sheer willpower and talking to myself to distract the discomfort prevailed over the "curse" however, and I made it to the Computer Lab. I didn't have much time to look around though, and head straight for the Student Services area where I remember going with Kalen and Katrina way back last year when Kalen signed up for courses here. Thank God I went with them too, or I would have been running around like a chicken with his head cut off. I asked Information where I could speak with a counselor, and walked to the area, signed the clipboard and waited my turn. I started looking around to see if the Testing Area was nearby, when an old friend spotted me and said my name in that way I'll remember to my grave.
It was Star. s**t, I hadn't seen her since Fremont back in 8th Grade. I immediately thought of the Breadbasket Colonies, chuckled to myself, and walked over. She was hanging out with Jon, another, guy I remembered, but I never like him. When he came to Fremont in 7th Grade for some reason everyone was under the impression that he was gay, which didn't help his nasty attitude one bit. She waved me over but he seemed to not even notice I was there. He never really liked me, I don't know why, maybe he thought contact with me was bad for his reputation, at least Star was nice enough to not look at people like that. Then again, she was high 80% of the day, and she was already on the phone with someone looking for a place to "blaze" when I sat down with them.
We talked about each of our reasons for being at the campus, and she told me she'd just finished the Placement Tests, and that the Math portion was a b***h. That didn't suprise me coming from her, but I'm not one of the Math Elite myself. I tore away from them though because my name was called, and I never saw them the rest of the day, I hope they're doing well. I'm not going to bore myself again with all the details I was explained, but the biggest upset is that to help achieve my degree and take all my general studies courses, so that in 2 years, I move on to UNLV, I have to take Math 182, which is Calculus I. I'm not even sure my results in the Math Placement will get me anywhere near that, but the counselor, Ruben told me that I could take some of the Math courses inbetween as Electives incase I place far away from the Calculus class. It sucks you have to do such a high degree Math course, but then again it's common sense that Programmer's would need the knowledge of numbers like that.
I did end up having enough time to take the Placement Tests, but only one, English or Math. Since I wasn't feeling well over the whole Calculus deal, I opted for English, because I doubted I would have to study for it. It was all over the computer, and honestly, I was a mixture of suprised and appalled and what they laid out for me. The whole test was 14 questions, and the first 13 didn't even count, they were stuff like, "Fill in your Student Number" or "What is your date of birth?". To be honest it reminded me of the written portion of the Chuunin exam in Naruto, where the only question that mattered was the last one. The 14th question was an essay, where you had to read this article about the history of Elvis' music career, and answer why he was known as "the most influential solo popular artist of our time". I don't know what date the article was, but I don't remember him being cool anymore. xd
All I gotta say is he better not cost me a remedial English class. When I was done, I called up Josh as a last resort to do something, because before I had left for CCSN, my dad had made a sort of deal with me, that if I got it done and there was still time in the day, I could go hang out with Josh, as long as I called Kelly. He had to go eat with Bailey's family, but I was persistent, and bargained that I could meet him at his house when they were done. So everything finally worked out that I would just go through his garage and then we'd go from there, so I was off.
So I traveled to Santa Fe, got some Starbucks, and then walked to his house. Snuck in through the garage area, and got on his computer to fix my avatar to enter him in the Arena again. I've got a really good feeling about this one, it's original, and the idea will appeal to a lot of people.
They came in, we messed around and argued about what to do. I called Kelly to tell her I was alright and update her on the college work. She asked if I was spending the night, and Josh had asked me earlier, and I got permission, as long as I was home early, so I could watch Sophia for a bit. Apparently Kelly had found some deal on this huge playground equipment at Saver's, and needed the two of them to lug it home, so they put it on hold and she had a day to pick it up.
We finally decided to watch XMen 3. I had already seen it, but it was the only movie that the both of them would agree on. So we went over there and watched it. I got some Kettle Korn and a hot dog 'cause I was starving, and we watched it. It was nice, I actually got to see the extra ending at the end of the credits. Such a sequel opportunity.
We came home, I messed on Gaia some more, Josh drove Bailey home, and we saw the coolest Flash cartoons on Newgrounds. How come Koreans make like the best series', like There She Is! and I Love Egg!?
Josh went to bed, because he had to work at 7. I messed around on the computer some more, but then his connection to the internet went all dumb, and I didn't know how to fix it, so I played Time Crisis, made some chicken, then went to bed at like 4, knowing I would have to wake up early to get home in time. Woke up to Josh getting ready, but fell asleep again. Woke up at 9, decided I should start heading out, but then lied down in Josh's bed to watch T.V. again, and fell asleep for another hour. Ugh, I hate waking up like that without having a shower, I had morning breath and I had stinky clothes, the whole nine yards. I caught the Jones bus home, so now I know I should take that one instead, it's really close to the Walgreens next to his house, and also it's really peaceful, no one gets on it like at all, I was the only one on it for about 20 minutes.
I got home, and ran upstairs to shower, Dad wanted to talk to me about the whole college deal, but he was too entranced by France kicking Brasil's a** in the World Cup, so I went upstairs to "cleanse myself". I started hearing him yell my name midway though, so I had to hop out and come down dress and soaking wet because they were leaving now, and I had to come down and watch Sophia. I tried making peace by clearing out the recycles and cleaning the dishes they left from breakfast, so that way I could get through the college conversation.
When they came back, Dad was still his usual self about what I explained to him from the counselor. He's upstairs napping and finally quiet, and my fingers are so sore and I'm tired...zzzzz... wahmbulance
Edible Substance · Sat Jul 01, 2006 @ 11:02am · 0 Comments |
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