What's Irony?

Ahhh the dreaded question that always comes up in English. The one that everyone knows, but no one can explain in words. Don't fret. I (and you eventually) can now easily express "irony."

Last Thursday mom summoned me to the doctor's office to get the H1N1 vaccine. Knowing that there was a shortage, I felt lucky and privileged to get the vaccine. It hurt like tetanus. The nurse then realized that she was able to scrounge (her actual words...kind of freaked me out) up the last of a regular flu vaccine. An hour and two vaccines later, I left the doctor's office feeling super immune to all of the sickness roaming around Salem.

Sunday I almost lost my voice, my head was throbbing, and I had a nice fever (yeah, it's Wednesday now...)

No one mentioned that the vaccines weren't effective for 14 days. FML

IRONY. You're all welcome.  

The Best Birthday Present Ever (aside from life itself...)

As I was frantically trying to write paragraphs about myself and my future (gasp) so my wonderful teachers would write my recommendations, I decided it could be a good idea to check my blog (every once in a while there's a good post right?). Meh, I didn't really find too much, but I did realize that I totally forgot to blog about the newest addition to the family. 

Mom and Dad let me bring home a beautiful Enrico Martini Violin from Peter Zaret's violin shop in Cleveland, OH (fully equipped with his freaking awesome bass bar extension). I still haven't decided on a name, but I love him. Best Birthday Present EVER. Words can't explain the rich sound that comes from the violin, but I've never enjoyed playing so much in my life. :)

Alright, back to typing away about myself and my star-student qualities. haha. anyways...

Farewell to the SAT

It's been a long hard journey. And Thank God it's over.

My journey with the SAT has definitely been more personalized than most. Towards the end of my sophomore year, I was introduced to the SAT every Saturday at something akin to Korean SAT cram school. I used to be ashamed, but honestly, there's nothing to be ashamed of in studying hard for a test that does have a significant effect on you as a college applicant. That being said, I HATE the SAT and everything to do with it. 

My experience has included (but not limited to):

Mistiming by proctor (ten minutes short).

Student with a nosebleed dripping blood near my desk.

Bubbling in the wrong section and having to fill out two scantrons.

Needing to cancel scores...

Not knowing cursive.

Caught mistiming by proctor. (x2)

Proctor eating lasagna during test (wafting smells throughout the room).

Clearly it's been fun. Today I took my final two subject tests in math and US history. We'll see how they turn out...