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Today was Andrew's 16th birthday, so me, Emma, Justin, Michele Wong, and Mike Tseng went to his house. We played some Super Smash Brothers and DDR. After awhile, we decided to go bowling, so Mike drove us to the Irvine Bowling Alley place. I got some really amusing shots with my digital camera, but I accidentally left it at Andrew's. blah. Especially blah, since I realized it just as I got home, and was all "Oh, I left my camera at Andrew's" and my mom heard and was instantly like "What? WHY?!" like I had done it on purpose, and... yeah. It was annoying. And then she bitched to me about it. I'd understand if I left it at, like, the bowling alley, or something, but it's Andrew's house. What does she think will happen? He'll sell it on Ebay? A tornado will hit just his house (...in Southern California, no less) and destroy the camera? It's not a big deal, I'll get it soon. But. Anyways. After bowling, we went back to Andrew's and played Cranium (oh, and while bowling, we played Apples to Apples) and then Words of Wiz-dumb. And we had awesome cake. It was an enjoyable day.

But agh, for some reason I have a splitting headache. ...well, that could be due to the fact that I stayed up till 3 AM last night, and the night before that I couldn't get to sleep and so I fell asleep at 3 or 4 and my mom had to leave the house early so she woke me up at 8, and... yeah. Haven't gotten a lot of sleep the past 2 days. And tonight, I'll probably stay up again. Oh well.

Ah, I have the urge to reread HBP. No clue when I'll have time to do this, though. I have a huge load of SAT homework to do, and I should've practiced for my tenor lesson tomorrow, but didn't. I wish I hadn't left all my homework till tomorrow.

I miss my camera. I want it back. sigh. I hope I'll be able to get it from him tomorrow or something, somehow.

( Photos from the Photo Meme )

I did remember one comment I wanted to make after going through the first 5 books: I've never shipped any of the characters in Harry Potter (mostly because I started reading it before I knew what ships even were). But after this last reread, I paid more attention to the hints, and I can't believe that I didn't notice how blatant Ron/Hermione is. I mean, I noticed Ron's jealousy in Book 4 during the Yule Ball, but that was kind of it, and I just kind of... ignored that, I suppose. But reading through them again, it's really obvious that Ron has feelings for Hermione. Don't know about Hermione, but I definitely don't see anything between her and Harry. Pure friendship, is all. There's definitely something between Ron and Hermione, though.

Yeah, I suppose that was it.

All right, now that I have a digital camera, I can do the photo meme thing! Which means, anyone who feels like it should comment to this post and let me know something (or somethings - request multiple things, that's fine with me; any excuse to take more pictures with my camera!) you want me to take a picture of. Then, in a post in a few days, I'll post all the pictures that were requested.

Finished Book 4 last night. I think that's definitely my second favorite. It's really close to Book 3, but there's something about Book 3 I love more than every other book. I'll start Book 5 sometime later today.

Couldn't fall asleep last night for some reason, so at 1:30, I decided to start my homework for SAT class. After doing a bunch of pages of math by flashlight (I wasn't supposed to be awake) and without my glasses/contacts (both were in the bathroom), I quickly became exhausted, and fell asleep around 2:00. Of course, now I'm completely and utterly exhausted. sigh. But at least I don't have much more to do for SAT class today. I just need to rewrite my essay, but since he graded me a 9.5-10.5, there really isn't much for me to correct.

All right, get commenting so I have an excuse to take a bunch of pictures. And if you know any other memes like this that allow me to use my digital camera a bunch, let me know. :)

( Guess what! )

So anyways, I was feeling kind of bad about my SAT diagnostic test scores, but it turns out that everyone in my class did worse on the reading. There was an average drop of 30-40 points, and I dropped 50, so it's not too terrible in comparison to everyone else. And I also found that I was the only person to get a 12 in the class, so that made me feel better about myself. Plus, our instructor asked us if there was any disruption during the test and we said that the 24 hour fitness below us was playing music so loud we could hear it, and also the timer that told us when each section was over and the 10 and 5 min marks kept beeping randomly, so we'd think the section was over when it wasn't. He said that could've contributed to the drop because it messed with our concentration.

Wow, only 4 days until the new Harry Potter book. I'm actually getting really excited for it, which is surprising. I usually don't look forward to the new Harry Potter books that much, but this time I am.

Ok, off to finish book 4.

The SAT diagnostic test didn't go so well last night. =/ The essay I wrote was a lot worse than my last one (not nearly enough examples), and I was having a harder time with a lot of the questions. Oh well. It's not like it counts for anything, it's just to see how much you've progressed. And, apparently, I haven't progressed much at all.

Today is my parent's 30th anniversary. Crazy. My mom brought it up this morning, that we'd be going out to dinner and such, so I finally asked her about the digital camera. She told me to ask my dad about it, because I could probably get him to buy it for me (...which is true. He spoils me a lot more than my mom, mostly because he's guilty about not being around much when I was younger). When I told her it's only $80, she seemed impressed, and told me to mention to my dad how cheap it is and that if I use it like 4 times, that makes up for all the money I'd spend buying disposable cameras and getting the pictures developed. So, anyways, hopefully by tonight, I will have a new digital camera.

SAT class once again today. Joy. It's not that I don't like the class, it's just... if I had a choice between doing work and thinking for 3 hours or staying on the computer and possibly making icons and reading more Harry Potter, ...well I think it's pretty obvious what I'd choose. Plus, while it doesn't feel like it takes that long when I'm there, 3 hours is a pretty large chunk of the day.

( Watched Queer as Folk 509 )

Edit: They e-mailed me the scores of the diagnostic test I took yesterday. Somehow I managed a 12 on my essay (perfect score). That's insane. Of course, I was right on the rest: I did worse on the reading (640 compared with a 690 last time), and my overall score was worse (2010 compared to a 2050). And I did a lot worse on the grammar (63 instead of a 72) which is surprising, since I was doing really well on that in class. sigh. Oh well. At least I did well on the essay! And I did improve upon my math score by a little.

Had a tenor sax lesson this morning. Blah. Not fun.

Painting's started. Last week he did the textures on the wall, this week he's actually painting stuff. My mom's office is done, and it looks really nice. It's this light greenish color, and it sounded bad to me when she told me about it, but I think it looks really good. I'll take pictures if I end up getting my digital camera.

I had this plan to talk to my mom about the digital camera at lunch today. I figured we'd go to Golden Spoons for lunch since it's right on the way back from my tenor lesson. It'd be good because neither of us would have anything to read so we'd have to just talk to each other, and I could bring up that. Unfortunately, it failed, as my mom told me we were going to pick up food from In-n-Out. sigh. Oh well. There aren't any other really oppurtune moments to ask, so I think I'll just wait till Tuesday. I mean, we're having dinner together first, so I figure I can bring it up then. Plus, if I bring it up while we're actually at the Spectrum, it'll seem less out of the blue, I think. I kind of wanted to ask beforehand just in case my mom would be all "Well, we still have the old one, see if it works" because if it actually did work, then... I could just use it and not cost my parents any money and not feel guilty for getting another. But I looked for it last year sometime where I had last seen it, at the top of the closet in the family room, and it wasn't there. I don't know if it was put in the attic or given away or what. But whatever, I'll just ask tomorrow, I suppose.

Oh, and I told my mom about ordering the Harry Potter book. She was just like "Oh, that's cool," and when I explained I was letting her know so she wouldn't think I stole her credit cards, she said "Oh, I would never assume that. I would be curious, but I'd ask you about it first." But yeah, anyways. It should come on Saturday, according to Barnes and Noble's website. I keep thinking July 16 is Friday, not Saturday, for some reason. I need to get it straight in my head. blah.

I finished the first three Harry Potter books yesterday. Man, I really love the third. I don't know what about it it is that I love (perhaps because I absolutely love Sirius and Lupin, and I love Harry finally having some sort of parental figure who really cares about him), but everytime I read it... blah. It's totally my favorite out of all the ones I've read. Started #4 this morning, but I probably won't finish it for a day or two. I have the SAT diagnostic test tonight from 4-8:30, and SAT class from Tuesday-Thursday, plus going out tomorrow after SAT class. I should be able to finish both 4 and 5 by Saturday, though. I'd be very surprised if I didn't manage to.

Because of the painting starting, my mom took the birds to the vet yesterday to board them. Can't come back till the paint fumes go away, which won't be till Friday at the earliest. Awwww. I miss my birds.

All right, that's all. I think I should review some stuff for the SAT diagnostic test and then I'll probably read some more Harry Potter.

I finished the essay due for my SAT class. Didn't take very long, either. Less than an hour. The prompt was pretty easy, too. I'm satisfied with it.

I found this Barnes and Noble gift card on my desk last night that can be used online (I believe my dad gave it to me for my birthday, last January), so on a whim, I pre-ordered the new Harry Potter book. I was wondering how I would get it, since I have no cash (well, $3, but I'm thinking it'd cost more than that) and I don't know when I'd even be able to get it, and... yeah. And with the last book, I waited like 6 months to get it (yeah, I'm not that big of a fanatic of the books. I really like them, but I'm not into the fandom, and I don't care about reading them immediately, really) and I didn't want to wait quite as long. But then there was this card! The book wasn't even the first thing that came to my mind with the card, but I went onto the Barnes and Noble webpage, and it was the first thing on the page, and I instantly thought "Oh, wow! I could just buy it with this card!" So, I did. ...I should probably tell my mom about this before it comes, though, or else she might think I randomly stole one of her credit cards to buy the new Harry Potter book, and yeah. That would be bad.

I really, desperately want a digital camera. I've wanted one for awhile, really, but I'm always too afraid/guilty to ask for one. The thing is, I have one. Or had. I don't know. I was really into photography in 6th grade and somehow became the school's digital photographer (um, that sounds more prestegious than it is. I took like 5 pictures, and I don't think they were ever used anywhere) and I all of a sudden wanted a digital camera like the one I was using, and my parents actually got me one for Christmas, but it was totally different than the one I had used before and I couldn't figure out how to use it, so... I never really bothered. I used it, like, once. Plus, back then, I didn't really use the internet much, so I didn't really have a use for one. Now I could actually figure out how to use one and I'd have a use for it. And I wouldn't have to buy all those disposable cameras everytime I wanted to take pictures. I mean, in the long run, it would probably save my mom money (particularly because I don't even want something "state of art" or whatever. There's this one at this site I was looking at that I'd be happy with that's only $80).

So, on Tuesday, is my parent's 30th wedding anniversary, and my mom told me that we would go out to eat at the Spectrum together, and after that we could go shopping. I don't know if this means it's just an oppurtunity for me to buy things (...um. I have $3. Not much will happen with then, in that case) or if my parent's would consider buying anything, but if they would, I was looking at the Spectrum website and there's this store there called Ritz Cameras, or something. And they sell digital cameras, including the one I was talking about that's only $80. I think I could possibly convince my parents to get it for me (I'd even offer to like do the bird cages all summer to pay off the cost, if my mom wanted me to) but I'm still too kind of guilty to ask. blah. I'll need to work up the nerve sometime soon. I'd like to ask before we actually go so it's not a total out-of-the-blue thing.

All right, now that I've actually pre-ordered the new Harry Potter book and I know that it won't be another 6 months before I read it, I think I'll go ahead and start rereading them. I've been meaning to for awhile, actually, since I haven't read them in like a year. So yes. Off to do that.