Some jerk-face stole my phone today. I was at the National Tennis Center for a JTT tournament (we have regional championships next month, and I promise to take pictures!) and mistakenly left my coat on a chair when I went to play on the courts. When I came back an hour-and-a-half later, my coat was gone. I eventually found it, only to discover my iPhone was no longer in my coat pocket and all the money was drained from my wallet. I wasn't even comforted by the fact that my team won our match, because only one person from the other team actually showed up, so we won by default.
So I guess you can say it was a pretty fun day.
I've now had to learn how to function with almost no contact with the outside world, and it's proven to be very difficult. I habitually will stick my hand into my pocket to grab my phone and realize it isn't there, and I can no longer call or text people. Taking the train home was very interesting because I actually had to use my imagination to keep myself entertained, rather than listening to music.
Luckily I should be getting a new phone on Monday. I will also be going to file a police report with my father. But I really shouldn't complain because my life could be a lot worse than it is.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Friday, March 15, 2013
Who knew you could have nightmares of Charlize Theron?
I've recently gotten into the habit of watching incredibly dramatic/upsetting films before I go to bed. This has proven to be a bad choice.
One would think I would've learned my lesson after watching Changeling on Netflix with my mom in 6th grade. It was an amazing movie, but you don't exactly want to think about a string of child kidnappings/murders right before you go to bed, especially if you live in an old house that creaks at night. For months I would have to tuck my whole face under the covers in order to feel safe from having my head hacked off by the serial killer that I was certain was hiding in my closet.
As I normally consider myself a comedy type of guy, serious movies are already stepping over my usual boundaries. I know I am not good at putting traumatizing or saddening things out of my head (demonstrated by what was said in the previous paragraph), so my choices are normally limited to movies with incredibly poor acting, anything with Tina Fey, or Last Holiday with Queen Latifa (the only film Fox will ever play on a Sunday night). But I guess I've been getting in touch with my inner actor as of recently (I did, in fact, star as Charlie Brown in the school play in 3rd grade), so I've felt inclined to see performances that garnered media attention. Today I watched Precious and Monster, which both included Academy Award-winning performances (also who knew Charlize Theron could be that hideous?), but are by no means "feel good" movies. My plan for tonight is to stay up so late that I just pass out, so I don't need to worry about hookers shooting me to get my cash or an abusive mother throwing pans at me. I'll let you know how it goes.
One would think I would've learned my lesson after watching Changeling on Netflix with my mom in 6th grade. It was an amazing movie, but you don't exactly want to think about a string of child kidnappings/murders right before you go to bed, especially if you live in an old house that creaks at night. For months I would have to tuck my whole face under the covers in order to feel safe from having my head hacked off by the serial killer that I was certain was hiding in my closet.
As I normally consider myself a comedy type of guy, serious movies are already stepping over my usual boundaries. I know I am not good at putting traumatizing or saddening things out of my head (demonstrated by what was said in the previous paragraph), so my choices are normally limited to movies with incredibly poor acting, anything with Tina Fey, or Last Holiday with Queen Latifa (the only film Fox will ever play on a Sunday night). But I guess I've been getting in touch with my inner actor as of recently (I did, in fact, star as Charlie Brown in the school play in 3rd grade), so I've felt inclined to see performances that garnered media attention. Today I watched Precious and Monster, which both included Academy Award-winning performances (also who knew Charlize Theron could be that hideous?), but are by no means "feel good" movies. My plan for tonight is to stay up so late that I just pass out, so I don't need to worry about hookers shooting me to get my cash or an abusive mother throwing pans at me. I'll let you know how it goes.
Sorry
So a lot is going on right now and is preventing me from being as devoted to this blog as I would like to be.
First of all, school is annoying. My chemistry teacher has stepped up her game and is now giving us daily quizzes, which is a hassle because that means I need to study every night because there is no possible way that I will remember how to determine the grams of a substance produced in a limiting precipitate reaction without studying and receive a perfect score on the quiz without divine intervention. Also it's the third trimester so teachers are cramming in everything they've neglected to teach earlier so that they finish covering the curriculum by the time finals start (i.e. my theology teacher, who in the first trimester covered 70 of the 400+ pages of one of the two textbooks we need to read this year).
I was planning to write a lot over February break, but I ended up not doing so. I feel I owe you an explanation, and I'll be completely honest: I was simply too busy sleeping. The weeks leading up to the break were really exhausting so I found I just slept for hours once the break started. I did, however, go to a party and a dance which I need to write about later. I have some free time no so hopefully I can use that to write and upload some pictures.
Sorry that I've been lame.
First of all, school is annoying. My chemistry teacher has stepped up her game and is now giving us daily quizzes, which is a hassle because that means I need to study every night because there is no possible way that I will remember how to determine the grams of a substance produced in a limiting precipitate reaction without studying and receive a perfect score on the quiz without divine intervention. Also it's the third trimester so teachers are cramming in everything they've neglected to teach earlier so that they finish covering the curriculum by the time finals start (i.e. my theology teacher, who in the first trimester covered 70 of the 400+ pages of one of the two textbooks we need to read this year).
I was planning to write a lot over February break, but I ended up not doing so. I feel I owe you an explanation, and I'll be completely honest: I was simply too busy sleeping. The weeks leading up to the break were really exhausting so I found I just slept for hours once the break started. I did, however, go to a party and a dance which I need to write about later. I have some free time no so hopefully I can use that to write and upload some pictures.
Sorry that I've been lame.
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