Week 11

Week 11...getting closer to the end of school...
Lots of exciting things happened this week. Once again I'm going to make a big list.
1) Monday I had a double-whamming of advising. Koreeda says that Chemistry and Biochemistry are like the same thing, so most likely I'll be a biochem. major just because... I'm probably going to take Calc. 4 this summer since I don't need a language... And somehow I need to figure out how to get honors classes... Maybe I should drop out of honors, since it really doesn't do anything for me anyways...
2) Chem lab test was easy. I probably got the 75% or so that I needed to pass. Maybe I'll get an A this semester in lab? The lab period itself was actually pretty disasterous because cleaning up KMnO4 mixed with Aliquat 336 is the worst thing ever. I probably wasted at least 1 L of dichloromethane before washing out my glassware with water and soap. The waste lady is going to have a field day disposing of my crap.
3) Congolese refugees from the Freedom House came to my history seminar class on Thursday. They were all very nice. It was really funny how my professor suddenly started speaking with a different accent. As soon as she let us out on break, we left the classroom and started laughing. Does she think they understand her better if she speaks with a different accent? The best part is that she does it unconsciously, I think. Otherwise I think it would be actually really offensive. I'm excited for the field trip we're taking in 2 weeks to the Freedom House.
4) As you high schoolers already know, Jackie got runner-up at Chemistry Olympiad! Yay, a legacy! I'm so proud of her. She almost got the same score as I did on my first Chem-O test. Next year she can go earn another $100.
5) The Kirov Orchestra was awesome! $12 for pizza and seats in the mezzanine is the best deal I've ever had. They played Shostakovich's 1, 2, and 10 symphony. Too bad I had too much work, or I could have gone to hear more Shostakovich on Sunday. I have heard the 7th and 9th Symphonies, though. I saw Caroline Cheng at the pizza part, and then I saw Ester after the concert. Also, the orchestra dad from MYS was there and he asked me how I was doing at U of M and if I was still playing. He thought I could have majored in music! Oh well, look at me now, playing at around sophomore year level on old reeds. Well I did make a reed this week that actually works, and I practiced today and yesterday. I remember when I used to play 5 times a week...
6) Red Lobster! Ok, you're probably wondering why the heck this is on the list, but my friends Michelle and Andria are obsessed with Project Runway and wanted to go to this place. Yay, cheesy biscuits! We took pictures, of course. No one ordered lobster. I have a seaside trio and chocolate wave for dessert. I ate so much that day. At least I drove successfully to and from my brother's apartment. Then of course I hung around Eugene's apartment as they played Onimusha... Maybe I'll have to steal that game from them. Or play Suikoden V...
7) Suikoden V comes out tomorrow! Eugene pre-ordered it so we get an artbook! I can't wait to play this game. As soon as it comes in, I'll have to stop studying or something. Or maybe I can promise myself not to touch it until after my physics test? Very unlikely...
8) Oh I forgot to mention that I finally finished my "tubey" sweater. I wish I had a camara so I could put up a picture of the finished thing. It's awesome...my first big project. Now of course I've already started another 2 things. I wonder what I'd do without my needles...wow, that sounded like I'm on drugs. Well, I guess I am on drugs of a different sort. But they aren't detrimental, that's for sure. I don't think I would have been able to read any of my textbooks without them.
9) 4 weeks left of school! Enough said.