Day 100

Today is the 100th day of school! Woohoo!

I can't believe that I've actually stuck to writing this thing. I'm extremely proud of myself, because I've never finished anything. Well, I mean, I'm not finished, but I'm committed. Wow, I'm committed to something! You have no idea how many little projects I've started and never completed. I've tried to write so many different stories, and the longest I've ever gotten done is about 7 chapters long. Tulsi, Grace and I tried filming this Doctor Who spin off thing in July last summer (oh my goodness, I'm such a nerd), and that was never finished (although we did make one amazing T.A.R.D.I.S.).

Awesome Right? Grace is rocking the bare feet. 

haha imagine I said bear feet. What an insult. 

Looking a little hairy Grace... Might want to clip those. 

I'm not funny. 

    Anyways, I have a history of unfinished business. I'm glad I've stuck to something!

    Other than that, tonight there is supposed to be a huge blizzard and! I slipped outside in the slush after school, because I'm a mess. My hip kind of hurts. Am I more of an old lady or a little kid? Or am I something in the middle? Do I act like a teen, or do I not act my age? How old do I seem? Hmm... I don't know how old I feel. What's fifteen supposed to feel like? Fifteen is five years away from twenty, which is half of Forty, which is half of eighty. I've nearly passed a quarter of my lifetime! Then again, I'm extremely far away from twenty. I've got time, right?

  This post was not concise at all. I'm sorry. It's actually Sunday and the Grammy's are on. 

-D.F.T.B.A.-

Mina;)

Day 99

Hello!

Today is Thursday the 7th. Don't you dare look at when this was posted. Today is the 7th, got it?

On our way back from rehearsal TODAY we passed a fried chicken place and all of a sudden I had this serious craving for fried chicken and poorly made mashed potatoes. I was getting a ride home from Rai, and when Celeste, Rai and I saw the place after 4 hours of rehearsal, we really wanted to pull over.  So we did! I mean Rai's mom did! Anyways, that fried chicken was great, even if we all got sick later that night. But you know, those are trivial details.

-D.F.T.B.A.-
Mina;)

Day 98

Hello!

Today (Wednesday the sixth) is my birthday! I am officially fifteen years old. Wow. Special.

I love birthdays. They're so much fun! Today, everyone decorated my locker, choir sang "Happy Birthday" to me, I got presents from my family, and my mom made chicken parmesan.

Mainly, I love telling people that it's my birthday and having them smile and say "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!". It's too much fun. Also, I had permission to steal Celeste's M&Ms. Awesome, right?

There's been a lot of talk about Sweet Sixteens going around, and I just don't think that I'd have one. Not a big one anyways. Maybe just a small little get together. Or not even. I don't know, but I'm not one for fuss and dresses and people and tablecloths. Especially the part about the tablecloths. Tablecloths! Ugh... That's enough to make me shiver.

Anyways, Happy Birthday ME!

-D.F.T.B.A.-
Mina;)

Day 97

Hello!

Today (Tuesday the fifth) has been incredible! I went to see a documentary about YouTube called Please Subscribe. The documentary was about the people who rose to internet fame by making videos and posting them on YouTube. It was really awesome. The documentary itself was shown in select theatres across the country for tonight only!

Going to see this documentary was a birthday present from Ella. We took the train after school to the area around the theatre and then we went to a pretty famous pizzeria (that I will not name for the purposes of security). The pizza was really delicious, so it deserves the hype. After the pizza, we walked to the theatre for the film. We bought these super artificial sugary strip things and ate those during the previews. They are really good and sour.

Anyways, about the documentary: It was amazing. I mean, seriously. It featured interviews and stuff with a bunch of American YouTubers and I was really happy to find that quite a few of the successful ones were quite normal. For instance, DailyGrace films her videos using sunlight as her lighting and by positioning her camera over a stack of books. Also, she uses IMovie to make her vlogs. It's pretty cool how her videos are popular because she's talented and funny, not because she needs all sorts of fluff to make her look good. She doesn't need a studio full of professionals, she's big because she's genuine. That's pretty cool.

At times the film sort of made you want to tear up and at other times (specifically whenever WheezyWaiter was on screen) you had to laugh your face off.

THANK YOU BUNCHES, ELLA, FOR YOUR WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY PRESENT!

-D.F.T.B.A.-
Mina;)

Day 96

Hello!

So, I received the majority of my midterm grades today. I did pretty well in everything besides Algebra 1. I know that I shouldn't be sharing my grade, however, I figure that because it isn't a good grade there's no point in being bashful about it. So, I'll just go ahead and say it loud and clear: I got a 66 on my Algebra 1 midterm. You hear that? Yasmina got a 66. That's a failing grade, a 66. I failed.

When I got my grade back, I don't quite know how I felt. I mean, I guess I sort of wanted to feel sad and yet I felt like laughing. My excuses? Well, I really hate the way that the public school district makes the tests for English and Math, because I don't really feel that they are very good tests of intelligence or understanding. They are extremely... Well, without going into immense detail, they REALLY bother me. I feel like they ask dumb questions that are irrelevant and not useful if you try and compare a person's answers to another person's answers. They don't serve their purpose very well.

I found a little comfort in the fact that most of the class was in my boat, but that didn't make me feel any better. I called my (Math and Science focused) dad today, and I was prepared not to tell him, but right after he said goodbye I just blurted out that I got a 66 on the midterm, and to be quite honest, it wasn't as bad as I thought. It could have been worse. I'm so glad that I am 1,001% sure that I never want to be a doctor or anything in that field. I would never. I guess we'll find that out together though, right?

Basically, I guess I didn't really feel all so bad about my grade, because my average in that class is beautiful and because I really felt as though I studied as hard as I could. Next time, I have to keep the form of the test in mind, because I just do not see eye to eye with the way that they test. I'm going to have to learn how to though.

I'm not embarrassed by my grade at all. I feel like I studied as hard as I could and tried "my best", so I feel like my 66 is my 66, and it's the best grade that I could have gotten (arguably, of course). I'm proud of my 66 in some way. It's completely mine. I tried just as hard to get my 66 as I did to get my 95, so I'm okay. I'm okay!

Bye!

-D.F.T.B.A.-
Mina;)


Bye!

-D.F.T.B.A.-
Mina;)

More Kids

Hey!

So, this weekend was my cousin Ayden's birthday party. I feel so horrible saying this, but for the majority of the party I was hiding away in my aunt's office after I had made an appearance. In my defense, I wasn't alone.

Later on, when everyone left, I came out and met a new friend. Her name is McKayla. This is a picture of her:

and Ayden. Haha, she's 5 years old. Anyways, Ayden saw the picture and said, "Well, that's just great. Now, we have to take another one, because the baby wasn't looking in the right direction!"

So, I took this one to pacify him:

That's just great stuff. The sock puppets are cute, right? Oh, and if you're wondering about the bruise on Ayden's face, if I recall correctly, Chase punched him or kicked him in the face or something. Brothers...

I absolutely love playing with kids. I played with McKayla and Ayden for about 3 hours. We went all out in that playroom and they also got me into the bouncy house, which I am very grateful for. McKayla drew this picture of me and her (me as the big stick figure and her as the little one) inside of a heart on the chalk board and my heart absolutely melted. 

I love little kids. Then 3rd grade hits and you can't stand them. 7th grade comes along and a few are bearable again. A few. 

Happy Superbowl. 

This is pretty embarrassing, but I'm not one to watch football. I can watch hockey and soccer. Soccer mostly. THE U.S. WOMENS TEAM, AM I RIGHT? I love them so much. I love that team. I love that team. I'm pretty sure that I can name every player on the national team. Love them. Love them. Good stuff, they are. My heart was broken when they lost to Japan two years ago. This is embarrassing, but I was on the verge of tears that night. Ah, why? That's so stupid. Wait, no it isn't. I guess it is though. 

It is, isn't it. 

-D.F.T.B.A.-

Mina;)

Day 95

Hey!

Today is Friday. Not really, but we all have imaginations, right? I sure hope so, because otherwise you have a pretty bleak existence.

I got home early today, and went to visit my aunt and my new cousin Karly. I am obliged to say that she is very, very cute. You know how when you hold a baby (or a child for that matter), they feel so innocent and pure and you imagine that they have their entire lives ahead of them. The possibilities are endless. I mean, I know that I'm still really young and blah blah blah, but I still think that the decisions that I have already made and are making currently are constantly shaping my future, like when you make pottery. In some way or another, I have already begun sculpting the finished product. That's a little scary. Holding Karly in my arms, I knew that at only a week old she could be anything and that the way that her life is going to turn out is completely undecided. She's like a blob of clay and water. That's really special.

haha, I want to be a blob of clay and water. OH, but wait: Then, all of my (and my parents, etc) hard work will have been wasted!

BYE

-D.F.T.B.A.-
Mina;)