...by Charles Dickens is lying dejectedly on top my my European History teacher's old copy of Gone with the Wind. Behind them stand some of my school folders (I only use binders for Computer science and English this year) and copies of Watchmen and V for Vendetta. I received Life is Elsewhere by Milan Kundera just today, and I am currently on page 4.
My iPod has long finished charging and still lies next attached to its cord. Next to it is a pile of red: USC and Swarthmore brochures and folders from respective visits. My physics textbook is equally silent.
Articles on gender issues with Animal Farm and a book on psychology clinical tales lies on my pillow, a reminder to myself of reading obligations that I likely will not fulfill ere I slumber. Tomorrow's computer science test is nagging my conscious.
My bed is strewn with some fifty pages of calculus worksheets - preparation for the AP.
There's more. A lot more. Such is my current state of mind.
I feel like I'm approaching a critical mass, but I must not let myself fall that far, for the consequences can be dire. It's seriously bad timing to indulge in the momentous return of my guilty music pleasures.
Time is flying past and I don't know what's been happening. All I know is tomorrow's deadline. I need to sleep more.
Ok time to study.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
2 months left
...until I graduate from high school.
o_o
*sobbing*
In the meantime, I have to decide where my new home will be for the next 4/5 years, also affectionately known as college.
This past week was my school's spring break and today, the last day, is the only day I spent sleeping in and staying at home. It's also my grandpa's birthday, incidentally.
My parents, sister, and I went on a whirlwind of college-touring and sightseeing on the east coast. Everyday felt like multiple days because we kept driving around to see the next place. Here's a breakdown that I likely will not embellish due to time constraints:
Friday, April 2: No school. Toured USC pretty thoroughly and briefly UCLA (we missed the relevant tour session). Finalize packing. Piano lesson in which I thoroughly disappoint my piano teacher :'D
Saturday, April 3: Wake up at 3am for a flight from LAX to Atlanta. We arrive in Boston, MA, around 6pm EST.
Sunday, April 4: Took the Boston Transit to "Hahvahd" University. Mom's colleague's daughter who's a graduating pre-med biology major gave us a tour and we lunched together. Harvard = hard core.
Walked around MIT. Very much an engineering school vibe. Boston Red Sox vs. NY Yankees in Fenway Park right outside our window and on our TV = the first time in a long time that baseball became highly interesting.
Monday, April 5: Wellesley College. Like Hogwarts with its medieval-style architecture complete with a lake. By 2PM we were in Brown University, Providence, RI, and by evening we were in Yale University, New Haven, CT. Brown looks more cheerful than Yale, but Yale's more impressive.
Tuesday, April 6: Yale + Brown = amazing places I can never go to. *sniff* Drove to New York, which was more or less what I'd expected. Subways are always exciting. Walked briefly around Columbia, Times Square, and watched "Chicago" on Broadway. Not particularly impressed...
Wednesday, April 7: Saw Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island...sitting on a (free) ferry to and from Staten Island. The line to get on the ferry to Ellis Island would not have been worth it. Walked around NY - Ground Zero (they're building a new WTC and a memorial site), and the NY Stock Exchange. Then Pennsylvania. By this time I'd finished reading the three books I'd brought with me: Like Water for Chocolate, Things Fall Apart, and The Silence of the Lambs. No, I haven't seen the movie, but I do plan to.
Thursday, April 8: Swarthmore (the only college on the east coast that I'd actually got admitted to!) Beautifully green and nice campus. Sat in on Advanced Chinese and Intro to Psych classes, then met a freshman friend from the same high school. We were excited/glad/surprised to see each other.
Friday, April 9: Drove to Baltimore for plane to Atlanta. Finally home by the evening.
Saturday, April 10: Woke up at 5am for Admit Day at UCSD. Slept in the car both ways and still dozed off in info sessions (u_u) It's getting harder for me to decide.
Today: Slept in. Did homework. Prepared for return to routine...
We had absolute gorgeous weather the whole week. It was like we brought SoCal weather with us. My mom must have bewitched the skies, because whenever she wanted a little rain, it'd rain a little, then stop and clear up again. o_o It was warm, bright, and sunny the whole way. We'd packed a bunch of warm clothes but didn't use them in the end. College students everywhere were relishing the spring warmth, as were we.
I think this post is long enough, haha.
Another time.
o_o
*sobbing*
In the meantime, I have to decide where my new home will be for the next 4/5 years, also affectionately known as college.
This past week was my school's spring break and today, the last day, is the only day I spent sleeping in and staying at home. It's also my grandpa's birthday, incidentally.
My parents, sister, and I went on a whirlwind of college-touring and sightseeing on the east coast. Everyday felt like multiple days because we kept driving around to see the next place. Here's a breakdown that I likely will not embellish due to time constraints:
Friday, April 2: No school. Toured USC pretty thoroughly and briefly UCLA (we missed the relevant tour session). Finalize packing. Piano lesson in which I thoroughly disappoint my piano teacher :'D
Saturday, April 3: Wake up at 3am for a flight from LAX to Atlanta. We arrive in Boston, MA, around 6pm EST.
Sunday, April 4: Took the Boston Transit to "Hahvahd" University. Mom's colleague's daughter who's a graduating pre-med biology major gave us a tour and we lunched together. Harvard = hard core.
Walked around MIT. Very much an engineering school vibe. Boston Red Sox vs. NY Yankees in Fenway Park right outside our window and on our TV = the first time in a long time that baseball became highly interesting.
Monday, April 5: Wellesley College. Like Hogwarts with its medieval-style architecture complete with a lake. By 2PM we were in Brown University, Providence, RI, and by evening we were in Yale University, New Haven, CT. Brown looks more cheerful than Yale, but Yale's more impressive.
Tuesday, April 6: Yale + Brown = amazing places I can never go to. *sniff* Drove to New York, which was more or less what I'd expected. Subways are always exciting. Walked briefly around Columbia, Times Square, and watched "Chicago" on Broadway. Not particularly impressed...
Wednesday, April 7: Saw Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island...sitting on a (free) ferry to and from Staten Island. The line to get on the ferry to Ellis Island would not have been worth it. Walked around NY - Ground Zero (they're building a new WTC and a memorial site), and the NY Stock Exchange. Then Pennsylvania. By this time I'd finished reading the three books I'd brought with me: Like Water for Chocolate, Things Fall Apart, and The Silence of the Lambs. No, I haven't seen the movie, but I do plan to.
Thursday, April 8: Swarthmore (the only college on the east coast that I'd actually got admitted to!) Beautifully green and nice campus. Sat in on Advanced Chinese and Intro to Psych classes, then met a freshman friend from the same high school. We were excited/glad/surprised to see each other.
Friday, April 9: Drove to Baltimore for plane to Atlanta. Finally home by the evening.
Saturday, April 10: Woke up at 5am for Admit Day at UCSD. Slept in the car both ways and still dozed off in info sessions (u_u) It's getting harder for me to decide.
Today: Slept in. Did homework. Prepared for return to routine...
We had absolute gorgeous weather the whole week. It was like we brought SoCal weather with us. My mom must have bewitched the skies, because whenever she wanted a little rain, it'd rain a little, then stop and clear up again. o_o It was warm, bright, and sunny the whole way. We'd packed a bunch of warm clothes but didn't use them in the end. College students everywhere were relishing the spring warmth, as were we.
I think this post is long enough, haha.
Another time.
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