I Marched For Life

Yesterday, my alarm went of at 4:45 AM. This is probably the earliest I've ever gotten up in my life. It was still dark when I left my house along with my mother, and three of my siblings. We all drove to Chester to meet the rest of our group. We filled all 47 seats on our bus, and I heard later that we were the largest group of young people from a single place. No other schools or churches had more than us. 

It was incredible to see how many people were there. At first, being stuck in the crowd, I couldn't grasp the numbers, as I was unable to see over all the heads, but at one point in the March, I reached the top of a hill and looked behind me. Nothing can describe. Countless people waving banners and chanting "Hey hey ho ho! Roe vs. Wade has got to go!" Catchy as it sounds, they were all serious about it.

I hope that we all made an impact on the future decisions to be made concerning abortion. I am proud that I was able to participate in something like this and to support what I know is right. On the bus ride home, Mr. Schafly asked if anyone had anything to say about the day in front of anyone. A few people spoke about their feelings, and one of the parents mentioned how amazed she was to see so many young people stand up for our beliefs. I agree with her.

Support LIFE.

--Christina

Three Men In A Boat

To say nothing of the dog! That's what I'm reading now. I just started, and since I'm too lazy to read it, and I HAVE to multitask no matter what I do, I found a free audiobook on the internet. I'm listening to the first chapter as I'm writing this. So far, it's about a bunch of old dudes who are affected by mass hysteria. Apparently they're all dying of disease. And the author's first and last names are the same. That's interesting....

I got a B+ in history! I'm so happy. I probably would've aced it if I'd studied...maybe next time.

I really have nothing much else to say, except that I'm being made to wear glasses every day now. Bifocals. And now, when I take them off, I REALLY can't see anything. Peachy, eh?

I'm getting up at 4AM tomorrow morning for the March for Life in DC. This is the first one I've ever been too, so I'll post at the end of this week all my thoughts on it. 

Happy day!

--Christina

So Much For

A post by the end of break! Ha! I knew even as I was writing it that I wouldn't do that. At least now we're all very well acquainted with Christina's lack of motivation.

I reread my last post to see that I'd recommended Frankenstein. Really, I shouldn't have done that without FINISHING the book first. Now that I have finished reading it, cover to cover (not really, I skipped introductions, appendicies, etc.) I have a new view on it. If you're looking for something well-written, by all means read it. If you're looking for a long, detailed book, by all means read it. If you're looking for a depressing story about twisted motives and feelings? BY ALL MEANS! Read it. But if you're like me and you enjoy a happy ending, DO NOT read this book. And I'll stop now before I get off on too much of a tangent.

I had a wonderful time in NYC for my birthday. Phantom of the Opera--beyond words of description. I could see it again, and again, and again, and never get sick of it. I must admit though, the chandelier falling was anti-climactic. Since I'd only seen the movie, I was expecting it to happen closer to the end...but the play is real I suppose, so I have to accept all of it.

Stardust still remains my favorite place to eat at. I'll never get sick of singing waiters and those rockin' nachos. And who wouldn't want to have a whole restaurant sing them Happy Birthday and have their waiter write them a birthday song? Even if that 'song' was only ten words long...

I'm in the market for a new iPod. Four gigs just isn't enough anymore. I'd like one of the new nanos. The 16G seems to be a good option. I'd like something more like over a hundred but I can't stand the Classics. Too big. Can you see one of those in my pocket? No...neither can I. Oh and I'd like a yellow one! So if anyone is out looking for birthday presents, you know what to get ;). Or cash would be nice too....

Schlafly's final exam will be this Thursday? Am I the only one who hasn't studied yet? I mean...I sort of did. I looked at some model answers, and I can't see myself doing much more than that. I hope I'll do well. It's multiple choice so I'm not TOO worried...should I be?

Praying for SPRING,

--Christina

I'm Still Alive....and Will Be For The New Year!

Been a long time! Once again, I forgot I had a blog until Mom brought it up the other day...."So when're you gonna post more on your blog?" "..........what blog?"
But hopefully I won't forget again. It would motivate me more to write if I actually knew that people were reading this thing, but since I only average about 1-2 comments per post.....I really don't know.

As far as school goes--its just going. I've got about 2-3 weeks left of Algebra left, and when I say that I mean Christina weeks....as in more than just one lesson a day. Spanish has long been done. For chemistry....I've given it up until I finish Algebra.

English is going well. I've read some good stuff and some horrible stuff. Paradise Lost. I pray that my readers will be able to pass through high school without having to read it. Granted, it is an amazing literary work and very well written but....boring and confusing. DO NOT READ! A recommendation: Frankenstein. Did you know that the monster isn't even named Frankenstein? I didn't.

I suppose that since it's December 31st, I should make some comment about the New Year. In short, I'm not very excited for it. I don't have any resolutions I plan on making, and I don't feel like anything is going to change. The New Year should be after every school year, not smack in the middle of it. But I'd rather not get into that...no need to get shot for trying to change the traditional calender.

And while we're on the topic of holidays, we just had a very important one, didn't we? Christmas. The celebration of Jesus' coming to Earth. Much better day to celebrate than a 'new year' that really isn't all that new.
Leave me a comment and tell me what you got. I got green Converse XD, among many other amazing things.

And I'll leave on that note. Hopefully I'll have another post out at the end of break. Fun times, Happy Belated Christmas and a Merry New Year.

--Christina

FINALLY!

As of this week, I have officially started ALL of my school work. Yeah, funny, huh? I'm such a homeschooler!

I got my English in the mail while I was still sick, so obviously it was a few days before I started up. When I first looked, it seemed like I would have a lot of English to do on top of all the other stuff I was doing, then I remembered: Now I don't have to do five lessons of Algebra and Spanish each day! WOOOOOOOOOOT! I can actually do NORMAL amounts of school! I'm just about floating over here with happiness.

I also won't be taking chemistry at County. :'( sniff. I'm doing Apologia (*GAG*). I swear, Wile made those books just to torture teenagers. That's the only reason. He doesn't really care about our education. Don't be fooled!

This is the part where I go on to talk about things that have nothing to do with school, because I decided that this blog isn't just about HOMESCHOOLING; it's about a HOMESCHOOLER. Therefore, you get to hear all about ME, and ALL of me, not just the school part. So be prepared for the worst!!!

FINALLY official Twilight trailer is up. You can watch it in HD at myspace.com/trailerpark. I HIGHLY recommend watching it, even if you HATE Twilight, and everything about it, because you are OBVIOUSLY possessed by some kind of mental disease if you do, and this trailer will cure that.

Seriously, I stopped breathing. I didn't breathe for the whole two minutes and twenty three seconds of the whole thing. And then, of course, when it was over, the hyperventilating started. No, this isn't like the Beatles. All those girls who were fainting all over them were FAKING it, becuase THIS is the real thing to faint over!

Okay, I'm done with by exaggerations, but you should still watch it. Happy watching!

-Christina

At Long Last!

I have finally posted on the other blog. Yes, I know it took forever, but certain complications do that sometimes. So feel free to mosey over and take a look at it if your day so permits you.

I've been horrible sick this whole past week, thus resulting in NO school getting done. I was in bed basically all day. So now I'm actually getting back into the swing of things and I REALLY don't want to be. Shoot me now.

So this weekend I get to go away on a retreat and all that fun stuff. Fun stuff...haha. They're taking my phone away, and we all know that can NEVER be good.

I WILL be going to Faith Center and Schlafly's this week. See, I was rushing around in my sick state trying to do Schlafly's homework and I didn't even get to go to class! The world has turned against me! *sniff*

I hope you all still love me. XD

-Christina

Fiction and Nail Polish

I'm considering starting a webzine. This is currently just an idea, so don't go getting all excited. (Actually, I wish some people WOULD be excited about it.) I need to talk to a few of my friends to try to get them to help me. It'll be hard work, but I have a feeling it'll really hit off.

I've had a serious writer's block lately. I can't seem to motivate myself to do anything. It's like school is sucking my brains out. And seriously, it really does. It was never like this before A Beka. Then again, I didn't really do any writing before A Beka. But still, I'm convinced it's of the devil. I keep trying to make myself write but it just isn't working. It's getting to be a little depressing. I'm hoping this is temporary, and I'm not losing my touch or anything.

So I was three lessons shy of finishing Module B of my Algebra and I was secretly hoping that my dear Ms. Colette would take a little longer to give me Module C so I'd have an excuse to have some time off from math, but no. The day I am to finish B, dad announces that he picked up C when he was at their house the other day. So onward with Algebra!

I've recently been appointed to co-write another blog for my youth group. It's on my profile page, so feel free to go read. Thing is, I haven't posted anything quite yet, but I should have something up in the next few days. I wanted to run the first post by my youth pastor so he could 'approve' it before it went up. So I'll let everyone know when my first post goes up officially.

Mrs. Oehme's class is proving to be just as it was last year. HARD. We got a piece of music last week, and a new one this week. All to be semi-memorized. And it doesn't help that I'm always forgetting to practice (cough like today cough). I've been managing so far (it's only been a week), but I have a feeling I'm going to start having to put in some SERIOUS work to keep up.

Currently reading "Do Hard Things" by Alex and Brett Harris. They're these twins who are all about using your teen years to do things to prepare you for later life. Right on! I was checking out their websits (therebelution.com), and for their 9/11 post they mention that a certain classmate/friend, had organized a 9/11 tribute. GUESS WHO THAT STUDENT WAS? None other than dear Rebecca Beach! I was so shocked! I was like OMG I LOVE REBECCA! I left this big long comment about it. So go check out their website, they're smart kids.

NEWSFLASH: Has nothing to do with homeschooling. I FINALLY got blue nail polish!!!

I guess that's all I really have to say for now. Again, I apologize for the lack of humor in this post. I'm very tired. Soon!

-Christina