A huge disappointment

After patiently waited for about a year, i got what I wished for last week: the next Vampire Diaries book, Shadow Souls. After reading the fifth book in the series, I wasn't exactly satisfied, and hoped that the sixth would be much better. Simply stated, I was wrong. The series to a fast down-turn after the original four books, which were written in the early 1990's. But the fifth book, which was written in 2009, seemed to eager to meet the standards set by the other books that became popular. *cough* Twilight *cough* The series took a whole new turn, became repetitive and overall monotonous. The characters became more innocent, none of them held up their previous enigmas edge. L.J. Smith truly disappointing me with Shadow Souls, the personalities of the characters deteriorated from their original stance. The plot was just bearable, but forcefully stretched out to 600 pages. Previously, the books would have me hooked, eagerly turning each page and I would finish each book in a matter of hours. In other words, this book was an epic fail.
Nevertheless, I will still be looking forward to the release of Midnight, simply for the sake of continuing what I have already begun. I don't doubt that Midnight will turn out to be an even greater disappointment than Shadow Souls.

For a lack of words, here are a few thousand

Here's a few pictures to describe what's been going on over the course of the week:

R.I.P. Mr. Donohue

We all have teachers that we care about. Teachers that understand, teachers that we connect to and make our days brighter. It's a sad thing when someone that we have grown so attached to passes away.
Connor Donohue will forever remain in my memories as one of my favorite teachers in all time. Even irreplaceable. No one can for see death, and we can only hope that this day we share with the people around us is not the last. I can shed many tears, have shed many tears, but nothing can change the fact that he's gone. But may he rest in peace, the 24-year-old soul that so tragically passed away yesterday. R.I.P. Mr. Donohue, who I will never forget.

Carol's back

Carol is my older sister that goes to Brockport and yesterday she came back home for break. When she's away to college, you might catch me saying I miss her and want her to come back already. But when she's here, you will definitely see me going crazy wishing for her to go back to college.
But, right now, I guess it isn't too bad. In a few days, things will change and we'll be going for each others throats. But here's to hoping that we don't fight (yeah right). I already know that as long as she stays, a great deal of black-mail and bribing will take place, and a lot of anger will be in the air. But, hey, that's what sisters are for.

A weekend of Stress and fun

Day after day this whole week, I stayed after school working hard in Science Olympiad, in preparation for the competition this Saturday. Right off the bat, we had a rough start, being automatically disqualified from three events because one of the students didn't get there on time. We were already sure that we wouldn't win any awards. This was only reinforced when one of my events, trajectory, was disqualified. With four events knocked down, morally was extremely low.
No one even wanted to attend the awards ceremony.
By the end, we were wonderfully surprised, winning medals left and right. I recieved a 5th place medal for the event that I was in (which I consider really good since I never practiced for it). But, again, we had not done four events, knocking down any hope we had of winning a trophy. The top four teams would move on to the state championship. So none of us could believe it when we won fourth place. Next stop: state championship

A Change of Pace

I used to go to a program called Prep for Prep, which is where I first encountered forensic science. After doing multiple mock labs in which I tested fake blood, fake hair strands, finger prints and other materials, I took a great interest in it. I declared that I would be a forensic scientist.
Now, three years later, I'm thinking it through. Just because I liked doing the mock labs doesn't mean I'm actually good at it. And thinking about my past troubles in science, I decided to pursue a new dream.
Because of my love for analyzing things, and figuring out puzzles, I decided to pursue psychology. But criminology has always appealed to me, and I wouldn't want to stray to far from that path. When I get to college (Even though that's over four years from now...) I want to take a course in criminal psychology and criminal justice. And, as I had planned all along, I'll major right away, spending my eight years in college consecutively (Because I want to get rid of school once and for all).
So maybe I'll change my mind from now to then, but for now this is my mindset.

Trip to the dentist

Is it weird that I actually like going to the dentist? I mean, who doesn't love those small tooth-paste bottles and the small tooth brushes?! You know, it's not all that bad once you get passed the fact that they stick needles and drill into your mouth...
Well, on a different note, my favorite part of going to the dentist is that it means I'm one month closer to getting my braces taken off ^.^. But I almost forgot that I had an appointment today and was chewing gum until I got there, and they lectured me on why I shouldn't chew gum. Well, I learned my lesson: Always spit out the gum at least an hour before you go to the dentist. I won't be making the same mistake again.
So my braces are going to be taken off in a few months *Happy dance*! And although that might seem like a long time, it's nothing compared to the two years I've endured of being a metal mouth. So, here's to hoping they come off soon! Then it's back to the six-month visits and the cool baggies of dentist stuff! (<- For lack of a better word)