Initiated: Sunday, July 23, 2006, 2:09 PM.
On Friday, July 21, 2006, I went to see my first A.M. Nights performance at Club Obsessions in Randolph. Great performance! Thanks again to Ben Lapidus for making a shout-out to me and singing/pointing/staring at me for half of the last song. You guys were so much better than the first band - which was just loud, noisy, and obnoxious the whole time - and were far more musical. My only complaint was that they should definitely get some air conditioning in there. Looking forward to a next performance. I'll definitely try to rock out more next time :).
Today, Monday, July 24, 2006, my physics teacher, Mr. Wallace, proclaimed himself a "nerd-of-all-trades." Having spent over four weeks with him, I must agree. However, I would never label someone as such because as in a discussion on beatmania's xanga, names do seem to have some significance and people sometimes prejudge based on them. I will say that he is a very knowledgeable and well-rounded person. Yesterday, Greg LaLuna asked me if I knew about the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet and what the line "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" meant. I said I didn't. Greg explained that he knew that "wherefore" did not mean "where", but he wasn't sure what it really meant. Today, Greg asked Mr. Wallace if he was familiar with any Shakespeare, such as Romeo and Juliet, and Mr. Wallace said he was familiar a bit and had done some Shakesperean reading. So then Greg asked him if he remembered the balcony scene, and before Greg explained further, Mr. Wallace had already spit out, "Yeah - 'Wherefore art thou Romeo?' ". Greg then explained his question and Mr. Wallace answered, "Ah, yes. You are correct. 'Wherefore' does not mean 'where'. 'Wherefore' means 'why'. Juliet, in saying, 'Why are you Romeo?' is really asking why Romeo has to be a Montague, since she is a Capulet and their families are in a mortal feud." Mr. Wallace also demonstrated his literary prowess previously when I asked him if he had ever read any novels of Terry Pratchett. He said that he had, including some Discworld novels, and so, when I commented that he looked a little like Terry Pratchett, though many years youngers, he was able to appreciate and chuckle at the joke.
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Began: Monday, July 17, 2006, 2:22 PM.
Yesterday, I was eating dinner in the kitchen when I took another flower test administered by my mother. This time around, there were still two types of flowers. My mother pointed to the first flower. It was pinkish red. I guessed rose. Wrong. Then I guessed carnation. Correct. Last time, I think the carnations were white, but this time they were pink. Onto the other flower. Slender, curvy, hip-shaped. Reminded me of the Pokémons Bellsprout, Weepinbell and Victreebel:
Yes, I went and pulled out my ancient Pokémon collection that I amassed in elementary school. Back then, I wanted to be a Pokémon master just like Ash Ketcham. Anyways, so the other flower was purplish at the base and white near the tips. Whenever I see this curvy shape and multiple colors, I always think tulip, so that's what I was about to say. However, just as I was spitting out the first syllable tul-, my subconscious told me that's what I always guess and I always get it wrong, so I hastily changed my guess to lotus. Incorrect. Then, I realized it was a lily with semi-confidence, so I guessed lily. I win.
Once again, it was lilies and carnations, except it only took me two guesses per flower. Thus, next time, hopefully I will be able to identify lilies and carnations on my first guess.
Ended: Monday, July 17, 2006, 2:54 PM.
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