The Monkey World Weekend Edition: Issue 26

The 26th Weekend post on the 26th of December right after good ol' Christmas

Well at least that's what it should've been the problem was most of the charm around these parts was lacking. On Christmas Eve instead of going to Grandma's or Uncle John's and hanging out with the cousins (We switch sides every now and then) and having agrand time chatting catching up and playing games something else happened

Oh instead we went over to Grandma's and um......did nothing!! Mom and Grandma spent the whole day compiling family history booklets for everyone,I admit I like the content and the idea but c'mon that's just no way to spend a Christmas Eve and what's worse I asked if I could do something and it seemed like they had everything well done by themselves.In the end it seemed like the day was gonna be a trade off between Asm and me for the computer since there were no relatives around. The 2 good things however were the dinner [Thanksgiving leftovers] and one game with Aunt Jan

Yesterday being Christmas was a nice little get-together with Uncle John and his daughters for a nice brunch and then in the afternoon we went back to Grandma's except this time I thought of playing games with Aunt Jan earlier and brought a book just in case.After all of that booklet mubo jumbo was done we had a gift exchange in which I got some fudge and a pillow while I gave Grandma and Aunt Jan two of my artworks (A clay box and a clay pencil holder I just hope Aunt Pat doesn't hate my sculpture and while I'm at it I hope all the gifts I gave are appreciated)

For christmas I got

A new video game system with 4 new games and controllers
A wallet
A book
Clothes
Gift Cards
Candies
A DVD collection of Tim Burton's and Joel Schumacher's Batman series [which I'll probably review shortly]
Checks

I hope on Monday to go skiing up at Sugar Bowl [which I did last year]

And finally as far as new years resolutions go,I think last years still apply

The Monkey World Weekend Edition: Issue 25

Fear not my loyal readers,I am back.

Now that the Cross Country season is over,I have more time on hand.I only wish the season went out with a Bang or whimper as opposed to a "What the heck was that?!".Seriously the guys running it didn't plan it that last race well.In the end it ended up being a race on a weird course, in the rain, on a slant favoring the mud puddles and a bad start for everyone. All this increased the amount of everyone's time by at least 4 minutes. Oh well the rest of the season was good

School ain't as great as it was last post,but hey at least Pottery class offers mild relief. (I've got a pencil box in my room,a mug-like centerpiece at the table,a box in the living room,and a sculpture at the schools gallery,be nice and you might get something for Christmas cousins)

I've also come to the conclusion that Dark Knight is vastly overrated,and that Heath Ledger is not Joker enough (at least not like the 1989 Joker).Those Tim Burton films are really quite something.

Aw well that's enough for now

-Uber Psycho Tom

School This Year: Pro or Con

Well I've now been in school for 2 weeks.I can definitely say it's been better than last year.I'm finally awake for all of seminary (as opposed to almost none 2 years ago,and parts last year).No doldrums class for once [at least not so far] and I'm at last on top of things,mostly. (My room could be a bit cleaner)

On the other hand the hardest Freshman class was easier than the easiest Junior class and it's not like I can slack off without worry.

I also just got started on Peter and the Starcatchers which is of course a fanfic (and yes I do use the word fanfic to describe it) prequel to Peter Pan.So far so good but I'm afraid it's just not Sisters Grimm or Fablehaven oh well I guess you can't have everything.

I can't promise anything but I shall try to make a post next week,or maybe ressurect the Weekend Edition.Stay tuned

-Uber Psycho Tom

P.S. Camp Pillow says Hi and this bottle of Irn Bru is awesome.

First Post in Ages

Well for now I'm back,for now.This is the last week before I must get serious on that hell-hole they call School.

I finally got to see Miyazaki's newest film Ponyo.Awesome fil of course I haven't found one Miyazaki film not to be awesome. Whether it be Castle in the Sky,Princess Mononoke,Spirited Away,or Kiki's Delivery Service. Yes I Disney dubbed them all,but since they were written and hand drawn and not made originally Disney,they don't count as part of the dreaded D's films. What can I say,I can't stand how unbelieveably sappy Disney films are.

I also found out the hard way,that even the gentlest looking curves in the Berkeley Hills can be treacherous (I've got gause and bandages all over my left side to proove that). Note to self never trust streets with English names [Sterling,Whitaker,Miller,Stevenson,nope casn't be trusted].

Can't wait for the Scottish Gathering and Games next weekend [mmm Irn Bru,Meat Pies,and Mars Bars that's the true meal for the American turned Briton for one day,I just hope the Kilt selection is better].

Signing off

-Uber Psycho Tom

Day 4 without Dad

That's right,El Daddy-O has left the nest for a 2 week music-thang all the way in Italy. Asm up at girls camp

So far I haven't done much of anything except take maybe a walk.I've mostly just been playin' video games and catching up my Psych.(Good show it is)
Maybe one of these days I can find that bathing suit and get out of the house.

Well I guess that's about it til' something good and excitin' happens oh well since this is boring in itself I'll do the ol' Cambridge University trick and see if I can still be read right now. And see if people really can read this so long as the first and last letters are the same.

It semes I hvae no cohice but to sgin off,Aoids agoims! Off to Drnlmaed wtih me heeheh!

-Uebr Phcyso Tom

Yet Another Title of No Meaning

Well guys,I'm back from from my family's *Triennial* Colter Family Reunion!

Ok first I got up at 3 in the mornin',now normally I'd be complaining but well I'm still on seminary time. After that,it was a 7 hour car ride down to Irvine,but thankfully I had my MP3 player with an audio book on it (The book being called Pillage it's good book but I'm not getting into the details,after all I can review it). So Ma and Co. landed at my Uncle David's house and 'ol Ma was doin' Reunion stuff. I got to hang out with Sahara and Kent for most of the time and their big puppy Gunther (despite being a huge dog,Gunther was and is a hyperactive puppy at heart).After checking in at the Hotel,I hanged out for a while. After that it was mostly just dancin' and bein' merry (The Mormon way people don't get no ideas).

The next day was a beach day,in which I finally mustered up some courage to use a boogieboard (This time I didn't make one costly mistake). I also found out Ra doesn't like me much seeing as he kind of sent The Sun to try to kill me, thankfully I only got maimed by that yellow ball demon he sent [the aftermath hurt for days though].

The final day I spent stuffing myself with shortbread that my Aunt Michelle made (Man that stuff is dope! All that buttery,sugary goodness)


Yesterday I finally saw that movie Emmza,KB,Mitchy,and Asm wouldn't stop talking about called "Newsies" which is about a bunch of New York boys that sold newspapers for a penny,while buyin' em for 2, therefore having to sell lots 'o papers to live.However then the head o' the paper decides to raise the price them Newsie boys have to pay 10%.Since they barely live as it is they decide to go on strike. So yeah that's what I did to celebrate my half birthday.

I also came back to my other blog so please read it if you read this post. Once again the address is madmonkey64.blogspot.com or you can just go to the right column where it lists blog lists and click on "Monkey Worl'd N64 Gate". That's all

-Uber Psycho Tom

BUMPER STICKER OF THE DAY: It's 5 O' Clock somewhere

Blah Blah Blah

Exactly what this blog looks like now but well I've got some news

First off I go to see Transformers 2 on Saturday,awesome movie but a little long and a few plot holes but oh well. Then I got to relax as Asm and Genun went out on a date (yup lots of dates it seems{anyone know when the proposal happens [eyebrows go up]heh heh})

Next,I've decided to finally come back to N64 Gate so long as y'all comment after all feedback is nice.

After that the family went out to Walnut Creek to celebrate cousin Colter's mission party,lots of food,more than enough for this guy with a hollow leg

Sorry I haven't blogged much,but hey I've got swimming to do,video games to play,naps to take,books to read,and *sigh* homework to do

-Uber Psycho Tom

Weekend 2: So far still good

It wasn't until this weekend that Summer started to pick up

Okay first I got a huge cold which I am still trying to get over which has bee driving me nuts,thankfully I didn't have o stand yet another boring Sunday School session [because Mom didn't think I should go and no unloading dishwashers,wahoo!]

On Friday me,Zary,Antonio,and Genun all went camping,but not where we should've gone. What happened well first the leaders were 15 minutes late, then instead of leaving as soon as everything was loaded like we should've,we waisted time "fixing tires" and claiming there was time becuase Google Maps claimed it would take "half an hour"morons I say ask an expierienced resident who takes traffic into account instead of some website that doesn't even take into account more than one route. Obviously,we were too late and the ferry to Angel Island sailed off.Thankfully the State Park Service took pity and relocated the group to China Camp.We took an exhausting miserable uphll bike hike in which I was coughing and panting the whole way but the downhill was da' bomb and despite all the near skids it couldn't be more fun.After one fun game of cards I turned in(mostly because the leaders wouldn't play Capture the Flag [this should be an olympic sport,this should be a Berkeley High team and should't be dismissed jus ecuase you tag someone]).After eating my miniscule breakfast I read The Magicians Nephew for the 70th time [really I need a new book to read] in the sunlighted drybed for at least an hourr than the group went on a bike rider through the park which thankfully started out flat annd on the flat spot was the tacky but somewhat interesting China Camp Village. After that was straight Marin Ave steep uphill through the suburbs [I didn't mind these suburbs too much,not nearly as dreadful as say the ones out in Sacramento,not Irvine good either though].The camping trip was finished off by a long and fun downhill still I coulda' done without those sharp curves.


Yesterday some relatives came to dinner and Dad finally made a dinner for all of us [It's now been a month since he vowed never to make dinner again,but it's his own fault for taking everything as a complaint and feeding inedible Zuchinni,steamed broccoli,and so on,I don't care what any foolish adult or over mature teenager here says].There was Bockwursts,Burgers,and Ice Cream.After a long feast Wine Guy[our neighbor that lives 100 feet south from us] came over and we talked for a while. After that we went over to Wine Guys house and walked the dogs around the block,followed by Dad taking out the 1964 Triumph [still in mint condition 40 something years later] and ridin' that baby around the hills.After that the relatives headed off to wherever and I stayed up til' midnight.


Now I've got to do other things to do.

Signing off

-Uber Psycho Tom

The Monkey World 1st Year Anniverary

Happy 1st year to me.

That's it I've got nothing more to say

Shortest post complete

Title of Mediocrity and All That is Pointless

Becca's graduated and celebrating a wedding anniversary,Seagull gets to backpack in Wales,and me I've got...........absolutely nothing.

I've got at least 4 weeks left before school lets out and then,guess what SUMMER SCHOOL! All to make my transcript look good.I don't mean to sound whiny but really I'm just getting out of school for Summer and by the time I'm 18 I've got too much to do to enjoy summer.

Well on the bright side of things I got to skip 2 hours of class in favor of an assessment at the Community College,a new video game,to the point I can and will treat every day like a Friday,and now I'm all the bit closer to having computer freedom.

I'd talk more but I've got naps to take,Stratego games to play,video games to beat,and homework to finish.

-Uber Psycho Tom

The Monkey World Weekend Edition Issue 24: Almost Summer

Holy crap! Summers on the way only a few more weeks. My life as a wisened fool will be over,I shall be none other than a Junior.

My opinions are quite mixed on this fact.

The Good

- Almost to College

- Closer to leaving Berkeley [What can I say I've never moved once in life what's the experience like?]

-Last year of STAR testing

-More electives

The Bad

- My grades are ever so necessary,considering this year was screw-up

- More homework

-I'll still have to get up for seminary

The Ugly

-Applying for College

-Taking the ACT and SATs


Sahara, Seagull,Becca,and Emmza hope to see y'all at the Reunion.

-Uber Psycho Tom

I can't believe it

There are so many things I can't believe actually like

-How foolish we as mankind are
-How decent people can be duped into hating something so much they'll systematically murder for to get rid of it
-It's the birthday of the world's sickest man
-It's year 10 since Columbine
-There is actually a National Pot Day

But in my selfish, happier life there are other things I can't believe but believe I'll focus on in this post

1.*Optional* STAR Testing (Yeah um when I put asterisks next to optional that means it's not really an option because 90% of Berkeley High has to be at their 2nd period class to take a dumb multiple choice test for if they don't California will intervene and all lessons will be from a script and odds are it won't have character,the counselors will be diminished to only 3 and well the rest is ptoohickey. It is appalling that instead of evaluating based on grades they based off of filling in of bubbles and lets see 95% of 3200 is 3040 people that have to come,all I can do is pray)

2. Years left (I've got less than 2 years before I am legally an adult and only 2 before Mom and Dad say "Out with you" and I don't feel ready)

3.Sister Grimm Book 7 (I can't believe in 10 days it finally comes,I've already read 2 sneak peeks and I know who The Master of the Scarlet Hand is and I don't like it,I've been waiting for this for years)

4. How hot tonight is (I dunno about the folks in Irvine [Sahara],Provo [Becca,Seagull] or even Oakland [Aunt Pat] but around these parts it's actually hotter than usual,usually it's raining and cold like hell but so far I'm actually boiling and usually that's to be expected in September/October and sometimes November

Well that's all my thoughts for now

-Uber Psycho Tom

Too Bad It's Over

Well it was fun while it lasted,here's what I did over Spring Break

-Ate (Mostly my own cooking)
-Slept
-Listened to Icelandic (Had to go back to the beginning though,I'm gonna try to get back on it for sure by Summer)
-Took 6 hours of hiking through Tilden [Not in one day but 2]

-Sailed to Angel Island (If you thought driving a car was fun,try steering a sailboat and turning the tiller it,not to mention All Test No Est [think hormones then you'll no what I'm talking about],a comfy bow to rest on and lots'a soda plus I can rub in Life's Face "Ha I have skills")

I finally got to read the next book in The Cronus Chronicles Series [check out my Shadows Thieves Review for my opinion of the 1st in the series],that book was awesome still I could do without Calypso and so many parts taken from The Odyssey.Good humor and it doesn't end quite so cheesily as most books I've had to read


I am now 2-3 months away from a laptop which means I will have the internet independence I've wanted.

And 2 days ago Asm and I went out to Walnut Creek to visit for Easter,Dad actually hid stuff and we actually did an Easter Egg Hunt of sorts,but that lasted 2 minutes,other than that I played lots of Mitchyball (A 2-player wiffleball made up by Mitchy and I,it's organized but they're only 2 positions so it plays sort of like an unorganized or solo act). Did anone tell Aunt Sally she is the master of rolls? Well I'm saying it now


Lots of good memories oh and my blog has nearly reached it's year anniversary just 2 months left actually

Today I actually arranged some music from a theme I really like from one video game

That's all

-Uber Psycho Tom

P.S. Anyone good at writing poetry slam poems?? If so give me advice,my evil English teacher gave me this assignment and I can't do poetry by myself to save 6 billion people from Extraterrestrial destruction so please do help.

The Monkey World Weekend Edition: Issue 23

I'm back for yet another Weekend Edition.It seems my blog posts are starting to die out like the newspapers.Both are really sad but fortunately I can control this one and promise to post more regularly.

It's so sad to see these newspapers dying out just like that,I mean come on who hasn't seen the best part of their morning being waking up to a newspaper and hot chocolate?????Who hasn't????

Personally I blame it all on The Sporting Green or sports section,the newspapers really don't need that section because most of the sports gurus find scores on the internet and on TV and everything else can be found at games.

If that's what it takes to keep the Funnies do so! I don't know how I'd get through school without the antics of say Hammie from Baby Blues or the teenage satire of Jeremy from Zits or even the sleezy antics of rat from Pearls Before Swine.

It's bad enough the school newspaper only comes out every other Friday,I don't want that to be my only newspaper.

Ok that's enough of that now onto the happier stuff

1.Well the school newspaper has finally topped itself with the best April Fool's edition

2. One month til' the next Sister's Grimm book

-Uber Psycho Tom

The Monkey World Weekend Edition: Issue 23

It's been 2 whole weeks,oh well it's not like anyone reads it anyway!

Good

-2 to awesome video game tournaments based off of none other than Super Smash Bros.!!!!!

-Fablehaven Book 4 was just released,this is by far the best book in the series since book 1 [I should do a review of that soon]

-A really,really good camp out I just got back from (Nothing like a good ol' Capture the Flag in the Dark with flashlights as the only source of light oh and bear foot in cold sand]

-Emmza and KB stayed over for a night

-Video Games (I just got past a really hard level and I discovered some cool parts to other video games)

Bad

-Schoolwork (Projects,essays,bastards [excuse my language but that's the disturbing truth] to deal with,psychotic subs)

That's it

-Uber Psycho Tom

The Monkey World Weekend Edition: Issue 22

Wow what a day! I've just returned from a Youth Conference that lasted all day. I've been gone since 8:30 this morning and only just got in [That's about my average school day in the Cross Country season which reminds me I need to get back in shape].

Anyway I woke up at 7:30 and read TinTin for half an hour then I got dressed and went to the French Hotel for a good hot chocolate and morning snack.Soon after I walked up to church where I got a ride to the ISC for the conference.

So I arrived to find there was a huge amount of cans donated for the Food Bank we [The Ward] donated some as well (We[ as a Group] ended up being the largest donors of canned goods in one day it ended up on the 6 'o clock news) and after the quick donation I registered and the conference began with a good talk about courage and the guy was making references to David and Goliath and Gideon and the 135,000 enemies and so on.

After that I went to a workshop about balancing life.Pretty good workshop but I was mostly in it for the unicycle though he was quite funny at times. I also met a pretty nice young lady who I'll call Ginger. [I ended up hangin' out with her all day,turns out she's from Alameda and works Cross Country with Encinal which is the one of the many schools I have to race against in the fall].After the workshop was a nice little performance from a Utah-based accapella group called Noteworthy, smashing ol' themes they were I couldn't get enough of them,too bad I was sittin' next to really excited girls.Then came disgusting lunch but I got to talk to Emmza,KB,and Kandy [Candace] so it was all fine.

After lunch was 2 more good workshops.The 2nd one was about how culture affects our thinking.This guy was UC professor who goes to my church and he made reference to Little Mermaid. The whole lesson kinda of creeped me out but it was good I was sitting next Ginger again.The 3rd one i didn't pay too much atention to but when I did I liked every bit off it.

After that was testimony bearing in which lots of youth went up and bore testimonies,and now I wish I did to.Then came the most delicious dinner you could get at a Youth Conference but then Asm just left I don't know why I know she couldn't eat dinner but that really doesn't seem reason enough.After that was a closing talk by an astronaut [1 out of the LDS guys to go in space actually] I liked his talk most. I sat once again next to Ginger

After that was the dance which I had the time of my life with I didn't even go to the games for once. I danced all by my self and ocassionally went to the side for food.

Once I got tired I got a ride back and now it's been 40 minutes since I typed all this up and since I returned. That ends this

-Uber Psycho Tom

Title of No Meaning

The title up there,yeah it's completely meaningless so don't hesitate to figure out why I chose it


Well today was the first day of daylight savings time,you know what that means to us seminary goers? Huh?!? Do ya'? Do Ya?!?????

It means instead getting up at a sane hour to get to school at the sane hour of 8:30 and then being able to enjoy sunlight at 7,we get stuck with having to wake up at what we believe to be 4:00 am stuck lurking around school in the dark and then all for one measly extra afternoon hour that isn't needed.If anything it should be called Daylight Stealing Time. If you ask me they should put it back on the first April Saturday at 9:00 am so we don't have to set our clocks before we go to bed and then they should put out an initiative to take away all legislators healthcare [same for Congress on national level].Why should they get a socialized healthcare while 1/3 of Americans must suffer and the other 64% are most likely on the brink. (That's 100 million people with no healthcare and a little under 100 about to lose insurance). To top it off recall the governor so we can finally no longer be 51/50 in education spending.

While Asm was at the prom I hung out with Leffler and had a bit of a Nerf war [Nerfs are soooo underrated] followed by vegging out and then a hilariously bad movie but overall not bad enough to be good. The movie was R rated but keep in mind it was an 80's movie so the standards were completely different [something Asm fails to realize,so judgmental R rating isn't bad,vulgarity and language is].

For once I was not antagonised quite suprisingly it's almost scary how great the day went. To top it off that girl returned but I bet that was completely surreal [It it wasn't she was gone for 2 whole months,if not who knows if she'll return].

Alas it is looking to be late I must get some shoulday' after tomorrows shower morning

Hey y'all

Camp Pillow wanted to say hi

-Uber Psycho Tom

P.S. Check out my other "side blog" it is,.......http://madmonkey64.blogspot.com/ may this please go to the site when you click it

*BUMPER STICKER OF THE DAY If we quit voting,will they go away?

*This might ver be a repeat I'll go read my earlier ones some other time

The Monkey World Weekend Edition: Issue 21

Well I've finally made my 75th post but to talk about

Ok I've finished Magic Knight Rayearth[easily the best manga I've encountered] and I keeping thinking how glad I am that Earth is ruled the way it is instead of how Cephiro is,I know I wouldn't want to live in a world where one person will controls it all.Ok that's all for spoilers

I'm 2/5 the way to getting the laptop of my dreams and I'll have enough by about mid-July with breaks and such plus that lousy 10% tithing.I can't wait til' I can get a laptop and I really hope they still have the one I'm looking for by that time and I really hope that the laptop won't be a dissapointment.

But the best part admist all this is that I really don't have much else to talk about,becuase this weekend has been uneventful which is GREAT after all the hard work and tiringness of a regular school day and al those many other things.

I think I'm gonna take a walk now then play some Battalion Wars and who knows what

See y'all later

-Uber Psycho Tom

P.S. My Camp Pillow says hi

Wow it's almost March,already???

Sometimes I wish I was still 5.Back when I was 5 everything was simple.

Teddy Bears took care of everything

$10 bought the world

Christmas was actually a long wait,not quick like a cat on haunches

Easy homework

My point is I'm still in January and it's almost March.I've gotten behind on my Rayearth which I now feel like explaining however since this not, I repeat not my side blog where I'm in critique mode I shall nutshell it all out,so...far because I have fallen behind on my Rayearth. So far it looks like 3 girls from Tokyo (different schools though) go on a field trip to Tokyo Tower.Everything seems normal except the trio hear a voice in which leads to the floor collapsing and they end up in another world.The world of Cephiro where all is conrolled by will power but the ruler balances Cephiro with her will power becuase this ruler has the strongest will to protect it and the pillar gets kidnapped and of course that leads to the Magic Knights being summoned (who are of course the 3 girls).I'll give no more becuase the rest is meant for my review.

At last Dark Serenity is done so I no longer have to deal with fanfic related kickoffs and I can finally hear more about Stones of Destiny [I really hope that's a working title becuase it sounds to generic now I currently don't know a better name of course I'm kinda' tired] which left off in the middle of a conversation. Chris Heimerdinger left off with 20 peoples lives at stake[yes 20 main characters,that's ridiculous],Lemony Snicket didn't give the answer we wanted to hear,instead he gave us an answer that we mostly had to decipher ourselves,Colville went on a 10 year hiatus but this,........?!? Really it's incredible and not in a good way

Goals for weekend

1.Look back at New Year's Resolutions and see how I've done
2.Get another review and personal post in
3.Back to work on my Icelandic
4.Get homework out of the way
5.More sleeping and eating [DUH!]

The Monkey World Weekend Edition: Issue 20

Well this is the 20th weekend I'm put up a post since June 27th last year when I started the whole thing.

It's been almost a month since the newspaper changed it's look from unique and gorgeous to looking like USA Today[and yes I have seen the USA Today look].Nearly a month sinec finals were over and a week since that college tour. Wow time sure flies by even when you're bored by mediocrity. Ok fine it's not all boring some of it's frustrating [like why my brain takes a freeze ray and pulls the trigger on himself during an Algebra test or why I'm stuck dealing with Joel{not going past that}],some of it is great [like getting home or reading Magic Knight Rayearth or Calvin and Hobbes at the library].

So yesterday was the High School Talent Show.Fun??? Exciting????? No,not really.Nightmare yes!
First the line was too long,then the people were talking about stuff I'd rather not repeat,the tickets cost $28[I didn't know I'd need my ID] and once we got in the people were of course too loud and obnoxious [to be expected] but the music was so loud and bland not even earplugs would tone it down heck I don't even think noise killing earmuffs would tone it down.Luckily Asm's act was among the first. The first act was singing [pretty good but not brilliant],the next act was Asm's.Her poem was brave and quite deep but I think she's trying to send us all on a guilt trip if we offend her or even try to help.The next act was was another song [which was much better,but it got to loud].After that was a poem (I really liked but it sounded familiar and according to Asm it was not memorized) then there was a dance act which had the stupidest background music and felt fake.The final act I paid any attention toa light show which was by far the most impressive [of course there's no way a poem or song can compete with a light show].In the middle of the next act which extremely obnoxious and loud,I left and stayed outside until it was finally over.

I'll explain more about Magic Knight Rayearth later

Holy Crap, Only 2 years left!

Lets see last I'm I posted,it was a day before Barack Obama became president.

Since then I've

-Gotten past my finals
-Narrowly passed all my classes
-Done the Exit Exam
-Done a lot of make up work
-Gotten assigned 2 projects
-Taken a tour of 2 colleges
-Decided on the colleges that I want most and my major
-Gone hog wild with Battalion Wars
-Tried to catch up on my blogging


Well the results weren't pretty with the finals,I think I ended up with D's on a few of them.My notes weren't helpful but on a few of them I got A's I think I got a complete 100 on one them.Thankfully I managed to pass all my classes so unless something goes terribly wrong a the end of the year I won't be taking any classes again like I feared. About a week after that,all the sophomores at Berkeley High had to take the Exit Exam

Why it's called such I do not know. For one if you fail it you have like 55 times to try it over,for two if you do pass your stuck at High School for 2 years.Finally if you fail it you're either brain dead,not trying,or something is seriously wrong,Sahara if you are reading this I'll say you could pass it.The exam is 8th grade in Math and 6th in English.

On Monday I got assigned a memoir like project where I have to interview a relative about their experiences and stuff,then the next day I got assigned to research a nation colonized by a European power and how it all went and put it on a poster.

Yesterday,my class left school in order to tour 2 campuses [Cal State East Bay and St. Mary's College].I for one preferred St. Mary's College.Cal State looked like BYU in almost every way,except it didn't have the homely feel,it was atop a hill so the insignia was nowhere to found[by insignia I mean BYU's Y,CAL's C,University of Utah's U,Stanford's S,etc.] and the builidings where too close andit seemed a bit more for graduates over undergraduates. The tour guide didn't give too much info on the life or atmosphere either. Finally we all had lunch at the dining area[the best part of this tour by far,but nowhere near the quality of BYU cafeteria food]. I know I'm not thinking of applying here. After a really good meal the gang pakced up and headed off to St. Mary's College which is about 10 miles from Gandma's house and 8 from mine so though it's close it's not dangerously close. The tour guide this time went deep into the heart and spirit of the college.Apparently they have a system where ou have 2 semesters one whole month off and a January part. The architecture was unique,the chapel looked like a run-of-the-mill Roman church and overall this campus and the how it all was set-up was inviting


Currently my line-up looks something like

5.St. Mary's College
4.U.C. Davis
3.University of Illinois at Chicago
2.Oberlin College
1.BYU

I'm currently thinking of making Economics my major

I'm thinking about all this because one the tour,and 2,.................... HOLY CRAP ONLY 2 YEARS LEFT!!!!!

After all this I've basically gone hog wild with Battalion Wars on the GameCube and I've finally made a post you somehow read all the way through

-Uber Psycho Tom

Happy Birthday MLK

This day is special for 2 reasons

1.Martin Luther King Jr, for all his striving to try to make America a more equal place and work in the Civil Rights movement

2.Because Obama goes into office tomorrow it is also a good day to look back on the best and worst and weirdest moments in presidential history

Top 5 weirdest presidential facts

1.Benjamin Harrison[1889-1893] was so scared of light switches he slept with the lights on
2. George W. Bush [2001-2009] was a C student
3.James Buchanan [1857-1861] the 1st and only bachelor
4. Richard Nixon[1969-1974] 1st and only president to resign
5. Franklin D. Roosevelt [1933-1945] Only president to run past 8 years

Top 5 best presidencies

1.John F. Kennedy [1961-1963] started what would later become the Civil Rights Movement
2. Franklin D. Roosevelt [1933-1945] got the U.S. out of the Great Depression with the New Deal and of course WWII
3.Andrew Jackson[1829-1837] Abolished the corrupt bank system[imagine what he woulda' done with Wall Street now if he was president]
4.Abraham Lincoln [1861-1865] Abolished slavery
5.Theodore Roosevelt [1901-1909] National Park system comes to mind

Top 5 worst presidencies

5.George W. Bush [2001-2009] Tried to kill the constitution,grab oil, made guns more available than necessary,and I could go on and on
4.Andrew Johnson[1865-1869] Destroyed what Lincoln worked hard,pissed off everybody,and got impeached
3.Harry S. Truman[1945-1953] He really had no idea of what to do and innocent lives were crushed by the atomic bombs
2.Jimmy Carter[1977-1981]Like Bush his presidency had a terrible foreign policy and now Iran hates us,Iran could have been an ally but no Carter ruined that with that puppet of his"The Shah"
1.Richard Nixon [1969-1974] The word Watergate comes to mind

Also R.I.P Martin Luther King (1929-1968)

The Monkey World Post-Birhday Edition

That's right I'm 3 now so there!!! Ok I'll name all of what I've done right away

I lazed,lazed,and lazed around and played video games while Tom was at school and other stuff

UBT:Hey get off this is supposed to be My Post-Birthday and New Year post,NOT yours!
Me: But why Tom,why???
UBT:Who works hard makes it so you come to scout camp,huh???
Me:FINE!

Sorry about that! Anyway I'm 16,I went up to the snow twice this month9once Skiing,the next sledding with the stake)

No I'm not getting my driver's license,no my first impulse is not to start going on dates ok that's too normal.

Don't ask how my Icelandic is coming I haven't done it in ages.

I Can't believe on the 20th I'll have lived to have seen President number 4 and first racial minority President(I had the fortune to only see a week of Bush Sr but sadly 8 years of the White Bush with is icy,wintery narrow ideas of patriotism but the winter is almost gone)

Wow connecting politics to Narnia is hard

This has been a great year......... so far

CP:Ok my turn again
Me:Oh go sleep in your stuff sack

Happy 2009 ya'll!

-Uber Psycho Tom

P.S. I still feel like I'm 15