I finished watching a very good episode of Band of Brothers (Bastogne) when I saw lights flashing on the wall behind the tv. The cops had pulled someone over in front of my house. My window is about 30 feet or less from the road, and it was very quiet that night; being 1:30 in the morning probably contibuted considerably. The cop walks up to the man and asks him, "Did you know your left-rear brakelight is out?" The man agreed and offered some explaination I couldn't hear. Then the cop ask the ma
Valete et plaudite!
It had finally come! The night of the big game! Probably one of the biggest events of the year, homecoming is our special football game. I am in band, as you probably know, and the band has been practicing our field show meneuvers for a long time. We spent an 8-hours-a-day week at band camp, and 2-3 hours every Mondey thereafter to learn all the new music, chants, and field patterns for the knowingly ungrateful crowd. You may have heard me complain (poking fun) several ti
Hurrah! I am a full-fledged member of the community now! :wheelchair: Beware, this will be a place of ranting and miscellaneous jolly banter. You know you love it.
I am here against the grain. My parents think I'm nuts for an interest in history. I was called "Rome boy" the other day. My dad thinks Gaius is my stalker because he sent me an e-mail. I keep getting asked, "What's so great about Rome?" Answering won't stop 'em either. I will not persue the medical field. Biomechanical engin
Baha! It's red! It's red! It was made in 1997! It's called a Dodge Stratus! It's mine! It needs work... but it runs! 5 cd changer! WOOHOO. Little did I know that writing "Buy Tom a car" at the bottom of my mother's grocery lists for the last two years would actually get me somewhere.
The first cars are always the best. Will post a pic later.
The "holiday" vacation is treating me well. It's so relaxing to get away from the pit for a change. I haven't been mad at anything in almost over
Life is good. I turned in my contest essay, I eagerly await the results. Tomorrow I leave for Chicago. The school marching band is parading in the St. Paddies Day Parade. Watch the news, you may see me. (Look for DC Everest High School! Green and white, with a tree!) The bus ride there will actually be enjoyable, for I am graced with the company of my girl the way to and fro.
As 1st chair clarinet, rank lieutenant, and co-section leader, this weekend I get to really test my leadership and or
AP US is the coolest class on earth.
Today I learned that the US saved the world from communism! We spent billions of dollars in foreign aid to hapless countries to prevent communist uprisings and combat the spread of this form of government. We saved Greece, Turkey, South Korea, and pretty much all of western Europe from them damn commies. I'm not sure how Amero-centric this unit is, but many of the facts are quite reinforcing to the unit thesis, and we even discuss many of the stupid thing
As mentioned in my last blog, I headed out for Chicago Friday. Our high school band was chosen to be in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in the Windy City. We were all excited and ready to go.
We were heading down the highway, it was nice and sunny out, nothing unusual, when all of a sudden it got really snowy and windy out. brown fields gave way to snow and slush everywhere. Suddenly the bus slowed down and came to a crawl. Uh oh. Traffic was backed up, and we found out why. Countless cars in
Ah! It is but a mere hour before the new year! As I type this the east coast of my beloved country already passed into the new year, with many of its inhabitants already passed out! :drunk: Happy New Years to all!
My new years resolution: Carpe Diem!
Well, my interest in the classics is at an all time low, I'm kind of burnt out right now, and have no time to pursue the extras. With summer you will see more participation from me. Also, I am sad to admit my Masada research project must be scrapped because 1) Time constraints, I'm the only one at my school doing history day for fun, but I find myself too busy too write a 10 page paper for fun. 2) My research partner dropped out, for the same reason. 3) I don't have enough primary sources. One
I am taking the most wonderful and beautiful Lady to the prom this year.
(Oh so fitting...)
Everything about you is how I'd wanna be-
Your freedom comes naturally-
Everything about you resonates happiness-
Now I won't settle for less!
Give me
all the peace and joy in your mind!
Everything about you pains my envying-
Your soul can't hate anything-
Everything about you is so easy to love-
They're watching you from above!
Give me
all the peace and joy in your mind!
Lately I've been having weird dreams.
The ***** has hit the fan for four of my friends and their respective girlfriends. (Within the last two days)
I'm becoming more cynical of our government.
I'm still freaked out by sleep problems and my weird dreams.
I'm confused. The world I know is crumbling in this little village I live in.
I cope by doing photomanipulations in photoshop cs2. Here's my latest of myself... "Kiddies, Don't Play With Fire."
Any AOL product is the worst thing you can put on your computer- for an IM I use X-fire, but recently I had to get AIM for 'backward compatability' because there are many people who for some reason still use it. :whip:
So, since I have the dreaded thing now, add Seleukos III to your buddy list dear UNRV members.
Talk about the longest four hours of my life!
The inglish part had us answer 75 questions in 45 minutes.
The math part was rediculously easy. I even laughed to myself. Then I hit question 41, and the next 20 I had never seen before.
Read four stories and answer questions in 35 minutes.
Blah blah blah
About 3/4 way through I got bored and couldn't stop thinking about a certain someone.
Hopefully I'm smart enough to continue my education!
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I got my nametag for my
Hi. Antiochus got a concerned e-mail from Gaius and remembered this place. Any classics have been thrown aside for everything that's been happening lately.
I've been accepted into college. I am currently working on one of 17 scholarship essays. I just finished my last first semester of high school; no more gym class for the rest of my life. Yes! I applied for a high-paying summer job designed for college-bound students. Current economic conditions are jeopardizing it. My very expensive new
4:27 AM April 12, 1861- Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Civil War Begins
Abraham Lincoln and the Union War Office turn down an offer from the King of Siam, a pack of war elephants!
July 2nd, 1863- Second day in the Battle of Gettysburg:
In charge if one of the flanks in Gettysburg, Chamberlain used a tactic "He learned while studying Roman history". It was Chamberlain and his "swinging gate" tactic that won the 2nd day, the whole battle, and ultimately the war and Union.
December 5
I just started reading an old book I found deep in a recess of my school library's bookshelf. It is called Roman Military Law by C.E. Brand. It was published in 1968 (give or take a year), and is my first serious study of the Romans. This book is very unlike many of the other books I have read. This one is a serious scholarly work, and I am already engrossed after the first chapter because of the knowledge contained within. I can't wait to finish and provide a review! I am very fortunate I found
People piss me off. Now I know why I usually work alone.
Let's just say there is no "Antiochus does the whole project by himself" in GROUP PROJECT!!!
Lately all these little things are bugging the hell outta me and people are so %*#$ing retarded, and it's adding up into one melancholic cynical pissed off panda. Me. Fortunately I'm feeling better now, as I've already fermented away my hatred for humanity and some other good things happened.
Ok. I'm better now.
Well school's finally started (third day) and I'm starting to get adjusted to the boatloads of work I'm getting. By all means I'm not complaining, I did it to myself after all. I took two science courses (chem and physics) and a college U.S. history course. On the side I have band and it's after-school activities. Spanish is really fun this year, the teacher won't speak english unless she really has to. She even has her dirt-clodden pants that she wore running with the bulls in Spain hanging on
