1. indulge myself in xkcd till my brain collapses in on itself. death by inferiority complex!! the guy's a cooler nerd than I am. -cries-
2. somehow obtain a lot of money, and go on a kino shopping spree.
3. amass reading material for ki independent study + possible h3 lit research paper. I'm really looking forward to this. I finally cleared my massive school library fine ($30 for three books over the span of 5 months is thankfully much less than I'd expected...) so now I can officially step into the library without that constant nagging feeling of irritation + guilt. WHICH MEANS. I can borrow books AT LAST.
4. me in a bookstore is like a kid in a toyshop. Good to know that the curiosity -- that of a child being confronted with an entirely new world that you can never finish exploring -- that characterizes my bookstore trippin' will never go away. Like who ever knew Chinese symbols could be so interesting?! I think I have been partly influenced by Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol, which has been lying around the classroom these past few days, and which I have taken the liberty to lose myself in. His novels are terribly formulaic and at times it seems he's just recycling the same plot structures over and over again, and that the main objective is to just show off his wealth of information about symbols and stuff. (I think mooty did a post on this. apologies if my description sounds similar to yours; I suspect I re-used some phrases) Nonetheless, I never pass up a thriller. Even if the thrills do eventually start to reek of cheapness and desperation. Okay maybe that's when I start putting it down.
5. I am possessed by the urge to take h3 econs, but I suspect I'm in love more with the idea rather than the reality of it. Game theory concepts fascinate me, but apparently there's a lot of Maths involved, and god knows I can't do maths to save my life. Plus even if I tried to apply for a university h3, I don't think my grades would qualify -- my B, while meeting the minimum requirement, is commonplace and hardly impressive. But I think I am going to submit an application anyway and try to ignore a possibly patronizing look on mr.Barnard's face as I hand it in to him. D:
6. I signed up for december's sat reasoning test! I am vaguely excited. It reminds me of those random new south wales things they bombarded us with in secondary school. Except this time it actually counts towards a potential university app. Fingers crossed.
7. I should really get back to doing my I&R, which is due tomorrow morning and which I only started on today. I've heard people say it takes only about an hour to complete it. Doubtless it doesn't require brilliant brainwork, but I suspect I'll be up till midnight anyway because I am a stickler for impeccable wording and shizz. Which I think is partly why mel has named me the official Editor of our pw written report. There really should be a grammar nazi appreciation society of sorts x) /selfaggrandization
8. brookekao from moohoop.livejournal.com has a really cute boyfriend. I'm sorry, I just had to say it. In the one post that she finally posted a picture of him, all her commenters remarked on how nice the clothes were and how they liked the background of her photographs. It made me want to explode and die. Hello people, what is WRONG WITH YOU ALL; the cutest boyface on EARTH graces your unworthy computer screens and all you can talk about is... is... I give up. There is something wrong with fashion fanatics if their hormonal levels can get owned by that of a sexually retarded Asian teenage lit-geek. Tactful avoidance? get OUT
9. I desperately need maths tuition. Sanity is very important.