The Bird and the Caterpillar

Nick told me a story, it's kinda lame, but kinda not.

So there was this caterpillar and he was worming around, "worm, worm, worm" and then this bird that was hungry and flying around, "fly, fly, fly" and then the bird bit the caterpillar's foot (OH NOES!) and then the caterpillar was all like "I WON'T MAKE YOU FULL DON'T EAT ME!" and the bird, being stupid was like "OKAY" and then the caterpillar and the bird were friends. One day the caterpillar went into his cocoon without telling the bird. The bird didn't know what to do, so he waited for his friend. Until one day, the caterpillar came out of his cocoon a changed man. He was a butterfly! The bird was like "Who are you? Where's my friend? Forget this!" and then he ate the butterfly...then he realized he had missed the butterfly and the fly was like "WAIT! LOOK!" and showed the bird the scar on his foot. And the world was happy again. so the moral of this story is that friendship made the bird more full than the caterpillar did.

Song

For yet another project, this time on environment, we get an issue from the teacher and then have to create a song about it to a tune of our choice. My issue was sustainability of water and what we in Canada can do to conserve water. My group decided to do it to the tune of 'Bad Romance' by Lady Gaga, don't ask me how THAT happened. I HATE singing, can't sing, don't enjoy it, don't like it. Don't even do it in private. And now she wants me to sing IN FRONT OF THE CLASS. Lame.
So here's our song:
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Drinkin' some bad water
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Drinkin' some bad water

Re-re-resevoirs
Cana-Canada
Get-get-get some now
World wants its water (Chorus X2)

They want your water, don't want no disease
They want your water, and they want it for free
They need your help, help, help, help
They need your help.

The population is getting too high
We're wasting water while they all go and cry
They need your help, help, help, help
They need your help

You know that you need it
So why do you waste it
Conserve it now, oh yes, right now

Ice caps melting and rivers to mud
Next to happen is our Prairies to flood
Aquifers are our greatest resource
Drain them all and we'll be full of remorse

O--------------
Drinkin' some bad water
O--------------
Drinkin' some bad water

Re-re-resevoirs
Cana-Canada
Get-Get-Get some now
World wants its water.

Turn off the tap while you're brushing your teeth
The water draining is the stuff that they need
They need your help, help, help, help
They need your help

Oil Spills and chemical leaks
What the lakes get is not what they need
They need your help, help, help, help
They need your help

You know that you need it
So why do you waste it
Conserve it now, oh yes, right now

Ice caps melting and rivers to mud
Next to happen is our Prairies to flood
Aquifers are our greatest resource
Drain them all and we'll be full of remourse

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Drinkin' some bad water
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Drinkin' some bad water

Re-re-resevoirs
Cana-canada
Get-get-get some now
World wants its water

Rain, rain collect it baby
With it irrigate like crazy
Rain, rain collect it baby
With it irrigate like crazy
Rain, rain collect it baby
With it irrigate like crazy
Rain, rain collect it baby
Check it, I sustain it baby

World wants its water, from it don't take
World wants its water, don't make it wait
Le monde veut son eau
N'en prend pas, le monde veut son eau
Don't make it wait.

Worry Wart.

Do you ever have that foreboding feeling? Like you're worried about something but can't remember what it is you're worried about? That's how I feel today, it's like a have a huge project that I have to present, all the butterflies and everything. I don't like it, I wish I knew what the feeling was about. As if I'm not stressed out enough, now I can't even remember WHY I'm stressed out! Hopefully, I either remember why I'm worried, or find out I was worrying about nothing. I need a remembrall from Harry Potter - I sympathize with Neville...

Burn Out...

The end of year, everyone is excited? No. See, what really happens at the end of year is this:

1. Teachers freak out because they don't have enough time to fit all our learning - they start cramming.
2. Students get extra work so they can be able to learn everything teachers need to teach.
3. Teachers don't have anymore time, and forget to mark things.
4. Students ask about marks (I could happily wait a year for my marks.)
5. Teachers give MORE work, hoping the students will be too busy to ask about marks.
6. Students have excessive amount of work.
7. Teachers all give tests the same weeks.
8. Students have a lot of tests to do.
9. Final Exams - cramming!
10. Provincials - cramming!
11. NOW IT'S THE END OF THE YEAR.
12. Students need the two months of summer just to recuperate from end of year.

Mudhut Music

Casey's not here today, she's probably sick, last time I saw her, she was feeling pretty bad. But anyways, I'm sitting next to Nick, and wondering, "Nick! What do I blog about?!" and he's like "BLOG ABOUT THE MUSIC! YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU PLAY THE DRUMS AND DANCE AROUND THE FIRE?" so, that's what I'm going to blog about. As per Nick's instructions, when I go live in Australia we'll have a fire pit. And drums. And we'll dance around the fire happily. It'll be like in Pocahontas! And the kangaroos will dance with us. We'll dance to the Circle of Life from the Lion King. Awimbawet Awimbawet...In the jungle the mighty jungle the lion...oh that's not Circle of Life, that's The Lion Sleeps Tonight....Maaaaatoomeyahh matoowimeyyaya It's the Ciiiiircle of Liiiiiiife (That's the right song!) And we'll dance around and be merry.

English Project

Usually when I get projects that I can do on my own that don't involve presentations I'm all for it. But this Macbeth project is sooo creepy. First of all, it's a project on this huge piece of paper which, Jen has simplified for me - four pieces of computer paper kind of huge - and I have to (on one side) to a Character Concepts Chart. Meaning every character in Macbeth (I HATE Macbeth.) including the mini-mini ones like the messenger that tells Lady Macbeth that Macbeth is coming. So each major character gets 4-5 points, 4-5 quotes to support the points, arrows saying who is related to who and who did what to who, AND a drawing of what they look like. All the mini-but-not-so-mini characters get 3-4 points, 3-4 quotes, arrows, and a drawing. And each mini character gets 1-2 points, 1-2 quotes, and a drawing. Also on that side we need symbols, 2-3 points, 2-3 quotes, and a drawing. Motifs, 2-3 points, 2-3 quotes and a drawing. And the last thing for that side is 3-4 points, 3-4 quotes and a drawing for each theme in that play. (This is only on ONE side!) Now we come to the other side, which is in the form of Freytag's Pyramid. For each section (Inciting Moment, Exposition, etc.) We need what we think a part of the play fits that description (e.g. I think the climax is Banquo's death) 5-6 points, 5-6 quotes, and a drawing. So what that would look like is it would say:

Climax - Banquo's Death (Drawing of Banquo dying.)
-Something about Macbeth being jealous.
-Something about Banquo being cooler than Macbeth
-Something Old
-Something New
-Something Borrowed
-Something Blue
-Quote
-Quote
-Quote
-Quote
-Quote
-Quote

Really?

Now - creepy part. My dad has done Macbeth and he was trying to help out, and was like "didn't Macbeth say something about Duncan being a good king?"
and I was like "Yeah, he says 'Duncan has borne his faculties so meek' and it's on page 24 line 17'" Creepy enough? It really WAS on page 24 line 17! And I quoted that exactly! I think I should get full marks on my project - just for that!