Amaaaaazing
Note: Written Yesterday, Posted Today Because of Server Problems
Two entries in a row…interesting. I just felt like it today, since Brettia is slow and I don’t really feel like working on the projects I need to do. This’ll be my 29th entry in three months of blogging, a personal record for journaling. I’ve tried several times over the years to keep a journal, but this is by far my most successful attempt. I have typed almost 25,000 words or 138,000 characters, a large amount, but not as many as the classic “Second Algebra War,” found on the Old Brettia Forum, which was a huge document of over 150,000 words and several months of work. It is long enough that it could be published as a medium-sized book.
Anyway, I’m really writing this because of this kid I know in my social studies class named Anthony Fibneres (spl???). I call him Anthony Foo, or just Foo, for short. He thinks he’s a gangster in “da hood,” and he does all that stupid rapping with his pencil while yapping about his four watches. Worse, he’s even lardier than I am; at least I don’t look like a mini sumo wrestler (though that’s a matter of opinion). To really make this whole thing suck royally, Fogey (Mr. Fogelson) put him right next to me, so he cheats off my papers and stuff all the time and gets stupidly angry when I cover my answers. What do you expect, Foo? You want me to just tell you everything so you can go back to “da hood” with your “bruthas” and “siddas”? By the way, the other reason that I’ve nicknamed him Foo is that he calls people that all the time. (”Wha chu tawkin’ ’bout, foo’?”) I usually can’t understand what he’s muttering at me, so I just let him yap.
Something is horribly wrong. I’ve actually been bored lately, meaning I haven’t had any projects or posts or codes or anything else to do. I feel like I’m wasting my time by being idle, since I’ll wish that I’d used it more wisely later. But what else is there? My friends are all as socially inept as I, though they don’t like to admit it. We go to each other’s houses and stuff, but even that has become boring lately. Right now I can’t even type because my palms are heating the plastic on the keyboard after several hours of furious coding.
You know what would be cool? If I could build websites at school as part of a class. That would be fun. And I could do it, too, if it weren’t for PE and BMT. First, I have to take PE, since it’s required to graduate (for this year, at least). The thing is, it blocks a slot in my schedule, a slot that could be better used for more technologically-oriented classes. Second, the stupid administration forces students to take BMT (Business Management and Technology) before they can take Web Development or get A+ Certified. I’m SURE I don’t need any of the skills provided by BMT, just from reading the course description. I have four years of CNBC under my belt for the business management half, as well as a good knowledge of economics and such. I also have seven years of computing under Windows, six months of computing under Linux, two years of HTML/CSS, one year of PHP, nine months of MySQL, eight months of graphics editing, and three months of blogging to shore up the technology part of the course.
What’s worse, there’s a kid in my English class (a good friend of mine, actually), who is in the Web Development class and the BMT class at the same time (I couldn’t do this next year because of Spanish 5/6). Mrs. Kulinski (the English teacher) is going to allow his class to build a class website for her. I offered my skills, but she just said that I could look it over when it was done and make suggestions. That feels horribly unfair (not Kulinski’s fault, however), since I have far more experience than most of the Web Development kids (take a look at the crap last year’s class put together here) and could prove to be a valuable asset in that department. (I’m not trying to bash the Web Development people here, I’m just mad at having to miss out on some good dev experience.) I really don’t want to have to wait until next year or the year after to get started in Web Development, which is just more frustrating.
Really, the biggest hurdle here is BMT. The kid in my English class, Joey DiMarco, said he tried to test out of it but wasn’t allowed to. I’m going to try next year, and they’ll face the wrath of the walrus if they don’t let me. I’m mad at seeing my skills wasted on loner projects like the ones I’ve been doing; I really need a decent team to work with to get anything really good done. *Screams out window in frustration.* Why is there nothing at CSHS for me? Why? An HTML club, a digital art club, a computer club, anything! It’s all dance and cheerleading and sports. And most of the other clubs have already started with barely any notice to the rest of the school.
My only hope is to go to Mr. Trapani, the technology guru, who supposedly has access to lots of cool tech toys that I can play with. I have one connection, the father of a friend, who has said he might be able to hook me up, but I haven’t really heard from him since and I don’t want to just walk into Trapani’s room and say “I’m here, give me something fulfilling to do.”
It’s 9:13 and I should go to bed. Aye, it’s early, but I really spew beef if I don’t get at least seven hours of sleep each night. Besides, my keyboard is melting. My hands are playing hot potato with it. Ouch.
Eggplant.