Thursday, August 24, 2023

Today felt long. I do not know why. I took many breaks while studying today. I normally do not need to. I think I miss Julien. I am here by myself now since Mom and Dad have to work. I did not realize it would feel so lonely without my brother.

Tasks Completed:

Geometry - Learned about angle pairs formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal + practice + honors work

Lit and Comp II - Reviewed vocabulary + read about poetic terminology + crossword on terms + read poem and answered questions + read Chapter 5 of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and took notes

Spanish 2 - learned professions vocabulary

Bible I - Read Genesis 18-19:1-29

World History - Read about the Yellow River civilization + looked at maps + watched a video on the "Mandate of Heaven" and the "Dynastic Cycle of China"

Biology with Lab - Read through the organization of life terms + read over lab safety information + completed the first part of the sugar crystal lab experiment (will complete this and answer questions next week since the lab takes a week)

Foundations - Read the definition of availability + took a quiz on Read Theory + watched a video on memory

Practice - 60-minute piano lesson

Khan Academy - Completed Unit 2: Lesson 3 of 9th-grade reading and vocabulary

Duolingo - Completed one lesson each in Spanish, French, and Chinese

Activities of the Day:

Ballet

Pointe

Journal/Mindfulness

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What I’m Grateful for Today:

I’m grateful that I have a brother who makes me miss him so much.

Quote of the Day:

A thousand moments that I had just taken for granted- mostly because I had assumed that there would be a thousand more.

-Second Chance Summer, Morgan Matson

On the surface I should be glad that goodnotes 6 still at least offers a one time purchase (as many don’t even do that anymore) but I can’t help giving it the side eye. While I don’t agree with its $20 price hike over the last version, what actually concerns me more is the attitude in the fine print. It’s not clear if one-time purchasers will get every new feature going forward. The way it’s written, you have to take it at face value and assume that what you are paying for is what exists there right now. Which isn’t a lot. And introducing the ability to sync across different platforms, but only for subscribers? This thing JUST launched and they’re already excluding buyers. They’re not even being subtle here.

Look, I’m probably in the minority on this even among people who hate subscriptions, but I would literally rather pay more for a fair and transparent experience than whatever kind of lip service this is.

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24•03•23// got some sad news that the bar I worked at in Canterbury has closed. So many of my favourite places have shut since the beginning of the pandemic it’s really very upsetting.

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“At least I keep his eyes in my life…”

Guess who’s listening to Hamilton… again… 

22.08.2022|| Hello! I watched too many shows in august, and made a spread for it. I'll start going to uni from next week!!! It has rained almost everyday the past week and the weather is really nice.