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Yet always hoping to see you around, 'cause that's my idea of safe & sound

08.11.2020

i started working the morning lap swim shift at work and i’m having to wake up at 4:45 am. it’s majorly messing with my sleep schedule

summer studying challenge

4th august - what is your favourite summertime movie?

probably mamma mia

5th august - do you read a lot in the summer?

yes! i love rereading old favorites as well as books for school and other books on my tbr list

6th august - what book are you currently reading?

cat’s cradle and the hunger games prequel

7th august - what is your favourite summer ‘beach read’ book?

i’ve been liking ramona blue by julie murphy lately

8th august - what TV show are you currently watching?

elementary, the cbs sherlock holmes adaptation

9th august - what was the last movie you watched?

i think it was the 2005 pride and prejudice? i don’t watch a lot of movies

10th august - what is your favourite summertime snack?

frozen blueberries

11th august - what is your favourite meal to have on the beach?

veggie summer rolls. my favorites have avocados, bean sprouts, carrots, cucumber, green onion, and tofu wrapped in rice paper with a peanut or chili dipping sauce

Ive been thinking about it for a while now but because my school club is being faced with financial problems, I figured this could be a good way to help funnel money to help support my club!

super long list of albums i love (in alphabetical order)

The most annoying thing about Spiderman homecoming was the timing of USAD’s National competition in relation to Homecoming. Homecoming is a fall time dance but Nationals happens in late April wtf.

And then!…. the “super quiz” event they were trying to use as the competition was utter bs because superquiz is done on a huge arena floor with electronic buzzers and the questions are shown in a giant screen projector. Also, Superquiz isn’t even the whole Academic Decathlon! Academic Decathlon is mainly test taking and a few public speaking stuff like speech and interview. Then there’s a live audience buzzer section called Superquiz that is only a small fraction of the actual score to determine winners.

Also it was just not realistic because everyone in academic Decathlon knows only Los Angeles County schools win XD

While I’m really happy that kids are going to get a chance to cover something which usually isn’t in school, Africa is the second largest continent in the world, with 54 countries, thousands of languages and indigenous cultures and so much more. Each country has its own rich history and culture. The fact that instead of choosing one country to showcase (as they have in the past: India, China, and Russia in the past decade or so) they elected to make an entire continent it’s broad category and jam it into one instead of choosing to pick a country next year for its geographic category is upsetting at best. Granted, they might acknowledge this within the packets and execute it well, but until I see that, I’m still going to be a little ticked about it.