Ah, math. The only class where I can write down exactly what the teacher says and still be hopelessly lost.
Okay, that's not exactly true, but often times I skip over writing something and then I see it on a test and have no idea what to do.
The clear solution would be to write down everything we cover in class, and ask the teacher any questions I may have. Simple, right?
Wrong. If I have questions, it's because I left my notebook in my locker and didn't take notes. My math teacher no longer helps students who don't take notes, as she finds the lack of note-taking a sign of not paying attention.
For most people in my math class, that's very true, considering it's 8th grade Pre-Algebra. I blew off the class last year, and now I have to take it again. What goes around comes around.
If any of know me, you'd know I'm horribly out of place in the class, and yet I fit right in. Why? Because I slept in the class last year and learned nothing. Now's my chance to make it up and not be left behind in the dust for Algebra I next year.
Pre-Algebra is Algebra, just at a slightly slower pace. Everyone knows this. There's nothing too special about either. To be honest, I hate algebra... geometry is cool, though. Pythagorean theorem and all that. Yeah, you learn the basics in algebra, A^2+B^2=C^2 and how to use it. At my school, you don't really use in algebra, they just introduce you to it and then take it away for a while.Or maybe they don't. I don't know, I was asleep for most of it.
And yes, I have seen geometry before. I like geometry a hell of a lot more than I like algebra.
Will I use math? Considering I'm planning on majoring in neuroscience, no. The only math I need to pass is the bare minimum to graduate, which I'll take my junior year if all goes well. Algebra II, and then I'm not sure what it goes to next.
Do I have high hopes? Yes, very high hopes. I want to be in all those advanced and AP classes, those would be the only places where I'd be challenged (except math... well, maybe. If it seems easy, you're doing it wrong). How do I get to those classes? I don't know. My grades are shit because I can't bring myself to be motivated enough to do anything.
The solution to that, of course, is to pretend I'm helping Sherlock solve a case. Seems reasonable, right? It's worked in the past.
A lot of people have viewed my inability to do seventh grade level math as a sign of stupidity. To them, I say, "Call me when you correctly label a brain without looking at a diagram and tell the frequencies of the four types of brainwaves."
Don't call someone "stupid" until you've seen where their intelligence falls, I guess I'm trying to say.
This post has gotten out of hand.
-Narwhal Sandkurt
P.S.
Beta: 15-30Hz
Alpha 9-14Hz
Theta 4-8Hz
Delta 3-1Hz
2/05/2014
1/27/2014
Sick Day
I'm home sick today with a particularly bad head cold. It's gone down quite a lot since yesterday, but I'm definitely going to switch out my reeds.
Why, you ask? Why am I going to switch out my reeds for a mere head cold?
Because, the Science Olympiad team is going to Grand Rapids on Friday, and I can't afford to be sick then.
So, I'm sitting on my bed in my pj's with a roll of toilet paper listening to Chameleon Circuit.
We don't have any tissues.
Since I'm not at school today, I'm going to add some educational value to this post:
Effects of drugs on nervous system:
ALCOHOL - Alcohol is a depressant of the nervous system. Side effects: Altered speech, Hazy thinking, Slowed reaction time, Dulled hearing, Impaired vision, Weakened muscles, Foggy memory.
CAFFEINE - Stimulates nervous system. increase alertness, reduce fine motor coordination, cause insomnia, cause headaches, nervousness and dizziness. Large amounts (10g or more) are fatal... but that’s about 80-100 cups of coffee.
NICOTINE - increases blood pressure and heart rate, faster respiration, constriction of arteries, stimulation of central nervous system. Once addicted, attempting to stop results in depression, anxiety, headaches, and fatigue.
MARIJUANA - Low to medium doses: relaxation, reduced coordination, reduced blood pressure, sleepiness, disruption in attention, an altered sense of time and space. Large doses: hallucinations, delusions, impaired memory, disorientation.
Integumentary system: Main functions protection against UV light, bacteria, and dehydration; body temperature regulation; Sensation through nerve endings, receptors that detect pressure, temperature, and pain; removal of waste through sweat; vitamin D production.
EYES: Filled with Vitreous Humour to keep from collapsing. Colour part called iris, black center pupil, behind pupil lens. Cornea above all that, as a bubble, filled with Aqueous Humour.
VISUAL PATHWAY: Eye sees image upside down. This information leaves chiasm via optic tract. Reorganized optic tract leaves optic chiasm, passes to lateral geniculate nucleus. There, information separated, organized, and relayed to different areas of visual cortex, different zones of visual cortex process the different aspects of vision...is processed and an image is perceived.
EARS: Pinna collects sound and funnels to auditory canal. Auditory canal connects outer ear with ear drum. Ear drum is beginning of middle ear and made of thin sheet of muscle and skin that vibrates to sounds, passed to Ossicles. Ossicles are malleus, incus, and stapese. Sound is amplified 30 times by time it gets to stapese. Stapese vibrates against oval window. Oval window is the boundary between middle and inner ear. Vibrations pass to cochlea. Fluid inside cochlea passes vibrations to tiny hairs on Auditory Nerves. Auditory nerves send messages to brain, then sounds.
TONGUE: Tongue has five kinds of taste receptors: Sweet, salty, bitter, sour, & MSG. Location of each is unclear - are taste buds. Tongue is a muscle.
NOSE/OLFACTORY SYSTEM: Taste comes from smell, or Olfactory system. Connects to taste buds and Hippocampus.
Yay education.
-Narwhal Sandkurt
Why, you ask? Why am I going to switch out my reeds for a mere head cold?
Because, the Science Olympiad team is going to Grand Rapids on Friday, and I can't afford to be sick then.
So, I'm sitting on my bed in my pj's with a roll of toilet paper listening to Chameleon Circuit.
We don't have any tissues.
Since I'm not at school today, I'm going to add some educational value to this post:
Effects of drugs on nervous system:
ALCOHOL - Alcohol is a depressant of the nervous system. Side effects: Altered speech, Hazy thinking, Slowed reaction time, Dulled hearing, Impaired vision, Weakened muscles, Foggy memory.
CAFFEINE - Stimulates nervous system. increase alertness, reduce fine motor coordination, cause insomnia, cause headaches, nervousness and dizziness. Large amounts (10g or more) are fatal... but that’s about 80-100 cups of coffee.
NICOTINE - increases blood pressure and heart rate, faster respiration, constriction of arteries, stimulation of central nervous system. Once addicted, attempting to stop results in depression, anxiety, headaches, and fatigue.
MARIJUANA - Low to medium doses: relaxation, reduced coordination, reduced blood pressure, sleepiness, disruption in attention, an altered sense of time and space. Large doses: hallucinations, delusions, impaired memory, disorientation.
Integumentary system: Main functions protection against UV light, bacteria, and dehydration; body temperature regulation; Sensation through nerve endings, receptors that detect pressure, temperature, and pain; removal of waste through sweat; vitamin D production.
EYES: Filled with Vitreous Humour to keep from collapsing. Colour part called iris, black center pupil, behind pupil lens. Cornea above all that, as a bubble, filled with Aqueous Humour.
VISUAL PATHWAY: Eye sees image upside down. This information leaves chiasm via optic tract. Reorganized optic tract leaves optic chiasm, passes to lateral geniculate nucleus. There, information separated, organized, and relayed to different areas of visual cortex, different zones of visual cortex process the different aspects of vision...is processed and an image is perceived.
EARS: Pinna collects sound and funnels to auditory canal. Auditory canal connects outer ear with ear drum. Ear drum is beginning of middle ear and made of thin sheet of muscle and skin that vibrates to sounds, passed to Ossicles. Ossicles are malleus, incus, and stapese. Sound is amplified 30 times by time it gets to stapese. Stapese vibrates against oval window. Oval window is the boundary between middle and inner ear. Vibrations pass to cochlea. Fluid inside cochlea passes vibrations to tiny hairs on Auditory Nerves. Auditory nerves send messages to brain, then sounds.
TONGUE: Tongue has five kinds of taste receptors: Sweet, salty, bitter, sour, & MSG. Location of each is unclear - are taste buds. Tongue is a muscle.
NOSE/OLFACTORY SYSTEM: Taste comes from smell, or Olfactory system. Connects to taste buds and Hippocampus.
Yay education.
-Narwhal Sandkurt
Hacking
So, people have been trying to get into my Google account - one from Italy, another from Peru.
Why?
What is so special about my Google account that you felt the need to try and hack it?
Was it my blog? Are you trying to access this blog? Are you trying to access a different blog? Are you doing this for the shits and giggles? I'm very confused.
My Twitter was also hacked about a month ago. What is going on?
I'm easily confused and often times frustrated, please don't hack my account.
-Narwhal Sandkurt
Why?
What is so special about my Google account that you felt the need to try and hack it?
Was it my blog? Are you trying to access this blog? Are you trying to access a different blog? Are you doing this for the shits and giggles? I'm very confused.
My Twitter was also hacked about a month ago. What is going on?
I'm easily confused and often times frustrated, please don't hack my account.
-Narwhal Sandkurt
1/22/2014
Friendship
Ah, friendship. Like the majority of my friends, I only have a few really close ones and then a few acquaintances to talk to sometimes.
If I were to list those who were my friends, undoubtedly my friends, and I have such a strong enough "connection" with to know the friendship will last, it would be short.
Hell, I'll do it.
Is that the whole cult? No. Amanda isn't even in the cult. These are the people I have some bit of a "connection" with. By connection, I do mean either "emotional bond" or "playful hatred" of.
This is in response to Luke's post, which there should be a link to his blog in the top bar.
-Narwhal Sandkurt
If I were to list those who were my friends, undoubtedly my friends, and I have such a strong enough "connection" with to know the friendship will last, it would be short.
Hell, I'll do it.
- Luke
- Nick
- Ryan
- Amanda
- Damion
Is that the whole cult? No. Amanda isn't even in the cult. These are the people I have some bit of a "connection" with. By connection, I do mean either "emotional bond" or "playful hatred" of.
This is in response to Luke's post, which there should be a link to his blog in the top bar.
-Narwhal Sandkurt
1/21/2014
Labeling and Defining
I haven't posted in quite a while, so I guess I'll start right off the bat by saying this: While I don't want other people to label me, I'm going to label myself in a way I deem fit.
No, don't let others label you. Hell, don't even call in "labeling." It's just you, defining yourself, and it requires educating yourself on all these different things, but mostly looking inside yourself. As cliche as that sounds, it's true.
No one else can define you. Some people don't like defining themselves, and just say they're human. That's fine. Other people, however, want to know who they are, and that's also fine. Don't tell someone they're wrong one way or another - that's not fine.
I am the kind of person to chose theory and chalk over blood and earth. I become uncomfortable when things go undefined, or when bits and pieces go unnoticed because no one can name them. My physical and mental state are subject to this thinking, as well - it all must be named. It all must be identified. Any orientation, any preference - all there, all labeled.
Does that mean you can tell me to stop thinking so much about who I am? No. You can't tell anyone that. That's not okay.
Everyone has different beliefs. As I said before, telling someone they're wrong one way or another is not okay.
I hope my approach to this hasn't offended anyone. Then again, should I care?
-Narwhal Sandkurt
No, don't let others label you. Hell, don't even call in "labeling." It's just you, defining yourself, and it requires educating yourself on all these different things, but mostly looking inside yourself. As cliche as that sounds, it's true.
No one else can define you. Some people don't like defining themselves, and just say they're human. That's fine. Other people, however, want to know who they are, and that's also fine. Don't tell someone they're wrong one way or another - that's not fine.
I am the kind of person to chose theory and chalk over blood and earth. I become uncomfortable when things go undefined, or when bits and pieces go unnoticed because no one can name them. My physical and mental state are subject to this thinking, as well - it all must be named. It all must be identified. Any orientation, any preference - all there, all labeled.
Does that mean you can tell me to stop thinking so much about who I am? No. You can't tell anyone that. That's not okay.
Everyone has different beliefs. As I said before, telling someone they're wrong one way or another is not okay.
I hope my approach to this hasn't offended anyone. Then again, should I care?
-Narwhal Sandkurt
12/16/2013
Sentiment and Nostalgia
I've been feeling sentimental lately, with it being so close to Christmas and all... and with sentiment (for me, at least) come nostalgia. With nostalgia comes music I listened to when I was younger. Allow me to share with you a few examples:
... You get the idea. Most of what I listened to then came from my parents, as does a lot of what I listen to now.
This was all before Glee and before David Cook, so you know it's old (or at least, kind of old).
Musical age is so weird... a song that's been around for one or two years is considered old... and I even feel that way. Media is constant. Everyday, new albums and singles are launching, new artists are being discovered all the time... it's an endless cycle. If it ever does end, the world itself will implode. Alien planets will be baffled.
-Narwhal Sandkurt
12/15/2013
The Difference Between Best Friends and Boyfriends
[12/12/2013 4:02:44 PM] Anywhore: Luker
[12/12/2013 4:03:14 PM] Anywhore: You didgeridoo
[12/12/2013 4:04:10 PM] Professor Oak: ??
[12/12/2013 4:23:41 PM] Professor Oak: wut
[12/12/2013 4:26:59 PM] Anywhore: Luker you didgeridoo
[12/12/2013 4:48:11 PM] Professor Oak: WHAT
[12/12/2013 4:48:12 PM] Professor Oak: WHY
[12/12/2013 4:48:28 PM] Anywhore: Didgeridoo
[12/12/2013 4:48:42 PM] Professor Oak: what did i do
[12/12/2013 4:50:59 PM] Anywhore: You are
[12/12/2013 5:21:39 PM] Professor Oak: what i do
[12/12/2013 5:21:51 PM] Anywhore: What do you didgeridoo
[12/12/2013 5:21:57 PM] Professor Oak: iuhgjg
[12/12/2013 5:22:22 PM] Anywhore: It was a pun all along
[12/12/2013 5:22:35 PM] Professor Oak: ....................................................................
[12/12/2013 5:23:17 PM] Anywhore: AHAHAHSHA
[12/12/2013 5:23:30 PM] Professor Oak: congration
[12/12/2013 5:23:36 PM] Professor Oak: you done it
[12/12/2013 5:23:50 PM] Professor Oak: YOU FUCKING DONE IT
[12/12/2013 5:23:57 PM] Professor Oak: and i
[12/12/2013 5:24:01 PM] Professor Oak: AM DIGLETT
[12/12/2013 5:24:07 PM] Anywhore: Why
[12/12/2013 5:24:07 PM] Professor Oak: "digglet dig"
[12/12/2013 5:24:24 PM] Professor Oak: BECAuse I DIGGLET DIG
[12/12/2013 5:24:30 PM] Professor Oak: U HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT
[12/12/2013 5:24:49 PM] Anywhore: I am confuse
[12/12/2013 5:28:25 PM] Professor Oak: mission accomplished
[12/12/2013 5:28:35 PM] Professor Oak: but your pun inspired me
[12/12/2013 5:28:41 PM] Professor Oak: i'm pulling a crazy aradia
[12/12/2013 5:28:51 PM] Professor Oak: lol wtf is grammar
[12/12/2013 5:29:08 PM] Professor Oak: wht ^
[12/12/2013 5:29:20 PM] Professor Oak: AH NO I CAN'T IT HURTS....OW
[12/12/2013 6:14:14 PM] Anywhore: Why did you didgeridoo this
[12/12/2013 6:14:40 PM] Professor Oak: It was a bad idea.
Typical conversation between Luke and I.
[6:06:06 PM] Anywhore: 90s music playing, about to write the final draft.
[6:06:16 PM] Karkitty: OH FUCK I forgot about that
[6:06:16 PM] Karkitty: SHit
[6:06:25 PM] Anywhore: It's due Tuesday
[6:06:34 PM] Karkitty: Oh okay phew
[6:06:39 PM] Karkitty: I can procracinate more
[6:07:07 PM] Anywhore: I'm not. I'm going to work now, while Skyping, because why not?
[6:07:21 PM] Karkitty: I like your logic
[6:07:33 PM] Karkitty: This tesselation has to be colored though, so I'm gonna keep at that
[6:07:55 PM] Anywhore: Paint it black
[6:08:10 PM] Karkitty: Funny that you say that...
[6:08:14 PM] Karkitty: Checkerboard pattern going here
[6:08:22 PM] Anywhore: Ehehehe
[6:08:41 PM] Anywhore: / I see a red door and I want it painted blaaaack /
[6:09:07 PM | Edited 6:09:19 PM] Karkitty: / du nunu nu nu nu nu nu nu paint it blaaaack /
[6:09:37 PM] Anywhore: / I see the girls walk by in their summer clotheeees /
[6:10:06 PM] Karkitty: / I don't know the words but the beat is in my head /
[6:10:22 PM] Anywhore: Pretty much
[6:11:35 PM] Anywhore: / Hello, I've waited here for you, everlooooong /
[6:12:11 PM] Karkitty: Karkitty hums the tune because they don't know the words
Typical conversation between Ryan and I.
Know the difference between best friends and boyfriends.
-Narwhal Sandkurt
[12/12/2013 4:03:14 PM] Anywhore: You didgeridoo
[12/12/2013 4:04:10 PM] Professor Oak: ??
[12/12/2013 4:23:41 PM] Professor Oak: wut
[12/12/2013 4:26:59 PM] Anywhore: Luker you didgeridoo
[12/12/2013 4:48:11 PM] Professor Oak: WHAT
[12/12/2013 4:48:12 PM] Professor Oak: WHY
[12/12/2013 4:48:28 PM] Anywhore: Didgeridoo
[12/12/2013 4:48:42 PM] Professor Oak: what did i do
[12/12/2013 4:50:59 PM] Anywhore: You are
[12/12/2013 5:21:39 PM] Professor Oak: what i do
[12/12/2013 5:21:51 PM] Anywhore: What do you didgeridoo
[12/12/2013 5:21:57 PM] Professor Oak: iuhgjg
[12/12/2013 5:22:22 PM] Anywhore: It was a pun all along
[12/12/2013 5:22:35 PM] Professor Oak: ....................................................................
[12/12/2013 5:23:17 PM] Anywhore: AHAHAHSHA
[12/12/2013 5:23:30 PM] Professor Oak: congration
[12/12/2013 5:23:36 PM] Professor Oak: you done it
[12/12/2013 5:23:50 PM] Professor Oak: YOU FUCKING DONE IT
[12/12/2013 5:23:57 PM] Professor Oak: and i
[12/12/2013 5:24:01 PM] Professor Oak: AM DIGLETT
[12/12/2013 5:24:07 PM] Anywhore: Why
[12/12/2013 5:24:07 PM] Professor Oak: "digglet dig"
[12/12/2013 5:24:24 PM] Professor Oak: BECAuse I DIGGLET DIG
[12/12/2013 5:24:30 PM] Professor Oak: U HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT
[12/12/2013 5:24:49 PM] Anywhore: I am confuse
[12/12/2013 5:28:25 PM] Professor Oak: mission accomplished
[12/12/2013 5:28:35 PM] Professor Oak: but your pun inspired me
[12/12/2013 5:28:41 PM] Professor Oak: i'm pulling a crazy aradia
[12/12/2013 5:28:51 PM] Professor Oak: lol wtf is grammar
[12/12/2013 5:29:08 PM] Professor Oak: wht ^
[12/12/2013 5:29:20 PM] Professor Oak: AH NO I CAN'T IT HURTS....OW
[12/12/2013 6:14:14 PM] Anywhore: Why did you didgeridoo this
[12/12/2013 6:14:40 PM] Professor Oak: It was a bad idea.
Typical conversation between Luke and I.
[6:06:06 PM] Anywhore: 90s music playing, about to write the final draft.
[6:06:16 PM] Karkitty: OH FUCK I forgot about that
[6:06:16 PM] Karkitty: SHit
[6:06:25 PM] Anywhore: It's due Tuesday
[6:06:34 PM] Karkitty: Oh okay phew
[6:06:39 PM] Karkitty: I can procracinate more
[6:07:07 PM] Anywhore: I'm not. I'm going to work now, while Skyping, because why not?
[6:07:21 PM] Karkitty: I like your logic
[6:07:33 PM] Karkitty: This tesselation has to be colored though, so I'm gonna keep at that
[6:07:55 PM] Anywhore: Paint it black
[6:08:10 PM] Karkitty: Funny that you say that...
[6:08:14 PM] Karkitty: Checkerboard pattern going here
[6:08:22 PM] Anywhore: Ehehehe
[6:08:41 PM] Anywhore: / I see a red door and I want it painted blaaaack /
[6:09:07 PM | Edited 6:09:19 PM] Karkitty: / du nunu nu nu nu nu nu nu paint it blaaaack /
[6:09:37 PM] Anywhore: / I see the girls walk by in their summer clotheeees /
[6:10:06 PM] Karkitty: / I don't know the words but the beat is in my head /
[6:10:22 PM] Anywhore: Pretty much
[6:11:35 PM] Anywhore: / Hello, I've waited here for you, everlooooong /
[6:12:11 PM] Karkitty: Karkitty hums the tune because they don't know the words
Typical conversation between Ryan and I.
Know the difference between best friends and boyfriends.
-Narwhal Sandkurt
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