Woo! Last night’s lesson was AWESOME!!

We not only practiced during a rainstorm/thunderstorm, but we did BLIND sparring! XD It was COOOOOOOOOL!!! And SO much fun!! XD

It was pretty rad we got to practice sparring last night, but even more so that we did it compeltely different than normal!

It’s kinda’ funny, ’cause at first I hear that we’re sparring, and it’s kinda’ like, ‘Awwww!’ But, that’ll teach me to doubt the awesomeness that is Mr. Scott. He’s got the BEST drills, HANDS DOWN! w00t!! (Though, Miss Tracy might be able to give him a run for his money.)

That and, I almost landed a back kick on Mr. Josh! XD Ha ha! I’m getting better with that. I wonder if I’ll get to the point where they’ll tell me, “Do something else!” XD LOL….. at least I’m not abusing my roundhouse anymore! Or, as much… really.

So… with that in mind, I’m prepping for this weekend’s tourney, which was semi-unexpected. I was thinking about competing in it, but then figured I wouldn’t, as I was gonna’ be at a friend’s house. However, leave it to Mr. Josh to talk me into it. LOL! (He wasn’t the first one who encouraged me to participate in it!) At any rate, the friend’s shindig isn’t going to be ’til later, so it’ll be alright. ^_^

Pyong-Ahn Ee Dan and Sparring on the Fourth! WOO! Awright! :3

*snicker* On a side note, I need to watch Afro-Samurai. XD

I feel ALIVE again!!! GREAT STUFF!! ^______________________^

Ah, I love Tae Kwon Do. :3

I’ve almost got Pyong-Ahn Ee Dan down. I’ve just gotta’ work with those down blocks. The rest I can do, if I just put the muscle memory into it!

We also did some sparring tonight, and my toes survived! YAY!! And, I got to spar Mr. Phil! AWESOME!! (Thank you! I’m so glad you stayed! ) Of course, sparring Mr. Bob and Mr. Josh was just as awesome! I got lots of opportunites to start combining things together! (I gotta’ make my Spin Back-Kick more sneaky!) I also got to spar Miss Trish! Fun as always! ^_^ Tonight she was a rapid-fire cannon! o.O I’ve gotta’ figure out what I’m going to do about that. When I get caught in the crossfire like that, how do I put a wrench in it? Hmmm…. ¬.¬  Oh! According to Mr. Phil, I gotta’ work on pointing my knee with my Roundhouse, ’cause I’m throwing it straight out (like a kickboxer) and that’s causing me to telegraph. Apparently, I kick hard. Y’know, just once I’d like to be on the receiving end of my kick, so I know what it feels like…

But I felt GOOD sparring!! AWRIGHT!! XD

Sadly, I will miss E-Rush this Saturday, due to my Power Teaching conference I’m attending. I’ll have to get up WAY early! o.x But in two weekends, I will run around with Miss Sarah at E-Rush, and we’ll have a great time!

And Congratulations to Logan for earning her Green Belt!! You go, Girl!!

So, things to do tomorrow?

•  Finish Module 4 (I got half of it done)
• Get directions to PT conference DONE!
• Do laundry (wash those awesome new shirts!)
• Go grocery shopping
• Practice at Fight Night
• Pay Miss Tracy July’s first payment & t-shirt money
• Register for Keystone State Games  DONE!

And that’s about it! YAY!! I’m BACK on schedule! ^_^ (Too bad next week is gonna’ be messed up due to the 4th of July. u.u; But I’ll get together with friends! ^_^)

RIP Fara Fawcett and Michael Jackson. Goodbye to two living legends. You will be missed.

I want my routine back, I want my TKD back, and I want my life as I knew it BACK!!!! DX

I’m TIRED of this not being able to sleep ’til 1 AM @#$%!!!!!!!!! DX I’m TIRED of STUPID INJURIES!! DX

SO!! What am I going to do about it??

• Get Module 4 COMPLETED!
• CLEAN the house!
• GO to TKD tonight!! And WORK hard!!!

*nods, folds arms* Yep.

Who wants to know all the secrets of their life at once?

Impatient at times as I may be,

Everything comes in their own piece and pace

And fits into the place meant to be for me.

Isn’t part of life enjoying the journey;

Getting the most out of the ride?

Finding out the answers to the questions you’ve asked,

And taking everything in stride?

So, I’ll strive to take everything with my own weight,

In my own time and my own pace.

For, I’m still figuring that out,

And there’s another reward when I’m done.

TKD + Epic Universe Building!! Tonight, at nine!!

LOL… so… Epic Building part one. I got home, and since I didn’t necessarily have to do anything, I hopped on Sims. I’d been thinking about my little universe all day, so I thought I’d take a whack at it.

Well….. I think it ends up being more epic than I thought, especially on Sims. So, I’m gonna’ have to sit down and really plan this one out. I was gonna’ put them with me in Sunset Valley (then there’d be two mes), but…. they might be rather large. There’d be potentially eight people. Yow! x.o

Plus……. here come the questions:

• Do I put them ALL in the same house? (They’re not all related! Or… not related at all!)
• Do I make couples? (Six of the eight could be together… oh. I could make alternate universes! XD LOL…)
• Do I keep ‘em all separated? (How would the relationships develop, then? (Er… that could get weird…)
• Do I put four in one house and four in another?
• What’s more, do I make married couples? (eep! I don’t know if I could handle that just yet!)

So clearly, I have some thinking to do. OneNote is really helping me with this. I think I’ll get my Slayers household set up first. ^_^ That should be fun. (I may not be able to do last names, though, since they all have the same name in the households.) Plus, I gotta’ figure out  how to do a screen catch in Create-A-Sim. (So I can get that awesome, buttery perfect detail!)

I also realized that creating a Sim takes time. And when I made Ryan Starchaser, then went to make Katie Starchaser… well…. let’s just say I ran out of time before TKD. [insert Tetris FAIL theme here] DX

Any requests for Sims? ;3

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TKD tonight!!

It went so fast, I think my head spun! We did a few new things tonight, as well as some old things. ^_^

• We practiced knee pitching and front-leg  jab/reverse combos.
• We practiced moving roundhouses (going frontwards)
• We practiced FLYING punches!! WOO!! Something NEW!!
• I believe we also practiced flying side kicks? but I think that was in our 1-Step advanced sparring
• I walked through (as best as I could) 1-Step Advanced 1-10!! o.O;; (I’m still getting 1-5 down!! D:
• We practiced MAD ki-haping!! (Alyssa needs to ki-hap LOUDER!! ;P)
• Ridgehand techniques! (Going for the stomach, after sidestepping!)
• Flying BACKFISTS!! XD

I was part of the Girliest…which changed later to the “Un-girliest” line in the dojang. XD It was all girls… LOL Me, Kelly, Alyssa and Miss Julie. ^_^ I think we kicked butt!

NOTE: With your FLYING techniques, once your feet move, that technique goes out! It’s like TAKING A BIG LEAP!! Don’t shuffle, ’cause then you’re telegraphing. ^^;;;;

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Tomorrow is GRAD!! WOOO! Just gotta’ get period 5’s grades in, and then I’m set!! WOO! Clean my room, too. As well as take in fundraising money, if I can. ^^ If not, I’ll go in on Wednesday.

I’m so excited for this game!! I just finished installing it! SQUEE!! X3

I have a few different ideas for this game. Though, I think I’m going to play through the tutorial first, as it’s my first EVAR Sims game! o.O (Yeah, I know.)

So, some ideas I have for Sim households are:

• Ouran High School Host Club
• The Slayers (Lina, Gourry, Zel, Amelia, Xelloss, Martina, etc….)
• my own little universe
• just myself? (Hmmm…. ~.o)

Other ideas will come as they do, I’m sure. ^_^ Who knows what I’ll make? Heck, one of my students made herself and her sister! And they look JUST like THEM!! o.O!!! It’s cr-AY-ZEE!!

But yesh, much excitement. I got a good chunk of my Practicum I v.1 paper done, I’m making some AWESOME Strawberry-Banana Energy Bars (they take a bit longer to bake ’cause the strawberries have more water in ‘em…. about 20  mins instead of 15), chatted with friends, did the grocery shopping, got a sleeve for Zoamelgustar, and……. oh! Cited stuff in APA format for my paper, as well as found another resource. ^_^b Is been bizzy!! XD LOL….

That, and Mr. Josh finally added me to the Dover Dragons group on Facebook. ^_^b AWRIGHT!! Thank you!! ^_______________^

Humungous strawberry pancakes!

They’re a wee bit dry, though. *coughcough* Got any prevention tips on that? I had to use all water, ’cause I’m outta’ soy milk. ^^;;;;

That’s right! Set-up was super easy, and I did have to pick a name for this monstrous machine, so Zoamelgustar it was! XD This thing is seriously huge, though. Like, for real. ^^;;; The screen and comp itself is so huge, that when I sit it on my lap where I used to put Cécil (ah, ALT codes! XD), it hits my knees!! x.o Yow. So, I like using my Podium CoolPad, just for its size. It doesn’t hurt my knees as  much.

It’s taken a bit to get used to the keyboard, ’cause it’s also rather large. I really do like having the numberpad, though. It’ll be handy for Excel and games and whatnot. A little odd having to shift over to the left, but I’ll get used to it. I’m also happy to report that the keys are WHITE and not black. ^_^v (That seemed to be a major complaint of most of the reviewers.) Also, the touchpad is indeed a fingerprint magnet. However, if you’re OCD and wanna constantly clean it off, it comes with a nice cloth. LOL… I really am enjoying the sensitive touch pad and the scroll portion. ^_^

So, I went berry picking today with my friend, and we got a ton!! I’m still in the middle of freezing the majority of them…. there’s no way I’m going to eat THIS much by Thursday!!

Lookit all them strawberries!

I’ve been working on freezing them. (: I’m gonna’ feel like Bubba from Forrest Gump. XD

Gotta’ get me iTunes on here so I can do my jammin’….. I wonder if I can transfer tunes between machines? (Mac to PC? Hmmmmm…. ~.o)

Oh… Grocery shopping and my grad work ended up waiting ’til tomorrow. XD I also realized the reason why my eyes felt tired after staring at the screen for long periods of time (’s only natural, buuuutt) I think the lighting is too low in here. Gonna’ have to turn it up a notch! (Now, DUH!) LOL…

So, I went out to Best Buy and got myself this beast. I was in and out in 15 minutes. XD

I asked the first sales guy about their Black Tie “GeekSquad” protection service. Basically, it’ll cover anything that happens to your machine even if it’s more than once for the number of years you specify. Viruses, water spills, you name it, they cover it. Pretty good, I thought, since I’m going back to windoze. The guy said he wished he’d got it because he got a virus on his machine and now he’s screwed. I asked him what he minded telling me what he was doing… Limewire, he said. LOL!!! XD I don’t plan on using Limewire… learned that lesson in 98 with Napster.  Ha ha ha…

Not that I should laugh at his misfortune. It’s also good if you need a new battery, like this dude did.

So, I told him, “I want this monster here,” tapping the HP I’d specified. He went and asked for the keys to unlock the case, and got it out. He brought it over and asked me if, for $60, I wanted the optimization package. It was basically setting up the computer and burning the back up discs (3 DVDs, which I can pick up tomorrow grocery shopping.) HA! You wanna’ charge me sixty bucks for something that I could do myself?! (And enjoy doing it, too? Nothing beats setting up a new machine, honestly.) I looked at the guy and go, “Couldn’t I just set it up and burn the discs myself?” LAWL!! Then of course, “My brother’s an IT guy.” Like I need your help setting this baby up, even though I’m primarily a Mac girl. Ha ha….

So, I bought the two-year protection plan with the machine. Rather a hefty price tag, but worth it. This thing is gonna’ last me quiiiiiiiiiiiiite a while. (And it has a WEBCAM!! SQUEE!!) It really IS a monster, though, so I gotta’ go pick out some good monster names. I was thinking of Zomolgustar or Kagutsuchi. XD

I’ll be booting it up later, ’cause I’m goin’ strawberry pickin! WOO!!

Lata’!

Can’t think of a better way to start my Saturday morning than going to E-Rush. It was totally worth it!

Now, to pay bills, go out grocery shopping and hopefully snag that new comp and Sims! I’ll snag MS Office for cheap on Amazon later… unless OpenOffice has something comparable to Excel… Google docs will do me for now.

I’m a little tired, but I’ll eat a granola bar and off I go!