crucible read-a-thon

So, this is my story for today: On Wednesday, in English class, my teacher hands us the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller. His words: "This is the next thing we're going to read." We, the students, put it into our lockers. The next day, we come back to class. At the end of the period, he states that we need to have it finished by Monday. So, here I am, starting this play, the day before we have to finish it. I mean, it's not necessarily long or anything, but I have to sit here on a Sunday afternoon - when I'd much rather be napping in my comfortable bed -  for an extended period of time, and read about the Salem Witch Trials.
That's my story. I hope it intrigued you, kept you on the edge of your seats, I'm sure. Just kidding. I'm basically stalling right now. Okay, I need to focus. Fo-cus. Not the car, the verb. Just to clarify. Oh goodness, I'm horrible. I'm just going to keep you updated along the way as I attempt to do this.

Start Time: Approximately 2:30
2:30 One sentence in, and I've already yawned. Not a good sign.
2:54 I'm thirsty..
3:14 I'm on page 18...I keep getting distracted, but now they're talking about people dancing in the forest, a girl is naked, and one girl is drinking blood. This will be an interesting read..
3:22 "John, pity me, pity me!" - the words of a 17 year old girl, after being refused by John. She is also the blood drinker. Sounds like this girl has some issues.
3:28 "A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back" (Rebecca 25). Good quote.
3:33 This young girl, Betty is lying inert on her bed, and her father and other townspeople are sitting there arguing about his salary as the minister. Uh, people?
3:38 This is getting really hard to keep my eyes open.... Just a small break. I'll set my alarm for half an hour..
5:11 Yep, so I'm back now. Took a little longer than expected..I think I'm making this harder than it needs to be. How is it that I'm still on the first act?

Well, this is where I'm going to end my bloggy-post for today. The success of finishing the Crucible today is yet to happen. I'm going to finish before ninth hour tomorrow, though. For sure.

a brief summary;

Sorry I haven't written in a little while! School is stressing me out. Seriously, today I found a date calculator on my computer, and I figured out that there are 274 days until school gets out. If there's something that I shouldn't be doing the second week of school, it's trying to figure out how much longer until we're out. Oh well. By the way, there's 274 days until McCutcheon gets out of school. Just in case you were wondering. Let me just try to summarize my week and a half of school and work for you. This year, my school corporation bought laptops for all the juniors and seniors (it's a good year to be upperclassmen). I got mine last Thursday. Heck to the yes. Of course everything is blocked. It started out being just blocked at school but I can't get on Facebook or Youtube at home anymore either. Saddening, I know. Imagine my disappointment getting home from school Monday, trying to log into Facebook, only to have it tell me that it's blocked due to pornography. Come on, people. I'm Mormon. Do you really think I'm going on Facebook for pornography. Doesn't Facebook block that kind of stuff already? Geez-Louise. Get with the picture, school technology people. Anyways, maybe it's a good thing it's blocked? It does tend to distract me..

Okay, my job. It has been getting crazier and crazier! I work every Tuesday and Thursday now with another girl who only started just Tuesday. I'm pretty sure some of these kids thrive off of the fact that we're new. This one kid is seriously killing me. Today, he pulled a girl's hair...for bothering someone...who WASN'T him. It ended in two girls crying and him insisting that "she deserved it." Kids these days...seriously.

There's not much else going on. School is school. It's basically the same thing every single day. I just thought of something.. In Physics, we've been starting all the trigonometry stuff from Geometry. Seriously, that was two years ago. How am I supposed to remember from two years ago? Just kidding, but not really. Yep, so that's all I can think of now. I'll probably think of something really awesome as soon as I press "Publish Post" but..oh, well. That thought will be kept to myself, evidently, because my mind seemed to have suddenly shut off at the present period. It's only 7:49 but I really feel like going to sleep now would feel heavenly. Waking up before 5 in the morning, due to seminary, can do that to a person, I hear. Oh, the Mormon-high-school life. Gotta love it.

there's a first time for everything;

Today was a big day: the first day of my junior year AND the first day of my first job.

School: I wasn't really nervous for school this year. My schedule consists of the following: Pre-calc (a great way to start the morning), Study Hall (I T.A. for one of my past teachers), Piano (I'm excited for this :)), Physics (with a teacher who tries way to hard to be funny), Spanish III, Lunch, English 11 Honors (I turned in 325 points worth of homework today and I have a test tomorrow, and if that's any indication of what the year is going to be like...well, it was nice knowing you), and U.S. History. Not too bad. The only thing that I'm too worried about is English, and possibly Physics. Quote from my Physics teacher: "There won't be too much homework in this class, just around thirty minutes to an hour every night." Uh, what? I really hope he is exaggerating. Anyways, most of my classes are in the new building (the "advanced studies" hehe) and it seriously feels like a different school. It's almost annoying to go to the classes that are in the other parts of the school. Gosh. It feels like college..not that I would know what college felt like, but this is what I imagine it to be like. Plus, there's sweet roll-y chairs ;). On Thursday, I get a school-issued laptop, and I am PUMPED. It will be awesome. End of story.

Job: I work as a counselor at the after-school program at the elementary school that's next to my school. After school, me and another girl my age (who started today also), went together and then we chilled at the school with her older sister (the head counselor) until the kiddies got off school. Kids are so cute. Seriously. There's a down syndrome girl who is super cute and funny. We're already best friends. We fist pumped. I'm sure I will have lots more stories as I get to know these kids. Just you wait. I bet you're excited ;)

home stretch;

Summer homework status: I'm almost done. I finished the two very lovely books: How to Read Literature Like a Professor and the Scarlet Letter. I have finished the endless notes that are required for both. I have finished the section in Mythology and the chapters of the Bible, along with the never-ending notes. That is about all that I have done but I only have the little stuff yet to do! Like, some super-confusing AP questions, and some background information on Puritans and the American Dream. I'm feeling pretty good about it.

done, but just starting

I am DONE with Driver's Ed. Heck yes. Now, the rest of my summer (that is so sad considering there is only TEN days left! Where did it goooooooo?) is devoted to doing my homework and to taking regular/frequent breaks on said homework. Just kidding, but..not really. So, if you don't see me until school starts, don't fret. I am most likely not dead. Buuut, if you happen to be doing something fun that you think qualifies for "regular/frequent breaks," feel free to call me. Seriously.

Anyways, Wednesday I had my very first job interview! Exciting, I know.  I was kind of freaking out inside beforehand, but it wasn't even a very big deal. I applied for the after-school YMCA (I have connections ;) ) kids program at the elementary school that's right next to my high school. She asked me like five easy-peasy questions (tell me about yourself, what makes you good for this program, what activities do you do with kids..that kind of thing), and although I forgot some of the things I had planned on saying, I think it went well. She said, and I quote, "I just have to call your references, but it seems like a perfect fit." Success.