Today was a wonderful today, with the exception that I woke up in burning agony like a thousand fire ants were biting my neck. I know what a fire ant bite is like considering I spent last summer in Florida, so this is no exaggeration. The medicine the dermatologist prescribed seems to have reacted in some manner with my epidermis, inflicting a great deal of pain upon me. I figure the pain will last a few days, and that it's only temporary, so there's no use wasting any more screen space writing about it.

The day, regardless of the pain, was wonderful. I made some decent progress on the church I'm building in drafting class, so life there is good.

Second period was English and we got some papers handed back and talked about World War I and such. (I apologize to the "mysterious T.A." *cough* Hi Ruth! *cough* for not numbering my paper, but I'll give you a hug later because you're cool and everyone loves you.) Basically the lecture was about how the weapons of the time far exceeded the style of war fare, and we learned about the trenches and what not that people would dig in, and how someone could have ammonium chloride (mustard gas) chucked into their little hole and then they'd drown in a pool of their own bodily fluids. Disgusting.

Third period made me busy, which took my mind off the burning agony and I was able to get a bit of work done on the "tombstone" that I'm supposed to construct for Los Dios De Los Muertos. It's a really neat holiday, so I don't mind bringing the candy that I signed up for last year. Not like I mind much - to be honest I have loads and loads of candy. I never really eat it much, so I actually end up throwing out some candy after Halloween, or just throwing a party and letting friends take it from me. I'll probably bring in two big bags of twizzlers that I got at my last birthday party (thanks Skyler) and give them to everyone, I'd rather see everyone happy that I shared than hide away in self-enjoyment.

Fourth period went surprisingly well. If you'd notice my entry title, I changed it from human flaw to human flawless. It takes a good man to argue his point, but even a better man to admit when he's wrong. Today, after class, Del told me he wanted to come to a mutual understanding, and that he graded my test justly. Yesterday I was pretty disappointed in him, but he's a pretty hard guy to stay mad at. He's reminds me of Mr. Olzman in a sort of way, who was my Freshman (and hopefully will be my Senior) English teacher. He was so understanding and sympathetic . . . when it comes to sensitive male teachers I'd say Del and Olzman are tops. Like I said though, I'm really happy that Del talked to me because it was bugging me yesterday, I was pretty disappointed. I guess it's just all part of the ups and downs in a friendship though. That's one thing about Del's class, is that he makes sure that he teaches, but as he teaches he also makes friends. He'll make comments like "Jordan 'Works at Fiesta' Work!", or "John 'I like cars' Teeter!", or "The Fabulous Mr. Wilsonnnnn!" He's a real great person, and I hope this previous situation will remain long forgotten.

P.S. Being a natural observer and thinker, I was making these things up in my head that I thought would be pretty funny. I thought about telling my kids that I failed Acc. World Civilizations because of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and that they were actually agents of the devil. Just part of me humoring myself I presume.

So, fifth period Algebra II, goody goody. That reminds me, before anything else everyone needs to congratulate my friend Jake because he's going to go to the weight room with me on his own time, for the first time after-school this Friday. So . . GO JAKE! I thought of this because he's in my Algebra II class by the way, but moving on, we have that test tomorrow which I've studied for practically all night. It's gonna be . . . interesting.

Sixth was P.E., nothing interesting really, just played bad mitten.

Seventh was chemistry, and all class was devoted to taking that test, and I'll let everyone know the results when I get them. I have a 95.1% in the class, and since it's honors that means I have an A++.

I received Honors in Golden State Biology and Lab Biology, and received Recognition in Geometry, which I found thoroughly amusing. I was happy with Lab Biology, and I knew I wouldn't get High Honors because I didn't finish the essay on that test, and the fact that I even got recognized for geometry makes me frown upon the state. I did NEITHER of the two essays completely because I had no idea they existed until the last three minutes of the test, when my friend reached over and asked what the hell I thought I was doing. Good ol' California, what high standards we have!

The true test would be to see the "cut-offs" for each category, that way I could be more proud of myself, and see what I need to improve it.

After school was a lot more fun than school was though, because I had Improv. Acting. This was my first time there today, and it was a lot of laughs. I'm going to make sure to go as much as possible, and it's pretty convenient because it's in the exact same room as GATE, which is also an obligation I have for Tuesdays. So on Tuesdays, I get home at 7:10 at night. A bit of a bust, but it's well worth the fun and learning experience.

I got home to an empty house, so I cooked myself dinner and watched one more episode of the Excel Saga (thanks again Jake and Casey for turning me on to it, now I want to watch Love Hina (sp.?) After all that good stuff, I studied for my Algebra II test for another hour, and then read a bit in All Quiet on the Western Front. Good book.

Now I'm exhausted, and I've caught up to myself.

Let me sum it up . . .

Del's a good guy

I like all my teachers this year

The state of California has "interesting" standards

I'm tired and soar

Take care my friends