First of all, Immersion ended like a week and a half ago. It was REALLY awesome. We got to take a Meyers-Briggs Personality test (INTJ all the way, man) and a Strengths Quest (mine were Input, Strategic, Intellection, Learner, and Achiever); learn some ballroom dancing; go rock-climbing at Red River Gorge; create a (hypothetical) foundation with a group of peers; call MVS alumni to ask for donations, as part of a studying philanthropy (I didn't get any... the most personal message I got from someone was a guy who said, "Don't worry, it'll get better..." whatever that's supposed to mean...); and make a self-portrait through whatever medium fit us best (art, music, writing, movie-making, dancing) to share who we are with our classmates. I especially enjoyed the last activity, not only because I learned SO MUCH about my peers, but also because I learned more about myself - how I communicate best, what I REALLY think expresses me (for example, I chose art instead of writing), and how other people react to me.
In fact, despite all the things we did during Immersion, I feel the most valuable thing I got from it was being more social with my peers. Not having tests or homework to worry about left me much less stressed (and my friends can probably testify to this) and much more social because of it. I think I became better at "going with the flow," and doing something because it might make things better for my parents or for my friends, rather than having to put myself first because I was just so tired and stressed all the time. I think I made some new friends and strengthened the existing relationships I already had.
To the right is a picture of my self portrait. Outlining the face and the pink spiral are two poems that I had written previously and edited to fit the picture. All of the images in the left portion of the paper symbolize something about me.
For the past week and a half, I've been on Spring Break! Usually, I'm not very happy about going on Spring Break because I don't get to see my friends much, and whenever the weather starts getting nice, I always feel like I should be outside all the time, but don't feel well enough or just don't feel like doing anything outside... I can definitely see myself living someplace where it's cold or always rainy at some point in the future. This year, however, I think I've gotten a whole lot better at managing my time and always staying on track during breaks. I guess maybe that's because I always have something to do these days...
My Spring Break has consisted of some awesome dreams (I got to time travel...GACK!), chatting and inside-joke-creation with my best friends, editing my NaNoWriMo novel (and I'm just getting to the hard part of that), working on the last unit of my online Environmental Science class, feeding my rabbit with a spoon (I made him a yummy apple-banana-hay smoothie, and it even smelled good to me), eating almond cheese (yes, cheese made out of ALMONDS that I'm totally obsessed with), and transplanting, weeding, and watering at a nearby organic farm to get in all my community service hours. Well that, and plus the usual like sleeping, eating, breathing, playing piano, and reading. Oh and drinking tea.
Of course.
And then there was The Hunger Games.
GACK.
I saw it on Friday, March 23 at 5:20, and BOY WAS IT THE BEST THING EVER. Of course I still like the book better though. Books are always better. I've heard people say that they thought it was rushed, or that they changed too many things, but I think that all of the changes worked well and were even beneficial for the movie medium. The third person approach worked really well in the movie, and seeing the Gamemakers room was AWESOME, but I still think that first person worked the best for the book. I like the first person approach of the book because, since it's about such a gruesome event during which some kids kind of disconnect their emotion, it allows for the reader to see Katniss's compassion and rationality.
Anyway, you should go see it immediately. Well, first you should read the book. THEN go see it. IT'S PHENOMENAL.
Well, now I need to go take a shower so I'm not rushing out the door later to get to lacrosse practice (yay!). Now that the basic updating of events is done, I'd like to post more stuff about my thoughts (those can get in the way of life sometimes, but they're pretty awesome, and I like to share so that I don't forget them). Oh but here's one before I forget (I'm really only saying this now because I absolutely never want to forget in case inventing ever becomes a viable career for me... which is not likely):
While transplanting yesterday, I was thinking, "Gosh, this sure wastes a lot of time, just having to put all these tomatoes in bigger pots so they can grow better. If you only planted them once to get them started before going to the fields, it would save SO much time." So what if you had a tray with pots that started out small, and then expanded as the plant grew? It could have something to do with time since the seed was planted, or pressure from the roots, and then all you would need to do was add more soil instead of completely transplanting! It would save time, and money in the long run, because you would only have to buy half as money trays/pots. And with all of the high-tech stuff going on these days, I'm sure it would be possible...
(So yeah, clearly I'm proud of that idea. I like ideas :D.)
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