Slice of Life 6/6/11

I am currently worrying about both a midterm exam and outdoor school. I am trying not to worry, but this can be hard, you know? I mean, a geometry midterm and two nights away from home can be nerve-racking. Yes, I am in tenth grade math. That stuff can be hard. And I am-as I said-a stay-home kind of guy, so outdoor school isn’t going to be easy. Anyway, I am not anticipating later this week, but it might be worth mentioning that my birthday is on the fifteenth, so I do have something to look forward to.

Slice of Life 5/27/11

Today my mom left on a train to visit a friend. She should be back by Sunday. As a result, she wasn’t home when I returned from school, so my brother let me in. Because of one of my favorite rules regarding computer time, (“what happens when we’re not at home happens when we’re not at home”) I managed to have a nice afternoon anyway. Yes, I have a book series I am reading, the Edge chronicles, but I am waiting for the second book to come from the library.

Slice of Life 5/26/11

Today I discovered a new food that I really like: Fried eggs on toast with pesto. I already knew a special way that I preferred my eggs, and that I like pesto, but the toast was kinda useless for me, and I saw my mom eating some, so I tried it! It is really yummy in my own humble opinion.  You might want to see if you like it. What do you think?

Slice of Life 5/25/11

Today I had the last enrichment class of the school year. Enrichment class is a special class on Wednesdays where students can do things that are not otherwise in the curriculum. The thing done is specific to the enrichment, e.g. hiking in hiking, playing games during games (which I just finished), and so on. I am going to miss enrichment classes because they had fun and different things to do in them. I do not know what we are going to do last period Wednesdays from now on. If you know, PLEASE TELL ME!!! Okay?

Slice of Life 5/24/11

Today I realized that my watch is broken. It completely reset for the second time this week. It says it is Sunday, January first (Yes, there is a date function). This happened previously, but that could have been a fluke. This time, I am sure it is broken. This is really annoying, as I rely on my watch for a lot of things, like the time (obviously), the date (remember, there is a date function), and an alarm. I will still get up in the morning, but it will be harder. I hope to get a new watch soon.

Slice of Life 5/23/11

Today I am back! I have not written slices lately because I had testing last week, so I did not have homework. I will get back to writing slices this week, as there is no testing this week. I kind of liked the testing, as I didn’t have to worry about doing homework… Not that I don’t like doing slices. Spare the thought. Speaking of slices, I recently had a slice of the velvet cake my mom and I made over the weekend. I call it “velvet cake” because it is essentially red velvet cake without the red. It was quite fun to make. We also made some cream cheese icing to put on it. I think I would like to make cakes more often.

Slice of Life 5/12/11

Today I explored more realms of my imagination. By that I mean that I elaborated on ideas that are both plausible and implausible, reaching into vast depths to simply add a little bit more. I have countless ideas already, so I always have something that I can improve upon. Even if the changes-or even the idea itself-never come into reality, I still enjoy making these changes and acting out the possibilities in my head.

Slice of Life 5/10/11

Today I shall not write a Slice due to me working on the poem that I recited last Friday for another bout of reciting tomorrow night. This time the stakes will be a lot higher, because this will be at the Spring Showcase for Gately Academy (my school). I gave up my recess to work on it, so this is very important to me, and I will not not write a Slice today to have more time to practice. Um. I guess I did write a slice today. Oh well…

Slice of Life 5/9/11

Today my mom and I almost had a discussion of whether or not zero is a number. We have had similar discussions before (repeatedly) so I decided that this would be futile, and kept trying to work on the daily Slice. Because this country is a democracy, I have decided to make a poll about this. I think zero is a number myself, but I am open to other opinions. Please vote on it.

Slice of Life 5/6/11

You may have noticed that I have not been writing Slices this week. This is because that I was practicing a poem for a poem reading today. The reading went well, and I REALLY like the poem. The poem is:

At the Un-National Monument Along the Canadian Border

By William Stafford

This is the field where the battle did not happen,

Where the unknown soldier did not die.

This is the field where grass joined hands,

Where no monument stands,

Where the only heroic thing is the sky.

Birds fly here without any sound,

Unfolding their wings across the open.

No people killed-or were killed- on this ground,

Hallowed by neglect and an air so tame,

That people celebrate it by forgetting it’s name.

I just wrote that without having to check somewhere that it is written. I hope you like it. I do.