The Storm Runner Part 5

Now I am already almost finished with the book yet I am still not even past the first 50 pages of the book and there are about 430 pages in total. and I've written almost 25 paragraphs so that is pretty embarrassing. Obviously, I'm doing something wrong and that is going to change right now. I last left on the part where Au Puch gave Zane the mark on his arm and from there this is where the story starts to get into its climax. I am going to be very vague now because I need to cover like 300 pages in 4 paragraphs so get ready (I am almost finished with this book, by tomorrow I should be ready to finish). 

After Zane went back home he had decided that him, Brooks, and Hondo would go and meet up with the hero twins who had supposedly defeated Au Puch long ago. Brooks warned that they are probably one of the worst people he will ever meet and can be extremely sneaky at times. Zane was of course unprepared to hear this but knew there was no other way and together they got in a car and headed towards Venice beach. The brothers were having a birthday party and were inviting a ton of people who they knew. However, most of the people there were just planning on trading stuff that was magic. Zane wondered what ordinary humans like what he thought he was had magic to trade and then Brooks told him it was their talents. If they were good at something that was considered a talent. 

By the time they arrived at Venice Beach there was a group of demons that didn't look like the ones that Au Puch controlled. They were a little less creepy but still terrifying at the same time. These ones were targeting Brooks and trying to take her to the underworld for some reason that Zane didn't understand. At the end, Brooks was able to defend herself and they were okay but her powers were taken away from her by Ixtab. This is the name of the current god who takes the throne of the Underworld, she had taken Au Puch's place right after he was imprisoned and no one had any issues with her besides Brooks. Ixtab had taken Brooks sister and was only letting her go if she freed Au Puch but it seems that she wasn't able to do it by herself so the deal didn't count and the consequence was her coming to the underworld with her sister. 

Zane thought this was dreadful but had bigger things to care about at that moment. They met a giant named, "Jazz" at the nearest surf shop and he was Brooks friend. Jazz told them where the party was and that they would need to get their fast because it was going to start soon. So because Jazz was an inventor he let them use his latest creation which was a really fast turbo scooter (at least that's what I imagined it as) and it helped them reach the party just in time.

Okay, so I just informed by my father that I have Winter Break work from my ELA teacher and I wasn't informed because I wasn't at school during the last day of school. This means that my teacher didn't inform me where she was going to post the homework and the fact that she sent a separate one in an emailmzkes it even worse. If my father hadn't noticed then I probably wouldn't have been able to do it. It involves me reading the Anne Frank Diary and then having to write some sort of slit paragraph in double spacing lines. Then, on top of that I have to take notes on the document and answer the recall questions which are on the bottom of the text. 

After Uniqlo it was time to go back home. we went to the Path station and caught the train back to Journal Square. It was getting pretty cold so we rushed to the taxi stand, however their were no taxi's to be found. I guess all of them were most likely spending time with their families or already had customers waiting for them. So we continued walking home and I showed my aunt the place where my dad got me my Christmas gift from him. She was surprised because to her it always seemed closed but inside they were actually open for everyone. 

It just didn't look that appealing at first, inside of the store there are two women and one man. One of the women is younger than the other (around her 30s) and seems to run the cash register. Meanwhile, at least while my dad and I were there the other lady (who is much older) was just sitting down on a chair helping us. But to be honest the person that was helping us the most was the guy and he looked younger than the two of them (in his 20s) most likely. He was really persistent in showing us which shoes we should get, although when someone's tarted to call him he wasn't trying as hard. 

Either way, my father and my agreed on a show that we though looked really cool because of the design on the top and I liked the way that it matches with my sweatpants. In the end, we got Nike Jump Force High's that were a size 9 and Navy Blue. I told all of this to my aunt as we were continuing walking home but that was when we noticed a barbershop that I was going to go to the day before schools tarted back in September. The only barber seemed to be someone who is Arabic and then I knew why it was open, because Arabic people don't celebrate Christmas like Christian, Catholics, and just other's in general. So we entered the barbershop and the last customer had just finished getting his haircut. 

It was basically just him getting a bull cut (bald) so of course I didn't approve but that was his style so I wasn't going to say anything. I told the barber that my aunt and sister were going to pay when they came back from the store and he didn't mind. I showed him a video of the haircut that I wanted, basically a South Korean thing, although I didn't say those exact words. On the video that I watched it said that for American barbers all you need to do is ask for a disconnected undercut and leave the top long so it flows with the side part. Now those were the exact words from the comment that I read. 

I literally said those exact words and he immediately started to go to work. The barber started with my back and it off, I made sure that there wasn't going to be a fade because for the haircut there can only be two layers of hair. The sides and the top, in the end he did it exactly the way I wanted to. Now obviously I wished he made the lines on the sides a little sharper but when I grow my hair you aren't going to see that anyway. That's it for today's post, see you next time!

Two days ago it was Christmas Eve and my aunt decided that she wanted to take my sister and I outside so that we could see New York before the Holiday was here. In all honestly I just wanted to get a haircut so I asked if I could get one and she said sure. So we got ready and went outside waiting for the bus stop. It was pretty cold so thankfully I brought one of my warm sweaters outside. This one had a zipper because I knew that my sweater would probably have gotten messy since the barber would most likely tell me to take it off. For my haircut I was planning on just cutting the sides of my hair so that I would get some sort of South Korean look since I like their hairstyles. 

A lot of my friends have liked my hair the way it has been for the past month and I feel like it's way easier to manage than my original hair. I had to continuously lift it up so it would go above my forehead but now that I've grown my hair to the point where it goes down I'm good. A little shape up the sides and back is all I really need and then when I can grow my hair so that it reaches the edge of my ear. Anyways, let me go back to talking about New York. We first went to 23rd street to try and fine the barbershop that I've been normally going to but it was closed because of the holidays. 

They weren't open and this made me sad. Then, my sister said that she wanted to go to Macy's and meet Santa Claus. I was honestly kind of pissed when we went up to the people that were dressed like Elves because she refused to take a picture with them. She was being shy for the one reason that we even went to Macy's. I just sat in a table by myself on the top floor waiting for them to finish taking pictures with the Jolly old man himself. Finally, before going home I saw my favorite store and asked my aunt if we could go there and browse. 

I think she was assuming that I wanted to buy something but in reality I just wanted to do something for the remainder of the time. However, when I explained to her she insisted that I get something for Christmas and was going to get stuff for my sister too. Uniqlo is a very popular brand because they are a Japanese company that sells clothes of their brand that have good quality. I saw a couple of sweaters around but when I saw this simple one that was all white with two characters from one of my favorite shows as a little kid I was instantly hooked. 

It was a collaboration with Uniqlo, Kaws, and something else that I forgot. Then, there was this Naruto and Sasuke shirt that I saw hanging on the shelves and liked the way that it looked. It had Naruto on the front and Sasuke on the back. I would've appreciated the both of them on the same side but who's arguing? In total the cost of the sweater was around 20 dollars and the shirt was like 10, but believe me they feel pretty amazing, and it only even cost this much because of the Christmas sale. 

Yesterday I went on a short little walk with my dad and sister outside. The last time I went outside was to school on the day before Winter break so this is what I needed. The three of us started getting ready and I was prepared to charge my phone so I could at least have some battery (It was at the time only 5%). By the time my dad and sister were already walking outside my phone was only 10%, but I grabbed it and ran towards them. Our first stop was unexpectedly the goodwill store. The only reason we even went there was because my sister said that she wanted to check it out. 

I remember back when I was a little boy this store used to be so school because it would have all of my favorite Pokemon cards in a little section and the books were kind of good. Nowadays, all of the books just don't fit my interests because of how old they are and I got tired of playing cards and cartoons for video games like Fortnite. I saw some pants that I would think my dad would want to buy because he said he wanted new pants and these were only 5.99 dollars. However, he later told us that the ones he wanted came from a specific store and that happened to be at Models Sporting Goods.

I thought that this place looked cool because of how it was all sports related but after further investigation I have realized that it probably isn't the best, now that doesn't mean it's bad but Model's basically just takes clothing and stock from the outlet's of other stores and literally sells them at an even lower price so if a consumer finds something that they like it's going to be a win-win for them but most of the time they won't. I personally don't like it because I like clothing with more styles meanwhile most of the stuff there is simple and that's why no one wants to buy them. 

The pants are a different thing in my opinion, they seem to be original and or good quality and were at a sale price of 20 dollars since it was Christmas time. Now finally, it comes to the part that I want to talk about. I was speculating that we were going to McDonalds since we were heading there but my dad said that he would rather go walk around a little more before buying McDonalds. I didn't really agree but decided to not argue and we continued a little while longer. That is, until we saw a place called, "Sneaker Square" which as a little kid would always wonder about. 

It never really looked that appeasing but seeing how I wanted to get new shoes in the first place I was excited. My dad was looking around and took me to the front where he was looking at some pairs of Nike Jump Force 1's High. I liked them a lot and the design was amazing but they didn't have my size. So I decided to get them in a navy blue color even though I liked the red version, however the ones that I got match my pants so I think they are pretty fire. I wish I could show a picture of them, have a good time at the conference call dad. 

The Storm Runner Part 4

Yesterday I continued to read this book called, " The Storm Runner " and today's post is going to be my 4th summary on it, I'm going to keep continuing this until I am done summarizing the book in it's full glory. So after Zane came home and talked to Ms. Cab the old lady left but promised that she would go and talk to some of her friends to find out if Rosie was doing okay. Meanwhile, Zane was going to confront his mother about why she never told him that his father was a god and that he was a supernatural. Because that clearly explained why they lived in the middle of nowhere, unless there was an even deeper meaning lying somewhere. 

Soon enough, Brooks had come back and the Nawal had recovered. Zane's mother said she could sleep in her bed while she slept on the couch since Brooks was a guest. Brooks thanked her and hurried upstairs to talk to Zane about the prophecy and explain more things to him. They had made a plan to go to the volcano the next day and find out how to defeat Au Puch once and for all. Finally the day has come and Zane goes outside with Brooks to head inside of the volcano. They reach the end of the tunnels and find a sacrifice chamber that was going to be used to hold zane in, the demon runners made this sacrifice chamber. 

The day before Zane was reading his book about Mayan mythology and tried to remember the names of most of the lords of the underworld but some of them were really bad. Not inappropriate but just hard to even say because of how uncomfortable they made you feel thinking about it. Suddenly, there was another demon runner on the scene and it started to chase after the two supernaturals. Brooks and Zane had no choice but to dive underwater and swim their way to freedom but right before they were going to dive the demon grabbed Brooks and yanked her back to the ground where she was begin attacked. 

Zane was able to defeat the creature with his energy and powers (that he didn't know how to control) but it turns out that no matter what he would have bene able to do Brooks looked like she was going to head towards the underworld. That was when Zane hard Au Puch's voice and saw his owl, this owl was sort of his symbol and was holding him inside of this volcano for a very long time. Zane had the power to let him go but only if he saved Brooks life and mad Rosie come back to life. Au Puch reluctantly agreed and was surprised to hear that Zane would risk his life just so that he could save a Nawal, I guess to him they are insignificant creatures but he made a deal. 

Zane had to quote Au Puch's words saying that he was going to serve him for all of eternity and follow by his side. Zane knew the risks but couldn't imagine the girl he knew for only a couple of days to die immediately and loved Rosie for being his only friend in times of need. Once the deal was made Au Puch had risen on the top of the volcano and made Zane sleep. When the boy woke up Brooks was helping him get up but Rosie was nowhere to be found. Zane got pissed and started yelling in the air that Au Puch had gone against the deal since he couldn't see the god of death anymore. Then, explained to Brooks about his predicament and showed the little mark on his arm that indicated he was now a servant of Au Puch's. 

The Storm Runner part 3

It just so happens that finally they enter the volcano and see the demon runner picking up rocks and placing them away from what appears to be an entrance. That must've been where Au Puch was being held. So Zane and Brooks cautiously walked on until the Demon Runner saw them behind it. As a way of defense the creature turned its skin into poisonous and it started to all off. Zane and Brooks rushed to retreat but eventually, they were trapped and the poison was traveling in lumpy goop. They found a river and tried to swim under but the Demon Runner was able to get Brooks and start hurting her. Zane wasn't about to let Brooks so he used his cane and special power inside of him to defeat the monster. 

After all, he is half human (his mother's side) and he doesn't know what magical creature his father was just yet. Unfortunately, in the process of reducing Brooks Rosie didn't make it. Zane saw the dog slowly turn to dust due to the poison and asked Brooks where Rosie was now. Apparently, like in most mythologies the dead souls or people usually go to the underworld or in this book it's something called, "Xibalba". It sounds like another god in the same mythology called, "Xiblanque" or at least that's what I think his name is spelled like. Brooks told him that now that his spirit is in the underworld if he were to come back the form would be weird or different, meaning that the dog would probably have like no skin or no head. 

Something undead like, Zane said that he didn't care and thought how different Rosie could have been but I know better (he'll regret ever thinking that). Afterwards, Brooks had to leave and thanked him once again for saving her. But this got Zane worried because if one of those demon runners did that much damage to them then what would a whole army of demon runners accomplish? When he got home he saw Ms. Cab (the old woman who he helped around her house for money), the prophecy teller (Zanerthinks she is bootleg), sitting on the couch. She warned him to not talk to Brooks because Nawals were dangerous (Nawal is basically a shapeshifter in the mythology) and they were known for being snaky/devious. 

But Zane knew better and wasn't going to listen to the words of some old lady. That was, until she told him what she really was. One of the students to the great soothsayer that lived a long time ago in Mayan culture. This specific soothsayer was known for telling the truth and being very helper. One day she made the prophecy that a young boy of half blood and innocence would free Au Puch from his prison after the gods had caged him inside of the volcano. However, when the gods heard this they killed her and thought that she was just telling a lie.

 But, I guess they never predicted how far in the future this boy of half blood and innocence would come for Zane was that boy. When Brooks came back she realized that Zane's father must've been a god otherwise he wouldn't be able to talk to her through his mind and read her emotions. This made sense because the prophecy said someone of innocence and because Zane didn't know his father was half god he technically was innocent. 

The Storm Runner Part 2

I was just causally sleeping when my father turned on the lights and told me that I don't need to go to school today. So far, I haven't been absent from school for quite a while. But apparently, today was flooding and the weather was just really bad. So he told me to just say home and do my homework. Now, of course I figured that the start of Winter break meant that I wouldn't have homework, it is a historical moment. But as you can tell he didn't agree. Now because my dad doesn't enjoy me talking about my day (even though I already started) I'm going to continue from yesterday. 

When Zane walked home he saw Brooks literally standing right in front of his house. He was confused and asked her why she was there and why he didn't see her for the rest of the day. She wasn't planning on answering any of those questions and told him to go to the backyard with her. Zane started to get defensive because this was his house and not hers but because he thought she was pretty he decided not to do anything that would ruin their short relationship. As they entered the house Zane's uncle was sitting on the couch and asked what she was doing here.

 He said that they were going to be right back and the uncle (Hondo) didn't have a problem with it. Finally, once they were alone Brooks started two tell him about how he was special and asked if he saw anything from the volcano crash yesterday. Before Zane could respond his mother entered the house and asked what Brooks was doing her. Zane had some trouble explaining and Brooks said that she was just one of his friends and planning on leaving soon. Zane could tell his mother's kind expression would end as soon as Brooks left the door because the principal called her complaining about him whacking one of the bullies with the cane. 

The next day Brooks came back and said that Zane and her were going to go into the volcano. At first Rosie (Zane's best friend/dog) was hesitant and started barking at her, but after a couple of hugs and belly rubs Rosie had no problem with Brooks staying. Brooks said that he was special because he was some sort of half human. She was a nasal which means shape shifter's. They can change into any form that they want, however Brooks was an anomaly since she was also half human. And that meant that she could only change into one animal. And it just so happens that the animal she can change into is a bird. 

At that point, they were already in the base of the Volcano and Zane was reluctant to go any further in knowing that if he showed Brooks the hidden tunnels into the volcano it wouldn't seem like a special secret anymore. But because this was something relating to the end of the world he decided to stop being such a wimp and just tell her. Finally, the two of them ran into a demon runner, it was one of the creatures that Zane saw the moment where the alien-like creature crashed onto the top of the volcano. Apparently, it is Zane's destiny to free the god of death "Au Puch" and it's up to this demon runners to find Zane and bring him to Au Puch. Zane knows that Au Puch will probably destroy the whole world so he complains about his destiny. Until next time guys!

The Storm Runner

I have been reading this book called, "The Storm Runner" for the past couple of days and I am starting to really enjoy it. So you know how I previously talked about Mayan Gods and how I played this game called, "Smite"? Well, because I played that game for almost 300 hours I know the lore behind most of the playable gods and their names. So the god of Zeus and Hera are from the Greek Pantheon while the god Fenrir and Thor are from the Norse mythology. It just how happens that one of the gods from this game that they really talk about is this one called, "Au Puch". And this god is the Maya god of death, I never really liked playing him because of the way that he was supposed to be played but he did have a distinct look and was known in the gaming community for being pretty overpowered and easy to play as long as you had good game mechanics. And because I was so used to getting murdered by other players using Au Much I know how the game portrays his design. There is a picture of him on the top of the post, and as you can see he doesn't have the prettiest face. Although, he does look cool from a gaming perspective. My point is, whenever I read books made from Rick Riordan talking about gods from different mythologies it just so happens that most of the time one of them is portrayed and available to play in Smite (I know how every god looks in that game so it's interesting to have a visual). Now let's start tot all more about the book since that is what you came here for (dad). The Storm Runner is about a boy named, "Zane" who was once born with a weird leg, one of them is shorter than average height while the other is fine. It really affects him because his mom has to buy two different pairs of shows and it makes him running much harder, he has to wear crutches. And it just so happens that Zane has a volcano at his backyard, for some reason he and his mom live in a deserted part of Mexico. Yet they still are able to function and live a life that appears normal. One day he is invited to a private school filled with Nuns and is reluctant since he's been homeschooled for a year and starting to enjoy it. But because it's free and his mother was already so happy to hear that he got in Zane didn't feel like saying no. So he got ready for his first day, while on the way to school using the bus he overheard a group of kids saying he was weird and why one of his legs were shorter than the other, they also commented on his dog (since the dog was missing a full leg) and made a nasty joke saying he must've ate it. On his first day things definitely weren't going well, because as the day went on he beat up this one bully with his personal cane since he was talking a little too much. Zane got in trouble but met this one girl named Brooks who intrigued him, (also it was the only girl he'd actually talked to for more than a couple of seconds) she asked what he was doing in the deans office and they had a little conversation before she left and he had to endure the rest of the day without her. I'll talk more about this book later. 

During ELA class my teacher was talking about the PARCC and why it's so important that we need to finish this curriculum. She said that in order for you to get into these good high schools if you don't pass the PARCC it certainly will not look good on your record. You will have to take the same class all over again for college credits and everyone already knows that's going to be a drag. In case you don't know what college credits are they are basically "points" (as I would like to call them) that by the end of your college years let you graduate, you need to have a certain amount of points. 

So starting in High School to get some of those points will be phenomenal to people that are able to get them. And since we are in the advanced class it is expected that we do indeed pass the PARCC and get some of these College credits. I would like to say that everyone who is in the advanced class this year should go to the college because if you just want to pass High school than you certainly wouldn't try at all and probably be barely passing. 

And almost half the class never even gets honor roll more than two times and likely won't get it this year at all (considering how they bumped up the standards so that you need a B+ in everything in order to get honor roll), but that doesn't mean that we aren't part, and a lot of high schools will see that although we don't have the grades to prove it just yet you are in the class and the stuff that your taking is going to be more advanced. Anyways, on the PARCC in order to pass you need to get at least a 4 and last year I got a 4 and 5 on the Math and ELA. My ELA was really god and I personally am surprised just how good I was at it. 

However, it seems that if you got a 4 my teacher is trying to get you to a 5 and if you got a 5 you need to either get a higher version of that 5 or maintain your grade. There was this one kid in my class who got like a level 3 on both and I feel bad, but those people that got 3's are probably the easiest to improve because they are starting from a low standpoint and will need to learn less to at least get a 4. That's basically the goal, just improve from what you originally got during the last PARCC. 

The only thing I'm worried about is whether or not I will pass my math PARCC because for me that was a rough year. I never really did good as soon as 7th grade hit. My Math was excelling in the 6th grade and that was exactly how I got into the advanced class. Just seems king of contradicting how the reason I got in is probably going to be the reason why I get out. Hopefully, I can pull my own weight and pass, honor roll seems like a stretch considering the standards, it's all about the PARCC scores. No one is going to care if you got Honor Roll besides your parents. 

So right before I started writing this post I was just typing in Fortnite because there was some new things that got leaked and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Also, to let you know when I say leaked I mean when that there are certain people who dedicate their time to cracking down Fortnite's updates so that the gaming community will know what happens ahead of time and get hyped for it. I don't understand while Epic Games isn't allowing this to happen, they don't like when people say what's going to happen ahead of time. 

Now sure, you might think, "Well Rinchen, they obviously don't want people to see what's coming into the item shop anymore because it's supposed to be a surprised. But honestly, if you want people to get excited for what your hoping will be a success (hyping the gaming community), then why interfere? It just seems like a better way to earn more money, business thinking. Now, of course that doesn't mean that if no one doesn't leak it the new skin or item won't make them a lot of money. But surely it will give them less than if the skin was anticipated for. Anyways, let me get back to my story. 

Now, when I first started playing Fortnite (back when it was unpopular), I really liked the game and wanted to get a really cool skin for my character since I had never spent money on the game before then. And, when I looked at the in-game shop this was the skin that happened to show up. I liked the way the skin looked and enjoyed the nice attention to detail as well as the boots because those looked sick. Now, over the past year that I've been playing Fortnite, it just so happens that today the skin comes back but with OG styles! Now, let me explain what OG skins and styles are. 

So, right now my only rare skin in the game is the Gingerbread Man and I'm happy that I got him. I remember the moment entirely. It was Christmas last year and my dad gave me a 25 dollar gift card, so I spent it on v-bucks and got this skin. I didn't think that the woman version looked that cool at the time although now I kind of changed my mind. Okay, so OG stands for "Original" and to the gaming community something that is OG is something that is rare or not a lot of people have it, I know that some people have paid like 100 dollars just to buy accounts that have skins like this. 

So, when I found out about the OG styles I just think of how cool it is that out of the whole gaming community not even 10% have this skin, yet I do. I gives me a personal connection to the game and I love playing it to this day. The picture that you see on the top is of the Gingerbread man back when I got him. Today, they added OG styles so that people who had the skin back when it first came out won't feel left out. The new OG styles make the skin look burnt because it fits the theme of Christmas, I think it looks cool. 

When I woke up this morning my stomach wasn't hurting at all, I was doing fine and just walking downstairs to get ready for school. But of course, as soon as I get to school it starts to just kill me. Actually no, you know what I just realized? I started to get a stomach ache when I entered Social Studies class, because I don't remember having to kneel down and hug my stomach during ELA or Math. My social studies teacher told my class to keep on reading if you haven't already finished and I started to read the textbook. But, while I was reading you may have already expected this, I started to put my head on my textbook while I was reading so that I could keep my hands on my chest. 

However, it didn't last long because soon enough my teacher told me to sit up. So I put one of my hands on my stomach and used my other hand to keep my head up. I looked at my teacher to get his approval since my head wasn't down anymore but he didn't seem pleased. Instead he threatened to call my parents and that's when I started to get shocked and mad at the same time. Of course, I wasn't going to display my anger towards him but I for sure was going to try and stop him. So I explained that I was indeed sick and my stomach hurt. He told me to go to the nurse but I didn't feel like walking all the way over to the other building because I was in so much pain.

 Just to let you know right now I am not feeling anything because I drank some Ginger Ale and that is supposed to help lessen the pain. I read about it on the internet, back to the story, so I made up an excuse saying that the nurse wasn't going to do anything because I've heard from both my sister and friends around me that the nurse really can't do much. Even teacher's say it from time to time, and it gets really frustrating. I try to hold my ground but by this point there is no point. 

He starts to grab his phone and pull up his contact list. He says the last 4 digits of my father's phone number but I don't respond. Everyone in the class is laughing and I honestly don't mind because whenever anyone get's in trouble everyone else laughs if it's funny, and my reaction certainly was. I went to this one kid who has gotten with Mr. Gilyard for quite the time and he told me that it's best if you don't make eye contact and ignore because otherwise he'll say, "Why are you staring at me, read!" or you'll just attract too much attention to yourself. 

Just be quiet when you don't need to speak and only raise your hand when answering questions, and that's exactly what I plan on doing from now one. Hopefully, this will prevent me from getting to anymore situations just like this. I was in a state of disbelief by the time class was ending because he called the parents of two other individuals who I don't plan on saying their names. One of them wasn't even doing anything, at least from my point of view. The other is always getting in trouble by not just him so I don't mind. This is what I wanted to talk about for today, let me know what you think about this. 

I've been playing Fortnite for quite the while now I can tell you that I've gotten pretty good at the game. Because that is the game that I play using this keyboard I am really used to this keyboard now and don't have any problems with it. Although, I wished the Keys were bigger that would make typing extremely difficult. I know that smaller keys are for workers but why can't they use the bigger ones as well, most typer can type without looking at their keyboard and because of that I can understand that they wouldn't ned bigger keys to know whether they pressed a letter or not but other factors may apply. 

I just haven't thought of any as to this moment but if I can think of any benefits that typer may have from getting bigger keys with loud click noises I will tell you in my next post. now pertaining back to Fortnite, obviously I wish that I was able to play other games with my friends because that would be really enjoyable but until then I just can't. If I were to ask my parents to buy me a game for Christmas they wouldn't be able to. The only thing I could as for is just v-bucks in Fortnite and that costs a lot of money. 

They overcharge their prices on the in game currency but people still buy it because the gameplay is still amazing, and Epic Games is profiting off of this. Anyway, there have been some pretty amazing updates coming from Fortnite nowadays. For instance, the Infinity Blade came out. I don't really like it because I believe that it was too overpowered and stupid so thankfully they took it out of the game for the time period but until then I want to talk about the reference of the game. 

So, the infinity Blade is based off this series called, "Infinity Blade" and there are 3 different versions each having either 1, 2, or 3 at the end of it (Infinity Blade 1, Infinity Blade 2, etc). So back when I didn't even have a playstation this used to be my favorite game in the whole world and I loved it so much. in 5th grade we used to have Fun Friday's and the teachers would let the students with the most points bring their electronics. So I did everything in my power to get at least 60 points. 

Then, I got my iPad and started playing the game for like 45 minutes (believe me, it used to be lit). It's this game about some guy's father who died one day trying to kill the creator of the infinity blade and it's up to the main character (who you play as) to avenge your father and kill the king who is at the castle (the guy who created the sword). Anyways, the point is that overtimes you die from fighting the minions or the creator's soldiers you get another life but this time it's from the son of the character that you just died using. It's really weird, whenever you Dei your next chance to a track the castle is by becoming the son of the one that you killed. Anyways, see you next time. 

I am just going to continue from where I left off yesterday's post since I haven't done anything worth writing about today, but I just want to make sure that you know that the Holocaust was a dreadful period in time where the Nazi's killed the Jews for no good reason. After English Language Arts I walked over to Math with the rest of.my classmates and sat in my desk, just waiting until my teacher told everyone else to sit down and the out their quizzes from the day before. For homework we were supposed to correct any of the problems that we had gotten wrong and make sure we knew how to do them. 

My teacher only did this because be cause he admitted that the last two days that we spent teaching this lesson wasn't exactly the best and he didn't think it was fair for everyone to do bad. So as long as you turned in the quiz at the end of class with the correct answers then you got a 100 on your paper and that counted towards our grade. We started our fourth lesson as well and were learning about, "Arithmetic Sequences". It's basically just like Slope intercept form that we learned in topic two except another way to write it.

 Now, I personally do not understand the purpose of this method besides that the fact that it's just a more complicated way to write it but either way I understood how it worked. So basically you're supposed to do a[n]=a1+d[n-1]. The d is the slope in the intercept form and the [n-1] is the intercept. The a[n] is the y, and that is how it resembles the slope intercept form. Just to let you know, the slope intercept form is y=mx+b. The mx is the slope and the b is the y intercept. Soon enough, Math had finished and it was my duty to go to Community circle and endure the pain of having to watch the teachers start talking once more, but I still would rather have this than Math. 

There is this one new teacher this year who was speaking for the first 5 minutes about how she was asked to introduce the guest speaker for today's community Circle and that they should give the speaker their upmost respect. I was fine with doing this until I realized that it was the principal of the school. Now believe me when I say that this lady is the grumpiest woman that I've ever seen in real life, Youtube has it's own fair share of old people who can definitely compete. 

The point is, since she was the principal she authorizes all possible stuff that happens in the school, or confirms the action or request before it goes live. And it just so happened that she is going to be the principal of the High school as well. At first, she asked whether anyone wanted to ask her a question about what she does but literally no one cared. Then, she started forcing people today what her role is in the school (almost like she was asking for compliments). Believe me, it was pretty funny. 

Nazi's

I was expecting Friday to be relaxing and not worrying because there was no homework due and the weekends were right after. Thankfully, I wasn't wrong and I had a fun time not doing much. First period was Music and my class didn't have our regular teacher, they're was a substitute that I for sure have never seen in my entire life. Since my bus was a bit late I wasn't able to get the instructions as to what I was supposed to not until the new teacher handed me a worksheet. And this worksheet was pertaining to the videos that were on the TV but unfortunately I had already missed a part of the first video so it wasn't exactly fair. 

Thankfully, she didn't care whether or not I asked a friend what the answers were because she knew I was late and no one wanted to hear the music videos a second time around, they were both from the 1900s and everyone knows that music isn't exactly the best. After Music was English Language Arts and my teacher asked us if we had questions about the diary of Anne Frank, which was the text that we were supposed to read while she was absent the day before. 

I didn't finish reading the text so after finding out that the little girl died and didn't live throughout the holocaust to speak to us kids today was pretty sad. She was apparently taken to a concentration camp and died of disease there. And you want to know what really makes me sad? How her parents had left and sacrificed themselves to the Germans so that she could live with another family and hopefully live but after the war the father was still living and found his daughter's journal in their old house. 

The girl had documented everything that had happened in her life for the past two years after her parents left her with another family to be protected. I guess a German soldier found her and since she was young took her to a camp, one theory from one of my classmates is that she is actually still living or didn't die in the concentration camp. The only problem is that the records actually say that she died in the camp. I'm just happy that she was smart enough to leave her diary behind when the Nazi's found her so that one day we could learn more about the conditions that people in hiding had from the Germans. 

It's pretty ironic though, that the parents lived even though their goal was so that their daughter would survive. One thing that I don't understand is why when Adolf Hitler told his soldiers to deal with the Keys they started killing with them instead of moving the Jews to another destination, because that was his original goal. And then when he saw what the soldiers were doing he didn't stop anything, according to my ELA teacher. Let me know what you think.

I woke up at around 5:30 A.M but my body just did not feel like getting up, and technically I wasn't supposed to either. my heart was beating super fast and for a couple of minutes I was actually worried that their was something really wrong with me. I was also sick and sneezed by accident. Since it was dirty I wanted to go to the bathroom and clean up but like I have already said my body refused to get up. In addition to this, I was extremely cold and that's honestly what I get for only wearing one cover on top of myself. 

It's just that if I have 3 different covers on me it's hard to move and that doesn't feel very comfortable. I guess I'll try to find a resolution and use two instead of one or three. Back when I was in 5th grade whenever the weather was freezing I would pretend like it wasn't anything, but in reality I was super cold and wanted to scream. Back then that was what I thought was cool. Nowadays, if someone is cold they aren't going to pretend like they're warm and cozy. That isn't cool at all, it's actually pretty cringe, but of course that isn't going to stop that few number of people from insisting they are hot. 

Anyways, when it was 6:00 A.M I obviously had to turn off the alarm no matter what my body felt like because then my dad would get mad at me again. But, that didn't stop me from going back and sleeping another couple of minutes. Soon enough, I started to get dizzy but walked downstairs and suddenly had a burst of energy. I was able to reach the playroom, but the energy sure didn't last long because that's when I started to get cold again, I grabbed my bathrobe and started to hallucinate over how I should play the rest of my day. I could have either start getting ready for school immediately or rest a little more because the temperature was pretty low. 

That's when my dad told me to eat breakfast and because I had on my bathrobe the eggs and bread was an enjoyable experience. The rest of my morning was putting on my clothes and watching some YouTube on the laptop. It was definitely cold when I went outside and my windbreaker that I got from Adidas did not help at all. My hands were just freezing and the wind felt like it was going through the sweater. 

This is why I should have bought the oversized sweater instead of the windbreaker, my aunt just insisted that I get it for Winter, and when I saw it I thought it looked cooler, I don't have the smarts when it comes to shopping so don't bully me. Some more information, the bus that my school usually uses broke down so they are using a smaller one that cramps everyone together, I don't consider it a pleasurable experience.

This is the first time that I am able to use my gaming keyboard and headset during school days. I guess my dad didn’t really mind me using it as long as I was doing my homework.  To be honest, typing on this keyboard is way harder compared to a regular apple keyboard because it is so big and the buttons are way larger than normal. The closest experience I’ve had to this are the computers that I have during Tech class and those still are only half the size of these keys. Still, I just love the way it sounds when I’m typing. Especially if it’s really fast. I can really enjoy my time while typing, usually I have to listen to music or else it’s boring. 

The apple keyboard doesn’t have any satisfying click noises because they can assume that the user won’t want others to hear them clicking the keys. And this is one of the factors that I have with the fact that they are just not optimized for gaming. I mean, most gamers like the big key binds because it is better to know whether or not you clicked that key unlike workers because they probably work in some type of office space or in a restaurant. To be honest, would you want others to just hear,”Click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click” over and over again? I certainly wouldn’t, that just doesn’t seem right to the people around you. 

I can say that I am definitely enjoying using it, I actually just tried to activate voice typing as a feature a while ago. It’s this thing where you can press a button on your tools section and it will automatically type whatever you say onto your virtual document. This seems really cool to me but unfortunately I was not able to fully use this to it's full capability because for some reason the option wasn't popping up on my google docs. 

I'm pretty sure I just need to activate something in my settings but until that nothing is gonna happen. I'm still gonna be that one guy that doesn't have the right computer to do something. Just kidding, I can easily use it but my dad didn't want me just talking while the computer was typing because then there was no point in me even doing my blog. He doesn't care about what I write, just the fact that I'm using the keyboard to type and get better at it unlike everyone else.

I'm probably the fastest typer in the grade but their are some teachers who can reach like 100 words per minute and I find that almost impossible, but then again that would give them a really big advantage when it came to writing papers and quizzes to give to their students. Anyway, this is where Ima going to be leaving off my blog, tell me what you think about this in the comments below.

So for my sister's birthday my dad got me this book by "Rick Riordan" called, "The Storm Runner" and from all the books that I've read written by this man they have something to do with mythology. I even used to play a game called, "Smite" on it but of course those days are over because ever since I've been able to play Fortnite there is literally no point in downloading Smite to play it again. None of my friends have it at all except for the ones on Playstation but people from console and computer can't play together anyway because that would be unfair, and it just ins't a really popular game anymore compared to Fortnite, this game is extremely popular and that's exactly why I enjoy it so much. \

Anyways, I was just reading the first couple of pages and the back of the book and I can already tell I will like it. It has something to do with Mayan mythology and that is actually one of the mythologies that I haven't read about as of yet. I've usually stuck to greek and roman gods, once a covered norse gods but that was in a single series. And I don't enjoy the Percy Jackson because I watched the first movie and it wasn't really that cool, either that or I just don't like how it looks. Like, the words are so small that it doesn't look interesting to me. That might make it seem like I just don't want to read too many pages but that is only for if I have a certain time limit.

 Nowadays, as long as I read for like 15 minutes or so I'm good, and those are on the days that I even read in the first place. So the book is about this kid named, "Zane" and he has crutches and limps because when he was born one of his legs was shorter than the other. I feel really bad for the kid if he was real but I know that in the story this will eventually lead to some type of interesting plot that I will think, "Really!" or "How did this happen?" or even "Dang this is my type of book!".

 He used to be made fun of because of this disability so his mom agreed that he could go and be homeschooled, that way he had a lot more free time on his hand. I wouldn't personally love this alternative just because I wouldn't have much friends to play Fortnite with and it just seems bad being separated from the outside world like that, although it doesn't mean he can't just walk outside.

 So apparently, he has been accepted into this new private school as soon as he left his previous school but never knew about it until this year. So that is exactly why I believe that this school is either for disabilities or something related to the Mayan mythology. Like maybe he meets someone at the school that helps him become this savior of the world or whatever, it just sounds kind of stupid because all of this is happening at the same time. All these different mythologies, the Egyptian mythology is happening somewhere in Brooklyn. Then, the greeks are in like New York City unless Brooklyn is in New York, I don't know. Let me know what you think. 

For today's post I am going to be talking about what I did yesterday during my sister's birthday. It was around 12:00 A.M when my dad came home and started yelling at me to do my homework as usual. I chose not to do my homework because it was her birthday and you should never have to do homework when it's someone birthday but he insisted and we both knew he would just get even worse. I just talked about Fortnite on the Mac and all of the clear disadvantages it has compared to a windows computer. Actually I didn't talk about it at all! I just mentioned my previous difficulties when trying to run Fortnite on my previous computer and how it's really hard and annoying.

 This is a quote from a news article that I read, "If you’re buying a computer purely for playing games, a Mac isn’t the best choice. We always recommend building your own PC. Macs are more expensive than a desktop Windows PC, especially when you add on extra storage, memory or a faster GPU, and there’s a far smaller library of games that run natively on OS X, Apple’s desktop operating system, than you’ll find for Windows. And yet, Macs are hugely popular.". I was just reading this a while ago and hope that you will see how it supports my statement. So as you can tell from the little paragraph that I had just wrote it clearly states that there are a lot less variety of games playable on Mac than there are compared to Windows and every game that has ever been made for computers is usually on Windows because its a platform that can download games at a much better pace.

 Now, I personally do not understand why when a gaming company creates a game they don't make an entire different version for the Mac. I mean, are you guys really that dumb? sure windows are better optimized but that doesn't mean that with the right settings you can't play the game on Mac as well. It's entirely Apple's fault that they don't add certain hardware into their computers that will allow the user to be on equal footing compared to someone on the windows. Sure they have Metal which is built in already, but that only opens up a few really popular games to be playable. Thankfully, Epic Games is smart and they know what to do with their games. 

So they decided to make the Mac compatible as well so that players on the Mac can fight against those that aren't. And you know what the problem is? The fact that building your own PC is like twice as cheap as compared to a Mac and will be really good for gaming. I know that there is this one person from my school that has a gaming setup that's worth like 1000 dollars and he plays Fortnite at like 200 frames so there is absolutely no lag at all. Yet this computer is worth how much money? 1,700 dollars! And I don't get nearly as many frames as that. If I'm lucky I might get like 100 tops but that's it. 

In case you don't know what frames are it basically means how many frames you get for every time you move your screen or something in the game is happening. If you have like 10 frames then you won't be able to ever play any game smoothly at all cause you'll be teleporting everywhere. The point is, it's sort of like good internet and slow internet. Though frames and internet are different they were represented the same way. The higher the frames the better your game will run and you won't have any problems, and you already know what will happen if it goes lower. 

Today is my sister's birthday and with that comes a Dady of celebration and joy, or at least that's what I thought. On Halloween my father told my sister and I that we didn't need to do homework since it was a holiday, and on multi-cultural day the same thing happened. But I guess when it's my sister's birthday he doesn't care. I don't know why he thinks like this but either way it's his decision and not mine. If I try to tell him my opinion he'll probably just get high blood pressure again and then blame me. And I can't have that happening now can't I? Also, my mother was being really annoying. Just yesterday she was so happy to see me and excited but now she just despises me. 

She literally told me, you wake up early in the morning and play game, when she was the literal reason as to why I woke up. If she just remembered to bring her keys to work then none of this ever happened. In case you don't understand let me spell it out for you, "H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-E" is the word that I would personally use to describe her. Like, how can you blame me for something you started. If you had just been responsible and remembered the bring your keys then I wouldn't have woken up, also keep in mind that she came at 1:00 in the morning, you know how tired I was. 

When I opened the door she was saying, "I love you" and "Thank You so much son". It just really got me mad that she would say something like that. Anyways, I guess I'll just talk about something random again, ummm... Okay, so you know how I play Fortnite? Well, I play it because I can't play any other game but also because it is my favorite game and the only one that can run smoothly on an Apple computer along with the fact that my friends play it. 

And that's actually what I want to speak about specifically. So, before on the previous computer I couldn't play Fortnite because it was made in 2011, and in order to play Fortnite your computer needs to be at least 2012 and have a metal graphics card, also along with the latest Mac update software. Now it used to be High Sierra but now they have Mojave which is like the newer version, although I'm pretty sure it doesn't affect the performance when running games, it just relating towards storage, customization, and organization. Along with a. cool wallpaper. In order to run my game smoothly I need put all my settings to low and that will make it so the game isn't pretty. 

Although for me I don't really care about that, I mainly just want to get better than my friends and one day become a video game pro (playing video games for money). That would be super cool! However, my parents aren't optimistic and against it completely since it is a common stereotype. Let me know what you think about this!

Since today is in fact a half day I am going to be talking about everything that I did. So let's begin with the morning. When I woke up my mom was going on about how it was almost my sister's birthday and that she was going to have her birthday celebrated at school alongside tomorrow with the family. I thought that this was kind of cool but at the same time jealous just because it wasn't my birthday. Then, at the same time I wouldn't want everyone to tell me, "Happy Birthday Rinchen" because to me at least I'm really shy and that leads me to be embarrassed when things like this occur. 

However, my mother will probably insist that I celebrate my birthday at school but it is a really special time in my life and I should share it with my peers in class (this by the way is a total lie because of course I wouldn't tell my mother to buy so much food for my class since we do have almost 30 students. That sure is a lot of kids, and of course it's not just my regular homeroom because that would be wrong to the other kids who I take with in advanced. We take the more serious courses and that itself sure is a lot fo work so I will try to be fair if worse comes to worse. 

Anyways, why am I talking about my birthday when it's my sister? So eventually, my mom decided that she was going to go with my sister to the building and drop off the apple juice and cupcakes. I'm actually pretty happy that she didn't give my sister a dress to use on her birthday because that would have bene pretty cringe-worthy. Eventually, it was time for me to go to school and I had trouble trying to put on my jacket. It's really big and even though it's cold I feel like it looks kind of ridiculous, also why would I need to use it during the afternoon.

unless it's really that cold but if it was really that cold then I wouldn't need use this jacket in the first place because their would be no school. First period was Music and we were watching a bunch of videos on James Corden who is a really funny guy but also has a talent for singing, and Hamilton which is an extremely popular broadway play that everyone watches, I enjoy it whenever hearing it for the first couple of times and we were supposed to make an analysis on it. 

After Music I went to ELA and we watched a really graphic film about the Holocaust because it was supposed to support whether or not we though that war crimes should be prosecuted. This means that if a soldier killed a person or people should they be charged with murder? The reason I said no was because think about all the people who could be forced by their government to kill people or may be tricked by their surroundings and friends. Anyways, I know I said that I'd make an entire post on my whole day but this seems good enough to me, hope you enjoyed.

Today I had to do this really frustrating English Language Arts presentation and I thought I didn't do that well. I was also crying but I guess that was mostly from natural causes (yawning cause I was tired), not because I thought I did bad in the project. My teacher said that the people who present first will be graded less hard because technically the teacher won't have anything to compare it too. Meanwhile, the person last will probably be at a disadvantage since they will be compared to every else. Sometimes I don't believe the because the teacher has a rubric and their thoughts on other projects shouldn't affect their grading.

 However, I understand what she's saying because just cause you're not grading it based off the rubric doesn't mean that you will not think about anyone else's project. It's hard when the person who presented before you had just finished. Anyways, let me explain what the project was actually about. Basically, there is this conflict that is happening in Kosovo where the Serbs and the KLA (people protecting their civilians) are against each other and murdering people. The KLA is just a group of people who have taken a stand against the Serbian forces and eventually gained some control.

 Soon enough, the Serbian forces had to retreat because they were slowly losing battles in which the KLA were recapturing their land. Due to tense fighting many of the Kosovo residents had to retreat because they did not want to be caught in the crossfire. I completely am against the whole art of killing itself and in class we were supposed to decide whether or not this was Genocide or Ethnic cleansing. Basically, Genocide is ethnic cleansing, mass murder, and discrimination all in one (extermination) meanwhile ethnic cleansing is getting rid of a particular group of people due to reasons of hate. 

At least this is what my teacher had informed us. And using this I had conducted 5 slides that gave an introduction to my argument, 3 reasons, and a conclusion that would hopefully persuade others to consider this as a Genocide rather than an Ethnic Cleansing. And although this happened I just can't seem to consider myself getting a 100 because I had a weird pause at the beginning. Then again, we did go second. The reason I got kind of scared at first because my teacher asked whether anyone was born on February  and me and another kid raised our hands.

 A bunch of kids saw my reaction and it was kind of funny because I was scared I would have to go first. Then, she said who is closer to February 15th and we both raised our hands since I was born on February 11 I personally thought that was really close. But it turns out that the other guy was born on the 18th so he went first. His presentation was really good so I'm kind of nervous. 

Apparently I was so used to having Tech during Wednesday and Tuesday that I literally brought my gaming mouse for nothing. I thought that I was going to have the class but when it came time to look at the schedule I realized that it wasn't until tomorrow and that was a little bit frustrating. I still would've had a chance to use it during class and stuff but there was no reason except to flex on all my friends. After I got a gaming mouse everyone else started to get their own versions, although mine is probably still the best and most expensive. No offense though because price doesn't matter, just the quality and most of their mice are around 20 to 30 dollars. 

Even with the Black Friday discount mine was still 46 dollars so that says a lot. Originally it was around 80 to 100 dollars so thank god there was a sale. Otherwise my mom would not have gotten it for me. Like I had previously stated my aunt wants the one that she bought me before but I can't give it to her unless my dad unlocks the suitcase. She wants it for herself since her mouse doesn't work as good (I used it before also I can say she's not wrong). Anyways, I don't remember if I talked about this yet but my aunt just got herself a new laptop that my dad bought a while back.

 I guess she never decided to look at the table because it was there the whole time, but I guess she didn't notice. Either way, when she did I helped her set it up and the first thing she asked me was whether or not she could type. She was literally about to download something very suspiciously looking but thankfully, I helped her. All she needed to to wasn't type in the search bar, typing test. And there she could find a bunch of websites that didn't require downloading.

 But she isn't used to typing at all. I told her how your two index fingers are supposed to be pressing the f and j keys because those have a little mark on the bottom that indicate that is where you are supposed to rest your fingers. When I first heard that she couldn't type I was so shocked. I just couldn't believe that after all this time she didn't know how to use a keyboard. Then again, India is pretty poor no matter what anyone says and if they couldn't afford an electronic I understand. 

Eventually, she told me that she only wanted to use her laptop for work and after I explained to her that the MacBook Air would have been a better choice she got really mad because then she should've gotten the Air instead of the Pro. But because my mom insisted that she get the pro for saving pictures she got it. I guess my aunt didn't know the difference between the two. The pro is mainly for videos while the air is like typing and documents. 

I don't really have anything in mind to talk about today, I've really just ran out of ideas. I will probably have to resort to talking about my day at school. Wait a minute, no. nI'm gonna talk about a bunch of random stuff and then hopefully by the end of it get enough sentences to make 5 paragraphs. Let's begin, so umm... oh hair! So you know the k-pop group BTS that I've been talking about for quite a while. Well I really like their hair especially and I've been trying to get it for quite a while now. They have like a messy bull cuts and then their hair could also be straight, and only one of them has ever done a signature "pompadour" except it's only half of his hair and the other side is to the side like everyone else. 

Now, obviously I can't dye my hair like they do almost every music video but that doesn't change the fact that I can't still have the same hairstyle. Now I do need a hair straightener for this to work although without it is still fine. It's just that my hair is naturally curly and that will one day play a big part in my downfall. Their hair is usually straight and my hair always has this curl at the end. I don't even know what to call it, it's a mix of wavy and straight but that's just what I do. Now the guy whose hair I think looks the coolest is called, "Sugarbird" and for some reason he seems to be the one that looks closest to me.

 Believe me when I say that none of them look identical to me but his face shape is a little chubbier than the rest of members who have skinny faces or long ones. Plus, I already rock his hairstyle for quite a while. It would be really cool if I could dye my hair light blue but of course I already know my parents would not agree. If I was to dye my hair it would be a light brown or a dark orange because even though it stands out, it's not nearly as much as light blue. You're kind of basically asking people to look at you.

 Like, if I saw someone with blue hair walking down the street I'd definitely look at them for a couple of seconds just because it's really bright. There is this one family that walks to the public school that I used to go to and it's 2 sisters and this young boy. Each of them dyed their hair a different color. The girl actually does have blue hair although it's dark. The other girl has a light orange, and the boy has a dark green and each one of their hairstyles have black as well so it blends in really cool.

 Maybe in high school my parents will allow me but until them this is what I think of my hair. The next time I go to the barbershop I'm not going to cut the top. Just the sides because I know that if the sides of my hair get too long it will tangle ands tart to hurt. And of course I don't want that to happen, it just doesn't look at good too. My head will be super puffy and it will look super tall. I think my dad actually likes my hair because it covers my forehead and I know my dad doesn't like my acne. He doesn't have it anymore, just scars that you can faintly see, and my sister has none at all, which really doesn't make any sense because she never takes a shower. Maybe I just need to get rid of the dirt on my face because that's what's clogging up my skin and making my pores look huge. 

So I got my test score back for Social Studies and I'm pretty happy. I got a 100 on my EOT and my teacher really scared me because he said, "You need to study harder" before he gave me the test as a joke. Then, when I saw the 100 I started laughing and breathing really hard because I was so happy for myself. Unfortunately, I already know I didn't honor roll because I probably didn't get above an 80 on ELA and Math. All my other subjects I definitely did but that's because those were a little bit easier than the main subjects. That's why in term two I am ready to get Honor Roll and won't give up until I get my certificate. Last year I barely got honor roll since 2 of my grades were 80 and 81.

 That is right on the marking point and if I didn't do a single homework assignment or quiz I probably would've gone down. But for some reason I feel like my teachers purposely saw my grade and tried to help me. It just aggravates me, knowing that was a possibility. And I only reached above an 85 average because my Social Studies was a 98. This term I want to get at least 5 points above most of my subjects. Spanish is not my concern even though it was in the past. This is because I know that I got a 100 in Spanish this year since I did all of the work. My teacher is pretty laid back and as long as you do the work she won't fail you.

 Believe me, I don't understand half of the things she says but I can at least get past the classwork with my trusty google translator (she doesn't mind the translator because otherwise we'd have no chance in completing the work). This really makes me happy because my chances in passing without google fall way down below 80, believe me. Well, umm I totally have other things to talk about. During Math we are starting a new lesson and I am really paying attention. 

The reason I was doing bad in the first term was because my seating arrangement. I was always in the back so my teacher didn't see me at all. I barely ever participated and he still doesn't even know how to correctly say my name. However, I can't blame him because there are a ton of kids in this school. I used to be confused with 2 other asian boys during P.E class. My teacher just couldn't tell the difference from far apart. I had the same haircut as the both of them and we all had glasses. But now it's changed because the first kid still has the same hairstyle but different glasses. 

And the second person has the same hairstyle as me (as of right now). but his glasses are green and smaller than mine. Because I have a pretty above average size head we can be told apart easier. This is more because of just how many kids there are in this school. Now my teacher had a serious talk with us about how if we want to leave this class we can leave because everyone has their own strengths, my only problem is that if I leave this class I also leave the advanced ELA class and although that will make things much easier for me I won't be able to talk to any of my friends as much as I wanted to and it will look bad on my portfolio if I "drop out". It's a hard decision and I'm still thinking.

After finishing my writing that I did yesterday my mother came home and scolded me for not saying end to getting a haircut. I told her my reason later on in the day but in the meantime she was just saying stuff like, all you want to do is play game and "you never listen to me". And she was saying this right next to my father because she wanted him to yell at me. I could tell this because she was literally looking at him while talking to me. I hate whenever this happens but then again I do the same thing to my sister so I'm pretty hypocritical. Afterwards, she went upstairs because she needed to go to sleep and my dad was making dumplings. When I actually told him I finished the post he demanded I get off the computer and just relax. 

Then I went on my phone and tried to lower the volume but he can tell whenever I'm on my electronic device because it's so quiet. So he told me to place it down on the sofa and sit in the kitchen while he was making food. He said I could go back to playing after eating so I just sat down and did exactly as he said. My dad and mom think that I talk to just random strangers whenever I play my games but most of the time it's just my friends. Either that or I just play by myself trying to get as many wins as possible. And let me tell you, that isn't easy. The only times I actually do talk to other random people is whenever I play Duos or Squads ( a two player game mode and then a 4 player game mode).

 And the only reason I would ever play those modes are when I do it with my friends or need to complete a couple of challenges. In addition, in Fortnite (the only game I play on my computer), there is an option where you need to press a button on your keyboard in order to talk. This is so that people who you are talking to don't have to listen to other random noises that are happening around you and can focus on yourself. Some people just put it because they might be talking to another person in real life rather than in the game and they don't want the person who is their teammate to hear. I use the button touching feature because of the first reason since my sister is always playing music in the background (behind me) and I don't want my friends to hear. 

Also, my friends complain that they can hear me trying because my keyboard is super loud. The only actual reason some gaming industries make their keyboards loud is so that the player who is using them knows that they pressed the button. It sounds kind of stupid but can definitely happen, if you actually hear the button being pressed rather than not hearing anything at all it's a more definite measure to knowing you pressed the button. 

And in some games pressing a certain key while playing is matter of life and death so that's really useful. I shouldn't even be able to talk in the first place because I don't have a mic but the IMAC that we bought has an in built microphone on the bottom both for gaming and just if your doing office work and talking to someone else. I think that this post was pretty good because I talked a lot about one subject, mostly gaming and a little bit about gaming. In my opinion it had lots of details.