Monday, October 18, 2010

Things on my desk

I have two options right now: 1) do my calculus homework, since it's still slightly too early to go to bed and I'm not doing anything productive whatsoever, including writing the essays for the college apps that are due in two weeks, or 2) waste time, which seems nice right now but will cause me all sorts of unneccessary stress, hard work, and loss of sleep in the future. Being the smart and well-organized person that I am, I will opt for choice number two.
So, without further ado, here is a list of some of the items on my terminally messy desk, just because I feel like writing one:
-A comic book. In French. Which is, may I add, I language that I don't speak.
-Some flowers that I was given at my cross country senior night
-An eraser that has the words "Don't Panic" written all over it, designed for particularly troublesome tests
-Italian mints in a fancy Italian tin labeled "Casa Fondata Leone nel 1857." Another language I don't speak.
-Pre-wrap. Blue. Lifesaving in many athletic situations.
-A blue pencil case with multicolored sheep printed all over it
-My wallet, which contains $14, some old receipts, my license, a debit card, an ATM card, and several assorted gift cards (most of which are probably expired or void of money)
-A thick novel in Spanish. Aha! A language I speak! ...Sort of.
-An unlabeled CD
-Another unlabeled CD
-A ticket to Rumors at my high school's theater. It was fantastic, by the way.
-My dad's library card
-My friend's old (Product)red iPod, which has a picture of Holger Badstuber stuck to the back
-Paintbrushes in a glass jar
-An alarm clock, which has to be kept away from my bed so that I'm forced to get up when it rings
-A yellow insect-repelling "Super Band" that was given to me by the same friend who gave me the iPod and the French comic book. She wanted to know if it works and figured that I, being a mosquito magnet, would be the prime candidate to test it out. I've yet to do so.
-Stacks of books and papers threatening to tumble down onto my head. Duck.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Musical prodigy

No, I am not one.
But this kid is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDPk5xKx3Yg
Seriously, this is insane. He's nine. NINE. Normally I'm not all that impressed by piano music, but this is borderline unbelievable. Did I say borderline? I meant completely. I mean, the kid has to put a box under his feet when he sits at the piano bench because he can't reach the ground, and yet he plays the piano like someone with a lifetime of practice. I believe he's playing Mozart in that video clip. Seems appropriate somehow.
Why oh why can't we all be this talented? Oh right. Because then it would just be normal. Did you hear that, crazy piano-playing prodigy child? If we were all so talented, you would be nothing special! Nothing at all!!! ...No, I'm not jealous in the least. Ahem.
No, only joking. I really do think that this is extremely impressive and noteworthy.