A Christian, homeschooled, PDA slinging, iBook modding, techno-savvy former Missionary Church PK's third attempt at a weblog.
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Hello! I’ll bet you never expected to see this RSS feed light up again, did you?
It appears as though I haven’t posted anything since “Corbin in the Closet”, which was several months ago.
So, what’s new in my life since my last post? I’d better fill you in.
My life has been extremely busy lately. I’ve been working as a Page at the Library since last August. It is a wonderful job, but it has become much busier since April, when my boss died and two of the four Pages left for various reasons. We replaced my boss and one of the Pages, but not the second Page. I’m going to be working five days a week until the school year starts up again and we hire a fourth Page.
In May I finally took my driving test and passed it on the first try, despite the fact it was raining and the streets were flash flooding. I’m able to drive all by myself or with licensed drivers over 21 until August 6th, after which I can drive with anyone. (Yeah, it stinks. However, Indiana’s graduated driving requirements are rated among the highest in the nation. Better safe than sorry!)
Last week, I was accepted at a local community college to take a couple of classes this fall. I took the placement test two days ago, and I aced through everything except for Math. I’m anticipating taking a Chemistry class at the very least, and most likely a computer-related class.
On a note that is more minor to everyone except about three people, I bought myself another iBook. I had an old PowerBook that I used for school, but it died around the end of spring. The iBook has a broken CD drive, but I’ve ordered a replacement. At this rate, I’ll probably stick with used computers until I’m officially in college.
I also bought myself a Nikon D40 DSLR camera in April. (For you non-geeky people, it’s basically a professional-grade camera.) I have used it quite a bit since then. I am now my church’s resident photographer, and I’ve also done a little bit of shooting at a few Library events as well. I’m hoping to get around to posting some of my better pictures sometime in the near future.
Well, I don’t want to bore you anymore, so I’ll sign off! I hope that I can try to become more organized and breath some more life back into this blog. However, if I’m going to try to do that, I’d like to see more comments. It gets really discouraging when you write posts and have no clue whether or not anyone even cares to read them, so please, leave feedback!
Well, since I last posted, a few things have happened.
First, I finally got a job at the library. They didn't need me for the job I applied for, but a week later they had an opening come up for the same position at a different time slot. So, I'm a page now. I get to shelve books, sort movies, memorize sorting methods, and, most importantly, get paid. :-D I work from 9am-12:30pm on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Second, I got a new Palm. The Treo didn't end up working; the keyboard was completely dead, and the rest of the buttons only worked half of the time. So, I got a CLIE NR70v. It's a really cool one, and it does work. (I had better mention that seemingly trivial fact.) It has an mp3 player, a camera, a really cool flippy screen hinge, and a built-in keyboard. Not bad for a 5 year-old handheld!
Third, we finally started school. It's a bit weird trying to fit it around work, but it seems to be going pretty well. My main subjects are Worldview, Java Programming, Geometry, Greek, and Health/PE, in that order of difficulty.
Well, that's my life so far. Not too bad of an update for two weeks of life, if I do say so myself. :-D
Well, I discovered an interesting fact about myself today. I apparently make a very good interference shield for our radio. Really. Mom was listening to music on her portable radio today, and it kept receiving static and another station that was interfering with the airwave.
I decided to help Mom by popping the seeds out of some beans, and I leaned in front of the radio. Instantly, the radio started receiving very clear reception. I stood up for a second, and the radio started receiving the static again. I experimented with it for a while, and verified the fact.
Weird. Oh well, I guess that I might find that attribute of myself useful in the future.
Now Mom will probably want me to sit in front of the radio all day, so that she can get a clear signal.
Just in case you didn't know, we got our house for really cheap. I mean dirt cheap. When I say cheap, I mean as in under seventeen-thousand dollars. Sure, that price sounds great... Until you begin to realize why it was so low priced.
This is where Nick's and my room's doorknob used to be. I have no clue where it is now, but I'm sure that it is happier there.
Yeah, isn't that ugly. And the aesthetics aren't the worst part. The door is hanging kind of lopsided on its frame, which means that it swings open of its own accord. So the only way we can keep our door closed is by pushing something heavy in from of it. That is, until now...
Introducing my newest creation:
I have one L-shaped board on the doorframe, and one on the door itself. To shut the door, you simply insert a piece of wood like so...
...And the door stays shut! It's foolproof! Well, until someone pushes too hard and rips the trim out of the wall. But I won't worry about that until it happens.
...but I am not a very good judge of amounts. I can measure the ingredients perfectly, mix the batter wonderfully, and follow the instructions word for word. In fact, I can do it exactly word for word. Let me explain:
The recipe said to "drop heaping spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet." I did exactly that. See what came out?
Yes, we did salvage it. It just doesn't look right in square-shaped pieces.
I finally got it right on the third pan.
Yes, I can cook. I am just not a very good judge of amounts.
