An Awesome Day

So, I had a really good day today. Hell, that's the reason I restarted this blog.

I'm a student at the Brother T.I Murphy Center in St. John's Newfoundland. The Murphy center is an alternative education center that takes people who have difficulty thriving in a regular high school environment, giving them an adult basic education. It's an absolutely wonderful place where the class sizes are small and you get a lot of personal attention, and it's much quieter than a regular high school, which makes it far easier for me to concentrate. (I'll post about my high school experiences some other time, if anyone's curious, but the short version is that Gonzaga was so massively loud that I could barely last three hours before my head wanted to split open, and that makes it kind of hard to get any work done.)

I woke up at 10 AM, way after I should have. I rushed to school and managed to get in there for half of the math class. Now, the Murphy Center is a place that believes in second chances. Come if you can, it's alright if you don't, we'd really like you to make it. There was no fuss when I came in midway through, and I was just relieved to have gotten there, as there was a biology test today which I'd been stressing about.

I took a biology test after that, which I'd been preparing for all week. It was much easier than I'd anticipated, and I had no troubles at all. Then I went to lunch. There was a bake sale, and my lunch for the day consisted of a slice of fudge cheesecake and a muffin which was absolutely delicious. On top of that, I got to sit with half the faculty, speaking as equals. We were the loudest table in the lounge as we joked and laughed together, talking about psychology and leadership and relationships and the interesting way human beings behave in general. The entire experience left me with a smile on my face. It's hard to describe how relaxing it was.

So, I had missed a math test earlier this week, and my math teacher scheduled me to take it in the afternoon. I had to go to Trudy, my English teacher, to get some handouts so I could study at home, since it would take place over her class time. When I did so, she gave me back the test I took last week as well as an essay I'd passed in.

Now, let me be clear here. Trudy has a reputation as a very tough teacher. A very fair, but tough teacher. She never gives 100% on any kind of essay. True enough, I didn't get a 100% - I got 96%. The only mistake she could find was that I hadn't used enough quotes from the play. She took me aside before class began, to compliment me. She said that my writing was "head and shoulders above everybody else" and that I would have absolutely no trouble in university. I felt swelled with confidence. On top of that, the test mark was 100%. Trudy was impressed, and she showed it.

Then I took the math test and got 82% on the spot, despite only having had the chance to study half the material. On the way out, my biology teacher thanked me for spending money to support the bake sale. Before I could even take a further step towards the door, another teacher told me about how they had had too much milk donated, and couldn't keep all of it - so would I like a free carton of 0% skim milk? Sure!

When I got home, it turned out we needed milk badly at the house.

So to sum up:

I got high marks in everything, I had an absolute blast in conversation, I got to eat delicious sweets and support a charity at the same time, I got high compliments from a notoriously hard to impress teacher, and I got a free carton of milk. What more can you ask for?


I am so high on life right now that it's not even funny. I am charged with confidence. This was a ridiculously good day.

Renovations complete!

I've purged the last four posts that were made back in 2007 as they're laughably out of date and are just me rambling, as well as all comments. I'm starting afresh!

As the new profile indicates, I'll be posting both about everyday events in my life as well as snippets of writing I happen to come up, as well as my own thoughts on the literary world or interesting topics that creative people can use. Yeah, it's one of those blogs. Mostly intended for friends, but hey, if you find my ramblings interesting, please let me know. I'd also welcome any criticism of my writing style, so long as it's constructive.

Let's get this train wreck rolling!