i want to vlog...

Blogging is SO 2008...

so I want a camera and I want to videorecord my thoughts and ideas and post them here. 

:) 

much more interactive and better than stupid writing out my crap and not really having comments cuz idk how to do that with my awesome blogskin skins. 

plus, i think my incoherence in writing would be much clearer if i spoke it all out. and could cross reference it. and it would take you the people less time to deal with. 

and it would give me some more motivation and enthusiasm to deal with the actual doings of that. 

:] 

so that's my new year's resolution for this blog. 

also i have two other sites/projects in work.

along with the FIRST robotix competition (which is going along. somewhat. more live-blogging/twittering on that later) 

and my neuroscience studies. 

[i'm printing my copy of brainfacts tomorrow. yes, late. but i have no choice. no one gave me a copy and i can't supply my own color version from home] . 

but the coloring's been great. with my amazing crayon box <3

(96 crayola babyy. w/ razzmatazz : ) i need to find my favorite green later [green's my fave color]) 

so yeah. i resolve to win first place in the brain bee.... or at least lead my "team" to some sort of victory. 

yayyayayyayayay

updated layout coming this week or next.

xoxo, 

maithreyi

lazzzzy girl

so. i'mma slacker.

i haven't been studying.

i live in a pigsty.

i am pretty sure i'm failing my sats because i don't have my act together.

i write my blogs THE DAY they are due.

i feel like i'm dying under pressure. and the quarter's just begun.

i feel like i'm already behind.

i feel like i'm growing fatter and fatter. and eating wayyy too much.

yesterday's sickness was a wakeup call. 

something's wrong; body's telling me i need to fix it. 

so immediate actions: 

organizeeee.

clean the room.

go out running/jogging. at least to wilmington.

make my business plan. get movingggg

work on my academic life. make sure i'm not FAILING anything painfully obvious. and easy. 

work on studying things i usually like to study. maybe start coloring more in my neuro coloring book. ?

study for sats. in a fun wayyy? 

dance. at least a couple times a week. 

choreograph something (?)

write something non-biographical. fanfic perhapss? 

longterm: 

visit some colleges

start thinking of reasons to stay in the area versus reasons to leave. 

make more friends...

ditch friends who are being so non-friendly. [work in progress]

kick my coffee habit in favor of something healthier. (?)

work out more. eat better. 

buy some seriously wonderful clothes/accessoriess!

write a song. 

sing something in public 

go out with friends blowing off something important. 

be happy in january. 

xoxo,

maithreyi

MOMENTOUS OCCASION

a few things: 

-OBAMAAAAAAA JUST WONNNNN ;] 

SOOOO HAPPY RIGHT NOW. 

i began to remember the dark ages-- right after bush was elected. the first time. 

i remember being a very educated 4th/5th grader. being angry about the war.

wanting to have a voice, but feeling so powerless because the US was not technically MY country.

i had no claim on it. ever since last year...

I AM FULLY EQUIPPED WITH A VOICE--

i have to say, if i could vote, it would definitely be for obama !

i was for him through the primaries. 

i was for him ever since i knew who he was. 

and while i may be a tad more liberal [read: almost socialist/communist on some things LOL]

than he is, he is ultimately the direction the country should go in. 

he, as corny as it sounds, actually believes in the country.

dad says he could be the next lincoln. 

and if my dad thinks he has potential, there's gotta be something about this guy. 

[this is coming from the man who for all intents and purposes "gave up" on his hopes for me in 7th grade. i'm on a downward spiral to him. (just kidding! he loves me. on the inside. deeeep.)  

=) 

but yeah. for now, i just wanted to record my thoughts on this so i can look back in four to eight years on my reactionnn. 

and what i did that day when barack obama was elected. 

-i studied for my sats.

[after procrastinating on the computer.]

-i read a chapter of harry potter

-i ate pasta w/ pesto me and my mommy made

-i ate rice and pickle for lunch

- i went out to help clean the robotics room. which was fruitless cuz the room was already clean. [read: i wanted to go into the school to grab my bio study guide =P ]

-i saw the impact of our town through the extremely long line of cars just to get INTO the student parking lot ;] 

-i drank my mochacoffee thingy. twice. 

and crashed after the second. 

-i watched the bestest political speech in history thus far. [yes, i'm biased.]

-i read up on my fave sites. 

-i watched a lil colbert/stewart. and a lotta cnn. 

- i argued with my daddy over politics! yay. 

ummmm. i think that's it. =) 

it's been a month since i've written. 

and a lot has happened.

junior year has sucked out my soul.

i'm fourth in the class thus far.

and i am dyingggg with pressure. 

the end. 

more later [this weekend]

xoxo, 

maithreyi

FIRST job! and other updates!

okay. so about 2 and a half weeks ago, I got my first job! It's writing. for the 84, a Massachusetts anti-smoking program which focuses on the fact that 84 percent of MA teens don't smoke and the other 16 shouldn't either. I'm blogging about my non-smoking, non-anything life.

in a way, it's about how my life, the interestingness of it, causes others to not want to smoke either. interesting concept, and i really hope it works! 

i don't even know when my first blog will be published and exactly where that will be, especially since I've already submitted it on wednesday. but i am excited. this is the first time i've really gotten a boost in my writing confidence. i LIKE writing. it's good for me, too. it makes me think about communicating to others. something that's sometimes really hard for me. 

sat classes have been really good for me too. i met some fun people. i love goofing around in class because it definitely helps me stay interested and it makes me want to come back to class more often. the hmwrk i could do without though. it's like another two fulltime school classes of work, prolly more if i really scrutinize it. 

and on the driving scene, i got my permit 9/23! : ] 

it's super exciting because now i can drive in the daylight to 12 am with my mommy in the car. 

does it mean i have? absolutely! on 0-2 mph. steering! in the rain! outside of fox hill! driving in circlesss for like an hour!  and then for like all of 5 seconds. in the night. around a parking lot. i love my mommy. i have to start classes at tritown soon though, there's only so much we can do without another brake on the car : ] 

and school beyond sucks. my human phys teacher effectively knows as much as a 3rd year undergrad at umass without studying, and with studying--maybe a first year med student who has a test on whatever it is the next day. 

the fact that he needs to study to teach is pathetic. but even so, shouldn't he know it well enough to explain to a class? YES. 

does he? NO. 

i'm studying for 2009 brain bee. always. because i learn human phys at home. and i never have time to study for brain bee. and i need time. so i use his class. it's legitimately human phys. and anatomy. so i'm not lying, or not studying for his class. i'm just ahead. in so many ways. on so many levels. 

and my mom told me to. so i think my mom's judgement goes before mine, which comes before his in the flow of MY education. 

anyways, besides THAT-- ap bio = amazing, english is really nice, i like my teacher. math is math, methodical and dependable. and ap world? great! lots of work, but mostly just reading and knowing chapter after chapter. we've done 12 chapters in like 4 ish weeks. latin is my favorite though. it's like a constant thread throughout highschool. i'm pretty sure i WANT to continue it next year, for harvard. we'll see how the scheduling works out though. i really need to learn some physics. and i want to take media production. so it'll take some tweaking. 

and dance is getting to be fun. i need to get back to practicing. which means, moving everything around, i don't really know when i'm going to get sleep. but it's going to be worth it. i'll do yaar adhinar much better, and i will learn to manage all my time better.

--maithreyi