Matty's Thoughts: January 2011

Hello people of the World who should read this!

Black Ops. Epic new game in the Call of Duty series. Its so awesome.. Remember when MW2 came out? Everyone stopped playing MW1. But now that Black Ops is out, no one's playing MW2 anymore! Aha, like me. But then again, I haven't played for a long time. Its boring.. = /

I kicked my dad's ass when I played it for the very first time. I'd never played it, had no experience with it, never seen the maps- Yet, I managed to find my dad several times on this massive Jungle map and get a 4-kill streak, and beat him. He shot me once, off the bridge. Then I played with my brother. Kicked his ass, too... last night, we all took turns playing multiplayer-online. I wasn't doing so well at first, but then.. Then my skills kicked in, and once again, started kicking ass again! I was never interested in Domination before, but now, that's all I play! It's quite fun!! =)) If you don't have Black Ops, get it. That's the next game I'm getting. Then FFVersusXIII xD ... I don't have Black Ops, my dad does.. =P

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So, have you heard? American stores are hitting Canada! I'm super excited about this! Like, we're getting Walgreens, Target-

I've always wanted American stores in Canada.. And now my wish is becoming true! I've seen soooo many Hauls and Room-Tours on YouTube.... and .. Literally... Every single person I've seen, has gotten 98% of their things from Target. I always feel sad, and kinda jealous when they say, "See this? I got it from Target,", because I'd like to have those things too, but our stores don't carry them. But now- Oh god....... Now we're getting new stores.

You know that mirror-? That... little silver one? Wth the stand, and circlular mirror, with a light? That's from Target? ..... When I first saw it, I wanted it.. Now I can get it, too! ^^ And things people get from Walgreens... I can get that stuff aswell. But... downfall- we're losing Zellers, in place of Target.. = (

I like Zellers... Zellers has kewl stuff.. Two were just built here!! They can't tear 'em down for Target!!!
Mm.... Oh well... = /

So, yeah! Excited for that!!
If you're in Canada, and are interested in this, check this post out: http://money.ca.msn.com/investing/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=27238262

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Alright! Next topic..

So, I'm ready for schoooool!! For those of you who don't know, read this Italicized paragraph:::

I was in school from kindergarten to grade 5, then was homeschooled for grade 6, but did not work. In grade 7, I returned to school for half a year, moved back to Hamilton Ontario, and partially finished the 2nd half of the year in the school here. Then I tried out homeschooling again for grade 8. Once again, I did no work. [I did, but not enough to even grade......] So, I skipped over grades 6 and 8. ^^ And now, in grade 9, I'm in a an awesome high school. Its not like other high schools.... First of all, I could not get in at the beginning of the year, ok? The school was completely full. We registered in October, as advised. Awaiting acception, we were at home for a few months. When my mom called again at the beginning of January, we were denied acception. But that was because the VP had no knowledge of our knowledge/abilities. Once she was told about it and everything was explained, we were then immediately accepted. We went in to see Mrs Malloff [VP] 2 days ago. Today, we returned to the school to see our Advisor [an Advisor is basically like a homeroom-teacher, except she's not in a homeroom], who is also our Councellor. Every 2 weeks, my brother and I [and other students who have her as an Advisor] are to go see her. She looks over our Report Cards [which we receive every month. Not full-on report cards, like the ones you receive in Elementary and Middle schools, just... month-wise reports], and helps us with whatever we need. We have a concern, we go to her. We have a question, we go to her. So there you go...

So that's that. So, after we saw our Advisor, and planned out all of our class- Which, by the way, I found really kewl!! We don't have to take P.E., or, under certain circumstances, French. I can get extra credits for knowing Japanese and Swedish and Chinese, being self-taught. Now, I still have to take French, but not this year. My brother and I will be taking French in the Summer-school course, which lasts 20 days. 20 days of basic French, and we're done. Forever! =))

I'm in grade 9, Jake is in grade 10. The reason he has to do French, is because he skipped/failed all his French classes in grade 9, and grade 10 at previous schools.

So... Most high schools only offer 1 elective-class. But I have 3. THREE. Geez, that's...... Kinda kewl! Only problem... I have really bad Elective-choises. = (

But what I did take, was the mandatory classes, minus Health and French; and for Electives, I chose Visual Arts, Drama, Exploring Tech., and Business.

So thats:
English
Math
Geography
Visual Arts
Drama
Tech.
Business
Other:
French
Health/P.E.

What I'm taking this semester, since I'll only be in grade 9 for half a year, is:
English
Visual Arts
Business
Math

In that order. So those are my classes each day. For the Business course I'm taking, I'm using something called a Paperless-Course. Meaning, I'm not writing anything for Business. I'm using computers. So everyday, after Art, I'll go down to room 99, choose a seat, and work on/study computer businesses. Pretty kewl.. I wasn't going to take Tech., because it involved Construction and I hate construction.. But there was nothing else to choose. I'm not taking Family Studies, and I'm not taking Music. Oh well.. UGHHH I have to take History and Civics in Grade 10. That should be reaaalll fun... >.>

Mm.... So anyway. I'm really excited for school, but nervous. People are very nice and welcoming, though. Everyone we walked past [Everyone was sitting in the hallways, it was Freshmen/Sophomore lunch] smiled at us. 1 girl told me as I walked by,
"Westmount's a really awesome school!! I love it! I'm sure you will, too!" with a smile. I smiled back and nodded. =) Everyone, even though they didn't speak to me, seemed so welcoming. I'm sure it'll all go well. I'm bound to meet some friends in my classes, especially Art. People tend to be talkative in Art o.o; ...... So anyway. Teachers are nice, VP saw my Art teacher and introduced me to her.... She's nice. =)

Aha.. When we walked back down to the office [its a reeallllyyy long school. L shaped. 1st floor is longer than 2nd floor..], and spoke with the VP for a few more minutes, I looked down the long hallway we'd just come from, and looked towards a group of students, at a blonde boy. He raised and lowered his eyebrows at me and smirked....... o.o; Ohhhh my, I'm being hit on already?! Geez, this is gonna be an awesome school! Oh, there's another new student aswell. [Most likely]. He came in while we were waiting in the office for VP. Said he'd just moved to Hamilton and needed an application to Westmount Secondary. He's in grade 10.. Hm, not bad. I might see him in my classes, if he's accepted!! Since all classes go to different classes together. Like, today, when we met my Art teacher, she said her room was loaded. All grades were in there at the same time. I was worried about that, but oh well. =P

So that's it!! I'd really like to speak more in this excitement, but this is far too long already. If you even bothered to read 'til here, than I should say, Thank You. =)

I don't really type this for people to read, its moreso just a hobby of mine, to write down and explain my exciting days and moments. But when people actually do read it, it makes me happy. ^^

So!! February 3rd, 2011, first day of Semester 2.. We should enter the school, with confidence and smiles. We're to head into the Auditorium, and to our right, that's where our Advisor is. She'll give us our Timetables, and then-- ......... Then we head off to our first class. Mm, I hope there's not alot of people... But yeah right.. There's 1400 people in that school.. *sigh* Well, this is my time to lose my shyness and gain some friends, alllll with confidence!!

Wish me luck.. Please wish me luck, because I am sooo nervous... <=)

X Kiana!

Matty's Thoughts

Thursday, January 20, 2011

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