Dreamer

Cisco Blog

2006-05-12T07:05:00.000-07:00

Well, that lab is finally done. That thing was long. I think it was interesting, but I didn't understand why a few things didn't work. I understood most of it, and it certainly made me feel smart.

I gotta do the Module 3 exam soon. Probably on Tuesday when we come back to this class. I haven't been in class, so I honestly have no idea what is on the test right now. The lab apparently is a lot of what's on there, which makes me feel a bit better since I understood most of the lab. Oh well. I'll study this weekend.

The year's almost over! Freak out!

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2006-05-01T06:54:00.000-07:00

Well... the beginning of a new week. Even though I'm only gonna be here for the first half. We're still working on those router labs. They're a bit longer than the first ones we did. It's a bit tedious simply because You have the write the same things over and over again. >< Oh well. I'll survive. That's about all that's going on in class right now.

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2006-04-27T06:57:00.000-07:00

Well... we took apart a few routers the other day in class. That was fun. We had to keep them in enough pieces to make them run, but we got to run them while they were open which was interesting. You got to see all the little gadgets work and the little pieces were kinda twitching as they worked. At least... they looked like they were. We even tried to make the little fan inside into a fashion statement. Well... that's about all that's going on right now. ^^

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2006-04-21T08:12:00.000-07:00

Once again, not much to write. We just took a test, which was standard for me. Bad grade. Not a big deal. I can get bad grades on tests, and as long as I pay attention in class, do the labs, and blog... I should be alright. I just can't seem to test well. Oh well... I'll get it eventually... I hope. That's about it. See ya.

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2006-03-24T06:53:00.000-08:00

Well... still not a lot going on in Cisco class. We've been having some problems with the internet, or so I've heard... Anyway. We have a test today, and I'm rather worried. I don't know the chapter that well, and the quarter ends today. I hope my blogging will be able to keep my grades up. Though, the whole physical properties of a router seem to be rather basic. I think if I study a bit more before the test, I'll do alright. Or as good as I can do on a Cisco Academy test...

That's all... yeah.

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2006-03-16T15:54:00.000-08:00

Well, not too much cisco-y things to write about. We've been watching a movie about this new "String theory" that's supposed to prove all the evolutionists claims about the start of life. My thing is, not matter how much they research it, it will all fall apart somewhere. Currently, the place it's falling apart at is the fact that they can't prove these strings actually exist. It's typical that they would make something like this up, if you think about it. The old ABG issue, Anything But God. They will think up things so elaborate just to try and prove the universe evolved, rather than was created. Kinda sad...

Cisco Blog

2006-03-06T07:19:00.000-08:00

Well... haven't blogged in a while. Course, haven't really been in class much lately considering the stomach problem has given a spike. I'm excited about Cisco 2, though. Hopefully I will do better in this one than last one. The last one wasn't al that bad, but I had some low areas I'd like to avoid in part two. Anyway, I helped set up a wireless internet at my house this weekend. It made me feel smart to know what my dad was talking about. XD So... yeah....

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2006-02-14T08:05:00.000-08:00

Well, I've finally finished the packet on subnetting. I get it! It makes me sho happy. XD Woo! Mr. K mentioned something about re-taking the final. That sounds like a good idea to me. Well, assuming that I have a better understanding of the concepts. I'm not too sure how much I've improved, considering we haven't done much in the cirriculum for a while. We've been mainly working on those packets since the semester started. It's given me a much better understanding of the whole networking addresses thing. It's nice to understand what is going on. It's kinda tough to explain it to others, though. I understand it myself, but I can't really put it into words. I do a lot of my thinking on these things in my head and when asked to explain it or repeat it I can't really do it. Hopefully that will be enough to pass the tests. I seem to work kinda slowly, but hopefully I'm accurate. Well, class-time's over. Ja ne, minna.

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2006-02-10T08:00:00.000-08:00

Well, I wasn't here for the only other class this week, but I was told that not a lot of Cisco stuff went on then.

Well, at least I understand the subnetting thing. Not quite sure about the ranges, but I'll ask Mr. K about that when he gets back. Not to much else about Cisco right now. Only been to one class this week. So... yeah...

End Daydream...

Rya

Prep story!

2006-02-02T06:46:00.000-08:00

Yo... a friend of mine just kinda reminded me that I have yet to post anything about my trip to Japan. I would like to do a series of posts that tell of each day of the trip. We were there... two weeks, so there will be at least fourteen posts that tell about the days, but I might post more than that. You know, my own observations. I might post two for each day. Just depends. One post will be strictly of what we did (ie where we went, what we did) and the other wil be things that happened to me personally, or something that me and my friends did. That's about it. Dunno when the first post will be up, but keep an eye out!

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2006-01-31T07:17:00.000-08:00

I liked those labs we did for homework. By reading the sections before the exercises, I got a LOT of things straight that had been jumbled before. The IP addressing, subnet masks, broadcast addresses... MAC addresses. I was really excited that I actually knew how to do the exercises. Hooray for reading ability. XD

That's pretty much it. Whoopee.

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2006-01-11T06:34:00.000-08:00

Well, exams are coming up... and I have to say I'm a bit concerned. There will be questions on the test from secions we haven't studied. I bearly pass (and sometimes don't) tests that are over meterials we've gone over again and again...

But, Mr. K says he's gonna balance it out so the questions we haven't gone over won't cause our grade to plummet. That's always nice. I hope I'll be able to make things stick enough to get a passing grade on there....

We took the practice exam, and I actually did better than I thought. It was a 49.5, which sucks, but it's better than my last test. I was happy. If I study hard and read over everything in the module's overview and summaries.... I should do alright. ^^ Wish me luck!

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2006-01-09T06:45:00.000-08:00

Time for another class blog!

Things going not so good. Maybe I am sick. Like... on a more internal level. We had an open-book test and I failed. Granted, my brain was not functioning well due to just getting off Christmas break, but still... failing an open-book test? That's not good.

I feel kinda bad. It's just not looking up for me lately. I'm not sure what more I can do. I study, and I ace the given quizes, but when it comes to the test... I don't get it. I'll try to make my studying more productive I guess. Or maybe I should get more sleep. I dunno... Worth a try.

Oh well... see ya...

End Daydream...

Rya

Stress

2005-12-20T07:37:00.000-08:00

Well, there's LOTS going on in my life right now. Please pray for me. I am under so much stress. There is a bit much on my plate right now, and I feel the obligation to be strong for those around me. I don't think I'm very good at it considering that I can bearly handle the things I'm going through.

Things at home have gotten dramatic through the sudden death of my Grandmother on Saturday. Not to mention the things going on around me. I don't really want to go into detail, but I was having a hard enough time dealing with my own major issue. Now I have a whole lot more. God must really have a high opinion of what I can handle, because this is a lot to swallow. I know he'll get me through it, but he never promised it would be easy.

To be honest, the only thing I'm having trouble with are my own issues. I would never forgive myself if I couldn't be there for the ones around me going through issues as bad, if not worse, than mine. That's the part that doesn't really bother me. I want to be someone that people can lean on, but I don't feel like someone people can depend on That bothers me.

Oh well. Enough of my angst. Pray for me, and pray for the people around me Satan is really laying it on thick these days. My family has been through a lot lately. My Mom's job, and my Dad, and ... just a lot I'll be glad to be back into the play where I'll be able to be distracted from everything.

But... I'll see you around...

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2005-12-20T07:19:00.000-08:00

Well, this is the last class before Christmas break. Woo!

I retook that test and before hand, Mr. K went over a lot of things with Stephen and me. It really helped. I think I had missed some fundamentals somewhere in there and I needed them cleared up. Once they were clear, I got an 87 on my test. Woo! But.. anyway. Things are generally looking up for this class. ^^

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2005-12-14T06:31:00.000-08:00

Almost Christmas break! Woo!

Well, I think this week I got the highest grade on a Cisco test I've gotten in a long while! I got a 97.7! Yays. However, I have to say that comparing my previous test grades to my partner's, I think Billy's smarts helped more than a little. I started taking a lot more notes, and they really come in handy. Maybe I oughtta do that more often. (Doh! You think?!)

I'm kinda dense. Have ya'll picked up on that? I'm also ashamed to proclaim I am one of the worst procrastinators around. Sad. Oh well. Hopefully these things called notes shall help my grades. XD

End Daydream...

Rya

Squirrel of death!!!

2005-12-12T07:27:00.000-08:00

My mom received this from my aunt a while back and we were crying by the time we were done reading it. Oh my gosh. Just... read.

I have my doubts about the credibility of the below but it is cute. I never dreamed slowly cruising on my motorcycle through a residential neighborhood could be so incredibly dangerous! Little did I suspect. I was on Brice Street - a very nice neighborhood with perfect lawns and slow traffic. As I passed an oncoming car, a brown furry missile shot out from under it and tumbled to a stop immediately in front of me. It was a squirrel, and must have been trying to run across the road when it encountered the car. I really was not going very fast, but there was no time to brake or avoid it -- it was that close. I hate to run over animals, and I really hate it on a motorcycle, but a squirrel should pose no danger to me. I barely had time to brace for the impact. Animal lovers, never fear. Squirrels, I discovered, can take care of themselves! Inches before impact, the squirrel flipped to his feet. He was standing on his hind legs and facing my oncoming Valkyrie with steadfast resolve in his beady little eyes. His mouth opened, and at the last possible second, he screamed and leapt! I am pretty sure the scream was squirrel for, "Bonzai!" or maybe, "Die you gravy-sucking, heathen scum!" The leap was nothing short of spectacular... He shot straight up, flew over my windshield, and impacted me squarely in the chest. Instantly, he set upon me. If I did not know better, I would have sworn he brought 20 of his little buddies along for the attack. Snarling, hissing, and tearing at my clothes, he was a frenzy of activity. As I was dressed only in a light T-shirt, summer riding gloves, and jeans this was a bit of a cause for concern. This furry little tornado was doing some damage! Picture a large man on a huge black and chrome cruiser, dressed in jeans, a T-shirt, and leather gloves, puttering at maybe 25 mph down a quiet residential street, and in the fight of his life with a squirrel. And losing... I grabbed for him with my left hand. After a few misses, I finally managed to snag his tail. With all my strength, I flung the evil rodent off to the left of the bike, almost running into the right curb as I recoiled from the throw. That should have done it. The matter should have ended right there. It really should have. The squirrel could have sailed into one of the pristinely kept yards and gone on about his business, and I could have headed home. No one would have been the wiser. But this was no ordinary squirrel. This was not even an ordinary angry squirrel. This was an EVIL MUTANT ATTACK SQUIRREL OF DEATH! Somehow he caught my gloved finger with one of his little hands and, with the force of the throw, swung around and with a resounding thump and an amazing impact, he landed squarely on my BACK and resumed his rather antisocial and extremely distracting activities. He also managed to take my left glove with him! The situation was not improved. Not improved at all. His attacks were continuing, and now I could not reach him. I was startled, to say the least. The combination of the force of the throw, only having one hand (the throttle hand) on the handlebars, and my jerking back unfortunately put a healthy twist through my right hand and into the throttle. A healthy twist on the throttle of a Valkyrie can only have one result. Torque. This is what the Valkyrie is made for, and she is very, very good at it. The engine roared and the front wheel left the pavement. The squirrel screamed in anger. The Valkyrie screamed in ecstasy. I screamed in .. well .. I just plain screamed. Now picture a large man on a huge black and chrome cruiser, dressed in jeans, a slightly squirrel-torn T-shirt, wearing only one leather glove, and roaring at maybe 50 mph and rapidly accelerating down a quiet residential street on one wheel, with a demonic squirrel of death on his back. The man and the squirrel are both screaming bloody murder. With the sudden acceleration I was forced to put my other hand back on the handlebars and try to get control of the bike. This was leaving the mutant squirrel to his own devices, but I really did not want to crash into somebody's tree, house, or parked car. Also, I had not yet figured out how to release the throttle... my brain was just simply overloaded. I did manage to mash the back brake, but it had little effect against the massive power of the big cruiser. About this time the squirrel decided that I was not paying sufficient attention to this very serious battle (maybe he was an evil mutant NAZI attack squirrel of death), and he came around my neck and got INSIDE my full-face helmet with me. As the faceplate closed part way, he began hissing in my face. I am quite sure my screaming changed intensity. It had little effect on the squirrel, however. The RPMs on the Dragon maxed out (since I was not bothering with shifting at the moment), so her front end started to drop. Now picture a large man on a huge black and chrome cruiser, dressed in jeans, a very raggedly torn T-shirt, wearing only one leather glove, roaring at probably 80 mph, still on one wheel, with a large puffy squirrel's tail sticking out of the mostly closed full-face helmet. By now the screams are probably getting a little hoarse. Finally I got the upper hand . I managed to grab his tail again, pulled him out of my helmet, and slung him to the left as hard as I could. This time it worked ... sort-of. Spectacularly sort-of ...so to speak. Picture a new scene. You are a cop. You and your partner have pulled off on a quiet residential street and parked with your windows down to do some paperwork. Suddenly a large man on a huge black and chrome cruiser, dressed in jeans, a torn T-shirt flapping in the breeze, and wearing only one leather glove, moving at probably 80 mph on one wheel, and screaming bloody murder roars by, and with all his strength throws a live squirrel grenade directly into your police car. I heard screams. They weren't mine... I managed to get the big motorcycle under control and dropped the front wheel to the ground. I then used maximum braking and skidded to a stop in a cloud of tire smoke at the stop sign of a busy cross street. I would have returned to 'fess up (and to get my glove back). I really would have. Really... Except for two things. First, the cops did not seem interested or the slightest bit concerned about me at the moment. When I looked back, the doors on both sides of the patrol car were flung wide open. The cop from the passenger side was on his back, doing a crab walk into somebody's front yard, quickly moving away from the car. The cop who had been in the driver's seat was standing in the street, aiming a riot shotgun at his own police car. So, the cops were not interested in me. They often insist to "let the professionals handle it" anyway. That was one thing. The other? Well, I could clearly see shredded and flying pieces of foam and upholstery from the back seat. But I could also swear I saw the squirrel in the back window, shaking his little fist at me. That is one dangerous squirrel. And now he has a patrol car. A somewhat shredded patrol car ... but it was all his. I took a deep breath, turned on my turn-signal, made a gentle right turn off of Brice Street, and sedately left the neighborhood. I decided it was best to just buy myself a new pair of gloves. And a whole lot of Band-Aids.

I think everyone, in cluding animal lovers, will look at the next squirrel they see with a bit more... caution/ anxiety. Don't get caught by those rabid squirrels, ne? Never know what they're capable of. *shudders* Just thought I'd share that with everyone. ^^ See yas!

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2005-12-05T06:45:00.000-08:00

Test. Bleh. I don't understand why I can't seem to get these modules. I can't really get into the details and I suffer on those parts of the test. I really need to study a ton more if I want to get better grades on my tests, I think. Luckily, my blogs can keep my grades out of the gutter for now. I just really need to focus on updating a lot. My mom is really stressing the blog too, after my last report card >< Oh well. It helps me, I suppose. Well, that's really all I have to say. Gots to study a lot more!

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2005-11-30T06:42:00.000-08:00

Well, my grade certainly is suffering this interim because I haven't been able to keep up with the blogs. Grrr... No more... grrr....

Alrighty then! I wasn't here for the most recent Cisco class because of my stomach- once again- but I know we were mainly studying. I heard Mrs. Wedaman talking about that before I went home on Monday. I suppose we were studying for the next module. Fun fun fun. Woot.

Not much to talk about here, but... just... I'm gonna really work on getting a better grade on my report card. I was not at all pleased with this one. Well, that's all!

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2005-11-21T07:04:00.000-08:00

Time for a class blog. Well, I've kinda lost touch with Cisco lately. It's kinda getting drown in the soup of the week. I need to get back on the wavelength if I hope to do better than I did on the last test. I feel kinda guilty taking part in the party we're having to celebrate the test that Billy aced when I failed said test. I really need to get moving on this blog. The blog and the labs need to really be stressed in class since the best I can offer on a test is really not all that good. Anyway, hopefully I can do better on the next test. ^^

End Daydream...

Rya

Mission Trip

2005-11-09T06:22:00.000-08:00

This is for last wekk, just to let you know. I'm really tired, so this may not be very long.

Mission Trip was amazing. I am so thankful that I went. I really loved painting, even if I did on two occasions dip the end of my hair into green paint and white kilz. (Kilz is a brick primer and not water-based. I was peeling kilz from my hair for three days and it was splattered on my arms for two.) It was fun. I now have two pairs of jeans that are decoracted in paint. Whoopee. I was sick pretty much the whole time; some inner ear thing, and now I have a pretty bad cold. But I was able to help anyway. It's amazing how much strength God gave me. I was able to go fifteen hour days even while pretty sick.

Healing. Healing was my wish for this Mission Trip. When I was younger, an event scarred me for, probably, the rest of my life. It took me six years to tell someone about it. Last year, I told two friends about it and on this trip I told four. Two of them sat with me for hours talking through each others' problems. It was amazing. God really has been helping me through my friends to hopefully get past this event. I still have a ways to go, but the road is started. Hopefully, someday, I will be able to tell my parents and perhaps get some professional help for it. But... at the same time, I feel that God is moving me to speak about it in chapel. I have a message that I want to share... but I'm scared. I'm afraid to tell the whole school about the event. I especially don't want to tell my sisters about it. I'm so afraid, but it keeps entering my mind, and I can't stop thinking about telling everyone. I know that God wants me to use that event to serve him by giving other people a message, but I'm so afraid. I... I know it's Satan that is keeping me from telling people. I'm afraid that they will see me the way that I often feel. I'm afraid that they will think differently of me, and I'm afraid that my parents will not believe me and tell me that it was my imagination. Or that it was just a bad dream. But... how could a dream have haunted me for seven years?

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to go off on an angsty rant. God, give me strength to do what I need to. God, fend off the devil and help me to block him out to hear your words clearly. If I am to witness about this, I need you to lend me your strength. I need your help, oh God. Be my support and help me understand fully what I need to do. Please.

End Daydream...

Rya

Halloween!! YAY!

2005-10-31T07:50:00.000-08:00

Wow. I haven't done anything real for halloween for years. My freshman year, I can't remember what I did. Two years ago, I just put on a dress, combed my hair oddly, and passed out candy. I was really sick that day. Last year, I was having trouble with bursitis, so I wasn't too interested in going trick or treating, so I put a blanket aroun d myself, and, again, passed out candy. This year, though, I'm getting together with the drama geeks at Linus' house and we're all going trick or treating. I'm gonna be a mage. I'm excited.

My costume is a long, hooded, black robe lined with gold, and I'm wearing all black underneath since the only one I could find had a high slit and was rediculously low cut. With the black underneath, it actually looks pretty cool, though. I have a staff, that people say looks like a pimp stick. Maybe it does. But when I'm wearing my costume, it doesn't. When I carry it around with my costume on and wave it around like a mage would it looks like a staff. I'm excited. I like my costume. But after Halloween, I should send the pimp stick to Fuzzy and let him keep it as a tribute to his Homecoming. He did go with about seven girls. he sure looks like a pimp in the homecoming pictures. XD I think he'd like it.

Well, that's pretty much all that's going on with me. ^^ Love yas! Aishiteru, Linus! Byes!

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2005-10-31T07:07:00.000-08:00

Well, my Cisco grade suffered itself into a C, partly becase of the fact that I missed a blog week. I'm not gonna make that mistake again if I can help it.

We just got done with a test, and I felt pretty good about it. I didn't do very well. I barely passed, but it's better than my last test. And the thing I like about this test is that I know what I did wrong and I could correct it if I took it again. I knew most of the questions and if I didn't, like I said, I know why. The best thing is that I understand the chapter. I understand about the wires and the testing. I don't really know every tiny detail, but I know the general knowledge.

Report cards came in on Friday. Cisco was my lowest grade, but at least I know why it was as low as it was. It was only a C, so I'm not really endangering the eligible issue, but I do really need to get it up higher. I'd prefer to be a safe distance away from the uneligible field. It's my senior year and I really wanna perform in Fiddler on the roof. I'm excited.

Well, that's pretty much all I have to say on things. I hope that the next module goes better. I hope I can understand it well enough to get a decent grade on my test. See yas!

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2005-10-19T06:48:00.000-07:00

Well, test's done. Uhhh.... bleh. Not good at all. I think it's because I studied the general ideas of the cables and the test asked much more technical questions than I studied. I was not prepared for the test at all. I thought I would be since I got a 100% on the quiz for the module. Dangit. I'm not good at this test-taking thing at all. ><

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2005-10-17T08:10:00.000-07:00

I haven't blogged in a long time. The play was kinda sucking up my life.

Anyway... the presentation for the wireless stuff went pretty well. I know that stuff by memory. But the other two sections... I don't. Hopefully I'll be able to get that before the test on Wednesday.

Just... life...

2005-09-27T07:15:00.000-07:00

Well, I haven't blogged about my life in a while, and to be honest there's not a ton to tell, but there's a fair amount, so I'll talk about that. XD

Well, it's Tuesday, the 27th today. I've been sick since Thursday of two weeks ago. I'm not just talking a cough or something like that, even though a cough is included with this sickness. I've been running a fever, coughing all night long, and I still don't have my voice back all the way. I can't sing right now. As if I didn't have enough health problems with this gallbladder issue. Jeezu. It's driving me crazy. I'm so frustrated. I can't stand being this sick for this long. I missed not one, not two, but THREE days of school. Sure, I had doctors notes for all three of them, but it doesn't change the fact that I wasn't in class. I'm alright as of right now, except for in Cisco. I kinda bombed my last test if you didn't read the below blog. Speaking of the gallbladder problem, I probably haven't said anything about that in this blog. Well, I'll say it now because it's a big issue in my life right now.

During the summer, I was sick for a long time with severe pain in my right side, right around the place where my appendix is. I never really thought anything of it. I had gotten it during last year's school year and the doctor diagnosed some kind of urinary tract infection and the antibiotic he gave me worked. So, we went on with our lives. When it came up again this summer, we went to the doctor and he prescribed the same medicine. But this time, it wasn't working. We decided that we would just try to wait it out, hoping that maybe the medicine was just taking a little longer than planned to take effect. But one night, while my dad and I were home alone, the pain in my side got really bad, so much that I couldn't stand up. He took me to Bathesda North Hospital (after spending two hours looking for a closer emergency room) emergency room. The doctor listened and said he believed that it was a gallbladder problem. We did a cat scan, which, concerning the gallbladder, was inconclusive. But, they were able to determine that I have several kidney stones. We did an ultrasound, which showed no gall stones, and we've done a hida scan, which we have not gotten the results of yet. We have one more test schedualed, but as of right now, we still don't know what's causing the pain. We still think that it's a gallbladder issue.

Okay... other stuff, homecoming was Saturday night and that was loads of fun. Linus and I went together and Charlie Brown and Woodstock went together, and Lucy accompanied us. We had a lot of fun. Woodstock and I had issues sitting down in our dresses, which gave us all a good laugh. Then we sat around and did teacher impersonations, teacher glares and stares, and Woodstock and Linus showed us some pretty creepy looks. After dinner we went to the theater where we will be performing. It's beautiful. I can't wait to perform there. Excitement! After that, we all went to my house so Lucy, Woodstock and I could get our stuff, then headed over to Lucy's house to watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It was a lot of fun. Linus, Charlie Brown, Woodstock and I were all quoting the movie all the way through while Lucy just watched (It was her first time seeing it). That movie is so much fun to watch with friends. We laughed so much.

The play is kinda creeping up on us. We're doing two teasers for the school. One with The World According to Snoopy and Sit up! Lie down! Roll over! Play dead! in it, and tomorrow we're doing Edgar Allen Poe, so... I'm excited. Woodstock and I don't get to do anything in them, but that's alright. We'll wait until they see it at the theater. We're special. We've been talking about my hair for the play. They're doing little sticking-up twisty's for Woodstock's hair, but Rya's hair is so rediculously long, she doesn't know how they can do it to her. XD The costume lady says that they'll probably put it up in a bun, and have lots of hair sticking up in the back. We're gonna have feathers in our hair (Don't ask me how we're gonna get them to stay in since we move around so much, but they'll figure out something. They're pretty creative. I learned that full well in The King and I)

Oh! Lucy, Woodstock... shall we take a moment to talk about my homecoming hair? Does anyone realize how many freaking times we had to put it up before it stayed? Not even mentioning the half-can of hairspray that Lucy emptied onto my head to make it stay that way. It didn't move, but Linus mentioned that you could probably knock on my hair and hear a bang. It was kinda sad, in its own way. *insert Woodstock sigh* I liked it though. It was cute. And luckily for me, the hairspray and small amount of gel that we had put in brushed right out. So, my hair is still nice and soft XD. I didn't wash it in my last shower, since washing it while it's clean seems to give it a mind of its own (It's not hair... IT'S AN ALIEN!!). *Clears throat* Gomen.

One last thing, I suppose Linus and I are dating now, so a shout out to him, Aishiteru, Linus. ^^ And as for woodstock and Charlie Brown, you guys looked so cute at the banquet. Squee! XD Okay, I'm getting hyper.

I have blabbed way too much. I'll shut up now.

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2005-09-27T06:51:00.000-07:00

Ouch. I just completely failed the test we took. I don't think anyone did very well, considering Mr. K says we're gonna retake it. But, I mean, my best isn't very good, so imagine my worst; FLUNK! XD I hope we do retake it. I really am excited about this class and don't really want to move onto a new thing before I understand the first thing. The connectivity is kinda difficult. I mean, I understand the general stuff, but it's the details that catch me. Like, I don't know a lot about what kind of servers are used in a LAN or a WAN. The OSI physical layers, I understand. But I probably need to spend more time on memorizing what each step does to the information sent. That was probably a big catch for me during the test. I needed to study more than I thought I did. I didn't really think the test was gonna be all that hard. Come to think of it, that was a pretty stupid assumption on my part. I've had trouble with the last few tests because I don't test well, and I suppose I should've known that this test was gonna be harder than the others and study more, but I didn't. I need to work on that. I'm so lazy...

I think another big catch for me was the fact that I haven't been in class. I think I got out of the Cisco rhythm. Blast my lack of an immune system! I think my brain was set on other things and I didn't take the time to prepare myself a little right before class, which, no doubt, would've helped. I hate failing tests. I feel really guilty. >< You can probably tell that from the rambling I did on this submission, eh? I'm feeling really thankful for this blog right now. Even though my test grades are low, there is still a chance I can keep my overall grade up by keeping recent with my blog and turning in my labs. (I still gotta turn those make-up labs in, by the way... grrr.) I'm frustrated with my sickness, but I'll rant about that in a non-class blog. Well, I think that's enough of me making excuses about my grade. Talk to y'all later! Byes!

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2005-09-16T18:56:00.000-07:00

Time for a class blog...

Well, the class seems to be going smoothly, but I have a hard time staying awake in there. Nothing to do with the learning itself, it's just that I tend to get sleepy when I'm cold. Dunno why, but I do. And Mr. K, the room is freezing! XD We have another test coming up, so I'm kinda worried about that, but I'll be alright as long as I at least try.

Not much to report. I'm kinda lost on the last few modules, but if I read over the cirriculum a few times, I think I should be fine. Like I said, not much to talk about. All's calm on the home front. See ya later.

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2005-09-08T07:37:00.000-07:00

Time for a class blog...

Well... I have to say I'm not doing as well as I thought I was in this class. I've taken two tests and they've both come out as C's. That kinda worries me since I know the material. I understand binary numbers pretty well. I know the material, so i have to wonder how I'm having the problems that I am. I'll ad mit I hqven't quite mastered the hexadecimal numbers, but there were very few hexadecimal questions on there. They couldn't have been the reason I got those grades.

I'm in no way quitting. Discouraged? Slightly. But I'm still enthusiastic about this class. The thing about classes like this is that even if the tests aren't that great, if I know the material, I'll be able to use it. I've come to the conclusion, after going through pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, and pre-calculus... I stink at taking math-related tests. I do fine in other subjects when it comes to tests, but when math tests come up... I just don't excell. It's just who I am. (I'm not asking for anything, Mr. Klinefelter XD just letting you know.) And I think that the test grades don't really matter so long as I know the material. Sure, I'll try as hard as I can, but I don't know if the best I can do is very good. XP

On a lighter note, I really am excited to continue in the class. I feel really smart in here. ^^ It's fun and I can't wait until I can actually look into computers to fix them. My dad will be proud of me, I'll tell you that much. He's been trying to get one of me or my sisters to learn more about computers for a while now since our computers have a tendancy to break down and he's the only one who knows how to fix them. But now... (superman fanfare) I can help!

Okay, time to get back to class. The test's almost finished. See ya later!

End Daydream...

Rya

Breakdown

2005-09-02T10:28:00.000-07:00

Hey all. I had the first emotional breakdown of my life today. For my friends at school who are wondering, I am alright, I'm just a little... shaky. I actually think I'm doing pretty good. I'm 17, a senior in high school, and it's the very first meltdown I've ever had. Justa wanted to let you know that. heh...

By the way, I don't want this to be a one-sided thing. You guys can talk to me if you want... no harm in saying hi... ^^

Gots to go. Short one, I know. Byes.

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2005-08-30T07:36:00.000-07:00

Cicso blog time...

We're working on the first section of the chapter in Cisco now. I have to say that I can use the bare facts and find something specific, but te problem is, I don't know entirely what it is I'm working on. IE; I know that the IP address allows the computers to talk to each other and that in order for them to communicate the first three octets have to be the same, but I don't exactly know what an IP address is, or why the heck they call the sets of numbers octets. I go with the flow, but I'm beginning to wonder if I know enough about computers to start this class. I do enjoy working with the laptops, though. And I understood the lab well enough. If I can get the hang of what exactly what these things are and what those numbers each mean, I'll be in pretty good shape.

I'm really hoping that I will be able to catch on to all the types of numbers. The binary, is pretty easy, I'm finding, but I'm wondering about the hexadecimal. I caught on to the binary pretty quick, so I hope I can catch onto the hexadecimals almost as easily. I can bet it's not going to be as easy as the binary. I mean, two base versus sixteen base. x.x

Well, class time. See ya.

End daydream...

Rya

Beginning blog...

2005-08-26T07:39:00.000-07:00

I want to use this blog, not only for class, but also as a way to communicate with my internet buddies and my friends at school. Also, since my trip to Japan, people have asked me for the play-by-play of the trip, but I haven't had time to talk to them. there's so much to tell, so I think a blog is a good idea for stuff like that.

A little bit about me, I enjoy writing, so my blogs might be a bit elaborate, but whatever. ^^ I have two places where I put the stories that I write. My original stories go to www.fictionpress.com/~suimegami . I don't really post there that often since not too many people go there. I only have two stories up there. The one I spend more time on is www.fanfiction.net/~suimegami . That one has my fanfictions on it. (fanfiction: stories written about existing characters from a book, movie, or tv show) That one actually has ten stories now... I think. It has the best story I've ever written on it. It's called A Clash of Wills: The Eleven Days. That one took me over a full year to write. It's over 113 pages typed. Whoo...

I enjoy drawing, but I'm not the best in the world. And it's funny because even though I draw and write a lot, I don't plan on using either of those things professionally. I really want to act. I've wanted to be a professional actress since I was seven years old. I'm seventeen now, by the way. I want to act in movies, but I don't want to be really famous. For three reasons, actually;

1. Famous people can't go anywhere.
2. I don't want to get involved in Hollywood where it could jepordize my faith.
3. I don't do so well in crowds.

I think it would be really fun to do voice-overs for cartoons. ^^ Yay! A bit more about me personally, I tend to hang out with groups of three people. I find it strange and I don't really know why I found it necissary to talk about that. Just randomly putting in stuffs. Uhh... what else... I don't have a boyfriend, but I happen to have crushes on two guys at school. Whoopee. Oh well. Whatever. I'm done. No more relationship talks. XP

Anyway... I'm done yaking now. Next time I do a personal post, I'll talk about my Japan trip. Love ya all! Byes!

End Daydream...

Rya

Cisco Blog

2005-08-26T07:20:00.000-07:00

Time for class blog...

I'm really excited about this class. It's interesting being the only girl. It kinda makes me wonder why more girls don't get involved in computers. Most of the computer-wise people I know are guys. I don't really pay attention to it most of the time, but it does make me feel special. ^^

I don't really know much about the interworkings of a computer, but I do know how to navigate a computer pretty well. I think both those things came out in that assesment test. I play a role-playing game a lot and in it you can create little worlds, and being able to create the worlds depends on your use of files that you either get off the internet or files that you create yourself. In order for me to be able to do anything, I had to be able to work with files. Dunno how much more I can learn, but I hope this class will help me learn more about the inner workings of a computer.

As for computers in my future, I plan on going into professional acting, but any job these days requires basic uses of a computer. Not only that, I think it's in my blood since my dad's an engineer who works with computers all day, I also find computers fun to work with and interesting to learn about. I don't really think I'll want to do anything with them professionally, but I do want to be well-versed in the ways of the computer. ^^

Well, time to wrap up. I really like this class by the way. I do look foreward to what I can learn in here.

End daydream...

Rya

Cisco

2005-08-24T07:37:00.000-07:00

This blog will mostly be used for my computer class. I'm gonna put a specific title on the ones used for the computer class. Dunno what it will be, but whatever. I know that I'll be communicating with Hino-chan on here. And maybe another friend, Mizu-chan. XD Anyway... this will also be for my internet buddies, like... Kael! Yo! And Ryuken... uhh... I gotta go. See y'all later! Buh-bye!

End daydream...

Rya