Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Technology Overwhelms Me Greatly

I am sad to say that I am definitely not caught up with modern day technology.  It's terrible!  I feel horrifically overwhelmed by all the new electronic devices on the market.  And it amazes me how these devices get updated.  Take the cellphone, for example:

So first, there was no cellphone.  There was only, well, the telephone.  But *gasp*, it had a cord.  Years later, *gasp* they took the cord away.  Suddenly, people no longer had to stay in one place while chatting.  Furthermore, there were less and less bruises on people's knees.  Like they say, you can't trip over a cordless phone.  Then, they added caller ID.  Now, you KNOW who's calling you.  There isn't the need to pick up the phone and ask, "Who is this?"  Now, you just KNOW.  *scary thoughts*

But then the industries thought, why not make an even smaller phone that could be used anywhere?  The cellphone was invented.  Our family has one of those really old cellphones with only black pixels and no WiFi.  I'm so glad we don't use that one anymore.  Now we have a full colour one with internet and pretty ringtones.  I thought that was pretty good already.  Mais un jour...J'ai découvert le iPhone.

What the heck?  There are TOUCH SCREEN phones now?  Where you can download APS?  And these "smartphones" are so smart that they can do almost anything?  Oh, wow.

Then I thought, "at least my laptop's pretty modern."  So I go online to YahooNews and in my face, I see a news headline about the iPad.  When did they invent touch screen laptops?  And they're so thin, it's creepy.  My friend has one of these things, and I was so surprised when the screen rotated when I accidentally turned it upside down.  Now, they have a new version of it.  I do NOT want to see what it can do.

Contact lenses are getting pretty cool lately as well.  Supposedly, there are these things you wear at night, and then in the morning, when you take them off, everything will be clear.  I believe they're dubbed "night contacts".

Not to mention 3D TV.  And TV glasses.  And cars that can parallel park for you.

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My head hurts.  I need an aspirin.

-Vociferously yours, Vicky.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Spring Break

So it's Spring Break now...You know, those two weeks when you don't have to go to school.  Your teachers get to take a break, and so do you.  It's the time when you can relax, have a sip of coffee (kids aren't supposed to drink caffeine; I don't, but a lot of people do), and just do whatever.  In some people's case, that usually involves playing violent video games.  <_<

Most people are like, "WOOHOO Spring Break!"  They start counting down to the wonderful last day of school and they start making a huge ruckus out of it.  School administrators must get so many headaches from those screaming students.  They must be counting down each year as well.

And now it's here.  Spring Break has begun.  But somehow, I feel so lonely.  T_T  My friends and classmates are all on vacation, and I have nowhere to go.  I'm at home with my spring break homework and my laptop.

Although it's a solitary time, I can feel that Spring is coming.  Suddenly, the weather seems nicer and the sun is beginning to shine again.  The clouds have moved away and new life has come.  Our tulips are growing and our grass is becoming greener (maybe just from the moss and the weeds, but whatever).  Spring Break is a beautiful thing.

I hope you guys all have a great break.  Have some fun and stretch your legs.  Believe me, the two weeks will go by super fast, so do all you can to make them memorable.  Hang out with the friends you can find, go out someplace, read some good books (the books teachers give you to read over the break are actually pretty interesting, by the way), and admire the wonders of nature.

And while you're at it, could I borrow some moss remover for our lawn?

-Vociferously yours, Vicky.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

I won the District Speech Meet!

On Thursday, March 3rd, Year 2011...A miraculous thing happened.  Something so amazing and awe-inspiring that it can barely be expressed in words.  I had done something beautiful...Ever so uniquely beautiful.  I had won the District Speech Meet for our grade.

The District Speech Meet was a speech competition for all the secondary schools in our school district.  There were two rounds.  First round was an impromptu speech where we had to choose one of three quotes and write a speech on the quote in 45 minutes.  Second round was a prepared speech that had to be between three and five minutes.

I did pretty well; in fact, I won first place for grade n, where n is a positive integer greater or equal to eight and less or equal to twelve.  I got to present my speech to all the 110 participants in the room, and I even got to shake the hand of our previous mayor, who was judging the finals.  I was awarded a huge, shiny plaque.  (Just by the way, 2nd and 3rd place were also from my school and those two got way smaller, but still pretty shiny plaques.)

I love public speaking.  It's simply an awesome thing to do.  Everyone should learn how to do a speech in front of a large audience and not feel nervous.

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Gah.  Now I'm so tired.  I just came back from a provincial math competition and I feel like sleeping...

-Vociferously yours, Vicky.