I've noticed recently, that I work and generally tend to focus better if I have a background noise or something else to work on. For example, during the lecture today in my civics class, I retained more from the latter half of the lecture when I started doodling on my paper. I don't know why this is, but it just is. I was watching Doctor Who not too long ago as I was finishing up my civics assignment.
Whether it's having my headphones on and playing music softly so that I can still hear it, but it's not my main focus, or if I just have something running on my laptop like a Youtube video or something streaming for Netflix, it always seems to help me get my work done, and I generally can retain more it seems.
In other news, it rained today, like when I got up this morning. It was nice, especially considering this is twice this month that when it rained my joints hadn't hurt before hand. Which is also kind of weird, because I like knowing when it's going to rain. Also, a plus, I managed to incorporate Doctor Who into my English assignment over heroes today, I felt pretty freaking awesome.
Today was awesome because: I finally received my hard copy of Still Got Legs in the mail from DFTBA Records. I've listened to it several times in my stereo in my room, it just sounds so much better in the big speakers than my crappy laptop ones.
days until the fall musical: 55
days until I become an adult: 137
days until graduation: 271
steps taken today: 2,488+
Showing posts with label weather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weather. Show all posts
Monday, August 22, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
BEDA 10: omfg, it's hoodie wearing type weather
Last night, after I stayed up past midnight coloring random coloring pages I printed off of the internet, I went to bed with my joints hurting...again. Normally, when there's a chance of rain my left knee hurts, but last night, all of my joints were hurting. My knees, ankles, shoulders, back, hip(s) sometimes I feel like my right hip (the prothsetic one) hurts like my left one when it comes to arthritic pain...I knew between my arthritic rain prediction method and the weather reports, that it was going to finally rain big time last night.
And that it did. It's been raining for nearly twelve hours straight now with little breaks here and there. But let me tell you, it's so nice to finally have a good rain. Just a bit ago, I was watching the noon news on a local television station and they too were surprised when the temperature gauge said 69 degrees. I knew it was kind of cold out today, or at least compared to our normal triple digit days, but this basically calls for wearing a hoodie.
I actually haven't been outside yet today, but I can predict it's pretty nice out there, compared to our normal weather this summer, I bet it feels like were in a different country or something. I actually kind of want to go on a walk around the neighborhood and soak in some of this rare nice weather. Oh and speaking of walking, I ordered something online for the first time ever on Sunday, a really nice inexpensive pedometer. It should be arriving tomorrow in the mail and I'm pretty freaking excited.
Anyway...this BEDA post sounded like an awkward first date, didn't it? Oh well, I deal with awkward pretty well, it only gets awkward if you make it awkward.
Today is awesome because: obviously my answer is because it's been/still raining.
days until senior year starts: 6
days until I become an adult: 149
days until graduation: 282
And that it did. It's been raining for nearly twelve hours straight now with little breaks here and there. But let me tell you, it's so nice to finally have a good rain. Just a bit ago, I was watching the noon news on a local television station and they too were surprised when the temperature gauge said 69 degrees. I knew it was kind of cold out today, or at least compared to our normal triple digit days, but this basically calls for wearing a hoodie.
I actually haven't been outside yet today, but I can predict it's pretty nice out there, compared to our normal weather this summer, I bet it feels like were in a different country or something. I actually kind of want to go on a walk around the neighborhood and soak in some of this rare nice weather. Oh and speaking of walking, I ordered something online for the first time ever on Sunday, a really nice inexpensive pedometer. It should be arriving tomorrow in the mail and I'm pretty freaking excited.
Anyway...this BEDA post sounded like an awkward first date, didn't it? Oh well, I deal with awkward pretty well, it only gets awkward if you make it awkward.
Today is awesome because: obviously my answer is because it's been/still raining.
days until senior year starts: 6
days until I become an adult: 149
days until graduation: 282
Friday, April 29, 2011
insanity
If you haven't heard of the wave of tornadoes that have devastated a large portion of the country, you must live under a rock, I'll cut you some slack if you're not from the U.S. though. Living in Kansas I've been through several very severe storms. Including a too close for comfort encounter that scared the crap out of me and has made me freak out slightly at the sound of a tornado or severe storm being any where near that location. Unfortunately for the people of the more eastern states, they've had to experience tornadoes at their worst possible moments.
On April 27th, there was over 160 reported tornadoes across the United States. To a person who has lived in Kansas all of their life, even in just 17 years, I can remember the countless nights during the summer, several nights in a row, watching the local television station cover several tornadoes that had popped up seemingly out of no where. One particular tornado that I remember clearly was the Greensburg tornado that wiped the town off the map. Even today, a few years after it happened, driving through the town you can see damages from the treelines. It's a hard concept to grasp, that such damage could be done all over the nation within a 24 hour range, damaging buildings, vehicles and taking several people's lives.
Another concept, one that is far more complex to me, is how when a disaster of any sort happens, there is a good portion of people who will jump in and do nearly anything including risking their own lives to help people who have been affected. But it isn't until these disasters occur that we see such a large helping hand of normal citizens. We're all in this together.
Photos and articles from the April tornadoes ---> Click
Map of reported tornadoes in April ---> Click
Facts and radars from the Greensburg tornado ---> Click
Article on the anniversary of the Greensburg tornado ---> Click
On April 27th, there was over 160 reported tornadoes across the United States. To a person who has lived in Kansas all of their life, even in just 17 years, I can remember the countless nights during the summer, several nights in a row, watching the local television station cover several tornadoes that had popped up seemingly out of no where. One particular tornado that I remember clearly was the Greensburg tornado that wiped the town off the map. Even today, a few years after it happened, driving through the town you can see damages from the treelines. It's a hard concept to grasp, that such damage could be done all over the nation within a 24 hour range, damaging buildings, vehicles and taking several people's lives.
Another concept, one that is far more complex to me, is how when a disaster of any sort happens, there is a good portion of people who will jump in and do nearly anything including risking their own lives to help people who have been affected. But it isn't until these disasters occur that we see such a large helping hand of normal citizens. We're all in this together.
Photos and articles from the April tornadoes ---> Click
Map of reported tornadoes in April ---> Click
Facts and radars from the Greensburg tornado ---> Click
Article on the anniversary of the Greensburg tornado ---> Click
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