Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
by G. Liu
Done with school.
Done with education.
Done with projects
Done with essays.
Done with teachers.
Done with homework.
Done with math, english, social studies, and all those subjects.
Done.
No more stress.
No more lack of sleep.
No more cramming.
No more nonsense.
No more angering the librarians by playing games on the computer that you’re not supposed to.
No more.
Done.
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
by G. Liu
If you’re curious about how much Carbon Dioxide is in our atmosphere RIGHT THIS SECOND, then there is now an online counter that was unveiled in New York today. It will provide you with a live counter of the approximate metric tons of CO2 in the atmosphere right now.
The link is: http://bit.ly/LH5GC
The website wasn’t unveiled just today, but in New York, everyone gathered around a billboard that will update itself.
Saturday, June 13th, 2009
by G. Liu
In case you don’t know what ScribeFire is, it’s an addon for Firefox that lets a user write posts from the bottom of Firefox without ever leaving the web page you’re on. You can get it at http://tinyurl.com/yrnml6.
ScribeFire allows you to post to blogs such as WordPress and Blagger. This blog, in fact, is supported by WordPress. What I would like to know is if it is possible to post to this blog. The site editor can reply to this post by including a list of steps to set up ScribeFire to post to here.
UPDATE (6/15/2009 @ 7:20): The site editor has replied
OKS Blog is powered by WordPress 2.9-rare (as I write this comment).
Setting up ScribeFire to post to OKS Blog is easy.
Just use http://oks.verymad.net/~onekopaka/blog/ as the URL and your username and password to login to the Admin interface here.
-Darren VanBuren
UPDATE (6/15/2009 @ 15:46) by Darren VanBuren:
My last name doesn’t have a space…
UPDATE (6/15/2009 @ 16:25)
Hmmm… I’m trying it out and it doesn’t seem to be working. When I try to load a post, it refuses to load. I just have to try publishing a new post.
16:30 – ScribeFire can now post (I sent a test post), but can’t edit. Looks like Mr. VanBuren will have to work this out.
Friday, June 12th, 2009
by G. Liu
I just got a new blog on Blogspot.com. I’m not sure if I will use it or not, since I already have two blogs. Again, I’ll decide later.
My blog can be found on deathgleaner.blogspot.com.
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
by G. Liu
For everyone, school’s almost out. Summer is approaching, and the enduring and relentless heat has driven girls at our school to break dress codes.
It was a year full of memories for me. When I started school back in September, I had to switch classes because “they” screwed up my schedule. After I switched classes, I discovered that I had a test on a book. While everyone got two weeks to read the book, I got three days, and yet, my teacher expected me to pass the test like everyone else. I didn’t pass the test and that ruined my grade for the rest of the year.
The first semester of school went on without much more happening. Tests, projects, quizzes, waking up too early, sleeping too late every single day. This was the case until December, when school was happily interrupted by storm after storm of snow, much more than we’ve gotten for the past twelve years. Some days we had late starts, and some days, school was canceled. Kids enjoyed the days they had off from school, but snow plow drivers and those who still had to go to work did not.
The second semester came quickly, and I tried some new things. I played a piano accompaniment for the orchestra and for several people at their recital. I went to our school’s restaurant and tried some great food there. I conducted the orchestra and went to a college to perform there. It seemed like I had finally found the zest of high school, even though I wasn’t in athletics or too many school activities.
And finally, after a few more concerts, contests, and competitions, it is almost time to say goodbye. Today, our principal recognized our seniors for their excellent work and their legacy at our school in a special assembly. They will graduate next Saturday and move on. For me, that’s still a while away, but a time will come, and when it does, I will look back at my twelve wonderful years and wonder: “What will be in store for me for the next twelve years?”
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
by G. Liu
Wow, after so long waiting for Darren’s blog to be put back up, it’s finally up!
During the time that this blog was down, I actually created a new blog on Wordpress, which this blog is based off of. It’s at deathgleaner.wordpress.com
But now that this blog is back, I don’t know what to do. Should I keep my blog on Wordpress? Or should I post here? My previous preference before this blog went down was to post on this blog, but for now, you can find me active (more or less) on both my Wordpress and this blog.
Update (3/6/09 17:15PST): I have made up my mind. School-related stuff will go here and everything else on my other blog at Wordpress. Of course, I’m flexible, so keep updated!
Update (9/6/09 20:15PST): Maybe not just school stuff will go on this blog. I will decide at my own will which blog I’ll post to.
Sunday, January 11th, 2009
by G. Liu
…read on…
On Saturday, I had a piano competition. To be specific, it was the Green River Piano Competition. It was held at Kentlake High School.
When I got to the campus, it seemed so new compared to my high school, which is about the second-oldest in the district. I’ve seen some of the Bellevue schools which look just amazing, and this is right next to them in quality. Apparently, there was a judo competition going on there, which really doesn’t go well with classical music.
I heard a mixture of composers, including Liszt, Beethoven, and Bach. I played a Bartok sonatina and a Bach prelude, and got a score of “1″. Four other people were able to get that score.
Sunday, we had a Christmas musical. I was to play Pachelbel’s Canon with two others as a prelude to the Christmas service. So, why have the service in January? Well, what stops us from having Christmas in January, or for some, June? Besides, there was so much snow in December that the service was canceled.
The play was about a young boy named Foster who forgot the meaning of Christmas and all he wanted was presents. One of the cool parts in the story was when they turned off all the lights and the actors were wearing white gloves. They turned on ultraviolet lights, making everything that was white, including the gloves, glow. Quite a show.
After the service I headed down to Snoqualmie Falls. One of my mom’s friends told her that the falls were absolutely enormous. I had been their once, but when I got there, I was blown away, quite literally.
The falls, raging with all that floodwater, sprayed fine sea mist into everything it could reach. The sea mist created a thick fog, making photography there notoriously difficult. I did manage to get a few pictures where there was mist and where I didn’t get sprayed by it.
Now, I’m in a library, writing, or rather, typing this post. I wonder how this chaotic weekend will end…
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
by G. Liu
This post is a continuation of “Snow in Seattle 2008″.
Where I live, Renton, we do not get so much so; not the most snow, nor the least. But this year seemed different.
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