No News is Good News

No German news, only good American news, that is. This will largely be a post about your comments and also some other things that concern me personally, so if you're not actually that interested in stuff that's not German, feel free to breeze right over this part.

That said:

AP Grades
My mother made me guess over MSN, and I got two grades wrong, so I guess I owe her two Rittersport chocolate bars when she comes over here. On four of the tests, I guessed "5" and was correct:
Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, American Government, and Calculus.
Considering my very poor second essay on Psychology, I guessed a 4, but was pleasantly surprised to receive a 5.
I once watched a show which interviewed Stephen Hawking on his research on black holes. He commented that he'd made a bet with another scientist, but for some reason had bet against the theories he had developed. He explained it thus: "If I were proved right, the joy would exceed the small loss of this bet. If my life's work were proven wrong, however, I would still have the small consolation of winning the wager." I knew that I passed the AP Literature and Composition test, but I needed a 4 to be named National AP Scholar as a Junior. Therefore, I guessed a 3, and will gladly buy my mother her second candy bar.
If you're confused:
Microeconomics: 5
Macroeconomics: 5
American Government: 5
Calculus: 5
Psychology: 5
Lit & Comp: 4
With 8 APs recieveing grades of 4 or 5 and a total average above 4 (Statistics 5 and American History 4 were my other two), I will be awarded the title of National AP Scholar after my junior year, a feat accomplished only by Parker Kienholz and (potentially) Taylor Stevenson.

I was also "tagged," so I shall fill this out and post it here.
1) Total Number of Books I own: 2 over here... probably around 40 or so back home too.

2) Last Book I Bought: "Deutsche Geschichte von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart; Eine marxistische Einführung," and "Herz, mein Herz, was soll das geben? Goethes schönste Gedichte." (German history from the beginning to th present; a Marxistic introduction and Goethe's most beautiful poems")

3) Last Book I Read: Working on "Der kleine Hobbit" right now... last book I read fully though would be "Mourning Become Electra," if that counts as a book...

4) Books That Mean A Lot to me: Stranger in a Strange Land, one of the first "classic" books I've picked up and read on my own. The Great Gatsby, an excellent book overall. Also, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, not because it's that good, but because I had to have saved myself with that on that AP Lit test ;)

5) "TAG" 5 ppl. who basically MUST post this on their blog: Josh Mattson, Derby, Jen Dens, Tara, Josiah

Thanks for the references, I took a few pics from Holbrook and Derby. I also plan on scrounging through Mitch's here; speaking of which, I'm linking his blog onto here. Don't know why that slipped my mind before...

Pressing Matters:
Anonymous. I know you're not who I think, because I don't think you're anyone. Argh! But do answer me, have I said your name already when I was just listing them off? I need to know if those people are still fair game...
Hey Morgan! Liz already commented here too... If you do want to send me a pic, I'll post it up in my gallery, sure. Sorry I didn't mention you guys by name... Things are going great, keep checking in for more updates!
Yes, Josh, you're right. In fact, I probably should've taken Geli out with my friends a whole lot more when I was over there, which is something I sort of regret at this point... she always had her own group though, and our group didn't even do too much, sadly.
We'll be in Munich (München as it's called in German, though even I have difficulties pronouncing that one) over the summer vacation for a short period, staying in a youth hostel. Also, I don't need a haircut; I'll be just fine.
I'm still editing and cutting for my project, but I'll let everyone know which pictuers I take from which Flickrs, just so that you all know.
SCHOOL'S ALMOST OUT: 4 days of instruction, Mon - Thurs, then Friday we begin working on projects. I'm in a group learning Chinese from the Chemistry teacher. This goes on Friday, Monday, and Tuesday. Wednesday is the last day of school, a half day consisting basically of sitting and doing not much. Then, finally, freedom.
When you say you're going to "pay for that," Dad, do you mean get guff from me for sending mother over here? Or suffer without her for two weeks over there (again)? Or are you just talking about the cost of the plane tickets? ;)

Since this wasn't a real post, it warrants no Twain quote or German portion.