The Working Class

I'm a part of it! In June, that is.

So, here's the skinny. My Uncle (Tom) owns a business called Farmland Foto, and basically, he goes all over Western Washington, and takes pictures of kids on ponies with cute little cowboy hats. Don't laugh, because he lives pretty comfortably, and only works for a few months each year. My oldest brother, Ruel, has, in the past, worked under the table for him, and it's my year now.

If I do what Ruel did, my tasks are (A) scooping horse shit, and (B) lifting kids onto ponies. My brother got paid $.50/kid, and I think Tom said that I could be paid $.75/kid. So since he only does fairly large sized daycares, that's about $40/day or more, and I'd be back home by early afternoon at the latest. I'd be doing this about 3 days a week, maybe 2 or 4, depending on how many daycares he is doing on this side of the bridge.

So yeah, I'm really excited. I also might be getting a job at the Metropolitan Market. We'll have to see.

5,280 Feet

We ran the mile in P.E. today. I got a 13:27....

Sad, I know. I just couldn't do it. I planned on jogging the first two laps, taking the third easy, and running the fourth.

I swear, that track is a lot bigger than it was a couple of years ago at Truman.

I ended up jogging three fourths of the first lap, and alternating between jogging and walking the rest of it.

I'm out of shape.

This will change.

June: 10:00.

EDIT (11: PM, February 4th, 2009):

Damn. I just realized how close I was to getting a 13:37.... If I had known that, I would have walked that last bit. A D is a D is a D.

What's Going On

So, here we go with another pointless blog post that a small, small, small handful of people will read. This is just a little tidbit to let you know what I'm up to lately.

To start, the new semester started last Thursday (hehe), and I am successfully maintaining a 4.0! It would be sad if I wasn't, because I have only had three days of school. Right now I am working on my math and English, and I am extremely determined to get this 4.0! You know what the sad thing is? The class that I am most worried about getting an A in is P.E. ... wow, I know, right? The thing is, I can get 70% just by participating, but the other 30% is in tests, and to get a 93% A, I would have to average 76.6667% on my tests. So far I've gotten mostly B's on the tests, but that might change tomorrow, when we run the mile. Oh well, at least I have the swimming unit to look forward to. I may be a fatass, but I looked at the times, and I have an easy A in that.

Something else that I haven't talked about yet is knowledge bowl. It's pretty much the coolest thing at Wilson since water polo. If you aren't familiar with it, it's basically those geekfests that are in all of the movies and on TV where there's a bunch of nerds sitting around buzzers and answering questions about obscure wars and chemists that no one has ever heard of. I'm on my school's B team, and aside from the A team (the best), I'm the second best person there (if you ask me). Not counting the seniors, I can honestly say I'm the most consistent person there (although there is one kid who is a close second). Next year I will probably be on A team, which is just awesome. Right now we're 12-1, I believe, and regionals are in a week or two. Wish me luck!

I also have a job (starting in June)! I'll post about that later. Now, everyone go and listen to this song, as it is AWESOME.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Cpr9gy9Qc

Sorry it's a GHC, all I could find.