Tuesday, April 28, 2009

I thought we needed some music

Now Breaking Benjamin never made a music video for the song "Dance with the devil" but someone on youtube did and I have to say its not bad.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

I dont know what to do...

There is a very big possibility that I will not graduate due to a credit issue between my current school and my last school. All I am lacking is a math credit. My current school requires 25 credits to graduate whereas my last school required 21-22 credits to graduate. At the end of this semester I will have 24. I dont have time to take an online class and I cant take it through Mesa Distance or Primavera since I am not living in Arizona at the moment. My school is picky so I would have to take it through a Online University Course. At the moment I am taking the first semester of Algebra 2 through BYU online and I believe I can pass that but I need to finish it. So if I pass that I would have 24.5 credits and then there is a .5 credit in question. I am taking the second semester of Algebra 2 but so far my teacher has managed to make me very confused by saying one thing one day and then saying another thing the next class.I have a tutor which helps a lot more than when I didnt have one last semester. My principal is no help and my parents cant really do anything for me. Though they have informed me that they will not be paying for EAC if I dont graduate. They were only willing to pay for EAC if I did graduate and now thats in question. I am really confused about this. I dont know if I would be able to take a summer school course this summer since I would be moving back to the U.S. and I dont know if I would be able to finish it in time. So basically I am stuck. And if I dont get my diploma I am basically screwed since my parents cant help me and this means a high chance of homelessness. I am so confused right now.

Monday, April 6, 2009

I'm thinking...

About joining the navy after a year of college. I've been talking to the recruiters via email and although the Navy does have strict rules and standards I think I could live with it for four years. The benefits in my opinion are outweighing the downsides.
The Benefits
Free Housing/food
Free Insurance
Free Medical/Dental
Monthly Salary
Paid Traveling
All classes taken while in the military are free
Money for college through the G.I. Bill after I get out of the military
Military Service looks good on a resume with an honorable discharge.
Job security
Paid job training

The downsides
A strict dress code
Strict Rules about curfews and such
Being away from friends and family for extended periods of time (well I would already be away from my family for an extended period of time since they'll still be living in a different country when I'm in college)
The militarys not like a regular job where I could just quit I have to stay in for a minimum of four years depending on what kind of service agreement I get.

However there are upsides and downsides to everything and well see what happens after a year of college.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Spring Break

Well I am now on Spring Break. I only get one week because we had such a long winter break. And we still get out of school in July. So for most people Spring Break means going somewhere, drinking and heavy partying. Not for me. For me it means studying math and doing math assignments. I am basically stuck having to teach myself Algebra 2 since I am not understanding my math teacher and he doesnt like questions so thats no help. However it is nice to not have to get up early in the morning and stay up at night without having to worry about getting up in time the next morning to catch the school bus.

I sent you another letter last night Kelly. I hope you get it soon. In fact I hope to hear from you soon. By the way I am definetly going to EAC for my Freshman year. I'm not sure what I want to major in though so I dont think I'll be declaring a major my Freshman year. I may just do an Associates in General studies which takes care of all the prerequisite courses most schools require. If I get that it would be pretty easy to transfer to a University to finish a degree.


We've had some weird weather here recently. On March 10th we had the biggest sandstorm anyone who's lived here for years have seen. Theres videos all over youtube of it. Then for the past few weeks we've occasionally had rain. Then on Thursday and Friday we had rain on and off all day and pretty late at night. We even had lightining which knocked out the internet service for the past few days since we use a satelite service. Now its working fortunately and we have clear skys today instead of ones full of dust! And last night around midnight I went outside and I could actually see stars. I dont know how long its been since I could actually see stars here since the skies are usually full of dust. Luckily we had enough rain that it washed the dust out of the skies long enough for me to be able to look up at the stars. I enjoy doing that. I'm not interested in Astronomy per say but I do enjoy looking up at stars on late nights. Thats one thing I havent been able to do very often here.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Its now April

On the 6th it will officially be 4 more months till I turn 18. Hell Yeah.

I am now on Spring Break.... its about time. I'm not going anywhere but I have math stuff I need to do if I want to graduate... on time.

I leave Saudi this July permanetly and then a few weeks later I get left on my own when I'm still 17.

I have some plans for when I turn 18 but well see what happens then. Many of them depend on money.