My Mom Says I'm a Dork

I Was Thinking About This Recently     Completely off topic,but growing up sucks. There's no easy way to put it. When you grow older, you can't get away with acting stupid all the time, which I would love to do. Saying nonesense words with my 3 yr old brother is fun. Laughing with him when anyone says the words "belly" or "chicken" is fun because he thinks it's funny. But my 8 yr old sister doesn't like it when I easily swing my brother around and she wants the same. I tell her she can't do everything he can because she's older and bigger and she hates it. I'm sure this is a topic my dad would tell me, "you won't understand until you're my age." But I am starting to feel it a little more.    I need to get a job soon. I've filled out around five or six applications, but they aren't working out it seems. That reminds me that I also need a car, since I just got my license, which reminds me that I need to th

"These Are a Few of My Favorite Things"    I don't know why I like these particular things, but I do. Memes and other things on the internet are my bread and jam. You'll either love these things with me, or you'll leave this blog never to return. At least my little brother enjoys some of these. I'll start with the strangest. The video is from  Chris Kogos , and if you think Spongebob rots the brain, I turned out mostly okay.    Another thing I like is minesweeper. I could play it all day while listening to music. You can play it here if you'd like. If you don't know how to play, you start by clicking a square to clear it. I usually click until I find a nice opening, after that it's all a puzzle until you get caught in a Russian Roulette again. Some squares have numbers and that number represents the number of mines in the 8 blocks surrounding that square. Once you're sure you've found a mine, you right-click the square to pla

Repetition is the Mother of Learning    I love the way that sounds. It's the Russian equivalent of our "Practice makes perfect," and perfectly describes learning any language. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. And even then, you barely know it. I was recently thinking about my future, which I'm sure all parents pressure their children to think about. I've considered a few careers, but I've narrowed it down to two. Being a chemist would be interesting and in high demand, especially where there are many chemical plants. I started to consider it after taking chemistry and finding it enjoyable, but I wouldn't say it's easy.   The second is becoming a linguist. It's more of a dream than anything I feel like I could actually reach. I love learning Russian. If you talk to me about Russian, I can go on for hours about it, believe me. We've looked at some options, such as colleges and military. College is an easier option, but it's expensive. If I we

Putting It to Good Use    My parents and I have been talking and we are trying to find a way for me to make a trip to Belarus in June. We aren't 100% on it happening, but it would be a great experience if it happened. I would be going to an English camp with people my age and "attempting" to talk to them. Another thing we are looking into is finding a way to get our friend Sergey from Belarus to here for a week or so. It would be pretty cool to have someone from another country stay at your house for that long, and to meet someone who you have only seen online. He also says he was the best player on his high school basketball team, so I'm sure he'd enjoy the basketball goal in our backyard.     Updates on my life would include my girlfriend breaking up with me, which really sucked. I'm only 17 though, and it being my first relationship I can't expect too much. Life goes on or whatever they say. I'm looking forward to co-op starting back, e