Forum:Speaking of freshmen...

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Alright, so I was considered a "freshman" last year in high school/senior high school/the school you attend before college or university/secondary school/secondary college. Anyway, 9th grade/year 9 is the first year Americans enter high school, and I was SCARED.

So, the question is: "How did you feel when you started secondary high senior college school?" Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 01:06, 3 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Well, we basically have a system of six years of little kid school before six years of high school, so when I started high school I would have been twelve (probably what you people call middle school, or the seventh grade). I was uncharacteristically confident, but maybe it's because once I hIit age eleven I stopped caring about anything. Apparently somebody's first impression of me was of a request to initiate a battle of non-sequiturs. Though as I got older I began to trust people I didn't really know less (especially since within a couple of years people in my grade started doing unacceptable things) and by the time I was in my final year I became overcast with a chance of stormy skies. Compliments taste weird. ~ Good tidings! ~ 09:56, 3 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Only now I have realised that I was expressing my age in mink years, rather than human (in mink: about 20-21, in human: about 14 - therefore the same age as 2+2=5). I'm in Grade 8 at school. Because here in Strine the term is reversed so we start in last week of January/first week of Feb. Our school holidays aren't as long either. Check it out: User:XY007/School Term Dates. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 22:59, 3 Aym 2015 (UTC)

@Decks: Here in America, it's 7 years of primary/elementary/grammar school (Pre-kindergarten to 5th grade/year 5), then it's 3 years of middle/junior high school (6th grade/year 6 to 8th grade/year 8), then it's 4 years of... yeah, whatever you guys call it in Wales or Australia (9th to 12th grade), then it's a varying amount of time based on what you choose to major in at university. I'm probably going to good ol' Oxford, but if I have to remain in my country, then it's Stanford. Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 23:48, 3 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Weasel eeble sonk. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 00:02, 4 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Elie Wiesel edible song. Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 00:13, 4 Aym 2015 (UTC)

What were your first cars? When I'm 18 I'm'na gedda Toyota Prius! Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 00:34, 5 Aym 2015 (UTC)

What does it mean if someone says (for instance, a little brother who's a phooqin' douche), "You're mean!"? I think XY007 should provide the best answer because of his susut3r. Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 21:37, 12 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Then it means something else. My sister's philosophy: 'No means yes and yes means yes'. So she has no concept of 'Stop that!' :) XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 23:02, 12 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Speaking of freshmen... are any of you actively involved in sports? I'm involved in "American football." As you may know, we smart Americans call football "soccer," and we use the term "football" for an entirely different sport (which is the sport I play) that looks a lot like rugby, which is, I believe, a popular sport in Australia and the U.K., aside from football (which is what America calls "soccer"). Right? RIGHT?! 71.106.216.17 00:44, 13 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Uhm... Australian Rules football. But I don't play it. The sports I like most are swimming and cycling. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 00:56, 13 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Ay 2+2=5 hav u memorized the game plan yet Fluffy Waffles (talk) 01:37, 13 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Dude, I can carry out the plan sdrawkcab if they'd let me, Fluffy. Hope you remembered it too. Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 01:39, 13 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Australian Rules football is fun to watch. I'm going to a game in the city on Friday. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 01:40, 13 Aym 2015 (UTC)

XY007 which city? Have you also ever been to Perth? One of my uncles from my Dad's side is over there on a business trip. I believe it's also the city where Pendulum/Knife Party originated. Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 01:44, 13 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Melbourne. Also Perth is fairly nice, nice weather. And Knife Party I believe is from Fremantle, which is near Perth. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 01:51, 13 Aym 2015 (UTC)

I hated pretty much all my high school years, but looking back on it all as an adult I can now see that I probably made the situation that much worse by acting as standoffish as humanly possible. —Marzipan (talk) 04:22, 13 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Marzipan, you're from Texas right? Does it live up to all the stereotypes? XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 04:43, 13 Aym 2015 (UTC)

No, Alabama. I've never been to Texas. —Marzipan (talk) 04:38, 14 Aym 2015 (UTC)

I went to a Jesuit 4 year high school in Boston. My freshman year was great academically, not so good socially. I hung with the other nontraditional thinkers and hated sports, excepting martial arts. I was on track for ivy league or equivalent, was accepted to Boston university, Harvard and Boston college. I allowed psychological trauma to influence a stupid decision of joining the air force and never finished part time university. Reccommendation: if you're smart enough to go to college and are able to do so...DO IT. 22:31, 5 Yoon 2015 (UTC)

Escudo

Ah aha h! XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 01:54, 13 Aym 2015 (UTC)

But Knife Party is made up of Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen, and they were part of Pendulum. Rob did vocals and Gareth played the bass. And Pendulum officially originated in Perth, so... 71.106.216.17 02:10, 13 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Fremantle is a suburb of Perth. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 02:57, 13 Aym 2015 (UTC)

(Shawn) Oh, sorry about my inaccuracy. Anyway, I just joined Wikipedia. Same username. Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 03:12, 13 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Argh. I'm a Wikipedian too, under the username of IllogicMink. But I can't edit now because of their policy against anonymising open proxies. I didn't get a welcome message. I got a message from a vandal. Search on Wikipedia Special:Diff/656862107. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 03:56, 13 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Ah, so you live in "The Garden State." We Americans also have a state that is called "The Garden State." Its real name is "New Jersey." I've never tried Malaysian food, but I've heard a lot of good things about it. Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 04:07, 13 Aym 2015 (UTC)

I know of New Jersey. It's right next to New York. Also, that's Victoria's old motto. It's new motto is 'The place to be'. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 04:42, 13 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Murrgh. Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 00:22, 14 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Speaking of freshmen... what was/is you best subject in school? Mine is English Engrish. Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 00:22, 14 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Holy! Wow! Look At that! It's... it's the boy with the sardines for toes. Who let him out of the basement. Please put him back. Oh hell. Did someone say Perth? What about it? Kevin Parker?--|Fonchezzz| Quacking| 02:57, 15 Aym 2015 (UTC)

No Fonch, Knife Party. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 02:58, 15 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Whoa. It's Fonchezz. I'm a noob so I really don't know who he/she is. Cookies,.anyone? Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 03:07, 15 Aym 2015 (UTC)

SOMEBOD¥ GET RID OF THE USER THAT GOES BY THE NAME FLOWER BASE.

Thanks. Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 03:21, 15 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Fonchezzz is a duck. Tell him you're not going to join Ducks for Ducks! Because we have a party of our own. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 03:24, 15 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Darpadarpdarp. What position should Ergotist have in the ism party? He just joined. Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 20:24, 16 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Ergotist. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 23:00, 16 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Speaking of ergotism, have any of you ever suffered from food poisoning? Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 23:28, 16 Aym 2015 (UTC)

I once ate not properly prepared fish at a restaurant and got sick. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 23:37, 16 Aym 2015 (UTC)

I ate 7 carnitas tacos, which are tacos with slow cooked pork that cooks in its own fat and juices. They all had salsa verde, cilantro, onion, radishes. They put me in (the) hospital for two weeks. Diddums. Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 03:25, 19 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Just out of curiosity

Anybody watching the Eurovision Song Contest? I'm waking up at 5:00 am to see it tomorrow morning. For the British, 8:00 pm Saturday. In New York, 3.00 pm and in Los Angeles 12.00 pm. OK? XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 04:37, 23 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, but even though that would be a very convenient time to do virtually anything in L.A., I, on the other hand, can't, because i have to work on a project with my Cantonese friend Devin.

Speaking of freshmen, how often did any of you do projects in school? My school does one every 3 weeks on average. Twoandtwodoesn'tmakeafour, Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 04:41, 23 Aym 2015 (UTC)

In Grade 6 (2013) I did a project with a friend to make a model of an environmentally sustainable town. So it has vegetable gardens, solar power for everything (also the clock is permanently fixed on 10:10), animal shelters and more. Also 2+2=5 it seems like your school is very multicultural. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 04:45, 23 Aym 2015 (UTC)

My school is smack in the middle of a Korean community, but surprisingly, the largest group (by 3.7%) is Hispanics/Latinos, which is my group. Then it's Asians (predominantly Korean, obviously), then Caucasians, then Pacific Islanders (my girlfriend), then Mideastern Asians, then African Americans. Typically, every middle and high school within the Los Angeles Unified School District is very multicultural and ethnically/racially diverse. And because this is California, most schools also have diverse sexualities as well. Except mine, because that's scarce at my school for some reason. We're not against homosexuality, but like I said earlier: it's scarce.

Anyway, she has Asperger's, yet she somehow manages to get an education. Amazing, isn't it? Oh, Daniella...

Wait, did I just - oh, bother. I mentioned her again. Sorry.

Are you talking about your Filipino girlfriend? XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 21:59, 23 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Well, I say that 71.106.216.17 18:07, 23 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Yes. I inadvertently mentioned my Filipino girlfriend, and I apologize, but the thing is... she's just... perfect. Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 22:29, 23 Aym 2015 (UTC)

This is created by the Illuminati to reveal our personal information! Oh nooooooooooooo! XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 08:45, 25 Aym 2015 (UTC)

They lurk.in tye shadows. Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.) 20:47, 30 Aym 2015 (UTC)

Does it feel like I had to lean on a snapshot from where I was born?

A message to everybody: My brother will constantly vandalize my user page, so please watch out. thanks. 2+2=5 (Tay | Say) 16:53, 2 Yoon 2015 (UTC)

I don't understand ze page title. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 23:04, 2 Yoon 2015 (UTC)

Matthew (Gozimnot) was born at the same community hospital as I was. When I was born, my father, who was a professional photographer at the time, used his expensive Nikon camera and took a photo at a very... well, let's just say that it was a very difficult angle to achieve, but he somehow did it without any elaborate extensions; he took a photo of my mother holding me in her arms from above. My father didn't explain how he did it other than the fact that he "had to seriously eyeball it." So, when my brother was born two years later, he did the same thing.

Anyway, i just randomly selected that title based on that story.

I would also like to announce that tomorrow is the last day of school for my school, which is four school days after the last day of school for the vast majority of schools in the LAUSD. So, you would be right in assuming that this website will be sodomized beyond psychological recovery.

Kill the babiezn't pleasn't. 2+2=5 (Tay | Say) 02:01, 3 Yoon 2015 (UTC)

The last day of term for me is 26th June. Then it's holidays. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 03:19, 3 Yoon 2015 (UTC)

1 mink year is 0.7 human years. 1 weasel year is 0.32 human years. 1 ferret year is 0.4 human years. 1 ermine/stoat/otter year is 8.967 weasel years.

Disregard the preceding

No, not really. Anyway I thought 2+2=5's story was nice. I was born 3 weeks early. Snarf. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 03:29, 3 Yoon 2015 (UTC)

Speaking of childbirth, did any of you believe certain myths about how you came from your m(u/o)mmy's tummy as a child before the traumatizing expositions made by sex ed? 2+2=5 (Tay | Say) 03:41, 3 Yoon 2015 (UTC)

No, but I want others to tell. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 04:16, 3 Yoon 2015 (UTC)

for the national tv part: I was asked for my opinion on the drought here in California by CNN (oh yeah.). I simply stated how it is the worst drought the state has seen in forty years and people.seriously.need to conserve water.

For the ComiCon part: I hwve been going.there with my uncle.from.my. mom's.side since 2008.

For the Radiohead part: I flew all.the way to.the UK for.Glastonbury 2012. After the entire event, ai had an opportunity to.meet Thom, Ed, Jonny, Colin, and Phil.

Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.)

01:59, 4 Yoon 2015 (UTC)

Can you find the footage on YouTube of CNN? XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 03:20, 4 Yoon 2015 (UTC)

You're basically asking me to reveal my identity to you, so no.

Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.)

20:21, 4 Yoon 2015 (UTC)

Fnurdle + p = Pnurdle. I don't like Big Brrother 2015 so far. It's a failure. And boring. And stupid. You know Awesomedecks is right... we'd just have to stick with public voting. XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 22:54, 4 Yoon 2015 (UTC)

me

Speaking of freshmen... What devices do you use? Myself I use an iPad Air, an Acer laptop (main), or a 27 inch iMac. 120.144.38.199 11:55, 13 Yoon 2015 (UTC)

no. Jass no.

Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive (Break my front door down.)

00:36, 19 Yoon 2015 (UTC)

Devices? Ugh. I see a future where this thread quickly degenerates into a bizarre, twisted discussion of "marital aids" and surplus Soviet diesel powered machinery of questionable purpose. I'm out, before that has a chance to happen. Unless... somebody please let me know if it gets hilarious? Thanks, from a mentation object that's making clicking sounds. (kaizum me) 05:13, 19 Yoon 2015 (UTC)

School Approaches!

Speaking of freshmen, when does school start back up again? LAUSD starts on Ergust 18 for me, and I'll be in Grade/Year 11. 2+2=5 (Tay | Say) 21:33, 23 Jumbly 2015 (UTC)

I will be a central tunnel support in the Chunnel from Sep 5 through Oct 18, followed by a three month stint at one cup and one tablespoon of cornstarch for thickening. If Boston wins the Olympic bid, I am guaranteed a spot in the smell of burnt sesame oil. (kaizum me) 03:13, 24 Jumbly 2015 (UTC)

I'll be a mink. 202.142.129.178 03:16, 24 Jumbly 2015 (UTC)

And i'll be a mindlessly ranting juvenile sadist that hates life due to the onsets of puberty and a poorly underdeveloped frontal lobe. Eidos!!! 2+2=5 (Tay | Say) 23:01, 3 Ergust 2015 (UTC)

Ah, how I miss those days. Sort of.q maybe. (kaizum me) 04:28, 4 Ergust 2015 (UTC)

Well, come September 3rd, it'll also be year 11 for me, last year of secondary school. Life is starting to move at an unnervingly fast rate, can't wait to leave school, go into a good college then uni, and never again see the shitty kids who don't work. Sincerely, islandmonkey - go speak 16:04, 4 Ergust 2015 (UTC)

Woop woop- skool starts on the 31st of the month for me, so I'm gonna try and squeeze out my insanity juice between now and then. I'll be burping a lot because apparently that is something that college kids are supposed to do. All this burping may leave little time for me to spew nonsense onto Illogicopedia. But who knows, maybe I'll just end up burping on Illogicopedia.

Wait Gruntlman, you're actually from Bobston? OH dang sorry for destroying your hometown in that article..--|Fonchezzz| Quacking| 19:37, 4 Ergust 2015 (UTC)

Well, I know that most of you know my predicament, so now school starts on Ergust 11, exactly one week before I was supposed to start at the school I was in that apparently doesn't see my freaking potential and intellectual capacity! EIDOS!!! 2+2=5 (Tay | Say) 20:50, 5 Ergust 2015 (UTC)

Slowly, but surely, I approach Grade 9. It'll be nicer than this! 202.142.129.178 22:57, 5 Ergust 2015 (UTC)