Week 13 - Daniel Chen: The Worst Betrayal

 My brain always wants me to fail... 

I'm sitting here right now at 9:30PM on Wednesday night when this blog is due because I completely forgot about this blog until just now. I mean to be fair, I do this every Wednesday night because I genuinely forget about this assignment with how hectic the rest of the week is. Now I know that it isn't great that I do this super often, but who can blame me? 

Let's recall some of the worst things I have forgotten to do over the course of my life.

1. I forgot to turn off the stove when I left the house to go to the movies with my family, and we came back to a house filled with smoke because whatever was in the pot on the stove had been literally cremated and changed into ash. 

2. I forgot about POAS until about a week before it was due, and I had to really work hard to finish that paper on time (thanks to anyone who proofread it)

3. I forgot that I was supposed to attend a really big event in 9th grade and I completely overslept and skipped it and then got yelled at by the teacher for 3 hours because idk it was the end of the world or something. 

4. I still haven't memorized my POAS script SKDFLSJDLFKSJDF I'M SCARED GUYS!!! SAVE ME PLEASE

5. I completely forgot Q3 blog comments and blogs were due and I turned it in a day late (RIP my grade).

Anyways, as you can tell, I literally have nothing to write about and I am just trying to get this done, and so hopefully I'll remember to do comments next week, so I don't have to rush them again at 9 PM next week on Wednesday. 

Oh also, to anyone who is looking forward to my POAS presentation and is somehow not there on Friday, I have gotten permission from the enlightened one to record, so if any of you want it after I do record it, you may have that recording. (also you can ask for Kool-Aid if you miss it just an FYI).

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO!



Comments

  1. AmritaMarch 27, 2024 at 5:58 AM

    HI DANIEL! This blog honestly stressed me out, but it's okay. I feel like one of the few skills I actually do possess is time management so I usually manage to get everything done on time but I do definitely find myself being as stressed out as you seem in this blog a lot. How did you write your POAS in one week? That's actually insane and I am extending my respect to you for that. Anyway, post-POAS presentation, I just want to say that your presentation was so cool and interesting. I remember my brother telling me about Jim Jones after he watched a documentary about him but I had forgotten about him, so when I watched your presentation, I thought, "Oh my god, it's this guy." What an interesting person to choose for that project. The Kool-Aid was really the cherry on top as well. Anyway, hopefully this week is going better for you because it's not for me. Okay bye!

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  2. Arushi March 27, 2024 at 8:03 PM

    Hi Daniel! I can physically feel the stress emanating off of this blog post, and it's probably pretty sad that I can honestly fully relate. I used to almost always forget about the blogs and blog comments, but I began setting an alarm for myself to get them done by 6pm on Wednesdays. Yes, I'm sitting here writing this at 8pm, but the alarm serves as a reminder for me to get it done as soon as possible. I completely mean it when I say that I FEEL the "SKDFLSJDLFKSJDF" to my core. But honestly, you know what, we're done with POAS!!! We're completely done! We'll probably never have to POAS ever again. I am still so upset about missing your presentation and the Kool-Aid, but anyways, I hope you have a great spring break!

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  3. Praghna March 27, 2024 at 9:40 PM

    Hi Daniel! I completely understand what you mean when you said you started your blog at 9:30 because honestly same. It is literally 9:32 pm right now and I forgot about doing comments until a few minutes ago. I am happy to see that your house didn't burn down at least!
    I am so happy that POAS is over now cause that was an extremely stressful couple of weeks! I loved your Kool-Aid but I'm clumsy and it spilled on my shirt :((
    I at least two times over this course of AP Lang turned in my weekly survey late cause I keep forgetting that its monday for some reason but its fine I guess. Thank you for this connective blog and I look forward to reading more!

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