Monkey's Magical Treehouse of Awesomeness

[MonkeyGirl18]

Sooooo. I wasted my day yesterday that I stayed up til 4 in the morning doing homework, slept for 4 hours and finished it.

I actually need to read one last thing before I go to class.... I'm here procrastinating on it.

At least I've done everything I needed to so far....


I hate english class. Not that I hate writing, I'm terrible at research and understanding what I'm reading.

Why did I ever think I'd be a good journalist??????????

Making videos is more of my thing, I think.

[galled]

Have you ever been tested for dyslexia or anything? If you're found to have a disability (I think they call it "challenged" now <rolling eyes>) you'll get more time to complete homework and tests.

Anyway, if you're just a cog in the production machine, understanding what the concept of the project isn't as important, but it does matter when you make decisions. Perhaps your trouble is conceptual rather than reading comprehension. You can practice this pretty much all day long if you like; try thinking to yourself what is the main concept of a conversation you've had, a news story you've seen, a blog you read, a task given to you by your boss, etc.. The more you do it, the faster you'll get at it. And then when you read stuff, you'll find yourself automatically looking for the same things. Once you have that, you can skim through the words and find the details you need.

I was a script reader at one time and you have to quickly summarize 3-4 screenplays a day. You don't have time to read every word, but boy do you need to get the main stuff and details right! What I've suggested is how I was able to do it.

[MonkeyGirl18]

Nope.

If I can't understand and get what the author is trying to say, I have a hard time reading. I literally took like several hours reading like 5 pages of the essay because it was so hard to read. I started to step away from the book, took a nap, ate, did everything I could to avoid reading it because when I sit down to read it, it makes no sense and I don't know how it relates to anything or what he's trying to say.

Compared to another essay which I found it super easy to understand. The first was extremely literary and the second was not. I normally understand the basic concepts of what I'm reading, but texts as hard as what I had to read, I can't seem to figure out what the author is trying to say.

[galled]

I guess it depends on the author/writer. I have to read Shakespeare's lines a few times to get what what's going on. So I get what you mean.

[MonkeyGirl18]

Soooooo, I have ideas I want to do to improve my lifestyle....

I've seen people do videos talking about a challenge to drink a certain amount of water in a day. I kinda want to try that out. But I am going to do it after seeing how much water a person should drink in a day. If I do this, it may make me crave sweet things much less. While I do that, might as well challenge myself to not spend money on food just because I can because that's become a very bad habit. I might start it next month. Like, I'll make an exception for my birthday because, hell, it's my birthday, but all of the other days I'm going to do this challenge.

[Fiel-kun]

*pokes Monkey*
Your current avi gives me the creeps >_<;

[MonkeyGirl18]

lol good

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Yes, drink a glass of water when you first get up. And do research how much water is good for your body because too little or too much can be harmful.

And I agree, your Avatar is a little on the morbid side today, is that a reflection of your mood?

[MonkeyGirl18]

nah, just felt like having a darker avi.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

well, it is a little freaky....

otherwise, are things improving irl?

[MonkeyGirl18]

eh, it's so-so

And earlier today, I had to go to a couple other McD's to get things because we needed them. This one guy, I guess, wanted to show off his grill because he wouldn't top tailing me. Like, I'd speed up but he'd speed up and start doing it again. He couldn't take a hint. All I saw was the grill of his truck.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I had someone tailgatting me the other day - it's like - you can see thee are cars ahead of me and to the right of me, how is following close to me helping anything? I was telling our truck driver and he said if someone tail gates him he just goes slower (I suppose one could let off the gas a bit but I feel like if I don't at least keep up the speed I am going then they will crash into me). Normally If it is safe i move over and let them pass.

[MonkeyGirl18]

The road I was on had no shoulder and either double lines or dotted lines but someone on the other lane approaching. Thankfully, I made it to where it changed to two lanes and he raced passed me. Like seriously?

[MonkeyGirl18]

I can't help but to imagine if I had to stop hard because of any reason, like the car I'm front of me doing so and if that did happen, they guy behind would hit me. Granted, he'd be at fault, but people like him needs to get their license taken. That's unsafe. I was already speeding, granted to get him off my tail, but still.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I swear there are people who just weave in and out like it is a video game...they need to make video games where if you crash you feel what it would be like to crash - like you get a jolt ( for liability reasons they probably can't though, huh?), something like the Star Wars ride at Disneyland where you "feel" the motion.

Better to slow down and not hit the person in front of you if the speeder behind you crashs into you, that way you are only hit at one end. One of my customers nephews was driving on the freeway and someone speeding slammed into them and spun them so that they ended up hitting the guard rail and crashing into some other cars. If you are the cause of that kind of accident then you need your license revoked or only allowed to drive a "smart" car with locks in place so you can't speed or get too close to another vehicle.

I hate driving on the freeway, I hate driving in the city. Country driving, ok by me.