For the greater part of this year, I have been teetering on the edge of bad. I have consistently stayed on top of all my homework, gotten excellent grades (beat Ian 
). So what am I complaining about?
—This just in—
There is this old granny who has called my dad’s house twice. And both times I politely tell her that she has the wrong number. And she refuses to accept the truth. She says “Oh Danny come on quit it. I need to talk to your mother.” After trying again to assure her that she does indeed have the wrong number, she only gets madder. She got so frustrated at me the first day. Well I just got another call, which is why I’m interrupting this post. I told her she had the wrong number after she asked to speak to my mom, and all she said was “Oh Baloney.” Click. Sometimes I feel sorry for old people 
—End InstaNews Report—
I’m complaining about my bedtime. It’s usually around 11:45. But it can easily get pushed to around 1. Last weekend I wrote myself out a daily schedule, and according to it I’ve been homework for half an hour and I’m still at it. Ehhhh. I just can’t get finished at a reasonable hour. Today I had to finish a small bit of English homework at break, and at lunch I wrote an entire instrumental music report. I acknowledge this isn’t usual for me, but I sure as hell don’t like it. The only time I’ve ever gotten my homework started before about 7:30pm are the occasions when my friends are over. Ironic eh? We usually end up working on homework while jammin’ with iTunes and discussing the various ways to construct an electromagnetic cannon. And I like that. Maybe I should get someone to be my homework buddy and hold my hand so I don’t get distracted.
Ah, distractions. These include Computer, coMPuTer, and computEr. I often get carried away with whatever website project I’m working on. And by the time I look up again, it’s 7:00pm. It’s nearing that time right now! Well anyway, I occasionally go through phases like this. Where I get obsessed with a particular area of computer, and it sorta grabs my life by the collar. Last year it was Halo. This year’s obsession towards Web Design and all that is definitely a healthier obsession, because it is a great life skill and I’ve already made some nice cash (with more on the way). But it all takes away from my school life. Just a wee bit. I still maintain, just with a little more stress and a little less sleep. And maybe instead of getting 96 percent on my grades, I’ll get 94’s. They’re all A’s, right?
Simply telling me to get crackin doesn’t work. I gotta have drive. The project I enjoyed most last year, and one that stood out a lot was the I-Search. For those who don’t know, it was a giant project taking up an entire quarter where we did extensive research and wrote reports. Most of them were about 30 pages long. I made mine a webpage, which is still available to look at. I got excited about the project, I got work done ahead of time, and I wasn’t laboring at 3am the day before it was due. I ended up getting 250 points out of 200 
… which beat everyone in my class. So if I can get motivated by doing something I enjoy, I just ooze productivity. Edit:So my two main types of motivation are 1) Because I like it 2) Because I ran out of time to not do it. I am an excellent last minute-er. I always get 110% of my work done if its laying out there at the last minute. And now you wonder what the IDC (read the new title) is? The intellectual discussion club. Or maybe its just pseudo-intellectual. Anyway, we need a better name. End Edit.
High school is the time when the strong are separated from the weak, the people who will actually make a life for themselves begin to show. I’d like to stay in that category, and I am not at all in danger of changing, but its something to be aware.
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7:15 pm on 1/4/2005 1. Sam
Something you could think about is making a way for you not to be able to use the computer until like 9 per say. Like have some sort of program that won’t let you use the computer until a certain time.
Because just telling yourself doesn’t usually work, so if you had an actual barrier then that would probably be much more successful.
7:31 pm on 1/4/2005 2. Nella
I thought you made this site so that we could discuss stuff, not so we could listen to you gripe about you’re bad work ethic. jeez. I’ll be glad when that forum happens
Just kiddin’. But obviously your system is working fine for you, even if it would rip apart people like me. I’m not exactly sure what kind of comments you were looking for on this post… So that’s about all I have to say. 
7:32 pm on 1/4/2005 3. Nella
Nice new title, by the way.
7:55 pm on 1/4/2005 4. klam
Dood, ur effing crazy.
high grades? finish in an hour? HW?
sigh, i look way up at u
takes me like…. 54325 bajillion
Maybe I should get someone to be my homework buddy and hold my hand so I don’t get distracted
anyday
lol. purely kdding.
6th grade joke, i dont swing that way
7:56 pm on 1/4/2005 5. Andrew
This is a B-L-O-G. Ugg that was an annoying post. Mainly, this is a site to post feelings and emotions and ideas, then if necessary to discuss them. I wasn’t necessarily looking for any replies. You think this site is for discussing stuff, because thats how you have made it, but thats not necessarily the goal…
8:06 pm on 1/4/2005 6. Andrew
yes…as loong as its valid…check the above list of valid stuff you can use…just dont use strike plz..its invalid and i havent fixed it yet
8:07 pm on 1/4/2005 7. klam
why am i not doing hw, and being at ur blog? this is highly odd xD anyways, hehe. tight
8:14 pm on 1/4/2005 8. klam
er.. wats registering do?? :\
8:30 pm on 1/4/2005 9. Andrew
not a whole lot…can u try to compact comments into one instead of posting into two? You can edit comments when you register…
9:05 pm on 1/4/2005 10. SuperDave
Your title “Livin’ on the Edge” is similar to another saying, “Livin’ on a Prayer.” This also happens to be the title of a popular Bon Jovi song. Stranger still is that the lyrics of the song are mysteriously relivant, here is the chorus:
Wooah, we’re half way there
Ahhah, livin on a prayer
Take my hand and we’ll make it – I swear
Ahhah, livin on a prayer
One would find this song eerily relivant; we are half way though the school year, Andrew is livin’ on a prayer, Jackie and her new boyfriend are holding hands, Sam keeps telling me to make a copy of my house key, and I like to swear. Coinsidence? Sean doesn’t think so, damn it.
11:00 pm on 1/4/2005 11. Nella
You’re a genius, sean, as always. So, what, is Bon Jovi secretly spying on us and writing all his songs about us? Or is there a rift in the space-time continuum, letting the most fantastic of coincedences happen? (For an answer to your “C” crap you posted earlier, sean, how the hell would you spell coincedences? Koinsedenses? That would suck. It would blow. It would suck and blow. I’m happy with my “C”s, thank you) This sounds like a pretty extreme conspirisy, whichever one it is. Hey, where do I come in in that song, anyway? Maybe Bon Jovi doesn’t like spying on me for some reason…
Andrew, that would totally blow, not to mention suck, if all this site was was everyone just griping about school. Complaints are okay, but they have to be on something that other people can relate to and comment on.
5:29 pm on 1/8/2005 12. Erica
Andrew I don’t think you have it THAT bad…you should see me at CPS. I mean you just need to figure out when you need to work and when you don’t have to. I’ve stopped studying for some stuff and I’m still managing. I used to freak when I got 93% on something…I’ve just gotten used to it. I guess it just depends if you want to put the time in to get perfect grades. GOing from a 96% to 94% isnt that bad. I’m sure you’ll be fine.
11:25 am on 9/24/2006 13. StyleLotußien
yeah ! on the edge ! not after !!
1:12 pm on 7/9/2007 14. Nicolaon
interesting
3:01 pm on 7/9/2007 15. Dimitrios
interesting
4:25 pm on 7/9/2007 16. Euaggelos
Interesting…
4:26 pm on 7/9/2007 17. Orion
interesting
6:16 pm on 7/9/2007 18. Stefanos
Nice…
9:21 am on 7/10/2007 19. Spyros
Cool.
5:42 pm on 7/10/2007 20. Pavlos
Interesting…
8:55 am on 7/20/2007 21. Thanasis
Cool…