Pivot cut, pivot cut, swivel cut. Charlier into a butterfly cut, swivel cut. The cards in Shige's hands never really stopped moving, occasionally flipping into the air only to be caught cleanly with a fanned deck. He wasn't really looking at the cards - he was too busy staring at the equation the teacher had put up on the blackboard. He didn't get it. Identifying X-Y coordinates didn't seem to be his particular cup of tea. He wrinkled his nose. Bleh. When would he ever need these things, anyway? He was a performer, a magician. X-Y coordinates were very unnecessary.

...Except to his grade. Dangit.

Shige was juggling cards now. Four of them - all aces. The rest of the deck had vanished. Okay. Um. Slope-intercept form was y = mx + b where m is the slope of the line and b is the y-intercept value. Okay. So. ...Yeah. He caught the ace of hearts, released it as a small red ball. Someone was watching him, and just plain cards was boring. Intercept, intercept... The ace of clubs came down, went up a lime green rubber duck with vampire fangs. More people were staring now. Probably because the duck squeaked. y= 2.4x + 2.6

The ace of hearts left his hand as a stuffed monkey. Nope. He wasn't getting that one. He'd have to stop juggling to work it out on paper, and there was only five minutes left of class. So... The ace of spades was all that was left. Shige sat back in his seat, satisfied to leave the math problem for when he got home. He had a more immediate issue: what to turn his last card into? He considered it for a moment, his eye catching on Sunny Halter, a few seats over. He smiled and turned the spade into a Hello Kitty charm with a sunflower in hand. The bell rang, and Shige got up, effortlessly catching the duck, monkey, ball, and charm as he stood. The first three he tucked away, but the Hello Kitty charm he placed wordlessly on Sunny's desk, giving her a cheerful smile as he strolled out.

 

It's getting so hot now!! I don't mind the heat so much normally - it's great for naps - but it's making rollerblading a bit miserable. I go out for an hour and have to come in because sweat's getting in my eyes and I can't see. EW! And I wait until the sun's gone down to go out, too - can you imagine what it would be like if I skated during the day? Gah... O.o
I wish we could get a pool. That would make things so much better. But no, Mum says we can't get one this summer. Guess i'll just have to talk her into renting some jet skis, going to waterparks, and (we've never done this, if you can believe it - I mean, we've never rented jet skis before, but this is something most people have done) GO TO THE BEACH. I've only ever been with my friends - or my aunt, if I'm in Florida. Actually, I think the waterpark is mostly covered - we're going to Six Flags for a couple days in July. Yay! ^_^ 

Why can nothing go right? My favorite floppy has crashed - all my stuff!! Most of it's irreplacable, too... Crap. I really hate that. So now I can't work on my story. I have another copy on this computer, but most of the stuff I've added to it was on my floppy (so I could work on it both here and at home, y'know?)... Now I'll have to rewrite it all.

Oh, well. Who knows, maybe the rewrite wil be better than the original. Not that I'm any good at writing anyway. What's left of my first chapter is down below - you can be the judge.

~ Kanna