Whoops, I've neglected my updates again. I'm home from Dallas- got back yesterday, in fact. I'm also home from Jenn's house. I'm also very hyperactive. Who would've thought such a thing is possible with me? Oh, the hell with the depressing side of my personality. I'm really happy to just be alive right now! It's been a long time since I've felt like this... I was with Jenn from noon till five today and didn't want to leave. We watched movies and I held her for so long, and then I had to call my mom to come get me. I almost felt like giving her bad directions, but I'm not that sinister. Not usually. I'm too hyperactive to write anymore, so goodnight!

Found Jenn's screenname. Very bored. Damnable boredom.

In Dallas. I forgot Jenn's screenname specifically, something like b2fly42 or 47... In any case, I think she'll IM me if she sees that I'm online. Seems that I've fixed this old computer. RAM problems, something hardware. Supposedly there should be 64 megs of memory in it, but only 56 are registering. Odd. In any case, it runs, and I'm done taking it apart. Those damn Compaq cases lacerate me every time.

Anyway, I'm here. Writing because there's nothing else to do, even though there's not much to write about. I'm sitting here at this computer listening to my relatives tell stories I've heard quite a few times. Shari, my cousin is here, and she's a sophomore now. As tall as me.. In fact, I almost couldn't tell who she was! This is the calm before the storm, I fear. The Creels, a big family related to me, are coming down. I'm not sure if it's just some of them or all, but it's going to be crowded in here tonight.

I'll update again tomorrow, I suppose. Going to call Jenn tomorrow too.

Tonight marks the beginning of the Thanksgiving holiday. Until next tuesday, I am free to do whatever I please. Scratch that. I have to go to Dallas to be with... yes, relatives. How dreadful.

Then again, it's not really the fact that I have to be with relatives I mind. I don't get to see Jenn until Saturday! But, I look forward to Saturday. We're going to hang out at her house all day and watch movies. Such a great idea, especially because my house is unclean beyond any level of human comprehension. I'm just going to miss her...

More later. I'll probably get a chance to update from my destination in De Soto, as half the reason I'm going is to fix my grandparents' computer.

Yay! Sitting with Jenn in the band hall tomorrow instead of with people who think I look like Hannibal Lector. Wtf? I don't. Do I? No. In any case, I'm looking forward to it, going to meet some of her friends and hang out. And her first class is in the pavilion, so I can walk with her! Too cool for words.

Tomorrow is like Friday. But it's not. So damn cool. I believe it's time to begin the overview of my day.

In electronics today, we finished watching Harry Potter, though a bit too late for me. I had seen it Friday with Halley and the Mormon crowd, so I knew about the whole thing with the basilisk, and the sword, and the stabbing... Yeah. Boring, as usual, we just discussed Mr.T's hunting trip and the new Bond movie.

In programming, we had a test. So very challenging.

English. Christ. Figuratively. I didn't do the first draft of my research paper, which we've been working on for quite some time. Hell, I don't even have my research on index cards. Of course, I wasn't alone. Hardly. Only five people actually did do their papers, so I didn't personally get chewed out. In any case, I think I can suffer the late grade. I've got what, a 96 in there? Besides, I wasn't paying any attention.. Just waiting to get to lunch and see Jennifer. =D

Amazing how I can get a 90 on a test in chemistry, when I really don't even know the material too well. I sort of multiplied random numbers around, and when I got up to Mr.McCormick's desk, he didn't insist on scribbling down enough red ink to drown a small tropical bird. Such luck!

Partly due to the fact that my day was going so well, and also because I saw Jennifer in between fourth and fifth periods, I sang really well in choir today. Singing is one of the best ways to express joy, especially when you can't contain it.

I fear Julia is in a state of severe depression. Look.

Well, I haven't updated this in awhile... My obsession with online quizzes prevailed again, so I must ask you to excuse that.

Let me bring you up to speed.

I am very happy. Like, happier than I've been since the end of last year. Seems that I'm going out with the friend of one of my Mormon LAN party buddies now. Her name is Jennifer Gilblom, and she's this really nice, cute junior. Aside from the fact that she drives this really cool car, I really like her. She's really subtle and cute when we talk, and we really do talk a lot. Not like past girlfriends I've had where there was sometimes an ominous silence during which neither of us could think of what to say. You all know what I'm talking about. Yesterday, both of us went to go see that new Bond movie. Once we actually found the right theater, we had fun. In fact, I really can't wait to do something with her again. When she dropped me off, we hugged in her car, and it felt so good... Put me in the best mood ever. Partially because no one's hugged me in quite awhile, and also because I really like her.

Aside from my mushy romantic life, I must say a few words about the Bond movie. It was pretty good, had that same violent, realistic, secretive feel too it. However, I must say that I don't think Halle Berry is much of a Bond girl. Enough said.

I must do my research paper for English now. Wish me luck...

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Jesus Christos, am I tired. With the exhaustion left over from region weekend, I started off today with a crippling, groggy start. The school day itself wasn't all that bad, however, directly afterwards I had to go have a catscan, and then came the essence of all choral evils: the annual men's choir concert. Stupid junior high-level music, stupid junior high kids, stupid English teacher waking me up before I went on stage, stupid everything. I'm fairly happy now though. Mocha frappachino cures all, even radioactive iodine isotopes injected into the bloodstream.

O.o

Region choir weekend was such an awesome thing, and yet horribly traumatic at the same time. No, no one died or anything, but I'm tired as hell. When we got to our hotel, we hung out in the room for awhile with Kathy and Claire, and then went off to the first half-day of rehearsal. It wasn't that bad, except for the fact that I was sick and really congested. Not good for singing. Long rehearsal, dinner, some more rehearsal, and then we went back to our hotel to watch this great Irish comedian on Comedy Central for awhile with a bunch of people. Of course, the next day must've been the longest of my life. The first rehearsal was three hours of just standing on risers and singing. That killed my legs, whereas the following shorter rehearsals killed my voice. It lasted just about long enough to sing at the concert, and then I was a hoarse maniac on the ride home. I'm so exhausted right now, and actually really sick, meaning that I'm done typing this.

Ever notice how friendships fade and break away when you leave middle school for high school? I used to have several different groups of friends, and they were all really different types of people. I always acted differently around each group, and actually thought I had a multiple personality disorder at one time because of it. Adam Pope and the guys who all played instruments in a band, that turned out to be potheads and punks in their sophomore year. David Muzal was one of them; oddly enough, we haven't said a single greeting to each other since seventh grade. Sara Longtin, Stephanie Begg and a lot of my female upper classmen buddies faded away as well. I never talk to Sara anymore, and only really talk to Stephanie when I'm with one of her friends. I can't even remember the last name of the Katie who went to a different high school. She was the girl that knew me through the little notes that the choir director in Doerre had us write to the singers one grade level above us. I actually remember still knowing her in eighth grade- she would hug me enthusiastically during the annual men's concert, and other functions where Klein Oak high school was involved. Kathryn Streeter was such a vibrant and happy person, we would always talk on AIM or MSN, but it was yet another friendship whose ties broke with the transition into high school. I see her in the career center often. I actually used to know Allison Scace a little better, I talked to her occasionally in my eighth grade health class, but after she got the impression I liked her, and actually asked me about it, we didn't talk too much anymore. I didn't like her for anything more than a friend. Even Katie Maier is fading from my long list of old friends- the most cheerful person in the world, I never saw her with a frown on her face. She still cheers me up every time I see her. I actually think I had a little crush on her at one time. Then there's Luan Nguyen, my Asian choir buddy who quit after freshman year and never went on to be one of the elite singers in chorale. Very mellow guy, for the most part. Even played EverQuest. Erica Moses is one that stands out. Probably one of the only girls I will ever know who told people she loved them in sixth grade, she was probably the first girl I ever seriously liked. She came from a divorced family, and has recently moved around a lot to different subdivisions. I actually was able to talk to her about how things were going this year. Despite her appearance and family history, she's still the sweet, stronghearted girl I knew from the community pool every other day during summer vacations. I would meet her there so often, and we became great friends. One might even say we were going out, but I think she was a little more serious about that than I was. Now, you can find her lying in the arms of her boyfriend in the mornings on one of those big plastic bins which hold the sandbags for flood prevention. They've been going out for a year or so now, I believe. The guy was in my geography class last year, all I remember from him was that he announced one day that his highest report card grade was a 47. Of course, he was quite proud of it. I wonder if Erica is concerned about his academic success? I should really talk to her more often. I think I can say now that Erica was my best friend during my late childhood, leading up to my teenage years. Mostly during the two summer vacations during which we spent the most time together. Not a friend that I want to completely lose.

Dare I go on? I can think of so many other friends that I've really just lost over the past few years. I've got a picture framed on my desk with a bunch of people at one of my birthday parties. Only about three of the people in the photograph are still my friends.

I feel kinda sick. Like my throat's really dry. Couldn't sing too well in choir today- could it be all these medications I'm taking? I dunno. Anyway, I'm not taking them anymore, since they're not helping me at all. Glee. I hate the taste you get when you inhale albuterol... *cringe*

Opera's tomorrow. It was fun last year, and should be interesting this year as well. I would mention the opera's name, but I forget the spelling, and never spell things wrong if I can help it. Never. Anyway, the only formal shirt I own seems to be too small on me this year, so my mom's going out tomorrow to buy something new. I hope she gets something decent.

Speaking of my mother, she got laid off today. Bastards. Optel seems like a pretty shitty cable company if they charge 72 dollars a month for 1 mb/sec internet while Time Warner charges 42 a month. Their TV deals are crap too. Perhaps she's better off without that job, but then again, what will she do now? I foresee credit problems...

Been walking to choir with Halley for the past month or two. She's a pretty cool friend. Of course, she's also one of the rare people I can make conversation with without long periods of silence in between sentences. I think maybe I ought to hang out with her more. Yes, even if she is a Mormon. Despite all stereotypes concerning the unfaithful, I've always said I prefer the word agnostic to atheist to describe my religion, or lack of it. Unlike most atheists, I don't 'fight' to destroy religion and its involvement in everyday life.

I know. I don't do movie reviews. However, I must make an exception.

Anti-Trust is a cool movie, in general. Basically, a huge, monopolistic company (Microsoft clone) has control over most of the world's computer industry, and uses evil tactics to steal a brilliant programmer's code and kill him. The main character, another brilliant software designer works to stop the company, and broadcasts the crimes across the world, in the end making all their programs open-source (hail, Linux!). It's got a great storyline and theme, but I must express my dislike of the last few turns of events. As much as this may spoil it, it's not like anyone reads this anyway. The blonde that the company is paying to date and spy on the main character ends up as the truly good, nice girl. This might seem all nice and romantic, however, the black-haired chick, who is intelligent, clever, and much cooler in every way than the aforementioned blonde, turns out to be an evil minion of the monopoly. Damnit. It didn't end the movie quite right! The main character and the black-haired chick had such a great love story developing between them, but nooo, evil Bill Gates clone has her under his control the whole time. Oh well. It's definitely one that I must download and watch again.

In geometry. The retards turned off the web filtering! If I had my home global IP address, I'd hack my computer and grab some music, or something, but oh well. 35 minutes until I'm out of here...

I know, I haven't actually made any real updates recently. Please pardon my obsession with online quizzes. Then again, why else come here except to learn about me? I don't write any webcomics or anything...

In any case, the Renaissance Festival yesterday was fun. Me, Julia, and Rob. Turns out Mary couldn't come; she was feeling sick. Again. However, it went well even with the loss of our potential leader. Neither of the three of us are very commanding leaders, and wished for Mary after wandering around for awhile. Rob thinks Mary should just take NyQuil.

On to today. In the first two periods, I had the pleasure of watching movies. While this isn't that educational, and I usually complain about watching junkyard wars in a class I took to learn about electronics, I didn't really care today. I suppose I would complain about the work if it existed. Teenagers thrive off complaining. Speaking of complaints, I wrote an email to the public information officer asking why the Klein ISD doesn't offer Japanese as a language course. True, it's a complicated language, but the country with the second best economy in the world doesn't speak Latin. I got an automatic scripted response. Perhaps the administration will take me seriously and actually answer my question? Who knows.

In chemistry we're measuring the thickness of aluminum foil. In atoms. Sigh.

Men's music in choir. Help me... anyone. There is no real bass part when you're forced to sing on stage with 150 junior high students, and I'm forced to sing like a tenor. It sucks, a lot.

New seats in geometry. Who would've thought I still sit across from Claire. Although, now Mark Cates is at my table as well, who suffered third-degree burns on his arms and legs in eighth grade, for something really stupid. What was it? Kicking flaming tennis balls filled with gasoling while wearing preppy pants made out of some synthetic fabric? I can't help laughing at him. Profusely.

On a last note, I've been listening to Avril Lavigne. I've never really understood myself and my personality, but I thought I understood my musical tastes. Generally, I like instrumental jazz, classical music, and all my Japanese stuff, as well as a few American bands. In fact, I think I've always resented pop culture. Screw it, my Avril Lavigne mp3s are cool, for some strange reason.

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You scored 25% Logical or Sensible Love
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You scored 25% Other-Directed or Thou-Focused Love
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You scored 16.7% Romantic or Sensual Love
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Renaissance Festival tomorrow. Should be fun. Mary can't come though :(

You're Alucard, the vaguely evil star of Hellsing that is both revered and feared. Always ready to laugh at the weaknessess of others, you can be downright cruel. Lurking underneath all that bitterness, however, is a strong sense of justice and concern for those you care about.
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Yuck. It's still only Tuesday. But, after all, it can only get better from here.

Mr.T is actually pretty good at Quake. Not as good as me, of course; but still good. We use this weird mod that has a bunch of really hyped up overpowerful weapons in it, but considering the fact that most people can't aim, I don't mind. Good old rocket launcher.

Nothing interesting today, save perhaps the fact that Palisin wasn't here, and the basses now sit next to the sopranos again. So very peaceful. Mary seemed in a bad mood today. I guess she's sick. I hope she can still come to the Renaissance Festival with us.

I'm home. And soaked. It's been raining all day today. I'm pretty sure it hasn't stopped once yet. Holiday recordings were today, and my legs are still tired from the excessive amount of standing up that's required.

Played Quake in electronics today. When will those people learn how to use a mouse? The score: 17 to -1.

I can't stand English anymore. We're in the process of reading Antigone- Greek drama that I'm really not too fond of. It's not only the fact that I don't like the play, however; it's the people that have to read the lines. Of course, we pick people to play each character scene by scene, and it amazes me how poorly some high school sophomores can read. Not only do they sound completly monotone and uninterested, and can't read half the words without the teacher's help, it's like they've never heard of the damned period. He's your friend at the end, guys- he lets you know when it's okay to breathe! To add to the lack of confidence, most people finish their sentences with a sort of questioning tone, as if all the periods were question marks. "I think, um, Cre.. Creayon (teacher: Creon.) ohh, Creon! I think Creon is mad beyond any compre... hensible level?" At least the students in drama know what they're doing. Ugh.

Chemistry is getting on my nerves too. I forget to write up this lab, and Mr.McCormick is ready to stick red hot pokers in my eyes. I swear. There are the class favorites, and then there's me.

I think I can suffer through it.

I received a suggestion to create a list of all the little things that make life better, and publish it on this blog. Here goes:

-Ice cream. Any flavor.
-Green tea.
-Pie. Again, any flavor.
-When my pair of socks actually matches.
-Gaining a level in EverQuest. As pathetic as that sounds, it does improve my mood.
-Choir.
-New clothes.
-Good friends, which I have so few of.
-Relationships, which I also rarely experience.
-The snooze button on my alarm clock.
-Watching a new anime (when I finally finish downloading it).
-Actually receiving a phone call that's not a telemarketer offering me a credit card. I get less of these than relationships and good friends.
-Riding my bike.

I will think of more things. Trust me.

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The death of Rob's blog is in the past now. Oh well, we all know it sucked anyway.

Irene has some... Well, some strange friends. I won't say anything more than that.

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Julia and I talked it out. Turns out she liked Adam and me, and just likes Adam now. I'm so glad she was straightforward with me.

Goodnight!

So.. tired...

Must make tea.

Back from riding my bike three and a half miles around all these subdivisions. Damn my breathing problem. I can barely type. But, the writer must press on.

I'm a little depressed, actually, though riding my bike always help me think. Julia doesn't really like me, I'm sure of that now. She likes this guy in my choir named Adam. Oh well. I suppose I should give up and just be her friend.

Though, I still wish I had been at Irene's party.