Wow, I haven't updated in a week. I guess it's just because of the boringness of sitting around here. Even though I have nothing to do, I can't seem to find the effort in me to write anything in the blog. Since my computer is dead, I'm really just sitting around here on AIM, listening to music and drinking tea. But I don't really care about my computer. It'l be nice once I get the money to fix it, but it's not a necessity. I'm too happy with my life!
Yesterday I was over at Jenn's house busy "fixing her computer". I really did get some work done, but we ended up on her couch watching Ever After. Such a sad movie! Her parents want me to network their computers once they get their new one, and I have to say, it's probably going to be pretty challenging. I've set up router/cable modem networks before, but I've never done anything with wireless technology, and I think I really have to do some research on the top hardware that's out there today. I am not drilling holes in their house to lay cable; it's just too much trouble.
So anyway, last week was a maelstrom of nothingness. Benchmark test in English, and two days of practically sitting around doing nothing made that class once again trivial. We'll start reading Julius Caesar on Tuesday. Exciting.
PE has been a lot of fun, I guess... It's really just a routine of going there after first period, getting dressed, warming up and running around, and playing basketball, which I suck at. A lot. It doesn't really matter though, because being white is like a 30% penalty to basketball skills anyway. It's true!
My new programming period is a little more amusing than the old one, in the sense that there are some people I know in there. Not my favorite people, but people. Bryan Balouchi and Mitchel Davison are a few, and some guys in the back that play the Hellsing soundtrack a lot. Kinda cool, but the class itself continues to be very, very boring and trivial. I hate Visual BASIC.
Lunch goes on much as it has the past two months, I sit with Jenn, Bret and now Todd, whose schedule was changed. Lunch is really an oasis of stuff that actually happens in school. Is it just that classes start back up slowly that everything's boring, or what?
Chemistry is still really cool. While everyone else does calorimetry problems, I just copy the answers off the board and draw Todd as John Lennon for most of the period. He's got a guitar and the glasses and everything! It's awesome. Halley's still a really cool friend to have in there too. I cherish our walks to fifth period, where we make fun of Palisin's retarded "race for his girlfriend". He literally sprints across the campus to see her...
Choir's getting a little more intense as we begin learning the nine or ten songs we'll be singing in New York. Sectional seating sucks though. I have to sit between Palisin and the tenors, and there's not a worse place to sit. When did Adam turn into Uberfag anyway? His perverted sense of humor kinda gets on my nerves these days. Julia says he thinks I'm a queer or somesuch, as if I could care less. I'm obviously not gay, and he's the one obsessed with really bad jokes involving the male reproductive system. Ugh. "Look guys! My pen is wiggly! Get it?"
Geometry is pretty cool these days, as I've finally gotten a decent seating arrangement. I sit with Kara Collister, Sam Whatshisname, and some other girl who goes over and sits with other people anyway. Sam's this cool rebellious guy who tells us how much ROTC sucks every day, and how much he wants to get out of it, or kill the counselors in the process. Kara's funny cause she's really a pretty intelligent person, and tries hard to get good grades and stuff, but she seems all ditzy when she doesn't understand someone. Silly silly people...
I didn't mention what I did on Friday! Me, Jenn, Jeff and Rachel all went down to the Mormon dance! I dunno whether it's some annual thing or just some church activity, but I saw a lot of people I know, that are actually Mormons. Was very weird. Saw Adam there too, and he was all like "Hey, it's my best buddy from choir", and then we headed the other direction. In any case, the dance royally sucked. The DJ was this old guy who enjoyed playing really old Backstreet Boys and N'Sync songs, so it was nothing short of torture. In fact, it was. We left after about 45 minutes and just hung out at Jenn's house. Her couch > church's gymnasium.
Tomorrow is the long expected holiday. I love getting Mondays off, it takes the suckiness off of them and doesn't really even dump it on the Tuesdays. Anyway, me, Jenn and Rob are going to Julia's to hang out and "watch TV". I absolutely can't wait to see Jenn, especially after the boringness of today. And can't wait to give Julia her bday present! Hurrah for Target gifts! Rob better not be sick tomorrow though. Imagine the sadness!
Sunday, January 19, 2003
Sunday, January 12, 2003
Sunday. I've neglected the updates, but really, there hasn't been that much happening out of the ordinary. School goes on, boring as it is, and Jenn and I continue to be in love. We went to Rachel's party on Friday and I showed of my intensely, um, skillful basketball skills (they suck). Went shopping for no reason at all with Jenn on Saturday, for notebook paper... We tend to try and be together at every available oppurtunity.
Today was much more fun, we went to see Just Married, which is a hilarious movie. At the Willowbrook theatre no less, so the armrests didn't suck like the Loews ones! We ate lunch and had ice cream and went home, but Jenn didn't stay cheered up for too long. She's really stressed out right now with homework, and her car and its satanic standard shifting annoys her a lot, and she still thinks she's fat, despite anything I can tell her. Even if I did think she was fat, I wouldn't care. I love her from the bottom of my heart for the person she is, not for the person she wants to look like. She has such a great personality, and she's kind, and thoughtful, and crazy, and funny, and I think she knows that I think that. It just doesn't save her from being depressed sometimes. I'm a little worried about her, but I'm sure I can cheer her up tomorrow morning.
Today was much more fun, we went to see Just Married, which is a hilarious movie. At the Willowbrook theatre no less, so the armrests didn't suck like the Loews ones! We ate lunch and had ice cream and went home, but Jenn didn't stay cheered up for too long. She's really stressed out right now with homework, and her car and its satanic standard shifting annoys her a lot, and she still thinks she's fat, despite anything I can tell her. Even if I did think she was fat, I wouldn't care. I love her from the bottom of my heart for the person she is, not for the person she wants to look like. She has such a great personality, and she's kind, and thoughtful, and crazy, and funny, and I think she knows that I think that. It just doesn't save her from being depressed sometimes. I'm a little worried about her, but I'm sure I can cheer her up tomorrow morning.
Tuesday, January 07, 2003
Sunday, January 05, 2003
Back from Jenn's house, and as usual, I'm in my state of ecstasy. I actually kinda feel like singing right now, which is the only reason it'll be kinda nice to get back to school. I hate going back after Christmas holidays. It's so depressing... But I can't be depressed right now! Yay!
Then again, tomorrow I have a lot of work to do. Like, all day.
Then again, tomorrow I have a lot of work to do. Like, all day.
Well, I'm bored. Which means I should be able to write for quite a while tonight. The holiday after the new year turned upon us has been a lot of fun. Twice now have me and Julia been over at Rob's house, and once with Jenn. Jenn and I are still doing great, "going steady" now as my mom likes to make fun of me, and so I'm quite happy. A new couple has emerged in the midst of my friends, however, and an unlikely one at that! Rob and Julia. Yes, strange as I may find it, my tranquil Asian friend and my psycho-blender ninja of an EverQuest addict have fallen for each other. Just today they announced to me that they're going out. I never did see Rob as the romantic type, but the past two times Julia and I have been over to his house, they've been pretty flirtatious. Blanket provides a good deception, no?
In other news, I'm bored. My computer continues to be an arch-demon of terrible power, and it takes great delight in knowing I can't do anything other than update this blog and chat on AIM. I went down to Imagine Computers today and bought a new processor, which set me back about 58 bucks. Turns out my Compaq motherboard is too old and crappy for the speed I bought, so I'll also need a new one of those. There goes my money from Dennis' job. Anyway, once I get the parts, my computer will work, and all will be well at my house. Of course, all really is well, besides the fact that I'm bored. I haven't been home long enough to play any EQ anyway, considering how much I'm out of the house these days. *grin*
My past life is weird. I almost bored Julia and Jennifer to death today talking about our former relations with the Gillespies in our private chatroom. The Gillespies were a family of about 12 who lived here a year or so before moving to Maine. I hung out at their house quite a lot, mostly for lack of a better thing to do. Kieron's pretty stupid. He always forgot our names or had us run out to get network cables before remembering he had five spares in his desk drawer. Caitlin was his, well, interesting sister. She was a hardened and bitter Randalls employee who simply snapped one day while Rob and I were catching a ride home with her. Randalls was full of racist and sexist bastards, and they were quite mean to Cait. Evan was the cooler one of Kieron's brothers, the ominous and evil figure that he was. He sort of lived in this corner of the house I remember best, and was nicer to Rob and I than to Kieron himself. He enjoyed playing EQ and sleeping until 5 PM. Enough said.
I hope I've bored you out of your minds. I'm going to go try to sleep now...
In other news, I'm bored. My computer continues to be an arch-demon of terrible power, and it takes great delight in knowing I can't do anything other than update this blog and chat on AIM. I went down to Imagine Computers today and bought a new processor, which set me back about 58 bucks. Turns out my Compaq motherboard is too old and crappy for the speed I bought, so I'll also need a new one of those. There goes my money from Dennis' job. Anyway, once I get the parts, my computer will work, and all will be well at my house. Of course, all really is well, besides the fact that I'm bored. I haven't been home long enough to play any EQ anyway, considering how much I'm out of the house these days. *grin*
My past life is weird. I almost bored Julia and Jennifer to death today talking about our former relations with the Gillespies in our private chatroom. The Gillespies were a family of about 12 who lived here a year or so before moving to Maine. I hung out at their house quite a lot, mostly for lack of a better thing to do. Kieron's pretty stupid. He always forgot our names or had us run out to get network cables before remembering he had five spares in his desk drawer. Caitlin was his, well, interesting sister. She was a hardened and bitter Randalls employee who simply snapped one day while Rob and I were catching a ride home with her. Randalls was full of racist and sexist bastards, and they were quite mean to Cait. Evan was the cooler one of Kieron's brothers, the ominous and evil figure that he was. He sort of lived in this corner of the house I remember best, and was nicer to Rob and I than to Kieron himself. He enjoyed playing EQ and sleeping until 5 PM. Enough said.
I hope I've bored you out of your minds. I'm going to go try to sleep now...
Wednesday, January 01, 2003
Happy new year to all. And, if I don't summarize my year, it may not seem like a new year at all.
Freshman year was fun, I must admit. A cappella choir, while not being too good, was more fun than chorale, in my opinion. I knew everyone, unlike the unruly mob that is the 5th period I know today. I suppose the best experience relating to choir was the San Antonio trip. We ran around the mall, played video games, ate pizza, and pried out the wall outlet in our hotel room to make way for the nintendo. And of course, there was the quick relationship between Mary and I. It was fun, but short-lived, and I never think we were meant for each other. Still, I still hold some good memories from it.
The summer was really shitty. Not only was it a little too long and boring, but I had to take that class in summer school. Seven hours a day of sitting around watching movies was literally painful. I also evolved into a very antisocial person from the experience. Only one person I knew took classes in the summer; Mark Anderson. I shall say no more.
I was almost overjoyed to be back and school and with some friends, despite my slight dislike of chorale. The Gillespies had moved, and the group of friends that was once me, Kieron, Rob and Todd disintegrated into, well, me and Rob. Todd's cool, but most silent, and I only see him during chemistry. Did I mention he looks like John Lennon? Yeah. Anyway, being the obsessive romantic I tend to be, I developed a lot of little crushes on some girls, which I won't go into detail about. All you have to do is read the archives to see my pathetic little love life. I was generally pretty depressed and bitter towards the world, for what, I didn't know. I didn't trust other people (and don't get me wrong, I still don't), and now that I look back on it, I'm not even sure I trusted myself. My self-esteem was a little low, I guess. I kept up some decent grades though, and continued to sit around doing homework and napping at lunch. I think Mary tried to cheer me up during a few of those lunch periods; and even if she wasn't trying, I thank her. I was glad to still have some good friends, but I was a bit... I don't know. It was my cynical side taking over, I suppose. Being alone a lot was good for me though. In fact, the entire year I was on a little quest to discover who I was, because I never did, and sometimes still don't understand myself. I know now that I'm a little two-sided; the cynical romantic, was it? During the summer also I attempted to compile all my philosophies and atheist bitterness into something that defined myself.
Anyway, it all leads up to me meeting Jennifer, becoming a relatively cheerful person, and writing constantly about her in the twelfth of the year I've been with her. She is, without a doubt, someone that brings out the good side of me, and one of the few people who can. I love her more than anything, and really don't know what I'd do without her. One of the other people who can cheer me up is Julia. I have to thank her for being the coolest friend a guy could have. Enough said. The year is complete, and all my inner demons that I may have manifested during it are vanquished!
I am finally content with my life.
Freshman year was fun, I must admit. A cappella choir, while not being too good, was more fun than chorale, in my opinion. I knew everyone, unlike the unruly mob that is the 5th period I know today. I suppose the best experience relating to choir was the San Antonio trip. We ran around the mall, played video games, ate pizza, and pried out the wall outlet in our hotel room to make way for the nintendo. And of course, there was the quick relationship between Mary and I. It was fun, but short-lived, and I never think we were meant for each other. Still, I still hold some good memories from it.
The summer was really shitty. Not only was it a little too long and boring, but I had to take that class in summer school. Seven hours a day of sitting around watching movies was literally painful. I also evolved into a very antisocial person from the experience. Only one person I knew took classes in the summer; Mark Anderson. I shall say no more.
I was almost overjoyed to be back and school and with some friends, despite my slight dislike of chorale. The Gillespies had moved, and the group of friends that was once me, Kieron, Rob and Todd disintegrated into, well, me and Rob. Todd's cool, but most silent, and I only see him during chemistry. Did I mention he looks like John Lennon? Yeah. Anyway, being the obsessive romantic I tend to be, I developed a lot of little crushes on some girls, which I won't go into detail about. All you have to do is read the archives to see my pathetic little love life. I was generally pretty depressed and bitter towards the world, for what, I didn't know. I didn't trust other people (and don't get me wrong, I still don't), and now that I look back on it, I'm not even sure I trusted myself. My self-esteem was a little low, I guess. I kept up some decent grades though, and continued to sit around doing homework and napping at lunch. I think Mary tried to cheer me up during a few of those lunch periods; and even if she wasn't trying, I thank her. I was glad to still have some good friends, but I was a bit... I don't know. It was my cynical side taking over, I suppose. Being alone a lot was good for me though. In fact, the entire year I was on a little quest to discover who I was, because I never did, and sometimes still don't understand myself. I know now that I'm a little two-sided; the cynical romantic, was it? During the summer also I attempted to compile all my philosophies and atheist bitterness into something that defined myself.
Anyway, it all leads up to me meeting Jennifer, becoming a relatively cheerful person, and writing constantly about her in the twelfth of the year I've been with her. She is, without a doubt, someone that brings out the good side of me, and one of the few people who can. I love her more than anything, and really don't know what I'd do without her. One of the other people who can cheer me up is Julia. I have to thank her for being the coolest friend a guy could have. Enough said. The year is complete, and all my inner demons that I may have manifested during it are vanquished!
I am finally content with my life.
