homecomings
Mood:  spacey
Topic: latest news
sorry it's been a while. i've been pretty busy lately with ap course applications and such. i had work today (even though it's martin luther king day, geez doesn't charlie ever close?) and that was alright. same same. hmmm lemme think a sec about all that has happened recently. oh yeah. finals are coming up wednesday and thursday. i sure hope i do well on them. i think i have the spanish 2 final on wednesday along with biology. then thursday it's math and english. i don't really like finals because of all the writing it involves and i also hate coming upon the questions that you know the answer to, but just can't quite remember at the moment

i just got the da vinci code and i finished reading it today. wow! what a totally cool book! it really puts in perspective what sort of religious arguments go on out there in the world. i'm not sure if we're ever going to know the truth about jesus and mary magdelene. all of it is so controversial. but i'm sure someday, the truth will be revealed about everything. the world will know the answers.

teresa came home last week on thursday. what a great homecoming. i came down from english just to see her and kristin came down from biology. and we stayed awhile down in the bandroom and practiced and stuff. and then it was about 2:00 pm and time for teresa to come in at any moment! it was great. i stepped in the bandroom for just a second and suddenly there was this explosion of yelling out in the hall and kristin and teresa and clare (teresa's sister) were all out in the hall and everyone was hugging each other. i don't think you ever really find out how much you're missed until you come home.

that's probably the latest news for me. the new semester starts this friday and i'll have art, u.s. in modern world affairs, geometry, music theory, and a study hall. i'll have to finish the rest of my ap course applications and some of them i am handing in tomorrow.

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all along the watchtower...
Mood:  party time!
Topic: parties
i got back a little while ago from cathy's party. it was a blast. the party was originally supposed to be an anti-ball party but the winter ball at school was cancelled do to lack of participation. lol. so anyways we had a ton of fun at cathy's.

there was a room with tv and stuff and another room where we talked and stuffed. there was lots of food to meet and there were a lot of peopled there. i met a bunch of new people too which was cool. we started to play halo 2 but then we went outside for a while to play kick the can which is the most awesome outdoor game to play. it was dark and really hard to see.

then a few of us stayed outside and we went up on the roof of her shed and we watched the stars for a while and then we went back in. now it was halo 2 time and that was fun. then we spent the rest of the evening travelling between the kitchen and the room with the tv and it was soooo much fun. i also got to see kodi which was cool because i never get to see her. overall, it was an awesome party and oh hey my birthday party will be soon!

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all night long
Mood:  cool
Topic: parties
happy new year to everyone and i'll begin by just saying how incredibly tired i am because of last night. last night, as you may know already, was kassie's party. i left home around ten of eight and then i got to kassies and everyone was watching blue collar comedy tour which was soo funny lol. let's see...john, kassie, kristin, jeremy, zach, jenn, and laura m. were all there. what a cool crowd. after we were finished watching the movie, it was time to take a bit of a break and get something to eat so we had pizza and all this other stuff. we also played with here ps2 eye toy which was a blast. i had some of the punch too which was really good and i couldn't figure out why until kassie told me that it was just mountain dew and sherbert mixed together. i think that's the stuff that kept me going all night.

so we ate for a while and it got to be real close to new years. like maybe around 11:30 and we all got our stuff ready to go out and raise hell at midnight. there were all these balloons that were in kassie's living room on the floor so we pushed them out the door and there were a total of 24 cans of silly string. there were also noisemakers and hats and stuff too.

and then the countdown began and we all screamed and yelled in the middle of the road and we ran all around and sprayed silly string everywhere until the road looked like it had been spray painted or something. i had all this silly string all over me which you probably can see a picture of in my photo album. things died down after we spent probably a half an hour outside.

we went back inside after 12:30 and jenn had to leave. john had left earlier before midnight but zach, laura m., kassie, kristin, and i were going to stay for the night. we went back inside and watched some of napoleon dynamite which had some funny parts to it but then it just seemed stupid after a while so we quit. so we took a break and zach and i played some halo in the other room while the rest went outside. we also hacky sacked out in her driveway for a while and i played my guitar. then we went back in because we wanted it to watch a movie. we were trying to decide whether or not to watch the butterfly effect but then we decided on final destination 2 which totally freaked all of us out. i was on my like 20th cup of that punch which made things slightly weirder.

everyone was real paranoid after watching it so we took another break to cool off a bit and have some more food. it was around 2 or 3 in the morning i think. we wanted to watch another movie so zach had brought along kung pow enter the fist which was realy funny in some places and really stupid in other places. so we quit watching that and just hung around for the next few hours.

the sun came up and it was sort of weird. i mean i felt kind of tired but still pretty wide awake. it seemed like it should be time to go to bed or something but the sun was coming up. i guess i just interpreted everything as one incredibly long day. i dunno but it was pretty strange and i haven't gone to sleep yet! i will go to bed in a minute though. i had a really fun time at kassie's party and i hope that i have many more experiences that are just as fun. boy when you stay up all night, it just makes the day seem longer and you can party longer. imagine what we could all accomplish if we never slept!

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ps: the other day, my dad and i went out to buy a new video card and we successfully installed it and i've been really enjoying playing halo here the past few days!

lost in target
Mood:  sharp
Topic: latest news
christmas came and went so suddenly it was like standing really close to a moving train. i suppose you're all wondering what i got. well here's the latest scoop. i got some candy in my stocking, an awesome lamp for my desk which i needed, this really nice sweater that has been all through venice and europe with my dad, a silver ankh for this silver chain that i already had, a lord of the rings calendar (in color lol), a cd organizer book thing so i don't have to throw cds everywhere on band trips, and....a cell phone.

yep all of a sudden i am thrown headfirst into the wild world of haivng to pay a large amount of money just to talk on a tiny piece of plastic. but that tiny piece of plastic that i have (a virgin mobile kyocera k9) also has all this other totally cool stuff. i have account and a number now and i use phone cards with minutes instead of having to become a slave to a calling plan or something. it's great and i also have some games on there to play.

the next day after christmas, we went to philadelphia to visit my grandmother and attend the usual family christmas party. this year, we took four different kinds of coffee for after dinner which everyone enjoyed learning about and drinking. i got a cool gigantic blue pencil from cousin marcia from the harvard museum of natural history.

we stayed at a motel and then came home. the next day after that, we decided to go out and buy a brand new tv that would replace our other 19 inch one (tiny!). we used a gift card that was given to us and got a 27 inch tv and it seems so big to us! it's cool. man that target store is so freakin huge and it seems like someone who is not used to such an environment might become lost or something. i also bought halo for our computer but since our computer is sort of old and slow, the game doesn't work! geez. i hope i can get things working soon.

last night we went over to some friends of our's and they gave me a book of edgar allen poe with his short stories and everything. wow it's really great. i've always really admired his work. and i'm not sure if i wrote this but i also bought this thing online for the first time ever with a walden's gift card. i bought hamlet and i have to get back to reading it as soon as i have time.

because even though it's vacation, we still have some schoolwork to do. i have a bunch because i need to start my ap course application papers. and i accidently read all of "of mice and men" the other day even though i was only supposed to read the beginning. oops! oh well. lol.

and coming up is kassie's party. wow the year's gone so fast. and kassie's party is going to be so cool. i can't wait to see some of my friends. and it's an all-nighter so that'll be a first for me. it'll be 8 pm to 8 am and i'm going to try to stay awake as long as possible which may be difficult lol. i'll have to keep myself occupied. i'll make sure to take pictures and post them my photo albums somewhere!

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the night before christmas
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: work and such
i just got back from my extra day of work. i got a little envelope from charlie and clare that had $20 in it. what a great gift for christmas! well speaking of, tomorrow is the big day. then we go to jan's christmas party with practically the whole side of my mom's family on sunday. that's always neat. we're taking coffee this year to make after dinner. i'm sure everyone will enjoy it.

i just recently went and got some applications for these three a.p. courses that i want to take next year. and you have to write a big paper for each of them by january 28th. i've got quite a lot of work to do! i want to take a.p. european history, language and composition, and government. for the european history i have to write this stuff about three prominent people from this list. in the language and composition class i have to write a persuasive paper about why someone should read a certain book. and for government, i have to write about why i would be good for the class.

oh and pedro (zach) was my secret stocking person for spanish class. he got me this really big bag of willy wonka candy which was inside this sparkly green bag. lol. the candy's awesome and i've gotten a lot of christmas cards from my friends. and get this: swopey's mom got him this 20 inch television for his room. and i heard that she came out and showed it to him and then said he wasn't going to get it because he got a c on some paper. and she sent it back! kind of harsh don't you think? i think so. so john, jonathan and josh heard about this and went out and bought swopey a gameboy for christmas that he wanted that his parents weren't going to get him. and they gave it to him wednesday morning. you should've seen the look on his face. pure happiness. i think christmas really brings out the true meaning of friendship.

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i have tons of wrapping to do so merry christmas everyone!

10 days
Mood:  spacey
Topic: latest news
of vacation that is. school let out today and it was a big relief for everyone i think. our school concert was today and that went alright. nothing much happened the rest of the day, just skipping classes and stuff. everyone was watching christmas movies anyway.

i worked all week this week except for today which clare gave me off. instead, tomorrow i go in and work for 2 hours so that isn't bad. hey, tomorrow is christmas eve. my how the time flies! it seems like only yesterday i was typing a message on the old forum on the old website where norbert and kawika and i just met. a lot has happened in a year.

hmmm let's see. the movie recruiting seems to be going well. ronnie is in, and so is swopey and maybe dave and maybe jonathan. hopefully jeremy can play a part because we need him. dave seems unsure about it so i dunno if he's in or not. the more people the better.

kassie's party is next week and i'm going to that and staying all night. it's going to a blast. i can't wait! and cathy's having that party on the 8th. that will be fun if i can go. well that's the latest news. oh and teresa will be coming home soon!

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letters to africa
Mood:  bright
Topic: latest news
i finally got that letter sent to teresa yesterday. it only cost me like 80 cents to do it so that wasn't bad. it's about time i get around to sending it so i'm glad i finally did. i'll send her a few more over christmas break right before she comes home maybe. i can't forget, though, that she's spending a week in amsterdam before she finally arrives home.

i'm thinking of making a movie. sort of like a lord of the rings type movie but there's a big problem that i may not be able to get a few people together on one day. we'll be filming out in the woods and there's this bird watching stand too. see the plot of the movie is that the protagonist is journeying through the woods and on the way he'll meet several antagonists that he must fight to get to the lookout tower (the lookout tower being the birdwatching stand). and when he finally gets to the birdwatching stand, he has to fight this other really bad guy so then he could get to the ring. or something else valuable, i dunno. and it should be filmed in the evening. i'm thinking maybe i'll need 4 or 5 people. and a blank tape of course.

we went and got our christmas tree today at heckman's tree farm. see what you do is you ride out in this wagon to the field and cut it yourself and bring it in on the wagon and then they take it and tie it up and shake all the loose needles off for you. and then you pay for it and there's free hot chocolate and cookies. that was pleasant. and tomorrow there's nothing to be done but homework and this week we get out early on thursday which is nice.

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smothered in coffee
Mood:  irritated
Topic: work and such
by the way, i have a cold. geez you can't escape those dang colds because you're always around so many people at school. i had to work today and that was alright because i got more money lol. clare has this whole new way of doing things so now i have to use this plastic container to put the coffee in before i put them into a sample packet. now this time of year, everything is really static and that coffee comes out of that grinder and sticks to the plastic container and then it sticks to your hand and to your face and everything which sucks. and then you have to wipe it off and that's a big hassle and everything.

all the while i am struggling to breathe out of my nose and then all this coffee is going up into my sinuses and then it's oh geez i gotta blow my nose before i pass out or something. i'll be working next week from monday to thursday 4 pm to 6 pm after school because he wants me in some extra hours for extra help for the upcoming holiday. that means a week and a half of vacation! whoopie!

it's been so cold lately. it was 23 degrees this morning but thank goodness i got to ride the band bus instead of walking. the band bus wasn't too warm but it was better then being outside. we got some new pieces to play today like "a tribute to aarond copland" which is really cool and this one called "themes of the new world symphony" or something like that and also "the lord of the rings." yeah that's a cool one except it's not by howard shore who did the soundtrack for the movies which is sort of a bummer but it's still a good piece to play.

in biology today we had to get into groups and build columns using only 6 pieces of paper and like 14 inches of tape. our group won by holding up 24 books which amounted to 60 pounds. pretty neat huh? i thought so. it's interesting what tape and a little paper can do.

well tomorrow i think i'm going to mail teresa her letter. finally i am getting around to it. oh and also, after school driver's ed ends tomorrow also! yay! that is such an incredibly difficult and boring class. i'm really glad that it is ending. then next week it's going to be closer to christmas! oh boy it's that time of year again. time flies. oh and also i get to play mark antony in the play by william shakespeare about julius caesar. that'll be fun. friends, romans, countrymen...lend me your ears...

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new years resolutions
Mood:  party time!
Topic: parties
hey i'm back again and you know what? i've finally written that letter to teresa. finally geez it's just finding time to do anything lately. i recently got word of a party that kassie's going to have on new years. i hope i can go! it's gonna be great: food, music, crazy stuff, hot tub, and games. all night long too. the party's starting at 8 pm and going till 8 am. lol. i've never been to a 12 hour party before. sounds cool to me. i've just gotta figure out a way to stay awake all night and i think i'm gonna try those caffeine gell things that atheletes use that are like pure caffeine and maybe i'll eat like 2 of those and i'll be so incredibly wired i won't be able to sleep no matter what.

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the ruritan job
Mood:  chillin'
Topic: latest news
last thursday (i guess yesterday) the jazz and rock ensemble from the school (which i am a member of)went and played at the kauffman ruritan club. it went well and it was our first performance of the year. the choralaires were there to sing too. it was pretty rainy out, though, and we had to load and unload the truck in the rain. other than that, we all had a fun time.

i just got back from ted's house where we celebrated his 17th birthday and we had a blast. we played video games, jammed, and ate food. we also watched some of ted's movies that he made with some other people. austin and ryan were there along with justin, danielle, lauren, sam, and nate. good times:)

sunday we have a concert. it's the annual highschool christmas concert. the middle school had their's on like the 7th or something. i hope our's goes well. the highschool concert band is playing and also all the choir groups and the 9th grade band. too bad the concert is going to be like 2 freakin hours long. i remember last year how long it was and i think that this year i'm gonna bring something to read.

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