Sunday, September 31, 2001 8:04 PM

Hi. Today was the most boring day ever. I got so bored that I did my Global Studies study guide. It took me about two hours. Yup, I was that bored. Some other stuff happened I think but it was all bad so I won’t tell you about it.

Monday, October 1, 2001 3:30 PM

Yay my day today was fun. We played a review game thingy in History and I liked it. Our team should have won, but final jeopardy killed us. Ack. I’m really starting to loathe my chemistry class. Its astonishingly boring. We spent the whole period today on a lab that I was done with in like ten minutes. I just sat there the rest of the time. I can’t rest my head on my desk because she takes off five points for that. I can’t close my book because if I do I get extra homework. That class is really annoying.

Tuesday, October 2, 2001 8:33 PM

I’ve got a lot of homework. I’ve got to finish my mask. My mask isn’t quite as good as it should be because I bought the wrong kind of paint. No, no it’s not the paint’s fault. I should have been more responsible and done it earlier and all that jazz. But it’s true. My mask is all right, all things considered. It’s a Cyclops. Its eye is black, because I ran out of white. It doesn’t look that bad. I’ve got the mouth in a sneer and I’m going to paint teeth in it. Well, I might paint teeth in it, if I can find some white. I hope I’m able to paint the back of the mask because newspaper looks really trashy. Ugh. I’ve got so much homework this year. It’s a real leap up from last year. So many projects and assignments and crap and I’ve got to do them all and do them all well.

I hate it when teachers compliment me on my work ethic. I don’t think what I do is anything special; its just what’s been asked of me. Today our gym coach Mr. Cline told me if he had any team of kids like me he could take on any other team in the city. I was really embarrassed. I don’t think that’s true. I’m awful in gym. I bench about 100. My mile time is 7:02. I’m not sure how much I squat, but it’s nothing special. I totally don’t deserve that kind of praise.

My motivation is my grades, usually. I’ll do whatever it takes for an “A”. Anything. I don’t care if I have to go without sleep for a week. I’d do it. It’s not like I’m a really good, righteous person or anything; I just want an “A”.

The stuff above is kind of self-contradictory in a way. I don’t know. It’s really hot in here. My mom turned the thermostat up really high for some unknown reason. I’ve been sweating and unable to concentrate for hours. My homework is going undone. After I finish this journal, I’m going to have to do a little chemistry, finish my mask, and study for the history test. I’d have allotted more time for study, but I think I know the stuff well enough that I can pull an “A” without a lot of preparation. I’ll still probably put in a good half hour or forty five minutes if only to prep for the essay.

Another good reason I haven’t been doing my homework is that I’ve been talking to people online. Particularly Emily. Emily Ballard and I went out sometime last year. I don’t know how I feel about her or the whole thing now, but we haven’t really talked since we broke up. For a while I really resented her, for a number of reasons that I don’t really feel a need to share. So last Saturday she messaged me on aim with a new screen name and I didn’t know it was her. Apparently it was by mistake. She signed off or maybe blocked me right afterwards. Yesterday I messaged that screen name and said “hi” and she signed off again. Today I messaged her again and asked who she was. She finally told me, and we got to talking. It’s really what’s on my mind now, and I’d like to vent, but its personal, and I want to respect her privacy. Whatever.

Lately I’ve been listening to They Might Be Giants. I liked them really in sixth grade, then moved on in seventh and eighth. But I just recently pulled out all my TMBG CD’s and ripped all my favorite tracks to my computer. I’m listening to them now. They’ve got some really great songs. Most of their stuff is really hard to interpret, and I’m inclined to think it doesn’t have a meaning. It might. Who knows?

Drivers Ed is really boring. Its become a study hall, so we just go in and do busy work. No fun at all.

Wow! On my report card, I got a “1” in Global Studies. I’m an outstanding student? Ha, new to me.

Oh wow. I think I just got some girl to play Starcraft. You see, my friend Matt played with me a lot. He just broke his wrist the other day. So there’s this girl that’s his friend, and I was talking to her. And I jokingly suggested that she play Starcraft to replace Matt while he has a broken wrist and can’t play. She agreed. It’s awesome.

I really hope she plays a lot, because I have nobody to play with now. Adam plays Asheron’s Call all the time now. Will’s always played it. So Matt was the only one left. Yes, I really enjoy a good game of Starcraft now and again. Good fun. Well I’m off to paint my mask now.