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 Archive -- Week 49: 6/1/03 - 6/7/03
Song of the Week: Third Eye Blind - Graduate
People would have most fun "Going to the beach" on a Summer day.
June 2, 2003 - can I graduate?
Sandusky was a blast, as was Cedar Point. We left early so I could get home and write my speech, which I actually ended up doing. It didn't turn out to be the entertaining monologue I wanted it to be, and it's actually kinda trite, but ah well... the words mean nothing compared to the experiences that inspired them. But after today, high school life is officially over for me, and I will enter the transitional period of summer before beginning college life at Case. What will this summer hold for me? Love? Sorrow? Sunburn? Just like with everything else, only time will tell. 
 
Image of the Day

A shot of the annular eclipse on May 31, 2003, from the top of the Cairngorms in the UK.

Quote of the Day - Susan B. Anthony

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.
 
June 3, 2003 - 03, sucka free
The ceremony went well last night; I think Larry even stayed awake the whole time. Of course, nothing ever works out exactly the way it's planned... I like that about life. And hell, "solemn" and "dignified" events are overrated. If I'm ever in charge of a school, I'm gonna have massive pyrotechnics, 80's entrance music, and a late-night talk show announcer to call people's names. Last night's graduation wasn't all that dignified; the event was r0xx0rd by absurdly loud cat calls, hoots, and hollars... The only problem I have with that is that some people's names weren't able to be heard, and after a while, the cheers become competitive, as if the coolest person gets the most screams. Despite Mr. Seymour's warning about not drawing attention to yourself, several people danced across the stage, Caitlin wore her robe backwards, and Marvin Cross, in all his glory, opened up his robe to expose his skinny black body with shorts, a t-shirt, and a tie. It truly added flavor to the night, and I commend him for it, despite it's "immaturity" and "silliness." People often say, "There's a time and place for everything," but I've always hated that expression.

What fun is life if you can't amuse yourself, despite what others think?
 
Image of the Day
(via Becky)

This explains so much...

Interesting Pondering of the Day

A self-addressed envelope would be addressed 'envelope'.
 
June 4, 2003 - moving right along
After staying in last night, today I'm ready to get out and enjoy summer! I don't think I'll be spending too many more nights being anti-social; I only have a few months before me and my high school friends go off to college. I definitely plan to spend lots of time hanging out with them, in hopes that this summer lives up to the standards set by the past one. Hey! In site news, therosser.com has almost been around for a year! Time flies when you're rambling at the top of an update, inserting some kind of image in the middle, and sticking a quote or likewise near the bottom of every update in a font color corresponding to the colors in the aformentioned image... err, something like that.

I've spoken my peace for today, so adios for now.
 
Image of the Day.

Lyrics of the Day - "Movin' Right Along" from The Muppet Movie

Movin' right along in search of good times and good news,
With good friends you can't lose,
This could become a habit!
Opportunity knocks once, let's reach out and grab it,
Together we'll nab it…
We'll hitchhike, bus or yellow cab it!
 
June 5, 2003 - adaptation, courage, and gay space warrior larry
Watched Adaptation last night... It was quite clever actually, and to tell you the truth, it almost made me believe it was all a true story. So yeah, I highly recommend it. Perhaps one day I'll put up a top ten movie list, so that people can be enlightened through my brilliant taste in movies. (The Stupids would probably be on my list.) 

Alright, nothing more to say today... Summer is good.
 
Image of the Day

I've decided that this is quite possibly the best picture of Larry ever taken. In fact, he should probably give it out as his senior picture. Hopefully, he'll wear this outfit again after he gets the "L" shaved into the back of his head.
 

Book Quote of the Day - Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.  It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what."
 
June 6, 2003 - past revisited
Do you ever forget things? Like, not just little things... like, things that change the direction of your life. Well, yesterday, I remembered one of those things. It hit me like a sack of potatoes. After Betsy and I broke up in December, I spent lots of time wondering to myself, "Why did I break up with her? Why did Jason have to come into her life?" and such... and yesterday I remembered exactly why: I broke up with her because I didn't want to be in the damn relationship anymore; I wanted her to go out with Jason. I had a friend encourage her to develop a relationship with him, long before we broke up... Hell, I had a whole group of people who helped me get out of that relationship.. I was sick of having the life strangled out of me. But soon after the end of it all, I forgot about my previous feelings. I thought maybe I wanted her back. But yesterday, when I remembered the reasons for 'us' ending in the first place, my inclination for reconstruction was completely gone. I didn't want to be with her then; I don't now. The only thing that kept me attached to her the past however many months was my attraction to her. But though this re-realization, that attraction has become quite faded as well. Perhaps I just needed to learn how to let go. She's been rambled about on this site far too many times.
 
Image of the Day
(via Steve)
 

Safe sex.
 

French Proverb of the Day

"The bashful always lose."
 
June 7, 2003 - my ridiculous thoughts
"Seek and you shall find." That famous phrase was quoted in Dan's 'blog. I dunno, I'd have to say I agree with it. If you want change to come to you, it will; if you want some brilliant realization to hit you, it will. If you close yourself to new ideas, you will not find new ideas. It's just saying the obvious. I don't care if anyone comes to my site 'seeking' anything; I don't care if they come 'seeking' and find nothing more than a realization that my thoughts are ridiculous (eh, Larry? :-P)... I write because I find it interesting to look back and read on what I thought. And perhaps some other people find it interesting as well. I like reading other people's thoughts when they're written down in weblog form. I feel like I'm experiencing another point-of-view. Somehow though, when someone tells me their thoughts, I tend to block them out and/or forget what they were talking about in the first place. Yeah yeah, maybe I should be open to other people's thoughts, but if I'm not interested in seeking, how can I find? (Read that last sentence again; it doesn't make sense, as all I did was justify one action with the same action.)

P.S. Happy Birthday, Marie!
 
Image of the Day
 

Steve, Megan, and Chinese Foreign Minister, Tang Jiaxuan.
 

E-mail Survey Quote of the Day - Jessie, 11-24-01

39. I live: for the end. because it all turns out ok in the end. if it doesn't, fuck you too, its the end anyway, and its all over and done with.