something very disturbing happened today.
as i approached the gym in my tiny car with the radio successfully functioning (it hadn't rained heavily for the past 20 minutes), i spotted an eerily familiar car. a camry with a black bike rack on the back.
any guesses?
yes. none other than mr. lee was in the gym when i entered. i was deeply disturbed and successfully pretended that i didn't see him until he left, when he smiled smugly and waved.
terrifying experience. hopefully he goes at the same time every day so that i can figure out how best to avoid him.
not even gold's gym is sacred now. first it was just mr. bullifin. hyatt gym was never sacred, since mr. linkenhelt is always there after school. *shivers*
what to do?
there was quite an earthquake today. you should've heard ms. mili sceaming at the top of her lungs, "get under your desks!!! do you know how people die in earthquakes??? things don't fall on them, they're running around like rats and they do stupid things!!!!" i thought she was gonna have an aneurysm. no one died. thankfully. we did do a darn good scared-rat imitation, though. :P
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
i know i should be writing at least one of the two essays that mr. lee assigned us. i know that i should be doing something productive, especially since if he saw me blogging in his class he would promptly behead me. i know i should be following melissa's example and actually working.
alas, i am far too lazy.
youth conference was a blast! especially with melissa there. the humble bumblebees were never so entertaining. :P it was fun to have tori, too, even though when i tried to tell her she got defensive *cough cough*. understandably, though. even the dance was fun. :O haha
i procrastinated so badly this weekend that i didn't actually begin writing my other essay for mr. lee until 1am yesterday morning. thanks to that bit of ingenious foresight, my eyes were so tired this morning that i couldn't get my contacts in and am wearing glasses today. fascinating, huh? lol.
we have art today. i love ms. nancy. she could pull art out of a turtle and make it look like picasso. thiis doesn't keep me from totally sucking at her class, though. even the fact that i'm doing an interpretation of a portrait of adam brody for my latest composition doesn't keep me from sucking. you know it's bad when even adam can't help you. :P
alas, i am far too lazy.
youth conference was a blast! especially with melissa there. the humble bumblebees were never so entertaining. :P it was fun to have tori, too, even though when i tried to tell her she got defensive *cough cough*. understandably, though. even the dance was fun. :O haha
i procrastinated so badly this weekend that i didn't actually begin writing my other essay for mr. lee until 1am yesterday morning. thanks to that bit of ingenious foresight, my eyes were so tired this morning that i couldn't get my contacts in and am wearing glasses today. fascinating, huh? lol.
we have art today. i love ms. nancy. she could pull art out of a turtle and make it look like picasso. thiis doesn't keep me from totally sucking at her class, though. even the fact that i'm doing an interpretation of a portrait of adam brody for my latest composition doesn't keep me from sucking. you know it's bad when even adam can't help you. :P
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
the world according to ________.
melissa was totally funny yesterday. her college advice for me?
"you totally have to go to yale. then you'll be closer to me."
my response?
"like, duh."
it makes perfect sense! now it's just that tiny problem of getting in. and paying for it. that's important too.
SAT scores tomorrow. ACT saturday. Subject tests in december. does it ever end?? :'(
"you totally have to go to yale. then you'll be closer to me."
my response?
"like, duh."
it makes perfect sense! now it's just that tiny problem of getting in. and paying for it. that's important too.
SAT scores tomorrow. ACT saturday. Subject tests in december. does it ever end?? :'(
man...mr lee really went overboard with the homework tonight. he was probably just ticked off that no one was participating yesterday. i wonder who's fault that was...:O
why should i explicate poetry? what's the point, anyway? if they have something to say, why don't they just SAY it? i just don't see the point of all this mindless round-about language when they're really just trying to say,
"dang, she's hott. i wonder if she'd go out with me."
why should i explicate poetry? what's the point, anyway? if they have something to say, why don't they just SAY it? i just don't see the point of all this mindless round-about language when they're really just trying to say,
"dang, she's hott. i wonder if she'd go out with me."
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
the stress is gone....!hooray. no more play. no more mr. easton. at least not until tomorrow. when there are auditions for "scrooged". which i need to decide whether or not i'm trying out for. either way, i'm going to the auditions, since i have to chaperone mr. tessen to make sure he tries out. mr. easton says he'd be perfect :D:D
but yes. the stress is gone. i have spent more time in the very cramped backstage area of charley's than i ever wanted to spend, i have gotten to know some very interesting people a little better than i had ever perhaps desired, and i have determined, without a doubt, the exact sexual orientation of a few select persons.
it's a relief. i supposed i'll miss it. just not tonight.
SAT scores come out on thursday. yikes!!
ACT is on saturday. so is youth conference. which i am wearing shorts to. hehe.
caroline is definitely hanging out with taylor this week, since she didn't see her for a whole week last week and missed her like...a LOT.
;)
Saturday, October 13, 2007
have you seen "blood diamond"?
no?
well. i lack taylor's enviable tact, so i will tell you frankly: watch it. there's an eye-opener if there ever was one.
i think i've figured it out. it took me a little while and a whole lot of self-centeredness, but i think it's a little more ironed-out than it was before. i think i definitely will be a journalist. it seems like the only way to get things done, since i'm too cynical and don't have the patience for politics. journalism seems like it would cater a little more to an attitude of impatience.
i dunno, though. we're 17. what do we know about life? all we know is what we see in the movies. and face it: everything's prettier in the perfect light and when captured at the perfect angle with the right lens. everything's a little more clean-cut when accompanied with razor-sharp dialogue and beautiful actors to romanticize everything. it's like reading poetry about something like a suicide. you don't usually read poetry about something like that, right? but it's the only way you'll ever find a connection to it, since you obviously haven't experienced it yourself.
so what're we supposed to do? should we be ashamed that the only experience we have is through the movie screen? are we supposed to just take what we can get where we can get it and run with it? do we question our sources or just overwhelm them with gratitude?
do we question what our parents teach us nearly enough?
no?
well. i lack taylor's enviable tact, so i will tell you frankly: watch it. there's an eye-opener if there ever was one.
i think i've figured it out. it took me a little while and a whole lot of self-centeredness, but i think it's a little more ironed-out than it was before. i think i definitely will be a journalist. it seems like the only way to get things done, since i'm too cynical and don't have the patience for politics. journalism seems like it would cater a little more to an attitude of impatience.
i dunno, though. we're 17. what do we know about life? all we know is what we see in the movies. and face it: everything's prettier in the perfect light and when captured at the perfect angle with the right lens. everything's a little more clean-cut when accompanied with razor-sharp dialogue and beautiful actors to romanticize everything. it's like reading poetry about something like a suicide. you don't usually read poetry about something like that, right? but it's the only way you'll ever find a connection to it, since you obviously haven't experienced it yourself.
so what're we supposed to do? should we be ashamed that the only experience we have is through the movie screen? are we supposed to just take what we can get where we can get it and run with it? do we question our sources or just overwhelm them with gratitude?
do we question what our parents teach us nearly enough?
Saturday, October 6, 2007
do NOT open your test booklets until i tell you to do so
today, the SIS senior class (minus dan bi and han sol and plus jae hee and taylor) conquered the SAT.
successfully, i might add.
a few of my favorites anecdotes:
1.) melissa forgetting her calculator.
2.) the text i received from melissa at 3:30pm, about 2 hours after the test ended, begging me to meet her at her car in the parking lot because she was scared to go into the testing room alone. stupid cellphone.
3.) taylor's wonderful friend wen who let melissa borrow one of the three calculators she brought (and had a pack of extra batteries for)
4.) kento forgetting his admission ticket
5.) the nice people still letting kento in, even without his admission ticket
6.) the scathing look taylor's friend jamie gave me when taylor mentioned that i was slightly moronic (in so many words) for wearing shorts and a sweatshirt to the test, since it was being proctored in antarctica
7.) taylor's lucky charms shirt (which hopefully, when paired with my lucky giraffe earrings, brought all of us sufficient luck)
8.) jae hee not closing her test book or something like that and the proctor lady getting all mad at her (melissa pointed this out after the fact...i only saw the unsettled expression on jae hee's face :P love you, jae hee !! :D)
9.) looking over at melissa to find her crossing her eyes and sticking her tongue out
the SAT has been banished to the far corners of the earth. or at least until december. when the subject tests come along. but who needs those? :P
successfully, i might add.
a few of my favorites anecdotes:
1.) melissa forgetting her calculator.
2.) the text i received from melissa at 3:30pm, about 2 hours after the test ended, begging me to meet her at her car in the parking lot because she was scared to go into the testing room alone. stupid cellphone.
3.) taylor's wonderful friend wen who let melissa borrow one of the three calculators she brought (and had a pack of extra batteries for)
4.) kento forgetting his admission ticket
5.) the nice people still letting kento in, even without his admission ticket
6.) the scathing look taylor's friend jamie gave me when taylor mentioned that i was slightly moronic (in so many words) for wearing shorts and a sweatshirt to the test, since it was being proctored in antarctica
7.) taylor's lucky charms shirt (which hopefully, when paired with my lucky giraffe earrings, brought all of us sufficient luck)
8.) jae hee not closing her test book or something like that and the proctor lady getting all mad at her (melissa pointed this out after the fact...i only saw the unsettled expression on jae hee's face :P love you, jae hee !! :D)
9.) looking over at melissa to find her crossing her eyes and sticking her tongue out
the SAT has been banished to the far corners of the earth. or at least until december. when the subject tests come along. but who needs those? :P
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
this is my dot. the dog ate the rest.
eeek. i discovered today that my next play goes up in two weeks. mr. easton gave me the, "yes, i told you this, but you were too freaked out about the OTHER play" to realize it look. i felt slightly dumb. but only slightly. line memorization should probably start right about...now.
so jenjen tells me today that she, vanessa, emelaine, and a couple of other girls are finally so fed up with the church guys that they are going to ask their non-member friends to the next dance. which is next week. the night of my play. which gets me off the hook for the dance, i think. hooray :D
good things come in strange packages.
i discoved today that mr. easton knows imelda staunton. help me out here, henry. dolores umbridge from "harry potter", as well as oscar nominee for "vera drake" a couple of years ago. he doesn't just KNOW her. he DIRECTED her. and i totally didn't discover this information by listening in on mr. easton's conversation with this other actor dude while pretending to be studying my lines. apparently, he swears a LOT when not talking to high school kids. who woulda thunk? :O
saturday is the big day...the SAT day...*insert scared/anxious/nervous/frustrated/terrified smiley here* i'm not sure whether or not to study. stupid question, i know. but still.
tomorrow is a trip to taylor's house. a trip. haha. a 2.5 minute drive. always fun. even with the missionaries. who still make me nervous. heaven knows why. well, actually. heaven probably does know. perhaps i should inquire. :O
so jenjen tells me today that she, vanessa, emelaine, and a couple of other girls are finally so fed up with the church guys that they are going to ask their non-member friends to the next dance. which is next week. the night of my play. which gets me off the hook for the dance, i think. hooray :D
good things come in strange packages.
i discoved today that mr. easton knows imelda staunton. help me out here, henry. dolores umbridge from "harry potter", as well as oscar nominee for "vera drake" a couple of years ago. he doesn't just KNOW her. he DIRECTED her. and i totally didn't discover this information by listening in on mr. easton's conversation with this other actor dude while pretending to be studying my lines. apparently, he swears a LOT when not talking to high school kids. who woulda thunk? :O
saturday is the big day...the SAT day...*insert scared/anxious/nervous/frustrated/terrified smiley here* i'm not sure whether or not to study. stupid question, i know. but still.
tomorrow is a trip to taylor's house. a trip. haha. a 2.5 minute drive. always fun. even with the missionaries. who still make me nervous. heaven knows why. well, actually. heaven probably does know. perhaps i should inquire. :O
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