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[May. 13th, 2008|07:31 pm] |
I was vegan today, and I don't feel any different. (I'm attempting veganism for a week for cholesterol reasons, mostly to undo the massive amount of damage I did last week. Relevently, I do disagree with the way we kill/produce/consume animal products, but not with the simple act of killing for food. Also relevently, the human body can in fact survive quite well and with proper nutrition sans animal products. But I digress.) I made vegan banana nut muffins. They are so delicious I could eat them all right now, but then I would get a stomach ache and also fat.
I'm beginning to make a pretty big dent in my online class. I have a D in English, which is passing. All my other classes which had As have probably dropped to Bs and Cs by now, which is also passing. I thought I had senioritis before, but oh boy has it really set in now. I have fewer than two weeks left of high school, assuming I keep all my grades at passing and finish up my online class in time.
And then I will have all summer off to look for a job without my mother bothering me about how I shouldn't be looking for a job while I have borderline passing grades so close to the end of school. |
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[May. 12th, 2008|08:40 pm] |
A children's poem. Or a something. I really like this one, despite its simplicity. It's written in my poetry journal (which I have to keep for school) in shapes - spirals and squigglies - but I can't do that here, so you get plain text.
( follow the cut follow the cut ) |
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[May. 4th, 2008|10:59 am] |
Schooooooooool.
I made the Honor Roll (GPA above 3.0) for the second time in a row?? I still think it's a mistake, because, uh, I get terrible grades. Progress reports (which come out between report cards and are, well, reports of your progresss) came out last week, and I had an F in English but As in everything else, which is funny. My teacher says that she's sure I'll bring it up to a D, though, and she wouldn't say that if she weren't really sure. I fully expect some of the As to go down.
I have two AP exams this week. Tomorrow's is U.S. government, and I wouldn't be taking it at all, except that if I didn't take it, I'd need to pay the school $80. So I'm going to go in and take it and fail. On thursday I have the literature exam. My teacher says I'll get a 3 or 4 on that. |
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[Apr. 30th, 2008|06:07 pm] |
Things. Let's see.
I passed my driving test today. My mom will be out of town all weekend. I will try to get Chelsea to come get a job with me, and failing that, I will try to get the balls to go get a job by myself. The point is that I can drive without my mother now, so I don't have to wait until she's able/wanting to go with me to get a job, which is, y'know, never.
My cat will not stop lightly touching my shoulder, so I guess I should pet him now. |
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[Apr. 28th, 2008|11:18 am] |
Today is Senior Skip Day! And yes, if everyone else were jumping off bridges, I would probably do it too.
I bought a big book of sight-singing to do for fun because music is my only friend.
I bought Pokemon Pearl because I darn well wanted to.
I finally got the settings on my router right so that I can connect to WiFi on my Nintendo DS! The only game I have that can do anything with it is MarioKart, though, so if you have that, you should totally kick my ass at it some time. My friend code is 309361 128255, and I actually have a reliable connection to WiFi this time.
Well, I'm off to do school work. :( |
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[Apr. 27th, 2008|04:50 pm] |
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I drove to the college again today and practiced parking in their mostly empty lot. I did it about ten times turning left and right, and every single time was perfect. I am convinced this is some sort of cosmic fluke, because I am supposed to be very bad at parking.
If all goes well, I get my driver's license on wednesday. Any tips? Summaries of exactly what happens during the test? Wishes of luck that I don't get Michael's instructor, Instructor Pain, which was his real name? |
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[Apr. 27th, 2008|11:06 am] |
I'm pretty sure (really pretty sure) that I want to get a tattoo of a tiny triplet behind my left ear and a tiny 6/8 somewhere else, maybe a finger on my left hand. Maybe a 3/4 as well on the same hand. I don't know if I've ever talked about it before, but I really love those things.
And I might do all this on the 29th or 30th of May along with my three piercings. Hooray for spending all my money on things I don't need. |
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[Apr. 25th, 2008|03:47 pm] |
Due to a series of vastly unfortunate events, I had to sell my Panic at the Disco tickets and will not be seeing them tonight - but my friend Kelsey who desperately wanted to go will now be able to go with her boyfriend, which is nice.
I won't go into details, because they are boring. |
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[Apr. 22nd, 2008|03:43 pm] |
I hate my mother because:
I have been talking about my road trip to her for months. Almost a year. And I've been planning it in my head for even longer.
She has never said much except "okay" when I tell her about it, so it has always been a solid thing in my head. There has never been any doubt to me that I would go on my road trip, simply because there were never any obstacles in my way.
But today my mother decided to tell me that we didn't have the money. Not having the money is something I can understand. Waiting this fucking long to tell me we don't have the money and letting me think I was going to be able to do this and getting my hopes up before shooting me down completely is not okay.
It is not okay to essentially lie to me and make me think I'm going to be able to do something this important to me when you know I can't actually do it.
It is all I can do to not fucking destroy everything in this house. |
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[Apr. 19th, 2008|01:00 pm] |
I'm getting my license on the 30th. I'm shopping around for My Car now.
I feel like there was something I was supposed to do today, or something was supposed to happen today. I remember thinking about April 19th a lot this week, but I can't for the life of me think why.
Chelsea and I have Pass-the-Line reservations for the p at the d concert on friday. This is because I have no shame and do like Panic at the Disco that much, unfortunately.
I had to make a thing for choir. The base (which is played by itself for the first 17 seconds) is a melody we sing sometimes (in solfège - like "do re mi"), but I don't think anyone actually knows what the heck it is. Anyway, I had to make an arrangement for it, so, yeah. I like it, but I like everything I do, so you can decide for yourself if it's any good. click click click (and turn your volume up, or you'll only hear the overtones of the xylophone and it will sound funny)
I got a haircut on thursday, and it is somewhat asymmetrical, but it has to grow out more to be how I want it. Also on thursday, someone told me I look like I'm losing weight, but I don't think that's true. Nice thing to hear sometimes, though, especially when you've been working out like crazy for two months. |
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[Apr. 15th, 2008|06:07 am] |
There was a spider in my bathtub. A HUGE spider. The biggest I've ever seen in person, and as big as the kind you'd get for a pet. Seriously. I'm not exaggerating. It was already dead, but one spider means there could be more. They are probably all over the house or something. What if they are poisonous?
I AM AFRAID TO TAKE A SHOWER, AND THAT IS BAD BECAUSE I STINK AND HAVE BAD HAIR. |
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[Apr. 14th, 2008|07:29 pm] |
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I am told that the third piercing I want (after I get my first two, of course, or maybe even all at the same time if I can) is called an industrial. |
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[Apr. 14th, 2008|06:14 pm] |
Things. Let's see, let's see.
o Garfield Minus Garfield is a cool thing.
o I have an appointment with my guidance counselor tomorrow morning to get my final online class set up.
o My English teacher really liked the collage I made (large file, btw) for the book Sula, even though I think it is the world's crappiest collage. I went out yesterday and had it specially printed on big, shiny paper. That is a picture of Saul Williams, by the way, and here he is portraying the character Shadrack. He is my favorite poet, though mostly people know him as a musician (but go to projectplaylist.com and search for his song "Bloodletting" and you'll see it's poetry more than anything else). He is also an actor. He was in K-PAX! But I liked him before I knew that. ramble ramble ramble
o Next week is a much better week than this week, though I don't think this week is particularly terrible. Next week there is ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) coinlaundering's birthday, the return of Supernatural, and a Panic at the Disco concert. And then the monday after that (the 28th) is senior skip day! There is also prom, I guess, but I am not going to that, because school dances are boring. |
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[Apr. 11th, 2008|09:52 pm] |
Y'know how the only thing I had to worry about was my last online class? And how I was told by my guidance counselour that I couldn't even start it for six more weeks? Well, I talked to my current online teacher, and she says she can get me started on monday, and then I'll have five-to-six weeks to complete it.
I'm going to graduate on time, guys. I'm going to graduate on time. This is the first time I've been sure of it since the sixth grade. I don't really care that much about graduating on time, but if I weren't graduating on time, I wouldn't be able to road trip, and we all know how badly I want to get away from here.
AND HEY GUYS I AM GRADUATING ON TIME. |
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[Apr. 11th, 2008|04:56 pm] |
The Dalai Lama is in the States, and he's holding a conference on Compassion. I wish I could go so much that I almost feel like getting really immature about it and whining about how life is too unfair.
Life is too unfair, guys. |
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[Apr. 10th, 2008|07:44 pm] |
I am thinking of maybe learning how to build a keytar or finding someone that can make one for me. This is mostly because Colin and I are starting to somewhat seriously talk about being in a band*, and the only instrument I can really play is piano (though I think I could learn pretty much any instrument if I tried/got lessons/grew bigger hands).
I want it to be really great quality. Ideally, it'd be able to make a large variety of synthy sounds, and especially important to me is that it would be able to sound as much like a real piano as super-high-quality keyboards these days do. And it'd have at least four octaves. Five if I feel crazy enough/grow longer arms. Basically, I want a super-high-quality keyboard on its side and with a handle and strap and cooler shape.
*The genre? Power metal synth pop. |
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[Apr. 9th, 2008|08:04 pm] |
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| | DOMO ARIGATOU, MR. ROBOTO, MATA AU HI MADE | ] |
I got my report card for the third quarter today. I didn't fail a single class. Not one. Here's how it all worked out:
Choir: A
Compact (Failure class): A
Piano: B
Economics: B
Math: C
English: D
The only things I disagree with are the Bs, because I'm pretty sure that I deserve As in both of those classes. I can't recall getting a grade lower than an A ever in either of them, so I'm going to ask the teachers about it tomorrow. Except once in economics I didn't do a review sheet because he never specified it was for a grade and I assumed it was optional. But then I got a 95% on the test it was for, so I still think he should have given me credit. I mean, I obviously didn't need to review.
The only thing I have to worry about now is my last online class, which I'm supposedly not allowed to start for another six weeks. And graduation is in eight weeks. So. Uh. |
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[Apr. 4th, 2008|01:00 am] |
I drove some more today. Yesterday? Eh.
I'm a lot more relaxed on the road now. (Well, y'know, when my mom gives me fair warning before telling me to go over a lane, instead of forgetting that I have to make a turn and then being like "OH SORRY GO OVER TO THAT LANE WAY OVER THERE WHICH IS WAY ILLEGAL THIS CLOSE TO THE RED LIGHT.")
I drove to my mom's work's parking lot to practice parking some more, and I'm very slowly getting somewhat better. I think I'm finally at the point where I'm confident no one will post pictures of my car at YouParkLikeAnAsshole.com, but I'm not confident enough to go anywhere and park for real.
Then I drove from my mom's work to the community college, and then I drove home.
I need to figure out what's on the driving test so I can practice specific things. |
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[Apr. 3rd, 2008|05:18 pm] |
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I think there's something terribly wrong with me, because no matter how many times I see pictures of Robert Smith, in my mind he looks like Edward Scissorhands, and there is just no reason for that. |
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