Kairos
I haven’t written a xanga in a very very very long time. It’s just that I’ve been busy or was too tired and didn’t feel like it. SO it’s Thursday afternoon, March 31st, and I’m gonna post this Monday night probably, cause I go on Kairos on Tuesday. I’m gonna start off with things I’ve done and such, so let’s go waaaay back to the start of my break, Wednesday March 23.
I came home on Wednesday to find a letter from Villanova University that said I got in, but I didn’t get any money. I actually knew I got in Tuesday night cause I checked online. But either way it made me really happy, and I am going to go there. Now I just need a job. My moms giving me all these speeches about how it’s gonna be a lot of loans and I’m gonna have to pay them off blah blah blah. But I don’t care. I’ll deal with it that’s where I’m going. I sent in my registration fee today.
Then Wednesday night, a large group of us went to Nazareth’s Battle of the Bands; basically just to see Orion’s Belt. And guess what? Orion’s Belt one. They were so awesome, and I had a great time. I lost my voice from screaming so loud like a little girl, and was quite tired at the end of the night from jumping around and stuff but it was so worth it. Becky was great on both trombone and guitar, loved the tambourine, and Pete was just crazy go nuts awesome. If I were in a band…I’d want Pete in my band. But ‘m not in a band, I got kicked out . He was jumping around all crazy and stuff, and just…wow. That’s what I always wanted to do. I have no musical talent whatsoever, but if I ever had a chance to be on stage playing guitar…I’d do it like that. SO then Orion’s Belt won and I was all “My pants are owned!!!!” and stuff….it was a really really good time….and I <3 my t-shirt
Then Thursday I really don’t remember what I did in the morning but I remember I was busy and nothing too exciting happened. I visited my grandpop…that’s all I really remember. Then Thursday nigh I told Steph we should go look at stars cause she wanted to do that, and it was kinda warm out, but then I looked outside and it was really really cloudy so we didn’t get to do that. Sorry bout that, but I promises we’ll do it another time; and we will. Insteaaaaad we rented Wicker Park and that was good even though I was confused a couple times but then I figured it all out and had a lot of fun. Fun fun fun. I love my friends…lol. No matter what I do, who I do it with. I have fun. All the time. I don’t remember not having fun. In the past I’d get bored and have lots of not fun nights…but I haven’t had a not fun night or day since like august. And that’s good. Very good.
Anyway, on with the fun….Friday was Good Friday and also happened to be March 25th, Stephanie’s birthday. Me Nicole and Krista decided to lie to Steph and tell her we’d pick her up like 20 minutes after when I was picking up Nicole and Krista and go buy her balloons for her birthday. The lady in the store had a really thick accent and was hard to understand, but we got 12 balloons, 4 pearly pink, 4 pearly blue, and 4 lime green. Then we drove to Steph’s where we were late, of course, and gave her her ballons and said happy birthday and then went to Wal-Mart. Nicole got her pictures from her digicam (hehe I made fun word) and that was a really good deal. And we searched the store for arts and crafts, cheep peeps, and Krista headphone equipment. They had these soda machines outside that were ridiculously cheap, but I didn’t get any cause we were gonna go pick up Brittany and go to Pizza hut. I was sad I didn’t get my cheap soda. But it’s ok because we finally figure out the right portions of food for Pizza hut. The meal for 3 worked well with 6 people. We finished it I do believe. It was a good time indeed. Then we went back to Krista’s and sat around and went to wawa and just talked because we had a lot of time to waste and noone could think of what to do. But even just sitting in a room doing nothing but talk, it was a lot of fun fun.
Saturday was another good day, but I didn’t feel real good. We started off meeting at Krista’s, walking to the el, and going to South Street. It was on South Street I started getting tired, and I felt like I couldn’t walk anymore so I was being grumpy lol. But we went to a cool place and got cheesesteaks. And it was a lot of fun I was just blah. And sorry for being blah. *shrug* we went to wawa and got $0.99 hot chocolate and cappuccino and stuff, and then went back on the el to Krista’s. I don’t really remember much of what happened there, I was just laying on the floor being cold and tired and having a headache. Steph got mad cause I lied and told her I was fine . Somehow it winded up we were gonna go to the movies. And for some reason not till like 9:00….which is way too late lol. The movie didn’t end till 11 and then tom had to (well he didn’t have to but he very nicely did) call his parents and get a ride cause I had to hurry home. So thanks tom for that. But yea we saw umm…I forget what it was called…the one with Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac. Yea…and umm…it was a mess, and I felt better by the time of the movie, but then Steph had a headache and stuff. Lol. But nonetheless, good memories
Sunday I drove to New Jersey to my cousin’s cause it was Easter, and we played a lot of fun stuff. Pool, Kemps, Catch Phrase. many more good memories and laughs. then Monday it rained and the parade got cancelled, so everyone I thought couldn’t come out could come out….it ended up being just me Steph Nicole and Tom…we went to toms and rented The Exorcist the Beginning and no one except Tom cause he saw it before knows what happened. It was fun though. And Joe man kept running in. he’s a funny little guy. What else? I don’t remember. Yes I do. Nicole was at tom’s till 10:30 and then went home and went online even though she had to wake up at like 2:00 the next morning, and so did Krista. And I was awake till like 2:30, and I taped the Today show cause Nicole and Krista and Brittany were gonna be on it, but I didn’t watch it yet. I’ll do that as soon as I’m done this.
Tuesday night was Steph’s party. During the day I helped my dad take a bunch of computers from my moms work to a school in like Kensington. I forget what it was called….lol, but that was cool. Then I went to Steph’s and her basement was abnormally large, and there was good attendance, and lots of singing and dancing **1/2 spin; drop; stand; right hand stop sign; left hand stop sign; right hand thumb back; left hand thumb back; right hand to left shoulder; left hand to right shoulder; shimmy; run; slow mo run; spin and dance wildly** and also lots of boy bands and some quality (not atrocious Becky…quality) 90s music. Then we had cake, and presents, and all that jazz, some more dancing, lots of talking, and lots and lots of fun. I left Twister there….by sister was mad lol.
Wednesday Tom had Pocket Ninjas practice, Nicole had work, Krista had dance. I went to Steph’s and Nicole and Krista were supposed to join us but it was late, and not worth it, and I had to be home at 10:30 cause I had school on Thursday. How much does that suck? Lol First thing that happened when I got to school is I got in trouble for not wearing a sweater. See I thought spring dress code started after Easter break, which it normally does. But we usually have this Thursday and Friday off. and just to prove the suckyness of me having school, spring dress code doesn’t start till Monday, when I should be going back, like everyone else. But whatever. It wasn’t that bad and I was done early. I’m supposed to be writing a short story so I can go out tonight but I’m not, I’m doing this and talking to Krista about what my story should be about. I’ll get it done. Have no fear. I don’t even know what we’re doing tonight. Krista wants to go laser tagging. We’ll see how that all works out.
I’ll update this again over the weekend. Tomorrow’s Fun Day!!! Then I’ll update it again one last time Monday night, and post it to my xanga. So…this is technically then end of this update. But not really. It’s also already a page and a quarter in Word. Hehe oh well. You’ll have 4 days to read it. Take your time.
So yea…it’s Sunday now….Steph is bugging me to write a xanga, and I am. But I’m telling her I’m not. She thinks I’m lazy. Hehe I am. But that’s beside the point. I’m writing this now for later…so eventually she’ll read it. In the long run it’ll be better. I think.
On Thursday we went laser tagging, and it was a lot of fun. I came in second overall, and beat some kids who were like super crazy play all the time. And it was bigger than I remember. I went there in like 6th grade lol. But maybe I’m just crazy. Actually, no. I think it’s just I was dumb and kept running around the same area. This time I was all over the place. I enjoyed the things up top…..I was sniping people and stuff. And it brought back memories of last year when one Jim Dooney came to school with a bloody lip and large cut/bruise under his eye:
ME: Hey Dooney, what happened?
DOONEY: I have a new title if I ever write an autobiography
ME Which is…?
DOONEY: “James Dooney: How I Got Pistol-whipped Playing Laser Tag”
So then I came home Thursday night and decided to write my essay….it wasn’t till like midnight. At least. And took my like 2 hours to do it. I was procrastinating so much. And it sucks. So I posted on my xanga for 2 reasons 1) I need help revising it 2) Kelly told me to….
then came Fun Day. Now I had school on Fun Day. Not so fun….but it wasn’t too bad, and I rushed home and back out again to meet the festivities. It was definitely a fun day. Kickball, wiffle ball, TV. tag, climbing cages, Frisbee, chasing bouncy balls, action shots, dirt and grass stains, water ice, pretzels, running bases, and all in all a lot of fun. Then we went to see Becky before she went to prom. We crammed a bunch of people in my car and found a new front seat. I felt bad cause I was all dirty and the likes. I put on my sweater to cover my shirt but my pants were still stained beyond belief. And my hands were disgusting. But it was good, and then Pete came and was wearing a black on black pin stripe tuxedo that my mom told me I couldn’t get cause she didn’t like it lol. Aww and me, Tom, and Pete made the poor little girl cry….she doesn’t like boys :’(. But anyway…Becky and Pete were awesome and the likes.
Then was yesterday, Saturday. It was rainy and Steph and Nicole got soaked on their adventure from the mall. They don’t think it was an adventure. But Tom and me do. Then again I guess we weren’t the wet ones. Hehe and they had to wear skirts while they’re jeans dried and were all embarrassed . then EMC (aka Erin Clark) and Lauren came over, and we got Asian food and Joeman was like ASIANS!!! And it was hysterical. Which reminds me I owe Nicole money. Don’t let me forget about that…. Then we watched Shaun of the Dead, which was alright, but pretty dumb, and not near as funny as anyone made it out to be. There were only a few parts I found funny at all. I don’t know, maybe I just don’t get it. Then we played with magnet sticks and metal balls, and it was the coolest contraption I’ve ever seen. The magnets were really strong, I was quite surprised. And Joeman told us he drew a volcano and everyone gave him high fives…then he said that his dad actually drew it. And I was disappointed. But all is well. Next we tried this thing that girls can do and guys cant. We did it a little wrong (under my directions lol), and think that was the problem with why it was messed up and stuff. Here’s the actual rules:
Take a lightweight chair that you can normally lift, such as an office chair or dining room chair.
Stand up against a wall, and take 2-3 steps back away from it.
Slide the chair in place against the wall, in front of you. Don't lose your position.
Lean over the chair, so that the top of your head is touching the wall. (don't use your forehead).
Now try to lift the chair up and then stand up straight without losing your position.
Women can usually do this trick, but most men cannot.
See, I think the problem is we were using our forehead not the top of our heads. Also it says women can usually do this and men cannot. Apparently it’s not true with all people, but it is with most.
So anyway, that was again a lot of fun. Then this morning I woke up and was quite disappointed that I lost an hour of sleep. So I went to church, and had Fr. Sodano, and of course he made the mass an hour and 10 minutes long. I swear that man has issues. He sang the gospel. The whole thing. It was ridiculous. But yea, anyway, after that I went to Villanova. I’m not really sure why. My mom and dad were just like let’s go. So I did. We went to the bookstore and I bought a nifty hat with a V on the front and a wildcat on the back. And I got a t-shirt. And a sticker that says Villanova for the back window of the Buick. Then on the way home we stopped to visit my grandpop. Then I came home and did a bunch of homework and all of my wash so I’d have clothes for Kairos. I’m gonna buy an iPod. lol, I’ve wanted one for like ever, but I always thought they were more expensive. Well they still are really expensive, but I thought they were more. So I gotta work on that. I need a job too. I don’t know what I’m gonna do. My dad thinks I can get a job fixing computers. I think hes crazy. A) I don’t know where I’d go to get a job like that. B) I don’t know how to fix computers. C) I don’t like dumb people. lol, that sounded really mean, but what I mean is the only kinda computer fixing I can do is basic stuff, and I don’t like trying to explain stuff to people cause like. I don’t know. Things like how to use the internet, it’s like so basic to me that I don’t even know how I do it, it just happens. I can’t explain it to people, it frustrates me. But it doesn’t matter cause that’s not gonna be my job. I don’t know what is though. Oh well
it’s 12:15 and definitely feels like 11:15…oh well again - I’m listening to Backstreet Boys ‘Incomplete’…it’s good. Also, I posted that short story on my xanga looking for help to make it better, and while I got some grammatical stuff, I didn’t get any story changes, people keep saying its good, which honestly surprises me. I put very little effort into it. I think if I actually cared about it or had more plot/story I could do better. But basically what I wrote was guy builds machine, machine doesn’t work, guy wakes up. Lol, I really think I could have done better, but oh well. We’ll see….Ok I’ll update once more tomorrow night before I leave. I’m done for now. Bye Bye
WOO it’s Monday Night. I just got done packing, and it’s like 10:45. I thought I was done earlier but I wasn’t. Actually I still gotta get my sleeping bag and pillow, but that doesn’t count, I’ll get them tomorrow. I handed in my short story today, I made all the changes you guys told me to, thank you very much, and I changed the characters names as well. So let’s see. I had a whole bunch of stuff I thought of during the day to write about but I forget most of it.
Let’s start out with the Pope. I’m sad he died. He was pretty cool guy if I do say so myself. His funeral is Friday I believe, and I don’t know whether we’ll have off or not, it doesn’t matter either way for me. If we have off I’ll have a little less to make up, that’s about the only difference. I hope we get a cool new pope. With a cool name. I heard that when the Pope’s name is Peter again the world is gonna end (according to the book of revelations or something) so Peter is no longer a cool Pope name. He needs something like Xavier. That’s a kinda cool one. Or Heraldo. But I don’t think he’s allowed to be Pope Heraldo. Nothing wrong with trying. I don’t want some crazy pope who wants to change anything back to like Latin and crazy stuff like that either. That would make me really mad.
So anyway, in school today, I got back my English test on the Stranger. I didn’t read it, but I got a 96. How awesome is that? I’m so smart. That’s awesome too cause I think English (even though it’s really easy) may be the only class I don’t get an A in this quarter (or last quarter.) We get our Report Cards tomorrow, I already know I have first honors (cause it was in the monthly bulletin), but I was doing some math, and I have a B+ in English, and I think an A in every other class. If I do that would be sooooo awesome. I gotta email my grades to my mom, so if I get a chance maybe I’ll put them on here. Actually no. I’ve been telling her all quarter I’m doing really good and she didn’t believe me. And she’s gonna come pick up my car and books tomorrow afternoon after I leave for Kairos. So maybe I’ll just put it on the front seat with a note that says “I Told You So.” That would be really funny. And probably make her quite happy. Yea I think I’ll do that.
So then I had a normal school day and such, and I was done early, so I went to the main office to sign out like I always do. Most kids don’t I don’t know why, I guess they’re lazy. And even the ones who do just go in like every other time or something. SO I go in today, and Mr. Stanzack (spelling? The disciplinarian) told me he’s gonna give me an award at the end of they ear for being the most loyal sign out student. He jokingly asked Mr. Turner if he had anything left over from his trip to Las Vegas to give me, and they were joking about giving me poker chips or something, I don’t really know what they were saying lol, but it was funny.
Then I came home, nap, watched the Phillies, and basically procrastinated till I started packing around 9. Actually I went to the store to get food around 7. I don’t know if I got enough, but it’s all good. I really don’t know what to expect out of Kairos. Everyone says it’s great, and I expect it will be, but I don’t really see myself as changing. I’m pretty happy with who I am, and my family, and my friends. I’m really lucky to have such great friends and family, and just lucky in general. I still think it’ll be a great experience, and well worth it, but as of right now I don’t see myself coming home a “changed person.” At least not one of the ones who walks around telling everyone they’ve changed. Maybe on the inside I will. But I don’t see it making much of a difference. I don’t even know what teachers are going with me. I find that kinda surprising, I’ve known which teachers were going before cause I’ve had them or heard people say they were gonna be out and stuff. But I have no idea who’s going on this one. Chez said something about Mrs. Maher driving us up there, but I thought she went in January….maybe she’s going twice? Or maybe she’s literally just driving up there with us. I really don’t know. It would be awesome if she went, I think she’s my favorite teacher out of the 4 years.
But either way, I’m ready to go. I’m kinda sad to be away from home for 4 days. I’m gonna really miss talking to you guys, especially Steph everyday. I can’t take any kind of phones or anything with me. I know it’s gonna be fun and I’ll have a good time and all that stuff. But I’ll be excited to see everyone when I get back. My paper says I’ll be home at 7:00 on Friday. I think I heard the other ones got back earlier, even as early as 5. I wanna go out Friday night, so hopefully it’s not too late. Saturday I’m gonna be exhausted though. I’ll def go out Saturday night. But I’m gonna sleep a lot lol. Guarantee it. Someone told me I should buy Jolt cause by the 4th day I’ll be dead tired. But the only place I know where to get it is Shammy. And I saw what it did to Nicole, I don’t trust myself on that. Not at all. I’ll kill somebody with my sheer hyperness. And then Sunday I’m gonna have to do all my make-up work, as well as going to my Grandmom Umberger’s for her birthday, and more sleep. And church. Should be a fun weekend lol.
But either way. I’ll be gone for 4 days. Well I actually probably won’t post this till after I sign off Monday night/Tuesday morning, so it may only be 3 days already. And then again I’m getting close to 6 pages, so by the time your done ready this I may be home already . Lol, but I’ll be thinking about all of you guys, and I’ll talk to you when I get home. Probably write “Live the Fourth” or something. Who knows? Anyway lol, goodnight, talk to you this weekend. And Congratulations on reading all 4,042 words of this essay.
Until next time J,
John
P.S> I got my report Card. GPA: 3.92
Instrumental Instruction A
Math Analysis A
English B+
Prayer A
World Religions A
Physics A
Band A
Visual C++ A
I came home on Wednesday to find a letter from Villanova University that said I got in, but I didn’t get any money. I actually knew I got in Tuesday night cause I checked online. But either way it made me really happy, and I am going to go there. Now I just need a job. My moms giving me all these speeches about how it’s gonna be a lot of loans and I’m gonna have to pay them off blah blah blah. But I don’t care. I’ll deal with it that’s where I’m going. I sent in my registration fee today.
Then Wednesday night, a large group of us went to Nazareth’s Battle of the Bands; basically just to see Orion’s Belt. And guess what? Orion’s Belt one. They were so awesome, and I had a great time. I lost my voice from screaming so loud like a little girl, and was quite tired at the end of the night from jumping around and stuff but it was so worth it. Becky was great on both trombone and guitar, loved the tambourine, and Pete was just crazy go nuts awesome. If I were in a band…I’d want Pete in my band. But ‘m not in a band, I got kicked out . He was jumping around all crazy and stuff, and just…wow. That’s what I always wanted to do. I have no musical talent whatsoever, but if I ever had a chance to be on stage playing guitar…I’d do it like that. SO then Orion’s Belt won and I was all “My pants are owned!!!!” and stuff….it was a really really good time….and I <3 my t-shirt
Then Thursday I really don’t remember what I did in the morning but I remember I was busy and nothing too exciting happened. I visited my grandpop…that’s all I really remember. Then Thursday nigh I told Steph we should go look at stars cause she wanted to do that, and it was kinda warm out, but then I looked outside and it was really really cloudy so we didn’t get to do that. Sorry bout that, but I promises we’ll do it another time; and we will. Insteaaaaad we rented Wicker Park and that was good even though I was confused a couple times but then I figured it all out and had a lot of fun. Fun fun fun. I love my friends…lol. No matter what I do, who I do it with. I have fun. All the time. I don’t remember not having fun. In the past I’d get bored and have lots of not fun nights…but I haven’t had a not fun night or day since like august. And that’s good. Very good.
Anyway, on with the fun….Friday was Good Friday and also happened to be March 25th, Stephanie’s birthday. Me Nicole and Krista decided to lie to Steph and tell her we’d pick her up like 20 minutes after when I was picking up Nicole and Krista and go buy her balloons for her birthday. The lady in the store had a really thick accent and was hard to understand, but we got 12 balloons, 4 pearly pink, 4 pearly blue, and 4 lime green. Then we drove to Steph’s where we were late, of course, and gave her her ballons and said happy birthday and then went to Wal-Mart. Nicole got her pictures from her digicam (hehe I made fun word) and that was a really good deal. And we searched the store for arts and crafts, cheep peeps, and Krista headphone equipment. They had these soda machines outside that were ridiculously cheap, but I didn’t get any cause we were gonna go pick up Brittany and go to Pizza hut. I was sad I didn’t get my cheap soda. But it’s ok because we finally figure out the right portions of food for Pizza hut. The meal for 3 worked well with 6 people. We finished it I do believe. It was a good time indeed. Then we went back to Krista’s and sat around and went to wawa and just talked because we had a lot of time to waste and noone could think of what to do. But even just sitting in a room doing nothing but talk, it was a lot of fun fun.
Saturday was another good day, but I didn’t feel real good. We started off meeting at Krista’s, walking to the el, and going to South Street. It was on South Street I started getting tired, and I felt like I couldn’t walk anymore so I was being grumpy lol. But we went to a cool place and got cheesesteaks. And it was a lot of fun I was just blah. And sorry for being blah. *shrug* we went to wawa and got $0.99 hot chocolate and cappuccino and stuff, and then went back on the el to Krista’s. I don’t really remember much of what happened there, I was just laying on the floor being cold and tired and having a headache. Steph got mad cause I lied and told her I was fine . Somehow it winded up we were gonna go to the movies. And for some reason not till like 9:00….which is way too late lol. The movie didn’t end till 11 and then tom had to (well he didn’t have to but he very nicely did) call his parents and get a ride cause I had to hurry home. So thanks tom for that. But yea we saw umm…I forget what it was called…the one with Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac. Yea…and umm…it was a mess, and I felt better by the time of the movie, but then Steph had a headache and stuff. Lol. But nonetheless, good memories
Sunday I drove to New Jersey to my cousin’s cause it was Easter, and we played a lot of fun stuff. Pool, Kemps, Catch Phrase. many more good memories and laughs. then Monday it rained and the parade got cancelled, so everyone I thought couldn’t come out could come out….it ended up being just me Steph Nicole and Tom…we went to toms and rented The Exorcist the Beginning and no one except Tom cause he saw it before knows what happened. It was fun though. And Joe man kept running in. he’s a funny little guy. What else? I don’t remember. Yes I do. Nicole was at tom’s till 10:30 and then went home and went online even though she had to wake up at like 2:00 the next morning, and so did Krista. And I was awake till like 2:30, and I taped the Today show cause Nicole and Krista and Brittany were gonna be on it, but I didn’t watch it yet. I’ll do that as soon as I’m done this.
Tuesday night was Steph’s party. During the day I helped my dad take a bunch of computers from my moms work to a school in like Kensington. I forget what it was called….lol, but that was cool. Then I went to Steph’s and her basement was abnormally large, and there was good attendance, and lots of singing and dancing **1/2 spin; drop; stand; right hand stop sign; left hand stop sign; right hand thumb back; left hand thumb back; right hand to left shoulder; left hand to right shoulder; shimmy; run; slow mo run; spin and dance wildly** and also lots of boy bands and some quality (not atrocious Becky…quality) 90s music. Then we had cake, and presents, and all that jazz, some more dancing, lots of talking, and lots and lots of fun. I left Twister there….by sister was mad lol.
Wednesday Tom had Pocket Ninjas practice, Nicole had work, Krista had dance. I went to Steph’s and Nicole and Krista were supposed to join us but it was late, and not worth it, and I had to be home at 10:30 cause I had school on Thursday. How much does that suck? Lol First thing that happened when I got to school is I got in trouble for not wearing a sweater. See I thought spring dress code started after Easter break, which it normally does. But we usually have this Thursday and Friday off. and just to prove the suckyness of me having school, spring dress code doesn’t start till Monday, when I should be going back, like everyone else. But whatever. It wasn’t that bad and I was done early. I’m supposed to be writing a short story so I can go out tonight but I’m not, I’m doing this and talking to Krista about what my story should be about. I’ll get it done. Have no fear. I don’t even know what we’re doing tonight. Krista wants to go laser tagging. We’ll see how that all works out.
I’ll update this again over the weekend. Tomorrow’s Fun Day!!! Then I’ll update it again one last time Monday night, and post it to my xanga. So…this is technically then end of this update. But not really. It’s also already a page and a quarter in Word. Hehe oh well. You’ll have 4 days to read it. Take your time.
So yea…it’s Sunday now….Steph is bugging me to write a xanga, and I am. But I’m telling her I’m not. She thinks I’m lazy. Hehe I am. But that’s beside the point. I’m writing this now for later…so eventually she’ll read it. In the long run it’ll be better. I think.
On Thursday we went laser tagging, and it was a lot of fun. I came in second overall, and beat some kids who were like super crazy play all the time. And it was bigger than I remember. I went there in like 6th grade lol. But maybe I’m just crazy. Actually, no. I think it’s just I was dumb and kept running around the same area. This time I was all over the place. I enjoyed the things up top…..I was sniping people and stuff. And it brought back memories of last year when one Jim Dooney came to school with a bloody lip and large cut/bruise under his eye:
ME: Hey Dooney, what happened?
DOONEY: I have a new title if I ever write an autobiography
ME Which is…?
DOONEY: “James Dooney: How I Got Pistol-whipped Playing Laser Tag”
So then I came home Thursday night and decided to write my essay….it wasn’t till like midnight. At least. And took my like 2 hours to do it. I was procrastinating so much. And it sucks. So I posted on my xanga for 2 reasons 1) I need help revising it 2) Kelly told me to….
then came Fun Day. Now I had school on Fun Day. Not so fun….but it wasn’t too bad, and I rushed home and back out again to meet the festivities. It was definitely a fun day. Kickball, wiffle ball, TV. tag, climbing cages, Frisbee, chasing bouncy balls, action shots, dirt and grass stains, water ice, pretzels, running bases, and all in all a lot of fun. Then we went to see Becky before she went to prom. We crammed a bunch of people in my car and found a new front seat. I felt bad cause I was all dirty and the likes. I put on my sweater to cover my shirt but my pants were still stained beyond belief. And my hands were disgusting. But it was good, and then Pete came and was wearing a black on black pin stripe tuxedo that my mom told me I couldn’t get cause she didn’t like it lol. Aww and me, Tom, and Pete made the poor little girl cry….she doesn’t like boys :’(. But anyway…Becky and Pete were awesome and the likes.
Then was yesterday, Saturday. It was rainy and Steph and Nicole got soaked on their adventure from the mall. They don’t think it was an adventure. But Tom and me do. Then again I guess we weren’t the wet ones. Hehe and they had to wear skirts while they’re jeans dried and were all embarrassed . then EMC (aka Erin Clark) and Lauren came over, and we got Asian food and Joeman was like ASIANS!!! And it was hysterical. Which reminds me I owe Nicole money. Don’t let me forget about that…. Then we watched Shaun of the Dead, which was alright, but pretty dumb, and not near as funny as anyone made it out to be. There were only a few parts I found funny at all. I don’t know, maybe I just don’t get it. Then we played with magnet sticks and metal balls, and it was the coolest contraption I’ve ever seen. The magnets were really strong, I was quite surprised. And Joeman told us he drew a volcano and everyone gave him high fives…then he said that his dad actually drew it. And I was disappointed. But all is well. Next we tried this thing that girls can do and guys cant. We did it a little wrong (under my directions lol), and think that was the problem with why it was messed up and stuff. Here’s the actual rules:
Take a lightweight chair that you can normally lift, such as an office chair or dining room chair.
Stand up against a wall, and take 2-3 steps back away from it.
Slide the chair in place against the wall, in front of you. Don't lose your position.
Lean over the chair, so that the top of your head is touching the wall. (don't use your forehead).
Now try to lift the chair up and then stand up straight without losing your position.
Women can usually do this trick, but most men cannot.
See, I think the problem is we were using our forehead not the top of our heads. Also it says women can usually do this and men cannot. Apparently it’s not true with all people, but it is with most.
So anyway, that was again a lot of fun. Then this morning I woke up and was quite disappointed that I lost an hour of sleep. So I went to church, and had Fr. Sodano, and of course he made the mass an hour and 10 minutes long. I swear that man has issues. He sang the gospel. The whole thing. It was ridiculous. But yea, anyway, after that I went to Villanova. I’m not really sure why. My mom and dad were just like let’s go. So I did. We went to the bookstore and I bought a nifty hat with a V on the front and a wildcat on the back. And I got a t-shirt. And a sticker that says Villanova for the back window of the Buick. Then on the way home we stopped to visit my grandpop. Then I came home and did a bunch of homework and all of my wash so I’d have clothes for Kairos. I’m gonna buy an iPod. lol, I’ve wanted one for like ever, but I always thought they were more expensive. Well they still are really expensive, but I thought they were more. So I gotta work on that. I need a job too. I don’t know what I’m gonna do. My dad thinks I can get a job fixing computers. I think hes crazy. A) I don’t know where I’d go to get a job like that. B) I don’t know how to fix computers. C) I don’t like dumb people. lol, that sounded really mean, but what I mean is the only kinda computer fixing I can do is basic stuff, and I don’t like trying to explain stuff to people cause like. I don’t know. Things like how to use the internet, it’s like so basic to me that I don’t even know how I do it, it just happens. I can’t explain it to people, it frustrates me. But it doesn’t matter cause that’s not gonna be my job. I don’t know what is though. Oh well
it’s 12:15 and definitely feels like 11:15…oh well again - I’m listening to Backstreet Boys ‘Incomplete’…it’s good. Also, I posted that short story on my xanga looking for help to make it better, and while I got some grammatical stuff, I didn’t get any story changes, people keep saying its good, which honestly surprises me. I put very little effort into it. I think if I actually cared about it or had more plot/story I could do better. But basically what I wrote was guy builds machine, machine doesn’t work, guy wakes up. Lol, I really think I could have done better, but oh well. We’ll see….Ok I’ll update once more tomorrow night before I leave. I’m done for now. Bye Bye
WOO it’s Monday Night. I just got done packing, and it’s like 10:45. I thought I was done earlier but I wasn’t. Actually I still gotta get my sleeping bag and pillow, but that doesn’t count, I’ll get them tomorrow. I handed in my short story today, I made all the changes you guys told me to, thank you very much, and I changed the characters names as well. So let’s see. I had a whole bunch of stuff I thought of during the day to write about but I forget most of it.
Let’s start out with the Pope. I’m sad he died. He was pretty cool guy if I do say so myself. His funeral is Friday I believe, and I don’t know whether we’ll have off or not, it doesn’t matter either way for me. If we have off I’ll have a little less to make up, that’s about the only difference. I hope we get a cool new pope. With a cool name. I heard that when the Pope’s name is Peter again the world is gonna end (according to the book of revelations or something) so Peter is no longer a cool Pope name. He needs something like Xavier. That’s a kinda cool one. Or Heraldo. But I don’t think he’s allowed to be Pope Heraldo. Nothing wrong with trying. I don’t want some crazy pope who wants to change anything back to like Latin and crazy stuff like that either. That would make me really mad.
So anyway, in school today, I got back my English test on the Stranger. I didn’t read it, but I got a 96. How awesome is that? I’m so smart. That’s awesome too cause I think English (even though it’s really easy) may be the only class I don’t get an A in this quarter (or last quarter.) We get our Report Cards tomorrow, I already know I have first honors (cause it was in the monthly bulletin), but I was doing some math, and I have a B+ in English, and I think an A in every other class. If I do that would be sooooo awesome. I gotta email my grades to my mom, so if I get a chance maybe I’ll put them on here. Actually no. I’ve been telling her all quarter I’m doing really good and she didn’t believe me. And she’s gonna come pick up my car and books tomorrow afternoon after I leave for Kairos. So maybe I’ll just put it on the front seat with a note that says “I Told You So.” That would be really funny. And probably make her quite happy. Yea I think I’ll do that.
So then I had a normal school day and such, and I was done early, so I went to the main office to sign out like I always do. Most kids don’t I don’t know why, I guess they’re lazy. And even the ones who do just go in like every other time or something. SO I go in today, and Mr. Stanzack (spelling? The disciplinarian) told me he’s gonna give me an award at the end of they ear for being the most loyal sign out student. He jokingly asked Mr. Turner if he had anything left over from his trip to Las Vegas to give me, and they were joking about giving me poker chips or something, I don’t really know what they were saying lol, but it was funny.
Then I came home, nap, watched the Phillies, and basically procrastinated till I started packing around 9. Actually I went to the store to get food around 7. I don’t know if I got enough, but it’s all good. I really don’t know what to expect out of Kairos. Everyone says it’s great, and I expect it will be, but I don’t really see myself as changing. I’m pretty happy with who I am, and my family, and my friends. I’m really lucky to have such great friends and family, and just lucky in general. I still think it’ll be a great experience, and well worth it, but as of right now I don’t see myself coming home a “changed person.” At least not one of the ones who walks around telling everyone they’ve changed. Maybe on the inside I will. But I don’t see it making much of a difference. I don’t even know what teachers are going with me. I find that kinda surprising, I’ve known which teachers were going before cause I’ve had them or heard people say they were gonna be out and stuff. But I have no idea who’s going on this one. Chez said something about Mrs. Maher driving us up there, but I thought she went in January….maybe she’s going twice? Or maybe she’s literally just driving up there with us. I really don’t know. It would be awesome if she went, I think she’s my favorite teacher out of the 4 years.
But either way, I’m ready to go. I’m kinda sad to be away from home for 4 days. I’m gonna really miss talking to you guys, especially Steph everyday. I can’t take any kind of phones or anything with me. I know it’s gonna be fun and I’ll have a good time and all that stuff. But I’ll be excited to see everyone when I get back. My paper says I’ll be home at 7:00 on Friday. I think I heard the other ones got back earlier, even as early as 5. I wanna go out Friday night, so hopefully it’s not too late. Saturday I’m gonna be exhausted though. I’ll def go out Saturday night. But I’m gonna sleep a lot lol. Guarantee it. Someone told me I should buy Jolt cause by the 4th day I’ll be dead tired. But the only place I know where to get it is Shammy. And I saw what it did to Nicole, I don’t trust myself on that. Not at all. I’ll kill somebody with my sheer hyperness. And then Sunday I’m gonna have to do all my make-up work, as well as going to my Grandmom Umberger’s for her birthday, and more sleep. And church. Should be a fun weekend lol.
But either way. I’ll be gone for 4 days. Well I actually probably won’t post this till after I sign off Monday night/Tuesday morning, so it may only be 3 days already. And then again I’m getting close to 6 pages, so by the time your done ready this I may be home already . Lol, but I’ll be thinking about all of you guys, and I’ll talk to you when I get home. Probably write “Live the Fourth” or something. Who knows? Anyway lol, goodnight, talk to you this weekend. And Congratulations on reading all 4,042 words of this essay.
Until next time J,
John
P.S> I got my report Card. GPA: 3.92
Instrumental Instruction A
Math Analysis A
English B+
Prayer A
World Religions A
Physics A
Band A
Visual C++ A