Bishop Ford C.C.H.S. Commenecment of 2004 - and the death of a president
I graduated on Saturday. It feels so strange because this is the single biggest event you've been waiting for the whole year but when it finally arrives, part of you doesn't want it to get here and it feels too damn surreal. Hard to believe high school is over. I know that a lot of people feel like we have to go back to school in September or at least later this week but fact of the matter is that it's all over and now we'll have to work on school more focused on the real world. Part of me feels like that there is still more that I should learn and that there are more years to continue and bitch about. What a strange paradox to be caught in.
I even threatened everyone in the house saying that I would leave without anyone who wasn't ready on post-it notes. Amazingly my father (the one who will leave at the time you're suppose to be there) actually got there me there on time. Amazingly. The reason for the threatening was mostly because I was almost late for my 8th grade graduation. After that I told myself that I would leave anyone who wasn't ready for my high school graduation. =) At least they kept up there end of the deal.
When I got there I had my yearbook ready and got people to sign. There was a lot of talking and smiles, even some watery eyes. Jess Winter even came through, naturally, despite being on antibiotics and suffering from a little bit of what's left of a stomach virus that she caught from her boyfriend. I also loved her little pleated mini skirt, which has nothing to do with it, but I noticed she and some other girls with those skirts. I just think I should note how cute they were. Aldo cam maybe a half hour after I did, with his new toy in hand. A digital camera. Which makes me even more jealous. I love those things. But I guess since after taking photography earlier this year I can appreciate the actual art of photography. But that doesn't mean I still don't want one. He had a picture of me and me with one of my favorite white girls, Danielle Raymond. Hopefully he sends the pictures to me. I actually looked pretty good in those pictures.
It was quite a lovely ceremony. Didn't have as much time as I wanted to stay and say goodbye to everybody because, of course, the family wanted to get out and it got crowded trying to leave. I got roses and Pooh bears with glasses, a cap, and a book. My dad gave me a $50. Not to mention the beginnings of a cold from my sister. Lovely. I'm feeling better today though but yesterday I was in the worse stage. I also got my best friend, Jessica Destin, to come all the way from Queens to my graduation. She even bought Super Mario Sunshine as a gift. I don't have it. She forgot it at home and now I have to wait for it because she mailed it to me. I don't mind. Since it's now vacation for me I have enough time to do whatever. Hard to believe that Ronald Reagan died the same day. He sounds like a lovely person though from all the stories that's being told of him. Of course, I wasn't born when he went into office and when he left office I was just 3 so I obviously couldn't care less. But 93 is a good long life. May he rest in peace. And God bless Nancy. She really loved him. You can tell they were the best of friends.
I even threatened everyone in the house saying that I would leave without anyone who wasn't ready on post-it notes. Amazingly my father (the one who will leave at the time you're suppose to be there) actually got there me there on time. Amazingly. The reason for the threatening was mostly because I was almost late for my 8th grade graduation. After that I told myself that I would leave anyone who wasn't ready for my high school graduation. =) At least they kept up there end of the deal.
When I got there I had my yearbook ready and got people to sign. There was a lot of talking and smiles, even some watery eyes. Jess Winter even came through, naturally, despite being on antibiotics and suffering from a little bit of what's left of a stomach virus that she caught from her boyfriend. I also loved her little pleated mini skirt, which has nothing to do with it, but I noticed she and some other girls with those skirts. I just think I should note how cute they were. Aldo cam maybe a half hour after I did, with his new toy in hand. A digital camera. Which makes me even more jealous. I love those things. But I guess since after taking photography earlier this year I can appreciate the actual art of photography. But that doesn't mean I still don't want one. He had a picture of me and me with one of my favorite white girls, Danielle Raymond. Hopefully he sends the pictures to me. I actually looked pretty good in those pictures.
It was quite a lovely ceremony. Didn't have as much time as I wanted to stay and say goodbye to everybody because, of course, the family wanted to get out and it got crowded trying to leave. I got roses and Pooh bears with glasses, a cap, and a book. My dad gave me a $50. Not to mention the beginnings of a cold from my sister. Lovely. I'm feeling better today though but yesterday I was in the worse stage. I also got my best friend, Jessica Destin, to come all the way from Queens to my graduation. She even bought Super Mario Sunshine as a gift. I don't have it. She forgot it at home and now I have to wait for it because she mailed it to me. I don't mind. Since it's now vacation for me I have enough time to do whatever. Hard to believe that Ronald Reagan died the same day. He sounds like a lovely person though from all the stories that's being told of him. Of course, I wasn't born when he went into office and when he left office I was just 3 so I obviously couldn't care less. But 93 is a good long life. May he rest in peace. And God bless Nancy. She really loved him. You can tell they were the best of friends.