"the way that you feel now is cool as long as i know the way it's gonna be"
Well, I've been sick for the last few days with what we just told the doctor was a sinus infection. I have no idea if that's what it is, but what the hell, it got me antibiotics on a Saturday. I stayed home from school on Friday, the day after the Washington, D.C. trip, and I'm sure everyone thought I was just randomly skipping out of being really tired. (I really was tired, but I was also pretty much a zombie for a good chunk of the trip.)
Speaking of Washington, D.C., about 97% of the senior class went on the civics trip on Thursday. It was good fun. A little chilly, but overall an alright day. The rain held off. The biggest setback was having to walk EVERYWHERE. I think my feet almost disconnected from my body out of anger at having to work for such long distances. I know the ankle plate was pissed at me. Yes...my legs have brains...and talk...don't yours?
Anyway...
Washington, D.C. March 31, 1005.
Yep. Me showing my extreme patriotism towards the United States. The biggest American double thumbs up ever. It'd be cool if Bush was in the background giving me the finger. I can dream, can't I? Also, I don't know what everyone is looking at to my right...but it must be pretty darn (judging by their faces...) repulsive and freaky.
The Washington Memorial. I think this picture pretty much signifies what a shitty day it was there. We didn't see the sun once, though I guess we can be thankful it didn't rain. Besides, if the sun had been out, it would have been sweltering anyway.
The Capital Building. This picture also gives you a general idea of how crappy the weather was. This is from the top of the Old Post Office, where we went first to eat. I had the best butter cookie in the world, as well as some of the best pizza I've had since I moved to Hollidaysburg.
The Man. The absolute coolest guy ever. Good ol' Lincoln.
The graffiti was awesome. Seeing the random stuff like this up on walls reminded me of Switzerland, though I don't think any other city in the world can beat the AMAZING graffiti I saw in Switzerland. I have some pictures. I wish I had taken more.
We ran into three of these. Once we noticed them, we started looking for more, but we only found three good ones. The one I absolutely loved was one that wouldn't take a good picture because it was faded a little bit. That one said, "Go back to sleep".
More words of wisdom from Borf.
We were there for the Cherry Blossom Festival, but not much was really going on. The weather was bad, and it was still cold. These are pretty much the only things we saw. I'm not even sure if these are cherry blossoms...but hey, it's cool.
And finally...
"The Funny Picture" of Ashley, Drew, Chris, Andrew, and BJ.
And...
"The Good Picture" The only one we could get everyone to sit still and shut up for.
After walking around for 6 hours, we went into the Pentagon Town Mall, or whatever, which is 4 stories. That was pretty sweet right there. I was very surprised, however, because there was only 1 music store. I was hoping for some CDage, but to no avail. Instead, we played in the Discovery Channel Store and smelled stuff in the Body Shop before finally collapsing onto a bench infront of Auntie Anne's for a while. Nobody really wanted to move very much. I think at one point I just kinda sat down infront of a directory and couldn't move. All in good fun, though. Oh yea, and we had the awesome bus movie selection. We watched I, Robot in the way down, and Dodgeball and Napoleon Dynamite on the way home. It was pretty awesome.
So gas is $2.17, now. I'm pretty mad about that. I scrambled to get gas on Thursday night when we came home and noticed it was $2.13, and the shitty gas station that was still $2.07 is where I went. Right now, I'm not sure what's going on, but I think my car hates shitty gas station gas. It's making louder noises than usual while revving up, and it just doesn't accelerate like I want it to. I don't know, maybe since I know it's a shitty gas station, I'm just imaging the lack of performance from my car. Whatev.
On Wednesday night, I bought Lemonade from some kids in Sylven. They only wanted 35 cents. I gave them a dollar and told them to keep it.
I gave $1.10 to a hobo in DC. I dropped it in his cup and I got a "Aw thank you, Suga" in response. I love giving money to homeless people. I gave money to homeless people in Berlin and London, too. I supposed that makes me a bad person, cause they're going to buy drugs with it, but I give them the benefit of the doubt anyway.
Oh yea, and score for me on this, too: Giant Eagle's little video place was closing down, and they were selling all their movies for really cheap. DVDs were only $5.99, and everything was VERY picked over, but I managed to come out of there with House of Sand And Fog for my mom and Adams Family Values and The Last Samurai for myself. All in all a good buy. I did want to get Eurotrip, too, but left it behind along with The Producers, Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Pauly Shore Is Dead, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind on VHS. Such a tough call. I may go back this week and see if it's fate that I'm meant to get them...and to see if anyone returned a DVD copy of Napoleon Dynamite.
Now, one more thing. I know I swore I was done with switching over to new journals. However, I made a new name the other night, thenaturalblues, which I absolutely love. I love that name. I made a deadjournal name somewhere along the same lines. I really love it. I'm thinking, maybe, that that will be the journal I use to start college with. Maybe. I can't decide. You can add it if you want, but I think for now I should probably stick to this one.
What do you think? Would you kill me if I switched usernames ONE more time? Or should I just stick with this?
This certianly is the longest not depressing entry I've written in a while.
Speaking of Washington, D.C., about 97% of the senior class went on the civics trip on Thursday. It was good fun. A little chilly, but overall an alright day. The rain held off. The biggest setback was having to walk EVERYWHERE. I think my feet almost disconnected from my body out of anger at having to work for such long distances. I know the ankle plate was pissed at me. Yes...my legs have brains...and talk...don't yours?
Anyway...
Washington, D.C. March 31, 1005.
Yep. Me showing my extreme patriotism towards the United States. The biggest American double thumbs up ever. It'd be cool if Bush was in the background giving me the finger. I can dream, can't I? Also, I don't know what everyone is looking at to my right...but it must be pretty darn (judging by their faces...) repulsive and freaky.
The Washington Memorial. I think this picture pretty much signifies what a shitty day it was there. We didn't see the sun once, though I guess we can be thankful it didn't rain. Besides, if the sun had been out, it would have been sweltering anyway.
The Capital Building. This picture also gives you a general idea of how crappy the weather was. This is from the top of the Old Post Office, where we went first to eat. I had the best butter cookie in the world, as well as some of the best pizza I've had since I moved to Hollidaysburg.
The Man. The absolute coolest guy ever. Good ol' Lincoln.
The graffiti was awesome. Seeing the random stuff like this up on walls reminded me of Switzerland, though I don't think any other city in the world can beat the AMAZING graffiti I saw in Switzerland. I have some pictures. I wish I had taken more.
We ran into three of these. Once we noticed them, we started looking for more, but we only found three good ones. The one I absolutely loved was one that wouldn't take a good picture because it was faded a little bit. That one said, "Go back to sleep".
More words of wisdom from Borf.
We were there for the Cherry Blossom Festival, but not much was really going on. The weather was bad, and it was still cold. These are pretty much the only things we saw. I'm not even sure if these are cherry blossoms...but hey, it's cool.
And finally...
"The Funny Picture" of Ashley, Drew, Chris, Andrew, and BJ.
And...
"The Good Picture" The only one we could get everyone to sit still and shut up for.
After walking around for 6 hours, we went into the Pentagon Town Mall, or whatever, which is 4 stories. That was pretty sweet right there. I was very surprised, however, because there was only 1 music store. I was hoping for some CDage, but to no avail. Instead, we played in the Discovery Channel Store and smelled stuff in the Body Shop before finally collapsing onto a bench infront of Auntie Anne's for a while. Nobody really wanted to move very much. I think at one point I just kinda sat down infront of a directory and couldn't move. All in good fun, though. Oh yea, and we had the awesome bus movie selection. We watched I, Robot in the way down, and Dodgeball and Napoleon Dynamite on the way home. It was pretty awesome.
So gas is $2.17, now. I'm pretty mad about that. I scrambled to get gas on Thursday night when we came home and noticed it was $2.13, and the shitty gas station that was still $2.07 is where I went. Right now, I'm not sure what's going on, but I think my car hates shitty gas station gas. It's making louder noises than usual while revving up, and it just doesn't accelerate like I want it to. I don't know, maybe since I know it's a shitty gas station, I'm just imaging the lack of performance from my car. Whatev.
On Wednesday night, I bought Lemonade from some kids in Sylven. They only wanted 35 cents. I gave them a dollar and told them to keep it.
I gave $1.10 to a hobo in DC. I dropped it in his cup and I got a "Aw thank you, Suga" in response. I love giving money to homeless people. I gave money to homeless people in Berlin and London, too. I supposed that makes me a bad person, cause they're going to buy drugs with it, but I give them the benefit of the doubt anyway.
Oh yea, and score for me on this, too: Giant Eagle's little video place was closing down, and they were selling all their movies for really cheap. DVDs were only $5.99, and everything was VERY picked over, but I managed to come out of there with House of Sand And Fog for my mom and Adams Family Values and The Last Samurai for myself. All in all a good buy. I did want to get Eurotrip, too, but left it behind along with The Producers, Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Pauly Shore Is Dead, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind on VHS. Such a tough call. I may go back this week and see if it's fate that I'm meant to get them...and to see if anyone returned a DVD copy of Napoleon Dynamite.
Now, one more thing. I know I swore I was done with switching over to new journals. However, I made a new name the other night, thenaturalblues, which I absolutely love. I love that name. I made a deadjournal name somewhere along the same lines. I really love it. I'm thinking, maybe, that that will be the journal I use to start college with. Maybe. I can't decide. You can add it if you want, but I think for now I should probably stick to this one.
What do you think? Would you kill me if I switched usernames ONE more time? Or should I just stick with this?
This certianly is the longest not depressing entry I've written in a while.