And so summer comes to a close
Ah, yes. The end of another summer. Always makes you wish you'd done stuff you didn't. But it's over , so it's back to the drudgery of school. On that note, this year probably won't be that bad. But I have to say, sophomore really seems like the lamest grade. You're not an upper classmen, and there isn't anything new like there was freshmen year.
Anyways, I thought I'd give a rundown of my summer. I warn you, I'm going to call some things like I see'em, and I'm sorry if you're offended. So, let's start way back in June.
Right after school let out on the last day, after our last final, I went back to Alex's. First, however, I cleaned out my locker. Now, back during the school year, we'd made these two trash-filled bottles. It was over at the nerd table, and Jake had some fancy flavored water bottles. Once they were empty, we fit as much of our trash in them as possible, then poured water in them. Then I shoved it in the back of my locker and left it alone for the rest of the year. We made two of these. Anyhoo, I took this over to Alex's, and we had the plan to go throw'em at something so they'd shatter, hopefully exploding in a shower of glass and garbage. So we went out along Alex's road, then, after a debate between him and I about where we should throw them, he chucked his at a tree by the side of the road. Holy crap. Sounded like a damn shotgun blast.At which point I freaked out and went "Fuck this!" or some such expletive, and dived into the nearby woods. Alex soon followed me. I guess we thought the cops were going to be called, as it really did sound like a gun had just been fired. So we trudged, crawled, and walked through these woods until we eventually came out somewhere near the Vale. Then we walked back to Alex's. It was an interesting start to the summer.
Next big thing, went to Hocking Hills with School Forest. Man, those were some pretty woods. All these huge cliff faces and little waterfalls and great trees. And the rafting trip was great, many a dunking ocurred, and people switched rafts frequently. Oh, and I learned about "summer teeth" on the rafting safety video. Summer here, and summer there. That's a good one.
Another major thing about that trip was how dirty I felt. mainly because I neither showered nor brushed my teeth the entire time I was there. Which was about 3 days I think. And, sadly, my Batman insignia hat was lost on that trip. I'm not sure when or how, but it was. And that's it for the school forest outing.
Then, there was Origins. Went to the Columbus Convention Center with my cousin Todd, Charlie, Jake, Evan, and Aaron for 4 days. What a crazy four days. It made me remember just how sad some people are. And fat. And that there are very few cute nerd girls. But those are just the bad things. All the vendor booths were tight, with the swords, crossbows, RPG books, Heroclix, and so on.
The events I participated in were great, except for this one D & D campaign. I hated all the players and the DM. I'm not going to go into that. But then in one I but my Nightcrawler Halloween costume on again for the LARP (Live Action Role Play). I tell you, many people wanted my picture. And yes, it's a ridiculously geeky event, but hey, anytime I get to dress up as Nightcrawler's ok by me. Then the Buffy RPG. I had a great time, even though I couldn't stand the players. And I found it hard to believe when the 40 year old Chinese man with the stereotypical speech impediment won best roleplayer as Buffy. He didn't roleplay worth crap. I was a much better Spike than he was a Buffy. So that was great and all.
When I got back there was fourth of July. Wasn't really anything special. Saw some fireworks, hung with some friends, went with those friends when they were drinking beer, then left because it's kind of boring hanging around people drinking when you can't drink. Oh, and I tip my hat to Brandon for bringing some root beers for non-drinkers.
Then the Cromer and Zaremsky families went to Niagara Falls. It was kind of interesting. I mean, hey, that's a lot of water. We did all the usual tourist stuff, went on the Maid of the Mist, explored the town next to the Falls. But we (Matt, Aaron, Charlie, and myself) weren't allowed to leave the hotel after 11 p.m. That was wack. It's a tourist town. It's flooded with people from all over the world, and tons of neon lighting. We're not going to get mugged or anything, especially if there are four of us together. But, it was a wonder of the world, I think.
The next big thing was a less than tight event. On July 18th I went to see "The Parrot" by YSKP, because I was bored and thought hey, Niquelle and Maddy were involved with it, I might as well see it. Big mistake. So I saw it, and I wasn't much impressed. But they are just kids, and I didn't really like the script. But that's not important. After the show, Loxley asks to have a word with me. So we do, and it turns out it was not a talk, but her giving me a lecture about how I'm sexist, I think women like to be treated like objects, and she slipped in a threat about elling Guy. And I got this lecture because I jokingly wrote the lyrics to that "ass and titties" song in Niquelle's program for Big River along with some other little thing like "You rock Niquelle". Whoo boy. After that I was just flabbergasted. I stumbled out of the theatre with a red as hell face and just had no idea what to say. Ask Mori, he saw me afterwards. Then, the more I thought about it, the more it pissed me off. Understand, I don't really think of myself as sexist. And I found it insulting she inferred this all from a quote in a program. So after a jog, I wrote this letter to Loxley explaining how I was not a chauvinist and that I was sorry if she got that impression. It was respectful and all, so I was going to send it to her, because I don't want her thinking I'm like that. But then like a day later I instant message Niquelle, and just ask her if she thinks I objectify her. She gave me an ambiguous response that was leaning towards yes. I did not expect that. Made me feel awful. I still don't think I'm like that, but maybe I was giving the impression that I was. So, sorry if I make you feel objectified, I'll try to rectify that. But I mean, was I the one who slapped Niquelle's butt during Big River? Nooo. And I'm the one who got Niquelle's program passed around, (Niquelle had bounced before we started doing the program signings). Anyway, the letter was never sent because I decided that I didn't want any chance of being on Guy's wrong side. He's a pretty big dude.
This incident resulted in my decision to never talk to a girl unless she adresses me first, seeing as how I often seem to unintentionally insult them. I stuck to it for a while, and it went ok. Then earlier in August I think to myself, ah this is ridiculous and initiate another IM conversation with Niquelle. The first thing I said insulted her. I must be all kinds of moron. But the fact that the first thing I had said to her insulted her made me laugh at myself, but I did feel bad. Huzzah. So I suppose I'll still keep that rule in effect at most times.
The only other thing was, Katy's party i suppose. It was low-key tight. A bunch of people I normally don't chill with, but I'm ok with all of them. It was Simon, Andy, Michaela, Devinne, Ellie, Katy, and myself. More people were supposed to come I guess, but they didn't show. Ah well. It was a good time.
So, there you have it. My summer, more or less. I hope yours were good too, and I'll see you all tomorrow.
Anyways, I thought I'd give a rundown of my summer. I warn you, I'm going to call some things like I see'em, and I'm sorry if you're offended. So, let's start way back in June.
Right after school let out on the last day, after our last final, I went back to Alex's. First, however, I cleaned out my locker. Now, back during the school year, we'd made these two trash-filled bottles. It was over at the nerd table, and Jake had some fancy flavored water bottles. Once they were empty, we fit as much of our trash in them as possible, then poured water in them. Then I shoved it in the back of my locker and left it alone for the rest of the year. We made two of these. Anyhoo, I took this over to Alex's, and we had the plan to go throw'em at something so they'd shatter, hopefully exploding in a shower of glass and garbage. So we went out along Alex's road, then, after a debate between him and I about where we should throw them, he chucked his at a tree by the side of the road. Holy crap. Sounded like a damn shotgun blast.At which point I freaked out and went "Fuck this!" or some such expletive, and dived into the nearby woods. Alex soon followed me. I guess we thought the cops were going to be called, as it really did sound like a gun had just been fired. So we trudged, crawled, and walked through these woods until we eventually came out somewhere near the Vale. Then we walked back to Alex's. It was an interesting start to the summer.
Next big thing, went to Hocking Hills with School Forest. Man, those were some pretty woods. All these huge cliff faces and little waterfalls and great trees. And the rafting trip was great, many a dunking ocurred, and people switched rafts frequently. Oh, and I learned about "summer teeth" on the rafting safety video. Summer here, and summer there. That's a good one.
Another major thing about that trip was how dirty I felt. mainly because I neither showered nor brushed my teeth the entire time I was there. Which was about 3 days I think. And, sadly, my Batman insignia hat was lost on that trip. I'm not sure when or how, but it was. And that's it for the school forest outing.
Then, there was Origins. Went to the Columbus Convention Center with my cousin Todd, Charlie, Jake, Evan, and Aaron for 4 days. What a crazy four days. It made me remember just how sad some people are. And fat. And that there are very few cute nerd girls. But those are just the bad things. All the vendor booths were tight, with the swords, crossbows, RPG books, Heroclix, and so on.
The events I participated in were great, except for this one D & D campaign. I hated all the players and the DM. I'm not going to go into that. But then in one I but my Nightcrawler Halloween costume on again for the LARP (Live Action Role Play). I tell you, many people wanted my picture. And yes, it's a ridiculously geeky event, but hey, anytime I get to dress up as Nightcrawler's ok by me. Then the Buffy RPG. I had a great time, even though I couldn't stand the players. And I found it hard to believe when the 40 year old Chinese man with the stereotypical speech impediment won best roleplayer as Buffy. He didn't roleplay worth crap. I was a much better Spike than he was a Buffy. So that was great and all.
When I got back there was fourth of July. Wasn't really anything special. Saw some fireworks, hung with some friends, went with those friends when they were drinking beer, then left because it's kind of boring hanging around people drinking when you can't drink. Oh, and I tip my hat to Brandon for bringing some root beers for non-drinkers.
Then the Cromer and Zaremsky families went to Niagara Falls. It was kind of interesting. I mean, hey, that's a lot of water. We did all the usual tourist stuff, went on the Maid of the Mist, explored the town next to the Falls. But we (Matt, Aaron, Charlie, and myself) weren't allowed to leave the hotel after 11 p.m. That was wack. It's a tourist town. It's flooded with people from all over the world, and tons of neon lighting. We're not going to get mugged or anything, especially if there are four of us together. But, it was a wonder of the world, I think.
The next big thing was a less than tight event. On July 18th I went to see "The Parrot" by YSKP, because I was bored and thought hey, Niquelle and Maddy were involved with it, I might as well see it. Big mistake. So I saw it, and I wasn't much impressed. But they are just kids, and I didn't really like the script. But that's not important. After the show, Loxley asks to have a word with me. So we do, and it turns out it was not a talk, but her giving me a lecture about how I'm sexist, I think women like to be treated like objects, and she slipped in a threat about elling Guy. And I got this lecture because I jokingly wrote the lyrics to that "ass and titties" song in Niquelle's program for Big River along with some other little thing like "You rock Niquelle". Whoo boy. After that I was just flabbergasted. I stumbled out of the theatre with a red as hell face and just had no idea what to say. Ask Mori, he saw me afterwards. Then, the more I thought about it, the more it pissed me off. Understand, I don't really think of myself as sexist. And I found it insulting she inferred this all from a quote in a program. So after a jog, I wrote this letter to Loxley explaining how I was not a chauvinist and that I was sorry if she got that impression. It was respectful and all, so I was going to send it to her, because I don't want her thinking I'm like that. But then like a day later I instant message Niquelle, and just ask her if she thinks I objectify her. She gave me an ambiguous response that was leaning towards yes. I did not expect that. Made me feel awful. I still don't think I'm like that, but maybe I was giving the impression that I was. So, sorry if I make you feel objectified, I'll try to rectify that. But I mean, was I the one who slapped Niquelle's butt during Big River? Nooo. And I'm the one who got Niquelle's program passed around, (Niquelle had bounced before we started doing the program signings). Anyway, the letter was never sent because I decided that I didn't want any chance of being on Guy's wrong side. He's a pretty big dude.
This incident resulted in my decision to never talk to a girl unless she adresses me first, seeing as how I often seem to unintentionally insult them. I stuck to it for a while, and it went ok. Then earlier in August I think to myself, ah this is ridiculous and initiate another IM conversation with Niquelle. The first thing I said insulted her. I must be all kinds of moron. But the fact that the first thing I had said to her insulted her made me laugh at myself, but I did feel bad. Huzzah. So I suppose I'll still keep that rule in effect at most times.
The only other thing was, Katy's party i suppose. It was low-key tight. A bunch of people I normally don't chill with, but I'm ok with all of them. It was Simon, Andy, Michaela, Devinne, Ellie, Katy, and myself. More people were supposed to come I guess, but they didn't show. Ah well. It was a good time.
So, there you have it. My summer, more or less. I hope yours were good too, and I'll see you all tomorrow.