May 05, 2002 16:21
i went to the mall today and got very freaked out. i just went real quick to buy a copy of Franny and Zooey and I couldn't wait to escape. It wasn't a feeling like I wasn't supposed to be there, I just got overwhelmed. It was so frightening. I don't know what triggered it. Well, no more people for the rest of the day, so its ok.
I was supposed to go to a family friend's house today for Greek Easter or something "greek-ster", but i got to stay home because of this dreadful English paper thats never going to get done. I can bullshit, thats no problem, I really want to get to writing it, but I just have next to no information. Its supposed to be about Salinger's own experiences with religion and how it influenced him and his writing of Franny and Zooey. I thought there would be a plethora of information, but there isn't. I got a biography on him and I can't find shit. alright, like you give a crap and i'm sure i'll never want to read about this myself, so forget it. tomorrow is also the AP english exam, thats no biggie. I'm actually going to try and get a good grade.
no more smoking until june. for the love of god, don't tell me if you're going to smoke. I just don't want to have to deal with it. I let down Steph and Dave a lot by smoking so often recently and I just want to chill for a while. I mean it this time. Friday was that fashion show. I thought I was sitting next to that Matt fellow of courtney and tami fame for a while and couldn't believe the situation i thought I was in. It would have been the must fucked up coinicidence. cuz i knew i recognized the kid through tami and i assumed it was matt, but it must have been her boyfriend, that would make a lot more sense. I felt really sad when Tami won. I felt like I wasn't allowed to be happy for her anymore. That whole ordeal still hurts. Poor Dave didn't win anything either. I lost a lot of respect for Frank Morano after having heard his yearbook signing policy. who the fuck does he think he is? you have to hand him a piece of paper with your most memorable frank related moment to get it signed?? what a piece of shit! I want to hit him with my yearbook.
those tests at Rutgers weren't so bad. I wasn't burnt or even tired. The tests weren't very hard, but the whole day was wayy too long. My essay sucked, it had to be about why kids participate in extra curricular activities. thats such a boring topic. whatever. the spanish exam was kinda funny, considering I haven't taken it since sophomore year. but I don't think foreign language is even required, so i guess its no big deal. fishman drove me and this really doofy and midly annoying but nice kid George. I bumped into Vivian on the way to the tests! who knew she was going there?! such a nice surprise.
I got home around 4:30 and then went to Sea because it was Island Champs (track meet, that is). I knew I wasn't going to run but I wanted to cheer people on and actually if they needed me for a relay I would have done it. they didn't though. So, me and Owen and Tim hung out with the fun track guys and had a grand ol' time. I talked to that girl Laura that I was really taken by at Katrina's sweet 16. she's very strange and i like her quite a bit. a vegeterian since 6th grade and doesn't eat carbos either. hardcore. i hope i got the ol' ball rolling again...
oh yeah, no prom date. me and courtney aren't going together. wouldn't work out, which kinda sucks. I hung out with her on Thursday, went to the muddy cup (which she didn't like very much) and then the duck pond by me that i hadn't been to in about 8 years. It was pretty disgusting, there's a sign saying "these waters are severely polluted - avoid contact with water". so it wasn't that pleasant to be there.
i'm still trying to think of my list of people i'd most want to meet. it would be like bjork, trent reznor, jonny greenwood, gallileo...i can't think of people. maybe thats good. i don't know. i'll figure them out eventually.
better try and find more stupid crap about stupid Salinger, he looks like the meanest old man in the world these days and i'm sure he is.
went for a nice run today, 67 degrees my ass.