life
Since I have to use this for AP LIT posts, i might as well write down some thoughts in here too.
The last 7 days have been the craziest of my life.
On monday, I had the final tennis tryouts, after begging albelo for the chance i deserved in the first place. I was satisfied (almost happy) about my performance, and since people like sean j. and michael r. got cut, i thought i had almost no chance of getting cut. i was wrong. i did get cut again. final decision? not yet. im not quitting! i already signed up for tournaments and im going to play my ass off during the break and im gonna try to prove HIM wrong. I can't even start to describe how much hate i feel for HIM, since no one put more effort into improving technique than i did. i don't know, i guess that my only mistake was not going to HIS tennis camp (did anyone other than kia, andres mccune and pistone show up? / is it a coincidence that on the 1st day they were all sent to varsity? who knows). I wanted to express my feelings about this topic because i still have some anger inside because if there's something that i can't stand, is corruption and unfairness. Im happy that people like blake anderson made it, because not only he's a great guy, but he's a heck of a tennis player. As for others, i would have tested more some of the freshmen that were automatically sent to varsity. I wanna see HIS team win league. I wanna see HIS team kick woodbridge's rear. IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. I would also like seeing how many of the freshmen that this year seem all happy about making the team, will come back next year. If im not wrong, out of the 1000 freshmen chosen last yr, only thomas pistone remains. PEOPLE CHANGE. and younger people are less likely to be focused on the same thing. If i were the coach, i'll take the experienced junior before the promising and careless freshman. but again, that's me.
KIA'S Petition thing: I don't know what to think about that. When he first showed it to me, I thought that it was fair and that everyone should have signed it. Now, i still think kind of the same way, but i realize that the whole point is getting evan back. I'd love to see kia taking the petition all the way to the end, even if evan is restored to the team. I know he has the power to do it, i don't know if he wants to. About people not signing it, like jon lee, i would tell them that if they believe what the letter says, go ahead and sign it. Kia has influence on people and he will probably succeed if he wants to. I wouldn't sign it if kia's name weren't there. I don't know, hopefully it works out (i don't know who's going to gain anything) but i know that it won't change my cause, nor i want it to change it. OK, NOW IM GONNA STOP BITCHING LIKE AN OLD LADY (ALA eddy lo, sorry eddy), and the only way of getting a shot at making the team is working and hitting and improving. AND WINNING. and that is what im going to do.
Not reading that name on that cursed list was a big hit for me. I really wanted to make the team the way everybody else did. THING ARE NEVER EASY FOR ME, APPARENTLY. I don't care. Well, I do care but there's someone that changed my life. She's a blessing from heaven. I don't know how things will work out or when, but I don't care. Im a happy guy, overall. I could go on writing forever about this topic, because it is something amazing, and yet i don't think i could find the right words to describe. It just happens.
School has been fantastic. One test after another, finding gov terms in wikipedia, remembering 300,000 interiors of churches that look exactly alike, surviving quizzes without reading, trying to understand that cursed book (that is, when i DO read), going crazy over physics problems and being bored to death in math. The rest, tennis during 4th period (almost everyone hates me because im not goofy and because im a better player than they will ever be) is cool, running the mile sucks and playing crappy people does too. At least there's one or two good players (fraker, brandon) that can hit... Thank god there's only four days left of school during this year. I would be begging for school to end, if it weren't because that means that I won't see Emily, Y, Jon, Cecil, Michelle, and the other cool people in the physics room. This is when we all have to realize that there's only 1 semester left and then everything will never be the same again. That's why I call on people on enjoying these moments and stop going crazy over something that they will have to repeat in college for their next 4 years. It's time to live and enjoy. Im not totally kidding when i say that we should all aim for a 2.0 second semester, while living the best moments of our life. I think it's worth it. Applications are in. Don't freak out about school anymore. Just keep an average GPA. The people that might read this will probably have already ordered their white robe. It's OK, it's time to enjoy. Remember that universities don't just take math freaks, they take people that have accomplished something in life.
PAIN. My body seems to be breaking down. I've never had some many "injuries" in my whole life. My neck killed me for some time, then it was my back (it still hurts). Today i got hit by emily with a graphite racket on the face and i can't even bite really well (i guess i deserved it ...). That adds to the list. My right knee gets sore once in a while, and my left thigh hurts right after i play tennis. Overall, im dead. I will survive though, I've been doing since forever.
Family. My grandmas (both of them) plus my 13-yr old cousin are here from argentina. they'll be staying in my house till the first week of january. My house is hell. They're nice and everything, but now i gotta sleep in another bed and there's almost no privacy. THAT, added to the fact that i don't sleep much (about 6 hrs a day) is just frustrating me really badly. Because of that, i've been cutting on my hrs of work (i worked 11 hrs this week in golden spoon, in 3 days). That means that now i have more time to spare, but i still can't use it in the right way because not even an excess in time can inspire me to do hw.
Well, to conclude this journal/bunch of thoughts, i should say that even though millions of bad things happen, Im doing pretty good. It's just amazing how one thing can counteract millions of others. The only other thing i wanna repeat is that, if you're reading this, please think about what i said about enjoying second semester. the white robe is already yours. A good UC is waiting for you. relax and let the good times roll, for then it will take time to find new friends wherever life might take you. Like lincoln said: It's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years. HE WAS PRETTY SMART, SO JUST PUT THAT IN PRACTICE.
IF YOU ARE READING THIS, PLEASE WRITE ME A COMMENT.
THANKS AND ENJOY THE LAST SEMESTER OF HIGH SCHOOL TO THE MAX
RODRIGO AZURMENDI
The last 7 days have been the craziest of my life.
On monday, I had the final tennis tryouts, after begging albelo for the chance i deserved in the first place. I was satisfied (almost happy) about my performance, and since people like sean j. and michael r. got cut, i thought i had almost no chance of getting cut. i was wrong. i did get cut again. final decision? not yet. im not quitting! i already signed up for tournaments and im going to play my ass off during the break and im gonna try to prove HIM wrong. I can't even start to describe how much hate i feel for HIM, since no one put more effort into improving technique than i did. i don't know, i guess that my only mistake was not going to HIS tennis camp (did anyone other than kia, andres mccune and pistone show up? / is it a coincidence that on the 1st day they were all sent to varsity? who knows). I wanted to express my feelings about this topic because i still have some anger inside because if there's something that i can't stand, is corruption and unfairness. Im happy that people like blake anderson made it, because not only he's a great guy, but he's a heck of a tennis player. As for others, i would have tested more some of the freshmen that were automatically sent to varsity. I wanna see HIS team win league. I wanna see HIS team kick woodbridge's rear. IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. I would also like seeing how many of the freshmen that this year seem all happy about making the team, will come back next year. If im not wrong, out of the 1000 freshmen chosen last yr, only thomas pistone remains. PEOPLE CHANGE. and younger people are less likely to be focused on the same thing. If i were the coach, i'll take the experienced junior before the promising and careless freshman. but again, that's me.
KIA'S Petition thing: I don't know what to think about that. When he first showed it to me, I thought that it was fair and that everyone should have signed it. Now, i still think kind of the same way, but i realize that the whole point is getting evan back. I'd love to see kia taking the petition all the way to the end, even if evan is restored to the team. I know he has the power to do it, i don't know if he wants to. About people not signing it, like jon lee, i would tell them that if they believe what the letter says, go ahead and sign it. Kia has influence on people and he will probably succeed if he wants to. I wouldn't sign it if kia's name weren't there. I don't know, hopefully it works out (i don't know who's going to gain anything) but i know that it won't change my cause, nor i want it to change it. OK, NOW IM GONNA STOP BITCHING LIKE AN OLD LADY (ALA eddy lo, sorry eddy), and the only way of getting a shot at making the team is working and hitting and improving. AND WINNING. and that is what im going to do.
Not reading that name on that cursed list was a big hit for me. I really wanted to make the team the way everybody else did. THING ARE NEVER EASY FOR ME, APPARENTLY. I don't care. Well, I do care but there's someone that changed my life. She's a blessing from heaven. I don't know how things will work out or when, but I don't care. Im a happy guy, overall. I could go on writing forever about this topic, because it is something amazing, and yet i don't think i could find the right words to describe. It just happens.
School has been fantastic. One test after another, finding gov terms in wikipedia, remembering 300,000 interiors of churches that look exactly alike, surviving quizzes without reading, trying to understand that cursed book (that is, when i DO read), going crazy over physics problems and being bored to death in math. The rest, tennis during 4th period (almost everyone hates me because im not goofy and because im a better player than they will ever be) is cool, running the mile sucks and playing crappy people does too. At least there's one or two good players (fraker, brandon) that can hit... Thank god there's only four days left of school during this year. I would be begging for school to end, if it weren't because that means that I won't see Emily, Y, Jon, Cecil, Michelle, and the other cool people in the physics room. This is when we all have to realize that there's only 1 semester left and then everything will never be the same again. That's why I call on people on enjoying these moments and stop going crazy over something that they will have to repeat in college for their next 4 years. It's time to live and enjoy. Im not totally kidding when i say that we should all aim for a 2.0 second semester, while living the best moments of our life. I think it's worth it. Applications are in. Don't freak out about school anymore. Just keep an average GPA. The people that might read this will probably have already ordered their white robe. It's OK, it's time to enjoy. Remember that universities don't just take math freaks, they take people that have accomplished something in life.
PAIN. My body seems to be breaking down. I've never had some many "injuries" in my whole life. My neck killed me for some time, then it was my back (it still hurts). Today i got hit by emily with a graphite racket on the face and i can't even bite really well (i guess i deserved it ...). That adds to the list. My right knee gets sore once in a while, and my left thigh hurts right after i play tennis. Overall, im dead. I will survive though, I've been doing since forever.
Family. My grandmas (both of them) plus my 13-yr old cousin are here from argentina. they'll be staying in my house till the first week of january. My house is hell. They're nice and everything, but now i gotta sleep in another bed and there's almost no privacy. THAT, added to the fact that i don't sleep much (about 6 hrs a day) is just frustrating me really badly. Because of that, i've been cutting on my hrs of work (i worked 11 hrs this week in golden spoon, in 3 days). That means that now i have more time to spare, but i still can't use it in the right way because not even an excess in time can inspire me to do hw.
Well, to conclude this journal/bunch of thoughts, i should say that even though millions of bad things happen, Im doing pretty good. It's just amazing how one thing can counteract millions of others. The only other thing i wanna repeat is that, if you're reading this, please think about what i said about enjoying second semester. the white robe is already yours. A good UC is waiting for you. relax and let the good times roll, for then it will take time to find new friends wherever life might take you. Like lincoln said: It's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years. HE WAS PRETTY SMART, SO JUST PUT THAT IN PRACTICE.
IF YOU ARE READING THIS, PLEASE WRITE ME A COMMENT.
THANKS AND ENJOY THE LAST SEMESTER OF HIGH SCHOOL TO THE MAX
RODRIGO AZURMENDI