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So, I randomly got a comment on an old entry so I decided to update this dead journal again. By my cousin no less. Now I have no idea who wanders on this thing. At least I know now not to randomly bash someone on here in case they stumble upon my journal and read it. Or maybe I will anyway. Best not to be two faced, I suppose.
I'm doing beginning of school year preparations for senior year. I've got about 7 books to read before school begins for an english class, an economics class, and an ap euro class. I have to start researching clothing companies for senior sweatshirts since I decided to run for Senior senator on a whim and ended up winning anyway even though I did next to no campaigning. On the day before voting I ended up running into the homerooms saying "Hey, you know me. Vote for me because I want privelages like you all do" And since I am probably the lesser of the three evils that ran I ended up getting a landslide victory. Not that I'm bragging. (okay, I am)But now I get really cool perks like being head of the prom committee and doing fund raisers and all of those annoying tasks that no one else gets to handle.
Aunt Gail and Uncle Dave popped over to visit last week. As usual, I was peppered with college questions. (Why do I always end up talking about college? Good grief. I haven't even filled out applications yet) SUNY colleges are still at the top of my list because they are convenient, broad to handle my interests and going to one wont land me a 100,000 dollar loan when I graduate. Digipen stole my heart away although it is incredibly expensive. (In Washington, and I'd have to get an apartment, but I am very okay with that) Working with computers and video games is one thing I wouldn't change my mind on.
Christina is switching to City AS and will have to make up some credits. The family keeps on ostracizing her for her performance. I really wish they would leave her alone. She would probably do so much better if the family wasn't on her back telling her what a disgrace she is.
After constant switching my mind back and forth over the decision to return to public school, I decided to remain in Saviour. Sure, I hate it and the girls never say anything that interest me but I'l get some nice hefty scholarships plus the cafeteria food is really really good. I'll miss the Otis Spunkmeyer cookies when I graduate.
The summer has been a productive one in some ways. I didn't leave the city or anything (unfortunetely) but I did grow up a lot and I had time to think and get my mind in order. Hitting the bong and watching some anime probably contributed to that. After all, my life is pretty stable. I don't have to do flashy, ridiculous transformations and chase after an angsty and misguided bad guy. (Speaking of which, I hope everyone is watching Who Wants to be a Superhero on the Sci fi channel. I was upset when Major Victory got eliminated. He was a really cool dude)
Those transformations are crazy. My friend and I ended up watching Powerpuff Girls Z and hitting his bong and I thought I would keel over and have a seizure due to their transformation scenes. (I was a little loopy) Then we found the infamous Porygon episode on Youtube and watched it. The episode was edited. It was a dissapointment.
Movies were decent this summer. Well, I only ended up watching two. I dragged my boyfriend to see Pirates. (I support the Jack/Elizabeth ship completely. Will is a little puss) My friend and I went to see Clerks II when it came out and I was pleased that it didn't mutilate and destroy the original Clerks. I'm glad Jay wore that Buddy Christ shirt (If you haven't seen Dogma, shame on you) I want to see Beerfest pretty badly and the trailer to the U.S vs. John Lennon is beautiful.
The crew and I went to the beach last week. It was Frannie, Melissa, Krystal, CJ and Matt. George could't come because he would be fried and my boyfriend ended up oversleeping. He was frantic and ended up calling me at the beach about it but I wasn't upset. If I am around someone too much no matter who it is I burn out quickly. Less is more applies. I got sun poisoning afterward and felt like puking for a couple of days. I had to walk around the house half naked and make no sudden movements until the burn faded.
For the past couple of days I decided to take a long leisurly stroll down Memory Lane and watch some old things from when I was a little kid. I watched some David the Gnome and the Busy World of Richard Scarry. I searched all the old shows from when Nickelodeon was good (early 90's, of course) on Wikipedia and went on RetroStuff for old commercials and information. Kid shows today are so disgustingly censored and filled with propoganda. If "experts" and "concerned parents" were worried that we would turn into automatons years ago, I don't know what the kids of today will be. They'll be superficial, ignorant, and judgemental just like today's culture. Maybe I was an obnoxious little kid, but at least I watched some good tv. And played a lot of Mario. Now these kids are playing Halo on XBox Live and calling people cockmunchers through their headsets when they probably don't even know what that means. I had my brothers Nintendo and tinkered with the DOS and command prompt on his computer to pass the time (which was fun. I want that computer back)
So I think like six months passed since my last entry which means Spring break passed and I went to Europe. Europe was beautiful. The landscape was lovely, the castles were magnificent and the toilets never wasted water. The only downer to that trip was that our moderator was the bitchiest teacher in the school and her and I have locked horns a couple of times. I've always been considered polite, cute and intelligent so I got away with most things including getting suspended for mouthing off to her. But for real, what a bitch. We nearly left her behind in Munich because she was late lugging herself to the meeting point and we needed to get to Dachau to watch a presentation.
The day we went to Dachau was a perfect day. The breeze was light and the sky was a clear, perfect blue. I thought it was terribly ironic how the day could be so beautiful when I was standing on the large lane that ran between the barracks that held the prisoners. I followed a path down the barracks, past the back barracks where the women were held as prostitutes and across a bridge and a narrow stream. The furnaces were nestled among many trees where the ordinary prisoner would only be able to see smoke rise into the sky. Beams were strung above the furnaces where some prisoners were hanged and then simply tossed in. Next to the furnaces were the gassing rooms and next to the gassing rooms were the entrance rooms where prisoners waited and removed their clothes.
The front of the camp only had one little door for entrance and above it in German said "Work will set you free" since Dachau was a labor camp. The museum section of the concentration camp was where the registration offices were. In the back of the camp several monuments were erected (small temples and chapels). Dachau also held a great number of political prisoners, poets and writers. They were housed in the back. I went into one of the barracks which was ripped down and reconstructed to how it looked when the war was over. The older parts of the Barracks held smaller bunks which held maybe several people top and bottom. The newer parts held vast bunks where it was seen you were supposed to squish in wherever you can. The entire camp was deathly quiet and eerie.
And that;s really the only thing I can describe so thoroughly. The visit to the camp was the one thing that stood out in my mind.
So I think I'll begin to wrap it up. Ouran High School Host Club has finished downloading and I want to maybe watch some Star Trek as well before I go to sleep (which really should be soon. I've been going to sleep at 7 am every day this summer since jobs have been bitchy and havent hired me)
Farewell, Live long and prosper, and get the hell off MySpace already, you whores.
I'm doing beginning of school year preparations for senior year. I've got about 7 books to read before school begins for an english class, an economics class, and an ap euro class. I have to start researching clothing companies for senior sweatshirts since I decided to run for Senior senator on a whim and ended up winning anyway even though I did next to no campaigning. On the day before voting I ended up running into the homerooms saying "Hey, you know me. Vote for me because I want privelages like you all do" And since I am probably the lesser of the three evils that ran I ended up getting a landslide victory. Not that I'm bragging. (okay, I am)But now I get really cool perks like being head of the prom committee and doing fund raisers and all of those annoying tasks that no one else gets to handle.
Aunt Gail and Uncle Dave popped over to visit last week. As usual, I was peppered with college questions. (Why do I always end up talking about college? Good grief. I haven't even filled out applications yet) SUNY colleges are still at the top of my list because they are convenient, broad to handle my interests and going to one wont land me a 100,000 dollar loan when I graduate. Digipen stole my heart away although it is incredibly expensive. (In Washington, and I'd have to get an apartment, but I am very okay with that) Working with computers and video games is one thing I wouldn't change my mind on.
Christina is switching to City AS and will have to make up some credits. The family keeps on ostracizing her for her performance. I really wish they would leave her alone. She would probably do so much better if the family wasn't on her back telling her what a disgrace she is.
After constant switching my mind back and forth over the decision to return to public school, I decided to remain in Saviour. Sure, I hate it and the girls never say anything that interest me but I'l get some nice hefty scholarships plus the cafeteria food is really really good. I'll miss the Otis Spunkmeyer cookies when I graduate.
The summer has been a productive one in some ways. I didn't leave the city or anything (unfortunetely) but I did grow up a lot and I had time to think and get my mind in order. Hitting the bong and watching some anime probably contributed to that. After all, my life is pretty stable. I don't have to do flashy, ridiculous transformations and chase after an angsty and misguided bad guy. (Speaking of which, I hope everyone is watching Who Wants to be a Superhero on the Sci fi channel. I was upset when Major Victory got eliminated. He was a really cool dude)
Those transformations are crazy. My friend and I ended up watching Powerpuff Girls Z and hitting his bong and I thought I would keel over and have a seizure due to their transformation scenes. (I was a little loopy) Then we found the infamous Porygon episode on Youtube and watched it. The episode was edited. It was a dissapointment.
Movies were decent this summer. Well, I only ended up watching two. I dragged my boyfriend to see Pirates. (I support the Jack/Elizabeth ship completely. Will is a little puss) My friend and I went to see Clerks II when it came out and I was pleased that it didn't mutilate and destroy the original Clerks. I'm glad Jay wore that Buddy Christ shirt (If you haven't seen Dogma, shame on you) I want to see Beerfest pretty badly and the trailer to the U.S vs. John Lennon is beautiful.
The crew and I went to the beach last week. It was Frannie, Melissa, Krystal, CJ and Matt. George could't come because he would be fried and my boyfriend ended up oversleeping. He was frantic and ended up calling me at the beach about it but I wasn't upset. If I am around someone too much no matter who it is I burn out quickly. Less is more applies. I got sun poisoning afterward and felt like puking for a couple of days. I had to walk around the house half naked and make no sudden movements until the burn faded.
For the past couple of days I decided to take a long leisurly stroll down Memory Lane and watch some old things from when I was a little kid. I watched some David the Gnome and the Busy World of Richard Scarry. I searched all the old shows from when Nickelodeon was good (early 90's, of course) on Wikipedia and went on RetroStuff for old commercials and information. Kid shows today are so disgustingly censored and filled with propoganda. If "experts" and "concerned parents" were worried that we would turn into automatons years ago, I don't know what the kids of today will be. They'll be superficial, ignorant, and judgemental just like today's culture. Maybe I was an obnoxious little kid, but at least I watched some good tv. And played a lot of Mario. Now these kids are playing Halo on XBox Live and calling people cockmunchers through their headsets when they probably don't even know what that means. I had my brothers Nintendo and tinkered with the DOS and command prompt on his computer to pass the time (which was fun. I want that computer back)
So I think like six months passed since my last entry which means Spring break passed and I went to Europe. Europe was beautiful. The landscape was lovely, the castles were magnificent and the toilets never wasted water. The only downer to that trip was that our moderator was the bitchiest teacher in the school and her and I have locked horns a couple of times. I've always been considered polite, cute and intelligent so I got away with most things including getting suspended for mouthing off to her. But for real, what a bitch. We nearly left her behind in Munich because she was late lugging herself to the meeting point and we needed to get to Dachau to watch a presentation.
The day we went to Dachau was a perfect day. The breeze was light and the sky was a clear, perfect blue. I thought it was terribly ironic how the day could be so beautiful when I was standing on the large lane that ran between the barracks that held the prisoners. I followed a path down the barracks, past the back barracks where the women were held as prostitutes and across a bridge and a narrow stream. The furnaces were nestled among many trees where the ordinary prisoner would only be able to see smoke rise into the sky. Beams were strung above the furnaces where some prisoners were hanged and then simply tossed in. Next to the furnaces were the gassing rooms and next to the gassing rooms were the entrance rooms where prisoners waited and removed their clothes.
The front of the camp only had one little door for entrance and above it in German said "Work will set you free" since Dachau was a labor camp. The museum section of the concentration camp was where the registration offices were. In the back of the camp several monuments were erected (small temples and chapels). Dachau also held a great number of political prisoners, poets and writers. They were housed in the back. I went into one of the barracks which was ripped down and reconstructed to how it looked when the war was over. The older parts of the Barracks held smaller bunks which held maybe several people top and bottom. The newer parts held vast bunks where it was seen you were supposed to squish in wherever you can. The entire camp was deathly quiet and eerie.
And that;s really the only thing I can describe so thoroughly. The visit to the camp was the one thing that stood out in my mind.
So I think I'll begin to wrap it up. Ouran High School Host Club has finished downloading and I want to maybe watch some Star Trek as well before I go to sleep (which really should be soon. I've been going to sleep at 7 am every day this summer since jobs have been bitchy and havent hired me)
Farewell, Live long and prosper, and get the hell off MySpace already, you whores.