hey sister, soul sister, better get that dough, sister
okay, so i am definitely appreciating the whole "let's only go to school for like two hours a day" thing... it's working out quite nicely for me. i got to spend some time with craig and chris and jayme today after school, which is nice because i know how drama totally consumes their lives. mmmm... and we went to DQ, so i was able to get my first oreo blizzard of the year, which is quite exciting, i must say. and then i went out to fund raise for the play-a-thon, which is actually THIS weekend, not next weekend like i had originally thought. so... i decided to go around and beg for money from people. and they were all generally nice, and i made like 150 bucks, which is nice. i figured out that if i earn another 140 tomorrow, then my parents won't have had to pay anything out of pocket for this trip, which would be really nice for them. but there was this one lady who totally made me feel all guilty about going... okay, so originally i parked at sw school so i could get to all the number avenues down after daniels because i don't want to keep annoying the same people around my neighborhood. but then i had to pee, so i went home, and when i came back, i parked on tenth ave. and the first house i go to, this oldish woman answers the door... i go through my whole little thing "hi, i'm tracy gilpin with the waterford high school band and blah blah blah". so i finish my little intro, and she's like "so, what's your point?" and i talk about the whole sponsorship thing for the play-a-thon and would she like to donate? she looks over my shoulder and goes "is that your little white car parked over there?" i tell her that it is, and she asks, "well, how do i know you're really who you say you are?" so i offer her my drivers' license and my school id, and she's like "i guess that would do..." and she seriously inspects them for a full minute before giving them back to me. and then she decides that it's okay for her to give me money... and while she's handing it to me, she goes "i hope you're telling the truth..." and goes on about how she's a widow and so many people in the world are out to get stuff from people for false reasons. i felt so bad, even though i was totally legit in doing this. because i didn't want to like take this poor widow's money... and she really made me feel like crap, and like she was going to keep her eye on me or something, and i understand it when people are skeptical about stuff like this because there ARE people out there who will definitely try to scam you out of your money, and it sucks that you have to be cautious about stuff like that, but this woman seriously intimidated me, and i wanted to like curl in a ball and hide from her. but whatever. and i also ended up going to lindsay pickett's aunt's house, where her aunt was seriously SO NICE to me... she asked me if i knew lindsay, and i was like "well, actually, i'm rooming with her...", so we started talking... and she wouldn't let me leave the house until i agreed to borrow a sweatshirt from her because i was only wearing a t-shirt, which i thought was really sweet, and i thanked her again when i went back to return it. and then, on top of all the niceness that she showed me before, she goes, "oh, my goodness, you have absolutely beautiful eyes.. what a pretty shade of blue". i think i'm going to compliment lindsay on her aunt next time i see her because she totally made my day today. i also met justin moran's grandmother, which was kind of funny because amy and i went with him to the chem lecture about lobsters yesterday, so i got to tell his grandma about that. i love meeting nice strangers. seriously, i think it's one of the best feelings in the world to have someone that you don't even know be totally nice to you, and i try to keep that in mind when i'm meeting new people. i want to be the person that people remember in a nice way... which is why i made that new year's resolution to give one heartfelt compliment a day, and i've been really consistent with it and it's making me feel good when i do it. oh my god, i am so excited for myrtle beach!! haha, the 14 hour bus trip... is going to be ridiculous. we're going to watch armageddon like 50 million times... because that's the movie that we watch EVERY SINGLE band trip ever... i think i'm going to bring breakfast club or just buy the incredibles on VHS just so i won't have to watch bruce willis sacrifice his life for ben affleck once again... sorry if i just ruined the movie for anyone out there. oh, and lizzy, we are totally bringing like 5 dollars worth of nickels... craig can't possibly steal them all... and if i'm in the inside seat, well, it will just give us more of a challenge. i'll make sure to wear a revealing shirt, haha. and now... everybody who doesn't know about the nickel game, it's really fun, and this all makes sense to lizzy, so whatever.