I read the news today oh boy..
I fucking hate livejournal and they know it. Fuckin 'ell. I had a great entry that was marred with internet explorer problems again. Anyways, i'm gonna do a magazine-style interview with myself. Let's just call the interviewer Mojo(et al the mag):
Mojo:Whats been going on in the past week? No entries have been made. Care to input?
Josh: Ive been working alot and getting some sleep in, but not entirely too much. I like to think I was isolated for a week but not exactly as i worked mostly. I had one day off where I stayed in the entire day-on Monday. Sunday was quite nice for the good reasons.
Mojo:You know you have at least 5-6 weeks of school left and then it's off to graduation practice. Any ideas on what you'll do?
Josh: Yeah, i'm gonna get senoritis and sleep late and start backlashing my friends. No really, i'll just handle it like the last 5 weeks. But to tell you the truth, i'm not interested in the graduation practice at all. It's like i'm being taunted with more school when i could be at home or being with friends at school. As Christian Slater said, "suck my ass!" SHS can, seriously. But i dont want any trouble from Duffcoat this time of year, you know how he reads these things.
Mojo:Any summer plans?
Josh:Yea, like Six Flags and White Water, maybe even see a Braves game. And looking for a new job, hopefully where my brother works. Its been running in my mind constantly about the future months since last year about what i'll be doing soon, and frankly ive never come to a more forked path of decisions. What I decide to work and possibly study for will reflect my future for the next 5 to 10 years.
Mojo:Looking back on all the high school years/grades, what year was your favorite? Did you miss anything/anyone since then?
Josh:My favorite has been 11th grade. I had the best friend ever, Matt Clanton and we'd talk endlessly about everything and everyone. He was/still is someone i really miss and he lives right down the road from me. I can't say more positive things about him and that year than now. 11th grade was a huge change from 10th, a year I was just getting used to as it was my first public school year and i hated it. It was so 'cut and paste' "enter the classroom and go to the next class," real going through the motions time. That year I was faced with almost quitting high school at the hands of my disappointed mom who hated my grades, she tried to force me to quit. But then all the sudden I get to this next grade and i made so many new friends and did better academically than the year before, and then the beginning of last year I had all this time ahead of me to enjoy it. 12th is good, but no 11th. There's a real 'finality' end of an era mood to it and leaves me with tons of new responsiblities that i don't necessarily mind but don't really like either. Stress-thats the word linked with the past 10 months. Some events even managed to give me a few gray hairs on my head that my brother noticed just last thanksgiving. I get exhausted just talking about it.
Mojo: Explain more about apartment life. Seems everyone knows you live with your bro and you're one of the few who don't live with their parents.
Josh:Yeah, i moved out or kicked out depending on who you ask. But apartment life has it's ups and downs, like, would you move out if you didnt have to and lots of things were done for you like enjoy homecooked meals and have a big house with no house payments to live in? I wouldnt if life didnt turn out that way it did but concerning what you can do, you can do whatever you feel like like go to another state and come back without consulting anyone except maybe your boss or provided you have the time. You set rules such as cleaning on time and shopping for the groceries and making sure you do what you're supposed to do like getting your own self up in the morning, or making it to work or catching up on some work from class. It really preps you for the real world, even though i'm not paying for where I live now, i will someday and when i do i know how to take care of myself. Advanced Autonomy 101 i suppose.
Mojo:One last question for now, is there anything that you'd redo from the past year?
Josh:Not really, aside from driving sooner and finding a better job. I was so close to living up state several times last year and it dawned on me a few months ago how life would have been completely 360 if i had moved. I had a say in where i'd live, but almost did a few times. I imagine if i'd had moved upstate i would have gotten used to it in a few weeks. I was dead scared of moving away from friends and losing them. Now it seems controlling that i stayed and kept me and dad's line of communication distant. I've only seen him around 10 hours total in a year. But once youve moved out and become a 'big boy' you dont really have a need to visit your parents often, right? He doesnt really seem to see it that way as he asks me to this day if i still want to move in with him and finish the semester upstate somewhere else. I've always politely declined and he still doesn't get it. Am i bad for wanting independence?
-Josh
Mojo:Whats been going on in the past week? No entries have been made. Care to input?
Josh: Ive been working alot and getting some sleep in, but not entirely too much. I like to think I was isolated for a week but not exactly as i worked mostly. I had one day off where I stayed in the entire day-on Monday. Sunday was quite nice for the good reasons.
Mojo:You know you have at least 5-6 weeks of school left and then it's off to graduation practice. Any ideas on what you'll do?
Josh: Yeah, i'm gonna get senoritis and sleep late and start backlashing my friends. No really, i'll just handle it like the last 5 weeks. But to tell you the truth, i'm not interested in the graduation practice at all. It's like i'm being taunted with more school when i could be at home or being with friends at school. As Christian Slater said, "suck my ass!" SHS can, seriously. But i dont want any trouble from Duffcoat this time of year, you know how he reads these things.
Mojo:Any summer plans?
Josh:Yea, like Six Flags and White Water, maybe even see a Braves game. And looking for a new job, hopefully where my brother works. Its been running in my mind constantly about the future months since last year about what i'll be doing soon, and frankly ive never come to a more forked path of decisions. What I decide to work and possibly study for will reflect my future for the next 5 to 10 years.
Mojo:Looking back on all the high school years/grades, what year was your favorite? Did you miss anything/anyone since then?
Josh:My favorite has been 11th grade. I had the best friend ever, Matt Clanton and we'd talk endlessly about everything and everyone. He was/still is someone i really miss and he lives right down the road from me. I can't say more positive things about him and that year than now. 11th grade was a huge change from 10th, a year I was just getting used to as it was my first public school year and i hated it. It was so 'cut and paste' "enter the classroom and go to the next class," real going through the motions time. That year I was faced with almost quitting high school at the hands of my disappointed mom who hated my grades, she tried to force me to quit. But then all the sudden I get to this next grade and i made so many new friends and did better academically than the year before, and then the beginning of last year I had all this time ahead of me to enjoy it. 12th is good, but no 11th. There's a real 'finality' end of an era mood to it and leaves me with tons of new responsiblities that i don't necessarily mind but don't really like either. Stress-thats the word linked with the past 10 months. Some events even managed to give me a few gray hairs on my head that my brother noticed just last thanksgiving. I get exhausted just talking about it.
Mojo: Explain more about apartment life. Seems everyone knows you live with your bro and you're one of the few who don't live with their parents.
Josh:Yeah, i moved out or kicked out depending on who you ask. But apartment life has it's ups and downs, like, would you move out if you didnt have to and lots of things were done for you like enjoy homecooked meals and have a big house with no house payments to live in? I wouldnt if life didnt turn out that way it did but concerning what you can do, you can do whatever you feel like like go to another state and come back without consulting anyone except maybe your boss or provided you have the time. You set rules such as cleaning on time and shopping for the groceries and making sure you do what you're supposed to do like getting your own self up in the morning, or making it to work or catching up on some work from class. It really preps you for the real world, even though i'm not paying for where I live now, i will someday and when i do i know how to take care of myself. Advanced Autonomy 101 i suppose.
Mojo:One last question for now, is there anything that you'd redo from the past year?
Josh:Not really, aside from driving sooner and finding a better job. I was so close to living up state several times last year and it dawned on me a few months ago how life would have been completely 360 if i had moved. I had a say in where i'd live, but almost did a few times. I imagine if i'd had moved upstate i would have gotten used to it in a few weeks. I was dead scared of moving away from friends and losing them. Now it seems controlling that i stayed and kept me and dad's line of communication distant. I've only seen him around 10 hours total in a year. But once youve moved out and become a 'big boy' you dont really have a need to visit your parents often, right? He doesnt really seem to see it that way as he asks me to this day if i still want to move in with him and finish the semester upstate somewhere else. I've always politely declined and he still doesn't get it. Am i bad for wanting independence?
-Josh