Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
The End of High School
Wednesday
Cleaned house with Mom, and then went to the Huckleberry with Olivia, Katie, Mindy, Kelly and Allyson. Ran into my crush from freshman year, a guy two grades above me. My friends and I nicknamed him Teddy Bear back when I liked/stalked him. It was strange to see him again and feel absolutely no attraction whatsoever when I used to be so nuts about him. His girlfriend was the type who wore leggings rather than pants.
Picked up Dad from airport in pouring rain. His flight was late, I was late from traffic, and there was a lot of rain.
Thursday
Went to school to check out. Got everything signed off, and then hung out in the counseling lab with other people for a few hours. Signed yearbooks, looked at TVTropes, just sat around and talked. It was lots of fun, except for the part where coffee spilled all over everyone.
Then had Goodbye-Seniors Assembly, where people cried into microphones about how much they loved each other. I played sudoku with Allyson.
Then went to Alumni Barbeque and had the best veggie burger ever. Ran into another ex-crush, had same strange feeling of man-I-definitely-don't-like-you-anymore. My formerly asexual friend came out as gay, and we ate a lot of food.
I went to King Soopers with Hannah and Phoebe and Kelly to buy potatoes for their band prank. 80 lbs of potatoes later, we went to Kelly's house with Olivia, Mindy, Kate and Allyson for a few hours, where we napped, watched YouTube videos, pranked each other and talked more.
After Kelly's house, we headed over to the Senior Night of Reflections, where we ate dinner and then had another open mic thing, part of which involved our parents. Far too many tears all around.
Friday
Went to school at 9 for my third meal at school in a row: the Senior Breakfast. We posed for a picture, ate a lot of food, and then moved into graduation rehearsal. We practiced standing up and sitting down together on command a lot, and it felt like I was back in Primary. Then we went through the tunnel of the entire school giving us high-fives, which spit us out onto the field, where we did more graduation rehearsal. I got sunburned, but enjoyed guessing middle names of everyone with Lucas Horton, Jacob Hilvitz and Tom Hessner (yay alphabetical order).
I then drove Olivia and Katie home, blasting classical music from the car with the windows down. We drove around for a little while, just enjoying the moment. It was very nice.
Then I picked my Mom up, and we played a fun game of yay-we've-been-kicked-out-of-the-house-for-a-showing. We had lunch at Noodles and Company, and then picked Ariel up from school. We spent the rest of our exile at the library, and then returned home, exhausted. Dad and I looked at laptops for school, and our family decided that we will be moving on June 3rd.
Saturday
Woke up and graduated! Made it to school in ridiculous-looking cap and gown, and took another senior class picture. Stood around in lines for a while, waiting to graduate. Finally walked onto field and graduated. Speeches were shorter and funnier than expected (Olivia was valedictorian, so she gave a speech, which left me in stitches). I almost tripped as I left the platform after getting my diploma, but didn't! We threw our hats in the air, and then took a ton of pictures afterwards.
I went to lunch with my family, and then the party-hopping began. Kelly and Mindy and Olivia and I went to Katie's party, socialized a lot there, and then went to our friend Kris's party, which involved a lot of balloons and small children. We then went to our friend Maithreyi's party, and then to my Mormon-kid graduation party. I stayed there, but they left for more parties after a while. I met Mr. Bingley's new girlfriend, who was surprisingly short and very nice. I liked her quite a lot. Then I went home and opened the tons of cards that people gave me for graduation - it's awesome! I got a towel, a toaster-type thing, a bunch of gift cards and lots of candy. It's like Christmas!
Sunday
Woke up late, looked at graduation pictures with parents. Went to church, wrote speech for Seminary graduation. Cleaned house, went to barbeque at Katie's house, watched some Sherlock there with Katie, her boyfriend Tom, Olivia, Mindy, Kelly, Ariel and Katie's sister Taryn. Ate food, talked, then went to Seminary graduation with Dad. Gave my talk - apparently it went well - ate a lot of food, went over to the end of Mom's last orchestra concert. Am now home and tired.
Tomorrow is Sherlock day. Woohoo!
Cleaned house with Mom, and then went to the Huckleberry with Olivia, Katie, Mindy, Kelly and Allyson. Ran into my crush from freshman year, a guy two grades above me. My friends and I nicknamed him Teddy Bear back when I liked/stalked him. It was strange to see him again and feel absolutely no attraction whatsoever when I used to be so nuts about him. His girlfriend was the type who wore leggings rather than pants.
Picked up Dad from airport in pouring rain. His flight was late, I was late from traffic, and there was a lot of rain.
Thursday
Went to school to check out. Got everything signed off, and then hung out in the counseling lab with other people for a few hours. Signed yearbooks, looked at TVTropes, just sat around and talked. It was lots of fun, except for the part where coffee spilled all over everyone.
Then had Goodbye-Seniors Assembly, where people cried into microphones about how much they loved each other. I played sudoku with Allyson.
Then went to Alumni Barbeque and had the best veggie burger ever. Ran into another ex-crush, had same strange feeling of man-I-definitely-don't-like-you-anymore. My formerly asexual friend came out as gay, and we ate a lot of food.
I went to King Soopers with Hannah and Phoebe and Kelly to buy potatoes for their band prank. 80 lbs of potatoes later, we went to Kelly's house with Olivia, Mindy, Kate and Allyson for a few hours, where we napped, watched YouTube videos, pranked each other and talked more.
After Kelly's house, we headed over to the Senior Night of Reflections, where we ate dinner and then had another open mic thing, part of which involved our parents. Far too many tears all around.
Friday
Went to school at 9 for my third meal at school in a row: the Senior Breakfast. We posed for a picture, ate a lot of food, and then moved into graduation rehearsal. We practiced standing up and sitting down together on command a lot, and it felt like I was back in Primary. Then we went through the tunnel of the entire school giving us high-fives, which spit us out onto the field, where we did more graduation rehearsal. I got sunburned, but enjoyed guessing middle names of everyone with Lucas Horton, Jacob Hilvitz and Tom Hessner (yay alphabetical order).
I then drove Olivia and Katie home, blasting classical music from the car with the windows down. We drove around for a little while, just enjoying the moment. It was very nice.
Then I picked my Mom up, and we played a fun game of yay-we've-been-kicked-out-of-the-house-for-a-showing. We had lunch at Noodles and Company, and then picked Ariel up from school. We spent the rest of our exile at the library, and then returned home, exhausted. Dad and I looked at laptops for school, and our family decided that we will be moving on June 3rd.
Saturday
I went to lunch with my family, and then the party-hopping began. Kelly and Mindy and Olivia and I went to Katie's party, socialized a lot there, and then went to our friend Kris's party, which involved a lot of balloons and small children. We then went to our friend Maithreyi's party, and then to my Mormon-kid graduation party. I stayed there, but they left for more parties after a while. I met Mr. Bingley's new girlfriend, who was surprisingly short and very nice. I liked her quite a lot. Then I went home and opened the tons of cards that people gave me for graduation - it's awesome! I got a towel, a toaster-type thing, a bunch of gift cards and lots of candy. It's like Christmas!
Sunday
Woke up late, looked at graduation pictures with parents. Went to church, wrote speech for Seminary graduation. Cleaned house, went to barbeque at Katie's house, watched some Sherlock there with Katie, her boyfriend Tom, Olivia, Mindy, Kelly, Ariel and Katie's sister Taryn. Ate food, talked, then went to Seminary graduation with Dad. Gave my talk - apparently it went well - ate a lot of food, went over to the end of Mom's last orchestra concert. Am now home and tired.
Tomorrow is Sherlock day. Woohoo!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
My New Obsession
And then there's the whole Ho-Yay aspect of it... :D
Which of course overlaps with the whole fanart aspect...
Love love love love love.
Stuff I've Done Recently
1. Taken AP Stats test
2. Written letters to Aladdin
3. Turned in final projects
4. Finished with classes forever
5. Driven to the airport a lot
6. Eaten a lot of food
7. Gone to CU Singles Ward
8. Hung out with other seniors at a park
9. Watched The Two Towers with Hannah
10. Registered for first BYU class
11. Gotten burritos with Mr. Bingley
12. Watched Dr. Who with Mr. Bingley
13. Went to an awards assembly, which would have been boring if I hadn't been passing tons of notes
14. Had game night with girlfriends
15. Been pranked in Sherlock-related ways by said girlfriends
16. Gotten lunch with girlfriends, ate best veggie burger ever
17. More airport runs
18. Driven in more rain than ever before
19. Watched pilot episode of Sherlock
20. Loved the rain we've been having
21. Teased Mr. Bingley about his Hermione
22. Signed a lot of yearbooks
23. Decorated notebooks
24. Remembered I have a Twitter
25. Cleaned the house a lot
2. Written letters to Aladdin
3. Turned in final projects
4. Finished with classes forever
5. Driven to the airport a lot
6. Eaten a lot of food
7. Gone to CU Singles Ward
8. Hung out with other seniors at a park
9. Watched The Two Towers with Hannah
10. Registered for first BYU class
11. Gotten burritos with Mr. Bingley
12. Watched Dr. Who with Mr. Bingley
13. Went to an awards assembly, which would have been boring if I hadn't been passing tons of notes
14. Had game night with girlfriends
15. Been pranked in Sherlock-related ways by said girlfriends
16. Gotten lunch with girlfriends, ate best veggie burger ever
17. More airport runs
18. Driven in more rain than ever before
19. Watched pilot episode of Sherlock
20. Loved the rain we've been having
21. Teased Mr. Bingley about his Hermione
22. Signed a lot of yearbooks
23. Decorated notebooks
24. Remembered I have a Twitter
25. Cleaned the house a lot
Monday, May 9, 2011
Wonderful, Wonderful Day
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and life is good! My day has been just downright fantastic.
PE: I ran my fastest mile ever - 8:40 - and got a 100% on my Presidential Fitness mile run exam. :D
Roots of Conflict: Hannah and I presented our final project on AIDS in Botswana, did awesomely, and then left to go make hot chocolate.
Orchestra: Went to PE again to make up missed classes, ran the mile again. Had a nice chat with Dr. Balthar, who's in that class.
Euro: Hannah and I worked on our final project: a poster of the Great Constants of European History, which I will post later.
English: Had nothing to do, so we did that thing where you write down something nice about everyone in the room.
Lunch: Got yearbooks.
Stats: Dr. Balthar taught class, and actually did a very good job. But I'm freaking out about the Stats test.
Study Hall: Aladdin and Dr. Balthar's freshman sister had me read a letter that Aladdin wrote me, which made me extremely happy. It's absolutely wonderful to hear from him. Then I went to PE again, lifted weights with a kid named Vaughn, argued about books with PE teacher, who has no appreciation for fantasy or sci-fi.
After school: Went to library, since house was being shown. Then came home for a couple minutes, then ran out the door again to scoot for another showing. Went to WalMart, remedied Ariel's wardrobe deficiencies, got dinner at King Soopers, came home for ten minutes, darted off to Hannah's house for Stats study with Hannah, her brother Andrew and her boyfriend Joon.
Am now very tired. Need to sleep.
PE: I ran my fastest mile ever - 8:40 - and got a 100% on my Presidential Fitness mile run exam. :D
Roots of Conflict: Hannah and I presented our final project on AIDS in Botswana, did awesomely, and then left to go make hot chocolate.
Orchestra: Went to PE again to make up missed classes, ran the mile again. Had a nice chat with Dr. Balthar, who's in that class.
Euro: Hannah and I worked on our final project: a poster of the Great Constants of European History, which I will post later.
English: Had nothing to do, so we did that thing where you write down something nice about everyone in the room.
Lunch: Got yearbooks.
Stats: Dr. Balthar taught class, and actually did a very good job. But I'm freaking out about the Stats test.
Study Hall: Aladdin and Dr. Balthar's freshman sister had me read a letter that Aladdin wrote me, which made me extremely happy. It's absolutely wonderful to hear from him. Then I went to PE again, lifted weights with a kid named Vaughn, argued about books with PE teacher, who has no appreciation for fantasy or sci-fi.
After school: Went to library, since house was being shown. Then came home for a couple minutes, then ran out the door again to scoot for another showing. Went to WalMart, remedied Ariel's wardrobe deficiencies, got dinner at King Soopers, came home for ten minutes, darted off to Hannah's house for Stats study with Hannah, her brother Andrew and her boyfriend Joon.
Am now very tired. Need to sleep.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
A List
Things That Are Good
- Aladdin's brother, Dr. Balthar, just posted a note on Facebook on Aladdin's account as per Aladdin's request in a letter to him, and he says boarding school is better than expected!
- Yesterday, Ariel, Olivia and Allyson and I took Kelly to dinner for her birthday. On the way there, Olivia and I decided to blast the 1812 Overture with the windows down. It was AWESOME.
- I got a 5 on my practice AP Euro exam.
- I am slightly less sick today than I have been.
- I only have one more orchestra class until I'm free.
- I will get an A in PE without having to make stuff up.
- Allyson's decided to go to BYU!
- Hannah burned me a Dream Theater CD
- Food
- Chocolate ice cream
- I had my last Seminary class ever today.
- Aladdin's brother, Dr. Balthar, just posted a note on Facebook on Aladdin's account as per Aladdin's request in a letter to him, and he says boarding school is better than expected!
- Yesterday, Ariel, Olivia and Allyson and I took Kelly to dinner for her birthday. On the way there, Olivia and I decided to blast the 1812 Overture with the windows down. It was AWESOME.
- I got a 5 on my practice AP Euro exam.
- I am slightly less sick today than I have been.
- I only have one more orchestra class until I'm free.
- I will get an A in PE without having to make stuff up.
- Allyson's decided to go to BYU!
- Hannah burned me a Dream Theater CD
- Food
- Chocolate ice cream
- I had my last Seminary class ever today.
Monday, May 2, 2011
History Has No Paragraph Breaks (Part 1)
In 1500, stuff started happening that the AP Euro exam could quiz us on. Europe was leaving the Dark Ages, or Middle Ages, or Medieval times or whatever the heck you want to call them. The Renaissance showed up, with all its Classical ideas, and suddenly a bunch of guys painted, sculpted, invented, wrote and thought of a lot of things. The general self-esteem of people inflated, and they started to think that humans were actually pretty cool, rather than sucking like they thought in the Middle Ages. Gutenberg invented this printing press and then everybody started reading. And that fueled the Protestant Reformation, which is what happened when Martin Luther sat through one too many masses that went waaay over schedule, and led half of Europe away from the Catholic church. Then Henry the VIII needed an heir, which he figured a new wife would provide him with (Of course, Henry! It's not *your* stinking sperm that keep producing daughters!), only Catholics weren't so hot about the divorce idea, so Henry started the Anglican church, which was bascially the Catholic Church but run by the English monarchy. And this whole religion thing really ticked everyone off, because some German princes were making it all political, and Europe fought the 30 Years War, in which a lot of people died and no one really gained anything. And there was a law that said that leaders could pick between Catholicism and Protestantism for their state's official religion. Also, Spain explored the New World and then had an Inquisition. France had some kings, and they got all into absolutism and the divine right of kings, and basically started to increase their power to the point where they ruled everything. Louis XIV was particularly good at this. A bunch of science guys (Bill Nye's predecessors) started a Scientific Revolution, and people decided that the Earth goes around the Sun, not round and round the garden like a teddy bear, and the Scientific Method really caught on, much to the dismay of 8th graders everywhere. Then some guys started thinking about economics, and invented mercantilism, which sent European nations into a scramble for colonies like a bunch of kindergarteners with a pinata.
(to be continued)
(to be continued)
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Lake Oswego
Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
I Still Ain't Over You - Augustana
Black Balloon - The Goo Goo Dolls
Song Unsung - Eden White
Uprising - Muse
What in the world connects those songs? They're on my iPod, but that's true of a lot of songs. They're all in common time, but so are a lot of songs.
They all were instrumental (ha, pun) in the creation of the story that I'm trying to write right now.
I have four narrators. Michael is a guardian angel. He lived on Earth around 1000 BC. He's a Slytherin. He guards another narrator, Marie Gregson, a girl who lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon. She's a Ravenclaw. One of her friends is Connor O'Donnell, who is another narrator. He's a Gryffindor. The final narrator, Kelly O'Donnell, is Connor's dead older sister. She's a Hufflepuff.
I'm very excited for this story. It's important to me.
I Still Ain't Over You - Augustana
Black Balloon - The Goo Goo Dolls
Song Unsung - Eden White
Uprising - Muse
What in the world connects those songs? They're on my iPod, but that's true of a lot of songs. They're all in common time, but so are a lot of songs.
They all were instrumental (ha, pun) in the creation of the story that I'm trying to write right now.
I have four narrators. Michael is a guardian angel. He lived on Earth around 1000 BC. He's a Slytherin. He guards another narrator, Marie Gregson, a girl who lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon. She's a Ravenclaw. One of her friends is Connor O'Donnell, who is another narrator. He's a Gryffindor. The final narrator, Kelly O'Donnell, is Connor's dead older sister. She's a Hufflepuff.
I'm very excited for this story. It's important to me.
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