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Monday, August 30th, 2004
12:53 pm	College So, I'm in college. It's so different from highschool! First, i had to come a few days earlier than other students because I'm doing marching band for the University. I had 12 hours of practice a day for a week. It was really tough, being in the sun for 12 hours a day. Well, band camp is over now. I just have a 2 hour practice 3 times a week and we perform at games on Saturdays. My roommates are pretty cool: Leigh and Andrea. The first night i was a little turned off of Leigh because she just brought some alcohol in our room w/out asking Andrea or myself. It was really wierd. She doesn't seem like a huge partier, so it's okay now. My room is fairly big compared to other colleges, or so i was told. I went to my first class this morning (French Elements II). After looking at the syllabus i found out that they put me in the wrong class and i've already learned everything already. I'm not going to change classes or anything cause it's such a pain. Oh, well i guess i'll have a really easy A, which will be good if my other classes are hard. It's so weird to go eat in the dinning hall cause people sit alone often. In HS no one sat alone. I'm just amazed at the progression that has occured in such a short amount of time. Well...my room number is 616-3485 if anyone wants to bother me it would be appreciated!! I miss you all sooooooo much! (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, August 16th, 2004
5:47 pm	Surgery Well, my friends, the doctor finally thinks he found out why i've had to chug pepto bismol; i might have an ulser. I have to get a small surgery on wednesday. I'm not nervous i just hope that they find soemthing so i know that i'm not crazy, haha. I've decided to do the marching band at Towson so i'll have band camp all of next week. I'm really excited because Towson has an excellent program in that. I found out where i'll be living on campus. I got honors housing, but i got good honors housing. I will either have a suite or a quad (i find out when i move in). I did get put in a triple, but i think i'll be fine with that. I know that i should call my roommates, but what exactly does one say? Oh, hey, by the way i'm roommate, bye. If anyone has any suggestions let me know. Well, i'm off to get a prescription. Feel free to visit me at work!!! (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 10th, 2004
5:33 pm	Band Camp Well my friends, i am faced with a big dilemna. I kind of want to be a part of the towson university flag squad but that would mean kind of giving up work for a bit and i don't know what to do. Please help me out. What is more important, working or flag squad. Other than that not too much is new. A few of us are going to O.C. on thursday the 19th and people are welcome to join us (it's just for the day). Call me if u want more info. I finally decided to go through my bookbag and throw things away. It took forever and though i promised myself i wouldn't keep anything, i did. I'm such a clutter bug. Well, call me if anyone wants to do anything. (Comment on this)
Friday, August 6th, 2004
6:36 pm	Harold and Kumar Well....i've had some exciting days!!! Yesturday after i got off of work my mentor took me for my first horseback ride EVER! It was sooo cool. It turns out that a woman at my church owns 23 acres and boards horses and her granddaughter taught me to ride. It was something i've always wanted to do and it was awesome; though, my ass is KILLING me. After that Brian and I went to Baitman's for dinner and saw a lot of people from PG and LR. The finale of the day was poker at the Askey's. Brian won second place and i won NOTHING! Yay. August second was Brian's 17th birthday and today was "Brian's day of fun". I planned a day where Brian and I would do everything that he liked. We were going to start w/ Raven's Training Camp (w/ hottie hottie Kyle Boller), but the stupid Ravens closed practice to the public. It was such a bummer. But we continued w/ Brian's day of fun. I blind folded him (kinky), stuck him in my car w/ his fav. music and drove to his favorite restaurant for lunch (Olive Garden). After lunch i took him to his first legal rated R movie and I GOT CARDED. WTF! We saw Harold and Kumar go to WhiteCastle. IT WAS AWESOME. Def. see this movie b/c it was the randomest most funny thing in the world (and guys...there are a lot of boobies). They left room for a sequel (Harold and Kumar go to Amsterdam) which i will def. come back from college to see. That ended Brian's day of fun b/c he had to leave for V.A. by 5ish. Oh well, i had fun. Message of todays entry kids, go see Harold and Kumar!! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 4th, 2004
2:20 pm	Orientation Well, my friends, orientation was today. It was from 9:30 until about 2. It was pretty bad. I had to text people to stay awake (sorry if they were random). Orientation consisted of hearing people talk about boring things i already knew about. I met two really sweet girls from Jersey, so i know a couple of people when classes start. The best part of my day was getting my schedule. I'll post that at the bottom for all to see. They had me taking some geography class and i changed that to french (i think my prof. for french is FRENCH), let's hope i don't die. I was talking to people today and it turns out i won't get my dorm assignment until next week, maybe later. DAMN! I want it now. Also, there's another orientation with casino nights and comedy acts or something. I'm a little confused. I move in on the 27th, so we need to do a lot before that date. That was my boring day! My Schedule: Monday and Wednesday 3:30 -4:45 Cultural Anthropology Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 11:00-11:50 French Elements II Tuesday and Thursday 11:00- 12:15 Honors Intro to Psychology 12:30- 1:45 Honors using info effectively in Education Friday 12:30-3:15 European Civilization until the 17th century (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2004
3:54 pm	Man...haven't been here in a while. I'm trying desperately to get back into the habit of LJing so we can all keep up w/ each other in college. My summer has consisted of working and hanging out, nothing too important thus far. Tomorrow is orientation for Towson (TU CARES). I'm not really nervous, i just want to get it done w/. I imagine it'll be quite boring. I should find out dorm info soon, but we'll see how reliable Towson is, won't we? I hope they hurry up. Okay, good news. For those of you who went to Nagshead w/ me and saw me chugging Pepto Bismol, i now know why i get sick all of the time. I went to a GI doctor and he said that i have too much acid in my stomache and need to eat more often. SO, now when i'm shoving my face full of food i can say that the doctor told me so. HOW GREAT!! Well, my friends, keep watching for me to update and yell at me if i don't. I want to get back into this thing!! (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 10th, 2003
5:28 pm	Oh goodness....i haven't written in about 3 or months. Sorry guys, life's just been really busy. I'm sure everyone can understand that one. Well...what's new with my life? I'll try to keep it brief. As you all know I got into Towson University and will probably be going there next fall. I'm actually missing school Friday to visit it with Brian's sister (she's a senior there). Kelly's coming too, so hopefully we'll all have a whole lot of fun. You know who i've been having a lot of fun with recently? Kristen!! She's soo funny. We seem to always end up eating though. Got to keep up our strength for the next time we go sledding at midnight! Man...the crazy kids i hang out with. Speaking of crazy kids...umm...i rec lead for some crazy kids. One girls comes into the locker room talking about how she gave some guy head and now he won't talk to her. Yes ladies and gentlemen, that's the future of America. Be proud! I haven't had too much homework the past few days (knock on wood). It's been kinda nice. It came at a good time though cause i need time to go Christmas shopping. I haven't even started. I need ot buy so many people things. It's ridiculous. I'm going to buy a really creative gift for cultural night. I'm very excited about Cultural night. I still have to do some investigating for Macedonian food. I didn't think the popping peppers sounded very good. Well, that's the gist of my life right now. I'll keep everyone updated (hopefully!).I now have to go to Michael's to visit Kristen and buy stuff for my Elf Shirt. Yeah, let me explain that one before i leave. So, i get my elf shirt and 10 minutes (literally) after i get it i lost it. What the heck? It's like a "losing stuff record". Mrs. Ward was really nice and gave me a blank shirt that i could decorate. I also need to buy a copy of the book I'm doing my senior project on. That'll be a whole lot of fun. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, July 14th, 2003
8:30 pm	Well...work is going wonderfully. I'm figuring out how things work slowly but surely. The people I work with are SO nice. Got my first pay check today and everything. Today i got complimented for how i handled a customer who had severe muscular dystrophy. That was great! I got Brian's birthday present (I can't say what it is right now). I got home and finally swam in my pool, which, yes Tina dear, is now open. I know i have to have a pool party soon. I'm gonna run it by my parents and i'll let ya'll know. I did some laundry and my mom was so happy that i did she's gonna buy me shoes! I'm excited. I'm still waiting to hear about Marching Band and Flag squad and I'm anxious about that. I've finished "Murder on the Orient Express" and i'm almost done "Cry, the Beloved Country". Both are very good by my standards. My summer thus far. I'll let ya'll know new things as they arise! (Comment on this)
Monday, June 23rd, 2003
8:53 pm	Well....i woke up this morning and thought, "my...what a nice day!" I accordingly went in my back yard lathered up in tanning oil and sat in the sun for 2 friggin hours! What was the result you may ask? NOTHING! I am still pale...i didn't even get burned. How much does that blow? I'll tell ya...a lot. Oh well...my whitness is....unique. I then showered, got into a hott business suit, and proceeded to my interview at Starbucks. The guy, who looked younger than me, asked about me. I told him stuff like i have a 4.0 GPA and all the honor societies i was in. He looked at me like he was disappointed i wasn't in more! He then asked me other dumb questions like, "Name a time when you had to compromise". I answered them to the best of my ability and he was completely unimpressed. He then asked, "What do you think we should do now?" I was thinking, "what the hell!" I said, "I would like you to hire me." What else could i have said? He obliged me with another interview on Wednesday and we'll see where it goes from there. I doubt I'll get this damn job. Man do i want it too, just because it looks like i can't have it. Oh well...we'll see. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, June 21st, 2003
8:08 pm	I NEED TO UPDATE! It's been WAY too long since i've written in this thing, as Brian L. has pointed out a few times. School is over. I am now, officially, a senior. It's honestly a bit scary. I'm going to be a full-fledged adult in a few months. I still sleep with a teddy bear, i'm not ready to grow up! I think i did fine on most of my finals. I think i passes all of them except Physics. I def. failed that one. Oh well, let's hope those standard kids throw off the curve. Due to the many ridiculous schedule changes that had to be made to my schedule next year i am now privy to all of my classes next year. I'm on A lunch and my classes are as follows: 1. AP Economics 2. Child Development Intern 3. AP French VI 4. Rec. leading / AP Government 5. AP English 12 6. and 7. AP Chemistry It's not an abnormally hard schedule...not as hard as Ms. Tina D. whom is taking all APs. Crazy girl. I kinda miss school. To be perfectly honest, i'm looking forward to the first day of my senior year. I'm such a dork. This summer i'm going to spend my time working, hanging with friends, NOT going on vacation, and summer reading; some fun stuff there man. I have a job interview on Monday! Wish me luck, I'm going to need it. It's for Starbucks in Towson. Man that would be so awesome working at Starbucks. Brian and I are awesome and i count him as a blessing every day. I promise to keep this thing updated throughout the summer. Call me to do anything at all! Current Mood: chipper (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 13th, 2003
9:14 pm	AP tests are over! Thank goodness...I think i did perfectly fine on both of the tests i took. The english was fairly easy and I'm expecting at least a 3 and the history was aight and i expect a 3 or a 4. It's just such a relief now that they're done. But no more cool study groups...=( I'm still extremely happy about how things w/ Brian and I are going. He's such an amazing person and i love getting to know him. He's a sweetie and I'm on cloud 12 squared as Ena put it. This weekend i might be going to a "boardgame night". Fun, huh? Okay, so i'm a huge dork, but it's all good. I'm making everyone who comes play Dreamphone cause that's like the bestest game ever! Yeah, i said bestest. But, what is really making my weekend awsome is seeing the Real Cancun with Dave! Only with Dave could i see such a movie. I'm excited and i'll let ya'll know how it was. That's all for now. I'm off to read my book for the english paper thingy. Grrrr, working after APs should be illegal! (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 6th, 2003
7:23 pm	One AP test down and one to go. I took the Language test today. it definitely was better than i thought it would be. The multiple-choice was easy and the essays weren't that bad. The last one was completely BSed cause i was tired at that is point. Overall, I'm fairly confident that i got a three...but we'll see won't we? The history one i'm a little more nervous on. I have higher standards for this one and have worked SO hard, so i hope i don't fudge it up too badly. Well...things w/ Brian are awesome! At first going into this relationship i wasn't completely sure of his values and stuff so i was obviously a little wary. As i've come to know him he just gets better and better. We have a lot of the same stuff in common and those things in which we have differing opinions upon i respect his point of view. He's such a gentleman, too! I'm thinking this one's gonna last for a while, so we'll see. That's pretty much my life right now....studying and Brian. Eh, I'm happy.... (Comment on this)
Friday, May 2nd, 2003
10:41 pm	Wow....i haven't written in a really long time. Sorry guys! I've been stressed about AP tests, but i refuse to talk about them right now. I also refuse to talk about the impossible french test that the whole class failed!!!! Ugh. Ne way...the real reason that I'm writing...my love life! First off, Weston is dating Amy Sorrells...i thought that when he would date again i'd feel weird, but i don't. I am really happy for him because he's soo friggin happy. I think they're cute together. Now, for my love life. I've had a thing for Brian A. for like a week and Steve W. told me to just tell him. I protested at first thinking that i had no damn chance. Well, for some reason i told him and he was like, really? i was like, hell yeah. He said that he liked me too but wanted to get to know me better which i completely understood. His band was playing at SIJ (yes i band, the boy is damn hott w/ his guitar) and we had a nice night. Well...he asked me out at the end of the night and i had to say yes (I'll save the details for later...) Well...to put it briefly I'm extremely happy and am giddy. it's ridiculous. I don't think i've ever been this happy to go out w/ someone. I'm such a dork. Oh well....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY! (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2003
6:56 pm	crush... Well...Monday Weston and I went hiking. It was a very enlightening experience, haha. We both realized that there is no way we're getting back together. It's really a load off my shoulders and it's definitely the best decision. We're still going to be friends, just not extremely close friends, which is all cool with me. Well, now that I'm back on the market i've started to notice guys again, tehe. I figured I'd just look around for a very long time and perhaps in like months pursue a relationship, but that didn't happen. You see ladies and gentleman, it seems our friend Mandy has a crush. Yes, that's rights, a 4-grade, adolescent crush. I'm not head over heels or anything, just a bit smitten. I probably don't have a chance in heck, but a gal can dream, can't she? He goes to LR and that's all i'm saying about at this point. I'll keep ya'll posted on the goings-on~ (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 19th, 2003
10:47 pm	No more weird dreams to date, which is always a good thing. The big thing that i did today was finally watch Braveheart. Pretty good movie. I was impressed, if nothing else. The ending annoyed me though. He had to die? It was a necessity to the plot for him to die? Ugh...stupid him. The good guy isn't supposed to die, dang it! I only have one question. What the heck did the king of Scotland die of? The guy with the fudged up face...u know who i'm talking about. Does anyone know what he had, cause it was kind of freaky. Well, on other news, i've had a small revelation. For the past few days i've been debating certain thoughts back and forth and i think i've come to a decision. Nothing big that will affect anyone but myself and a small group, but i feel relieved. I'm finally taking some pride in myself and I'm going to stop acting like those girls i hate in the movies and in our very own school. I couldn't have come to this conclusion without the advice and support of all my friends; you guys mean the world to me! (If you want more specific info on the topic just ask me sometime; I don't feel like putting all the details online =) (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 18th, 2003
5:12 pm	dreams... In psychology freshman year i learned that dreams don't really mean anything. I hope to heaven that's true because last night and the night before i've had the weirdest dreams. I guess you'd classify them as "romantic dreams". There was no sex or anything like that, just kissing. Normally, a dream like the ones i've been having wouldn't be a big deal just that the guys in it are definable. Two of them even have girlfriends! I'm a bad person to be having dreams about other people's boyfriends! Ugh... (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 17th, 2003
9:01 pm	The mall is evil! I have been to the mall too many times this break! I've mainly gone with Kristen to help her find a Jr. Prom dress. After going to EVERY store in both Whitemarsh and Towson she has found a dress. I think she looks beautiful in it, but she's not sure. I got a purse to go with my dress. It was cheap and cute (great combo)! I ordered the bootiner today. I'm pretty excited about prom. I know it's only Jr. Prom, but still..it'll be fun! At the present time, I'm having some mental anguish over some stuff...but it's slowly (very slowly) working itself out in my head. We'll see though. I need a meditation period to work out messed up feelings, i think. I'll get back to ya on that one. I had my first communion today. At my church we do a feet-washing, just like Jesus at the Last Supper. I thought it'd be disgusting at first, but it wasn't. It was very humbling (which we all need now and then). We had a meal and sang in the dark. By the end, i was so overwhelmed i just wanted to cry. The power of God is amazing. (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, April 13th, 2003
8:42 pm	Yesturday, a bunch of us went over to Kristen's for a "study session". Love it how we didn't study. I brought my books and had the intention too...just didn't happen. It's okay though, i had a lot of fun! Today, Kristen, Shilpa, and myself went to the mall. It was fun. Kristen found a really pretty dress (just kinda pricey) and i hope she gets it. She looked awsome. So, if she gets the dress, be prepared for one hott mama at Jr. Prom. We went to our first Rated R movie. We saw, "Old School". It was alright. These guys in front of us were funnier than the movie. They laughed SOOO loud. It was great! There was my fun day. (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 10th, 2003
8:57 pm	Alrightee...well an update on my situation. I've continued to handle the situation well, i'd like to think. I've cried a little, but not any insane sobbing. I still love him, but considering it's only been two days, i'm thinking i still have a right. I'd probably, at this point, still get back together with him, but I'm not letting it consume me. I honestly believe that we're going to remain pretty good friends and I really like that. I still want him in my life and I'll take it anyway i can get it. About Jr. Prom....I decided, and been threatened into deciding, that I'm going. I was going to go w/ Brian A. but he wasn't sure how his g/f would really feel about that, and i completely understand. So, instead I'm taking Tony Crenshaw (prob. spelled wrong). He's really nice I think we'll have a really nice time. I'm pretty excited. Well...off to study for a french test tomorrow. Thank you for all the support you've been giving me. I really appreciate it! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 8th, 2003
4:39 pm	Well....about half an hour ago, Weston and i broke up. It seemed as though we were having way too many serious "heart-to-heart" conversations and just not enough fun. It was more him dumping me than a mutual thing, but i understand. He did it in a completely gentleman-like way and his reasoning was very logical and made perfect sense, but it still hurts. All the logic in the world can't make this pain go away. For all the problems we were having and for every fight I still loved him; and i still do love him, and i think i will for a while, because love isn't an emotion one can easily rid themselves of. I'm going to miss a lot of things about the relationship, like having someone to call anytime i wanted to not do homework or just talk and having someone there anytime i felt down. Right now i feel numb to it all. Too numb to be angry or cry. Tomorrow I'll probably cry a lot, but now it would hurt too much probably. I know that I'll eventually be fine, but that far-off eventually doesn't make the painful present seem anymore bearable. It was probably best in the long run, but try to tell that to a fragile heart. There is the possibility that once we're both in different places in our lives that we might get back together, and that if it was meant to be that it would be...but still doesn't help. I'm not trying to make myself seem like an innocent victim here or anything like that, just informing people of the occurence and my response to said occurence. I feel that i in some way fucked up a great thing. Right now i feel that God handed me the one of the best things in the world and i did something to have it taken away. I know these feelings may be wrong and they may go away, but that's where i am right now. One of the worst parts of all this is that it happened two weeks before junior prom. I don't think I'm going to go now. I think it would be very hard to see all my friends with there dates having a great time and then have me there, alone, bringing everyone down. I think i'll be doing everyone a favor if i just don't go. I may be able to wear the dress to something else and it's not like i spent hundreds of dollars on it. I would probably go if i wasn't the only person in my group of friends to not have a date. But alas, that's life. Everyone managed to find a date and I probably can't and that kills me. Well, I'm 60% sure that I'm not going, but we'll see, won't we? I'll update a little later.... Current Mood: depressed (9 Comments |Comment on this)