So I went to Minnesota to go canoeing for fifty miles and see some beautiful scenery, etc. I did all that. Here it goes. Some more players for your knowledge.
For all intensive purposes Zach Schmidt is equivalent to Andrew (my brother) basically.
Zac Hinds is a jock/hoss who is a pretty cool dude.
Jacob Yarling is the quiet straight man who can do anything
Jay Yarling is his dad.
Jerry Hinds is a military dude and Zac's dad.
Bill Thomas is a slightly challenged 54 year old who came as Schmidt's partner
Alex Duchak was our interpreter and now is just the coolest dude ever.
Also me and my dad went.
First of all, the entire time, it was beautiful. The weather was great and it was just beyond words how beautiful it was. damn.
Ok Saturday, we drove all the way to 45 minutes outside of Ely which is the outfitter town outside of the Boundary Waters. It's like 800 miles to there.
We watched the matrix, we drank energy drinks and Frappucino, we laughed, we listened to cake. It was an all around good time. Did I mention we had to wake up at 4 in the morning???
Ok, Sunday we stopped in Ely to do some shopping and messing around. I got awesome sunglasses. We had brunch at a cool little cafe. We drove to Northern Tier where we played some voyeuger games and I kicked a little ass. I went into outspoken/group activity mode. Jonah and Thomas have seen it. I'm normally in depressed teenager mode except when I do these kind of things. Summer Camp, Triennium, Youthfest, etc. Well Dad was kind of freaked out cuz he doesn't really ever see it. It was pretty cool to get to show that side around him. So we go and meet Alex and we get all set up for the next week. We shake down all our gear. We get our food. You have three grey whale bags with everyone's sleeping bags, the tents, and your clothes. You have two green bags with green plastic tubs inside them. One for food and one for cooking equipment. That makes five bags, four canoes, and nine people (see the pattern?) and one personal bag for Alex that he keeps seperate. The cabin we stayed in that night was like an oven and it was hard to sleep.
Monday we wake up and do our final pack, eat and get in the water. We had to wait until we got Jerry's seat that broke in his canoe (jerry's not a big guy) fixed and so we got a late start. We canoed 16 miles that day. The portages were slow and hard because we hadn't done it before. (portages are where you go from lake to lake and have to carry all your stuff. I carried a grey whale, so did Jacob and Zach. Zac carried the food box (heaviest.) Bill carried the Kettle box (other green bag.) Dad carried an Aluminum canoe. So did Alex, along with his bag. Jerry and Jay carried the Kevlars. (Kevlars are lighter, faster but more susceptible to wind) I was in an Aluminum most of the week. We got lost near the end of that day but we got to where we wanted to, leaving an easy day for tuesday.
Tuesday we only canoed 6 or 7 miles and got to Edy Lake where we stayed two nights. It was pretty easy. Dad took over the back for good ( i suck at steering but i'm great on the front where all you have to do is keep rowing) We spent the afternoon messing around and swamping canoes, going up waterfalls, and then crapping in them. Ok so i might need to explain that.
I was climbing the waterfall which was spectacular and i hadn't taken a crap for three days and i really had to and i couldn't get to the top or bottom so i took a dump and then washed off in the waterfall. While Alex and Zac were watching. Needless to say, everyone knows and it was the main topic of conversation the rest of the week. All in all. Good Day.
Wednesday we didn't pack up our gear, we just took the canoes and we went. We met the other crews from my troop along the way. We jumped off cliffs. We played battleship. For a detailed explanation of battleship, contact myself on aim or navarcus34 (alex.) its piles of fun. We found a US forest service cabin in the middle of nowhere. And behind it we found the latrine to end all latrines. It was dark, bug-free, and closed in. Normally we were going to the bathroom in a plastic cone out in the open. a paddle was the bathroom door. And then we headed back. We thought the day was over. So we ate and then started to pack so we could get an early start the next day. It turns out Jay left some of his fishing equipment (by the way he caught some tuesday and we had fish and oatmeal for breakfast wednesday morning. It was good.) at the cabin. So Alex and Zac, and Dad and I went out at 9:30 at night to go and retrieve it. It was twilight until about 10:30 and after that it was Dark, Buggy, and Awesome. We found it as soon as we got to the cabin. It was on the shore. We saw the the Northern Lights. It was just a great night. (oh most of the day, it was me and Alex in the canoe.)
Thursday. The day that will live in Infamy. We went like 19 miles. we basically got home almost but it was not smooth. We basically skipped breakfast. Jerry set a monstrous pace into the wind. Alex was getting pissed the entire today. I was duffing (sitting in the middle of the canoe.) in Jerry's canoe and people were falling behind. So i started paddling with Dad and Alex went with Bill and Zach duffed. That kept us pretty together most of the way till lunch. We were killing the portages. All of the ones that hurt us on monday went like cake. We found a nice place to have lunch and we were all famished. We ate and messed around for like an hour. And then without really reaching any semblance of a decision, it ended up that we left and kept going instead of calling it a day. We canoed more and got to the last portage of the week and that went badly. There was a group that was getting shuttled with motorboats on the other side and we couldn't get through so we were stuck carrying the heavy stuff for too long and that made us cranky. We finally got to our final destination and the camp was a piece of crap. The campsites out there are all very primitive but this one just sucked ass. And Alex was angry and he goes, "We should have F**kin stayed at the other campsite." Jokingly, not realizing he was really pissed, I say "Whoah, he's cussin," and then to him, "you're tired." He yells "F**k that excuse!" and points at me. Jerry goes ballistic on him and they have a little shouting match and its pretty awkward but it gets better. Everyone is fine now and we all miss Alex. One of the other crews from my Troop was within spitting distance and so most of our crew went over and stole all but 0ne of their paddles. That pretty much brought the morale back up.
Friday, it was me and alex again. We gave the paddles back and talked like pirates all the way till lunch. We ate, cleaned the campsite and officially got our fifty miler done. (you have to do 10 hours of service too) and went all of 3 miles that day. We had our rendezvous and we showered and we wished it wasn't ending. There was a hugful and almost tearful goodbye to Alex.
Saturday we drove all the way home. We got up at four again. Basically last Saturday backwards.
It was a great trip. Sorry for being so long. Talk to you guys again soon. Adios.
Wait, wait. You did what to that waterfall?
27 June 2005
23 June 2005
18 June 2005
The King is dead. Long live the King.
Our TV died last night. *funeral dirge*. It was 13 years old.
In happier news, I FINALLY got a job yesterday. That's right, I am officially employed. I start Monday. At JC Penney. W00t! I think the place is desperate, because my interview pretty much went: "When can you start?" I was so sure they weren't going to want me, that I walked out of the little hidden office behind the blenders in a daze. "Whoa. What just happened?" Then I went to the bookstore for an hour.
Since I haven't posted since I've been home from school, I am now going to share a few bits of wisdom with you, that you may learn.
What I Learned In My First Year of College:
1. You will always crave Easy Mac at approximately midnight. This is an inexplicable phenomenon, but it's there.
2. Bedtime does not exist. You will pull more than one all-nighter. And even when you're not, you find yourself staying awake far longer than you would ever have dreamed of at home, talking on AIM.
3. Naps exist a lot. Sometimes you fall asleep doing homework. Sometimes you fall asleep just lying there. Naps will save you. Use them wisely.
4. Quarters are worth their weight in gold. You would never have thought laundry was that expensive.
5. Wal-Mart is your best friend. And your arch-enemy. This is not just true of Hanover, where Wal-Mart is the only place to go. Wal-Mart is an evil corporation, but it is cheap, and you will find that that is all that matters. But when they don't have what you want... Damn you, Wal-Mart! You toy with us so!
6. What they say about college students is true: we are very messy. You will be amazed by the untidiness of others. You will be equally amazed by your ability to live in squalor, because you're too lazy to take out your trash.
7. You will inevitably live near someone you can't stand. For me, it was the girls on either side of me who thought that 11:00 was a good time to start the music and the partying. There will be at least one of this type in your hall.
8. Actually, the bookstore is your worst enemy. Textbooks are ridiculously expensive. They are bought back for about 2% of what they're worth. Then the bookstore tries to lure you into buying merchandise, and sometimes you do because it's closest, but it's also more expensive. Stupid bookstore.
9. Dead week has two definitions. Either could apply at any given time. Dead week is either the week before finals, in which the campus is "dead" because there is no work to do; or dead week is the week before finals, in which you are dead because you have so much work to do.
I think I'd like to start updating Notebook again, if everybody's as caught up as they're going to get. Please let me know where you stand on this. PLEASE.
Also, I am about to do a post on Turtle. Go check it out because if you don't I'll be sad.
Oh, no! This is how the mutant carp will get you!
In happier news, I FINALLY got a job yesterday. That's right, I am officially employed. I start Monday. At JC Penney. W00t! I think the place is desperate, because my interview pretty much went: "When can you start?" I was so sure they weren't going to want me, that I walked out of the little hidden office behind the blenders in a daze. "Whoa. What just happened?" Then I went to the bookstore for an hour.
Since I haven't posted since I've been home from school, I am now going to share a few bits of wisdom with you, that you may learn.
What I Learned In My First Year of College:
1. You will always crave Easy Mac at approximately midnight. This is an inexplicable phenomenon, but it's there.
2. Bedtime does not exist. You will pull more than one all-nighter. And even when you're not, you find yourself staying awake far longer than you would ever have dreamed of at home, talking on AIM.
3. Naps exist a lot. Sometimes you fall asleep doing homework. Sometimes you fall asleep just lying there. Naps will save you. Use them wisely.
4. Quarters are worth their weight in gold. You would never have thought laundry was that expensive.
5. Wal-Mart is your best friend. And your arch-enemy. This is not just true of Hanover, where Wal-Mart is the only place to go. Wal-Mart is an evil corporation, but it is cheap, and you will find that that is all that matters. But when they don't have what you want... Damn you, Wal-Mart! You toy with us so!
6. What they say about college students is true: we are very messy. You will be amazed by the untidiness of others. You will be equally amazed by your ability to live in squalor, because you're too lazy to take out your trash.
7. You will inevitably live near someone you can't stand. For me, it was the girls on either side of me who thought that 11:00 was a good time to start the music and the partying. There will be at least one of this type in your hall.
8. Actually, the bookstore is your worst enemy. Textbooks are ridiculously expensive. They are bought back for about 2% of what they're worth. Then the bookstore tries to lure you into buying merchandise, and sometimes you do because it's closest, but it's also more expensive. Stupid bookstore.
9. Dead week has two definitions. Either could apply at any given time. Dead week is either the week before finals, in which the campus is "dead" because there is no work to do; or dead week is the week before finals, in which you are dead because you have so much work to do.
I think I'd like to start updating Notebook again, if everybody's as caught up as they're going to get. Please let me know where you stand on this. PLEASE.
Also, I am about to do a post on Turtle. Go check it out because if you don't I'll be sad.
Oh, no! This is how the mutant carp will get you!
16 June 2005
YEAH! Burnin that Gasoline. rinse. repeat.
Yeah, so today has been the most boring day ever. I got up at noon. I talked to Michelle on the phone. I've been on the internet. My mom's being annoying and nobody wants to do anything and it's too late now. I have to go shopping for Minnesota with Dad later and then thats the end of the day. WOOHOO! Life is great. sorry about the brevity of this post but that is how boring today is. That's all that has happened.
Oh, no! This is how the mutant carp will get you!
Oh, no! This is how the mutant carp will get you!
Obvious Collared Green ICXXX
I suppose I should jump on the compendium revival bandwagon and make myself some kind of a post. Today in summer school I learned that although I may be reasonably fast for a skinny nerd-boy, I am not superman. I did run the mile voluntarily and in 6 and a half minutes, but it just about killed me. I have never felt so faint in my life. I contemplated going up for track or cross country next year, but I'm fully aware that I don't have the time, or probably the work ethic. So I'm content to remain a surprisingly fast skinny nerd-boy.
I've also recently begun to read a book for school called "An Essay on the Principal of Population Blah Blah Blah," by Thomas Malthus, which is 140 pages long and 207 years old. At first I found it dry and uninteresting but once I got into it it really picked up. It really makes capitalism make sense. And it unexpectedly switches from philosophy to theology towards the end and sheds some very interesting light in that area too.
I'm going to conclude by bashing Thomas in order to conclude as to whether or not he ever reads this blog without prompting (also to take up space!). If he does he will either get mad at me and respond in kind or merely begin to cry pathetically. If he doesn't then he won't respond at all, thus proving all that I say true.
Thomas is an inconsiderate, massively pungent, completely inedible carpetbagger and his shoes are as dull and unpolished as an ugly stock broker. If he used cheese as his only hygiene product, it would be an improvement. On his free time he plays basketball with orphan children or puppies. Unfortunately he uses them as the ball, and uses a basket made of spiked fire.
Oh, no! This is how the mutant carp will get you!
I've also recently begun to read a book for school called "An Essay on the Principal of Population Blah Blah Blah," by Thomas Malthus, which is 140 pages long and 207 years old. At first I found it dry and uninteresting but once I got into it it really picked up. It really makes capitalism make sense. And it unexpectedly switches from philosophy to theology towards the end and sheds some very interesting light in that area too.
I'm going to conclude by bashing Thomas in order to conclude as to whether or not he ever reads this blog without prompting (also to take up space!). If he does he will either get mad at me and respond in kind or merely begin to cry pathetically. If he doesn't then he won't respond at all, thus proving all that I say true.
Thomas is an inconsiderate, massively pungent, completely inedible carpetbagger and his shoes are as dull and unpolished as an ugly stock broker. If he used cheese as his only hygiene product, it would be an improvement. On his free time he plays basketball with orphan children or puppies. Unfortunately he uses them as the ball, and uses a basket made of spiked fire.
Oh, no! This is how the mutant carp will get you!
15 June 2005
Attack of the Small Children
I've been being Levi this week, making a fool of myself in front of little kids for VBS. My Show Choir training has actaully come in handy there. I got to wear Levi's Spandex on Sunday, and today we got to use the boat from a year ago, and this time we filled it up with small children. A good time was had by all, especially the small children (even though Max had some trouble getting into the boat.) Tommorow we have a big party and then its all over.
I miss Levi and Amy and everyone else I know who's in another country. I really want to go to another country. But still, I'll be happy when everyone is back.
In other news, I'm trying to reread all the Harry Potter books before book six comes out. Right now I'm a little over halfway through Chamber of Secrets, but I have to say J.K.'s plot-weaving is far more complex than I would've given her credit for. I found a reference to the prophecy from book five in book one that I never would have noticed before, and there's all sorts of stuff like that. Trying to write a story with interweaving plots like that has given me a whole new respect for her.
Another great author is Gregory Maguire. His plots aren't nearly as complex, but he creates settings and characters with such amazing detail and imagery that the plot is no longer the point. I'd recommend Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister to anyone who like moral ambiguity in their novels. (I can't get enough of moral ambiguity. One of the reasons I loved Episode III so much.)
One last thing: I successfully made an egg Sunny side up! For those of you who don't know, this is a very big deal for me: I've never been able to crack an egg without breaking the yolk before.
Oh, no! This is how the mutant carp will get you!
I miss Levi and Amy and everyone else I know who's in another country. I really want to go to another country. But still, I'll be happy when everyone is back.
In other news, I'm trying to reread all the Harry Potter books before book six comes out. Right now I'm a little over halfway through Chamber of Secrets, but I have to say J.K.'s plot-weaving is far more complex than I would've given her credit for. I found a reference to the prophecy from book five in book one that I never would have noticed before, and there's all sorts of stuff like that. Trying to write a story with interweaving plots like that has given me a whole new respect for her.
Another great author is Gregory Maguire. His plots aren't nearly as complex, but he creates settings and characters with such amazing detail and imagery that the plot is no longer the point. I'd recommend Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister to anyone who like moral ambiguity in their novels. (I can't get enough of moral ambiguity. One of the reasons I loved Episode III so much.)
One last thing: I successfully made an egg Sunny side up! For those of you who don't know, this is a very big deal for me: I've never been able to crack an egg without breaking the yolk before.
Oh, no! This is how the mutant carp will get you!
What I Need seems so far away
(by the way my titles are parts of songs, all by artists I listed so you get a high five if you guess the artist, the title of the song is part of the title of the post normally)
Ok, back on topic. I slept on the couch last night. I personally love our couch because it is a.) longer than my bed so i don't have to do my cucoon impression and b.) is not as lumpy is my bed. I can't go to sleep before midnight anymore. I feel like I'm wasting precious doing stuff time. But I don't do anything productive after 11 anyway so I don't know what my deal is.
This is Mom's day off (wednesday) and so we went and got my physical. Apparently I've shrunk for I have lost an inch and a half since the last time I was measured. Meh. Aside from the coughing it was pretty much forgettable but coughing is always freaky so I remember that. Also I feel silly at the Pediatrician's office because if you added all the ages of the kids in that room up it still wouldn't be as much as me.
Then we went to lunch with Corri and Sally(corri's mom) and saw a crappy movie. Monster-In-Law is a complete waste of time. It's just my luck that the only showing of Batman was at 4 and that was out of range. Now I'm going to Nomads (youth group) where no one will be because Kyle, Neil, and Corri are going to a birthday party and Zach's in Mexico. And then to scouts. (yeah I'm a scout, what are you gonna do about it?) I feel hopelessly unprepared for Minnesota.
Did I tell you I'm going to Minnesota next week? No? Oh, well I'm going to canoe for fifty miles in the boundary waters and Dad's coming with. So I'll be gone for a week right after I start this little thing. Hmmph. Interesting. Well talk to you guys tomorrow.
Oh, no! This is how the mutant carp will get you!
Ok, back on topic. I slept on the couch last night. I personally love our couch because it is a.) longer than my bed so i don't have to do my cucoon impression and b.) is not as lumpy is my bed. I can't go to sleep before midnight anymore. I feel like I'm wasting precious doing stuff time. But I don't do anything productive after 11 anyway so I don't know what my deal is.
This is Mom's day off (wednesday) and so we went and got my physical. Apparently I've shrunk for I have lost an inch and a half since the last time I was measured. Meh. Aside from the coughing it was pretty much forgettable but coughing is always freaky so I remember that. Also I feel silly at the Pediatrician's office because if you added all the ages of the kids in that room up it still wouldn't be as much as me.
Then we went to lunch with Corri and Sally(corri's mom) and saw a crappy movie. Monster-In-Law is a complete waste of time. It's just my luck that the only showing of Batman was at 4 and that was out of range. Now I'm going to Nomads (youth group) where no one will be because Kyle, Neil, and Corri are going to a birthday party and Zach's in Mexico. And then to scouts. (yeah I'm a scout, what are you gonna do about it?) I feel hopelessly unprepared for Minnesota.
Did I tell you I'm going to Minnesota next week? No? Oh, well I'm going to canoe for fifty miles in the boundary waters and Dad's coming with. So I'll be gone for a week right after I start this little thing. Hmmph. Interesting. Well talk to you guys tomorrow.
Oh, no! This is how the mutant carp will get you!
14 June 2005
If the World's at Large, why should I remain?
Welcome to my life everyone! If you didn't know already, I'm Matthew Hogg. I went to triennium with Jonah and Nathan and Thomas and I roomed with Jonah. I'm 16 and will be a senior at Arsenal Technical High School this fall. I slack far too often but I'm quite intelligent but not quite creative enough. I'm here for a couple of reasons:
1. to see how you guys think my life is just based on this.
2. eventually do a story site (ala corndog and hopefully someday ala pants)
3. cuz I'm tired of the lack of response on my lj so please respond with your thoughts when you have them.
Ok, let me introduce you to the players in my life:
We'll start with my girlfriend, Michelle.
We met at Youthfest in February and we've been a couple basically ever since. She's very attractive and fairly intelligent though she would not give herself credit for either because she's very insecure. She's going to the International Business School this fall to study to become a Travel Agent. I've told her I love her and I think I do but there's some gray area there. I don't think she is who I will end up with but she's fun most of the time and she loves me and I'm just taking advantage of the situation. However bad that is.
Ok family time.
My brother is an asshole. His name is Andrew. I'm really sick of him acting like he has all the answers and I should listen to him. He's 14 and thinks he's better than me. This will change when he gets to high school hopefully.
My mom and dad are still together. They're pretty good parents and they give me everything I need. My mom overreacts and my dad's a little distant. But overall good parents
Friends:
Julia is my ex but we were just best friends from the start really. Never quite did anything except label ourselves a couple. She is an enigma. I can never tell what mood she's gonna be in but I've come to love all of her. She is a great person and hopefully she'll come to know it soon. She doesn't always make the best decisions. She is at the Indiana Academy for Juniors and Seniors in High School up at Ball State.
Val is her roommate there and she's my tennis/venting buddy. She really listens well and is fun to be around
Alex, Mario, and Vinh still go to Tech and are all good friends with Val and each other. I hang with them sometimes but am not really part of their little group. (alex from bangledesh, mario's parents were born in Mexico, and Vinh's Vietnamese)
Andy is also an asshole, but a sensitive one. He'd like you to think he's a punk skateboarder but he's very emoy and sensitive. He has ADHD so he's kind of frantic sometimes. He's been much calmer and better to be around since his gf broke up with him.
Karl is me if I applied myself and was a recluse. He reads a lot.
My church friends are Kyle, Neil, Zach, Abbi, and Corri. They're ok and I hang out with them a lot so they're getting old.
Essex (Last name, his first is Matt so you can guess why he's essex. I'm piglet) is a really cool guy and he's me if i was more comfortable with myself and others. He's great to be around.
Just as a recap: Essex*K + Karl*E=Me where K and E are constants and the absolute value of the difference of K and E is less than .5 Did I mention i like math?
Not every post is gonna be this long but I thought this little experiment required a solid beginning. Happy Blogging everyone!
Oh, no! This is how the mutant carp will get you!
1. to see how you guys think my life is just based on this.
2. eventually do a story site (ala corndog and hopefully someday ala pants)
3. cuz I'm tired of the lack of response on my lj so please respond with your thoughts when you have them.
Ok, let me introduce you to the players in my life:
We'll start with my girlfriend, Michelle.
We met at Youthfest in February and we've been a couple basically ever since. She's very attractive and fairly intelligent though she would not give herself credit for either because she's very insecure. She's going to the International Business School this fall to study to become a Travel Agent. I've told her I love her and I think I do but there's some gray area there. I don't think she is who I will end up with but she's fun most of the time and she loves me and I'm just taking advantage of the situation. However bad that is.
Ok family time.
My brother is an asshole. His name is Andrew. I'm really sick of him acting like he has all the answers and I should listen to him. He's 14 and thinks he's better than me. This will change when he gets to high school hopefully.
My mom and dad are still together. They're pretty good parents and they give me everything I need. My mom overreacts and my dad's a little distant. But overall good parents
Friends:
Julia is my ex but we were just best friends from the start really. Never quite did anything except label ourselves a couple. She is an enigma. I can never tell what mood she's gonna be in but I've come to love all of her. She is a great person and hopefully she'll come to know it soon. She doesn't always make the best decisions. She is at the Indiana Academy for Juniors and Seniors in High School up at Ball State.
Val is her roommate there and she's my tennis/venting buddy. She really listens well and is fun to be around
Alex, Mario, and Vinh still go to Tech and are all good friends with Val and each other. I hang with them sometimes but am not really part of their little group. (alex from bangledesh, mario's parents were born in Mexico, and Vinh's Vietnamese)
Andy is also an asshole, but a sensitive one. He'd like you to think he's a punk skateboarder but he's very emoy and sensitive. He has ADHD so he's kind of frantic sometimes. He's been much calmer and better to be around since his gf broke up with him.
Karl is me if I applied myself and was a recluse. He reads a lot.
My church friends are Kyle, Neil, Zach, Abbi, and Corri. They're ok and I hang out with them a lot so they're getting old.
Essex (Last name, his first is Matt so you can guess why he's essex. I'm piglet) is a really cool guy and he's me if i was more comfortable with myself and others. He's great to be around.
Just as a recap: Essex*K + Karl*E=Me where K and E are constants and the absolute value of the difference of K and E is less than .5 Did I mention i like math?
Not every post is gonna be this long but I thought this little experiment required a solid beginning. Happy Blogging everyone!
Oh, no! This is how the mutant carp will get you!
02 June 2005
01 June 2005
Unparalleled Okra MMCXXVIII
Quite a bit has happened since I last posted. First and foremost, for those of you who didn't figure it out, you have me to thatnk for the week of "Compendium: Episode III" as well as for the current description. You have Michael to thank (or boo, as you see fit) for the fact that it only lasted a week. And props to my friend Matt Hogg for providing the starfield image. I have to tell you, I went through hell trying to get that damned thing up, and it ended up to be all the fault of a semicolon. But now there's one more thing I know how to do, so the next time there's something worth celebrating you can expect a similar overhaul. If you want to suggest such an overhaul and don't feel like attempting it yourself, just mention it to me and if I agree that it's a good idea I'll oblige.
On that same note, or at least a very similar one, I am the luckiest Star Wars fan ever. Showing up at 10:00, when the line stretched around the theater, I managed to get in to see Star Wars at midnight on Wednesday, and I managed to sit with the whole enormous LN section, and I had my brother and our excellent hats along. The movie was fantastic. That's all I need say here.
As far as school goes, the last week was boring as hell; I brought nothing but a yearbook the last three days. I did manage to fill all the sig pages, the table of contents, and the first page of said yearbook with notes. I also took to showing up on time for first period than leaving shortly thereafter and wandering the halls for the rest of the day, and suffered no ill consequences. No one ever seems to stop me in the halls, and no teachers seemed to take attendance. It was like EVERYONE had senioritis.
Since then I've been cleaning and scurrying to open houses, and having the new most frantic soundboard experience of my life at church; showing up at 10:00 and being informed that no one else was here to run the soundboard, and that the powerpoint had to be opened and set up, the tapes set rolling and the mics set in the next ten seconds. Naturally, I put the tapes in backwards and tried to record onto them and was rewarded by a large "BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" noise which, because I'd forgotten to mute the tape output, came out as more of a "BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRREEEEEEEEEEE!" right in the middle of dad's announcements.
ANd then yesterday I'm told Ihad my wisdom teeth removed, and the gaping holes in mouth confirm this, though truth be told I don't remember this at all. THis is dissapointing, as I was hoping to have some kind of psychedelic experience. The whole recovery thing has sucked, but I can't complain because two very cool things happened.
1. I got invited to a going away party for Ana-from-Moldova tomorrow!
2. Nathan and I got cell phones.
We asked if they were an early birthday or Christmas gift. Dad replied that they were a "Us finally getting with the 21st century" gift. Either way, I've added you all to my address book except for THomas, who's cell # I can't remember and Erin, same deal.
Ok, final note, crazy things are going down at various blogs. Michael keeps on trucking with the 50 book challenge, Erin as been insanely prolific at the Notebook (Not to mention writing a heck of a post at SP), Nathan is setting up some kind of crazy tournament, I'm making fun of him, Paul has set up some kind of blog but I haven't been checking it on account of he hasn't added it to the LINKS yet, and, last but certianly not least, my cousin Evelyn, who will be in town in under 2 months, has written what i believe to be her best story yet over at her blog. SO now that you're all out of school, get caught up!
Ford? I think I'm a sofa.
On that same note, or at least a very similar one, I am the luckiest Star Wars fan ever. Showing up at 10:00, when the line stretched around the theater, I managed to get in to see Star Wars at midnight on Wednesday, and I managed to sit with the whole enormous LN section, and I had my brother and our excellent hats along. The movie was fantastic. That's all I need say here.
As far as school goes, the last week was boring as hell; I brought nothing but a yearbook the last three days. I did manage to fill all the sig pages, the table of contents, and the first page of said yearbook with notes. I also took to showing up on time for first period than leaving shortly thereafter and wandering the halls for the rest of the day, and suffered no ill consequences. No one ever seems to stop me in the halls, and no teachers seemed to take attendance. It was like EVERYONE had senioritis.
Since then I've been cleaning and scurrying to open houses, and having the new most frantic soundboard experience of my life at church; showing up at 10:00 and being informed that no one else was here to run the soundboard, and that the powerpoint had to be opened and set up, the tapes set rolling and the mics set in the next ten seconds. Naturally, I put the tapes in backwards and tried to record onto them and was rewarded by a large "BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" noise which, because I'd forgotten to mute the tape output, came out as more of a "BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRREEEEEEEEEEE!" right in the middle of dad's announcements.
ANd then yesterday I'm told Ihad my wisdom teeth removed, and the gaping holes in mouth confirm this, though truth be told I don't remember this at all. THis is dissapointing, as I was hoping to have some kind of psychedelic experience. The whole recovery thing has sucked, but I can't complain because two very cool things happened.
1. I got invited to a going away party for Ana-from-Moldova tomorrow!
2. Nathan and I got cell phones.
We asked if they were an early birthday or Christmas gift. Dad replied that they were a "Us finally getting with the 21st century" gift. Either way, I've added you all to my address book except for THomas, who's cell # I can't remember and Erin, same deal.
Ok, final note, crazy things are going down at various blogs. Michael keeps on trucking with the 50 book challenge, Erin as been insanely prolific at the Notebook (Not to mention writing a heck of a post at SP), Nathan is setting up some kind of crazy tournament, I'm making fun of him, Paul has set up some kind of blog but I haven't been checking it on account of he hasn't added it to the LINKS yet, and, last but certianly not least, my cousin Evelyn, who will be in town in under 2 months, has written what i believe to be her best story yet over at her blog. SO now that you're all out of school, get caught up!
Ford? I think I'm a sofa.
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