The Topic of Great Randomness

[Gryphon]

I was accepted into Bennington! Ayayaya I'm going to college! I'm not sure where on my list this one is, but it's better than the other one that already accepted me. There are six more that I'm still waiting to hear back from, and they should tell me soon

Congrats, Hungry!

Gross... prom dresses. I need to get one soon; my prom is late April. Last year, my dress needed to be adjusted, so I need to leave time for that again this year.

As for the Uglies trilogy, I agree with Hungry. :O They're good.

Ash, high school is a breeze. Well, you'll have more obligations, but there is also more freedom. Freshmen get a bad rep, so just don't try to reinforce the stereotype. And hopefully you don't go somewhere with a lot of cliques.

:P

[EricG1793]

The following three sections are in reply to Ash's last post:

Thank you! It's nice that lateness does not discourage you!

Sometimes I have days like that, too, and I'm in the same situation as you, but I'm a happy fool anyway.

Once during a math test, it started snowing, and the snow distracted us just like the rain did you. We all did badly on the test.... As the math teacher said, "We were all just having a snow moment." So she changed a few things around on the test and had us take it again. I like my math teacher; she's cool and flexible like that.

I am finding the high school process thoroughly annoying as well.... All these forms, due dates, which classes are we taking, blah blah blah.... I dread high school in general. Our teachers are always telling us horror stories. Although it was the same in eighth grade, and it's not as bad as they were saying.

For our yearbook, us eighth graders get to put favorite quotes, shout-outs, and nicknames near our picture. I am quoting my Social Studies teacher, for the same thing in my signature. HOWEVER!.... What you see in my signature is my abridged version! The full version is:

Life is like a building; each day that goes by, you put another brick on it. Hopefully. Unless there's some kinda... destruction goin' on.

And then for the memories, I'm bringing back the memory of last year in Social Studies, my class danced the Cotton-Eye Joe in front of the whole school, which later joined in with us. Whenever I hear that song (it's always played at the monthly school dances), it reminds me of that. I actually learned the dance because of being in the Social Studies class.... I learned it just by observing people who knew what they were doing.

[Garrett Fitzgerald]

Originally posted by Gryphon:
I was accepted into Bennington!

Hey, congrats, Gryph! Are you already in New England, or would this be a major relocation?

[eowyngirl]

Ash: Don't worry about high school...all my teachers last year told me horror stories about how we'd all have to practically kill ourselves to make in HS. Then, last fall, I found that no, it's not that bad. In fact, I can quite honestly say that I would never go back to middle school. You do have more homework, but like Gryphon said, you have more freedom as well. And the teachers are much more forgiving (for the most part) in my experience. Teachers also let you off on some stuff when you're a freshman. Don't push it though.

[Mel]

To Hungry and Gryph: Congrats guys!! That's pretty awesomeeee!! :P And just think -- no more applications to fill out! Huzzah!

haha

Emi: Haha, hypnotists are fun. One came to our school for a Catholic Schools Week assembly. It was weird, o.O but it was worth it to see the seniors make fools of themselves on stage, :P

Ash: Don't freak. We may complain a lot about school, but it's actually nothing really big. High School is _way_ better than grade school, so don't worry. And, yes, the freedom is sort of amazing. You don't realize how much you wanted it until you get it, haha

UGLIES! That's what it was. Not a bad series, I'll give it that, :P I heard the fourth one was a little disappointing, though, given that it wasn't really about Tally and such.

In other news.... I saw Fiddler on the Roof for the first time on Friday, and lemme say, it was pretty amazingg! I highly recommend it, no anyone, really. The Tevyeh was pretty amazing, too. He went for a more humorous role, which I liked. It was very good.

And that's pretty much it. I'm sort of overloaded with homework (many, many projects and tests all within a three day span) so I'm not really sure while I'm on here.

Oh, and Ash -- investing in good time management is a very good thing, if you're a girl like me who likes to do a lot of activities, :P



Okays, Dai all!

Happy Sunday!

[Emi]

Oh my gosh, my Quiz Bowl placed 2nd in States!!! When last year we didn't make it passed the second round!! My teacher/advisor whatever you want to call him was extremely happy. I think he was more happy about it than my team. Haha. It was so nerve-racking because he was like putting so much pressure on us! I'm not really sure I want to do it again next year, but it would be nice to go to Nationals. But that was the excitement for my time being there. I'm happy to say that this year was soo much better than last year's conference. I think it was more fun actually. But all the "fun" people are graduating sooo...

Speaking of graduating and seniors stuff.. I'm going to be a senior soon! I'm so hyped. We got our course selection sheet on Thurs, but I didn't because I wasn't in school (DECA), but we did. I'm sooo excited, I can't wait to graduate and go to college.

OH and Speaking of college Congrats Gryph on getting accepted!!! I hope you get accepted to all the colleges you apply to!

Ash: High school is soo much better the junior high believe me. Besides you're going to be a freshmen, which means if you get lost getting to your class and end up being late, the teacher will understand. Believe me that happened to me my first couple of weeks at my high school, and it's only one story!! haha, but a major maze of halls.

Um, anything else? My internet is STILL down. I'm actually at my dad's store using his internet. . I got out of work early today!! Yay! That was pretty neat.

Originally posted by Gryphon:
Gross... prom dresses. I need to get one soon; my prom is late April. Last year, my dress needed to be adjusted, so I need to leave time for that again this year.

My prom is May 31st. Kind of later than it normally is for us. But I don't mind, gives me more time to get my dress altered. (it's too long!) We're having it at this expensive restaurant, the 2006 juniors had it there too. Our theme's like A Night Under the Stars. Or something like that. Hopefully it'll turn out good.

I wanted to run for Prom Queen, just so I could be a duchess but I don't want to risk the embarassment of not getting either. I know I'm weird like that.

Alright, that's all for now I guess. I'll try to find more online time.

Dai everyone.

[Tuttle]

What do you do when you find out about 10 days later that your best friend for the first 11 years of your life (though you've not spoke for the past 7 because you noticed interests were too different to do much) has lost her father? I want to help, I want to be there for her. I had been wanting to re connect with old friends before I found out. Now I'm not sure what to do.

I added her on facebook and she asked how I've been. If it wasn't like this I'd say that I've been good, explain a bit of stuff over the past while, and ask how she's been. However I learned today she'd recently been in a hosipital for 4 months because of a bad car accident and her father died Feburary 28th. (today being March 9th, totally). So I am trying to figure that out.

I feel like I want to be more than I can, but I want to help, even if all I can do is say that I'm their for her and her mom even if we're no longer close.

(I really want anything that people can say to help if its possible)
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On a happier note, classes start tuesday. Hopefully this term is better than last. I'm trying to go through scholarships and finding somewhere to live next year. I think at this point I've found somewhere I want to live (I think I talked about it before) and if that falls through I have a group to go with (my parents thought it was fine to have me and boyfriend in the same apartment with other friends. It'd probably be a 3 person apartment, him, me, and a math grad student (math/cs double undergrad) who in some ways is very similar to me and in others not at all. I mean, of all my friends I think he'd be the best person to live with in almost all ways (it'd be way too easy to get into distracting discussions seeing as I'm math/cs, he's math/cs, jono's cs/me who isn't math and ece also because they don't let him quad major) So yeah, so much of the random mathy talk would happen. Since all 3 of us are even theory CS people (I need to look up what the other classes in that tree are to know what they have next year, remember that self)

I don't know what to say. I feel like I need to say more, but my mind is being taken over by my friend. Because even though I've not talked to her in 7 years, we probably won't go back to spending time together even in a longer run, and we're different enough that its awkward, she was my friend from the point our moms were walking us in strollers together. And the fact that she likes the more normal things, clothing, shopping, dancing, partying, and I prefer things like my laptop, books, and math, its still there. Not losing contact, but not talking much either.

Oh yeah, one other thing, I am trying to figure out how to best regain contact with another really close friend of mine. We eventually lost contact with her living in India and me in America, but for a while I'd be staying up until 3 am so we could talk on aim even. I need to regain that contact most of any friend I had growing up

[EricG1793]

This past weekend was a wonderful one. I had the 2 friends over Friday night, and that was wonderful, and my room was flawless after they left, which is the thing I had been worrying about. Then yesterday, my grandfather and I went to church (which was the best mass I've been to in a long time - won't get too deep in to that, though, because the ToS wouldn't like that), and then my dad, grandfather, and I went to breakfast, then we went to my sister's house (YES! My sister moved out! ...Did I already say that?), and my dad and grandfather saw it for the first time, and I stayed after my dad and grandfather had left in order to help my sister clean her house. They have a central vacuum system, which is WONDERFUL. The hose has wicked good suction, it has all the functions of a canister vacuum without having the lug the vacuum around corners and such, and the best thing is that the motor unit is in the basement, so it's nice and quiet upstairs, and the heat is being thrown out downstairs, rather than upstairs, a huge plus if we had something like that in our house, which is so sunny and hot in the summer....

Then I came home. Then later went to sleep. Then went to school today, and now I'm here.

Next weekend, we're going to go to Golfer's Warehouse and get a new set of golf clubs for me for a belated birthday gift. That's all I'm asking for, since they aren't cheap.

I have started sending newbies my welcome letter again.... It seems as though the amount of posting newbies increases when I do this.... Things are getting too slow again, and we need some newly-registered people who actually post.

[Angel_Star]

Wow, Tut. That's hard. I never know what to do in situations like that. I'm sorry; I'm not much help.
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I'm sick of thinking about colleges. Meh. I got my ACT scores back. <span class="ev_code_WHITE">32</span>. The optional writing actually brought it down, and I kind of butchered the science. But that's aight. I'll take it again later, though that's not totally necessary. And I'm probably going to take the SAT in June. Dang tests. I'm definitely not looking forward to the AP exams in May. My Chem exam is the day before my English exam. The only good thing is that I get to miss school those days, and we're basically finished with both English and Chemistry halfway through May. Yay, parties!

So, a while back, I passed out in my house before school. Mother decided that I needed to visit my doctor after dizzyness and lightheadedness wouldn't go away for a couple of days. Annnd, I have semi-low blood sugar and semi-low blood pressure. Oh, the joys of uncertainty. However, I was told that I have to eat every couple of hours and make sure I get plenty of protein. And I have to drink a ridiculous amount of water. Hah.

Last Friday was fun. We had a snow day, so I got to hang out with the boyfriend all day. =) He showed me the creek that runs in the woods behind his house, and I threw snowballs at him. =) His mother gave me pearl earrings that she made - real black and white pearls. They're gorgeous. I'm not sure why she gave them to me...we've only been dating about a month. But I seriously think he's the sweetest boy in the world, and I'm in love with his family. =) He's got the cutest little sister who actually LIKES me. A whole lot. When I'm at his house, she'll follow us around and get me to pick her up. (She'll be two next month.)

Right now, the silly boy is asleep. He told me to call him and wake him up, but I've called about fifteen times with no answer. I'm pretty amused. =)

I think I'm going to work on homework now. I finished most of it because, miraculously enough, I didn't have that much to do. Just Chem. I registered for my classes for next year. I feel kind of like I'm slacking off, but I don't think I can handle a bunch of super hard classes and a job. I'm only taking one AP and three honors. AP Psych, honors calc, honors gov & economics, and honors english. I'll have band, and I'm going to be a teacher's aid for my band director.

Okay, now I'm actually going. Toodles!

[kk]

I found out this week that a friend of mine (not a best friend, just an acquaintance) isn't doing so well, because her father (Bob) is dying. I know her father, he's really nice, but he has lukemia, and everyone at my church's been praying for him.

But this Sunday the preacher simply said that Bob's gone off of treatment and is spending time with his family. Everyone knows that he's dying, but no one wants to believe it.

The last I've heard from Bob's family is that they have had to stop answering their phone because too many people have offered to help them, and they feel ovewhelmed. I'm at a loss as to what to do about this, although I along with many other people still want to help them. It's so sad! I feel as if this can't be Bob's time to die, as if he has so much more to do.

Tuttle: I feel so bad about that! I'm sorry I don't know how to help with that, and I wish I could.

[Emi]

kk and Tuttle: That's a really tough situation to caught up in. I hope everything goes well in both.

Eric that's pretty cool you can golf. I always get the turf instead of the ball. Haha. Hope you get the clubs you want.

Ummm. I got my internet back? Thank GOD! I thought I was going to lose it. I still have one more project I _should_ be working on but I'm not. Well, right now I'm uploading a video on YouTube, so I have to stay up to let it upload.. which is taking and incredibly long time. I want to sleep, my head hurts!

Anyway, I went to my sports awards night tonight, and got my first varsity letter! Yippee! I'm all set now, I don't want to play next year.. haha just kidding. It's been my dream since middle school to get a stupid letter and now, it's been profilled. That just makes my day.

Anywho, I'm babbling. I really just want the video to upload so I can be on my merry way...

I'll go post around I guess.

Dai

[ijvevhm]

hm...
I got an A on my math quiz!!!!!!!! first A in the quarter so far... on a quiz or test... (i dont know why im doing so bad in math...)

thats all for now!

[magicalmike]

Dai everybody,
well i final turned in my Wuthering Hieghts paper. Supid thing is 50% of my final grade. But it feels nice to have the wieght off my shoulders even if im still nervious. Im going to a party saturday so i actualy have something to do over the weekend, that will be nice. Life's slowing down, the bad stuff is settling to the bottem, there might just be a rainbow on the horizen. I keep waiting for the thunderclouds to return but there off in he distance.

Dai ijvevhm ok that name is way to hard to type. Lets go with jippy. I like that. Dai jippy just a FYI try to make your posts a little longer. Maybe what you did this week, hows life, maybe respond to other people. We dont realy like One line posts here(since DD pays for this wonderfull forum) Its ok if you didnt know though. Just keep it in mind for the future. God job on the quiz by the way. Wish i could say my math grades were the same.

Tut: im realy REALY sorry about your friend. Its unfortunite that pain is part of life, but the best is that it passes and you move on. One the happy note yay for tut, her life is going in the right direction again. I hope it all turns out well for you.

Finaly i have had one song stuck in my head all day(boy with a coin by iron and wine) and when i came home i listened to it about 20 times but it just stays stuck. At least its a good song.

Night everyone Dai - Michael

[eowyngirl]

Tuttle, kk: I'm so sorry. I'm no good at that sort of advice....sorry again.

ijvevhm: Congrats on your quiz! I'm bad at math too, so I know how that goes.

Emi: Glad you've got your Internet back! I would flip out if I didn't have Internet for that long... Anyway, now you can get on the boards under your own power instead of going to your dad's house! (Or whatever it was you do) Oh, and congrats on your varsity letter! People who are good at that kind of thing amazing me, as sports and I try to avoid each other.

Now....SPRING BREAK STARTS NOW! A whole week of peace, quiet, and...well, not so much. For more on this, go to the school thread, since it all has to do with school-related practices.

Speaking of school, I flunked my geometry quarterfinal! But, I still have an A in the class. How amazing is that? It did take my grade down two percentage points, though.

[EricG1793]

I have planned my day SPECIFICALLY around the chat today. So the only unforeseen detail left is a power or internet failure.

So. Who will be there besides Garrett and I? I haven't seen anyone say that they would be; on the contrary, everyone is saying in the topic Garrett started that they WON'T be.