I didn't like spring until today. Driving to and from school this afternoon with the windows down made me feel happier than I've been in a long time. The sun was shining, the wind was in my hair...I felt like a king. Just serene. Really amazing weather today ( Read more... )

I think that sooner or later, people are going to have to realize that opinions on either side aren't likely to change, and if they do, it won't be because of anything we put in the paper or Ricky puts in the media center (and I don't mean that as an insult, Rebound, just my honest opinion). In a sense, it's a lot harder to just ignore some of the ( Read more... )

Today was my birthday. I am now 18. I didn't really expect to feel any different, and my expectations were met. I am every bit as much a child as I am an adult ('cept for my HUGE DONG). I did get a few cool things, though: some books from my parents, including Salinger's Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters (the only thing of his I've yet to ( Read more... )

Last week was a particularly difficult week in what has been a particularly difficult month. Everyone seems to be exhausted, myself included. Sick of school, ourselves, each other. I reached a point last week where I felt more ready for school to end than I'd ever felt--just so fed up with everything. I can't take much more of egos and ( Read more... )

I think the WEB is ahead by a pretty clear margin in the WEB-Crap Pad war (I like Crap Pad better than Scratch Bad, I've decided), thanks to the ruthless brutality of the Bash Bros. (I can't decide whether I love that name or really hate it). Evan was owned, Kawaler was served, Katie O. was gotten, and Pleasants was, well, antiqued. All this ass- ( Read more... )

Today is day three of a three day weekend, though it feels like it has been longer than that. With the relaxed finals schedule and the two snow days a while ago, it feels like I haven’t actually been to school in quite a while. 2nd semester should be pretty fun; I’ve got three periods of English a day, plus Art History, PE, and Pre-Calc, which ( Read more... )

It’s day two of finals, which have been remarkably easier than any other year so far. Almost relaxing. I’m enjoying the four-day schedule a whole lot. It’s funny to think that they used to take place over over two days. Hard to imagine how people did it (juniors and sophomores, at least). On a related note, I’ve developed a cold every finals ( Read more... )

An update: Today I decided that I would definitely take Creative Writing rather than Chem. So that's how that goes ( Read more... )

I spent most of today working on my speech for Honors English 12, which is due tomorrow. I don’t really know how to construct a 10-minute speech, so instead I wrote about a 5-page long paper. Now all I have to do is memorize it. I sincerely hope I don’t have to go tomorrow, because I’ll be pretty fucked. Writing the thing was murder, too. I ( Read more... )

THERE WILL BE A GENTLEMEN'S BREAKFAST CLUB MEETING AT PERKINS RESTAURANT ON FRIDAY, DEC. 24 AT 11:00 A.M. BE THERE, OR BE DECLARED UNGENTLEMANLY ( Read more... )