finally, the last year. the senior class seemed rather small. over half of my peers dropped out by the end of freshman year, and a steady flow of dropouts continued with each following year. i guess it shouldn't have surprised me; my high school teachers used to lecture us about it all the time ( Read more... )

Ever since you blew up your neighbor’s lawn gnome, it’s been haunting you. No, not the gnome. The gnome’s owner. That devil woman. The old lady that lives across the street in the creepy house? No. Surprisingly, her granddaughter is the one that owns owned the gnome. They only moved into the old ( Read more... )

You have an odd tendency to substitute things; putting sixty watt bulbs in place of one-hundred watt bulbs; using a twenty-four inch tube for the twenty-six inch tire on your bike; using regular sugar in a recipe that calls for brown sugar. Normally, these substitutions don’t seem to matter much. Today, however, has not been a very good day for you ( Read more... )

You load the last of your ammunition into your gun. You know you’re surrounded; enemies on every side of you. There is no doubt that they will win. The last of your team was cut down by a barrage of enemy fire. It had been an ambush. One of your teammates was hit in the head; another was pelted in the stomach. Neither would be able to help you now ( Read more... )

All the other boys in class think that girls are icky, but not you. You’ve seen how your parents are. Boys and girls are supposed to like each other. Earlier in the day, the class had snack time, and, after that, it was nap time. Now, was game time. The class was playing duck duck goose. You were sitting in the circle with the rest of your friends ( Read more... )

Escalators used to be a constant source of fascination for you. Every time you went to the mall, whether you needed to go to the second floor or not, you just had to go use the escalator. Besides the escalators, you felt that malls were pretty fun too. They are good places to scope out the beautiful people. Though, you never did have the courage to ( Read more... )

You always did enjoy riding your bike; especially in the summer. The days were longer, meaning your parents wouldn’t object to you being out that late. Plus, you were getting exercise. They can’t argue with that. Goodness knows you need it. Blessed with a high metabolism, you took to sitting around all day, talking to people you hardly knew, online ( Read more... )

it's been a little while since i last updated this thing. i seem to lose interest in things like these rather quickly. so, at the moment, i am feeling like the biggest nerd ever. i've been downloading japanese comic books from the internet. one is an adaptation from a book i mentioned in a previous entry, battle royale. it's pretty graphic. lots of ( Read more... )

i've been falling asleep during class lately. maybe i should get to sleep before eleven, because six hours of sleep does not bode well. i think i'm getting sick. sore throat and all that. another reason to get more sleep. no school on friday, so lots of sleeping to be done there. no school monday either. excellent. my dad got a drum kit. i'm sure ( Read more... )

who else here loves bees? i love bees. good times. too bad i hadn't found out about it till it was over. so, i went to a birthday party yesterday. it was pretty fun. well, it started out fun. i have a serious dislike for tony. what a bastard. if someone has an irrational fear of lizards, you don't shove them in their face. i wanted to kick the shit ( Read more... )