So, it's Columbus Day weekend (it's so weird having Columbus Day off...wtf?) and a lot of people have left. So I woke up an hour ago (it's 2:00 PM right now) and my roommate has two of his friends over, the third of which is coming tonight. If it weren't for the fact that I'm going to be in Kevin's room tonight (he lives across the hall from me) ( Read more... )

JORDIN WON AMERICAN IDOL!!!
(yay.)

Tell me why, Jesuit High School, must we go to a "Baccalaureate Mass" as a requirement to graduate on stage? It's a bit stupid, but whatever. That's tomorrow at 9, or 10, I can't remember which. So...got my report card today, officially my grades suck in comparison to what I'm used to making. I got my first official C average, in life, in Physics ( Read more... )

Well, for the past night and today I have not left the house. Why, you may ask? Because it feels WONDERFUL. I, for the first time in ages, am alone, by myself, with no one to annoy the shit out of me or tell me things that I should be doing right now. I didn't realize how tired I was and how I do shit all the time...it feels absolutely magical to ( Read more... )

I can't believe that high school is...over. All of my struggles and accomplishments have all boiled down to tonight, May 11, my NOCCA graduation, and May 24, my Jesuit graduation. I can't believe that I'm finally leaving New Orleans...for good. I can't believe that I only have to pay $4000 a year to go to NYU, a school notorious for bad financial ( Read more... )

So yay, prom was fun with Carolyn! It was one of the first times I've actually had real fun at a dance...Ring Dance takes 2nd place, I think. But yes I only have ONE final exam left (yay for exemptions, I only have to take two) and then an AP English Lit exam on Thursday and then...it's fareaking over!! NOCCA graduation is on Friday too...they ( Read more... )

Well, final decision: NYU. Of course, duh, most of you either already knew it or guessed it, but yesh. I loved Northwestern sooooo much and I'm recommending it to anyone who wants conservatory-style training without actually going to a conservatory. But I love New York and I want to go there because I felt a little better about NYU. But considering ( Read more... )

It's really weird to think that next Thursday I will end my high school class time. Sometimes I feel that I'm not ready...how can I handle such a different experience such as college? I'm sure I'll be fine though, hopefully lol. I'll actually get to meet new types of people, different from the ones at Jesuit and even NOCCA. The beauty of college is ( Read more... )

Well! NYU offered me a $42,000 scholarship, including the $4200 Federal Pell Grant for being poor (lol) and my own earned $2500 National Merit scholarship. The rest is scholarships from Tisch, J. Eckhouse and Provost. Even after all that I still have $4000 in work study with a total of $5900 in loans/money I need to pay (Tisch's tuition/room and ( Read more... )

Ok, so far list of college stuff ( Read more... )