yes, my essay. it's total b.s. not bad, per se, but it's all fluff. with embellishment. and a little bit of bold-faced lying. but only a little. I'm only posting this because of computer and network troubles, and I need to print it tonight. read it or don't. you may as well not. you won't get anything out of it.

( national merit essay )

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overnight at otter creek = one of the best ideas evar. I won't go into it much, 'cause jane did well enough. with pictures. but totally forgot to mention the rabid racoons that chased us away from the overlook, inspiring the official name of the adventure: night of the nanimals (night animals. shut up.). y'know, I thought over that whole night, and ( Read more... )

okay, I think eight of my friends have done the "post your name...etc" thing in the past three or four days, and it's getting a little tiring. I mean, there's nothing wrong with being honest with each other, it's just that the way it's being presented seems to imply that we haven't been honest with each other in the past. I mean, we're all friends ( Read more... )

anyone interested in going up to cincy on halloween to see a show? Yonder Mountain String Band is playing Bogart's the 31, which is a sunday, but we're off school that monday, anyway. if you've never heard of Yonder Mountain, I pity your poor souls. well, no, not so much, but you are missing out. definitely check 'em out, and if you're interested ( Read more... )

I spent the afternoon "frisbee golfing" at iroquois. I put that in quotations because, in reality, what I did was wander around the park with garrett and aj trying to find the holes and tees which they had moved within the past week and a half, inexplicably, while trying to figure just what we had done to deserve the wrath and ire of the frisbee ( Read more... )

So, I've been without power two days out of the last three. I lost power initially on monday at about noon, which was annoying, and was made ever more so by the fact that my parents were out of town at the time and they wanted me to stay home until it was back so that I could report to them. well, 7 rolls around and still no power. BAHHH. pissed ( Read more... )

so, my parents just left to go to winston-salem, for a little tour trip. my mom was offered a job to go work there, so a move could happen in the near to distant future. after graduation, definitely. after next summer, in my case. if they try to take me away for my last summer here...screw it, I'll be 18. I'll just move out ( Read more... )

...but with wide-ranging implications ( Read more... )

I want to run away to jamaica. and stay there, forever. anybody care to join me? anybody at all ( Read more... )