Tomorrow I start the all-important senior year of high school. And despite all the hype that's been circulating since they distributed yearbooks last June and all the dumb, unimaginative kids could scrawl, "Hey, Courtney, we're seniors!!!!! Can you believe it????!! KIT!!! Love ya babe!!!!", I'm somewhat less than enthralled. Or I was, that is, ( Read more... )

  i'm completely re-thinking this whole ap biology thing. what i really want to take is latin, but alas, there are no classics classes available that period. what IS available is advanced journalism, which is basically an ap class for kids who are obsessive about writing. and a requirement of the course is that you must join and contribute to the ( Read more... )

according to the lovely lantecedentl, dashboardfans community says christopher ender carrabba is engaged.
our reaction:
"what?! he can't get married! he's supposed to be alone and sing about being alone!"
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
i just found that so amusing.

After volunteering at freshman orientation today (ohmygoshthey'resosmallwasieverthatimmaturecannyoubelievewe'refinallyseniorsi'llmisseveryonesomuchbarryisacompleteidiotthankgodforyouguysineverwould'vesurvivedfreshmanyear), we took my friend out for his Sweet 16 birthday lunch.
Margaret: "Did you ever think that this is the last first day we'll ever ( Read more... )

I love too much, and I (almost) give myself away too easily. I catch myself before I make the millionth careless ("stupid!") mistake of my played-out, sterotypical teenage life. I'm bitter, I'm harsh, I'm spiteful. Keep away or you'll catch my disease. You'll become like me. I care too deeply, too fast, and it scares me. I'll lose myself in you. I' ( Read more... )

dear jessica ( Read more... )

for the first time in a long time, possibly forever, i feel entirely optimistic about this world and my future in it ( Read more... )

One of the best friends in the entire universe called me today, six states north of here. "Check your mailbox!" she shrieked excitedly. I haven't run that fast in, well, ever, and I doubt I'll be that anxious when the college acceptance/rejection letters arrive.

Here's how I'll spend my year:

Homeroom, L3, Turiello
1) Pre-Calculus - Piro -2403
2) ( Read more... )

QUESTION OF THE DAY
for reasons unknown, people love comparing other people to celebrities. it's one of those mysterious truths of the world. the question i pose to you is, which celebrity(-ies) have you been told you resemble?

i've heard nicole kidman, julianne moore, mandy moore, and alexis bledel. seeing as none of these actresses look remotely ( Read more... )

starland ballroom, sayreville, new jersey.

come. i want you there. yes, you.