Thursday was death. I worked until I felt like I couldn't work anymore, and then I kept on working. Fucking project, and all of its small little details that I forgot about. I spent like 8 hours of Thursday on that project.
But last night, Michelle and Joey visited! We talked and played taboo and stuff. Michelle goes to Case, so I don't get to see her much. The next time she'll be around won't be until Thanksgiving, so I was really happy to see her. Joey goes to Northwestern, so he's come back to IMSA like 3 times already.
Joey came back today, too, along with Jake, and we played football; me, Jake, his friend, Macy, Joey, Connor, and Schmidty.
I need to stop playing AoE2 and start that last essay for the CommonApp. Then all I have to take care of is Teacher Recs, and I'm done applying to colleges!
Our quad needs a new activity. I think we should all play tennis together when it's warm and swim when it's cooler. I think we all need to get more exercise; I know I definitely do.
Joey came up with an idea for an IMSA band t-shirt. It goes like this:
"At IMSA, the boys are sharp, but girls are flat."
He also came up with another saying about getting girls at IMSA: "The odds are good, but the goods are odd."
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
10 11 7
So lately, I've been trying to figure out who I am, what my purpose is, what I should do with myself, that sort of thing. Happens to all teenagers. I think that up to age 16, people try to define themselves but are too immature to know how to go about doing it, thus the existence of preps, goths, emos, etc. But I think I'm getting some things straightened out, and it's nice.
It's cold, damnit. Monday, it was 85 degrees. Now, it's 50. And I haven't gone shopping for any winter-type clothes. Ah, piss.
Amazing how your friends can change in a year or two. It really is.
When it gets closer to winter, the air gets drier, and so do I. This is the first day I've used carmex since April.
I played Age of Empires 2 today with Jimmy. It's a VERY involved game, and we made a great team. I love playing video games cooperatively; it's a really good skill to know how to work together, and it feels good when I do it right.
Monday, I went to Tanner's Orchard with the Dopps, Tyler, Colin, and Fishbag. Picking apples was fun; I punted a half rotten pumpkin and slipped on the remains, almost resulting in a fall. I climbed apple trees to give Garrett some apples, we played apple dodge ball (which is exactly what it sounds like), and hay bale tag. There were a bunch of hay bales organized into a maze for the short people to go through. We're big kids, though, so we ran ON TOP of the hay bales and jumped the gaps. Hay bale tag was the shizz. Then I got in a random retired school bus and acted like a pissed-off old bus driver.
I learned that I'm a massive introvert. But that's not as bad as it sounds; sure, I'd rather be able to ignite conversations than just build off them, but hey. An extrovert is someone who creates energy in a conversation; introverts are people who take energy from conversations. It seems to me that introverts build off of what extroverts start. It's hard to explain, but it fits me damn good.
The hypnotist is coming to our school tomorrow! I can't wait! HIS SHOWS ARE SO HILARIOUS! Tomorrow looks like a good day to die.
Laughing.
I'll be sure to post at least part of the show. (I hope I remember.)
Current personal fads:
-Making references to 300
-Imogen Heap
-Team America: World Police theme song
-Get Fuzzy
-Yugioh the Abridged Series
Current one-word interjections yelled out during super smash brothers (and derivations):
1. Streets-- "I'm from the streets, bitch!"
2. Denial!
3. Egypt!--"Denial! It's not just a river in Egypt!"
4. Face!--"Owned in the face!"
5. Owned!
6. Bitch!
And other profanities...Some of which are totally random and make no sense.
Btw, I've got my 5th song in the works. It's in E flat minor. That's right. Six flats. No clue why. It's more of a theme that loops, like something you'd find as a background in a video game.
Off to bed.
P.S. Happy birthday Fishbag! Well, yesterday.
It's cold, damnit. Monday, it was 85 degrees. Now, it's 50. And I haven't gone shopping for any winter-type clothes. Ah, piss.
Amazing how your friends can change in a year or two. It really is.
When it gets closer to winter, the air gets drier, and so do I. This is the first day I've used carmex since April.
I played Age of Empires 2 today with Jimmy. It's a VERY involved game, and we made a great team. I love playing video games cooperatively; it's a really good skill to know how to work together, and it feels good when I do it right.
Monday, I went to Tanner's Orchard with the Dopps, Tyler, Colin, and Fishbag. Picking apples was fun; I punted a half rotten pumpkin and slipped on the remains, almost resulting in a fall. I climbed apple trees to give Garrett some apples, we played apple dodge ball (which is exactly what it sounds like), and hay bale tag. There were a bunch of hay bales organized into a maze for the short people to go through. We're big kids, though, so we ran ON TOP of the hay bales and jumped the gaps. Hay bale tag was the shizz. Then I got in a random retired school bus and acted like a pissed-off old bus driver.
I learned that I'm a massive introvert. But that's not as bad as it sounds; sure, I'd rather be able to ignite conversations than just build off them, but hey. An extrovert is someone who creates energy in a conversation; introverts are people who take energy from conversations. It seems to me that introverts build off of what extroverts start. It's hard to explain, but it fits me damn good.
The hypnotist is coming to our school tomorrow! I can't wait! HIS SHOWS ARE SO HILARIOUS! Tomorrow looks like a good day to die.
Laughing.
I'll be sure to post at least part of the show. (I hope I remember.)
Current personal fads:
-Making references to 300
-Imogen Heap
-Team America: World Police theme song
-Get Fuzzy
-Yugioh the Abridged Series
Current one-word interjections yelled out during super smash brothers (and derivations):
1. Streets-- "I'm from the streets, bitch!"
2. Denial!
3. Egypt!--"Denial! It's not just a river in Egypt!"
4. Face!--"Owned in the face!"
5. Owned!
6. Bitch!
And other profanities...Some of which are totally random and make no sense.
Btw, I've got my 5th song in the works. It's in E flat minor. That's right. Six flats. No clue why. It's more of a theme that loops, like something you'd find as a background in a video game.
Off to bed.
P.S. Happy birthday Fishbag! Well, yesterday.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Homecomings
So last Saturday was IMSA's homecoming...I went with Erika. It was a TON of fun...first we went to Chili's to dinner with J.P., Ivy and Monica. J.P. got us all kids' menus and crayons YAY! Then was the dance, which was mostly Erika and I making up random dances and doing them in circles around the dance floor with people looking us, half laughingly and half wondering, "what the HELL are they doing?" Erika and I made up the Shark and the Swimmer, the Fisherman, the Waddle (a.k.a. awkward slow dance) and who knows what the hell else to call the others!
Last Wednesday was the robot arm competition, which went a lot better than I had feared. I had to put most of it together Tuesday night at the workshop; I worked until I was kicked out. And it was only me, because Ashwin and Connor both had other commitments, and it was only then, because the workshop hours are very limited. At that point, it was put together, but there was nothing to move it. But then the three of us met in the DDQ, finished it, and the next day, we placed 3rd or 4th in the competition out of 12. I was surprised. Our ideas were good, but our time was lacking.
So Jimmy and I refer to "ordering Chinese" as "killing ourselves." After all the stress of working in the workshop and not getting nearly enough done, I went up to Jimmy and said "Jimmy...today looks like a good day to die." And so we "killed ourselves." I got beef lo mein. And, holy shit, did I get beef lo mein. You know those white boxes that Chinese food comes in? I swear, the one that I got was 9 inches wide and 9 inches tall, or like the size of a volleyball. That came out to be dinner that night, lunch the next day, and dinner the next day.
Tyler's at a concert right now. He's in Chicago seeing Of Montreal, which is like his favorite band. Jason says they suck, but he listens to screamo-metal-type stuff, so what he says has no meaning whatsoever.
Then there was OHS homecoming, which I went to with Crystil and Sergio. It was pretty fun...I don't think I've danced for that long of a streak ever before. It was kind of odd seeing people who were my little brother's age there. It was even more odd talking to people I hadn't seen in 3 years...But hey.
Tomorrow we go to the orchard!
A new Buffalo Wild Wings opened in Oswego, and I went there today. I tried the hot wings, and OH, shit are they hot. I can't imagine what the blazin' ones taste like. My lips were burning for 15 minutes.
I've had Imogen Heap running through my head for the longest time. I kind of wish she's run out of it for a change, but her music is just so interesting...
That's right. I find certain music 'interesting.'
Here's a quick run-down:
Rock- Love it
Country- I respect it, it's just not what I like
Hip-hop- Okay
Rap- I don't classify it as 'music'
Metal- Has music in it...but if I wanted to listen to someone screaming and crying, my best friend has a baby sister.
Emo- I just don't understand this at all. I swear, people aged 12-15 will join any clique just to fit in somewhere.
Classical- The most boring classical music is the worst music on earth. But the most exciting classical music is the best music on earth.
Oldies- Well, I guess this term refers to all music that isn't recent, and that's a LOT of music. I prefer not to use this term...too broad.
Movies don't entertain me so much. It might be nice to have it in the background as a last resort for when the conversation hits a dry spot, but meh. Horror movies are exceptionally boring. Nothing really happens, except the movie tries to scare you. And sometimes they try so hard to scare you, that it doesn't make any sense at all. Come on. If you want to pull something that scares me, at least make it believable! And the whole try-to-scare-me thing gets old pretty fast. The Ring Two actually made me laugh.
Some movies just aren't meant to take seriously. Like Napoleon Dynamite. It got shitty reviews. But I laughed my ass off! Come on. Do you actually think they were trying to impress you? No, they just wanted you to laugh! And I hope you did. If you didn't, I'll just assume that you felt like you were made fun of by watching it, since you're probably just as stiff and nerdy as Napoleon is.
That's enough of that.
Orchard tomorrow! Apple cider, here I come.
Last Wednesday was the robot arm competition, which went a lot better than I had feared. I had to put most of it together Tuesday night at the workshop; I worked until I was kicked out. And it was only me, because Ashwin and Connor both had other commitments, and it was only then, because the workshop hours are very limited. At that point, it was put together, but there was nothing to move it. But then the three of us met in the DDQ, finished it, and the next day, we placed 3rd or 4th in the competition out of 12. I was surprised. Our ideas were good, but our time was lacking.
So Jimmy and I refer to "ordering Chinese" as "killing ourselves." After all the stress of working in the workshop and not getting nearly enough done, I went up to Jimmy and said "Jimmy...today looks like a good day to die." And so we "killed ourselves." I got beef lo mein. And, holy shit, did I get beef lo mein. You know those white boxes that Chinese food comes in? I swear, the one that I got was 9 inches wide and 9 inches tall, or like the size of a volleyball. That came out to be dinner that night, lunch the next day, and dinner the next day.
Tyler's at a concert right now. He's in Chicago seeing Of Montreal, which is like his favorite band. Jason says they suck, but he listens to screamo-metal-type stuff, so what he says has no meaning whatsoever.
Then there was OHS homecoming, which I went to with Crystil and Sergio. It was pretty fun...I don't think I've danced for that long of a streak ever before. It was kind of odd seeing people who were my little brother's age there. It was even more odd talking to people I hadn't seen in 3 years...But hey.
Tomorrow we go to the orchard!
A new Buffalo Wild Wings opened in Oswego, and I went there today. I tried the hot wings, and OH, shit are they hot. I can't imagine what the blazin' ones taste like. My lips were burning for 15 minutes.
I've had Imogen Heap running through my head for the longest time. I kind of wish she's run out of it for a change, but her music is just so interesting...
That's right. I find certain music 'interesting.'
Here's a quick run-down:
Rock- Love it
Country- I respect it, it's just not what I like
Hip-hop- Okay
Rap- I don't classify it as 'music'
Metal- Has music in it...but if I wanted to listen to someone screaming and crying, my best friend has a baby sister.
Emo- I just don't understand this at all. I swear, people aged 12-15 will join any clique just to fit in somewhere.
Classical- The most boring classical music is the worst music on earth. But the most exciting classical music is the best music on earth.
Oldies- Well, I guess this term refers to all music that isn't recent, and that's a LOT of music. I prefer not to use this term...too broad.
Movies don't entertain me so much. It might be nice to have it in the background as a last resort for when the conversation hits a dry spot, but meh. Horror movies are exceptionally boring. Nothing really happens, except the movie tries to scare you. And sometimes they try so hard to scare you, that it doesn't make any sense at all. Come on. If you want to pull something that scares me, at least make it believable! And the whole try-to-scare-me thing gets old pretty fast. The Ring Two actually made me laugh.
Some movies just aren't meant to take seriously. Like Napoleon Dynamite. It got shitty reviews. But I laughed my ass off! Come on. Do you actually think they were trying to impress you? No, they just wanted you to laugh! And I hope you did. If you didn't, I'll just assume that you felt like you were made fun of by watching it, since you're probably just as stiff and nerdy as Napoleon is.
That's enough of that.
Orchard tomorrow! Apple cider, here I come.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Friday+morning=zombies
No brain today.
Sorry guys.
There's stuff to write, but my memory is fried. Need sleep.
Homecoming #1 tomorrow. I can't wait to see how that goes. The only problem is, not a lot of my friends will be going. I know there'll be plenty of cool people there.
Kinda uber busy this weekend, guys- sorry. Probably going to be no hanging out for me.
uhhhh
Watch Yu-gi-oh the abridged series. It's awesomely hilarious! But don't take my word for it! *reading rainbow blurb*
Sorry guys.
There's stuff to write, but my memory is fried. Need sleep.
Homecoming #1 tomorrow. I can't wait to see how that goes. The only problem is, not a lot of my friends will be going. I know there'll be plenty of cool people there.
Kinda uber busy this weekend, guys- sorry. Probably going to be no hanging out for me.
uhhhh
Watch Yu-gi-oh the abridged series. It's awesomely hilarious! But don't take my word for it! *reading rainbow blurb*
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
NOTHInG
Hmm...so what's happened so far....it's so hard to come up with stuff because nothing really ever happens. We had an IMSA carnival last Wednesday, that was pretty fun...Today we went to the Engineering Building at NIU to see some engineering students make machine parts out of big-ass machines that were really expensive. It was cool to see them design something on the computer and then the machine cut it out.
Ad chem is teh gayzorz.
Ad chem is teh gayzorz.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
1 year and counting
LIFE REVELATION
The sayings "Life is what you make of it" and "It's the small things that make life worth living" come hand in hand. Let me explain what I mean.You can walk around in a Patrick Star costume but not find it something worth remembering. You can play Monopoly with friends and decide it's something not worth remembering. You can lie on a hill with two of your closest friends and just look at the stars, and say that it's not remembering.
My advice: Remember all those little moments. It's those moments that make life worth living. Let's face it: There's a tiny, miniscule chance that any of you reading this are going to win the Nobel Peace Prize, or experience one lone moment you will call "the time of your life." The time of our lives is everyday. So enjoy every day. Make it the best you can make it.
If it's the small things that make life worth living, focus on the small things that make you happy. If you want to live a happy life, make your life focus on those small things that make you happy. Life is what you make of it, so make it loaded with the small things. I basically just combined those two clichés!
And that's my life philosophy at the moment. Especially because I'll only be at IMSA for one year. Then a load of breakdowns and good-byes. I don't want it to end.
Even so, I just wasted an entire weekend at home. Not all of it was a complete waste. I went to dinner with our friends from Chicago at the Greek Islands. The saganaki was the best part; that and Tyler making a paper bag mask and putting it on as I tried to feed him honey. Needless to say, it was a mess. And oh yeah- Tyler and Colin came with us. XP
Their friend Ally is a Sophomore here. Laura (one of our friends from Chicago) told me to take care of her...She's already fitting in nicely though. I hope to see her more through the school year.
Macy came home with me today. Well, first my parents dragged us along mailbox shopping and then we got back home. We left about an hour after I hoped to...
It was worth it. Garrett, Tyler, Jason, Colin, and Hallie came with us.
Woo. My window faces the access road, and a couple is making out outside my window. How nice.
Lol- when I typed in nice I accidentally typed "mice." How mice.
So I'm such a dork that I wrote a rap about 1501.
And I finally started writing down my favorite song of mine. It's been in my head since May, but now it's finally being recorded on paper...or at least the computer.
My rap is at home, so you're going to have to wait to see that.
And leave me a comment once in a while. It will make me happy to know that you read any of this.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Life revelation #3
The sayings "Life is what you make of it" and "It's the small things that make life worth living" come hand in hand. Let me explain what I mean.
You can walk around in a Patrick Star costume but not find it something worth remembering. You can play Monopoly with friends and decide it's something not worth remembering. You can lie on a hill with two of your closest friends and just look at the stars, and say that it's not remembering.
My advice: Remember all those little moments. It's those moments that make life worth living. Let's face it: There's a tiny, miniscule chance that any of you reading this are going to win the Nobel Peace Prize, or experience one lone moment you will call "the time of your life." The time of our lives is everyday. So enjoy every day. Make it the best you can make it.
If it's the small things that make life worth living, focus on the small things that make you happy. If you want to live a happy life, make your life focus on those small things that make you happy. Life is what you make of it, so make it loaded with the small things. I basically just combined those two clichés!
And that's my life philosophy at the moment. Especially because I'll only be at IMSA for one year. Then a load of breakdowns and good-byes. I don't want it to end.
Even so, I just wasted an entire weekend at home. Not all of it was a complete waste. I went to dinner with our friends from Chicago at the Greek Islands. The saganaki was the best part; that and Tyler making a paper bag mask and putting it on as I tried to feed him honey. Needless to say, it was a mess. And oh yeah- Tyler and Colin came with us. XP
Their friend Ally is a Sophomore here. Laura (one of our friends from Chicago) told me to take care of her...She's already fitting in nicely though. I hope to see her more through the school year.
Macy came home with me today. Well, first my parents dragged us along mailbox shopping and then we got back home. We left about an hour after I hoped to...
It was worth it. Garrett, Tyler, Jason, Colin, and Hallie came with us.
Woo. My window faces the access road, and a couple is making out outside my window. How nice.
Lol- when I typed in nice I accidentally typed "mice." How mice.
You can walk around in a Patrick Star costume but not find it something worth remembering. You can play Monopoly with friends and decide it's something not worth remembering. You can lie on a hill with two of your closest friends and just look at the stars, and say that it's not remembering.
My advice: Remember all those little moments. It's those moments that make life worth living. Let's face it: There's a tiny, miniscule chance that any of you reading this are going to win the Nobel Peace Prize, or experience one lone moment you will call "the time of your life." The time of our lives is everyday. So enjoy every day. Make it the best you can make it.
If it's the small things that make life worth living, focus on the small things that make you happy. If you want to live a happy life, make your life focus on those small things that make you happy. Life is what you make of it, so make it loaded with the small things. I basically just combined those two clichés!
And that's my life philosophy at the moment. Especially because I'll only be at IMSA for one year. Then a load of breakdowns and good-byes. I don't want it to end.
Even so, I just wasted an entire weekend at home. Not all of it was a complete waste. I went to dinner with our friends from Chicago at the Greek Islands. The saganaki was the best part; that and Tyler making a paper bag mask and putting it on as I tried to feed him honey. Needless to say, it was a mess. And oh yeah- Tyler and Colin came with us. XP
Their friend Ally is a Sophomore here. Laura (one of our friends from Chicago) told me to take care of her...She's already fitting in nicely though. I hope to see her more through the school year.
Macy came home with me today. Well, first my parents dragged us along mailbox shopping and then we got back home. We left about an hour after I hoped to...
It was worth it. Garrett, Tyler, Jason, Colin, and Hallie came with us.
Woo. My window faces the access road, and a couple is making out outside my window. How nice.
Lol- when I typed in nice I accidentally typed "mice." How mice.
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