The · Abyss
A random collection of thoughts from the vast emptiness of my mind
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YAY!!!!!!!!!! *HAPPYHAPPYHAPPY* ...I just got in, if you haven't figured it out. One down, one to go. *crosses fingers*
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Saw my grades today and miracle of all miracles: A, A, A-, A-, A-, B+, B+
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Portfolio review!!! Passed. So yay. She mentioned that I need to really work on my drawing skills, which I was expecting her to say. She really liked my skiing necklace (she's a big skiier herself), my ceramics piece, and one of my charcoal drawings. As many of you know, I was freaking out about it and trying to get everything together and done. Last night I got about two hours of sleep because I had to finish my self-portrait which is an admissions requirement. But then once I got in there, it wasn't nearly as stressful as I was anticipating. We kinda just talked. She was a very easy person to get along with -- weird is good in both of our books so that was fun. Oh, and she's from Michigan. ^_^ Now all I need to do is get into Temple itself.
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So for All Saints Day today, we had a liturgy at school. Big whoop. But, there was one amusing part of it: the third grade students dress up as different saints. And so the priest spent most of his homily just picking random third graders and talking to them. It was clear that he really didn't have anything planned and didn't know much about anything. So he gets to one girl and the conversation goes like this: "And who are you?" "Saint Madeline Sophie Barat" "Madeline Sophie...who?" "Barat." "Oh...Barat. And she must be from...where?" "uh...um...France?" "Right...Very good. And what did she do?" *mumbling* "um...uh...um...I don't know..." Sacred Heart people will get the humor in this. Sr. Magnetti was not too pleased Happy Halloween everyone. P.S. Patricia: you need to go on AIM. I haven't talked to you in forever. |
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One of the features in the yearbook is the senior blurb page where each student in the senior class has a little spot with the following information:
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Yay. So, we did this freewriting exercise in class today. It was awesome. He basically told us to just write. One two three go, just like that. It was really fun...at one point near the beginning someone asked "wait, what are we supposed to be writing?" and his response was "exactly." This is going to be a fun year, I can tell. Below is my random train of thought for your amusement.
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My art teacher is going to drive me absolutely INSANE this year. She's pissed off because last year three (out of five) people got twos on the AP and one got a three. Now she's actually trying to "teach" the class even though she still has NO idea what the hell she's doing.
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dreading what lies ahead | |||
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My family is fucked up. That's all I feel like saying right now, but I felt I had to say it. In other news: senior year. Yeah, it starts tomorrow. I just want to skip it and go to college. Ah well. One more year. Now I should probably start that Spanish assignment...
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Wheeee. I love little kids. But they can be soooo exhausting. And then they make you watch Barbie fairy movies. Yeah. I'm going to bed now.
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Back from Spain. It was an awesome trip if you ignore certain things (mainly my parents). I got to go to the Dali museum which was absolutely amazing. And I got to see his jewelry. *melt*. In other news, I'm leaving for MI tomorrow and will be coming back on Tuesday. It will mainly end up just being family stuff, but I am going to Renfest with Vicki on Monday which is super exciting. Oh, and I'm doing this art thing on my childhood, so I basically have to go up to whoever lives in my old house and ask if I can take pictures. Yeah, that's going to be awkward. And I don't want to think about school. meh. jaa...BAI BAI.
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Wheee. I'm going to Spain tomorrow!!!!!!!!!! Squee. So yay. I really need something to get me back in Spanish mode after so long of trying to get my point across in Japanese. I swear with all the different languages running through my head, I'm going to have a very interesting year next year. So, yeah. I won't have internet, so I will most likely be non-reachable for the next eight days or so. I will have my phone wih me, but no promises that it'll work. Hasta luego.
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I've found the perfect way to kick off Senior year -- procrastinating myself into a gigantic hole and then attempting to dig myself out. So I have this math assignment that I was supposed to do over the summer. It needs to be postmarked by today and mailed to my teacher. I just started it this morning. I'm screwed. Yay for me. |
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It feels weird. And I haven't slept since I woke up 33 hours ago. meh. Can't really think right now, but yeah. Just thought you'd all like to know that I made it back in one piece, and I have presents for people. So yay. muahahaha. I think I'll try to go to sleep now. That would be good. Oh, and I caved and got a Facebook. So...........yeah. Friend if you feel like it.
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nemui | |||
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Hey all...So I'm here. It's crazy but I'm somehow managing. Just so you all know, I have EXTREMELY limited access to internet and phone is pretty much non-existant. And they block lj at school so I have to use a proxy which I hate doing so if you want to get in touch with me, send an email to my gmail account. I have yet to be able to access my school email, though I will try again. I have to go now, but I just wanted to let you all know that I am here, I am fine, and I miss you all. jaa ne. I MISS YOU!!!!!!! P.S. Vicki and Patricia, be on the lookout for emails from me.
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Somewhere between packing, making gifts for people, freaking out, and generally not sleeping, I decided to make a post just to let you all know that in three hours' time, I will be leaving and may or may not have internet access until August 2. So yeah. I shall miss you all! *hugs*
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And then...日本にいきますよ。I'm freaking out. I mean, Interlochen was one thing, RISD was another thing, but this is halfway around the freaking world. And I still don't know where I'm even going to be. That's right, I have no information on my host family. I don't know what town I'll be in, I don't know if I'll have host siblings, I don't know anything. Which makes it really frustrating when I'm trying to find gifts to bring. And also I'm trying to see if I'll be able to get together with ゆりこちゃん, but it's kind of problematic since I don't know where I'll be. I could be right near her by Tokyo, or I could be all the way in Kyoto or maybe even Hokkaido. It's just really frustrating. But oh well. I guess it will just have to be an adventure. Heh. じゃあね。
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So I just had a very very very terrifying experience. My powercord stopped working. In the middle of finals, when I desperately need my computer to study, I was left with about thirty minutes left of battery power. So after a major breakdown bordering on panic attack, I managed to call the tech office at school, drive down there, and procure a new one. So it's all good now, but the whole thing just added a very large amount of unneeded stress and took out a big chunk of my study time. So now I need to learn basically a whole year of American History in a few hours. FUN!
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So I was looking back at some of my old posts and came across one in which I posted my college list. HA. So many of them have changed, it's kind of funny. So um, yeah. Here's the new list....
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Just got back from States (forensics) last night. T'was amazing. Though I didn't make it to semis, when I looked at the final listing, I was two people away. Grrr....I probably didn't make it only because of the idiodic judge who pretty much walked in and was like "just so you know, I've never judged OI before" and then proceeded to ask how speaker order was chosen. We told him that it was the order that was listed on the schematic. Now, I had checked before (and I double-checked afterwards) so I knew that I was the last speaker in my round. The idiot called me up fourth! And then he ranked me last. So that part was not fun. But whatever. Other people on my team did really well -- we had three people make it to semis and one person got fourth. But now I'm exhausted. And it's annoying. And I have a shitload of work to do.
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I just can't believe this is happening. We've just now had time to really go through everything that was in the basement when it flooded and we lost so many more things than we had thought. Things that are old, extremely sentimental, and irreplaceable. Mostly my dad's stuff, but some of my mom's and my brother's. My dad's high school diploma, a bible he got for his first communion, all of his old letters, pictures, everything. As he put it, his whole life was in those boxes. He was sobbing. I can't remember ever seeing him cry. Those of you who know my dad, know that he is really not one to cry. He was such a total opposite from his usual angry, stubborn, asshole-ish self, it was discocerting. And I just felt helpless. I don't know how to handle these things. My mom fared slightly better, but still lost a lot. Mainly old college stuff, like her picture of her graduating class, and then some really old stuff like her first communion picture. Matt's third grade autobiography was soaked. The type is barely legible, but I managed to get the pictures out. The ink at the edges ran a bit and the paper is warped, but generally, the image is still intact. Luckily all of my stuff is up in my room. On one hand, I'm thankful that I didn't lose anything, but on the other hand, I feel almost sort of guilty that I got out of this unscathed. I just don't know what to do. And I hate that. Oh, and I woke up today with a fever. So apparently I'm not as better as I thought I was.
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