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[6:18pm] Hey kids, check it out! It's my new haircut.
[11:07am] So yesterday was prom and I went with Joey, who was WONDERFUL and very handsome. There's more to tell, but I have to get a
haircut. That's just the important part. Oh, and Kristen's dress was awesome.
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[11:22am] Happy Prom Day, everah-boday! By the way, you need to buy Ben Kweller's CD "Sha Sha." It is necessary for your own well-being.
No post yesterday because I felt seriously unstable -- physically and mentally. They were giving the "Don't Drink and Drive" speech
yesterday (because today is, as everyone knows, Prom Day) but unlike last year, there were pictures of actual victims. Blood and gore and
they were actual people. Dead. So with all this unloaded to me (a person that didn't NEED this, not planning to drink or being around
drinkers), my stomach and brain were on upside-down and I spent most of the day resisting the urge to be sick everywhere. So I was pretty
weak at the end of the day. However, I am glad that they gave the presentation because it probably reached one person.. it probably
shocked one person that was previously unconcerned with the drinking/driving situation into thinking otherwise. So I'm glad. But I'm all
better today. Spent the morning out trying to get a safety inspection on ol' Maxine, but no one will do it. Appointment made: 3:30,
Monday afternoon. Gah.
042403
[9:10pm] Working on rearranging my room. I needed a change. Moved the bed and the desk. And maybe the vanity -- but that'll be later, cuz
I can't do everything today.
[6:16am] Good times, good times.
Becky: goodnight.
Joey: goodnight..
Becky: goodnight.
Becky: haha, i already said that.
Joey: lol
Becky: bye.
Joey: bye.
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[6:33pm] I'm still trying to get a job. Even though I'm too early, all the would-be employers are saying that I'm too late in the season
-- and that they won't be hiring until August/September. So wouldn't that make me early? Depends on your calendar. Ahh. I'm trying to
clean my life up a little as well -- laundry, room, etc. Too much going on at once.
042103
[8:45pm] So today I went out job-hunting and things were ridiculous. I'm too early for the summer job rush, nothing has opened up yet.
I'm trying a hospital and a management firm, and of course Target. We'll see how things turn out.
042003
[9:44pm] Oh yeah, and tonight I went to the movies with Kristen and Joey (who are way up there on my Favorite People of All Time
list.) We saw "Bringing Down the House" because we flipped a quarter between BDtH and "Anger Management" with Adam Sandler, and it landed
on the nerdy guy on the top of the quarter (Steve Martin), so we watched that. Gah. Not impressed, but squeezed a few laughs out of it.
"I want to kiss you a lot." :) P.S. A date for prom is all stacked up and ready! Sweet!
[9:35pm] I visited my relatives in North Carolina over the Thursday-Friday-Saturday time period. I had a good time with the family, but
I just have to say -- Brooke is such a riot. She dances! She has curly beautiful hair. She loves to be lifted upside-down. She's great
fun.
041703
[6:54am] So the pig dissection was indeed disgusting. But last night I dreamed that we bought a new house. It was huge and it was
beautiful. It had staircases leading up to landings, I can't explain. They were way up there, and there were no railings to protect you
from just falling off this big tower. Scary. There was an old lady selling this house to us and she was explaining the problems that the
house had. It sometimes leaked, and I saw this. There was a pretty strong string of purple liquid coming from one part of the ceiling.
She said that she had left a cooler there once and that's what's been happening ever since. But I fixed it and we bought it.
(Unfortunately, I think this repair included Jefferson County Chrome - duct tape. Ugh.) My mom interpreted it for me, "Hmm.. Becky's
moving up and up, but it's a little scary. It's a beautiful place, but it has its problems. And Becky fixes them. Hmmm.. wonder what this
is about??"
041503
[6:19am] Today we start the dissection of fetal pigs, and the exploration of the digestive system begins. I must say, I am less than
thrilled, but it's mostly because I'm not so steadfast in my partner's abilities not to puke (in 7th grade, he almost passed out three
times from dissecting a frog.) Anyway, time to get ready and study for this stupid thing.
041403
[6:11am] I'm back from Dayton. I'm so happy it's over. I was pretty crabby a lot of the time and I think I developed claustrophobia.
Anyway, now I gotta go get ready for school. At least it's a beautiful day -- all this sunshine in my way. Zippity doo-daaah--- Um, no.
041003
[6:38am] Today is Dayton. Well, this evening will be. I have to go through 7 more hours of grueling schooling first. In GentleBrown's
class it'll probably just be more Jane Eyre, and that I can deal with -- as long as I have my chocolate and a pastry. Second hour,
it'll just be more typing. This part may drive me insane. I think we're supposed to get a new assignment and I REALLY don't feel like
working today. UGHHH. Third hour, there's a Calculus test, and I'm about half-studied for that, but the rest can happen before third hour
today (i.e., in 2nd hour!). Four hour, Spanish test, I don't think I'll study for this one, I'll just have to underline a lot on the test
to make sure I know what the crap I'm doing. Fifth, nada. Sixth, probably learning about skin or something. Gotta get my homework from in
there and third and fourth hour. Sweet, sweet study hall seventh hour. Bless thy heart. Gargle! I'm tired of this sitting/learning
regime. I just want to hang out with my friends all the time, but.. oh, wait! I'll get to hang out with Kristen for like the next four
days or something. Once I get back though, back to the grindstone, unhappily. And I still won't even have Joey or Rob or Shawn or CC or
anybody remotely boyish to comfort me. Bah. *Loser* Now I really have to go to school. Ciao (or as Andy K says, "Keow!" like a cat's meow
with a K in front.)
040903
[6:14am] Two songs yesterday at lunch: *What the world needs now, is eggs, sweet eggs..* *Well, we tease him a lot because we got him on
the spot, welcome back, welcome back welcome back welcome back!*
040803
[9:30pm] I'm really kind of sad because all the band kids are leaving for Florida tomorrow, and it makes me sad especially because my
favorites are going! :( Joey and Shawn and I bet Rob too. Tough stuff. They'll be gone for almost a week. I will miss them mucho.
040703
[7:47pm] I had this big weekend at Championships, as you should know. So I'm going to type up the big schpiel (sp?) as it went down this
weekend. Give me a few minutes though.
[6:27pm] I stayed home from school today. I don't know. I was just so darn tired and cold and shaky that things weren't wonderful. But I
feel great now, so back to the old grind stone tomorrow. Glug. You know what this means.. extra homework tomorrow. Anyway. If you'd like
to (or are able to) see a video of the winterguard competition that I went to on Saturday, there's a kind of piece-y video that my dad
recorded for me here. You should see. It's about 3.2 mb.
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[9:17pm] Got my cap and gown today. This graduation thing is getting pretty real in my head -- not so abstract. I'm going to Springfield
tomorrow for the SMS Championships competition, the last competition of the season. I'm really excited and so scared. (But that's how a
person should feel before a competition, right?) We had 13 hours of practice THIS WEEK ALONE. I wonder how much other guards have been
practicing. No. I can only do my best. I gotta stop worrying about other guards and simply do my best -- it's all I can do, no? Anyway, I
gotta finish packing. I wait until the very last second to do this stuff.
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[10:03pm] Two final notes: My legs are going to fall off, and.. I need a shower. GOODNIGHT ALREADY!
[9:50pm] Other note: Excerpts from Kristen's whatchamacallit.
[9:36pm] Okay. Real quick summary. 1st hour -- Brown: normal except that I found this woodman Blair-Witch thing in the back of the room next to my seat, so we moved it up to the front of the room in front of the chalkboard and drew a head. Here. An illustration.
Testing period (3rd hour): Great. I went to the band room and watched the little beginning banders play. They're really good, but there are things I had forgotten, seeing how I haven't played an instrument in ever. Such as posture, and intonation. And impulsing--which I haven't done since like 8th grade. 2nd hour --CompOps-- Normal. 4th hour--We went over to watch Sen~or DeLuca's presentation on Argentina. We'd already seen it, but we saw it without the slides before because during our presentation, el proyector estuvo roto. So the slides were interesting. And there was much more ingles, because he was giving the presentation to Spanish I kids. 5th hour: normal -- except there was no Andy K. I was mad. He lights up my 5th hour, even though it was still good, because of my Mexican amiga (Will) and my German counterpart (Andy B). 6th hour: I took my practical over the skeleton -- perfect score. BECAUSE KRISTEN WAS A WONDERFUL friend and helped me study earlier in the day. She's good for more than giving directions and telling me that I left my soda on top of my car. 7th hour: rehearsed for the NHS induction ceremony (which was tonight.) At the ceremony, I got a flower and a certificate and a handshake with Mr Kennedy, but it wasn't the light of my life. Here's the light of my life: TWO THINGS. Thing number one: I got straight As. Again. FAB. Second thing(s): Marc (I think it's with a C) and Wyatt, who are both absolutely adorable and they make me perform like The Mango (No! No!) Anyway, I was blasted by the end of the performance. And it was just that. A performance, because I was it. I was in the zone, whether I got the work right or not. And Lori and Andrea even commented on how much I'm "getting it", which in Guard-Land, means ROCKING THE HOUSE TIL THERE'S NO HOUSE LEFT. And now I'm exhauuusted. Except for this: certain people look hott when they dress up. And some people just look hot.
040103
[8:45pm] Becky gets frustrated when things don't work. Immature.
Becky: I HATE the internet.
Tim: I adore the internet... :)
Tim: Life outside of internet = too big and scary.
[5:50pm] If I could have had a crappier practice, I don't know how I would have done it. Wow. I sucked soooooo bad. Stupid new flagwork.
Stupid OLD flagwork. Stupid sabre work. I'm so sad and bad and.. umm... mad. Man, I was not cut out to be Dr. Seuss. Time to go outside
and work on my suckiness with the old orange flag.