It's almost over

Summer. Just a few weeks ago I was wishing school would start. Now, not so much. I just want to sleep. And sit around the house watching, well, House. I've watched almost all the episodes of all five seasons over the summer.

Tonight is Back to School Night. I'm not excited. But Sam asked me to write an article about it and I should hopefully be able to change my schedule tonight, so as far as I know, I'm going. Unfortunately for me, I haven't even started the horrific assignment Mrs. Krim gave us for AP World History. Christ, I am so screwed.

We got a dog. Her name is Roxie and she's almost two. She's really awesome. We're also in the process of buying a house. Finally, we can get out of this one! I hate no attachments to this house. My room will be a little bit smaller, but who cares? I love our new house. Plus, it's nice that it will actually be ours.

I'm getting a laptop finally! Well, it's on layaway at a pawn shop in Riverdale. I have to come up with $56 by the end of the month, though. That's the only downside. Ah well. I should hopefully be able to come up with it.

Warped Tour was amazing. We saw We the Kings, White Tie Affair, Alexisonfire, The Devil Wears Prada, Innerpartysystem, Bayside, and a ton of other bands. I got sunburned on my shoulders and almost lost my shoes at TDWP. I also got kicked in the head a lot by crowdsurfers. But it was worth it. Most definately.

What an exciting life I lead

THINGS I HAVEN'T DONE SINCE SCHOOL GOT OUT:

-Cut my hair. My bangs are almost past my eyes now.

-Seen my friends.

-Woken up at 6

-Written a blog

All of those things should change soon, though. (Except for the whole 6 in the morning thing.) Tomorrow Mallory, Becca, and I are all going to the mall. We might see a movie or something, not totally sure yet. As for my hair, I really need to cut it. It's annoying me. And now I'm writing a blog.

Nothing too exciting has happened this summer. My grandparents visited us for almost a week, which was nice, but I had to give up my room. Maybe I'm just selfish, but that didn't make me very happy. Guess I'm just a bad person like that. They did, however, give me a $150 gift card to Best Buy, for my laptop. OHMYGOD!

Speaking of which, I've saved up about $200 so far. Right now I'm torn between a Dell and a Toshiba. The Dell only has half as much memory, but it's $50 cheaper, which could be a big deal since I still need to get Kaspersky and Microsoft Student. Oh, and then there's the fact that the warranty is almost $200. It's a good warranty and all, but that's freaking expensive!

I still havent' started working on my TX. application. I really need to soon, cause the deadline is July 1, less than a month away. Same with my birthday! All I'm asking for is Sharpies, duct tape, chai tea, and money. I'm hoping that all said and done, I'll be able to get around a hundred dollars. And I'll finally be 15! I kind of hate having a summer birthday, because I'm always so much younger than everyone. Most of my friends will be getting their licenses this year.

Someone is reopening Kaffe Mercantile. I hope they do it soon. I love that place. :)

Almost over

Three more days. It's crazy. I'm excited for the summer break, but at the same time, I wish it wasn't so long. I'm kind of excited to go back to school. I think sophomore year will be a good one. I have to do a really stupid assignment though, over the summer, for AP World History. I have to read two books and write summaries, then read 10 articles from The Economist and write about them. Oh. My. God. 

At least there is a light at the end of the summer. Around August 15, I'm supposed to be going to California with my dad. It won't exactly be beaches and sun, cause we'll be in Eureka (northern California). We also may be going to Oregon to see my uncle. I'm not sure about that one though. I'm excited. I haven't been to Eureka since we moved from there when I was about four.

I'm hoping this weekend my dad will take me to Best Buy to look at laptops. I think I'll need to save up about $400 if I can find something with Office Student Edition. Otherwise I'll also have to buy that. I'm thinking, though, that if I wait until the end of summer, there will be lots of back-to-school sales and maybe I can get a better deal. That's kind of why I want to go to Best Buy, so I can ask if they'll be getting good sales later. I'd also kind of like to go to PC Laptops to see what the starting prices for their laptops are.

I think Sam wants to kill me now that I'm not taking Publications next year. More on that later.

I hate Romeo and Juliet

It's stupid. I don't care if it's great literature and I don't care how much Mrs. Krim loves it. It has a stupid plot and I don't want to read it again and write a poem about it. The story follows a 13-year-old and a 15-year-old who meet at a party and after knowing each other for one night, decide to get married. Romantic, right. Reminds me of a quote in a yearbook we saw at the Jostens conference: You're not in love, you're in heat. It probably doesn't help that I'm a total cynic about stuff like love at first sight, either. I guess it could be worse though. We could have to read The Jungle.

I need to write more often

I don't really have an excuse, either. I haven't been particularly busy. The highlight of the last week is that I now have $150 saved for my laptop. I'm a little unsure about which one I want to buy thought, so I've been laptop-hunting. Also, I got my debit card today! Now I can actually put money in my account without the hassle of all of those little pieces of paper. It may be easier if I was more organized, but I'm not. I was organized once. That was a long time ago, though.

It turns out I may not be able to take Publications for a year. I think it's the only way I can get all of my art credits along with Computer Tech and a foreign language. I wanted to take Spanish (or French, if then ended up hiring one), but I guess that won't work. My mom thinks I should take ceramics or sculpting for my arts credits because then I won't get as frustrated. I guess she's right, but it still seemed a little harsh to say. I hate art. Well, not art, just my art. I have no artistic abilities. I'm a writer. Which I definitely think is an art, just not a "fine art."

Only 10 more days left of school. It's crazy. I kind of wish summer break wouldn't be quite as long as it is. I'm excited for break, but I'm also excited for sophomore year. It may make me a nerd in the eyes of some people, but I like school. I want to get out and see the world, but at the same time, I think education is important.

I may get to go to California with my dad over the summer. My mom wants him to go over the summer so he can see his parents and siblings, and depending on how everything goes, I may get to go. That would be amazing. Really. Plus, I'm thinking that maybe my grandpa and I can talk college. Maybe I could even go and tour Humbolt State. I'm not sure if I really want to go there, but it would just be cool to go and look around campus.

The finales of my shows are coming up. It's pretty pathetic, but I always get into tv shows. Tonight is Next Top Model, Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY. I'm not even sure why I watch ANTM, but I do. I guess I got into it cause that's what Emily always watched before Criminal Minds.

My mom says that I should play an instrument, like piano or guitar. It'd be awesome, but I don't really know where to start. I guess I should probably re-learn to read music. I can still remember most of the notes of the violin--where they are, I mean--but I can't read music to save my life. I guess that  isn't all that surprising, since I haven't played an instrument since fifth grade.

I now have yet another pair of ruined headphones. I wear them out. My latest pair of SkullCandys was actually pretty new, but now they only work if I hold the cord in just the right spot. Otherwise, the sound only works in one ear, or goes in and out as I'm walking, which almost makes me feel sick.

Turns out I've got a B- in Engineering. I hate that class. I really need to get my shit together and finish (start) the reverse engineering project. There's no way I'll be able to get a decent grade if I don't. It's not a huge deal to me to get straight A's, I just like getting good grades. It's going to be important.

I accomplished nothing.

Pretend this was posted on Sunday, because that's when I wrote it.

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I have a ton of redoes to finish for math, a memoir to write, and an engineering project to finish. Start, really. And I did none of that over the weekend. My mom made me go to church today. I hate going to church, and was all happy that we haven't gone in a few weeks. I spent Saturday morning watching Juno and drinking coffee. Oh, and getting lots of flair on Facebook. Aside from that, I didn't really do anything. Wait! I organized the pictures on my computer. That's something, right? I mean, there were only maybe 20 pictures, but I organized them.

Tomorrow is the meeting to pick the theme or whatever, so I have to stay after school. I don't really want to go. I want to go to the gym. Does it make me a horrible person cause I'd rather go to the gym that be involved in my school? It's not that I don't want to go to the meeting, I just don't want to go tomorrow. I want to go run and lift weights and all of that stress-reducing stuff. It makes me happy to go to the gym.

I changed the template of my blog back to one of the ones from Blogger, so hopefully the comments and stuff will work. It kind of makes me sad. I liked that background. It sucks that it didn't fully work though.

Finally, we're finished with Fahrenheit 451. I think I would have liked the book more if I hadn't been annoyed with Mrs. Krim the whole time. She made me determined not to like it. Good news is that school is almost over, and I'll never have her for English again. She's going to talk to Mrs. Thompson and see if I can get into AP English or something next year. Oh. I'll still have her for AP World Civ. Oh well, I'll get over it, I guess. I'm still confused though. Is she making us write multi-genres, or just memoirs?

I hate my stupid internet!!! It keeps dying on me. Kind of like my computer. I can't decide if my computer is dying a slow and painful death or if it's me.

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You tell me to be happy but I don't know what this means

I paint a smile on my face and laugh on cue,

As I know I am expected to.

I spend my days keeping others happy,

Doing as I know I should,

But when do I get a chance to be truly happy?