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08/10/06
Switched my blog to LiveJournal. Here's the address:
06/09/06
Last day of grade eleven! Can't believe it. Such a full week. Religion test and Jane Austen tea on Monday. Running around
doing God knows how many errands Tuesday. Rushed to make a cake between school and yoga Wednesday. Got my prefect tie on Thursday
(Eek! Also got my grad sweater Tuesday!). And Friday...
Oh, wow, today was...I don't know. We had the greatest student council assembly ever. Kat Jayme made this movie (actually
three movies, I believe. Or was it two?). The first one was of all the different grads singing 'Time of Your Life' at random
times and places in the school. Then there was the proverbial passing of the torch. They did a Peter Pan theme, with the female
British narrator and everything. And to finish off, they did a choreographed dance to 'Larger than Life' where next year's
student exec. came in halfway through. So great. At lunch, I went around signing the grade twelves' banners, and we had Jess
Liu's birthday cake. I was in Mrs. Slayton's room next door when they started singing Happy Birthday and sort of tripped in
just in time for the last word. Thought I broke one of my Sharpies, but I didn't. Also, we had ice cream sundaes in Art class.
God, I'm going to miss this year's grads. I never really thought much of it in previous years, but that's because I didn't
know any of them. Oh, Jeez, I'm gonna cry.
05/30/06
Well, we got the notices for our grad photos yesterday, and spent all of our accidentally lengthened homeroom cracking
up over the following sentence: 'These photographs will incorporate several backgrounds including out solid wood bookcase
filled with REAL books.' The 'real' wasn't actually capitalized, but we found it so hilarious how they said it like it was
something to brag about that we always put emphasis on it.
15/05/06
A mysterious epidemic is sweeping through the grade eleven class of LFA. Experts believe the illness to be related to
the English textbook the grade is currently working on as a novel study. This seemingly hazardous book is entitled Emma
by one Jane Austen. Sources report a forseeable improvement tomorrow morning, though a relapse may be expected on Wednesday.
All involved are reverently hoping for a full recovery by Thursday for the Grade 11/12 Luncheon, and, by Sparksnotes' good
grace, it shall be so.
05/05/06
Well, Seattle was okay. Really rushed, though. Exhausting. We got gold, though, and we're going to San Fran next year.
Also we had the coolest bus driver! He was so funny and friendly all the time.
Grade nines are...well, they're grade nines. On their retreat last Tuesday, Carla got us lost in the forest because she
wanted to 'experiment' with a dirt trail. Fortunately, no one was eaten by bears.
Nothing else really happening. Well, it's been pretty busy, but nothing worth mentioning, really.
Oh, my average went down by one percent, which really pissed me off. Also, my English went down by four percent, meaning
I lost my only mark in the nineties. :P However, it did make me feel smart again when I got back my Physics test: 71% Yay!
lol. Is that not pathetic?
I started my fabric project in Art, which is an embroidered tapestry that's about 30cm by 40cm. No one thinks I'm going
to finish it. If they had kept their mouths shut, I might have just painted in the background and only embroidered the figures,
but no, they just HAD to say something. So now, of course, I am completely and utterly determined to embroider the entire
thing.
04/19/06
Will you people give me a friggin' break already?!
04/08/06
Well, gee, can't think of a single thing that's happened in the last week!^ Last Friday, after school, Doe, Sel, Char
and I went downtown to celebrate Char's birthday. We walked around in circles just for the fun of it, and saw the most awful
pant suit at fairweather. We all tried it on and took pictures, and the saleslady was glaring at us. Oh, and they were selling
flowers at Pacific Centre, and we each bought one, and the others wanted to give theirs away, so Doe and Char started looking
for hot guys to give their flowers to, and there was this one guy in the food court that Char considered, but then Doe said
he was ugly. At the same time, Sel said he was hot, but she didn't have her glasses, so she wasn't sure. As such, they sent
me to walk around to a point at which I could see his face, and I said he wasn't that bad, but Char still wasn't sure, and
then he left, and we just gave up altogether.
Then we had dinner at the Sonnet Hotel restaurant, and Ser joined us. Afterwards, Char wanted to go see a movie, and
it was hilarious because after her dad picked us up, we were all on our cell phones asking if it was alright for us to go.
Sel wasn't allowed because her mom didn't want her out that late, and Ser couldn't go because her dad doesn't like her to
leave Vancouver, so it was just me, Doe and Char. I wanted to see Ice Age II, but got out-voted and we saw V for Vendetta
instead. It was okay, but a little wierd for me. However, I did like how they tied in Guy Fawkes because I love the story
of Guy Fawkes. Also, while we were waiting, the token machine ate my toonie. Needless to say, I was not too happy about that.
I got back around 12:30 in the morning, and Char had told me that that was the night to turn the clocks forward, so I
woke up at 7:30, and got to the thrift shop at 8:30, and did an hour more work than I had to. Took a nap when I got home,
then went to the gala.
The candle lighting was a complete disaster. We thought that the tables were going to be in two rows, the way we had
practiced it in the gym, but they were all over the place and we had no idea where to go, or when to stop/start singing. I
seriously thought Miss Misslang was going to be pissed, but she was reasonable enough to know it wasn't our fault we weren't
prepared for it. The actual performance was better, though.
Sunday I was rushing to do all my homework, but managed to finish. Wednesday, I had a Religion test, which was pretty
easy. Geo test at the end of the day was a bit harder, though. Thursday, in Math, Nicole was asking me to do the parot imitation,
but Mr. Taylor was trying to explain something to us, and everyone else was already being such brats, so I waited until he
was finished and then did it just as he was telling us we could go ahead and talk, and Nicole, Jess L, Catherine and I all
burst out laughing. Yesterday, we had a Socials in-class essay; Slayton gave us the three topics she would choose from and
we were all freaking out that she was going to pick the one about the battles and campaigns of the world wars, which none
of us could memorize. But she didn't, and we think we did okay.
Today, Anne-Marie and Melissa weren't at the thrift store, so I was the only one working on toys, and I wasn't sure what
to do with a lot of them, so I just left them for next week and helped out with the other stuff. I am seriously cursed when
it comes to hangers. Sometimes I help Lou put the clothes that she tags on hangers, and when I reach to get a hanger, it'll
get caught on other hangers, and then they'll all drop and fall on people. It never happens to anyone else!
After that, I went shopping for the Easter candy for everyone at school. Also bought a new set of pj's for the trip to
Seattle, and looked for Reba McEntire's Number 1's, but couldn't find it. There was also a book I wanted to buy,
but couldn't find ANYWHERE. Real disappointment, 'cause I really want that book.
Oh, and still trying to convince the peeps to go see Ice Age II with me, but everyone's afraid it won't be as
good as the first one, because that's usually the case with sequels, and I can't seem to find anyone who has seen it so I
can find out whether that's the case with this one or not.
03/29/06
I can't believe it! They put a Starbucks in Steveston! Why, oh, why are you corrupting my pretty little world?
03/20/06
First day of SWEAT. Wasn't that bad. We didn't really do anything, just introductions and discussing marketing. The teacher's
really cool, though.
I had my b'day party on the eleventh, and it was pretty fun. I didn't get as many pictures as I usually do, though. In
terms of presents, I got a SWORD, two novels, one latin-english dictionary, a pencil case, manicure set, le chateau gift card,
a necklace, mini Sharpies, coloured mascara and two rings.
Tried to get a tattoo last Monday, but the place had a policy that you have to be eighteen or older, and I didn't realize
that until they gave me the waiver. Afterwards, Char, Flav and I went to Sirens, but Char had to leave, so Flave and I saw
Eight Below. It was okay. When it was over, Owin phoned me up and asked me to pick up a birthday cake for Debby because
it was her birthday, but all the bakeries were closed, so we got one from Dairy Queen.
Spent most of the rest of my spring break on getting in my application for a passport for the choir trip to Seattle next
month. Such a hassel. Anyway, it's done now.
Oh, and yesterday we celebrated Owin's birthday, even though his actual birthday was on Friday. I was so surprised my
mom didn't get angry when she found out I gave him a book of cocktail recipies. lol.
03/01/06
Monday, there was the UBC essay writing contest. The subject was on the evacuation of the Japanese Canadians, but the
excerpt they gave was mostly talking about how 'evacuation' is a euphemism, and since I don't know all that much about Pearl
Harbour and the rest of it, I just expanded on the euphemism topic and the morality of their use. I don't think it was that
bad, but I'm not expecting anything for it.
Yesterday was Mardi Gras, but we didn't have head dress-up day at school this year. I don't know why not. Also, it was
Ms. Karmali's birthday (and Cassie's, too), but we didn't know about that until after school, so we sang her Happy Birthday
today instead. And, for my acrylic, I redid the eyes of the girl in it and now it looks soooo much better. Also gave her a
bit of a nose job. lol. The Math test was okay. Everyone says chapter three was easier, but I like chapter four better.
Not much today. We did the 'Double, double, toil and trouble' scene in English and Mrs. Mills picked three people who
she thought would be good at acting it out; one of those people was Candace, which Denna thought was hilarious because Candace
really wouldn't do well touching slimey things like eye of newt and murderer livers. Surprisingly, it was as cramped as usual
on the risers at mass today. It was still squishy, just not as much as it usually is, I think. Geo test wasn't that bad, but
Carla thinks otherwise. Can't think of anything else that's happened recently. Everything's so unremarkable these days.
25/02/06
Omg! I just heard today: as of today, HBC is AMERICAN! That's just so sad. To sell a piece of a nation's groundwork to
a country who's been trying to annex it for the past two centuries. I think I'm going to cry.
02/18/06
Well, now that I FINALLY have a free moment...
Victoria was so pretty! It was really windy, though, but that's okay 'cause I like the wind. The best was on deck on
the ferry. Is it that windy just because you're out on the open water or is it more because the boat's moving so fast?
Tuesday, was, of course, Valentine's Day. We had the option of pairing up with someone else and dressing as a couple
or doing a pink or red outfit. I, OBVIOUSLY, did red. Red skirt, white top with a red rose pinned on, red Stetson, and red
jewellry. Ms. Lyons thought it was really creative. Mr. Taylor's wife decorated his classroom with pig red hearts that made
his name an acronym. So cute! A lot of people, for the couples thing, did the cowboys from Brookback (is that how
you spell it?) Mountain.
Wednesday, we got our report cards. 84% AVERAGE!!! :D And my Physics mark went up 10%!
No school Thursday and Friday because of the Catholic Teacher's Conference. Thursday I went to Metrotown and bought the
shoes for the choir dress. They're a bit tight around the toes, but I can live with it. Truthfully, I just wanted to get the
whole thing over with. Went to Purdy's at Landsdowne afterward, but all their Valentine's Day chocolates were sold. Damn those
retired women who go first thing the day after! I'll get it next year, when I don't have school.
Yesterday, worked on science fair and portfolio. Got all my core aspects done except for the physical health, which I
still need some hours for. Also finally put up another chapter of Fear Not the Wolves.
Today went to the thrift store, then the dress fitting for the choir uniform. Totally surprised me how fast it was. I
was done before my mom even finished parking the car. The dress was okay, but it was so looooooong. I literally tripped on
it. Obviously, it's not as okay as I thought it was to be 5'2". Sorry, sorry: 149cm.
02/04/06
Today, the toy section at the thrift store was actually NEAT. We barely had to clean up anything. It was so weird. I
think it's partially due to the time of year and partially to the gale force winds keeping everyone at home. Anyway, we were
all pretty bored because there was nothing to do. Then that new girl - Latia or something like that - tried to befriend me.
At first I didn't mind, because she seemed okay, if somewhat annoyingly superficial, but then she got kinda clingy. At one
point, she was actually trailing me around while I did figure eights around the clothing racks. Then I went on my break and
she stayed, but afterward, when she wanted to go on her break, she wanted me to go along. Finally, I was just so bored, I
asked Muriel (Beb left to get her roof fixed) if I could leave twenty minutes early because there was absolutely nothing to
do. So Latia followed me to that new accessories store and we looked around, but the place is pretty small, and there wasn't
much to see. Then I went home and she went to Mac's.
After lunch, I went to the mall and spent two and a half pointless hours looking for a damn pair of closed-toe black
shoes with two-inches-or-less heels that came in my size and were actually COMFORTABLE. Nothing. Zip. Zilch. There was this
one pair at Naturalizer, but the heel was too high, and another at Romia, but the ankle strap was too big and it was tight
around my little toe. I could get an extra hole put into the strap and the girl said that the toe thing will go away once
they're broken in, but my mom said that only happens with genuine leather and these are just cloth. So now my mom says she's
gonna bring me downtown to look around. That's fine, except that the last time she took my shopping down town, she failed
to notice the 'No parking after 5pm' sign and our car got towed.
02/02/06
BEST DAY EVER! Everyone in Bio 11 was at their field trip at the aquarium, so there were only FOUR people in French class
(me, Veronny, and the two grade tens) and we just did our homework for tomorrow and then whatever we wanted. Then in Art,
I started my canvas and managed to finish the background. In Math, half the class was missing, so we just fiddled around with
our calculators and Mr. Taylor played classical music on the computer and Nicole was all 'Ahhhh!' and then he got caught up
in this Honger game Shling has on her website, and I played tic-tac-toe with Nicole. Then we started that game that Mrs. Mills
taught us yesterday where one person says a word and the next person says a word that begins with the last letter of the previous
word and no one can repeat a word that's already been said or use a proper noun. Also, we argued over whether cats were better
than dogs (Mr Taylor: 'A dog is like having a kid; a cat is like having a room mate.'). In Physics, most of us were there,
so we took some notes and Mrs. Grindlay spoke with a Welsh accent because when she learned about power, she remembered that
her teacher had been Welsh and had gone, 'Power is the rrrrrrrrrrrrrate of work.' At last, in Religion, the few of us there
practiced the retreat songs and then went down to the drama room and started playing the word game again. Then Ms. Stokovac
said that she did something similiar with her drama classes, but they used a ball and tossed to one another, so it was unexpected.
So we did that. Then we moved on to boys' names and it could be just any name, it didn't have to start with the last letter
of the previous word and whatnot. Then we did countries and then cities. And then the bell rung. Anyway, my throat's soar
from laughing and all. LOVED TODAY!
01/27/06
Went to school early today to work on the yearbook, although I didn't really do much. Just edited some write ups and
tried to help one of the excutives - wait...I'm an executive. *sigh* Oh, well. The grade twelve executives,
then. Socials exam wasn't hard, although I forgot one of the divisions for provisional courts. I was later reminded that it's
Small Claims. Also, number eighteen on the multiple choice was missing the correct answer. I think Ms. Slayton just forgot
to type it in because it only had three choices and all the other ones had four.
After school, took the bus home because my mom went shopping for Chinese New Year and didn't have time to pick me up.
There were these three grade nines (another note about grade nines: they're slackers! they were being total louses when the
rest of us were moving the desks out of the gym) who were being so disrespectful. They were making fun of what the bus driver
was saying (and he wasn't one of those crappy, wake-up-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-bed-everyday busdrivers, either), and one
of them was standing and was so insecure about herself that she wouldn't even take one step away from her friends to make
room for people to pass and they had to squeeze through. I seriously wanted to smack every one of them. See why I don't take
the bus on a regular schedule?!
Yes...and I think I should have smiled at this guy on the second bus, because he was okay looking and he was watching
me, but I was in a weird mood...dazed, not quite sure whether or not to believe that I had actually survived my fourth last
exam period of my high school career.
Can you believe that NONE of the Richmond movie theatres (well, there are only two, come to think of it) are playing
Tristan and Isolde?! And neither is Silvercity Metropolis. So that means if I want to see it while it's in theatres,
I have to go to Station Square. And yes, yes, I know it's still in Metrotown, anyway, but I don't know where
in Metrotown it is, because whenever I go to see a movie there, we always go to Silvercity. Everyone always says it's 'on
the other side.' I think that means by the food court, 'cause that's on the other side, right? Oh, don't look at me like I'm
an idiot! I live in a town where you can't even flag down a taxi! It's not my fault I'm not used to dealing with megamalls
that have TWO movie theatres. Hmph!
01/26/06
Physics today. There was this one question I totally forgot how to do! It was such an easy question, I just couldn't
remember the steps. Before the exam, everyone was so depressing.
01/25/06
Ah, Geo. The first exam where I didn't end up staying until the very end of the exam period. It wasn't as bad as I thought
it would be.
Oh, and something I meant to mention yesterday...
Do you know what the COOLEST name is? Do you? DESIREE DELA ROSA! She was a girl who graduated from my school in 2002,
and yesterday Char, Kali and I were waiting in the west wing foyer for the exam to start and I started to look at the grad
photos and saw her name and was like, 'That's soooooooo cool!' lol.
Can you believe it's only been a month since Christmas? It feels like so much longer.
01/24/06
French was okay. I was too tired to check over anything, though. And I forgot to write down what time I finished, so
I could get a mark taken off for that, I suppose. Oh, well.
Also, everyone's (Trev, in particular, I think) grumpy about the Conservatives winning the election, though Dana
says, "It's the smallest of three evils."
01/23/06
Well, the first day of exams is over and done with. Woke up late, had to pick up breakfast on the way there, there was
a line up at Mickie D's and traffic all the way to school. Got there just in time for the Math exam. Don't know how I did.
I think it was okay. English was good. I actually finished in time. It's really weird. I felt numb all day, like it wasn't
really exam time, just a normal day. Well, at least when I was actually writing the exams. Also, this is the first time I've
ever actually been worried about exams. Jess said the same thing. Joelle said that she had an out-of-body experience during
the Math exam. She felt like she was floating in the air, looking down at everyone. lol.
01/21/06
So all week, I wore a Care Bear sign. On the front was a circle with a star sticking its tongue out, and on the back
it said 'Laugh-a-Lot Bear.' And by Thursday (we didn't have school yesterday because it was a study day) I was actually answering
to 'Laugh-a-Lot.' Okay, it was only once, but still! It was funny. Mr. Taylor was giving us candy and my back was to him,
and he said, "Laugh-a-Lot!" and I turn around and go, "Yeah?"
Anyway, yesterday I studied Geo for two hours, just like my schedule said, but then when I went to study Math, I realized
that I had left my graphing calculator in my locker and Math is my first exam on Monday. After that, I pretty much despaired
of studying at all.
Today, I had fun at the thrift store. Hardly anyone showed up because they were busy or had the cold or whatnot. I swear,
that toy section simply REFUSES to stay tidy.
Right now, I'm utterly delighted that I spoke to K for the first time since Halloween, although I'm a bit upset with
O.
That's all I can think to write. Wish me luck on the exams!
12/01/06
You know what I'm starting to believe? That it's not Friday the 13th that's unlucky, but the week leading up to it. People
have been sick on and off all week, and on Tuesday, the Geo test absolutely SUCKED - and that's not just my opinion. Then
yesterday, I found out that for the trip to Victoria, I'm rooming with the Queen of Inhumanity, and Deanna's whole locker
somehow got soaked with old juice the source of which was never discovered. And I think I copied down the French homework
for the wrong grade, because it doesn't make any sense at all.
01/06/06
Well, I meant to post this on Tuesday, but I didn't have time, and it's been so busy this week. Anyway, in Math on Tuesday,
Mr. Taylor and Sarah said something at the same time and Sarah said "Jinx!" And for a moment, it actually looked like
he wasn't going to go on talking and yes...it was a funny moment.
Also, yesterday we got into our groups for the Religion retreat, and I really wanted to get room allocations because
then a)I wouldn't be with people I can't stand and b) I wouldn't have to do anything on the fieldtrip. We got prayer services.
:P
12/30/05
First of all, Trevor, if you're reading this, I wanna talk to you, so stop being such a prig and unblock me from your
Messsenger list.
On Wednesday I went to Metrotown to see Memoirs of a Geisha with Jess, Wy, Mel, Meesh, Candace and Antwan. The
movie started at 12:20, so I thought we'd meet up at 12 and I sent an email to Jess just to make sure. Then at 11:20, I was
just getting ready to go and I checked my email, n there was a message from Jess saying that we were meeting at 11 and I was
like, "Ahhhh!" So I phoned Jess and it turned out she was planning to be late anyway, and she told me to go up to the theatre
when I got there, which I did, but no one else was there. I phoned Jess again, and she and Wy were at American Eagle, and
I didn't know where that was, but I managed to find it, but as soon as I got there, Wy's like, "Okay, let's go the theatre
now." *sigh* And I asked where everyone else was, and they didn't know. So we watched the movie, and then we found the
others, but they were going back to Mel's house on the skytrain. We walked with them to the station, then Wy went to Superstore
to pick up some photos, and Jess and I went to Chapters, and I bought the newest Bloody Jack book, Under the
Jolly Roger. Sooooooo good. I stayed up until four a.m. last night reading it. I'm so happy it's not the last one,
'cause I'll probably cry buckets when it ends. :(
Also, yesterday, I drove a car for the first time. :D All the way down the back lane and I didn't bump into
anything!
Today I woke up after noon, and did some homework, and went to Flav's to give her sisters their presents. And Bernice
had had her birthday party earlier, so we played some games she had gotten.
Yup, that's about it.
12/26/05
All advancement is fueled by suffering. To go from Ancient Times to the Middle Ages, the greatest empire in the world
had to fall. To come out of the Dark Ages, half of Europe had to be eaten alive by the Black Plague. To advance
into the Industrial Revolution, thousands of people had to die in factory accidents and whole industries disappeared. To come
into the Information Age, we needed the World Wars. To make everything right again, we all have to be wiped out by a big,
pretty white light so that the cockroaches and deep sea creatures can take over and evolve into new lifeforms that are hopefully
smarter than we are.
12/24/05
And another thing. Do you realize that the first month of the new year will have a Friday the Thirteenth?
12/23/05
Ok, I'm gonna say something that's probably gonna seem really stupid to a lot of people, but indulge me. I really think
2006 is gonna be a weird year. I mean, it starts off with a New Moon. Think about it. New Year's eve without
a moon? That's kinda freaky. And anyone who's read my quotes page knows about my whole 06/06/06 (June 6th 2006) theory. lol.
Yes, I'm just odd.
12/16/05
SCHOOL'S OUT!
Oh, you know what's soooooo annoying? When people set a deadline for something and you rush to meet it, and then find
out the next day that they extended the deadline.
12/05/05
Well, today I did my prayer presentation with Justine. So much fun! Yeah...I think that's pretty much all that happened
today.
11/28/05
Well, a lot has been happening, which is why I haven't updated this in a while. Do you know, I haven't had a full week
of uniform since SEPTEMBER? Seriously, Sept. 30 was Walkathon, the next Friday we celebrated St. Theresa's Day, then was Thanksgiving
and the Staff Retreat, then Provincial Pro-D day. Then came PJ Day, then Halloween, then Remembrance Day, and on the
18th I had the Pro-Life Conference. And we got Thursday and Friday off last week. It sucks that this week I have to wear
uniform every single freakin' day. Oh well, at least it's still not a 'normal' week because tomorrow we have Career's Day
(miss Math and Physics! YES!), and on Friday, the Choir's going to Hotel Vancouver to sing for the CKNW Children's Concert.
Oh, wait, maybe we'll wear our choir t-shirts for that! Yay! One more week with incomplete uniform! And next week...nothing
so far as I can tell. But the week after that is the last before winter break. Yay!
11/13/05
Oh my God. Okay, I didn't mention this yesterday because I was too busy to write here, but it really bugs me. Yesterday
was the big Christmas sale at the thrift shop, and it was completely crowded. To understand my annoyance - as well as that
of all other volunteers at Treasure Cottage - you must understand that everything there is already dirt cheap. Despite this,
however, people were riping off the price tags because they thought if there wasn't a price tag, they could bargain with the
cashier and get it for less. It's so stupid! A perfectly good leather jacket is only ten dollars and you want it for less?
This is for bloody charity, dammit! FOR FOSTER KIDS! God, people are such jerks.
11/10/05
Well, today was...odd, to say the least. In Art, I finished the ballerina on the back of the chair (hurray!) and Christie's
still working on the painting on the seat. Now I'm painting a bow on the front at a rather uncomfortable angle. And before
I started that, I noticed that there were bits off blue and white and other such colours on the burnt gold background (ie.
where they weren't supposed to be) and while I was touching these parts up, I was thinking, 'Our brushes hath strayed.' (To
make sense of why this is worth mentioning, visit http://www.fictionpress.com/read.php?storyid=2041997 and go to the second poem, which should be up sometime today or tomorrow . This also applies to other things
that happened today, but which I won't mention.) We basically wasted our entire Religion class today, because after the prayer service, we stayed there and talked, and
by the time we finished, there were only five minutes left of class. Mrs. Mills is in Montreal with the Model UN Group, so
we had Mrs. Clarke as a sub in English, and she told us what story to read and gave us the worksheet, but I basically daydreamed
the whole class.
After school, I went to Justine's house to work on our Religion presentation. We worked for a bit, but then we got bored
and watched Mulan. Only something was wrong with the VCR, so we watched the whole movie in black and white. Later, she straightened
my hair, and not it feels so weird, 'cause I've never had it straightened before.
Also, I spent all day running around looking for English teachers because yesterday, I was told to collect poems from
them, but no one's done poetry yet, so I came up with nothing, but Ms. Chies said it was fine.
Speaking of yesterday, the Peer Counselling Team isn't going to be allowed to do any real counselling this year. Why?
Because at the retreat back at the beginning of October, we had a group sharing session, and we were specifically told to
keep confidentiality just as we would if a student came to us seeking someone to talk to. However, we received an anonymous
email saying that someone had talked about what others said at the retreat, and since we don't even know who that person is,
we just can't counsel all year. Which, needless to say, really really sucks. So now, basically all we're doing this year is
morning prayer and spirit days - and disaster relief fundraising if anything, God forbid, happens between now and June. The
thing that bugs me most, though, is that I can't even begin to imagine who would be the leak.
11/08/05
Ok, well last night, on Prisonbreak, there was this seen that was supposed to be set in Ontario (to those ignoranuses
out there, that is in CANADA) and then, guess who came to pick up the bad guys? THE FBI! In CANADA! How stupid
is THAT? It should have been CSIS! God, producers are so cheap! All you have to do is get a couple
jackets with CSIS printed on the back. It's not that much of a budget push. Argh!!!
11/07/05
I LIVE! lol. You see, Friday I got home from school and I realized that I wasn't wearing my mom's ring and I looked EVERYWHERE
for it. And then my mom got really pissed at me when she found out. So this morning I went to school, and the office hadn't
seen it, and my art teacher hadn't seen it, and I seriously thought my mom was going to kill me. Then, at the end of the day,
I was waiting for Jess to finish packing and I reached into the side pocket of my backpack and there it was!
10/31/05
HALLOWEEN!!!!! Well! This year, the students dressed up the teachers, and my homeroom won the prize for most creative.
We made Mr. Chow a bowl of chow-mien (or however you spell it) and Ms. Colleison was the chopsticks. I was a gypsy, by the
way. Red skirt, yellow blouse, tapestry vest, pink scarf, gold jewellry and a $2.50 tamberine. lol.
10/19/05
Well, it looks like we're still going to have our pro-d day this friday. Thank God. It would be so stupid if we didn't,
because we'd be going to school because the public school kids weren't. How much sense does that make?
Anyway, Geo test today. Wasn't that bad. It was really long though - the booklet was the thickness of an exam. Also started
English orals. Didn't go myself, but Deana's was soooooo good. She did it on the LFA ghost, Elizabeth Montague or something
like that. It was so funny because during the speach before hers, the door opened by itself, so it was like the ghost had
come to hear the speach about her. lol.
15/10/05
Still waiting for that email from the editors - which is really quite odd, since they said the articles were due by 9pm
last night. Oh, well.
Had my first volunteer shift at Treasure Cottage today. Wasn't so bad. I came off a little quiet since I wasn't quite
sure how to act. I had to group toys together and put them in little clear bags (kinda like those ones at the super market
that are used for fruits and vegetables) and then Melissa (another student volunteer) priced them and put these little plastic
hooks in them and I hung them up on the cross-grills out in the main store. At one time, I had my back turned because I was
arranging the stuffies, and one of the bags fell on this little girl and I had no idea what to do because the mom was there
and all I could really say was, 'Sorry,' right? Even though it wasn't really my fault. It didn't actually hurt the little
girl, it just gave her a bit of a scare.
Anyway, I'm so bored. I should be doing my homework, but I just don't feel like it.
14/10/05
Well, today was PJ day. Wasn't that bad. I could actually sit cross-legged in my desk! lol. Then I went to the River
Rock Resort to volunteer with setting up the gala auction that's being held tomorrow. None of the other volunteers were really
'my sort of people,' ya know? So, yeah. After that, came home, watched some of House Season I on DVD (courtesy of Jess). Still
waiting for an email from the editors of the Globe and Halo so that I can email them my article. *sigh* I guess even
modern technology has its faults. If it were fax, I could just look them up in the phone book or something.
10/06/05
Well, let's see. Friday was the Walkathon. So much fun. I kinda drifted from group to group for awhile, but I ended up
walking most of it with Chanel (is that how you spell it? I'm too lazy to look it up in the year book) and Deana C. It was
so much fun! Deana (Deanna?) got one of those root beer drinks that come in a bottle that looks like a beer bottle, but then
it leaked inside the plastic bag, so she tossed the bag, and we think she might have left her checkpoint card inside, because
she couldn't find it after that. Then we saw a garbage can, so Deanna and I ran across the street to throw away our trash,
and she dropped a penny. And we started joking about how, if someone found it, it would be such a lucky penny 'cause the person
would get run over as soon as they picked it up. (We were being sarcastic, as I'm sure you can understand). Anyways, we were
walking along and Chanel kept taking pictures of pretty/cute/neat looking houses, and we said that if anyone saw her, they'd
think she was a stalker. And at one point, Deanna put on this country accent and kept drawling, 'My feet hurt.' And this lady
who was doing her gardening looked up at us and said, 'You guys are so funny!' I think she had been hearing random witcisms
and mutterings of LFA students for awhile by then, as we were quite near the end of the line of Walkathoners.
Saturday was the Peer Counselling Training Retreat thing-a-majig. That was pretty cool.
Then, yesterday, we went to the law courts. It made everything go by really fast. It was fifteen minutes here, fifteen
minutes there, and before you knew it, it was one o'clock. It was so stupid that we had to go back to school for the last
class only. What's the point, if we missed the rest of the day, anyway? Whatever.
Today was pretty uneventful. I've decided to use choir for my skills section for the Duke of Edinburgh thing 'cause it's
already October, which means if I start anything now, I'll only be doing it for seventeen months, and the requirement is eighteen.
Besides, my dad says he doesn't want me to start driving school until I've actually started to learn to drive a bit, so I
won't be wasting money learning the basics. So that would just delay everything even more. Then, in June, I'll start my second
skill. Writing or something. I just found out that there's a photography class at the Brighouse Community Centre, but I think
that's only for six to eight weeks, and I'll need eight months, unless I can switch back to choir once school starts up again,
but I don't think I can do that. And I'm still looking for a yoga class. There're two in Steveston, which would be the most
convenient since I could just walk there. Serendipity's probably wouldn't work, because the teen session is on Mondays from
3:30 to 4:30, so I would have to rush there straight from school and I would feel all gunky. The second one, Fusion Fitness
or something like that, I've never heard of or seen (which is really weird because it is in Steveston) but it's both
cheaper and the schedule is more flexible. lol. That was a really long speal.
09/09/05
Eh. Today was okay. Really tiring for some reason. In Geo, we were discussing how humans affect the environment, and
how it affects us. We were in groups of four, and we got to the question, 'How do we transform the biosphere?' and Doe and
I both said at the same time, 'We kill.' Then we started cracking up, 'just like old times.' lol.
I still don't think Karmali's scary. Didn't really do anything in Art, but I already have bonus marks because I brought
in some magazines. Ha! lol. We did this little quiz thingy in Math so that Mr. Taylor could 'figure out where we were.' The
walkathon assembly was okay. Grade elevens are yellow. Don't have anything yellow. *sigh* And in physics, we have to design
a spear. I have no idea how we're going to make it, but it sounds like fun.
Oh, and at lunch Jenny told this hilarious (albeit disturbing) story about what happened to her sister on the bus yesterday.
Apparently, there was this guy who was somewhere at the back of the bus, and he took his pants off and crapped on some towels.
And then - without putting his pants back on - he started walking towards the door to get off the bus. The bus jerked and
he stumbled and sat on this grade eight from VC. And when the door to the bus opened he jumped out and sprinted the street.
The VC guy ended up with crap all over his leg.
09/08/05
Well, school has finally started. I really have to say that I don't find Karmali that bad. Of course, I've only had one
class with her so far, and a shortened one at that, but still. She doesn't seem bad. In fact, none of my new teachers
really do. And Mrs. Slayton already knows my name. Yay! lol.
Anyway, Awards Ceremony today. Distinction and Reader of the Year. I could have sworn the reader cup was for grade ten,
but apparently it's for grade eleven. Guess I'll have to work at it this year again.
09/05/05
Alright, so how I got along with my summer goals.
1) Nah-da. I went for a walk on the dike once or twice. On most weeks, I went down to Steveston at least
twice - again, walking.
2) Nope, can't say I did. I made one more piece, then did some other beading stuff. I'm about one fifth done making a
shawl completely comprised of beads.
3) Eh. Got a few shirts and jackets.
4) Complete failure.
5) Ditto.
6) Again, ditto.
7) I'm aiming for October 21st for that one. It's a provincial pro-d day, and Flav helped me find this tattoo salon in
Richmond. Just across from my dentist.
8) Sadly, failed.
9) Hmm, I completely forgot about this one. I'm going to have to say no. Although I did find these really nice bangles.
10) Well, he didn't really seem to mind. And it's fixed now.
I told you the key word was 'plan.'
08/31/05
Got my learner's license on Monday. Test wasn't that hard. My schedule for this year:
HR 11-2, Mr. Chow
A - Math, Mr. Taylor
B - Physics, Mrs. Grindlay
C - Religion, Ms. Stokovac
D - English, Mrs. Mills
E - Socials, Miss Slayton
F - Geography, Mr. Coady
G - French, Miss Karmali
H - Art, Miss Matossian
The only person who I know is in my homeroom is Jess, who also has Religion, English and Socials with me, so we FINALLY
have some classes together; we haven't since grade eight. And I have Physics with Kali and Geo with Doe. That's all I know
so far. Oh, wait, I have Math with Catherine.
07/15/05
Okay, so yesterday I actually went biking. *gasp* And the seat was higher than I'm used to and now my crotch hurts to
high heaven.
Also, I think I've had my first real conversation with a pedophile. Well, there was that one in the chatroom in grade
nine, but that doesn't count because he actually admitted his age. This one says he's sixteen. He sent me a picture that was
supposed to be a vagina, and said he didn't know what it was. And he was asking me all these wierd questions - God, the world
has truly gone sick. Anyways, they're not as scary as I thought they were. lol. They're really quite stupid.
06/27/05
Hehehe....I thought the Science exam was tomorrow, but it was really today, and I was still asleep when they called.
*edgy laugh* My mom was so pissed. She was screaming at me the whole way in the car. But it was an easy exam. Only took me
an hour and a half, and I made some pretense of checking it over, but I got bored and just rested my eyes for the last fifteen
minutes.
06/25/05
It's really wierd. Once your in LFA, it's like it leaves this mark on you and anybody who's ever been part of it knows.
Today at church, this lady asked me if I go there. She used to work in the office, but retired before I even got there, but
she said she thought she recognized me.
06/22/05
Damn it! Yesterday was the Summer Solstice and I forgot to leave millk out!
Anywho...I'm trying to get a Steston. When I went to Banff, I saw the real nice ones, but they were all about a hundred
dollars, and I didn't want to use my bank card, because then my parents would see it on the bank statement and ask me it was
for, and then they would hit the roof when they found out it was for a HAT. So, Richmond doesn't have any
stores that sell it - that I know of. There's a store at Steveston that once had one, but it was white and black
snake skin and, yeah, it just wasn't for me. So now, I'm gonna wait for my next trip somewhere that sells nice ones, and for
now, Save On has a sale for straw ones, twenty dollars each. Not those crappy straw ones, nice straw ones.
Ideally, I would prefer black. The one on Number Three has red, natural and baby pink. Pink's out 'cause I hate pink.
Natural's out because it's sort of a greyish natural. So red's the only option - to me. However, my mom likes the
turquoise in the flyer (this'll teach me to consult my mom about hats) so she dragged me home and phoned up
the other Save On's in Richmond. Tera Nova doesn't have the turquoise (she didn't ask about black, because she hates
black) and Ironwood doesn't even have them at all. So then she called up the one in Ladner. Turns out that Ladner
has a whole stock of them, in tons of colours, and they have the turquoise. HOWEVER, they don't have the seashells
around them like they do 'in the flyer' (this is from my mother, not me). SO now my mom's like, 'Just buy the red one from
No. Three!' and that's that.
I can't believe I just wrote that much about a hat.
06/19/05
How the hell would she know?
06/17/05
The thing about having something to do at night, is that you get so bored of waiting. You just while away the time and
count the hours until you can start getting ready. And then when it actually happens, it goes by so fast. It's like a story,
all the gradual building of events that makes the climax seem so short in the end.
06/15/05
I've decided not to post the newest posts at the bottom because I'm really getting tired of scrolling all the way down
everytime I have something to say. The below line is there to indicate a break in sequence. I don't care if it's screwed up.
That's the way I'm doing this from now on. :P
Anway, things I plan to do this summer (key word: plan):
1) jog on the dike at least three times a weak
2) make at least thirty more pieces of aboriginal beading
3) improve my wardrobe (particularly tops)
4) go to the waterslides in Chillawack or wherever those things are
5) see White Rock for the first time since 5th grade (isn't that sad?)
6) go to PlayLand
7) get a tattoo, dammit!
8) get done with this 'never-been-kissed' curse
9) find a cool pendant that WON'T break after a few weeks
10) explain to Daddy that I'm really, really, REALLY sorry I broke my computer and it'll never happen again if he fixes
it
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11/17/04
Since this is my first entry, I'll just write what's been happening in the last week.
Last Wednesday went to LFA dance. Got asked to dance by some guy outside the side doors who did one of those weird shakey-thingys
that guys do. Blew him off with my hallmark 'sshhffft' as-if sound and couldn't help cracking a smile (out of sight) when
his friends laughed. Bunch of grade nines came in drunk. Guys totally screwed the bathroom (tore tampon machine off wall trying
to get quarters out, pissed on the floor, smoked pot and stupidly left it in sink). Wy's first dance - so cute!
Friday went to VC dance. Saw Andrea again - yay! Guys are too tall, especially when you're wearing runners instead of
heels. My arm hurt after dancing with this one guy because he was like 6'2" or something. Way better than the LFA one, but
some idiot pulled the fire alarm and we had to stand out in the rain for awhile. Then, when they said it was okay to go back
in, they said ladies first, but the guys wouldn't let us through, so we had to shove our way through. So much for private
school guys being gentlemen. Hmph!
Sunday went to cat show. Big yawn. Monday very sleepy. Tuesday flunked math test. Today aced french test. Nothing more
to add.
11/21/04
Went to Hycroft to volunteer at the Christmas fair today. That place is huge. I thought it was a school or something,
but it's actually a ninety-two year old mansion and they have a COACH HOUSE! lol. I just find that the coolest thing for some
reason. I, mean, it's just so Victorian. Anyway, I was working at the lucky chance table and it was okay, but the lady was
scary. It was her nose - like a hawk's. lol.
11/26/04
Haha! I didn't have to read my short story today! :D But I did have choir practice after school, which totally took away
the benefits of my weekly early dismissal on Fridays. *sigh* I guess you can't have it all.
11/27/04
Ortho appointment this morning. Still have to wear my braces for another month. blech. Then there was International Dinner.
Not that bad, but I think we (choir) were making too much noise in our 'waiting' room. I didn't really like the food, though.
It's called International Dinner, but there was no Italian! :'(
11/29/04
Hehe. Someone (I'm not naming) did their song presentation in Religion today and she used a song that's about making
love, but she doesn't know that that's what it's about. Luckily, I don't think anyone saw me trying not to laugh. (I'd say
giggle, but I don't giggle.) Doe and I went crazy in Science again. lol. So much fun!
11/30/04
Stayed after school to work on geology project. Rose wanted something to eat, but she didn't have any money so she ran
around asking people if she could borrow some - she ended up borrowing $1.25 from...THE JANITOR! lol. And then one of the
quarters didn't work and I was getting impatient, so I handed her one of mine and Nicole was like, "You had money? Why didn't
you give us any?" And I was just, "You didn't ask." Then she started cracking up. We did work on our project, by the way -
although we also got in trouble with Mrs. Bryde for using the science room computer as a ghetto blaster. And I also found
out why everyone is obsessed with toads.
12/02/04
Ah, late start. Why did you have to be wasted on studying for a Socials test? Well, actually, there wasn't much studying
in my homeroom. We were too busy trying to write each other's names on the board attached to the name of some guy or other
from VC. lol.
Socials test wasn't really that hard. Yes, it looked long and it was seven pages, double
sided, but Mr. Coady leaves huge spaces for even short answer question. Like the one where the answer was Alexander Galt;
he left at least two inches for that. You don't need two inches for a two word answer. So, techinically, it wasn't really
long, it just looked long. Did anybody get that? Didn't think so. Anyway, you guys make way too big a deal of things.
12/03/04
*sigh* Missed first class of fencing, but at least I had fun at Hotel Vancouver. Kinda. It was really squishy on the
risers and, afterwards, they only gave us juice - no water. How am I supposed to live for three hours without water? Hmm.
*grumbles*
Then I had to rush over to Stanley Park for the volunteer orientation for the Bright Nights thing. Poor Selena went in
her uniform 'cause she didn't bring any civies and she didn't want to wear her gym shorts or the track pants I offered to
lend her. It was really wet at the orientation and the animal farm really smells bad, but the train ride was nice and the
firemen are H-O-T! lol.
12/05/04
Had an opto appointment today. No change. That's good. lol. Now my mom can't yell at me for 'not taking care of my eyes.'
12/07/04
Took so long for Jess to finish her classroom duties today. lol. But I had fun shooting my scrunchy at people. haha.
Madi's hilarious. I forget how, but somehow we got to the subject of starting a fight and I faked a punch at Madi and
she just stood there when my fist stopped an inch and a half away from her nose. Most people actually think I'm trying
to hit them the first time I fake a punch at their face.
12/07/04
Had the Christmas caroling concert at school tonight. It was fun, but there was nothing chocolatey. Is that how you spell
it? I dunno.
12/08/04
I read my short story in class today. I was so nervous, I was shaking. I forgot to read my tittle, but she didn't notice,
thank God. And I missed an A by ONE mark! Just one mark. Oh, the cruelty of life! :(
12/09/04
Yay! I finally started fencing today. So much fun!
And I got an A on my Socials test from last week! :D Told you it wasn't that bad.
12/10/04
Jeans day today! Yay! No uniform. Had a French test, though. Bleck. Also went Christmas shopping like a maniac, but now
I'm all done - almost, anyways.
12/11/04
Kali's birthday party. Saw Ocean's Twelve. It was hilarious. Then we walked around metro a bit before going
to T.G.I. Friday's. Service was a bit slow, but that was okay.
12/12/04
Stupid, stupid people! I signed up to volunteer to make Christmas decorations at the Richmond museum today and when I
got there, the person who was supposed to be organizing the thing didn't show up. I waited for half an hour when I could have
been doing something productive. Like sleeping!
01/12/05
Well, as you can see, I haven't updated in awhile. Why, I do not know. My Christmas break was okay. Mostly filled with
volunteer stuff. (Only 5 hours to go! Yay!) I got boots, an MP3 player, nine pairs of earrings, scrunchies, a giftcard and
some other stuff that I can't quite recall. Then I got another pair of boots on Sunday (for the snow) and a new bed (because
my mom doesn't think I'm sleeping well enough). Exams start Friday. I'm procrastinating so that I don't have to study...and
I'm bored out of my head! Oh, and did I mention this before? Mike Lee won the PBR! lol. That was a while ago, but I don't
think I mentioned it before. Mike Lee rocks. Oh, and I'm planning to add a quotes page, but I haven't had the time yet. Maybe
after exams. I'm saying that about everything lately. Apparently, after exams, I'm also going to a)start planning my sweet
sixteen (Flav and my mom are getting pissed at me 'cause I've put it off so long), b)finish typing corrections for Laralaine
and send it to a publisher, c)learn how to use my MP3 player (yes, I'm a total bodoh when it comes to things like that, and
d)finish drawing people's prom dresses. I could swear there's something else, but I can't remember.
01/18/05
English yesterday. Easier than I expected. French today. I memorized a whole bunch of vocab I didn't really need to.
Don't really feel like saying much right now. Just found out my former principle died. Bye.
01/20/05
Math today. Pretty hard, but I think I did okay.Trying to remember quotes for the quotes page. There are so many that
I've forgotten. I really need to right this stuff down when it happens.
01/21/05
Today was the funeral. My first one. Afterwards, I bused home and was worrying about Selly 'cause she didn't know which
bus she was supposed to take or even which direciton she was going in... That girl really shouldn't be let of the house by
herself. Then I stopped by London Drugs to buy a couple of chocolate bars and ran into Carmen's sister. Her school's on strike
apparently. That's so cool. Anyway, I'm so bored right now. There's nothing to do but study and write and I'm not really in
the mood for either right now. I'm more in the mood for...I have no idea.
LATER
Okay, I have a BIG problem. What is this problem? I think I like a guy. What the f*ck is wrong with me these days? I
don't have the time or the tolerance for a guy in my life right now. I don't even like having crushes. I hate it.
It confuses and frustrates me and I can't sleep and it completely messes me up! First it was ---- back in - what was it? November?
December? Whatever. And now this. I've tried to get rid of it, but my process isn't working this time. You know what
the worst part is? I haven't even met the guy! I've only talked to him on the internet and I keep telling myself 'He could
be a pedofile.' But then I think, 'He doesn't talk like an adult. He has quirks. Pedofiles wouldn't be able to fabricate quirks
like that. And then there's his website. He can't be a pedofile. And besides, if he were, he would have made some sort of
indication of romantic (or just plain sexual) innuendo.' But he doesn't EVER talk like that. He's never shown any interest
in me as a girl. We've talked about everything except that - at least not with each other. We've mentioned stuff - I think
- but not...you know. I have no idea how he feels about me. This is insane! I'm driving myself crazy over some guy miles away,
who doesn't even live in the same country and...it's just stupid, okay?! And then I keep remembering Terri Clark's song First
to Fall and I have no idea what I'm supposed to do. And then he made this veiled comment and it might be that he doesn't
want to have anything but a friendship OR I might just be delusion and reading way too deep into this. And no, I'm not asking
for advice, I'm just looking for a place to rant. Advice screws me up even more.
01/25/05
I was so scared because we were starting Financing in Math today as part of our Planning 10 course, but it really wasn't
that bad. It was kind of fun, actually.
01/27/05
I got an A on my Science exam, but only just. I'm also extremely ticked off at my English teacher because she didn't
show up for ARP today and I wasted my entire lunch break waiting for her. Hmph! And that damn BOY! Argh. I HATE having crushes.
01/28/05
Haha! I'm in a good mood today, although I have no idea why. What did I do today? Hmm. I had morning choir practice,
which didn't seem all that bad this time. Then I had English, which, frankly, was a bore. Math, more financing. Mrs. Troughton
seemed to be in a good mood today. In fact, everybody seems to be in a good mood today. Hmmm. Maybe they planted happy gas
in the school or something. French was actually enjoyable. Then, in P.E., we groaned a lot about having to run, but in the
end, I didn't mind all that much. After school, I went to Steveston to buy Jess's b'day present. Then I watched Dharma and
Greg and opened my last bottle of Nutella. Then I ended up on the computer and me and Flav complained about all
the things that are wrong with guys. Yep, today has definitely been a good day.
01/29/05
Had a choir clinic today. It was pretty fun. Actually, it was more funny than fun. lol. I now have a phobia of girls
dressed in mens dress pants, tuxedo shirts and bow ties. It really is quite frightening. Food was yuuuummy. Then I went to
church and they were having the first communion mass, so of course the place was packed and I had to stand at the back. Oh,
well. I'm still in a good mood. I don't know why.
01/31/05
Somehow had fun today. Can't exactly remember how, but I did. However, I left my choir binder and folder in the caf after
practice and now I'm wondering if I'm gonna have to buy it out of the lost and found or if someone's had enough mercy to have
picked it up for me...
02/02/05
Fell off my chair in Science today. I was trying to draw on Doe's hand and she kept moving it away, so I leaned forward
too far and fell. It was really kinda funny. However, I think it might have damaged my memories from this morning a bit. It
all seems a blur. Justine's paranoia about her marks will never ceased to amaze me. She was so worried that she might have
failed the French quiz that she made Ms. Chies mark it on the spot.
02/05/05
Last night went to St. Paul's dance. Bumped my head against Flav's a couple times by accident and that's apparently had
some negative effect on my memory because apparently I danced with more guys than I remember. I only remember dancing with
this one guy named Ian who apparently everyone knows. Afterwards, we were waiting in the lobby and Ian was leaving and Flav
was like, "Hey, Ian. You want her phone number?" and I was in shock. He left, I can't remember what he said or anything. Another
effect of head-bumping, I think. I also got my first rejection. I asked this guy to dance and he said, 'I'm not allowed' and
I was like, 'What the f*ck?' Probably has a psychopathic territorial girlfriend or something. That's the first time a guy
has ever said no to me. I'm so sad. :(
02/08/05
Mardi Gras today! Painted my face with a whole bunch of makeup and glitter and wore my dangly dolphin earrings. Doe said
I looked like a fairy or something. lol.
I'm scared. Mrs. Lyons came to our Religion class today to discuss grade 11 and 12 courses and she's like, if you don't
do this in grade 11, but at the end of the year, you decide you want to do that in university, you'll have to do blah in grade
12. I picked out all the courses I want to take in the course of grade 11 and 12 and it looks as if I'll either have to cut
something out or give up my spare. I'll probably drop history. I want my spare.
I also got a new story idea from writing in Doe's notebook. Unfortunately, I'm writing enough stories as it is and I
have to do another short fic for Doe's b'day present, since she says she doesn't want anything and I'm the type who just can't
let a birthday go without giving a present.
Oh! And the other night the Guy sent my this link to this poemy thing and it might mean something and it might not and
isn't this just so sad?
02/09/05
The biggest problem with life is that no one knows what the hell you're supposed to do with it. Everyone has
and idea, but nobody actually knows. The majority of human kind will probably die without ever knowing what
it was that their maker wanted them to do. In a way, it's annoying, but if there was a guide or a manual to living life, or
if we were born with our calling stamped on our forehead, that would be worse, right? Why does nothing in life ever seem certain,
or when it does, it collapses right out from under our feet? If life were simple, there'd be no excitement. But the way it
is now is just so frustrating. You can't win.
02/11/05
Blah. Didn't make distinction. Missed it by two percent. Hmph. Whatever. Screw it. It's my damn P.E. mark (sad as that
may sound). That's why I'm definitely NOT taking P.E. next year. Without it, I would have made distinction.
02/12/05
Ah, well. The Guy is avoiding the Topic - I think. I really am sad in doing this, aren't I? I really shouldn't care,
should I? It's really stupid that I'm even writing this, isn't it?
02/15/05
Not really sure how I did on the Math test. I think I did okay, but you can't really be sure with Troughton. So sad that
the suicide awareness presentation didn't last longer. It would have been so nice if it had. I swear, I'm cursed when it comes
to clay. I just keep breaking my figurines in art. And Dorothy made another quote today, but I can't remember it. Oh, well.
02/16/05
Today Math was acutally FUN! Mrs. Troughton got a sample of the provincial exam and we were making fun of how easy it
is and how they're wasting paper because they give you half a page for each question and the thing isn't even double sided.
02/17/05
Today, in Socials, we discussed American misconceptions about Canadians and it was so much fun. I especially liked the
one that thought we were healthier than Americans because we're 'all descended from Inuits, Eskimos and Mounties.' lol. That's
hilarious. We decided that the next time we go down to the states, we're gonna print pictures of sled dogs and such and
say 'These are my sled dogs. Aren't they cute? And this is my pet peguin. And this is a polar bear we saved from poachers.
Oh, and this is my boyfriend and, as you can see, he's a Mountie.' Haha. It'll be hilarious.
02/18/05
Hmm. Dunno. Can't remember. Quite. What happened. Surveyed the stuff for my science fair project. Mom's making a big
deal about what my brother wants to do. Why can't she just butt out?
02/21/05
I'm so proud of myself! I was so calm during my science fair presentation. I was just like What the hell is wrong
with me? I'm never this calm during a presentation. lol. Well, anyway, I made it through and people understood me - which
is more than could be said last year.
02/22/05
Yay! Finally figured out what courses I'm gonna take. So relieved that that's finally over. Now I'm free to write! Kinda.
I do have a Socials test next Monday and a Math test the Wenesday after that. *sigh* I just can't win.
02/23/05
Today was Doe's b'day. Really fun. We went to the field at lunch and gave her sixteen cookies and a muffin 'cause Maria
forgot to get a cake and Chanel brought a cocktail drink because we're too young to have actual alcohol. Then we made fun
of each other's dance moves for our P.E. project. lol. Grohemic bunny move. Haha.
02/25/05
Doe's b'day party today! Went to Metro, went to her house, went back to Metro, ate, acted like a posse ('Ewwww! Skanks!'
lol.), watched Constantine (loved it!) and went home. I felt so sick afterwards. I really shouldn't have eaten all those Hershey
kisses. And the popcorn. And the KFC. lol.
Oh, and it was so funny! Dorothy thought ponies were the size of large dogs and said that Megan might kill them because
she's so tall. Haha.
Hell, my fingernails are really getting too long; I'm finding it hard to type.
02/26/05
Renosance Festival today. Soooooo long. Eight hours, dammit! I could have been sleeping! Argh.
03/02/05
Kinda fun today. Laughed a lot, but I can't remember what about. Anyway, I'm looking for a place to go horseback riding
for my birthday and so far there's only two places that have it. Both are in Surrey, which isn't really that far away, but
still!
03/04/05
Argh! I'm so pissed. Last night my zip disk broke and I lost FIFTEEN chapters of one of my stories, so now I have to
copy and paste it all from FictionPress and reformat the whole thing. So damn annoying!
Speaking of annoying, half the people at my school are stupid, lazy spoilt brats. Ms. Coady told us to put the desks
back in order because they were all around the edges for science fair and everybody ran out of the class except for Roanne,
Charmaine and me. The f*cking lazy bitches!
Anyway, it's official. I'm over the Guy. I talked to him a couple days ago and he hardly said anything so whatever. I
hadn't talked to him for a couple weeks before that because I was so busy with other stuff and now it's just blah. Plus, he's
kind of innocent in a way and that just wouldn't suit me. I need a man, not a boy. lol.
So, yeah, now I got the hots for Spanish guys. Not Latino Spanish, but Spanish Spanish, ya know? Yeah, that's kind of
a side-effect from this book I read last week, but whatever. They're so hot! All that black hair, gold-tanned skin and dark
eyes. Mmmm. haha. :D
03/07/05
Shitty shitty day today. Got a bad mark on my Socials test. Didn't finish my Science homework. Ran into someone when
I opened the door in a rush because I forgot my poetry text book and had to rush across the school to get it (I think she's
gonna try to set me up). Mom forgot to pick me up. Had to wait forty minutes for the damn bus. And people kept on staring
at me and I have no idea why. Shit, shit, shit, man.
03/18/05
Eh. Haven't written here in awhile. Oh, well.
Today was a pretty funny day, excpet no one would get hyper with me (damn snotty bitches. lol. jk.). Anyway, Megan and
I still haven't won a single game of badminton. So sad. Neither has Jess C. and whoever her partner is. Liz hit the birdie
today and it hit the back of Lauren's head. Or, at least I think it was Liz - Liz Mok, that is. I can't be sure, but
whatever.
People who don't know me, but see me in public must think I'm such an idiot. Seriously. I'm so oblivious to the world.
How was I supposed to know that Urban Behaviour is a fairly pricey store by my standards. There was a leather jacket that
was really nice and I read the price tag wrong (I thought it was $19.99, but it was really $79.99). Anyway, there was this
guy there and even though I think he might have had a girlfriend (there was this girl there with him, but they didn't really
seem like a couple, so I don't know) he was just one of those guys. You know the ones you just feel the need not to screw
up in front of, no matter how illogical it is or how much you tell yourself not to care what the f*ck anyone thinks?
Anyway, I went up to the counter and the girl rang it up and told me the total and I was like 'what?' So she showed me the
tag and I'm like, 'Oh, sorry, I read it wrong,' and she said it was okay and I left. Then, when I got to the bus stop, I realized
how stupid I must have seemed (actually, I realized that before) and that I should have said something that would have made
me seem less like an idiot and a charity case. So these are the two scenarios that could have happened,
if my imagination would get off its ass and cooperate with reality.
Scenario A: I could have acted like I had a total ca-ching, likes-to-spoil-me boyfriend and said, 'Ok,
so can I put it on hold and have my boyfriend come in later to get it.' Then left them with some hot name like 'Simon Adair'
or 'Dustin Hartley.' Point aside, that I don't even have a boyfriend. I have a ring on my third left finger; they'd never
know.
Scenario B: Similiar to Scenario A, but where I remain to appear independant, saying 'Oh, I
don't have that much on me right now, could I put it on hold.' Again, leaving them with a fake name such as my alias 'Ariadna
Duarte' or 'Gwen Forester.'
And later, when my boyfriend/I didn't show, they'd just assume I forgot, or found something better.
See, my imagination's great in content, but bad in timing. Ah, well.
03/22/05
MY BIRTHDAY! So much fun today. In homeroom, they sung me Happy Birthday and I got an oreo. Math went by pretty fast
and French was okay. Then at recess, I got mad at the caf 'cause they didn't make pizza bagels and they upped the price of
a can of pop to $1.25. In PE, Doe came out of the change room and flicked water in my face, so I hissed at her and she hissed
back. Then I gave a really long hiss and chased her up on the stage and Mrs. Bryde looked at me weird and said, "Well, I can
see we're ready for spring break." Oh, and Megan and I won our first match of badminton against Flora and Andrea. Eleven to
two! Woo-hoo! Then at lunch, Kali gave me a cookie 'cause the caf doesn't sell cake. She's so sweet! Doe, Alyssa,
Jenny and I talked for so long about Safeteen (which we had yesterday) that Mrs. K. Clarke had to kick us out of the caf.
So we went outside and sat at one of the pinic benches and I chased crows and we talked about how, the next time we go on
the bus all together, we're gonna 'manize' any guys that we see and be like 'Hey, that's a nice cod you got there,' 'cause
guys always sit with their legs spread miles apart. In Religion, they sung me Happy Birthday again and Mrs. L. Clarke said
I'm a brainchild (lol) because when the printer stopped printing, but my project still hadn't come out, I looked at the little
screen thing and it said, 'Load Tray 2 plain letter' so I said, "I think the printer's out of paper." (Please understand that
this is a very rare occurance. Most of the time, when the printer stops before it should, people just yell at it and sometimes
even physically abuse it.) Then Kali told Mrs. Clarke that it was my sweet sixteen and they sang me Happy Birthday again.
Art was so much fun. We were painting our clothes again. And they sang me Happy Birthday again. And Ro, Flora and Ce all planned
to give me the Birthday Beats (Flora: 'You hold her, I'll hit her), but they forgot. Haha! After school, there was one last
rendition of Happy Birthday from Wy and J.C. 'cause neither of them are in any of my classes (well, Wy's in English, but we
didn't have that today). After school I had a bubble bath that lasted a whole hour. So nice! Then KFC and I'm waiting for
my bro to come back so that we can start in on the Garfield ice-cream cake from Dairy Queen. Yay!
03/23/05
Doe and I were acting like dorks at lunch again today. We kept hissing and spitting and burping and laughing our heads
off and I acted like I was stoned and cawed at crows. So much fun! And best of all, it's spring break! Yay!
04/05/05
:'( Spring break's over! Ahhhh! And I didn't get any kisses at my sweet sixteen because there were no guys at Steveston
that day! Argh!
04/13/05
This thing has kind of lost its novelty. That's why I haven't been posting as much lately. I lose interest fairly quicly
a lot of the time. Today was retreat. Okay, I guess. Tomorrow I leave for Banff.
05/01/05
Well, let's see. Last Saturday, went to a VC dance. Wasn't that great, really. Kinda a waste of money. Thursday was jeans
day (second one this year!). I wanted to wear my new Burberry shirt, but it was too hot. Also had the play on Thursday. Was
fun not having afternoon classes, but we had x-block on Friday. Oh, and I did my Socials Pacific Rim Presentation on Thursday
as well, but we didn't get to finish because of shortened blocks. Yesterday had another electrolysis appointment. Doesn't
hurt as much now as it did the first time. It was also my dad's b'day yesterday, so we got KFC. Today's my cat's b'day, so
he gets tuna. And, currently, I'm having an MSN conversation with JC in French for some reason.
05/13/05
Few people actually realize how achievable bliss actually is. We're always told to 'enjoy the simple things' in life,
but who really thinks about what that is? When we were driving back to the school from Pacific Academy, the wind was blowing
in through the bus windows, the radio was on, the road was just bumpy enough to keep you awake, but not bumpy enough to jar
your teeth out of your face, there was a great view of the city lights and the girls at the back were laughing and waving
at people in their cars, seeing who would respond. And even though I was sweaty and tired and in my 'good' uniform (the one
that isn't fully broken in) I felt great. I wanted that bus ride to last forever.
05/14/05
Went to the VC May Fair today. Helped Mel sell 50/50 tickets. Got cotton candy, popcorn and coffee cake cupcakes (the
first I have ever come across in my life). Went rock climbing (made it to the top on the easy one, got two thirds of the way
on the medium one). The football team was trying to sell overpriced key chains to everyone ($7.50 each!) to raise money for
football camp. Bought three necklaces, but I should have gotten more because then they would have been cheaper in the
end and there were so many nice ones!
06/01/05
06/13/05
You know what really annoys me? Anti-feminists who don't even realize that that's what they are. I get them a lot in
my reviewers. Maybe they're not really anti-feminists and that's just the way I see it. It just gets me so pissed
off. Like in Fear Not the Wolves, everyone's always asking 'When's Lupe going to come get Bryony?' Why does
he need to get Bryony? Bryony's fine. She's not captive of some evil tyrant. She's not hurt. SHE DOESN'T NEED TO
BE GOT! One reviewer even went so far as to say she hoped Lupe would become chief so that he could be 'equal' to
Bryony. What the f*ck is that? It just drives me insane, what these girls say.
And then in Just This Moment, on one of my other FictionPress.com accounts, everyone wants Paige to tell Gavin
that Kyle raped her, so that Gavin can beat Kyle up. For God's sake, yes, Paige should tell Gavin, but why is it
so damn important for him to be her gallant avenger? It's so stupid!
Maybe it's because I go to an all girls school, where there are no gallant avengers, no knights in shining armour. You
deal with your own problems and if you can't, too bad! Suck it up!
I just can't believe what some of my readers say in their reviews. It's as if they think the heroine shouldn't be able
to function without her love interest. So much for the independence of modern day women!
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