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[23 Feb 2009|10:43pm] |
I didn't know Justin very well.
It sucks ass that he died.
But what really sucks is the kids that think when someone dies they should use it to get attention.
The kids that cry even though they'd never talked to him.
The kids that cry even though they didn't like him.
None of us are in any position to judge the dead, or disrespect the dead for our personal gain.
I don't need to write an essay because the above sentence is the only thought I find suitable to have on the subject.
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| I've got you to thank |
[27 Nov 2008|11:17pm] |
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Things are good. Lots to be thankful for this year. I'm no good at updating my livejournal.
Work is going well. School's hard but so far I'm kicking butt and taking names. Concert Choir has some rough edges this year, but we're growing slowly and I think the finished product will be great. Chamber Choir is alot of fun this year. I love everybody in it and I think we're gonna kick butt at this year's gigs.
I'm super excited for Christmas. I really don't want much of anything, but I'm really excited to get gifts for everybody. This is my first Christmas in which I'll have a steady income and I plan to go all out with the giving. I'm also really excited for this year's music trip. We're going to Baltimore / Washington DC and it's gonna be incredible. Washington DC is my favorite city in America, it vastly outweighs NYC in my mind. Also, we're gonna hit up the Baltimore aquarium, the biggest, most impressive aquarium in the country! Top it off with a dinner dance cruise, theme park, and of course performing and it sounds like a hell of a trip.
Alright I think I'm gonna sign off and head to bed. I'm all worn out from eating / playing with baby nephews / watching Wall-E =]
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| Junior Year? When the fuck did that happen? |
[05 Aug 2008|05:53pm] |
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So yea, now that I'm a big bad upperclassmen, I don't feel any cooler. I think it's because I've been hanging out with the big kids since freshman year so it doesn't really phase me to be one, and I don't look down on the little kids because I've been in their situation. My schedule is pretty good friend-wise and location-wise but it's gonna be hectic. Here's what it looks like
1. History (Mitchell) - After visiting Senora Cosenza every morning I go next door to history. There's like a million people I know in this class, but I'm sitting in the back corner with Gayle, A-ray, Casper, and Jay. The teacher actually seems like a pretty ok guy, with a mild side of douche-bag. I'm not too worried about the class because I have every test and he's admitted that if you have the test and study the actual information from them you'll be good to go.
2. Calc (Spitz) - After a quick visit with Jack Earl and Tamby I head to Calc. Mr. Spitz is hilarious, all he does is yell at people and call us stupid. Right now we're just reviewing pre-calc so it's not too intense yet, and I'm hoping it doesn't get too intense because I don't have Brian in my class to bail me out if I'm really not getting any of the concepts.
3. Physics (Hessler) - So I visit with Ms. Murray real quick (if you haven't realized by now, I'm a pretty big kissass) then I go to Physics. Mr. Hessler is a cool guy so far as I can tell, but he teaches things really, REALLY slowly. I've heard the class is gonna be mad hard, but so far I'm doing alright. The first webassign was easy, and other than it being a bitch that you can't confirm your answers with other people it's a very convenient way to do work. We haven't done any labs yet, but the first one we're gonna do is pushing his car out in the parking lot... awesome.
4/5 Concert Choir (Traub) - Sadly because of Physics I'm only taking Choir four days a week this year. Still, I love that class. I just feel so at home there. I talk to Traub like he's just another kid and he doesn't care at all. I'm running for president this year, and Tim's been pitching a total shit about it. He drove to a party I was at just to bitch me out and then leave, I honestly almost ran after him to go kick his bony ass. There's no poles going around so I don't really know where I stand, but I'm thinking that when the votes come in on Monday I should be ahead, fingers crossed.
6/7 Health (Sutphin) - Oh god, this class is awful. Because of my Physics / Choir situation, none of my friends are in my health class. It's just like four popular kids and a bunch of black and / or latina degenerates. I'm just gonna kind of lay low and occasionally be the smartest kid in the class. Hopefully when we get to Gym there will be people I actually like there.
8/9 Psych (Page) - I really hope I like this class because I've always wanted to take it. I'm really interested in the study of Psychology, but so far, we're just making "About Me" collages. I hate making collages. Period.
10/11 Language and Composition (Bausch) - I honestly wanted Hammond this year because I knew I would learn alot from her. Good news about Bausch is, he's supposedly really really easy. So far he seems like a cool enough guy, and I have alot of friends in that class, so I'm good in that respect. Hopefully he likes my writing style as much as A-Lo did ,because if I've learned anything, it's that if an English teacher likes the way you write you can do whatever the hell you want in their class.
12 Lunch - I have friends in lunch, but we're not all sitting together because there's just not enough room. I'm with Brian, Nelson, Amy, Gayle, and Kevin Otah. It's not too bad, I get to steal Chex Mix from Amy every day!
13 Spanish 4 (Williams) - I dunno if I'm worried about this class yet or not. Senora Williams talks alot of Spanish and sometimes I get lost, but from what I can tell from the other kids I seem to be comprehending a little bit above the average for the class. I love Spanish, and I especially love blurting random phrases in class so I should be able to have some fun in this one.
Yea. That's my school year right there. I'm still working, which is kind of a pain in the ass, but I gotta make them dollar bills to pay for gas once I start driving. I've got a good amount of cash stored in my bank account, which I can't access of course. But it's still good to know I have money ready to go in case of an emergency.
I think that's all I've got to talk about. Bye
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| I been tagged |
[24 Jun 2008|05:36pm] |
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Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 10 weird habits/things/little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks.
1. I'm cripplingly afraid of all the fake monsters and whatnot on TV and in movies. I'm so sure they're actually real.
2. I'm very opinionated and although I usually don't argue much, if somebody bashes my beliefs I start getting hostile.
3. My parents always taught me not to overstay my welcome or be a burden on others, and because of that I have trouble talking to people about my feelings or when something is bothering me because I feel like people aren't interested in my problems.
4. I'll do anything for anyone and I don't care what anyone thinks, unless it's my parents. I can't do anything in front of just them because I don't think anything I do is good enough for them and I fear disappointing them more than most things in my life.
5. The thought of being alone freaks me out. I can do alot of stupid/brave things when I'm with people, but when I'm by myself I'm find it hard to take risks.
6. I'm a child at heart in almost every sense. I love Hot Wheels, Frisbee, tag, Ninja Turtles, and Batman. I play video games all the time, but not the "mature" shootie ones, I always play the super fun kiddie ones.
7. My parents had me at a pretty old age compared to when most people have kids so ever since like middle school I've thought about their deaths alot. I've just kind of got it in my head that they're gonna be gone way before I'll be ready to take the world on without them.
8. I don't cry often. I'm pretty sure the last time I cried was sometime before freshman year. There have been plenty of times where I wish I could've cried but I couldn't, and that's a shitty feeling.
9. I sing all the time and I've always got a song in my heart. I never realized this until very recently, but alot of people don't have music inside them like I do. I can't imagine living without a soundtrack.
10. I like people to think I'm spontaneous and crazy, but almost everything I do is planned out waaaaaaay in advance. I spend a bizarre amount of time thinking about scenarios that haven't happened yet, and may not ever happen. It takes alot of tactical thinking to create an illusion of randomness.
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| !!!!!! |
[06 Apr 2008|07:40pm] |
So I am officially the NINTH BEST BASS ONE IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY!!!!!!
like if you drove across the entire state
you'd only be able to find eight people better than me.
Suck it bitches!
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[10 Feb 2008|10:43am] |
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So Lindsey and Gayle posted in their journals so I feel a strong obligation to do the same.
Unfortunately I've got all of bubkis to report.
Fail.
I have all A's for la semestre uno aside from an 89.2 in Chem which I have ever intention of pulling up.
Also, semestre dos es semestre tonto.
I haven't sat in my desk in spanish class for more than 23 minutes since midterms.
I just get up and walk around in the middle of notes and stuff.
Same for English.
Pre-Calc equals me paying attention until Mr. Earl mention numbers or variables or thetas.
In Chem my method for not paying attention is having casual conversation with the teacher during class.
History was never anything more than an elective, and little has changed.
Music classes don't count.
I haven't used my iTunes in quite some time,
I've been pumping my mad discs instead.
It's sooooooo much happier.
I need to read some of Into The Wild, memorize Act II of Grease, and memorize some songs for the singing competition I'm in next week.
Today.
All of none of those things are going to happen.
Oh yea, my grandma died on Friday.
I totally forgot. Because I'm going to hell obviously
Honestly I never got along too well with her,
but my dad was freakin' out at first
he's calmed down some.
No school para mi on Tuesday because I'm funeraling.
Sad.
Ok Bye.
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| Where I jived and what I jived for... |
[17 Dec 2007|05:19pm] |
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Christmas is ever impending and I'm mucho amocionado.
I already know everything that I'm getting from my parents.
I really wanted Guitar Hero Three and DDR: Hottest Part, but neither could be found.
So I'll use gift money to purchase one and wait til my birthday for the other.
The thing I'm most excited for is gift exchanging with friends.
I feel like I picked out really heartfelt gifts for everyone and hopefully they love them.
I still need to figure out what to get for two more people (Sis and Alex, aaaaaaaaaaaah)
I'm also pumped to find out what I'm getting from my friends, because they're lovely people.
School is going well
I got all A's in MP1, and right now my only B is an 88.9 in Honors Pre-Calc.
Of course that class is terrifying but hopefully I can pull up my grade before the semester's close.
Rehearsal for Grease, the school musical, starts right after break.
I actually have a part, which is unusual for underclassmen.
I get to sing, but my song is at the tippy top of my range, so gulp.
I think I'll leave it at that and get back to not doing homework. Cheers.
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| "Gayle! I got one!" |
[29 Oct 2007|05:54pm] |
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So today in gym we were doing the adventure course. It was the event where you swing on the rings and it's like monkey bars on hyper crack and hurts real bad. Anyway, nobody could do it, but then I almost did it. I failed because I was so excited at getting past the first ring that I started shouting at Gayle and lost concentration.
Gayle's my only really good friend in Gym Class. It's funny how most of my good friends are girls. Like I have Alex and Kev, but then all my other bestest friends are Lindsey, Mads, and Gayle. It think I just get along better with women, because I am one or something.
It's pretty sad that I only have five really really close friends, but that's just the way things've turned out. It's not like I don't hang out with other people, they're just the five I can talk to. Then again I don't really talk things out with anybody because of my paranoia that if I ask people to help me with my troubles I'll become an annoying burden. Still, it's nice to have people I know I can talk to if I'm in a really really bad state.
I've been listening to alot of Interpol, The Strokes, and Modest Mouse lately. I think they perfectly exemplify my current mentality. They're all really loud and passionate and fast and exactly what I feel like on my insides. I don't know exactly what that means but I'm sure it means something. Well thanks for reading, I'll give you this picture of the Scrubs logo but with my name instead as a souvenir.
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[28 Oct 2007|08:14pm] |
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I put a white board up in my room.
I think I'm gonna try to use it to make a stop-motion movie.
If it works I'll be really really happy.
For now I'm just using it for quotes.
Currently it says one of my favorite pieces of poetry.
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
and that has made all the difference."
It's starting to get cold out.
Great weather for hoodies.
Tomkiel out.
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| A personal observation |
[19 Sep 2007|04:46pm] |
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Dear my livejournal,
I am fucking sick of girls that love to have fun, couldn't live without their friends, and looooove the Disney Channel and Finding Nemo. I hate girls that are known for being crazy and outgoing.
But Steve? That sounds like a great type of girl. They sound loyal, and fun, and they love to hold onto their inner child. Well, lemme tell you something LiveJo, it's all a lie. This appealing little description of a great girl is a secret code for something ugly and awful. All these, "crazy and outgoing girls" are actually stupid blonds. They couldn't live without their friends because they're friends are the only people as godawful stupid as them. And the second they disagree with these "friends" of theirs they find it only to easy to continue breathing without them around. They're damn well proud of their idiocy and flaunt it in front of boys like it's attractive, or course they accent that with slutty clothes and a fake air of celibacy just to keep guys hooked. When they talk about Disney movies they're really just pretending to be cute and adorable so everyone will think they're charming and innocent. However, they'd probably rather be watching some IQ lowering teen comedy or an uninspiring, "tear-jerking" romance. And lastly, being crazy and outgoing means fucking the football team and getting shitfaced with their stupid ass friends.
Personally, I don't care if I never see another Disney movie again if it could somehow wipeout this subspecies of ignorant hoes. Trust me I'm very glad they have vaginas, but I'm getting kinda tired of watching them being waved in front of stupid boys like STD-ridden carrots on metaphorical strings. I'd much rather meet a girl that doesn't brag about her friends so much, but actually likes them. I want to meet a girl who likes contemporary movies, but still enjoys the movies of her childhood. This nonexistent woman doesn't need to tell me how much fun she loves to have, so long as she actually is a fun person. I'd really like to find a girl that understands a good joke rather than giving me a confused look while sticking her chest out and some prick just in case he was thinking about looking at another slut's rack. I wonder sometimes if this type of girl is some made-up image I created in my head. I think they used to be real, but maybe that's just in old TV shows in books.
Sorry 'bout the rant, it's just something that's come to my attention as of recent.
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| Change of a Dollar for the Jukebox |
[12 Aug 2007|04:09pm] |
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Geeze, the school year is approaching faster than it isn't. I really haven't done anything to start preparing, and that includes all necessary reading and fixing my sleep schedule. So I'm a little stressed about that but it's not a big deal all in all. This summer's been alot of fun. I made alot of new buddies, did some things I haven't before, and I was all the time dangerous.
There's this old thing from like the seventies that my Mom and Dad had that lights up in reaction to sound and like shows different colors at different intensities based on pitch and volume. I stole it and put in my room. It's so retro and I love it. If ever I plan on getting high off my ass it will be in conjunction with this device.
Allison Heater (8th grade English teacher) got a Facebook and it's the best thing ever. Lindsey and I are gonna go hang out with when she unpacks her stuff for the new school year because we loves her and she loves us, sometimes more than is appropriate in a student / teacher relationship, but not really.
I'm trying to get somewhat more in shape for school so I've started a somewhat intense DDR training regimen. Basically I just dance until I'm about to die then I shower. Do that like three times a week. I'm hoping it makes some difference. I think having abs would be nice. But I hear they're hard to obtain and I dunno how much effort I'm willing to put forth.
So basically if I don't post before then I'll post the night before school starts and after the first day. It's kind of a tradition that I have, I think maybe. I honestly don't remember but I'm gonna do it anyway. Then I'll probably get lazy and not post for another three months or whatever. That's kinda how I roll, which is a shame because I heart my LJ and really should post more often.
O.K. Bye!
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| AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH |
[05 Aug 2007|10:11pm] |
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FUCKING MOPED!!!!!!111!!1!!11!ONEONE!!!!!1!!!
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| I really want to |
[03 Aug 2007|07:40pm] |
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Watch The Life Aquatic. I love that movie.
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| Gabery |
[16 Jul 2007|10:59pm] |
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I hung out with Gabe today for like seven hours. Haha, he's awesome. That is all.
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| Wax Face |
[14 Jul 2007|04:36pm] |
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I went to New York to see le sis on Friday / Saturday.
NJ Transit all by my self because I'm a big boy.
Got lunch in the Turner building and sat a cubicle for two hours while my sis worked.
Then private screening of HP: OOTP. w00t!
Dinner at Mars 2112
Mars 2112 = Overpriced Friendly's with Mars theme and intro ride.
Then wax museum.
I sang karaoke for Wax Simon Cowell.
Clocks!!!!!!
He said I was dreadful.
But fuck him, what does he know.
He's made of fucking wax.
Then Seinfeld Diner. For cheesy-ass-cake.
Slept on a Futon.
Bagels in the morning. NJ Transmit.
Waxy pictures later. I promise, unbreakable vow style.
But not really, because I don't wanna end up dead.
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| Get your hand off of my godson motherfuckers! |
[11 Jul 2007|02:33pm] |
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the best movie I've seen in a really really desperately long time. Seriously it's by far and wide my favorite Harry Potter movie. However, if you go in with a purist attitude let me warn you that you're gonna end up ruining an incredible movie for yourself. Seriously though it kicked so much ass and has renewed my faith in the franchise!
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| A single sentence |
[05 Jul 2007|08:37pm] |
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I had lasagna pie for dinner this evening.
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| The Best Today I had |
[03 Jul 2007|10:37pm] |
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So today was essentially the best day ever.
For several reasons in fact.
Here they are in a list.
*I shut Kevin out in drum stick - empty water bottle baseball
*Antonio the tiny black kid taught me the words to "Beautiful Girls"
*I also learned to play said song on guitar
*All the guys grooved to it and it was sweet
*Morgan gave me some hardcore pop-tart at lunch
*Antonio gave me his cheesestring at lunch
So basically I've been in an irrationally good mood all day.
I was playing some Pikmin. Game is hard as shit.
Modest Mouse has some good songs.
I got all 96 gates in Super Mario World a few days back!
I'm feeling like I'm ready to start hitting the dating scene again.
Girls that are my friends on LJ, set a brother up.
Sis came home for the fourth tonight!
Candace is teh shit.
Mickey brought her home and stayed for awhile
We went driving in the backyard
I kicked some ass
We played Wii too
I didn't kick as much ass in that.
But still,
Seriously today was the best day ever!
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