Life, etc...

Well, that's a really pretentious title for the entry, but I can't really think of anything better. I haven’t really written much recently. I’m going to update now, though, so don’t yell at me, Isabel (love you too).

Okay, this is going to sound really obvious, but it makes a lot more sense in my own head. I only write on here when I feel like I have to talk to someone. But I don’t mean simply on a “I have something to say” level, I mean more on a “I’m not really talking to people in real life” level. It happens more over the summer when my friends are on vacation and I haven’t left for my month of August yet. And it sometimes happens when I’m just not talking to my friends in school for whatever reason.

So, as you can guess, I am talking to people…and I like to think that they listen (more or less – depending on the person).

But you know, it’s an odd thing. I feel like I can talk about more stuff on here because I don’t really know who’s reading this, and typically they don’t know me, so I feel like it’s harder for them to judge me. But so far, my friends in school have been really good about not doing that too much…especially last year.

So, I should probably trust my friends, then. But sometimes when you don’t have to look people in the face, it’s a lot easier to say what you really mean. Hence why I’m definitely more myself online than anywhere else, which is a complete departure from what a lot of people do. There are a few people that I can be myself with – and I don’t know if they even know that they are those people.

Hmm…I’ll tell you what’s up in my life then. Well, first semester senior year is oodles of good times (insert deeply sarcastic tone here). It’s one of those things where all the teachers give you tons of homework, seeming to assume that no other teacher is. Then you have terrific college essays to write and all that other fun stuff that comes with it.

The new freshman class is awesome, though. Last year’s freshman class (currently the sophomore class) was so annoying – the complete opposite of the kids I know from this new class. Now I’m not talking about a few sophomores who happen to be awesome…but everyone I’ve met from the freshman class has been cool. I almost wish I were a freshman again (they’re definitely a lot better than a great number of kids in my grade)…then I realize I’d have to do four years of high school again. Now, while I probably will look back on the years as four of the best of my life (or not), I really don’t want to have to go through it again.

Well, I find out about my early application in December…the fifteenth, I believe. Then I’ll know whether I’m in college yet or not (let’s all cross our fingers together and think good thoughts…“I do believe in fairies. I do, I do”).

Um…you know I’m running out of things to say when I fill room with “um”…oh, yeah. The auditions for the musical are next Friday and then the following Monday. I’m going to be in it, even if my director/history teacher does end up putting on a play. I know I’m not going to get a huge part in the musical (The Who’s “Tommy”), and I’d honestly be happy with that. And my history teacher wants to put on “The Importance of Being Earnest”, which I definitely want to be in if it happens. So, really, we’ll see which way the wind blows.

Ah, shit...the college I applied early to just almost gave me a heart attack. My dad just came in with the mail and there was a very thin envelope...it was just saying, "Yo, we have a file open on you now...we'll tell you if anything's missing"...woo...they shouldn't scare me like that. Note to the not-yet-applied: thin envelopes = bad news in the ways of applications.

Okay, well all is well. No sobbing mess formerly known as Rachel yet (let's all continue to cross our fingers together, though).

Oh...I never posted a post-Kerry conceding thing...basically you missed me saying "oh fuck" a lot and almost punching a wall...and crying a lot, but that's not new.

Well, I'm off to...whatever. Since I probably won't post tomorrow, happy Thanksgiving y'all. Namaste.

Election Day...

...was yesterday. I encourage you to keep tabs on what's happening: http://www.cnn.com. If my school ran the election, Kerry would have like 80% of the votes, Bush like 15% and Nader a full 5%.

You know, even if Bush wins, I'm considering Kerry my president. You know, if he wins, it's not the fault of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, or Massachusetts. We voted for Kerry. As of now, last updated at 10:16 a.m., Bush officially has 254 and Kerry 252 electoral votes.

You know what's interesting? No matter what happens, it's so close that half the country will hate the president. I think they should just have a joint presidency. No, no I don't. I really want it to fully be a Massachusetts year. That was our rationalization of the Sox winning the World Series: maybe it'll be the year for Massachusetts to win it all, including the election.

And you know what? In the District of Columbia, i.e. Washington, D.C., 90% of the votes went to Kerry, 9% to Bush, and 1% to Nader.

You know, the 13 original colonies should just form their own government with Kerry as president. New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware...the original Northeastern colonies all went for Kerry. Let California, Oregon and Washington join us too, the north-central blue states around Michigan too...that's a pretty nice territory. And we get Hawaii: they went Democratic this year too. Then we can once again try to establish a difference between church and state.