post # 00354

I think I'm going to discontinue blogging for a while. I'm starting to burn out a bit, losing interest in posting and such. It was fun while it lasted.

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Don't worry, the discontinuation of "Wheels of the World" is not permanent; at least, I don't think so.

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TO BE CONTINUED

2.9 somethin' gpa so far

I was afraid to, but I broke down and looked at my grades.

Calculus: C (hard class, but at least it'll transfer ((NO MORE MATH EVR)))

Art Appreciation: B (shoulda been an easy A, but the papers'll getcha)

World History: A (psht, all it was was memorizing facts and stuff)

English Comp I: B (had A papers and C papers. You win some you lose some)

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So I'm content w/ my grades this semester. The only one I was really worried about was Calculus and I at least passed. I was actually worried about Art Appreciation too 'cause I like, failed the first paper, but I pulled through w/ upper nineties on midterm, final paper, and final. In this next semester, Comp II should be easy 'cause of what Robin was telling me about the professor. The other classes I'm not too sure about, but I'll try my best to get straight A's this time.

Hope for the best, plan for the worst: that's what I always say.

kR4zY K!n9

"Using waves of sound, the true master paralyzes his opponet, leaving him vulnerable to attack."

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"After years of painstaking research by the world's leading sound scientists, we here at the Sound Institute have invented a reliable audio weapons system. Actual movement of musical sound in space is used to carefully attack and neutralize the cellular structure of the human body. The question must be asked..."

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Ha... Linkin Park's funny sometimes. That's on their song Step Up.

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In Other News:

I'm comin' back tomorrow. I know you guys were like, "Man, what are we going to do without Donald??" ... then again... maybe not. Tomorrow's also Christmas Eve; yay or something.

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So um... yeah. I really don't have anything to add, at all. So I'm just going to stop now while I'm behind.

sb emails

morons make Halo so annoying. but there's nothing like booting them from the game and then giving them a bad wrap.

Well... yeah. Not too awefully much happenin' here. Halo, helping grandparents move some stuff, caring for the doggies; you know, that kinda stuff.

I'm off for now, Dave's going to work on searching for a couple more songs to put on Peacetika. It's looking like its going to be a two disc album; and there's nothing wrong w/ that.

It's over!

5.5 hours

Well, it's Sunday, I'm in FL, and... yeah. It's kinda ironic that Austin was coming from and I was going to Florida on the same day. But yeah. I need to make a new Peacetika while I'm here. Peacetika; Quazistatic... yeahhhh. that's got a ring to it. Well, um. until the next time I blog, goodbye.

red's not my color

If you never care, you never get let down.

If you never love, you never get heartbroken.

If you never try, you never fail.

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now where'd that come from?

i don't need a breakdown

not right now

i'm too busy for that

i'm a poet and didn't know it. sometimes i don't show it; don't let me blow it or throw it away

Here's another song guys. I was in the shower and it all just hit me, and so I like, practically ran for a pen and paper when I got out so write it down. And here it is, w/ some editing and revising of course. My best rhymes, rythms, and riddles all come from when I'm in the shower; for some reason I can think better w/ hot water pouring over me. hmm... well, hope you enjoy (or at least pretend like you appreciate) the song.

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Where do I belong?
I wish I had a dollar for evry tear I've shed.
(I should be dead)
It's hard to be strong
I got nothin' but loss for all I've strived and bled.
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When you're (flying grounded)
(it's) all downs
(and) no ups
When you're (running wounded)
(it's) all pain
(and) no gain
When you're (walking blinded)
(it's) all lies
(and) no truth
When you're...
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What do you do?
All they say is turn that frown
(upside down)
It's hard to be true
When evrything you do makes you look like a clown.
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When you're (flying grounded)
(it's) all downs
(and) no ups
When you're (running wounded)
(it's) all pain
(and) no gain
When you're (walking blinded)
(it's) all lies
(and) no truth
When you're...
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Where do I belong?
What do I do?
It's hard to be strong.
It's hard to be true.
(x2)
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When you're (flying grounded)
(it's) all downs
(and) no ups
When you're (running wounded)
(it's) all pain
(and) no gain
When you're (walking blinded)
(it's) all lies
(and) no truth
When you're...
(Lost and Afraid)

~Da'Man, Flying Grounded

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the biggest puzzle evr

life's great...

...life sucks

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...it would be so much better w/o any ppl

and @ the same time it would be so much worse...

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life's a paradox

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*I wanna hold you high and steal your pain

Cause I'm broken when I’m open

And I don’t feel like I am strong enough

Cause I’m broken when I’m lonesome

And I don’t feel right when you’re gone away*

Seether : : Broken

wutz w/ da "myspace?'

so... what's up w/ these MySpace things? I haven't quite figured out what they're for, supposed to do, or their general purpose. Tell me please if you know; if you don't, then you must be clueless like me.

took me long enough

All the Small Things:: Blink 182

that's the comiserating song

I accidentally found out

which song it was

finally

sometimes... you just don't ask

Hurry to McAlister's, we've got limited edition tomatoes!!

but seriously, the boxes of tomatoes we got today say have "limited edition" on them... somehow it just struck me as odd, limited edition and tomatoes together... ¿¿

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Well, other than that rather more or less odd bit of info... I have nothin' really more to say. I am going to my Mom's this Saturday though. From then to the 24th. Austin (the man) enters the Madison area the 17th also. This new years is gonna rock. (theoretically)

GA

Well, I was going to make a post recounting this past weekend, but being as I can sum it up w/ two words: disc golf, and hiking (ok, three); I decided to just leave it at the sum up and move on. I did get to have way more "sweets" that I might otherwise normally have been allowed considering my "hypoglycemia." (that's always a plus) There was also this uber cute dog! Adam, David, and Dad were playing disc golf. I was w/ Karen and Sarah in the cabin, and they saw a dog out the window. With a little calling, he (I'm not actually sure of the gender, I'm just using "he" speaking in generalities) came up. For starters, he was a beautiful white and black australian shepherd. His eyes were really cool too, they were this like, almost white ice blue. Really cool; and a sweet dog too. oh well. i'm over my word quota already. bye bye.

today's vehicle story:

dude! there was this guy today on my way back from school: he didn't know how to drive! well, I guess technically he did. but that's besides the point. I end up beside this guy (a really old black [not that color has to do w/ anything] guy in a Honda Accord) on the exit ramp off of the interstate and onto Wall Triana. He's sitting in the lane next to me on my right. When the light turns green and we start to go, he starts coming across the centerline into my lane!! I'm like losing room fast and I can almost see me being forced to choose to just slam his stupidness into his own lane ('cause I'm driving my parent's monster-of-a-truck) or go head on with the Nissan stopped at the light. Thankfully he didn't continue too much and I had enough space to sqeeze through; that's just what I would need, another wreck and another of my parent's vehicles down. But the thing is, he didn't even want to be in the lane I was in!! When it ended up that I was following him down the stretch of Wall Triana to my house, I realized that this man shouldn't be driving: he apparently thought that your driver's side wheel had to be on the yellow center line at all times. ... moron. That, kids, is why there should be a second driver's test when you get old. And maybe even some reaction and competency checks and tests. It's dangerous, man. Oh well. I'm going to do some reader's notes, an "outline" for the paper that's pretty much already written, and then read, maybe chill doing nothing in particular. Who knows. But then it's school: art appreciation, then comp, and then calculus. And then after school I'm going off to the Mobley's for some video entertainment; provided, of course, that it's not cancelled tonight for one reason or another. Anyways, have fun guys. Don't hurt yourselves. Be good examples. Make good grades. I'm out.

the pressure nvr faded

The "Bowling Incident*" is so totally going to be my narrative essay (the final for comp). Not only is it already almost complete (since it's a post on my blog), it's already up onto four pages; and that's w/o having really touching it yet, just slapping it into a Word file. This is gonna be good. I can feel it.

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Man, it's 12:00, I'm tired, I don't want to go to bed, and I'm going to regret having stayed up this late in the morning.

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*(first post in the January '05 issure of WOTW, entitled "bowling alleys")

ArtAppPpr.doc

THE PAPER IS FINISHED!!!

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Yes, it is exciting.

or something

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Well, today's been a day. Yep. I accidentally hit myself (if you know what I mean) w/ a box while I was breaking it down for a trash run. Yeah, I had to take a breather before I could help take out the trash. The cold outside helped though. ANYWAYS... actually, I don't got nothin' more.

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~reppiks retsam

that's "master skipper" backwards

if you didn't already figure it out

w00t

due to my excellent visual-learning/psuedo-hacking skills, i have now decifered how to put a link into someting using only html... i'm the man... except not. any person w/ any knowledge of html would laugh in my face right now; but that's ok, 'cause i'm a know-nothing that's feeling his way in the dark, and alas! i finally figured another html puzzle!

and so... yeah...

I'm tired. And hungry (weird for me). & I still have to write that paper. urgh. Hooda thought that you'd have to write for Art Appreciation... but then again, is there any subject (aside from [most] math classes) that you don't have to write in? ... Oh well. I'll live. It's not going to be too bad I don't think.

~mstr skppr

11 days til this semester ends

13 days til i visit my mom

21 days til christmas

27 days til new years

685 days (give or take) til i'm 21

... i could keep going

no injuries

the toyota... need i say more?

rubber band + ponytail = ouch

2 more weeks then DONE...

...until next semester of course

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yaeh. I'm really looking forward to new years this year... it's going to be alotta fun.
Let's see, other goings on:

• next weekend (fri-sat) going to Cloudland Canyon St. Park w/ family to camp (if a cabin counts as camping) and play disc golf.
• Beginning the week after that (17th-24th) I'm going to be in FL w/ my mom visiting.

Things to get done between now and next weekend:

1. write a paper for art appreciation (and study for final on the 15th)
2. write a paper (and some "reader's notes" for comp)
3. study for and take the final for calculus
4. study for and take the final for world history
5. somewhere in all the school find time to buy and put in a new power steering high pressure hose and bleed the air out of it (thus completing the work on my truck and getting it off jackstands)
6. somehow in the midst of all of that I have to buy Christmas gifts
7. there's more I know, but it's not comin' to me

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well, that's all the posting for now. see ya chums.

~master skipper

i've realized that Skin Deep

by Trapt

is a really good song

word from the wise(er)

Don't leave the lights on in you car when you go in for class. 'Cause if you do you have to walk across campus (which isn't really that far) and ask campus security to help you jump start your car so you can drive home.

...not that I would no this from anything I did today.

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ha
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there's a marvelous selection of drinks in the Harris Hall coke machine @ the Calhoun campus in Decatur. Let's see... Coke, Vanilla Cherry Dr Pepper, Sprite, Mellow Yellow, Dr Pepper, Dr. Pepper, Dr. Pepper, Diet Dr. Pepper, Dr. Pepper, Dr. Pepper. Hard to make a decision let me tell ya... unless of course you want something other than DP.

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~5k!pp3r

cat, i'm a kitty cat. and i dance dance danceand i dance dance dance

I'm a thief!! A quiz thief!!

((thief, funny word. say it to yourself 10 times to yourself and tell me it don't sound kinda silly))

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*...What would you do?...*

>If I died?

>If I cut myself?

>If I ran away?

>If I was crying?

>If I told you I loved you?

>If I told you I hated you?

>If I hugged you?

>If I kissed you?

>If I layed on train tracks and waited for a train to come?

>If I called you?

>If I smacked you?

>If I stared/looked at you for a long time?

>If I got drunk?

>If I got high?

>If I pushed you in a pool?

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*...Do you?...*

>love me?

>hate me?

>think I'm pretty?

>think I'm ugly?

>dislike me?

>want to hug me?

>want to be my best friend?

>think we're gonna be friends for a very long time?

>think I'm crazy?

>think I'm stupid?

>think I'm smart?

>like me more than anybody else?

>like talking to me?

>like hanging out with me?

third times a charm

An interesting thing happened today... but I'm not going to tell yall. You'll have to ask me (via IM, phone, etc.) to find out. heh heh.

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Today also holds the second and third almost pretty bad event in my parent's car. Apparently, me driving my parent's car is a potential wreck magnet. The other day as I was leaving McAlister's, this girl was pulling in as I was coming to the exit. As I start to turn to leave I realize that the chick is totally driving on the completely wrong side of the exit; and had it not been for quick braking on both sides, it woulda been a head-on accident. There was a passenger in my car, so that woulda been even worse. Her (the other drivers') expression was priceless, though. Anyways. #2: I was in the turn lane to get off 72 and onto Perimeter. Well, the light was red and the people were turning left, so I stopped. Well, I glance into my rearview mirror **and behold!** there was a Jeep Wrangler rushing quickly upon me. I was totally bracing for impact; but thankfully he came to a complete stop before slamming into me... only an inch or two away, yes; but at least his car wasn't was stopped by mine. The third... this one was kinda my fault due to a bad call in judgement. I was going down the road (I can't remember which it was) and in front of me I see a line of cars coming to a stop: around three or four. The one in the front was turning left and there was absolutely no traffic coming the other way, so I'm like, "I won't slow down too much 'cause they'll be going by the time I get there" ... wrong. The moron apparently thought you had to come to a complete stop, wait three seconds, and then drift evr so slowly into your turn. This consequently resulted in the other two or three cars having to come to a complete stop: something I wasn't anticipating. I practically slammed on the brakes, **but alas!** I couldn't stop fast enough. Thankfully, there was no oncoming traffic, so I just used the other lane for some extra stopping room. It was close though. I would've hit the guy going like, 15 or 20 mph had I had nowhere to swerve to. But yeah, the moral of the story(s) is to watch out for bad drivers, brace for impact, and keep a keen eye on the road.

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ADDITION!!

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When I made this post I totally forgot to put anything about work today. Not only was it a slow day that went by fast (my favorite), Nancy had me working on the sandwich line today, which is cool 'cause I've kinda rather been wanting to. But yeah. That's all I had to add.

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ok, i'm done

~skpr

With yOu:: it'5 s7uck !n my h3ad

I WOKE UP

IN A DREAM

TODAY

TO THE

COLD

&

THE STATIC

PUT MY COLD

FEET ON THE FLOOR

FORGOT ALL ABOUT

YESTERDAY

REMEMBERING

I'M PRETENDING TO BE

WHO I'M NOT

ANYMORE

LITTLE TASTE OF

HYPOCRISY

AND I'M LEFT

IN THE WAKE

OF THE

MISTAKE

SLOW

TO

REACT

AND EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE SO

CLOSE

TO ME

YOU'RE STILL SO

DISTANT

AND I CAN'T BRING YOU BACK

antiderivatives and integration!¿

Calculus quiz tonight... we'll see how that goes.
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Otherwise: the day's been pretty boring. blah, I hate boring.
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in other news... well, there is no other news. except, my hair is bugging me. and i look very... interior designer-ish... today.

NOT A FLYING TOY

sonic is good.. the hedgehog too

so another day ends.... er something. trying to be all... epic... there.

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SO!

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yeah...

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I'm tired. My brain's gone into

I'm-shutting-myself-down-now-see-ya-in-the-morning-peace out

mode.

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I would put more on here, but... I don't really feel like it as of right now.

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Corn is no place for a mighty warrior!!

((I've got that stuck in my head!))

~skipper

if you knew,would it matter?

at least the wheels look nice...

DISASTER! Well, it's not really a disaster, but it isn't very good. We got a new power steering pump and successfully put it on; but that's not what's bad. What's bad is that my truck still makes that aweful noise when I turn the wheels. So it may be that I payed $100 for nothing. It's probably the hose that I thought was busted that they decided wasn't really which actually turns out to be. And what's worse: I'm going to have to like, take off the whole front end of the truck to get to the stupid thing. Cars = a pain. I did finally get me a pocket knife, though. Although it's a little big to be called a "pocket" knife. Oh well, I needed one... or wanted one. Either way. Well, other than the evils of car mechanics, it was a pretty good day 'cause work was really anti-busy.... that's not busy in case you didn't figure it out. Oh, and I found today that my trucks got like, 119 or so horse power, not precisely "great," but it's still triple digits!

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It's funny, Bill (manager #4... well, #5 if you count Jennifer our catering manager) found out the other day that I was homeschooled. He was like, "I found out something about you that I never would've guessed. You're gay, HA no, just kidding. But I found out that you were homeschooled." He went on to say that he never would've guessed it outta me 'cause I seemed a (somewhat) normal person. It seems that "quirky" (to put it nicely) and "homeschooler" go hand in hand; of course, from what I've seen in my old homeschool group, it's for good reason. Not to be mean or anything, but... well, the truth hurts sometimes. I guess I escaped the grasp of "homeschool-ness" by having such awesomely cool friends.

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[ it wasn't out of the way. : ) ]

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~master skipper

you win some you lose some, life goes on

i am me

i'm so weird
~skipper

and wow my hair's grown!

lets not bicker and argue about who killed who

Today was... alright. Not the best, but certainly not the worst. Although I only had Kliff on the line w/ me (Eric was off somewhere), it wasn't that busy, so it was ok. Well, it was busy in a way. The people came in little groups over long periods of time instead of one big rush. We would have just a handful of orders at a time and some time to chill and restock in between (most times we would anyway). But sense people were coming in like that, I didn't get out of the store til like, 2:30 or so (half an hour over) 'cause they just kept on coming. Like, evryone that got off at 2:00 was getting perturbed. But oh well. I got two bags full of cookies today; for free. The were the "old" ones, so they were just going to throw them away... and I love to rescue cookies. Today was also payday. woohoo. or w00t.

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My truck is now officially power steering-less, considering the power steering pump is in a box in the garage. Tomorrow I'm buying and and putting on a new one. yay.

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a tall glass of tea is calling my name... i'm gone..

~skip

piece by piece it falls apart step by step it comes together

My truck's wheels are bling-blingin' now. They turned out surprisingly well. It was a pain to wash 'em though. egh. Like, a millions years of oil, tar, and road grime. Ok, not a million years, but those things must not have been washed in like, 10 years. ... Or at least 5. or one... but in any case! they were dirty; but now they are clean and silver. Tomorrow I'm buying a power steering pump, and Saturday Devin & I are putting it in.. in theory at least. That's the plan anyway. That was the only thing I wasn't able to get done, the power steering. But the success of the wheel's paint job really encouraged me. The next on my list of things-to-paint is the rear bumper: it's kinda beat up and rusted. And at some point I'm going to remove the tail-gate and take off the TOYOTA on it. I might repaint it w/ the silver, but I could always put something else on there; or nothing. I'll come to that when I come to that... obviously. Well, that's all for now.

~the rugger

i'm h-mhm w-mmhm.... baby!!...

It was funny today at work. Here Without You came on the radio and like, evryone in the kitchen ((including me)) burst out singing it. It was really funny, considering only two of us ((me and Mario)) actually knew the words.

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*Don't you (know!)

I can't tell you how to make it (go!)

No matter what I do how hard I (try!)

I can't seem to convince myself (why!)

I'm stuck on the outside*

~Linkin Park, By Myself

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Church is tonight. That oughta be good. Yeah.

Tomorrow's going to be a busy busy day. I'm getting up early so I get actually get what I want done before time to feast. ((more to talk about feasting in a sec)). I'm starting off the day by putting my truck up on jack-stands and taking off the wheels. After that's done, dad's going change the oil while I scrub the living heck out of the wheels to get them as clean as possible. I may or may not finish before dad's done w/ the oil change, but if one finishes before the other, I guess we'll help each other out; but that's neither here nor there. While the wheels are drying ((I'm talking about the actual wheel or rim. Not the tire)) I'll probably be working on refilling the window washer fluid stuff. After that, it's painting time. A fresh coat (or two) of silver paint and the asthetic appeal of my truck will be even better. While paint's drying though, and if Devin's here early enough, I'll be taking off the hose that takes power steering fluid to see if it's clogged. Whether it is or not (which we think it is) I'll need to replace it 'cause it's got a hole and is spirting fluid all over the place when I turn the wheel. So, hopefully at the end of the day, I'll have fresh oil, window washer fluid, nice looking wheels, and power steering back into place. That is, of course, if evrything goes as planned; and we all know how plans can be dashed. We shall see.

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Now, about the feasting...

I GET TWO THANKSGIVINGS. muahahahah. Yesterday we had the whole turkey and dressing and sweet potatoe caserole and all that good stuff. Tomorrow we're having another uber sized meal. The reason is 'cause yesterday Holley (Devin's g/f) wasn't able to be here, and tomorrow Adam & Sarah weren't able to be here. Solution: Thanksgiving yesterday and tomorrow. yeah... mmm.. good....

~skip

(untitled)

I need some more CO2 'cause my supply ran out. No more shooting things for a while.

But yeah. Turns out that Karen is doing all the laundry, so I'm just kinda pittling around with not really too much to do. I could clean my room, but I don't feel like it. I could read, but I'm not in that reading mood. I could wash my truck, but it's too cold outside. There's actually alotta stuff I could do, but I either don't really feel like it, or circumstances require a different choice of pasttime. Well, after this rambling and a bit of chatting on the AIM, I think I might settle in my comfy chair for some R&R&R (rest and relaxation and reading).

~AllEvrything

evanescense's Missing is really good

mondays and mochas

I'm staying up real late tonight just 'cause I don't have school tomorrow and I'm not forced to go to bed. YES. I'll want to have my art appreciation gallery review paper written by next Tuesday, but I'm sure I can get it done on Friday or Saturday or sometime during the weekend. Tomorrow's clean-my-room day I think. I will have to do laundry, that's for sure.

Man, my lip hurts. I got shouldered in the face today at work. It wasn't a purposefully inflicted injury. I was just turning around and going forward and James was walking toward me looking the other way and then **wham!!** into his shoulder my face went. I nearly went all the way to the floor had I not caught onto the expo-window counter. Had to catch my bearings after that impact. The only actual injury I came away with was a busted lip, but that's not too bad considering. I almost slipped and fell into the floor today at work too; and, once again, the expo-window counter saved me, 'cause had I not had something to grab hold of, I would've slid right into the floor. Ouch is what that would be.

Well, I think I'm going to go read some before hitting the sack... maybe I'm not going to stay up as late as I thought I might've. Have fun kids.

~D

old patch, old jeans: new cool

Iris played today. That's just a really good song.

Well, there's not really anything new to blog about really. I did get my jeans patched and back up to par. No more holey bum. And one of the knees is back in the pants. I even added a pocket for good measure. I'm going to put a little flap on it to make it usable, that way stuff don't fall out of the pocket when I kneel down or sit. I'm debating on how to patch the other knee, though; or if to patch it. Right now sense it's cold, I've just tied a bandana around my knee and safety-pinned it to the jeans. It works for now. I might even get another bandana to sew to the jeans in place of the safety-pinned one. Who knows. Either way, these jeans are accumulating layers on layers on them: add a little here, add a little there; whatever works really. Some of it's accidental... like the ginormous wholes in the knees ((or lack of knees)). Oh well. That's all for now.

~skipper

oh, why not

kind? :

quiet? :

loud? :

shy? :

weird? :

selfish? :

ghetto? :

ugly? :

crazy? :

hot? :

cute? :

pretty? :

nice? :

mean? :

rude? :

cool? :

alright? :

stupid? :

caring? :

mature? :

a good friend? :

more than a friend? :

talkative? :

boring? :

beautiful? :

creative? :

smart? :

a flirt? :

a psycho? :

athletic? :

confusing? :

sweet? :

mood swings? :

attractive? :

annoying? :

funny? :

hyper? :

laid back? :

not too bad

Alas. I was correct. The power steering is seemingly on its last leg. The pump is making whirring sounds: not a sound you want to hear. The fact that power steering fluid is spirting from one of the hoses can't be a good thing either. It may be that the hose is clogged and so no fluid's getting to the pump. We shall see on Thursday. The truck is clean on the inside now, though. Aside from the jack-stands and stuff in the back "seat." I got those today so I could already have 'em Thursday and wouldn't have to remember to get them.

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My shirt is almost done! Yes. Ok. Bye now.

~skip

what am i thinking?

! 4m r0b07 m4n...
Or maybe not.

I am bored though.

Oh what fun to be bored.

Or maybe not.

Now I'm rambling.

I think I'm going to go clean out my truck.

And get a shirt I have refitted.

Or maybe not.

ha. Just kidding.

But really.

Or maybe not...

~"D'shizzle"

man, austin nvr fails to give me

cool nicknames

go austin!

couldn't think of a title

Well, I broke down and went to prayer group 'cause people ("people" being a person) convinced me to. It was good. We went to the "Hungry Mexican"... again... ugh. NO MORE CASA!!! The waiter was rude. The fried ice cream was good, but if they go there anymore, I'm never going to prayer group evr again. AnYwAyS. yeah...

((safe inside myself))

Lately I've been on this kick of 7yp!n9 7h!n95 1!k3 7h!5. I guess it was Austin (the coolest evr) who got me started. It just caught on I guess. I like to; it's a different way to type... and it looks kinda cool.

((are all my thoughts of you))

In Other News:

I broke my foot walking into my house tonight. .... Ok, so I didn't really, but I thought it would be funny to say I did. Maybe not?ok. WELL...

I'm totally out of material for right now.

~Evanescense

~skipper

up side of down

Man, I've been very punny tonight. And randomly humorous. Like, in the middle of a sentence just say, "hey, I've got two nickels," w/o really thinking and not break the stride of what I was saying at all. A couple of the polish-knee-slapper puns that I made were really... dumb. But funny. ((well, funny like getting stabbed in the chest with a ice cream cone is funny)) Like, um... we were talking about some calculus problem and I was like, "man, why do they have it in terms of f of g of x and f of x and g of x. Ah, here's a problem in terms of u. I know u. ... No pun intended" and "There's two of everything tonight: you gave me two can tabs, I had two nickels, Kendel had to Pepsis.. It's two night. It is tonight." Ok, so I'm lame... I can't be funny all the time.
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In Other News:
A guy died in my Comp class today. No joke. Ok, so he didn't die, but he did totally start coughing up blood & choking on it. Crazy stuff, that.
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Life is so much better when you've finished the big paper and got it turned in, and you have a whole week to just chill... no pun intended. Ha. So lame. Anyways, my stress meter has dropped dramatically although there're a couple points that'll never allow it to lower, some old, some new; but that's a topic for when I'm depressed or something emo like that. The list of things to do over the Thanksgiving break is pretty overwhelming. Let's see...:

• Change the oil in the truck
• Check the power steering
• Wash & clean out the truck
• Re-paint the wheels on the truck
• Possibly replacing the windshield wipers
• Refilling the widow washer fluid
• Replacing a missing parking light
• Cleaning my room
• ((and probably other stuff that'll come to me as I work))

Yeah... That's alot to do... Oh well. I'll see what I can do. There's probably more to blog about but... my mind decided that now is a good time to go into save-the-memory-for-tomorrow mode.

~m@5+3r $k1pp3R

b@cK 7o 7h3 b4s1c$

*Say goodnight
Don't be afraid
Calling me, calling me
As you fade to black

Holding my last breath
Safe inside myself
Are all my thoughts of you
Sweet raptured light
It ends here tonight*
~Evanescense, My Last Breath

Yes, I'm back to the two original bands that turned me to rock: LP & Evanescense. I love 'em though. Here's a quick list of bands that I like (the top ones anyway):

• Linkin Park
• Evanescense
• 3 Doors Down
• Staind
• Shinedown
• Breaking Benjamin
• Trapt

Like I said, it's a quick list.
For more bands that I like, you have to ask.

~master skipper
"Da'Man"

flyinggrounded

Classes after 7:00 cancelled do to the weather. No Calculus tonight; that's what that means. Yes...

Nothing really else. That's really the only good news I've had in what rather seems like forevr. Anyways. Enough for now.

~Da' Man

I think another Peacetika is in order

crunchbite/fluffy/honk-honk

World History exam today. Already done, but I'm not sure I did very good @ all... Bummer. I have a Cal quiz Thursday and also my "documented essay"... research paper... is due Thursday too. I'd better work on that some more. Thank goodness next week I don't have school. I still have work though... you win some you lose some. I get to sleep late on Tuesday & Thursday @ least. And I get to change the oil in my truck. And check the power steering. And give it a wash. And maybe vacuum it out too. And probably work on repainting the wheels. Crap. So much for a holiday... @ least it's not school and it's my cool truck. yay.

~D

¿i'm a songwriter?

So much is bottled up: pain, heartbreak,
& all that jazz
Nothin'll evr really be the same
I'm in denial, (pretending) it'll all go away
(but it won't)

I don't belong here
(Life can be such a mess)
No matter how much I try
(I can't pass their tests)

There are many times I've offered myself
a shoulder to lean on
Now it seems I need someone's help
'cept there's nothing, (not a thing) they can do for me
(wish there was)

I don't belong here
(Give me a break)
No matter how much I try
(There's so much to take)

There's too much to think about
Too many decisions to make
All this makes me wanna shout
'Cause they all say it's a piece of cake
(But it's not.)

I don't belong here
(Life can be such a mess)
No matter how much I try
(I can't pass their tests)
I don't belong here
(Give me a break)
No matter how much I try
(There's so much to take)

I don't belong here
(Life can be such a mess)
No matter how much I try
(I can't pass their tests)
I don't belong here
(Give me a break)
No matter how much I try
(There's so much to take)

I don't belong here
I don't belong here
I don't belong here...

~Da' Man, I Don't Belong

trashbag raincoats

Mario & I, when doing a trash run today, decided to be smart and wear trash bags to keep from getting too wet. Knock a hole in the bottom, pull it over your head, pop your arms through the sides; done: you have a trashbag raincoat. They worked pretty good granted that my hat, arms, and lower part of my legs got soaked. It was still entertaining, and I love me some rain. Speaking of which, I've gotten Rain (Breaking Benjamin) stuck my head. Oh well, good song.

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Evr tried lifting a 50 lb box of potatoes when evry muscle in your arms, back, and left leg are sore as all get-out? Well, it's not the piece of cake you may think it is. It actually is a little taxing on you, believe it or not. Why am I so sore you may ask? Well, it's like this:

At Amanda's B-day party, they had one of those fair quality huge canvas inflated slide things. Put two and two together, and you can probably make your own conclusions. Considering the first time I went down I was barrel-rolling so fast that I flew 10 or 15 ft into the yard, it's not too hard to figure out. Later that night, though, is when things really got messy. We (the guys @ first, then the girls) decided to jump over the outside wall onto the flat "landing zone" of the slide. Almost evry time I went over, I slammed onto the back of my neck. Ouch the next day: bigtime. But it was fun. The crazy insane games of twister didn't help any of that. But that was fun too. We did some other stuff like a scavenger hunt, some other game, and cake, but the exact details escape me. But over all, it was a fun and incredibly exhausting time.

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There was a wreck outside of McAlister's today. On the road between McAlister's and Wal-Mart, a guy slid into another car 'cause of the rain; nothing really bad, but a wreck none-the-less. Speaking of wrecks, one the kitchen guys, Andrew, got in a bad car wreck last night. He's in the hospital in intensive care. I can't remember which hospital, but he's not doing very well, either way. So keep him in your prayers.

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One last ending note:

I find it interesting how, even in the music you don't like, you'll still find that you like some of the lyrics. I won't say specifically what song(s) so as to keep from humiliating myself (among other things). But yeah. Just some food for your brain.

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~master skipper

honest abe

The Veteran's Day video thing was a letdown. I was disappointed. Last years was really good. At least what they gave the Veteran's makes up for it.

That's it for now.

~D

Man, I could go for one of them Relax2O massages right now.

out of touch & out of place

So much is bottled up: pain, heartbreak, & all that jazz

Nothin'll evr really be the same

I'm in denial, pretending it'll all go away

but it won't

I don't belong here

I wish I could quit life

But no matter how many blows I take

I just won't die

There are many times I've offered a shoulder to lean on

Now it seems I need one myself

Except I'm not sure anything could really help

There's too much to think about

Too many decisions to make

I feel very emo now...

memory fails me

*I can't hold on (to what I want when I'm stretched so thin).

It's all too much to take in.

I can't hold on (to anything watching evrything spin).

With thoughts of failure sinking in.*

~LP By Myself

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Hmm. Today was an interesting day. I don't remember why, just that it was. If I remember, I'll tell me, then I'll put it up on here. But chances are, I won't ever remember. Or even remember that I'm supposed to remember why today was interesting. I did get paid today. That was cool. Well, that's all the rambling I'll do for now.

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~D

*once the paper's crumpled up it can't be perfect again*

I'm wondering how long I can keep up this latest trend of mine. The past few days I've managed to not get to bed until after 1:00 @ least. ((that's AM)). Yesterday... or this morning... I didn't get to bed til 'round 2:45-3:00ish. Well, in any case, I'm tired when I don't sleep and I'm tired when I do; so why not just get the most out of each day I got, right?...maybe not?ok. With about 18 hours of waking time, you'd be surprised to how little someone can do. Well, I do work and go to school, so that takes a largish chunk out of that 18, but all that time seems to slip awy quickly. Too quickly sometimes, and other times not quickly enough. "You win some you lose some," as I always say. And "To each their own, and to some more than others."

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"If you bring the pain, the pain will be brought to you"

((oh the strange taunts that are created while video-gaming))

~master skipper

school: i'm in it for the money

If only Veteran's day hadda been today... then I wouldn't have had to go to school. Oh well. You win some you lose some.

History's not so bad (except for the relatively early waking, along w/ the half-hour drive)

Art Appreciation just got really old really fast

Comp... it's allot to do. Well, it's allot to write. Man, I hate writing.

Cal is really hard. I hate math, but thankfully this next quiz is on more or less straightforward stuff. ...I hope.

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"And even though you're so close to me, you're still so distant; and I can't bring you back"

"It's true the way I feel was promised by your face. The sound of your voice painted on my memories, even if you're not with me, I’m with you"

~LP, With You

~master skipper

*kill the headlights & put it in neutral*

I got a taste of what it's like on the sandwich line today. They were getting uber behind and a half, James asked me to help 'em out a bit ((being as we had four guys on the salad & spud line)). So I helped. It wasn't half bad.
Today was also the day that the long-sleeved shirts came in, so I have one of those now. They only had smalls in white, so... I have a white McAlister's shirt now.
Quinton, the insane man that works in the back of McAlister's, can sing really good. Too bad he's insane.
And here's something I tried this morning. Ok, cup of coffee, four creamers, six sugars, two spoons of chocolate syrup... golden...
I also found that @ least two other people: James & Gabe (his real name's Gabriel, cool huh?), both have read/are reading the Wheel of Time. So that's kinda cool.
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Well, that's all the random tid-bits I have for now. Here's some selected LP lyrics:
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"No, no matter how far we've come, I can't wait to see tomorrow" ~With You
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"Evrything falls apart
Even the people who never frown eventually break down
(the sacrifice of living in a lie)
Evrything has to end, you'll soon find
We're all out of time left to watch it all unwind" ~Pushing Me Away
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"Uh, yeah." ~PPR: Kut (papercut) [Reanimation]
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Those are all I feel like throwing on here for now.

~master skipper

so i can say i posted

school's no fun

three & a half years more to go

~master skipper

if you could understand

Only a couple hundred pages to go! yes. I'm nearing completion of the 8th book of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time. It's good stuff. The tenth book came out just this past week,... or was it the eleventh that came out? Well, in any case, the latest came out recently, and if I'm not mistaken (or my resource isn't mistaken) there's going to be 13th books. You guys should read 'em sometime. Hard reading in its own way being as there's no fewer than 5 stories going on @ any given time by the book I'm reading; but it does have a way of capturing the reader's attention.
evrything hangs by a thread
I mention all that 'cause with the Senior High Retreat this past weekend there's been less than a handful of people to talk to on IM, so I've been on a reading frenzy. I also got a cool new chair (that was a slightly delayed if more than welcome b-day gift from my parent's). I would say it's like KP's only a slightly smaller version, except that more than likely only one or two, if none, have seen it. The best way to describe it is thus: a leather bowl supported my canvas on a folding frame. You'd have to see it I guess. Either way, it's really comfortable; except when evry possible sitting postion has been exhausted w/ hours of use. But then, very few chairs, if any, are comfortable after being sat in for hours.
that's choking on the splinters
Well, that's all for now, chaps.
More later or something of the general sort.

~master skipper

drop a gear and petal to the metal

Work was rediculously hecktic today. Like, it was a non-stop line-to-the-door almost the entire time from opening til somewhere around 1:30. There were four of us on the salad and spud line and we still got behind a couple times. It didn't help that A) two of the guys were kinda new and still slightly unused to working @ McAlister's and B) the ticket printers weren't printing right and orders were being left out and/or forgotten 'cause we didn't get the ticket. But other than that it was a pretty good day. I got there @ 10:00 instead of 9:00 today 'cause Milner (the not-as-cool manager) messed up on the schedule and put me off on Friday instead of Saturday which I requested. Fortunately it wasn't too much trouble to get Saturday off; and because there wasn't any reason that I needed Friday off, Nancy had me come in to help. So yeah. That's how it is.

lock & load
well, that's be all there is for now

~master skipper

blue... no yellow! ahhhhh!!!....

TACT:

A skill for those not witty enough to be sarcastic.

double barrel buckshot
sorry guys. still no material or worthwhile developements for a post.

~master skipper

named.. morphumax

life's good... some of the time.
all my heroes have now become ghosts
well... yeah. Not really anything to report/blog about 'cause the only thing really going on is work & school. Exciting I know.. maybe not? ok. anyways... yeah.
sold thier sorrow to the ones who pay the most
Maybe I'll have something to update later.

~master skipper

pennys and can tabs

dude, my hair today decided to do this nifly little... whoosh thing.

you totally had to be there.

~master skipper

this was so totally useless

oh, and i can pony-tail my mullet

if only a very short one

oh yeah, btw

I forgot to tell about the good music that was played yesterday morning @ work. Adam, the other cool manager, plays a rock station instead of the silly oldies and "light rock." (paw; "rock" my foot). Anyways, among the songs played were, Iris (which is awlesome), that one song that says comiserating, Here w/o You (still a fan favorite for me), and The Reason. There was a few othr songs, but I can't recall what they were. Still good stuff.

loose it. one knot @ a time

~master skipper

"today's going to be a good day"

I really didn't want to get up this morning, but: I had work. After breakfast and getting ready to go, I was so thinkin' I was going to be late, and I so totally freaked out when I saw the clock in my truck saying it was 9:35 and not 8:35; but I realized that I just hadn't gotten around to setting it back. Big relief. But either way, I was expecting to be late none-the-less, but after hitting evry light green and not having to come to a complete stop the entire way, I actually arrived to work early. That was cool, and didn't hurt @ all the care-free, hurt me: it don't matter to me mood I've had all day. I was... happy... I guess you could call it. In any case. Cliff, this new guy that actually picks stuff up quick and does his job, came in two hours early on an accident thinking he was supposed to come in @ 9:00 instead of 11:00. That was handy; it's always nice to have an extra pair of hands. And Eric, the older fellow that I normally work w/, came in incredably late (fourty-five minutes) considering that he's normally @ least 10 minutes early. But @ least he did show up. But today was the slowest I've ever seen McAlister's in a while on a Monday. That was nice to be able to relax a little bit and drink an extra cup of coffee. One thing that did bother me, although I didn't let it dent my good mood, was that Eric took his break even when he came in so late he shouldn't have gotten one. Oh well. Another funny thing concerning work, the clock in the back of the house (aka, the kitchen) is stuck on military time, so we're joking around like "c'mon 14:00" (fourteen hundred), and "go time is 14:00," and other rather more rediculous things.

forget the pain

Something that's taken me to today to realize: I really like the violin. Like, it's happy & sad @ the same time. It can take you from joyous to grim determination to hopeful resignation all in just a few notes. It's like... hard to describe, but I love it. Places of note in which a violin is played suchly: the music used for Rohan in Lord of the Rings, and track nine on Us and Them. I totally listened to track nine (w/e the name is) three or four times just to hear the violin.

live your life

Well, I have to sleep, but I think I'm going to read a little before then, 1:00 seems like a good "bed-time."

~master skipper

be what you wanna be

down lies the sun, but still it shines

Shinedown's new cd's pretty good. You should listen, it'll rock your socks off.. and a half. These guys are rock/goth/emo, w/o really being goth or emo. They're really good, but not a band to fit many tastes (like say, 3 Doors Down which'll be heard on pop stations, rock stations, and also which many country listening people like [maybe that's one step toward the light]).

invisible ink

This is the place that I would totally put up a link for to let thee listen to the songs on Us and Them, but being as I don't know any places to find the stuff on the internet, I won't put up a link... quite obviously.

cutting my wrist

I'm out

~master skipper

yall/you all/yous guys, w/e

have a good day

such potential

The coolest truck evr...

...if only that weird guy would get outta the picture.

~master skipper

check it *check*

( ) Slept all night in a bed with a person of the opposite sex
(x) Slept all night in a bed with a person of the same sex
(heck yes) Slept for more than 12 hours
(x) Missed a week of school or more
(x) Put chapstick on more than 5 times in an hour
( ) Kissed more than one person in a day (counting rents)
( ) Kissed more than two people in a day (counting fam&rents)
( ) Created a myspace/xanga survey
( ) Eaten a worm
(x) Jumped on a trampoline
( ) Ridden a unicycle
(x) Done something special for someone else
( ) Stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant
( ) Paid more than $50 for food at a fast food restaurant
( ) Got caught for cheating * SCHOOL WISE
( ) Talked on the phone while going to the bathroom
( ) Brushed your teeth while on the phone
( ) Worked in fast food place
(x) Written a poem
( ) Randomly called people out of a phone book
( ) Been on a yacht
(x) Put bananas in your cheerios
( ) Lied to a friend to make them feel better
( ) Dated someone more than 2 years older than you
(x) Eaten frosting out of the original container
( ) Had a dream about a myspace/xanga friend
(x) Fallen in public
(x) Had your pants rip
(x) Recently had a PB&J sadnwich
( ) Met your principals parents
(x) Killed an animal
(x) Been prescribed to 3 or more medications by a doctor
(x) Wished you were an only child
( ) Used your friends razor with out them knowing
(x) Been unproud of a decision you made
(helped) Worked for a family member
(x) Been told you were too young
( ) Made out in a car
( ) Kissed a friend, then their best friend
( ) Been to a concert?
(x) Gotten away with a lie to your parents
( ) Been dumped the night of a dance and left with out a date
( ) Been cheated on
( ) Gone out with a person one of your parents set you up with
(x) Hated to admit you are wrong
( ) Ridden on a shopping cart in a Safeway
(x) danced in a WalMart
( ) Went into a walmart in socks
(x) Worn a tiara
(x) Been in a play
(x) Gone to church more than 2 times in a week
( ) Copied more than 30 CD's in a day
(x) Made a movie
(x) Dressed gothic
(x) Worn 5 or more layers of clothing
(x) Had a stalker
( ) Been to california
( ) Lived on a house boat
(x) Swam in clear blue water
( ) Sat in a doctors office with a friend
(x) Ran across 6 lanes of traffic
(x) Made fish lips
(x) Hit on a waiter
(x) Taken pictures with a stranger
( ) Been to Busch Gardens
(x) Stayed in a hotel room with 3 other friends
( ) Made a public speech
( ) Been on cable television
( ) Coreographed a dance
(x) Felt used
(x) Made a smoothie or milkshake
(haha...) Had fun at work
( ) Watched Desperate Housewives
(x) Watched a movie so often you could quote every word
( ) Listened to an old NSYNC or Backstreet Boys CD more than once in a day AFTER they were popular
(x) Kept something from a past relationship (letters, flowers etc..)
(x) Given someone else flowers
(x) Taken a foreign language
(why would i do that??) Gotten to school at 6:15 in the morning
(x) Not turned anything in and still got an A