November 2008
51 posts
Halloween
Halloween is a day where greedy kids take candy from strangers and contribute to their inevitable obesity problem while the ones too old to trick-or-treat pretend to be something they’re not. So, essentially, Halloween is just like the rest of the year.
I don’t treat it differently just because the world decided to appoint a title to October’s end.
On the other hand, it does...
Jason Mraz - Sleeping to Dream
This song is from...
October 2008
96 posts
Halloween in High School
Petite Asian Sophomore: This cost $60.
Me: You paid $60 to look like a five-year-old whore?
Teacher: Oooooooooooh, she called you a five-year-old!
3:36AM
A wipe of the brow, a sigh of relief, I’ve just finished my English paper.
Note to self: make sure your car battery works when you’re attempting to speed home to start your homework. Oh and don’t wait until the very last second when you’ve been given two and a half weeks to do one assignment. Oh and you suck at life.
Like I’m really going to listen to this.
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Run-On
There’s oil on my hands from holding the hood of my car while I was staring blankly at the engine because let’s face it I know nothing of substance when it comes to broken cars so I just kept telling it that it was pretty and that I loved it and if it felt the same way then it should roar with life once again but of course my efforts were futile and the car mocked me with its silence...
“You have to have an ego if you’re a writer… it’s egotistical...”
– Andy Rooney
Confidence
Today I had yet another conversation after class with my English teacher, a burgeoning ritual I’ve come to know well and appreciate.
We — well, he — spoke of Obama, his daughter, Andy Rooney, and gave me two books; all while I was still attempting to fully absorb the very first thought he had voiced. What our entire discussion came down to was that he thinks I have skill with...
Earlimart - Bloody Nose
I posted...
“There’s nothing special about you.”
– Dad I asked my Dad today to fill out a “brag sheet” for me to aid one of my teachers in writing me a letter of reccomendation. He glanced at the questions for a minute, looked up, and said this to me. After he gazed at my dumbfounded, blank stare, he replied, “Hold on. I have to...
I'm Tired
I’ve noticed that I have less and less to blog about because my life has become more and more routine.
I’ve fallen into the habit of sleeping the weekdays away and then using the remaining weekend hours to drink myself stupid.
Frankly, I’m tired of it.
I’m tired of these mundane socialization rituals that lead to dead-end friendships and embarrassing morning-afters. ...
The Thrills - Whatever Happened to Corey Haim?
I...
52books:
Rosemary Clooney - Be Careful, It’s My...
“This one is actually easy. It was Malia, my 10-year-old daughter’s birthday...”
– Barack Obama, on the last time he cried. Video at this source. (via apsies)
T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake - Dead and Gone
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We're in the Same State of Mind
Mom: I wish I could take a loooooooooooooooooong nap.
Jamie: That's called death, Mom.
Sunday Morning
I chauffeured my older sister to three different gatherings last night, all heavy with cheap beer, cheap drugs, and cheap personalities.
The moment we got to the first house, the party host ran outside to greet us, where he threw his massive, masculine arms around Misa. After a while, I noticed he was belligerently drunk, yet, particularly friendly to my sister. A few shots and a beer later, I...
“No, no put the whole thing in your mouth! Yeah. Yeah. Wait. Don’t spit...”
– Jomel teaching how to correctly eat a piece of sushi. This quote really has no purpose except for me to exploit the opportunity to say: DIRTY.
Dream
I was walking along an empty path. The world was tinged with shades of grey and black. As I kept advancing down the road, I noticed a fuzzy shape ahead of me. I started walking faster and faster; I wanted to catch up to it; I wanted to find out where I was.
When I came within a few feet, I noticed the ‘it’ was an old couple walking hand-in-hand; woman on the left, man on the...
Insult
A few weeks ago this kid in my Psychology class told me I dressed like Sarah Palin, while glorifying Obama on his chest in the form of a t-shirt. I took it as an insult.
Today someone from my Government class complimented my shoes. Then she told me it looked like something the First Lady would wear. So, in a sense, I got called Laura Bush. I took it as an insult.
Happy Birthday Mom!
Don’t worry, 40 is the new 20.
Fucker
My little brother is a little shit. I wait for him ten minutes after school everyday and he always leaves me in the car to melt. When I eventually do leave campus without him, he calls five minutes after I reach my haven and makes me turn around to get him. He just has “to say bye to his friends,” he says. When I make a snappy comment at that, he always claims, “You’re...
“If I knew what I was so anxious about, I wouldn’t be so anxious.”
– Mignon McLaughlin (via enquotations)
Synecdoche
Today’s word of the day for English was ‘synechdoche’, or “sin-neck-doysh” as Tammy refers to it.
I, of course, simply stared at the word. I didn’t write it down. I didn’t even bother to read the definition. I was too busy sweating. It was really hot today.
Anyway, while reading an article earlier, I came across a word I didn’t recognize. I...
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Click on the door on the left. Multiple times.
ericlodwick:
This is bleak
Four Day Weekend
My suspension comes to a close tonight and my school day starts at 6AM tomorrow morning.
If anything, this punishment served as a form of advertisement for me.
If ever it were acceptable to fall in love with some type of disciplinary action, I’ll have you know, I’ve already planned our wedding and named our children.
Suspension, you complete me.
Dear Maheu,
I want to personally thank you for permanently scarring me with that ‘strip Jeopardy’ anecdote. In the words of Alberto: “I knew Maheu was nerdy, but damn.”
I congratulate you on your $30,000+ win, or rather, $15,000+ (considering taxes), and I’m looking forward to the smug expression that will be plastered on your face all day tomorrow.
You cocky bastard.
Had the...
Azure Ray - If You Fall
Stacy gave me a mix CD a...
Censor
Following my theme of the weekend: authority figures.
My English teacher did manage to access my blog. Not only does he now know way too much about my life, he also found it through — drumroll — MySpace. Another reason why my personal plan to bring down the social networking site has purpose. Granted, ‘the plan’ really is just a napkin with a sentence scrawled on it...
Teachers
I didn’t realize how great my teachers were until I recieved replies from three of them after emailing and explaining to them the reason for my suspension. And also to beg for assignment make-up possibilities. And for a favor.
In all three notes, I wrote variations of very vague excuses. “I gave into my adolescent whims”, “I have a brain deficiency”, and...
Punishment
What the hell kind of punishment is it to suspend a student for doing something bad?
Oh. Thanks for the mandatory four day weekend, MMHS.
I’m going to go watch a movie and eat.
“People… they’re always trying to put themselves above you. ...”
– Dad After a lengthy discussion concerning my stupidity with alcohol and police officers, we had a lengthy discussion on my outlook on people and life. He just wants me happy, despite tonight’s very concrete evidence of my brain deficiency. Who knew my Dad spoke coherent English? I...
Ultimate Buzz Kill
I was caught both lying and drinking tonight by the fat, Mexican security guards on campus, Vice Principal Sturgeon, and the police.
I’ve been suspended for three days, two if I attend alcohol prevention classes.
I wasn’t arrested, but I had to take a sobriety test, which I would’ve passed, if my eyes hadn’t been dilated. That’s beyond my control though. But hey,...
My Life
Jamie: Thanks for the flowers! You arranged them so nicely. It looks so good!
Uncle: You're getting bigger. And fatter.
Why "Undecided" Doesn't Necessarily Mean "Complete...
samreich:
cjmeeks:
I don’t know who I’m voting for. I don’t even know if I will vote at all… I’m sure this makes me an idiot or an asshole in the eyes of many.
Yup, I think you’re an idiot.
Democrats and Republicans have opposite viewpoints on abortion, gay rights, gun control, the death penalty, sex education, immigration, affirmative action, and the role of religion in schools. It’s...
Problem
My sixth period class was congested with smelly soccer players and ditsy Mexican whores today. Since I had no task to complete and a classroom of people to avoid, I made my way towards my English class to pick up my two personal statements.
Although I assumed it would be both awkward and intimidating to sit in and watch my teacher read over my two essays, I blindly entered the cave anyway. As...
On Gay Marriage
Prosser: Marriage is traditional... most people believe it's between a man and a woman... they just have to call it something else... you can't turn a shoe into a sleeve overnight! (gestures at his articles of clothing)
Jamie: Wait. So you agree that it's the same thing, just under different names? Like "civil union" and "marriage"?
Prosser: Yes, bu-
Jamie: SO, it's not a shoe and a sleeve. It's a sleeve and another sleeve.
Prosser: Yes...
Well. A short sleeve and a long sleeve.
Jamie: Sleeves clothe the body, nonetheless.
I'm Sick
Jamie: My throat really hurts.
Amal and Adam: ...
Jamie: Wow, I just set you guys up for a dirty joke and no one went for it!
“Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.”
– Thomas Jones I’m trying to pressure myself into being nicer. It’s a difficult struggle, this clash between my two (or more) personalities.
Donavon Frankenreiter - All Around Us
“Love...
Theraflu
I finished all of the Nyquil (aka God’s gift) the other night, so to replace my addiction, my Dad made me a mug of Theraflu-infused water.
It tastes like crap, with just a hint of cough medicine.
Basically, on top of my week-long loss of blood, the pending AP Psych test/AP Gov’t test/Heart of Darkness essay, and my imminent failure of the three, I now have to suffer the consequences...
Decisions
I have two ensembles for Homecoming, and I just can’t seem to make up my mind. Both are slutty and whore-ish, just like me, so you can see how this poses a dilemma. Both are fancy enough to look nice in the picture, and just simple enough to wear into a dark gym with my overdressed high school counterparts.
My first outfit is really two see-through lingerie slips, but together, make a...
Homecoming
So… I got asked. Dammit.
It was indisputable; I wasn’t going to go. I was so firm on my decision to boycott Homecoming. But. Dammit. I got asked.
Adam is a perfectly viable alternative to sleeping, which happens to be what I had penciled in for Saturday night. Adam is nice, he’s sweet, he’s a little predictable — considering I guessed his motives for taking me...
Yael Naim - Too Long
Insane in the Membrane
Jamie: I think I'm crazy.
Alberto: You ain't crazy.
Alberto: The world around you is.
What Can I Say? I'm a Romantic at Heart.
While driving around different parts of San Diego, I’ve noticed that a lot of houses have posted signs on their lawns representing their stance on Prop 8.
Since I like my lawn, I’ll post my sign here instead of forcing stakes into the pretty green sitting outside my front porch.
I understand why the majority of the signs I’ve seen are in compliance with Prop 8, agreeing that...
Feist; Gonzales - Gatekeeper (One Room One Hour...
Concerning the 'Reader Discretion Advised' Post
I was bombarded today by various friends who were appalled by what I wrote in my most recent text post. To these people (and others who thought the same thing but didn’t mention it), I would like to say a few things:
Did the title not warn you that you might not want to read it? Did it not say READER DISCRETION ADVISED? Did I not tell you, right in the beginning, that it might not be...
Reader Discretion Advised
It’s been a while since I’ve been able to remember a dream so vividly. It involved cops, President Bush, two girls, and a violent bum.
I’m just going to cut to the chase and tell you what happened at the end.
I was sitting in a van with two little girls I’ve never met, their mother, and their grandparents. I had walked over to ask them if they were alright, since the van...