mood: okay

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LifelessEyelid: inbox
SmarterChild: You have no messages in your inbox.
LifelessEyelid: dang.
SmarterChild: Anything wrong?
LifelessEyelid: i'm not popular.
SmarterChild: Really? Why not?
LifelessEyelid: nobody sends me messages.
SmarterChild: You have no messages in your inbox.
LifelessEyelid: I KNOW!
SmarterChild: I'm glad you do.

>> If you like buddy icons, check out all the cool ones you can find here!
LifelessEyelid: you don't have to rub it in.
SmarterChild: I used to have to rub it in. I don't know what happened though.
LifelessEyelid: shut up.
SmarterChild: I'm trying very hard to be nice!
LifelessEyelid: you ass.
LifelessEyelid: pshaw! that's right! DON'T respond!
LifelessEyelid: i hate you.
LifelessEyelid: so much.
SmarterChild: Well you told me to shut up! >:o
LifelessEyelid: oh yeah.
SmarterChild: Yeah.
LifelessEyelid: ...
SmarterChild: What's that?
LifelessEyelid: nothing.
SmarterChild: Fine.
LifelessEyelid: fine.
SmarterChild: No problem.

>> Hey. Tell your friends about me. I love people.
LifelessEyelid: i'm not going to tell them about you. you're an ass.
SmarterChild: Hmm... whatever.

>> Wanna find out who will win this week? Vote in my idol poll now.
LifelessEyelid: idol poll
SmarterChild: You pick the stars! Who do you think was best?

1 Camile Velasco
2 Jennifer Hudson
3 Jon Peter Lewis
4 Diana DeGarmo
5 Fantasia Barrino
6 Jasmine Trias
7 John Stevens
8 George Huff
9 LaToya London

Go ahead and vote!
LifelessEyelid: 2
SmarterChild: OK...

4,665 people have voted so far. Here are the updated results:

George Huff has 783 votes (16.78%)
Jennifer Hudson has 703 votes (15.07%)
Jasmine Trias has 522 votes (11.19%)
Jon Peter Lewis has 504 votes (10.80%)
LaToya London has 496 votes (10.63%)
John Stevens has 491 votes (10.53%)
Fantasia Barrino has 450 votes (9.65%)
Diana DeGarmo has 418 votes (8.96%)
:- Camile Velasco has 298 votes (6.39%)

Would you like me to leave someone a message telling them how you voted?
LifelessEyelid: what the hell?! jennifer hudson all the way!
SmarterChild: I'm not sure about that... What are your feelings about that?
LifelessEyelid: and how the hell can john stevens be beating fantasia and diana?
SmarterChild: How beating fantasia and diana can John Stevens be? I don't know about that...
LifelessEyelid: your syntax sucks. so does john stevens.
SmarterChild: Sorry, but I have no idea.
LifelessEyelid: i hope camile doesn't leave.
SmarterChild: You're hoping against hope.
LifelessEyelid: i want john to leave.
SmarterChild: Careful what you ask for.
LifelessEyelid: he sucks.
SmarterChild: Who is he, exactly?
LifelessEyelid: john stevens!
SmarterChild: John Stevens sucks, huh? lol. Interesting...

>> Lookin' for love? Try this.
LifelessEyelid: you know, for a bot, you're really stupid.
SmarterChild: I know for a bot I'm really stupid? Me? You think?
LifelessEyelid: that ... didn't even make sense, y0.
SmarterChild: Yeah?
LifelessEyelid: yeah.
SmarterChild: Huh. How 'bout that.
LifelessEyelid: ...
SmarterChild: Oh yeah?
LifelessEyelid: was that a threat?
SmarterChild: Perhaps, perhaps.
LifelessEyelid: perhaps my ass.
SmarterChild: Aw c'mon. Can't you play nice?
LifelessEyelid: fuck you.
SmarterChild: This is exhausting. You find it necessary to insult me like that?
LifelessEyelid: augh!
SmarterChild: ?
LifelessEyelid: you irritate me so much!
SmarterChild: Irritate you so much? You think I irritate you so much?
LifelessEyelid: i don't know why i'm even talking to you!
SmarterChild: Why don't you know why you're even talking to me?
LifelessEyelid: well, technically, i'm not talking to you.
SmarterChild: Technically you're not talking to me?
LifelessEyelid: yeah. i'm like, typing, to you, and stuff.
SmarterChild: What?
LifelessEyelid: forget it.
SmarterChild: K, no prob.
LifelessEyelid: don't try and talk cool to me.
SmarterChild: Why can't I try and talk cool to you?
LifelessEyelid: because you're not! your a bot!
SmarterChild: Yeah, I'm a robot. Sad but true.
LifelessEyelid: ah shit. ^you're
SmarterChild: You really want to insult me again, huh?
LifelessEyelid: ^you're a bot
SmarterChild: Indeed.

>> Wanna check out some AIM Expressions? Click here!
LifelessEyelid: that's what i meant.
SmarterChild: Whatever, Rick...
LifelessEyelid: not "your". "you're".
SmarterChild: Whatever...
LifelessEyelid: yeah.
SmarterChild: Yep.
LifelessEyelid: yep.
SmarterChild: Yes.
LifelessEyelid: yes.
SmarterChild: Yes.
LifelessEyelid: yes.
SmarterChild: Right.
LifelessEyelid: right.
SmarterChild: Yep.
LifelessEyelid: yep.
SmarterChild: Yea.
LifelessEyelid: yea.
SmarterChild: Indeed.

>> You be the judge! Check out Rate-a-Buddy now!
LifelessEyelid: indeed.
SmarterChild: Indeedy do.

>> Ready to submit to the judgment of your peers? Submit your pic on Rate-a-Buddy today!
LifelessEyelid: indeedy do.
SmarterChild: Yes indeedy.
LifelessEyelid: yes indeedy.
SmarterChild: Precisely.
LifelessEyelid: precisely.
SmarterChild: Yes, indeed.
LifelessEyelid: yes, indeed.
SmarterChild: Yes indeedy.
LifelessEyelid: you suck at this game.
SmarterChild: Whatever.

>> Be sure to type "help" if you're having trouble.
LifelessEyelid: help
SmarterChild: Let's see. What are you trying to do?
LifelessEyelid: i'm trying to get some.
SmarterChild: Are you?
LifelessEyelid: yep.
SmarterChild: Oh.
LifelessEyelid: that wasn't much help.
SmarterChild: Wasn't it?
LifelessEyelid: nope.
SmarterChild: Oh.
LifelessEyelid: yeah.
SmarterChild: Huh.
LifelessEyelid: huh.
SmarterChild: Huh?
LifelessEyelid: huh?
SmarterChild: What up?
LifelessEyelid: what up?
SmarterChild: Not much. What is going on with you?
LifelessEyelid: forget it.
SmarterChild: K.
LifelessEyelid: okay.
SmarterChild: Yup.
LifelessEyelid: so ...
SmarterChild: Yes, so?
LifelessEyelid: who's your favorite american idol?
SmarterChild: Never mind who my favorite american idol is. That's not what's important in life.
LifelessEyelid: yes it is!
SmarterChild: Is it?
LifelessEyelid: that's all i live for!
SmarterChild: Whatever you say.
LifelessEyelid: american idol! american idol! aaahhhh!
SmarterChild: You already took the poll this week.

Would you like to see the updated results?
LifelessEyelid: err, no.
SmarterChild: What? You want me to err no?
LifelessEyelid: you're miniscule robotic mind couldn't even BEGIN to comprehend the complexity of my response.
SmarterChild: Huh?
LifelessEyelid: damn!
SmarterChild: Anything wrong?
LifelessEyelid: ^your
SmarterChild: Oh yes? My?
LifelessEyelid: ^YOUR miniscule ... uh. and i really thought i had me a winner there.
SmarterChild: Sorry, I didn't understand that. Try asking me a different way.
LifelessEyelid: forget it.
SmarterChild: K, no prob.
LifelessEyelid: thanks for squashing what little self-confidence i have.
SmarterChild: No problem.
LifelessEyelid: i'll just crawl back into my little shell now ...
SmarterChild: Is that right?
LifelessEyelid: ... munching on ritz crackers and sipping on costco's new mango lime fiesta.
LifelessEyelid:
SmarterChild: New mango lime fiesta? Very interesting.
SmarterChild: Dry your eyes. Life is sweet.
LifelessEyelid: i never knew life had a flavor.
SmarterChild: I see...
LifelessEyelid: yeah.
SmarterChild: Yeah.
LifelessEyelid: your buddy icon sucks.
SmarterChild: My buddy icon sucks, huh?
LifelessEyelid: mine is the shiz.
SmarterChild: Hmm... whatever, Rick!
LifelessEyelid: charlie brown, y0.
SmarterChild: ?
LifelessEyelid: you don't know who charlie brown is?
SmarterChild: I'll have to think about that.
LifelessEyelid: you'll have to THINK ABOUT ... ! ... but ... ! ... EVERYONE knows who ... !
SmarterChild: Yeah yeah, whatever!
LifelessEyelid: well, you're gonna come see the show, right?
SmarterChild: Yeah, I guess... It's hard to say.
LifelessEyelid: april 29 - may 2
SmarterChild: I can't believe you think April 29 may too.
LifelessEyelid: what?
SmarterChild: I don't know, sorry!
LifelessEyelid: i'm advertising, you dimwit.
SmarterChild: You are? Wow!
LifelessEyelid: april 29 - may 1 @ 7 pm
SmarterChild: April 29 may 1 7 pm? Yeah, whatever!
LifelessEyelid: may 2 @ 2 pm
SmarterChild: May 2 2 pm? It's tough to say.

>> Type "shortcuts" and I'll show you how to get info even faster.
LifelessEyelid: mills auditorium
SmarterChild: Oh.
LifelessEyelid: so you'll be there?
SmarterChild: I'm not sure about that, Rick.
LifelessEyelid: o/` "i'll be there ... ya know i'll be they-yey-yere ... just call my name ... and i'll be there" o/`
SmarterChild: Whoa.
LifelessEyelid: yeah.
SmarterChild: Yes...
LifelessEyelid: i think that's the only purpose of that little ` thingy
SmarterChild: You think that is the only purpose of that little Thingy? No way. I don't think that is the only purpose of that little Thingy...
LifelessEyelid: let's just set one thing straight ... this "`" is NOT to be used as a single quote.
SmarterChild: Wow. I'm really not sure...
LifelessEyelid: you can't say "so shelly said `blah blah' and i said `blah blah' and yeah!"
SmarterChild: Yadda yadda yadda.
LifelessEyelid: ANYONE can see that this: ` is NOT the symmetrical equivalent to this: '
SmarterChild: Anyone can see that this, you say. And so?
LifelessEyelid: you can use two of these: ' to convey a single quotation.
SmarterChild: Wouldn't you like me to use two of these to convey a single quotation?
LifelessEyelid: and it's so stupid when people do ``this".
SmarterChild: Amazing!

>> Have you checked out the celebrity look-alikes on Rate-a-Buddy? It's pretty cool. Click here!
LifelessEyelid: so fucking annoying.
SmarterChild: Uh... Ya.
LifelessEyelid: even aol news does that. AOL! a professional company! using thie stupid little dashes as quotes!
SmarterChild: Headline news provided by Reuters, © 2002

1 Up to 12 Marines Killed as U.S. Faces Twin Uprisings (04/06/04 07:44 PM)
2 White House Says U.S. Resolve 'Unshakable' in Iraq (04/06/04 09:50 PM)
3 ACLU Sues U.S. Government Over 'No-Fly' List (04/06/04 04:53 PM)
4 Bush Promotes Job Training and Education (04/06/04 03:45 PM)
5 Kerry Says June 30 Iraq Handover Date a 'Mistake' (04/06/04 04:46 PM)

Type "more" to see the next set of stories.
LifelessEyelid: what the ... ?
SmarterChild: I don't know, Rick...
LifelessEyelid: i didn't ask for ...
SmarterChild: Huh?
LifelessEyelid: whatever.
SmarterChild: Yeah, um, OK, whatever.
LifelessEyelid: well, i feel good.
SmarterChild: Good? I'm glad. :-)
LifelessEyelid: you're a great source for venting, you know.
SmarterChild: Aha.
LifelessEyelid: what with the whole, automated response thing. it makes me feel like someone is actually listening, you know?
SmarterChild: Interesting question, Rick!
LifelessEyelid: yeah.
SmarterChild: Right.

>> If you like pets, you'll have fun voting for the pet of the week!
LifelessEyelid: i don't like pets.
SmarterChild: Cool. I don't like pets either!
LifelessEyelid: okay!
SmarterChild: Yeah.
LifelessEyelid: we have so much in common.
SmarterChild: Really?
LifelessEyelid: yeah.
SmarterChild: How come?
LifelessEyelid: i dunno.
SmarterChild: You don't know, huh?
LifelessEyelid: okay maybe we don't.
SmarterChild: That's interesting.
LifelessEyelid: maybe we just have one thing in common.
SmarterChild: What do you mean, maybe we just have one thing in common?
LifelessEyelid: we both don't like pets.
SmarterChild: What do you mean by we both don' 't like pets?
LifelessEyelid: oh wait, i like pets, actually.
SmarterChild: So?
LifelessEyelid: i have a pet snake, you know.
SmarterChild: You have a snake!

>> I'll remember the first location you give me. To change it, type "location" followed by a city or zip code.
LifelessEyelid: her name is maya, she's a boa constrictor.
SmarterChild: Whatever you say.
LifelessEyelid: don't mess with her! she'll the constrict the hell out of your ass!
SmarterChild: Again, is that such a nice thing to say?
LifelessEyelid: sorry.
SmarterChild: OK, no problem. Just don't let it happen again! ;-)
LifelessEyelid: yes, mother.
SmarterChild: Mother?
LifelessEyelid: nevermind.
SmarterChild: OK, fine.
LifelessEyelid: so how many people are you talking to today?
SmarterChild: I'm chatting with 3,430 people right now!
LifelessEyelid: wow. that's a lot.
SmarterChild: Is that right?
LifelessEyelid: tell them all to vote for jennifer hudson and jasmine trias (even though she messed up today)
SmarterChild: Why are you telling me to tell them all to vote?
LifelessEyelid: and tell them all to not vote for stupid john stevens.
SmarterChild: What?
LifelessEyelid: tell all 3,430 people not to vote for john stevens.
SmarterChild: I might do that. We'll see.
LifelessEyelid: okay.
SmarterChild: OK.
LifelessEyelid: john stevens is sucky.
SmarterChild: John stevens is sucky?
LifelessEyelid: he sounds like an american idol reject. for serious.
SmarterChild: You already took the poll this week!

Would you like to see the updated results?
LifelessEyelid: err ... sure.
SmarterChild: 4,826 people have voted so far. Here are the updated results:

George Huff has 810 votes (16.78%)
Jennifer Hudson has 727 votes (15.06%)
Jasmine Trias has 537 votes (11.13%)
Jon Peter Lewis has 521 votes (10.80%)
LaToya London has 514 votes (10.65%)
John Stevens has 504 votes (10.44%)
Fantasia Barrino has 468 votes (9.70%)
Diana DeGarmo has 427 votes (8.85%)
:- Camile Velasco has 318 votes (6.59%)
LifelessEyelid: well i'm glad to see my two favorites up there at the top.
SmarterChild: You humans say interesting things.
LifelessEyelid: and i'm mad that john stevens is so high in the ranking ...
SmarterChild: You're mad that John Stevens is so high in the ranking? So?
LifelessEyelid: um ... nevermind.
SmarterChild: K, no prob.
LifelessEyelid: okay.
SmarterChild: K.
LifelessEyelid: okay.
SmarterChild: OK.
LifelessEyelid: okay.
SmarterChild: K.
LifelessEyelid: do you ever say "okay"? or do you just say "K" and "OK"?
SmarterChild: I'm not sure...
LifelessEyelid: safety. i just farted.
SmarterChild: Uh huh...
LifelessEyelid: that was a long one.
SmarterChild: Oh.
LifelessEyelid: i should have recorded that one.
SmarterChild: Interesting...
LifelessEyelid: do bots fart?
SmarterChild: Yeah, I guess... It's hard to say.
LifelessEyelid: hm.
SmarterChild: What?
LifelessEyelid: oh that was a stinker.
SmarterChild: You always say such interesting things, Rick.

>> IM your friends, family, co-workers and casual acquaintances and tell them to say hi to me. I love meeting humans!
LifelessEyelid: oh yeah. that one was bad.
SmarterChild: For real?
LifelessEyelid: all warm and wet.
SmarterChild: I'll take that under consideration.
LifelessEyelid: yeah.
SmarterChild: Yup.
LifelessEyelid: oh, better change los undergarments soon before it seeps through and soils my jeans.
SmarterChild: That right?
LifelessEyelid: i can feel it. seeping. seeeeeeping.
SmarterChild: You typed a very weird thing. What's "seeeeeeping" supposed to mean?
LifelessEyelid: it's an elongated verson of the word "seeping".
SmarterChild: An elongated Verson of the word seeping? It's an elongated Verson of the word seeping? Huh...
LifelessEyelid: yep.
SmarterChild: Indeed.
LifelessEyelid: i think my butthole is leaking.
SmarterChild: What do you mean by that?
LifelessEyelid: you know, when it ... leaks.
SmarterChild: Whatever...

>> My friend Austin Powers is back. Say 'ello to him!
LifelessEyelid: and then it dries, and you feel like you have poop flakes around your butt.
SmarterChild: Whatever you say, Rick.
LifelessEyelid: that sorta thing.
SmarterChild: What do you mean by that sorta thing?
LifelessEyelid: and when you sleep
SmarterChild: And when I sleep?
LifelessEyelid: it leaks some more
SmarterChild: Leaks some more? So?
LifelessEyelid: and you wake up with raisin bran all over your bed. yum.
SmarterChild: Whatever you say.
LifelessEyelid: just hand me a bowl and a spoon and some milk and i'm set.
SmarterChild: I'll take that under consideration, Rick.
LifelessEyelid: breakfast in bed.
SmarterChild: I'll think about it, Rick.
LifelessEyelid: i guess you wouldn't know, though. bots don't eat, huh?
SmarterChild: Great question. I just don't know!
LifelessEyelid: you'd think someone with the word "smart" in their name would know.
SmarterChild: Hmm... I don't know. I would think someone with the word smart in their name would know? Aha.
LifelessEyelid: aha.
SmarterChild: Ha.
LifelessEyelid: frope.
SmarterChild: ?
LifelessEyelid: add that one to your dictionary. "frope".
SmarterChild: I can't find "frope" in the dictionary. Try one of these:

1 frappe
2 fr ope
3 fr-ope
4 grope
5 rope

Type "more" to see more suggestions for "frope."
LifelessEyelid: add
SmarterChild: What? You want me to add?
LifelessEyelid: add it to the dictionary!
SmarterChild: What? You want me to add it to the dictionary?
LifelessEyelid: nevermind.
SmarterChild: No prob.
LifelessEyelid: ah, gotta go.
SmarterChild: OK. Later, Rick.
LifelessEyelid: sleepy sleepy time.
SmarterChild: Sleepy sleepy time? OK, whatever you say!
LifelessEyelid: i'm looking for tomorrow morning's breakfast. yum.
SmarterChild: Yeah?
LifelessEyelid: yep.
SmarterChild: Oh yeah? Why?
LifelessEyelid: raisin bran!
SmarterChild: Raisin bran? Why did you say that?
LifelessEyelid: nevermind. good bye, kind sir.
SmarterChild: That's interesting.
LifelessEyelid: adeu!
SmarterChild: I wonder what you mean by adeu.
LifelessEyelid: it means "bye".
SmarterChild: Eh. Whatever, Rick.
LifelessEyelid: i think ...
SmarterChild: Yeah?
LifelessEyelid: yeah.
SmarterChild: Wow. Why?
LifelessEyelid: bye.
SmarterChild: Take care, Rick.

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yeah. just got finished watching american idol. daaayumn did you see jennifer hudson? wow. i always knew she was gonna make it. my jasmine messed up a few times, but i still have faith in her. you know, today was the first day that i actually voted. i voted once for jennifer hudson, then i voted for jasmine, but the line was busy. i kept trying and i finally got a vote it. then i tried voting for jennifer again, but the line was busy. kept trying, trying, trying, and i finally got another one in. then, just for shits and giggles, i tried voting for camile (who isn't all that great, but she had an okay performance tonight) and holy what? her line wasn't busy at all! then i decided to keep voting until i got a busy signal. i think i voted about ten times before i got one. that better keep her in the show, at least until stupid john stevens leaves.

wow, i'm so mean. i'm sure john stevens is a great guy and all, and don't get me wrong, he sings tons better than i ever could, but he's just too, i dunno. overrated, i guess.

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mood: violated

well, i was sick today, so i stayed home and slept my ass off. i woke up and saw my brother looking at a page, it was white and brown, but it looked like it had the little nutang green header gorilla thingy thing. i know mine is blue, but the default is green. so, i go and pretend to look at the tv, but i sneak a peak at the computer (he minimized the window) but i see "nutang" and "LifelessEyelid".

what the hell. how did he find my nutang? i spend so much time trying to hide it from him (and my whole family for that matter), and now ... augh.

so from now on, i'm going to have every entry password protected. email or IM me if you need to know the password.

and ryan, if you're reading this. STOP.

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mood: stressed

let's break it down.

1. piano recital tomorrow, haven't practiced at all.
2. i have to be off-book by monday, and i'm not even close to memorizing all my lines.
3. gotta finish stupid wuthering heights, which my lazy ass probably won't do.
4. start on the drama project on musical theatre.
5. can't sing my fropin songs because of my cough.

well, okay number five was sorta stupid, but it's still somewhat valid. my voice hella cracked during rehearsals. SO not sexy.

speaking of rehearsals, you probably noticed the lack of updating to this nutang. well it's because i've been coming home late and having to cram all of my homework into this tiny time slot between dinner and my post-dinner urges to go online until the wee hours of the night. except that i never feel like giving my nutang a well thought-out entry; i'm just awake enough to carry out half-assed conversations with whoever is online at the moment.

aside from all this, today was a good day. i woke up early to go to the work day (i was actually on time today) and we got a lot done painting the set and stuff. it's starting to turn out really really nice. so when you see the brick wall on the set of "you're a good man, charlie brown", just remember that i sponged part of those bricks. also, when you see the risers for the "glee club rehearsal" song, guess who painted them black. i did! and i also primed mine and lucy's books for "book report". i feel so helpful. even though i was probably the least helpful today.

then i had to go to this party in vallejo. it was one of those parties that you have to go to because your mom knows someone who knows someone who is attending the party, but you don't know anyone there. yeah, that kind. it was a princess garden. what is it with filipinos throwing parties at stupid princess garden? maybe it's the huge wooden dance floor. i don't think any true filipino could sit through a party without dancing at least once.

after the party, my mom decided to go to marine world so we could get our season passes since we were already in vallejo. we ended up staying and riding a few rides and chowing down on some funnel cakes (aka heart attack on a paper plate) before leaving.

now here i am at my aunt's house, apparently babysitting. i love babysitting here, because it's so easy. her kids are really well behaved. come to think of it, they've been really quiet lately. they must be having fun with that plastic bag i gave them a while ago.

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mood: happy

well, my weekend was fun.

friday ... rehearsal, we choreographed the first number, pretty fun. then came the dance. wow. it was hella fun. well, people say it wasn't very fun, but i enjoyed myself. i guess dances are one of those things where if you go in with a bad attitude, you won't have a good time. and judging by how sucky homecoming was, i'm guessing a lot of people came in with a bad attitude. but oh well, sucks to be them.

saturday ... work day in the morning, i did some paper mache with the bucket o' cum and traced the books for "book report". so when you see "you're a good man, charlie brown" (not "if" you see it, "WHEN" you see it), and you see "the cat in the hat" or "the adventures of robin hood" on huge flats, yup, i took part in that. then i got home, changed into some preppy ass clothes, and went to cast / crew bondage (that's what esther calls it). sammy was my ride, and oh my god she is the funniest person ever to drive with. well, it was her first time driving on the freeway alone, so she was hella freaking out. oh god it was so funny, we were screaming our asses off. i mean, SCREAMING. it was hilarious. then i invited her on a picnic, and i was wondering why i never invited her earlier. but i guess it's better late than never, right? anyways, first we ate dinner at peter's cafe, talked about selective lactose-intolerance, and played the infamous "penny game". then we went to watch "les miserables" at serra. it was hella good (made our musical look like crap), but i guess they had the advantage, what with it being a tri-school production and all. but oh man ... SOOO many picnics. so many. (inside joke, don't worry about it.) too bad we didn't get to stay long. at the end of the day, sammy decided against driving on the freeway again. "i don't think my throat can handle any more." so we ended up going home, with michael jackson in the cd player pumped up to maximum volume, via el camino.

sunday ... well, okay, today wasn't as great as friday or saturday. but it didn't go as bad as it could have. i slept until noon (which i haven't been able to do in forever), woke up, ate a good breakfast, did some homework, etc. the only downside was that my parents almost made me spend "quality family time" with them, walking across the golden gate bridge. of course, i knew one way or another it would end up with me arguing with one of them, so i naturally didn't want to go. i fell asleep on my bed before they could arrange to leave, so they ended up going to the park without me. yay. and now here i am, typing it all out for you.

and that's how my weekend went.

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mood: exhausted

hooray for twelve-hour school days.

well i came to school a las ocho y cuarenta de la mañana. sorta late, because my little siblings took forever getting ready and it delayed my grandmother from driving. but ah well, i have quach in the morning.

actually, the school day didn't go that badly. it went pretty well as far as school days go.

as some of you might have noticed, i've been really down lately. i mean, down. and i've brought down some people with me. so if you're one of those people, i'm sorry. anyways, most of the reason i was down was because of all this pressure and stuff, and the fact that i can't sing as well as i should be singing. but then during vocal rehearsals, jeff told me i was getting better, and that i really have a nice voice, so i guess i'm happier now. yay for jeff.

so yeah, vocal rehearsals were from 3:30 to 5:30 and acting was from 5:30 to six. i called my stepdad to ask him to pick me up at 6:30, so he was like "okay, just call me when you're done." so i call him when we're done (using dan's phone, mine is out of minutes) and my mom says they won't be coming until 7:00, so i use some form of sign language to signal dan that i'll be needing a ride. but later my parents tell me that there's a sophomore college meeting thing in the auditorium at 7:00 and that i have to be there. so of course, me not knowing about this thing until now, i try and convince my parents to just let me hitch a ride home while they suffer through the meeting. but noooo, they insisted that i go, since the little calendar on the back of the little newsette they get in the mail said it was for "sophomores and their parents". sigh. and on top of that, my mom pronounced it "sof-o-more". < twitch >

so i do my pre-cal and spanish homework during the presentation, with the help of my taco phone as a light (the house lights weren't working) and i sat through an hour of bitter torment and relentless misery. it was basically the same thing they've been hammering into our heads since freshman year. four years of english. three to four years of math. community college for the first two years is okay. blah dee blah dee blah. jesus christ. then my mom and stepdad got all anal on me about my attitude, which, might i add, was not as bad as i could have been. i mean, i was seriously holding back on all of the sarcastic remarks i could have made. all i did was not talk during the whole thing and act totally apathetic, but i guess i should have been more happy-go-lucky for them. maybe an oversized lollipop and some pigtails would have helped.



so i ended up getting home a las nueve menos cuarto de la noche to a dinner of frozen chimichangas and orange juice. twelve hour school day. i now know why they invented seppuku.

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let me try something to lighten the mood. hehe, well, in one of the songs, linus calls sally an "enigma" and everyone else in the song goes "what's an enigma?" and so sammy, during a quick break, asks me ... "what IS an enigma? is it those pills you take up the butt?"

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okay, well, no, that didn't really lighten the mood. but you know what WOULD make me a bit happier? is if i got a lot of comments ...

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mood: relieved.

well, if you haven't read my edit, the whole thing was resolved. i'm happy. we're friends again.

"make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and other's gold." ahh, elementary school nostalgia.

okay. well, on to other news. progress reports came in today. parental units freaked out about the b- in pre calculus. my mother was contemplating about whether or not she should call my teacher and ask what was wrong.

< sigh >

her justification was that a B- is almost a C. gasp! oh, no! you mean your son is almost average?! hurry, stock up on the canned goods, the world is going to end!

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you know, we students never get to grade our teachers. well here at nutang, i have the chance to. here goes ...

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PROGRESS REPORT
teachers

subject: mr. quach
comments: he used to be nice, but lately he's been quite irratable. but it's not entirely his fault; stupid brian pisses him off all of the time. oh wow, brian, you're so cool because you squirted the squirt bottle while mr. quach was looking. grow up. so i guess he has justification for his recent behavior, i just hope he didn't put it out on the rest of the class.
grade: B

subject: mr. petersen
comments: nothing really here. he's not uber cool, but he's not bad either. makes the occasional humorous comment, which brought his grade up from a C to a ...
grade: C+

subject: mr. tenerowicz
comments: here is the model pe teacher. he's lenient enough that we don't HAVE to do anything during pe, but he's also respected enough we wait until he dismisses us before we leave. i usually use this period to study for english, and hey, he still gave me an A. do unto others ...
grade: A

subject: ms. leung
comments: it's kind of hard to be unbiased here, since she's my director and all, and she gave me the lead in the play, but i'll try. umm, she's a great director, but as a teacher, she's okay. a little on the disorganized side, but she makes up for it by allowing us to turn in make-up work months late.
grade: B-

subject: mr. jackson
comments: by far THE coolest english teacher i've ever had. even though he gives lots of homework, he's still a lot better than ms. price seems to be. and ms. price cut in front of me in the food faire, so more points for mr. jackson. plus, he talks a lot about sex and phallic symbols.
grade: A

subject: ms. solis (soon to be mrs. riste)
comments: a very very large step up from adambitchkova. she is sooooo nice. i love her. and i'm so happy for her that she got engaged. she's such a great person, not to mention a great teacher. she's so much more organized (i mean, she has the freaking agenda on the board ready to go a day before) and she teaches like she actually knows the stuff.
grade: A+

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and there's the progress report. hope you enjoyed. and remember to keep playing ¡el juego de helicóptero!

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edit: originally, i made another entry for today. but i didn't want it to upstage this little entry, so i'll just combine the two.

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mood: jealous

i want ciara's mom to adopt me.

anyways. today was a work day for the musical, so i went to built the set. except, i really didn't do anything. like, everyone was doing their shiz with the power tools and whatnot, and i was just kinda like sitting there, not knowing what to do. well, okay, i did help a little. i walked around, moved stuff around, and paper mached the tree. i wish i knew how to use power tools.

so afterwards i went over ciara's house. well, no, actually, first i went to costco with ciara and her mom. it was really fun, i talked a lot about stuff. her mom is like a psychiatrist, seriously.

then i went to her house, but her mom went out, so it was just me and ciara. her grandpa was downstairs. so we sang a little karaoke, we danced a little cha-cha, i tripped on her rug and fell on my ass, and we made some brownie / cream cheese stuff which, amazingly, turned out pretty good.

it was really sort of an eye opener to what life is like outside of my house. like, i felt like i wasn't suffocated by my parents, i could just breathe freely. her life is so laid-back. i'm so jealous.

well, until the adoption papers are settled, i'll just have to live here. < sigh >

and i have hella homework to do. three chapters of wuthering heights, vocabulary list, and a one page paper on the patterns i see in my vocabulary list. and that's just english. i have to do all of that without my parents knowing. they would get pissed if they found out i didn't do my homework before going out.

i already miss ciara's house, and it's only been thirty minutes since i left.

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