Thursday, March 4, 2004

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Listening to: Summon the Dragon

An actual update!

Well, maybe a short one....

Another *yawn* one to let you know that *eases down onto desk* I'm alive....

*snore*

*is assaulted with various harmless objects that nonetheless get his attention*

Okay, okay. Yeah. An update. Right. I remember that I used to be very good at doing these. Now I'm waiting for ideas to sprout. Or something.

The past few days haven't been particularly memorable in my mind's eye, so I'll not get into them too much. Well...I probably will, since I've got nothing better to be doing (which, consequently, is odd).

Monday...Monday...Monday....what did I do on Monday? I know I had Confirmation class, which was the usual pain and a half to sit through. I have to have an interview with my church's priest. I don't particularly like our new priest. He's been around for about two years now, but I still don't think very highly of him. Some people at our church like him, others don't.

It's not that he's mean or nasty or anything, but he's disruptive. Our church has been doing things a certain way for years now, and he comes along introducing loads of long-dead customs and rituals. He's telling us that we can't do things we've been doing for years, [B]and we can't do a darned thing[/B] because he's our pastor.

Ergh...yeah, frustrating.

Tuesday. Eh...I went to fencing practice, which really served no purpose. I'm not fencing again this season, unless my coaches intended to put me in States, which I'm nowhere near ready for. Also, it's not as if I even helped out the Varsity get ready. They fenced seperately while we did drills and just basically wasted time.

Wednesday was a bit better. After school, I went right to Sacred Heart. I stayed there until the end of the daycare program, just hanging out with Victoria and Tyler. After daycare ended, I got them to help me set up for my Youth Group's practice. We're performing a shadow representation of the Stations of the Cross.

What we do is, we set up a sheet between two tall volleyball net poles. Then, we get in suitable attire and stand behind the screen. The lights are dimmed and a powerful light is turned on, casting large dramatic shadows onto the screen. I've been told that we have a very moving performance.

Heh, I'm the guy who turns the light on and off. ^_^ I don't think I'd be able to hold still for as long as would be required, and I usually am the one who sets up the stage anyways.

After practice we all went over to Drop-In. Several people went out and got food for everyone and we basically hung out until 10:00.

Wow, I'm up to today already. It's amazing how slowly this week went by, and yet I can recount it so very quickly.

My friends and I devised a system by which we determine who is the best Yu-Gi-Oh duelist at any given time. Right now I'm in second. My Deck is working great, but lacks the necessary "oomf" to finish someone off in time. I've been duelling almost everyday, which has been a great outlet for stress and creativity.

First period today I had a quiz in French. I'm sure I did well on it, and I got a 90-something on the last one. I'm steadily bringing my grade back up.

Off I spent in the computer lab hanging out with Eric and my other Senior friends. No matter what anyone says about them us, nerds are cool.

After that was Chemistry. I think I aced the test we took. It wasn't particularly hard, just time-consuming. That's what everything seems to be lately. Time-consuming. I don't seem to have any time to do anything. The weekend isn't looking much brighter, unfortunately.

After Chemisrty was Theology, where we went over the test we took a little while ago. I got a 93%.

After Theology was Lunch. I (almost literally) choked down some school chicken and went off to play Yu-Gi-Oh. I maintained my place in second with a los and a draw. I keep bringing my opponents down to their last leg, but then we either run out of time, or they bludgeon me with their figurative torso. Bah....

Next was Photography. Today was my teacher's birthday, and someone had bought her a cake. She offered the cake to whoever wanted it, and so I took a slice. My friend Pat had mocked me because he'd gotten a large piece and the next piece in line was puny. Mrs. Kainz, sweet woman that she is, hocked off a corner of the cake and gave it to me. She then abjured me to rub it in Pat's face.


Figuratively speaking.


The cake was fairly sugary, and so I became thirsty. I asked Mrs, Kainz if I could go and get a drink. I had intended on going to a water fountain and taking a sip, but she eld me into a secret room hidden in the Art Department. There was a refridgerator inside, with various juices in it. So, she left and I drank a few cups of orange juice; eyeing the backside of the half-naked statue that stood in front of me.

Algebra II we had a substitute teacher. I spent the class doing the problems our regular teacher had left us to do. Such fun.

English wasn't too bad. We read a story and discussed a bit of it. Unfortunately, we've skipped out of the Greek literature section and we're now on the Middle Ages. I have a paper due Monday in this class. I have not yet really started doing anything about it. I just don't have the energy. I think I might have mentioned tis, but I'm partnered with one of the smarter people in my class, and I'd hate to tarnish her grade by being unprepared for our presentation and unknowledgeable of our subject.

After school I went to Sacred Heart, got my siblings, and went home. I spent much of the afternoon talking with Mimmi, which was incredibly nice. "High Style" is a mentally stimulating form in which to talk, did you know that? I had to cram all sorts of general information into flowery words. And then there's the ever constant flow of pleasantries that invade every other sentence.

Don't get me wrong, it was fun to do and I can't wait to do so again. Hopefully I'll be as readily available as today. ^___^

Saturday is one of the two States competitions for fencing, and I have to be up early in order to get there on time. Less and less sleep for those who need it most, I suppose. I'll probably see David again, though, which is cool. If all goes well, we'll be in Vermont in the last weekend of March. Youth Group Ski Trip. ^_^

Sunday, I'm pretty sure I have something going on then. Besides my frantic scrambling to get my paper done, of course. -_-;;; It's a wonder that I get good grades on these papers.

So, sleep does not seem to be on this weekend's forecast. That really shoots any chance at optimism into the ground, so I don't really know what I'm going to do. ;_;

Great, not I'm all depressed. :p I can't wait until next weekend and April vacation.

Victoria, it seems, is definitely going to St. B's next year. As are Tyler, Paul, and Eve. Christina has picked out the courses she wants to take, but she doesn't know for sure whether she can go or not. I think she wants to go, but her mom isn't sure that they can afford it. The decision will hinge on financial aid, I think, and I truly hope that she gets enough of it. I'd really hate to see her go to Fitch High School when most of her friends are going to St. B's with me. I even set up my schedule so that I'd have the maximum number of courses with them as I possibly could manipulate my schedule into.

*sigh* I hope she can come. It'd mean a lot to me.

Okay, there. I've done it. Update complete, mood worsened. Blech....how awful is that? -_-;

Also, please forgive any spelling and grammar errors. I'm much too tired to run this through a spellcheck. You'll live...


...hopefully.
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