Sunday, March 14, 2004

Roll in the hay ...

So I called her, lol. I felt like such a loser, but oh well. I had to call her about 1,700 times, but I finally received an answer. The previous 1,699 times I just got the answering machine. So someone picked up and I asked for her, and it was her that picked up. So I said 'Hi, this is John," and she replied "From the Register?" (my school newspaper for those who do not know), and I answer, "Yes, but that is not the reason I called." I then proceeded to explain why I called and apologize for unintentionally ignoring her in the hallway the other day, lol. I still feel like that is such a trite thing to go out of ones way to apologize for, but she seemed to appreciate it. So it turned out all right it seems. There was a little more small talk after that, and it ended with her saying, "I guess I'll see you Monday." I sure hope so. ^_^ Right now I am continuing my search for a college. I swear I am (not) going to shoot myself in the face six times. I have been searching on and off for a long time. I have found a couple, but they only really seem to offer only a portion of what I want. That, and they are quite pricey. I see not point in spending so much money on a college that will not offer me what I want in return. If I could find a college that has a good focus on both Graphic Design and Theater, with maybe a little bit of science on the side, I would be good to go. However, I have had no such luck. Phooey.

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Saturday, March 13, 2004

Oracle

So many stories to tell, and so little time. Well, not too many stories, and I am sure I have plenty of time, but you get the idea. So, love life update, as I am sure you are all so excited to hear me drone on about things: Yesterday, Friday, during my first hour study hall I received a pass to go to the guidance office to talk about my college plans (or lack there of, in my case). The pass said "come when convenient," and I was really tired and just felt like sleeping some more, but I really had nothing better to do so I went anyway. So I talked to the counselor about my interests and what I plan on pursuing and such. Oddly enough, there was a large black lab walking around the office, lol. Apparently it followed someone to school. They called the humane society and took into the office, I guess. It was such an awesome dog, though. It was very friendly. After I finished, it was the end of the class period, so I grabbed my things and had to find my way to the classroom. However, we have renovations going on in our school so some area are blocked. I went up to the second floor, where my class is, and there was a large wall blocking my way from going anywhere other than back downstairs or up to the third floor. I chose to go up again. So I went on up to the third floor and was just thinking of how ridiculous it was that I had to take such a detour, and I thought to myself, "You know, just because I have to take this obscene route, she and I are going to walk by each other." Lo' and behold, I was right. She came around a corner just as I was going around it. We glanced at each other, and my insides completely froze. All I could do was smile and keep walking, lol. I had to stop myself from bursting out in laughter because I predicted that event. It totally made my day. It is rather amusing to think that if I took any other way to my class, that never would have happened. Not saying I believe in destiny, fate, or anything of that sort, but I am well aware about the power of choices. Later that day, during my art class, I stopped what I was doing early enough to pack up my things and get ready to go since my following class is really far away. As I believe I have mentioned previously, that period we are in the same room, but not the same class. There are three classes going on in that room, and since I have nothing better to do right now I shall create a visual aid for you all. That it by no means an exact layout, but you get the idea. So when I finished packing up I just waited, facing the section of the room she is in being that it where the doors to get out are. She came within my line of sight a few times, which was nice. We made eye contact yet again, once, I do believe. Also, on the way down to my next class, I ended up behind her going down the stairs. I would have said something had she not been conversing with a friend. Side Note: I would like to take this time to mention that switching from Mac to PC is rather irritating. We have Macs in the journalism room, so I am rather used to hitting Apple+(any key) when using keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop. So I was sitting here making that visual hitting Alt+(any key) instead of Ctrl. -__-; This also includes the fact I am used to working in CMYK color with higher DPI and other such aspects. Anyway, later that day in journalism the person from the yearbook came up to be bearing rather depressing news. Apparently, this girl had greeted me at some point in the hallway, but I just continued walking. I do not remember doing this, but using my deductive skills, I am taking a guess it took place when we passed each other in the hallway earlier that day. I felt like a complete asshole ... >.>; I did not mean to ignore her. Chances are I did not hear her say anything, nor did I see her saying anything. So I shall have to apologize for that next time I get the chance, which will either be Monday or tomorrow if I feel like getting up the gumption to call her (I have her phone number from when I had to interview her). As of right now, I am considering calling her ... but chances are I shall chicken out. >.>; We shall see. Anyway, the rest of my life is going all right, I suppose. I am just sitting here listening to the Cure while playing Solitaire ... I am such the poster child for depression, lol. Interesting Quotes: » "Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized." - Adolf Hitler » "After enlightenment, the laundry." - Anonymous (Zen Proverb) » "Do not give them something original, give them something they won't expect." - Me

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Friday, March 12, 2004

Briefly Brief

So it has been a couple days since my last entry and no comments. Weird. One would think someone would have come here and read something ... one would think. She and I made eye contact for about one second today. It was pretty intense, lol. >.>; (too bad you will not know what I am talking about unless you read my previous entry, mweheh) And that is your horoscope for today.

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Tuesday, March 9, 2004

'Do a little dance ...'

So here I am again. I just got back from seeing a special preview of Secret Window. It is not as intense as the previews may build it up to be. To make a long story short, it is a suspense thriller that does not take itself seriously. I would give it 3 out of 5. It accomplished what it was set out to do, but it was not anything grand. Now I just have to write a review for it. Anyway, a bit of an update on this whole "friend trying to 'hook me up' with other friend" deal. My friend, we shall call her Jane, told this other girl today that I think she is "cute." (I, myself, did not use those words, but I never asked Jane to tell her anything to begin with). She said she was rather excited, and even went so far as to "do a little dance," which Jane said she was not actually supposed to tell me she did. >.> That is all right though, the whole dance thing made my day. The fact an actual physical reaction was provoked shows she might actually care about the situation, as opposed to just saying, "That's cool," or whatever. I believe, however, that this girl and I are entirely to shy to ever say anything to each other, lol. 'Jane' told her about me fourth period today, and I have a class in the same room as her (not the same class, though) fifth period. She did not seem to be acting any different, so I was not even aware that she knew. So I am not sure what to make of the situation, and do not plan on thinking much of it right now. 'Jane' is pestering me about it a bit, heh. I do not know whether or not she wants something from me, or if she is just teasing, but whatever. All right, I have homework to do now. Until next time ... [ edit ] I suppose I could go into a little more detail about my opinions of this girl. Frankly, I am a little intimidated by her, heh. She does not have an uneasy appearance or anything like that, but she seems a bit out of my league in education. When I had to look up her class schedule so I knew when I would have a chance to interview her for a story I was doing for the newspaper, I remember seeing a lot of Honors classes and an Advanced Placement one. o_O I have one Honors class, Newspaper Production. However, that class is pretty much Honors without even being Honors. The only difference is I have to write a report on any aspect of journalism each quarter. I have not done any of them and I still have a 1 (equivalent to an A) in the class, lol. Anyway, so she is obviously well-informed, and I feel as though I would have nothing to offer. Although I believe it is the fact she comes off as an intelligent person that strikes my interest. I dated a person once who was involved with several Honors classes, and we both agree that of any relationship we have been in, we have been each other's best. So either I am smarter than I give myself credit for (being that intelligence can be fairly subjective), or there is simply something else to me that someone of such stature could find intriguing and worthwhile. I mean, I have pretty low grades in a lot of my classes, but it is not because I do not know the material, I just have not turned a lot of things in. I passed my Sociology mid-term with 100%, yet I have a 4 in that class. So I do not know what it is, and that is that.

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Sunday, March 7, 2004

From beyond the grave.

There is so little holding me to actually want to be online these days. The main thing that did has not acknowledged me in some time, so I am not sure what to think about that. Things are going all right over here. Still no job, I do not even have time for one since I am always at school working on the newspaper; Mondays through Fridays, and Saturday morning/early afternoon. Sunday is the only dayI really have off. It is usually some fun times though, we can get pretty goofy sometimes ... and that was probably the biggest understatement one could ever make, heh. We are trying to put out three different publications in the span of about a month. o-O A newspaper, the Register; a feature magazine, the Edge; and a literary magazine, Static. My title on the newspaper has now moved to Visuals Editor as from my previous status asjust a reporter, so that is cool. My sister has broken our mouse. It barely works, I am rather angry about that ... I am taken away from the computer, and when I come back to it for a bit it is noticeably slower and the mouse is broken ... what does that tell you? One plus to working on the newspaper is I get to see movies for free when we get press passes for them. I am supposed to review 'The Secret Window' when it comes out. It is pretty lonely over here aside from all my work with the staff. I think a person from the yearbook staff is trying to "hook me up" with a friend of hers, lol. So this should be interesting. I know who she is, I interviewed her for a story once. Apparently she thinks I am "cute," "hot," and/or "gorgeous." I have heard any one of those three from two people that know her. Whether or not she actually used those words is unknown to me, but oh well. She is pretty, but I do not know much else about her, heh. She is into art and is democratic, that is about it. So we shall see how this goes. Oh, and by the way, for those of you who may not know, centrifugal force does not exist. My physics teacher and I debated this the other day, because I was ignorant of this truth. I was inspired. I want to start a cult or something to inform the world of this scientific falsehood.

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