and I have to pee, but I keep on whacking.
...I tell myself as I finish weedwacking a certain lawn.
Monday, May 30, 2005
V-I-C-T-O-R-IA!
Yo yo. Though it's a little late, I'll talk about our awesome VICTORIA BAND TRIP!
So David came over at 9 on Saturday, and Charlie took us on an REI adventure to get "the perfect map." Then we went back to my house, got our crap, and went to school to board the bus. We rode and talked, and I saw a real live fallout shelter sign!!! YESSSSS! Then we got on the ferry- erm, Clipper; Zack, David, Orion and I played poker (for money!) the whole time. I came out out two dollars (yes, there were supposed to be 2 'out's back there). We got off and Orion got hald back at Customs, likely because he is Asian. We got to our hotel room and realized that the window opened onto the roof. Hehe. Unfortunately, we were all too scared of chaperones to utilize this special attribute. We spent about 30-50 minutes deciding where to eat dinner, until I found a fish and chips place and realized that I would sell my right leg for some fish and chips. We walked down Douglas Street, but could not find Old Vic's Fish and Chips. So instead we headed towards the nearby comic store. Beyond that was a Gameworks shop, so we naturally gravitated toward that (Orion and I more than Steven and Jack, of course). Then, we took a look-see around, and LO AND BEHOLD, I spotted it!!!! Old Vic's Fish and Chips!! YESS!! They were deliciously greasy, but it took forever to pay and get out of there.
We hung out at the hotel for the rest of the night, and there was much partying in our room. Minus substance abuse, of course.
On Saturday, we took forever to get up and finally met Willy, David, Rob...and..somebody else at Smitty's. It was good. Before that, I went running with Jack, and we wrote a note. Jack didn't know what to write, so I said "write 'we went running. Love Jack and Davis.'" SO he did, and we tried putting it in Orion's hand only to get THE FINGER. We worked out and crap. yeah. So after Smitty's, I went to the wax museum with my comrades (roomies) and Jack took a picture of every exhibit. It was pretty cool, though; they had lots of death stuff (note semicolon use). Then we got all dressed and played in front of the Parliament building. It was fun, and I was really hyped up! Unfortunately, a bird crapped on me during the performance. After that, everybody hung out...yeah. Then there was the banquet, and it had good food except for crappy meat. And Superb chocolate mousse. Yum! Awards were given amid much random applause. Then Steven, David and I went to go play ultimate frisbee behind the parliament building with a large conglomeration of upperclassmen, that included Mickey [Hansen] and Maris [Bickeboeller], two of my senior chums from cross country. We had an awesome time, then walked over to Beacon Hill park to play a game that starts with an 'm. Basically, Mickey and Marisa hid and everyone else tried to find them. David, Steven, and I found them first, OF COURSE. So that was fun, and then we went back to the hotel when it got dark, and hung out. I watched stadn-up comedy with Chung, ROsa, and Robin. And maybe Katie and assorted others. I finally went to sleep at a decent hour, having slept at 4 the previous night (or day, whichever you prefer).
Our alarm went off at 6:40, and Orion and I both made mad dives for it to TURN THE DAMN THING OFF@!@ So we all got dressed, then boarded the top story of a double-decker bus to go to THE MALL, where we ate breakfast and then would begin to march for about an hour in the hot, hot sun. It was fun, and everyone sweated profusely. We netted second place, and Mr. Harshman was kind of disappointed because he suspects we could have gotten first with a bit more practice. Oh well. It was totally sweet. Then we got back and were loading the truck at 12:30. Everyone except for me and Orion made an apparent mad dash for the 12:30 showing of Episode III and did that. Orion and I were inside turning in our keys, and we came out and were like "WTF!? Where did they go?!" So we set up Rob with the ultimate music backpack and were playing such favorites as Get on Top at full blast while walking down the street in Canada. We went to the Elephant Castle or something for lunch, and it was sweet. The motto there was 'Bang On!,' which we later learned is a British term for 'awesome or totally cool.' GO figure. Then we hung out at the mall for the rest of the time, except that we went to Tony's Trick and Joke SHop, where I acquired crowd-pleasing items such as an atheism bumper sticker and corresponding button. We finally headed back, and after checking in, Jack, David, Orion, and I snuck off to the grocery store one more time for chips and Jones Soda. Or something. Then we all boarded the CLipper and off we went. I played some GBA, listened to some tunes, and hung out on the windy deck. But mostly I just hung and chatted with peeps. Then we got back to old U.S.A., and I made myself even MORE hoarse by jamming with Braden on the bus on the way back. THen we were home, and I caught a ride with Mr. Altena. I avoided my mom's questions and hit the sack.
Highlights of last week:
Tuesday: I got nothing.
Wednesday: I got nothing
Thursday: Our final pre-concert band practice. Mr. Harshman makes off-color joke about his whacking, and I respond with "Bang on, Mr. Harshman!" noice. Our concert was all right, I guess; we played Rise of the Firebird, In the Forest of the King (La Furet, King Dagobert), and The Marriage of Figaro
Friday: Piano, I suppose. Yeap. I tried to pack for the hike (which is detailed in the following post), but failed.
But how could I forget Orion?
"OH SHIT!!"
it rox my sox.
So David came over at 9 on Saturday, and Charlie took us on an REI adventure to get "the perfect map." Then we went back to my house, got our crap, and went to school to board the bus. We rode and talked, and I saw a real live fallout shelter sign!!! YESSSSS! Then we got on the ferry- erm, Clipper; Zack, David, Orion and I played poker (for money!) the whole time. I came out out two dollars (yes, there were supposed to be 2 'out's back there). We got off and Orion got hald back at Customs, likely because he is Asian. We got to our hotel room and realized that the window opened onto the roof. Hehe. Unfortunately, we were all too scared of chaperones to utilize this special attribute. We spent about 30-50 minutes deciding where to eat dinner, until I found a fish and chips place and realized that I would sell my right leg for some fish and chips. We walked down Douglas Street, but could not find Old Vic's Fish and Chips. So instead we headed towards the nearby comic store. Beyond that was a Gameworks shop, so we naturally gravitated toward that (Orion and I more than Steven and Jack, of course). Then, we took a look-see around, and LO AND BEHOLD, I spotted it!!!! Old Vic's Fish and Chips!! YESS!! They were deliciously greasy, but it took forever to pay and get out of there.
We hung out at the hotel for the rest of the night, and there was much partying in our room. Minus substance abuse, of course.
On Saturday, we took forever to get up and finally met Willy, David, Rob...and..somebody else at Smitty's. It was good. Before that, I went running with Jack, and we wrote a note. Jack didn't know what to write, so I said "write 'we went running. Love Jack and Davis.'" SO he did, and we tried putting it in Orion's hand only to get THE FINGER. We worked out and crap. yeah. So after Smitty's, I went to the wax museum with my comrades (roomies) and Jack took a picture of every exhibit. It was pretty cool, though; they had lots of death stuff (note semicolon use). Then we got all dressed and played in front of the Parliament building. It was fun, and I was really hyped up! Unfortunately, a bird crapped on me during the performance. After that, everybody hung out...yeah. Then there was the banquet, and it had good food except for crappy meat. And Superb chocolate mousse. Yum! Awards were given amid much random applause. Then Steven, David and I went to go play ultimate frisbee behind the parliament building with a large conglomeration of upperclassmen, that included Mickey [Hansen] and Maris [Bickeboeller], two of my senior chums from cross country. We had an awesome time, then walked over to Beacon Hill park to play a game that starts with an 'm. Basically, Mickey and Marisa hid and everyone else tried to find them. David, Steven, and I found them first, OF COURSE. So that was fun, and then we went back to the hotel when it got dark, and hung out. I watched stadn-up comedy with Chung, ROsa, and Robin. And maybe Katie and assorted others. I finally went to sleep at a decent hour, having slept at 4 the previous night (or day, whichever you prefer).
Our alarm went off at 6:40, and Orion and I both made mad dives for it to TURN THE DAMN THING OFF@!@ So we all got dressed, then boarded the top story of a double-decker bus to go to THE MALL, where we ate breakfast and then would begin to march for about an hour in the hot, hot sun. It was fun, and everyone sweated profusely. We netted second place, and Mr. Harshman was kind of disappointed because he suspects we could have gotten first with a bit more practice. Oh well. It was totally sweet. Then we got back and were loading the truck at 12:30. Everyone except for me and Orion made an apparent mad dash for the 12:30 showing of Episode III and did that. Orion and I were inside turning in our keys, and we came out and were like "WTF!? Where did they go?!" So we set up Rob with the ultimate music backpack and were playing such favorites as Get on Top at full blast while walking down the street in Canada. We went to the Elephant Castle or something for lunch, and it was sweet. The motto there was 'Bang On!,' which we later learned is a British term for 'awesome or totally cool.' GO figure. Then we hung out at the mall for the rest of the time, except that we went to Tony's Trick and Joke SHop, where I acquired crowd-pleasing items such as an atheism bumper sticker and corresponding button. We finally headed back, and after checking in, Jack, David, Orion, and I snuck off to the grocery store one more time for chips and Jones Soda. Or something. Then we all boarded the CLipper and off we went. I played some GBA, listened to some tunes, and hung out on the windy deck. But mostly I just hung and chatted with peeps. Then we got back to old U.S.A., and I made myself even MORE hoarse by jamming with Braden on the bus on the way back. THen we were home, and I caught a ride with Mr. Altena. I avoided my mom's questions and hit the sack.
Highlights of last week:
Tuesday: I got nothing.
Wednesday: I got nothing
Thursday: Our final pre-concert band practice. Mr. Harshman makes off-color joke about his whacking, and I respond with "Bang on, Mr. Harshman!" noice. Our concert was all right, I guess; we played Rise of the Firebird, In the Forest of the King (La Furet, King Dagobert), and The Marriage of Figaro
Friday: Piano, I suppose. Yeap. I tried to pack for the hike (which is detailed in the following post), but failed.
But how could I forget Orion?
"OH SHIT!!"
it rox my sox.
Friday, May 20, 2005
Extra quotes...
Man the British are funny:
brittlebrit187 (4:17:00 PM): the girl i like, the boy who likes her, and the boy people say she likes are all going on it
bananaoracle89 (4:17:20 PM): Jeezus
bananaoracle89 (4:17:25 PM): that's like a love quadrilateral
brittlebrit187 (4:17:00 PM): the girl i like, the boy who likes her, and the boy people say she likes are all going on it
bananaoracle89 (4:17:20 PM): Jeezus
bananaoracle89 (4:17:25 PM): that's like a love quadrilateral
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Some quotes...
scuddybuddy23 (6:47:39 PM): u dressing up for the banquet?
bananaoracle89 (6:47:53 PM): why would I
bananaoracle89 (6:48:00 PM): all my clothes are crappy anyway
sunschoice (6:56:41 PM): why does your blog email me each new post?
bananaoracle89 (6:56:55 PM): oh...I wouldn't know anything about that....
sunschoice (6:57:15 PM): sure?
bananaoracle89 (6:47:53 PM): why would I
bananaoracle89 (6:48:00 PM): all my clothes are crappy anyway
sunschoice (6:56:41 PM): why does your blog email me each new post?
bananaoracle89 (6:56:55 PM): oh...I wouldn't know anything about that....
sunschoice (6:57:15 PM): sure?
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Like turning off a light
Turning off a light. Know what that reminds me of? Energy. Know what that reminds me of? ANWR drilling. Know what that reminds me of? Stupid people who waste stuff. Know what that reminds me of? Every second of my life, and yours, that has been squandered in the pursuit of...something. Know what that reminds me of? I should get some sleep to improve my mood.
Well, today was a nice, big, day 'o school. Science stuff, TKM essay test, Math problems in which I PWNed...yeah. Yesterday, we marched with band and stuff....yeah....
There was something really cool I was gonna post OH YEAH
[those who don't know how to pronounce 'Dragoon' should stay away from this part]
So I play this idiot online on Starcraft. Me and jHack against him and a computer. So he's like boohoo I don't like this map. I'm like, is it because it's a REAL map? You gotta learn how to play sometime. Then he breaks out with all this crap about my homosexuality. I'm so tired of that shit. Anyway....about 20 minutes in, he sends 9 cloaked Wraiths to attack my 3 bunkers and 2 Missile Turrets. Well, that lasted for about 10 seconds. Then he left, giving the fascist a loss on my account! VICTORY! Then the comp kills me and jack off.....but it was still a victory. Huzzah. I think that I shall read, perhaps, and then turn off my brain, if it's at all possible.
It ain't.
Click.
Well, today was a nice, big, day 'o school. Science stuff, TKM essay test, Math problems in which I PWNed...yeah. Yesterday, we marched with band and stuff....yeah....
There was something really cool I was gonna post OH YEAH
[those who don't know how to pronounce 'Dragoon' should stay away from this part]
So I play this idiot online on Starcraft. Me and jHack against him and a computer. So he's like boohoo I don't like this map. I'm like, is it because it's a REAL map? You gotta learn how to play sometime. Then he breaks out with all this crap about my homosexuality. I'm so tired of that shit. Anyway....about 20 minutes in, he sends 9 cloaked Wraiths to attack my 3 bunkers and 2 Missile Turrets. Well, that lasted for about 10 seconds. Then he left, giving the fascist a loss on my account! VICTORY! Then the comp kills me and jack off.....but it was still a victory. Huzzah. I think that I shall read, perhaps, and then turn off my brain, if it's at all possible.
It ain't.
Click.
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Staten is a Girl
So, yesterday was THE BIG ENGLISH TRIP YAHHHHHHH!!!
So we're in Science (first period) and the intercom comes on to tell all of Ms. Lachman's students to go to the buses at 7:55. I've never seen a person get up so quickly--but Ms. Fawcet put an end to that. So we missed the lab, and went out to the buses. Chung, of course, had to put his pack in my locker because his locker "is all the way in the 100s, man, come ON!" So we got out there, and I was the cut-off man. Yep. Me. Ms. Lachman called all the way down to Jenni Herold, then that first half went with dumb 5th period while my half got to ride with cool 1st period. I played 13 with Alex, Yi, Staten, and....yeah all the way down. Then we went in there, and it was this dude with a handheld camera that showed on screens. It was pretty cool, though I didn't get any of it, because I dont know the play at ALL. So then we get out at 10:50, and Ms. Lachman tells us to get back where we entered at 12:25!!!! First we went to eat lunch. I wanted pizza, but the line was really long, so I resolved to get it later. Staten and I were going to go to the fishing booth, but then some other dude told us about the arcade. ARCADE! I had only $3, and that was reserved for pizza, but who cares, anyway? We looked at some stuff and helped Alex get the second-highest score on the arm-wrestling game. Then we crammed six of us ((excluding that guy whose name I don't know) Hereafter referred to as John) into a picture booth and got pictures. Unfortunately, Staten's big, feminine face blocked the rest of us out of the pictures, so they weren't so great. Oliver kept them but then lost them. No biggie. So we all chipped in 50 cents for that, so I couldnt' buy pizza. We went fishing and I scored a bubble pen. Alex went twice and tried to exchange his coin purse, haha. Well, we were daring Alex to go toucht the big fountain, but he was too chicken, even though there was a nice dry path leading right up to it. Well, I ran in there and touched that sucker, and then John paid me and Alex a dollar each to run two laps around it in the streams. Alex only got 50 cents, because he was a poser and only did 1 lap. Then we weren't sure if Ms. Lachman was amused or mad, so we ran to the bathrooms to dry off. Then we hung out, and I FINALLY got my pizza. Alex and I got to Math 5 minutes later than everyone else on the field trip, and we were wet, but shoot, we had to go dry off, right? So yeah. THen I went home and had physical therapy and my parents took us to Romeo's (right across the street!) for dinner. SHwee+!
Oh, and the reason that this post in on Friday instead of Saturday is because I didn't know we had to write a page reflection on our project. Bummer.
So we're in Science (first period) and the intercom comes on to tell all of Ms. Lachman's students to go to the buses at 7:55. I've never seen a person get up so quickly--but Ms. Fawcet put an end to that. So we missed the lab, and went out to the buses. Chung, of course, had to put his pack in my locker because his locker "is all the way in the 100s, man, come ON!" So we got out there, and I was the cut-off man. Yep. Me. Ms. Lachman called all the way down to Jenni Herold, then that first half went with dumb 5th period while my half got to ride with cool 1st period. I played 13 with Alex, Yi, Staten, and....yeah all the way down. Then we went in there, and it was this dude with a handheld camera that showed on screens. It was pretty cool, though I didn't get any of it, because I dont know the play at ALL. So then we get out at 10:50, and Ms. Lachman tells us to get back where we entered at 12:25!!!! First we went to eat lunch. I wanted pizza, but the line was really long, so I resolved to get it later. Staten and I were going to go to the fishing booth, but then some other dude told us about the arcade. ARCADE! I had only $3, and that was reserved for pizza, but who cares, anyway? We looked at some stuff and helped Alex get the second-highest score on the arm-wrestling game. Then we crammed six of us ((excluding that guy whose name I don't know) Hereafter referred to as John) into a picture booth and got pictures. Unfortunately, Staten's big, feminine face blocked the rest of us out of the pictures, so they weren't so great. Oliver kept them but then lost them. No biggie. So we all chipped in 50 cents for that, so I couldnt' buy pizza. We went fishing and I scored a bubble pen. Alex went twice and tried to exchange his coin purse, haha. Well, we were daring Alex to go toucht the big fountain, but he was too chicken, even though there was a nice dry path leading right up to it. Well, I ran in there and touched that sucker, and then John paid me and Alex a dollar each to run two laps around it in the streams. Alex only got 50 cents, because he was a poser and only did 1 lap. Then we weren't sure if Ms. Lachman was amused or mad, so we ran to the bathrooms to dry off. Then we hung out, and I FINALLY got my pizza. Alex and I got to Math 5 minutes later than everyone else on the field trip, and we were wet, but shoot, we had to go dry off, right? So yeah. THen I went home and had physical therapy and my parents took us to Romeo's (right across the street!) for dinner. SHwee+!
Oh, and the reason that this post in on Friday instead of Saturday is because I didn't know we had to write a page reflection on our project. Bummer.
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Appreciate your yogurt!
Well, today was a pretty good day. We had band, and the clarinets were not tested AT ALL, making this two days in a row. With Mr. Harshman's mood lately, I think that's a-pretty-pretty good. Then Rosa bursts into Ms. Chertocks' room during STAR and tells some story about yogurt on the bathroom floor. It went a little something like this...
Rosa: "Oh my GOd! Somebody spilled yogurt all over the floor of the girl's bathroom!"
Robin: "Yeah, it was REALLY disgusting!"
*Orion and I glance at each other*
Orion:" Uhh...well...yogurt isn't that bad, really. Y'see..."
Me: "Dude, we have, like, PISS all over our bathroom."
Orion: "Yeah people like.....on the walls...."
ME: "...so APPRECIATE YOUR YOGURT!"
Another one o them 'gender differences,' the only difference being that female bathrooms are relatively clean, where ours are regularly defiled, i.e. urine on the floor, urine on the wall[s], urine on the ceiling (gets shiny somehow), feces in the crappers, urine on the wal....wait. Yeah, that's about it.
And we did research in Social Studies. It was cool, I guess, seeing as how I have to write a 3-4 page paper on Laos' culture and geography by Tuesday.
And French...boy. French was AWESOME! We played charades-ish thingies, and I owned (but not as much as Robin) in the "name in English what's written in French on the card" game. Robin scraped up a win by finishing the whole stack with 20 seconds left to go. YAYR@@
You might notice a change in my blog, as in the background is not, in fact, a fleet of Terran Wraiths, but is now Ganondorf, the Prince of Darkness. Aah...feel that Zelda-y goodness.
Morpha...
And today I remembered. I remembered Morpha, and the thrill of///uh.....hm. Let's just say that lots of time has been wasted playing Starcraft, and I had forgotten. But now I remember!
Long Live Tutenkhamen!!! (sp?)
Rosa: "Oh my GOd! Somebody spilled yogurt all over the floor of the girl's bathroom!"
Robin: "Yeah, it was REALLY disgusting!"
*Orion and I glance at each other*
Orion:" Uhh...well...yogurt isn't that bad, really. Y'see..."
Me: "Dude, we have, like, PISS all over our bathroom."
Orion: "Yeah people like.....on the walls...."
ME: "...so APPRECIATE YOUR YOGURT!"
Another one o them 'gender differences,' the only difference being that female bathrooms are relatively clean, where ours are regularly defiled, i.e. urine on the floor, urine on the wall[s], urine on the ceiling (gets shiny somehow), feces in the crappers, urine on the wal....wait. Yeah, that's about it.
And we did research in Social Studies. It was cool, I guess, seeing as how I have to write a 3-4 page paper on Laos' culture and geography by Tuesday.
And French...boy. French was AWESOME! We played charades-ish thingies, and I owned (but not as much as Robin) in the "name in English what's written in French on the card" game. Robin scraped up a win by finishing the whole stack with 20 seconds left to go. YAYR@@
You might notice a change in my blog, as in the background is not, in fact, a fleet of Terran Wraiths, but is now Ganondorf, the Prince of Darkness. Aah...feel that Zelda-y goodness.
Morpha...
And today I remembered. I remembered Morpha, and the thrill of///uh.....hm. Let's just say that lots of time has been wasted playing Starcraft, and I had forgotten. But now I remember!
Long Live Tutenkhamen!!! (sp?)
Saturday, May 07, 2005
Drive, old man!
"Don't signal, old man. It's not a turn. It confuses the hell out of people!"
Such is the wisdom of road-rage Charlie. It seems that many things have happened in the last week, none of which I seem to recount.
Big things:
...well, I can't seem to think of anything. But we finally had the band test this week, and I didn't do so badly. I also got a bunch of projects assigned, like the English response to TKM (and the accompanying letter), a nice 20 line French essay thing, and a paper connecting Laos's culture to its physical geography, among other things. Hm.... I've been playing Final DOOM, Starcraft, and...another game, whose name shall not be mentioned here.
....I thought of a bunch of wise things to say but I forgot....
So I was browsing the internet and I come across this blog named "Somebody set us up the blog." Ooomph! That is a sweet name. "Game over" is so cliche, but it seems to fit perfectly with my life....
Such is the wisdom of road-rage Charlie. It seems that many things have happened in the last week, none of which I seem to recount.
Big things:
...well, I can't seem to think of anything. But we finally had the band test this week, and I didn't do so badly. I also got a bunch of projects assigned, like the English response to TKM (and the accompanying letter), a nice 20 line French essay thing, and a paper connecting Laos's culture to its physical geography, among other things. Hm.... I've been playing Final DOOM, Starcraft, and...another game, whose name shall not be mentioned here.
....I thought of a bunch of wise things to say but I forgot....
So I was browsing the internet and I come across this blog named "Somebody set us up the blog." Ooomph! That is a sweet name. "Game over" is so cliche, but it seems to fit perfectly with my life....
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