Sex on Fire

What's up guys? I haven't heard much from any of you. Depressing, isn't it? How's high school goin for the rest of ya? I'm pretty happy with my year thus far. Thank goodness tomorrow is Rosh Hashana, I was dying for a day off. My uncle calls the holy day "Rusha Homa" with the ingenious explanation that followers rush home before sundown on this day. Funny, I know. I wonder what he calls Yom Kippur. I don't know where the heck it's coming from, but Math B this year seems so much easier than it was last year, I'm pulling hundreds left and right, and it's not only me. It's the entire class. It's all good, better that than the grades I was pulling last year in Math B. WELCOME TO MATH B. Mr. Mark began throwing rocks at my grades. Speaking of rocks, did any of you other people get Mr. Folino's hilarious explanation for how dodge ball came about? It's great.

(Folino) "The tradition all started back in ancient Greece. You see, they would punish the criminals by lining them up against a wall looking straight out at one man. This man would hurl rocks at their heads, heavy rocks, and they would die. However, it was one special day when one Greek decided to do something known as dodge." (Coach V) "Hey hey, wait a second here, it was NOT dodge, okay? It's called evasive maneuvers, right coach?" (Folino) "Yeah, that's what I meant to say, it was just evasive maneuvers, was all. Well, eventually all of the Greeks would do it, until they could no longer do away with the criminals. They were then either tied or drowned, but that's another story entirely."

I love how they completely evade calling the game Dodge Ball. No, it's Territory Ball, get it straight.

As for my other classes, I'm doing well in pretty much all of them. English 10H is an unbelievable amount of work. I know you HA kids have been doing essays, but try balancing this, all at once.

1. Beowulf movie, notetaking, essay writing, test eventually.
2. Beowulf BOOK, project, (for me, a newspaper article of no less than 2 typed pages in length, 2 columns) essay outline Wednesday, test Friday.
3. Individual reading book, certain amount to be completed nightly. Weekly quizzes. (Which are, by the way, essays.)
4. Other work (sometimes unnecessary grammar) in between with quizzes and other HW.

This isn't like one thing per night. It's all four, and it's left me with hours of homework, but I'm hopeful the deluge will end soon.

French is going well, and yes, I've realized Mr. Merritt is one arrogant ass. I like him though. Biting sarcasm and a way of mocking people that could leave some crying...but me personally, it doesn't offend me, I'm indifferent. I find it rather funny, though I do definitely see why it would upset most people. Me and about four others in my class are on his good side, and that's because, as he says, we speak French well. I'm dreading the day he decides to go militant style on us. 'Til then, we can only wait. More stories to come, enjoy the day off! Thanks for reading! 

Marc-Anthony

Song change probably coming soon. Any suggestions?

hmmm...

My ipod flung up quite an interesting screen at me today...and it caught me well off-guard. Have a look.

On a Binge

"Uh oh, there she goes again, Maria, Marc-Anthony, Jackie's binging."

That was the cry my uncle let out whenever my cousin went on one of her binges. She's unlike any other girl I've seen when it comes to cravings and binges...she literally can clear a kitchen in 2 hours. One day she was binging, we baked 2 sets of brownies, a chocolate cake, cran-orange bread, and corn muffins. Oh, and some dark chocolate chip cookies. That, among other things. The last day I was there, I saw her go through 2 tubs of ice cream, (she'd mix chocolate with raspberry, and I tried it, you need to try it) a bag of cinnamon sugar pita chips I bought her, and half a bag of popcorn. (She burned the other half beyond recognition.) How's life? Mine? Mine is...suprisingly good. Really good. For me, things just seem to be going right lately. I like my teachers, I'm not having too difficult of a time with the workload I have, and I like my friends, a lot. I do wish that I could see my other ones more, but I'll see them outside of school, I'm sure. Speaking of which, I've been meaning to drop Chiara a call, but time always escapes me! There are a couple new sophomores, have you noticed them? Rachel (from St. Steven's) and Taylor (Tyler?) from Massachusettes. 

OK gang, I'm off to help Meghan choose a myspace layout and look at some pictures. 

Chum borgen.

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Well said, Captain.

Never thought I'd see the day

Reminisce, or maybe not.

You guys remember 9th grade? How 'bout middle school? Why the heck did I ask you that, of course you do. Why? It was dramatic. All four years. You know what this year has been for me so far? So lacking of drama, it's almost dry. But I like it dry. Dry and spicy. So anyway, How's your year going for you so far? Mines pretty good, and it's rough to say, but it's much drier when a certain someone isn't around. This certain someone seems to bring with them a sweeping wave of drama and worthless tears. You know who I'm talking about? Yeah. You do. Well today a fight broke out between her and a friend of mine...and it wasn't a normal private fight. It was broadcast to me and 15 other recipients in a chain email. Oh, and it was ABOUT me. So I had to help quench the flames. That's really the first bit of drama I've had to deal with, and I like it that way. Dry. Not like dry humor. Like no drama from Burke students, please. None from WVHS either. That'd be a PERFECT world, wouldn't it? ☺

Hmm...Hard Hats, Anyone?

Ever had a day that starts off in a huge spike, and then crumbles, and finally collapses through the day? That's the kind of say I'm having today. After a debacle with the grandparents which I regret, but will not apologize for (she accused me of saying something I most certainly did NOT.) I'm tired of today. I'm tired of the people at school. I'm tired of life. 

Let's retire.

Today

Today....I don't have words for today. For all that I was snappy to, I'm sorry, off day indeed. But here is my day, more perfectly explained...

Palin on SNL....sorta.

You might like watching this...have some humor, this isn't an attack...

Palin + Hillary. Personified.

Baseball, Family, and Chocolate

I've just been sitting around (didn't go to the homecoming game....I intended to) with my family watching baseball today. It's a long day of baseball, with some 4 double headers, and 2 more tomorrow. I just stepped out to CVS, and I saw this new Starbucks Chocolate, in a Dark & Mocha Dark selections...so I took the Mocha Dark, $3, harmless enough.

I was wrong. It's not harmless. It's addicting, just like everything else Starbucks makes. I was supposed to go out today, but I ended up not g

oing anywhere, and now I'm deprived of all homecoming activities, sadly. I really wanted to go. How do I feel about it? Upset, but I don't really care. I'm with family, baseball, and I have chocolate. What's not to love? 

Let me know how it all was, you guys, especially the band ones.

Today I found out how God intended chocolate to taste.

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In Repose

First, to start on a slightly prophetic and off-task note, here's this: Sometimes parents ask the world of you, and you want to do nothing but to give it to them. One or two things though may remain impossible of you to do. Sometimes parents expect this of you, and when you don't deliver, they cut off your head and expect you to like it, knowing full well that they can't accomplish what they've asked, either. I'm an almost __ year-old male, not a miracle worker, mom.

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That said, here's the meat...or the 'asparagus' for my vegetarian readers.

But seven years ago, America was shocked. I was but in __ grade here in Warwick. I went home and was mesmerized by the events that had transpired. In an instant, over 4,200 people had perished, all within minutes of each other. America was shocked. The world was shocked. Today we Americans turn our heads to the flag, and remember those that lost their lives on that fateful day, and mourn. Not only do we mourn, but we celebrate their lives, and the good that's come from it, and how we've added to this great society. Today, black, white, Asian or Arab, we Americans stand shoulder to shoulder, arm-in-arm as one huge society. Without each other, we are nothing. As put by Benjamin Franklin, "Don't tread on me." May this infamous day never be forgotten.

God Bless the United States of America.

Flop over! FLOP OVER!

I want to start this post by making one thing very clear: CHEMISTRY WITH MR. BISNETT MAKES ME WANT TO FLOP OVER. He's very boring, but to his credit, section 1 of chem is full of things we already know. "Class, do you know what melting means?" I'm sure he's thinking, "Hey, kids, this is no cake walk for me either, so look straight and let's make this fast." All of my teachers are quite nice, but more on that in a later post...Mr. O'Connor is my all time favorite...for this year at least. No one can top the Rausch-Moreno compilation. 

This is just a shout out, really. I didn't leave this blog to die and I don't intend to. I actually found myself planning a future post, for the first week of November, depending on the outcome of the election. It's really just a song I found, I don't spend time writing posts months in advance.  Alright well I'll see you around. Look at my poll to your left! PLEASE ANSWER!

Look ma, no hands!

I don't really have the  most time in the world, but look at what I just did in ROCK BAND!!! 100%, 5 gold starts, baby.

Getting thereee...

I'm almost done fixing up my blog. I'm trying to set up the third column on the right, but if it doesn't work out right, I'll go back to the minimalist design. You guys have been awfully quiet lately (Chiara, Kerianne, Jess, and the people that read this blog other than them). Any reason? Just running around to get what you need for school like me? I hate it. It's officially Labor Day. I hate it, I HATE it! It's 1:50 and I'm getting quite exaughsted, I just figured I'd give just a little update. I didn't disappear yet. I'm struggling with a song called History & The Single Engine Cessna by Pictures in Braille. I really want to put it on my blog, but it's giving me a hard time. For those of you that don't know about Pictures in Braille, they're a band formed in Warwick and they're absolutely excellent. You can find them on iTunes or at www.myspace.com/picturesinbraille . Goodnight

*A prayer for those being affected and displaced by hurricane Gustav.*