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[Sep. 16th, 2006|09:17 am] |
Yeah 19.
mm.
Don't feel any different. work then brunch (mooch off friend's meal plans) then wander then party.
---------------------------------------------------------------- posted in xanga:
the last few hours of being 18.
It is so sad...last I remember, I was just 13-14. How did those high school years + 1 college year pass by so fast?
Written 9:02pm 9/15/06
money troubles....are not fun...
however, my suitemate just baked up some yummy chocolate chip cookies and i spent 1.5 hours at the gym today.
I can pull through this. It might take 1-2 months but I can make this money! I'm doing 2 jobs right now by the way...
Written 12:11AM 12/15/06 |
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| Last Night w/ My Favourite Girls |
[Aug. 23rd, 2006|12:40 am] |
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| | Step Up movie soundtrack | ] | Last Night w/ my Favourite Girls Eve is driving back up to Bing tomorrow so tonight we went out one last time.
We went to the bay terrace movie theater and saw Step Up. I usually don't watch these kind of movies but I was surprised. It was good and I loved the soundtrack. There were so many times where I wanted to get up and just start dancing.
Then we went to Applebee's. The Quesadilla Burger is delicious. Eve framed our group picture from upstate and its so perfect. Karin finally gave me my dreamcatcher from Alaska and a bracelet she bought in Shanghai. <3
The Dean of Student Affairs replied to my email yesterday...and I still feel like doing it yet hesitating now...
"Dear Emily -
Thank you for your email and your enthusiasm for yearbooks. Students have tried several times over the years to publish a yearbook and in the past 5 years it has been a losing effort. The cost of producing a yearbook, the overwhelming amount of time it takes (on top of our demanding academic program) and students lack of interest in having a yearbook have made it nearly impossible to sustain a yearbook.I know most high schools have a class like the one you participated in to produce the yearbook...this is not an option at Sarah Lawrence in our unique academic curriculum.
If you are interested in having an information table at club fair (Thursday, August 31 at 4:30 pm) to see if there are interested students you may do so...please contact Jennifer Montalbano, Director of Student Activities, to sign up. Please note, you must be clear at your table that you are seeking interested participants to start up a yearbook...since currently there isn't a recognized organization for the yearbook or funding to support one. You will first need to show that there is an interest in having one before you can get recognition by Senate and then apply for funding.
If you have questions, please let one of us know.
Sincerely,
Mary Spellman"
Bleh...now I don't know I should continue it...
I'm already doing a theatre third program(which consists with 2 required classes and I'm going to take 3 components with it) + probably auditing 2 components in dance + literature lecture + a visual arts class (either color photography or virtual architecture using maya).
so thats
Theatre: 5 courses
Literature Lecture
Dance: auditing 1 or 2 courses
Visual Arts: 1 course
And also work at the gym + doing tech work
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-.-
I'm discouraged.
I also wish we had some asian dance classes here. I took them when I was younger and I loved it. oh well... |
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[Aug. 14th, 2006|08:37 pm] |
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ahhh so excited!
I miss the campus. I miss Hill House. I miss people laying around everywhere in the sun. I even miss classes! I miss it so much. However I do dread the lack of an a/c in the humid hot climate. T_T It'll just last 2-3 weeks though...I can handle it!
I wonder who the freshmen in my suite are. I hope I can be good friends with them.
I've been having really strange vivid dreams all summer. It has gotten so bad I started keeping a dream journal thing to keep a record of the really weird ones. -.-
I can't wait to see everyone again. I can't wait to sit down and have a nice long talk with my don on the subject of that meanie professor Leah Olson who bashed me so badly in my evaluation. Grr.
I also have to break it to my don that I want to be a theatre third, something completely out of the blue and completely out of my area of expertise. Science, psychology, history...to Theatre?
haha ^-^ But I've realized I've been taking classes that ARE interesting and I did enjoy but its not something I feel passionate or happy about. I want to feel like Jas when she talks about politics and environmental issues. I want to feel like Aston on dance and Angelina on religion. I decided I'll do some architecture in visual arts and in theatre, I'll do stage, lighting, costume designs and some playwriting/screenwriting. Maybe some directing in the future? = ) I feel excited just thinking of the completely new things I'll learn and explore. I'll be dying from lack of rest but its okay! |
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[Aug. 7th, 2006|11:23 pm] |
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oh and samurai champloo rocks. |
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| major ass biting... |
[Aug. 2nd, 2006|05:24 pm] |
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| | indescribable | ] | I hate it when things you did or didn't remember you did or might've not done but maybe did (err) when you were young and immature (in my case, jr high) come back and bite you in the ass when you are grown up.
Try as hard as I might, I really can't remember the thing I supposedly did and I guess it has lost me a potential friend because of it. I know the past is the past but sometimes I just wonder if the things I say or do hurt people and will have an affect on me and the people around me later.
I don't think I'm a particularly mean person but I don't think I was always very nice either.
I wish I can just talk to her and melt the ice between us...
but its too late now.
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an update on the trip I took...
Had a great 4 day weekend with the girlfriends and the boys.
We drove ...a lot..but also had fun at the lake and laying around.
There was this beautiful dog that always came over to beg for food. I think its owner lives nearby.
This time we went to the area around Meacham lake but we ended up spending some time in the village of Lake Placid. God it was so scary getting lost the first night because we started driving at around 3:30pm and since its so far upstate we got into the area around 10:30 but since its really empty and wild up there and the directions are so general because there's a sign every 2 miles or so. At night its pitch black up there and all you can see is the road where the headlights shine. waiiii.
but after we found the place, we had bunches of fun battling the flying bugs while trying to unpack and sprayed raid all over.
Had bbq, hand made burger patties dudes, and loads of other things. Cleaning was always a bitch. Uno and chinese poker while taking shots. = )
There was a pool table downstairs but I only got to play 2-3 times. Don't know where the time went. |
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[Jul. 21st, 2006|10:27 pm] |
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| | melancholy | ] | I had my 2nd driving lesson today. 8AM =.= I was slapping myself in the morning to make sure I am awake. Yesterday we did turning right and left. Today we did that + changing lanes. Next thursday I'm doing u-turns and parking. 3 lessons to cover the basics.
I have to practice 2 hours a day with my mom to make the 30 hours minimum requirement for the road test. woot woot.
People are so mean to student drivers man...
I'm so tense when I drive, when I get out of the car I realize my fingers and arms and back and thighs and legs ache like crazy.
Hooray for the sudden house shaking thunderstorm. ^_^ |
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[Jul. 16th, 2006|09:08 pm] |
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| | melancholy | ] | Another boring day during my summer vacation. This year has not been good for me so far
-I don't get the internship. -I can't find a stinking job. -One of my professors rips me apart alive in her evaluation. -My boyfriend breaks up with me. -I need to lose 10 more pounds to get back to my normal weight.
I wonder what it feels like to see another girl in the arms of my ex? To see them flirting, cuddling, hugging, kissing? I wonder if I am strong enough to be able to see that and not fall apart.
Even though he doesn't have another girl right now, its inevitable that he will have another girlfriend.
I know thats how life is and I know that if I truly love him, I should be content to see him happy.
...but I personally think thats all bullshit at this moment.
=(
First driving lesson on thursday. |
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[Jul. 15th, 2006|09:02 pm] |
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| | lazy | ] | So, after trying to solve my dilemma between my LJ and my xanga, I have decided maybe I can post the same entries on both?
o.O thats a little repetitive ain't it. Its just that everyone from high school has xanga but everyone in college has LJ. bleh keeping up with both are tough.
So the visual arts classes for next year...since each class is 3 hours long + personal time for own projects, I gotta choose something I would enjoy for hours on end.
I guess...the tentative list of classes I would like to interview for off the prelim course list are:
Asian Studies
Chinese History: Tradition & Transformation-Fall-Lecture- Ms. Neskar
History
End of Empires-Yearlong-Lecture- Mr. Swoboda
Japanese Studies
Intermediate Japanese- Yearlong
Psychology
Imagination & Learning in Early Childhood-Spring- Ms. Drucker
Religion
Japanese Religion & Culture-Yearlong- Mr. Foulk
Visual Arts
Beginning Painting-Yearlong- Ms. Schneider
Virtual Architecture Using Maya-Yearlong- Ms. Hart
Painting in the Virtual Environment: Modeling, Lighting & Rendering Using Maya-Yearlong- Ms. Hart
Basic Photography-Yearlong- Mr. Spano
um…Maybe printmaking? I dunno, have to read the descriptions first. |
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[May. 20th, 2006|09:26 pm] |
Dudes this whole LJ thing fails. I use to write in my xanga almost everyday but once I got into college...I don't know why I don't write things anymore. I'll try to write more...(probably in my xanga though...haha I'm a loser)
I don't know what I want to do anymore. I really want to pin down a concentration before the end of sophomore year (hopefully by the next winter break). I think I'll explore areas I never really took courses in...
Its really really really scary how fast time goes by.
I'll try my best to enjoy each day that passes.
I miss SLC. |
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[Sep. 6th, 2005|03:29 pm] |
Being a college student is really great and liberating and all that. But I am so glad I am going home for the day. I need to get away from the intense everyday-ness here. You are with people almost 24/7 here, compared to high school's 7-8 hours.
On a lighter note, classes start tomorrow (9/5). =)
Here are my classes:
First Year Studies: Realities of Groups
Both Public and Private: The Social Construction of Families (or something like that)
Mystic Chords of Memory: ....something something (its about the myths and beliefs surrounding American history and the founding fathers.
more later.
p.s. I have a boyfriend. That is such a foreign concept to me. I'm happy. (09.05.05) woot. |
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| scary experience...but then..I could've kicked his ass if I wanted to |
[Aug. 5th, 2005|06:41 pm] |
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| | scared | ] | YingFa0916 (2:03:43 PM): omg YingFa0916 (2:03:48 PM): fucking scary MystEerieousPain (2:03:49 PM): what lol MystEerieousPain (2:03:55 PM): what is YingFa0916 (2:05:02 PM): i went out this morning to QC with eve before she went into work (muaha i don't work today). on the way home on the q28, i noticed this black guy keeps looking at me, and i just think that "ok its a weirdo". i get off at my stop and after crossing a street, he comes up behind me and I realize he was intentionally following me YingFa0916 (2:05:15 PM): then he strikes up a conversation with me MystEerieousPain signed on at 2:05:36 PM. MystEerieousPain (2:05:39 PM): i woulda kicked him in the balls and RAN YingFa0916 (2:05:41 PM): sayin how he can't help but notice a gorgeous goddess and askin my name and my email and where i live and where i'm going to go to college YingFa0916 (2:05:43 PM): and i'm like YingFa0916 (2:05:43 PM): wtf MystEerieousPain signed on at 2:06:04 PM. YingFa0916 (2:06:11 PM): so i told him i'm emmie, gave him an email that i don't use anymore, and refused to give him my last name and where i live MystEerieousPain (2:06:35 PM): see...you look too nice YingFa0916 (2:06:39 PM): i told him that i have a boyfriend already and i'm also interested in being a lesbian MystEerieousPain (2:06:41 PM): my mom doesn't liek that i dress how i do MystEerieousPain (2:06:58 PM): but it doesn't make me get hit on more...it has the opposite effect. YingFa0916 (2:06:59 PM): then he kept me there talking for like 15 fucking minutes MystEerieousPain (2:07:03 PM): makes guys think i'd stab them YingFa0916 (2:07:08 PM): nah i think this guy is just weird MystEerieousPain (2:07:18 PM): yeah but guys don't have the balls to stare at me MystEerieousPain (2:07:19 PM): lol YingFa0916 (2:07:20 PM): he wouldn't let me go and i kept telling him that i'm not interested and he's too old YingFa0916 (2:07:31 PM): ugh = ( i wanna switch with you MystEerieousPain (2:07:35 PM): emmie needs mace. MystEerieousPain (2:07:39 PM): lol MystEerieousPain (2:07:50 PM): tho wennie needs it more YingFa0916 (2:07:51 PM): i wasn't wearing anything. white jeans, blue tshirt, sneakers YingFa0916 (2:07:53 PM): oh yes YingFa0916 (2:07:56 PM): she needs it way more YingFa0916 (2:08:18 PM): then he kept telling me that if i become a lesbian its a waste of a beautiful body blah blah blah MystEerieousPain signed on at 2:08:30 PM. MystEerieousPain (2:08:36 PM): lol YingFa0916 (2:08:39 PM): its scary!! YingFa0916 (2:08:43 PM): he was so persistant MystEerieousPain (2:08:50 PM): screaming would seriously help tho MystEerieousPain (2:08:59 PM): people take notice of someone screaming at the top of her lungs YingFa0916 (2:09:17 PM): then i finally shook him off, and i walked up one block different from the one i live and then crossed the street, made sure he wasn't anywhere behind me YingFa0916 (2:09:45 PM): walked up the driveway of the house next to mine and pretended to look for keys next to the side door, checking out the street YingFa0916 (2:09:55 PM): i'm pretty sure he didn't follow me MystEerieousPain signed on at 2:10:06 PM. YingFa0916 (2:10:21 PM): he kept asking if he and i were going to see each other again and i should get down with him YingFa0916 (2:10:21 PM): hell no YingFa0916 (2:10:25 PM): biatch MystEerieousPain (2:10:32 PM): well you wont have this problem on campus or even off in Bronxville YingFa0916 (2:10:38 PM): yeah MystEerieousPain (2:10:43 PM): its all rich white guido boys YingFa0916 (2:11:10 PM): then he insisted on giving me his email and i refused it YingFa0916 (2:11:17 PM): and he's like how do i know you won't delete my email YingFa0916 (2:11:29 PM): and i told him well, if you put something in the subject line, i'll know MystEerieousPain signed on at 2:12:03 PM. YingFa0916 (2:12:08 PM): him: but my email looks suspiciouw YingFa0916 (2:12:11 PM): suspicious* YingFa0916 (2:12:13 PM): arhg YingFa0916 (2:12:38 PM): my notebook isn't picking up my router for some reason so i'm stealing someone else's. thats why i'm like on off on off YingFa0916 (2:12:40 PM): anyway YingFa0916 (2:12:42 PM): argh MystEerieousPain signed on at 2:12:50 PM. YingFa0916 (2:12:59 PM): i got a pair of hot pink converses and a sony digital camera
camera: http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/7011/7011798_ra.jpg |
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[Jun. 20th, 2005|09:57 pm] |
wheee first day of work was fun!
I now work with wennie/Eve at Worldtone Dance, a store in Chelsea that sells dance shoes (tap, salsa, tango, ballroom, wedding, etc)
I'm actually suppose to do data entry but today the boss was too busy to come in so I ended up doing inventory and also donig sales <3
Helping customers and bringing shoes out for them to try on and the feeling the accomplishment when they decide to buy the shoes is so much more fun then I had originally thought it would be. Maybe I can combine both data entry and sales? ^_^
Wen and I finally went to karate after 3 weeks of slacking off. It was very refreshing.
Can't wait for graduation (4 more days!). Can't wait for college. |
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| ooo Honolulu |
[May. 2nd, 2005|06:55 pm] |
Your Birthdate: September 16 |
Your birth on the 16th day of the month gives a sense of loneliness and generally the desire to work alone.
You are relatively inflexible, and insist on being independent.
You need a good deal of time to rest and to meditate.
You are introspective and a little stubborn.
Because of this, it may not be easy for you to maintain permanent relationships, but you probably will as you are very much into home and family.
The date gives you a tendency to seek unusual approaches and makes your style seem a little different and unique to those around you.
Your intuition is aided by the day of your birth, but most of your actions are bedded in logic, responsibility, and the rational approach.
You may be emotional, but have a hard time expressing these emotions.
Because of this, there may be some difficulty in giving or receiving affection. |
American Cities That Best Fit You:
| 60% Honolulu |
60% New York City |
55% Chicago | 55% Los Angeles |
55% San Diego |
ooo I never imagined Honolulu would be on the list ^-^ |
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| While browsing old entries in my xanga.. |
[Apr. 30th, 2005|03:33 pm] |
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| | Kozi- Honey Vanity | ] |
I found an entry I wrote about a month ago in my xanga. I read it and it just made me think. Maybe I should rant more in my journal entries or just let myself type out my feelings without thinking about who is reading it or what people will think because the outpour of feelings that are bottled up inside of me just feels so good.
the entry: "no one wants to go to prom anymore. why is it 200 bucks anyway? last year it was 150 and that was the plaza ballroom. this year, we don't have the fucking plaza, we don't get the ballroom for waldorf astoria, we get that starlight roof fuckity thing for waldorf and its 200 bucks!? people keep wanting to go out for overnight stuff. am i weird for not wanting to do that? i dont say it tho...they all seem so enthusiastic about it. maybe i'm just a real hermit. i don't see the fun in renting cottages or beach houses or whatevers and staying for a few nights. i'd much rather go to a comedy club or something interactive and fun then go home to a much needed restful sleep. i have never been laser-tagging. it sounds fun. i wonder if i'll ever be able to do it? i have set so many goals for myself and even though i feel like i can conquer all of them, i keep thinking: all the adults i know right now have had their own far reaching goals at some point in their younger lives. many of them never come into fruition. will my future be like that? if win explorer gives me a fucking error message and deletes this whole thing i'm going to kill them. i want to learn to speak FLUENTLY: korean, japanese, french, cantonese, and maybe german and russian. haha like i'm going to actually be able to do that. i want a doggie...that way i won't feel so alone all the time. he/she can be my companion, sleep by me, comfort me, play with me, make me laugh, make me go 'awwwww!!' i don't know if i fit slc or not. at first i thought it did but wen is so pessimistic about it. how she won't fit in there, too many girls, small campus, too much drama, blah blah. i really dont' know anymore. i hate the fact that i want to fit in too. i want to feel closeness and be part of a group of really tight friends, be able to sit there listening to music or watch tv, drink a lil, and fall asleep without worrying because i know when i wake up i'm at school anyway haha i feel like there are two people inside me sometimes. on the outside, i want to be all social and outgoing. but whenever the opportunity really comes up to get out with friends for a big thing, i find my inner self trying to make excuses to not go. i really just want to be by myself, peaceful, quiet, in my room. with my books and music and bed. however, there are other times i would love to get out shopping or hanging out...i dunno...should i go into therapy or something"
Now I laugh at myself for my fears about SLC. What was I thinking? *shakes head* I <3 that school. I <3 the people I already met who are going to be part of my life in the next 4 years. I am going to have the best four years of my life at SLC with the most wonderful people. Goofy Emily ^-^' |
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[Apr. 22nd, 2005|02:04 pm] |
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| | giddy | ] | So today was the Earth Day celebration/campus fair at my school. It was, by far, the best Earth Day I've had in these 4 years in high school. I had my face painted (cute tiger!!), I painted a part of a mural, drew on the ground with color chalk (Seniors '05 We eat freshies! + a picture of a panda with fangs), watched a bunch of guys dance around like idiots with drumming and guitars in the background, drank some fresh made strawberry-banana smoothies...ahh~! <3 There were a lot of games and some booths from outside organizations (ex. Wildlife Conservation Society, etc). I also saw a teacher get pied in the face ^_^ ahhh revenge.
I wonder if SLC has Earth Day games/celebrations. If not, maybe I can help start one. It'll be fun.
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I need a summer job...-.- the root canal costs $300 total. not $250. I split it 50:50 with my mother but still...*sigh* that much money all gone makes me sad. Summer job! summer job! arrrrgh.
anyway today is last day of school!! Spring Break is here!! wheeee. |
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| Digital Camera!! |
[Apr. 15th, 2005|10:54 am] |
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| | crappy | ] | Oh no...Emily is a naughty girl -.-
About 8 months ago, one of my fillings (which was like more than 3-4 years old) fell out. Guess what I did. I ignored it. >.< yes, incredibly stupid. So yesterday, I finally went to my mom's dentist and they took an x-ray. Result: I need a root canal ($200 root canal, $50 filling= $250). *cry*
So they don't accept my insurance. I thought: oh thats okay. I'll just go to my usual dentist that accepts my insurance.
I go. I inquire. They tell me that: a) They don't perform root canals anymore and b) They only look at patients who are under the age of 16. (damn it!)
Now I am lost without a dentist. And this nerve/cavity situation can't drag on anymore. = (
I'll go through the gigantic handbook of providers today...and call each one....
*tear*
----- Yeah...so I have a fabulous Olympus film camera that my best friend/self-declared lover (haha) gave me for my birthday last year. I will continue using that camera but I also want a digital camera...that way I can take many pictures at once and see how they would look before developing them.
hmm I don't know which brand I should buy. probably not the Olympus ones because they use the xD-picture card thing instead of the SD.
Fuji? Sony? Kodak? Canon? HP? Samsung?
ahh decisions.
hmmm first got to think about where the $$ will come from. I'll work summer jobs to fund for it ^-^
p.s. APs are approximately 2 weeks away!!! after that, we are freeeeee (from learning in class anyway...or most of them) |
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[Apr. 9th, 2005|08:27 pm] |
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| | blank | ] | Having written in xanga for the past 3-4 years, it feels a bit weird to start writing in this journal. But I consider my xanga journal something that I started high school with...and should end high school with. College is the beginning of a new chapter of my life. I wonder what the next 4 years will bring.
Sitting here reflecting on the last few years of my life has made me a little depressed. The choices I've made, the tears I've shed, the friends I lost touch with, the things I learned...are all part of who I am. It is a little weird..this double personality of mine. During the day, I'm usually all perky and optimistic with a smile pasted on my face with the hope that my perkiness can help others feel happy too. However, by night, I am alone with my thoughts and one of my faults is that I think too much. I start to feel depressed and just sad. A friend once told me that he noticed something very weird about me. He told me that from a long time of observing me through the years, he noticed that I act differently with different people. I am the type of person who knows people from different "groups" all over the school. He told me it is like I'm a different person each time I talk to a different kind of person. Multiple personalities. Maybe everyone's like that and he's just weird. Or maybe I'm weird. eh whatever.
I wish tomorrow is graduation. I can have a summer of fun with my friends and then go off to college ready for new experiences and new friends (and keeping in touch with the old ones of course). However, I heard that old friends just tend to drift apart.
Okay I'm going to stop here before I write an entire novel. |
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