Thanksgiving and such.

My cousin

This week has been amazingly boring. Well, kind of.

It all started with Thanksgiving, which is always fun. Got to see my cousin (pictured above) and my family and stuff in PA. We went out to a pretty fancy dinner, which was awesome. So, then my extended family being a crowd of 17, we had to stay at a hotel. The last day, I was sick, which kinda was annoying. But the worse part was that I had indoor track "tryouts" on Monday, and I felt so amazingly sick. I decided to run despite, though. So, I did pretty well and have been doing 6 or 7 odd miles for two days in a row.

But, yeah, today I feel absolutely terrible. It's probably the cold weather, but I like couldn't breath while I was running. Good thing it is a short day, and I can just like go home and sleep. But, yeah, I can't wait to see if I can get in the 5:0_, or even break five minutes in the mile. That would be sweet.

In other news, I just figured out an awesome way of printing b+w photos. In the darkroom, you have this thing called an "enlarger" which projects the picture on your negative onto a piece of light-sensitive paper. Usually you do one thing, take it out, put it through the chemicals, then you have a picture. What I think would be pretty cool is make two overlapping pictures (i.e. put one negative in, project it onto the piece of paper, then put another one in and project it onto the same picture) now that would be pretty cool like if you had one object from two perspectives, and you overlapped the object. It would be pretty cool to overlap family members' faces too.

And, now that I ran out of things to say, here's a survey.

200. My middle name is: That's a bit creepy. Why would anyone want to know? I'll give you a hint. It starts with D.
199. I was born on: August 1, 1989
198. I am a: happy person. Yesss...I did this thingy where I was supposed to fill out my name and wrote happy person instead. Quite embarassing.
197. My cell phone company: Verizon. I think?
196. My eye color is: Blue...ish...sometimes green.
195. My shoe size is: 13. Gigantic
194. My ring size is: No idea.
193. My height is: something in the high 5-foot range
192. I am allergic to: dust? pretty much nothing else
191. I was born in: Massachusetts
190. I live in: MA
189. The last book I read: Walden. I hate.
188. My bed is: old? Small.
187. One thing I know for sure about the opposite sex: They outnumber us.
186. I am glad I'm my sex because: No reason. This is the way I am and will be.
185. My favorite Holiday is: It is a tie. Christmas and National Hug day are both right up there.
178. The perfect kiss is: Does it really matter?
177. The last three cd's I bought are: Transatlanticism (Death Cab for Cutie), Continuum (John Mayer), and I guess Louder Now (Taking Back Sunday)
176. Last song that made me cry was: Usually don't cry to any songs.
172. My most treasured possession(s) is(are): My coins?
170. What did you do last night: Went to bed at about 8:30 as I was feeling absolutely terrible.

:::::I Do (YES)/Do Not (NO) Believe In:::::
143. Santa? Sure. No.
142. Love at First Sight? Not really.
141. Luck? not really.
140. Fate? Yes. More than luck at least.
139. God? Yeah. In a way.
138. Aliens? Perhaps
137. Heaven? Yes.
136. Hell? Maybe
135. Ghosts? Yes
134. Horoscopes? Never read them nor liked them. Definetely not.
133. Soulmates? Yes.

:::::Which is Better?:::::
129. Hugs or Kisses? Probs hugs.
128. Drunk or High? N/A
127. Phone or Online: Probably online. I'm such a loser
126. Red heads or Black hair: Black hair
125. Blondes or Brunettes: Probs Blondes. It really depends, though.
122. Coffee or tea: Tea. Most definetely.
121. Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate...yesss to 1/2 lb chocolate bars
120. Night or Day: Night
119. Oranges or Apples: Apples all the time
118. Curly or Straight hair: Straight, but I think I have been slanted due to my "unbearable" hair.

:::::Here's What I Think About:::::
116. Abortion: Pro-choice.
114. Parents: Fortuanetely, I like them...Like em or hate em, you're stuck with them.
110. School: Stressfull. But yet again, a good kind of stressfull.

::::Last time I:::
103.Last time I kissed someone: Idk. A week ago, saying good by to the family members.
102. Last time I hugged someone: Same.
101. Saw someone I haven't seen in a while: Pretty much everyone in track. Awesomeness...

::::MISC::::
89. Who makes you laugh the most: No idea. Probs the people in my Math class. My math class is a joke.
87.One thing I'm mad about right now is: Me being unable to be sick.
86. last movie I saw in the theater was: The Prestige. Good (yet confusing) movie.
82. The thing I don't understand is: Many things. Why we have to be so obsessive about education. Why we are unable to work anything out to everybody's liking. Many things.
81. The one thing I love about the opposite sex is: No idea. Boldness of some people.
80. The most unsatisfactory answer I've ever received: I'd have to go with "yeah".
76. This summer I am: GETTING A JOB. Training for xc. Going to somewhere in Central America.
75. Something I will miss when I leave home is: My house.
74. The thing that I'm looking forward to the most: The Summer of '07.
73. Tomorrow: Mucho school. Two back-to-back frees in the middle of the day in which I will hopefully test my photo experiment.
72. Today: Skipped gym (well, actually my mother called me in sick) and slept in 'till 8. Sweet.
71. Next Week: No idea. Hand in my Junior Thesis (kill me now) notecards. Which I have barely started.
70. Next Spring Break: Hmmm...Not really sure. I hope (which I seriously doubt) I can go back to Arizona (which is, by the way, the best place in the world that I have found so far)
67. People call me: Michael. Mike. Dorfman. D-man. Many, many things.
62. The person who knows the most about me is: Not really sure. Many people.
61. The person that can read me the best is: My sister probably.
59. I have gotten a speeding ticket: Nope. Doesn't mean I haven't speeded, though.
53. The one person who can't hide things from me: Many people. IDK.
51. Right now I am talking to: No one. About to sleep.
48. I have/will get a job: Maybe at the canoe place. Maybe at Crystal lake. I have absolutely no idea, but I know I will get a job somewhere.
47. I have these pets: RASPY. The worlds most boring frog which I have tried to kill multiple times.
45. The worst sound in the world: "There will be two commands". If you run, you would know.
44. The person that makes me cry the most is: I don't cry that often, so I must say N/A.
35. Florida or Hawaii: Hawaii. Most definetely.
33. My favorite piece of clothing is: The clothing I am wearing for three days in a row for my stupid English project. Jeans, sweatshirt. Well, actually, probably my winged sweatshirt.
32. My favorite sport is: Torturing...What? Oh, wait, no, running.
30. Last time I cried: I have absolutely no idea.
27. Last person I got mad at: Many people. I try not to mention names.
26. My worst drinking experience was: N/A
22. The all-time best movie is: The Pianist. Maybe. Little Miss Sunshine maybe. Just say yes to low-budget movies.
21.The all-time best thing in the world is: The feeling you get right after you stop running.
19. The most annoying thing ever is: Not knowing how someone feels.
18.The most annoying person you know is: A few lucky people.
17. I lose all respect for people who: lie. Even though I, unfortuanetely, don't tell the whole truth all the time.
16. The movies I have cried at are: Ok, so the only one (and to clarify, I was like 8) probably Bowling for Columbine.
14. TV show you watching: Simpsons. The Office.
13. Favorite web site: Facebook probs.
12. I want to be: Someone who is remembered.
11. The worst pain I was ever in was: No idea. Physical or mental? For me, it would probably be physical, but I don't have a specific situation.
10. My favorite phrase: "yeah". Not to be hypocritical to question #80.
09. My room has: Many random things in it. Cool stuff.
8. My favorite celebrity is: no idea. Don't have one.
5. My weakness is: Being way too amazingly shy/indecisive.
4. What turns me on is: Uhm, really, who needs to know?
3. Who broke your heart: Probs a few people. Or maybe not. Idk.
2. I filled out 200 questions because: I have way too much time and I HAVE A HALF DAY...yesssss.
1. What do you regret most: Many things. Being indecisive. Not working hard enough in Middle School. Getting less than A's in High School.

see, I'm not the man I used to be lately

Something

You know, my pictures look much better when you're holding the actual thing in your hand. I mean, I used like pretty high-tech stuff for scanning it in, so there isn't really any quality loss, but it's just a lot more satisfying holding the actual thing in your hand than looking at a small version of it on the screen.

Sooo....lately....PA....traveling much...not much else

So, yes, xc=over. Quite sad. I think I already discussed in my last post, though.

Other than that, you know, the norm.

I've been beginning to think about government a lot. You know, we are all on a stupid island like those little kids in The Lord of the Flies. Stupid government. I mean, think about it. Henry David Thoureau wanted to live alone and not become part of any organization or society, yet he was thrown into jail by the town officials for not paying his taxes. Even though he didn't get anything from the government, the government still forced him to give them money.
You can't opt out. What if I said, "I don't want to be part of the United States of America" and "I just want to live on my own". Well, too bad. You can't. You're outvoted. You're outnumbered. And so, you're ostracized and attacked for something you just didn't want to be a part of, just like poor Piggy and Ralph were. So, basically, government is stupid (at times) and doesn't give you any choice.
Of course, an equally strong argument could be made in support of government. This is just one side of the story.

hope y'all enjoyed my new photography.

life

So, basically, I tried to convince my English teacher that the symbolism and metaphors and basically everything metaphorical (which we were most definetely overanalyzing in class) was just a figment of the reader's imagination. I mean, come on, do you really think that the author meant to use symbolism here, put a metaphor in there, and say, ah, what the heck, I'll just throw a few in that the readers will never catch. So, basically, my point is that everything except for the literal in books is up for debate. If the teacher thought something was a symbol, they have absolutely no evidence to back it up in a few cases, and if there is evidence, how do we know it was not fabricated, and just circumstancial fluff that the author put in? Hokay, so if you followed me there, good for you.

But, then there's all this stuff that's been goin on. I ran a crazy race today, adn even thoguh I got like 12 hours of sleep, I still felt really tired. But, still, I ran pretty fast. It was like a race with many, MANY people in it, so like everyone sprinted out like crazy. I went out, and actually almost got a pr in my first mile, 'cause I did indoor last year, and got 5:25, and my first mile of my 5K race today was like 5:37. So, basically, I died after that. But, whatevs, it's all good.

Other than that, I'm looking foreward to a fairly low-key rest of the season, seeing that I'm probably not gonna race any more, 'cause I'm 7th or 8th on the team, and the last race of the season is only the top 6. Ah, well. Running is good, even if you aren't competing.

Yessss...this is an awesome video, and quite sweet music to go along with it.



Now, off to do what Sunday is made for

HOMEWORK

yesssss