Just thought I'd share that. I found it, along with some other cool pictures here. Puts things in perspective.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
something
Just thought I'd share that. I found it, along with some other cool pictures here. Puts things in perspective.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Tired.
So.
Officially one more final. Then done. Ahh..that will be amazing.
So, then what? Mexico on Thursday? Yup. Then Maine. Then smuggling fireworks with my sister. Or we might just legally set them off in New Hampshire. Then looking forward to long summer runs and late summer nights and bug spray and sunscreen and all those other things that don't remind you of a specific thing but of a feeling. A feeling of freedom, and relaxation and warmth and, most of all, happiness.
Summer, in all its glory, is coming. No time to think of what your grades are or where you're going to college. Just summer.
Officially one more final. Then done. Ahh..that will be amazing.
So, then what? Mexico on Thursday? Yup. Then Maine. Then smuggling fireworks with my sister. Or we might just legally set them off in New Hampshire. Then looking forward to long summer runs and late summer nights and bug spray and sunscreen and all those other things that don't remind you of a specific thing but of a feeling. A feeling of freedom, and relaxation and warmth and, most of all, happiness.
Summer, in all its glory, is coming. No time to think of what your grades are or where you're going to college. Just summer.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
uhm, another post?
xkcd.comBasically, the Newton North Volleyball team rocks. Uhm, they don't seem very good, but for some reason they just keep on winning and they actually got to the state finals and are playing on Saturday. It will be amazing.
But, yeah. Another sweet song; Trust Me by the Fray.
Other than that....exactly 13 days left of school. But like half of those don't count cause they're finals. I am so excited for the summer.
Really don't have anything else to sayy. So I guess I won't say anything.
Friday, June 01, 2007
Life in jail.
seriously, what is it? Why do we keep on throwing people in jail?
I guess we need someone to blame. Just finished reading an article about two pilots who accidentally clipped a 737 on their landing. Their plane made an emergency landing and landed safely, but the 737 crashed, killing the 154 people on board. So, yes, this is terrible. 154 people shouldn't have died that day. But still, we shouldn't be putting all the blame the ones who actually caused the accident. It was an accident; It was their fault, but throwing them in jail isn't fixing anything. It is like throwing 2 innocent people into jail. Yes, they made mistakes, but don't we all? These people could have been any of us. We all make mistakes; we all are capable of creating such a disaster, but are usually lucky.
As a lady who I met from prison a few years ago said, they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. That's all it takes to get a life in prison.
I guess we need someone to blame. Just finished reading an article about two pilots who accidentally clipped a 737 on their landing. Their plane made an emergency landing and landed safely, but the 737 crashed, killing the 154 people on board. So, yes, this is terrible. 154 people shouldn't have died that day. But still, we shouldn't be putting all the blame the ones who actually caused the accident. It was an accident; It was their fault, but throwing them in jail isn't fixing anything. It is like throwing 2 innocent people into jail. Yes, they made mistakes, but don't we all? These people could have been any of us. We all make mistakes; we all are capable of creating such a disaster, but are usually lucky.
As a lady who I met from prison a few years ago said, they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. That's all it takes to get a life in prison.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Getting over the habit
K, so nothing really much is goin on now.
Well...actually...volleyball is going on...which is sweet. Or it is at least sweet to watch. So basically...we went against Brookline the other day and it was like a crazy, crazy game. Five matches make up a game and all of the matches are to 25 except for the fifth one (so the winner is basically who wins three games first). Uhm, so yeah...with Brookline we like lost the first one by like two points, won the second one, lost the third one...till the fifth one...then we like just managed to win. Uhm, but yeah...the more exciting game was tonight where we lost the first two matches, but managed to save it and like win three in a row against a really good team.
But, yeah. Nothing else really. Took the (practice) MCAS today. Didn't really try and instead of answering the last open response question, I did an essay on why I thought American History shouldn't be on the MCAS. Whatevs. We're not even getting our scores back.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I'm sooo happy now about soo many things! Uhm, why did I feel sad and frustrated a second ago? Ugh. I hate being a teenager.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Goodbye Newton North Track
Last meet on the NNHS track the other day. I'll post more on it some other day.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
if only I could start to care...my dreams and my Wednesdays ain't going nowhere
I feel like I'm missing out on life.
Every time I see those stupid romances on TV or hear songs about anything romantic, or walk down the freaking school hallway, I get a feeling that I'm missing so much. I feel like I should be doing that. I should be living life like that. Like I should be feeling those feelings. Like I need someone.
But at the same time, I'm worried that what I'm trying to find isn't what's going to make my life any better.
whatevs. This is the last I'm gonna talk about this because the more I talk about it, the more it drives me crazy.
So, yes. According to my last post, I had my last track meet the other day. Actually, the last track meet on the NNHS track, which has been there ever since the original school was there.
So, yeah. I didn't run very well. I got passed by someone who never beats me. Oh well. I tied with my PR, so thats good. I'm so happy for my friends who all did so amazingly (ALEX P BREAKING 5=AMAZING).
But, yeah. All that's left now is a week of awesome runs to awesome places. Uhm, let's just hope we don't get in trouble. Is all I have to say.
But, yeah...life recently...has been oddly slow. This week has been going by pretty nicely. But then like today and yesterday afternoon came. UGH. I hate when I have nothing to do and have stuff planned out that never happens.
But whatevs. Next week will be fun.
Oh. And new favorite song. "You Don't Know" by Milo. I've never seen songs with the genre of "Easy listening", but that pretty much defines this song.
Oh yeah...the movie Babel is interesting. It is a bit confusing and doesn't really lead anywhere but is worth seeing if you like those movies that come together at the end.
And, yeah. The other movie I saw recently was Borat. Oh wow. Remind me NEVER to see anything like that ever again. It is absolutely terrible. I saw it because people told me that it like made fun of like racism and homophobia and all that. Well, it kinda does that. Except it more actually supports it than makes fun of it. Ugh. I can't believe people like that movie.
Oh well. Time to sleep now.
Every time I see those stupid romances on TV or hear songs about anything romantic, or walk down the freaking school hallway, I get a feeling that I'm missing so much. I feel like I should be doing that. I should be living life like that. Like I should be feeling those feelings. Like I need someone.
But at the same time, I'm worried that what I'm trying to find isn't what's going to make my life any better.
whatevs. This is the last I'm gonna talk about this because the more I talk about it, the more it drives me crazy.
So, yes. According to my last post, I had my last track meet the other day. Actually, the last track meet on the NNHS track, which has been there ever since the original school was there.
So, yeah. I didn't run very well. I got passed by someone who never beats me. Oh well. I tied with my PR, so thats good. I'm so happy for my friends who all did so amazingly (ALEX P BREAKING 5=AMAZING).
But, yeah. All that's left now is a week of awesome runs to awesome places. Uhm, let's just hope we don't get in trouble. Is all I have to say.
But, yeah...life recently...has been oddly slow. This week has been going by pretty nicely. But then like today and yesterday afternoon came. UGH. I hate when I have nothing to do and have stuff planned out that never happens.
But whatevs. Next week will be fun.
Oh. And new favorite song. "You Don't Know" by Milo. I've never seen songs with the genre of "Easy listening", but that pretty much defines this song.
Oh yeah...the movie Babel is interesting. It is a bit confusing and doesn't really lead anywhere but is worth seeing if you like those movies that come together at the end.
And, yeah. The other movie I saw recently was Borat. Oh wow. Remind me NEVER to see anything like that ever again. It is absolutely terrible. I saw it because people told me that it like made fun of like racism and homophobia and all that. Well, it kinda does that. Except it more actually supports it than makes fun of it. Ugh. I can't believe people like that movie.
Oh well. Time to sleep now.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
September
It was the beginning of 6th grade. We were the young kids on the block. We were just getting used to our new school.
On one particular fall afternoon, I had an interesting experience. From what I can remember, the day was just a normal day, and I was slowly getting into the rhythm of the new schedule.
The it hit me. It hit all of us. Kids started saying how Hebrew schools were canceled and after-school activities were canceled. I figured it was just the norm. Things get canceled...no big deal. The principal came over the announcement and told us to go to our homerooms. And so that wasn't too big of a deal, seeing that my homeroom was also the same room as my next class. And so then it started.
My English teacher came into the room. The second she started talking, I knew something was wrong. And I think the rest of the classroom got it, too because they soon all looked up at her, wondering what was happening. She said words like this..."you kids are growing up. You need to enter the world of adulthood. This is a scary world. (her voice was wavering with emotion) I don't mean to scare you, but this is a very, very scary world." Then she sat down, waiting for the announcement to come on. I felt like I could cry. But then I looked around at my table of emotionless peers and knew I needed to take a hold of my emotions. I felt trapped in this strange school, with no idea of where my parents and family were and no idea whether I would ever see them again.
And so the announcement came. We all had different experiences. I felt relieved. Some others worried about relatives. And even others joked about how the "football" (command center of nuclear weapons) was probably destroyed in the pentagon. At least I knew that the world was not ending (although it was much closer than I had realized). At least I knew what was going on.
And so I biked home with my sister. My aunt and uncle and cousins were over and there were high emotions. All I can really remember is my aunt telling me not to watch the news. But I seemed compelled to do so. I needed to know what was going on. As long as I knew the world was still not ending, I would be happy.
To this day, I remember the heart wrenching feeling of helplessness. As a matter of fact, today there was a power outage at my school and I felt as if the world could be ending. With all the commotion, my math teacher walking out of our classroom saying she had to pick up her son, all the confusion in the hallways, my cellphone not working, I felt as if there was something I didn't know. Like the world was ending and I had been totally blindsided by it.
As of today, the world hasn't ended. But it has made a huge impact on the lives of teenagers (along with everyone else. Whenever anyone asks me how old something is, I wonder..."Was it there before September 11th?"
p.s.
talk to me if you ever want me to talk to you again.
On one particular fall afternoon, I had an interesting experience. From what I can remember, the day was just a normal day, and I was slowly getting into the rhythm of the new schedule.
The it hit me. It hit all of us. Kids started saying how Hebrew schools were canceled and after-school activities were canceled. I figured it was just the norm. Things get canceled...no big deal. The principal came over the announcement and told us to go to our homerooms. And so that wasn't too big of a deal, seeing that my homeroom was also the same room as my next class. And so then it started.
My English teacher came into the room. The second she started talking, I knew something was wrong. And I think the rest of the classroom got it, too because they soon all looked up at her, wondering what was happening. She said words like this..."you kids are growing up. You need to enter the world of adulthood. This is a scary world. (her voice was wavering with emotion) I don't mean to scare you, but this is a very, very scary world." Then she sat down, waiting for the announcement to come on. I felt like I could cry. But then I looked around at my table of emotionless peers and knew I needed to take a hold of my emotions. I felt trapped in this strange school, with no idea of where my parents and family were and no idea whether I would ever see them again.
And so the announcement came. We all had different experiences. I felt relieved. Some others worried about relatives. And even others joked about how the "football" (command center of nuclear weapons) was probably destroyed in the pentagon. At least I knew that the world was not ending (although it was much closer than I had realized). At least I knew what was going on.
And so I biked home with my sister. My aunt and uncle and cousins were over and there were high emotions. All I can really remember is my aunt telling me not to watch the news. But I seemed compelled to do so. I needed to know what was going on. As long as I knew the world was still not ending, I would be happy.
To this day, I remember the heart wrenching feeling of helplessness. As a matter of fact, today there was a power outage at my school and I felt as if the world could be ending. With all the commotion, my math teacher walking out of our classroom saying she had to pick up her son, all the confusion in the hallways, my cellphone not working, I felt as if there was something I didn't know. Like the world was ending and I had been totally blindsided by it.
As of today, the world hasn't ended. But it has made a huge impact on the lives of teenagers (along with everyone else. Whenever anyone asks me how old something is, I wonder..."Was it there before September 11th?"
p.s.
talk to me if you ever want me to talk to you again.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
p.s.
pretty interesting picture I developed the other day
It is a double-exposure. Although it may be hard to tell how.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
I don't really care anymore
You know what? I don't really care anymore.
All I care about is what you think, and apparently, you don't think too fondly of me.
Communication is key. So we're both at fault.
In other news, last meet of the season on tuesday! I absolutely can't wait. I have to out-kick somebody in this race. I have a good feeling. I am going to go sub 5-10. I am going to absolutely kill this race.
Well, I should, seeing the training that I've been doing. The other day in the 90 degree heat, I did 3-600 at 70-73 per quarter, 2-400 at sub-70 (wow), and 6-200 at really fast. I think that will improve me so much.
So yeah, speaking of ending, the school year is like almost done! Bio AP monday, which is going to make my weekend torture, but whatevs. I'll set my goal to Saturday the 26th when there's a concert at the hatch shell which I am going toooo. I can't waitt.
Ooh. Good song. "Vienna" by the Fray. It is kinda a song I got a while ago, but am actually listening to all the way through this time. It fits my mood. Except I am a bit happier.
ooo...good news! I finished my song! Uhm, it is sweet. It is amazing. Except it has nothing to do with me. Oh well. Now I have to write the piano part. That will be cool.
I like to say don't care what anybody thinks about me, what anybody suspects of me, any assumptions people make of me. But that is not true. I care more than anything about how others view me. As a matter of fact, running may be one of those things. When I know I make an impression on people, I am very happy. For most people it is the friendships they make when they run or the pure idea of running that they enjoy. But for me, it is the idea that I can do anything. It is the impression that I make on people that allows me to enjoy running.
I need to chill, sit back, and enjoy life a bit more.
All I care about is what you think, and apparently, you don't think too fondly of me.
Communication is key. So we're both at fault.
In other news, last meet of the season on tuesday! I absolutely can't wait. I have to out-kick somebody in this race. I have a good feeling. I am going to go sub 5-10. I am going to absolutely kill this race.
Well, I should, seeing the training that I've been doing. The other day in the 90 degree heat, I did 3-600 at 70-73 per quarter, 2-400 at sub-70 (wow), and 6-200 at really fast. I think that will improve me so much.
So yeah, speaking of ending, the school year is like almost done! Bio AP monday, which is going to make my weekend torture, but whatevs. I'll set my goal to Saturday the 26th when there's a concert at the hatch shell which I am going toooo. I can't waitt.
Ooh. Good song. "Vienna" by the Fray. It is kinda a song I got a while ago, but am actually listening to all the way through this time. It fits my mood. Except I am a bit happier.
ooo...good news! I finished my song! Uhm, it is sweet. It is amazing. Except it has nothing to do with me. Oh well. Now I have to write the piano part. That will be cool.
I like to say don't care what anybody thinks about me, what anybody suspects of me, any assumptions people make of me. But that is not true. I care more than anything about how others view me. As a matter of fact, running may be one of those things. When I know I make an impression on people, I am very happy. For most people it is the friendships they make when they run or the pure idea of running that they enjoy. But for me, it is the idea that I can do anything. It is the impression that I make on people that allows me to enjoy running.
I need to chill, sit back, and enjoy life a bit more.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
So, lately
I am and have been absolutely dead tired for the past week or so. Today, pretty much the only thing that I really payed any attention to was the constant throbbing of my ankle from when I apparently sprained it yesterday while warming up. But yeah...even the meet yesterday is kinda a fuzzy fog in my memory...I am so dead tired. I think I did well? I know I got 5:15, but am not really sure if that's good or bad. Sure didn't feel too good.
I want to go skydiving so badly.
But, yeah...nothing really else is of any relative importance right now.
So, yeahh...this is a really cool video, but is like 9 minutes long. Uhm, you could watch the whole thing, or just fast forward to where the three guys in yellow are. It is amazing how people can do this.
Now it is time for me to continue on my never ending homework.
I want to go skydiving so badly.
But, yeah...nothing really else is of any relative importance right now.
So, yeahh...this is a really cool video, but is like 9 minutes long. Uhm, you could watch the whole thing, or just fast forward to where the three guys in yellow are. It is amazing how people can do this.
Now it is time for me to continue on my never ending homework.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Buy a one-way ticket back to the place I used to be...
...So I can not only see you, but see the old me
The square root of 144 isssssss.....
haha. I have been asking that question randomly to every one of my family members since about 2nd grade. It is really funny cause I was first doing it to try to show off to everybody that I knew what a square root was, but then eventually it became obvious to everyone, so now I do it every once in a while just to sorta make fun of how I used to do it.
Uhm...today...absolutely nothing of interest. According to Adrian, I was a zombie when I was doing my painful workout on the track after school. Oh well. I was a zombie all day today, being sooo amazingly tired. Sometimes I think there's something wrong with me because so many other people are able to function on less sleep than this, yet I can't. Oh well...napping in the library is the nicest thing to do ever.
Oh yes. And those ACT classes from 6-10 yesterday night. Absolute torture.
But, yeah..my I am so behind on my year-long Bio project. It isn't even funny.
I am officially writing a song. Uhm...more like poetry? But with music. Well...singing poetry..with piano. So, yeah...basically that is a song. But, yeah..the title of this post is a sneak preview of the song. Uhm..so yeah.
I really feel like putting a link in here, but can't seem to find any cool sites. So, yeah...I guess maybe not.
Uhm...I think I need to get back to my homework
Peace.
The square root of 144 isssssss.....
haha. I have been asking that question randomly to every one of my family members since about 2nd grade. It is really funny cause I was first doing it to try to show off to everybody that I knew what a square root was, but then eventually it became obvious to everyone, so now I do it every once in a while just to sorta make fun of how I used to do it.
Uhm...today...absolutely nothing of interest. According to Adrian, I was a zombie when I was doing my painful workout on the track after school. Oh well. I was a zombie all day today, being sooo amazingly tired. Sometimes I think there's something wrong with me because so many other people are able to function on less sleep than this, yet I can't. Oh well...napping in the library is the nicest thing to do ever.
Oh yes. And those ACT classes from 6-10 yesterday night. Absolute torture.
But, yeah..my I am so behind on my year-long Bio project. It isn't even funny.
I am officially writing a song. Uhm...more like poetry? But with music. Well...singing poetry..with piano. So, yeah...basically that is a song. But, yeah..the title of this post is a sneak preview of the song. Uhm..so yeah.
I really feel like putting a link in here, but can't seem to find any cool sites. So, yeah...I guess maybe not.
Uhm...I think I need to get back to my homework
Peace.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Well everyone I know has got a reason to say put the past away
uhm..I am updating?
So todayy. Meet against Brookline. Supposedly the biggest meet in 7 years, but it didn't seem too bad. Uhm...I ran in the mile, running alongside the best miler in the state, Robert Gibson. So basically the race was really weird and we went out at a pace that was like probably right for the 2 mile when we were actually running the mile. Oh well. I got 5:15 and I'm proud of it.
So the meet was basically a landslide for Newton North. But then I went home and now have this terrible sore throat from the stupid (or rather amazing) weather.
Oh well. In any case, I have uhm..a test to study for which my history teacher told us today that it was tomorrow. So basically, I'm dead.
I've just realized how late I've been staying up. I really need to get some more sleep.
Uhm, that is really all I can say...I am so amazingly tired...
hmmm..I wish I could just stop time. Stop it for a while, just having time for everything that's going on. I wish I could press the pause button and enjoy everything in High School, not just pick and choose. Oh well. Too bad that button doesn't exist.
I really have nothing else to say
Peace
So todayy. Meet against Brookline. Supposedly the biggest meet in 7 years, but it didn't seem too bad. Uhm...I ran in the mile, running alongside the best miler in the state, Robert Gibson. So basically the race was really weird and we went out at a pace that was like probably right for the 2 mile when we were actually running the mile. Oh well. I got 5:15 and I'm proud of it.
So the meet was basically a landslide for Newton North. But then I went home and now have this terrible sore throat from the stupid (or rather amazing) weather.
Oh well. In any case, I have uhm..a test to study for which my history teacher told us today that it was tomorrow. So basically, I'm dead.
I've just realized how late I've been staying up. I really need to get some more sleep.
Uhm, that is really all I can say...I am so amazingly tired...
hmmm..I wish I could just stop time. Stop it for a while, just having time for everything that's going on. I wish I could press the pause button and enjoy everything in High School, not just pick and choose. Oh well. Too bad that button doesn't exist.
I really have nothing else to say
Peace
Sunday, April 22, 2007
I really want to burn my bio book
So, yes. I am back from my wonderful college tour trip and now have way too much homework for my own good. Lets seeee...4 page spanish paper, English reading, History test, and finally crazy bio reading/bio lab. I worry wayy too much, but I know I'll eventually get them done.
The college trip was amazing and all, but I really couldn't wait to get back home. Maine was amazing. We stayed on a little inlet thing and our hotel had an amazing pier which went out about 400 meters (quite a ways). It was pretty cool.
But, yeah. Who cares about that. Uhm...I really have nothing important to say. So should I say anything at all? I have no idea.
So basically, I have been thinking way too much lately. Thinking about stupid, trivial things, about things that don't really matter in the scheme of things, but still thinking nonetheless. You know what our real problem is? The human population is too big. And, unfortunately, it is growing at an amazing rate. Which is better, to be born into a world where you have no chance of living a good life or not to be born at all? Basically, what we really need to do is cut down on the amount of people we have on this small planet and then that will solve almost all of our needs.
I don't know what else to write. So I guess I won't write anything else.
Oh well. This post was pointless.
Peace
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Something random
Oh no. It is 10:55 and I am already tired. I am sitting here in this Montreal hotel public computer, having an awesomee time. Next to me, the door is so annoying, opening and closing every time someone goes in or out. I hear the French-speaking lady at the front desk...trying to understand her as she speaks to local guests.
This week has been eventful, yet very uneventful at the same time. I have done the same thing over, and over, and over again. Go into a college, take a tour, see what I like, what I dislike and try to come to some conclusion. They are really all the same. They all have somewhere to eat, they all have somewhere to sleep, and they all have somewhere to learn. Oh, yeah. And it just so happens that all of them are having new science centers put in. (coincidence?) But they are all the same. I think my final decision will not be made by something tangible like a certain trait the college has, but rather a feeling that I get when I walk into that college. That is why it's important to visit.
Oh well. Saint Lawrence looks like my best bet so far.
Other than that, I have pretty much nothing to write about. I can't wait to get home, as always.
Ugh. How I live is kinda how I listen to music. If that makes any sense.
Montreal is so light. You would think that like oh yeah, I'm up in Canada, so I should see like so many stars, but nooo. Stupid city lights.
I should really get off the computer now. There is somebody waiting, and I actually think they can see me typing this...uhm..so yeah. Going to the BOONIES in Maine (lol, oldies term) so I probs won't have internet access till I get back home. But you never knoww.
Peace.
This week has been eventful, yet very uneventful at the same time. I have done the same thing over, and over, and over again. Go into a college, take a tour, see what I like, what I dislike and try to come to some conclusion. They are really all the same. They all have somewhere to eat, they all have somewhere to sleep, and they all have somewhere to learn. Oh, yeah. And it just so happens that all of them are having new science centers put in. (coincidence?) But they are all the same. I think my final decision will not be made by something tangible like a certain trait the college has, but rather a feeling that I get when I walk into that college. That is why it's important to visit.
Oh well. Saint Lawrence looks like my best bet so far.
Other than that, I have pretty much nothing to write about. I can't wait to get home, as always.
Ugh. How I live is kinda how I listen to music. If that makes any sense.
Montreal is so light. You would think that like oh yeah, I'm up in Canada, so I should see like so many stars, but nooo. Stupid city lights.
I should really get off the computer now. There is somebody waiting, and I actually think they can see me typing this...uhm..so yeah. Going to the BOONIES in Maine (lol, oldies term) so I probs won't have internet access till I get back home. But you never knoww.
Peace.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
echo-o-o-inggg
Ok. First of all, I am very upset that New England is only getting rain out of this gigantic storm. That being said, I am VERY glad I am traveling through upstate New York this week and rightt throughh the snowwww!! Yes. I am very excited.
Now that we have that out of the way...I have way too much to say but am not sure how to say it. Oh well.
What I am thinking:
My grandparents house smells an aweful lot like many things. In the few hours I've been here, I've been reminded of like 50 different (random) things and events just by randomely smelling something.
I now realize that late-night swinging is the thing to doo...whether or not there are sketchy people walking alone through the playground at 10:30 at night.
This keyboard seems very easy to type on
I should go out and see the stars more often
I have so much other random stuff floating around my mind. It is really bad. I end up thinking about something and end up zoning out and the next thing I know people are all like..."Michael, are you feeling ok?"...and I just kinda say yeah..I am just tired. But that's really a lie. Things are echoing through my mind..that's all.
Why is it that when people I know introduce me to someone else as Michael and that other person then immediately says "Oh, welcome Mike!"? I mean...I don't really care which one I am called by but it just bugs me when people are like that.
So today. I would be suffering slash recovering from an intense race if only I wasn't in Pennsylvania right now.
I really should get more sleep.
Ok. So I have so much left to do in this college trip but reallly want to be home right now, enjoying the terrible weather with my friends instead of suffering through it with random tour guides at colleges. Why can't I just zip forward to this summer. Or better yet to my acceptance into college. Ugh. But then I'll miss some major suffering years. And if suffering=life and life=awesome, then suffering must equal awesome. And...actually...I am pretty amazingly happy right now.
I really have nothing else to say.
Peace
Now that we have that out of the way...I have way too much to say but am not sure how to say it. Oh well.
What I am thinking:
My grandparents house smells an aweful lot like many things. In the few hours I've been here, I've been reminded of like 50 different (random) things and events just by randomely smelling something.
I now realize that late-night swinging is the thing to doo...whether or not there are sketchy people walking alone through the playground at 10:30 at night.
This keyboard seems very easy to type on
I should go out and see the stars more often
I have so much other random stuff floating around my mind. It is really bad. I end up thinking about something and end up zoning out and the next thing I know people are all like..."Michael, are you feeling ok?"...and I just kinda say yeah..I am just tired. But that's really a lie. Things are echoing through my mind..that's all.
Why is it that when people I know introduce me to someone else as Michael and that other person then immediately says "Oh, welcome Mike!"? I mean...I don't really care which one I am called by but it just bugs me when people are like that.
So today. I would be suffering slash recovering from an intense race if only I wasn't in Pennsylvania right now.
I really should get more sleep.
Oh. And that terrible news today about the school shootings. I will not say much about this because I know we are all thinking about it, but it is absolutely terrible. My question is, what would drive someone to do such a terrible thing?
Ok. So I have so much left to do in this college trip but reallly want to be home right now, enjoying the terrible weather with my friends instead of suffering through it with random tour guides at colleges. Why can't I just zip forward to this summer. Or better yet to my acceptance into college. Ugh. But then I'll miss some major suffering years. And if suffering=life and life=awesome, then suffering must equal awesome. And...actually...I am pretty amazingly happy right now.
I really have nothing else to say.
Peace
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
yay. another post
I absolutely hate my computer. It deleted the whole post which I was about to publish. FRUSTRATING. Oh well.
So basically...this last week or two....or three have been absolutely amazingly tiring. From staying up late to running a million miles, I have basically died. Oh well.
So, yeahh...today was uneventful. Went to this holocaust remembrance thingy today, and a guy talked a lot about how the United States was slowly becoming harsher and harsher toward others. Nationalism really feeds our natural desire to hurt others. The United States is becoming less of a democracy and more of a dictatorship. Now we are able to arrest ANYONE for saying ANYTHING, according to the Patriot Act. Things that threaten the government, or could possibly be perceived to threaten the government in some way are not tolerated, and people can be arrested for no reason. Oh well. Not like one person can do anything. Except that's totally not true.
On another note. The military is stupid. "Don't ask don't tell" is blatantly homophobic, and the military refuses to recognize that. You know what? What I say is that the rate of homosexuality will rise drastically if a draft is put into effect. But, seriously. I am very angered at this stupid rule.
I FINALLY FIGURED SOMETHING OUT. Wow. I'm a loser. So basically, I figured out that if you have a laser and two perpendicular mirrors, forming 90 degrees, then once you shoot the laser at the corner between the two mirrors, the laser will always shine directly back at you. I AM A MATH GENIUS. Except not. Lol.
I had an incredible race the other day. I went out fast, but not too terribly fast, and was able to like actually place and get third place with a time of 5:14 in the mile. It was probably the most exciting race of my High School career.
Oh wells. I tried to find a survey that would satisfy my survey craving, but couldn't find any, so I'll just kinda make one up
Four songs that remind you of the Summer
Where'd you go, Fort Minor
You and I Both, Jason Mraz
MakeDamnSure, Taking Back Sunday
Transatlanticism, Death Cab for Cutie
Four songs that remind you of the Fall
How to Save a Life, the Fray
Samson, Regina Spektor
Must Get Out, Maroon 5
Who I am Hates Who I've Been, Relient K
Four songs that remind you of the Winter
Gravity, John Mayer
Anything from the album "Take This to your Grave", Fall Out Boy
The Sharpest Lives, My Chemical Romance
Split Screen Sadness, John Mayer
Four songs that remind you of the Spring
Graduation, Vitamin C
Float On, Modest Mouse
Read My Mind, the Killers
Wine Red, The Hush Sound
I have just listened to the most amazing song-type thing ever. Everybody's Free (to wear sunscreen) is amazing. That is what goes through my mind every day. I know it's sad. But I am constantly thinking about how something will affect me in the future. I am not taking risks. I am not doing anything that scares me. I'm gonna put this song on repeat. Oh my.
"Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum."
brilliant.
I want to go skydiving.
I really have nothing else to write. Hopefully I will write something else soon, thoughh.
Exited to the max. Yet dead tired right noww.
I don't know what I am going to do with myself.
So basically...this last week or two....or three have been absolutely amazingly tiring. From staying up late to running a million miles, I have basically died. Oh well.
So, yeahh...today was uneventful. Went to this holocaust remembrance thingy today, and a guy talked a lot about how the United States was slowly becoming harsher and harsher toward others. Nationalism really feeds our natural desire to hurt others. The United States is becoming less of a democracy and more of a dictatorship. Now we are able to arrest ANYONE for saying ANYTHING, according to the Patriot Act. Things that threaten the government, or could possibly be perceived to threaten the government in some way are not tolerated, and people can be arrested for no reason. Oh well. Not like one person can do anything. Except that's totally not true.
On another note. The military is stupid. "Don't ask don't tell" is blatantly homophobic, and the military refuses to recognize that. You know what? What I say is that the rate of homosexuality will rise drastically if a draft is put into effect. But, seriously. I am very angered at this stupid rule.
I FINALLY FIGURED SOMETHING OUT. Wow. I'm a loser. So basically, I figured out that if you have a laser and two perpendicular mirrors, forming 90 degrees, then once you shoot the laser at the corner between the two mirrors, the laser will always shine directly back at you. I AM A MATH GENIUS. Except not. Lol.
I had an incredible race the other day. I went out fast, but not too terribly fast, and was able to like actually place and get third place with a time of 5:14 in the mile. It was probably the most exciting race of my High School career.
Oh wells. I tried to find a survey that would satisfy my survey craving, but couldn't find any, so I'll just kinda make one up
Four songs that remind you of the Summer
Where'd you go, Fort Minor
You and I Both, Jason Mraz
MakeDamnSure, Taking Back Sunday
Transatlanticism, Death Cab for Cutie
Four songs that remind you of the Fall
How to Save a Life, the Fray
Samson, Regina Spektor
Must Get Out, Maroon 5
Who I am Hates Who I've Been, Relient K
Four songs that remind you of the Winter
Gravity, John Mayer
Anything from the album "Take This to your Grave", Fall Out Boy
The Sharpest Lives, My Chemical Romance
Split Screen Sadness, John Mayer
Four songs that remind you of the Spring
Graduation, Vitamin C
Float On, Modest Mouse
Read My Mind, the Killers
Wine Red, The Hush Sound
I have just listened to the most amazing song-type thing ever. Everybody's Free (to wear sunscreen) is amazing. That is what goes through my mind every day. I know it's sad. But I am constantly thinking about how something will affect me in the future. I am not taking risks. I am not doing anything that scares me. I'm gonna put this song on repeat. Oh my.
"Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum."
brilliant.
I want to go skydiving.
I really have nothing else to write. Hopefully I will write something else soon, thoughh.
Exited to the max. Yet dead tired right noww.
I don't know what I am going to do with myself.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
hehe..so cool. I used a double-exposure along with a tripod to make these pictures. I figured out what half of the shutter speed should be for the correct exposure, set my picture up, took one picture (with the camera on the tripod) and then took another one with the same shutter speed. It was pretty cool.
Ok, it's Saturday and I really don't feel like doing homework right now.
This week...nothing much. I've been dead tired because I didn't go to bed before 11:30 or 12 at all this week. And then Thursday was torture. Went to a party then got back at like 10 at night and had 2 tests to study for, a Spanish paper to write, and like a million other things to do. Oh well.
Other than that...I am very angry that Massachusetts has changed its driving laws. Now they're making laws for kids under 18 very, very harsh. Below is what the paper says
If you get a speeding ticket (previously a $50 fine)...
- your license is suspended for 90 days
- you get a $50 fine
- you have to go through a state-led "road rage" program
- you must complete an "attitudinal retraining course"
- you have to pay a $500 reinstatement fee
- additional $10 for every mile per hour you are above the speed limi
Ok. There are sooo many things wrong with this new system. First, as a kid on the track team put it, the state is being ageist. Sure there may be some teenagers who are bad drivers, but that doesn't mean that everyone else has to pay for their mistakes. The majority of teenagers that I know are pretty good drivers, and I have met some pretty terrible older drivers. The state was just penalized for being sexist, giving male drivers a higher insurance rate, so why is age any different?
Also, some people don't have enough money to pay these fines. In such a way, it will penalize people who don't have enough money to pay the $500 reinstatement fee and therefore can't drive because they don't have a license.
So, basically, the state is stupid.
Other than that...nothing much. Just finished running 800's. Sort of bittersweet having to wake up at 8:30 in the morning and run so much. The waking up part is hard..and the running is sweet. Oh well.
I really have nothing else to write. I've been listening to that song, "Inside of Love" by Nada Surf like nonstop. It is quite amazing.
But, yeah. Really nothing else to write
If you like piano, you'll like this video
but, yeyah.
Time for some homework.
Peace
PS
apparently, I messed something up so that now if you want to post a comment, you have to click on the link that says "X COMMENTS" below.
Monday, March 26, 2007
"Let Go" by Frou Frou. Listen to it.
Ok. I have decided that "the Garden State" is my new favorite movie. I don't even know why. I saw it at my uncle's house, and for some reason all of the movies I see there are somehow amazingly good...I don't know how to describe it. Momento was another one which I saw over there..quite amazing.
The Garden State also had amazing music. I have officially decided now that I like the Shins, especially their songs which were in the movie (new slang and caring is creepy). But, more importantly, the sort of theme song for the movie is a song which I can't stop listening to, "let go" by Frou Frou. Listen to it. It is amazing.
But, yeahh...this week has been fairly uneventful so far. I had a Spanish test today which I thought I studied enough for, but apparently not. On the other hand, I've been having very odd math quizzes/tests, thinking that I have failed them but actually acing them (I did that three times in a row).
Oh well. I realized the other day that men are stereotyped way too frequently. They are looked down upon for taking possession of their wives, but in reality, women are probably controlling over their husbands just as often. I actually heard two women talking about how if women don't know how to control their husband, then they don't deserve to be married to that man. Our society is full of stupid stereotypes, but it is just a matter of which ones are brought to our attention.
But, yeah...not much else to say. Crazy nights doing homework for the past week or so. my bio teacher said that at this time, we have so much work, but our work habits from the beginning of the year should make it easy for us to just "fly right over" the massive amount of work we have now. No flying in my mind, though. Just one image pops into my mind; going 80 down a freeway with a flat tire.
Peace
EDITT
Ok, 10 songs that start with C...
1. Caring is creepy- the Shins
2. Camisado- Panic at the Disco
3. California Justice- Five for Fighting
4. Cemetery Drive- My Chemical Romance
5. Clarity- John Mayer
6. Complentamente- Chetes
7. Change your mind- the Killers
8. Crooked Teeth- Death Cab for Cutie
9. City of Angels- Red Hot Chili Peppers
10. Come Right Out and Say it- Relient K
Sweet
The Garden State also had amazing music. I have officially decided now that I like the Shins, especially their songs which were in the movie (new slang and caring is creepy). But, more importantly, the sort of theme song for the movie is a song which I can't stop listening to, "let go" by Frou Frou. Listen to it. It is amazing.
But, yeahh...this week has been fairly uneventful so far. I had a Spanish test today which I thought I studied enough for, but apparently not. On the other hand, I've been having very odd math quizzes/tests, thinking that I have failed them but actually acing them (I did that three times in a row).
Oh well. I realized the other day that men are stereotyped way too frequently. They are looked down upon for taking possession of their wives, but in reality, women are probably controlling over their husbands just as often. I actually heard two women talking about how if women don't know how to control their husband, then they don't deserve to be married to that man. Our society is full of stupid stereotypes, but it is just a matter of which ones are brought to our attention.
But, yeah...not much else to say. Crazy nights doing homework for the past week or so. my bio teacher said that at this time, we have so much work, but our work habits from the beginning of the year should make it easy for us to just "fly right over" the massive amount of work we have now. No flying in my mind, though. Just one image pops into my mind; going 80 down a freeway with a flat tire.
Peace
EDITT
Ok, 10 songs that start with C...
1. Caring is creepy- the Shins
2. Camisado- Panic at the Disco
3. California Justice- Five for Fighting
4. Cemetery Drive- My Chemical Romance
5. Clarity- John Mayer
6. Complentamente- Chetes
7. Change your mind- the Killers
8. Crooked Teeth- Death Cab for Cutie
9. City of Angels- Red Hot Chili Peppers
10. Come Right Out and Say it- Relient K
Sweet
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