So, in the couple days that my parents were gone (last week and the week before) I took the liberty of taking the car out. I can safely say that I do not like driving the people I drive around, because they're very loud and distracting. And then they keep telling me how horrible of a driver I am, which is rather annoying, since they MAKE me take them in the first place. Ungrateful people. So screw that. I'm not really supposed to drive people around anyway, unless it's necessary.

I may be going down to Ocean City, NJ again within the next two weeks. Hopefully. I'm going to be with the guys I hung out with at senior week, which is pretty awesome. I'm trying to persuade my mom to let me stay the night, since I don't want to go for just the day (I'd get there around 10 or 11 AM and would have to leave at 6 PM if I took the bus). I'd be able to get a ride with them I stayed the night, a factor that would influence her approval, since she doesn't want me traveling so much by myself and spending money.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was awesome! Many twists and things that make you want to continue onward. Mmmmmm.  I'm trying to reread Half-Blood Prince now, because there are a lot of things from there in the seventh book that I momentarily forgot while reading.

I'm still trying to get a job. Conveniently, it is IMPOSSIBLE to get a job anywhere in Springfield - they either are full, are "hiring" but then discard your application, or they just don't want to talk to you. I've applied at just about every place in Springfield Mall, and even Granite Run Mall. I'm thinking of selling some paintings on eBay to make some money, but I don't really want to part with them. I'm selling my textbooks also, but that will have to wait until mid to late August.

Alas, no parties at my house. I'm too lazy to organize/I feel awkward having people come to my house.

Harry Potter comes out on Saturday!

However, with my mooching off of YuFei, I have in my possession what could very possibly be the seventh book. I've read up to Chapter 20, and it's all VERY convincing. Someone took pictures of every page, and I am having a blast trying to squint my way through all the text. I don't think it was photoshopped, because who would want to photoshop almost 800 pages of text? Also, the pages are all bent, which makes the task even more difficult to do. The texture of the cover peeking behind the pages looks real too. The writing style/plot elements seem like the work of Rowling. And it's so close to the release date....

Even if it is real, I'm still going to purchase a copy to reread. Too much work to read this copy, and I like to have the book to hold. Even if it's fake, it doesn't matter, because this is still a really good story nonetheless, and I would still want to read the real one. :]

Interesting stuff.

Hm....

Nothing's really happened. I've been hanging out with people more and stuff, which is good. Always nice to get out of the house.

I've been driving more too, and I've been told that I'm good now. A "safe" driver. I just need to drive on highways. >________________< My mom needs to get insurance for me soon. I'm gonna be taking her car around by myself. :]

Some boy issues have arisen I think. What's with that? They're so weird. Also more confusing than their simple outward appearance seems.

Harry Potter is coming out soon. That's exciting.

I think I'm going to have a party thing at my house next week. Check back on that. I don't know what the theme is, or when exactly it is. I think it's between having a chess party, fancy dinner party, barbeque, DDR/karaoke party, or something like that. x_x Tentative date is Wednesday? I'll keep you posted.

EDIT: I GOT MY LICENSE TODAY. :o

Omggggggg. So I went to Ocean City two days ago to visit my friends on Senior Week, and it was one of the best things to happen in a longgg time. I had a lot of fun. :]

The first day, I took the bus there. At the Greyhound terminal, there were these two guys that were talking about me and were like, "Are you from California blah blah?" I said no, but then one of them asked for my number. o_O It was weird. Very strange. So after about 3 hours on the bus, I got picked up by my friends at the terminal there, we went back to the house and chilled for a while. Several Full House episodes were involved. We went to Wildwood and went around on the boardwalk, which was nice. I played DDR for the first time in a long while. :D I think I saw the place where I played it for the first time. <3 Oh, and one of the guys in one of the stores hit on me and another girl in the group. XD His name is ARI. It was so cold. D: We went back and chilled some more. My friend Matt was there too, and he visited. :] Then we had a cookout thing on the grill outside. It was goood. At like 1 AM we went to this really secluded beach and just stood around there, which was nice. It was very serene.

Second day, I had planned to make a cake because it was Tom's birthday that day, and Ted's the day after. So I did that. But there was also this plan that I should cover my legs with whipped cream and chocolate, and lie on a bed with rose petals strewn on it and a heart spelled out with rose petals with condoms making a smiley face in the middle for Tom [I had clothes on]. It was completely frightening, but Tom's reaction was rather hilarious. He came in, saw it, then tried to run out, but people pushed him into the room and locked the door so he couldn't get back out. He was looking around so frantically and was like, "I'm gonna go on a bike ride..." and left out the window on to the roof. XDDD It was greatttttt, but I felt like an asshole. I knew he doesn't like that kind of thing. :/ Poor Tommmm. Only afterwards did they suggest a romantic Italian dinner for the two of us, which was a liiiiiiiittle too late. x_x I would have preferred that better. For Ted, they had his friend Chris strip down to his boxers and do the same, except he had whipped cream on his crotch. When Ted came in, I think he actually ate some whipped cream off of there and got a facefull of crotch. XDD It was awesomeeeee. I wish I could have seen that. So we ate cake and stuff and then I left shortly afterwards. :[ I really didn't want to leave, because they're leaving today, and I could have stayed and left with them, but I have my driving test today. :/ Booooooo.

Lots of crap went down apparently. o_o So much dramaaaaa. This girl that no one likes stayed over for a little bit, and one of the guys had sex with her in the house while everyone was there. >____< And she apparently did other things with him in her car. And another girl in our house was intended to make out with one of the guys, but then the other girl in our house liked him, and so she couldn't and was stolen by someone else. D: So baddd. I also heard stories about people in other houses. This one girl slept with 10 different guys. D: Some guy was fingering a girl in Matt's sleeping bag. D: People really go all out.

But yes, I really enjoyed staying at that house. There were two other girls and about 15 guys, which was cool [my group of friends consists of mainly guys, which I like]. Sleeping was fun, because five people crammed on to my bed. :D I'm glad that we had a dry house, because all of the other ones with the exception of one drank and stuff. We definitely need to do that again. :]

I'd just like to say that I'm really reluctant to write this, but I'd like to get it out, without having to unload all of this on any one particular person.

So it's been two days now that I've been out of school. For the most part, I like it: it's rather relaxing, free, etc. However, the impending prospect of graduation is looming ahead. I have mixed feelings accompanied with that.

Yes, summer always nicely culminates any school year. I do enjoy how nice it is to not have work and everything. Sleeping in is always a good thing. Free time is always appreciated.

However, what mainly concerns me about leaving school is leaving people. Of course I'll stay in touch with the people that I've become good friends with, and I'm sure they'd do the same. It's the people that I don't know very well that I would like to have known better. I love all the people I've recently become acquainted with, and it feels strange just to leave them once I just started getting to know them and hanging out with them. It's not about whether I want to keep in touch with them; it's whether they want to reciprocate the feeling or not.

I'm not quite sure if any other aspects bother me. I'm not really leaving the security of an environment that I've known for over a decade; I've already done that two years ago when I came to Springfield. I'm going to a school in Philadelphia, so I'll still be in the area (which, now that I come it, isn't necessarily comforting). I suppose I'll make new friends to cover for the ones that I'll lose (while I won't want to admit it, it's inevitable that I'll lose some friends in the transition).

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