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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:34:44 GMT

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A Letter to Myself

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:58:35 GMT

    A way to describe this year would be "New Beginning". This year has been full of news and olds, but one sticks out. I have made "new" friends, "new" relationships, had "new" experiences, and learned "new" things. I have shaken off my old self from yester years and have evolved to a "new" level. This is my new beginning.
    A good quote that would go with this year would be from a song by Coldplay: “I wanna live life, and never be cruel, and I wanna live life, and be good to you, and I wanna fly and never come down, and live my life, and have friends around." This describes my year. I have tried hard to live my life to its fullest. I have made it so that my schoolwork didn't require my full time so that I had time to be with my friends. I tried all year to keep a good head and not get mad often. The stresses of being a teenager in high school have been relentless, but U have prevailed to have a fun year in the 10th grade.
    Recalling all the literary works that we have read throughout the year, I can relate myself to two characters: John Proctor and George Milton. I can relate to John from his stubbornness. This year, I believe that I have become more stubborn and rarely take no for an answer. This relates to his stubbornness of not giving in to the town's demands for his confession no matter what the cost, even his life. I have found myself to not take no for an answer lately. I fight for my side no matter what the cost, and usually get myself into trouble.
    I can relate to George through his skillful ability to plan out things. Throughout the year, I have gained many friends. Every time they want to hang out, I am chosen to plan out what we do. The only exception would be a couple birthdays that were planned by others. Every time I would plan something, it would turn out to be a good time.
    During the course of this year, many things have happened. Of all, I would say that my greatest achievement would be my new computer Sidewinder. I built her from scratch, and she works quickly, efficiently, and perfectly.
    <u greatest disappointment would be my work on my term papers. I worked real hard on my English term paper, and I got a 76% on it. With my World Civ paper, I didn’t work quite as hard, and I am afraid that I won't receive a good grade.
    This year was above and beyond what I expected it to be. I thought this was just going to be another year of school, just the junior high, but it's not, The Senior High School gives this year a new feeling. A feeling of growing up and evolving from a younger child to a young adult. I have had more fun in the 10th grade than in any grade thus far, and am looking forward to the future.
     For the future, a goal that I have in mind is to score high on my PSATs, SATs, and make it into the University of Pennsylvania. This is a college that my dad went to, and is one of the best universities in the United States. I would love to live in the city for a while as well as study there. I have worked there, and it is a lot of fun.
    Another goal I have is to get and maintain a steady job. I don’t have a job throughout the year except the summer and I don’t want to have to depend upon my parents for money. Even getting my own money, I have to depend upon my parents to get it out of the bank for me. It would be nice to be able to control my own funds let alone my own life in the future.
    A final goal I have is make all sorts of new friends. It would be nice if I know the majority of people in the school; to gain a relationship that lasts, and to finally find love. This may take a while, bit I still have two years here to do it.
    *Don't Read*
    I need to stop being so nosy and passive. Start becoming aggressive and assertive, but don’t make everyone’s business yours. Stop depending on others so much. Start doing things for yourself. If you do, things will get done. Start doing what you are assigned or asked to do so that you keep a good attitude with your parents. Respect them, but don’t let them push you around.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:41:54 GMT

Wow... long time no see... Anyway... Heres wats good/not good right now.

-School started
-classes are alright
-i am emotionally drained right now... aka feel like shit; depressed (dont ask)
-weeks are so fucking long...

hows everyone else?

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:40:50 GMT

Hey ya'll..... just got down the shore this past saturday.... anyone wanna come down to OC, just hit me up...

Italy: Day 3

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 13:53:25 GMT

The third day was very nice. We ended up getting out of bed at a reasonable hour and just hanging around for a bit. Half the group went to Ostia (an ancient town still in pretty good condition) and the remainder stayed here. I went and hung out by the pool, sun bathed and swam, then went back and showered. Yoni came and got me, and Matt, Issac, Yoni, Ian, and I decided we should go into town. We had an amazing lunch at PopoPizza, took the tram to Argentina (ancient ruins from day one), bought a phrasebook from the book store, went to the Pantheon (actually went inside), went to Navona, shopped, bought an Argentine Jersey, and hung out until around 6. The girls were supposed to meet us at 6, and if not 7, so when we didnt see them, we left to go up a street we hadnt gone up before. 5 pubs and a resturant all with the England v Portugal game on their TVs. So we stood outside of a pub full of Englishmen and Austrailians and watched the second half go into over time, then a shoot out only to see Portugal win. I was upset because once again, bad reffereeing ruined the game. After the game, we went and met up with the girls, witnessed a wedding in Navona, and went to another resturaunt. People once again got drunk off the wine (thats not what its for) and we decided to head home after finding nothing to do. Got another bottle to store away, and got home to find that one kid was missing and the chaperones were freaking out. Apparently he had passed out on the sidewalk and was now in the hospital. The conclusion was heat exhaustion, too much drinking, and not enough food. See, thats wat drinking does to you, but they do it anyway. That was pretty much day 3 in a nutshell.....I'll give my last update from Rome later tonight along with the pictures I took. Day 2 and 3 pictures should be up today as well.

PCE

Italy: Day 2

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 13:43:40 GMT

So Day 2 was fun! We ended up waking up mad early to go to the vatican. Even when we left that late, we were still like halfway back in the line. We made our way in and started out tour of the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel. All the pictures are in the Webshots album under Italy: Day 2. Anyway, after around 30-45 minutes, we finally started to go inside. Once inside, we were constantly moving forward listening to what our tour guide had to say and taking many pictures. Every surface is covered with either a painting, a sculpture or a tapestry. The painting are so advanced sometimes as to even look like sculptures. Once we ran through the hallways of art, statue and tapestry, we went down some steps into the Sistine Chapel. It was really interesting to be in there. 4 great artists had lended their skills to make it one of the most impressive buildings to date. Unfortunately due to the recent project that was funded by the Japanese to clean the Sistine Chapel and restore the paintings, no one is allowed to take any pictures or video.....they can go fuck themselves.... Afterwards, we left there, walked through the tombs of the Popes (saw John Paul II & III) and then up into Saint Peters Cathedral. It is probably the largest Church in the world. There are little stars placed on the floor that indicate the size of other large churches around the world (3 in the US) as compared to St Peters. We left there, got lunch, I was mistaken for an Italian, then took a bus to the Roman Forum. Walked through there, went to the Colliseum, then headed home to freshen up and get ready for the Italy v Ukraine game. Wore my new Ballack Jersey (Germany) and we took the Tram over to the Island to watch the game. Got a good ass pizza, was mistaken for a German and was responsible for making at least 2 other people drunk. Got a bottle and took the Tram home. That was all in the middle of the biggest celebration I have ever seen. I dont even think Philly could top that if the Eagles won the Superbowl. I have to say, it is an honor to be in not only the country of my heritage and of the start of democratic civilization as we know it, but to be in Europe as a whole during the world cup....I love this atmosphere and will hate leaving it....Done for day 2...

PCE

Italy: Day 1

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:09:02 GMT

So the first day is over..... and after like 3 hours of waiting in the Roman airport cause someone lost their luggage (no one i knew). We got to the hotel... Its really nice. We're on the ground floor right next to the lobby which is pretty convenient. Theres four of us in here: Zach, Brady, Ian, and myself. 2 sofa looking beds and 2 cots. The plugs are really weird, as are the light switches. We got into our rooms and we all passed out till around 430 at which time we rushed the get ready because we were expected at around 5. We left, took the public bus to the ruins of Argentina, and took some pictures. After that, we walked over to the Pantheon and got to wander for 20 min. Most of that time was spent withdrawing Euros because no one had them. I ended up buying a Germany soccer jersey for 10 euro (Ballack). Afterwards, we took a group picture and headed on our way to the next stop. At the time, I thought it was a different Piazza than the Piazza Navona, so that when we were set loose to get dinner and such, I took people in the complete wrong direction for Risturante Passetto. We ended up stopping at some other resturant before we even knew we were lost, so it was whatever. Had a good dinner with a bunch of people and had some laughs. I got some pasta with meat sauce, and we all ended up ordering the house red wine. No one seemed to like it except me. I ended up drinking most of it.... and nothing happened....Angela was worse off than I was. We then wondered the streets looking for some stuff to buy, but nothing caught my fancy.....though a flag did look pretty enticing. Afterwards, we met up back in the Piazza Navona and walked back to the bus stop and took it back to the hotel where I now sit writing this. People are completely wiped out from the walking and the 24+ hours of travel/non-sleeping time. Also, the internet here, even though it is a wifi area, is not free. Get this: 1 hour (ora) for 3 euro, 5 hours (ore) for 5 euro (I chose this one since we dont spend too much time in the room as it is), 24 hours for 15 euro, and 7 days for 40 euro. I think its ridiculous that they make you pay for it, but whatever.... Anyways, its a lot of fun so far. We have to get up at 540 tomorrow!!! Thats 1140pm your time tomorrow.... They are like throwing us straight into the gauntlet. Its interesting though that Angelas phone still works here. She swears she doesnt have an international plan, but shes been texting her dad and brother all day. Her dad even called her, but she didnt answer since our tour guide (who is a pain in the ass) was talking. Well, thats all for now, enjoy the pictures from today on the webshots site!!!: http://community.webshots.com/user/Oreokid200

PCE

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Wed, 31 May 2006 03:07:38 GMT

Well to answer the last entry.....it was too good to be true. And now onto the next one

So i went to the shore for the weekend just like the remainder of Abington. I went to OC with a bunch of people and chilled for the day, then went to Christinas in SH and stayed there till monday. We had a lot of fun just chillin and it was so relaxing to just be at the beach and no other care in the world other than the people around me. No work, no cell phone (its broken sorta), no drama (much), and just being down the shore. Wen i come home, I usually end up feeling depressed. This is probably because I'm not the one who does the driving to and from the shore, so i cant control when i go down. I think I didnt feel that way this time because I drove to and from the beach myself with my friends and now know that I can make it alright. Just leaves a big whole of possibility open for the summer.....god I cant wait.....PCE for now!

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:11:41 GMT

I wanna know
I gotta know
Is this love that I’m feelin’?

or is is too good to be true?

Monday, March 27, 2006

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:10:34 GMT

Dane: "This is gods way of telling us to pull our pants down cause we just got fucked in the ass"

That pretty much somes up my weekend ^^^^^^^^^