What? What is "school'?

Thanksgiving vacation has come and gone; I'll be at school in t-minus eight hours. That's so depressing, I have accomplished nothing in the week I've had off. I guess it is nice to relax and take a break from everything, but I'd rather not spend a week without doing anything remotely productive. Even homework has taken a back seat (what am I talking about? Homework always occupies the back seat. Right now it's in the trunk, or running behind the car of my priorities, waving its arms.) and right now I'm sitting in my living room at 11:24 PM trying to figure out how I'm going to begin to finish, or maybe not. I would say that I have no motivation but that's completely untrue; this semester really counts in terms of college acceptance, if I'm put on a waiting list from early action. But I can, however, lay the blame on Senioritis. It's very real, and it's very frustrating.

I also wish I would have posted more in the last few weeks. I have tons of photos piling up, I guess I'll just post them gradually within the next few days.






I spent a lot of time yesterday downloading new music, I didn't realize how much I listened to the same things over and over until I had something new to listen to. New additions to iTunes included the new Devendra Banhart album, more Elton John and Beach Boys, a few different soundtracks that I've been meaning to get after seeing their respective movies, and others. I will be occupied in that department for a while.

My inspiration folder is overflowing and filled to the brim!

I'm happy just because.

Went back, back, back to schooley hell today. However, I balanced out this hellishness with some random after school shopping at one of my favorite thrift stores in Oceanside. I got that ubiquitous Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd t-shirt, it's extra soft and too big, but I like it. And I got this vintage '70s dress that has kind of a weird print. Lately I've been trying to kind of push my style in more of the direction of 1966 mod-developing-into-hippiedom, but I digress. I liked this dress. Rhymey rhyme.
And the other day I bought two jackets online; one is a tannish tweed peacoat that's exactly the right length, and the other is a black faux-leather jacket that I'm kind of wary of since it seems like a decent amount of people I know have jackets reminiscent of this. Which I usually like to stay away from. But hey, I like it. Can't wait until they come in the mail!
It's pretty sad how my current happiness is a result of my own material-gain...shallow, if you will. I need to concentrate on things (no, not things! Ideas! Occurrences!) that make me happy other than the superficial.

I did well on my Government in-class essays today.



The weekend is looking bright, and it's so close.



New developments?



One of my mom's friends happens to be on the Board of Alumni for Lewis & Clark and he offered to write me a letter of reccommendation! Better chances? Oh, I hope so, I sure need it.

Pomegranate Tea

Yet again I'm wasting the day away under my favorite blanket, in front of my TV and/or laptop...I really wish I had the energy to do anything remotely productive. But, alas, I'm still feeling pretty under the weather, although lightyears better than first thing this morning. I've got miso soup and tea running through my veins.

It drizzled here for about three seconds before the sun decided it wanted to show its face again. The pseudo-rain got me all excited, I wish we would finally start having a legitimate autumn. I always feel bad, though, when I complain about the sunshiney Southern-California weather. I know that if and when I relocate to Portland I'll miss the sun. I just wish we'd experience some variety. Oh well, no use whining about something I can't change...

Tomorrow I'll return to school and be forced to interact with people I'd rather not have anything to do with...oh, the joys of high school.

What's it going to be then, eh?

I had a good weekend...it was a decent balance between extreme socialization and alone-time, although I wish I would have been more productive. Friday I kind of reunited with one of my former best friends, it was nice. Then Saturday was Halloween...which means I spent time with pretty much all my friends and exercised the oh-so-ubiquitous cliche of getting wasted at a Halloween party, et cetera, et cetera. I'm not complaining though, it was definitely fun. I dressed as Alex de Large from A Clockwork Orange, which I discovered must have been a little too obscure for my circle of friends; there were about three people in total who understood my costume without asking me "who the hell" I was dressed as. That's okay though, I enjoyed wearing my black bowler hat and painting the upside-down eyelash on my right eye with liquid eyeliner. And I liked adopting the evil persona of Alex...except obviously without the "ultraviolence".





Today I came home from school early -- I think I contracted some sort of cold during my weekend adventures. But I have to get well soon...too, too much to do!