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Slowly, but surely, I seem to be understanding all these corny little phrases people seem to have, lately I've been feeling there's just not enough hours in the day to do anything, I swear it's like the clock is running from me, and I'm not even swamped with anything half the time. I think it's because graduation is just around the corner, and I really can't push it out of my head anymore. I keep wanting to occupy myself with things, because if I get bored, I start thinking. And when I start thinking, I get sad.
I can't seem to figure out how last year I could be so on top of keeping my journal up to date, and almost never skipping a single day without writing something down. It seems like so long ago, I could leave the computer with only a day's events, and the page would stretch immensely. Now I can't even seem to fit a week or two into a whole paragraph. It's pathetic, and my writing as a whole has deteriorated. I need something to do, like a project. I picked up our school's Teen Ink, which is somewhat of a national magazine for writer's and literature lovers, so that kept me busy during English. We were discussing how to properly write persuasive essays and I zoned out looking at people's poetry and seeing some of their short stories. I wanted to contribute to one of their categories, but I'm not sure my entry would make it in time for me to see another issue before I'm out of high school, I've only seen about two of these Teen Ink magazines all year, I hope they're not bi-monthly or something.
Spring Break was so relaxing. I didn't go to the beach or anything, but next year if I have my liscence I'll have to consider it. I hung out with everyone I hadn't seen in a long time, and Anime Vegas came at the end, except lots of buddies were missing from the event, but I guess since I got to see them during the week, it's all I can ask for. I wish it had been more than a week though.
Report cards came out yesterday, and for once, it seemed like I was the only one happy with my progress. My final result for the hard work I showed was 1 "A" and 4 "B's". It was a relief to not hide my report card from anyone and just show it to my dad as soon as I walked through the door. Sadly, I can't say the same for other people. Russell said he did alright.
We also went to a Las Vegas Otaku meetup. Russell and I took the bus, and chatted. I'm hoping I can show my portfolio to Jennifer, the graphic designer of the Anime Vegas website, and I'll be able to work on the site with her. Russell said he's renovating the bar, so that he can use it as part of his portfolio. I don't see why he just doesn't take the comics he has and use those, putting on the bar won't do anything special. We stopped with Bryan to this Japanese market called Nakata, and I almost didn't leave. There was so much cool stuff, and I bought some Melon Bread, which was really tasty, Russell got some really sweet yogurt drink. They had Mochi in there, but I didn't buy it because it would have melted. We wanted the meetup to be small, so we met at this quaint, little Chinese restaurant called "HO HO HO". There were about 11 of us, and for the most part we were quiet. It was a relief to be able to know and speak to everyone in a somewhat civilized manner, without it getting to rowdy, although I'll admit our conversation topics weren't exactly table etiquette.
I sat with Emi and watched the first episode of NANA, which a relatively new series that came out with the Japanese April line-up of new shows, and it's by Ai Yazawa, who did Paradise Kiss, another one of my favorites. This one is the story of two girls, who are both named NANA, who are basically polar opposites, but befriend each other on a train going to Tokyo, and end up becoming roommates in this elegant western-style apartment. It's a Shoujo series, but I think most guys would enjoy it to, it was made into a live-action movie not too long ago, so Emi told me to check YouTube when I get the chance, so I'll have to do that when I'm over at someone's house with fast internet.
I had a nice Easter, we went to church, got all dressed up fancy and everything, church was fine, I feel bad for zoning out and daydreaming about how I would survive a zombie attack if I was trapped in there, but then I remembered that one Zombie Survival Handbook Toni has, and realized that because of so many glass windows and doors on the bottom floor, contrary to belief it wouldn't be a good idea to stay there. We came home and I helped cook the dinner, which was so delicious, I ate half of the pan of cornbread.
School has been going through the motions, getting the grades, that sort of thing. I wanna tell myself I'm not getting Senioritis, that I don't need to be at this stage, but I'm almost sure I'm getting lazier.
Oh, there was one more thing I wanted to say, but I'll have to save it. Pizza's done, and Sophia's starting to cry, she hit her head really badly earlier and I'm trying to make sure she's as comfortable as can be until she's calmed down. heart
Edible Substance · Fri Apr 21, 2006 @ 12:42am · 2 Comments |
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