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My knee wicked hurt today during the run. This is not good... very bad indeed.
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[01 Dec 2002|07:38pm] |
ae trackbabe05 (7:33:06 PM): ROAR
Artsy Babe 05 (7:33:11 PM): burp
ae trackbabe05 (7:33:37 PM): grrrr
Artsy Babe 05 (7:33:46 PM): hiccup
ae trackbabe05 (7:33:54 PM): meow
Artsy Babe 05 (7:34:24 PM): snort
ae trackbabe05 (7:34:51 PM): WOOOOOF
Artsy Babe 05 (7:35:11 PM): banana
Artsy Babe 05 (7:37:28 PM): dont have a good come back to that, huh
ae trackbabe05 (7:38:08 PM): no, because that doesn't count
ae trackbabe05 (7:38:13 PM): banana is a fruit not a noise
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[29 Nov 2002|06:55pm] |
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wicked bored, so instead of reading my thesis book(due tuesday) i decided to waste my precious tiempo and write in here ;)
wednesday was a snow day.. pretty cool cause that means i didn't have my english test! did nothing all day, just cleaned and prepared for thanksgiving. then i went to kellen's party... which was WICKED FUN... fukker, goller, mebz, serge and i were sooo hyper! lol i love those girls.
so yeah thanksgiving was pretty good, the relatives came and i like them so it's cool. thursday morning was the KP/Franklin game, which the band has to go to, and it sucked unbelieveably because it was so cold. Meredith and i were crying during the warmup because we couldn't feel our fingers and toes, meaning we couldn't even move them. I neglected to play during the show because, well, my lips were too cold, my reed was cracked, my fingers wouldn't move, and i hated mr. light so much for being so evil to make us play for a team who lost 28-6.
today... read for about half the day (must finish dorian gray), then meredith and nick came over to work on our english project and then after about and hour nick tells us he's already doing another project. haha nick you're a funny kid ;).Then m and i went to graham's and watched the matrix which is a wicked sketchy movie. i didn't follow it at all, i kept making him rewind ;)
so yeah... still bored... so i'll do a survey b/c those are fun :)
[eight songs that get stuck in your head frequently]
1. "3 x 5" John Mayer
2. "Stranded" Jeremiah Freed
3. "Grace is Gone" Dave Matthews
4. "Hello Goodbye" The Beatles
5. the harry potter theme song... John Williams ;)
6. "Sk8er Boi" Avril Lavigne even though i hate her music.... >:(
7. "Neon" John Mayer
8. Amparito Roca... some band song
[four beverages you drink frequently]
1. Fruit 2 0
2. Coffee
3. Diet Coke
4. Water
[five tv shows you liked when you were a little kid]
1. Hey Dude
2. Salute Your Shorts
3. Alice and Wonderland on the Disney Channel
4. Sesame Street...when i was really little
5. Fraggle Rock
[four places to go in your area]
1. Hoyts
2. Peoples' houses
3. uhm... Honey Dew.. haha
4. Skating ;)
[four things to do when you're bored]
1. waste time online
2. watch Tv shows i don't even like
3. make cookies, gotta be really bored for that
4. uhm... i don't know
[four things that never fail to cheer you up]
1. Mis amigos
2. Graham
3. getting a compliment
4. uhm...snow days
[four things you can't live without]
1. family
2. friends
3. plastics
4. food and water
[about ten years ago *list three things*]
1. I had just moved to NJ
2. I had a beauty and the beast backpack
3. I was really jealous of this girl in my kindergarten class because she could read the newspaper.
[about two years ago *list three things*]
1.I was in eighth grade, having the time of my life
2.Had Mr. Vacca, though he was weird... i still thought he was a good teacher
3.Lindsey and I had a notebook (remember that?!? haha)
[about one year ago *list three things*]
1. I was freshman
2. Had just decided Leighton was definitely the best teacher ever
3. Just ran my first 2 mile (12:58 baby)
[today...]
1. I ran 2.3 miles ( hey it was cold)
2. Ate a lot of leftover pie
3. went over Grahams
[seven things you love]
1. Friends/ Family
2. the written language
3. Sweatshirts, i live in them
4. AIM
5. making music
6. Running
7. listening to music
[seven things you dislike]
1. People chewing with their mouths open
2. People who make fun of others when they have nothing that makes them better than the other person
3. the short jokes, sometimes
4. How i have two days to do three assignments for english
5. when people make out in the hallway... sometimes
6. Wicked hard tests
7. when people don't change their pants and wear the same ones everyday
[seven things on your desk]
1. phone
2. millions of CDs
3. lamp
4.BrainQuest... not mine
5. Dictionary
6. different printers (it's a big desk)
7. Tons of papers
[seven facts about you]
1. I wanted to be Kristi Yamaguchi when i grew up. (if you don't know who that is, she won the Olympic gold in 1992 for figure skating)
2. Sometimes i have bad moods for no reason whatsoever
3. I have really tall shoes.
4. I wish i was a sprinter sometimes, instead of long distance
5. I play two instruments (running out of things here)
6. I have a really hard time actually expressing how i feel... sometimes
7. I always write in pink in spanish class.
[7 artists/bands/people should give a listen to]
1. Dave Matthews. (Yeah it really annoys me how they are almost given the name of "prep band", because everyone likes them, when actually tons of their songs are about drugs and stuff. I think sometimes people don't like them just because everyone else likes them.)
2. Matchbox 20
3. Jeremiah Freed
4. John Mayer
5. Jimmy Eat World
6. The Wallflowers
7. The Goo Goo Dolls
[nine things you like about the opposite/same sex]
1. Funny
2. Cute
3. smart
4. eyes
5. smile
6. Listens to me, whether i'm serious or just telling him to CUT IT WITH THE BABY JOKES!
7. The way their arms around you makes you feel like the world is safe
8. Good hair.... actually just kidding.
9. The way they think any reason for you being sad is their fault and need to cheer you up.
[four things you would eat on the last day of your life]
1. chocolate cake
2. cookies
3. diet coke
4. a quality caesar salad
[four records from your collection that you will never get tired of]
1. John Mayer "Room for Squares"
2. Dave Matthews Band "Busted Stuff"
3. Jimmy Eat World "Bleed american"
4. uhm... the Harry Potter Soundtrack ;)
[four vacations you have taken]
1. Florida
2. London
3. Price Edward Island
4. Arizona
[four things you'd like to learn]
1. The Guitar
2. The Trombone
3. Graphic Design
4. Complete HTML, not just the bits and pieces i know now
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[25 Nov 2002|03:56pm] |
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don't you love having an awesome dream before waking up, because then you're already happy? :)
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| ding dong! lol spanish class ;) |
[21 Nov 2002|03:00pm] |
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this week has been so sloooooow. it's only thursday and it seemed like monday happened a month ago.
i've felt a void in my life since cross country ended; there's nothing to look forward to afterschool and i'm bored. i've run a little, but running is so hard by myself. i can't wait for track.
I feel like i've been through this place a million times, i need to get out, i need to find something new. Life has become a humdrum, and i can't find anything to make each day worth looking forward to.
6 MVPS, 6 Hockomock All Stars ---> Oa can't beat that.
want to get to know me? well, not actually me, but they answering-survey-questions me? (i'm realllly bored)
// series one - as usual
-- Name: Katie
-- Birthdate: 4/12/87
-- Birthplace: Milford
-- Current Location: Fwankwin
-- Eye Color: blue
--Height do i really have to put this? 5'0"
--Hair Color: dark brown
-- Righty or Lefty: righty
-- Zodiac Sign: Aries
-- Innie or Outtie: innie
// series two - describe
-- Your heritage: Irish/ Italian, just like 3/4 of Franklin's population
-- The shoes you wore today: adidas superstars
-- Your hair: straight woth wavy ends (how annoying),past-the-shoulders and brown, but i realllly want it cut
-- Your eyes: blue
-- Your weakness?: uhm... approval of peers
-- Your fears: rape- that would be so scary. scarier than being murdered. and also having that girl walk through my Tv like in the ring---> that part was scawy ;)
-- Your perfect pizza: Stuffed Crust sausage pizza from Pizza Hut. mmmmmm.
-- One thing you'd like to achieve: Principal flutist in the Chicago Phillharmonic. And making the Foot Locker team for Cross Country. These are DREAMS, remember...
// series three - what is
-- Your most overused phrase on aim: lol
-- Your thoughts first waking up: just 5 more minutes
-- The first feature you notice in the opposite sex: i guess... face
-- Your best physical feature: uhmm.... nothing
-- Your bedtime: around 10, but i've been having to stay up later due to all these gd projects
-- Your greatest fear: didn't i answer this one? rape.
-- Your greatest accomplishment: I suppose so far it would have to be 6th in class B's, and Franklin winning class B's...
-- Your most missed memory: i don't know, i miss being a little kid.
// series four - you prefer
-- Pepsi or coke: diet coke :)
-- McDonald's or Burger King: McDonalds, hook me up wit a salad yo!
-- Single or group dates: haven't had the choice yet. don't ya love the parentals.
-- Adidas or nike: Adidas
-- Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: don't really like Iced Tea
-- Chocolate or vanilla: va-va-vanilla
-- Cappuccino or coffee: mmm either... yummmm
-- Boxers or briefs: Boxers
// series five - do you
-- Smoke: no
-- Cuss: yup. i'm bad.
-- Sing well: not really, only when i'm home by myself.
-- Take a shower everyday: yup
-- Have a crush(es): i suppose you could call it a requited crush.
-- who are they: Graham cracker
-- Do you think you've been in love: Nope
-- Want to go to college: no, i plan on being a truck driver. or maybe a hobo? still deciding.
-- Like high school: freshman year= sucks. sophomore year= awesome
-- Want to get married: i suppose
-- Type w/ your fingers on the right keys: of course not
-- Believe in yourself: uhmm... depends if i WANT to believe in myself
-- Get motion sickness: Nope
-- Think you're attractive: nope
-- Think you're a health freak: no, i eat terribly.
-- Get along with your parents: sometimes
-- Like thunderstorms: Yes
-- Play an instrument: flute, clarinet
// series six - in the past month, did/have you
-- Drank alcohol: no
-- Smoke(d): no
-- Done a drug:no
-- Have Sex: No
-- Made Out: yes
-- Go on a date :yes
-- Go to the mall?:yes
-- Eaten an entire box of Oreos: no
-- Eaten sushi :no
-- Been on stage: yes
-- Been dumped: no
-- Gone skating: yes
-- Made homemade cookies: yes ;)
-- Been in love: no
-- Gone skinny dipping: no
-- Dyed your hair: no
-- Stolen anything: no
// series seven - have you ever
-- Played a game that required removal of clothing?: no
-- If so, was it in mixed company: n/a
-- Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: no
-- Been caught "doing something": nope
-- Been called a tease: No.
-- Gotten beaten up: no, but i beat up graham, jimmy, and doug. if you can call it beating up.
-- Shoplifted: nope
-- If so, did you get caught: n/a.
-- Changed who you were to fit in: in fifth grade. but then i changed back.
// series eight - the future
-- Age you hope to be married: mid-late 20's
-- Numbers and Names of Children: 2 kids, Lily, Chiara, Greg, Ryan
-- Descibe your Dream Wedding: at the Beach, no has shoes on, and an awesome party afterwards. Either that or an elaborate expensive wedding ina huge cathedral. And of course honymoon in Hawaii.
-- How do you want to die: i want to live forever! ...jk
-- Where you want to go to college: i was talking about this with goller today... BU, Brown, Penn State?
-- What do you want to be when you grow up: no idea. Perhaps a high school psychologist and a cross country coach. Wait, our psychologist doesn't do anything anyways. (just joking ;)
-- What country would you most like to visit: Italy, then France
// series nine - opposite sex
-- Best eye color? brown
-- Best hair color? dark brown
-- Short or long hair?: definitely short
-- Best height: i can deal with the tallness.
-- Best weight: less than 600 lbs, preferably
-- Best articles of clothing: timberland sweaters with holes cut at the wrist
-- Best first date location: ???
-- Best first kiss location: anywhere but the movies
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i really, REALLY needed to write in here.
today was the ALL STATE MEET- the best of the best from the state of Massachusetts. This is the first time Franklin has ever gone. it was wet, and cold, and muddy... and for some reason i could not hype myself up for the race. I feel like i used up all my energy at the class B's and that was all i had. Anyway, the race itself was terrible...it didn't hurt too bad, but it was my mindset towards it. i didn't care if we won. i just wanted to finish the race and have it be over with. Also, it was way different from any other race because everyone in the race was so good. like the whole way i had people shoving me and elbowing me, vying for the front. I kicked it down the last straightaway and came in 2 spots behind meredith for 25th place. 20:18. the exact same time as the sophomore race.
I'm so disappointed. I don't mean to make anyone else feel horribly, but i just feel like i let myself, Sweeney, and the team down. I knew at the start i wasn't performing where i knew i could, and i just didn't care. the most disappointing thing is that Oliver Ames beat us for second place. That's so upsetting just because we beat them all season and then in the biggest meet they kick our ass.
The good thing is though ---> they have no championship trophies. Once second best, always second best.
Oh well, girls... the season is over. This has been really an awesome experience, and i love you always!
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All States= WICKED FUCKING NERVOUS.
pain is temporary. GLORY IS FOREVER.
you have no idea how much i want this....
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[09 Nov 2002|03:42pm] |
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today was the class B state Champs. for those of you non-trackies, the state title is not decided by a tournament, like in soccer, bbal, and volleyball. it's decided by one meet. this meet, class B's (where the schools are divided by size), determines whether we go on to All-states, where the top 5 teams from each class compete for the ALL-AROUND STATE TITLE.
Okay, so our race was at 9:30... we had to get there at 7:15, which was awful because i wasn't awake. but it was worth it because Graham came and he made me feel slightly better about my nervousness (which was extreme).
Skip to the race. I was determined to stick with Meg because we run really well together. The first mile was around 5:55, kinda quick, and i started losing meg. I caught up to her on Bear Cage Hill and then stuck with her through the wilderness loop. On the wilderness loop (the last mile), this little dog starts yapping and following me and meg! right in the middle of a state championship! i wanted to crack up but my lungs were about to cumbust anyway. So we come down to the last 200 (.1 mile) and i kicked it just for the sake of wanting to finish. i saw this green girl in front of me with NO KICK... and i ended up passing her. i didn't think i would, so i was kind of surprised. i came in right behind meredith, 6th place (19:59). we got: 5th,6th, 8th, 10th, 16th, 26th, and 68th. (GREAT JOB, GIRLS!) It was awesome. Sweeney scared us, though, because for a minute he thought OA had beaten us. freaked us all out. i hate when you do that sweeney!
well, everyone was incredibly ecstatic when we found out we DID IN FACT WIN, esp. sweeney, because now he gets the boston Globe all-Scholatic coach award. (just joking ;) )
then varsity girls and co. went to the franklin park zoo! it was wicked fun.
then we got our awards and medals and such, made a human pyramid (i got the top ;) and went home (we got mc Donalds... mcflurry's!! YEAHHH!!!)
it was a great day. i can't say how much i love this team, because... we are just awesome. we are the true meaning of the word TEAM.
tonight...should be fun. and no school on monday! i have to do my chem and romeo and juliet projects, though...
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[06 Nov 2002|07:39pm] |
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i feel so awful. i made graham feel like i hated him, when it is all my fault. I get mixed up in my own feelings; unsure of when i am actually thinking, and i end up coming across upset with other people.
i can't understand myself at all.
I was really self conscious today, too. i am sick of the shortness crap! i mean, i get it from even my favorite teachers and my coach... everyone. what a baby i am. everyone has insecurities, i should just live with mine. ;/
i am starting to get realllly nervous for saturday. i mean, this is potentially the biggest meet of the whole season. i realllly hope we win; i hope i personally do well; i hope the team does well. i am dreading this- franklin park's course hurts. the last mile is toooorture.
back to chemistry. i don't understand photons.
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[04 Nov 2002|07:20pm] |
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what the hell?
i love when you say something absent-mindedly and somehow it always gets back to whoever you were talking about. or even if you weren't talking about something, people always hear about it.
makes me wonder how much stuff i say actually gets repeated. i suppose way more than i'd want to know, so i should just shut my mouth altogether.
alright time for my cross country updateL
on saturday, we had the state coaches meet, which is grouped not by how good you are but by how old you are. jill, crowley and i ran in the SOPHOMORE RACE... it was frickin FREEZING OUT, i was wearing my gloves, manhattan shirt, tunic, spandez, and shorts. the actual race was good, jill and i stuck with the front pack of about 6 girls for the whole race. during the 2nd mile, i felt like we were going really slow, about 6:30 pace. i itched to take the lead, but sweeney yelled at me, so i held back and let the other girls do the work. Passt the 2 mile he began to yell at us to take the lead, but my legs were shot. why i couldn't have taken the lead and kept it when i WASN'T YET TIRED is beyond me. anyway, we came down the stretch and i felt as if jill was right behind me, and my luck has always been that i get outkicked so i just sprinted though my chest felt like it was about to cumbust. I digress... anyway, i came in 3rd, got a cool little plaque thingy- and new personal best of 20:18; jill was right after me taking fourth with 20:26 (---> or something around there, they messed up on coolrunning.com.
The junior senior race was cool, meredith got fourth with a time of... 19:39! holy CWAP! that's amazing.
today was long run day, which is always wicked fun because we go slow and talk the whole way while making up our own twisted routes. ;)
saturday night was Sarah's party, which was unbelieveably fun. i was quite hyper... but so was taish, goller, sarah, fu, jax, madelyn and graham, so it worked out :P. We had pillow fights and such... watched the 6th sense. another awesome time.
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[29 Oct 2002|08:05pm] |
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another classic line from cross country.
today was the halloween workout... WICKED FUN. it's right up there with the grab bag workout. We had to spring and do pickups while following clues to our next spots... kind of like a treasure hunt. it was wicked fun. We got candy at the end...although we all knew the candy was in the field house so we could have skipped the workout completely... and that's why we are a FAT TEAM!
hey to demarco.. he asked to be put in here awhile ago. don't fall on any more cantelopes alright? (and remember i always have that blackmail picture... ;)
i hafta talk to sarah about halloween night. totally don't know what we're doing. :0
You do something to me
That I can't explain
So would I be out of line, If I said
I miss you.
GDit, i hate my layout! i need to change it...
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[27 Oct 2002|07:54am] |
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this week has been one of the best i can ever remember. especially yesterday.
it was disgusting outside yesterday. it was cold and wet and muddy and we had a meet at borderland state park - the South Shore Principal's Meet.
For some reason i wasn't even nervous. The guys sounded the gun and everyone took off (really FAST) and then we took a sharp left and lo and behold Crystal Meyers from OA (their 3rd girl) falls in the mud. oh well! ;)
Meg and Meredith just took off... so for the first mile sam jill kirsten me and the 2 KP girls stuck together. Then Jill and I got a little in front on the 2nd mile, which was wicked fun with all the puddles. i started singing to her too ("LIVIN ON A PRAYER!") besides the fact that i could hardly breathe. i know it's annoying when i talk during races, but it helps me relieve the tension. i don't know, i have to do it. At the 2 mile mark it was Jill me and a KP girl. up the hill we passed her and when we saw the finish we both just TOOK OFF. something about it, i don't know... my kick kind of sucked. But that's okay. i wanted Jill to beat me and come in 3rd because she really needed this race. see jill, you are incredible!
yeah so i came in 4th for franklin, 7th overall... which means i got a trophy and such. we then got more trophies for winning the meet in general. jeez girls, i'm going to need to get a trophy stand or something! lol.
something in the back of my mind kept nagging me... i don't know. i sound so selfish. it shouldn't matter, but i just feel so... bad. at the hock champs i came in 2nd for franklin in 17:20, and yesterday i came in 4th in 17:45. i shouldn't be upset, and i'm ecstatic that we won... i know it doesn't matter the order of our placements. alright i'll drop it there.
i think this is the best article about XC yet except kirsten is suddenly a sophomore and i'm a junior :P
last night was awesome. just... indescribable. ;)
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[25 Oct 2002|08:55pm] |
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billy madison. hah!
i had a pasta party today. 'twas much fun.
i also found out some stuff that i didn't know! hmm... i will have to be more careful before opening my mouth next time... (jill knows ;)
today was an incredibly awesome day... alright SAM decided for our meet tomorrow we should all wear
1)Burger King crowns
2)sandals
3)spandex
4)dresses
5)shirts under the dress
6) leis
it looked like my closet exploded me. it's okay though, my spanish teacher said hoy es la dia de princesa.
first period english. i recieved an A- on my thesis, much better than expected. Then we read the classic balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet. i really wanted to try it, esp.ince my best buddy nick was romeo... i really got into it, because in that sort of scene you have to, or else it just sounds like crap. Standring was so happy, and so was i, hyper from the coffee i just drank. Besides, getting a real compliment from Standring is kind of refreshing after hearing him tear apart thesis papers.
Marching Band long period outside in the freezing cold...Three Sovereigns for Sarah (the Crucible gone horribly wrong), and then gym. Gym is the best :). Plus i had a good line today, except for this one kid who couldn't catch. i'm the only girl on Ultimate Frisbee, so i'm really glad the guys aren't sexist.
lunch was fun, listened to John and Pat McCann. Stream (John's band) is soooo awesome. I almost know all their songs by heart ;).
97 on my math test, how unusual. then a spanish quiz, which was not as hard as i thought. Xc practice, which was fun, Sam as usual flashing someone or another... just joking sam. today it was just the built in shorts.
It just dawned on me we have a meet tomorrow. It's going to be cold, wet, and unpleasant. I don't want to go! i feel really... unprepared. damnit!
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[22 Oct 2002|09:10pm] |
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ahhh... home star runner is wicked funny. especially the "fluffy puff commercial", "strong bad's interview" and "where is the cheat?" he reminds me of mike mahon!
cross country... wicked hard workout today. first, i wasn't really in the right mindset, i was tired and not optimistic. we ran 6 400's, mostly sub-80 (5:20 mile pace). Then an 800, and iwas so tired, so i just let the 3 girls go. oh well.
The race pn saturday... i'm reallllllly not ready. first, i have feel really sick all week, my head has been stuffed up and i just have been longing for sleep. and i'm mentally not ready at all. though not thinking about it seems to work.
check out this link. yeah, that's right Oliver Ames.
this morning on the bus, this kid (another sophmore) who always speaks very loud and obnoxiously at 7:00 AM, starts spouting off his opinions of Cross Country and soccer. alright, even if i didn't play those sports i would have been irritated, because this kid sits home all day and plays video games. DON'T criticize others unless you can go out and do whatever they're doing just as well.
something i should think about, too.
just gotta revise my paper one last time and then sleepy time. yay!
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[19 Oct 2002|09:50pm] |
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i finished 1984 and i cannot come up with a good thesis. i guess my only option is to use that's the Party's power is derived from their control of human physicality. for everyone that read 1984...
i got my pictures from new york back... there are a couple incredibly incriminating shots of anthony and eric *grins mischeviously*
Went to an XC cookout, despite people saysing it would be gay, it actually wasn't bad, it was fun i think.
new layout... still needs some more work though...
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[15 Oct 2002|07:44pm] |
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God there is so much to write about. where do i begin?i guess at the beginning of course.
right. so Friday morning varsity girls and boys met at the high school to persue of ventue into the depths of New York. I sat in the van next to Kirsten and Jill, with Brown and Leffert in front of us, Newman, Anthony, Derfelt, and the othetr guys behind. The way there was spent playing spades, which i wasn't really sure how to play, so i watched and alternately read Antigone. Jill and Anthony won the Mike Mahon cup of Spades...
Then we arrived at VanCourtland Aprk and ran the 2.5 mile course... it was rather wet, and the middle mile had LOADS of hills. Then we went to hotel in yonkERS, staked out our rooms (i was with kirsten, jill, and Meg L).
We went out to eat at this italian place which was quite good. meghan (T) tried to get a picture with the hot waiter but didn't succeed...
we spent the next few hours in the van after that. We drove into New York City. All the way there Eric and Anthony was singing Disney songs and dancing with each other in the back seat. It was cool though, going right through Times Square (i've been there a million times, but only in the day), even if we couldn't see much in the rain. We saw laods of chinese places ("ahh 10 dollar, anyting you want"), and then stopped at Ground Zero. How erie it was in the rain... you can't really see anything, but it was weird to think a little over a year ago 2 buildings were standing there.
From there we got back in the van (i was soaking wet by this time) and drove around New York somemore.... Sweeney seemed like he was about to die, the traffic was at a standstill alllll the way back to the hotel. We had fun though, alternately being tickled to death by Anthony and Eric and singing lullabies to Brown ("and if sweeney don't drink enough sprite, momma's gunna by you a lawnmower..."). Once we got back, we hung out in Sam/Dith?Meghan/Flanagan's room till 1:30.
The next morning we woke up at the horror of it being 8:30... there was no contitnental breakfast, so Kirsten, Jill, Meg L and myself went to dunkin donuts.. high quality food. We then hung out in our room and watched some Tv(...the lady falling out of the car, Evolution, The werewolf movie...); hung out in Newman's room for a bit, where Anthony and Eric reenacted what had happened "alst night", had a pillow fight, freaked out meghan on the phone.
Finally, we got to the course at around 2:00, it was disgusting, muddy and wet and altogether gross. there were a TON of teams, and it was cool we all (except for ME OF COURSE!) had cool "Franklin" jackets. Then at the starting line Sweeney out mud ("war paint") on our faces, did some strides...
the start of the race was fun, we ran through a baseball field that looked like peanut butter and a 20 foot long, 2 foot deep aptly named "lake" of a puddle which completely soaked everyone. that was the good part. from there there were just numerous hills, which i could just not catch my breath on... i ened up stopping (did you know that sweeney,? i stopped...) and then ended up behind Kirsten. It was so dismal, in the end i just could not run not from tiredness but from indifference. i got friggin 35th, which sucked because i didn't try as i should have. i always feel awful when i compete at less than my best. Anyway, all of us placed, and we got 4th in our heat (out of 39 teams).
the we had a huuuuuuuge mudfight in the PUDDLE! it was so fun, we got totally drenched and then we dragged sweeney in in his clothes and omg... how do i describe it? soooo fun.
the way home was fun as well, talking to the girls and anthony and eric. New York was an all around great experience.
well, who's still with me? that was just friday and saturday.
Nothing happened sunday, monday i went to the movies to see moonight mile after XC practice. he paid for me. i thought it was cute, but i also believe in "You can't say feminism and ladies first in the same sentence." then a pasta party, which was fun.. we made posters, and sweeney came.. what hike from dedham!
FINALLY today... the most important meet so far this season- The hockomock CHAMPIONSHIPS... i was so nervous before, but it was quite good, we stuck in a pack for the first mile, which i didn't even hear the split of, evil oliver ames girls. there was this OA girl (not oates) in front of us, and we all figured she would drop off... but she didn't. Trahan and I kind of separated from the blob and around the 2 mile mark i was thinking, the whole meet rests on if we beat this girl or not... so i stayed behind her, and the mansfield girl,and just outkicked them at the end. i didn't even know i had a kick, but willpower was definitely the only thing that pulled me through.
I got 4th... our order went : Meredith 3rd, me 4th, Trahan 8th, Sam 9th, Kirsten 10th, Jill 11th. we are so awesome- we wopn by 3 points. it was so cool :)
i'm wicked glad that's over with.
i really want to get pants like the volleyball players have (though not exactly) with our names embroidered and such... WE WOULD PAY FOR THEM SWEENEY, I SWEAR...!
WE'RE HOCK CHAMPS GIRLS!!!
i really want john mayer tickets. and i know where they are on sale. sarah- we are DEFINITELY GOING.
"i think i can i think i can
sometimes that is the problem..." <--- how true
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[01 Oct 2002|08:52pm] |
this morning, when i was getting off the bus, the kid behind me commented, "wow, i never noticed how short you are!" i responded, "really? thank you so much! you're the first person who has ever told me that. i would have never realized if you hadn't told me!" He was a bit taken aback.
really, though, what compels people to comment on stuff like that? i mean, noone comments "wow you're really fat", or "you have a really big nose"! it's the same thing. :/
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[27 Sep 2002|10:37pm] |
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we had a workout today. it wasn't really that hard, but it was wet. and slippery. i've forgotten how it feels to run as hard as i can for an extended period of time.
i felt awful.
fu, graham, sarah, matt, karisa, fuller and I saw sweet home alabama. (it's wayyy too long for my liking.) but it was fun anyway.. i kept coughing. FULLER knows why.
soo many people read this who don't leave comments.. i was going to make my journal friends-only, but then i felt bad for my deadjournal friends like sawah and marianne and jill. so i just made a separate journal, but the link you will never find ;)
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after all the bad stuff that happened.. the good news is i am allowed to race again!! thank you sweeno, sidwell, and mr. lucas :)
the bad part is that we are forced to forfeit to SHARON as well as OA. Sharon was one of our easier competitors and it sucks we have to lose to them, but you know what girls, OA will just look like petty sore losers in the end. and the whole league knows it.
in our hearts, we are champions. :)
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[23 Sep 2002|07:35pm] |
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yeah, i'm starting to accept it. don't worry, i will write about "it" tomorrow.
anyway, i have been longing to write about my weekend in my journal.. so here goes...
friday night i went straight to band after a workout for cross country (i felt really good during it; actually, i think i performed rather well).. well maybe i didn't go stright to band, i managed to squander some time so i wouldn't have to practice. luego, mi mama llego mi cena and then i had to put on my *embarassing* uniform and such. gloves hat and all, i was ready, but them i realized i had forgotten my lyre (the thing you can attach to your instrument that holds music). well what can you do? i played the star spangled banner from memory. The half time show wasn't our best run-through in my opinion, in one set i have to run 30 yds across the field... well the field was wet, adn i almost tripped, my clarinet hit the roof of my mouth. it quite hurt. good thing few people WATCH the half time show ANYWAY. then, we had to sit on the bleachers in our geeky uniform for the remainder of the show... no wonder jen taish and goller didn't say hi... i look like such a dork! i hate sitting sit there while everyone is walking around *gripe gripe gripe*. finally the game was over, i tore off my uniform (put on other clothes of course) and tore over to sarah's house, where i had a delightful sleepover with marianne and of course sarah. it involved ice cream milkshakes and movies. it always does.
Then on sat, i went stright from sarah's the tagging at elizabeth's with Fu for X-Country. I got vanialla coffee (wicked good stuff), and begged for money for two hours. There was a vietnamese nail-salon owner sitting near us and he struck of a convo with fu and ended up giving him his number. (i think he was gay... but what do i know?) i was too busy staring at the guy who was working inside. :)
Finaly after over 30 hours of not being home i went home and did someone of my homeowrk. i went online and Graham told me something... and then seriously two seconds later Sweeney called (yes this is becoming almost normal...) for MY MOM of all things. Then i found out something HORRIBLE. (this horrible thing deserves a whole separate entry)... went to church, where i prayed that everything would turn out okay...Then i went on a 5 miler when i got back. After THAT (if any of you are still reading this) i went to Jimmy's house, where we watched Van Wilder. DEfinitely a guy movie. wow.. that was interesting.
On sunday i woke up really upset (because of what sweeney had told me), and just moped around doing loads of homework. Then Sweeney called AGAIn, and made me feel slightly better... so i went on my long (hour long) run. at 12:30 in the middle of the day. that is something i will never do again, i tell ya, cuz it is WAYYYYY too hot outside! then i did somemore homework (teahcers looove giving that out...). @ 4 i played a double header of softball until 8:00. I thought i would suck but i really didn't do too badly unless you count letting a grounder going between my legs @ second base. The ump made fun of me for that one.
:(
Well, that was my weekend, i was just in the mood for typing, i guess. tomorrow's entry, if i have time, will be far more intruiging i promise you.
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