Friday. Took train into city to babysit cousin. Slept over.
Saturday. Woke up far too early [who knew Saturdays even had 7:00 AMs?] to take math & physics test at Temple. I wish I'd studied; I couldn't remember any of the equations I needed that we learned in the second half of physics last year. I'm not really concerned about doing well; there's some scholarship money that wouldn't be met with disappointment.
I do feel kind of bad about letting down my school, though. They're like, hmm, let's pick four seniors who will potentially do well on tests and make us proud. And I'm like, umm, I have senioritis really bad, don't make me do this and embarrass you. C'est la vie!
Post exam, I returned via train to the suburbs. There was this really pretty boy sitting across from me on the train, but when he got off I noticed he had a bouquet of flowers, which produced a mix of illogical disappointment and "Aww, that's so sweet!" internal coo-age.
Krista picked me up at the train station and we went to Dorney Park with her mother, sister, brother, and four of her brother's friends. 'twas a lot of fun, except for when it rained and hailed and I caught pneumonia. No, despite the weather, I did enjoy it.
For the month of October, they have Halloween-themed decorations and activities [such as a haunted house]. Q. fun. Esp. when we walked along this fog-covered path and you couldn't see anything. It was straight out of a movie. [Perhaps the end of Rocky Horror.] And of course the roller coasters and traditional rides were exciting as well.
Photograph by Krista. I know, I'm a total hottie. ^.~
Getting home took longer than necessary. We took the scenic route which involved getting on the wrong roads and looping all the way down to Philadelphia. But I was able to save the day and direct Krista to my house from Lincoln Drive. [How we arrived at Lincoln Drive from Dorney Park is still a bit mysterious.]
Sunday. Woke up too early for the second time in two days to participate in the AIDS Walk for my third year in a row. Hurrah for walking 8+ miles! And O sweet Mary Magdalene, I overheard the most obnoxious thing evar:
Stupid girl: Hey, I know the cure for AIDS. Don't sleep around! You find your soulmate and then you marry him. After you make sure he's a virgin, too. Then you won't get AIDS!
Me: *kills self*
But yeah, I rocked the AIDS Walk. Sexy Melissa!hat with obsolete dreads hole + pink hoodie [with hood up over hat, naturally] + MIT pajama bottoms [that everyone at WTP bought!] + sunglasses + pink MIT water bottle. Whoo, baby. I totally had the celebrity-bumming-it-and-avoiding-paparazzi!style down.
Too bad I mother-effing got sunburnt!
Sexy drag queens cheering us on.
Monday Had to go to school with bright-red nose. Everyone pointed and laughed and made fun of me and I sat in the corner, rocking back and forth and crying. Okay, maybe not. But I'm sure people were wondering to themselves how I got sunburnt in the middle of October.
I did dye my hair pink yesterday, so perhaps that distracted them from my nose.
During fourth period, a local democratic candidate for state rep. came and spoke to us. Since my parents are so politically involved and/or he stalks me, he was like, "Oh, hey, Kate, what's up?" and I'm like, "um, wtf do you say to someone who barely knows you when they ask you that?" except I smiled and shook his hand and said, "Oh, nothing" or something equally noncommittal.
He's a nice guy. Well, as far as I know. When Krista dropped me off the other day and saw our lawn sign, she was like, "Just so you know, he's an asshole." But whatevz. I'd vote for him, asshole or not, if I could vote. *bitter muttering* And since our township is a key township in a key county in a key state, whether he gets elected or not will probably reflect whether Kerry wins or not.
I wish I could do more political volunteering, because this election is really important to me, but it just so happens to coincide with the fall of my senior year, which involves college applications and a lot of other stressful time-thieves. Alas-a-gogo.
So back to my Monday. My AP gov class is sitting in the front row of the auditorium as Josh is speaking and Ms Hauger is playing whisper down the lane.
Person next to me: Does anyone have a camera phone?
Me: Um, yeah.
Person: Ms Hauger says take pictures of him. Try to get the Abington seal in the picture.
Me: Um. *takes out contraband cell phone and takes pictures, trying to be all shady about it so administrators don't notice*
Yeah. The pictures weren't exactly great quality, but I e-mailed them to her after school because I'm just such a great person.
In gym we're still playing tennis, which was not quite as exciting minus Serena Williams. O physical education, how I love thee. And I hrt Mr Franko because [apart from his super cool moustache and the way he talks out of one side of his mouth] when he was handing out a letter from the principal reminding parents to vote on Election Day at the end of class, I said, "Gee, I hope we receive green papers pertaining to gym class!" with faux enthusiasm and he laughed. I enjoy when people laugh at me, even if it's only to humour me.
Favourite Melissa quote re: gym class: "[Almeda] makes a fantastic Anna Kournikova. it's sheer brilliance."
And I shall finish off with a little anecdote from art club.
The scene: Three preppy sophomores sitting in the art room, drawing Absolut bottles.
Sophomore 1: Chelsea, you are like so spoiled.
Sophomore 2: No, I'm not.
Sophomore 1: Yes, you are. Your parents buy like everything for you.
Sophomore 2: No. They won't even let me ride the train.
Sophomore 1: Well, mine won't either.
*Sophomore 2 explains how she owes her mother $37 for something and how her parents don't spoil her: they only pay for her clothes and shoes and stuff*
Sophomore 1: Well, how much money did you get for back-to-school shopping?
Sophomore 2: Like $400.
Sophomore 1: Oh, I got $1000 this year.
Me: *jaw drop*
That is a lot of money, right? That's not just me? I can't imagine my parents giving me a thousand dollars for school clothes. I've probably spent less than a thousand dollars on clothes throughout my entire high school career.
And then later Sophomore 3 was going on about how she's sick of all the drama, blah blah blah, after Sophomore 1 asked her about some piece of gossip. It was so preciously Dawson's Creek.
Photographic companion to pseudo-cam pic.
Is school over yet? I'm ready to go to college now.
-How was the bbsitting business that disturbed my *possible* Kate time?
-Walking for AIDs research and whatnot is a good thing...so, good job!
-Today, government was fun, because I didn't have to sit and listen to our class go on and on about, ANYTHING. Plus I got to sit next to the most awesomest person in the world. And I'm not talking about painter ;) I especially liked "josh" referring to us HSers as his "friends"
-$1000=ridiculous. I spend like, $50, MAYBE. lol. spoiled brats.
-Thanks for the post, I need some entertainment!
i get $2500 dollars it really is nothing i go through it soo fast.
That statement up there is not the truth. In fact i don't recal ever getting new clothes for back to school. The most clothes i have ever bought during high school has to be last year during the winter holidays i got 2 pairs of pants totalling 20 dollars i think. I also bought 2 shirts for .25 dollars each 50cents for the entire purchase.
I shoot the kids with the money and send it to my mom who is on welfare and I take there clothes.
The above statement is completely true, you're lucky you're not a guy.
there= their
Yeah because everyone at college is grown up, completely independent from their parents, devoid of any Dawson's Creek-esq behavior, etc, etc, more comments about how the people at colleges really came from highschools just a short time ago.
Don't worry, there are spoiled unintelligent people everywhere. You'll never get away from them. :-)
aww, i was gonna go to the AIDS walk...i could've seen my WTP buddy. We totally could have done the crosswalk for the whole 8 miles (or whatever it was lol)
Unless you shoot them, or find some other way to rid yourself of those pests. I enjoy a good barbeque myself.
In reference to KT's comment.
Hey Kate! This is Josh. Really great seeing you on Monday. I'm sure Dorney was a blast!! Well, anyway, gotta go. Tell you parents to vote Shapiro. TTYL.
Love, Josh!
I haven't gone back-to-school shopping since second grade because I went to private school and had uniforms. However, sometimes my parents give me cash in the $20-$40 range and I use it to buy clothes. If I want to spend $1000, I have to come up with it myself. :D
Good luck with the college aps. The sooner you complete and send them in the better, because it's less time you have to worry about completing them (and it takes the stress off sooooooo much. And gives you more time to not do homework :D). I sent mine at the end of October, even to the schools I was applying to regular decision. It was a good thing.
I'm fairly sure that IS a lot of money.
Stupid Girl: Dumb, but is technically correct.
Assuming said virgin was not infected from birth/is not a heroin addict who shares needles/has not injected himself with AIDS virus to eradicate Stupid Girls
I dig Josh Shapiro- why's he an asshole? My moderate mother is voting for him. Also, if it's him or Jon Fox... Anyway, that's who my father is voting for, because when we drive on the highway, he does this:
"Hmm.. there's a toll booth. I think I'll give him the exact amount of money, and then say, 'Here, this way you won't need to make a changeover, much like what we hope we won't have to do on election day'" Then the toll collector thinks "Gee... I'm voting for Kerry. What if I give you a very withering look?" THEN my Dad thinks, "Now's a good time to bring up Christ." Then the cars behind us think, "What the Fuck."
Then we got beeped at. The end.
Meliss, I think that was the funniest thing I've seen all day. Props.
Hey, man, there's never a wrong time for Jesus!
$1000 is a lot of money... I hope she was exaggerating... I can't imagine getting $1000 to spend. I'd save that money so hard. BECAUSE I'M AFRAID FOR MY FUTURE.