Random note: Does anyone else read Choi's Xanga? If so, do you hear "No Letting Go" in the background, too, or is it just me?
Okay. So, Greg and I didn't get much work done on our project yesterday, but we did some work, which is good. We'll have to get together some other time to format it and stuff.
Peter Pan was good. It stuck to the traditional story. The girl that played Wendy was fabulous. I was reading in the county newspaper that this version marks the first time Peter is played by a boy, so the added UST helped the Peter/Wendy dynamic. I agree. I must admit, though, that crocodile scared me like I don't know what. I just didn't expect it to be that
big! Also, Jason Isaacs must have a thing for contacts. He had blue ones (and a blond wig, for that matter) in
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, but his eyes were brown in
Peter Pan. If I didn't know it, I wouldn't think Lucius Malfoy, Mr. Darling, and Captain Hook were played by the same guy.
A quick plug to
The World Time Server. My computer clock was acting up a few weeks ago. I swear it was half an hour slow. I downloaded a really useful program from the site to help. It was a fast download (which, considering my connection speed, or lack thereof, is important), and it works perfectly. I just hit the button to ping the site, and it synchronizes with the atomic clock. Quite handy.
I must give my essay another attempt. I'll try to get to bed at a decent time today so I have time to write and revise it tomorrow. The topic just inspires so many trite answers. Ms. Sim suggested a good one, but I don't think I can really expand on it, and even if I could, I know other people paid attention. I'm really despising this essay. Speaking of essays, I had a pleasant surprise when I was looking for scholarships. Now that all my applications are in (finally!), I have other work to do. One of them requires an essay on a topic I basically covered in another essay. I love coincidences like that.
Oh! The MLW reunion was great. They call it SAIL, but no one ever explained that acronym to me, so. I was running late in the morning (stupid weather flukes), but we found our way there with zero trouble. It was at Wilde Lake High School, near the gorgeous and massive Columbia Mall. We ate breakfast in the mall, then Mom dropped me off at the school. That's a pretty school, especially considering it's almost twenty years old. Only about six of my group members showed up (including me), but I still had fun. It was great seeing them again. We played Whiz Bong (ask me how; it's addictive, fast, and fun) and Mafia (now I know what Rajni's talking about). The real purpose of SAIL is to refresh our MLW skills, so we planned and gave a presentation to the kids from the middle school program. It was basically about the transition to high school, what to expect, and how to deal with it. The kids asked me more questions than I thought they would, but I guess that makes sense. I'm a senior. Short of graduation and, like, Senior Skip Day, I've experienced just about all of high school there is. Anyway, the kids seemed genuinely interested and appreciated what we had to say, and the presentation went well. At lunch, Tiffany called Nadia (who didn't show up), and we left this crazy message on her answering machine with the Turtle Rap. Oh, I missed that. We didn't do the dance, but we did the whole rap for old time's sake. That made the whole trip worthwhile.
Missed the
Friday Five yesterday because I was out all day: Looking Forward.
What one thing are you most looking forward to . . .
1. ...today? Well, since SAIL is over now, I would say heading back to my room to eat and watch a movie. Either
How to Deal or
Bend It Like Beckham.
2. ...over the next week? Easing back into the daily grind of school without building up another massive stress mound. I can think of a lot of things that need to be done in the near future, but as long as I don't break down again, I think I'll be okay. Oh, and Mandy's new movie,
Chasing Liberty, which comes out Friday!
3. ...this year? Graduation and college. In some ways, it'll be sad. I've never enjoyed that feeling of saying goodbye to people, knowing you might never see them again. And I'll miss my family when I move out. They basically leave me alone now, so I have privacy, and I'm unlikely to get that in college. And as much as I hate to admit it, sometimes, they're kind of cool to be around. But leaving will be great, too, because I get to start the next chapter of my life. And I get to live on my own, which is scary and exciting at the same time.
4. ...over the next five years? Studying to earn a degree (once I choose a major, of course). And learning to live on my own, without my parents there to help me out in a pinch. And at the same time, learning more about who
I am because my environment will be so different.
5. ...for the rest of your life? This is a heavy question. I hope that someday I find true happiness. I just want to have one blissful moment, when I don't have any big worries or issues or problems. A time when I can be absolutely happy. I may not get that until I'm seventy-five. I may not ever have a moment like that. I also hope that, when I die, my life will not have been spent in vain. I want to influence people. I want to feel like I really made a difference with my life. If I spend my time on Earth thinking only about myself, then I'll have wasted it. Life is too precious a thing to waste.
