October 7,8,9,10, 2010

My weekend was busy again but then again it was 3 days long so who wouldn't plan something. So my Friday this week was actually a Thursday. Which was nice.

Specs has turned stalker. I mean she steals my Halloween Costume, the high school I want to go to and now she listens to my conversations to find out my plans."Oh your going on Saturday?Yeah I was thinking of going then too. Noon? Me too..." Shes turning into one of those people that you see everywhere when your with other friends, just hanging out and there she is like,"Oh! Hey this is so weird who would think that I would see you on this rock in the middle of the desert. Geez, what a coincidence!"

When I don't post for days you'll know why...

She annoyed the heck out of me on Thursday. And I don't mean to get boring with her as my only subject for the moment but bare with me, I must vent.

So we are doing this project together with 4 other people in geo. We have to do all this research and a PowerPoint and build a model out of clay. We split into two groups one for the model one for the PowerPoint and then assigned tasks. She has not done one thing. Not one and I am not exaggerating. Everyone else does her work because they need hers to be done for them to finish their own. Its crazy, I look over at one point to check on the other team and wait for it...she is doing....her math homework! No.No. No,no, no, no, no. And talking to Ariel as though she has finished her work when in truth she hasn't started. The project is due Monday and she is in charge of clay, we haven't even started it yet so we really only have an hour to complete that half of the project.

Me and Hilary are staying a few minutes after to finish one of the slides for the PowerPoint. We cant seem to find a usable word for locate. Specs comes over and says "are you going to lunch?"
 
Me- "Yeah we will be one minute..."
Specs-"Oh Ill wait..."
Me- "Its okay. Just go we will be done in two minutes. Go. Seriously."
Her- "No, I'll wait for you guys,"
Hilary- "Specs we just need to finish. Don't waste your lunch time,"
So she sits down and waits. Doing nothing at all for 10 minutes. You won't believe how long it takes to find another word for locate. I could have slapped her and I don't want to seem harsh but I have all of my classes with her, not including orchestra. I see her every second and she never lets me breath. And then when we all get up to go she walks ahead of us, not even talking.

Hilary- "Shes kinda like your own puppy dog."
Me- "No, don't be mean. Its just I don't understand her, how can she expect me to be nice to her when she says mean things to me all the time." Remember when she asked me if I woke up late and that's why my hair looked like that?

Actually I feel bad for her because she doesn't have all the things I have. She may be good in sports and get good grades but she doesn't have good, even decent friends and her family is terrible. Not bad people but they don't listen to her or talk to her like mine do. Korola once asked me why I have to tell my mom everything. And the truth is I want to and its nice t have someone that's on your side, rooting for you even when your playing wrong and getting goals for the opposite team.

So this girl was supposed to bring in cookies for Chamber on Friday. She does but that teacher forgets until after the bell already rang. Is it wrong that I stopped her at lunch and asked if she still had any? What, It wasn't like I wasn't supposed to get one in the first place! Chamber was pretty funny. At one point we were talking, because we hardly play in that class, about teacher's we don't like. The girl behind us, my new 7th grader friend, says that one of the crueler teacher in the school called her little Indian girl. Another boy in the class goes that's so racist, to which she says but I am! Does that make in racist? A little, I don't know I think so though.

Its past my bed time so I'll have to tell you all the crazy things that happened at the Renaissance Fair tomorrow! It was so funny... Mommy's foot fell asleep darling. So now I must hobble along....Made my night!

October 6, 2010

I am a fail. A massive Sharpie F should be placed on my forehead. I can not serve a volleyball. The teacher even pulled me over and made me aim at the wall for 'a little extra practice.' Everyone would move me to the spot right after the server's spot so I didn't have to serve for another half hour. "Hey you want to move over there now? I mean I know you don't like to serve..." Thanks you're all very kind.

And even before that while Specs was picking her team she didn't pick me till after all the good ones were picked. It was like that Hannah Montana episode where Miley was picked last. Spec's kept giving me this pitying look, like sorry you just suck. And then I realized why I recognized the look, I wear it all the time. Is that karma?

PE was actually interesting. The teacher made us sit down at the end of class and said something i thought was meaningful, probably not. "The truth is when your playing baseball and you only fail 60% of the time, and you succeed only 40%, less then half of the time you are considered amazing. When you play basketball and only fail half of the time your one of the greatest players." Deeper meaning other than just because your bad doesn't mean your really bad?

Bernie was gone today in English so I got work done. We had to do this stupid math activity in homeroom, I didn't understand at all. I was so completely lost. It was actually really sad making.

I was told today by someone that they wanted to become a cricket after they died. And then once the cricket died they wanted to become a bird, so that they could eat crickets. Yeah there is no moral to that story, it's just really odd.

So Mr.Mac bailed on book club. He has to meet with his Realtor, he brought a house in August. I went into his room after the bell and asked what snack he was bringing to book club. He just sort of looked at me almost angrily and annoyed. At first I thought it was because everyone kept asking him what he was bringing. Then he told me he had been texting his Realtor all day and they had to sign a ton of papers and he would have to miss. He said he felt bad and I understand he had no say, but still I was disappointed. Then we decided we would keep the dates the same so we aren't going to meet till the 21st. Also a lot of disappointment.

Late bus for the first time today. Definitely nerve racking. I stayed after for NJHS executive board where the teacher was giving us tasks, one of them being decorating this poster board. Executive board meet executive board. That's literally what she said to make us laugh.

I got on the bus after making another girl find it for me and told the guy my stop. He told me I was on the wrong bus to which I pulled out my green slip correcting him. He had never been to my stop before and this girl had to help him find it. I was one of the 3 middle schoolers on the bus and the girl behind me didn't know that definition of mutual and thought only small chap sticks were portable. What? They are all portable.

Must leave you early since I got home so late, like 5:30. Catch you up tomorrow.

October 5, 2010

So many funny things happened today I just cant remember any of them.

I don't think you can describe what it's like to be surrounded by over 50 other kids in a gym while they all scream, 'up one, up two...' Of course different things go through each mind. Some are annoyed, some are angry, some don't care others thrive off of all the energy packed into the room. I however am thinking about how I would describe it to you.  How to portray all the different noises. The shrieks and whistles and thumps of feet and squeaks of shoes. How to tell you that the lights were so bright against the cloudy sky and how they seemed to flinch along with the rest of us, humming and counting our jumping jacks and leg lifts.

Everyone kept telling me today that I was so quiet. Maybe I was just having an off day considering it started with my mandarin orange Dole fruit cup popping in my bag and ruining some papers and my planner. I kept to my self today I suppose. And when your quiet you hear things that you don't usually hear.

You hear the popular girl Katlyn swearing like a sailor. Is that the right term? Sailor, do they swear a lot? She was in her little ballerina flats and those kind of pants, black gauchos that were popular when I was in 4th. I guess she's bringing them back. She uses her hands when she talks, a lot. Waving them around and get this she talks with her knees. She bounces and squats as she speaks to get a point across.

So I gave my speech today in NJHS. It was pretty crumby, yup crumby. But guess what? I won! I am the treasurer for the club and will be for the year. Only no one, excluding my parents, congratulated me. Why you ask with an innocent high pitched voice? I'll tell you why.

Specs was running against multiple people for president, including Ariel. Everyone kept telling her not to be sad if she didn't win. So hint hint everyone knew she had a very slim chance. And its not that she is bad or anything, she just isn't Ariel. She's awkward and nerdy, but she's confident something I have to respect. So she finds out she didn't win or even come in second and she starts to tear up. She is really fair skinned and she's turning bright red. Then she begins to do this weird cry and break down for a second then smile like it was nothing then cry then smile, all in a matter of seconds. I took her to the bathroom and then Mr.Mac's.

I explained to her that Ariel didn't have really good friends or a good home life and sometimes you just have to let her have this. I told her Ariel was popular and that's all. When we got back to the class the teacher took both of us and we went and sat in the quad. She's a mom so she was good at making Specs feel better. At one point though she told me that if she were my mom she wouldn't let me wear short shorts! Not that I was. She also told me I could pass for 16, which I do not believe because sometimes I lie and say I'm 11 so I can order from the kids menu at restaurants.

So no congrats for me but I do have to stay after school again tomorrow for an executive board meeting. I think it will be the first time I will ride the late bus and I'm really nervous.

Also students come in tomorrow for the 1st time in my special homeroom class. I was a tutor but now I'm the president sort of thing so I don't get a student to start with. Should be interesting.

All the admins came into the orchestra room today during chamber and took pictures of the back room and whispered and all that. The back room is where the aid works, but shes been missing for a while again. They took pictures and when we asked why Ms.Heels just said she wasn't suppose to tell us, but she got excited that they had. Something is defiantly up with the aid. Like drugs or something. Maybe?

Oh! I forgot! When we walked into Mr.Mac's room he asked if Specs was laughing or crying! Isn't that terrible? Oh it made it 10 times worse.

Almost the end of the quarter....

October 4, 2010

I kept on forgetting the date today. I think half of my papers are labeled June 26 or something. And it seems that once you  are in 8th grade the teachers stop writing it on the board.

No school on Friday for some reason, who cares. Book club Thursday and NJHS tomorrow. Did you know it took my like 7 years to learn how to spell tomorrow?

Something that is not important- I am really lucky. I was born with decently straight teeth. So half of the people I know and soon my sister has braces. I am just lucky.

Something I don't understand- Music today. It makes me blush, its rude and inappropriate. The sexual like references are so clear! And then when people sing them, no, I just can't listen to it.

We had to do a 35 question online test in English. Well it was homework assigned 2 weeks ago and due this Friday. Bernie was doing it today in class claiming there was no way she was doing it out of school. I did it the first night I knew about it. There are stories that go with each question, short 15 paragraph stories, but she refused to read them. It was insane she probably got more then half wrong. I wanted to correct her too, but that would make me a push over since she kept asking for the correct answers.

We were walking to our 1st period classes and we saw the dean standing there as deans do, in the quad waiting for someone to break a rule. I think he is the nicest administrator but she apparently hates him.
Bernie- God I hate him
Me-Why he isn't that bad?
Bernie- He just gives me the creeps, like not a creeper but he's just not right.
Me- Yes Bernie that makes sense I'm so with you.
Bernie- No really, like he always stops me in the hallway to tell me my clothes don't match. I think he's gay.
Me- That doesn't make him gay that makes him a dean who want to be your friend.
Bernie- Exactly, creepy. Its like we're only allowed to wear 3 colors of course I don't match. What are we stating the obvious,'Youdont match' yeah and your still fat. What game is this?
Me-Bernie!
Bernie- Don't tell me I'm wrong, don't even try.

Specs practically ran out of math today. I don't know why she thinks she's going to be late or miss something before the bell rings, but she does. Its not like Mr.Nose clearly told us that he has walked form every class to another in the 4 minute given, no problem. Anyway, she runs out and leaves her lunch bag and her tote that holds her PE clothing. I cant believe she forgot but I turn to Hannie.
Me- Do you think we should grab it?
Hannie- No
Me- Yes, bad friend. The answer is yes.

So I do and I try to find her, fail and end up giving it to her in 4th. She's flipping out because she couldn't find it and she would just die without her Dr.Pepper. Your a good friend O, you are so nice, I'm going to get you a gift. Nope, none of that. I should have left it.

All of laptops wouldn't work for me in World Geo. There so racist (Jordan.) Hilary and I are doing all the work in the project, but the teacher knows this. They always know.

We had to play an actual volleyball game in gym. It was horrid. Or at least horrible or hideous. One of the H's. At least I served okay. I had these two really scary guys on my team and they would always scream pass it to black guy, only they were both black. So it was like no the other one. One of them wore two different pairs of socks. That clearly makes him a mentally unstable person. Point proven.

I have 2 days to finish the not yet started Great Gatsby. Wish me luck!

Oh wait. This happened at lunch-

Mr.Nose over the microphone- All the people that want to go to the library need to get the pass from Mrs.No Name.

 Isadora- Look at them run. To the library!

Specs- O, do you ever go to the libery?

Me- No, I go to the library.

 

October 1, 2010

Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

My weekend has been pretty crazy. On Saturday we went to Shakespeare in the park, Macbeth. It was loud and uncomfortable but still really fun. We ran into my old math teacher and ended up sitting directly in front of her. She is the youngest teacher I have ever had, at 26 or 27. She wasn't with her husband, but she was with a blond friend and her friends boyfriend. At one point in the show, I'm fairly sure it was the middle of Duncan's killing, I hear them laughing. I look back and they both have there pink and white iPhone out, "Look what he posted on Facebook!" Then after the show I hear them talking.
Blond-"You got home way after us!"
Boyfriend-"Yeah we were already asleep."
Both- "Naughty Ms.Smith, naughty naughty teacher!"

Oooh it was creepy. I love and hate seeing teachers after school, out and about being normal. Its just wrong. I want them to stay in the class room drinking out of chipped mugs and writing lesson plans that will always be done a day late.

Then on Sunday my family and Isadora and her mom went to this art fair. It was packed with 3 types. Moms, old people and kids. Just like farmers markets. It was a lot of fun. We took pictures and listened to her iPod. It  was raining for half of the time we were there. We looked pretty dorky in our hoods, but it was cool. I got a really cool bag and ate my first Connoli. We kept on pointing out things that were wins and fails. We saw this really cool adobe style home, win. We saw this car that's top slid into its trunk, win. We say this boy in a t-shirt that read, 'Im Awesome', win.

Friday was sluggish.

It started in English with Berni ranting as she does about meaningless things, things that have no effect on anyone. Do you think the color brown is a good nail polish color? Do you say it caramel or carmel? ooh apricot or apricot?

Then math, Hannie told me all about the concert she went to, she stayed up so late! Thank God for coffee! She continued to tell me about hemming her pants and buying knee highs. How interesting she is.

We have a math test, Unit 3, on Monday. She says we are going to go through 12 units this year. Why are we speeding through them? We'll have to do it all over again if we continue this way.

We got our seating in orchestra. As of right now I'm 2nd chair 1st violin in Chamber and 4th chair 1st violin in advanced. Pretty good. Of course Hannie is 1st in both, but she sucks at math. Probably because she talks to much. Why again do I attract the talkers? I need new friends.

We have this project in world geo. We get into groups of 6 or 7 and are assigned a state or province in the USA or Canada. We were assigned New England. I made a list, thats what I do, and gave everyone tasks. I might be a sort of dictator, but It's just that I don't trust them. I told them all sepretaly that I trusted them the most and told them to watch another person. Now everyones watching everyone else giving me secret eyerolls like, "Look how bad she is, no wonder you trust me the most." Works every time.

Oh I'm reading the comments on a class blog we have to do for Geo and Specs wrote this - @ hilary i totally agree with u

Come on man, she didn't spell out you or capitalize I. That's just so wrong! I told you I needed newe friends. You thought I was kidding.

I gave myself a time limit and this is it! Must go read. Until tomorrow. Not that anything will change.

Wait, now I jinxed it something majors going to happen now.