do we even learn at school?
second semester is a bore. seventeen years in the fast lane has not prepared me for such a surprise. coming home everyday with nothing on the agenda. no homework, no violin, no errands, no nothing. i cant even go to the gym because of my gimpiness. it has only been two days, so i should give it a try. i always pass judgement prematurely, so this time i'll try to stay open minded. but yeah, it's uh...it's a change, that's for sure.

that black box that sits on my shelf
for once, i'm actually watching tv on nights other than supersize thursdays. alias, everwood, everybody loves raymond, fear factor, bachelorette, american idol, smallville..when did these all pop up?? whatever happened to charles in charge or facts of life or mcgwyver or saved by the bell or felicity? hmm...it seems like most tv series these days have a very short shelf life. :|

what the hell is up with Ralph
apostrophe s. sorry, it's not a ralph in particular, but the Ralph's on la canada. because i had nothing else to do, i decided to make dinner. so i go to ralph's to buy stuff for spaghetti. and dude. i'm in the sauce section, and they have WAYYYYYYYY TOOO dammn manny to pick from. it took up like 6 rows. jeez...so i was just staring at them for like 10 minutes because, beign the indecisive person i am, i couldnt choose the best buy. and i was standing in front of the deli section where they make you sandwiches, and i didnt know that one of the employees was watching me. i didnt have my knee brace on b/c i was too lazy to put it on, and i was just going to the market. and so anyway, i was shifting my weight on my right knee, and i was playing balancing games for some reason, and i was doing the exercises that my physical therapist taught me. basically, i stick my gigantum ass out and squat and hold that position. so i'm doign that in front of the sauces section for like 10 minutes and this guy is looking at me. and finally when i picked my sauce and put it in the cart, i turned around and i saw him and he was looking at me all weird. great. he probably thinks that it's some weird korean custom to stand in the middle of an aisle and start doing squats on one knee for ten minutes for no goddamm reason. i'm sorry for all those koreans i embarrassed. i'm terrible.

short stories with pat or the bible with ham
i am thinking of dropping bible as lit. i already read the books we're reading, and i'm not a fan of the king james version of the bible. plus, there's a crap of reading anddd the class itself is not comprised of the most stellar people :|. in short stories, i get pat andd i get to read fantastic stories and i get the pleasure of beign in the same class as shari, which, for those who have never had this experience, is a thrill, and i know more people in that class. but today, i learned a lot from hamyln, just on the first eleven chapters of genesis. so i dont know. i'm still debating. i dont know if i'll be able to handle some people in that class. they have the iq of a vegetable.

speaking of veggies
i have officially named the zucchini the vegetable of the month. it is so bloody good! it goes really well with spaghetti, for you iron chef hopefuls out there.

i'm getting old
i cant believe i'm turning eighteen in two weeks. i have two more weeks to act like a lunatic. i have fourteen days to commit a crime without having to receive the punishments for adults. (so little time, so much to do...) "i'm eighteen" sounds so much older than "i'm seventeen. i'm a TEENYager" i will do a pro and con list another day, but it hit me today. i'm turning eighteen in just two weeks. wowzers