January 2010
21 posts
New Years
Last year, I was in seaside on New Years and we had dinner at Bud and Alley’s, my dad was consulting in New Orleans, but we weren’t sure about our future, can’t believe we now have sold our house in stl, live in a great house in nola, my mom has a job, my dad has a job, and I’m going to a school I love, in the big picture, all is well.
Meanwhile, tune into CNN for New...
December 2009
55 posts
Wow
well here I sit, on the couch, last day of the decade, what was I thinking when I was 5 years old on December 31st, 1999, I can’t tell you that, but I can tell you what I’m thinking right now, December 31st, 2009, so here we go:
Wow, its difficult to characterize this decade, it wasn’t grunge in the 90’s, it wasn’t disco in the 70’s, it wasn’t the hippie...
interesting
“We do not very often make recommendations for people’s behavior from this chair,” … “but…if you’re a parent, you’ve got a kid in some other part of the country, call them up. Exchange observations.”
- Peter Jennings, ABC news anchor, signing off after 17 straight hours of coverage in the immediate aftermath of 9-11 attacks.
This is one of...
good news, and thinking
first of all, pushed a few buttons and pulled a few strings, and I got into choir. I’m doing independant study P.E so I could make room for choir. So I gotta go through the whole schedule change thing and gotta talk to sears and make sure its all ok with him, and gotta schedule all my P.E. stuff, but I should be able to do it. might take a week to get everything stright.
I also appreciate K...
one more game today for third place in the curtis tourney. lost yesterday 49-48, they scored with 7 seconds left and we couldn’t get it back. Nothing really tomorrow, dinner with dad. Nothing else for now really.
What are you doing for New Years?
the olympics
I love the olympics. It’s almost like the world stops for 2 weeks to just sit there and watch. Then there’s always the huge events like snowboarding, or track 100 meters, and your not rooting for a person, or a team, you’re rooting for your country and I think thats really great
I don’t know if anybody else does this, but I use them as a measure of time, they technically...
oh this REALLY ruffles my feathers
ok so first he’s been (and still) creepin on sabsadoria for who knows how long, now he says something like this, its such bullshit I don’t think I can bring myself to type it out. then he tries to rephrase it in his next status you bastard, you know exactly what you said, and I don’t doubt for one minute that you actually believe it. if you read my comment on his status, I meant...
lots of stuff
first, I had my first basketball game away with the team today, we won, we play again tomorrow night at 5, and if we win that game, wednesday night at 7 for the championship.
for this reason, I have decided against going to chicago, and I am staying here with my dad, I feel like I’m really bonding with the basketball team, and I really don’t want to miss another game, which I would...
“Good night and good luck”
– Edward R. Murrow, the way he ended every broadcast
By request
Fang has told me to “go tumble” so here we go:
Really wanted to go to Lil Wayne concert but can’t. Neither can the rest of the basketball team, which makes me feel a little better. We have the Curtis tournament tomorrow so I can’t go, but whoever is going to the gaga concert, have a great time,
3 more hours till we’re home.
Really excited about my flip video....
“If you wanna have game with the bitches, you gotta let em roam free every now...”
– Truebloglol ( directed at hotfootmccook which made it even funnier
Appretiation
Last present was a flip video, so now I can take video of whatever, and dowload it to wherever, great xmas.
Tonight, I went to a movie with stl people and was reminded why nola is so much better, nobody’s a dumbass, it’s mellow, everybody is moderately nice to each other, people are humbled (because stl has never had a Katrina) people don’t get into other peoples business, I...
Beats
I got the “beats” headphones by Dr. Dre for Christmas. These headphones are scary good, I’m hearing stuff in my favorite songs that I’ve never heard before.
Xmas part 2
Dr. Dre beats headphones
Nikon D3000 camera with another lens and case
Saints watch
Golf jacket, golf glove and more golf balls
$350 from various sources
Woot
Xmas part 1
Good Xmas so far, $100, 2 new golf shirts, and some golf balls, good stuff
2 hours out
So we’re 2 hours outside of stl, almost there. My moms friend had the baby last night so that’s good news.
Looking ahead, I have to get through January, just regular old school for an entire month, and play at the end of the month too. Then february comes, school is almost non existant during February. 1 week, maybe 2, then mardi gras, leave day after mardi gras for the galapagos for...
Not so bad after all
Ok so, my mother’s best best best friend is having her first baby, she’s 42 and she’s been trying forever so it’s a big event. The doctors put her into forced labor because it’s like 7 pounds and she’s only 8 months along ( I myself was 2 weeks late and 10 lbs 13 oz at birth, they say I came out holding my head up and looking around) anyways so she’s due...
train
sitting here listening to train’s new song “Hey, Soul Sister” ( one of my favorite lines: like a virgin your madonna, but I’m always gonna wanna blow your mind (lol)) anyways it got me thinking of some of there older stuff. Meet Virginia, Drops of Jupiter, glad to see their back near the top.
christmas in the middle west
Tomorrow, I leave for the midwest, my drive tomorrow will consist of the following: “Cornfield, cornfield, cornfield, oh look! another cornfield” we are leaving at like 2, stopping in Memphis for the night, then driving the rest of the day thursday.
First up is my dad’s parents house ( this is my grandpa that actually fired my dad from his job in stl, yes you read that right, a...
rapidlymorbid:
I want to go to suburban high school. I want to be in class of a few hundred. I want to live in the ‘burbs, hang out at the 7-11, go running in the forests behind my house…
I don’t want to be here. But, I’ve got reverse wanderlust.
Again, no you don’t, I’ve been there
a great comedy bit by Jim Gaffigan on holiday... →
I wish I lived in the North
rapidlymorbid:
…where the wind is crisp every time you step outside and the snow blankets the ground…where hot chocolate’s deliciousness (a word?) is magnified tenfold.
This weekend, we joked about me possibly moving to Minnesota, living in Leah’s basement, and debating for SLP for a year (like someone did a few years ago)…It would be so amazing if I could, but I know that’s never going to...
well... that's unfortunate
unfortunately, according to sabsadoria’s assignment of her friends to Clueless characters, Fang is now dead.
Saints
Truthfully, yeah it would of been amazing to go undefeated, but superbowl is deffinately still in the picture, gotta watch the vikings to make sure we keep our 1st seed in the playoffs. Yeah undefeated would have been nice, but a superbowl would still be amazing for this city. Get all our losing out of the way now, so we don’t lose in the playoffs
Meanwhile, Its almost Christmas, looking...
lucky
lucky I didn’t buy those lil wayne tickets, caught with marijuana on his tour bus (lol how stupid can you be) so idk what’s gonna happen to his tour.
lucky I fall into a lot of stuff: Writing for Nola.com, bball manager, ww2 volunteer, lots of other stuff
lucky I’m at where I’m at, with who I’m surrounded by, how I got here, where I live
I leave you with some of my...
this is New Orleans, its a little long, but its a... →
DONE
civics tomorrow then I’m done. I feel bad for APUSH and AP Euro people.
today’s lesson: never forget your house key!
girls soccer game tomorrow at 4, hope it doesn’t rain. Haven’t seen the sun in a week.
“Absifuckinglutely”
– Patrick Reiss
just get through tomorrow
if I can just get through tomorrow with latin and spanish, I’ll come out alive this week.
Meanwhile, I’m working on Lil Wayne tickets, assuming I get money for xmas. I feel like mooching off my dad a little bit on this one but I probably shouldn’t. His boss has a box that he sometimes gives us for hornets games. It would be sweet, just invite a bunch of newman people and have a...
its like a bad snl skit
Holy shit…I just watched the mayoral debate on wdsu, it truly was like a bad snl skit. I get that politics is a contact sport down here, but people really don’t take it seriously. There were about 5 of the candidates who didn’t take it seriously at all. The thing is, I’m scared people are gonna be like HAHAHAHAHA, that guy’s halarious I’m going to vote for that...
Who does get into Yale?
Nobody. and I mean almost nobody gets into Yale. You almost have to be god incarnate: a perfect 4.3, star athlete, debater, involved in the fine arts, involved in every club imaginable, validictorian, cum laude, get every prize ever at your school, have amazing interview and writing skills, and volunteer just about all of your time to the underprivlidged. just about everything. Or be George W....
ok so...
rapidlymorbid: “fuck my life, fuck it all”
sabsadoria: “I’m going to die tomorrow”
So much positivity tonight! I know I’m gonna ace my timko chem exam!
so here we go
1 week…6 exams…I.will.come.out.alive
I Hate This Feeling
I’m ready for my exam tomorrow! Aren’t I ? I made sure I studied everything… but I’m probably not ready, but you know everything from the study guide so you’re ready. but their could be other stuff so I’m really not ready. Its a huge vicious circle.
I really should be more motivated for exams. I’m on that B+, A-,A range on everything, where an A on...
exams
exams suck. its not an opinion, its given fact. You never know completely whats going to be on it so you have to study everything. I’ve already proved I know the material on previous tests haven’t I ? And then the study guides don’t seem as if they are that big, so you underestimate the size of the exam.
The thing that pisses me off the most though is my parentals. Just...
ricky bobby
so after I finished my last post, I got sidetracked watching talladega nights, here are my some of my favorite quotes:
” When I wake up in the morning, I piss excellence”
“I want you to do this grace good… finish the damn grace ricky!”
“I sent in my application to The Real World, so I’m hoping to hear back from that. I’m putting a lot of my eggs...
Blindside
Went and saw Blindside tonight. It was really good. The director was the same guy who directed “The Rookie” I can deffinately see the similarities between the 2 films, but I decided I still like the Rookie better. There was some stuff in blindside that just didn’t seem believable to me unlike rookie. Although the kid in the Newman jersey in the end credits was sick.
movies I...
new stuff
Stew’s payin me next week, got some shit from people from my article last night, I’m not writing for the greenie, its a public newspaper I can’t be biased. Meanwhile I sent Kemper my article and stats from last night’s game and he was so impressed I am now basketball manager, have to go to practice everyday, edit game film, and keep stats at the games.
new favorite song:...
journalistic tendencies
rapidlymorbid:
nkrueger5:
As you’ve hopefully seen, my journalistic tendencies improved tonight. Knowing what you’re doing with you’re life really helps. I wrote my first article for for Nola.com tonight, the online version of the times pic. I got picked to write after submitting an application this past october. Hopefully I can cover Basketball and some soccer too. So my college app to the...
journalistic tendencies
As you’ve hopefully seen, my journalistic tendencies improved tonight. Knowing what you’re doing with you’re life really helps. I wrote my first article for for Nola.com tonight, the online version of the times pic. I got picked to write after submitting an application this past october. Hopefully I can cover Basketball and some soccer too. So my college app to the school of...
Met with stew, he’s still up for reimbursement, but now I get to meet with stew AND coach Fitz tomorrow
Come out to the bball game at 6:30 tomorrow night, second round NIT game against country day. At the palestra
Bang bang went under today, apparently doing an original piece by mark and Ethan now.
Check out the play in a day fb video.
Wuthering Heights Society
rapidlymorbid:
Katie: We just aren’t to be with the men that we like.
And out of this line, WHS was formed. Just like in the old story, where Catherine and Heathcliff burned to be together, but just couldn’t…and Catherine died…and Heathcliff collected all the evil that had been in her broken heart and blew it out into the world.
I HATE WURTHURING HEIGHTS. That book is the bane of my...
stew
gotta go talk to stew about reimberesment for filming football, and then I filmed play in a day and now somebody else wants my filming services. This is becoming a business. I’m legit thinking about starting to charge people for me to film whatever they want me to film. Anyways, Stew promised me reimberesement of some sort, and if he’s backed out, I’m gonna be pissed off.
...
WW2 museum
got a job volunteering at the WW2 museum on the weekends. truthfully more of a thing to put on college applications (yeah… I have volunteered at a national museum for 2 years now nbd) all kidding aside, I love history, and the museum is cool so I’m looking forward to it. Also glad I’m gonna be doing legit stuff like giving tours, and helping people find their way since sometimes...
civics class
Mrs. M: So how was everybody's weekend?
Will Mcneal: I know Jada's was good (knowing previously she hooked up with CJ)
(class goes on casually teasing Jada)
Mrs.M: Why was Jada's weekend good will?
Will: Well she did hook up with CJ (he claims he let it slip out)
Mrs.M: What?!, Well this leads us into todays lecture about public opinion. Who believes Jada hooked up with CJ.
and she went on the entire class using Jada's hook-up as a model for public opinion, so awkward.
did some espionage for fang today, but now I feel weird cuz now she hates him even more.
things that keep running through my mind
1. last night and the shit that went down
a.) god this city knows how to party
b.) so much better than stl
2. finals and how I’m not all that worried (somehow I never am)
3. Christmas
a.) what I’m getting
b.) gotta wrap all my gifts to other people
4. This Week
a.) hopefully not all that bad
5. Galapagos Trip
a.) $1800 due at the end of this week
b.) hopefully awsome
6....
last night
last night was interesting to say the least. 1st party down here with more than say 50 people at it. Nobody got anything in, but it was still a great party (I don’t think there is such a thing as a bad party in New Orleans) There were chaperones, but they stayed off the dance floor and out of our business which was nice. The afterparty was anticlimactic, they didn’t deliver on what...