I HAVE GRADUATED!!

FINALLY! I AM DONE WITH HIGH SCHOOL FOREVER.
Graduation was held in the gym, which was awful because it was too damn hot. Hundreds of people in a small, non-air conditioned room in the middle of summer, wearing a gown and cap made especially for you to sweat? No thanks.

For about two and a half hours I had to sit in the most uncomfortable position of my life (my cap kept falling off so I had to lean forward a little and put my head/neck in a really awkward position) with the loudest clapper of all time clapping in my hear for every name called. Not only was the clapping making my ears bleed, but the airhorns going off didn't help so much either. The speakers were pretty boring, except for William, John, and Stephen.

I spent most of the ceremony watching some girl in the back taking MySpace photos of herself. I also watched my father fall asleep. We threw our caps in the air, party poppers went off, silly string went into hair...and it felt *so good*.

So glad to finally be out.
:D

THE MUMMIES TONIGHT!

Shit is going to be awesome.
First I have a doctor's appointment, dropping off film, picking up flyers for Shoot to Thrill at Adorama, then to Park Slope for THE MUMMIES!!!!! Ahhhhhh!

I have my French exam, Economics exam, and Film & History exam tomorrow and I'll probably get home around 3:30 am. Ugh, I will feel so awful tomorrow but whatever it will be worth it!

Caitlin gets back to America tomorrow too!
I move in less than 30 days!
So many exclamation points. Too excited for everything (except for exams, obviously).

Gonna go eat. Bye!

Final Exams, Final few days of High School

Friday will probably be my last day of High School ever. So weird to even think about that. Everyone around me has already graduated and I'm not graduating until June 26th. Too far away. I have my last high school exams tomorrow: French, Economics. Then in two weeks I have my Physics regents, which I will totally fail but it's okay because I do not need to pass it to pass the class...so I will graduate regardless. Nice.

I don't know who is speaking at my graduation but I am praying it's not someone who sucks and bores me to death. I will have to sit there for hours and I do not want some politician going on and on forever about nothing. I wish my speaker was Eugene Mirman. Look at this video and I dare you to disagree!


Today I had the worst coughing attack ever on the front steps of my school. I think I scared everyone but I was okay. Pam took Grace, Stelle, and me to dinner in Suffern. Hacienda is such a delicious restaurant. Grace continued to eat throughout the night. I wish I could do that. Oh well. Watching Good Eats now and about to review for my French final because the review sheet is actually the same exact thing as the exam. Nice.

Stuck in Tuxedo

Hey all,

So I've spent the entire week so far in Tuxedo (this is a very rare occurrence) and am surprisingly not that bored. I've met up with Grace who I haven't seen in forever (we got to catch up almost completely), I went and ate delicious food at the club (their chicken fingers will always be the best), explored Sugarloaf (but everything was closed so we're going back soon) with Caitlin and Stelle (and passed thru the Bruderhof, which was sort of eerie), and started to organize all my magazines.

Caitlin is currently in Sweden. On tour with Bruce Springsteen. That's basically all that needs to be said about that.

Tonight was the *awards ceremony* at my school. I got the highest grade in my Government/Economics class which was awesome and I got an award for French. Cool.

Also decided that when Caitlin comes back we're going to go to Storm King. I haven't been there since the second grade and I remember loving it. Especially Peach Boy because you could actually climb on it. I want to take the Hasselblad there so badly! Hopefully I will still have it by then.

On Friday I will go back to TPS (my elementary - middle school) to recieve my 8th grade diploma with Grace. That will be interesting to say the least. I haven't been up there in forever (and it's only 5 minutes away). Jack graduates on Friday too, and then it's HILLSTOCK:


I'm actually tired for once so I'm going to bed now. G'night.

FIRST

I've had a blogspot blog for awhile but never actually did anything with it (except for project iris). I'm super bored so I decided to use it. This probably won't last very long but whatevz (I have this blog too: http://www.leiaj.typepad.com but I haven't updated since last year I think. I don't know what the point of using this blog is if I already have one, but again...whatevz don't care).

Life as of now:
- Currently having trouble breathing due to allergies (I feel like I have asthma).
- Currently watching The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
- Currently dreading school tomorrow.
- Currently looking for apartments with Caitlin to move into July 1st.
- Currently giving Wavves another listen (because the first time I didn't like it, but now I think I do).

Saw JEFF the Brotherhood, Turbo Fruits, Boogie Boarder, Grocery Thief and Broccoli Destroyer last night at DBA (photos up on http://www.brooklynvegan.com soon). I love the way DBA looks now, so much better than before! The show was awesome, Caitlin and I got back to Park Slope around 2. I took a shower, went to bed for 3 hours, dreamt about beards (I don't remember in what context, but I just remember thinking of beards), then woke up at 5:30 to catch a train so I could go to school (and so Caitlin could get to work on time).

I decided to take the train home from Hoboken because I had an hour to kill, sat across from this woman at the train station with her shoe off and she pretty much had the grossest looking foot I have ever seen in my entire life. I will spare you the gruesome details. Almost vommed, so I waited outside. Fell asleep on the train, got off the train, decided not to go to school after all and then slept all day. Worked on photos from the show last night, sent them off, and ate crackers + Emergen-C. Life is GOOD (despite the fact I am still in high school and everyone else is not).


p.s - speaking of JEFF, I posted the photos from their show w/ Black Pus last month at DBA on my flickr here and here. On BrooklynVegan here. On their blog here.

p.p.s - looks like I'm not cool enough to sit with my sister and her friend at Mr. Tuxedo tomorrow (I must be really lame).