Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. - Jules de Gaultier

I've been meaning to post all week and this is the first time I've actually taken the time to do it. It' not that I've been very busy, I've just been kinda busy and very lazy. The school year is quickly coming to a close (hallelujah!) and I'm starting to get the idea that some of my teacher's are going to be heapin' it on these last few weeks all at the same time. This disturbs me slightly, but I'm just kinda ignoring it and hoping for the best. I have bigger fish to fry.

Monday night (after writing my angsty post) I went to the Deep Roots 7 CD release party and had a complete blast in the process. The music was good, the company was better and much fun was had by all. I left the concert a little early in hopes of getting some decent sleep, but foiled my own desires of rest by staying up and reading my book. Tuesday was an interesting day seeing as how Mr. Frick finally returned to work after his near six months of absence. He still seemed very weak, and to be honest, many people want him to not come back until he gets his full strength back, and maybe not even after that. A lot of us think that while Mr. Frick is a really great guy, Mrs. Bohart is a superior teacher by far. I got my hair cut on after school and it's quite short, but I very pleased with the results. It takes much less time to de-messify my hair in the morning and it looks really cute. Wednesday was ok, the highlight of the day was (as always) English class, but I'll get back to that in a sec. The most "interesting" points of the day were two bit of unfortunate news I found out on that day. I found out at school that the night before Mr. Frick had somehow injured himself and (as I found out today) will not be returning to work again for the rest of the year. The second (and worse) but of ill news I got was that a lady I know from the choir at my church, Sue, found out she has breast cancer. She's really shaken up and scared and I feel so bad for her. I wish there was some way I could make her feel better but, but I've resigned myself to prayer, it's the best thing for her right now.

On a less depressing note, English class was awesome. We've moved on to our last unit in our study of the various periods of American writing, Modernism. The first short story we read was A Worn Path by Eudora Welty, but the second selection we read (on Monday) was quite superior in my mind. Since we had a sub on Monday (who was really old) we didn't discuss the story until Wednesday. The piece we read was Sophistication by Sherwood Anderson, and I loved it! It really speaks to how I feel about my life right now and what's going on with me. It also helped that, while the story wasn't action-packed, the descriptions of places, things and feelings were amazing. It is really a superb tale and I hope you'll read it seeing as how I've conveniently provided a link to it for you reading pleasure.

Today after school I hung out with my best friend's little brother (he's turning eight on the 29th! Eek!) playing video games and putting off studying for yet another French test. Thankfully I believe this is one of the last or the last test of the year. Joy.

Tomorrow may prove interesting considering I was somehow convinced to participate in tomorrows AM assembly an I have little idea what awaits me. I think one of the factors that influenced my decision to participate in the thing was that Jenell was doing all of the convincing, but I was feeling rather good at the moment and probably would've done just about anything with little reservation. Add to that the fact that i have a French test and a piano lesson after school (for which I have not practiced) and you have the makings of a potentially Blog-worthy page. I'll keep y'all posted. *laughs at own pun*

"With all his heart he wants to come close to some other human, touch someone with his hands, be touched by the hand of another. If he prefers that the other be a woman, that is because he believes that a woman will be gentle, that she will understand. He wants, most of all, understanding."
- Sherwood Anderson, Sophistication

Edit 3:50 PM - May 14th, 2004

It's so beautiful... *drool*

I guess I have to buy a Game Cube now...