Our 15 Year High School Reunion

Hello, this is Red Power Blogger.

A few of us met up for our reunion. It was exactly as you'd expect and even better. We sat around the table and talked as best friends who had been teleported into the future. A lot of us had found our spouses. We had lived through tough times in our careers. We talked about how lost or confused we were in high school and it was apparent we have figured out a lot and grown a lot.

So if you're wondering how we're doing, my internet friend, I guess you could say, pretty well.

I'm back home in New York now. We are far apart geographically but I have a feeling we'll reunite again soon.

I wonder how the rest of the Power Bloggers are doing. I really miss them and hope they are having a good week. Hopefully we will hear from them again one day.

Talk to you soon. I hope really soon.

Hello

Hi, red power blogger only almost a decade later. :) 

Life has been fantastic, difficult, and unexpected. I'm really excited for 2019. 

When you journal, it's easy to focus on the negatives and the roadblocks. I've never, ever written down a challenge that I couldn't eventually overcome. That has to say something about you and me.

Be back soon,
Kejing

One Last Post

When I first thought of this project I spent about a week trying to figure who I would ask to join me. I really wanted everyone to be a part of it, but there were only seven days of the week. So why did I choose who I chose?

Lacey- You're always so full of wit. I knew that you would have posts would be laced with humor and would shine with your unique personality.

Viv- I chose you because you're sarcastic and I knew that you would have an interesting viewpoint on any subject. I knew you wouldn't hesitate to make fun of anything you felt like.

Megan- You are perhaps one of the funniest people I've ever met. And you always stick to what you believe in and so I knew that you would create beautiful posts.

Jonathan- I wanted your gender to add variety, but I also knew that you were a wonderful writer and knowledgeable about many subjects. I knew your posts would be thoughtful and well-written.

Kejing- You have a way of knowing more about people than anyone else. I knew you would write heartfelt posts while still incorporating humor.

June- There's no one quite like you. I knew that your posts would be full of originality. I also chose you for how strongly you stand behind your beliefs.

Caroline- When I think happiness I think of you. You're such a strong person and I knew that it would be reflected within your posts.

Pretty good team if I say so myself.

This will be my last official post. We're going to open the blog up to all our friends. Anyone will be able to post on any day. Just ask me or one of the other Power Bloggers about the login information. I ask that you'll hold off you're posts until each one of us has gotten in one last post.

I'll still post on here from time to time so be sure to check back. Here's my personal blog if you're interested... http://soccerpig73.blogspot.com/

Goodbye,
Brianna, your gold Power Blogger

If Life Is A Rose, I'm Definitely Feeling Its Thorns

You know, I never asked to have high goals or a heavy work load or a sport that requires tons of effort. I hear, "Life is hard so make what you can with it," all the time yet I wonder if I can make it what I want. What do I want to do? I want to rock out with my guitar and have at least one large-audience concert experience, I want to go far and wide with my tennis, and I want to learn a bit of dancing so I don't embarrass myself the next time I'm forced onto the dance floor. However, I see a few blockades in my path.
The biggest one is my parents. The typical, stereotype Asian parents. It's either med school or law school. "A" is normal. "B" is unacceptable. "C" or below means no cellphone/car/computer plus a shouty lecture... or death if you're lucky. They run you through the, "We came to America to pay for your education," argument and run you through the biggest guilt trips of your life. They expect nothing but achievement and rail on your for every little failure. They make you wait for the luxuries in life like driving and not let you get your license or car until you are well past 16. They expect you to be like them: lifeless, work-a-holics, and socially tight-fisted. Finally, they explode for no reason sometimes, pulling you into the crossfire, watching you shield yourself from the angry words raining down on your poor head. Hah, yeah right. I call myself lucky actually. If my parents were like that, I'd never survive. I love my parents but sometimes they just can't seem to accept what I want to do like guitar for instance.
Second is my stupid SAT score. 1270 reading and math score... Not enough to go to my college of choice. I'd like to try my luck on the ACT but that's all about speed. I suck at speed reading. Why couldn't they just give me ten sections of math? I would do so much better. If I don't get into my college of choice, I would go on a Friday the 13th killing spree with a tennis racquet and a ski mask. Gah, college apps... it feels like impending doom... FOR YOU!
Third, my inability to motivate myself. I can be a hard worker when I want to. It's in my blood. I'm Asian. Duh. But that's the problem. "When I want to." The problem is, I almost never want to work hard these days. Laziness is dangerous, people. Even though I clearly have to study for my SAT's and I clearly have to finish my summer homework, I always drift back to the computer, the T.V., or the bed. I wish someone named June (that's also a guy and has the same last name) would take my test for me, get a 2400, and come home to make me a sandwich. Seriously, life would be so much easier. But alas, I must perservere because it would really suck if I let go.



Thanks for reading this boring post. Join us tomorrow for a more lively post written by Caroline!

-June

This is a little darker.

Well... the um, school planner ended last week Saturday. Yeah. Not much going on over here. And it is... sunny... outside. Again. I am writing a math test. I am still waiting for 2010 to come so that most of the college stuff will be out of the way. But then there is the waiting, so I am really hoping for May 2010. But I'm not because APs are so tasking. So I am waiting for June 2010, but then we are graduating and we will be wearing robes that happen to be similar to the color of this font. And then we have that last summer... Aw, no fun. :(

I could turn it around, and I started to type this paragraph with all optimism but it didn't sound completely happy because there is always other unfortunate stuff.

Headache. '~'

Goodbye.

-Kejing

Tuesday came back around so quickly.

I got a job. I am not sure how I feel about that yet. On the one hand it is like, yay! Check that out! I will work and get experience and money and everything. How awesome is that. But on the other hand it's like . . . now I have to work? And what if I'm bad at it? And what if it's scary? And what if no one likes me?

Hmm. I have a headache. It is pretty hardcore. I just don't feel bright-eyed and bushy-tailed today. And I suppose in general I am just kind of depressed. Summer work. . . work. . . school. . . life. . . ugh.

Okay. Probably an hour has gone by. And now, I'm thinking life might not be so awful. Someone out there is watching out for me. An anonymous someone gave me a great surprise. Someone who is awesomely amazing. And they should know that they made my day. :)

In a way, everything seems to be falling right into place. If I can get through this last year of high school, I should be okay. I'm starting to think that no matter what happens, every little thing will be alright. Who knows what is going to happen. Right now it seems I am pretty in control of my life. At least I can be thankful for that.

I waited a while before posting this to see if I had anything else to say. I don't.

-Lacey

Not in the Mood

I don't really know what to write. I'm in one of those moods where I know that I have no reason to be sad, but I kinda feel sad anyways.

Not the point. Haha, I don't actually have any point. When I'm in moods like this, I often put my music on random and skip song after song until I find the exact one that describes how I feel. Then I repeat it over and over again.

This is the one I landed on today: In This Diary by the Ataris. Here's the link to the music video. They won't let me embed it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6sxmWILUsI

Yeah, that's all. I know it was lame, but I have to finish reading The Awakening.

Brianna

We Are the Involuntary

Hello there, Blue Powerblogger here!

I have so much on my mind, I can't think straight.

For one, school is starting in three weeks and I have only read one of my books for AP lit and I still have all my calc work to do.

I am leaving AGAIN to go to the mountains. Oh joy.

The kid I thought I wanted to be my boyfriend is now my best friend and I like that better, but he keeps doing things that make me like him again. It's a vicious cycle.

I'm less than a year away from graduating and I still don't know what to do about college.

My youth pastor infuriates me beyond belief and Calvary is my refuge.

I miss Daniel.

I miss Underoath and Aaron Gillespie! I got to see them a week ago today. Best day of my life.

Urban Dictionary defines Aaron Gillespie as: "the hottest man to ever live. plus he's christian...too bad he's taken. and he's the sexiest mofo out there." TRUE.

Urban Dictionary defines Caroline as: "extremely fine, and in some cases uses a golden calculator to divide." Pretty much also true.

Hopefully, I am going to kidnap Daniel this weekend. Otherwise, I hope to see him this week.

My life sucks because I have an eensy weensy crush on the guy that one of my friends has loved for four years and now she's jealous because he calls me Caro. Mlerg.

Matching bestfriendship bracelets are the bomb dot com.

I saw theeee cutest scene kid EVER this weekend. I mean he was freaking adorable.

The Wedding's lead singer can sing like no other (except Aaron, of course!)

The Poisonwood Bible was actually semi enjoyable.

My mother has made a list of the guys she wants me to marry. It's awkward.

I can't even concentrate for five minutes in order to finish my song that I'm working on.

In this new song, I belt a high F. It's baller.

Go listen to every song ever made by Underoath. I seriously have not listened to any other artist besides them since last Sunday. And I've listened to "Lost/In/The/Sound/Of/Separation" fifteen times since then.

This post is wayyyyy too random. Sorry.

Until next week,

-Caroline

Sigh

I wish
1. I could concentrate when reading my summer reading books. They are so boring!
2. I could sleep and not feel tired when I wake up.
3. I did not procrastinate so much.
4. the Internet wasn't so addicting.
5. I could eat without gaining weight. (like a certain friend of mine)
6. running wasn't so tiring.
7. some of my teachers would actually teach me.
8. I didn't get sick so much.
9. my SAT scores were high enough.
10. my wireless Internet stopped disconnecting every few minutes.
11. I had wings... delicious hot wings.
12. I had the other wings too.
13. calculus interested me.
14. I had enough money for a money bath. I want to wallow in wealth =D
15. I could walk on water.
16. I could walk under water.
17. I could walk over water.
18. I could walk through water. Oh wait! I can!
19. I could shout, "Let my people go!" and part the Red Sea with a stick.
20. my car could fly so I can go Harry Potter on them Muggles.
21. the Incredibles were real.
22. Spongebob was real.
23. Patrick was real.
24. Squidward wasn't real. He's not cool enough.
25. Ryan's car wasn't stick shift. We could save lives.

When I heard this on the radio, I could've sworn it was Coldplay. It sure sounded like it. Is it just me?
Stay tuned for Caroline's supah amazing post tomorrow! WHOO! CMON GUYS! REMEMBER YOUR POST DAYS! GO TEAM!

-June

Change of Color

I thought of something to write about but I forgot it.
This is something closer to coral. I don't know if you would prefer it. I think Erica might. But since we have different colors, there is a little range of choices. Fun stuff.
Nathaniel said that Priscilla Ahn is actually half-Korean. So she is beige! I think she is a pretty lady, and her voice is nice too. My favorite songs by her would be "Dream" and "Are We Different?" They are surprisingly not too hard to sing, if you are into doing that.
Summer is busy, and people are not in town a lot of the time. But what about when school starts, and we have applications to do? Will we have more than three posts a week? I am worried.
There is something about this city that makes it rain in the afternoons during the late summers. I don't know.
Nirav is leaving this summer. I thought he would be at our school, making the annual football and baseball picks, just like last year. But he wants to go to UF, which is great for the people who want to see him in the future.

Sorry. I was talking to Erica.

I'm going to go now.
Bye. :/

Love,
Kejing

It is 11:03 that I am starting this post. I waited this late because I kept thinking that I would end up getting inspired. Alas, no such luck. So now I'm just going to go with it.

I definitely want to make sure to say thank you to two people who mean a lot to me.

Blair has been my best friend for almost five years now. When she moved here, I started talking to her because we had the same Chorus class. And she has helped me with a lot lately. Two Tuesdays ago, as I was sitting in the movie theater, waiting to see the new Harry Potter Movie at 12:01 AM, she texted me and reminded me that it was my day to post. Since I didn't have a computer available, I asked her if she wouldn't mind posting for me. So I'd like to say thank you to her, because lately she has been an amazing friend.

Then, last Tuesday I was in Tennessee for Mu Alpha Theta Nationals (which I'll get to in a minute). I wasn't sure if I would be able to have internet access or the opportunity to post. So I asked Ryan to fill in for me. He has helped me out with that a lot, but he has also been there for me more than anyone else in the last eight months. I don't want to take up this whole post talking about how great my boyfriend is, although I'm sure I could come up with at least that much to say on the subject. But I would like to thank him for everything. I really am very much in love with Ryan. :)

Okay. So now, I'd like to just say a little something about Nationals. It was an interesting experience for me in many ways. But there was one thing that was just an awesome experience for me. On the last day of the competition, I took the Gemini test (which is a test for a two person team) with Logan. It consisted of five puzzles. We started working on them and in the end, we felt like we did a pretty good job. Logan started asking around and he heard that we did pretty well in comparison to the other teams. He said that he thought we would probably place in the top fifteen. Sure enough, we did. We ended up getting first place. I have never won an award at a Mu Alpha Theta competition. I was so happy and excited. I just thought I'd share, because this was one of my very most favorite accomplishments.

When my sister and I got back from Nationals, we found that our parents had started feeding two stray cats. We have pretty much adopted them at this point. So I thought that was interesting. We were replaced by two cats.

I also have some sad news. Our little toy poodle, Sophie, passed away yesterday. She has been very sick for over a year and a half. Actually. A year and a half ago, the vet told us that she was terminal and didn't have much time left. So we were lucky to have that much extra time with her.

It seems like I have so much left that I need to get done this summer, and not enough time to do it all. I have to volunteer for Bright Futures and I have to finish summer reading and summer math and I have to finish plenty of other stuff. It seems as though our new house is going to get finished right before school starts. So that means I will get to move then. Fun fun.

Okay so now it is 11:51. So I guess I'm going to go ahead and wrap this up. I hope everyone has an awesome week. Goodbye.

Hard to Understand

I've been thinking a lot about connections lately. I think that whenever we make a friend, they stay there in our hearts, even if we lose touch.

For example, I had a memory the other day of a girl who had been one of my best friends from grades two through five. I can't remember exactly what she looked like, but I remember times that we shared and just how happy they all were. If I saw her today, perhaps I would recognize her. If I did I would have no idea what I would say. But I know if she asked me to do anything for her, I would do it in a heartbeat.

I sometimes I picture we all have these sorta cords of love attaching us to other people. They're so important because relationships make the whole world work. So I guess when it comes down to it, we should make friends with as many people as we can.

What the heck am I talking about? I apologize for the lack of sense I'm making.

I guess, for me it's: once a friend, always a friend. Because even when I'm let down or hurt by a friend, I have this love for him or her that keeps me holding on to that friendship.

Call it a weakness.

-Brianna

My Ballad

Hello there, blue powerblogger here!

So this post will be quite short relative to last weeks's post. I am writing this Saturday evening because tomorrow my best friend Timmy and I are going to Tampa for VANS WARPED TOUR!!! I am so incredibly excited!!! I really wanna see Underoath and The Devil Wears Prada!

Last week, I went to a show at Big Daddy's to watch Unclaimed, Maradona, One Way Passenger, and Chasing Thrill play. It was awesome because I got to sing a song with Unclaimed and Timmy and I performed an acoustic song that we wrote. Maradona's lead singer, Lauren, has taken Timmy and me under her wing, so to speak, since she had a baby and can't really tour with her band anymore. She is kind of like our vocal coach. I got to record high harmonies with her band and it was so much fun! The band Chasing Thrill was good except for the fact that their singer sucked, which ruined the whole sound. Their guitarist (who was balding...?) kept hitting on my friend Karson. He called her out to move into an empty space at the front of the crowd, then pointed to her in a couple of songs. Afterwards, we went to talk to him and the lead singer. They were like, "How old are you guys?" and Karson responded, saying "16 and 17". They were both like, "Oh, we're...21...". EWWW. They were kinda creepers. But let me tell you, even though they were crappy live, I LOVE THEIR CD. It's called "Promises" and it is borderline epic. Everyone should look them up and give them a listen. "My Ballad" is my favorite song of theirs.

So that's all for this week. Hopefully next week I will have some exciting post about VANS WARPED TOUR!!!!! I am soooooo psyched about it, you don't even know.

Until next week,

-Caroline

P.S. I agree with the red powerblogger in my dislike for the father character in "Poisonwood Bible"

MAO Nationals Fail

I just came back from Tennessee yesterday and naturally I'm going to tell you all about it. Whoo! Best intro ever!

Complaints first. The competition was horribly organized. On every single test, at least a few questions had to be thrown out because they were defective. This could have worked out two ways. It could have raised your score or lowered it. Unfortunately, mine was lowered. But it wasn't lowered like five points, it was lowered a whole TWENTY points. They threw out four questions that I got right (it's a conspiracy I swear). Also, several times the answer keys were switched with other tests, resulting in an angry math nerd riot. Don't even get me started on the speakers. I could have settled for a boring speech but NOOOOOooooo. One of the speakers HAD to make a vain attempt at being funny. What made it worse was that he kept on going as if everyone was enjoying his speech. We were then treated to a long and tedious version of his life story rather than focusing on what was going to happen at the competition. His catch phrase was "ladies man" and he kept saying it over and over as if his entire speech was structured around those two pitiful words. By the way, if I ever hear someone say "ladies man" in a certain tone, I will brutally torture that person. (rawr) The list goes on: the food was comparable to cafeteria food, they played unfitting soft classical music as people ran up to the stage to recieve their awards, rafting in the rapids was replaced by a semi-interesting tour of a cave with water in it, and the room service in our hotel wouldn't make one of our beds because there was a sock on it. Room service lady quotes: "I can't make your bed because you left item on it." I think many people agree with me when I say that the Tennessee MAO convention was the worst Nationals competition to date.

Other than that, I had fun. The fact that I was rooming with some of my favorite people made the trip a lot more tolerable. Not to mention that one of them brought a Wii so we could play Super Smash Bros Brawl all day and all night. Cards went around every few hours, pool was during almost every break time (until our sponsor banned us from pool for being late to a test), and almost all of us won trophies. Dollywood was an okay theme park. There were only three good rides in there, one of them being the Mystery Mines which features a ninety degree pull to the top of a hill and a ninety degree drop to oblivion. It also has real fire which comes close enough so that you can feel the heat but not close enough so you burn. All in all, I think the competition for our school was a success considering we didn't have our whole team there. Our sponsor was pretty happy with the results.

Notice that the complaints paragraph is considerably larger than the compliments paragraph. I'm still tired and I think I still have some left over motion sickness.

-June

Hmm

I wish the other bloggers wouldn't give up... :'(

Anyway, the nationals kids are coming back tonight! I hope they continue to travel safely.

I watched Kung Fu Panda with my brother today. It was pretty cool, except when they called something a dumpling. And it wasn't a dumpling.

I finished reading The Poisonwood Bible today. It had some good stuff in it. But the beginning was so frustrating because it was full of annoying characters. But the father always ticked me off, in some way.

Yesterday was Jack's birthday. Sunday is Jerrod's! Exciting.

The 2009 fall semester at UF begins in about three weeks.

I wish you a good Friday.

Big brother will be back in time to post tomorrow!

-Kejing

Not Much to Say

Hey, this is Ryan, filling in for Lacey, who is in Tennessee for the national Mu Alpha Theta convention right now. I'm sorry I didn't finish posting yesterday; the only thing I can think awbout is cycling.

After today, it's pretty much official that Lance Armstrong will not win the Tour de France this year. I didn't think he could beat Alberto Contador, his own teammate, but his seven yellow jerseys say to never count him out no matter how old he is.

I tried to come up with an interesting story from when I went to nationals last year, but I couldn't really come up with anything specific. I got robbed of watching the first ever night race at Chicago in NASCAR, more than a week of the Tour, seeing the Josh Hamilton treat the world to home runs and then fail, and the end of the All-Star Game. I got to see all of those events this year.

I have quit MAO, so my main focus is for brain bowl this year. Chiles has won the annual Big Bend tournament the last two years, and we always want new members, if anyone's interested. Or reading. I'm sorry I'm so boring, my mind has shut off for the summer.

You guys did a better job of posting last week. Remember: if you can't post, you should try to do it before your day and save it, or get someone else to write it. Though I guess that's hypocritical of me since I'm finishing this post on Wednesday afternoon. Then again, it's not my responsibility to post every day. You can blame Lacey! =D

Today is my one third birthday, so that's pretty exciting. I've lived for 52/3 years, now. According to my Death Clock, I still have 56 years, 5 months, and 10 days to live. Yay.

Okay, I am probably going to go watch a replay of today's stage now. Bye.

P.S. I hope this is the correct shade of yellow. I cannot see either, though, sorry. Remember, color blind.

Time Flies

I didn't realize how much of an effect government had on all our lives. I mean I guess, I knew it did something, but it always seemed on a scale much larger than I can control. But there's so much we can do to be involved and do something about the problems around us.

Learning about local government is so interesting! While I would never want to run for some high office like president or congressperson, the idea of being a mayor or city commissioner seems really cool. Maybe I'll be one someday. I don't know, but there is so much more to government than I would have ever thought.

-Brianna

Lay Your Weapons Down/Daniel's Song

Hello there, blue powerblogger here! I'm actually posting for once! Due to mix-ups in fill-ins, being out of town, and general being busy-ness, I have been unable to post for the past few weeks. I know, I'm lame, but I've been having the best summer of my life.

I just wanted to share a story with you guys that has really changed my life. At the end of June, I went to a Christian music camp called "Camp Electric". I was basically the most awesome week of my life! I'll throw this part in for June because he'll know most of these people-I was taught by Matt Hammit (Sanctus Real's lead vocalist), Trevor McNevan (FM Static/Thousand Foot Krutch lead vocalist) and Rob Beckley (Pillar lead vocalist), saw shows by Newsboys, Pillar, BarlowGirl, RED, and TobyMAC, and met some famous people-But none of that even compared to the reason my life was changed.

Enter Daniel, the random blond kid sitting in front of me during morning session on Tuesday, June 30, 2009. I made a comment about drummers being better than guitarists (no offense to you guitar players out there, but Aaron Gillespie has influenced my love for drummers) and he offhandedly answered my random comment with something like "I know, right?" Except I thought he was being sarcastic so I was just like "oh, sorry" but he responded that he was, in fact a drummer, and that he had met Aaron Gillespie. So we started a conversation, and my friends Justin and Timmy joined in. And that was it for then, just a random conversation with a random kid.

Later, Timmy and I were leaving his dorm when we saw Daniel. Timmy invited him to sit with us at session that evening. During session, an announcement was made about kids that needed to take their medicine. Daniel turned to us and said that he has to take seven types of medication four times a day. He confessed that he has thyroid, liver, and kidney problems, to name a few. A little piece of my heart went out to Daniel at that moment. Later during the BarlowGirl concert, Timmy told me he was going outside to hang out. After the concert, I rushed out to find him, and he and Daniel were sitting on the sidewalk. I sat with them for a few minutes before I realized that they were in the middle of a deep conversation. I stood up and walked a couple feet away, awkwardly. I then noticed that it looked like Daniel had been crying. I waited for my friend Stephanie to find me, and when she did, I told her about Timmy and Daniel's "deep conversation". I said to her that I just felt so bad for Daniel and that I wanted, more than anything, to just go up to him and give him a hug. While walking to the bus for the night, I saw Timmy and Daniel again. I went to say bye to Timmy and give him a hug. I said bye to Daniel, too, but Timmy must not have heard it because as I began to walk away, he said "Hey, Caroline, have you met Daniel?" I was like, "Uhh, yeah, me and Daniel are pals!" Daniel then walked up to me and asked, "well then don't I get a hug, too?" Of course, I gave him one. I just felt so happy to be able to make him feel needed or important or loved, or whatever it was that he needed to feel. In bed that night, I realized that just four nights before I had finished a song about struggles in life. I wrote it mainly for my friend Justin, but I didn't want to use his name in it, so I randomly chose the name Daniel because I felt like it fit well with the song. Little did I know, I would meet a kid named Daniel shortly after whose life mirrored the song.

The next day, I was waiting for Timmy outside his dorm when I saw Daniel. He came and sat with me and we talked a little bit. Daniel began to open up about his life, saying that some lady he didn't even know paid the entire $800+ dollars to go to Camp Electric. He then said that he had kind of a troubled life and that he had recently lost a lot of faith in God. I told him about the song I wrote that had his name in it and how it was such a weird coincidence. Then came the part where I just lost my heart to him. He said, "I haven't even learned anything about drums here; I think that God brought me here not for music, but to meet Timmy and meet you." To hear those words coming from someone is the most amazing feeling ever. Just to know that you helped change someone's life, it changes your life.

Needless to say, our goodbyes were painful. He lives in Knoxville, a good ten or so hours away from our town. But I text Daniel every two days just to talk. He wants me to come visit him and go to Ohio Warped Tour with him and other stuff. I want him to move here. We also discussed with Timmy the fact that we want Daniel to be in our band. He is a legit drummer, apparently, and I would love for him to be OUR drummer. I even made him an epic birthday present (his birthday is at the end of the month). They are drumsticks with "Daniel's Song" written on them. And I might be visiting him before the end of summer!

Overall, Daniel has changed my beliefs about coincidence and purpose. He has shown me that sometimes you meet people for reasons far greater than you I could have imagined. He has strengthened my faith in God, my faith in friendship, and my faith in love. And he is someone I will never forget.

So that's my "epic" story. I hope that all of you guys have had/will have an experience similar to that sometime in your life. And listen to the song "Lay Your Weapons Down" by Brand New Shadows. It's not screamo, I promise :)

Until next week, for which I will need a fill-in since I will be at WARPED TOUR :D in Tampa,

-Caroline

I'm Gone

I'm gone for a week. Don't cry! I know you will miss me =p. Mm' off ta Tennessaay!!! The down-to earth, farmboy, corn-growing, redneck state. This is the perfect place to hold Nationals for people who hate country music *note sarcasm*. I'm not as bothered as I sound though. It really does look like fun.

You know, I marvel at the imagination of Japanese people. That's right, the Japs. Have you ever looked at their pranks and game shows on YouTube? It's hilarious! Extreme... but hilarious. At least Japanese people have a sense of humor. If you pull a prank in America, lawsuits all around. Even more extreme are their commercials. I'll give you three of the weirdest Japanese commercials I've seen while I go all "city" up on them country folk.




-June

Byebye.

Well, I guess everyone is gone now.
I remember last year at Nationals, Sarah wrote a post for Viv? I think. It was really good. It had a lot to do with being happy, and how amazing girls are. And I think she also used her laptop to stalk a certain someone. One time, I think right before the mystery test but I'm not sure, he was standing there, so I walked by him to glance at his name and school on his tag as subtly as possible. So we realized that he was from Tennessee. He didn't seem all that attractive... in my opinion, but Sarah and Erica were transfixed. They are going to try to find him. Good luck, you two.
I have eaten one cracker and drank a bit of orange juice. It is weird. Some people eat a bunch of food when they are unhappy, but I think I just don't.
Do you know what I think is awful? Abuse. The Oprah show yesterday was partially about that. I just think Oprah is so cool, at least for a fifty four? year old lady. She is so smart and nice to everyone.
I hope you are having a better day than I.
~Kejing