First day back

First day back to school and it wasn't that great. All three classes that I have on Mondays and Thursdays seem like a lot of work. I really want to drop Intermediate French on Tuesdays, but I don't want to be stuck with just 12 credits. I have a flag on my account right now, so as of this moment I can't do anything, add/drop classes online. I'm going to try and see if I can do it through the registrar or at least see if they can help me out. Also I might have to transfer to Hunter because it's too expensive here. $15,000 versus like 2,000.

No side note tonight. Not in the greatest mood.

Laundry and Visits

I trudged to the laundromat down the block. I needed to do some serious laundry before I went back to school. I also should really start packing, haha. It was really hot today in the laundromat and there were these two kids that made me want to scream. They had one of those rolling bins, that you use to carry laundry in, and they kept pushing each other in it around the place and screaming. It was kind of awful.

I had to take a shower after doing laundry. I felt so sweaty and gross from sitting in that hot place. After I got out of the shower I got a call from Jaleesa, asking if it was cool to stop by. I got dressed real quick and waited about ten minutes before walking to the train stop to meet her.

We had Chinese food for dinner and hung out upstairs talking. Gizmo seemed to like Jaleesa. She was being all cute and nice, haha. It was really great to see her since she's been in Maryland all weekend. We're planning to hang out Friday too. I'm excited! We both go back to school on Saturday.

On a side note -- I think I might not be able to eat Chinese food anymore. Or at least from the place we usually order. Everytime we've had it this summer my stomach has hurt soo much afterwards. Oh and I also really really hate canker sores.

Worry

I'm very worried and scared. The other day my dad went to go have a stress test. They said that he had a really slow heartbeat in the middle of the test. That's not really normal. He had to come back today to get a heart moniter placed on him for 24 hours. They're worried about the slow heartbeat.

My dad said he's been feeling very tired lightly and that he has trouble breathing. I'm really hoping it's just because of the heat. We have no air conditioning in the house, all we have is fans, he's 85 years old and in a wheelchair. So I feel that the heat would have a greater effect, but he doesn't seem to think it's just the heat.

I don't want to think of him dying or getting sick. I want him as healthy as he can be. He has to stay alive for a long time. I want him to be at my wedding one day and give me away. It really doesn't help me feel any better when he makes stupid jokes about calling Jimmy, the guy that owns the funeral parlor near us; or when he talks about how when he was in WWII when he was 20, he'd pray for 20 more years and he got like 60, so he's happy. I don't like hearing him talk like that and I know my mom doesn't either. She gets really upset when he says things like I'm giving up or send me to a nursing home.

No side note today.

Tea and Rice

I met with Kriztille today in Chinatown. She took me to a real cool place called Muji. I was looking for a planner, cause the one she has is super cool, but they didn't have them. Instead I got four notebooks for $7. Not bad at all. After that she took me to Teariffic. I got an Apple Wonderland. It was sour, but really yummy.

I felt really bad because Matthew texted me about coming to his house for dinner while I was out with Kriz. He never gave me a time when he first asked so I assumed it wasn't happening. He has a habit of not answering text messages. Since I had already agreed I felt bad for not going. Sadly my time with Kriztille was cut short. I'm definitely hanging out with her again before I go back to school on Saturday.

I took the J train to Matt's house. Along the way he texted me telling me that we were having rice and porkchops for dinner. I don't eat pork, and I've never eaten pork because it makes me sick most of the time and I don't like the taste of. You'd think he'd know that after 15 years, but whatever. I just had a lot more rice, which I love. After four years I got my Queer as Folk dvds and my Yami no Matsuei dvds back from him. We hung out for awhile before I had to go home. I left with a big bag of clothes from Iris. She works with a lot of young girls at her office and when they want to get rid of clothes they give them to Iris to give to me. I think it's really cute and funny that most of the people in her office know about me, but I don't know a lot of them. I've only met a few of them when I go meet her for lunch or a visit, but they tell me how much she talks about me.

On a side note -- ONE WEEK LEFTTTTT!!!!

Mysterious Package

Finally went school shopping today. My mom woke me up and said that we were going to go. I kind of didn't want to today, because I was hoping I could go see District 9 with Kriz and her friends, but oh well. We got my dad in the car and headed to the Target at College Point.

The air conditioning in the car and the store felt so good! My dad drove his scooter around the store while I held his cane. He bought me a tv! It's a 19inch Magnavox tv/dvd combo. It's smaller than my old tv, but I really like it. The picture is a lot better and there's no more weird white filmy-ness, so I can't complain. It made me really happy that he bought it too. Among other things, I ended up getting a new comforter since my old one got ripped. We came home and set up the tv. While I was upstairs the doorbell rang. I didn't think anything of it because it's usually not for me, but I was called downstairs. My mom told me that it was a package for me. It was from JcPennys and the box was freaking huge! Bigger than me!

My mom asked if I had bought anything, but I didn't. I don't have money to buy anything that big, haha. I opened it and it's a green/blue reversible comforter. There was no packing slip or reciept in the box. My mom called the JcPennys that it was sent from to figure out who sent it and it turns that it was sent from Iris!

I was so shocked! I didn't remember telling her that I needed a new comforter. I called her up to say thank you and that she didn't have to. She told me she didn't mind at all and it turns out that I have another package waiting for me because she bought me sheets to match the comforter. It was such a nice thing to do. My dad just laughed and told me to take both comforters up to school with me. Iris always buys me things and I feel bad for it, but my mom told me that Iris told her that she does it because I'm the daughter she never had. That made me really happy, because I think of Iris as another mother.

On a side note -- Absolutely love this.

Santa was like yoo

It was another hot day. I felt so disgusting like ten minutes after I came out of the shower. Kriztille came to my house and we hung out for a bit while waiting for Kyle to pick us up. I was almost done with straightening my hair when Kriz called saying she was walking down my block, haha.

Once Kyle picked us up we were on our way to the island and thankfully, his car had air conditioning. We hung out at Kyle's house for a bit and saw his cats. If you thought I was bad with 4 cats, Kyle has 8 cats! I wish I had that many. His cats were all so cute. We waited for his friend Julia to finished with the dentist. Once she was done we headed out to Kings Park, the abandoned psychiatric place. It was more like an abandoned village because there were houses where the nurses and doctors used to live, plus all the medical buildings. I scraped my knee while trying to climb a small tree. Total fail, but I have a battle wound from the day, haha.

We took a small hike through the woods to get down to the small beach. It was so pretty. There was a swan in the water that was a camera whore, haha. Kriz and I got into the water and got really close to the swan. The water felt so good, nice and cold. We hung out at the beach for a bit, saw some little crabs, and looked at sea shells before hiking back up to Kings Park.

We explored a bit more before we were told that the park was closing. Next stop was the Witches Brew. The car ride was so relaxing. It seemed like everyone was super tired. Kriz loved the Brew, which made me happy. I tried a new drink, Iced Voodoo, that I love and think I'm always going to get now. After the Brew everyone decided it would be a good idea to go home. Kyle dropped off Julia before taking me and Kriz back to Queens. It was such a great day!! I can't wait to explore Long Island again.

Taken by Kyle

Taken by Kyle

Taken by Kyle

Vandalism. "Ms Alice+White Rabbit"

Kyle!

I'm going to name her Odette :)

Julia!

Welcome to Wonderland

Kings Park

On a side note -- I really need to start packing for school. I haven't started and haven't made lists of what I need or am going to take. Only 9 more days till I move back to school.

Evil Evil Evil

Dentists are absolutely evil. I hate them. I'm not fond of most doctors, truthfully. I had to go to the dentist by bus today, because my mom and dad had a different doctor appointment. I usually don't mind at all about having to take public transportation, but it was really really hot. We've been having a heat wave the past few days. It's awful. I feel like I'm going to melt and I take so many showers because I can't stand sweating. Our house is so old and the wiring is so old that we can't have air conditioning, so we only have fans.

Anyway, I went to the dentist and surprisingly he was on time. Every time I've had an appointment with him he's been an hour behind. He had to fill a cavity. He said it was really big and that if it starts to hurt with the filling I'll have to get a root canal. I do NOT want that. He numbed my mouth and that shitty liar said that the novocain shot would just be a slight pinch. Total lie. That shit hurt so bad. My mouth was numb, on my left side, all the way up to my ear. I felt so awful after. Lesson of the day - dentists are pure evil.

On a side note -- I need to stop biting at my lips.

Give me your heart make it real, or else forget about it.

I went to the beach today with Hunter. I hadn't been to the beach on a weekend in a long time so I forgot how crowded it could get. It was still fun though. I never go near the water and I perfer to just tan, sleep, and read. There was a small group of seagulls that kept stalking us though. All in all, it was a fun day at the beach. He drove me home and I took the fastest shower of my life. I stuffed a hot dog down for dinner, I was starving cause I forgot to eat breakfast, and then quickly changed clothes.

My mom gave me some money and a ride to the Jamaica LIRR station so I could catch the 635 train to Woodmere. The line was so long though that I had to buy a ticket on the train or I'd have to wait for the 735 train. It's ridiculous how much extra it is on the train. It would have been 6.25 at the station and it was 11 dollars on the train. It's not that long of a ride. I got a little concerned that I missed the stop because I was so concentrated on my reading. I've been reading the Driver's Manual and taking the online quizzes because I want to take the permit test before I go back to school.

I get off at Woodmere and wait for Jon to pick me up. His friend Josh was in the car so we dropped him off at home and I moved to the front seat. While I moved I passed a younger girl on a bike and smiled. We headed out for some pizza, which made me super excited! I love pizza, haha. Jon got a text from Josh saying that the girl I passed said that I was very pretty. It made me smille :)

We brought a pie back to Jon's house, which I think is pretty awesome. He said most pizza places near him don't deliver, which is so shocking to me cause all the places I know deliver, but I guess it's just an island thing, haha. I finally got to meet his dog, Cody, who I think is so cute. We watched My Best Friend's Girl, which I didn't think I would like really 'cause I'm not a Dane Cook fan, but I thought it was pretty good. After that we watched a Rob Thomas concert, haha. It was a lot of fun. I forgot that I used to be into Matchbox 20. It was so good seeing Jon! I haven't seen him in awhile since he's been working so much. School's going to be great because I'll see him all the time, haha.

On a side note -- Minus the Bear is a really awesome band that everyone should check out. This is my favorite song from them. I love how mellow it makes me feel.

Hurry Up, Can't Waste Time

I went to the Pajama Game again. I had bought tickets to see it with Iris cause I knew she would love it and I've barely seen her this summer. She called up after she got out of work and asked if I wanted to get pizza with her before the show. So we went to the pizza place down the block from me and chatted for a bit. It was so great talking to her again. She's like a mother to me it upsets me that I didn't get to see her that often this summer.


Thankfully tonight they had half of the air conditioner working. It was so much better than the night before. Again, I thought the play was great and everyone loved David. Iris thought he was just hysterical. She also thought Hunter, who played Sid, was cute. Haha. We decided to wait for the actors to come out after the show and congratulate everyone. Surprisingly I got an invite to the diner from Nicole. I've been feeling very left out with her lately. Almost like she never wants to hang out. I ask her to hang out and she says sure, but then ends up canceling. I don't really know what to do about it anymore.


So I went to the diner. It was good, because I was starving. I had a lot of fun and I ended up making plans for a beach day Saturday with Hunter.


On a side note -- My tv has been dying slowly so I haven't been using it a lot. Hulu has become my friend since I can't watch my tv, I've been watching the shows on there. I watched all of Xmen Evolution and it reminded me of how much I used to love Xmen, especially Rogue and Gambit

The Pajama Game is the game I'm in

The opening night of Teen Drama's The Pajama Game. It was really great! David was so good as Hines. I think he was everyone's favorite actually. I went with my mom and Brenda. Everyone was really great. I saw a few people that I know during intermission, including one of my favorite high school teachers, Mrs. Bendana. She's so awesome. She gave me the biggest hug and told me how fabulous and chic she thought my hair was. Haha, she's such a diva, I love it.

There air conditioner was broken so it was super hot in the gym. I was so gross and sweater. That's the main reason I didn't stick around after the show. I just wanted to get out of the heat.

On a side note -- This video always makes me laugh if I'm feeling down.

Amazing Weekend

I came back from an amazing weekend with some of the greatest people I know. It made me really sad to come home. I went to visit the girls I lived with last year, Britt, Darci, and Jenn. It was even sadder because Britt transfered to Oswego so I really don't know when I'll see her again.

Friday -- I took the train up to White Plains, where Darci picked me up. We went back to campus to wait for Jenn and then we all piled in her car for the ride up to Darci's town, Nineveh. Along the way we stopped at Taco Bell. Haha, it's always Taco Bell with us. We finally got to Darci's mom's house around 830-9ish. Her house is so awesome! We had a bonfire and made smores while waiting for Britt to get there. She got a little lost on the way, but finally made it. We sat around the fire for a long time just catching up on each others' lives. It was really great.

Jenn and Me

Britt and Darci

Saturday -- We went to Cole Park! It's a little man-made lake that everyone goes too. Before we got there we stopped at The Little Corner Store, where Darci used to work, and got some amazing subs. We laid out tanning and eating for awhile, before we decided to go paddle boating. It was a lot of fun. Darci and Britt did the paddling while Jenn and I relaxed, haha. After the paddle boat we took a walk through the woods and had fun with Darci's self-timer.

Jenn, Britt, Darci, and Me in the paddle boat

Me and Jenn. The life jackets were so big.

Britt and Darci

Jenn and Britt

Darci and Me

Group pic, me, Darci, Jenn, and Britt

Silly group shot, me, Darci, Jenn, and Britt

Later on we went to a hooka bar. It was an interesting night to say the least. We got two different hookas and when the girl brought them over she knocked one over spilling the coal everywhere. Shortly after that happened we noticed the couch we were sitting on smoking a bit and then realized there a coal fell back there. There was a small couch fire, before one of the guys working put it out. Sadly this was our last night with Britt cause she had to leave in the morning.

Group before hooka, me, Britt, Darci, and Jenn

The hooka that didn't get knocked over.

Jenn, Britt, and me

Britt and Me


Darci and Jenn

Sunday -- Britt left :(!!!!!!! It was really sad. It was kind of rainy all day Sunday, but we made the best of it. We stopped at Darci's dad's house in Bainbridge. Her sister Sara and her kids were there. They're so adorable. We went to the mall afterwards. I ended up buying a pack of nose rings when I really need to get a new bag. Darci bought the cutest leopard print fake glasses, haha. The look adorable on her though. We tried looking for the cyber cafe in downtown Binghamton, but we got lost and deciced to give up. So instead we stopped at Panera to get some food. It was delish. I had a bread bowl with chicken noodle soup, filled me right up. We decided to stay in and rent some movies. You can rent movies at this ice cream shop so we got movies and ice cream, haha. Yummy. We rented Seven Pounds, which we watched first. I cried at the end. It's a really good movie. Next, to lighten the mood we watched Confessions of a Shopaholic, which is so cute and funny. Afterwards Darci went through some of her old clothes and gave them to me and Jenn.

Me and Duffy, (Darci's dog) my best friend for the weekend

Darci, Me and her dog Duffy

Monday morning was sad when we had to leave. Jenn and I drove back down to the city. She had the day off from work so she wanted to visit her boyfriend in Brooklyn. I can't wait to see them again.

Blood and Sleepovers

Kaitlyn picked me up after Teen Drama and we went to the diner with a bunch of other people from Teen Drama. I slept over her house afterwards and watched the first four episodes of True Blood season too. I still need to catch up on the rest. I've seen episode five online, but the quality and sound is so bad.

I had planned to stay and watch more episodes with her the next day, but my mom needed me home.

On a side note -- I'm starting to feel that the people that have called themselves my best friends don't really feel that way and that I'm just the backup friend.

Surprise

Kevin's surprise party was pretty fun. At first it was a little awkward because there was like two groups of people : the Johnny Rockets crew, and the Teen Drama crew and I really don't know either. After awhile though it wasn't too bad. There was good cake, good mixed drinks, and a fun time. I left earlier than I wanted though because I started thinking about a few things that upset me and I didn't want to be around anyone any more. Here's a few pictures from the party courtesy of Anthony Chanza.

Kevin's birthday cake. It was super delicious.

Nicole made some really good strawberry daiquiri's. I think that's my favorite drink from the night.

My face is weird in this picture. That's Hunter drink that he kept leaving with me and then would come back for it. It sounds really gross, Lemonade + Beer + Vodka, but it actually was pretty good.

On a side note -- I think I'm my own worst enemy.