06 July 2006
24 June 2006
Hallelujah, Grace Like Rain
you know, i think that is the same title as my post last year from when i got back from lakeshore. except i just looked it up and im wrong. it was "my heart and flesh cry out, for you the living god" from better is one day. but i did have another post called hallelujah, grace like rain. probably because that is my favorite song. much like lakeshore is my favorite place. ill try to tell you the happenings now while theyre fresh in my head.
counselors were melanie (you would) and shannon. sunday night, progressive games, ruby and i hid in the bathroom during the syrup game (by the way, ruby ROCKS). the jello dyed my foot blue. wtf. red. why did i just say blue? i meant red.
monday: low ropes. low ropes are always awful, but i think that i actually understand their purpose. no one in my cabin spoke AT ALL before low ropes, and afterwards we could at least interact enough to coexist. photo scavenger hunt i think was monday but may have been tuesday. it was lame. they put all of the lame cabin bonding activities at the beginning of the week. which is good, cause after tuesday lunch or so theyre over.
after that i dont know what days things happened on. they all run together. but ruby and i spent almost every moment together. and beaver was there a lot too. we did a lot of swimming and lazy rivering. we watched people play water polo. i got rrl sunburned and it hurt, but im better. we did crafts. danielle = craft lady = love. in advanced crafts i made a taco. i am amazing. and there was crazy time without truett which was an activity that was supposed to be karaoke with truett but neither of those things were there so ruby and i just sat on stacks of chairs and watched weird girl. shes SO weird.
also josh cookies brown led a creative writing activity which somehow managed to always be called writing fun because we love writers retreats. corn in beaver pajamas? we got crazy prompts from the writers block including writing a racist rant, which was insane. i also got through part of something about my pop cause camp started on fathers day, wrote a tidbit about the year 4000, and started something that rhymes, the prompt for which was a dylan thomas poem i think. (to clarify, the phrase "something that rhymes" in the previous sentence is a description, not a title, as ive already written something titled "something that rhymes")
i hear the dance was fun, but i hate the dance, so i watched charlie and the chocolate factory. woody came dressed as a girl, and he looked like kimmy gibler from full house, except on heroin. the talent show was about 10% talent and 10% funny and 80% ridiculous people trying to sing carrie underwood songs and failing. also, anne frank was rrl bad, and she thought she was rrl good. ew. there was no coffee, but i dont like coffee, so its okay.
there was a strange combo of worships. the one on tuesday (or was it monday?) at the boys side vesper ring was really great. it was mostly dark but near the end they turned on the light on the cross and it lit up the trees like crazy, but the lake was still totally black, and it was really pretty. that was the only time we sang grace like rain. we also had one at the waterfront which consisted largely of staff members heckling truett and troy being judas. weird. lakeshore was on crazypills this week. but in a good way.
friday morning we wrote letters to ourselves which theyre going to mail to us sometime in several months. i dont know why im even saying this, because its given, but at worship friday night everyone cried. it wasnt even a phenomenally moving worship. we prayed, we read scripture, we sang. but on friday night everyone just wants SO MUCH not to have to go home, and they know they have to. so naturally, i got danielles shirt real snotty, just like last year. i love her. and ruby.
today shannon, chelsey, christin, ruby and i got up at 430 to watch a sunrise that never came because of big dark clouds. at 615 we gave up and went back to the cabin. slept about another hour and got up for breakfast, of which i ate little cause i was mad tired. cleaned up the cabins, did evaluations, cookies left, and we went to the tabby for final worship which included rrlpretty and a zombie movie. there was also the fairly traditional open floor time, which was nice, and then we all went back up the hill for lots of hugging and goodbyes. my mom was rrl late but it was okay, i didnt want to leave. she drove me down to the "water rec center" (that is, the pool) and i planned to do a mad search of the area for danielle who was down there with k-2 day, but just when i was dashing in to find her she was by the gate and it was good, cause i was going to be rrl sad if i couldnt say gbye. so i said gbye and had a big hug and got all wet cause she was all wet, and i left. mom and i got milkshakes on the way home, and i slept in the car, which i usually cant do.
and now im home and its late and ive written all of this so i dont forget it because what? thats right. lakeshore is my favorite place in the world.
counselors were melanie (you would) and shannon. sunday night, progressive games, ruby and i hid in the bathroom during the syrup game (by the way, ruby ROCKS). the jello dyed my foot blue. wtf. red. why did i just say blue? i meant red.
monday: low ropes. low ropes are always awful, but i think that i actually understand their purpose. no one in my cabin spoke AT ALL before low ropes, and afterwards we could at least interact enough to coexist. photo scavenger hunt i think was monday but may have been tuesday. it was lame. they put all of the lame cabin bonding activities at the beginning of the week. which is good, cause after tuesday lunch or so theyre over.
after that i dont know what days things happened on. they all run together. but ruby and i spent almost every moment together. and beaver was there a lot too. we did a lot of swimming and lazy rivering. we watched people play water polo. i got rrl sunburned and it hurt, but im better. we did crafts. danielle = craft lady = love. in advanced crafts i made a taco. i am amazing. and there was crazy time without truett which was an activity that was supposed to be karaoke with truett but neither of those things were there so ruby and i just sat on stacks of chairs and watched weird girl. shes SO weird.
also josh cookies brown led a creative writing activity which somehow managed to always be called writing fun because we love writers retreats. corn in beaver pajamas? we got crazy prompts from the writers block including writing a racist rant, which was insane. i also got through part of something about my pop cause camp started on fathers day, wrote a tidbit about the year 4000, and started something that rhymes, the prompt for which was a dylan thomas poem i think. (to clarify, the phrase "something that rhymes" in the previous sentence is a description, not a title, as ive already written something titled "something that rhymes")
i hear the dance was fun, but i hate the dance, so i watched charlie and the chocolate factory. woody came dressed as a girl, and he looked like kimmy gibler from full house, except on heroin. the talent show was about 10% talent and 10% funny and 80% ridiculous people trying to sing carrie underwood songs and failing. also, anne frank was rrl bad, and she thought she was rrl good. ew. there was no coffee, but i dont like coffee, so its okay.
there was a strange combo of worships. the one on tuesday (or was it monday?) at the boys side vesper ring was really great. it was mostly dark but near the end they turned on the light on the cross and it lit up the trees like crazy, but the lake was still totally black, and it was really pretty. that was the only time we sang grace like rain. we also had one at the waterfront which consisted largely of staff members heckling truett and troy being judas. weird. lakeshore was on crazypills this week. but in a good way.
friday morning we wrote letters to ourselves which theyre going to mail to us sometime in several months. i dont know why im even saying this, because its given, but at worship friday night everyone cried. it wasnt even a phenomenally moving worship. we prayed, we read scripture, we sang. but on friday night everyone just wants SO MUCH not to have to go home, and they know they have to. so naturally, i got danielles shirt real snotty, just like last year. i love her. and ruby.
today shannon, chelsey, christin, ruby and i got up at 430 to watch a sunrise that never came because of big dark clouds. at 615 we gave up and went back to the cabin. slept about another hour and got up for breakfast, of which i ate little cause i was mad tired. cleaned up the cabins, did evaluations, cookies left, and we went to the tabby for final worship which included rrlpretty and a zombie movie. there was also the fairly traditional open floor time, which was nice, and then we all went back up the hill for lots of hugging and goodbyes. my mom was rrl late but it was okay, i didnt want to leave. she drove me down to the "water rec center" (that is, the pool) and i planned to do a mad search of the area for danielle who was down there with k-2 day, but just when i was dashing in to find her she was by the gate and it was good, cause i was going to be rrl sad if i couldnt say gbye. so i said gbye and had a big hug and got all wet cause she was all wet, and i left. mom and i got milkshakes on the way home, and i slept in the car, which i usually cant do.
and now im home and its late and ive written all of this so i dont forget it because what? thats right. lakeshore is my favorite place in the world.
Hallelujah, grace like rain
Falls down on me.
Hallelujah, and all my stains
Are washed away,
They're washed away.
18 June 2006
Run Awaaaaay...
i bought birkenstocks today. after work lilla came over and helped me clean my room. shes a doll. im off to lakeshore tomorrow afternoon (actually today afternoon). ill be back saturday afternoon. i will then shower and go to work, and when i come home, i shall sleep for a very long time. but after that, i fully intend to party with all my favorite people.
- morgan. i havent seen you in a very long time. have i seen you all summer? we must interact. i miss you.
- kristen. lets do it. you. me. soon.
- phenomphive. a sleepover? please? yes. karen.
- kathryn? k.ho? hattie? em? spencer? friend boys? novusians? eileen whenever you come home?
everyone, lets just have a party, kay? someone plan a party before we all hunker down for summer work etcetc. or go to italy. or costa rica. or whatever.
but for now, i finish packing and go to bed. and tomorrow! o tomorrow. lakeshore.
13 June 2006
IN. WHY. SEA.
at some point when i have gotten more sleep, i hope to blog concerning the events that came to pass in new york. but for now, let it suffice to say that it was brilliant and i am so tired, and here are a bunch of pictures. good night.
06 June 2006
I'm Going to New York Tomorrow
so i thought id leave you with this picture i just found on my camera re: hattie and i playing team scrabble with spencer. and if you dont know what team scrabble is, basically the words dont have to be real and the points dont matter.
the result.
we are the best.
the result.
we are the best.
03 June 2006
Got my report card today
Sixth Six weeks
pre-AP english: 98! YAYUHHHH!
latin II: 98
driver ed: 88 (darn them with their grading your driving!)
world history: 94
chemistry: 98
algebra II: 96
Exams
english: 96! (gateway 100)
latin: 92 (so close!)
driver ed: 96
history: 90
chemistry: lets not go there
algebra: 100 (hooray for memorization)
2nd Semester
english: 95
latin: 94
driver ed: 94
history: 93
chemistry: 92 (yeah, that exam killed me right there)
algebra: 94
Year
english: 95
latin: 93
driver ed: 94
(contissues: 96)
history: 95
chemistry: 94
algebra: 95
im pretty okay with all of this. except that chem exam. baah. it wasnt my idea to have it the same day as my latin exam.
pre-AP english: 98! YAYUHHHH!
latin II: 98
driver ed: 88 (darn them with their grading your driving!)
world history: 94
chemistry: 98
algebra II: 96
Exams
english: 96! (gateway 100)
latin: 92 (so close!)
driver ed: 96
history: 90
chemistry: lets not go there
algebra: 100 (hooray for memorization)
2nd Semester
english: 95
latin: 94
driver ed: 94
history: 93
chemistry: 92 (yeah, that exam killed me right there)
algebra: 94
Year
english: 95
latin: 93
driver ed: 94
(contissues: 96)
history: 95
chemistry: 94
algebra: 95
im pretty okay with all of this. except that chem exam. baah. it wasnt my idea to have it the same day as my latin exam.
31 May 2006
bobby drake etc etc
i have been blogging a lot, but maybe i have a lot to remember. after all, it is summer.
so last night (before the last post actually) i went and saw x3 with morgan and eileen and ruby. i was supposed to see it with spencer but i just coudnt because, as i told him, "if bobby dies ill cry and if youre there itll be embarrassing." i dont think he thought that was a good reason, but o well.
later on in the night, ie, when i was sleeping, in addition to dreaming N-Mol was in my AP US class and i couldnt remember if it was the first day of school or the last day and morgan had dyed her hair awful badbleach orangey blonde and we all went to a prep school with tiny alligators in all the bathrooms, i also briefly dreamt about bobby drake AKA iceman AKA shawn ashmore AKA he played jake on the animorphs tv show that was cancelled second season. he was sitting on top of some old car with some girl who was clearly not rogue but it was understood that she was, and they were having a tiff, as douggie would say, about something or other. (the first time i wrote "about" just then i wrote "abotut" instead.) i couldnt really hear them so i dont know what it was about. their talking was all jumbly. but a couple of times it stopped being quiet and jumbly and turned into loud and jumbly and they were yelling, and a lot of times they almost made up and out but something tiffed them again. it was really weird and tense and lengthy.
okay, so this doesnt really matter if youre not me, but if you are me, you understand because you know that shawn ashmore was my first ever celebrity crush/imaginary boyfriend. and i dont know where im going with this, but mostly its to say that i love that kid and he makes me all happy inside. and by kid i mean 26-year-old. but in animorphs he was 18 and 20 in x1 and so on.
o, and another thing.
hes a twin.
COOL.
so last night (before the last post actually) i went and saw x3 with morgan and eileen and ruby. i was supposed to see it with spencer but i just coudnt because, as i told him, "if bobby dies ill cry and if youre there itll be embarrassing." i dont think he thought that was a good reason, but o well.
later on in the night, ie, when i was sleeping, in addition to dreaming N-Mol was in my AP US class and i couldnt remember if it was the first day of school or the last day and morgan had dyed her hair awful badbleach orangey blonde and we all went to a prep school with tiny alligators in all the bathrooms, i also briefly dreamt about bobby drake AKA iceman AKA shawn ashmore AKA he played jake on the animorphs tv show that was cancelled second season. he was sitting on top of some old car with some girl who was clearly not rogue but it was understood that she was, and they were having a tiff, as douggie would say, about something or other. (the first time i wrote "about" just then i wrote "abotut" instead.) i couldnt really hear them so i dont know what it was about. their talking was all jumbly. but a couple of times it stopped being quiet and jumbly and turned into loud and jumbly and they were yelling, and a lot of times they almost made up and out but something tiffed them again. it was really weird and tense and lengthy.
okay, so this doesnt really matter if youre not me, but if you are me, you understand because you know that shawn ashmore was my first ever celebrity crush/imaginary boyfriend. and i dont know where im going with this, but mostly its to say that i love that kid and he makes me all happy inside. and by kid i mean 26-year-old. but in animorphs he was 18 and 20 in x1 and so on.
o, and another thing.
hes a twin.
COOL.
30 May 2006
weird.
i just found my original copy of addiction in the middle of the 17th animorphs book.
huh.
[EDIT 11pm] yeah, so i just read it in like an hour and a half. i superlove easy books. especially ones about trying to pour instant maple and ginger oatmeal into the yeerk pool cause it makes yeerks go crazy.
huh.
[EDIT 11pm] yeah, so i just read it in like an hour and a half. i superlove easy books. especially ones about trying to pour instant maple and ginger oatmeal into the yeerk pool cause it makes yeerks go crazy.
29 May 2006
JESS GIMME DE GEES AN WE BE CLUBBIN YOW
mm. sean paul. my hero.
okay, so i feel i need to recap all the interesting things that have happened since i went into a state of STUDY. so here goes.
i listened to a LOT of sean paul, discovered how beautiful william moseley is, got a date to junior prom (george williford), had interesting cousins over (theyre still here until tomorrow), went to three parties, and got a new bff (frisky!). also i discovered some pretty awesome shoes. yayuh.
well theres more interesting things that i have done but i dont care. ima gonna go have more fun!
yeeehaw!
okay, so i feel i need to recap all the interesting things that have happened since i went into a state of STUDY. so here goes.
i listened to a LOT of sean paul, discovered how beautiful william moseley is, got a date to junior prom (george williford), had interesting cousins over (theyre still here until tomorrow), went to three parties, and got a new bff (frisky!). also i discovered some pretty awesome shoes. yayuh.
well theres more interesting things that i have done but i dont care. ima gonna go have more fun!
yeeehaw!
26 May 2006
ToDo SchmooDo!
Summertiiimmmmmme...
And the livin' is easy...
(i picked up a new template for this new phase of my life called PreAP is Over and I am Still Alive)
holy moly croly, its here its here its here. no more douggie, no more exams, no more worksheets or four fire drills per day or world history or latin ii. over over over.
i do, however, have extensive summer plans, as such (with bullets, not numbers):
And the livin' is easy...
(i picked up a new template for this new phase of my life called PreAP is Over and I am Still Alive)
holy moly croly, its here its here its here. no more douggie, no more exams, no more worksheets or four fire drills per day or world history or latin ii. over over over.
i do, however, have extensive summer plans, as such (with bullets, not numbers):
- tonight! go to hannahs end o year partay, and hopefully see X3 with spencer
- tomorrow, no novus! work at six then rachel oc's sixteenth partay (i am a partay animal)
- sunday, spencers hizzle for general good times
- sunday, monday, tuesday: movie marathon extravaganza with annebel and hattie (im not sure how thats gonna work on sunday, but it will somehow) with all three LotR extended versions, newsies, RENT, blood drips heavily on newsie square, narnia, harry potter, and pirates of the caribbean. lots of ovaltine and honey and joy.
- sometime in the next several days, clean my room
- further on: eventually get to my summer work for AP US, AP 11, and PreAP precal. psh.
- work work work at trez as usual till the last week of summer
- go back to the y
- hopefully hit up florida those last few days
- june 7-12: NYC!
- june 18-24: lakeshore!
- sometime: AMELIA!
- hang out with my new bff kristy. frisky!
17 May 2006
ToDo, FoSkoo
before next friday at noonish, heres what has to be done:
study for the caesar test in latin which is thursdaystudy like hell for the cold war test fridayi pwnd that test you guys.see ms gossett or ms ennis about my scheduleturn in that thing from ms halfacre and that thing from ms ervin and that note to ms haughtonfinish english exam review (definitions, examples, and Xtr33m post-it-ization)study for history examand latin examand chemistry examand algebra exam.prepare mountaincakego to ms kitts partygo to da vinci codego to novus rehearsalsing at idlewildplay bingo with the elderlysleepsurvive until the afternoon of may 26th.
16 May 2006
ToDo, BlueShoe
(because i feel like all my posts till schools out should be titled ToDo something.) tonight, i am a little less overwhelmed. i am still overwhelmed, but a little less. about 3% of my stress has been lifted. i presented my english project, taught ch32sec3, and made up my acids and bases test today, all with considerable success. also we got class rings today. yes i bought one even though theyre overpriced, and i like it. here is what i have to do tonight:
read ch32sec4wow that section was long and boring.- make some progress on the exam review
finish translating whatever it is we have to translate in latingo to novusget some work done on those algebra worksheets which i have started but i have yet to finish any of themi finished one of them. thats some work done.get the preAP precal contract signed
now i must say, 6 is much more reasonable a number. im off.
15 May 2006
12 May 2006
ToDo, VolTwo
my life for the next two weeks exists in a series of to-do lists. here is the second one.
To do, This Weekend:
To do, This Weekend:
begin and complete dead poet project*i didnt practice at all but i dont care.- complete all definitions on preAP final exam review*
collect materials necessary for dead poet picnic mountaincake- create notecards for vocab covered on latin ii exam review
- study for the life of caesar test
read world history ch32sec2 *prepare lecture for world history ch32sec3master all concepts covered on the acids and bases test to make up tuesday- complete algdeux 10-1 worksheet*
- complete algdeux 10-2 worksheet*
complete algdeux 10-3 worksheet*- complete algdeux 10-4 worksheet*
perform at crichtons graduation with novus*play bingo with the elderly*get my moms mothers day present*
(* = priority, absolutely 100% must be done this weekend, no exceptions. notice its most of them.) thats all for this weekend. oi vey. i need to speak to someone to calm my weary mind. anyone?
07 May 2006
ToDo, ToDay:
latin project: six celled cartoon in latin etc etc due tuesday*[EDIT 11:24PM] demosthenes > cicerostudy for cumulative vocab test thursday*[EDIT Wednesday 950PM] i procrastinate. get over it.finish latin homework due monday*[EDIT Monday] yeah i did it in class.- learn algebra sections 10-1 and 10-2 due already
study for WWII test tuesday*[EDIT rrl late Monday night] I studied for five hours. If I don't get a high A I might cry.practice "and i love her" and "cuore" and "ride on" for novus for tomorrow night[EDIT 344PM] did it on the walk. ooo, multitasking.get people to buy tickets to novus concert tuesday night*[EDIT Monday 9:55PM] thanks, guys.take a walk[EDIT 344PM] thirty-one minutes.- study acids and bases for chem test wednesday (okay, so yeah, i probably wont do that)
memorize the first paragraph of the gallic wars by friday*[EDIT 344PM] gallia est bla bla bla got it.shower*[EDIT 403PM] guess whos clean. me.- start dead poets project due next monday (15 may)
- plan for dead poets picnic friday
boy o boy, how fun. (* = high priority)
05 May 2006
O, Woe is I!
it is 1230am. i am awake. i have six themes left to analyze and all i can concentrate on is the sound of my diet coke going flat.
pitch it up, o coke of the brick wall!
do you know, i dont know what that means. i cant feel my right foot. so. self-realization = universal individuals in orange highlighter. what?
pitch it up, o coke of the brick wall!
do you know, i dont know what that means. i cant feel my right foot. so. self-realization = universal individuals in orange highlighter. what?
20 April 2006
It's Final.
Here is the present draft of the letter I will give to my boss, Carol. Please give any suggestions for improvement.
Dear Carol,
I have been convinced by myself, my teacher, my parents, and my counselors that for the next several years my highest priority should be getting my education. I require extremely high grades of myself that I might be accepted to colleges with extremely high standards. However, here is where a catch-22 arises. To be accepted to those colleges I need pretty phenomenal grades, standardized test scores, and applications, along with a dash of community service, but to be able to go I need big money that neither I nor my parents have; therefore, I need to work and save as much as I can. Unfortunately, it seems from my experience that working is detrimental to my grades: I have made straight A’s all my life with the exception of seven B’s, six of which have been during this school year, which began about the same time I started working at Trezevant.
My job here is great—the hours are flexible, the work is moderate at worst, and the pay is better than that of anyone I know who is near my age. My original plan was to keep working here until the end of my senior year. Several months ago, however, I concluded that with the four AP (Advanced Placement, i.e. college level with college credit) classes that I will be taking senior year, working would be impossible, so I moved my time of departure from Trezevant up to May of 2007 to give me that summer to really get ready for college with visits, etc. (that or be a Resident Counselor at Lakeshore for another $1600 toward tuition.)
This remained my plan until fairly recently. Of late I have come to connect my lower grades and higher level of sleep deprivation with my hours here. I know that next year will be much harder as I will be taking two AP classes (English and U.S. History) and one Pre-AP (Pre-Calculus), so I have had to prioritize. It has come to this: I need sleep more than I need money, and I need fantastic grades more than I need a job. Therefore, I have formulated a new plan, this time one that is much less likely to be altered:
1. Continue to work at Trezevant through the summer
2. Pursue a job at the Pink Palace for the summer to help make up for losses of #3
3. Stop working at Trezevant when school starts back in August
4. Join the Y again
5. Get a lot more sleep
6. Have time to work up some volunteer hours for my resume.
7. Apply for lots and lots of scholarships.
I am sorry that I am not working until graduation like I said I would originally, but this is what I really need to do. To me a full year is a good solid run for my first job, so I do not feel like I am giving up on being a working girl; I just need to focus more on my studies and stress less so that I do not, in the words of my friend Morgan, end up wanting to hang myself by my slit wrists, because let’s face facts here—that is never good.
Thank you,
Sara Stephens
Dear Carol,
I have been convinced by myself, my teacher, my parents, and my counselors that for the next several years my highest priority should be getting my education. I require extremely high grades of myself that I might be accepted to colleges with extremely high standards. However, here is where a catch-22 arises. To be accepted to those colleges I need pretty phenomenal grades, standardized test scores, and applications, along with a dash of community service, but to be able to go I need big money that neither I nor my parents have; therefore, I need to work and save as much as I can. Unfortunately, it seems from my experience that working is detrimental to my grades: I have made straight A’s all my life with the exception of seven B’s, six of which have been during this school year, which began about the same time I started working at Trezevant.
My job here is great—the hours are flexible, the work is moderate at worst, and the pay is better than that of anyone I know who is near my age. My original plan was to keep working here until the end of my senior year. Several months ago, however, I concluded that with the four AP (Advanced Placement, i.e. college level with college credit) classes that I will be taking senior year, working would be impossible, so I moved my time of departure from Trezevant up to May of 2007 to give me that summer to really get ready for college with visits, etc. (that or be a Resident Counselor at Lakeshore for another $1600 toward tuition.)
This remained my plan until fairly recently. Of late I have come to connect my lower grades and higher level of sleep deprivation with my hours here. I know that next year will be much harder as I will be taking two AP classes (English and U.S. History) and one Pre-AP (Pre-Calculus), so I have had to prioritize. It has come to this: I need sleep more than I need money, and I need fantastic grades more than I need a job. Therefore, I have formulated a new plan, this time one that is much less likely to be altered:
1. Continue to work at Trezevant through the summer
2. Pursue a job at the Pink Palace for the summer to help make up for losses of #3
3. Stop working at Trezevant when school starts back in August
4. Join the Y again
5. Get a lot more sleep
6. Have time to work up some volunteer hours for my resume.
7. Apply for lots and lots of scholarships.
I am sorry that I am not working until graduation like I said I would originally, but this is what I really need to do. To me a full year is a good solid run for my first job, so I do not feel like I am giving up on being a working girl; I just need to focus more on my studies and stress less so that I do not, in the words of my friend Morgan, end up wanting to hang myself by my slit wrists, because let’s face facts here—that is never good.
Thank you,
Sara Stephens
12 April 2006
Here's What's Good in My Life Right Now
- I have lots and lots of super-cool friends.
- There is no school Friday.
- I have weasled myself out of at least two B's this six weeks.
- I passed Driver Ed with a waiver for my license (barely).
- I am now Ms. Kitts' TA.
- I'm going to both New York and Lakeshore in June.
- There is only one six weeks left.
- I got into all the APs I wanted.
- My summer reading includes Angela's Ashes (<3!).
- I'm a fly Memphis hustla, all I do is stay fresh.
- Soon I will own both Brokeback Mountain and Narnia on DVD.
- I am probably gonna marry Josh Brown in ten years, unless Beav gets to him first. :)
HAKUNA. MATATA.
09 April 2006
Lakeshore this Weekend
was great.
indubitably!
a much smaller concentration of bad writing. highlights include: morgan, eileen, beav, ruby, josh brown, troy, allyson, danielle, and some productivity. for example, heres something silly, an acrostic from the spark word "prom" cowritten be me and josh brown:
Pretty dresses
Really cute guys
O my gosh!
Mom, shut up!
(c) 2006 josh brown and sara stephens
bwahahahaa. we are brilliant. and heres something less silly that i started last retreat and finished at this one from a prompt of texas (not as good as three affiliated tribes, but pretty okay i think):
I spent a good ten hours
in one place
reading everything I could find
before making it to
Nondescript, Texas
the humble homestead of my humble homesteaders.
There are sixteen of them,
two parents, nine children (seven of them girls),
and three of the children are married
and have their own children,
bumbling bouncing babes
who learn to knit and tie knots in the womb
and by seven are harvesting vegetables and eggs,
birthing horses,
cooking casseroles independently.
I spent a good two days
in one place
with my extremely distant cousins
who never cut their hair and have
thick French braids to the back of their knees
(the girls at least)
and who don’t own a microwave or a TV
but make the best food and the best entertainment.
I spent two days walking their land,
grass up to my hips,
through a plot of earth so big it might have been
the entire state of Texas,
past the warm wood houses of the children
who grew up and married
and moved out
to another part of their land.
Spent two days listening
to the three sisters aged ten to fourteen
who knew the exact color of every blade of grass
as compared to the shades in their dresses
and how to climb over fallen trees
without catching the hems.
Who knew nothing about politics
but everything
about planting a garden and pulling weeds
about picking corn before the worms come,
about living
really living
in Nondescript, Texas
without a microwave
or a TV.
indubitably!
a much smaller concentration of bad writing. highlights include: morgan, eileen, beav, ruby, josh brown, troy, allyson, danielle, and some productivity. for example, heres something silly, an acrostic from the spark word "prom" cowritten be me and josh brown:
Pretty dresses
Really cute guys
O my gosh!
Mom, shut up!
(c) 2006 josh brown and sara stephens
bwahahahaa. we are brilliant. and heres something less silly that i started last retreat and finished at this one from a prompt of texas (not as good as three affiliated tribes, but pretty okay i think):
I spent a good ten hours
in one place
reading everything I could find
before making it to
Nondescript, Texas
the humble homestead of my humble homesteaders.
There are sixteen of them,
two parents, nine children (seven of them girls),
and three of the children are married
and have their own children,
bumbling bouncing babes
who learn to knit and tie knots in the womb
and by seven are harvesting vegetables and eggs,
birthing horses,
cooking casseroles independently.
I spent a good two days
in one place
with my extremely distant cousins
who never cut their hair and have
thick French braids to the back of their knees
(the girls at least)
and who don’t own a microwave or a TV
but make the best food and the best entertainment.
I spent two days walking their land,
grass up to my hips,
through a plot of earth so big it might have been
the entire state of Texas,
past the warm wood houses of the children
who grew up and married
and moved out
to another part of their land.
Spent two days listening
to the three sisters aged ten to fourteen
who knew the exact color of every blade of grass
as compared to the shades in their dresses
and how to climb over fallen trees
without catching the hems.
Who knew nothing about politics
but everything
about planting a garden and pulling weeds
about picking corn before the worms come,
about living
really living
in Nondescript, Texas
without a microwave
or a TV.
07 April 2006
Being Decisive
i made up my mind. im going with number three. i just cant work next year. so, i am:
- working at trezevant until august
- pursuing adding the pink palace for the summer
- quitting trez when school starts
- saving lots of the money i make this summer
- joining the y when school starts
- stressing less
i was thinking number two for a while, but i am already too stressed and i dont like it. thanks everyone for all your input, it really helped.
lovelovelovelove
sar(r)a/foot
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
