Dexter's Journal

5:24PM

Check it out, makin' an update because I need to rant.

Ok, for English we had to write a short story - ok, well mine ended up 8 pages and Rachel's ended up 6. We were talking after class -- everyone got in groups of 4 or so and we each got a numbered story (so it was anonymous) and she wanted everyone to read as many stories as possible and rank them. All fine and dandy and all...but if a class full of f*cking idiots Rachel and I agreed that because our stories were more than 3 paragraphs (like the typical story was that I read -- most of which I about threw up over because they were so awful) no one was going to consider reading them.

And so it was assured that neither of us would win this stupid little competition because the stories were actually GOOD and had a plot to them rather than just.....blah (let's see what crap I can turn in for English class because *I* don't care)

Makes me sick -- I know that of 3 groups my story ended up in, only one person read it fully (and them summarized to the rest of his group), one got about halfway through before I summarized the end for her since it was my group, and the other group just gave up. How do you expect a fair compettion when people don't care? Although no one could pronounce my names of characters and places, I wish we'd read them aloud.

*sigh*

8:38PM

You're "Thomas the Alien". You like
hitting things with bats. Weirdo. Why don't you
go back where you're from?


Which Member of Teen Girl Squad are you?
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Probably approrpriate

12:12PM

You're nothing, really. But you're nice.


What type of music are you?
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6:09PM

hey; a real update! I think I'm going to try and read this book....

btw; it told me that on a whole I was in Level 1 - Limbo.

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Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	High
Level 2 (Lustful)	Moderate
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	High
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Very Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Moderate
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Low
Level 7 (Violent)	Low
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Moderate
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Low

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

5:37PM

LOOK LISA! AN UPDATE!






































Uh, yea...so like.....that's it.....

10:02PM

Ok, I am tired of all these comments about Alan - it sickens me. Every now and then, I suppose its ok - just one that *I* hear every couple weeks, you know? Nothing major, most just joking. But Thursday on the way to Scholastic Bowl….I just have to write this because formulating sentences for this entry was the only way I could keep from screaming. I told Ms. Moore that I didn't want to play the first two rounds because I wasn't in the mood to play - and I sat back in the corner for the two rounds and wrote the first two hand written pages of this entry. The other two were written on the bus home. If I had known all this was going to happen I would have ridden with Ms. Moore like Tony did, except I kinda wanted to hear this on the way home at least to see what else was said.

It started with just a comment or two when Mike and Jon Mcaully were bantering back and forth verbally. (A note: Jon is a Freshman who I have not liked since I took a web class @ ICC with him a couple years back where he was a complete jerk, still is.) So Mike and Jon were throwing insults back and forth. It was ok, just stupid stuff until Jon had to throw Alan into an insult he threw at Mike and then bust wide laughter (except from me, obviously, and Jeremy who doesn't listen nor care. He isn't in the "loop" and probably thought they were just joking around) which would be Jon, John Schurter, John Low, Mike, Styles, Dave, Adam, and Will. A couple minutes later, Jon threw another Alan related comment out.

From this entire conversation about Alan was sparked with a LOT of comments. One I remember was David saying he didn't have "any beef" with Alan, thus sparking a comment from Jon about the use of the word "beef" as you can probably figure out with out much elaboration on my part. There were others, but I was just doing what I could to not open my mouth and scream, so I missed some things. Then they were talking about Alan "coming on to" Dana (which is true) and then also asking Brandon Guilliano to have sex (haven't heard this one before, so I don't know) but who cares at all? What Alan does is his business - and if he asks supposedly (heh) straight guys the wrong questions, well, you'll have that in a school with an openly gay population of one (to my knowledge).

As if THIS wasn't enough, then Dave gets going about how it must be pretty sad to be Lisa and how the only boyfriend she ever had turned out gay. Laughter. Then Dave corrects himself - she also went out with Justin Booth for a while, and he was gay, too! (Which Lisa corrects isn't true) More laughter and the comment from someone about how she turns them gay. Huge laughter. Granted, Alan and I have kidded around with her about that, but 1) kidded, and I don't really think Dave was, 2) to her face - not behind her back like this.

Now if you can't tell from this entire journal, Lisa is easily one of my 3 best friends from this year and I was ready to explode...but I didn't. You know, from an earlier entry in this journal that, to borrow a slightly modified Staci phrase, I'm not a big Alan fan; however, I don't do…do…the crap above. I mean, yea, I've agreed in some conversations talking about how he over-acts the role, but he's still "cool" with me. I don't mind him.

I'm really mad at the gall of these people! The people on that bus were SUPPOSED to be the relative smartest in the school, yet from what I've seen, the most hypocritical with the exception of Jeremy, myself, and Styles (who laughed and added a little, but at least tried to control the comments), everyone on that bus laughed and added input. They must be homophobic, being so quick to judge and all. I feel sorry for Alan - it probably took a lot of courage to come out and everyone is just like…well, the above (but rethinking this, most girls are fine with him, probably because they can talk to him without being worried that he's coming onto them. Meanwhile it's a majority of the guys that are afraid of him. Interesting.) Would people rather he stay in the closet and act "weird" around people for no apparent reason? Gyah…to think I missed Friends for this. ^^


Addition:

(This portion was written ON the bus as it was moving with no light and the conversations occurring as I was writing. So obviously it's a bit sporadic.)

Not on the bus for 5 minutes - already another Alan joke comment. I'm writing on a bus without any light…so I'll be interested to see how well I'm following the lines with just the moon as light (Not too bad, actually - skipping every other line, but not too bad). Gyah, Jon is annoying…he's trying to talk to me. I'm ignoring him if I can. 5 minutes later - still annoying. Worse Freshman attitude than Josh had/has. Wait…Mike goes to Youth Group? That implies that he is religious and should have been taught acceptance of all people.

Oh boy, now they're talking about how Tony "probably" has porn on his computer. Gyah - NOW the conversation has turned to just general porn discussion. Kill me. ….Mike just talked about looking up girls' skirts at school (Pervert alert.)

Mike is talking about renting porn. Now they're talking about Tommy Lee's penis. Aren't these the same people who made jokes about Alan earlier? Odd. Oh, Mike's talking about how he ordered a blow up doll. Now talking about masturbation and their first time doing it. That and lubrication. Yuck yuck.

Been sitting here for oh 10-15 minutes so far. I've heard things I never expected to hear from David and Will and Styles. I expect this from Mike. In Pekin now - about 20 minutes from school. Now they're talking about jacking off while thinking about girls at school and their first time having sex. (Conversation turned to rather inaudible whispers, so I only caught bits and pieces.) Oh joy, talking about Lisa again - Dave's mentioning how she's a bit annoying and a few other comments about not good qualities. Oh good…New topic - it's not clean and I don't remember what it is, but at least they moved off Lisa.


^ At that point I stopped writing because I filled up 2 pages and didn't feel like pulling out a 3rd page of paper.

I certainly cant' WAIT until next Thursday - I wonder what the bus driver thought of all this conversation and the extreme use of profanity - I really hope the camera WAS recording and with sound and all. I would laugh so hard.

10:18PM

Ok, shut yer pie-holes people - I'm updating.

Nothing much to say...although I did send an e-mail to TR after talking to Rachel a bit about what LISA and I were talking about at the very very end of Show Choir. (Can you figure it out Lisa? Everyone else: don't worry about it) We'll see where it goes....I dunno, I honestly think my reasons are valid and we shouldn't be MADE to do it anyway.

6:22PM

What
lesser-known Simpsons character are you?

Brought to you by the good folks at sacwriters.com.


hmm...

9:12PM

You're T'Pol. You are very analytical and logical, as any good Vulcan is, but this makes you stick out like a sore thumb. You're cold and calculated, but there's a softer side to you that you tend to keep under wraps. Take the Enterprise Quiz! Brought to you by redanubis.

Hmm....odd.....

Haven't updated for a while - sorry. Probably won't much until Christmas break.

9:50PM

I'd like to dedicate this journal entry to the US Army:

-Thanks for making my hand hurt by forcing us to use YOUR hard pencils, when the pencils I would have preferred to use, that I use, are plastic. Even big tests like the ACT let you bring your own pencils. By the way, are they *really* your pencils? Did you buy them with your own money? If you are giving us the pencils to use, on what grounds should be have given them back?

-Thanks for throwing just about any chance the concert band had to sound good at the Pop's Concert out the window. When you schedule a test that pulls us out of first hour on our second to last rehearsal really doesn't help for increasing and improving our sound. With a new director who is trying to overcome the reputation of a previous direction, this is not helpful.

-Thanks for turning the entire junior class against the armed forces after our experience with the test administrator who, I felt, needed German subtitles. It should be noted that the army guys "helping" the administrator were not pleased with her either, calling her certain names that shouldn't be said in school.

-Thanks, on that note, for completely confusing people by saying "this test has nothing to do with the army," yet there were at least four army people helping administer the test, and the fact that the army calls you (or at least some people) because you've taken the ASVAB.

-Thanks for, on the 25 question tests which we were given 10 whole minutes to do, not giving us time to read the directions so we could *know* what we were supposed to do, instead having to use some of the ten minutes so graciously allotted to turn back a page and read the directions.

-Thanks for teaching us grammar, by using the oxy-moron "You kids are adults now."

-Thanks for, during a two and a half hour test, giving us exactly NO time to stand up and stretch after sitting through all these sections of the test. Even when asked if we could have like a minute or so to just stand up for a minute, we were told "No, we must keep moving - if you want to stand up, do so during the test, but you'll be loosing your own testing time."

-Thanks for threatening to take away our lunch ("If you guys don't get quiet we're going to be here all day and you'll miss lunch), even though the lunch must be legally provided us.

GOD BLESS AMERICA.

11:32AM

HA! Found the Friends quote i was looking for!

Phoebe: It's madness, it's madness, I tell you! For the love of god Monica don't do it!!!!!


oh! got another!
Joey: What about you Phoebe? What do you think a good stage name for me would be?
Phoebe: FLAME-BOY!



and:
Phoebe: *Stands up* Ohh head rush...gotta have one more *sits down. stands up* Cool.


Phoebe: I gotta go - birthday party - it's a work thing.
Chandler: Work think? Why wasn't I invited?
Phoebe: Oh - that's part of the whole them not liking you extravaganza.



Ross: Well then "Ben" What do you see?
Phoebe: Well, I see what appears to be a dark vent. Wait...wait...yes, it is in fact a dark vent.

9:55PM

Suppose I lied...got more stuff to talky about.

I'm not sure what to do about Amanda. She's just kinda blowing me off and ignoring me and etc...like the other day when Mr. Seymour was looking at Mullet pictures before Jazz Band, when I left the band room at the end to head out to the commons, Amanda passed like...within two feet of me and i said "Mr. Seymour is looking up pictures of mullets on his computer." right at her, but she kept walking, staring straight ahead...blank features...it's not the first time this has happened. I'm really starting to get annoyed by her...except the only problem is it's not like i can really ignore her and stuff because she's in the back row now in band and always turning around - or comes back to play ... auxillary in Pep Band....*sigh* Oh well.

Lets see...hmm....

Oh! We read the madrigal script! I'm so excited! It's an awsome script. I'm hoping for a big part - I'm actually hoping for the Chamberlain. It'd be the third year in a row I'd be the Chamberlain, but this year it's actually a big part with several lines - probably the biggest role in the script...so I figure it'll go to a senior. HOWEVER...Justin will be tooting at that point on the herald trumpet, and frankly, I just can't really see Dana or Mike wanting that big of a part with that many lines....Dana definatly wouldn't want that. Mike...well, Mike is the unknown...he had a relatively big part during Stage Show so I mean, he's shown he's capable of lines and stuff - but granted, he was able to look at a script everytime before he went out to announce...and they weren't complicated lines - more like form lines. I dunno.....I really want this part....:-/

What else, what else....

I dunno - just be sure to read the post below this one as I had forogtten the above stuff - So these two posts are "connected."

hehe.

Ross: 4 Letters...Ring or Hoop...
Chandler: *at phone* RING DAMMIT RING
Ross: Yea, thanks.

Ross: Heating Device
Phoebe: Radiator
Ross: 5 Letters
Phoebe: Rrdtr

9:45PM

Hmm..

Well Lisa - I figured it out, and confirmed "IT" today...

I had kinda known for about a month...frankly, when you started to talk to me about your "theories' about "it" during Jazz Band and then the next day I told you you needed to finish telling me aobut them and then you said that something had "developed" - that's the first thing that had clued me in. I'd noticed some actions of the "target" (I love talking in code!) kinda pointed toward "IT" and had heard rumblings, but Stacy and Rachel, and 4129 and Brittany were talking about it at lunch. And how "he" wouldn't drop it and, etc...

I was right. :) I knew it. I told you. *sticks out toungue*

BTW Lisa - I gotta give you a Font File next time you're on - It's the Friends Font!

Umm...That's all for now

9:18PM

Lisa knows something about someone and won't tell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *whines*

I got talking about all the friends I'll miss when they leave to graduate in May to a friend of mine from California and now I'm all sad and teary eyed.....*sniff*:

Jaimie, Missy, Lisa, Justin, Dave, Steve, Lisa again (:-P my "FRIENDS" buddy)...... Kristie, Bridget, Stacy, Katrina, Dana

All off the top of my head in about 2 minutes.......

7:28PM

It's been such a wonderful, hell filled two days.

Great:
Josh hasn't been here. Need I say more?

Hell-filled:
1) The PSAT yesterday. *shudder*
2) 2 hours studying US History tonight for a test tomorrow we just found out about yesterday during class that I couldn't have studied for ahead of time because of having the PSAT from 6:30-9:30.
3) ACT Review course. We're supposed to like do the practice tests in our "text book" before each class to see if we have any questions. Yea - like i have a free HOUR sitting around to do this damn math test.

*sighs*

5:35PM

WOW! A long time since i've updated, eh? Yea well, I'm off to the PSAT now and I gotta go to the bathroom before I head off, and I'm getting a headache...just what I need....

I'll work on updating a bit more later when I actual have time.


Friends Quote of the Week:
"Look! She's talking about his public hair!"
Monica--"It's Christmas Eve and you haven't bought your presents yet? What're you gonna do??!!??" Chandler--"Don't you have to be claymation to say that or someting?"

Word of the Month:
"Eep!"

9:39AM - MORE QUIZZES

AAAAH!

19

I act like I'm 19.
This test was brought to you by David - Part of the David and James phenomenon. Take it here.

Hmm...makes sense...I don't like that Lisa's older than me...IRL or this quiz...grrr...lol

Find your emotion!

Well...

Who are YOU most like?

Who the hell is Wes?

You are 20% evil! [?]

You're pretty non-evil. You're a little bit off of being all good, but you tend to still be orderly and peaceful. You aren't the bad person at all...for the most part.

Baaah! IN your face Lisa!

Which Kiss Are You?

oookkkaaayyyy....next?

You're ANGER! You're not the most pleasant person to be around! You've got a short fuse, and you're almost always mad at the world. You're represented by the color red.

Wel this one's...interesting. Does anyone agree with this? I don't. Hmm...*covers up the two rants below and then asks again*

9:09PM - The Josh Rant

Back by popular demand...Acky's Rant series Number 2!!!

Josh.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS KID? The *only* reason I haven't moved away from him is because TR wanted me up in the back row to help him and Mikey (who will probably end up Rant #3). He can't sit still, he can't shut up, he always has to barge in on all coversations, even if they don't concern him (example, going over stories from last year on the Trip and even two years ago of the Virginia Trip with the whole Llama thing) he always has to add his say. Which is usually just "Huh? Who's Llama girl? What're they talking about?"

JUST SHUT UP JOSH. Stop continuing your childish, Freshmen-esque acts just like Alan. You are like that during Spanish, you're like it everywhere I see you. Simple solution: stop being in the same places I am. Oh, did I mention he can't even talk normal? When asked questions in Spanish he replied in some dorking semi-Spanish esque voice... I'm really dreading Madrigal and Show Choir with having both Josh AND Alan in those groups....they used to be fun and I'm sure they still will be...but I wonder how much fun they'll be with two big lame-o's sitting in on the group. Lisa and I already decided that we'll sit up in the back row next to each other - lol - and I figure TR won't care (won't care about me & Josh switching places, that is....nothing going on between me and Lisa - nothing like that *glares at all the sick-o's out there* just friends! psycho friends, but friends!) because I can tell TR that I think some of the problem with Josh might be that he's sitting next to the Soprano's and losing pitch when he hear's me on one side and soprano's on the other...not saying that Josh wouldn't be better suited singing soprano...

I'm pretty sure the guy's ensemble would have gotten a 3rd had IBHS not bowed out due to weather...it was *thinks* Scott Pedigo (*gag* he was only there in the place of Dana...), Justin, Mikey (*gag* wrong pitches left and right), Kevin (is he really signing?), Nick (is he signing either?), and Josh (off pitch, off key, can't hear him, way too high...) I was SO glad that I was already at the max events I could perform (a solo, 2 band ensembles, 2 choral ensebles) and couldn't be in that little group. Oh what fun I would have had when that group when into a practice room to work and I'm sure none of them actually practiced except for Justin who is probably the only one who really cares.

In making our audition tape for the trip, I watched the opener time after time and really want to get rid of Nick...he has no energy and when the two circles are going around before the pinwheel he just kinda slugged through it as if his feet were encased in Jello (the NORMAL kind...not the HEIDI kind)...if we could bring Dana back (which will happen next year) and get rid of Josh, Nick, Mikey, and Kevin I think we'd have a decent guy section for both groups. Granted, there'd only be 3 guys but it'd be louder than it currently is with SEVEN guys! Arg...everyone just really annoys me.....I know TR's too nice to just kick them out...but if they're hurting the group wouldn't it be better to go to less people and have a more clean and crisp sound than have more people and a brassy, icky sound? And you'd have at least 3 guys who actually CARE...


Anyway, so there's the Josh/Show Choir rant for today. After that down time, here's something for you to laugh at - it's the newest addition to the World's Worst Pick-Up Lines:

"Just call me a tape dispenser, baby. So come over here and dispense my tape. It's double-sided too...sticky on both sides!"

:-P

I'm surprised I had this much energy after spending 22 hours working on that video over the past 3 days...

8:45PM - Random Quizzes

THEY WILL NOT DIE! Here are more quizzes for your enjoyment!






Um...ooohhkay....


Would you survive a horror movie? Find out @ She's Crafty

I 'spose that's a good thing...


Which Buffy Guy Are You? Find out @ She's Crafty

Great...don't even watch Buffy


Who's Your Movie Sidekick? Find out @ She's Crafty

Who the hell?


Which Action Star Are You? Find out @ She's Crafty

Woo-hoo! Indy rocks! can't wait for Indy 4 the same year as Episode 3! WoOHOO!

9:08PM - Update

Uh...addition to the post a while ago listing seniors I will miss - forgot Katrina. :) Consider yourself added.