3:15 p.m. - 2002-09-25
oh, I AM a dork
Since I haven't done a real update since the 17th (click previous, previous), this may be long. You're warned. I'll try to intersperse with Random Amusing Quotes so that you don't get bored. :)
First of all, some plugs for the LOTR sisters must be given.
Brenda, because she is so sweet and talented and the review site is just GORGEOUS. And to Amy and Samantha because they're both doing it too.
Plugs to Aeryn, Amy, and Spunky because I got to talk to them on AIM! To the sisters who were present in my very first Sisters chat (oooh, so exciting!!!!): Aeryn, Ahmetai, Lilithoniel, Tiffany, and last but not least, Spunky!
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Speaking of Spunky, that reminds me of a Random Amusing Quote. First I have to tell you that we have a skunk that's been wandering around the house in the daylight, which probably means it's rabid. Also, that I love playing with words.
Jessica: "We have a skanky skunk wandering around outside!"
Kelsey: "Why is it skanky?"
Jessica: "Because it's not wearing any CLOTHES!"
Well, we found it amusing.
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Oh, and one last pluggie thingie: to the wonderful fantastic incredible altruistic excellent people on my notify list... I know I'm forgetting someone, damnit. Sign my guestbook and let me know who you are, okay? haha. I'll come up with another adjective. Anyway, to those peope: I love you! But I do know that I'm updating more often than I did over the summer, and I really only created the notify-list for the summer, when I locked the diary and knew I wouldn't be updating often at all. Now, I suspect my notification emails just clog up your inbox. If you want to unsubscribe, go ahead, I understand, I'll still love you. :)
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Alrighty, now for an update.
Wednesday, the 18th... I missed psych because we had a stupid guidance meeting. I have had two siblings go through college applications, and I KNOW all this. Hell, I typed David's fucking applications! He was still in school in Utah and he flew home for one week to do all his applications. EVERYTHING: essays, everything. Kinda tight, huh? He applied early to Middlebury, but didn't get in, because he'd spent more time on skiing, training, partying, drinking, and drugs in high school. He's at Bates now. Then Lauren, who applied early to Middlebury and did get in. I did all the typing for them. I type 120 words per minute, so they could come in and dictate the beginning of a "Why Bates?" essay or something and I could type it faster than they could talk.
I've been to the campuses of a whole lot of colleges: Brown, Middlebury, Bates, Wellesley, Bennington, Hampshire, Goucher, Skidmore, Amherst, Siena is just a sampling.
I've talked to college counselors and I have a fucking SAT tutor.
I KNOW all this.
Anyway.
Handed in my first French essay on "Tartuffe," and she gave me an A-. I thought it deserved an A, but maybe she took off for length? I don't know. Meh. Hebrew class with Joanne. In the afternoon did some global, some Spanish, drafted the extra-credit French essay, studied for French quiz, physics homework, worked out.
Thursday, September 19th. Happy birthday Hermione! Got 100 on the French quiz. Spanish class. We're reading a story. She's trying to teach me the present perfect tense, even though I can barely remember the conjugations of the PRESENT tense. Idiot. Spent the rest of the afternoon doing psych outline and trying to figure out EPH (in case you didn't remember, that's Evil Physics Homework). Finished French essay.
The psych outline was fun. It was on neural and hormonal systems, but I worked in the randomest references. When I was explaining the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, I talked about how Aragorn must have felt when he walked into the clearing and saw Lurtz, and everything that happened to him physically. (that sounds dirty. damn.) The way that a charge travels down a neuron was like the way Robin Hood kicks one soldier in "Men in Tights" and they all fall down. I quoted "Young Frankenstein", I quoted my teacher at CTY from pop culture. I talked about the way Anduril fits in Aragorn's hand and what would happen if Boromir took it from Aragorn (I don't remember what that was supposed to represent). Then I said that if after Gandalf says "Take it, it's quite cool" and hands the ring to Frodo, Frodo gets BURNT, I explained exactly how he would feel the pain! Oh, I am such a dork.
Friday, September 20th. Handed in extra-credit French essay, got an A. Maya was the only other one who did it. Handed in French tape, 99. I have a feeling that those tapes are going to seriously boost our averages this quarter. Handed in AP Psych outline with Crazy Random References That I Hope He Doesn't Get Pissed About. Did global reading.
I had my first appointment with Marsha since June, I think. We had a lot to catch up on, so we didn't really get into any specific issues. I don't think we need to meet as regularly. That deserves its own entry, which I won't write here. The T.'s came for dinner (my Hebrew teacher Joanne and her husband Joanne).
Saturday, September 21st. Jackie came over and we watched "The Matrix Revisited", played magic tricks, and tried on dresses, because she doesn't have anything to wear to Shriya's Sweet Sixteen on October 25th. We found some pretty dresses that fit her though, so she can definitely borrow one. Speaking of Shriya's party, I have a conflict, damnit. Jane (whose character is exaggerated in this story) is turning 95 this October 31st, and she's having a big party on the 30th, I think, but we're hosting the Oneg Shabbat at temple on the 25th. I'm definitely going to be late to Shriya's party. Grrr.
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Quick break for a RAQ:
Alexa: "You know how in the Matrix, he asks if you ever have the feeling when you're not sure if you're awake or still dreaming? And then the other guy says yeah, it's mescaline, the only way to fly?"
Jessica: "Yes..."
Alexa: "Isn't mesclun a lettuce?"
Jessica: "Of course, Alexa. Don't YOU fly when you eat lettuce?"
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After Jackie left, I did my physics and math homework and some psych reading. In the evening we went out for dinner at Hajime, then went into Rye so Mom could get coffee (and we ended up getting some clothes too), then went to CVS (I got more deodorant, since I've been having issues with it; see previous entry) and Blockbuster. The line was insane. Kelsey, Alexa, and I rented "Dracula: Dead and Loving It," Mel Brooks' most recent film, with Leslie Nielson ("The Naked Gun"!) and Amy Yasbeck (Maid Marian in "Men in Tights"!) and Mel Brooks himself and a whole bunch of others. I also rented "Never Been Kissed" because I wanted a stupid movie that no one else would watch with me, and that is clearly what I have gotten. We haven't finished either one yet.
Sunday, September 22nd. Happy birthday to Frodo! Happy birthday to Bilbo! Happy seventeenth birthday to Tara, who was in my hall at CTY two years ago! I meant to email her, but forgot, which I feel badly about. Damn. Maybe I'll snail mail her this weekend instead.
Spent the morning doing French homework, listing important people from my imperialism chapters for global, burning the "Moulin Rouge" cds for Lauren, and doing a bit of psych reading. Speaking of "Moulin Rouge," WHY didn't they include the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" cover on the album? :(
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RAQ time, because it's semi-related. After I burned "Moulin Rouge," Kelsey was looking at the cds, and she couldn't figure out which one was which.
Kelsey: "But how do you tell which one is which?"
Jessica: "Look at them, you nummy."
Kelsey: "OHHHHH! That one has a TWO on her butt!"
Alexa: (walking in): "Whoa! WHO has two butts?"
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Dr. Pat (our orthodontist who had a marrow transplant a few months ago, but seems to be doing well) was going to come over with her sons Robby, Davey, and their dog Bernie in the afternoon. We went and got Zip too because Gramie and Grumps are in Turkey and she does have a sitter, but we were sure she was getting lonely. I saw Zip, but I didn't see Dr. Pat and the others, because Katie was visiting that day (who moved away), so a whole bunch of us went into town to see her. We went to the Family "Discount" (*cough*ripoff*cough*) Center, but spent most of our time at Carvel, because Nalee works there. Jackie showed everyone the "magic" tricks she'd shown me the day before, and she gave me funky-looking Elvish braids. We had fun. Katie's family gave me a ride home, along with Lauren M. and Amanda, and Katie and I walked up to the porch to say hi to Bernie and Zip, but they were gone! :( Instead, there was just the rabid (skanky) skunk outside! Damn.
Monday, September 23rd. The 7th anniversary of David's Bar Mitzvah. In ways, it seems like it was longer, and in ways it seems shorter. We were still living in the old house, but we got the kitchen and a few bathrooms functional in the new one, and had the after-dinner in a huge tent in the backyard (which we repeated with Lauren and Kelsey). Alexa was four and hiked her tights up on the bimah when she went to undress the Torah. We stood outside and tried to smile while they snapped photos. We all wore different colors. We were five beautiful children. The oldest was thirteen. He's now twenty.
But that was before David spent the summer in Mexico with Angel and before high school in Utah and before suspension and serious drinking and drugs and fucking up freshman year in college and before fucking Cassandra. At that point, I still worshipped him. I could see no wrong. Even when he was fucking up in high school, I KNEW he was doing wrong, but I still couldn't bring it upon myself to resent him or hate him. It wasn't until college when I started getting pissed. He has GOT to get his act together, damnit.
But, anyway, that's depressing, so I'm going to go back to Monday.
Public school classes, then classes with Maggie, then ran upstairs to flip through some old photo albums to find a photo of me aged 0-2 years for psych. WE WERE SO CUTE! It's unbelievable how adorable we were. Three kids, a typical, small family. Lying on the bed with shirts that say "1982" "1984" "1987"; "Big Brother" "Middle Sister" "Little Sister" (oh, how that changed with the additions of Kelsey and Alexa in 1989 and 1991). Giving me kisses, giving me baths, giving me hugs, reading to me. Sledding, museums, zoo trips, birthdays. We must have been such happy kids. I wish I could go back to then. I want to be three.
After only about 45 minutes Mom called out that it was now or never, so even though I'd just gotten to Kelsey's birth (August 19, 1989; I was a little over two), I grabbed two cute pictures and left to get them photocopied onto photo paper at Kinko's. One was of me smiling on my first birthday, the other of me destroying a kleenex box. :) mwahahaha. We also went to A.I. Friedman, and I got three photo albums and a photobox. I have SO MANY photos to label and put into albums, it could take me years.
Did physics homework, uploaded another chapter onto this stupid fic, read some psych module on the brain, Spanish homework, memorized fifty vocab words, French homework, and then called Lisa, my SAT tutor. We had our first real one-hour session. Yay! It was actually pretty interesting, though I ended up feeling flustered and stupid, but hopefully that'll change. We were doing analogies. She gave me a ton of homework and fifty more words to memorize. Meh. Should get started on that.
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Random Thought: Amy and I think we need to have a ring for those who are undecided as to which member of the Fellowship (or which character in LOTR) is hottest. The first time I saw the movie, I was thinking, "ARAGORN! MMMMM!" and that the hobbits were adorable. Second time, I started thinking, "LEGOLAS! MMMMM!" But ya know, I still love the hobbits, and Boromir! The only one I've never found attactive is Haldir. I don't like his nose. And I do NOT believe that those are his brothers standing behind him in the Lothlorien scene. They definitely look female.
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Tuesday, September 24. Got my period, damnit, cramps, damnit. Handed in psych photos. Had Spanish classes with Mrs. L. See Thursday September 19. Did Hebrew homework, finished reading psych module on brain, French homework, read two issues of Time. Spent the rest of the day procrastinating on studying for the physics test. Went online a LOT.
Today: While I had AP French first period, Jackie had the physics test! Second period we both have a free, so she was able to tell me some of the stuff that was on the test, which made me very happy. I spent about fifteen minutes working out this one problem straight from the textbook that was on the test and making myself memorize how to do it, so that was good. The test was really damn hard though. The multiple-choice were mostly okay -- straight from the practice test yesterday -- but, eek, the four free-response were awful. I know I got that one right, but the three others I'm not sure of. When the acceleration was "downward" or "west" I made it negative, and I don't know if that's right, but it definitely affected my answer. At least I'll get the formulas right, if nothing else! After the test, walked home and had Hebrew with Joanne. Since that time, I have done absolutely, blissfully nothing. ("What did you do all day?" "I did nothing. Absolutely nothing, and it was everything I thought it could be." Ahhhh how I love "Office Space.")
Going up to Middlebury this weekend. This reminded me of our Portland trip last year... I'm going to leave you with a paragraph from that entry with the most amusing thing that happened.
"In the afternoon, back in Portland, Kelsey, Alexa and I went for a quick walk together. We had gone to this one store and bought some fudge, then were cruising along the street peering into the windows. Well, I looked into this one window and they had smiley face lollipops! I thought that I would go in and get some for Katie because they were so cute. They also had some underwear which looked cute. So anyway, I finished my fudge a little after Kelsey and Alexa, and was about to go in when they came out and said that the lady there said they weren't allowed in. I walked in and said why not? She said that it's an adult store. That's when I look straight ahead of me and see... rows and rows of condoms. We walk out laughing hysterically. They must have thought we were such perverts. Alexa pointed out that they had heart-shaped edible underwear. Some cute underwear! So we are laughing so hard we have to lean against the wall, and Kelsey suddenly notices the name of the store. Condom Sense. hahahahaha. Apparently, Alexa had seen the name, but she hadn't known what it meant. We had to explain it to her. That was funny."
Yes, I am the bad older sister who really DID accidentally lead her impressionable younger sister into an adult sex toy store.
Whoops.
