Blog of a Dork

  If you scroll down a little bit and look on the right side of the page you will see that I have added a new album called AMSTEMM. It’s full of pics from from stay at UK. I think the one with the pizza is my favorite, look at the pics and you’ll see what I mean. So, there you go. You can all go look and be happy.

  Last night Christina and I went to this concert at Jitters and it was great. The band was Pivitplex (christian rock group) and they are really good. It was suppossed to start right after the PC/Somerset football game so we expected them to start playing about 10 or 11pm. That’s not what happened. I didn’t go to the game and I don’t know if it got delayed because of the rain or went into triple-over-time or what but something must have happened. The band didn’t even start until about 12:30. I was hyped up on coffee but I was still tired and it wasn’t over until like 2:30 am. I bought this cute Pivitplex wrist band, because I’m all about the wrist bands. Christina got one too, she also got a shirt. We also got free posters with the purchase so we got the guys to sign them for us. They seem like really nice guys. I didn’t get home until about 3am but it was totally worth it and my parents didn’t care anyway.

  On another note, it’s been rainy all week. But every day when I would go outside for lunch it would have stopped raining and got all sunny again. I was so sad about that. But then on Friday we got to eat outside in the rain. I was so happy! Most of the people who normally sit out there stayed inside so all of the tables were free. We picked a good one with an umbrella but we still got wet. John had his hat with him and we used it to wipe of the seats so our butts wouldn’t get too wet. There were only 5 of us at first but then we persuaded one of the other guys to come out and join us. The kids inside were looking at us (the wall is made of glass, like one big window so you can see outside from the inside) like we were insane, which we probably are. It was awesome. It wasb’t raining too hard, it was like a soft mist and it was very refreshing. Oh, I can tell this is going to be a great year. Go eat in the rain My Readers!

  Sometimes I look back at the terrible things that I have done and the people that I have hurt and I just hate myself. Monday was one of those days where I was absorbed in a pool of my own self loathing. Tuesday I felt much better but I’m still not in the best mood. Hopefully I will have a good wednesday.

  Be kind to yourselves My Readers.

  First off I want to update on my grandfather’s condition. He got worse for a little while. The skin on his neck was burnt and began to swell and he couldn’t breath. They put him into an induced coma and rushed him down to some special burn center in Tennessee. They had to do surgey on him Tuesday, they did a skin graft on his legs. As of now all of his vitals are stable and he’s doing alright. They are going to keep him out of it for about 2 weeks so he doesn’t have to deal with the pain. They say that its the 4th and 5th days after a burn that you have to worry about, thats when stuff starts to give out and get infected. If he makes it to the weekend then he will probably be fine. I thank all of you for your prayers, it means a lot to me. Thank you so much.

  So, lets try not to dwell on the sad news. I’m sure I can think of something possitive to post. As of now I have sat outside every day and I found out that 2 of my friends, John and Elliot, made a pact to sit outside everyday so they will be out there with me in the bad weather. It has been really hot during the days and then it rains at night. I wish it would rain during the daa, it would cool things off and I could eat my lunch in the rain. I think I would enjoy that. Tomorrow we are having our pictures taken at school. I guess I have to get up early and do something with my hair. I should make sure I look good, this is the last school picture I’ll ever take. Oh, that sounds wierd. Speaking of pictures, I finally finished that roll of film that was in my camera. I dropped it off to get developed today so I’ll have the pictures tomorrow. I’m so excited, I can’t wait to see how they turn out. I’m not really sure what all is on that roll of film. There are some pictures from AMSTEMM and some I took over the summer and probably some wierd random stuff. I’ll be sure to put some of them on the site some time. I guess that’s it. Go take some pictures My Readers! 

  Today was supposed to be a happy day. It’s my grandma’s 75th birthday and we had this big suprise party planned for her. It was going to be great, my mom got some of her friends who are in a band (The York Boys) to play, there was this big cook out, and a bunch of family came in from out of town. Everyone was getting there early to set it up and make sure it was ready for when my grandma arrived. Well, when we pulled in we saw my uncle’s truck speeding out of the drive way but we didn’t think much of it, I thought they were rushing out to get some more food or something. But as we walked up we saw the somber look on everyon’s faces and knew something was wrong. One of my aunts explained that they had just got a call from my grandma saying that my grandpa was burnt badly and they might have to take him to the hospital. It took a while before we got all the details but this is what happened.

  My grandpa isn’t in the best health, he can walk but stays on his little electric wheelchair most of the time. He’s been so excited about this party for my grandma and wanted to make sure everything was going well. So he was outside with my cousin cooking the last of the meat in his big pressure cooker. He was sitting there and suddenly the oil in the pressure cooker just exploded. Maybe bacause it was so hot outside or it was turned up too high, we’re not really sure. But hot oil went all over him. His hat and hair caught on fire and my cousin managed to put it out. But his face was burnt pretty bad and so were his legs. He kept trying to tell my grandma that he was fine because he wanted to get her to the party, but he wasn’t. An ambulance came and took him to the hospital immediatley. He’s in the ICU now and I think he’s doing alright but I’m not sure. My mom went to visit him and she isn’t back yet so I guess I’ll now more then.

  Needless to say the party was sort of ruined. We managed to get my grandma come and we certainly suprised her. The band still played, she opened her presents, and we all had cake but everyone was too worried to fully enjoy themselves. And it was just too hot to do much of anything anyway. Isn’t it strange? A day that should be full of joy is muffled by sorrow. Hmm… life is a tricky thing. If you don’t mind, I would like to ask you guys to pray for my grandpa. I would certainly appreciate it, thank you. That’s all for now My Readers.

  Yeah, so school started. But that was like 2 weeks ago so I guess that’s old news. I have this class called Film and Art. It’s so great. We watch movies and then we talk about them. And the teacher is one of those really interesting ones so we talk about some really indepth stuff. It’s such a fun class. Chemistry isn’t too bad. It’s not hard or anything it’s just that there are only 3 seniors in there (including me) and everyone else is a junior. But my friend Heather is the teacher’s aide for my class and my other friend Amy is teacher’s aide that peroid so she hangs out in their and we have fun. Whenever the teacher gives us a worksheet to do or something I just go sit in one of the big comfy chairs in the back room and hang out with those guys while the juniors sit at thier desks and do their work. (I do my work too of course but in a much more comfortable setting.) There’s a lot of work to do in Advanced Placement European History but I do like that class. All we do in Oral and Written Communications is work on our stupid portfolios. And I’ve stayed true to my word, I have eaten outside every day and I love it so much. No trying to figure out where to sit in the crowded, noisy lunchroom. I just go outside, sit in the warm sun, and eat with my senior friends. It’s so wonderful.

  I went to Walmart on Thursday (I hate Walmart b/c it’s a monopoly and its evil but sometimes you have to go there) to get some material. My friend Nikki is going to make me a cool camo messenger bag. (Like I don’t have enough purse already.) It’s going to be awesome. I also got some duct tape while I was there. Regulare and camo. I love duct tape! Anyway. I’ve been working like 5 days a week but now that school has started that’s been kind of tough. So I talked to my boss and I’ll only be working 4 days a week now so that should be good. But the best thing is, I got a raise!!!! Yeah, w00t!! I’m so happy, and I didn’t even know until I got my check last night. My mom was like ‘Oh, I didn’t think you made that much.’ And I was like ‘What?’ But there it was on my check, Rate of Pay: 6.500 per hour. Then I did a little happy dance (or would have if I hadn’t been so tired). I knew that every couple of months they do some evaluation sort of thing, where they see how you’ve been doing and if you’ve been working hard and what not. So I guess my evaluation went well because I wasn’t making that much before. But yeah. Wooo!!! Go me!!! Now I can pay off that Europe trip in no time. Plus have plenty of cash saved up for college. Oh, I’m so happy. Well I guess I have to go now. I have some homework and then I have to go to work. So… Go do something My Readers!