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Originally Posted by katelynisspecial

Sorry!!

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Nothing to be sorry about. Just usually when you are silent for almost a week, it means something's happened.

I don't know why I haven't responded yet o.O
I got busy on Friday, but then there's three days before that I kind of just.. lazed off ._.

With the things you've had to do, 'lazing off' is sometimes good. As long as you are refreshed at the end of it. My 'laz-off' days were usually just me running from responsibilities, so I never felt better by the end of it. Not a good combo.

Friday after school I walked home with my friends, it's a couple of miles, and at the rate we walk it takes a little over an hour, we just kind of hang out and talk. The weather was nice, so it was a lot of fun. Then Adam drove me home in his yellow mustang, that car is so cool, haha.

*heh*
And it's good exercise! (I've become a big fan of walking, while you've known me). And I always love 'just talking' with friends...though the talks usually take the most interesting tangents.

BTW, who is Adam?

Saturday was my birthday party.. I slept in way too long and then ran around picking things up and getting ready for people to come over.

I've neeevvveerrrr done that before!

My friend Katie came over early to help, and then we hung out until 6 when it started. I had 14 people total, though three were late because of work. We played volleyball in the yard with the net we set up for a while.. and then we ended up playing Red Rover. I don't know who suggested it, but it made for an intense game

Ummmm......
How does one play Red Rover? Never played it myself.

O_o We ate next (hamburgers and chips and fruit and stuff), then we played Guitar Hero and stuff in the basement. By then the other three arrived, so we had cake and opened presents. I got Barnes and Noble gift cards, some anime/Japan stuff, money, the DVD Juno, and some clothes and other random things.

Still, sounds like nice swag.

....did I use that term correctly?

Then we went outside to play hide and go seek in the dark. I'm sure this sounds kind of childish, but it was really fun for some reason XDDD
And then we roasted marshmallows around the fire and talked until 11 when people left. =)

Actually....during the two Genshiken picnics, not only did we have water balloon fights, and blowing many things up (Er, I mean patriotically showing off our aerial emblazement skills), we also played two games of Battle Royale, where each member hunted and killed off each other. Other then weapons that were either useful, effective, or just plain silly (a ping pong paddle with ball)..we also threw in special items like two people could be 'lovers' and work together (turned out to be two guys), and even a DeathNote!

So hide and seek makes perfect sense to me.
Remember, the people in Genshiken range from 18-30, so those types of games still have its attractiveness. (I was a judge, so my age doesn't count)

The next day I had work at 9:15 until 4:00. It was my first official day, and it was really fun, although we went down four times during my shift. I have a feeling that ride won't last past this year. It was really fast paced, so it went by fast, and I love the people I work with so far =)
I bounced between greeter (answering questions, measuring people, etc), and pre-show.. which is where we count people off into two rows and then operate the door leading into the ride, and also make the announcement about loose articles. It's fun to use the little intercom thinger.

Too bad about the ride's life expectancy.
But really glad to hear about that you're enjoying yourself!
And yep, all that power in the intercom thingy.....you're now in charge!
How does it feel?

Then Monday (yesterday) I had START club after school, and my mom picked me, Julia, Genny, and Adam up, and we all went to Julia's house for a while to hang out. At 5:30, she picked me up, and took me to get dinner on the way to my first Driver's Ed class. It was sooo boring, three hours of watching movies telling about how I'm going to die because I'm a teen driver. Seriously. We have to pay $400 for 24 hours of him pushing play on the DVD player.

What is START?

And yeah...don't get me started on paying money just to get a guy to show movies.
It is a complete ripoff on the surface.
As you find out when you enter the 'professional' workplace, sometimes its not what you do...its what the expected result is, that matters (I would need hours to cover this subject as to why). So basically someone requires an action, tries to setup something decent to abide by that action, but instead what you get a glossed over 'solution' done for the cheapest effort possible. But since they are the gatekeepers to your needed certificate, you have to jump through their hoops.
Tons of business manuever and lobby in order to become the 'gatekeepers'. You can probably see why now. *sigh*

How many more of 'em, do you need to go through?

And yeah. Today I stayed home because I'm worn out and didn't feel that great. I think I just needed a day. Tonight I'll be going to Adam's soccer game if it ends up being a home game and I can convince my mother. She probably will not let me because I didn't go to school... but we'll see. *crosses my fingers*

Did you get to go?
And I'm beginning to...well, you've mentioned 'Adam' several times now. Hmmm.

Your questions...
They let us take the uniforms home. But we have to return them at the end of the year, or we will get a negative rehire/reccommendation status for them.

Rgr that.
The only business that gave me a uniform when belly up, so they didn't ask for their vests back. I should really toss it. But its cool wearing something that says 'The Wiz' on it.

I don't know... 16.. I can't really believe I'm that old, but there's a lot of new things going on and changing, more so than when I turned 15. I don't think it's as big of a deal though.

*smiles*
Although I didn't use those exact words, I believe I tried to tell you the same thing 2 years ago.
Back then you couldn't believe and/or wait to be 15, because of how much would apparently change. I think you see the difference.

My only advice to you is this: Time goes into hyperdrive now, and things continue to speed up (only because your focus is more on what is in front of you, rather then looking into the far future).

From time to time, take the time to 'smell the roses'.

I therefore hope you get more chances to walk 'for an hour' with friends, or talk with them til 11pm.

And when you do, look into the blue sky, or look at the red bars of the digital clock, and just take a breath. And think that you are here, right now, experiencing this..... a memorable snapshot of the time.


OK, Philosophizing over....what's this about a car? (new/used/fixerupper/family handmedown?/any choice of what you will get?)

P.S. My dad is buying me a car =)