Wednesday, October 01, 2003

Hey all. Very interesting day, yesterday; to say the least. We discovered something a little unusual: One of my school's janitors is a murderer!

Ok, let me explain. Everything happened Monday afterschool. Apparently, one of our janitors had shot a girl/woman (i dunno how old she was) awhile ago, but she recently died from it; so his charges had went from assult to murder. The police were after him now, and they found out he was employed at my school. So....afterschool all these police officers show up and surround the building and go to catch him, but the janitor finds out about all this and runs. All the teachers and students who stayed after school were told to go to the cafeteria and shut the doors, because the police were gnna let the dogs out to get the guy. The cops were chasin him w/ their guns out and everything. I ws like...wow. Im not sure if they caught him or not.
This was very unexpected. lol. i was like...dont this place run background checks on employees? Well, one of my teachers said that the background checks take about 3 months to process/happen/look at/or somethin. Although, knowing our school system...i wouldn't be surprised if they didnt even do background checks. Welcome to my world....

In other news: School was overall okay...no big news there. I stayed afterschool for the first time this year for a TAB meeting. Talked about supervising trips....Big Brother/Sister program....Tech Notes (the newsletter)....some other stuff. I had some good ideas but no one (but Mykella) was really listening so i was like...whatever.

And that was my day!!! Gotta go! Blog later!

Monday, September 29, 2003

Its Monday....the worst day of the week. This weekend went by extremely fast...probably cause i wasn't home for most of it.
Today was a pretty boring day of school. Had a Cal. test. geez. i kno i failed. Myra tried teaching me the stuff in 1st period, and i actually understood it...shes a good teacher....but i just couldnt remember itall for the test. i hate math. o well. last year of high school. In college ill take a b.s. math class...with my major i wont need a ton of math.

Didn't have much homework tonight. I already did it all in fact. Now i dunno what to do. Nothing good is on t.v. til later. I feel like i should do something productive...like email my mentor for R.P...or start cutting up my AP psychology flash cards....or do practice SAT problems....or look up more colleges or scholarships. But im in one of my lazy ill-do-it-tomorrow moods.

I think i've finally made my college application list. I have 4 schools. I know everyone says to get like...5-7 schools...but none of them are really high rech schools...so i should get in somewhere! They are:
1. Frostburg State University (MD)
2. Univ. of MD- College Park (MD)
3. Towson Univ. (MD)
4. Univ. of Delaware (DE).
I dunno which is my favorite...they all have pluses and minuses...but i think id be happy at any of them. If anyone knows something about these schools, or actually attends these schools...id love to hear more about it. i need to see which i like best....

Sunday, September 28, 2003

ok....wow....Sunday already! lol. i got lotsa stuff to talk about (for once...) Apparently, this weekend was ACTUALLY BuSy!!!

First off, must update the story w/ the girl that got hit by the car at school. (note: i will not use people's specific names). First, off, my english teacher informed my class that the girl is expected to make a full recovery in time. Though, she did have some serious injury's: a dislocated hip....3rd degree burns on her back....some other stuff. i was like..wow. And they did a C-section and took out the baby, who is doing okay. Its a little girl. The baby is about a month and a half early. But i was glad to hear they both are doing okay.
Okay...the following i heard from a number of students, so i cant be 100% sure its correct, but all of this i've heard from several people, so i think it might be accurate: I found out who the driver that hit her was. Again, im not putting the name or details up, but ill just say it was a 17 yr. old guy. From what i hear, he was driving (way to fast, i must add) in front of the school and turned and waved to a friend, and thats when he hit the girl. Then, i heard that he didnt know what happened, then he BACKED UP and ran over her while he was trying to see what he hit!! im like...how dumb can u be??? U dont BACK UP once u hit something! u just stay there! sheesh! Even dumber, i heard that when he realized what he did, he got out the car and ran. smart...real smart. First off, lotsa pple know him and can point him out....secondly he left his car....lisence plate number, anyone?? geez... ok. well thats the update.

Next to talk about: what else i did Friday. There was a game bell and got out of 7th and 8th periods. I went to the volleyball game and sa w/ like...6 of my friends. It was cool. We were winning, but had to catch the bus home b4 it ended...we had to have won tho. Lotsa my friends were playing...i was like...yeah! lol. And it was in our nice new gym. Every1 was acting stupid....we were all cheering and making noise and doing the wave...haha.
But then...like 10 minutes before we left, a fight broke out at the top of the stands. Everyone on the other sde of the gym comes running across the court and up on our bleachers to see, and soon everyone is over on top the bleachers. They had to stop the game and everything. i was like...dammit!! We'll never have another game bell again!! Stupid people!!

Friday night i went ice skating in Mount Vernon w/ like 10 pple from school (mostly juniors). It was cool. There were 2 bands playing (i dunno who they were...little rock bands...im not real up on that kind of thing..). Lotsa white punk rock kids. i sooo didnt fit in. lol. But it was great...its been nearly 2 years since ive skated...i love skating! We were there til about 11pm.

Then on Saturday, i had to wake up insanely early and my dad took me, my sister, one of his friends,and his daughter Jenna to the open house at Frostburg State University. It lasted til about 3pm, then we went and stayed at one of my dad's friend's relatives vacation houses overnight. I just got back from there about 2 hours ago. omg! Frostburg was so cool! At first, i was like...its too rural!! Theres nothing here! But..i dunno. i mean...it is rural...but its more woodsy rural...not farmland and cattle rural. And while i like cities..it was just such a nice little place. The college was great. First off: its the cheapest ive seen yet. Also, their Mass Communications program sounds really nice. The campus itself is real pretty and nice. I talked to several students...all of whom really love it there, and everyone was very friendly. There seems like enough stuff to do on campus also. The only downside i can find is that ithe town lacks...big stores and stuff. Theres a mall somewhere...but it is literally "the" mall. And theres a Walmart. Theres a Dominos, Chi-Chis, McDonalds and a few other chain food places...but other than that...theres nothing. Main Street is within walking distance of campus, but like i said, there aren't really any name-brand stores and places. Though it seemed nice. Lotsa little mom 'n pop stores/restaurants....little independent shops and cafes and bookstores....a little movie theater...other stuff. At firsti was blown about this lack of civilization, but i thought it was cool. I'd get to try out new things. And lotsa the students were like though they arent big and well known places, they are real nice and often cheaper than the big stores. So there are some places to go. Another thing is how much outdoor stuff there is to do. I mean...what would i do if i went to school in a big city?? shop at the stores and mall? (with what money?? ima be broke!!) Go to the movies? (that gets old...plus this place does hava a little theater). Go to a museum or somethin? (riite...) When u think about it...that Main Street had plenty to do. And theres so much more exciting stuff. I mean...i could try out skiing and snowboarding...rock climbing...white water rafting. I can hike or canoe...ive done those things before..thats fun. So theres lotsa things to do there that i probably couldn't try in other places. Another bonus: the campus has bus service on campus and to places off campus. Also, everyone (including frshman) can have cars on campus, and parking is free if u live on campus. So if u cant walk somewhere...drive!

Im not sure where i wanna go anymore...AAAHHH! And i really need to get my list together...most of my applications must be in by Dec. 1. But Frostburg...now that i think about it...seemed really cool.