So...It's after 1 am on this beautiful August 17th. One of the few blissful days remaining before an unnamed evil (I dare not speak its name, for fear of heralding it sooner) looms at each of our doorsteps.
Sigh. So much junk to worry about, and I know it's only going to get harder. Not just this year, but through the rest of...well, life. I know we're supposed to enjoy and appreciate every step of the way, but it's so much easier to enjoy things in hindsight that at the time. Like sixth grade: it was one of the best years of my life, but my favorite part of the day was when I went to sleep at night, because then I didn't have to worry about...anything. But when I got to seventh grade, I was like, "Dude, sixth grade was crazy awesome and I didn't even realize it. I was complaining so loud I couldn't hear the birds singing." So I tried to appreciate seventh grade a little bit. I did a better job than I had done the year before, that's for sure...Which brings me to eighth grade...I knew that year was going to rock, and I appreciated it even more than the year before, but I know it still wasn't enough. But I've got to tell you, ninth grade was a nightmare. It had its good points and I met some great people, but i don't know that next year i'll be saying "dude, that was awesome! Wish i had appreciated it!" But who knows. I mean, even I can't complain all the time. Like, at the beginning of the summer, I was like "man, I hope this summer is exciting. lots of boring things happen all the time, i hope i find some adventure this summer!" Four days later, I was climbing down the side of what I would describe as a cliff face (others stubbornly argued that it was just a very large rock), thinking "well, i asked for adventure and I got it!" as well as "I guess I didn't need to bring my book to the 'nature hike' after all..."

Wow, look at all this stuff pouring from my fingertips on to the computer screen. I guess it's just late-night inspiration...TRAIN OF THOUGHT, CHOO CHOO....I hear we have a very Dunbaresque english teacher this year. I can't wait. We kept begging Dunbar to come teach us last year...xD.
Oh, warning: this year might start on a B-day. Apparently, my brother's sophomore year did. I just don't want anyone to be thrown off if it does happen. I know some of you people are very sensitive about those sort of things...
And by the way:::Reading Oedipus Rex is like watching a movie through a piece of frosted glass. Interesting, but confusing. Reading A Seperate Peace is like reading a saltine cracker. I can't even remember the other English book, so it can't have been that good. Oh, wait, it was Animal Farm, wasn't it. Well, that wasn't too bad. I've read worse. It, at least, combined the interesting story and understandable language of the other two works...

But back to reminiscing...
This is the "if only" time for me. "If only I had started that stupid book sooner, I wouldn't be worrying about it right now!" and "If only I had made more time for this one thing, or this one person, or this one goal, I wouldn't be sitting around wondering how to make time for it now that life is getting complicated again!" Well, isn't that always the way it goes? Especially with procrastinators like me. And you. Yes, you. Come on, don't pretend you didn't put something off this summer...Here, I'll read you my To-Do list, tell you all the things I've yet to accomplish in these last 10 days, so you'll be more willing to admit your own personal failings. (Plus, hearing you guys will make me feel a whole lot better...) <--this shall indicate To-Do success...
So...*pulls magical to-do list out from under bed* Here it is:

Go Cosplaying

Memorize Fighting Dreamers/Leekspin Song

Stay up late and sleep in to adjust sleep cycle

Stay up all night playing ninjas

Naruto Roleplay

Give my cat more attention! (she must get bored sitting there sleeping all the time)

Go to camps (3/4 done, one more camp that i'm beginning to regret signing up for this weekend)

Get a Facebook---ok, people have been telling me to do this forever...xP I'll get around to it. Give me time...

Do summer work: Yeah, right.

Measure angle of PacMan's mouth 55 degrees!

Make swords (Thanks Grandpa!)

Practice Swordfighting some...it was really hot, but we'll keep it up when it cools down a bit...

Review Latin....oh, yeah. Forgot that one...xP

Stay up all night doing nothing: Failed, too bored, fell asleep.


Yup, that's it for me...So...spill. What didn't you peoples get done this summer?