Monthly Archive for April, 2005

jaywalking in annapolis

Published on April 29, 2005 in Livin' La Vida Loca. 0 Comments

Yesterday, on Take Your Child to Work Day, I did go to work with my Dad, but we kinda bent the rules.

You see, he took off all of this week to paint our kitchen (it looks very nice; i’ll post some pics later), and so he didn’t really have anything to do in his office so we were only there for 45 minutes.

His office was in the Annapolis Bereau of the Sun, but before his vacation he was re-assigned and I don’t know where he’s going to work now. But anyway we got there, met some people, talked about sightseeing, and that was it. Literally.

We went to get lunch after that. We ate at the legenday “Chick and Ruth’s Delly.” Let me say that it was AWESOME. I’ll admit that the atmosphere was kinda unique, because it definately wasn’t like a traditional restaraunt.

After that, we went and toured the Naval Academy. It was stunning. Not only was it just cool, but it was an architectual masterpiece. I took some great pix of it.

After that we got ice cream at this cool little ice cream parlor on Main St. and then we went home.

I’m currently working on a script for a Javascript image gallery, so I look forward to having that be finished so i can share my pix.

~!dAnNy!~

off task!

Published on April 27, 2005 in Livin' La Vida Loca. 0 Comments

Today in Science I decided that Mr. Zoulias’ retarded little evolution-of-a-stupid-fake-animal “lab” was just too much for me and so I decided to do some work of my own with my group.

Firstly, we (Chelsea, Steven, I) decided to have a glue fight. We took out Chelsea’s glue stick and we tried to smother eachother with glue. Once I tried to throw the gluestick at Chelsea and have it stick on her shirt but it just hit her hand and hurt her. Chelsea and I succeeded, but Steven barely got any glue on him.

Second, I decided to use the leftover glue from out glue fight to glue to Long Reach scissors shut. I took some glue and glued the blades together and then I hid them in Grace’s binder while she was busy being annoying.

Finally, I decided to leave Grace another present. I took some of the leftover paper from our “cutting activity” and cut them into a thousand little confetti pieces. Then i stashed them in her binder so that when she picked it up all of the pieces would fall on her. Hehehehehehehehehe

OMG speaking of Science, we got our (q)whale eggs today! I kinda shook mine when I got it, and I really hope that didn’t kill poor little Dacqueri. PLEASE LIVE! :cry:

And in the midst of my praking and fighting and fun-having, I was late for Spanish. :-P Mrs. Quinn didn’t care; she was too busy emailing Cierra’s mom. :wink:

~!dAnNy!~

scramble

Published on April 25, 2005 in Friends & Family. 0 Comments

As the enrichment fair draws nearer and nearer, you can see stress take its toll on everybody, including Mrs. Phillips.

Obviously, this is a big event for her. It’s her chance to showcase all of her work to the community. We’ve put months into our projects, and she wants the presentation to be flawless. We have a schedule, including such things as a choral performance, literary reading, and live MWTV broadcast, as well as the normal museum walk that lasts an hour. Fair techs will swarm the fair with their cool little headsets, ready to pounce on anything that goes wrong.

With all this protection, what could go wrong? Several things.

I think our biggest issue is the live MWTV broadcast. With our school’s sophisticated, yet old, equiptment, it’s very easty to lose a connection and have no show. It’s also an issue if a TV isn’t plugged in, the sound is off when it should be off, or even little things like seeing the script cover up the lense. But hopefully none of that will happen.

Hopefully this year’s Enrichment Fair will be successfull as last year’s, and we’ll all get candy at the end. :razz:

Feel free to drop my tomorrow night. It’s 6:30 – 8:00 PM at Mayfield. Look for my Envirothon board! Cya there!

~!dAnNy!~

let there be life!

Published on April 23, 2005 in Livin' La Vida Loca. 0 Comments

Yay! Today I found my Palm Zire! And guess what. It STILL WORKS!

Lemme start from the beginning. I got it for Christmas two years ago. After I got it, I was ecstatic because the only thing that I really wanted was a PDA. I used it all the time.

After a while (last August), it started to act wierd. The stylus wasn’t working correctly so you had to hit the screen fifty thousand times before anything was actually selected (Although the Grafitti ? area worked fine). I kinda stopped using it and, alas, after a while it started to funciton properly again.

Then I started taking it to school with me. One day in December, I was trying to cross the creek to get to school and I slipped on that freakin invisible ice, and fell into the creek holding my Zire. If I had jumped right out, I probably could have saved it, but since I just sat there, eventually it shocked me and caused me to sit in ice-cold water for another minute and go numb all over my body (I ran home and changed and got to school on time).

So after that I could turn it on, but it keep scrolling through Datebook and Addy Book, so I just let it scroll until it died. It turns out that it just needed a battery charging, but I didn’t know that so I stashed it until now.

This morning I found it and decided to charge it, and, voila! It worked! I’m overjoyed, even though all my data had been erased, but it’s a small price to pay for my Zire back.

Now i just gotta find the USB cord….

~!dAnNy!~ :lol:

and the beat goes on…

Published on April 20, 2005 in Livin' La Vida Loca. 0 Comments

Once again band is the ruiner of my life.

It all started today in secitonals. Caroline blurted out to Mr. Hunter that Courtney and I used to go out and he believed it and she told him about how she’s all mad at me and I’m not and how she’s all pissy and stuff and so now he knows everything.

Second of all, Jacob called Mr Hunter a dumb blonde and he got all mad at ALL of us and he said that if we’re gonna act like that then we could pack up and go back to Related Arts, even though it was only Jake that was being annoying.

So then in band Jake started crying and then Mr. Hunter tried to console with him and just made him madder. Then Courtney started talking shit about Cierra and I and she said that we were spreading rumors about her even though I just told Cierra what Courtney told me online. I told Cierra and now we’re both pissed at her right now.

So basically all day I’ve been droopy and sad and depressed. The only good part of the day was during Voice because I could do what I do best; sing. Too bad it’s only 30 miutes a week…..

~!dAnNy!~

P.S. – Mrs Ladson can burn and die in hell! :mad:

reflection

Published on April 19, 2005 in Friends & Family. 2 Comments

Since Chelsea is moving soon and all, I thought it would be fitting to have a little reflection post.

I remember waaaaaay back in kindergarten when we met in Mrs. Atkins’ class. We were both sitting at the Play-Do table playing with Play-Do and stuff and I thought what she made was nice so I complimented her on it. Then we got around to talking and pretty soon, viola, we were friends. And then, Mrs. Atkins reproached us for sitting at the “U” table which was on carpet because the Play-Do was only to be played with over tile floors. And you know when you both get into trouble within five minutes of meeting that you’re gonna be friends for life.

And then I remember in first grade we stayed friends. We both started out in Miss Sheridan’s class, but then Mrs Deegan came in late because of her arm condition so we were split up. She stayed in Miss Sheridan’s class and I went to Miss Deegans, and then when I went to Miss Sheridan for First Grade AP GT TG Math, Chelsea went to Miss Stengal for math with the “under-devloped” children because she didn’t know how to add.

Then, in second grade after she learned to add we became better friends. I sat next to her in Mrs LeClair’s class in every subject except math for the beginning of the year, but then Grace couldn’t stop talking so I got my desk switched with hers and I sat with Haley and Colin at the end of the table. Since Haley was Chelsea’s friend it was really easy for us to communicate with eachother.

But then, in third grade the redistriction happened. I remember crying my heart out when I learned that my friends were switching schools. I literally cried myself to sleep that night…..it totally sucked.

But then, last year we were re-united. I remember it started out with simple “Hi”’s and then it gradually escelated. We because better and better friends and started shutting Grace out of the picture. Eventually we were inseperable, and we had the exact same schedule except for Math and Related Arts. I mean we were BEST friends. And then over the summer I was depressed because I couldn’t see my best friend.

This year, it stayed the same. We were absolutely best friends, and we still are. And even though Chelsea’s gonna move across the county and transfer schools, we’ll still be best friends. We have phones, blogs, email addys, and S/N’s, we can keep in touch.

But I guess the whole concept of not seeing her every day will shake my life. Who’ll I sit with in Science? Who am I gonna call with Steven after school? Who am I gonna constantly hang out with?

I guess I don’t want to lose Chelsea. I can’t bear it. I’ve never lost a friend before, and so this is a big thing for me. Who’s gonna help pull me through? Who’s going to be there to constantly support me? I don’t want Chelsea to move…..

~!dAnNy!~ :cry:

appreciation

Published on April 17, 2005 in Livin' La Vida Loca. 0 Comments

Today while I was playing tennis, I really started to appreciate the design/architecture of my neighborhood. Now I understand why the designer won so many awards so many years back.

First off, the landscaping is fabulous. It’s just full of beautiful trees, flowers, and bushes of every color. And we even have some Cherry Blossoms, and they are absolutely beautiful, especially when the leaves blow off of them in the wind and it looks like it’s snowing. :razz:

Secondly, our recreation center rocks. We have a pool, tennis courts, a playground, and barbeque grills. It’s all centrally located in the neighborhood, so there’s easy access from anywhere. Even though nobody “works” there (except lifeguards at the pool in the summer), there’s always some kids playing at the playground or a nice couple playing tennis or somebody to hang out with.

Finally, the people are great. My neighborhood is full of great people. I mean every time you go to the playground you’re bound to see new kids and make some friends. I just love it.

Plus, we’re located near severaly shopping centers, malls, and cities.

I’m finally very glad that we live here, even though it’s taken me ten years to realize it.

~!dAnny!~ :wink:

Get Well Soon, El

Published on April 16, 2005 in Friends & Family. 0 Comments

Get Well Soon El

El…..why?

~!dAnny!~ :cry:

pms

Published on April 14, 2005 in Friends & Family. 0 Comments Tags: .

I seriously think that Chelsea is getting PMS – Pre-Moving Syndrome.

I mean she’s really started to change recently. She’s kinda started making fun of me (of course it was subtle things, but still….), and she’s hung around Steven MUCH more than she used to.

I guess it’s kinda like the old saying that goes “You never realize the importance of something until you lose it,” and Chelsea’s clinging much more to Steven because she doesn’t want to lose him. I mean today in Science Chelsea wouldn’t even sit with me; she took her own table and sat with Steven. I mean I know it’s natural and I can’t stop it, but at a certain point jealoust starts to kick in, ya know? Maybe it’s the same with Courtney and I. All of the sudden I want to be nice to her because I know she’ll me leaving soon. It’s so confusing…

It’s not like I want to get revenge with them or anything, becaues I don’t feel hurt because of it…just kind of left out. Because I’m losing Chelsea, also. I want to get the most out of out last month as immediate friends….because then it’s a long distance friendship. And long distance friendships are never better than the real thing. And Courtney being hell-bent on ruining my life also isn’t helping me enjoy this last month before she moves. I just want it all to end with Courtney……to end happily, that is.

Nothing is going my way anymore…..

~!dAnNy!~ :cry: