wow, I really haven't written in a long time.  I kinda forgot I had this.  I don't think anyone ever reads this anyway. 

Well, I have started my senior year.  I am so glad to be getting out of high school.  I am really ready to start college.  This year my high school is so messed up.  It is being renevated but didn't get finished in time to start school.  Which means that most of the high school classes are being held in the old grade school, which is partly condemned and is really old.  It is really ironic that my last year of school is being held where I had my first yearof school.  I have two classes at the high school and two at the middle school.  It really weird, but everyone seems to be adjusting.

My family just reopened our resturant.  We had our grand opening on the one year anniversary of the fire.  We though it was kinda fitting.  I spent my whole summer chipping tile, painting, cleaning, and laying flooring.  It sucked.

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So about another uncompleted entry.  I am so busy and am getting busier.  Healdton's prom will be "midnight fantasy,"  and its colors will be black, white, navy, and ice blue.  Whatever that means.  People were also cutting out stars as of today.  I have already gotten my prom dress.  It is teal and looks very glamorous.  I got it for $27 at Ross in Moore.  I can't image spending $300 on a dress you'll only wear maybe a couple times. 

I am working hard on MUN research.  I am also working on my solo for district competition.  It is "Minuet" by Hayden.  The band will take a large ensemble of 18 to play "Danse Antiqua".  Chuck and I and Garet and a little kid will take a quartet.  We need to practice but already sound pretty good.  I need to figure out who I am taking to prom.  Our outside date money is due the 14th.  I'll probably take a sophmore. 

Has anyone seen these stupid videos on the web about 9/11 being a conspericy by the government.  I hate Bush as much as the next person and always have, but these are just crazy.  Everyone at my school is all fired up about them, but some of them had never even heard of the Patriot Act before.  We watched some of one in my American History class, but it made the teacher mad so that was the end of it.  The only part of  the videos that was somewhat interesting was the part where they showed actual government documents and media records.  The rest of it was illogical and paranoid bullshit. 

Sorry about uncompleted entry.  I got interupted.  How much longer it would have gone on, I don't know.  Healdton has chosen the prom theme.  It will be "Midnight Fantasy

I haven't written in forever.  It kinda bites that I write about one of the most important events in my whole life and no one leaves any comments.  No one probably even read it.  That makes me feel rather sad.  All these fires lately are so awful.  They bring back way too many bad memories.  They are also really scary.  The one at Ratliff City almost got close enough that Healdton had to be evacuated.  Luckily we didn't have to be.  Why does everything have to be always burning.  Losing your home really sucks.  I pray the people effected will have as much support as we have had.  I also pray that God will show me a way to help. 

We are still working on our resturant.  We had hoped to open in January, but now it looks like we will be lucky to open by the end of Febuary.  Things go so slow.  We have had a hard t ime finding a plummer to do the bathrooms.  The state health department mades resturants have two now.  They also have to be inside.  Our resturant used to be a gas station and has outside restrooms.  One of the new bathrooms also has to Handicaped accessable.  It seems like all the local plummers are suddenly too busy, but I think we finnaly found one.

I am going to be really busy in Febuary.  I am going to MUN at OU at the end of the month representing the glorious nation of Estonia.  Never heard of it, right?  I new about it only because Ms. Barrington made us learn all the countries of the world in geography class last year.  Then she made us free hand a complete map of the world.  It really sucked.  My brother Chuck and I and Rama will be on the delegation.  We still need to write a position paper about China being the largest consumer economy in the world in twenty years.  Woo hoo.  Anybody cares.  We also still need to learn parlimentary proceedure and learn Estonia's positions on every potential topic known to man.  But before that comes curriculum contest at ECU.  I will be taking the test in English 4 which I haven't even taken because I am only a Junior.  Say that three times fast.  But that means I need to read the whole English Literature book.  I just finished MacBeth.  It seemed to go a lot faster than the other Shakespearian plays I've read.  I'm also taking the American History test but I'm not worried about that.  Besides that I also need to prepare for Solo/Ensamble contest in band if Dr. Judy doesn't decide to go the same weekend as MUN in wich case I will be screwed.  I guess that was a run on sentence.  Oh well.  

Sometimes life just seems weird.  Maybe I'm just depressed.  Alot of things that seemed really important before the fire just don't seem as important.  I managed to raise my ACT to a 34, just up 1 point but at this level that's quite a bit.  Chuck raised his to a 31, Hallalujah!  I thought we were going to have major turmoil if he didn't raise it.  He only had a 27 before.  My dad feels like a should be studing math 2 hours a day to raise it to a 36.  I think the magic 36 has a lot to do with luck at this point.  I also think its unrealistic for him to want me to study that much.  He thinks I will need to study all the time in college and should now for good practice.  How stupid and unfair!  He didnt' study this much at all, but he expects me to.  Sometimes he can be so judgemental and excating.  He acts like everyting is my mother's fault at times.  It really makes me mad.

I didn't do so well on the SAT.  I really fucked up on the essay.  I only made a 7.  Even Chuck did better than me.  My PSAT is good enough for National Merit but I don't know if my SAT will be.  The next one I can take will be on the day of my prom and I don't want to do that.  I just don't know.

I actually went to Ardmore with friends on Friday.  We went to Walmart, the movies, Goody's, and Golden China.  I had a really good time.  I didn't get home untill about 11:45.  It was the first time I had ever gone with friends to Armore at night or anywhere really.  I guess I'm just weird and sort of repressed, or something.  We saw Fun With Dick and Jane.  It was pretty good.  I had to explain the whole subplot evolving Globadyne and basiclly the whole economy to my friends, Bombi and Dasha especially.  They are Foreign Ex

Currently Reading Diamond Throne (Elenium (Paperback)) By David Eddings, Leigh Eddings see related

Well, quite a bit has happened in my life since the last time I wrote.  On July 31 my home and my family's business burnt down.  I also lost my beloved cat Sooner.  We lost everything we owned and our way of making a living.  Needless to say this has been a very hard thing.  Everyone has been wonder full to us.  We have been overwelmed by the kindness of friends and strangers.  We are staying with a wonderful lady and are getting an apartment.  We are also trying to lease a building to open a resturant in.  We were approved for a local industrial authority grant for our business.  So that helps.  Things are looking up.  Then last Wednesday a stupid woman with a suspended license hit my car when I was coming out of a convience store at lunch.  That really sucked.  I almost got into a fight with her because she was psyching out on me when the wreck was totally her fault.  Needless to say, things have not really been going my way lately.

On the other end of things, I have started my junior year.  I am getting ready to take my PSAT for the first time and ACT again.  I hope I do well. I am trying out for All District and All State.  I doubt I'll make it, but anyway.  I am glad I had this picture on my Xanga.  I wish I had put more pictures on there because all of those pictures are gone.  So is my dress and the Christmas decorations in the background.  Memories are what are really important because the can't be taken away by fire. 

Praise be to the Lord for all the many blessings he has given us.