Dear Future Freshman

So, I guess that this is supposed to be my guide for surviving high school. Sadly, I was never any good at this so, lucky you, having to read it. I'm writing this at 11:00 by the way, which brings me to my first point. 

   DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, PROCRASTINATE, EVER. It has always been my weakness, and in high school, it will be your downfall. One teacher will give you some insane project, that will scare you, but you'll feel like you can take your time, because it isn't due for a few weeks. Then, you get slapped across the face when two other teachers assign projects that are due the exact same day as the other one. Your work load triples and you start tearing your hair out and possibly even sobbing. If you go down this road, you will be up until at least one in the morning several nights a week. For instance, I had an English assignment that I fell behind on slightly. I figured that I'd be okay, as I had done most of it, but then my history teacher assigned an assignment that turned out to be 53 paragraphs due two weeks later. In total, not including the English, it turned into 53 paragraphs,  24 pages, 21 political cartoons, 14 days, 14 citations from 8 sources, 12 debate prompts, 3 essays, 3 days up past midnight, and 1 complete nervous break down to top it all off. Then I had to finish the English, which was NOT fun.

    That brings me to my second point. You need to PARTICIPATE IN CLASS. We only got that project because there were only like 3 people (including me) who actually opened their mouths and said something in his class. So do me a favor, and don't let that happen to you, trust me, it was not a very enjoyable experience.

   Lastly, get involved in some after school activities. Believe me, I was never into that. I was the kind of person who came to school, did what I had to, and went home. When I got to the high school though, I decided to get involved. Now I'm a member of the drumline (which is not just drums, trust me I'm a guitarist), and am kind of a part of the council of social concern. I'm loving it, and I'm just really glad I found something that I could do and enjoy, as opposed to middle school, where all I could see was sports teams. They have a lot of those, if you're into that, but they have have lots of other stuff though. Literally, if you're into it, they have it, so you should do it.

   That's all the help that I can give, so good luck.

My Super Awesome But Way Too Long Week

   Another week done. This one seemed to drag on forever and ever. I'm just glad I made it through it and also that I have all ten of my fingers.

   So Wednesday, we performed at band night and since I'm the only person there who wasn't in band, it was kind of awkward. I played once and spent a lot of the rest of the time either playing scales in the band room or listening to the rest of my friends play. 

   Sadly, one if the kids in the drumline with me had an accident in wood shop and ended up slicing up his fingers pretty badly. He's okay now thankfully but it stinks that he didn't get to play that night. Instead, I ended up playing his drum to make the thunder noise which was actually pretty fun but scared me a lot since you have to hit it really hard and I thought that I'd break it.

    Finally, this week my boss offered me some hours for next weekend which I'm like ecstatic about since up to now it hasn't exactly been a paying job, but then again I guess you really can't pay a guy to clean the toilets and do all the other odd jobs around the place. Still, I get paid and I can't wait because it's going to be awesome.

Another Week

   Another week, another blog. Who knows? Maybe I'll write a decent post at some point. My week has been absolutely crazy and I don't even know how I dealt with it. Let's just say that certain people can be extremely stubborn and their actions end up messing up the lives of those around them. It hasn't been very fun at all, and that's all that I have to say about that.

   In addition, I'm not feeling overly optimistic about the upcoming show, as the Pit hasn't been as well off without Amy, who is still MIA. Speaking of which, Amy, if you're out there, we kind of need you.

   In other news, Joel and I are going to have the greatest children's book that has ever been written, and it will be absolutely fabulous-ish.

   So, besides all of the sh*t that I really don't feel like talking about here, this is my life at the moment. I want a new vacation already, which isn't even okay, and I'm just hoping to make it to summer.