☆ Okay, I LIED about a LOT of "stuff happening since the last time I posted" in my last entry... no, now there's been an entire month since my last post... and way more stuff has happened. That is something I can say without exaggeration.
☆ To summarize everything into four main things, in order of what happened: I got accepted to college, I started my final quarter of high school, I got on academic probation, and I turned eighteen.
☆ Well, let's start off with some good news. I'm going to college. And not the local state college that most kids don't even want to go to. I'm going to be going to college in the big city. Not gonna say where, but it's an arts college on the east coast. <3 I'm so. Freaking. HAPPY!!! I can hardly believe I was accepted! I'm so glad, though. I can't wait to go. Although, I will miss my home and my friends, who are mostly either staying home or going to the west coast... But I'm focusing on the positives. I'm so excited that I'll get to devote all my time to studying a subject I love and hope to excel in. I'll be living on my own for the first time... On the downside, I'll have to do my own laundry, and catching public transport on a regular basis will definitely be a new experience... But whatever! I'm going to college, I'm making myself and my family proud, and that's enough to help me hold my head high and celebrate life. <3 <3 <3 ^_^
☆ Starting my final quarter of high school is, to quote one of my friends, "bittersweet". I'm happy I won't have to take classes I don't fully enjoy, but on the other hand, I'm sad I'll be leaving the place that has been like a home for me the past four years. I mean, seriously. On a weekly basis, I spend at least 36 to 46 hours on campus for something-or-other. =_=;; Yeah, I'm tired ALL THE TIME... but I'll miss it. : ( I'll miss fishburger day in the dining hall, I'll miss the amazing library, I'll miss my teachers (most of them anyway), I'll miss my coaches, I'll miss the free use of the gym to do afterschool workouts, I'll even miss pulling the occasional all nighters... though that'll probably happen a lot in college anyway.
☆ It's hard to believe that it's almost over... I don't think it's even fully hit me yet. Probably because with the exception of religion class, everything is almost exactly the same as last quarter...
☆ Speaking of things that aren't exactly the same, you can BET my parents are completely and utterly mega ultra upset I'm on academic probation. So what prompted this? Well... I failed physics. Yeah, that's kind of the reason I wasn't around so much for the last month. That, and my AP Calc grade is slipping too... Honestly, I tried. Really. I just don't know why I can't get it... :'( Heck, I even thought I was improving... but I was wrong, obviously. So what does being on AP mean? It means I can't use Facebook during school (which doesn't affect me at all, since I'm antifacebook), I can't play on sports teams (which also doesn't affect me, because I don't play sports), and during my free time, excluding lunch, I need to report to study hall, which actually isn't that bad. Just a bunch of kids sitting in a quiet, air-conditioned room doing homework with people on hand to offer tutoring. So now I go there instead of sitting outside on the noisy, windy benches... ...how is this a punishment again? >_>;; (Okay, I guess it's a punishment for all the delinquent kids in there, but for me it's kind of a cakewalk...)
☆ Oh, I turned 18, by the way. Which is nice. Of course, being on AP (well, the bad kind) meant that the date I was going to go on with my boyfriend to celebrate today was canceled by my mom... and no more dates until my grade is up, either. DX My actual birthday wasn't today, but it was a weekday, so I had to go to school. I got a lot of birthday wishes from friends, and my boyfriend wrote me a song and got me an AWESOME action figure of Kikyo from Inuyasha! ( > w < )b Is he awesome or what? As for other presents, my best friend has something planned for the future, my dad gave me a super cute charm bracelet made of seaglass, and I also got some money. :3 After school my parents and I went out for sushi, since it's my favorite food, and we came home and I got yummy birthday pie, which was quicky devoured over a 24 hour period. ( ^ _ ^ )b
☆ Even though my date was canceled, my parents still let me celebrate a *little* and took me shopping... I originally thought they were just going to drop me at the mall and leave me to my own devices... but no, they hovered all day... which I guess was the punishment portion for the AP thing... Damn, I wanted to go buy dirty yaoi comics now that I'm 18. Or a pocket knife. Or whatever else you need to be 18 to get... D: If you don't know, it's pretty hard to do with your dad hovering around... Oh well... maybe next time. >_<;;
☆ As for my actual haul:
☆ ☆ Bought With My Own Money/Birthday Stuff:
- - - - - ☆ "Vanilla Birthday Cake" Shampoo/Bubble Bath/Shower Gel (Free Birthday Gift Promo) [ Sephora ]
- - - - - ☆ a cute pink, floral patterned emory board
- - - - - ☆ Toki Doki Lip Balm Stain (Pink Martini) [ Sephora ]
- - - - - ☆ Tea Tree Face Mask [ Body Shop ] ( I needed a refill and had $10 store credit for my b-day! ;D )
- - - - - ☆ Tea Tree Blemish Fade Night Lotion [ Body Shop ] ( hey, it was a promo for 5 bucks... figured I'd try it )
- - - - - ☆ Japanese Cherry Blossom Puree Body Lotion [ Body Shop ] ( I've wanted this for a while but wanted to wait until I had more money before I bought it <3 )
- - - - - ☆ Hello Kitty cell phone charm
☆ ☆ Bought By My Parents As Gifts/Whatever:
- - - - - ☆ new sneakers [ Payless ] ( okay, this wasn't so much of a "birthday gift" as "oh geez your school shoes are falling apart we should get you new ones )
- - - - - ☆ "Antoni Gaudi" by Maria Antonietta Crippa [ Borders ] ( oh, how I L-O-V-E books on architecture! <3 )
- - - - - ☆ "Wild Ones, Vol 8" by Kiyo Fujiwara [ Borders ] ( the agreement I have with my parents: for every educational book I read of my own free will, they will pay for one manga book... excluding dirty stuff... ^_^;; )
- - - - - ☆ "Physics For Dummies" [ Borders ] ( ...very subtle mom. )
☆ Well, I guess I can't complain. My parents were nice enough to buy my books, AND afterwards we ate ice cream... Still truly going out and celebrating my birthday over the weekend will have to come later, I guess.
☆ Overall I've run into a few bumps, but I can't complain about life right now, at least not too much. At least the bad stuff will get better. I've got a physics tutor lined up, I'm sending in my admission conformation to college shortly, and I got an awesome haul from the mall this weekend, explicit yaoi or not.
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