I think she might talk to me again sometime next week...

Yes. I've become one of those people.

I am a weiner!

This has very little to do with anything, but this problem made me cry on Friday in Physics class. And, no, I don't mean "Haha, I cried on the inside when I saw it." I mean I cried until my next class because I couldn't even start it and I was supposed to be able to finish it.

Since this is such a personal triumph for me, I feel the need to post it.

ClickforaBIGGERversion >D

That is all.

Harvard and Princeton and Yale, oh my!

The time to start looking for places to go to college is getting closer and closer.

Actually, it's now.

Now is when I'm trying to figure out what it is I want to do with my life. Or at least the next four years of my life after high school. I mean...my grades are mediocre at best. I don't have straight 'A's, I don't excel in any one subject, I'm not particularly passionate about any one thing... There isn't much a college admissions office should see in me.

Still, I would love nothing more than to go away to college. Leaving home and meeting new people in new places is just something that feels very right to me. It's kind of like an obstacle course. One of those challenges where you need to use all of your team members to complete the task. To me, that's fun, and that's what college will be. A new environment, balancing a variety of factors like jobs and schoolwork and trusting in a bunch of strangers to mold my life and make my first experiences as "an adult" (ffff, yeah right) enjoyable. It's new, and it's exciting. And nerve-wracking, but that's beside the point. It's something I've always wanted to do.

Then again, like many of my friends, I don't want to leave my comfort zone. I'm attached to my friends, and although I'd rather swallow live tarantulas than stay in Florida longer than necessary, I don't want to leave them. I'm sure it annoys the hell out of a select few, but I can be protective. I want to dorm with them and talk to them every day so I know how they're doing and know how their classes are and learn about how they hate the smelly person that always sits next to them in the cafeteria, despite the fact that they're actually pretty nice and even offers them candy once in a while. I like little details like that. Actually, I like to be downright nosy, and it's hard to do that when you have to pay for long-distance calls and don't have the time or energy to write every detail of your life in an email. I try to encourage them to apply to some of the places I'm thinking of applying to, but I wonder if trying to convince them to leave Florida is like them trying to convince me to stay. Which kinda makes me a hypocrite ^_^"

But I REALLY digress.

What I meant to say is:

Colleges are visiting my school this month. I'm really excited about hearing people brag about their schools~ I'm kind of nervous about leaving home, but there's plenty to explore and I know there's more out there than what I've experienced in the wonderful place known as the Sunshine State. I want to go somewhere totally new, but I want some familiarity, too. I wish I could bring some of my friends along with me. Alors, I still have a year to sort these things out. Here's to hoping things turn out well! Will revisit this topic at a later date.

But speaking of schools, MIT allows pet cats in some dorms.

I would love to bring Jade with me.


Yeah, she's definitely a Jade.