Happy St. Patrick’s Day, one and all!

One more quarter of school. And then it’s off to college. With all the responsibility it comes with, I’m still excited about going. Just knowing that I have the freedom to make my own decisions and that with college comes the decisions that will determine the course of the rest of my life…

I’m looking forward to Spectrum – despite the limited time we’ve had to learn the songs and routines, I’m sure we’ll be ready by April. We were going over the guys’ routine today. Good song – “What is Love?”, and the dance isn’t too bad, either. Remember, Spectrum is April 7 & 8, 7:00(I think).

May the luck of the Irish be with you!

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You petition to join:	a gym
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Good day today. Had to get up early this morning for chorus festival. It was all the way past Riverview, so it took forever to get there. I had a great time, though. First time singing on a stage like that…uber-cool – I loved singing up there. And we did pretty good, too.

After I got home, took a nice, long nap. For some reason, singing really wipes you out! I was dead tired. Now I’m doing homework – not fun at all. Later, all!

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF – The Survey
Name:	James
Birthday:	May 18, 1987
Birthplace:	Maryland
Current Location:	Tampa
Eye Color:	Blue
Hair Color:	Brown
Height:	5’11”
Right Handed or Left Handed:	Right
Your Heritage:	German/Italian/Irish(and a little French/Scotch/English)
The Shoes You Wore Today:	Dress loafers(chorus festival)
Your Weakness:	emotions
Your Fears:	Failure at life
Your Perfect Pizza:	Extra cheese/pepperoni/sausage/olives – yummy
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:	graduate
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:	haha
Thoughts First Waking Up:	“uh…five more minutes”
Your Best Physical Feature:	Hair, I’ve been told
Your Bedtime:	10:30-12
Your Most Missed Memory:	Trip to California last summer
Pepsi or Coke:	Pepsi!
MacDonalds or Burger King:	McDonalds – fries are better
Single or Group Dates:	Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:	neither
Chocolate or Vanilla:	Chocolate!!
Cappuccino or Coffee:	neither
Do you Smoke:	Nope
Do you Swear:	Not usually
Do you Sing:	Yep
Do you Shower Daily:	Yep
Have you Been in Love:	True love? No
Do you want to go to College:	Yes
Do you want to get Married:	Yes
Do you belive in yourself:	Yep
Do you get Motion Sickness:	Sometimes
Do you think you are Attractive:	I wouldn’t know..
Are you a Health Freak:	Nope
Do you get along with your Parents:	Yeah
Do you like Thunderstorms:	They rock!
Do you play an Instrument:	Nope
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:	Nope
In the past month have you Smoked:	No
In the past month have you been on Drugs:	No
In the past month have you gone on a Date:	No
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:	Yeah
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:	A whole box? No
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:	*shudders* No
In the past month have you been on Stage:	Yes
In the past month have you been Dumped:	No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:	Nope
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:	Nope
Ever been Drunk:	Not yet(haha, no)
Ever been called a Tease:	Can’t recall
Ever been Beaten up:	Nope
Ever Shoplifted:	No
How do you want to Die:	At peace with God
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:	Someone accomplished
What country would you most like to Visit:	Ireland
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color:	Both are beautiful
Favourite Hair Color:	Again, either
Short or Long Hair:	Long
Height:	Shorter than me
Weight:	Average
Best Clothing Style:	Don’t really care
Number of Drugs I have taken:	None
Number of CDs I own:	A lot
Number of Piercings:	None
Number of Tattoos:	None
Number of things in my Past I Regret:	Minor things – a lot. Major things – none.
CREATE YOUR OWN! – or – GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

Random update. Yeah, just had a great walk through the rain(it is COLD outside), and it was awesome. I wish it rained like this more often, in the cold. I got sorta inspired, so wrote a quick poem. Not much good(mostly because the ENTIRE time I was writing it, I had “Don’t Stop Me Now”(Queen) stuck in my head). Still, I enjoyed writing it. And I’m posting it because, well…if I knew I wasn’t going to post it, I wouldn’t put the time into writing/polishing it. Even if it isn’t polished(very much). Meh, enough. Here it is.

Solitary Rain
Rain needles piercing the air
the last roar of winter bites
at my heels.

Streetlight standing tall
orange light slowly fades
towards my face.

Running through the fog night
Shooting through the water works
Twisting ’round and ’round
Tearing through the universe.

Slowly, slowly, walk now
through the chill rain
it cannot hurt me
it is my power.

Just felt like updating today..not really sure why.

Been a good week so far…I love FCAT. Yeah, yeah, of course you really hate it when you’re in 9th and 10th grades, but getting those four hours off every morning for three days straight was awesome. On Wednesday I woke up early, made myself a nice breakfast and then took the dog for a walk. See, this is what I wish every day was like, but no. Today was back to normal. It made me sad, waking up to a dark sky. Good thing, though, it was my sister’s birthday…Happy Birthday, Katharyn!!! It was fun, our whole family got up and my dad made pancakes for her birthday. Yummy.

School was pretty much normal. In calc, 3/4 of the class got called down to the main office – it was a “top 3% meeting”. Woo. We get to be in the paper(Tribune) later this year and go to a banquet. All really cool. 

In chem, Mrs. Nevismal just asked us a bunch of trivia questions on life in the 1940’s. That was odd. But it was fun. During class, me and Chris took some of the leftover FCAT water bags(did you know they serve water in bags now? I didn’t) and threw them around all period. 

Nothing else much happened…except in chorus we’re preparing for festival. We have one more day to get ready. I think we’ll be ok, but I wish I was better at sightreading. Oh, well. Also in the chorus note(no pun intended), we really,really,really need to work on Spectrum. We have less than a month…and we’ve only worked on the opener. We have tons more to do, and mrs. connelly hasn’t even assigned groups and songs yet. It’ll all work out, I’m sure, but I’m nervous all the same.

And now, I’m just randomly typing away, trying not to do my history homework. Tonight the family will be celebrating my sister’s birthday – cake and a movie. Braveheart, most likely. She LOVES that movie.

And now, I’m off to get some homework done..bah. Only a few more months, and useless/timewasting homework will be a thing of the past. Hopefully.

Later, guys.

Awesome day today, minus the school part…

I just got a letter in the mail that says I’m a National Merit Finalist!! Woo! This means that I could win money($2500) or I’ll get extra scholarship money from UF. This makes me very happy, finally knowing for sure.

In school, nothing much happened. In Euro, we whined to Granell and she let us take the test open-notes, with partners, so that was cool. In chem, we got our test back; I did ok. And now tonight, am going on our church’s annual men’s camp-out. That will be fun, even though it is COLD outside today. It will be even colder tonight. I’m just enjoying what will likely be the last cold weather of the year.

1000-word Silmarillion. If you’re a Tolkien fan and have read the Silmarillion, check that out. It’s absolutely hilarious.

To all in the talent show tonight: Good luck!!! Sorry I couldn’t make it..

Ok, so today was a good day.

It was a Friday…and it was cold. Huzzah for winter’s return! I was annoyed this morning, because when I stepped out of the house, it was chilly and windy and RAINING. So it felt REALLY cold, even though it wasn’t actually all that cold. The wind and rain made it feel miserable. But then in first period, we had pizza, so that made it all better. We had a “Unification of Italy” party, so we had Italian pizza. It was goood. Nothing else notable about the day, besides the fact that it was DREAM’S BIRTHDAY. 😀

When I walked outside after school, it was positively beautiful…perfect crisp weather. Just disappointed that I didn’t get to play football. Perfect weather for it.

Ok, just thought I’d update, since I haven’t in so long. Enjoy it. 😉

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DREAM!!

Ok, here is my “week-review”…not a lot of big stuff happened, but has been a pretty good week.

-School started again on Tuesday – last semester.
-I switched into Chorus – fun class.
-Math competition today, at Leto. Nobody placed, but it was fun. Team was Steve, Dream, Craig, me.
-Don’t think anything else happened this week, except I stayed up really late one night(past one)…I was tired.

And there we go. Hopefully my life gets a BIT more exciting. 😛

Only reason I’m really updating is to put up the below survey I just finished…took me about 6 hours of yesterday and I still didn’t finish it, mainly just because I kept leaving the computer to do something else and forgetting about it. So in reality it only took about 30 minutes to an hour. That’s still a long time though. Anyway, might as well make this a proper update…last few days have been pretty good…2005 has started out right. 🙂

On Saturday, I mainly just watched football – there were some great games, and all the teams I wanted to win, won…Iowa beat LSU(national champions last year) in the last play of the game. And Texas beat Michigan with a last second field goal. Awesomeness. I don’t really care about the championship game, though…USC, Oklahoma. Meh.

In other(non-football) news, I’ve…hm. Can’t think of anything not to do with football. 😛 Yesterday my family had a football game – even though I’m better than everyone else(hey, I’m not bragging), it was great fun. And my Redsksins won their last game!! rejoices They beat the Vikings, who only had to win to make the playoffs…they still made it, but the Redskins sent them to Lambeau Field to play the Packers. Haha.

Really, no more football now. Last night, family friends came over to have a Christmas celebration(they were in Chicago over Christmas) and I had a great time. We exchanged gifts and I got a Return of the Jedi soundtrack! I was so happy! Great music.

Tomorrow is school. This makes me very sad…I’ve had such an awesome winter break, and now school returns. Oh, well. One more semester. And…this is 2005. This is OUR year!!

Stolen from Chris and Dream…

Best and worst of 2004

Go to a party? Yep

Try something new? Plenty of things

Have someone change your life? Yeah

Kiss someone? Nope

Tell your family and friends you love them? Yep

Buy something extravagant? Define extravagant…

Do something nice for you? Hey, I spoil myself

Do something terribly wrong? Don’t believe so..

Move? Nope

Go to a concert? Yep

Best of the Year:

1. Party: Hm, Chris’ Star Wars party was pretty awesome…
2. Show: I dislike all current TV shows
3. CD: Tough. Probably SW: ANH soundtrack
4. Movie: Spiderman 2 was cool
5. Song: Mm, again tough. Probably “The White Tree” on RotK soundtrack.
6. Experience: Vacation in California.
7. Concert: Concert in California was awesome – some local band, but they were good.
8. Book: LotR trilogy
9. Month: May(hey, it’s my birthday month)
   10.Place you went to: California
10. Day: Any day in winter break.

Worst of the Year:

1. Party: I would say Democrat, but I don’t think that’s what they’re asking.
2. Show: All of them.
3. CD: I only listen to CDs that I like. If I had to pick, it might be one of Chris’ ICP CDs. 😛
4. Movie: Can’t think of any
5. Song: Again, can’t think of any
6. Experience: Taking Computer science online
7. Concert: shrug
8. Book: Probably Catcher in the Rye. Catch-22 was my most hated, but I started to like it after the second reading…
9. Month: July or March..
10. Day: Pick a day in July…I was probably doing computer science.

Hopes for 2005:

1. Predict something that you think will happen in 2005? I’ll attend UF.
2. What do you hope changes about your country? That people find out the real truth, not the media’s truth.
3. What do you hope for yourself? That I find out what I want to do with my life.
4. What do you hope for your family? That they stay safe.
5. What do you hope for your best friends? The very best.

During 2004:

1. Where were you when it began: In my house.
2. Did you stay up: All night? No, I like my sleep. I did stay up ’til midnight.
3. What was your new year wish? I didn’t make one..
4. How many girlfriends/boyfriends: 0
5. Broke up: 0
6. Have any crushes? Sure
7. Care to mention names? Not really
8. New friends: Yep
9. Had to say goodbye: Yeah
10. Missed anyone: Yep
11. Win anything? Probably – don’t remember.
12. Worst place you went to: room 289 @ GHS
13. Happiest moment: Finding out I got accepted to UF.
14. How was your birthday: Awesomeness
15. Best present: Birthday present? RotK soundtrack. If else…my UF sweatshirt.

-Countdown-

TEN random things about me…

1. I LOVE salad.
2. I was in geography bees when I was in middle school.
3. I almost got bit by a rattlesnake once.
4. Classical music rocks my world.
5. My middle name is Nicholas.
6. I’ve been a moderator of a message board with 20K+ members.
7. I love thunderstorms.
8. I can write poetry(write poetry well? No.)
9. The first time I ever saw a Star Wars movie was in ’97(ANH).
10. I can sing!

NINE places I’ve visited…

1. Maryland(I was BORN there)
2. Houghton Lake, Michigan
3. Iowa State University
4. LA
5. Miama, FL
6. Virginia
7. Washington, D.C.
8. Omaha, NE
9. Gettysburg, PA

EIGHT things I want to do before I die…

1. Get a book published.
2. Graduate from college.
3. Go to Europe.
4. See the Redskins win the Super Bowl.
5. See the perfect movie based on The Silmarillion.
6. Attend a concert at Carnegie Hall.
7. Have kids.
8. Find and marry a girl who loves me(and vice-versa).

SEVEN ways to win my heart…

1. Make me laugh.
2. Make the perfect salad, the way I like it.
3. Love God.
4. Play classical music on some instrument.
5. Intelligently discuss politics and world news.
6. Like to read.
7. Make good conversation.

SIX things I believe…

1. Jesus Christ is the Lord, risen Son of the Living God.
2. The world is not going to get better anytime soon..
3. It’s impossible to get through life without true friends.
4. I have a destiny.
5. There are things worth dying for.
6. Heaven exists.

FIVE things I’m afraid of…

1. Family or friends dying
2. Snakes
3. Ignorant people in positions of authority over me
4. Being in a job that I hate
5. Surgery

FOUR of my favorite items in my bedroom…

1. My bookshelf(with books)
2. My computer
3. My CD player
4. Birthday drawings given to me by my little sister

THREE things I do everyday…

1. Sleep
2. Read
3. Use the computer

TWO things I’m trying not to do right now…

1. Take a nap(because I feel TIRED but need to get on a regular sleep schedule :P)
2. Procrastinate by taking this LONG survery(oh, well)

ONE person I want to see right now…

1. My grandpa