Things to be done

Yesterday was a great day. The mock trial team got a lot of sign ups for the club, which we really needed. There will probably be a lot of people who signed up who will probably end up not coming because of sports or laziness, but there were a lot of potential candidates. :D
It is going to be an interesting year because Mr. Grace is our new advisor this year and a lot of former members dropped out so it will be new to a lot of people. It think it will be a good thing because it will allow the team to have a new start, so I am not too worried. We are also supposed to be getting an assistant advisor who teaches law, so that will be helpful. I am very nervous about being a lawyer for the first time, but it will be good because I need something to do.
Which brings me to my next point, I am now vice president of culinary club. Last year culinary club didn't really do anything, but this year we are going to make plans to do things throughout the year so people will stay with the club. And we are going to get more people involved. Last year it was described as a "bring food and eat club," but we are going to try to get people more involved this year.
There is some other stuff I joined, but I will have to wait until the meetings.

Big Business

It's always easy to hate on big corporations. Walmart is the best example. People love to hate Walmart. It destroys all competition in its path, leaving a wake of closed small businesses behind it. But one has to appreciate the genius that is Walmart. For a corporation to be able to squash everything around it and climb to the top is quite a feat. The prices at Walmart are unbelievable, because they have such an amazing standing in the consumer world that they are able to demand low prices from their producers. If it weren't for Walmart, many people couldn't afford the things they can now. Yes small businesses are nice, and personally I don't care much for shopping at Walmart, but don't hate just because they are the best at business.

Useful College Info

Today, during my English class, we went down to the Tech Lecture Hall to listen to Mrs. Cutts talk about college. The presentation lasted almost the whole period, and it was definitely worthwhile. She explained the requirements and information for the CSUs and UCs, answering all my questions and giving other helpful information for choosing which schools to apply to. Even though it made me really freaked out about how soon the applying process is, it made me so much more relieved to get the answers I needed and make everything more organized. I think now once I start to write my application and scholarship essays, it will still be pretty stressful, but I think I will be able to focus more on getting what I need for college than before hearing the presentation.

The New Freshmen

It is crazy just thinking about all of last years' seniors that are leaving now for college. They have always been there, always one step ahead of us. We had them to ask questions to, go to for school help, and to look up to. I can't even say how many times I'm sure I bugged some of my really close friends, asking them nonstop questions about classes, applying to college...pretty much everything. But now they are freshman. They will be the new kids on campus, and we, the new seniors, are left to take their place at RHS. Maybe it's just me, but I do not feel like we are the new seniors. I just hope that when people ask me questions like the ones I used to ask, I can give them the right answer. I still don't know the right answers myself. But hopefully as the year goes on, I can give advice that will help others like last years' seniors helped me. And I know I will still be calling my friends in college, asking about what to do next.

yes, i really am blogging three times in a row

this one's funny, so its on the brighter side of things

my boss duct taped my face. :))

i was at work this past tuesday night, closing with my boss, david, the only guy that works at our store (Carter's). i was taking all the empty shipment boxes out to the dumpster like i do every night, but there was 10 times more this time because we had ceiling-high shipment. anyways, i came back inside from the last trip and he had turned the lights off in the back so i couldnt see much at all. got my stuff from my locker, and started walking to the hallway that leads from the back to the actual sales floor. as i walk thru the door, i ran into something that i thought was a spider web. an extremely sticky, gigantic spider web. turns out after i took a sec to figure it out, he had put 3 strips of clear packaging tape across the doorway right at the height of my face, and i walked straight into it. it was hilarious once i realized it wasnt a spider web. i laughed really hard for 15 minutes.

any ideas on one to get him back with??
open to suggestions :)

brother

AP Psych went to the computer lab yesterday to do some tests online about your happiness and one of the surveys asked a question that was something about who in your life makes you happiest or something and my mind instantly took me to my older/only brother. i was kind of shocked and it definitely threw me off guard. i mean i love the kid but i didnt know i thought he was the happiest thing about my life right now. but its been in the back of my mind since then.
but now that ive thought about it more, it makes sense. the usual stresses of friendships and relationships this summer probably just makes me feel like i can relate to him about all that and what he went thru his senior year. we've become a lot closer since his senior year came and went too. probably because of the whole moving out to college aspect and we knew we'd see each other a lot less. idk. its been nice having him home for the past two or three months.
just a thought.
maybe what we all think is important in our life right now is only what we imagine make us happiest, when really its the unexpected, hidden things that make us happiest.
?
apparently thats true in my case anyways.

eh.

my dad's moving 2/3 across the country to iowa for work :(
i'll only get to see him for 3 weeks every couple months. we've done this before when he worked in NY but we got to see him for a week every month so i don't think i'll like the change. at all.
on top of that, theres scholarship apps, and essay writing for applications. and official transcripts to request and pick up, and starting projects and big assignments in our classes.
im a whole lot closer to hating this year this week than i was last week. i want second semester already. i want to be in my early 20's and already be in college, have everything figured out, have a job, and know whats going on with my "future" (that word makes me cringe). its just all annoying.
im definitely going to make sure im out this weekend for sure to at least ensure that i dont go insane. a movie, the lake, tanning outside, whateve. ill be outside for a day or two.
frustration - the word of the day.