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My stomach hurts. I still have so much to do tonight, but I could fall asleep right now if I didn't want this entry done now. I hate neglecting this, it makes it seem like I'm disregarding my days. Plus, it's easier to remember some of the less important, but still interesting things.
Yesterday, after lunch was over, Composition was fine, I'm sure I aced the test, but I'm mad at Ms. Lamont about her not letting me take more than one Reading Counts! test, she's becoming a pain in the neck. I don't see what the big deal was, I had the reading logs for all three of the books, I just wanted to get earning my points out of the way. It was really nice though, Marisol had a little tub of spanish rice from El Pollo Loco, and she offered me some, so I pretended I had to use the restroom, and went to the cafeteria to get her a fork. So during class, I had my lunch after all, the rice was pretty good, Marisol ended up giving the whole thing to me, I ate it without even hiding it, I don't think Ms. Lamont would see an elephant in her classroom if it sat on her desk.
Bus ride home went nicely, and I was excited to get home. I was hoping the news of how a good of a day I'd had, including my test scores would impress my dad, but the whole thing ended up being counter-productive, even thought I got the highest grade in the class. He went on to the usual lecture I could practically recite right back to him about financial aid and how I should be getting scores like that anyway. Not even a, "Congratulations." or "Nice work." from either of them. I mean, I think I would have gotten a more positive reaction if I'd told Sophia, at least she would have smiled, regardless that she can't understand me.
I got my dad to let me go to Anime Vegas later on when I asked him as he was getting ready for work, and he actually suspected me of using the test score to butter him up so he'd let me go. That was really a low blow to me, I was sincerely proud of that score, and I'd just wanted to share that moment with them. I was really getting frustrated with him, but I held my tongue and muttered things in my head, I knew it was like I couldn't win with him. If I don't do good, it's bad. If I do good, I'm not doing enough good. So yeah, I was definetly hoping Saturday would come as soon as possible.
Kelly invited me to go with her and Sophia to the mall to go bumming so we didn't have to stay cooped up in the house all day, so I gladly accepted, even though I was broke. My dad forgot one of Kelly's Avon orders he was supposed to deliver on his way to work, so she had to go and give it to the lady, so I had to watch Sophia, so our plans were already about an hour late.
We made it to the mall in one piece, and did the usual strategy of splitting off and meeting back in an hour. I headed down towards my stores, and Hot Topic was the closest, so I checked in there first. Just like Sonja said, they were advertising for The Princess Bride, so I took a look at the stuff, making a mental note I had to watch it when I got home so I could understand the jokes. I did see the peanut one. Hot Topic had the Panic! At The Disco album available to listen, but the headphones weren't loud enough. I went to Suncoast, looking around for things, and noticed there was no more manga or anything in the stores, when I remembered Sonja told me they like discontinued it a few months ago, which tells you how long it's been since I've been to the mall. GameStop wasn't very interesting either, except they had Tales Of Legendia on sale, so I made a note to mention that to Russell, and looked at the ads for Kingdom Hearts 2 and Advent Children coming soon.
Most of the back of the Boulevard Mall was under construction, so it was pretty quier, and I'd noticed that even so, it wasn't very busy here for a Friday night, it should have been a little busier. B. Daltons was peaceful, I looked for the new releases, and spotted Volume 3 of Death Note right away. I like the cover, it's a nice blue, so I checked the back to see where it ended, and sure enough, it's right before Misa is introduced, so Volume 4 is gonna be good. I wanted to get it, but still no money, so I settled for reading Bleach #11, and flipping through some other stuff. I saw some more Alice 19th, and they also have Absolute Boyfriend available, but I'll to check that out later, Watase has too much stuff out to keep track of, I have to get back onto Fushigi Yuugi.
Around the time I finished Bleach, it was time to meet back with Kelly, so I took the shortcut through Macy's, and ran into John. This is like the third time I've met up with my brother at the mall on accident. What's more, Tony was with him. Tony is John's like oldest childhood friend, they've been buddies since before I was born, in fact, John used to show me off to him when I was a baby. I'd always been sort of a dent in their friendship sometimes, since Tony was always friendly to me, me looking up to him cause he was always so cool to me, and I feel like John would get jealous sometimes that I would steal the attention from one of his only friends. I might not have ever mentioned this, but John's a real introvert. When he used to still live with us, he always cooped himself up in his room and listened to music when he wasn't at work.
Anyway, of course Tony was happy to see me, it's been like 2 or 3 years. He hadn't changed that much at all to tell the truth, but it's not like him or John have any more room to grow, Tony's like 6'3''. We caught up for a little while, and the two of them walked me to Sears so they could say hi to Kelly and Sophia. When they finally showed up like 20 minutes late, John of course greeted the two of them, but Tony lagged behind. I'd forgotten Tony was really shy towards new people, it was one of the things I found strange, since the guy was so nice and easy to get along with. He stayed sitting on the bench until I told him to come over, like he wasn't allowed to without my permission or something. Then I'd came to another realization.
Tony hadn't really ever met Kelly or Sophia. Of course he'd known by now through John that my dad had remarried and that Sophia had been born, but I'd never been able to gauge his reaction to the whole ordeal. Tony's "grandmother" (I'll explain why I put quotes if you want me to, but it's a long story) Hazel, and my mother had been the best of friends, when we'd lived in the apartments behind K Mart, they'd always visit each other and have a smoke. That was the thing, my mom could only be outsmoked by Hazel, she was something alright. She was a kind old woman, but you took her seriously by the way she spoke. I'd wondered if maybe Tony resented Kelly or was uncertain of her much like I was in the past. When John brought Sophia to him he kind of gave an uneasy smile, and I saw how awkward this situation must have been for him. I was busy shifting my feet while Kelly and John were trying to strike up conversation. It didn't really work so John sort of BS'ed that they had to get going, so I wished Tony well and told him I'd keep in touch on MySpace. I hugged John goodbye and we were off. Leaving the parking lot, I saw the yellow tape and remembered about how it wasn't busy at the mall, and remembered that someone had been in a fight inside the mall, and then died outside it from his injuries about two months ago.
On the way home, Kelly sent me inside to get some chicken dinner from Albertson's so we could have a quick meal for dinner. It took me forever to find some macaroni and cheese in the store though, and when I got to the Deli section, I walked up to find out that the only lady on duty had just cut her hand on the meat slicer, and was trying to stop the bleeding. She'd had customers waiting, so she'd been trying to get one of the Cart Attendants to help her. All the while, this a*****e customer was kind of chuckling to himself about the situation, b*****d. I thought about asking the lady if she was alright, but I kind of hate that, cause they never are, so I changed it to, "Are you going to be alright ma'am?" She said she'd live, but the bleeding wasn't really stopping. It didn't look like any food was going to be done, so I wished the lady well, and left.
I told Kelly the news, so we headed for home, Sophia was really fussy anyway. We opted for sticking a pizza in the oven, and Tabatha called to see if I was going to Anime Vegas the next day. I told her I'd gotten the o.k. and we chatted about what had happened at Albertson's, and school stuff. The pizza was ready, so I told her I'd see her tomorrow, and me and Kelly sat down and ate while Sophia napped. Kelly was done with all her work, so she went up to bed, and I did the same.
I woke up around six in the morning to get ready, but when I hopped out of bed, my arm throbbed again. I don't know what it is, but lately my left arm's been putting me in a world of hurt, this pain will shoot up to my shoulder if I bend it randomly. When I stood up to get out of bed, it happened, and I was so woozy I actually collapsed. I ended up waking up again at like 7:30, so I rushed and got ready, and headed out the door. I managed to catch the bus around 8:30, and luckily I caught the Jones bus from Sahara, so I wasn't too late getting to the library. Jason and Jen were already there, so we joked around waiting for the library to open. When it did, I asked Jen to save the usual seats for everyone, and I went on Gaia to check on things. The connection buzzed out, and I tried to reboot the computer, but when I went to login again, it said I'd already used my allotted time for the day, so I gave up on that.
When I went back into the auditorium, these girls threw all this candy at me, and demanded I make it up to them for White Day, since this was the Valentine's Day for Anime Vegas. It's kind of sad when you have to force candy on someone so you'll get some in return. Tabatha showed up a few minutes later, so we sat on the stage with Jen and hung out. My arm kept bugging me, and I explained what the deal was, minus the collapsing bit, cause I didn't want to worry them, or myself honestly. Mike played Lonely In Gorgeous before the showings started, so that made my day, Veronica jammed to it too.
Soon enough during the show Sonja and Russell showed up, and Sonja handed me this gigantic box of chocolates, it had like 2lbs. of it. I did my best to share, but I honestly wanted it for myself. Russell shared his candy hearts, but he obviously was more interested in the chocolate.
The showings weren't too bad, there was a Chibi Club raffle for this signed frame art of R.O.D. The T.V., but I didn't win it, and I'm sure I wanted it the most. During Naruto, it was fillers, so I went to McDonalds to get some lunch, and Tony (Ganguro Tony) let me play Guilty Gear on his PSP, and I would buy one just for that game, I loved it that much. We watched the end of everything else, and while the meeting started, me and Tabatha just decided to get out of there and go get the books.
When we got outside though, there was a huge cloud of smoke coming from some building about 100 yards away. One of my friends Bettina immediately called 911, and when we got closer, we could definetly see a blazing fire. Bettina said the dispatcher told her that help was already on the way, but she wondered why we couldn't hear any of the sirens. Right when she finished the sentence, I heard them in the distance, but it took everyone else a while. Seeing that stuff was going to be ok, Tabatha and I caught the bus to Decatur.
Now, those chocolates that Sonja got me were great, but there was just too much, I was gonna be sick, and just the smell was starting to bug me. We made it to Decatur, and waiting for that stop for Sahara, I tried to eat some more, but I sturggled. We made small talk, and while I was standing out looking for the bus, this lady behind me apparently was trying to get by or something, but I didn't hear her. Tabatha pointed her out, and as she was walking by, she told me to "******** off!". I was so shocked that she had a stick up her a**, I didn't even say anything back. It was just as well, karma will bite her in the a**. It's not like I did anything bad to her, seriously, I even apologized and got out of the way when I noticed she was behind me. At least we discussed how when Tabatha gets old and gray she's going to set all the monkeys in the zoo free.
When the Decatur bus came, I started to notice more and more how many stares I was getting from the huge box of chocolates. It's like the excess of candy made everyone mad they didn't have any, and got everyone hostile. This one lady saw the box I was holding, and as she stared, I could just see the gears in her head about to strike up some conversation. She seemed pretty mad about the fact that some place she went to get candy from ended up not having their delivery truck get there on time. So I wasn't exactly making her feel better.
When we finally got to Border's, we kind of had a hard time deciding on what kinds of books to shop for these kids. We ended up deciding on some classic Dr. Seuss books the kids will hopefully appreciate, and then we sat down and read some manga for a while. I introduced Tabatha to Death Note, and I got the 1st Volume of Paradise Kiss, to see what the buzz was about from Sonja's end.
I gotta say Sonja, I love you for showing me this series. I absolutely love it, I can totally relate to these guys. Their problems and feelings are sincere, and I understand what they're going through, definitely getting #2. When we finished our mangas, we walked to Starbucks to get a drink. We were getting kind of bored, since neither of us had any insight on anything interesting to do. At first it seemed like we were going for coffee, but we ended up with iced teas. Mine wasn't half bad though. We had a little talk, and realized we were both kind of worried we were boring the other, cause we were self-conscious about being uninteresting or whatever. So it kind of relaxed the mood, I had to admit, up until then, the day had been kind of awkward. We rode the bus home, and this bus ride was as interesting as the last, including a guy who smelled like rotten honey and kept talking to himself. Tabatha got off first, so we said later and then I got home alright, still holding the chocolate of delicious evil and tummy aches.
I tried eating some bratwurst and sauerkraut that Kelly made for dinner, but my stomach's not having it, I'm gonna rest now, glad I got all this done. Thanks for listening, Journal. xd
Edible Substance · Sun Feb 12, 2006 @ 07:02am · 0 Comments |
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