laptops and such

well, the time has finnaly come when i must return this trusty peice of equipment back to the hands of its rightfull owner namely the met. I cannot express how much this little wafer of genius has provided me with a resource, a form of entertainment and so many other little bits wrappled all up into one gigantic bundle. Olaf will be sorely missed but hopefully when i return from Norway, i will be able to resume the search for a laptop. The laptop has been most revolutionary for me in terms of its musical connotations. with the portability of the laptop i have been able to take it to the cellar or up to my room depending on my mood

building tensions

As the end of school approaches and people are getting all anxious about exhibitions, i have noticed that most people are operating on much shorter fuses, I have had a couple of people snap at me over actions that would previously been humourous or ignorable.
I know that i'm guilty as well, i know that i have been rather short with ivy and the rest of the family,
I have yet to have a serious conflict with anyone in the addvisory (i'll keep my fingers crossed for the next couple of days) but i have definetly noticed the subconciuos pressure put on everyone by the end of the year.

musing on the weather and other small talk

Today, I had to ride my bike home from wakefield mall in the 98 degree weather! by the time i got home I was drenched in sweat. it looked like i had been swimming! about five miniutes into the ride i had polished off a nalgine bottle full of water and was steadly becoming thirstier and thirstier. Ivy says that rhode Island broke a record yesterday for the highest recorded new england temperature in june 104 degrees! i couldnt believe it, yesterday i was skating at the skate park in 104 degree weather and didnt even know. I wonder if this is global warming's way of warning us, you know, kinda a like a dont mess with me sorta thing? i have know idea regardless its pretty freakin hot out. I have very strange feelings about this exhibition, i cant tell if i am so worried that im in a state of denial or if i am just confident that i will perform well. anyway the whatever the cause its nice not to fret to badly over the exhibition. anyway, i look forwaqrd to tomorrow!

I think that the other day, when i announced to the advisory that i was leaving, i really realized for the first time what an advisory was all about. I hadn't really thought about how much people would miss me, i kinda assumed that that they might not care that i was leaving, but i was wrong. I really got an incredible sense of belonging, not something i usually associate with school and as i look more and more at the met i realize what a cool place it is, it may not be the place for me but that doesn't change the effect that it can have on other kids.

Heggnes 08

I just got a postcard from a councilor who will be at camp with me, and it reminded me how soon i will be leaving i mean, next next Friday i will be on my way to Norway once more! I'm so stoked to meet all the new people and hopefully there will be some old friends that i know but even if there aren't ill be fine. i look forward to being able to show kids around the house and the surrounding territories, I cant wait to see what other people will be doing as far as art is concerned. (it is after all specially designed for the artistically inclined this year) The councilor said that she wanted to start a camp band, and perform in the nearby town! how cool is that? anyway I'm very excited and cant wait to get going.

learning how to cope

After breaking my wrist skateboarding, its been really hard figuring out how to play guitar and participate in intramurals, skateboard etc. etc... but i think im getting the hang of things now, sure its harder to tpe and I cant play guitar for as long or as fast as I could before and I have to be extra careful when doing strenus activity not to bend it around to much, but it could be so much worse. The orthopedic surgeon says that I will probably have to keep it in the cast thing that i wear for about six to eight weeks (yikes!) but he also says that if i had sustained what is know as the "smith fracture" (the most common injury for skaters) i could have been laid up for half a year! i just keep gettin lucky! (Knock on wood!)

This year has gone by so quickly i don't know where the time has gone. its like just last week that i was getting used to calling myself a softmore and now I'm getting ready to pass gateway. I feel like a completely different person as well, so much has changed in these nine or so months. coming in as a freshman there was no way for me to know how things would turn out but i think it's all gone incredibly well and i think that my met experience has definetley helped me to become a better person. it has expanded my borders in ways that i never assumed possible, broadened my mind and taught me things that would have been hard to learn in traditional school.
I am very grateful to everyone who has helped me this year and last and I am glad that i had the opportunity to know them all...