Saturday, May 03, 2003 :::
 
SAT 1 over with FINALLY! (for now)

Next: SAT 2

Late to bed, early to rise, makes Scooter tired, irritable, stupid. At least on school days. Not on the weekends for some reason...

I got to Hogan around 8 'ish and saw a whole lotta people I knew from school and my old classmates from middle school, whom I haven't seen in 3 years, but think about occasionally. Wish I got to talk and hang out with them. I did see my friend David, and if you read this, why didn't you tell me you were taking the test today?

Overall, the test seemed pretty easy, only ommiting one or two questions for every section, if any. Personally, I'd rather take the SAT rather than Mrs. Evan's patent "hellish death of your grade" AP Chemistry tests. David and I hung out for a while after the test. We walked to the Royal Jelly Donut, where he had his car parked. He thought he forgot to lock it, but he didn't, thank goodness for him. I redeemed my free X-Men comic book from Vallejo RC where Bianca was working. After purchasing a gut swelling donut, with a free complementary donut, with David's money, I saw Feliz, Nazanin (who just took the test), and Courtney. The three girls plus Bianca were going to see X-2 later on and I was invited. I am going to see it tomorrow, and I didn't have the time, damn it! Nazanin wondered how I got over to the comic shop so fast, I guess she hasn't heard of the great invention of walking. I seem to do a great deal of it myself. Onto...

Cunningham pool, where MEL finals, consols, and relays were going on. David dropped me off and I thanked him for the ride. Great seeing him again after a year or so. Even though I talk to him online, you can't replace good 'ol face-to-face interaction. He went to probably went to work on his site and sleep. Not as many people were there, and my tarp was pretty dry it seemed, until....

RAIN! At first it was drizzling and then a full downpour on my sorry golf umbrella, where practically everyone I knew at the pool took refuge under it one time or another. This lasted for a while. I mainly hung around Francisco, and the other Bethel swimmers, and the phenominal "Boy/Eagle Scout swimmer extrordainaires" (sp?). Also talked a bit with my friend, and sister's friend, Mackenzie. God, her eyes are gorgeous.

Near the end, I had my mom pick me up, and I said my goodbyes. WTH? I'll be seeing those losers on Monday! Just Kidding!!!

Now the fun began. I had to chop a tree and it's branches into little bitty bits. It took forever, the sun was almost down. I also started cleaning up my room and desk area, organizing my school graded papers and such. And I picked out the clothes I never wear, and put them in a gallon bag for charity. Nice, huh? I still have way too many clothes though.

Tha's pretty much my day. Meatloaf and potatoes for dinner with vegetables. Yum. And peach pie. And my room smells nice from burning incense.

Francisco: I downloaded that Starting Line song. It's pretty damn good, and it seems like it was written just for you.

There's a log on the fire
and it burns like me for you
Tomorrow comes with one desire
to take me away...

Eagle-Eye Cherry- "Save Tonight"

::: posted by Leon at 11:03 PM



Friday, May 02, 2003 :::
 
Extension to previous post about my day:

Well, cold, wet, rainy. THE worst day for a championship swim meet. Why couldn't it just be a nice day?

I got to sleep in a tad bit, until around 7:15. An hour or so later than I usually wake up. So, I get ready and get my stuff together, ignoring the proficient cowlick on the side of my head. Arriving at the pool I set up my Thermarest sleeping pad. Then I realize, it's gonna be cold. Finally, the rest of the swimmers start showing up. Cunningham pool is starting to get really crowded, over 300 swimmers I bet. Tents, canopies, and tarps surround my vision 360 degrees.

No one brought a tarp. How stupid could they be? Didn't they know the weather was going to get ugly, and giving me bullshit answers like "It's gonna get wet anyway" pissed me off when I offered to call my mom to bring one. And my -5 degree sleeping bag. Gotta stay warm.

So warm up starts at 9am and the events at 10am. My mom brings by the tarp and sleeping bag (or XXXXXXXXL condom as referred to by Andrew aka werdna). The tarp makes all the difference, and my stuff surprisingly stays dry the entire time. Everyone else's gets wet. People loved my sleeping arrangements, and sat and layed all over it because it was so much nicer than sitting on a tarp that's over chilling concrete. I did get to sleep in my bag.

My events were like 4 hours apart from each other. What a damn waste of time. I wanted to study, but the situation wasn't, how should I say, appropriate. I could have seen X-2 and Better Luck Tomorrow. Can't wait for that Matrix sequel. That is sooo gonna kick ass.

Adding on to my events, I did decently, but I was stacked against people who shouldn't have even been in my heat. Sooooo unfair, because they weren't even close to my level. Except for the guy who's seed time was 3 minutes. I'd like to say "FUCK YOU" to the coach of that team. Why the hell do you feel the need to "disguise" the real abilities of your swimmers. I could have been pushed to do that much better if I had someone to actually race against.

What is up with Christina? She keeps talking about Erin being my "wife". WTF? I know she wants us to hook up, or at least it seems like it, but damn, don't let that be the only thing you talk to me about. And she was doing what I seemed like flirting with me. Okay.... please explain.

Francisco, man, I feel your pain. Thanks for not shrugging me off and just talking to me about it. I like listening to others problems if it helps them get stuff off their chest. That's one thing a friend is for. Since you confide in me, I will in you. I hope you get through this down time soon, and feel better. You can't change others feelings,(maybe you can, but it doesn't seem like it). Don't downplay yourself. And yes, I don't understand why the nice guy doesn't get the girl. Maybe it's fate trying to get us somewhere, make us live and learn, etc. I believe in karma, and I really hope you make a withdrawal from it and it does some good for you (and me). I should have enough by now. I hope she's really worth it Francisco.

Girls suck. They do indeed.

Wake up kids
We've got the dreamers disease
Age 14 we got you down on your knees
So polite, you're busy still saying please
Fri-enemies, who when you're down ain't your friend
Every night we smash their Mercedes-Benz
First we run and then we laugh till we cry
But when the night is falling
and you cannot find the light
If you feel your dream is dying
Hold tight
You've got the music in you
Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget you only get what you give
Four a.m. we ran a miracle mile
were flat broke but hey we do it in style
The bad rich
God's flying in for your trial...

New Radicals- "You Get What You Give"

::: posted by Leon at 10:10 PM


 
Today was MEL's for swimming. I did okay. I'll post later

-I took 5 seconds off my 100 back! Yay!!! That's hella good. Went 1:26.

-Some guy in my 200 free heat was seeded at 3 damn minutes! He went 2:30.

Steve "Pre" Prefontaine is like the best runner ever

::: posted by Leon at 5:33 PM



Thursday, May 01, 2003 :::
 
I was able to go to swim practice yesterday. Cool. I strained some part in my foot/shin b/c that hurts really bad when I try to stretch it. What the hell did I do to it? Agony to sit in seiza during aikido practice too, since it's right after swimming.

-I'm the first one done with the mathe part 1 of the cat 6 testing. Finished it in less than half an hour. It's supposed to take ninety minutes. Maybe if I was stupid or something. No offense to you people who would take that long, but I knew what was on it. Pretty easy. Maybe 1 or 2 questions that had no right answer that I saw, or didn't understand.

-What do you say when a girl you are talking to says this out of nowhere: "Who do you like?" (meaning, crush, want to date, etc.) I got bumrushed with this question, and it seems everytime they're trying to find out whether you like them or not.... But I would like some feedback.

School sucks. I loathe it with a passionate hatred (does that make sense?)

::: posted by Leon at 9:10 AM



Wednesday, April 30, 2003 :::
 
I just found this of girls-suck.diaryland.com, and I thought it was hilarious (may not apply to you)

What guys really mean when they say...

I'm hungry.--> I'm hungry.
I'm sleepy --> I'm sleepy.
I'm tired --> I'm tired.
Do you want to go to a movie? --> I'd eventually like to have sex with you.
Can I take you out to dinner? --> I'd eventually like to have sex with you.
Can I Call you sometime? --> I'd eventually like to have sex with you.
May I have this dance? --> I'd eventually like to have sex with you.
Nice dress! --> Nice cleavage!
You look tense, let me give you a massage. --> I want to fondle you.
What's wrong? --> What meaningless self-inflicted psychological trauma are you going through now?
What's wrong? --> I guess sex tonight is out of the question.
I'm bored. --> Do you want to have sex?
I love you. --> Let's have sex now.
I love you too. --> Okay, I said it ...we'd better have sex now!
Yes, I like the way you cut your hair. --> I liked it better before.
Let's talk. --> I am trying to impress you by showing that I am a deep person and maybe then you'd like to have sex with me.
Will you marry me? --> I want to make it illegal for you to have sex with other guys.

Funny, eh?


::: posted by Leon at 3:02 PM


 
Happy Birthday Francisco! (even if you don't think it's a big deal) Have a great day!

life is
only
as good as the memories we make
and i'm taking back what belongs to me

The Ataris- "So Long Astoria"




::: posted by Leon at 8:40 AM



Tuesday, April 29, 2003 :::
 
Second day of CAT 6 testing done. Took like 20 minutes to finish so I have all this free time to surf the net and blog, and do my homework that I should have done last night. I need to gear up for the AP tests and the SAT 1 I'm taking on Saturday, the day of MEL swimming finals. I doubt that I'll make it to the finals anyway. My parents will only let me practice for Thursday, and trials are Friday, where I miss a whole day of school. Need to make sure to bring homework and cameras to the meet. Swimming's going to be over soon, and I'll need to start running again to get into shape for the season in August/September. Maybe this time I can bring my 5K time down to 17 minutes or so. My first year, it was around 27 minutes at the MEL championships, this year around 22 minutes or so.

Think it's possible? I really hope so. I'm vying for state championship meet this year! My last chance for any glory/ greatness. Too bad I'm really disadvantaged in everyway compared to a natural runner. Someone with natural talent in being a fast runner. And hopefully we'll have a large enough team to compete with the other large teams in our league.

Should get back to doing my homework now. Bye!

I am a little bit of loneliness a little bit of disregard
Handful of complaints but I can’t help the fact that everybody can see
these scars
I am what I want you to want what I want you to feel
But it's like no matter what I do, I can't convince you, to just believe
this is real
So I let go, watching you, turn your back like you always do
Face away and pretend that I'm not
But I'll be here 'cause you're all that I got...

Linkin Park- "Faint"


::: posted by Leon at 10:07 AM



Monday, April 28, 2003 :::
 
Just got done with this dumb ass test the state calls the CAT 6. For the first of ten days of testing, we're completing the language arts part of the test. The 1st part. It's gonna be a long two weeks

-At least I'll have extra time to study chemistry and stuff. I'm actually the first one done. Probably with like 5 questions right out of the 42.

-I don't have Chemistry until after lunch. Yippppppppeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

-Gotta go do my homework I should have done on the weekend now.

Here in this diary,
I write you visions of my summer.
It was the best I ever had.
There were choruses and sing-alongs,
and not a spoken feeling.
I'm knowing that right now is all that matters.
All the nights we stayed up talking
and listening to 80's songs;
quoting lines from all those movies that we love.
It still brings a smile to my face.
I guess when it comes down to it...

Being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up:
These are the best days of our lives.
The only thing that matters
is just following your heart
and eventually you'll finally get it right.

The Ataris- "In This Diary"



::: posted by Leon at 9:31 AM



Sunday, April 27, 2003 :::
 

You're Yusuke. The leader of the pack. You've
always gotta have your friends around to back
you up. But then again, you can always take
someone out with your bad ass Spirit Gun if
they're not around.


What Yu Yu Hakusho character are you?
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::: posted by Leon at 9:33 AM