Well, junior year is almost over. I should be studying for my last 2 "serious" finals, but I"m not too worried. It should be alright. INstead, I'm going to take some time to reflect on this year.

Junior year...hardest year of high school, right? For me, that was definitely true. However, i found it difficult for a much different reason. While the workload was strenuous and I definitely lost my fair share of sleep, I have to say that my classes weren't THAT much harder than, say, last year's. Chem honors was difficult, and stat took up a lot of time, and going from Spanish 2 to 3 was more difficult than 1 to 2, but other than that, it didn't seem like the ultimate end that it is hyped up to be. At least, from the perspective of work. The reason I found junior year difficult was simply because I seemed to have developed an early case of senioritis. I think it happened sometime during the summer, but somewhere along the line, I got really lazy. I mean, I was pretty lazy to begin with, but my priorities seemed to have changed. I was still my same neurotic self about grades, but I didn't really care as much anymore. At least, not to the point where I'd actually do anything about it. So what has this taught me? Well, I'm still in pretty good shape (GPA > 4.02), and I'm still in the top 5% of the class. I'll probably be graduating magna cum laude. Still, there is something bugging me and telling me that I could have done better. I could have pulled off that A in first semester Chem (and most likely second semester) if I had just made that extra push... It's too late to do anything about it, but the thought still exists in my head, and it bothers me that I've succumbed to this level. I mean, I'm still better than 90% of my class, but it still bugs me. Especially concerning standardized testing. AP testing and SAT IIs should have gone a LOT smoother. It was great in some aspects, but my scores have yet to come, and let's just say that I won't be surprised if they are pretty average (or downright poor). I know, I know, this is all petty bitching. "Oh Mommy Mommy, my gold car only seats 4 and no one can break $100 bills!" Still, it's MY bitching, and I'm gonna bitch if I wanna :-P

Glendon and I think an awful lot alike. We really ought to hang out more often...

Graduation: WAAAAAAH!!!!! MY BIG BROS AND SISTERS ARE GONE!!!!!! To the graduating class of 2002, I wish you the best of luck. May life take you wherever you want it to go, and to those of you who were mean to me, I hope you turn out to be poor ^_^.

It was sad to see them go, but it was even sadder to realize that we're next. While listening to valedictorian speeches, I pondered for the first time in my life: "Should I give a speech?" It never crossed my mind as something I'd want to do, but it might be fun... After all, I won't see half of these people again. Why not go out with something for them to remember me by? I dunno, just random thoughts, I'll probably forget it in a week. Still, anyone want to see me ramble about high school memories in a year? ^_^;

And I don't normally do this, but:

You've realized that there's noway you can get through life without sitting back and laughing at it. There's lots of funny things in this world, and stupid people to make fun of, to provide endless entertainment to the many number of people that surrond you. But sometimes you should acknowledge that not everything is joke material, yeah... it sucks, but being serious at the right moments is important too. But when the tension needs breaking, we can all expect you to be the one to do it with a witty one-liner.

Second quote of the day: "When you get to the roundabout, GO!!!!!!!" -Yasser Attiga