The time has come, my friends, for a fatty update on the World of Maria. Enjoy! I feel oddly at peace with myself today (an accomplishment considering my extremely unstable emotional status...haha...just kidding! I am fine...). Sometimes, even small things can make such a difference and turn a regular day into an amazing day =] Thus I will try to be organized and break my daily ramblings into sections. This should brighten anyone's day. Haha.

[Driving] Tuesday I had my first taste of behind the wheel. Finally. After years and years of waiting and imagining what it would feel like. Well, guess what? It was...horrible! I hate driving. So, my dad drove me to the Lynbrook parking lot in the evening and I had a lovely time driving round and round in circles. I could not make the freakin' turns! I always ended up going into the adjacent lane. My dad would yell at me, but I would laugh 'cause I thought it was funny. At the moment, I am such a dangerous driver. Haha. After I was done, I had to switch seats and I think I walked into a spider web. I started screaming and swinging my arms mindlessly. I loathe spiders. And I'm glad it was dark.

[AP Gov] All this reading is slowly making me go insane. I’m serious! The author of Eyewitness to Power especially irritates me. At first it was really interesting to learn about Nixon and his so called “bright side,” but by the time I got to Ford, Reagan, and finally Clinton, I became quite annoyed. It seems like every single thing the presidents do is “essential to leadership” and the author never fails to point it out: and this quality, and this…oh…and also this. Now, let’s make a bulleted list of all the lessons we learned from each president. Oh gosh. Nixon had the BEST freakin’ cabinet. Oh wait. So did Ford, Reagan, and Clinton. This president had so many amazing qualities (he tries listing them out), but, of course, he wasn’t perfect. Neither were the other three. He makes some of the passages sound like…beautiful prose, but really, they don’t say much. I’m sorry, but this guy really wasn’t cut out to be an author. Do any of you poor, poor people taking AP Gov agree with me?

[Swim meet] Today (Wednesday…it’s just really late now) my coach calls me in the morning to tell me delightful news: You have to swim the 800 freestyle relay. Oh joy! First of all, I did not want to drag myself al the way to Concord (where Far-Westerns – swim meet – are held this year) and back. Second, I did not want to swim this event period. The 200 meters is a pretty long and tiresome distance. I’ve never swam it (I only did it short course, where you have twice as many flip turns and its in yards). The ride there took about 1 hour and 45 minutes because of traffic. I died on the second lap of the 200 and got a slow time. The only things I enjoyed were not having to go to practice AND the rides there and back with Wei. Plus I got to meet her bunny =] Tomorrow if I get a call I’m saying…I have a prior family arrangement.

[Sister] My sister is quite quirky. Today she took of the thing that covers the pipe that runs from our upstairs shower and threw her toy pig down the pipe. I thought that was really weird. Who in their right mind throws animals down pipes? It’s still down there, you know. I have no clue how we’re getting it out. When I was three, I was much, much smarter. Haha. That’s what I want to believe.

[That 70s Show] Watch it :] You won’t regret it. And if I converted you over to it, please tell me. I want to take full responsibility for my actions. There’s this episode where Kelso (Ashton Kutcher, who is, in fact, damn fine, but that’s beside the point) tries to get something from Red’s garage. Red catches him in the act and Kelso is forced to explain why he was rummaging through Red’s stuff: “Uhmm. I needed to get a saw.” “What did you need a saw for?” “To cut down this tree. Cause there’s a rabbit in it. I wanted to let it go so it could run free in the forest and lay its eggs.” *pause* “How did the rabbit get up there?” “Eric threw him up there. He’s a sadistic bastard!” Haha. And one more. Red and Eric are sitting at the kitchen table and there’s only one waffle left. Eric: “Leggo my eggo!” Red: “Leggo my foot in your ass!” Hahaha. Okay. I’m sorry. Last one. Hyde, Fez, and Eric are planning to shoot some firecrackers at cows after they drop Kelso off at the police academy. Fez: “They won’t know what hit them *pause* And when it does, they still won’t know *pause* Cause they’re cows.” He says it with such passion and such a funny accent, LMAO. Speaking of Fez, I have a clip of Wilmer Valderrama getting punk’d. It’s hilarious! I can…send to you over AIM if someone wants it.

[Chinese Drama] Coincidently, during a commercial break of That ‘70s Show, I came upon this really addicting Chinese drama. It’s called MARS. Does anyone watch it? I seem to like it a lot. And yes, there are English subtitles. I wonder why people ask me that, haha. I think the reason I watch it is because there’s a pretty cute guy in it: Vic Chou (or Zhou). Look what Lynbrook has done to me!!! And then there’s this song in the end (I guess the closing song or whatever) and I can understand “Wu ai ni”! Thank you Tiffany for teaching me limited mandarin. Oh and Mei. Also, the kisses between the two main characters are…the sweetest ones I’ve ever seen =D

 

[Melancholic thoughts] I can't imagine the summer of 2006. I'm sitting here, reading my AP books, thinking...what if I didn't have another year of high school to return to? What if I never saw those Lynbrook faces anymore? What if I had to go to a completely different place and start friendships all over again? All of that is going to come true in a year, just a year. Time flies by too quickly.

Ending in a happy note. You know what will happen Summer 2006? Pirates of the Caribbean and the unbelievably sexy Jack Sparrow, who, in fact, is on my bedroom door and wall. That's what's going to happen :)