nerd_gone_wild

11:34 pm: Allow me to reiterate-I love free stuff!
Aissatu tried sitting next to me in physics again because Derrick switched seats with her and I was like hell no. Aissatu said if I did not like it, I could leave. She is really nice but I get so fucking annoyed with her lately. Oh my god! She constantly asks questions in that class and no one knows what she is talking about. I know I probably just as annoying in French to her but still. Even Mr. McClintic ignores her because she does not know what she is talking about. Her voice. Ugg.

I love Mr. McClintic but he made me a little bit confused and frustrated today. He was like “everyone who wants to learn, come to the front of the class.” Everyone came to the front of the class who wanted to learn (less than half the class). There was no desk space left and I was trying to multitask and do my Rushing homework. I really wanted to hear the review but there was no room for me!

I decided stay in my seat in the middle of class and to put the packet aside and focus on my Rushing homework. I was able to catch fragments of the review but nerd talk is not my forte anyway so it would have been a waste to try to go up there with no writing room just to listen to the nerds I would not be able to understand. At least if I did my Rushing work I would have something to turn in for homework in his class.

In Mr. Rushing’s class, I was looking forward to a video but we never got to it. Amanda was too busy asking for more review answers.

I told Mr. Rushing about how my mom wants me to get a job. I already have the best job in the world, I told her. If I can spend five hours on 15 scholarships and earn $10, 000 from three different ones, I have filled my job requirements. I could work for four summers and not make that much so what is she talking about?! I told her I was not going to get a real job because I got paid a lot more doing scholarships. If I spent the same amount of time filling out scholarships that I would if I had a “real job”, I would make hundreds of thousands more!

She started talking about responsibility and I retorted by pointing out I did not even have my permit yet at age 17 because she is too lazy to drive me to the DMV. She tried to tell me I can take the bus and I am like hell no. I am not taking the bus for two months to a job that could never pay me as much as my scholarship writing one does.

Last night I got a call from my dad telling me I am coming out to California to learn how to drive this summer. He thinks it is ridiculous I do not have my license yet. I do not really care. What am I going to do with one? Why get a license when you don’t have a car to drive!? Why get a license when you have less restrictions without one!? Basically my curfew is nonexistent because since I do not drive, I have to be home when ever the people I am with have to be home.

Everyone in my family has a cell phone except me. I declined the offer so I would not have to talk to my mom or listen to her nagging on the answering machine. I get enough of that at home. This summer when I went on vacation, my friend’s mom was calling her everyday on her cell phone from work saying we were not to drive to the beach because it was too dangerous or something. She was 18! When I am 18 in college, I am not going to have my mom calling me everyday asking what is up. I am going away so I only have to speak to her on the holidays and when I need her to send money. Back to the reasoning behind me telling you this, since I do not have a cell phone, I do not have to call home when I decide to stay out because I have no way of Calling home! Obviously there is a reason to my madness.

In the end, the only reason I feel I do need my license if because when I turn 18 on July 1st, I am going to want to have a form of identification with me besides the crusty one the school hands out for free. Haha. Every time I am in DC and someone asks me for my ID I have to act like I left it at home to sneak into the jazz clubs or a building. Once you are 18, it is illegal in DC to walk around with out an ID. I cannot act like I am a minor forever.

Today Ms. Bosh let me write on the board. I was so excited to get to use the fresh dry erase markers! When Nardos King came into the classroom to talk to Ms. Bosch, I felt really important directing the class. My “students” were jealous they were not chosen to lead discussion—especially Seurat who wanted to write on the board the most. When Ms. Bosch returned to the class, I told her that Phillip and Seurat (the biggest suck ups, stuck up, bullshitters in the class) were disrupting the class. I am so tired of Phillip cheating his was through IB with his fake ass tan. Haha.

Final thought (kind of like Jerry Springer’s “Final Thought”): at lunch I had a revelation. Amanda was complaining about how she hates fat people when I told her why we are all fat. We are fat because of the law saying you have to ride your bicycles with a helmet. That made bicycle riding stupid and embarrassing. Now, children refuse to ride there bikes because there parents make them wear their helmets and they do not want to. As a result, they would rather stay inside and watch television and play video games like Halo with friends named Heimay.

10:38 pm: Scary nerd chase
Nayberhood Kid: your journal
Nayberhood Kid: it's time crystal
-Erin

Sorry guys. I love you all! I have not been keeping up with my journal because I was in need of a vacation but I am back!

I am so excited! The past week has been an extremely busy one for me. I am going to have to backtrack to my IB art exam. It went great. I love Ms. Hoy! I brought her flowers. I think she is so great. She does too much stuff for us. My grandmother, aunt and uncle, and half sister, Stacy, came with her husband Gary. I love everyone who came and am so glad that is all over with. The show will be up until Friday if you would like to see it. I also love Mr. Coast who worked really hard and cares so much and helped us to get the show up before the examiner came.

After the IB art reception, Stacy and Gary came back to my house and we talked about the corrupt school system and how life is just a game you have to play. Stacy philosophically pointed out how school seems so stupid and pointless at times because the people in charge want to see that you can put up with all the crap that comes with life. It is a way to weed out all the people who can not handle the bullshit. A good predictor for your future success in the real world. If you can get through the petty assignments, you can survive in the long run. This is testament to the fact that everyone can not be successful in the world and the inherent need in society for a few of us to reach the rungs of success.

Enough about that, I had a really mellow rest of the week.

There is so much to write about. I am going to just focus on my recent weekend activity. This weekend was random. After school Friday I got a pedicure and manicure with Ryann. Metallic purple. It will go great with my new stylish JMU gear. Haha. After that we went to Panera and shopping but could not find anything worth buying. We ran into Elliot and Stevo in the parking lot while the boys soccer game was going on. We drove to Walmart where Ryann could purchase Garden State for the second time. Cotton and his nerd friend Andrew and company bought this thing so they could “rev the engine” on Andrews unnecessarily massive SUV. It was rainy and really gay. They also bought this yellow nerd car paint but that comes into play later on in the story.

Jeff randomly shows up in his jeep. We all race to Taco Bell where another random guy randomly showed up. Jeff walked on his cell phone outside acting like he had a friend—and a life. He left because he made plans with John so they could be nerd losers and drive around all night on the parkway together.

Elliot is really artistic and was showing off his guitar and piano and swinging skills at Stevo’s. This is where things really started getting extra exciting. Elliot, Ryann, and I all decided we were bored and it was time to leave so we ran out of Stevo’s house into Ryann’s car. They were all in the basement and it took them a while to figure out what was going on. Cotton acted like he was mad about Ryann having his hat so Andrew Ryann’s stalker could hang out with her. We played hide-and-go-seek in cars around the neighborhood. Cotton was threatening to paint Ryann’s car when we reached the parking lot at Mount Vernon. We refused to open he windows and Cotton acted mad. Andrews massive SVU was blocking us so we could not get away. Cotton pulled out the yellow car paint and started coloring in the windows on Ryann’s car. Ryann got pissed. Makeup started flying everywhere. She was destroying Cottons hat! Cotton got mad. We told him he could have his hat if he licked off the yellow paint off the car window. He did it. Gross. Ryann was mad because this nasty yellow paint was on her car. We mad a deal with them. Wash the yellow shit of the car and get your hat back. We drove to Cotton’s house to wash it. He tried to get the paint off with two small cups of water and some baby wipes. Ryann got madder. Was he serious? It was spreading the yellow nerd paint on the black paint and uh oh…was it chipping he paint off her car?! Hell no. We decided that they did not do a good enough job taking the paint off the car and left. Somehow we all ended up at Wal-Mart again randomly (I feel country as if Wal-Mart is the happenin’ spot). Hehe.

Next, we picked up the random guy on the side of the road even though he was on the nerd side with Cotton, David, Stevo, and Andrew. They kicked him out and we felt bad. We stopped on the side of the road where Ryann poured water into Cottons had. We drove by his house and threw Andrews flashlight I stole and Cotton’s hat into his yard. Good times.

All night we were jammin to this Irish country jigg. Exciting.

09:38 pm: Im Lifted and I like It
Ms. Bosh needs to really control the class. I try so hard to behave but she just lets too many random disruptions get by. Aissatu keeps asking random questions, which fuels everyone else into having extraneous conversations. Come on Ms. Bosch! Ever since people started calling her mean she has been too lenient and that needs to change.

I stayed after school today until 5:00. I decided to use my security guard connection and get Mike to open up Bratten Hall for me so I could lie out my pieces for the art show. Ms. Hoy has no excuse now to tell me I cannot finish. I am excited about the show. I just need to shake her off sometimes and not let her drama bother me. I am not going to dwell on it. Moving on…

"Cuz' it's my life/No stress, no fights I'm/Leavin it all behind"

Today I took a considerably long nap today. I fell asleep to my Mariah Carey CD. “You like this and you know it/Caution its so explosive/Them chickens is ash and I’m lotioned/Baby come and get it let me give you what you need.” Jealous.

There is so much confusion in the world outside of my headphones. My mom is bitching right now and there are random instant messages from all diections. Right now I am talking to Sarah Bae, Ryann, Nancy, Stephanie, and Tarek who is about to show me a hilarious cartoon I got him to make.

Chris still has my CD.

Seacrest out.

11:02 pm: You Like This and you Know It
My life is so random I do not even know where to start. There are some crazy rumors going around. There are some dirty softball players at Mount Vernon. I feel like one of the characters out of my favorite novel series “Gossip Girls.” “I ain’t goin’ let nobody’s drama bother me” (Mariah Carey). I hear there is even going to be a Gossip Girls movie. The next movie on my list is the remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory featuring Johnny Depp. Yum.

Ms. Hoy seems to believe I am not going to get my art work up in time for the show. She does not even realize how wrong she is. My space is going to look fabulous, naturally.

After school Ryann and I went to Old Town and stopped at Shoe Hive and then went to this coffee shop and talked. That was exciting. I took a nap while she was in her appointment and then we were jammin’ to 80’s music on the way home.

Speaking of jammin’, I had a fun rest of the afternoon. Naturally, Annie and I were jammin on the way to and from the lax game. I was mad becuase it was wet and my white pants were see through by the end of the night.

Naturally, I purchased the Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey’s new CD. I love her so much. I’ll be jammin’ to that tonight as I fall asleep. I already memorized two of he songs “cuz it’s my life/no stress no fights I’m/leavin’ it all behind/no tears/no time to cry I’m/ makin’ the most of life!”

Tonight I was freezing at the lacrosse game. I went because I thought there was going to be some drama with Yorktown and their little website. Me and Annie left right after the game so who knows if anything happened. Mount Vernon won, naturally.

10:20 pm: Untitled for now...
Tarek is a sexy beast.

I absolutly abhor Karamo.

I love Mariah Carey.

Today was the typical day. Tarek was making fun of the nerds in T.O.K. and at lunch. The Jew did not have any comebacks. Robot and Brett were cracking up.

“MV girls soccer/UNDEFEATED IN THE DISTRICT/BOOYAH! Go girls soccer! Sorry I could not make it to the game, I was busy talking to Ryann and Duke while balancing my time sewing pillows for my IB art show. Do not forget, it is Wednesday the 20th of April in Bratten Hall! All you nerds out there better come. There will be food! Yum.

Right now I am going to wrap up this post because I am missing Real World Road Rules Challenge for you bitches. Hello!

02:58 pm: Sexy boy of the day: Tarek.

11:01 pm: There I go/There I go/There I go/There I go
Do not be jealous that my clothes small like bacon. I cannot stop cooking. I am not even going to eat the bacon I just made because it is too late at night. I am just proud I know how to make it so I did. Now my clothes stink.

Salam! (That means hello in Arabic I think, according to Waquar’s girlfriends).

Today I watched the Food channel. One day I am going to cook all different genres of food. Today it may be a low carb dish, tomorrow Italian cuisine, and then maybe the next day a meal from the garden to eat in the garden. Just kidding. I do not like food with themes attached I just like to eat what tastes good. Learning how to cook has kept me away from the fast food places. I am not embarrassed but proud that I can make spaghetti, that crunchy soup that comes in a cup, rice, salad, breakfast stuff, and even sandwiches! Wow. I am on a roll (haha, no pun intended). Next week I will work on freezer food. Then, if I am good enough, I might even move past breakfast stuff and on to dinner food like steak and barbecue. If you would like to come over and teach me how to make something then lets go! I am currently interested in finger foods you might find at a gallery opening seeing as my IB art show is coming up!

Today I had a pretty mellow day. I got some stuff ready for my art show (Wednesday, April 20, 2005 at 7:00 in Bratten Hall for those of you who are interested), and helped my grandpa pack before he goes back to the country. I am still slowly progressing on my Rushing homework and life is good.

11:24 pm: She's a bad mama jamma
Today I was lazin’ around…doing laundry and getting ready for my scholarship thing when I realized my wardrobe has so much potential. I need some new shoes. I have a menagerie of accessories. If I spent some time matching I would no longer be a candidate for What Not To Wear (although the $5,000 is quite tempting).

Poor Ruby. Today I walked over to speak with her owner, Tom and Ruby was outside. She is currently getting adjusted to her new invisible fence. When I walked away, Ruby was trying to follow me. The buzzer shocked her and she started yelping toward me down the street. God bless that poor dog! I felt so bad.

My grandfather takes me to the Delta Theta Sigma Celebration today where I am to be awarded my scholarship. Ms. Manns gave me the scholarship maybe two months ago two days before it was due and I got it in at the last minute. Thank god because I got $4,000! I think I am going to be a professional scholarship doer. Forget getting a real job when you can print out an essay, send in a mediocre transcript, and be rewarded thousands of dollars! The best part is, I had absolutely no idea how much I was going to get and was expecting to receive $250 or something. Life is fabulous.

Tonight my sister and I attempted to make onion rings. They fell apart but it was so much fun making a mess in the kitchen. She made some bad ass funnel cake, though. That’s saying a lot coming from me. I don’t even like funnel cake.

Eric is doing me a wonderful favor and I am so thankful!

10:46 pm: Retraction
I have been accustomed to spell Kirsten's name Kristen in all the previous journals. I do not know why but i can not help it. Sorry, Kirsten. I love you!

10:41 pm: Race and Space!
I don’t even know what to think about Ms. Hoy anymore. I think I would like her better if she did not care so much. She’s stressing me out almost and I like to be passive when it comes to getting things done. Meh (as Ern would say).

Buhla buhla buhla. Everyone was afraid of Mr. McClintic today. Good thing I was tired. It meant I did not have to try to be quiet. Some people were whining and that was annoying right, Nikki? I was extra quiet in history, too. Meh, its Friday what can I say. English was fun because we got to read whatever we wanted. Good times.

Lunch was so hilarious. Race and Space! Jeff, Lauren, and Vicky were definitely taking over the lunch table today like massive growths. There is no room at those tiny round tables. Then, Stevo decides he is going to join in on the fun. Everyone is squeezed together like sardines and those three definitely have their excess space at I was jealous of it so I decided to motivate everyone to move over when Vicky and Jeff got up to go in the lunch line. In the end, everyone got what they wanted. It is so sophomoric for me to complain about little things like this in life but it made for a good laugh and I had an excuse to be loud in the process. Stevo, you’re voted off the island. Just kidding! I will definitely leave if it gets to be too much to handle. I love you all, don’t take it personal!

I was walking Ruby after school and Nikki and Amy pull up in the sexiest car ever! We ended up going to the bakery and all that jazz.

Annie is hilarious. Everyday after school when she drives me home we dance to music. Any kind, too. Techno, R&B, rap, pop (not country, ever), anythink you want. I make up dances and we do them to the really loud music. After dinner today, we went to Thomas Jefferson to their Multicultural Night (Annie called it Spanish night). Anyways, we were dancing the whole time, even on the highway! Next thing I know, Annie missed the exit! Actually, she took the wrong one before we even got to our exit. We were lost in the Braddock Road, Landmark Mall, Alexandria area and didn’t care because the music was jammin. Haha. The best part is pulling up to the stop lights and dancing and having old men look at us like we are crazy! Annie is crazy. She likes to pull out the makeshift microphone and everything. Get it!

I feel like a nerd loser being at home on Friday night. Early morning tomorrow! Scholarship banquet.

Kristen and Ern we missed you all at school. Everything seemed mellow and boring today. Come back!

Eric just IMed me and now I feel all tingly inside. Maybe I will call him later. I miss him so much! Muah.

For now, I think I am going to finish up my diet root beer and finish up my history assignment. Nerd!

If you got this far, leave a comment. Au revoir!