Junior year introductions

So today was the first day of my junior year, the day I have been dreading since.. oh I don't know, the beginning of summer pretty much.

I'm quite happy with the people I have in my classes, more familar faces than I had previously thought. But I was entirely right about the workload, it's pretty bad already and it's only gonna get crazier. So to make myself feel better, I got some froyo afterschool :)

A rundown:
1st - AP Calc AB, Ms. Nguyen: Rumors abound that she is a hard teacher, not as lenient as Mr. Bautista, but will prepare you well for the AP test. That's gonna be one of my hard classes, I can tell already. She has a take-no-crap attitude, but seems like a generally nice and helpful teacher overall. We have a quiz on the unit circle tomorrow, which I never fully learned with Mrs. Leggin.
2nd - Honors English, Conradson: She is such a cute lady. I didn't know she was Mr. Hanley's wife! The stuff we are gonna do in class looks to be pretty boring though; we're gonna read books I never would have taken a second glance at. A WHOLE LOT of in class essays during the year, FML. We had a project due and a test today.. ALREADY, and we have an in-class essay tomorrow. The people in this class are awesome though, a whoooole lot of familar faces :)
3rd - French 3, Topping: She seems to be a fun lady, definitely won't drive me crazy like Mollot. Topping speaks too much French though damn it, and we have to write an entire letter in French that's due tomorrow. The kids from Mollot are gonna be so behind cause we barely learned anything... Oh btw, my new French name is Simone because Bettina said it sounded "sassy."
4th - Anatomy, Hentschke: He's awesome! Seems to be pretty lenient (doesn't believe in weekend homework YAY!) and has a sense of humor. I'm worried about memorizing body parts though, my memory sucks. But he has 3 microwaves in his class so I don't have to eat school food! Haha.
5th - AP Chem, Meyer: She's cool, so many memories in that class and here we are again. It's definitely gonna be a demanding class though (no lunch? no SSR?). I'm gonna struggle a whole lot more than I did with Honors Chem. Some fun people in that class though.
6th - Journalism, Colburn: He has a wicked sense of humor! As long as I do the work, that class is pretty much my free period. "I'm gonna talk about stuff, you're gonna learn stuff, then you're gonna do stuff."

On the brightside, I will be at college in exactly 2 years.. hooray. It's hard to believe that it was only two years ago that I was a freshmen, it seems like a lifetime ago. And it was nice to see people I haven't seen all summer; no one has changed all that much.

Oh, I am so lost on what to do because either way, someone gets hurt. And I feel like anything I do will be absolutely wrong and irreversible. I just need some time.

Patchwork quilt

One of the greatest nights of camp was the last night... way to end it with a bang. Charades and scattergories are just too much fun ;) Yogurtland, cupcakes, strawberries. 1am bird call, had some good conversations while being on totally different floors. Kept an eye out for meteor showers but SF was too damn foggy. Did nothing about it when I really should have done something... but I guess it's alright now. Bird call again in the morning, thanks for saying hi :) "I got my eye on you sunshine." Calculator chat. Final goodbyes, teary eyes.

List of "Good movies/shows Andrew said to watch (but don't judge him about after)": My Fair Lady, Skins, Definitely maybe

Another part of my life is ending, but we all promised to keep in touch. It's these little pieces of memories that make an entire life. We lived together, we cried together, we laughed together, we suffered together, we almost died together (only exagerrating a little bit...). I had a wonderful time, and I'll be seeing you guys soon.

Long weekend, short temper

A craaaazy ass weekend. One that makes you tired but happy and thankful for everything you have. I wish I had more pictures though.

Friday: bruises all over from brutal games of animal ball, tanning, schmear, cannonball competitions, racist jokes.




Saturday: Kelvin's surprise party at Jason's, Zach's cupcake video=instant LOL, possibly poisoning from my stupid dare, guy-on-guy action/foreplay, drove to 3 different parks that all had families in it, ended up at Pomeroy playground, Monkey boy on monkey bars, hand calluses.



Sunday: Tram's birthday, XXI hot pink bag, red mango froyo, new shirts & bag, Cheesecake Factory, Disney Channel.

I don't know why my mom has such a short temper lately, but she takes it out on my and my brother. She is so naggy when she is moody! She won't even let me go to someone's birthday or do anything! It takes too much time and energy to reason with her. She pretty much wants me trapped at home being the perfect asian child. Well fuck that, I'm not. Ugh, she makes me so frustrated!! I wake up, expecting a relaxing weekend, but apparently, that is such a stupid and horrible thing to expect. The little things I do wrong, the big things I do wrong; what in the world do I do right then?! She really needs to calm down, stop yelling, stop worrying, stop nagging, stop hovering over my life, and stop ruining people's good moods.

*It's funny just how much you sound like me a few years back. A person doesn't change. It took me a while to learn that lesson.