hUmp day....

and what a dull, busy day it was...

so i'm pretty much hating this semester already. gahh i can't believe its on WEDNESDAY!!! this week has felt like the longest ever..my schedule is no joke. seriously. and even during the period i do have a little time to relax a bit i'm too tired to do that! i didn't go to practice today, and i had a bunch of hw so as soon as a got home i was welcomed with a fresh loaf of banana nut bread...all that was missing was a glass of milk. anywho....so yea as soon as i got home it was straight to the books. now thats not somethin i've done in a long time. which tells me this semester is pretty hardcore (=o). so i've been studyin all night. and you know that feeling after you've studied and your head is full of knowledge. that is now a constant, perpetual feeling! it hurts..who knew knowledge could be so painful...lol.

so ummm other then going over the different declensions of nouns and such of the amazing world of latin 2 and trying to figure out how to solve compound inequalities...i've been catchin up on American Idol and the Real World. fun fun...haha during the week thats as good as it gets...

soo i'm tired..stoked for the weekend..right now its what i live for. oh and saturday i'm volunteerin at a mens shelter. did it last year. its an eye-opening experience.

well off to dream of algebraic equations and latin verb tenses....joy. =\

ready for s'more....school?

soooo its been an interesting few days since my last post. had lots and lots of free time so tried to spend it as productively as i could...i failed. haha countless hours of Man vs. Wild, Mythbusters, and other engaging things. i spent the other part of my time dodging the law...potentially. ok well my friend had a lil get together with some old friends of ours..and random ppl that they brought along..you know how that goes...well it was all fun and games...until they got the bright idea to egg cars/houses. Now i'm not one destroy property so i really wasn't game for this whole schpeeel. so pretty much my whole nite was spent dodgin this what they said "awesome" idea. never knew i could come up with that many excuses. hahaha even though the nite was sucky in all ways possible..me and 2 of my other friends ended up just finishin the nite off w/ a few games of ping-pong. it was more enjoyable then the rest of the nite. lol its funny how things like that work...the simple things huh.

the "crew", a nickname my lil group of guy friends aquired back in the 8th grade, got together saturday nite. we built a fire in my friends backyard and roasted marshmellows and made s'mores. oh how sweet of a nite it was. we were all just chillin talkin and what night. its good to know after all this time we can still just get together and enjoy each others company. it was actually fun buildin the fire...i became the unofficial designated wood getter and went searchin through my friends forest of a backyard findin suitable peices of wood to preserve our fire. had his knife and all. these are the times when i think all that Man vs. Wild is payin off...thanks Bear Grylls!

soooo i should probably be in bed at the moment. actually thats where i plan to head when im done typing this. i just felt i had to let this all out. im pretty stressed. why? idk its the start of a new semester..a clean slate so i should just be relaxed and for the most part i am but i HATE adjustin to change. not only that but i am bad at it, so gimme two weeks and once i settle into a routine and ill be peachy. =D part of my stressing is the toughness of my classes this semester..i actually have to think, ALOT! lol unlike first semester. and i might be changin a class and idk if i should, but i know it'll get me prepared for the future and blah blah blah long-story short....im confused at the moment. oh dear..sleep is callin my name. sweet dreams....

AT LAST; a dream fullfilled.

"free AT LAST, free AT LAST", with those immortal words from Martin Luther King Jrs. famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial to the goosebump stimulating first lyrics of the song that led the first dance of President Obama and First Lady(wow feels so good saying that). it seems to all have come full-circle. Click This---First Dance A day up to this point most people could have only dreamed about now has arrived and what a great day it was. Yes, hes the first black president...but thats not the only thing that makes this such a magnificent occasion. For once i feel as if i can trust the president..believe in him..and know he will make the right decision not for his best interest but for our country. To sum it up, Security...yea thats what it is security.

I spent the greater part of the day getting lost in the words of the freshly sworn in President Obama and the many events/parade that followed; completely disregarding the fact that outside was a white, blanket of snow. I still can't believe right now that all this is happening. Times are a changin'..truly. Even though i'm so young, only 16..i feel as though i was indirectly part of this great feat/ceremony. It has inspired me to go out and do something to benefit others. He has that affect. The only question is..what to do? Well either way i know it is time to stop being the example and start setting it. I vow and pledge to find something to do..to help others..to benefit the community. I must.

well off to bed...last exam tomorrow..biology..ahh! i'm prepared..(i think?)

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 44th President of These United States BARACK OBAMA!!!!

on the eve of greatness....

oi i have too much energy right now. it probably doesn't help the fact that im drinking coke. which brings me to another topic. i went to the dentist today and got a filling for a cavity (another reason i probably should drink somethin with less sugar..but hey the stuff is good)...other than having my mouth numb for half the day..today was the ideal day.

so this evening i hung out with some friends and his house. we wii'd it up for a bit (i'm the master of tennis...fyi.) and just hung. somehow the idea of burnin` my friends shoebox full of his and his ex's like keepsake memorable stuff came up....so they set up a little bon fire in his backyard and burned away. this girl was with him for over a year. as the ashes grew i was just thinkin 'man years of memories and keepsakes (promise rings etc..) and little notes of endearment gone down the drain'...as much as i was over being with somebody idk if i could ever bring myself to just literally destroying every aspect of that relationships. i think that from each relationship you learn something about yourself or what you want in a relationship..i guess its the old saying "you live and you learn"..but yea idk...as fun as it was to just see the fire...just thinkin about the intentions of all those little notes and tokens of love and what they represented...even though it's in the past..idk..but anywhoo i should stop rambling..

HAPPY MLK DAY!!!!
speakin of which it is kind of ironic that today is that day being that it is the day before such an historic event! the inaguration of BARACK OBAMA!!! all day other then watching countless hours of Man vs. Wild (bear grylls is the man...) i've been watchin lots and lots of pre-inaguration stuff and i couldn't help but have tears coming from my eyes. i actually feel for once like im witnessing greatness..history. until now i've only read about it in textbooks and watched those poorly put together movies on it..but now its a reality. idk i've felt the difference he's made already. these past few months have just been so enlightening for me. i can only imagine and hope that the future will be equally or better than now. i was actually supposed to be in D.C..that would've been awesome to witness this with my family first-hand..but oh-well..i still am exciting. what a great day tomorrow will be. "its been a long time comin, but change is gonna come", and it has!

oh and their calling for 2-4 in. of snow.....could tomorrow get any sweeter?

shades of blew.

this weekend was sufficiently decent.
like i said i was up at chapel hill yesterday running in a meet....a great experience in itself but honestly something i'd rather forget.....one of the most embarassing worst races i've ever ran in. well first off...i was running the 500 meters (a race that would be considered a little long for me and somethin i wouldn't typically run)....long story short..i got SMOKED! i knew i would finish if not last close to it, but it needless to say....by the time i finished the runners were leaving the track. that feeling of just coming down the straight-a-way by myself..with all the eyes on me..you would think would be a great one..well yeah when your in first, its funny b/c that is the feeling everyone loves to feel and yet yesterday and now..its a feeling I fear. for a while afterwards i just felt defeated, (oh wait its 11:11, make a wish.......) ok anyways a yeah for the rest of the day i couldn't focus on anything else other than that race...but its become my motivation..to work harder..so i can be up at the top.

it was still cool being in Chapel Hill though..thats the college i want to go to and i'm workin my butt off to see that i do. we ate lunch at this little soda shop in town and i even got a new unc REVERSIBLE tobogan...which i guess eased the pain of losing so shamefully.

today i pretty much chilled...went over to a friends to watch the games...not a big football fan but its always nice when i'm around my friends. their such great people, i know as much as we pick and mess with each other..at the end of the day their some of the best people i know.

so this week is lookin pretty good...no school till wednesday (because of exams/inauguration/MLK day..etc) i take my biology exam that day then after wed. no more school until monday (due to exams/end of quarter)...in a nutshell..this is goin to be a pretty kick ass week.

hmmm dirty jobs sounds good right now...love my discovery channel. have a good one. =D

sooo off to bed early for a change....i'm runnin in a track meet tomorrow at the indoor track at UNC-Chapel Hill...it should be pretty interesting considering thats where i wanna go after hs. I'm runnin the 500 meter, not a race i'd usually run(long-distance hurderler/sprinter) but it'll get me in shape. well anyways i plan to walk around the campus/town with the fam afterwards, perhaps get some unc/track apparel to add to my collection...despite the frosty temps. (single digits...CRAZY)

so today was everything but exciting. took my english exam, which basically consisted of writing two essays...one was definition essay on what moral responsibility, and the other explaining the causes of stress in teen's lives...i thought the promts were not too bad..could've been worse..

other than that...got home early and took a little cat nap, got a fresh haircut..always nice..and enjoyed a dinner with the fam...

well now i'm about to doze off while watching Man vs. Wild on discovery..good stuff...gotta get up early...like 4..aghh! wish me luck!

you think you know; but you have no idea

greetings, bonjour, aloha, buenos dias, guten tag, konichiwa, shalom, etc etc.

chris here.
bringing you any of those welcomes from the good ol' state of north carolina.
wow so this is my first post. i feel like before i can start blogging, even though i guess i already have, haha, you all should get to know me somewhat.

im 16, and just your typical-average, yet not-so typical high-school sophmore.
i don't fit into stereotypes. i don't drink, or consume drugs. i just prefer to do me (still figuring out who me is). i've recently just found my love of life and thought i should share it with the world. through what exactly? good question...i run track, but my true love has always been in the arts, you know dance, art, theatre, singing...its where my heart is. i guess im just trying to find what i want to do in life. i suppose it helps that i have a close-knit family and friends.

the only thing is, as dismal and boring my days seem...there is so much inside this oddly shaped head of mine (or as ive been told...) that my friends and family will never know, and its just waiting to jump out; in time i guess.

i wish my life could be viewed day-by-day like on the mtv series "Diary", with little blurbs and quotes randomly viewed on the screen. well because frankly.."you think you know, but you have no idea."