Good TIMES today. I'm so happy.

Harvey's "Party", which was more of a picnic which was more of a random conglomeration of some of the upper echelon of the BHS Class of '08. Meaning we gathered at the pavilion at Condit around a tiny grill making hamburgers and proceeded to play half-assed but still hilarious games of hopscotch (which, at that point, consisted of me and a bunch of guys), 4 Square, soccer, kickball, hacky sack, basketball, out-of-water chicken/pony races, and lots of snackages. I myself brought brownie cookies and they were a major it.

Fun times seeing Vlad, Kyle, Harvey, Carolyn (briefly, she wasn't really allowed to be there but she lives like, half a block from where we were), Daniel, Jenny, Sharief, Anindya, Raymond, Vicky, etc. etc. Kickball was awesomecakes, and even though my team lost, no one was poor sports about it and OMG we can be competitive AND sportsmanlike? IMPOSSIBLE.

Just gooooood times, for real. Had a delicious hamburger, a banana, Welch's Fruit Snacks, two clementines and I almost-but-didn't dive into a HUGE apple. Seriously, it was the size of my head.

And yes, it was 50 degrees outside, but it was still awesome.

Abandoned them for home around 3:00, crashed on the couch, then woke up and got ready for another party, Young Life Alumni party in Pearland at one of our leaders' houses. He has one of the cutest babies on the planet. Seriously. Got lost twice trying to navigate 288 and twisty stupid neighborhoods.

MAPQUEST,

YOU TOTALLY BETRAYED ME. But Google Maps is even worse, so I guess I'll forgive you for the next time I need directions.

Grudgingly,
Me

Wore my brand-spankin'-new Martha jacket, aka a maroon leather jacket that I think looks pretty damn spiff if I may say so myself. Flattering, warm, comfortable and totally leather-y-smelling. At the party we had a 'crappy' white elephant, I came away with three peppermints, 50 cents (in quarters, which I was quite grateful to receive) and a mini Snickers bar. Considering I gave away a 24 piece puzzle, some bubbles, two candy canes and a yo-yo, it wasn't a bad haul. Especially since Kellie Rodekohr had to take away a disgusting crap DVD titled Santa Conquers The Martians and oh dear sweet Jesus in a purple prom dress, it looked about as terrible as it sounds.  I think the budget MIGHT have been $2,000. Max. ANYway, got home from that in record time (15 minutes, holy shit the people I was following were booking it) and popped 'round Liz's to show off my duds.

That went over well, I think. Saw my surrogate puppy, who was looking at me forlornly once she smelled Scout (the leader's dog) on me, like, "YOU CHEATED ON ME?" Huggled Katie and Liz and watched old school Justice League and Superman and thangs and it was good tiems as well.

:D

Happy Darienne is happy.

Last minute Darienne also needs to buy moar presents.

Well, I'm off to -maybe- finish Playing James. It's turning out better than I expected, mostly because it's so funny on the narrative side.

OMFGHA. School today. Evil.

Okay. So APUSH test. On 3 chapters. [I semi forgot there was a test, totally forgot it included chapter 19. Ow. ><;] I was away on a trip this weekend, and my teacher was gone due to living somewhere out there in Katy or somesuch and her loss of power.

I took it. When a bunch of other people who went on the same trip asked Ms. Good and got out of it. What did I do?

Well, let's see. It rhymes with SOMB-er, and looks like TOMB. Which is what I'll be in when I find out I've [insert the word here]-ed it. :sigh: 

So I went around with my AIDSpod and listened to my angry screamo music and pouted in a hoodie. And as of this moment I've still not touched any homework, and I've been home for a good two and a half hours. Ain't procrastination grand? I decided to hate the world the instant I found out I had to go to school today and deal with all the shit that trip caused me.

But I had a great time. Young Life is all Christian and whatnot, and I won't go into the details for fear of getting all these atheists and whatnots in a rage, don't annoy me please. Suffice to say I think I had an 'Oh' moment. [An 'Aha' moment is when you realize your relationship with Him. -No, Liz. Not that him. :smirk:] 'Oh's are close, but no cigars. As far as I'm concerned, I kinda had a metaphor in my head (probably partly inspired by the weather of this weekend in the GPL -Grapeland, Tx):

I am waiting in that cliched downpour outside in the rain, staring up at the dark sky completely soaked waiting for that special sign that tells me everything's allright and that there IS a God and that everything I want to believe in with my religion is true. And when I see someone who's already hit their 'Aha' moment, they walk by with a break in the clouds over their head, sun shining around them. 

But I decided I'm ready to wait in that torrential rain if that's what it takes.

That, and I realized that System of a Down's Chop Suey is kinda religious, 'cause of the last lines, which are derived from JC's last moments on the cross: [Yes, I said JC. Get over it.]

Father into your hands, I commend my spirit
Father into your hands, why have you forsaken me?
In your eyes, forsaken me
In your thoughts, forsaken me
In your heart, forsaken me

Oh, trust in my, self-righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die
In my self-righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die

That, as well as a lot of other things hit me this weekend.  [I just hope they stay.]

ANYway. On another note. I hate school, mainly because it keeps me from watching as much SVU as I want. [Thanks to them, I'm only on the third disk of SVU season one. :snarl:] But tonight's my night for TV. 

OMFLINEUP:

NCIS
House/Law and Order: Criminal Intent
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

Tuesday nights are my briefest of heavens.

Dickie did good last week. Last five minutes was me in the clouds, floating above the world. But then I get back on LJ and find icons and am reminded that they're only together in my head and my fics. Then, I realize I hate them. 

You'll hate them too. 

Anyway. 

Notes to self: 
~Post fic? Hmm.
~Post QOTD's. :snork: :D
~Do homework? Psshwa. NEVAR! >D
~I forget. :DDD