20/365 January 20th, 2012.
I am really bad at keeping up with this day to day.
I’ll take you back to tomorrow.
The second most prominent memory from January 19th, 2012 is being extremely saddened by my final English grade. I said as she called my name to come pick up my paper, “If I get a 98 I swear, I can never get higher than a 98…”
98…
“Not good enough” I say to my friends, who received what is likely to be a score much lower than a 98.
That was a perfect paper written by a perfectly adequate aspiring journalist. What am I doing wrong.
The foremost prominent memory from January 19th, 2012 is receiving a “Dean’s List Honor Roll” award at my schools once-a-semester awards assembly. I’m “soaring with the eagles”, a phrase said by my mother at least 15 times yesterday afternoon.
4.33 GPA…
On January 19th, 2012 I smashed my left hand ring finger into my closet door…
I am left handed…
A day of highs and lows indeed.
January 20th, 2012 was a perfectly average day.
A perfectly average Friday morning; 5:30 wake up, 2 hours of ignoring my Biology teacher, 2 hours of Art class flying by quicker than the pace I am working at.
Check.
A perfectly average Friday afternoon: 2 wonderful hours in French, diving deeper and deeper into the Parisian culture I hope to one day be a part of, 30 minutes of teenage girl gossip and drama, and 2 hours of my obnoxiously loud TA Art Class.
Check.
But today after school life was pleasingly un-average; I have a 75% chance of spending my summer alone in New York City (25% higher than what it was last week, by my calculations.)
And now I am making the most wonderful smelling cupcakes and anticipating an equally wonderful night of eating them while watching Ryan Gosling movies and finishing up Sherlock. (I am anticipating tears in copious amounts…)
Day 16/365
Wow this month is flying by. I haven’t journaled in a few days.
Today I went to Disneyland and it rained and everyone left and it was splendid.
I am sleepy.
7/365 - Sat 1/7/12
I woke up at 11:16 AM. Last day of sleeping in. Today I got addicted to tiny tower. Literally addicted. I guess the average tiny tower player takes at least a week or so to get to the point of where I am today alone. I’m proud of my 23 floors and 40 bitizens.
After showering I decided to be somewhat productive and get started on my first 3D construction art project. I painted the discs I cut out yesterday solid white so I could get started tomorrow with adding the rest of the 2D elements. I’m actually really excited even though it’s technically ”not in the rules” for my AP 2D Art class and my teacher might not be happy with the direction I want to take my art now. That’s okay I’ll just be doing this for me.
Today I thought about college too. Still kind of excited about Chapman even though I know it probably won’t ever work out.
We went to dinner with grandpa again today. Full blast Alzheimers tonight. We made this and he yelled at us and it was embarrassing but it was worth it
The most alzheimer-ey thing he said tonight was that he wanted to get some Vodka to put in the three cans of tomato juice he had in his freezer.
We went to Barnes and Noble and I got a pretty leather planner and a journal in which I hope to write in every day
I have some Tiny Tower to go play
6/365 - Fri 1/6/12
Today I came up with an idea that involved three concentric circles, butterflies, flowers, and water.
I’m going to need a lot of art supplies and more than the $30 I have left on my Michael’s Craft Store gift card.
I didn’t do shit today besides constructing the 3 circles; which meant I had time to watch two movies (50/50 and Contagion) and eat too much food.
5/365 - Thurs 1/5/12
Disneyland again. 2 days in one week; Score!
Today we started in California Adventure; Good call. I found my favorite new Disneyland food; The awesome chinese chicken salad served in a huge bread bowl on the pier (Rock on). And I found one of my favorite Disney Channel stars; David Henrie. I first saw him in line for Toy Story Mania. Initially nerve stricken, I only made eye contact with him and nothing more. When off the ride I built up the courage to call out his name and wave; I got smiles and waves back. I found him again about three minutes later next to the carousel, but he was with his family and I didn’t want to disturb him for a picture. So I took advantage of lack of security and stood two feet away from him for 45 seconds. Boo-ya.
The park was packed again, but not as bad as Monday. Got on Haunted Mansion and Buzz. We went to see It’s a Small World all lit up at night, and were confused as to why it was so crowded at first; but then it “snowed”.
Rode Tower of Terror; ate dinner at La Brea while watching the fire works going off in the park, bought some candy and headed home.
All in all I had a fantastic day.
4/365
Finally saw The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo! David Fincher is among the gods. During the opening credits I sat there in awe, completely consumed by the monochromatic beauty that I was witnessing, and thought to myself, “I could leave the theater now and be happy.” Looking back at that moment I think to myself, “Do I want to go to film school so I can have the opportunity to create something such as what I just witnessed?” I have a few months to decide in what direction I want to go with my career. I want to create. Maybe I will just be happy writing if I can find a job that will suit my needs (money HA)
3/365 Today I watched three movies and finally thought of something to do with that huge canvas.
Do something tomorrow.
2/365: My brother wanted to leave early, and when leaving the park my mom noticed I looked unhappy, and took me back in the park to ride my favorites; just me and her. At one point I was so happy that I cried.
