// I'm Pressing On.

I think we're going somewhere.
We're on to something good here.
Out of mind, out of state.T
rying to keep my head on straight.
I think we're going somewhere.
We're on to something good here.
There's only one thing left to do.
Drop all I have and go with you.

Somewhere back there I left my worries all behind.
My problems fell out of the back of my mind.
We're going and I'm never knowing (never knowing) where we're going.
To go back to where I was would just be wrong.
I'm pressing on.

Oh man, I'm dead tired. My legs are sore, my brain is exhausted yet I haven't felt this good in a long while. Everything is starting to fall back into place, my school mark worries are going down, as with the school work pile. All the while, my marks are going up and I'm pretty mellow right now. I'm not really having troubles with anything academic wise, the only thing that's challenging and extremely hard is learning a new instrument! ( trombone ) stupid embouchure. On the plus side again, it's nice outside. Kinda sunny, not too windy, just the way I like it.

// King of Fools

Waiting for you
Nothing in this world can bring me
Peace and madness
They've become the very best of friends

Walking with you
Blindly follow out upon the
Water runs down
You've become the very best of friends

I'll live for you and try to be the king of fools
I'll long for you and walk before the king of all

Joy has found me
Living life without you would be
Hell or heaven
Soon we'll find the greatest king of fools

I'll live for you and try to be the king of fools
I'll long just to walk before the king of fools

// Who wants to buy Girl Guide cookies?

Did You rise the sun for me?
Or paint a million stars that I might know Your majesty?
Is Your voice upon the wind?
Is everything I've known marked with my maker's fingerprints?

Breathe on me,
Let me see Your face,
Ever will I seek You.

'Cause all You are, is all I want, always.
Draw me close in Your arms,
Oh God, I wanna be with You.

Can I feel You in the rain?
Abandon all I am to have You capture me again.
Let the earth resound with praise,
Can You hear as all creation lives to glorify one name?
Always - Hillsong United

21. Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" 22. Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
~Matthew 18:21 - 22

I have difficulty with this. I know I should forgive him, no matter how many times he screws up, but sometimes, I really want to just give up being his friend. If I forgive him, it means I'm allowing for him to treat me this way. That shouldn't be right. But if God says I gotta forgive, I probably should. He obviously said it for a reason. And it's true. Forgiving him would give me a peace of mind and it would make it easier for me to move on and forget all this drama, but it's just weird. I think I'm getting too emotional about this whole situation.

Moving on. I'm sick. It's really gross, actually. I've been coughing up loogies (sp?) of the brightest shade of green/yellow every 15 minutes. I'm sure you didn't need that image in your head, but I thought I'd entertain you all. I haven't had much to eat 'cept water, Neo Citron, chicken noodle, and Tylenol Cold. Let's hope I get better before camp. I really need some time off from the city and school. Plus, I have a surprise for camp and if I can't sing, the surprise won't go too well.

I'm excited. Matt's coming to McRoberts tomorrow. MCROBERTS FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT!

// The Hell I Am

One of the down falls to having a spare bloch B, pizza hut doesn't open until 11:00! Haha! Bet I was the first customer of the day! Anywho...

I hate to do this, but I must declare the JC in a state of emergency. Everything that's happening in it was designed not to have this happen, so the JC is being put into a state of emergency. Once we fix this situation, we can move on. However, the JC will most likely be a lot more different then when it first started in November last year.

I played hockey for the first time in over a month Sunday!!! What a relief, I was about to die because of low hockey level in my blood. We played a number of practice games and I wasn't living up to my potential. There were many threatening comments made, but after the break, I finally pulled it together to force a 0-0 tie (we were playing half court and I was the goalie) We played for a fricken hour and two teams couldn't get it passed me. Suckers. We were forced to a shootout and let me say it's a lot harder to stop a player one on one. However out of 3 shooters on each team, I only allowed one goal. We then went into sudden death shootout; next goal wins. After the fourth shooter came, they finally got one past me. The second team's fourth shooter couldn't do it, so it was over. Was very fun. Sunday night I had to stay home and go to a stupid family diner.

Monday was going along well, until I talked to Steph, then we hit some ice on the road. I'd rather not explain due to confidential reasons. Maybe afterwards I shall let the world in on this soap opera. Probably not because I'm not the main character. But being the guy who knows every damn detail gets frustrating sometimes. Although, I'm glad I know.

Today is Tuesday, and well, there isn't to much going on. I'm still just so stressed about this little problem, I never knew it could get this bad for me! My advice to myself, and everyone involved is to stay cool.

I'm so scared, I'm going to McRoberts tomorrow!!! Ahhhh!! I swear, if anyone touches me I'll kill them. The last thing I want is to be infected with a French virus. Although this free food tempts me, plus I believe in supporting friends! Thursday is a late start at school so it shouldn't be to bad and Friday is always a short day. I just need to get my form in for the retreat. This retreat I'm a little worried about and I'm having my doughts. Anywho... This week has been better then last week. Although my week didn't start sucking until last Tuesday night.

Anywho, pizza calls, I hope this was long enough for you PINTO! hehehe

// What a life

I'm currently reading a book called the raggamuffin gospel, by brendan manning, I highly recommend it.
Anyways, it's pretty much about how we as christians should not feel obligated to do good works, but to have a close relationship in christ and through that touch others around us through his amazing grace. All about grace, and how we can do nothing to deserve it, only accept it in our brokeness. Realize that we have nothing to give, except ourselves. That we are filthy sinners who deserve nothing but death and seperation from God. But he wants to be with us, no matter where we are at. Whether it be sex drugs are what have you, he will meet you wherever you're at. No matter what the conciquence. pretty sweet deal if you ask me.

// It could be so nice.

I wanna make you smile whenever you're sad,
Carry you around when your arthritis is bad.
All I wanna do is grow old with you.

I'll get your medicine when your tummy aches,
Build you a fire if the furnace breaks.
Oh, it could be so nice, growing old with you.

I'll miss you, I'll kiss you.
Give you my coat when you are cold.
I'll need you, I'll feed you.
Even let you hold the remote control.

So, let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink,
Put you to bed when you've had too much to drink.
I could be the man who grows old with you.
I wanna grow old with you.

Granted, he's not flying to Las Vegas, but I still want him back. I feel the urge to sing this song outside his window. Someone lock me up before I do something stupid.

I really don't know what to think anymore.

On the plus side, I'm being very musically productive today. This is good.

I don't feel like posting anything, but I feel I must, so here we are...

// What happen to her Plan?

She was gonna be an actress.
She was gonna be a star.

Wow. Today me and my sis sat down and watched all of the movie "Thirteen" it is scary. Not in the way that you think a scary movie would be scary, but it's just so realistic. It just shows you what there really is out there and that you have only seen a small part of it. If any of you have ever read Harry Potter, you know how the Dementors "suck the happiness" out of people? Watching that movie was kind of like that. During and after watching that movie, I felt so down. I don't know how or why, but I just felt so bad about everything. It's like whenever you wake up and it's cloudy and rainy and you have to go to school, feels kinda like that.

Well anyways, yea over all it was kind of a good movie, makes you notice a lot of things. You guys should watch it.

// Counting spare change has never looked so good.

Yesterday, I had auditions for both the fall one acts and the spring musical production. My one act audition went pretty well. Jaqueline's directing a one act called Juvie. It's about a juvenile detention centre and the kids that are spending time there. She had me read a soliloquy by a character named Jane. Jane doesn't talk at all because of traumatic events that happened at home. In the soliloquy is where she explains her "unsatisfying home life". When I finished, Payvand said she was going to cry and Mike said he got shivers. I hope that means I'm good. Call backs are posted on Monday, but Jaqueline has already guaranteed a call back. Hurrah. My spring production audition didn't go as well. I'll say nothing further.

A beautiful song. Honey and the Moon by Joseph Arthur. Quite soothing. It was played on the last episode of The OC last season. It's from the scene where Theresa and Ryan are driving away and Marissa is waiting on the sidewalk. That episode made me cry.

Moving on! Who wants to see an amusing photo of me counting change?



I look so amused. Take note.

Anyhow, Lauren and I are going to the mall tomorrow to check out some dresses for my Winter Formal. I'm stoked. Whatever dress I get, I'm still wearing my Converse sneakers with them. Talk about ultimate comfort and style. Yes. I think I'll drop by McDonald's and get another one of those Hello Kitty Happy Meal toys that they have right now. They are so damn cool.

Here's another photo of me AFTER I finished counting my change.

This is happiness in a tin foil wrapper.

// Noooo! I Got a C!!

I'm in keyboarding as i write this, and i just got a C on the warm up test! Noooooo!

Ok, I had a series of crazy dreams but this one was weird. I went to photo and Brendon and Anne were in it! The teacher was like yea cut backs so were combinding schools. I couldn't figure out if i was at Magee or McRoberts. Anywho, was really weird, really really weird. Again in the dream Anne looked sad and i couldn't help. Argh

So Wed was a complete dud of a day. School was dull, and my cold didn't make things better. Were not doing hockey now either Friday! Anywho, gotta jet!

// Youth Can't Save Me Now...

There are many purposes in youth. The one I love is getting away from it all. Now I'm just leaving problems in Vancouver, to now deal with problems in Richmond, which makes the city even less attractive... Why? I'm not so sure myself, but being unable to use my pinky is definitly a good reason (why is it always my glove hand???).

Yesterday at prayer, I had just bought new pads!!! Wowzers, I was so excited that I had to wear them immidiatly! Somehow though, I think this anoyed Dyllanbecause he started to utter saracastic comments, which really bugs me since I'm the only one who takes hockey seriously. Matt, Nick and Dyllan play the game, but they don't take it seriously. Maybe you can't tell, but a player can. So anywho, after prayer he gave me a purple nurple, I can't remember why. So defending myself, I go after him and apperently he had put is ring back in. He got all mad and he was like you can't do that anymore blah blah blah... I said treat others the way you would want them to treat you. He didn't go for it and came after me. At this point I wasn't in the mood for fighting, but I had to defend myself. He wasn't stopping throwing the punches so eventually I just had to throw back and make myself clear that I wanted this to stop. I ended up seriously hurting my pinky because I can barely move it. I'm only guessing he's mad at me, because he didn't talk to me for the rest of the night, and didn't say bye. This bugs me because all i did was evenge myself and whatever. Like my step mom, if it's not his way, he gets mad.

Another thing that buged me was Anne looked really out of it and I wanted to help her out but I didn't know how. It honestly felt like there was a sheet of glass that wouldn't let go near her or help; like i was in a cage. She didn't want a ride, not that my parents could have given her a ride, but I still felt so bad. Dyllan anded up walking her home and I wanted to be there and talk to her but I couldn't. I honestly couldn't. It was probably the first time in my life where I came to youth i a good mood, and left in a poor mood. Is youth really worth the trip now? I dunno...

Anywho, on more of a positive side, my dad and I are going to try to do a little promo for are train video tonight! That's going to be sweet! It'll let people know it's going to be out there soon! Another rumour that has it is that all of Richmond has Friday off? Crazy! Do you know what I'm thinking? Adventure to my school! Haha! yeah right like anyone is going to come visit me. That's another thing that bugs me. Going to visit people in Richmond is easy for me, but when it comes to going into Vancouver, its like a huge sacrafice of their life! I don't really get it, I think Vancouver scare Richmond folk.

Anywho, lunch time!

// Kings.

I raised my hand to shield my estranged eyes form the foreign light, millions of miles away. The sun was suspended in the sky; we were suspended in our youth. The soft white rays outlined my fingers and an unreal glow laced everything: the clouds, the mountains, the trees, the lake. Even as I closed my eyes, I knew that the world and all its beauty would pause while I slept. And when I awoke, the glow would resume its presence. The water sparkled a deep blue, a shade I had only seen in a night sky, contradicting the blue expanse that spread above it. Droplets of water decorated our skin like diamonds, and we felt like kings.

This is the moment that lasts forever, even if only in memory. But forever is undefined , and though these are the years we yearn to escape, there comes a time where we would rather sleep and live on in memory, than to face the dangerous perils of growing up.

I wrote this "prose poem" for Creative Writing class. Matt's probably the only one who knows exactly what I'm writing about. Remember that time, Matt? Yeah. It was lovely.

// Hows It Going, Eh?

The question that came up was how am I doing? You know what, I really don't know. Somedays I'm like woohoo! Other days I'm like humbug. School, the only thing in school that is screwing with me is photo and english.

Bah! My computer is so stupid! Trying to get this editing system up and running but that's incredibly hard.

Friends are screwing with me too. So many things that have just come up and it makes me frustrated, especialy when they all say their christians. But prayer works...

Grad pictures were soooo cool! Anywho, I'm at school and it's time for english! Bah!

// On my way to recovery.

It was a beautiful letdown,
When I crashed and burned,
When I found myself alone, unknown and hurt.
It was a beautiful letdown,
The day I knew,
That all the riches this world had to offer me,
Would never do.
-The Beautiful Letdown

And you’re on fire,
When he’s near you.
You’re on fire,
When he speaks.
You’re on fire,
Burning at these mysteries...
-On Fire

Gone,
Like yeterday is gone,
Like history is gone,
The world keeps spinning on.
You're going, going,
Gone,
Like summer break is gone,
Like Saturday is gone,
Just trying to prove me wrong,
You pretend like your immortal.
-Gone

I am reeling in shock and disbelief.

There are things in my head that I am trying to sort out. Fact or fiction, but the fact of the matter is, it doesn't matter if it's fact or fiction because it's a fact that all the fiction could possibly be fact and there is no way of finding out whether it's fact or fiction. (See? Even when I'm upset, I can still make witty jokes. This is a good sign.)

Friday night was weird. Saturday was worse. That was a sad and rainy day indeed. Today is Sunday and Sunday is better. Much better. I'm not fully recovered, but I will be soon. The weather just helps me along. There just things that still confuse me, things that I need answers to, but I'm trying to remember to rely on God instead of constantly beating myself up over the situation. It happened for a reason and though it doesn't seem very clear right now, it soon will. I only hope that I'll be able to be my normal self again, without hurting so much. All my favourite songs for the time being have been ruined, but maybe one day soon, I'll be able to listen to them again without constantly being reminded of what I lost. But I really haven't lost too much. I've learned much more. I'm trying not to be angry about everything that's happened this past weekend/month. I'm trying not to hold a grudge because that is not how I want to lose a bestfriend.

I've been listening to a lot of Switchfoot. It's pretty comforting. Even if the song doesn't really match the occation, it makes me feel a lot better. On Fire, The Beautiful Letdown and Gone are really making me wake up, though. (See above.)

"you might say Phil you don't know what's going on in my world, you don't know what's happening in my life. Your right, I don't, but God does!" - Phill Dooley

// Vancouver Boy, And It Shows

I love a chalenge in my life, or do I? Well, if I have one that's for sure. A Vancouver boy, doesn't seem like a chalenge, but it is. Nobody likes your town, nobody wants to go to your town, and nobody is in your town. How very true, and it has one again become very relavent now that school has kicked back in. As much as I know Steph misses everyone, it's not the same out here. You pretty much have no chance at seeing anyone you love during the week, but I must say, I've adapted very well this school year. Do i want to be in Richmond? Nope. I love Vancouver, I wouldn't trade my city for the world. I take great pride in living in what is one of the best cities in the world. Vancouver is where I live, it is homebase, it is... my city. Nevertheless, it is hard not seeing Dyllan, Anne, Steph, The Sedin's, Nelly and so on and so on. Anywho...

You know what I miss, Historymaker! I can't wait for the merge! I hope like I'm walking down the street with Pastor Andy, Annick, Anne, Steph, and like Ben or someone and we run into a speaker and people and get into a big convo at like a starbucks lounge! I need some Awesome worship! That's what i need! Anywho...

I'm so close to getting my editing system up and running! Then i can get the Historymaker video up and running! I miss historymaker...

// Don't you leave me. I have been saving smiles for you.

Well, I am crying,
You aren't trying,
And I am melting away.
I wait for the words on the tip of your tongue.
I'm only as good as the last one.
You decide and I abide,
As my song goes unsung.

This is how you know you are pathetic.
1. You keep your cell phone on all the time in case he tries to call.
2. You overreact and go into "emo kid" mode for an hour or so everyday that you don't see him.
3. You'd rather go to bed than stay awake 'cause at least you can dream about happy times.
4. You dug up your old Vanessa Carlton CD so that you could listen to "Pretty Baby" and be sappy about it.
5. Likewise, you've listened to Liz Phair's "Why Can't I?" about seven times on loop.

This is how you know school is going well.
1. You are actually looking forward to French class.
2. You are actually looking forward to Bio class.
3. You made flash cards for the parts and functions of an animal cell.
4. You actually want to get into arguments during Law class.
5. You finish all your homework the day it was assigned, even the reading that's due in a week.

This is how you know you miss the summer.
1. You drive down the street in someone's car with loud music blasting, but it really isn't as fun anymore.
2. You desparately want to float in the middle of a lake, on a matress with your three favourite people. Your only option is the bath tub.
3. You actually want to eat ice cream at DQ's now, but it's much too cold.
4. You automatically head for your flip flops, but then realize Chucks are a better idea if it's raining.
5. No more sleeping in. No more 10 AM wake up calls about what to do today.

These are the five people you miss seeing every day.
1. Dyllan.
2. Matt.
3. Nelly.
4. The Sedin Twins (aka Nick and Matt).
5. Anne. (But I still get to see her at school, that's why she's number 5.)

Needless to say, I think back-to-school blues are kicking in, big time. A lot of it, I think has a large deal to do with my bestfriend. Ahem. That is all I will say. But oh well. I'll deal. I'm overreacting as always, I think. Yeah, that's it.

Vanessa Carlton is pretty soothing. Piano, orchestra, sappy love songs. Yeah, that feels right.

// It's all been done.

It's all been done.
It's all been done.
It's all been done before.

I know this is kind of delayed but due to Blogger problems I havn't been able to join this Blog untill about 40 minutes ago. Yay! To recap, on Sunday Matt and I cruised down to UBC and ran the Canucks Fan Run! Woo Hoo! It was crazy, it was like a stampede and Matt ran the whole thing with his big giant bag too, which was worth an applaud so even Fin ( Canuck Mascot ) yelled out : " And here comes Matthew with his big giant bag! " as Matt crossed the finish line, it was great. We were so psyched and ready to run because about half an hour before we started, we sat in Speedy Reidy and played scenario fitting music, all the while upping the tempo. To top things off, we met Marc Crawford, Dan Cloutier, Trevor Linden, and Dan Murphy! Crazy, we both got a bunch of stuff signed by them of course.

After that we were both exhausted so we drove by the dollar store so that Matt could buy some picture frames to frame his 8 x 10 signed pictures of Dan Cloutier and Trevor Linden. With nothing left on the schedule, we headed back to Matt's place where we chilled for a bit, I don't think Pumpkin ( Matt's Cat ) likes me very much. Then Matt drove me back into Richmond, and so ends " The Great Adventures of Matthew Robson & Brendon Ip " Episode #1. With many more to come!

Tune in Next Time!

// A Car Named Speedy Riedy: The Complete Story of My Car

It was a spring night of 2003. It was the day the USA started bombing Iraq and recently my Aunt had passed away. It was the night I would learn I was getting a car. The scene took place at Dairy Queen and while I was eating my peanut buster parfait. He informed me of the news and I was speechless. Little did I know what adventure was about to take place.

It was August the 6th 2003. I had arrived on Mayne Island with my Aunt Carol and my dad and we went to my Uncle Punch's farm. They had their usual chit chat, and I was all set to go. We came up to an old barn, where in the back was an old 1982 Honda Civic. We moved some stuff, rolled out the car, and started her up! With no problem, she ran! We replaced a fuel line, insured her for the day, and my car was on it's way home. After a week, I polished her up, cleaned her out, and was ready to drive, but I had no lisence at the time, or money for insurance. With only time to think about my car, I realized the name was staring me in the face, Speedy Reidy. From then on, my car was Speedy Reidy.

Life throws you curve balls, and within two weeks of have my car home, Sarah's problem became my problem. Her car had broken down, and since Speedy Reidy was siting waiting for a driver, Sarah got Speedy Reidy. It was nice to see her run, and Speedy Reidy knew that I was the real the owner.

It was a warm June night and I was studying for my French exam when my worst fear came true. Sarah had agreed to let me borrow Speedy Reidy for a week, but Speedy Riedy's reign of terror with Sarah was abut to end. My dad baught her a new car, Betsy is how I like to call her, so Speedy Reidy was no longer useful to her. Insurance on Speedy Reidy was cancelled and she went into storage.

I went to cut grass for my dad at his car lot on a July afternoon, and I saw Speedy Reidy. Sitting there doing nothing, I wanted to bring hher back to life, but I didn't know how. All of the suden a large amount of money came in, yet I wanted to go to Nanoose Bay camp. It was then a debate over car, or camp. Knowing I would get more out of my car, I decided to go for Speedy Reidy; one of the most hardest desions I've had to make for a while. However, one I do not regret.

So Speedy Reidy and I started a new summer together on July 14th! I was free, I could go anywhere anytime. It was magic. Then came the day where I got my stereo system! All the more plesure for me and Speedy Reidy. Summer was going so well, the best I've ever had...

Everyone knows summer doesn't last forever, I summer came to an end. It was back to school and my days with Speedy Reidy were numbered. On Sunday, September 12th, I started to clean her up and get ready to put her back into storage. Something which was incredibly dificult. Everyone said there final goodbyes to Speedy Reidy, as the attention she recieved would drop a lot, in fact, she would recieve no attention.

Monday had finaly come, and it was time to say goodbye. After school, I droped Alex off and it was still raining. Nevertheless, I rolled my window down all the way and stuck my hand out the window, just like the summer days. I played flashback songs that reminded me so much of the good times. The music that reminded me of Anne, Stephanie, Dyllan, and Nelly. As I came close to Speedy Reidy's resting place, I played a song that will remind me of this summer, and my car for the rest of my life, Vindicated. I took out everything except for two things. My skull cup holder and the CD case of 'To Speedy Reidy With Love'. The skull representing how much of a rebel car Speedy Reidy really was. The CD case represented how much it meened to everyone in the youth; to me. As we were in the super store going over insurance papers, my dad assured me that my car will come back. I looked at my lisence plates before they went. 412 GHS. Standing for, my car has Great Hope that will Survive!

We Shall Meet Again My Love, We Shall Meet Again...

// "Do you kiss your mom with that mouth?!"

I must say, on this occation of our hundredth post (and it was made by our founder! How fitting!), I am honoured to be a part of this blog. I love you guys. *tear*

Today was... SMASHING DAY! I was excited and I even burned a CD this morning for it. Here's the track listing:
Smashing Day (Mix 1)
1. Audio Adrenaline - Get Down
2. Relient K - In Love With The 80's
3. Matt Good Band - Load Me Up
4. Michael Jackson - Black Or White
5. Fefe Dobson - Don't Go
6. Ben Kweller - I Need You Back
7. Ethers Void - Headbox
8. Goo Goo Dolls - Big Machine
9. Steve - Zealous Core
10. Switchfoot - Ammunition
11. The Vines - Ride
12. Mariana's Trench - Decided To Break It
13. Relient K - Sadie Hawkins Dance
14. Weezer - Fall Together
15. Relient K - Pressing On
16. U2 - Elevation
17. ACDC - Back In Black
18. Hotei Tomoyasu - Kill Bill Theme
19. Relient K - Down In Flames
20. Madness - Our House
But yeah, I didn't even get to play the last song. It's the PERFECT song. But oh well, next Saturday is Day 2 of the take-over! Excellent.

I watched Wayne's World today. How excellent. I have officially added that movie to my list. That's right, MY LIST.

// Congradulations!

Ladies and Gentleman, we are now a 100+ Blog! Well, 100 at least! Awesome! 100+ Blog! I would like to thank my friends, family, blogger, and of course me! I still remember the day I started this blog. Andrew had showed me his and it had started! Ah yes, a blog with obviously many more good times...

// In The Name Of Love

One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come, he to justify
One man to overthrow

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed on an empty beach
One man betrayed with a kiss

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

(nobody like you...)

Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love...

Argubly, I think U2 is one of the best bands that have ever come around. They have many songs no one will ever forget. There not hard rock, there lyrics make sence, and there songs just are Awesome. Yep! U2 rocks!

// HURRAH FOR DAY 1s!

I am so stoked on my Day 1s. (Note: I am in a linear school, where I have Day 1s and 2s and three terms, instead of semesters.) Day 1 consists of Writing 12, study block, English 12 and Strings 12. Day 2 means Law 12, Francais Langue 12, Concert Band 12 and Biology 12. I'm not so stoked on Francais Langue and Biology. But those are my only two hard classes, so I'm not too worried about the rest of it.

BUT DAY 1S! It's like, not going to school at all. Writing 12 is pretty much just write, write, write. Which means happy, happy, happy Steph. Same with English 12! Study is well, a study. And Strings 12 is pretty much me, listening to music on my MP3 player and playing guitar for an hour and 15 minutes! I am stoked on tomorrow.

I should stop saying stoked. That word's getting stuck on me. Stoked. Stoked. Stoked. So stoked.

So Dyllan has decided to go for his L test again tomorrow. Third time's a charm. Matt, pick me up before you pick him up, because I want to go too. *puppy face* I hope Dyllan doesn't make the mistake of asking his Magic 8 Ball whether he'll pass or not. That's dangerous.

SO STOKED FOR SATURDAY! Clean up and renovation on the new Youth lounge begins!

// Dig Med Dev Scares Me!

Holy Crap, talk about a boring class! Like, i would rather be in math! School is making me sad! I don't know what's going on with my stupid courses. I was Suposed to be taking PE, but where the hell is it?!?!? I need a science too! Geez...

Yes, With Out A Padle was indeed an awesome movie...

// T minus 2 hours

It's 11 o'clock tuesday morning, I have to go to my school in 2 hours. Does this seem a little crazy to anyone else?
This summer has been so awesome, and like everything awesome, has to end sometime. But holy smokes that went by fast. But i'm ready......well I think I'm ready. I am praying that I will be ready.
I am hyped for coming to youth again, I feel bad for not coming in like over two months. I just got kind of pre occupied you might say, and then I was on an island for two months.

// 'Cause in the 80's all the ladies grabbed his hand and couldn't let go.

Everybody go find the song In Love With The 80's (Pink Tux To The Prom) by Relient K, if you haven't heard it already. I've decided that this will be my theme song for the first month of Grade 12. That's right, I've decided that I will have a new song each month as my "theme song". At the end of the year, I'll put them all on a CD and call it, "How I Survived High School: Mix 1". How rad is that? Quite rad, I must say.

We all saw Without A Paddle today and it was so amusing and funny. Oh geeze. Unfortunately, our group (consisting of Candice, me, Dyllan, Matt, Vincent and Joel) were the only ones laughing out loud. I'd like to think that the other movie patrons were also laughing silently on the inside. Just so the actors' and movie makers' efforts aren't gone to waste.

I'd like to be President of the Breakfast Club.

It's the beginning of the end of high school. I'm stoked. For everything this year. It'll be a good year for sure. I'm just not so stoked on trying to find a dress for grad. Ack.

// Making The Cut...

Ok, since Anne has only posted one thing on this blog, I'm guessing she isn't going to come back and post, same with Nelly. So i prupose that we cut Anne and Nelly from the group. Well, I alrady cut Nelly. Nothing personal to them, I love them, but this blog is for the living blogers! Anywho, I'm sending an invite to....

BRENDON!

So we'll see about that. As for Ben, he posts once and a while, like are special guest poster. Andrew is like our power source, yet he still hasn't done the picture thing yet... and with his new power, you think he would add some crazy things to our blog, but no! Nevertheless, we will keep him. And Sam, she used to post, but now she doesn't anymore, so we'll see about that too...

// Not on the Bus!!

Ok so me and my girlfriend were taking the #7 bus back to her house. All was going smoothly, until we noticed a couple , a few seats in front of us, doing some things you shouldn't do in public. Now maybe i should be the critic in this situation, but honestly, NOT ON THE BUS!!
There is a time and a place for that sort of thing, but public transit is definately not one of them. Maybe i shouldn't talk, for I'm sure I've created awkward moments, but i know for a fact I've never shown affection on a bus, doing it in public is a general no no.
Hopefully I have not offended anyone by ranting on this particular subject.

// Gorgon sees all.

Whoaoaoaoaoa! So, I totally just woke up 45 mins ago (which made that 3:00 PM) after going to bed at 7:30 AM. Why, you ask? BECAUSE OF THE ALL-NIGHTER! It was pretty fun, all in all, although I wasn't doing so well half way through the night. Partially cranky, partially cramps, partially because I suck at judging whether I should drink coffee before playing DDR. Yeah, I totally had too much coffee (that's ONE cup) before I went and jumped around like a maniac... MANIAC. But that's okay. I'm all better now. Other than that, another highlight of the night was playing "Gorgon". For those of you who don't know, it's a giant night game where there is one bad guy, "Gorgon", and everyone else is good. The good people have to find pieces of a flashlight that are hidden throughout the building and then shine it on "Gorgon" before he catches you and sends you to his dungeon. MUY FUN. It was so scary though because they taped up all the windows and door cracks, so it was complete darkness! One of the funniest parts was when Julian played back all the video footage he shot with nightvision. You totally see Dyllan jump like 5 feet into the air 'cause someone ran by him and he freaked out. HILARIOUS.

Anyway, my parents are out, I am hungry, and there is nothing to do. Solution? ... I have no solution. *tear* Someone come visit me. That's always fun.

// Shuttle Engines and Parkengine

I went to go watch the shuttle engines, the train that suplies parkengine (my childhood favourite train) with freight, for the last time, although I'm going again tomorrow. But it's funny how a train and summer are like each other. You try to keep up with it and enjoy the experiance and it's good times. Then you squish a penny and you get to keep it. But then you have to leave the train and all you have is your penny. Just like the Summer leaves us, with our photos and movies...

Was my last night at work tonight. It's always so hard leaving the stadium, but not this time since I figure we'll be back for playoffs, but we'll see.

I wanna go watch parkengine tomorrow but I'm not sure if i will, I'll miss an hour of the all nighter soo yeah. The Naniamo folks definitly are keeping me well entertained, PINTO LIKES TRAINS! Probably no where near as much as me though

// Stuck in the sauna.

Oh man. These Island People (yes, with capitals) are super amusing me. It makes me miss my other Island friends... Jim, Brittany, Jaclynne, Kaitlyn... oh geeze. I miss Nanoose Bay Camp altogether.

And just because I am bored, I'm going to see how I rank on this Island Theatre Scale...
Cope with random nakedness... check.
Cope with sexual behavior... check.
Sing three part harmony... I can sing the Juicy Fruit jingle really well?
Act out scenes from recent plays... I like acting out recent commercials from TV. "History?! I LOVE HISTORY! Something happens.. then something else happens! SO SEQUENTIAL! Thank you sky for raining history down on us! LET'S STUDY."
Make a scene WHEREVER you go... I was BORN making a scene. :)
Keep up a conversation on Shakespeare, The Beatles, politics, how I plan to save the world... check.
May not have any qualms about PDAs... as long as it's not super freaky.
Amazing amounts of loud behavior... CHECK. SO CHECK.
Healthy/borderline unhealthy appreciation for myself... close enough. Check.

Matt and Dyllan came over to swim today. IT WAS SO RAD! The last swim of the summer... And the one time that we get the pool all to ourselves for a period of time longer than 15 minutes AND WE DON'T HAVE A FOURTH PERSON IN ORDER TO PLAY CHICKEN. Can you believe that?! But anyway, it was a fun time had by all ('cept for the part where Dyllan and Matt decided to play catch with a ball. Oh no, wait, it wasn't a ball, THAT WAS ME!!).

I said, "Good day."

// To be or not to be... haha.

I'd just like to state for the record that Matt is not the only drama geek here. I am also a drama geek, but of course, my onstage experience is very limited, BUT I have been starring in a 17 year running monologue titled Inside Steph's Head. You guys should all get tickets. I heard the Vancouver Sun gave it a five star rating. haha

Anyway, today was awesome! My mom keeps saying how I'm not allowed out from now 'till school starts and I should be winding down and getting myself mentally ready for Grade 12, right? But Matt Moore called this morning and like, WHOA! Mom's all like, "Yeah, you can go. Just be back by 4 PM." So my brother and I went to go jam with Nick and Matt, and turns out Dyllan was there and I had invited Sam to play drums and Kelsey showed up, it was like a par-tay. After that, the rest of the day was spent bumming around the house and cleaning random things. I got new sweat pants though! Bright yellow. Hurrah!

I'm going swimming for the last time in my pool this summer. Last chicken fight of the summer. Last sauna lock-in of the summer. Man, I'm going to miss the good times.

// Otherside

This Song Pretty Much Sums Up How I feel...

How long how long will I slide
Separate my side I don't
I don't believe it's bad
Slit my throat
It's all I ever

I heard your voice through a photograph
I thought it up and brought up the past
Once you know you can never go back
I've got to take it on the otherside

Centuries are what it meant to me
A cemetery where I marry the sea
Stranger things could never change my mind
I've got to take it on the otherside
Take it on the otherside
Take it on
Take it on

How long how long will I slide
Separate my side I don't
I don't believe it's bad
Slit my throat
It's all I ever

Pour my life into a paper cup
The ashtray's full and I'm spillin' my guts
She wants to know am I still a slut
I've got to take it on the otherside

A scarlet starlet and she's in my bed
A candidate for a soul mate bled
Pulls the trigger and i'll pull the thread
I've got to take it on the otherside
Take it on the otherside
Take it on
Take it on

How long how long will I slide
Separate my side I don't
I don't believe it's bad
Slit my throat
It's all I ever

Turn me on take me for a hard ride
Burn me out leave me on the otherside
I yell and tell it that
It's not my friend
I tear it down I tear it down
And then it’s born again

How long how long will I slide
Separate my side I don'tI don't believe it's bad
Slit my throat
It's all I ever

How long, how long will I slide
To separate my side, I don't
I don't believe it's bad
Slit my throat
It's all I ever

// Islanders Like Whatever

Sweet! We're totaly getting people from the Island to check out our blog. You should visit that other blog, it's pretty cool. Oh! and Islanders, check out Andrew's blog (a fellow blog member) http://www.randominion.blogspot.com/

Anywho, today has been crap. I've been tired and didn't even enjoy my last nooner. Everything is just... ARGH!! I don't even know

But yeah, I really like these people from Naniamo. Did you know that Naniamo is the capital of Mary J grow ups in BC? Coincidently, there the home of Naniamo bars...

Anywho...

// The Institute Of Coolness.

Thanks to Matt for inviting me to his belated birthday dinner. That was supreme and it made my day because hanging with my favourite people makes me happy. One of the best parts was when Kanada schooled the US of A. And then the part with the fighting. Yeah.

Prayer was good. NEWSFLASH: RPCYOUTH OFFICIALLY HAS ITS OWN LOUNGE. Yes! I am so stoked on that. I can't wait to do Biology homework in that house. It'll be so rad! After that, we just drove around for a long time, taking our sweet time to drop people off. FUNFUNFUN! 'Cept for the part where Dyllan threatened to beat up my brother. I was scared he was going to step on my brother's bad toe. That would've been bad. Long story.

YAY! MY DASHBOARD CD IS PLAYING PROPERLY! At first, I thought my brother and Nick wrecked it at camp by scratching it, but it's playing alright. HURRAH!