~Congratulations Class of 2009!!!!!!!!~
Today I graduated =D. Had to go at 3 pm to the school so they could check us over and pick out the retards that don't know how to dress for the occasion. They said we had to be there at 3 pm and we were running late. I put hot rollers in and so we had to hurry and pull those out and spray my hair which wouldn't hold very well. I got a golden thing to wear that said honor on it and then I got purple cords for the National Technical Society for getting good grades in computer class I suppose. Once I did get there I realized that I forgot my medallion, I was pissed but there was nothing I could do because I didn't have a phone to call anyone. Waited around until it was time to start which was at 4 pm. We all filed out in our rows and went to stand in the hallway going down to the cafeteria. The closer I got to the doors we were going to enter I started getting more nervous. I got to the door and when it was my time to go I had to remember to walk slowly because all I could think was to hurry and get to my seat. I spotted my family trying to take my picture but then I had to go sit down. I kept looking past Alesha so they could possibly get some good pictures. I looked so corny with my cap on it wasn't even funny. After the speeches, choir singing, and band playing their song, it was time for us to go get our diploma. Once our row heard Jordan Petterman's name called then we were all suppose to stand up. We then waited until a dot was available to stand on and then keep moving up the side until we got to the front. Ugh I was so nervous. Finally I heard my name called and I walked up the stairs to Mr. Everheart and shook his hand. I felt kind of in a trance because I was just focused on shaking hands and getting to the end to accept my flower. Mom wanted a picture of me and so I stopped and smiled. She couldn't really get a picture so I had to move on because Alesha was behind me. Went and waited for all of our row to get back and sat down. We were announced as graduated and switched our tassels over to the right. Some people threw their hats but I didn't because I didn't want to lose it. After the farewell speech given by Darcy Watson we all stood up and proceeded to exit through the other door opposite the one we came in. Was set up this way so that if people's parents sat on the other side than when they came in that they could get pictures of them leaving and vice versa. As I was leaving Mom was trying to get my picture again but she didn't really know how to work my camera as well. I had to give up my golden thing in exchange for golden chords. She followed me out and took a picture of me alone by a wall and then we waited for the rest of the family. We couldn't find Dad and Ryan until about 20 mins later. Took some pictures with Lorraine, Kendra, Britt, Briana, Heather, and Stephanie. I tried to find Meredith but she wasn't anywhere to be found. Took some more pictures with family and then went home. I decided to go to the Senior All-Night party because I had heard that there were some really good Grand Prizes like Guitar Hero, digital camera, plasma screen TV, and more. We had a few hours before I needed to leave so Mom asked what I wanted to do about dinner. I didn't want to eat pizza like they suggested so we ended up driving up to Mt. Pleasant and to Bob Evans. Grandma embarrassed me because I just wondered if I got a free dessert because I graduated. So she asked the waitress and she said I did! I ended up getting some really good stir fry and a piece of Oreo ice cream pie. Went home and got ready to leave for all-night party. Dad was outside playing basketball with the kids which was kinda funny. Ryan ended up leaving with Dad to go to the casino after awhile. I left a little bit after then for the all-night party.
Mood: Excited
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 10
Drinking: Green Tea
Listening To: Decision - Geared Up
Wishing: her Dad lived closer..=[
Today I graduated =D. Had to go at 3 pm to the school so they could check us over and pick out the retards that don't know how to dress for the occasion. They said we had to be there at 3 pm and we were running late. I put hot rollers in and so we had to hurry and pull those out and spray my hair which wouldn't hold very well. I got a golden thing to wear that said honor on it and then I got purple cords for the National Technical Society for getting good grades in computer class I suppose. Once I did get there I realized that I forgot my medallion, I was pissed but there was nothing I could do because I didn't have a phone to call anyone. Waited around until it was time to start which was at 4 pm. We all filed out in our rows and went to stand in the hallway going down to the cafeteria. The closer I got to the doors we were going to enter I started getting more nervous. I got to the door and when it was my time to go I had to remember to walk slowly because all I could think was to hurry and get to my seat. I spotted my family trying to take my picture but then I had to go sit down. I kept looking past Alesha so they could possibly get some good pictures. I looked so corny with my cap on it wasn't even funny. After the speeches, choir singing, and band playing their song, it was time for us to go get our diploma. Once our row heard Jordan Petterman's name called then we were all suppose to stand up. We then waited until a dot was available to stand on and then keep moving up the side until we got to the front. Ugh I was so nervous. Finally I heard my name called and I walked up the stairs to Mr. Everheart and shook his hand. I felt kind of in a trance because I was just focused on shaking hands and getting to the end to accept my flower. Mom wanted a picture of me and so I stopped and smiled. She couldn't really get a picture so I had to move on because Alesha was behind me. Went and waited for all of our row to get back and sat down. We were announced as graduated and switched our tassels over to the right. Some people threw their hats but I didn't because I didn't want to lose it. After the farewell speech given by Darcy Watson we all stood up and proceeded to exit through the other door opposite the one we came in. Was set up this way so that if people's parents sat on the other side than when they came in that they could get pictures of them leaving and vice versa. As I was leaving Mom was trying to get my picture again but she didn't really know how to work my camera as well. I had to give up my golden thing in exchange for golden chords. She followed me out and took a picture of me alone by a wall and then we waited for the rest of the family. We couldn't find Dad and Ryan until about 20 mins later. Took some pictures with Lorraine, Kendra, Britt, Briana, Heather, and Stephanie. I tried to find Meredith but she wasn't anywhere to be found. Took some more pictures with family and then went home. I decided to go to the Senior All-Night party because I had heard that there were some really good Grand Prizes like Guitar Hero, digital camera, plasma screen TV, and more. We had a few hours before I needed to leave so Mom asked what I wanted to do about dinner. I didn't want to eat pizza like they suggested so we ended up driving up to Mt. Pleasant and to Bob Evans. Grandma embarrassed me because I just wondered if I got a free dessert because I graduated. So she asked the waitress and she said I did! I ended up getting some really good stir fry and a piece of Oreo ice cream pie. Went home and got ready to leave for all-night party. Dad was outside playing basketball with the kids which was kinda funny. Ryan ended up leaving with Dad to go to the casino after awhile. I left a little bit after then for the all-night party.
Mood: Excited
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 10
Drinking: Green Tea
Listening To: Decision - Geared Up
Wishing: her Dad lived closer..=[
Labels: Family, Friends, High School
Went to order it today and I found out some pretty cool stuff. Originally I planned on buying an extra battery so if this one dies then I'll have a back up. Well the owner said that I wouldn't really need an extra one because I could just charge it once a week and be good to go. Also I bought a camera bag which is waterproof so if I'm out and about and it starts to rain I wont have to worry. That was $50 which is expensive but it's better than getting my camera ruined! I also bought two UV lens protectors which not only filters out UV rays but also protects my lens from being scratched. If you bought two you got the second one half off so that was about $22.50. Oh i also bought a zoom lens which was an additional $150 after a $100 instant rebate.With tax and everything it came to about $800, ouch! Hopefully though this camera will last me a few years! Should come in Wednesday or Thursday of next week.
We stopped by Sam's Club to reorder my cake since I wanted something different than Mom ordered me because she didn't know what I wanted. Went and got Subway again for lunch, was delicious!
Mood: Blah...I don't want to do my english paper -.-
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 10
Drinking: Green Tea (yummy!)
Listening To: Ciara - Love Sex Magic
Wishing: it would be Wednesday already get her camera!
We stopped by Sam's Club to reorder my cake since I wanted something different than Mom ordered me because she didn't know what I wanted. Went and got Subway again for lunch, was delicious!
Mood: Blah...I don't want to do my english paper -.-
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 10
Drinking: Green Tea (yummy!)
Listening To: Ciara - Love Sex Magic
Wishing: it would be Wednesday already get her camera!
Labels: Camera
Nothing beats waking up at 4:30 in the morning, nothing! Actually to tell you the truth I couldn't sleep at all so by then I was ready to get up. I took shower and everything and ready to leave by 5:40. I wanted to get to school early so that I'd be able to run to my car if I needed something. I didn't know if we could leave our bags on the bus, I didn't want to take it with me if we couldn't. I ended up wearing a pair of Mom's capris because I didn't really have any shorts I wanted to wear. They reminded me of Oompa Loompa pants, because they were baggy. How embarrassing, I wore them anyways, lols!
We were scheduled to leave at 6 am sharp but one of the buses wasn't there on time and we left at 6:30. Not sure when we stopped, probrbly about half way, at McDonald's to get lunch and relief ourselves but we got honked at by some angry people. As we were walking into McDonald's we were walking next to the drive thru where people can pass to get out, well apparently this person couldn't wait another 20 seconds and laid on the horn. We all walked over to the side and they sped up and this guy yelled out the window,"Do you always walk in the middle!!!!!" or something stupid like that. We should of just kept walking in front of them if we would of known they were going to be so rude haha. Took about four hours to get to the park with the half hour break for lunch. I made sure that I lathered on the sun screen because I didn't want to be burnt for this weekend, it's Highland Festival.
I ended up hanging out with Sydney Neil and Briana Baker. We got into the park and I got sort of annoyed because Briana wanted to walk around and just see what there was. I wanted to go and jump in line for a roller coaster. Given that it was early in the morning and not as many people would be there. We went on a few small rides which lasted about 40 seconds each, was stupid. After those we hopped in line for MaxAIR which I've never been on. I was on a ride similar to this one but this one made me feel a little sick because of the pressure on my stomach and the combined spinning made me dizzy a bit. After that I was ready for a coaster! We went on the raptor which is one of my favorite roller coasters, I'm not really sure why but I like how your feet dangle! After that we went to go back to the pavilion where Briana put her cooler for lunch. Well once we got there she couldn't find it, someone had stolen it. She was none all to excited and so we had the run around of going to different people to try to get to the one place we were suppose to go to in the first place, the lost and found. Now I was hungry in the first place but Briana wanted to go back to the pavilion and search around some more and what not. Well Subway was right there and Sydney and I wanted Subway, so Briana went back to the pavilion. You wouldn't believe the price of a 6" sub, well maybe you would but it was $6.99 for a 6" turkey! That's the regular price for a foot long here! Oh but wait, there's more! $12.99 for a foot long, two times as much as the regular price. It's ridiculous I tell you. After we ate we went back to meet up with Briana and she seemed in better spirits. Heather Elliot and Joey were there with her eating lunch. We ended up hanging out with them the rest of the day. We lost Briana at one point when she wanted to go check out the Lost and Found again. We tried looking for her but that was to no avail. Ran into Alisha Spooner and she told us about a wrist band for $9 you could get unlimited soft drinks all day. Was kind of pointless at that time though because it was around 4pm and we would be leaving in three hours. However, they did provide free water with ice, which was something worth doing!
We went on a few lines and it was about 5pm when they wanted to go on MaxAIR. I didn't feel like going because I was still feeling full from Subway and didn't want to take the chance of throwing up. Well once they got strapped into the ride and started they shut it down again because something was wrong with it. Sat there for 10 minutes waiting for them to get it going again but they still couldn't figure it out so they had everyone get off the ride and everyone standing in line to leave. We waited maybe another 10 minutes but finally they said that it would be awhile before they could get it up and running so our group left. After that we went back to the pavilion to see if Briana was there but she wasn't so Heather and Sydney wanted to go on the Dragster so we walked over there but Heather left to fight with Joey over something. Sydney wanted to go on another ride before we left so we went back to go on the Raptor. Stood in line for about 20 minutes, about another 10 minutes to get on the ride when it breaks down. Sydney didn't want to stand there and wait so we went and got some more water and headed back to the pavilion. We left at 7:30 and drove home. Kind of sucked because I was tired but I couldn't sleep and it was hot on the bus. He had the air going but it was just the fan, not the air conditioning. Was a relief when we stopped at a rest stop and got to get up and walk around. I got a nice cold bottle of water that I pretty much chugged. We got back around 11:20 and I took Sydney home and then when I got home Mom was pulling down the road going to the school to look for me.
We stayed up chatting a little and then she explained she went to a store in Midland called Meier Camera where she checked out how much a Nikon D60 was there and what not. The camera there was the same price as Walmart but if you bought a second lens at the same time you bought the camera then you'd get an instant $100 rebate. Also the fact that we would be buying it from a store I would be able to take it back if anything were to go wrong with it. And when I get the camera someone will sit down with me and explain everything about it and teach me how to take pictures so I'm not clueless. I was really excited that my camera came in but I couldn't pass up a better offer so I took it.
Mood: Excited
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 10
Drinking: Water!
Listening To: Beyonce - Diva
Wishing: she could have her camera now!
We were scheduled to leave at 6 am sharp but one of the buses wasn't there on time and we left at 6:30. Not sure when we stopped, probrbly about half way, at McDonald's to get lunch and relief ourselves but we got honked at by some angry people. As we were walking into McDonald's we were walking next to the drive thru where people can pass to get out, well apparently this person couldn't wait another 20 seconds and laid on the horn. We all walked over to the side and they sped up and this guy yelled out the window,"Do you always walk in the middle!!!!!" or something stupid like that. We should of just kept walking in front of them if we would of known they were going to be so rude haha. Took about four hours to get to the park with the half hour break for lunch. I made sure that I lathered on the sun screen because I didn't want to be burnt for this weekend, it's Highland Festival.
I ended up hanging out with Sydney Neil and Briana Baker. We got into the park and I got sort of annoyed because Briana wanted to walk around and just see what there was. I wanted to go and jump in line for a roller coaster. Given that it was early in the morning and not as many people would be there. We went on a few small rides which lasted about 40 seconds each, was stupid. After those we hopped in line for MaxAIR which I've never been on. I was on a ride similar to this one but this one made me feel a little sick because of the pressure on my stomach and the combined spinning made me dizzy a bit. After that I was ready for a coaster! We went on the raptor which is one of my favorite roller coasters, I'm not really sure why but I like how your feet dangle! After that we went to go back to the pavilion where Briana put her cooler for lunch. Well once we got there she couldn't find it, someone had stolen it. She was none all to excited and so we had the run around of going to different people to try to get to the one place we were suppose to go to in the first place, the lost and found. Now I was hungry in the first place but Briana wanted to go back to the pavilion and search around some more and what not. Well Subway was right there and Sydney and I wanted Subway, so Briana went back to the pavilion. You wouldn't believe the price of a 6" sub, well maybe you would but it was $6.99 for a 6" turkey! That's the regular price for a foot long here! Oh but wait, there's more! $12.99 for a foot long, two times as much as the regular price. It's ridiculous I tell you. After we ate we went back to meet up with Briana and she seemed in better spirits. Heather Elliot and Joey were there with her eating lunch. We ended up hanging out with them the rest of the day. We lost Briana at one point when she wanted to go check out the Lost and Found again. We tried looking for her but that was to no avail. Ran into Alisha Spooner and she told us about a wrist band for $9 you could get unlimited soft drinks all day. Was kind of pointless at that time though because it was around 4pm and we would be leaving in three hours. However, they did provide free water with ice, which was something worth doing!
We went on a few lines and it was about 5pm when they wanted to go on MaxAIR. I didn't feel like going because I was still feeling full from Subway and didn't want to take the chance of throwing up. Well once they got strapped into the ride and started they shut it down again because something was wrong with it. Sat there for 10 minutes waiting for them to get it going again but they still couldn't figure it out so they had everyone get off the ride and everyone standing in line to leave. We waited maybe another 10 minutes but finally they said that it would be awhile before they could get it up and running so our group left. After that we went back to the pavilion to see if Briana was there but she wasn't so Heather and Sydney wanted to go on the Dragster so we walked over there but Heather left to fight with Joey over something. Sydney wanted to go on another ride before we left so we went back to go on the Raptor. Stood in line for about 20 minutes, about another 10 minutes to get on the ride when it breaks down. Sydney didn't want to stand there and wait so we went and got some more water and headed back to the pavilion. We left at 7:30 and drove home. Kind of sucked because I was tired but I couldn't sleep and it was hot on the bus. He had the air going but it was just the fan, not the air conditioning. Was a relief when we stopped at a rest stop and got to get up and walk around. I got a nice cold bottle of water that I pretty much chugged. We got back around 11:20 and I took Sydney home and then when I got home Mom was pulling down the road going to the school to look for me.
We stayed up chatting a little and then she explained she went to a store in Midland called Meier Camera where she checked out how much a Nikon D60 was there and what not. The camera there was the same price as Walmart but if you bought a second lens at the same time you bought the camera then you'd get an instant $100 rebate. Also the fact that we would be buying it from a store I would be able to take it back if anything were to go wrong with it. And when I get the camera someone will sit down with me and explain everything about it and teach me how to take pictures so I'm not clueless. I was really excited that my camera came in but I couldn't pass up a better offer so I took it.
Mood: Excited
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 10
Drinking: Water!
Listening To: Beyonce - Diva
Wishing: she could have her camera now!
Labels: Camera, Cedar Point, High School
Was so stressed this morning that I ended up waking up at 5 am this morning. I'm so not a morning person so waking up that early tells you something. Was stressed because of my Photography class. I didn't know what to do about the assignment we were suppose to have for class that day. We had to have a photo that was properly exposed and then a picture where we blurred or stopped an action. Well the latter was easy to do but properly exposed? How am I suppose to know if a photo is properly exposed?! I don't think it was in my reading anywhere or anything... After I took a shower Mom came upstairs and said she had been talking to Alex and that they thing since it's a 6-week class that I'm already behind(because I wouldn't have a camera for today's class either) and should drop the class. Also today was the last day to drop and add a class for the 6-week courses for a full refund. So I dropped it.
English was basically the same besides that we have a paper due next Wednesday. Well, a rough-draft but it has to be complete. Kind of sucks because I feel like this is way over my head and I don't know how to analyze the text we're suppose to read! I hope everything will be ok...
English was basically the same besides that we have a paper due next Wednesday. Well, a rough-draft but it has to be complete. Kind of sucks because I feel like this is way over my head and I don't know how to analyze the text we're suppose to read! I hope everything will be ok...
Labels: College, English, Photography
Whooop! Today was my first day of College! Here's my schedule:
9:00 am-12:40 pm Basic Photography
1:00 pm-2:50 pm English 111
So I got up to Mid half and hour early to be able to find my classes and if I got lost still have time to spare (I know I'm a loser, haha). I'm thankful that finding a parking spot was easy because class is so early in the morning. I found my two classes and waited around until I seen other people going into class. I felt kind of weird because I didn't really know the atmosphere of college life, such as asking if you can leave to go to the bathroom or something, haha.
In Photography I guess we were suppose to of got an email from the teacher but I didn't? I don't know.. so I felt kind of dumb because all the people in that class had cameras that were better than mine. I guess you were suppose to have a camera that would let you be able to manually control it, well mine is just a point-and-shoot. I asked the professor and he said that I'd either have to borrow one from someone I know or I could use his during class. Well I didn't want to do the latter one, and I don't know anyone who has a camera that allows you to manually handle it. Also he assigned us an assignment that you had to be able to do that sort of stuff so I don't know what I'm going to do. Ended up calling Uncle Tom and asked what he thought about which cameras are good and all that since hes good with them. He suggested a Nikon D40 or D60. Walmart had a D40 in stock and so we thought about just buying it and ordering one online so that I still had a camera to work with at school but could take back once the other one comes in. We just ended up ordering a D60 from Walmart and got one day shipping so that it would come as fast as possible. I planned on getting a nice camera anyways...but I thought that he would have some for us to use since its basic photography, instead of just rushing into buying one. Leaving the class I felt kind of stressed because it was as though I should of had a camera and kind of already known how to use it some, but I didn't know anything or any terms about photography!
We ended up getting out early so instead of having 20 minutes for lunch I had about 40 which was nice. I had a delicious(not) PB&J and some chips with a granola I didn't eat because I was still kind of nervous for my English class. It turned out pretty well actually, my professor seems nice and explained some of the things people were worried about that they heard about the class. In order to get credit for the class I have to write a portfolio(paper) that gets read by some people in the English department that determines if it passes. If it doesn't I have the chance to get it looked again after I correct it. Hopefully it passes the first time so I don't have to worry about it!
9:00 am-12:40 pm Basic Photography
1:00 pm-2:50 pm English 111
So I got up to Mid half and hour early to be able to find my classes and if I got lost still have time to spare (I know I'm a loser, haha). I'm thankful that finding a parking spot was easy because class is so early in the morning. I found my two classes and waited around until I seen other people going into class. I felt kind of weird because I didn't really know the atmosphere of college life, such as asking if you can leave to go to the bathroom or something, haha.
In Photography I guess we were suppose to of got an email from the teacher but I didn't? I don't know.. so I felt kind of dumb because all the people in that class had cameras that were better than mine. I guess you were suppose to have a camera that would let you be able to manually control it, well mine is just a point-and-shoot. I asked the professor and he said that I'd either have to borrow one from someone I know or I could use his during class. Well I didn't want to do the latter one, and I don't know anyone who has a camera that allows you to manually handle it. Also he assigned us an assignment that you had to be able to do that sort of stuff so I don't know what I'm going to do. Ended up calling Uncle Tom and asked what he thought about which cameras are good and all that since hes good with them. He suggested a Nikon D40 or D60. Walmart had a D40 in stock and so we thought about just buying it and ordering one online so that I still had a camera to work with at school but could take back once the other one comes in. We just ended up ordering a D60 from Walmart and got one day shipping so that it would come as fast as possible. I planned on getting a nice camera anyways...but I thought that he would have some for us to use since its basic photography, instead of just rushing into buying one. Leaving the class I felt kind of stressed because it was as though I should of had a camera and kind of already known how to use it some, but I didn't know anything or any terms about photography!
We ended up getting out early so instead of having 20 minutes for lunch I had about 40 which was nice. I had a delicious(not) PB&J and some chips with a granola I didn't eat because I was still kind of nervous for my English class. It turned out pretty well actually, my professor seems nice and explained some of the things people were worried about that they heard about the class. In order to get credit for the class I have to write a portfolio(paper) that gets read by some people in the English department that determines if it passes. If it doesn't I have the chance to get it looked again after I correct it. Hopefully it passes the first time so I don't have to worry about it!
Labels: College, English, Photography
Holy Craps! Today was my last day of High School! I'm excited yet also kind of sad.. I've been with these people (classmates) since I was little, almost like my second family. Reason why it's my last day is because I start college on Monday and so I have to skip school for that. Also on Tuesday they're just studying for exams and since I'm able to except out I don't have to go and then Wednesday are the actual exams. I get such a short summer break it sucks, haha. I work tomorrow so I wasn't able to go camping with family but I went over to Britt's house and hung out for awhile..kind of sucks because her boyfriend is here for a month so she doesn't really want to do anything like go on the senior trip to Cedar Point next Thursday. Hmm...
Labels: College, High School
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