Saturday, March 18th, 2000 @ 12:27 AM PST
Well, I finally got my hair cut. It's not just a cut though, it looks completely different. I was really sick of the way it used to look; parted in the middle and pretty long (not like shoulder length or anything, but it would fall into my eyes if I didn't gel it, and sometimes even when I did), with long side burns and everything. I needed to change it, perhaps to go with my new life? I dunno why I did it, all I know is it looks good. It's short and spiked forward.. you know, that visor look. Anyway, I like it.
A couple days ago I saw a play. My friend Sean's girlfriend Ariel was in it, and as we hadn't met yet, that seemed like a good time to meet. It was actually two One Act Play's. They were pretty good, the second one was better than the first, and Ariel is quite a good actress. The material was kind of lacking, and I think the actors had trouble with it, but it was still fun to watch. One actor in particular was quite funny.. but unintentionally. He wasn't a very good actor and he didn't display ANY emotion what-so-ever, and was basically laughed at by the audience. I felt kind of bad for the guy, but still laughed, because he really was bad.
On a serious note, a couple of days ago a grade 9 student from one of the surrounding cities commited suicide. I didn't know this kid, but while reading the newspaper some of the stuff they were talking about hit quite close to home. Recently the BCTF (British Columbia Teachers Federation) has been deciding on whether or not to allow Gay/Straight Alliance Clubs in High Schools. This kid was being teased because people thought he was gay. I don't know if he was or if he wasn't, but the newspapers have been using this kids suicide to promote the Gay/Straight Alliance Clubs, and while I am totally fore them, I think this is in poor taste. It shows a total lack of sensativity to the family and friends of this kid, and it also insinuates that the guy was homosexual. The family has enough to deal with, without having to wonder if their son was gay. It's not an easy thing for parents and family to come to terms with when the child is alive, muchless dead. I'm all for freedom of speech, but sometimes sensativity is also in order. The BCTF is expected to vote in favor of the clubs, and the articles really served no purpose except to upset the family. Atleast that's how I see it.
Anyway, hope St. Patty's Day was better than mine.. not that mine wasn't good.. it just wasn't anything.
Tuesday, March 28th, 2000 @ 11:46 PM PST
How do you tell someone that you don't like them? Well, that's not actually true. I don't dislike this person, but I don't really like her either. She is always hanging around me and making me feel guilty for having other friends, doing things with my other friends, or staying home because I want to do my school work. I know that this isn't a priority for her, and I can accept that, but to me, if I am going to pay the $1,000 on my education, the least I can do is show up to class and actually DO my homework. She calls me up, and when I tell her I can't go out because I have an English paper due the next morning, she pulls a major guilt trip on me because I haven't gone out with her and that group of friends recently, but was with my other friends the night before. I don't exactly know how to explain to her that my priorities are not the same as hers, because when I try to explain I get guilt tripped. It's really annoying.
Today for example, I was sitting in the cafeteria waiting for a friend of mine who I haven't seen in a few days. I wanted to talk to him, but unfortunetly, she shows up and basically interupts our conversation. She does nothing but tease me (not in a mean way, just in an obnoxious way), try and appear more intellectually superior to everyone and basically controls the conversation, a conversation she was not even invited to participate in. Then, when her class is SUPPOSED to start, she doesn't leave, so I hint a couple of times that I want her to go to class, and when she FINALLY figures it out, she basically demands that I walk her to class. Excuse me, but I was busy talking to someone before she came along, but she would not leave until I got up and walked her up to the third floor. So I am trying to figure out what I want to do. I mean I like her, she's a nice person, but I can't deal with her in such large doses, she just gets on my nerves. Do I tell her to fuck off, or do I just ignore the problem and hope it goes away? I've never really been a big fan of ignoring my problems, because I find that nothing ever gets resolved if that's what I do, but I also don't want to hurt her feelings, because I am honestly the only friend she has at the school.
On to another person who irritates me; my dad's girlfriend. I worked from 9 in the morning till 4 in the afternoon on Saturday. That's a pretty long shift and I had never done an opening shift by myself (I must say, I did a really good job. I'm proud of myself for being able to handle something that I really didn't know how to do..). Anyway, I get home at about 4:30. I get changed because I am planning on going out that night, but before I get a change to call my friends, my brother calls. He's at a friends house, and he can't get hold of my dad, and he needs to be picked up ASAP. Who does that fall on? Me of course. The only problem, he's in a part of the city that I am NOT familiar with at all, and when I finally do get him, I realise that I can't backtrack and I get myself really really lost. I finally get home an hour later (and a quarter of a tank of gas lower) and am NOT happy.
I walk in the house and see my dad and the bitch sitting in the kitchen. I ask them where they were, and why they didn't pick up my brother. I basically get told that he forgot and that in cases like that it's MY responsability to do it. Excuse me FATHER, but I am not your slave, I don't do your job for you anymore than you do mine. He then has the audacity to tell me that now I should know what it feels like to be inconvenienced, because he had to do it until I got a car. First of all that's a load of bullshit, I have been bussing since I was 10 years old, and second of all, my mother is the one who did ALL of the driving. He did perhaps 1 out of every 25 drives. His girlfriend then tells me that if I don't stop yelling at my dad (excuse me bitch, but he was completely wrong, and he didn't even THANK me for picking up my brother) that I am going to be kicked out of the house. Well first of all bitch, you CAN'T do that unless you are my father, and second of all, I don't even care if you want me out. God I hate her.
Sorry for the lack of updates, but I have had more than 5 essays due the last couple weeks, and I'm only now getting myself caught up. I can hardly wait for this semester to be over. Anything has to be better than the stress of school. I know in a year or two from now I'm going to look back on that comment and laugh.. that is if I can actually afford my internet connection.. <laugh>
On a happy note, I just wanted to say Happy Birthday to my friend Tyler. He turns 19 today.. so, Happy B-Day Tiggy! <grin>