legovanan
copying andy, once again... ::shudder:: seeing him everyday @ 6 AM is NOT my ideal situation... gah!!!! remember how i made that list of things to do over teh summer in May (as andy did) let's see how many i actually did.

**Summer athletics**
-exercise (a bit... for a while)
-get better at basketball (heh. NOPE)
-swim (a bit)
-ice skate (no... ::shakes head disappointedly::)

**Reading**
-Lord of the Rings: all three books (of course. numerous times!!)
-The Aenied (yup)
-Tess of the D'Urbevilles (no...)
-More Tolkien (of course!)
-The Oddysey (yes)
-Pere Goriot (no... whoops)
eh, i know there's more

well, i did read 10 Greek tragedies, and that list is climbing by the day; The Queen's Fool; The Other Boleyn Girl; The French Lieutenant's Woman; Troy; the Da Vinci Code; Behind the Walls of Troy; the Great Gatsby; The Inferno; and many poems
I KNOW THERE'S MORE!!!!!!!! THINK ELAINE!!! THINK!!!!!!

**Movies**
-TROY!!! (10 days!!!!) (twice!!! i know it sucks, but i'm getting hte DVD when it comes out Jan 4!)
-HP 3 (1.5 times. that was bad too)
-chick flicks (surprisingl.. no)
-Van Helsing (next wk) (yup.)
-more chick flicks w/ romance in them (KATHLEEN!!!) (actually the Notebook counts, does it not?)
-LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (TWENTY MORE DAYS TILL THE SACRED DVD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Must I even confirm that?

i also saw Spiderman 2 (twice) once here, once in Killarney, Ireland ::looks nostalgic:: i surprisingly didn't see too much this summer. hopefully me and whitney'll go this wkend.

***things to do***
-trip to England (HELL YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i wish i were there right now...)
-trip to MN (yup)
-tentative trip to China (nope. going for Christmas though)
-read (of course...)
-sleep (hehe. of course. that's not what i'm going to do once school starts tomorrow)
-take Health (o don't remind me)
-play basketball (unfortunately, not as much as i would like)
-enjoy life b4 Troy (i went to England, of course i did!!!)
-be nicer to my parents (heh. i tried)
-play more piano (eeek!!!! bad elaine!!)
-WRITE, WRITE, WRITE, WRITE (of course)
-be nicer to little kids, especially Justine (heh. i tried.)
-improve debating (yup)
-refrain from killing Camron (unfortunately, yes, i did)

**things to refrain upon**
-reading nothing but Tolkien (i was actually successful, believe it or not)
-procrastinating (of course not)
-gaining weight (i actually lost a bit, i think, on the England trip. i think it was all the bloody chicken. i think i'm gaining ti back though--NOT GOOD)
-becoming lackadaisical on the phone and Internet (Internet--heh. ::guilty shrug:: i talked surprisingly little on the phone)
-losing touch w/ my awesome CHJHS friends (unfortunately, some ties have been a bit skewered... *sniff* tear*)
-losing temper (i tried not to!!!)
-snapping @ ppl when i'm pissed (i TRIED!!)
-yell @ Justine (hey she started it!)
-yell @ mom (sry mom!!)
-just plain: YELL (sry everyone else i know!)

**$$**
-Kumon
-wedding piano
-???_

none of the above, but i did earn $$ from the business shows w/ my mom.

**spending $$**
-LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING (my uncle spoils me!)
-LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING EXTENDED VERSION (even though tahtz like Nov. and KA'll probably get if 4 me. hehe)
-MP3 player (i have one..)
-AND1 Mix Tape show (nope)
-Silmarillion, Lays of Beleriand, Book of Lost Tales (basically, History of Middle-Earth) (unfortunately... not yet. *cries*)

**Hang out**
-Connie (we talked.. CON!!! I MISS THEE!!!!!!!)
-Kathleen, of course (of course..)
-Andy (yup yup)
-Amanda (saw her once)
-Isaac... (i wish... i miss thee little jewish boy!!)
-Camron (no, but he's going to my HS)
-Roshi (yay!!! Matrix!)
-Ryan (no... that sucks)
-Andres (talked to him a couple time, but no...)
-Diana (nope, but she's going to Troy)
-Maria (OMG. i'm sooo sorry!! i have to call her)
-Whitney & other Miners (i've talked to whit, and hopefully we're going to a movie this wkend)
-if i 4got ya, very sorry

**overall**
-WRITE (yup yup yup)
-HOLD TEMPER (i tried...)

well. i think i did pretty well overall... now i'm going to set goals for the school year.
**things to achieve**
---school-wise---
-high straight A's
-make Oracle
-make basketball
-manage time effectively
-make friends, while keeping my old ones
-acquiring favor of teachers (i'm sorry if i'm a suck-up)
-adjust to Troy
-OPEN MY BLOODY DAMNED LOCKER
-not like a guy
-maintain my work ethic from JR high and maybe even up it
-balancing my stress effectively

**things to avoid**
-procrastinating
-talking with kathleen on the bus instead of reading and working
-liking guys
-being distracted
-lowering my work ethic
-losing contact with my old friends
-yelling at my parents
-stay online like i have during this summer
-snapping at ppl when i'm pissed/stressed out

**books to read**
well this is an unending list
-finish all the Greek tragedies. halfway there now
-Tess of the D'Ubervilles
-ANY TOLKIEN BOOK
-Tale of Two Cities
-Anna Karenina
-reread Great Gatsby
-lots of poetry, especially Wordsworth and Eliot
-Shakespeare
THERE'S MORE!!!!!!!!! I'M JUST NOT THINKING!!!!

and there's the always: WRITE!!!!!!!!!