For those who haven't been infected yet, Elaine is unfortunately currently a devotee of.. of all things.. Bollywood. Or rather, SAIF ALI KHAN. AHHH LOVEEEEE
Yogin has been spamming me with Youtube links of Bollywood songs that he loves all year long and I have either been ignoring them or watching them and criticizing how weird the music is and how ugly the man is.
Then in global, we watched "Kal Ho Naa Ho," one of Yogin's favourite movies and one that he told Ms. Christner to watch, and I FELL IN LOVE. OMG. SAIF ALI KHAN. OMG. AND THE MUSIC. So unfortunately, I have now seen two whole Bollywood films (both starring the object of my affection), have an ipod filled with Indian songs and a car stereo that plays nothing else. Apparently, he looks like Yogin (according to Jordan), so see Yogin, I haven't forgotten you for another Indian!

So now for global, we're making a video and it's filled with Indian songs and Indian dances. :) Yes people, SHAYNE is doing an INDIAN DANCE! MWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!
Quote of the year, by the way, happened yesterday when I was taking Shayne home after filming at Danielle's:
"For the record, I hate Yogin because he picks his nose."--Shayne Sloggett

So much has happened in the past few weeks since I last posted that this will be a very long post by the time I am done (if I have the stamina to recap all of it).

Obviously, we are only a handful of days away from graduation, which, in itself, is an extremely scary thought. I don't know if I'm ready to leave the school with its red doors and tri-coloured lockers, the place that has become so familiar and so dear, despite all of the long hours and sleeplessness associated with it. I know everything about that school, from the band hall to the Oracle room, and I feel so comfortable there with all my friends that I know and love. Which, is probably a reason why it is time for us to leave. Time for us to seek new challenges and place ourselves in situations in which we are not comfortable and struggle through them. I'm really bad with letting go of things and moving on, and this applies to school as well. I'm the only editor, well I guess "former editor," who isn't absolutely overjoyed with being done. When our last issue came out and we were doing critique as we always do (where we go through all the pages and make comments about the production and what to improve on and what was good), Anita wasn't there and so it was just me leading the discussion. At the end of the whole thing, when I guess I was making "closing comments," and all the senior editors were celebrating being finished, I said slowly, "Good last issue guys. It's been--" and just broke down into tears. No one could believe it. Jordan actually asked, completely incredulously, "Wait. Is she crying?" like it was the last emotion a person should be feeling at that moment.
I guess the paper just meant a lot more to me than it did to them, which was obvious throughout the whole year just by the amount of effort I put into it compared to them. I was talking to Sarah on the phone last night and to make conversation and because I'm extremely attached to it, I was asking her about how layout and Oracle are coming. She told me about news and then I asked, "What about opinion?" my beloved page, she snapped back, "Okay. It's not even your paper anymore. You don't have to be checking up on me."
I know she meant it in her joking but rather tactless, Sarah way, but it felt like someone punched me in the stomach. I thought, first of all, I'm just making conversation and it's not like I'm chastising you or anything, and second of all, it will always be my paper. Yes, it will move on without me and I will move on without it, but it will still be the Oracle and I will be still be one of its editors in chief. Maybe I'm just possessive. *shrugs*

I shall now go into recap mode! Let's start with that first (and most dreaded) one of the rites-of-passage that occur in the last part of senior year:
TROY TECH FAIR
I was really angry the night before, scrambling to put together my board. I had taken the AP Spanish makeup exam (WHICH I DID RIDICULOUSLY POORLY ON ALL BECAUSE OF NERVES! GAH!! THAT FIVE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MINE!) from noon to 4 PM that day, and had agreed with Anita and Jordan to meet them at Jordan's house after my test to make the board together. When I got out of my exam, I called Anita and she said, "Oh I typed up everything already, so all you need to do is assemble it."

She always has the nicest way of putting things. She is truly the Mistress of Euphemisms. Oh wow there's a pun there. PUN DANCE! I came home and downloaded all that she'd written. It consisted of "THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER," our names, and two sheets of paper about what we'd done. To fill an ENTIRE DISPLAY BOARD? WOMAN. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
After spending a ridiculous amount of time covering the whole board with the Orange County Register newspaper, I called Anita and asked her how the hell I was supposed to make an entire display with what she'd given me. She suggested a bunch of really good ideas about what else we could write, and I asked her, "So can you write those right now and send them to me?"
"Oh. I just started my Spanish project." That Spanish project was due the following day and we had had three weeks in class to work on it. WTF. But obviously, by saying that she was basically telling me to write it.
And so I did. And made the whole freaking board. And had to put Jordan and Anita's names on it as well. That was LOVELY. And then the next day during the actual fair, someone asked her, "Oh so did you make this?"
"Oh well, Elaine and I made it together. I did all the writing and she did all the gluing."
Well that makes me sound SO intelligent now doesn't it?

But onto the actual fair! Unlike previous years, it was NOT sweltering hot but actually rainy and cold, which made it actually quite bearable in the gym all day. THANK YOU WEATHER GODS!!! Thanks to the Troy Tech Gods (more like Ms. Downum), Yogin's display was right across from mine, and Danielle's was not far, which resulted in lots of traveling and face-making. When I was actually at my board, I talked to Sachin half the time and then random members of the Oracle staff who all came to say hi, which was nice. And the cookie that came in the snack bag was really good. :)
Vicki and I went out to lunch while all the fools suffered taking the makeup AP Government test mwahaha. It's okay Yogin. You were missed. Vicki got mixed Sprite/Coke even though you weren't there.

The highlight of the day was dinner though. Not only were we given free food that was actually quite delicious, it was raining and everyone was there and we danced (more like I did) in the rain! We took lots of silly photos and Yogin ate too much salad as usual and then stole Alison's camera and started taking random papparazzi shots of Amy Schmelka.



Whee how I love my silly friends.

I shall continue this recap in another post so it doesn't get too long and tedious. :)

I was at Celia's house earlier today for her birthday party. I was the first one there for a long time, since I really have no where to go other than Troy, and we watched "Pan's Labyrinth" completely in Spanish with Spanish subtitles. It was beautiful. And we communicated in Spanish the whole time during the movie. And I closed my eyes for the scary parts that she somehows relishes in... sadist.

I also made the quote of the century after dinner:
We were teasing Lilly (Celia's friend from Fullerton HS) about this boy who kept calling, and she was clutching her face in her hands and turning really red.
Me: COME ON LILLY! TELL US!!!
Lilly: NOO! There's nothing to tell!
Me: NUH UH! SPILL THE BEANS!
Lilly: I HAVE NO BEANS!
Me: YES YOU DO! YOU'RE FILLED WITH BEANS! YOU'RE A BEANIE BABY! NOW SPILL!

:) I'm amazing.

Another awesome quote this morning. I was telling Shayne about how Sarah wrote her compare-contrast essay for English on the role of sex in the modernist identity in "The Stranger" and "Como agua para chocolate." I was totally interrupted in the conversation by some other person, and when we were done talking about the stray thought, I said to Shayne, "Wait! Where was I? OH! YEAH! BACK TO SEX!"
Poor Shayne. HE LAUGHED SO HARD THOUGH. DON'T EVEN DENY THAT YOU HAVE A DIRTY DIRTY MIND.

!! I'm being INFECTED by INDIANS!!! AHH!! YOGIN!!! I LIKED an Indian movie (that wasn't made in Britain) and I AM EVEN IN LOVE WITH AN INDIAN OTHER THAN YOGIN!!! THIS IS SO WRONG!!! But yeah.. "Kal Ho Naa Ho" makes me happy. I can't stop singing the songs! I even commandeered Christner's computer today during lunch to watch it while she wasn't there. :) Apparently, according to Shayne, we were like a dysfunctional family. I was the mother sitting on the couch hysterically laughing at a movie, ignoring my two immature, rowdy sons (Yogin and Brian) who were double-handedly (hehe play on single-handedly) destroying the room with a frisbee. I suppose that makes Shayne the laissez-faire father. Ew. He insisted he was an innocent, victimized bystander subjected to the cruelty of my world. YOU LOVE IT SHAYNE!

State write-off tomorrow! Wish me luck!

Shayne and I were discussing the prospect of ME joining a sorority.
My response:
I FLOAT MY OWN BOAT.
I ROCK TO MY OWN DRUMMER.
I TICKLE MY OWN FANCY.
YOU, BLONDE, MINI-SKIRT-WEARING, LOW-INTELLIGENT, BARELY-SENTIENT BEING SHALL NOT TELL ME WHAT TO DO

:) :)

Took my last IB test EVER today... and I thought it was the best one yet! :) That's probably because it was Spanish! Great. Now I've jinxed myself for both the AP test and for my score.. AHH *KNOCKS ON EVERY WOOD EVER* POOR TREES! OMG! KNOCKING ON WOOD IS LIKE PUNCHING TREES!!!!!! IB tests have actually been kinda nice this year (I shudder to say that) because all the subjects I had were all humanities/social sciences and so I didn't have to study like crazy like last year with math and bio, and then after the test, Cheney gave us like... all of 4th period and so we had an extra hour for lunch. :)

I was asked to prom yesterday too! After my IB English test, I called Yogin and he said he was listening to music in his car, so I hurried over. From afar, I saw a rather large circle of people all talking, and I see them all cast glances at me and then turn away quickly. I was confused. Why is Shayne ignoring me? Janet? Alison? Matthew? What is this madness? And where's Yogin? Why isn't he with them? Is he being anti-social? As I draw nearer, I hear this music... hey that sounds familiar... isn't that "You and Me" (kinda 'our song', I suppose), and DE REPENTE!! (suddenly), OUT POPS YOGIN!! With flowers and a CAKE HE BAKED!!!!!!! (ANDY--YOU HAVE A PARTNER.. ew)
It was beautiful. Janet then snapped lots of photos that were really embarrassing cuz everyone was staring, but WHEE THANK YOU YOGIN! :) :)

In philosophy today, Dickey spent the whole period predicting our futures. It was pretty hilarious, even though he was being totally serious and actually quite insightful.

Amy Zhu will be either a manager of HR (TOBY!) because Dickey sees her with the presence and the ability to crack down on people yet also be friendly and persuasive. That, or a museum curator or manager (WHICH I TOTALLY AGREE WITH!). We can totally see her as a curator on ancient Chinese artifacts or artwork, and I see her living in New York, working at the Met, and at the end of the work day, sitting at a bar with a martini in hand.

Raluca will be a psychologist since she is a good listener and very caring.

Saumya is the type of person Dickey would want to be his doctor, and Tisa will be a quiet research scientist mulling over her microscope. Chris Patuwo will also be a doctor.

Joseph Tseng is Dickey's future hairdresser. He did not take this well. :D Apparently it's because he's the person Dickey would love have dress his hair because he's so chatty and friendly the whole time and will talk you through. Andrew Tran would then be the guy who shares the salon and does the nails.
A better profession for Joe that Dickey also devised was an agent. I can totally see Joe (as Dickey demonstrated for us) going up to some director, getting really close and in his face, "Hey hey let me tell you about this guy. He's PERFECT for this role. Let's have lunch."
You should've seen Dickey's impression. It was HILARIOUS. Perfect sleazy salesman!

Sayak is the next Eliot Spitzer. He will rise meteorically through the party and then think that he is above the law, and will fall disastrously. That is, after he makes me Lieutenant Governor like he promised. Then I can be the blind black guy. :)

Lucia is a tennis coach because she is fit for nothing else. Esther Kim is the mother of five children. She got so mad at Dickey. "WHY FIVE? I ONLY WANT TWO! Is that all you think I'll do?"
"No Esther. No. You WILL have five." He shook his finger at her while he said it. It was hilarious. It was like.. I KNOW, I KNOW you will have five! YOU MUST!
"You'll fall head over heels in love with those kids and you'll beg your husband for more and you'll adore them."
Christina Lee will be the editor of a fashion magazine, which I totally see, even though she's a slacker who makes up quotes for yearbook. Grah.
Bobby Ling is the quintessential lawyer.
Claire Wang was an HR worker because she's very perceptive and observant.

Prem's was perfect. He'll be a sports doctor, the guy who hangs out in the locker room and slaps the players' butts with a towel. Haha he'd LOVE that.
Oren would be the perfect rabbi, but Dickey doesn't think he will be one, and otherwise, he's not sure. Brady Yoon will be the clueless, absent-minded but brilliant scientist who needs someone to take care of him while he's off in his own mental world dreaming up scientific formulas. He will meet some woman whose calling in love is to save a man, and they will make each other extremely happy because she will have a purpose. How cute.

Yogin, according to Amy, will be the gay personal shopper. Cornelia was jobless because Dickey couldn't pinpoint anything for her.
And me, I will be the crazy journalist who bangs on the doors of Myanmar and other closed nations screaming, "THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW!!!!!!!"
Dickey did an impression of me, "I HAVE A DEADLINE! GET OUT OF MY WAY!!!"
:)

I'm gonna look back on this 20 years from now and see! :)

Yay I'm done with testing for the week!
Over the course of three days, I have written 12 timed essays. My hand is about to die.
But yay! All I have left is second part of IB English, then IB Spanish and AP Spanish. MUST SPEAK SPANISH STARTING NOW!!! TILL THE TEST!

I was SO hyper today. DID YOU KNOW THAT "SPIT" BACKWARDS IS "TIPS"!?!?!?! WELL IF YOU DID, THEN YOU ARE COOL. IF YOU DIDN'T, NOW YOU KNOW AND ARE AMAZING LIKE MEEE!!! :)
When Yogin eats his fruit-by-the-foot, he always holds one end and then throws the rolled up side out so as to unravel the entire thing. Today at lunch, he tried that, and the fruit-by-the-foot ended up FLYING 15 feet through the air and landing on the grass. Lovely. :)
And then, when Paul the janitor came by as he always does with his usual question that sounds like a statement, "Trash. Trash," I put my plastic bag in there, and Yogin said, "Hang on!" and TRIED TO PUSH ME IN!
EVIL!!!
Fourth period was really fun today. Shayne came to visit us in Spanish (he was avoiding Moller) and he, Yogin, Amy, and I sat and played cards all period. I WON FOUR GAMES OF BIG TWO OUT OF THE FIVE!!!!!!! But then... we played... BS... and I am the WORST PLAYER OF BS EVER. I HATE THAT GAME!!! I'M SO BAD AT LYING! AND THEN I ALWAYS THINK THEY'RE LYING WHEN THEY'RE NOT AND NEVER THINK THEY ARE WHEN THEY ARE! IT'S SO FRUSTRATING!!! At one point I ended up with 3/4 of the deck, and I STILL couldn't tell when people were lying!! :(
Sixth period global we played... MASH!! :) :) :) HAVEN'T PLAYED THAT GAME IN YEARS! It will always remind me of Kathleen. We used to play that EVERY sleepover and wherever we went. We even played it in FRANCE this past summer!! :)
Shayne, a linguist, was divorced from Amy, and lived in a shack in Tijuana with his 98 children. He rides a motorcyle by day and flies by night. :)
Janet Lee, a bug extinguisher, is now engaged to Shayne, who apparently divorced Amy for Janet's money (because Janet lives in a mansion in Alaska with her 97 daughters). She also rides a motorcyle (aww aren't they cute) and her superpower is the ability to make force fields (like Violet in "The Incredibles.")
Wow. From Tijuana to Alaska. What a difference.
How do I remember all this crap?
I left about halfway through 6th to go watch Yogin and Matthew play basketball. Hmph. I want to play!! No fair. Yogin's stomach jiggles when he runs. SO FAT. :D

And now I shall waste time and not do three days of math homework:

[1] What's one thing that would instantly make you dislike a person?
If it's a girl, her lack of clothing. Generally, if someone tells me I'm wrong when I'm not. :)

[2] What do you do when you need to relax?
Watch Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue ice dance to "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" with a bowl of ice cream.

[3] Why do you think there is war in the world?
Because it's a flaw of human nature that man is never content with what he has.

[4] If you won a lot of money on the lottery, what would you buy first?
The "Juno" DVD. :)

[5] Would it change your life?
Not dramatically, I suppose. I mean, it'd be nice to have a lot of money and not have to worry, but I'm not gonna go out and spent it all and buy a mansion and become Paris Hilton. I'd probably still kill myself with working.

[6] What was the last thing you purchased?
Del Taco!

[7] Would you honestly say you'd risk your life for someone else?
I think so.

[8] Do you believe in aliens?
Nope.

[9] Could you forgive a boyfriend or girlfriend who physically hurt you?
Asshole. Who do you think you are?? HMM?
But I probably would. I'm a little too forgiving.

[10] What's your greatest fear in life?
To always be uncontent

[11] Do you have a best friend?
Yup, a couple.

[12] Are you afraid of death?
Very, which is bad. Death is one of those concepts that just overwhelms me and terrifies me beyond measure.

[13] Do you think parents should stay together for the kids?
Umm... not really. I think it's better for kids to grow up with parents who are separate but happy and not fighting all the time.

[14] Can money buy happiness?
CLARO QUE NO! (That means: OF COURSE NOT!)

[15] Are you looking forward to anything?
Finishing testing, prom, watching movies in philosophy, sleeping

[16] Write some lyrics from the song your listening to:
As opposed to the ones already for the song?
IT'S THE RUMOUR! THE LEGEND! THE MYSTERY! IT'S THE PRINCESS ANASTASIA WHO WILL HELP US FLY! YOU AND I, FRIEND, WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY!!!!
Oh yes. I'm so creative. :) Thank you whoever made "Anastasia." :)

[17] Do you open up to people easily?
Pretty easily. Apparently on first impression, I'm really an arrogant, haughty prick, but everyone who knows me, obviously knows otherwise. I think it really depends on where I meet you and who you are. In class, I am very arrogant and haughty, but outside, not so much. And with some people, it just clicks. But I do open up VERY easily.

[18] Has anyone paid you a compliment today?
Yes :) I slapped him.

[19] What do your friends call you?
Elaine, PSYCHO, Monkey butt (THIEF), Hippo butt, HEY YOU!, Isilme, midget purveyor (CONTINUE THIS SHAYNE)

[20] Has anyone upset you in the last week?
Yes

[21] Are you close to your parents?
WITH MY DADDY!

[22] What's the best thing about you?
Umm.. the more appropriate question would be: what ISN'T? HAHA JKJK!!!
I don't actually know. Around my friends, I'm always good for entertainment, but around work (especially ORACLE), I will get things done and you better make sure you do too.

[23] Do you think you would be a good parent?
NO!

[24] Are you a forgiving person?
VERY. It's not a good thing sometimes.

[25] What can you hear right now?
Enya and the rattling of the keys

[26] Who was the last person of the opposite sex you had a conversation with?
Yogin

[27] Where is the last place you went out to eat?
Del Taco

[28] Whats your favorite drink?
Hmm... right now I'm craving Pepsi!

[29] Do you miss anyone?
yup

[30] What were you doing​ at 3 AM this morning?
Sleepy, thank the stars above!

[31] Who do you hate?
YOU! :D JKJK! Lots of people. I'm really too judgemental. Bad Elaine!

[32] Who was the last person you had in your room?
My dad?? Umm... I have no idea...

[33] Is your room clean?
eh it's not terrible, like SARAH'S

[34] What are you going to do tomorrow?
Grr I actually have to go to CLASS tomorrow. I can't believe I actually LIKE testing. Anything to get out of math and physics!

[35] What is in store for your future?
Four years at Amherst College, and after that, I have no idea. The Mysterious Beyond!

[36] When was the last time you danced while under the influence?
Never

[37] Do you take care of your friends while they're sick?
I try to. I never see them while they're sick, though. I call them in great distress and inquire after their state of being. :) "SHAYNE. ARE YOU DEAD?"

[38] When was the last time you purchased something over $500?
NEVER!

[39] Any tattoos?
NEVER!

[40] Favourite colour?
Certain shades of blue, and red!

[41] Who is your favorite person to have a serious conversation with?
Serious, philosophically serious? Probably.. Shayne. Maybe Andy, though we haven't had one in a while! Sayak just overwhelms everything I say!

[42] Who was driving the last time you were in a car?
me, but before that, Yogin (how scary)

[43] What kind of digital camera brand do you have?
Haha some random Chinese thing!

[44] Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable?
YES. I FREAK OUT and BLUSH and tell that person they're stupid. AMY!

[45] Does any part of your body hurt right now?
Thankfully no. My neck was spazzing out as I driving though. Bad!

[46] How many tickets do you have?
Tickets for what? NO TRAFFIC TICKETS!! PLEASE! *KNOCKS ON WOOD*

[47] Do you like coffee?
Unfortunately yes. I've had it two days in a row. BAD! What testing makes me do...

[48] Why are you doing this survey?
Don't feel like doing math.

[49] Who was the last person that texted you?
You mean before it was CANCELLED UNCEREMONIOUSLY? Actually, I know this. It was Isaac wishing me a happy birthday last year. GASP. CANCELLED ON MY BIRTHDAY!

Today was my first day in Oracle after the, I guess, "takeover." Shoshee and Sarah are supposed to lead now. It's so weird. I keep telling everyone what to do still. :) I was working on my legacy page layout and I couldn't figure out what to write about that was ME, because I have one article on Europe and my whole love for it, and another about writing. I want another one that's more of a human interest story, that really captures me as a person screaming at the table at lunch instead of the things I'm obsessed with, which I wrote in too formal language.
SO: IDEAS!!!
I asked Nav what was unique about me, and after scoffing at me and mocking me, she said, "You're... you're.. organized chaos."
"What does that mean?"
"You seem all over the place and crazy because you're always spazzing out and running into things, but really, you know exactly what you're doing and you always get it done and you've got your ducks all in a line."
Aww... other than the weird "duck" phrase (though it was somewhat appropriate because it's me we're talking about and I like ducks!), THANKS NAV! :)

Moment of the day:
At dinner, my mother and I were discussing my grandmother's trip to Russia, and she says, "I want to go!!! Peteburger!"
I stare at her in utter incomprehension for a couple moments, before she repeats "Peteburger and Moscow!"
After a few more moments, she says these again in Chinese.
"YOU MEAN ST. PETERSBURG?!!"

WOW.

I really wish I were ambidextrous. Then I wouldn't have a dead hand after SIX ESSAYS FOR IB IN ONE FREAKIN DAY!

We finished filming our telenovela for Spanish today! Loads of fun. This is why I don't think I'd mind a rural setting for school, which Amherst isn't really. Small town.. BUZZING with 30,000 college students... but I don't think I'd mind it just because fun to me is just being around people I like. I love filming for Spanish if it's Danielle, Yogin, and Matthew (and Sarah for a bit).
Let me just say here and now that Matthew has got to be the WORST actor EVER. The first scene we filmed today was where I (his girlfriend) burst in on him cheating on me with my best friend (Danielle). I storm in (practically breaking down the door--sorry Danielle!), slap him, scream at him, confront my best friend who's just emerging newly dressed from the adjacent bathroom, and then cry loudly in the corner as Yogin, Danielle's boyfriend, confronts her.
MATTHEW, who was supposed to be GENUINELY REPENTENT and trying to WIN ME BACK and convince me that he still LOVES me, and AT LEAST, comfort me as I'm SOBBING, decides to keep lying in bed (since it's too comfortable) for about 10 seconds until he absolutely has to come "comfort" me because the screenplay says he grabs me and I slap him.
Lovely. That and the terrible seduction scene. (Remember, this is a telenovela. For those of you who know nothing about Spanish (ROYSTON), who could possibly mix up Hindi and FRENCH (ROYSTON), a telenovela is a crazy Hispanic soap opera.)

When we did the wedding scene (yes, Yogin and I try to get married before our jealous exes storm in and ruin the wedding, and I am somehow killed), Danielle was the priest. She had a paper mustache and was speaking an octave and a half below her normal voice. It was hilarious, though no one but me seemed to think so, since I couldn't HANDLE filming that scene. I never understand what it is the bride and groom are doing/thinking while the priest talks. Do you stare at the other person? Do you stare at the room? What do you think about? I was supposed to be staring at Yogin as Danielle was reading in this really really low voice, and all I could do was laugh. It took us about 30 minutes just to film that just because I couldn't keep my mouth shut. Everyone was so pissed.
I just hope that at my real wedding I won't do that. I'll probably be hyperventilating. :)

Only bad bit of the day was when I almost KILLED MYSELF and put myself into a coma when I hit my head on Danielle's footboard (? is that what they're called? The wood at the end of the bed) REALLY hard. I didn't see it! It was covered with blankets! I was collapsing on the bed. There shouldnt' be hidden objects to attack me. Alright. Kill me for nerddom, but I finally have understood the concept of F = ma. Actually, I've finally understood TWO of Newton's Laws. First, the second law. I went at that thing with a LOT of acceleration. And I have a pretty large mass. And thus the force that I hit the footboard with was pretty large. Secondly, the third law, because I hit the footboard with a huge force, it had to exert and equal and opposite force back at me.
Thus, I now have a huge bump on my head, and have lost sufficient amounts of brain cells to fail my AP/IB tests! Danielle and Sarah heard the HUGE "BANG" it made, and rushed over to find me clutching my head in pain and tears automatically and instantly pouring out of my eyes. Matthew, who was next to me when it happened, actually LEFT without even ASKING if I was okay. Asshole. Yogin just didn't know it happened until I emerged from the room in tears. Hmph.

Swings are fun! Yogin and I hung out at Acacia Park for a bit. Apparently, I was flirting with the little kid (who was named Dominic, for your information. Hey! His mom was scolding him!). He was so cute! They were playing hide-n-seek! Hmph. He was adorable!!! Not my fault. I wasn't talking to him in a PEDOPHILE-y way!! He asked me if his friend was still counting!

I guess I should announce this once and for all. I shall be spending the next four years of my lovely life at Amherst College, located in Western Massachusetts. :)
So starting August, if you're ever in Boston, Hartford, or even New York, CALL ME!
But for now, I'M STILL HERE! Even though my parents act like I'm leaving tomorrow... "What sheets will you bring? Do you need a computer? OMG YOU WON'T BE EATING MY COOKING SOON!!!"
Seriously...

ANYWAY, I would first like to say that anyone who has yet to hear my imitation of Albert Einstein must hear it: "What would it be like to ride on a wave of light?"
We were watching a biography on Albert Einstein today in physics and they had this old guy dress up and act as Einstein and speak with a heavy German accent. Funniest thing EVER. I have PERFECTED my imitation of his imitation of Einstein with that line. :) They also had him do voiceovers of Einstein's love letters. SO STRANGE. LOVE LETTERS SHOULD NOT BE TRANSLATED AND THEN READ ALOUD WITH FUNNY ACCENTS! NOTE TO FUTURE GENERATIONS!!! They might've been ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE to the object of affection, but not everyone else needs to hear it BUTCHERED IN HEAVILY ACCENTED ENGLISH!
But yes: "What would it be like to ride on a wave of light?" is the best line ever. I should record it and put it on here so I'll never forget!