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dear diary pants: “just call me a keanu junkie”
oh teenie sarah. i love you and yet… OH FOR THE LOVE OF PANTS sometimes i wish i could pretend like we didn’t know each other.
but, ahem, the fact that i still own that KR tape means that we’re more alike than i perhaps care to admit.
ANYWAY at least i don’t spazz out about grades anymore. and driving? it does get easier, teenie sarah, but it definitely doesn’t make me feel like i’m on the path to adulthood. just stop trying to make me feel old already! gah!
now if you’ll excuse me, i think “a walk to remember” is on and I NEED TO TAPE IT.
9/6/94
I’ve got the BAD DAY BLUES. Actually, it got a little better towards the end. I left my bag with my history stuff at home, so Mom had to bring it. I practically failed my Chemistry quiz on polyatomic ions even though I’ve been studying since day one!! Uugghhh!!!! It just makes me so mad!!! I forgot all about the “ite”s. Let’s just hope I do better on the Double Quiz tomorrow.
I like writing with a sharpened pencil a lot better than my usual stub. Anyway– our history project went ok, and I left my history bag in *there* too! I went back to get it, and Talena had gotten it for me!! English was ok, even though Mrs. Williams doesn’t listen and thinks her opinion is the only one! In Algebra the test wasn’t too bad– but that doesn’t mean anything!!
It was also my first day of Driver’s Ed. I can’t believe I’m learning how to DRIVE!!! It’s so strange! All of my life, I’ve perceived people who can drive as being a lot older– like your license sends you on your path to adulthood. And now… it’s me!! And I’m not even close to being an adult [ed note: 16 years later, i'm still not even close]! Weird feeling. By the way, I got a 98 on my Personal Essay! Yay me! And guess what, I left my bag in the Driver’s Ed room and when I went back to get it, it was locked! AUUGHHH!!! You can see why I don’t carry a purse.
The highlights of my day were: I didn’t have a lot of homework, and “POINT BREAK” was on!!! I taped it upstairs and downstairs I taped all of the good Keanu parts on my KR tape (I know which parts because of the time I tried to take pictures of the screen). I feel very satisfied. Plus, I can cut out the little thing about the movie in the TV Guide and stuff. Just call me a Keanu Junkie.
9/7/94
Yes, I have the bag!! Everything is safe and sound. Chemistry Double Quiz was easy– let’s hope I did well! Got a 100 on my history presentation– YAHOO!!
I watched the parts of Keanu I taped last night (that doesn’t sound very good) and I am proud!!! I feel like his mom or something!! [ed note: ok, i know i wrote a lot of swimfanny things about KR but that one? that one's just straight up weird]
For the past 2 nights, we’ve been watching this thing on PBS called “MGM: When the Lion Roared” all about when Hollywood was the boomtown [ed note: wha?]. It’s great– I love seeing Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Fred Astaire and all of the MGM alumni. What a glorious age.
P.S. Talena likes Ashur!! She’s so fickle– just last week she liked Jeff S. Oy, she reminds me of.. um, well, I forgot. Don’t worry Keanu– I’ll always be faithful.
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if I didn’t know you, your keanu taping would seem creepy. but knowing you, and translating that to a teenage version of you, it seems like a cute and hilarious thing to do.
it is somewhat horrifying to me that you (and therefore i) took drivers ed 16 years ago. holy cow. wait – 15 years ago! that still feels like an unbelievably large number… alas.
I’m not so scared of the Keanu stuff; I cannot throw stones because I religiously watched Days of Our Lives (Dayz for those in the know). But seriously, this constant test score keeping is what I find so frightening! Also, why were you having so many tests? WTF?!
Locking your bag in the car totally blows, but to make old wounds heal, I wanted to tell you about my driver’s ed horrors. My driver’s ed teacher was an 35 year old high school football burnout who tried (and sometimes succeeded) at having sex with the high school girls. The day that my driving partner was sick was on of the worst days of my life! Inappropriate comments everywhere!!
sally, re: tests, I KNOW, RIGHT? looking back, i can’t believe i actually survived the stress of high school. then again, maybe no one else obsessively recorded their grades in their journal because they were too busy having a Real Life with Real Boys, etc. etc.
julie, thanks for believing that i wasn’t creepy. i, too, find it hilarious. in a kind of mortifying way.
oooh now i wanna do a whole post where i collect people’s driver’s ed stories! i think i will!
*Grin*
It appears your Keanu obsession interfered with your memory. You left things everywhere! And I remember the Ashur days!!! Plus, I obsessed over grades, too. I didn’t keep a journal, but assure me, I obsessed. I particularly obsessed over clarinet grades, despite the fact that I would ALWAYS get an “A” in band.
Can we say, NERD!?!
ha ha ha. that was…great.
wait. my liking ashur was only a postscript?? this makes me think of the halloween party. awww… happy times.
and we all obsessed over grades. I also agree with the mrs Williams quote. and I hated chemistry.
I didn’t like chemistry in high school or college either. I don’t know why they can not figure out a better way to teach the subject. Just happy I passed.
My favorite line: (I know which parts because of the time I tried to take pictures of the screen).
Awesome.
By the way, POINT BREAK IS TOTALLY THE GREATEST MOVIE IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA.