Tuesday 8/30/06 At Desk 10:18AM
It was the school registration yesterday, you know, the day to go turn in all those emergency cards and pesticide information papers.
Now, it was 8:45 in the morning but it was still very hot. Well it's what you'd expect from living in California by the beach. So anyways, my dad took me and my brother to school, leaving me with an extra 20 bucks to pay for my little brother's lunch. The bad part was that my brother was with me; the good part was that I got to control what I buy with the extra 20 bucks.
Being a newcoming Freshman at a highschool is pretty overwhelming if you ask me. I mean, the campus if bigger than my old middle school and the people are a lot more older, taller, and not to mention a lot more hairy. gonk Those things can overwhelm any 14 year-old that's still under 5 feet who's new to the school.
I called my friends earlier that day to ask when they're coming so we can line up together for the registration. They said they're going around 9-ish. So, I wait. My brother started playing his super new NARUTO RPG 3 with his already-battered DS. Jeez how geeky is that?
When we finally got around to meeting my friends and getting in line, the sun was already high up and the air was getting hot and humid. Everyone was fanning themselves with the registration papers, hoping to get under the shade for some time. It didn't really help, however.
My brother was still playing his DS, that dork.
The whole registration process was pretty confusing. They didn't even collect this supposedly-important green paper. So I had to go around, asking other people whether I turn in the paper or not. Another frustrating, yet somewhat annoying thing was that my ID picture turned out really really really really bad. They person who took my picture was like, "Okay sit there." So I was like, "okay......". Then all of the sudden, he's like "Okay you're done."
WHAT!?
I didn't even know that the stupid guy was taking the picture! He didn't even say anything like, "okay keep your eyes on the red dot", or "cheese" or even a little "okay I'm taking the picture." He just told me to sit, then secretly took the picture when I wasn't even paying attention.
GOOD JOB DUDE!
Now thanks to him, I have to deal with a picture of me frown-smiling. Gah! So much for a pretty picture! mad
The most interesting yet surprisingly cool thing that happened that day was not the fact that I'm in the same PE DANCE class as my two best friends, or the GYM getting so crowded with people, or letting my sister insult my schedule and all the teachers I have, but the fact that my stupid, Naruto geek brother was really popular around guys (and girls) 6 or 7 years older than him. I mean think about it. A 10 year-old little kid, tagging along his sister with a stupid DS, getting like high-fives from people he doesn't even know. I think that's.......... just messed up.
And it wasn't fair that the hot guy was watching my little brother play his DS...... and not me. crying
Kidekuta · Wed Aug 30, 2006 @ 06:39pm · 0 Comments |