Slippery Pete

Stolen from Ken

Fri, 03 Jun 2005 18:43:33 GMT

It's hard to believe that it's over. So many things I'll probably never do again. Here's a list of 50 memories, in no particular order.

1. Being told by MK what awful people we are
2. Being told by MK how we're the best class in 20 years
3. 4 corners/7 up in AP physics
4. Dumb, but totally hilarious, quotes from said physics class
5. Red Sox winning the World Series
6. Pats winning the Super Bowl x3
7. Superbowl battles on the rug
8. Stealing cars
9. Sitting in 202 discussing warhammer
10. Dimitri realizing he didn't know how to integrate
11. The Washington trip
12. Pluta getting us involved in Warhammer
13. DP tournies and leagues
14. Winning Best Sportsman at a tourny
15. Tierney's horrible sense of directions
16. Learning to drive a car
17. Probably doing more damage to my car in a year and a half than my dad got on it in 6-7 years
18. Mr. Camp's English classes
19. Airsoft wars
20. Ollie and Lars jokes
21. St. Seb's masses
22. O'Toole's announcements each week
23. Hanging out with Adler at out lockers
24. Getting soaked on class trips
25. Paintballing
26. All the dances I went to and never really danced
27. The prom
28. AO, GW, DoW, D2, WC3, Zelda and all the computer/video games(too many to name them all) I played way too much to be healthy
29. Stupid little flash games, anything to not do work
30. Taking four hours to write a three paper, at least three of which I wasn't working
31. Having way too many models to paint
32. Actually getting around to paint and doing a decent job at it
33. Receiving an award at graduation
34. Mr. Camp breakfasts
35. Massive playlists on Windows Media Player that I could never finish, even listening to them all day
36. Mr. White. Need I say more?
37. Riding around in cowboy hats, getting laughed at by CCD kids
38. Tech week
39. Hurling, or almost hurling, at what seems like every cast party Mateo ever held
40. Seeing the end of the Star Wars series
41. Seeing all three Lord of the Rings moviesin the same place in Florida on Christmas break
42. Watching our class only acheive a 75% graduation rate
43. Placing miserably in the Boston GT
44. Walking down to the rink parking lot
45. Pulling off my tie and untucking my shirt right at the bell
46. Wandering the halls of St. Seb's
47. Realizing that our class is being let upon the world, and we're so immature
48. All of high school seeming like it zipped by
49. Never making varsity soccer, realizing it was good for me senior year
50. Being lazy over the summers

Where have the last 4 years gone? Somehow, graduating was both a good time, and yet depressing at the same time. I'm just hoping I don't lose contact with everbody when I head south.

Thu, 26 May 2005 00:31:47 GMT

I'm an Eagle Scout! Passed my Board of Review earlier tonight.

And in other news, I am completely not ready for the prom. My mom is on my back about the whole dinner invitation thing, and I have no clue about anything happening afterwards. I don't think I even have a tux ready to go.

Whatever, I'll figure it out tomorrow.

EDIT: One more problem I have. Do I keep the goatee or not for the prom+graduation+ID photo? Decisions, decisions....

Mon, 02 May 2005 01:47:55 GMT

Well, I have to do my chapel speech. I'm not too thrilled about it, considering I'm not much of a public speaker. I'm just hoping I don't screw it up horribly. I think my delivry will be my weak point, not my speech.

Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy

Thu, 21 Apr 2005 23:51:04 GMT

Anybody interested in seeing this movie? It opens on the 29th. It's based off the book by Douglas Adams. The book is one the funniest books EVER. And I mean that quite seriously. I'd like to see how the movie measures up.

http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/
All I know is that I'm going, anybody care to come along?

Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:37:31 GMT

Well, now it's truly time to make a decision about college. After visiting Richmond and Emory, I don't have any more excuses. So it looks like I'm heading off to Wake Forest. The accepted students days at the other two didn't do enough to knock Wake out of the number 1 spot.

I guess the trip was decent. We almost missed two of out three flights though. From Richmond to Atlanta, we locked the keys in the rental car before getting our luggage out. One of the Hertz employees managed to unlock the car though, so we caught out flight just in time. And during the Emory thing, I realized I left some stuff in out hotel room when we checked out, so we skipped an unimportant part of the day to go get it. And then we got ourselves onto an earlier flight since we were done sooner than expected. Only problem is, we almost missed that one too.

And, this trip caused me to miss the 70s dance, which I am still pissed about. At least I have a final college decision now though. WFU, class of '09.

Fri, 15 Apr 2005 20:29:34 GMT

Official Survivor
Congratulations! You scored 82%!

Whether through ferocity or quickness, you made it out. You made the
right choice most of the time, but you probably screwed up somewhere.
Nobody's perfect, at least you're alive.

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 87% on survivalpoints

Link: The Zombie Scenario Survivor Test written by ci8db4uok on Ok Cupid

Fri, 08 Apr 2005 23:47:21 GMT

Happy birthday to me!

No big celebration though.

Sun, 27 Mar 2005 03:54:48 GMT

Well, my life has become a little hellish for Easter. Basically my mom has flipped out about my government paper, and dealing with her almost causes me physical pain. She insists on revising it, and I basically don't want her help. I'm getting a B anyways, since Thomasy is lazy when grading.

On another note, more college stuff came. I'm into University of Richmond and Washington&Lee, and on the wait list at Davidson. BC has no chance of getting me now.

Sat, 26 Mar 2005 03:29:39 GMT

Well, I survived lent. Including going two weeks without desserts of any kind. I swear I was having withdrawals by the end. I came home from Good Friday mass and immeadiately set in on some Girl Scout cookies. I restrained myself, though. I didn't even eat half a roll of Thin Mints.

In other news, I got my first college acceptance. I think they hand-delivered it to me, I live so close. I figured I'd get in there, but at least I have a letter to go with that confidence. Not that I'm planning on going there, though.

Sun, 06 Mar 2005 04:39:19 GMT

I had a stunning revelation at the shindig tonight. From my personal observations, it seems true redhead boys and girls act COMPLETELY different. It seems like the boys are always shy and reserved. And the girls are definately not reserved, they're willing to do anything if they want to. This is only from my observations, but every true redhead I've seen meets these stereotypes. And I'm not talking about the wannabe redheads, the ones who don't really have red hair but claim they do.

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:47:22 GMT

Apparently, Calvin, one of my cats, just had what appears to be a seizure. He definately peed in the living room, and was thrashing around. I don't want us to have to put him to sleep. We had to do that with Hobbes last year, since he kept having seizures. The medication we gave him kept them from being worse, but I guess that the level in his bloodstream was almost toxic. I don't want the same fate for Calvin.

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:11:12 GMT

I haven't updated in a while. And I was bored, so I did this instead of heading back to Sebs quickly

<td>You are a Fork.

You are special, unique... and shiny.... but you just don't know it. Many admire you for your outward appearance, but you haven't truly expressed all of the great stuff inside of you. You have the potential to do great things and help others, and this will help you in the future. When you hold a grudge at someone, however, this can be dangerous. Despite your calmness that most people perceive about you, you keep a lot of feelings bottled up inside that one day can make you explode and stab something. Instead of resorting to that, you can say, "Go Fork Yourself!"

Most compatible with: Knife, and Sock.

Click here -- What Random Object Represents Your Inner Self?
</td>

Good enough for me.

99 Lives

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 03:27:36 GMT

Time for another video game analogy
She wins, flawless victory, fatality
Eyes locked on the pretty girl of the party
Insert my coins
Let's get this party started right
Slide up to the girl with perfect timing
She smiles at somebody just behind me
Mind locks when I go to say the perfect line
She passes me by
Denied

You've gotta be
An enemy
Like Wario or Dr.Wiley
I'm learning from mistakes I've made each time I die
I'm fine
I'll retry

You've gotta be
An enemy
Like Wario or Dr.Wiley
You're the princess and last boss at the same time
I got shot down but I'll try it again
I've entered my code and now I've got 99 lives.

I need a strategy guide to get me
To the other side of this draw bridge
And pull it out from your feet
And make you fall in love with me
Timing is key
I'll make you fall in love with me.

You've gotta be
An enemy
Like Wario or Dr.Wiley
I'm learning from mistakes I've made each time I die
I'm fine
I'll retry

You've gotta be
An enemy
Like Wario or Dr.Wiley
You're the princess and last boss at the same time
I got shot down but I'll try it again
I've entered my code and now I've got 99 lives.

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start
now I'll play you all night
up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start
now I'll play you all night
up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start
now I'll play you all night
up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start
now I'll play you all night

You've gotta be
An enemy
Like Wario or Dr.Wiley
I'm learning from mistakes I've made each time I die
I'm fine
I'll retry

You've gotta be
An enemy
Like Wario or Dr.Wiley
You're the princess and last boss at the same time
I got shot down but I'll try it again
I've entered my code and now I've got 99 lives.

Thu, 06 Jan 2005 16:16:26 GMT

SNOW DAY!

When I was woken up this morning, they hadn't canceled school. At least, it wasn't on the radio and wasn't on the web site. But then we got a call saying that there's NO SCHOOL!

This means I can't do my religion paper since Ken still has my book, but whatever. It's not like Krokus has been on time with our grades, so we return the favor.

Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:43:34 GMT

I'm sitting here in my grandmother's house in Florida. It's not great, but at least the weather's been nice. The problem is that there's nothing to do in this part of Florida. And it's not like I can bring along my Christmas gifts to amuse me, since I couldn't really pack them. I can't wait to get home, and I'm leaving late Saturday. I don't want to go back to school though. After exams though, I'll have a lot less to worry about.

Mon, 13 Dec 2004 03:21:48 GMT

You're Vatican City!

You're pretty sure that you're infallible in all that you do or say, and
it's hard to say whether you're right. You have a lot of followers, most of whom will
do whatever you say without question, or line up to see you ride around in your spiffy car.
Religious and reserved, you have some wisdom, but also a bit much contempt for everyone
around you. You're also fabulously wealthy, no matter what you say to the contrary.

Take
the Country Quiz at the Blue Pyramid

Mostly right, except for the whole having followers thing.

You're Adventures of Huckleberry Finn!

by Mark Twain

With an affinity for floating down the river, you see things in black
and white. The world is strange and new to you and the more you learn about it, the less
it makes sense. You probably speak with an accent and others have a hard time
understanding you and an even harder time taking you seriously. Nevertheless, your
adventurous spirit is admirable. You really like straw hats.

Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Straw cowboy hats ROCK! The description isn't quite accurate,but whatever. Still a decent book.

You're Massachusetts!

You like tea parties, Thanksgiving, and pretty much any other excuse to
come together and eat. Just because the land you own is stolen, you've never seen a
problem with believing entitled to it and so much more. Your heritage is predominantly
Irish, English, or perhaps Italian, but you personally have never moved in your life.
You only ride horses late at night. All your favorite poems begin with the line
"There once was a man from Nantucket".

Take the State Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Well, they got my heritage mostly right. And eating is good.

Mon, 13 Dec 2004 01:44:01 GMT

Today was both quite lazy and quite productive. I've spent the entire day in my pajamas and have taken two naps today. I've also finished my college applications. I still have a scholarship application, but that can wait. I've decided I need some new games. I'm just bored with the ones I have. It's a good thing Christmas is coming up soon.

Thu, 09 Dec 2004 22:43:50 GMT

I've been tihnking aobut applying to an ROTC program lately. Not sure if I want to spend 4 years of my life after college in the military, though. If I did, it would eihter be Army of Air Force, since no school except the state schools have navy programs.

Tue, 07 Dec 2004 02:41:46 GMT

I haven't updated in a while, and I'm bored. So I will.

I should be doing homework, but I don't remember what it was. And I should be doing college essays, but I did a bunch yesterday. Only 4 more schools to finish applications/supplements for.

On another note, my life is way too hectic. And it's not that hectic. I just don't want to do ANY work, since I have 8.5 days of school left.

Apparently, I could look like Porthos of the Three Musketeers. I don't know how to spell any of their names, but Dimitry compared me, him, and Ferrarri to them with Goose as the one we don't want. It was a little odd for the beginning of math class. And this is our saludatorian, or however you spell it.

Sat, 27 Nov 2004 22:20:46 GMT

I'm fulled of mixed feelings. I'm happy, sad, and pissed off. My parents are flipping out about college essays, while I still have homework to do. I just finished my Eagle project, like, everything done. And Jenny was finally adopted.

I guess I'll start with Jenny. She's a cat. We were her foster parents for five months, since we got her in July. She was just adopted, and now it'll be a little odd around the house. She's been out with our other cats for at least a month now. I guess I'll have to get used to having two cats again.

I finished my Eagle project. No more menial work, which is good. I still have to write it up, but I've got plenty of time, since my birthday's in Aprial.

And I'm stressed out. I have WAAAAY too many supplemnt essays to do. Why can't people just take the Common App? They make their supplements another entire application. My parents are on my back about getting most of them done this weekend, but my grandmother is coming tonight, I have to serve the Confirmation Mass tomorrow, and I'm going to the Pats game. Plus, I have homework I have to get done. Thanksgiving Break sucks after Thanksgiving.

Mon, 22 Nov 2004 02:08:28 GMT

Well, my Eagle project is almost done. 93 and 3/4 hours of ork through, all I have to do is get some volunteers to rake up some leaves. Thanks to Ken for putting in a fair number of hours. Tierney helped some too, but not as much. Now all I have to do is earn three merit badges.

On another note, now it's time for college apps. And my last paragraph of my common app essay needs work. As one person who asked not to be named said about it, "You can't write a paragraph where you say all you want to do is f*** off and you ate work, and then sumbit it to a college." I got a kick out of it, at least.

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 23:46:16 GMT

You know, all the talk about the bus crash brings back memories of 3 and a half years ago. That would be the Oak Hill bus crash up in Canada. It's not the memories of the people that died in that one, I remember them at least every other week. It's just that my schools and coach buses don't seem to have very good luck.

For all of you that don't know, I was on the Oak Hill bus. I just don't like to talk about the Oak Hill accident, sicne it doesn't serve a purpose. I walked away unhurt, while 4 kids died. We're really lucky nobody died this time.

Let me just state that I despise the media. They do an important job, of relaying info, but I hate them. They're a bunch of vultures who care more about the story than the people involved, or at least, they seem that way.

The retreat

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 23:41:10 GMT

Well, I'm bored, so I'll write about the retreat. We stayed at the Seaside House in the Craigville Conference Center in Cape Cod.

It started off with Me and Joy getting down there around 2:30. Smail and Mr. Goulet showed up around 3. Fr. Arenes and Mr. Nunan showed up around 3:30. Later on, we were wondering where everybody was. So I call Curran to see if he's coming. He's not, but I do learn about the bus accident. I relay this info, and people can't believe it. It doesn't sound that bad, though. So Fr. Arenes calls Mr. Burke up to see if it's really true. It is, and we're pretty stunned.

Anyways, people start showing up at around 5:00. All the cars had football people in them, so their game made them late. We do an excircise, have dinner, and have mass. That night, I beat Ken in a game of Warhammer. People wander in and wonder what we're doing. They make some jokes about it, but nothing serious. When we go to bed, people won't stop talking, so I have to give Tierney and Joy a few bunches to try and quiet them.

The next day we do some more stuff in the morning. Breakfast was mediocre. Lunch was better, though. Ken beats Tierney in a game of 40K during our lunch break. And then we had silent time. We didn't talk for an hour, and we could wander around on our own. I spent the first half wandering around thinking about how I am, and about my relationships with other people. Then I went back to the house, and sat looking out on the marsh, and fell asleep by accident. I woke up with 10 minutes, went upstairs, and read. I don't really remember what we exactly did in the afternoon, though that was some of it.

That night, Tierney beats Joy in Warhammer. Afterwards was when the real fun started. See, Ken kept misplacing his CD's. And so I helped my stealing them a couple of times. And Joy had had lots of chocolate and caffeine, and was seriously hyped up. So we steal just about anything and everything Ken has at one point or another. And then we try and go back to sleep. Joy steals my shoes and hides them until the next morning. During the night, he crawls from the far side of the room, takes some toilet paper from the bathroom, and comes back. I had noticed he was being really quiet, so it wasn't a huge surprise when he made noise getting back into bed. He throws a roll of TP at Ken. Ken throws it back, and hits me. I throw it at Joy. It bounces off, and I grab it again. I throw it again, and nail him in the face. He throws it, and I tihnk it hit Tierney, since that's where it was the next morning. Meanwhile Tierney and Adler have a debate in the dark, which was amusing for the listeners.

We didn't do much the next morning, though breakfast was good. However, Me and Ken steal everything that Joy has, and hide it. I mean EVERYTHING. And after we were done with the retreat, me and Ken race Koval home. Koval won a close race. As Ken said, "I never thought I'd be listening to 'You Got a Friend in Me' while participating in a road race". That was on the same CD as the Battly Hymn of the Republic. Too bad the Battle Hymn was missing verses 3+4. He tossed that CD in when we hit traffic. Turns out this car got absolutely totaled.

Overall, not a bad experience. Two days off from school, and fairly fun and refreshing. Too bad my life still has waaay too much to do in it.

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:12:05 GMT

Well, the show is over and I just got home from the retreat. And the first thing my mom talks about is my Eagle Project. So much work to do, so little time. I think I'm going to go insane.

Fri, 05 Nov 2004 22:53:11 GMT

I'm hating my mom right now. Not that that is a huge change from the normal state of just disliking her, though. It's just that she's freaking out about a 5-7 page government paper due in two weeks, and shes flipping out because I don't have much done on it. I don't care if next week is tech week, I have two days off from school before it's due.

Can't she just stay out of my life and let me deal with this stuff on my own?