The World as I Know it

So, today I went to the elementary school for a book fair, like I did yesterday. It was pretty cool, working with those little kids. Apparently they swear a lot but they were so cute to me!! I haven't really done anything but that and climb about 1000 stairs (I'm not making that up; that was my exercising for the day). Other than that, it's been pretty dang boring.

This is the picture that's supposed to be on the post below. However, if you click that one, it will send you straight to the site, New York Times.

Today, I read an article from the New Tork times that told about how a German judge wouldn't let a Muslim woman speed up her divorce from a man who was abusive and threatened to kill her because they were Morrocan and abuse was prevalant in their culture. She also sited a part of the Koran that said it was okay to beat a wife if she was disobedient, a part that many modern Muslims (excluding radicals and fundamentalists) have deemed archaic and don't follow it. They say that Muhammad (pbuh) didn't beat his wives and that they follow his example. The judge has taken some slack, not only for siting the Koran in a way that puts Islam into a bad light but also because the woman in question was being abused and threatened; the judge didn't allow the divorce which could have happened under Germany's laws.

Did you hear about the Lost Boy Scout in North Carolina? Apparently, he was tired of camping with his troop so he started walking. He wanted to go to a road and hitch a ride home. When he heard people screaming his name, he did answer but, because they couldn't hear him, he just started walking again. When they finally found him, he wanted to take a ride in the helicopters that were circling around looking for him. How stupid can you be? I mean seriously, kid, start walking towards the people, not away. The parents just said that they needed to give him the talk about hitchhiking again. My thoughts are that the people should talk to their son about walking away into the wilderness, alone. Maybe that would be the right talk to give the kid!

Here's a quote for all you Bush-bashers! "President Bush is a war criminal. Let impeachment be the first step toward national reconciliation-and toward penance for the for the outrages commited in our nation's name." -Rocky Anderson, mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah

Today is the day when I do something. Today is the day where I fear nothing. Today is the day that I... wake up and smell the coffee. I'm in a study hall in school and have nothing to do. I take that back. I have college essays to write but for God's sake, that's all I've been doing lately. All week and last week, I've been doing college stuff. First I got the horrific news that I can't go to the ones I want, then I got the stuff to go to ones I don't really want to do. What the heck! Can't I get a break for once? It's so annoying.

So, nothing has happened lately, except for the fact that I'm bored. Shawn F. and Michelle C. are sitting in front of me and they're both reading, so I can't talk to them. GRRRR!!!! Bored!!! Guess I'll do Sentinel stuff. Write later.

So, it's the weekend and what an eventful weekend it has been.
Yeah right. I live in a place where nothing happens. And I mean nothing. The only thing that has happened recently is the fact that my mom blamed me for not being able to pay for college. ME! Yes, it is completely my fault. Terribly sorry that I don't have $32,000 for four years. Really, it's all my fault.
Now, though, she's just fine with it. She's bipolar, I swear. It must be a mother thing, has to be, cause I've never seen anyone else like this except mothers. And my sister, who is almost exactly like my mother. It's severely annoying. She can't make up her own mind on just about everything. Oh well.
My mother is pretty nosy; she just asked me what I'm doing. I told her I was looking up a way to make a bomb.
Oooh, I found the greatest cartoon from Time magazine. It's Cheney ( I think) in an outfit from the movie 300. The caption states "They were the only ones still willing to defend the Bush administration." Which is completely true. Maybe I'm not an expert, but I don't really know anyone who still defends Bush (excluding most Republicans because I think they're just Bush clones in costumes that only look like real people). Bush doesn't seem to think about what he's doing to America; he seems to be more worried with his legacy (as if he has one). I just don't get his reasoning. Well, the optomist in me says that we only have another year of him! Hopefully after that he'll stick to something else he probably doesn't do well in: golf.

Sweat has lingered on my brow
For many a year
Dreams, intense and vivid,
Have been my food
Third of sixty-something:
A title long-hard won.

Yet what have my troubles brought?
A horrible, terrifying sound;
Listen! The grinding, twisting, screeching, stopping sound,
Which is my future.
My beautiful Dreams, once so colorful and near,
Are Now an unmeasurable distance away.
In their wake,
There is Darkness.
No Hope, No Light.

Yay. Hasn't this been a great day! There was so much sarcasm in that sentence that I can see it dripping off. This day has just about sucked, and it started last night.
My mom came home last night from Aunt Deb's house. As soon as she came in, she starting complaining, "what happened to my house?" "why isn't your room clean?" blah blah blah. The worst part is, Mama isn't letting us play tennis anymore. She called me and Mimi out about three hundred times, yelling at us about all types of stuff, including the fact that practices are too late and Daddy has to get us to take us back home. First of all, practices are only that late until the courts are open; she didn't listen though. Of course not, she never does. It drives me crazy! It's just easier to go along with her too, so I told Mr. Sahm that we quit. I started crying I was so upset.
To make matters worse, yesterday I also went to talk to Mr. Di about the financial aid. I might have to go to a SUNY school; not that that's a bad thing, but I've already applied and been accepted to these schools. I'd have to go into at least $8,000 in debt in order to go to my first choice. I don't know about one of the school's I've been accepted to, but it doesn't matter. So basically, I have to beg for at least a couple more thousand.
You know, I got a salutatorian scholarship for 75% of the tuition for one school. The tuition is 30,500 dollars. I'm only getting about $9,000 on the financial aid. The scholarship calls for at the most about $22,800. Where did the other $13,000 go? I understand that they need(?) to take out what the state gives me so I won't be above what the college costs, but come one. I need about $11,000 in student loans in order to go there. Why can't they give me that?
I worked my butt off trying to get into these schools; my family doesn't have that type of money, I don't have that type of money! What is going on with this country?!? They expect me to go to college to get a good job, but I can't afford the freaking thing! This is so stupid! I'm third in my class, my GPA is about a 96. something and I can't afford to go to school. Anyway, I'll blog later.