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  • Ah. A moment to myself, something that has become extremely rare this year. I spoke to the Resident Life Director today because my mother called him and said she was really scared because Lyle was bringing guests into ou…

  • I woke up around 9:30, lay around for an hour trying to let it settle in. I was able to get a hold of my mother at 10. She was really harsh. I started pleading for her not to cut me off. I wonder how much faith my mother…

  • I have been in school for less than 72 hours and my parents have already cut me off. My mother called me at 12:15 this morning. I'd just given Adrienne a poster I bought her and she and her roommate had followed me to my…

  • First day of school isn't even over and I've had a drink. Southern Comfort (gives new meaning to "SoCo") mixed with Pepsi. Kind of a pansy drink, I guess. All I would put up with. But I got a buzz and it feels so damn go…

  • I'm finally moved in. It took several hours of packing and moving and some complaining, but all is well. The dorm feels very much like home, despite the different address, TV channels, people, furniture, the cinder-bloc…

  • Packing continues. Last night I went home and lay around, feeling increasingly depressed and disappointed with myself. Around midnight I finally pulled myself up, deciding that maybe I would feel better if I listened …

  • The past two nights my mother and I have gone to the dorm to move things in. Both nights we've argued. Tonight I cursed her out. At first, I thought it was funny. I could slip a swear in what I was saying and even though…

  • I put on the same clothes I wore yesterday. When did society decide that we have to change and wash a t-shirt after every individual use? If it's not dirty, I'm going to wear it. -"I'm Ready" (words to live by from Andr…

  • I got a first look at my dorm room today. The building is nice, and all the people seem friendly. Adrienne is two floors above me, and Brett is somewhere too. I don't really care where he is. Adrienne's roommate seems ra…

  • I got back! It took nine hours! And I almost cried when I saw the Mixing Bowl in Virginna! I have pictures!!!!! Tyler: "These shirts are evil! These shirts are evil!" (yes, that is the jacket Willy Wonka wore in Char…

  • I really can't hold my liquor. I went to the wedding today. It was on the beach, right in the middle of the afternoon, without any shade whatsoever. Thankfully, I wasn't wearing a tux like the groomsmen. The heat index t…

  • Tomorrow's wedding is on the beach, and my parents had both brought heavy clothes, so they needed to go shopping. As a result, I found the Coastal Grand Mall in Myrtle Beach. It is about forty miles from our hotel, not i…

  • I am at a small hotel in Ocean Isle Beach, NC, an island that is ridiculously small and ridiculously cute and looks like it was built yesterday. We went to this little restaurant called Cinelli's or something like that. …

  • Tomorrow I will be leaving for somewhere in North Carolina that my parents say is Wilmington but is actually a lot closer to Myrtle Beach where I went for the Chorus and Drama trip back in April. My stepdad's godmother's…

  • Being assigned a college roommate is about as close as you can get to having an arranged marriage in America. This morning, my mother and I drove up to White Marsh to meet Lyle, my new roommate. And we'd known each other…

  • Goddamn that parallel parking. I spent three hours at the MVA - not counting the half-hour my mother and I ducked out while waiting in line to have lunch - and I left with only a renewed learner's permit, renewed because…

  • Tomorrow is my third and hopefully final attempt at taking my driver's license test. PRAY FOR ME because I probably will not. Today was Cheryl's birthday. Because the past week found me either lazy, forgetful, or in som…

  • Went swing dancing at Glen Echo again tonight. It was fun! My feet hurt. Though I don't love swing music the way Adrienne does, I like going because it takes me to another place. I think it's funny that I was in a mosh p…

  • Tonight was Dan's party to say goodbye to everyone before he goes off to Miami on Wednesday. I was really looking forward to it. Only a few people were there - Spencer, Laura, Greg and Cheryl. Sad, though that Gili and A…

  • I failed my driver's license test again. At least this time I know I failed BY MYSELF and not because of the MVA. I was so close to finishing . . . I reversed beautifully, did the turnabout like a mother . . . then the p…

  • This morning I found out who my roommate for Maryland was. I already knew him because of thefacebook but, get this - he was at Warped Tour today, he tells me. This year's going to be fun! Creepy of me to say it, yes, but…

  • Henry Lightfoot - regional supervisor for MVA, or something like that - called me today and apologized for what happened. He said that, because my mother pays taxes, I deserve to be treated fairly by the MVA, and that he…

  • So I finally got out what I wanted to say, and I stayed up until 2 am writing it. I didn't feel confident talking about what happened until I promised myself I would never show it to anyone. Of course, you know me . . . …

  • Last night I think I was on the verge of something, but I didn't know what. It was the feeling I have before I write, and it can't be explained. When I write, I feel like past, present and future are coming together, and…

  • Today, Kelsey and I went to the Hecht's at Wheaton Plaza around 5:30 to buy tickets for Warped Tour. (It's official: Next Wednesday I am losing my concert-virginity.) There were all these ambulances and police cars out f…

  • I failed. This should have been the biggest good-luck omen of all: the line at the MVA was actually short! Behind me was Dan Whall from my English 10 class. I couldn't help but crack up because I was getting my license …

  • 11:00 am tomorrow, I meet my destiny. It awaits me at the Motor Vehicle Administration in Beltsville.

  • Just got The Songs You Have Come To Love The Most: A String Quartet Tribute to Dashboard Confessional from the Amazon.com. It is emo for the cultured man! I shall listen to it in the car when I drive through Bethesda and…

  • Aw. Laura always knows the right things to say. (Yes, I figured out I wasn't . . . that wasn't the issue.) Vi is very friendly and outgoing, and was the type to be open with a near-stranger. (This lines up with my person…

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