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I was kind of ok with the year 2007. Lots of memories - some good, some bad.

I kind of wanted more out of the year 2007, but then again, I do have high expectations for everything.

Well I wish I could have done more, but I don't do resolutions, so I'm not that despondent. But I could do better of course.

I'm hoping 2008 will be a good year. A year to start anew, and a year to hope for.

I'm also expecting a major earthquake to hit the California area, but I'm not going to go into that.

I don't really have any parties to go to for New Years. Just another quiet year. I'll stay up till midnight of course.

Can't say what else to expect, but I'm ready for the New Year. I want to do more outrageous things, be even more outgoing, and make people around my hysterical. I just enjoy being around the circle of attention.

I'll also work on being taller. I did this future height calculator, and I got a surprising number. I'll only grow as high as 5"7'. That's not really tall. I was rather disappointed, and kind of devastated. But it's just an online test, and I could be different. So I'll work on it. Definitely.

So I hope 2008 will be a nice year, and I hope yours will be too.

I'm feeling better. I think the cough has gone away.

But I still have to take icky medicine. It took like 4 HOURS to wait at the dumb doctor's office. I couldn't believe it. And it didn't take more than at least 10 minutes when we went it. All that waiting for just 10 MINUTES. Argh. We couldn't go anywhere else.

Just stopped at Burger King for some quick hamburgers and went home.

Life's really boring here, as usual.

I don't have any close friends, so I'm stuck at home all the time. There aren't even neighbors to play with. It's dreadful.

Well I'm coping, and working on cleaning up my room. That's it for now.

I should have posted this on Friday, but as usual, I'm always a step behind when I'm supposed to do things on time.

Overall, the finals were really not that hard. Though I couldn't help but worry on some parts. So here's my final exam grades in each class:

• English IIII - 90
• Government - 96
• Spanish III - 99
• Calculus - 85
• Economics - 97
• Physics - 92

I was rather shocked by the grade I got in Algerbra II. I kind of expected more. I thought I would do far worse in the Chem. test, and that was a surprise too. So here's my semester averages:

• English IIII - 92
• Government - 99
• Spanish III - 99
• Calculus - 92
• Economics - 95
• Physics - 91

Luckily, all A's. I was mainly worried about Chemistry because of my low grade in that class.

Lately I've been sick. I've been coughing a lot since Tuesday. Then since Friday night and all of Saturday practically, I had this horrible fever. I haven't been sick for a long time, so it was really awful for me. Most of Saturday, I felt super-tired to do anything. I kept going back to sleep. And I had really strange dreams. Like a holographic mind table, and I know it sounds weird, but I could kind of feel God's presence, or something as equally religious take hold of me. Like I woke up/slept several times during the day, and I always had a similar dream of something calling to me, and I don't know, it was just plain scary.

Well I'm feeling slightly better now. Though still lethargic and a couple of coughs in me. That's it for now. Can't wait for Christmas!

Sorry for not posting more often. I wish I had more time.

So today, I had a holiday party at my Environmental Club. Well, I supplied most of the food. I brought a 2L Coke and 7UP. And a big bag of Cheetos Puffs and a small bag of hot-chili Fritos. Eric Sonne brought homemade cookies, and somebody else bought Chips Ahoy cookies, but I don't remember who.

Well there were some messes, and everybody gobbled all the food up. but it was fun. I also learned a lot of new stuff.

I got back my PSAT scores. Sigh. I got a 149/240. AARGH!!!

That's AWFUL. To me it is. There's this National Merits Scholar program at JVHS called "Scholars" (I think), and I so wanted to be in it. But there's this special cut-off score at 154. I was just 5 points away. UGH. I was really hoping to go in the program. But now my hopes are lost. I'm just not good enough. That really put me down today. And it's not fair that some people who did make it, are just going to toss away their invites that they'll receive. When people like me need it the most.

I don't understand why they don't help train people who actually NEED the program. If you do very well on the PSAT, why do they need more help and practice than the rest of us? It's not fair. Or how about the people that actually WANT to join the program? I don't mind paying some money to be in it, it's not like you don't pay $100 or something to be in it in the first place. I don't feel confident about big standardized tests, and these programs are VERY important to me. Limiting people right at the line seems very mean to me.

My teacher said that you could join the district's summer program like Scholars, and maybe, just maybe, you could move on to the real Scholars program. But rules might have changed like they always do, so I don't feel any more happier.

Well, there's 12 days until Christmas, and I can't wait. Well actually, I can. I really love December, and I'd hate to see it fly by so fast. I love this time of the year. I do have trouble remembering the 12 days of Christmas song though.

Well that's about it so far.

I did a couple of things today.

Well, first, I woke up late, and was supposed to meet at JVHS for a ride to the airport. So I found the quickest directions from Live Maps, and was on my way.

Sad thing was, was that nobody from JVHS was there when I showed up. I guess there weren't enough people, so they called it quits. That long drive was for nothing!

But I thought I should at least deserve some hours, or credit, so I got one of the sweaters, took a picture from my cellphone to prove I was there. It might work.

I also had to go somewhere else today. There was this bake sale for Interact, and it was pretty fun.

Well, I had to find a ride first, and my grandfather took me half an hour late, but it wasn't that important. I at least got there.

The bake sale was to help make some money for MD research (muscular dystrophy). Business was slow at first. I went out and held up a poster to attract people to the bake sale at Java Juice. Natalie and I got several honks. We weren't sure if it was from people who knew us, or random people. We stood there for an hour, and then went back.

This other girl who was also out holding a poster got shot by a paintball. A pink one around her knees. That was rather shocking.

So I took a long break, 'sampled' a few things, and had some fun. I also bought a smooth juice, called "Pink Passion", which I think was suppose to contain strawberry , pomegranate, and mixed berries. I thought it was good. Then Robert Valle took me and Stephanie over to Krogers to hold up a poster there. I chatted with this Houston Chronicle newspaper boy about business. It was rather interesting. He gets paid $50-$60 every day, and all he pretty much has to do is wait and hope for somebody to come buy and get a paper. I saw him snacking on Cheetos, and sipping some Sprite. He told me about some of other newspaper boys, things he saw like shoplifters, sexual love between gays and lesbians in the parking lot, seeing two Siamese twins on a date (wow!), and other cool tidbits. Sounds like an easy job to me.

Then I got back, and the bake sale had sold some more food. Our goal was to get a profit of $100+.

So I took another break, and had some more fun. I went around and asked some questions. Sampled some more, and chit-chatted.

I took home several cupcakes, ones that were chocolate, with white frosting, and crystal green sprinkles. They were my favorite. It tasted very good, and looked very simple. I liked it! Though some of the members thought I was a pig, for taking a lot home, but I didn't think all that food should go to waste :)

So it was a pretty fun day, though sadly, I forgot to bring my camera. Oh well. This was an awesome day. I never get to go out often.

Yes, today's my 16th birthday. And it's been a pretty great one.

If I hadn't already mentioned this, I've been reminding people all week of today. I quizzed people to make sure they remember, even doing a trick test to double check, like asking "What's today?", with a big smile on my face, the day BEFORE my b-day, to double check. Not surprisingly, a few people actually thought it was my b-day, when it wasn't. So yeah, I've been at it all week.

Well, today's the day. It finally came.

16 doesn't feel any different. Really. I got to school and throughout the whole day, people have been giving me birthday wishes, and it really made me feel special inside, like every day, that I'm somebody.

So what did I receive? Well:

• A card/letter from this girl named Courtney
• A cool "How do they do that" book from Ross Fly. (it was even wrapped!) He knows I like asking questions. :P
• A marker drawing from this girl named Kiley
• A box of Double Bubble gum from Eric Sonne
• A bag of tropical Skittles from my algebra II teacher, Mrs. Fitz.
• A bucket of handmade cookies (snickerdoodles & sugar) from Katherine Humphreys.
• Another marker color doodle from Kelcie Tisher
• A mini Astros baseball bat from Steven Grant and Megan.

That's about it. I was promised cookies by Christine Weber, but she forgot. Which is ok, but she at least remembered it's my b-day. That's the most important thing to me, remembering to say Happy Birthday to me.

Then I came home and had pizza from Pizza Hut.

I'm hoping to go to iT'Z for my b-day. Maybe on the weekend. I could go to Jillian's or D&B's, but I think it's more for the older teen group, and 20's.

Well, it doesn't look like I'm eating out tonight. But who knows? I'll post pictures of all the stuff I got from my friends later.

Yes! December's here. I love December.

Why? There's many reasons:

• It's winter! - I love the winter. It's cold (better than humid-hot Houston). It sometimes snows (which I don't see often). Winter is cheerful. Winter rocks.
• Tons of holidays - you've got Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and even several birthdays (inc. MINE!). December is the month for holidays.
• The dark days - I like darker days. I really don't like the sun, so cloudy days are a good thing for me.
• Shopping season - Tons of great deals and stuff.
• It's the last month before the end of the year - time to reminisce, reflect, and celebrate!
• Happy mood - for the most part, December is practically the most joyful month of the year. Lights, gifts, holidays, breaks, lots of happiness floats in the air.

So you can see why I love December.

Well, first let me finish off what I did over Thanksgiving break. I had 2 dinners, one on Thursday, and one on Sunday. The Thursday was more of a formal Thanksgiving, and it was awesome. I seriously think it was the best ever. And usually, Thanksgiving is pretty passive to me. The turkey was great, mashed potatoes was the best, and all the other little stuff. The apple pie was awesome, even if store bought, and the chocolate-raspberry cake from La Madeleine, was so delicious.

The one on Sunday was ok. More like friends and distant relatives than anything. I didn't really eat though. I just spent time on my own.

I also saw a movie on the Saturday before, called "August Rush". Now it's not a movie everyone sees (most people I knew were seeing "Hitman"), but I thought it was pretty good. It was kind of a bit weird in the beginning, but at least the middle and ending were more interesting. I really liked the musical stuff in the movie. It was more like a play on sounds, than anything. But it was cool. Of course, the whole movie isn't realistic at all (like a boy finding his family together by the power of music?) but it's neat in the sense of how anything can be possible. I'd give it 4/5 stars.

So now fast-forward to now.

My birthday is on December 6th, if you didn't already know.

Usually, I'm pretty quiet about my birthday to others, but I've been more loose lately, and I'm reminding people to at least acknowledge that.

I'm going to be turning 16.

I don't expect anything special, but some gifts would be nice.

So far, school's ok, but it could be better.

That's about it for now. Wish I could update more faster.