Blaaaahhh!!!

Its basically April and I don't know where I'm going to school next year.

Help me.


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A Quick Thanks

I have been thinking about life a lot lately with the whole college thing going on, and I have just been realizing how freaking amazing my life is and that I have nothing to complain about. I know that I am truly blessed to have the people around me that I have around me. To each of you reading this, I just want to make sure you know that I appreciate you and am scared that the rest of my life will not live up to how amazing my life is right now.

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So Much Fun

Being sick sucks ass-mar.

Today's events:

1. Math Test
2. Doctor Appointment
3. Watched Across The Universe
4. Ate some food
5. Watched Hook
6. Watched some of Amanda's Dances
7. Watched She's The Man(for all of you girls out there that are in love with that movie, it makes completely NO sense what-so-ever!!!)
8. Watched The Perfect Storm

And now it is 1:48 in the morning and my head is about to explode. Today was dumb, why couldn't I just have remained unconscious?

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Funny Quote

A funny little thing I heard someone say on the radio on my way home tonight:

"If I can put the seat up, she can put it back down."

So all you ladies out there, look before you sit! Your dryness should not be men's responsibility.
Haha

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And It's Over Once Again

Last night I stayed up until 1:30 am because I was for the second time captivated by JK Rowling's amazing work. I had about 200 pages left of the 7th Harry Potter book and I couldn't put it down. It is easily my favorite book ever, I just wish I could read faster, so in turn I could read it more. The miraculous feat took me almost exactly 2 months. All HP fans: re-read the series if you have not, it is so fun and amazing.

Funny side note:
This weekend I was sidelined because of my post-op status. So I was reading, about halfway done, so I was in the zone, and I got a text from the lovely Aubrey. And she was absolutely dumbstruck that someone could spend their Saturday reading Harry Potter(but in all honesty, what else was I going to do?). I am praying that someone will help her from the error of her ways and realize how amazing the books are; and for those of you haters out there, you are stupid. There is nothing more to it.

Next Victim:
Fight Club
By: Chuck Palahniuk

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I Will Never Ever

Understand how planes fly.


You cannot truly tell me that you completely understand how these monstrosities stay in the air for hours, while I struggle staying up for two seconds. They must have Harry Potter on their side.

Explain to me as much as you want, I know air line owners are really wizards(or witches for you feminists out there).













^^ Get real, like any human could keep that in the air.

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Reader Discretion Advised (Gross)

So for those of you unaware, I had this big abscess on my leg that was really nasty, it was basically a big cist. On Thursday I had just arrived at my meet in Huntington Beach, and I had realized that it totally got cut open. So my mom came and got me and we went on our merry way to the doctor. The doc gave me three options:

1. Leave it and try antibiotics, but it will come back eventually

2. Cut it and help it drain a little, it will come back eventually

3. Cut the whole thing out, and it wont come back

So my mother and I weighed our options and chose choice 3, because he said that I would probably have to stay out of the water 3-4 days, big deal. So we proceed to numb half my leg(hurt so bad I almost passed out), and then cut it out, one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen in my life. So at the end instead of sewing it back up, which seems to make sense to everyone except the doctor, he decided to just let it heal naturally. He stuffed a bunch of gauze in it and just wrapped it. Psycho! So I have this gaping hole in the side of my leg, and I am thinking I will have to take the gauze out everyday and replace it, but no! He said I should just take it out the next day and put a band aid over it. What?! This guy is on drugs. So in the 24 hours after the surgery I had to replace the bandages twice it was bleeding so much.

It gets to 24 hours after, and I decide to get in the shower to take out the packing. It had proceeded to stick to the sides and after I finally got it out it bled like crazy. So much so I have probably been through 20 feet of gauze. It now hurts more than before, considering it didn't hurt before. No lie it looks like a bad bullet wound, so I am still curious why I didn't get stitches. All I have to say is I have no idea how I am going to be able to swim with this, and if I am out for the rest of the season I am going to be beyond mad.

Sorry if I grossed you out,

I had to vent.

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Swimmer's Only Savior

Ok so what are the odds of thunder and lightning storms in California? Lets say its little, ok? Ok. So this weekend I was at another glorious swim meet, what a surprise. And as many of you may have noticed, there was thunder and lightning on Sunday afternoon. What you may not be aware of is that a swimmer's only savior is lightning. So when we first heard the glorious thunder, we were overjoyed; but that was before we realized it wasn't close enough to get the meet cancelled. So the meet kept going, even though it was freezing and lightning was clearly around us. Eventually there was a strike so close that they got everyone out of the pool immediately. They made an announcement, "We are going to delay the meet for 30 minutes, and if there is another strike of lightning the meet will be cancelled." So we are rejoicing because there has been so much all day. What do you know, that was the last of the lightning for the day, of course! So we just sat in the rain for an extra 30 minutes just to wait for our race. Nearly every one of the other teams left, because our coach is psychotic. But it was all good, because overall, it was a really fun meet.

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[Check out those clouds, it was freezing]

Ehhhh....

I officially have no idea where I am going next year. I went up to San Jose with Austin and my Dad, to check out SJSU. I liked it but didn't love it. It was nicer than I expected and the city is okay. One great thing is it has a pretty big/good football team. It is pretty spaced out but not too much. One major downfall, is the gym. From dreaming of going to San Diego(one of the biggest gyms I have ever seen) San Jose was down right pathetic. But other than that I couldn't find any notable flaws. I liked it but I didn't love it, so I don't know what to do. My only other option really is ASU, and unless you're completely oblivious, I'm not the typical candidate for that school. So I might go check that out. Regardless, I'm sure I will be in San Diego in two years so its not like it will be forever wherever I go. But I seriously need to figure this out, I am losing major sleep over it!

Some pictures from our adventure:

1. [Freshmen Dorms- Quite Nice]
2. [Bowling Alley in the Student Union]
3. [Their Amazing Library- Biggest One West of the Mississippi R.]
4. [An Entrance To SJSU- Awkward Angle]

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Thank You ChapStick

I just want to shoot out a "Thank You" to ChapStick for creating the best lip balm ever.

Vanilla Mint.

For those of you disagreeing with me right now, you either haven't tried it or you are stupid, yes I am calling you stupid. Why? Because this is The Mind Of Derek!!!! not the mind of whoever you are.

So thanks ChapStick, for making my lips feel great with the best tasting lip balm ever!



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Wow, You Are Lame.

So tonight, Melanie, Lisa, Anthony, Callie, and I are hanging out trying to figure out what to do. We find out that Blake, Mel's brother, has an inflatable black blow up doll. So we decide to take Tyrone shopping, because we don't want him "walking" around the Magnus' household all nay-nay and what-not. So we take him over to trusty WalMart to get him a brand spankin' new git-up.

The moment we walk in, we are given very shady looks by everyone; okay, I totally understand where these are coming from, 5 teenagers pushing an inflatable doll in a grocery cart through WalMart, bad news. So Lisa is following closely documenting our outing with her camera, and we hear, "You can't take pictures in WalMart(short version)". Okay, whatever will help you sleep at night. So we cruise to the back of the store and are in the shoe department and get Tyrone some Crocs, he looked so fly. Meanwhile, Callie is busy texting up a storm, and all of a sudden Mr. Happiness-Is-Overrated(Mr H.I.O.) walks up.

Mr. H.I.O.: "OK I told you no taking pictures!"
Callie:(Showing Him) "I'm not, I'm texting."
Mr. H.I.O.: "OK well that was your 3rd warning."
Us: "OK, whatever that means."
Mr. H.I.O.: "Well, lets go. You have to leave!"

What?! For what? We did absolutely nothing wrong! First of all, we were not aware of this whole 3 strikes and you're out rule in WalMart. Secondly, we were not aware that we were ever given a warning in the first place. It was outrageous, we were not causing any problems, we were just some kids trying to have some good clean fun on a Saturday night.

So for that, WalMart, "Wow, you are lame!"

After that, we went over to In-N-Out, where they don't discriminate against race in the blow-up doll community. Thank-you Katie for being an awesome cashier!

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