Every once in a while, I get a renewal of sorts. I guess the freakishly warm weather did it to me today, but nevertheless, I just needed the boost of energy from nowhere. I was able to do nearly all of my homework in one sitting and I even took a crack at the sonnet I need by Thursday.
I did buy all the stuff I needed for the sonnet project (leather, cord, inks, cardstock) so I just need the sonnet. Ironic, I can't write it and the subject is loss of creativity.
Everyday I get more and more information from colleges. Normally I'd feel great since these are awesome schools, but then comes the horrible reality that I don't have the money for it. And the worse sting is I hang out with kids that get cars for their 16th birthdays, are forced to go on international trips, and more or less have a lot of money. I know it's not her fault, but I just feel so poor. I almost wish that I could just get a fucking huge loan and go to Vandy or Duke or Chicago just because I know I could get in. At this point, I think I only have MTSU or UT of K as choices.
The very worst part is I know in the next two years, there will be so much more college angst.
"I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man." -- Thomas Jefferson
"Censorship reflects society's lack of confidence in itself........" -- Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart
"This is slavery, not to speak one's thought." --Euripedes [Greek tragic poet]
Yesterday Oak Ridge High School censored The Oak Leaf due to articles pertaining to contraceptives, abstinence, and body piercing. The administration's actions in this matter were rash and unreasonable, not to mention unlawful because of The Oak Leaf's public forum status. It doesn't matter what the subject is, I am strongly against censorship. Despite any hostility I've expressed toward The Oak Leaf (which everyone at ORHS has), I support Brittney and the rest of the Oak Leaf staff. I just heard about this yesterday from Mr. Pickering and never realized how huge this shit would get. I've heard legal action, by the one teacher who runs the paper, against the princial/ school board.
Here is the article that caused The Oak Leaf, the ORHS paper, to be censored. It made it onto the front pages of the Knoxville News Sentential and the Oak Ridger.
In memory of Scheffler's mohawk(even though his was longer and blue):
He was "despiked" afterschool. Apparently, he needed a job and was applying this weekend, so Emilie just despiked him outside afterschool. There was a crowd of a few dozen people too. That was awesomely funny. It seemed almost like it was performing art piece. "The Man and Money Kills Artistic Freedom." That's what it was. Totally.
Argued fifteen minutes this morning with my mother on whether or not I should go to school. Obviously, I lost. Not fun.
I didn't fail my bio test! Yay for Jenn! I got my classes turned in yesterday too. The last thing I had to get was the signature for "gifted" study hall. Basically it's for the Combined Studies kids or for kids that are a grad level up ina subject or such.
I also found out that Tarentino is directing the season finale of CSI. Two of my favorite things coming together. Sweet.
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'If you don't take a job as a prostitute, we can stop your benefits' By Clare Chapman (Filed: 30/01/2005)
A 25-year-old waitress who turned down a job providing "sexual services'' at a brothel in Berlin faces possible cuts to her unemployment benefit under laws introduced this year.
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