finding the pieces (go back »)

It has been over am onth since my last entry. I have a good excuse though: I\'ve actually been busy, as you will see. A lot is coming together, or has come together, but of course the one element of my life that i always harp about is as painful as ever.

So to start, i have a roommate! I finally found her about two weeks ago! Shes from Philly and goes to another private school kinda near mine., and we technically have a mutaul friend. So if anyone asks if we met on facebook, the answer is always no.  Im so glad i found her, i think we\'ll be really good friends. Penn preview days last week were so much fun. I met the 10 or 12 girls ive been talking to online and we went to spring fling. At sping fling i saw one of the guy coaches that works at my school...weird? He was so wasted. The girl i met ae a really nice but kind of clique-y. They all want to apply to the same residential program and made this seperate group on facebook for us hmmm, but thats all figured out now. Most of them have decided to room together and sorted it out.

Later that week i went to the third eye blind concert with my school gals K and B. B was pretty crazy, as expected, and came prepared with champagne to celebrate K\'s brithday three weeks early. The concert was amazing though, aside from the opening band. B is still having problems with her fam, but i have no idea how shes going to survive on her own this summer, she might get abducted by gypsies, or sold, or just screwed and broke. who knows. Ill hope for the best...

Ive also been buying so many Phillies tickets! ive gone to two games so far but im going to four more this month. Im going with my daddy, S, my roomie KD, and my work friends! We decided to many people from work were busy to go out to dinner but we bought Phils tickets for the end of the month. S and i decided to plan a graduation party together, which caused much more drama than intended. Z has a problem with S for some reason, a bf reason, and gave me shit for a week about planning the party. Z has been acting strange lately bc of the bf, and went out with him four times for lunch during our last week of school together. All my friends are pretty pissed at her, but we all know once she goes away to florida to fly, who knows if well hear from her. Shes obsessed with the bf.

This weekend, meaning the last 4 days that i made into a weekend, were crazy but awesome. Thursday i volunteered at the AAM conference at the convention center. The American Association of Museums organized a conference where all the museum people from around the country come to Philly and have sessions and event. On thrusday i was a volunteer orienter and monitored sessions, oh and i was working for this awesome flamboyantly gay guy. On monday i had to go for orientation and i went with D, anotherh ilarious co-worker. We love bitching about work and she has her interview for the full time job tomorrow. After orenation, another co-worker informed me that M and annoying J, two full timer, are officialy dating. Yes, this is M who broke up with his gf less than a month ago, and gross J who has a cackling, annoying laugh. Anyway, Thursday was fun and after work i went to dinner with my roomie and her friend from school. Theyre already on senior projects so we met at Buca and had amazing food and then went to walnut street. Friday i did show up at school, and friday night i went to M\'s play in new jersey. I hardly see her anymore because shes so busy and far away. Shes going to Nova next year though, so hopefully well hang out more.

Saturday was when the real chaos started. I went to work as usual from 9-5pm. S wasnt there, which made everyones life easier, but it was the day before closing the huge black people exhibit. The lines was literally out the door and i spent six hours inside the  exhibit pulsing people through. After becoming completely exhausted, i left to go to L\'s prom. Yes, L is the one with no name from my last entrywho went to my prom. He goes to school in the city so the prom was convinient to get to from work. I went his house, then his friend\'s house for pictures, prom, and then the important part: post. During the prom i was told by one his friends that he likes this other gril thats senior at his school. Perfect!, i thought, because i dont like him, were just friends and thatll keep him occupied at post. At post everyone got wasted, except me, who cannot be affected by less than eight shots, and two or three other kids from the city who just showed up to party. I met a lot of cool people and ended up getting extra friendly with one, not L, or any other private school freak,  fortunately. Long story about him id rather not remember, but he was alright, and has been constantly texting me since 12 noon yesterday. So what happened to L? He was nice and checked on me during post, got completely trashed (hilarious) and finally got with that girl and left me alone til a lot later! We didnt go to sleep until almost 5am, so i basicallyy stayed up until i had to get up at 730. In the morning i drove L home and went to starbucks, my second, no third home, to change and get ready for work. classy. I had to be at work at 9 because so many people were coming for the closing day of the exhibit.

The morning was aweful. I was peacefully pacing though the exhibit as usual when two black people starting beating the shit out of each other, yes, in the exhibit. I called my manager, and security came up, along wit Romer who pretended to be completely involved in the whole thing, and told everyone in the world about it afterwards. cool. It ends up that the man planned to meet the woman at the museum but then brought another woman and her kids, resulting in a flight, and later i had to be interviewed by park rangers and fill out a bunch of forms as the witness. great? It gets better. Then i got to work the crazy exhibit again pushing people through for the last few hours it would be open in Philly, and last night i worked the AAM party until 10pm. I did get to meet a lot of neat museum people from around the country and got free dinner. I think this whole weekend costed about 30 bucks. not bad.

I talked to Romer a lot more than usual this weekend, i dont know why. I guess you could say were alright, but its always weird with us. I have to admit that life is pretty sweet right now, a few tests and im finished with highschool, chilling and doing whatever i want, and i have an amazing job...well amazing may be a bit of an overstatement. The only catch is Romer, and im sure it always will be. Yesterday at lunch we were having a mixed race couple convvo. We both have the same opinion but Romer said he sort of believes you cant help who you like and thats the only way to justify doing that. I immediately said \'no you can\'. That ended that conversatnion but later i realized hes right. I try so hard not to like him, to have reasons to hate him, but i cant help who i love like crazy, and it sucks.

Well this week APs, a rainly week of AP testing, and then Killers concert on friday! J comes home on friday too so shell be at work next weekend! Hopefully soon ill know the weekdays im getting to work this summer and my Penn classes and housing. Ciao!