Ben

Ok, so to finish my prom story, in few words.

I can't dance but i tried
We got lost on the way back, went to a diner, almost went to a beach, sat on some rocks, slept.

Next day, woke up, went to ferry, saw harry potter in the city with omari and sarah, came back, just missed the ferry home. Had to wait an hour, phone broke (happened before on account of monica's evil bag) so talking was hard. Got home after various modes of transportation, slept. week went by, i'm sitting here doing nothing...If anyone would like details of anything ask me...I'm lazy.

So this past friday was prom. As most of you know, you being those who literally have nothing better to do presently than read this, I went to Monica's and not my prom. I had no real problem with this, kinda. I mean it's not great when you're with semi-strangers and not your friends, but it was still fun. What really mattered to me was that i went with Monica and that i had an overall good time, even if it was with random people. Hmm, so lets see. How did it start off... After not going to senior seminar on thursday, I picked up my tux and corsage, stopped off at the bank, then went home and waited for my dad to get here and take me over to the Manhattan side of the ferry. Why he did this and not take me all the way to SI which would've been slightly shorter is beyond my comprehension, but whatever. I managed to catch the 10 o'clock ferry, bag full of clothes, tux in hand and corsage stuffed somewhere. Met monica on the other side, went to her house, sat around for a bit, gave her the sketchbook that i modified along with a very eclectic mix of songs. I assume she liked them, though i don't know. Went to sleep shortly after, almost managed to flip over on the fold out couch, which would've been an accomplishment. Woke up friday morning semi early so that i could go to school with monica. It had been the first time i stepped inside any building remotely resembling a public education facility in a week. At first me going wasn't part of the plan, but Monica figured that she'd skip first, and go in the back way where there are no security guards to hassle you...or me as it were. Saw that school for her is officialy a waste of time. Played cards in both of the classes that we went to, which was fun. Met a couple people, re-met a couple of people, all in all not too bad. He friend scott is pretty funny and seems to be my kind of people...then again i may be totally wrong, spent all of an hour and some in his presence so. Let's see...after the second class, the infamous "Math class with a teacher so retarded it's amazing she can open her mouth without liters of drool following said action, but retarded enough to know shit about teaching." class, we left with allison to go back to monica's house. Had some grilled cheese and watermellon then we set out to paint monica's "Shaggin Wagon." it came out very nicely, though someone etched FUCK into my rhino. Monica is amazing with the arts, like whoa. I believe i shall put up some pics of it, to show off her skillz (yes, very much Z worthy). It was about 2 or 3 when we finished the painting of said mobile, at which time we took allison home, went to get some stuff for mon, then went back to her house to get ready. Took a shower, managed to bang various limbs on various surfaces, and then sat around cause it was still kinda early to put on my tux.
When the time came to do so, it took me like 15 minutes or so. Whereas it took her 3 to put on her dress. Granted she had pre-dress stuff such as make-up and "hair", but so did i...oh wait no i didn't. As soon as i was able to figure out everything and get completely dressed, i walked out into the hall and was totally like...whoa blown away. I did not think it was possible for someone to be so beautiful. Granted, she's very beautiful sans fancy dress, but i mean she was just breathtakingly so and pushed the limits of beauty tonight, like effulgent beauty, overwhelming...
So after i got over the awe, we went down to take pictures. As per my mom's request, i took several, though apparently not enough and must get doubles from monica. Then it was off to some part of Jersey where the boat was. That's right, boat. Managed to get there without too many wrong turns, maybe if jersey had some freaking street signs we would've been slightly better off. Didn't matter though, we were there early enough. Got out of the wagon, saw people all dolled up. Allison, Maegan, Sarah looked great. Maegan and Sarah i kinda met before today but didn't totally know them..and allison...well it's allison. Sarah's boyfriend, omari, who is monica's "brother from another mother" (forgive me for using the expression mon, is the coolest person ever. I had met him for like two seconds when i had met sarah, but he seemed really cool then. apparently, if he were white, he would want my hair...which was odd...so yeah. Got on the boat, had some little bits of food, didn't actually leave the dock for like an hour. It was a nice ride, the boat kinda rocked back and forth a couple times which made for some interesting happenings..So i'm getting kinda tired, and i shall continue this story tomorrow...I should totally make up a cliffhanger though...So there we are, out in the vast waves that is the Hudson river (i think) when all of a sudden we come upon a large iceberg and the captain doesn't know what to do...Ok that was just bad...I'm no writer...I'm out.

SO new user pic thanks to caline.
Woke up at 8 to go to work, which kinda blew cause waking up before 12 sucks ass.
Worked for a bit, went home, called up caline, almost went to teh movies, played in the sand, totally met christine, stood around being my usual self with the aformentioned plus heather and john...fun had by all
Came home, did nothing. Listened to some guy brag about my enourmous man meat on some song. That's about it...Oo, candy was got. lots of it...

Let's see, long vacation for memorial day made longer by various senior days makes for lots of time on my hands. And as of this point, i've actually done more than just sit around. On friday sarah and i went around various places for various things. Stopped in at the walden books on mamk. ave. that's closing. Stuff is really cheap there, so i bought a couple things. Flipped through this book that m'ral had mentioned, something by Kim Catrall and her husband, "The art of the female orgasm" or something like that. Some odd pictorals, but nothing that I, Ben, true ladies man, didn't already know. So i tossed that back on the shelf and figured i'm just as well off on my own. So after getting stuff we went for food then ended up back at my house where we sat for a few minutes, realized that it's really boring, and then she went home. That was friday.
Saturday involved waking up just in time for baseball at flint/harbor/rye neck. It's been said that we collectively have the talent of 3, maybe 4 people, but it's still fun stuff. No outstanding plays this game, lots of moving around though. Stupid little kids and their power over the flint fields, and stupid harbor island with its lame $5 parking fee (which amine and several others managed to avoid, but some payed up) and you needing a permit to play there. Rye Neck high schools field is nice though, cause it's an actual baseball field. So after that was over I came home for a while and i'm really not sure what happened after that, probably nothing.
Sunday involved much sitting around mixed in with being yelled at to help with stuff and burning myself.
Today, I got pissed off cause my mom went crazy and wanted to move everything around. So now my tv room is all different and i'm confused and I just kinda sat there while the other members of my family did the laborous stuff. I did this because i didn't feel that it wa all necessary, and only helped in moving stuff that either wouldn't be a waste of time or I thought of and made the mistaking of voicing my opinion. And now, i sit here playing with this leather strap that my dad cut off of an old purse to fix up this toy for emma, my mom's friends daughter. I've been kinda taking out the stitches one little stitch at a time, i started last night...and i'm halfway through...too much time.
I'm out.

This one's kinda quick and simple, only one question:

Who is your daddy, and what does he do?

To be, or not to be?


What is Your Shakespearian Tragic Flaw?
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I taste like Peanut Butter. I am one of the most blendable flavours; I go with sweet, I go with sour, I go with bland, I go with anything. I am practical and good company, but have something of a tendency to hang around when I'm not wanted, unaware that my presence is not welcome. What Flavour Are You?

You know what i hate, people that make you feel stupid when you say something. Granted sometimes what you say may deserve a sarcastic comment. but when it's a constant thing that happens..well constantly, you start to question why you bother. I mean really, it's not like i'm asking for much. And it's not so crazy an idea, just freaking share. It sounds good, it looks good, you say it's good...whatever...stupid people...and if you think it's YOU it's not. it's in general....gonna go over here now...just felt like writing....oo, hershey's kisses with caramel.

Ben, your subconscious mind is driven most by Imagination

This means you have a deep desire to use innovative ideas to enhance your life and influence the world around you. This drive influences you far more than you may realize on a conscious level.

Your need to be innovative drives how you look at new opportunities and the kinds of experiences in life you choose to have. On an unconscious level, the reason you may be so driven by imagination is your fear of destruction, the opposite of creation. When you are unable to create due to restrictions imposed by your environment or even ones you unwittingly impose on yourself, do you feel trapped or confined? You may find these feelings of unease only get better when you find another outlet for your imagination.

With such a strong creative orientation, you are willing to entertain a broad spectrum of ideas at any given time. The world is a fuller, richer place because you can contribute new ideas to any experience. Your natural curiosity inspires those around you and encourages them to come up with ideas they wouldn't have thought of without your help.

Though your unconscious mind is driven most strongly by Imagination, there is much more to who you are at your core.

I haven't actually read the whole thing...Just the thing that says IMAGINATION and the end cause the end is right above this paragraph. Still...i'm sure it's true...

once again, a very weak update that can still be entertaining

1:: Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.
2:: Am I lovable?
3:: How long have you known me?
4:: When and how did we first meet?
5:: What was your first impression?
6:: Do you still think that way about me now?
7:: What do you think my weakness is?
8:: Do you think I'll get married?
9:: What makes me happy?
10:: What makes me sad?
11:: What reminds you of me?
12:: If you could give me anything what would it be?
13:: How well do you know me?
14:: When's the last time you saw me?
15:: Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
16:: Do you think I could kill someone?
17:: Describe me in one word.
18:: Do you think our friendship is getting stronger, weaker, or staying the same?
19:: Do you feel that you could talk to me about anything and I would listen?
20:: Are you going to put this on your livejournal/xanga and see what I say about you?

I want everyone who reads this to ask me 3 questions, no more no less.
Ask me anything you want.
Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends (including myself) to ask you anything.


Hey...it's an update...

NEVER NEVER WATCH THE IRON CHEF:ESCARGOT BATTLE. I can deal with everything else they have; squid, octopus, hell even monkey brains would be interesting. I'm sure PETA would have something to say about it, but that's what would make it interesting. But never, never slugs, well technically snails, but slugs nonetheless. makes me squirm. Food as i know it has been ruined.

Got up at 11 or so today. i've pretty much done that every day this week, except for tuesday. Sat around for a bit, had some food. At about 2:30 i left to go play a little baseball with the boys....Lets see, who showed up. There was amine, vespe, paul, govind, ross-reider, smeets, amos, t-mac, marc, jesse, dan, bill and me...I know there was someone else, i just can't think who. Someone obvious...(quick update: SMEDDY, how the hell can i forget adam). Either way, none of us really have any talent. Well Marc and Dan can throw..so can paul. Amos apparently can bat and catch like crazy, what with he catching every ball i hit even remotely close to him. But i mean, other than that, we're terrible..and it shows. Either way, the team i was on ended up winning by a few runs. Great play by me where someone caught a fly ball, tossed it to Paul, who tossed it to me. I was at second and ross-reider was in between second and third. He was forced back to second but not before i caught the ball, stuck out my hand which he ran into and tried to play it off like he slid. It was good stuff...he got decked...by me...good times.


quick edit: the one and only AMINE had some indescribebly amazing plays, so indescribable that i will not describe them. I will only tell you that they were amazing.

I had the greatest homemade dinner ever tonight. My mom came with a bunch of shrimp, scalops and lobster, and she made this huge pasta with all three and it was just awesome. My mom kicks total ass...most of the time.

I watched "This is Spinal Tap" for the first time ever today. It's really funny, really really funny. Hmmm, let's see what else. that's pretty much all i did besides take a long walk.

Oh...right, the reason i updated. Thanks to Monica saying something about it a while back, I finally downloaded the coolest music video that i've ever seen. You can check it out here. I watched that a couple of times a)cause it's a good song and b) because the video is crazy. I also listened/am listening to Art Tatum, who rocks my pervervial jazz socks.

"I've kinda given up on stuff and just said fuck it, whatever, i don't care anymore, whats done is done and as much as i dont' want to, i just don't care anymore."

Who am i kidding. I lied, of course i care. Not whatever, don't fuck it. What's done isn't done. I still care, moreso than ever. I don't want to stop caring, i never will. I'm a terrible liar. Momentary thoughts blow...that's all for now.

Wrap your minds around this my friends.

I believe this says it all. Lets see. Pitt was pretty cool. Phantom Planet was playing when I was there, but i missed them cause they played at like 5:30. Otherwise it was a really cool place, so i've got some decisions ahead, like most people. On tuesday I went over to Staten Island in order to catch a ride from Allison, Monica and Katie. We were going to one of the coolest person ever's birthday party. It was in Long Island, at some mall, specifically at a Build-a-Bear store. Sufficit to say, i was the only guy there, but I built myself a stuffed rabbit with pride and determination...or something...that was lame. I have dubbed said bunny mr. floppy (that's floopy for katie), after that old WB show Unhappily Ever After. Lets see...after that we went to sbarro for lots of pizza before wandering around the mall. At some point we had to leave, it was around 5 or so, and the 4 of us: allison, katie, monica and I, decided to go see Eternal Sunshine...again. Kate and allison hadn't seen it, even so it's good enough to see again and again and again. Hmm what next. Oh, we dropped katie off and went up to her dorm for about an hour or so. That was fun, wallopped her snood record. Ended up leaving there at some point so i could catch the 11:00 ferry. Unfortunetly the stupid 4 train took forever to get to the station so i missed the 11:40 train home. Had to stand around for an hour at grand central before hopping on the 12:40 and getting home by 1:30. At that point i downed some nighttime sinus pills and i was out. Didn't do much today or yesterday, i was hoping to, but ended up not doing anything. I've kinda given up on stuff and just said fuck it, whatever, i don't care anymore, whats done is done and as much as i dont' want to, i just don't care anymore. And now i'm here, watchin friends and laughing at that funny link, which my brother sent me. Picture of cool Pinecrest people: Liz, Me, Monica, Allison, Katie and STEPHANIE ANNE

Going to check out the Univesity of Pittsburgh tomorrow. Get to leave school earlyish. It's not much, i'd only be missing euro, so. Oh man, i totally forgot that i was updating. I had opened a new screen to do a crossword puzzle and when i closed it, this one was behind it....that's sad. So let's see...what's up...nothing really....my knees suck...I wish i were going to china too. Just another reason i should've taken chinese instead lame ass french. Though, a trip to france might have been cool, but for somereason they stopped doing that. Whatever...Vacation is going to be same as always, me sitting around doing nothing. I'm trying to work out a way to get to Long Island for the coolest person in the worlds party. But i'm not having any luck. Stupid lack of care/money/initiative..ooo..bunt cake...thus ends this entry.

So i'm lounging in my computer chair, legs up on the couch when the phone rings. i of course am too lazy to get up, so i wait for someone else to answer it. Unfortunetly it was for me and it was some market research douche that wanted to know about random college stuff. Now, I'm usually bitter and often times mess with these people, but i must have been out of it or just too lazy to try this time. So he takes his five minutes to ask me random stuff and as soon as i hang up i shout, "SON OF A BITCH! I SO COULD'VE TOYED WITH THAT HAMSTER SMUGGLER." (note: i have no idea what i'm saying sometimes...who am i kidding, all the time). Anyway

I think i'm a fill out one of them there quiz dealy thingies like amine did recently....just not sure when. I would be doing so for the same reason, boredom. Going to see University of Pittsburgh on friday. get to leave school early and i'm coming back on sunday. Hopefully people will be around during the week. I know i'm planning on doing stuff with monica, it'll be different and potentially a little weird at first, but we gotta adjust. (another note: that's a whole story that i'd rather not go into but i'm sure a couple of people know)...heh...i make it sound so...something...anyway...Good Eats is on and that Elton Brown guy says funny stuff.

So i heard from the two remaining schools, GW and Bucknell

Got accepted to GW, surprisingly. i really wasnt trying for that one so

And then bucknell flat out rejected me. They're like, "Dear Ben.....DENIED!!! BIOTCH!" But whatever, never really cared about it. I guess it's not very Bucknell

So lets see, that makes the list:

Union
USC
LeHigh
Loyola
Valperaiso
University of Pittsburgh

I think that's it. Waiting for Bucknell, George Washington, and, well i was wait listed for Lafeyette, so i guess that counts.

More to follow...trying to fix things