Fool Dancin'

Obviously this hasn't become habitual yet. Oh well, give it time. Rather than try and catch up for nearly a week, I'll just start with Friday and go back if it seems important.

The highlight of Friday was losing a fight with a makeup kit. All right, let me back up a bit. The library ran a raffle this week. You could "buy" tickets by bringing in books that you were reading outside of school. I brought in A Time to Hate, which I had just finished, Wicked, which I'm half-way through, and Star Trek: IKS Gorkon: Honor Bound, which I had just started. I got an additional ticket for attending the new Tiger Book Club, so my chances were pretty good that I would get something (a book of sudoku, btw). Also, there was a drawing to get facepainting done by Mr. Pierson. The winner didn't show, so I got to go in her place. Unfortunately only a few people saw it, but I hope to have pictures up for all by tomorrow.

The other big thing that happened was a meeting of Please, Don't Squeeze the Midget (a barbershop quartet I'm in). We settled on auditions next week to replace our Lead (2nd tenor) or Baritone, and the next set of songs we would learn. If I remember correctly, they include Ja-Da, and O Come O Come Emanuel.

Most of yesterday I helped move dirt from my grandma's house to my mom's. 'nuff said.

Last night though, I attended my first Stadium dance. I spent a large part of the day looking for my wallet, but it wasn't necessary anyway. Mz. Dennet knew I had an ASB card, so I didn't even have to pull out the expired driver's permit and last year's ID card, which I had found.

Pretty much everything I expected was true: loud music I haven't heard before, a lot of people I don't usually hang out with, heat, and more dry air than I would have thought. Since I hadn't been to one before, I wasn't much of a dancer, but I bobbed my head. Surprisingly though, I had fun! I knew that most of my neighbors weren't going, so I was expecting to hang out with choir people or the exchange students. When I got there I felt a bit like the odd man out: the first people I talked to were Mz. Dennet and my new counselor. Pretty soon though I found my group: Knowledge Bowl geeks! I got there about an hour into it, but when the lights started to come up I couldn't believe that two hours had passed.

Funny how life throws you a curve ball sometimes. Last year I was in Knowledge Bowl, it was part out of curiosity, part because of Ms. Lofton, part because I wanted to see how much I really knew. The people I hung out with there were the ones I already knew, so I wasn't looking for a new social group. It seems that I've found it though: the dance would've been a long, embarassing experience without those people that either I haven't talked to in a while (Bill, Jordan, Kim) or I am just getting to know (Saylor, Nikita).

And what about today? Well, I watched a quarter of the first season of Babylon 5. It's kinda cheezy, but it's got some great stories. Anyway, it's time for me to get homework done, so I'll see you all later.