Have you ever been alone in a crowded room when I'm here with you?

Have you ever been alone in a crowded room; well I'm here with you...

Ok ok, so perhaps I was a little heated earlier today (who wouldn't be miffed). Of course, everyone who had an exam today feels like TCMS is stupid and out to get us and stuff but still, I'm pretty sure the admin was trying to do what it thought was best.

Ok, now that I've justified the admin, I must admit that DESPITE their good intentions, I think they might be a tad bit unreasonable with how they're handling this. I'm not sure how much they realize they're pretty much destroying the plans of a lot of people who would have ended exams by today. More so since everyone who goes to TCMS has come to develop the idea that the school NEVER cancels due to snow... and it's true. It's my third winter at TCMS and no matter how much snow we got, the school's always been open and this morning wasn't even that bad. So we ALL expected to have exams snow or shine and now for the first time, they decided to cancel it. And not just that, they've postponed it, more accurately, to Friday. People truly do base their plans around things like exams when they've been led to believe that the schedule's rock solid. And suddenly, everyone's extremely upset at having to rearrange plans so yeah, I can't really blame the students for being upset. Can't blame the teachers cause it's not their fault. I just think the admin might have thought it over a bit better. I actually don't think the exam needed to be cancelled; most of us where there anyways and the ones who weren't there didn't come because they heard that it was postponed.

I think I've made my point.

Home from school a little early. Why? Because the ridiculous school decided that because there's some snow on the ground that it's too cold to have exams so all the exams today have been postponed until Friday. What's the deal?! Firstly, all the students arrived at the school only to be turned away and told go home. I mean, our entire history class was at school! The school itself is open, and even the elementary are having classes. And furthermore, now they've conviniently divided the exams for most of the students. Like most people had exams on Monday, and now have them again on Friday. Our long weekend has been cut short and lastly, what the heck's going to happen with the concert that's going down on Thursday evening?! Some of the band members now have their exams on Friday! If you're going to make the decision to cancel exams, either cancel them completely, or work them into a schedule that's a little more realistic.

“Everyone has a best friend during each stage of life. Only a precious few have the same one.”
-- Anonymous

“Live life, party hard, make jokes, love lots, laugh often, hurt less, all with the friends you'll never forget.”
-- Ali C.

“Some people say the worst way to miss someone is when they are right next to you and you know you can't have them, but it's worse when you thought you didn't want them anymore and then all of a sudden you realize you can't live without them.”
-- Anonymous

We can't tell Cory and Topanga what to do. I've been trying to do that since the first grade! I remember when I tried to separate their desks. She kicked me, he bit me, and some little punk kept saying, 'Leave 'em alone! They should get married!'"
-- Mr. Feeny, Boy Meets World

Top executive of Big Construction Company:
Give me a brief summary of what is currently being done on the site.

Middle level manager:
Here... this fellow in the yellow hard hat is one of our employees, Paddy O'Hara, and talking to him is the foreman, Washington Smith. Mr. Smith requests that Mr. O'Hara take this long pipe and carry it to that corner of the site, motivating his request with the fact that Mr. O'Hara has been in intimate relationship with his own mother, whereas Mr. O'Hara refuses to carry the pipe, motivating his refusal with the fact that he is currently in intimate relationships with the pipe, with Mr. Smith, with the construction site, and with Big Construction Company.

Tips on Love (by kids, 5-10 years of age):

WHAT IS THE PROPER AGE TO GET MARRIED?? "Eighty-four, Because at that age, you don't have to work anymore, and you can spend all your time loving each other in your bedroom."(Judy, 8)

"Once I'm done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife."(Tom, 5)

WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?? "On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date."(Mike, 10)

WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?? "You should never kiss a girl unless you have enough bucks to buy her a big ring and her own VCR, 'cause she'll want to have videos of the wedding." (Jim, 10)

"Never kiss in front of other people. It's a big embarrassing thing if anybody sees you. But if nobody sees you, I might be willing to try it with a handsome boy, but just for a few hours."(Kally, 9)

THE GREAT DEBATE: IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?? "It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need somebody to clean up after them"(Lynette, 9)

"It gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I'm just a kid. I don't need that kind of trouble."(Kenny, 7)

CONCERNING WHY LOVE HAPPENS BETWEEN TWO PARTICULAR PEOPLE "No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to do with how you smell. That's why perfume and deodorant are so popular."(Jan, 9)

"I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful."(Harlen, 8)

ON WHAT FALLING IN LOVE IS LIKE "Like an avalanche where you have to run for your life."(Roger, 9) "If falling in love is anything like learning how to spell, I don't want to do it. It takes too long."(Leo, 7)

ON THE ROLE OF GOOD LOOKS IN LOVE "If you want to be loved by somebody who isn't already in your family, it doesn't hurt to be beautiful."(Jeanne, 8)

"It isn't always just how you look. Look at me. I'm handsome like anything and I haven't got anybody to marry me yet."(Gary, 7)

"Beauty is skin deep. But how rich you are can last a long time." (Christine, 9)

CONCERNING WHY LOVERS OFTEN HOLD HANDS "They want to make sure their rings don't fall off because they paid good money for them."(Dave, 8)

CONFIDENTIAL OPINIONS ABOUT LOVE "I'm in favor of love as long as it doesn't happen when 'Sesame Street' is on television."(Anita,6)

"Love will find you, even if you are trying to hide from it. I have been trying to hide from it since I was five, but the girls keep finding me." (Bobby, 8)

"I'm not rushing into being in love. I'm finding fourth grade hard enough." (Regina, 10)

THE PERSONAL QUALITIES NECESSARY TO BE A GOOD LOVER "One of you should know how to write a check. Because, even if you have tons of love, there is still going to be a lot of bills." (Ava, 8)

SOME SURE FIRE WAYS TO MAKE A PERSON FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU "Tell them that you own a whole bunch of candy stores." (Del, 6)

"Don't do things like have smelly, green sneakers. You might get attention, but attention ain't the same thing as love." (Alonzo, 9)

"One way is to take the girl out to eat. Make sure it's something she likes to eat. French fries usually works for me."(Bart, 9)

HOW CAN YOU TELL IF 2 ADULTS EATING DINNER AT A RESTAURANT ARE IN LOVE? "Just see if the man picks up the check. That's how you can tell if he's in love."(John, 9)

"Lovers will just be staring at each other and their food will get cold. Other people care more about the food."(Dave 8)

"It's love if they order one of those desserts that are on fire. They like to order those because it's just like how their hearts are... on fire." (Christine, 9)

WHAT MOST PEOPLE ARE THINKING WHEN THEY SAY "I LOVE YOU" "The person is thinking: Yeah, I really do love him. But I hope he showers at least once a day."(Michelle, 9)

HOW A PERSON LEARNS TO KISS "You learn it right on the spot when the gooshy feelings get the best of you."(Doug, 7)

"It might help to watch soap operas all day." (Carin, 9)

WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE? "It's never okay to kiss a boy. They always slobber all over you. That's why I stopped doing it."(Jean, 10)

HOW TO MAKE LOVE ENDURE "Spend most of your time loving instead of going to work." (Tom, 7) "Don't forget your wife's name. That will mess up the love." (Roger, 8)

"Be a good kisser. It might make your wife forget that you never take out the trash."(Randy, 8)

"If I could break this spell
I'd run to him today
And somehow I know he's on his way to me
Derek, you and I were meant to be

Far longer than forever
I'll hold you in my heart
It's almost like you're here with me
Although we're far apart

Far longer than forever
As constant as a star
I close my eyes and I am where you are

As sure as the dawn brings the sunrise
We've an unshakable bond

Destined to last for a lifetime and beyond

Far longer than forever ( far longer than forever)
I swear that I'll be true (I swear that I'll be true)
I've made an everlasting vow to find my way to you
Far longer than forever
Like no love ever known
And with your love I'll never be alone

Far longer than forever
Much stronger than forever
And with your love i'll never be alone"
-- Far Longer Than Forever

THINK YOU'RE HAVING A BAD DAY.... check it out these actual cases.

Fire authorities in California found a corpse in a burned-out section of forest while assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The deceased male was dressed in a full wet suit, complete with scuba tanks on his back, flippers, and face mask.

A postmortem test revealed that the man died not from burns, but from massive internal injuries. Dental records provided a positive identification. Investigators then set about to determine how a fully clothed diver ended up in the middle of a forest fire.

It was revealed that on the day of the fire, the man went diving off the coast, some 20 miles from the forest. The fire fighters, seeking to control the fire as quickly as possible, had called in a fleet of helicopters with very large dip buckets. Water was dipped from the ocean and emptied at the site of the forest fire.

You guessed it. One minute our diver was making like Flipper in the Pacific, the next, he was doing the breast stroke in a fire dip bucket 300 feet in the air. Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed.
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A man was working on his motorcycle on the patio, his wife nearby in the kitchen. While racing the engine, the motorcycle accidentally slipped into gear. The man, still holding onto the handlebars, was dragged along as it burst through the glass patio doors.

His wife, hearing the crash, ran in the room to find her husband cut and bleeding, the motorcycle, and the shattered patio door. She called for an ambulance and, because the house sat on a fairly large hill, went down the several flights of stairs to meet the paramedics and escort them to her husband.

While the attendants were loading her husband, the wife managed to right the motorcycle and push it outside. She also quickly blotted up the spilled gasoline with some paper towels and tossed them into the toilet.

After being treated and released, the man returned home, looked at the shattered patio door and the damage done to his motorcycle. He went into the bathroom and consoled himself with a cigarette while attending to his business. About to stand, he flipped the butt between his legs.

The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard a loud explosion and her husband screaming. Finding him lying on the bathroom floor with his trousers blown away and burns on his buttocks, legs and groin, she once again phoned for an ambulance. The same paramedic crew was dispatched.

As the paramedics carried the man down the stairs to the ambulance they asked the wife how he had come to burn himself. She told them. They started laughing so hard, one slipped, the stretcher and dumping the husband out. He fell down the remaining stairs, breaking his arm.
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The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were being released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, a killer whale ate them both.

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A psychology student in New York rented out her spare room to a carpenter in order to nag him constantly and study his reactions. After weeks of needling, he snapped and beat her repeatedly with an axe leaving her mentally retarded.

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In 1992, Frank Perkins of Los Angeles made an attempt on the world flagpole-sitting record. Suffering from the flu he came down eight hours short of the 400-day record, his sponsor had gone bust, his girlfriend had left him and his phone and electricity had been cut off.
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A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank of wood, breaking his arm in two places. Up to that moment, he had been happily listening to his Walkman.
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Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn, Germany. Suddenly, all two thousand pigs broke loose and escaped through a broken fence, stampeding madly The two hopeless protesters were trampled to death.
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Iraqi terrorist Khay Rahnajet didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "return to sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.

There now, feeling better?

A Hole In The Fence!

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper,he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.

The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there." A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us."

Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole in your fence.

Ok, yesterday was the start of the New Year but we all knew what happened to blogger yesterday no?

New Year Resolutions:

1. I will stay alive
2. I will remain optimistic
3. I will learn how to play the guitar & drums effectively
4. I will remain true to the people who really count
5. I will get my G1+2
6. I will tolerate people who bug the heck out of me
7. I will not unintentionally/intentionally hurt/destroy anything or anybody

Some are easier than others. I'm not sure number 7 can be accomplished 100% but I try every year anyways just for kicks.