Fun Times

Mostly For Me, I think

2007-08-15T06:01:47Z

Important Dates:

September 2nd: Move in day

September 10th: Classes Start

October 8th: Canadian Thanksgiving

November 30th: Classes End

December 5th-20th: Exams

January 7th: Classes Start

That's good for now.

Summer is going great, in some ways. Kinda getting old in others, mainly work-wise. I love my friends, though.

And Wang seems really chill.

Peace and all... Cody

My heart be still

2007-07-03T00:33:14Z

So we hear many times in our lives that the reason we make mistakes in our lives is to learn from them. But I find myself, sometimes, and find my friends as well, making the same mistakes, over and over. And I don't think I'm learning. But they're definately mistakes.

Hah. Well, work is going awesome. It feels real nice to be making money, and to be doing an honest day's work.

I miss some people, sometimes the ones I wouldn't even expect.

I'm not sure I'm sleeping quite right. I don't know what is causing that though.

Peace and all.... Cody

Closer I am to find

2007-06-10T03:14:36Z

Whoo! I guess that's an appropriate statement. I graduated, and that was fun. It was actually more climactic and final that I had thought it would be. Because here's the thing: I always assume things aren't going to be as good or important as people say they are. And for the most part, they're not. But still, I had just assumed Graduation would mean nothing. But it did, for some reason, mean something to go up on that stage, and get my diploma. Which is nice to have.

And Fine Arts Awards night was tonight. Which was cool. I spent a majority of my time with Katie Gordon, running into and talk to several other people along the way. And Schimmel gave me a firm kick to the testicles, which was not fun for about 15mins to a half hour. That does not have to happen a good for a really long time. It's strange how much that'll just leave you on the floor.

Things have happened in between those to events. Oh! Like my grad party, which was actually a lot more fun than I had anticipated. Very low stress actually, and now my trampoline is set up, which is cool. And Tierney and Maureen came, which was awesome, and so did a load of other cool people, and Nate's family got along really well with mine, and people ate almost all the food and drank most the drinks, so that was very pleasant. I'm not the host all that often, so I guess it's good to do every now and then.

And, other things. The only tricky business should be business, but that's okay that it's not. Friends are awesome.

Well that's good enough for now. Goodnight.

Peace and all.... Cody

I know I'll never understand

2007-05-17T05:44:03Z

Life continues to go on, and there's so much I'll prolly never understand. I don't need to, but it's just silly.

I don't understand how, or why, I'll never really change. I mean I grow older, I'm about to graduate, but in so many ways, I'm exactly the same as I was this time freshman year. Just a bit more bearded.

I'll never understand some people. Most people I can usually get a handle on, but some always slip through my fingers.

It's fine though. Life is going well, I think. My computer has caught a virus, but I'll get rid of it eventually.

Returning Road ended. It was an experience, alright. I'll prolly never know how I feel about that one, but that's okay. I'll forever love everyone who did it with me, and that's the important thing. We're supposed to do Hamlet again... but I don't think we will I guess. Too bad, but I've got a lot of other stuff to deal with.

Life fluctuates, but I think it's on an upward trend.

I'm have a graduation party all of the sudden, because Nate asked me if I wanted to and I said sure, so now I'll be hosting over 100 people at my house. Haha, fun times. I'm sure it'll be good.

Speaking of which, I guess I'm graduating? That sounds like fun. God I'm going to miss people.

It's funny, I had a rule for a while, and I've always used these kinds of rules on and off, where we're not allowed to talk about leaving. It's kind of a play thing for me, like during a play, I can't imagine the time when it will be over, because that's just not in my intertial frame. But now the play is over, now Window is over, I guess it's time that we can talk about that kind of stuff now. But I still don't want to, because it still feels like I shouldn't. But if not now, when?

I dunno. I guess that's my life in a nutshell, for now.

Decisions, decsions.

Peace and all.... Cody

Destiny is calling me

2007-04-04T04:36:06Z

Seder tonight. Much fun, and I love Robyn, and Peter and Sophie and Ryan and Amanda, so it was good times. How can you not love Jewish food and tradition?

Speaking of tradition, I went to a wake yesterday for my mom's late friend Deb. I used to babysit for her daughter Shannon, who is I believe nine now, and who barely recognized me now. Understandably, I just remember when I was one of her favorite people. And that makes me kind of sad. I was surprised to see her body though. My grandfather's funeral was closed casket, so it was just abit of a shock kind of. But it was fine.

Play's fine. I'm not doing very much, but it's fine.

This weekend I went to Ivker's, which was really nice. We stayed in Evanston the entire time. We went to an amazing, though somewhat unprofessional dance show. And a college a cappella concert which was far too long. It was a competition, and the only group I liked was the group not competing. Though there was a great arrangement of "The Sounds of Silence" by a female a capella group, and I lovedt that.

Seeing Ivker was great, because I haven't extensively seen her in a while, and I do miss her. She was very happy the EBP and I had come, and it was very theraputic to just be able to talk to her again, because the three of us had grown really close this summer. And I got rejected from Northwestern, which is fine, because as much as I loved the campus, and Ivker, and the food,( which was just amazing ) I didn't really meet all that many other people who I thought I could really be friends with. I dunno, I'm not broken up about it, or surprised.

More later, I suppose.

I'm in a pretty good mood, especially about school.

Peace and all.... Cody

It was only a kiss

2007-03-15T02:21:50Z

So lots to say.

For one, I went to my dermatologist the other day. I haven't taken the medicine she gave me for like, two and a half months, but I've deicded I probably should even though sometimes it gives me stomach aches. I dunno. I don't really trust her, because she's like "having dairy with it shouldn't really be a problem" and I can believe that in theory, but almost every time I have it with cheese or milk I get a stomach ache. My acne has improved a lot, but I guess I really should stick to the medical plan. I dunno, as many years of school as they have to, I feel like doctors don't always know what they're doing.

And colleges keep accepting me and stuff, and it confuses me because I thought I'd have to wait till April like most people. So far, three acceptances: University of Massachusetts Amherst (Honors Program), Catholic University, and University of Toronto. Of those, I think U of T is most likely... I definately didn't think I'd get in though, I didn't have as many SAT IIs as they wanted, and put very little effort into applying. I'm glad though, it's really cheap.

School... eh... I can never really bring myself to write about it. Anyway...

Play auditions are quite strange. That's okay though. They usually are. The only weird thing is that I can't really tell if we're still auditioning... It's all good. It's funny/weird/sad to think that these are my last high school play auditions ever. Crazy.

Vocalizing feelings is strange... it kind of puts them to the test of reality once they're spoken aloud.

Oh. I'm trying out that thing again where I give up TV. It should be most helpful, I think.

Peace and all.... Cody

Life is a boat ride

2007-03-06T04:29:19Z

So. Many things have happened since an actual update. I guess the biggest one would be HAMLET. It was pretty sweet... Pretty crazy experience with one of the wackiest but closest casts I've worked with. We'll do it again, I'm sure, and I'll prolly write more about it then. In the end, though there were a couple fights, my friendships were only strengthened throuhgout that show. Which is nice.

Anyway. New York trip? Pretty awesome. We went to the Cloisters, a Chorusline, acting workshop, Rockefeller Center, the Gugenheim, Lincoln Center, the Philharmonic, and a whole bunch of other stuff. I dunno, I had a great time. The Philharmonic was wonderful, and I loved just hanging out with my friends. The boat ride was also pretty sweet, except for that tour guide. He seemed to think that if you ride on a boat, you're supposed to just sit down and shut up. But in the end, it was just pretty funny that he was such a jerk.

Too much to talk about there. Maybe I'll expand on it later.

I've been thinking... there's really just not enough time left. In highschool, or even Wayland. Which I guess is okay. It gives everything a bit more of a sense of urgency. I dunno. We all need to move on eventually and I'll be ready to, I just know that I won't be entirely fullfilled. But that's okay. I guess that just means I'll have a reason to come back. I'd probably be sadder if I left feeling I'd done everything I wanted to. Huh. That's interesting.

Anyway. Goodnight, sweet ladies.

Peace and all.... Cody

Thoughts on which to think

2007-02-27T06:31:01Z

In my life, I have been criticized at times for claiming to have no sense of ethics. I hate the idea of ethics, because they seem so arbitrary, and based on cultural belief more than anything else. And people have thought this means I'm ammoral, but Dar Williams got me thinking....

"It's the wind, and the rain
And the mercy of the fallen
Who say they have no claim
To know what's right."

And if you think about it, the people who do the most harm are often those that believe in an underlying, universal ethic for the world. It can be very damaging. I think it makes more sense to admit we have no idea what is right. We can try and find what feels right together, but it's no more definite than the country's shorlines.

Peace and all.... Cody

I find myself

2007-01-05T05:07:26Z

Laughing, a lot. I'm lauhging a lot, but I'm not sure if it's entirely a good thing. Some of it is just pure defense mechanism. Other parts of it are just plain amusement.

Some of it is innocent enough, I'm sure. But I'm afraid it might hide, or at least exist because of, apathy. And that's no fun.

I'm not entirely apthetic. Sometimes I miss people so much it hurts. And sometimes I enjoy people's presence so much that little else matters.

Breathe it in, and breathe it out.

Peace and all.... Cody

The stars and the moon made the skyline look like crooked teeth

2007-01-03T05:22:49Z

Well Happy New Year to all...

I know I kind of forgot to update during the month of December... life was kind of weird, is kind of weird. It's actually quite reminiscent of the time between getting my permit and getting my license. The similarity is, of course, that both times I was on the verge of gaining new freedom from my parents, but I'm not quite there yet. And it creates tension between me and my parents, and more accurately, in both cases, between me and my mother.

Christmas was nice. It's kind of the same thing every year. We go down to Delaware, I feel awkward for a day, it gets a little less awkward, and then we leave. We stayed at my aunt Mary Lou's, because Mommom moved into an assisted living home. It was nice enough, I guess. I got good presents, but I really put off getting presents to the last minute (thank you Monika, for being my shopping buddy, because I love you more than just your womanliness). So for me, I dunno, the Christmas season blew by. I've also just had so much work sitting on my shoulders I haven't had time to relax. Hopefully, this will be the last year like that.

Anywho... notable times over Vacation? I had people over my house the first night, which was nice. My mom stressed out a lot for it, even though I was really laid back, but it was fine. I just invited basically anyone I'm friends with, so it was kind of a random group of people, but it was really nice to see a bunch of my friends whom I haven't seen.

Festivus was fun, with a good number of people who I rarely see outside of school, and pretty much everyone being as honest as I am usually, so that was cool. Grievances against me were pretty interesting, nothing too too shocking though.

Hung out with Katie Gordon, Sophie, and Romania one night, which was really awesome. We got dinner, and then went to Jordan's Furniture. We sat through a bose speaker presentation, and talked to a Sleep Number Salesman named Michael who told us interesting details about how he became a salesman. It was pretty awesome. Especially when we pretended to be two gay couples. After Jordan's, we went to Katie's house, and played some music. More James Taylor on the keyboard, it's really nice.

And for New Year's Eve, Sophie, EBP and I hung out, and went to dinner with Sophie's friend Miranda. When her dad picked Miranda up, he thanked me for chaperoning. We went to EBP's house, and watched Brokeback Mountain, and around 1:30 her mom droves us home. It was really nice and relaxing, a cool way to bring in the new year. We had sparking cider, it was pretty sweet.

And now, school again. I think that speaks for itself.

Hamlet is going pretty well, I think. I find myself with a lot of down time, which is fine, I'm just a bit unfocused during it. It might be kind of problematic that I really like all the members of the cast as friends, because sometimes we end up talking. But whatever. I got a cool costume today.

Well, you know what they say... All's well that... something or other.

Peace and all.... Cody

Sometimes I still wake up fightin' mad

2006-11-28T04:16:15Z

I love how sometimes, I press shuffle on iTunes, and it goes to the song I really wanted to hear. It makes me feel like I have subconscious magical powers.

I love how I always end up telling Monika things I never really intended to tell anyone, and that I can never figure out why.

I love that Claire came over today to return a shirt that wasn't mine, and we ended up talking for twenty minutes about theater.

I love the fact that my CD player in my car is working again.

I love seeing my friends perform.

I love that, every now and then, I'm still Judd. Just a little.

I love that Jenn and I love each other so much that we can't help but fight pretty much all the time.

I love that EBP squints all the time because she doesn't wear her glasses, and she needs me to tell her what Mr. Frio's notes say.

I love Mr. Frio.

I love new found commitments.

I love new talents and skills, discovered in myself and others.

I love that now, lazy as I've always been, I am finally discovering what true senior slump is, where it comes from, and why it is so universal.

I love that labels rarely work as well as you'd like them to.

I love realizing how arrogant I can be, but also realizing that there's nothing wrong with being arrogant.

I love that I always start speaking like Sophie when I'm around her.

I love that Laine is contantly loving.

I love that Sherry seems to sing every harmony for the mads this year.

I love Chelsea's presence in all my classes, and the fact that she makes me a better student.

I love that this is not at all the way I was planning to write my entry.

I love hanging outside and in and around the Fine Arts building.

I should sleep. But this has put me in a good mood.

Peace and all.... Cody

I want you so bad

2006-11-27T03:38:25Z

Well so. I've begun applying to colleges, a bit late I know. I applied to McGill, so that's exciting. I've got a lot else to do, but I'm trying to do it in a reasonable fashion, it' kind of a difficult thing to do though. Gah. It's okay.

On Godspell: it was amazing. They really all did pull it together, and I was very proud of them. I had many confusing emotions during the entire process, I'm very glad I did it but I'm also very glad it's over. I do, however, miss the cast more than I really ever thought I would. Maybe that'll go away once I get in another play. But I'm glad I miss them-- it's nice to care that much about people. Cast party was really nice; Marley's house is amazing, and for the most part I hungo ut with really cool people. Katie Gordon and I spent a lot of time in the music room singing many different songs. It was a nice conclusion to the show.

And the Saturday performance was really awesome. We sold out Thursday-Saturday, which was cool but not unexpected. And people really appreciated the piece, so I guess I feel accomplished with it, even though we struggled through so many things. Most importantly I think we learned a lot.

On life: I think I'm feeling more apathetic in relation to classes and friends. Let me elaborate: I love my friends, but I am not in the mood (as I usually am) to make new friends; I feel like, okay I'm leaving in a year, I have many friends, I don't need to gain more whom I'm going to just leave in less than a year. But I do truly love all my current friends.

And I've decided I dislike the majority of my classes, for a vareity of reasons. I was upset for a while, but I don't even care any more. It's the same thing-- I feel like, I'll be leaving soon enough none of this even matters that much. Gosh, strange outlook.

College. Haha, I probably should've started earlier, but I know that was physically impossible for me.

I need to make more money. I have too many current expenses, and I haven't been working too much recently. I need to take more hours.

Thanksgiving was nice. I got to see my Mommom, and she's wonderful. And it was nice to see all my siblings, and I got to see old friends like Steph and crew, and Annabel and Ivker and Ali and all. It's nice, but kind of hard sometimes. I really miss them sometimes.

Alrighty. I should go.

Goodnight.

Peace and all.... Cody

You can slowly start to build...

2006-11-16T03:36:04Z

Oh, opening night. I'd almost forgetten you.

It feels strange and different, but kind of nice. And they were wonderful. Of course there are things to fix, there are always things to fix, but they know how to tell the story.

And I spoke to Valerie, and she made me feel better about a lot of things.

Godspell is wonderful.

Peace and all.... Cody

Let's go fishing in the morning

2006-11-01T03:14:15Z

The world's not falling apart. Because of me? Perhaps.

The thing that keeps me going? What I get up for, day after day, day by day? That one's not too hard to guess.

College, I guess, is kind of complicated. I have to do all these crazy things, but Buckley gave me my first deadline as the Monday after the play is done, and I think that is quite workable.

The problem is I keep putting work off to do in frees, but then that's just not good because I really have other things I should do during frees that are also very important. I'm not exactly sure what those things are, but I know they exist.

Gosh, there have been a lot of cast birthdays recently. It's pretty funny. I love my friends, and my cast, and life too, funnily enough. I'm smiling because... well I guess we already know.

I dunno... there is certainly some doubt it my life though.

Peace and all.... Cody

I shall never alter my ways

2006-10-17T03:51:33Z

I kind of don't want to update, but I know that later I'll have wished that I'd had more. So here it goes:

One week, two major car problems, both entirely my fault.

Bar Harbor was unexpectedly pleasant, and enjoyable, and I'm in better shape than I thouhgt for hiking.

Often, I'm surprised by myself.

Even more often, I'm surprised by other people.

I love the cast of Godspell. They are very wonderful people and performers, and they are carrying each other through this so well. Keep it up, it's the long haul.

Homework is managable, but I'm not managing it well. It's really incredibly irritating.

I've been talking to my friends who have gone to other parts of the world, and that's always refreshing. Steph is coming home this Friday, and Tierney is coming to rehearsal on Saturday. I've very excited for both.

SAT Is are completely over for me now. I'm curious to see how I did, but not as curious as I was last time.

Life feels nice right now, like riding a good wave. Hah, I'm not even a surfer.

Peace and all.... Cody

We should hardly be aghast

2006-10-06T22:46:08Z

So because the weather has been getting much colder recently, my mother's decided she and I should go on a camping trip to Bar Harbor, where it is even colder. God willing, I'll be home Sunday night.

Passed in my history paper today, and I have no idea what to make of it. At least I accomplished what I needed.

Goodnight, I shall hopefully see those of you in Wayland again very soon.

Peace and all.... Cody

Find my better self

2006-10-03T03:22:09Z

Life is going pretty well. This is one of those filler entries I guess, 'cause I'm not planning on writing much.

Fire and Ice this Saturday, it was nice. Great food, and better company. We need to do things like that more often, only less expensive and with more people.

Oh, and Friday was quite awesome. Coffeehouse was a blast, all the performers were really good for the most part. I especially loved the Estrochimes, and Sherry's song. Tierney came, and finally she and Sherry met again. I stayed with her most of the night because she really only knew Sherry and I. It was weird, 'cause usually at coffeehouse I bounce around a lot, hanging with different people. It was cool though.

Rehearsal is getting good. They did a run-thru on Saturday in a circle, and I could see that they are really getting how this piece is supposed to go and feel. And they're coming together.

Life is nice.

Goodnight.

Peace and all.... Cody

I saw a bird fly away

2006-09-25T03:08:30Z

The worst thing in the world, you ask? Well, I've seen close to it: the school cafeteria now only serves diet coke. No good old regular coke. Right right, because that's going to solve child obesity.

Anyway, not a bad weekend, considering I had to go to the bubble. It's good for the first two hours, because I work with my friend Violet, and it's the only time I get to see her, and we keep each other in good company, but the second two hours are not too great because Jodi comes in and I'm not a huge Jodi fan quite yet... and just being alone with her for two hours (and of course the swimmers) is kind of dull. But I'll get over it.

But the weekend was actually great. Friday, I left French early to go to Cirque Du Soleil... it was quite an ordeal to go all the way into Boston, what with the driving to Riverside, and then the finding Steph's mom, and all that... I dunno, it was great fun to see everything they could do. They had great big metal rings, and the people were inside, and it's hard to explain but it was really amazing. And it was great to see Steph, Drew, Erissa, Eleanor, and even Laura again. I really like Steph's apartment. It's nice and small and cozy.

And last night, Saturday, I went to the performance of Hamlet in Wellesley College, which was really amazing. Just five actors performed the entire play. It was quite a thing to witness. They were very brilliant actors.

I actually met Tierney there, which was nice because it's Tierney and I rarely get to see her. I met some of her friends too, who seemed really cool. We all had a great time, and they all walked me back to my car, which I had parked really far away just because I was confused about where to park. And by far away, I mean through the woods and random paths far away. It was really nice of them to accompany me back.

Well, so those were fun. I read an entry of mine awhile back when I said I wanted to see more theatre. I think I actually have lived up to that goal, which is great, because I can see myself not living up to many goals. Hah. Anyway, I should sleep soon.

Peace and all.... Cody

He pardons all my sins

2006-09-17T05:17:48Z

There's something that has to happen, I believe, when two people become friends. There has to be a point where one of them, or perhaps both at the same time, to an affect bare their soul, and show the other that they really care about them, and that they do in fact desire a friendship. In most cases where a friendship follows, this display of feeling will be returned with a similar one, ensuring on some level that they do feel the same way, or similary. This first act is one, undoubtedly, that takes great courage.

For example, an example of such a situation is shown here:

(Two acquaintances meet in passing)

A: Oh hey! Wow I haven't seen you in forever, we should hang out sometime!

B: Yeah definately! Call me this weekend!

(The two friends leave each other)

The exclamation points are necessary because they reveal the rawness of the true feelings that are being expressed, and the mutual excitement of a new friendship. However, if one were to bare their soul and get rejected, it might look more like this:

(Two acquaintances meet in passing)

A: Oh hey! Wow I haven't seen you in forever, we should hang out sometime!

B: Umm... cool, that'd be fun, I'll talk to you later.

(The two acquaintances leave each other)

Of course the second person loses their exclamation points, because they've resorted to lying, and are far from exicted about a new friendship. Of course, most people tend to lie in this situation, hoping to avoid awkward conversation, but hoping that the other person loses their entusiasm due to the person B's mellow response. Some people are much better at reading these cues than others.

I just was thinking about this so I thought I'd write it.

Peace and all... Cody

I need to shave again

2006-09-07T03:16:50Z

I can go the whole stubbly face thing for like a day or two before it gets too long to easily shave off again, and then I just end up putting in off until it's a week later and I have a beard and people are like "Why'd you grow your beard back?" and my inevitable response is, "I did!?"

So the classes, they're important right? So far we've got H. Calc, with Ms. Thomson, who I don't really like all that much as a first impression, but I might get over that. Psych, with Frio, which is exactly what I wanted and pretty much going to be my most enjoyable class by far. AP Physics with Hickey, which is terrifying but exciting at the same time, because I love the subject and the teacher. H. Brit Lit, with Ms. Auciello, probably the worst of my teachers, but I'll survive and hopefully get her to like me. And Finally, AP French with Langelier, which I had for the first time today, and is not nearly as intimidating as AP Physics, and I like and know Ms. Lange so that's good.

I have Photog for the first time tomorrow, which should be good, so that's cool.

Basically, I have three new teachers, and I only really like one of them, so that was kind of making me upset. But 3 out of 5 isn't too awful... and at least it's in my easiest classes that I don't like the teachers, because hard classes are impossible for me if I don't like the teacher, because I'm too much of a pompous ass to put in enough effort.

Chelsea is in every class except for Frio, but she has Frio for the same classes at just a different time, so we are pretty much permanant study buddies. I know I'm going to have to work a lot this year, and hopefully we'll be able to help each other keep on track.

We have a readthru of Godspell tomorrow. So I guess excitement is in order, it will be great to have something other than nothing to do after school. I should of course talk to RW about some stuff before hand. I am going to be seeing a lot of him this fall.

Peace and all.... Cody

Now life is free and easy

2006-09-05T03:02:36Z

Of course, I mean to be ironic there.

School is starting again, kind of surprisingly. And kind of very saddeningly.

Annabel called me today, and I got to actually talk to her for the first time since she's gone to McGill. It was surprsingly really nice to talk to her again, and really weird-- she's the first person from 06 I've had a real conversation with after they've left for college. She's one of the lucky ones though, 'cause McGill and Montreal are just wonderful places to be. I'm quite jealous.

Instead I have a year of high school to look forward too. And I don't mean to sound to depressed, because I'm not. Perhaps I'm just a bit weary. But I'm excited to... I know there will be some good times ahead. And some stressful ones. But I have Frio for sure, so I at least have some good history ones. :)

Connection day was surprisingly easy and short. I feel like I didn't do enough, but whatever. It's all good.

Chelsea and I just did French homework over the phone together. She saved my butt too, because I had entirely lost the articles and she told me what they were all about. It's kind of a good way to start the year for us, because we are taking the same exact classes as it is, so we'll prolly do a good amount of homeworking together.

Godspell's ahead. I'm looking forward to it, more than anything.

The truck is running well. Or at least, I'm getting better at it. A plus, most certainly.

Goodnight all, and as much good luck as we can get. :)

Peace and all.... Cody

Driving, driving in your car

2006-08-30T06:31:40Z

Well. Today is the last day, ever, that I'll have ridden in the Plymouth Acclaim, the old lady's car, the first car that I've ever owned. It sadder, I think, than I would've thought. But I kind of just got attached to that car, and comfortable in it, and more importantly, it was mine.

After it died last Friday night when I was driving Jamie to Courtney Cramer's, it was pretty clear that it could never really be depended on again, and my dad had absolutely no leads as to fixing it. The cops had to give us a hand calling home, because a cell phones had no reception in North Wayland, and my dad drove it home in D2, which seemed to be the only way to do it.

So today we took it to a Nissan dealer, traded it in, and my dad got himself a new Sentra. This means, pretty excitingly, that I will now be driving his 1998 Ford Ranger. A blue pickup truck. It's a standard, so I've been having to practice a bit with that, since I haven't driven standard since last summer, but I should be able to drive it very soon. It'll be nice to be driving a car that's dependable, and standard. And a truck.

It's not going to be mine though, legally, and my parents will need it every now and then for tucking purposes... but for most intents, it's my new car.

Which is good, because school is just around the corner. I'm fine with that, looking forward to it to some degree.

Goodbye tanlines, goodbye even blonder hair. And goodbye, Old Lady's Car.

Peace and all.... Cody

We gave presents without cards

2006-08-21T18:56:04Z

Canada, till friday. Visiting colleges, for once.

I'm pretty sure my life is either coming together or falling apart. Hard to tell which, these days, or even if there's a difference.

Happy hunting!

Peace and all.... Cody

If I play the same three chords

2006-08-20T05:09:01Z

It has taken awhile, but I finally think I've gotten over this cold. Thankfully. I need a haircut, kind of.

Bryna took my senior pictures, and we ended up with some pretty cool ones. It's nice to have at least one thing out of the way. Not that it's ever possible to have everything out of the way. Hmm... that's gloomy.

Most important news? The beach's last day is tomorrow, which means I'm just working at Longfellow from now on; I'm going to Canada with my mom Monday-Thursday, looking at colleges; and I went to the Dar Williams concert last night with Emmy T, Alia and Emily Fenn. It was just extraordinary; she's absolutely my favorite artist, and it was just her and a guitar and the music. Too perfect. She was really funny, and pretty much just played whatever song came to mind, or whatever people were shouting out. It was really just a great time, she's got a wonderful voice and is very fun to see live. I got the last CD of hers that I hadn't gotten, "The Beauty of the Rain," and at the end we were fifth in line to get autographs, so she signed it for me. She said something about my mother being very adventurous in choosing my name, and that it reminded her of a cowboy. We also got a picture taken with her, which is terrific. And I'm running out of adjectives.

Oh, and she played "Iowa," my alltime favorite song.

Just watched Brokeback Mountain again, and I might love it more now.

I'll just end with a favorite quote from Dar at the concert:

"For a while I thought of myself as very unmaterialistic, and I was very proud of this fact, but then it turned out I was just broke."

Peace and all.... Cody

Finally I figured out (though it took a long long time)

2006-07-30T05:03:11Z

Courtney and I are both sick at the moment. She's such a copy cat, I was sick first. Of course she's been getting sick all summer, and mine just came on all of the sudden. But I missed work Thursday and Friday. My mom, of course, was extremely mad at me for this... as if I've been sitting around all summer and bailed out on my first days to work. See, we have a rule in my house that we're not allowed to get sick, I guess. Whatever, she's gone for the weekend and it's not that big a deal. I'm trying to get over this cold thing (which is all it is) and I'm going to keep going to work, because I like work to some degree, and I like money even more.

Angel Season four is really good, like remembered. I have been running for the last couple episodes because I'm sick, and I know that running/breathing hard just irritates it. So does staying up late, so I should keep this brief.

New friends are great fun. Too bad two of them are going to England this year. Well it happens.

I got hours for the fall at Longfellow, just four a week, but it should be helpful. I'm kind of looking forward to the fall a little bit now. I can wait for it, but I'm not too frightened of it either.

Hopefully I'll be feeling better soon. Same with my car? My dad thinks it might be okay to drive around and all... it just makes me sad.

Peace and all.... Cody