friday (21st May) was the last day of lessons. i took my camera. BEWARE: many massive photos.

got into school xtra early to hand in uber-cool Beach Boys ceiling tile to Ms. Erob. Fatima was doing the same and took me to the place where they all hang out before school starts. generally, i get in two minutes before first period. it doesn't matter because my physics teacher, Herlinger, is Always Very Late.

you've met Kristal already. she wants me to get her something Man U related when i am in the UK.

Fatima is an annaly kindred spirit. Laboni has a sister with whom i sometimes chat on MSN. i keep forgetting her name. *hangs head*

Physics was filled with strangers who avoided sitting near me and Beau. Herlinger did an electricity show in which he shocked himself many times and broke a huge lightbulb before we could see what it did. here is what it was meant to do:

people a hundred years ago would order this from a Sears catalogue and shock themselves in the comfort of their own homes.

going to French involves being on a yellow bus. the building behind the golden arch is my school.

they are going to the third door on the right.

Doan (sp?), David, Glenn, My Good Self, Kay, Emily, Wenke and Ms. Zanker. Miatta and Duryia are missing because they have important senior duties (read: sleep in). Kay is also college-bound, but she is here to watch Ever After.

i am always late to Speech. here is Stephen:

Amanda is an expert bowler. she made that poster behind her. i wasn't there when she made the demonstration speech, so i'm still shit at bowling.

Felicity and Ashley are freshmen.

APUSH is fun. espesh during Advisory:

this is Katie. she does Debate, which is taught by my speech teacher. they want me to join Speech and Debate but i am scared. (Ms. Erob!)

Katie told Andrea and Lindsay about my affair with SB. i deny all as it is non-existent. however, the lie is more interesting. here they are in the cafeteria:

the requisite card playing in the corner. that's Demi (who speaks Cantonese), Tim (who has very effeminate hands), Taher (who founded Taherism because He is The Best), Greg (barely visible here but actually Very Tall), SB (minus head) and Jo (silent except for the occasional "is that Matt Hales?"). also notice the ceiling tiles.

there are a lot of people who aren't in APUSH in Ms. Erob's room. Kay is one of them. (only Abed on the far right is in our class. Al in blue is British. Kevin in white is the nicest and campest person i've ever met. Emad is left, and know very little about him). Kay is proud of her memory book because of the ingenius way with which she has stuck in the photos. i am on the one on the right.

Avani does not look drunk. (she normally does in photos according to Kay.) she is very persuasive and intimidates me sweetly.

lunch at 11 is a shoddy affair.

the cafeteria is full of flags.

the Matts and i greet each other by shouting "Matt Hales!" "Ben Hales!" and now "Kofi Oliver Hales!"

Sara S, AKA Arwen, AKA Silky, will only be photographed behind her AMSCO review book. she was taking the final that day.

the lunch table (and beyond). on the left, nearest to furthest: Sara A, Nick, the girl with the cool glasses, Bryan, Michelle and her boyfriend, dubbed Mr. Peanut by Non-Matt (and you can sort of see Greg's t-shirt). on the right, furthest to nearest: Dae, Little Andrew, Matt, Arwen and Micah.

back in APUSH, SB is petrified of the Camera. that's Michelle's hair.

Mr. Moore would only let us play cards in Pre-Cal if we could tell him the probability being dealt a full house. here is Scott, AKA Celeborn. who reminds me - i have a photo of Gladdy, but forgot to upload it.

i like to call Georgina Georgous, but she hates it. She used to live in Aberdeen.

Latin was just the five of us. just for fun, i translated a story about Quintus going back to Pompeii 25 years later and finding Grumio, who was selling rocks he claimed was from the eruption. Caecilius in horto non est. Caecilius est in tablino.

beats the walk to the coach park?

then i went to the star party in Colombus with Candi el Presidente (soy VP), Liz, her mum and sister Jenna (sixth grader, 5'8"), Herlinger and his kindred spirit, Captain Bob. and didn't get back till 1:30 am because Liz's mum got lost and we were too asleep to help.

Candi and Jenna pose with the toilet, which gets very scary in the dark.

it has red lights in it to avoid damaging your night vision.

here is the Moon and Venus below it.

Venus through a telescope. my camera rocks.

we like da moon, cos is it close to us.

we feasted on cookies and decaffeinated Pepsi.

SB prefers Pepsi over Coke. we are from two different worlds. it can never work out.

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