September 2010
2 posts
MMMDLXXVI
Today we held hands.
-Andrew
MMMDLXX
I’m actually really enjoying my swimming classes now.
Nichole is a really nice girl.
We hang out after swimming classes and walk around town.
Finally, a good summer.
-Andrew
August 2010
6 posts
XI
I can’t believe it.
I’m alive.
-Andrew
I
I don’t think I have much time left.
I’m in the hospital right now.
Let me explain:
My name is Andrew. I’m a senior at Augustus High School.
I work as a lab assistant at a local science research center.
I’m currently working with lab mice, trying to find a way for animals to live longer.
Last night, I was experimenting with formalin (a derivative of formaldehyde) and...
MMMDLXI
So I met this girl at my swimming lessons.
Her name is Nichole.
She’s really pretty.
-Andrew
MMMDLX
I’ve decided to take swimming lessons.
Hopefully this will ease all the stress I have for this summer.
Yes, I know. I can’t swim. That’s why I’m taking lessons.
I couldn’t think of anything better to do.
I just hope this settles me down.
For now.
-Andrew
MMMDLIX
Just came back from another summer party.
It was nice to see old friends again.
You can really tell how they’re getting older. New piercings, they’re getting bigger, wrinkles on their face.
Not me.
Same me as I was before.
Which sucks.
I need to find a way to get rid of all this stress.
-Andrew
MMMDLVIII
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here.
Time sure does seem to fly when you’ve got something to do.
Summer’s been fine. Just like the other summers. Full of fun, friends, and all that other stuff.
I still feel the same. I really feel like nothing’s happened. But PLENTY has happened.
You know, some days I wish this never happened to me.
Some...
March 2010
3 posts
1 tag
January 2010
3 posts
confession week
uh0hsharglo:
i have no idea where i’d be without the drill girls. it’s confession week right before comp, and, everything’s coming out. i’m glad i have them. i’m glad for my blackstock ASB friends, my TRUE band friends from 0809, my squad friends, the teachers who are supportive. where’d i be without you? after the negative post, i remember the positives. i’m glad i made a foundation in every...
Attempt #3
Today, I spent about 1.5 hours singing a song about Edgar Celi. Actually, it was about a LOT of things, but it started off with Edgar Celi. Thanks to Kevin, Sam, Lawrence, and Thai for putting up with it for 1.5 hours. Well, Thai for like, 30 mins.
Now my fingers hurt from playing 4 cords for 1.5 hours.
Happy Ryan?
FACT: Notes from calculus. FAIL.
One Less Lonely Girl —Justin Beaver.
December 2009
3 posts
Attempt #2
I liked today.
I woke up at 8am for TubaChristmas. What is TubaChristmas you ask? Well, it’s basically low brass instruments (mainly tubas and euphoniums) playing Christmas songs. I didn’t have anything to play, so I went to Vince’s house last night to pick up his tuba. That night, I started to practice a bit, to get my lips used to playing. I always have trouble with that...
My 1st attempt at using Tumblr like I'm supposed...
According to Ryan.
Well, today wasn’t that bad. I didn’t really like today, but now that it’s passed, I guess it was fine.
It started off with me waking up at 6:30am to get ready to go to school and take the SAT for the final time ever. When I got to school, a bunch of people were there, just standing in front of the career center as usual. I found Jan and [Joh-na-than], so I...
November 2009
2 posts
October 2009
8 posts
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Final Chapter...
I couldn’t sleep.
I couldn’t stop thinking of Edith.
I had to talk to her.
I waited until 11:11pm. Then I decided to try to get out of bed.
I moved myself to the edge of my bed. AHH!!! My right leg… it hurt so bad… It felt like someone was ripping the muscle right out of me. The pain was unbearable. I… couldn’t do it. It was impossible. I’d...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 19
“Young man, are you okay?”
“Get an ambulance, quick!”
“CLEAR!”
“You’ll make it.”
“Get me someone to stitch him up.”
“Oh my poor son! Oh, I thought you were dead!”
I opened my eyes, and hovering right above me was my mom. When she saw me open my eyes, she leaped off out of her chair and started hugging me and...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 18
How do I begin saying how AWESOME Reggie’s party is?!
First of all, EVERY single junior was there. Well, at least all the cool juniors. I was amazed at how all of them could fit in Reggie’s house. Then again, he does have a huge two story house. And, knowing Reggie, ALL the junior girls were there. When I was looking around, I was pretty sure I saw some junior girls that were...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 16
Psh, who needs to talk to old friends anymore? I don’t need to talk to Rose. She wasn’t that important. Besides, I still have a lot more cooler friends than her.
Man, Jake’s friends really beat me up good. I was in so much pain that I decided just to sleep the rest of the day.
I dunno when it was, but I woke up to the sound of my cell phone. I checked to see who was...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 14
Jake… how I hated him deeply. Not as much as his cousin, Karl, but still. He has been one of my greatest sworn enemies since the beginning of high school. He thinks he’s so cool, beating my grade by mere percents in every single class. I don’t care about my grade. I just care about Jake being an annoying son of a gun and saying “OH!!! LOOK AT THAT! I beat James! ...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 17
Boy, am I glad it’s finally Friday. All I have to do is get through this day of school! And then tonight… PARTY!!! Life doesn’t get any better than this! I wish I could have done this years ago!
At school, ALL the juniors were talking about the party. In pre-calculus, while the teacher was writing an equation on the board, everyone was passing notes, saying what they were...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 13
YES!!! The third party this year! Junior year is going great! Who cares what everyone else thinks? THE JUNIORS HAVE ENTERED THE BUILDING!
As usual, I took Edith along. Everyone knows that if I’m going to a party, I’m gonna bring Edith. As long as I know she’s with me, I’ll be good to go. It’s great having a girlfriend.
The party was at Cole’s house. ...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 11
Karma comes back to bite you.
It was my fault. I shouldn’t have asked her to the dance. I’ll never go to any dance ever again.
You guys know who I am; I don’t need an introduction.
But why… why did it happen? Why does life have to be so unfair? Did I ever do anything wrong? Was asking Karma to the dance WRONG? Was making her the happiest girl alive WRONG? AM I...
September 2009
15 posts
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 12
Vern is still my best friend. Except now he’s given up all hope of being valedictorian. That stupid teacher from first period last year gave Vern a B, and Vern has been devastated ever since. Now he focuses on being the best athlete in the school. Even though he still has a chance at being valedictorian. Cause there is NO competition to be valedictorian.
Reggie is… what do you...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 15
“What was that for?” Jake said, holding his jaw.
I punched him again. This time in the stomach. “THAT’S FOR TALKING TO EDITH!” Now he was on the ground, coughing a lot. I’m pretty sure I saw him cough up some blood. That made me feel a lot better. That was until Jake’s friends (consisting of 4 other guys) pushed me to the ground and started beating...
And so that concludes The Life and Times of James...
…Part One.
You see, I wrote that like, my freshman year. And apparently it got a lot of good reviews. So my sophomore year, I decided to give story writing another shot. Since I couldn’t think of a new topic, I decided to use James Suburbs again.
So here is The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Part 2.
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 10
“You look… pretty…” I said, trying to make it seem like nothing happened.
She smiled. I loved that smile. “Thanks.”
“This was all my fault. I shouldn’t have asked you to the dance…”
“No, James. Don’t blame yourself. I wanted to go to the dance with you.”
“But… look at you now!” A tear rolled...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 9
No…
This wasn’t happening. Impossible. This has to be a dream.
I just… stood there. Everyone was running around in horror. The teachers were trying to calm everyone while other teachers were on the lookout for the shooter.
Time stopped. I was helpless.
I looked at Karl. He stood there, smiling. He let out a maniac laugh.
I looked at Vern, Reggie, and Isaac, running...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 8
“Yes.” Finally, my dream had come true.
I hugged her tightly, and I could feel her hugging tightly too, her heart beating right next to mine.
This had to be the greatest thing in my life.
That hug meant the world to me. It seemed to last a lifetime.
After the hug, we started to walk towards school, talking about all the good times we had in the past. We talked about the day we...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 6
I didn’t know what to do.
I started to head back towards the door, but I just froze there. Come on, she was right there. All alone. You better make a decision now, James. It was basically now or never. The dance only came once every year.
I sighed, and I started to walk towards her. It seemed like she was working hard on a crossword puzzle, but I knew she had seen me and was...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 4
As the day went on, I thought about how I would ask her.
Hmm. Maybe I could just walk up to her and ask her to the dance. It would go like “Hey, um… I was wondering… do you wanna go to the dance with me?” But, then again, she always hangs out with her small group of friends. Honestly, I would be pretty embarrassed to do that. I’m not the… talking…...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 7
She opened the door.
I can’t describe how pretty she looked. I just… the dress, her hair, her makeup. Everything. Her hair was curled, bouncing up and down as she walked out the door. The makeup brought out her eyes, those eyes I couldn’t stop staring at for like, ever. Her lipgloss was beyond poppin’, it was an explosion of bright red, sparking in the moonlight. She...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 3
Yeah, my mom was right: I was gonna be late.
It was 7:50 and school started at 8:00. I threw on a couple of clothes I found laying on the ground, splashed some water on my face and my hair, and grabbed a banana on the way out.
By the time I arrived at school, it was already 8:08, and everyone had already gone into their classrooms, except for some stragglers here and there. It’s a good...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 1
I’ve learned a lot from my life.
Hey. If you don’t already know, my name is James Suburbs. I’m just another teenager living in this world. High school is such a drag, homework sucks, all the usual. I don’t see why my life is so special. I think everyone else deserves to be seen, not just me.
Where to begin. Well, actually, I don’t really know where to begin. ...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 2
Oh geez, I really haven’t been getting enough sleep these past few days… Sleeping at 12 and 1 in the morning is really a drag. It’s not that I have to do homework late at night. It’s more of, “I sleep during the day, so I lose sleep when I try to sleep at night.” The sleeplessness has been messing with my mind.
I could have sworn that the dream last night...
The Life and Times of James Suburbs: Chapter 5
I hung up the phone.
Well, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I mean, she could have said something like “I hate you!” or “Ewww.”
I laid down in my bed, thinking about how this could change our friendship. I kept thinking about what she would say when we saw each other again at school tomorrow. Then again, since I rarely even see her at school, maybe I...
Hello, tumblr audience.
Ryan really REALLY wanted me to get a tumblr (he refused to get a Twitter), so I made one. And since I don’t typically blog, I decided to use this the same way I used my Myspace blog: to post my stories. That is, if I write any more. Since some of you are unfamiliar with my stories, I’ll start you off with one of my earlier creations. Oh, sorry, I meant to say fictional stories. So the...
