criminal insufficiency.

Last night was one of the more interesting experiences I have had.
I went with some cool kids (T, C, and A) to a show our friend E was playing. She was up first and we left after she got off stage, even though she had urged us to stay for the other two acts...oh well. The guy after her, though talented, was older and visually unappealing. But I digress.
There's not much to do at 10 PM when you're 16 and no one you know is having a party. We got some Mexican food at Cosmic, then drove around in C's car for a while, blasting Say Anything and Regina Spektor out of the windows. I suggested we go play on the swings at my church's playground.
We drove to my church and screwed around for a while on the swings. (It was actually really fun. I haven't acted like a little kid in a long time.) After about 10 minutes, T and C mentioned they needed to use the bathroom, so I volunteered to let them into the church...after all, I know the keypad code.
What I forgot was that security systems go off even if you know the code.
Basically, I did a B&E on my own church.
The alarm system started freaking out. ("Oh, shit!") I tried to disarm it but a) didn't have any idea how and b) accidentally pressed the FIRE button, at which point I turned around and said, "Oookay, let's get out of here." We sprinted to C's car, piled in, and sped away.
The whole experience made me think of Dane Cook. Also about criminal psychology, and whether or not an accidental break-and-enter could be a trigger for deviant behavior. Maybe I'm paranoid. Maybe I'm an idiot. Either way, I'd be a terrible criminal.

a love song for the insufficiently educated.

one more week? seriously?

Seven days has never seemed like a longer period of time.

Grey's Anatomy Season 4 premieres next Thursday, as you should know. I will continue to be a rabid fan on these conditions:

1. Cristina doesn't pull an Izzy and curl up in silence for three episodes.
2. George makes up his mind. Izzy? Callie? The suspense is killing me.
3. Callie does not have a baby. God, what a waste of time.
4. Derek stops being McDouchebag to Meredith.
5. Oh, and he can't hook up with girl-at-the-bar half-sister Lexie.

things that don't make sense: part one.

1) Public Education
I had a mini-revelation yesterday and came to the realization that my classes are NOT educating me. The entire point of my classes, especially now that I have AP's to deal with, is to teach me how to pass the test.
This is so convoluted and twisted and wrong! Testing should be a measure of how successfully a student is learning, not an end goal! I'm not going to remember when the hell the Stamp Act Congress was brought together (1774? maybe.) for any reason other than it might be brought up in the DBQ (Documents-Based Question) on the AP US History test in May.

2) Legalese
Apparently, the phrase "to hold harmless" is actually acceptable and widely used in legally binding documents. It's supposed to mean something along the lines of "to consider blameless" or "to not hold accountable for." How can people spend so much time in institutions of higher learning and yet manage to utterly butcher the English language?

3) Handel's Messiah
Have you seen some of those runs?! Three 6/8 measures of 16th notes oscillating between B below middle C and A, all on the word "glory." It's awesome, but seriously? Seriously?

Cat

I open with a question:

Why?
Why a blog, when I know it won't be read, and I have the Notes application on Facebook at my disposal?
I'm not exactly sure. It may be the excitement, the rush that comes with every online account opened. I got the same rush with xanga, with myspace, with Facebook, with hotmail, with gmail...and now with you, oh blogspot.
I suppose I could just write these things in a journal or keep them in my head (HAH!), but this is more enticing. I mean, I have a URL now! All of my thoughts are available to anyone with an Internet connection! Faaaaantastic. :]
That's a tad conceited. Meh.
More later.
Cat