8th Grade Insanity

Today I came across my 8th grade planner. Yes, I am a pack rat and still have things from middle school... it is sad. Nonetheless I greatly enjoyed reading some of my notes, though it caused a great deal of pain to stare straight into the heart of written proof that I was indeed a lost young girl with a very different focus on a life.

Here is an excerpt from something I wrote... Lord knows what this is from, but sadly, this is an exact quote:
"Josh calls her cell phone at 3 AM and Brian picks us. So JC thought Kate cheated, so he cheated on her, but she was really going to see him. Kate saw another girl kissing him and they broke up. Then, Kate and Bri are best friends still so she goes to KT with him to try to get away + get over JC. But there at Bril's parent's house where they're staying, JC shows up to see Kate, and they talk about how now she can't trust him + all. Then Bri gets upset (as anyone would) that JC is there and that's as far as I am THEY GET TOGETHER!"

Sad.

And another:
"Boring ol' CNN is on. Ryan is saying, "Elise..." sadly cuz she's not here so he's sad, and Derek is cracking up. Johnny just knocked a chair off a table. Oh God. Anyway, I'm sad. Britney too. We miss Greta. I get my braces tomorrow. I'm scared (drawn-in scared face). Curt Parker is talking. SHUT UP RYAN! Now he's muttering something over and over ("Kurt... Derek... Kurt... Derek...") Oh Lord help me! He's annoying! Piggies! Yea! I like them. There's piggies on CNN about cloning! Kewl. WHASSUP?! Nothin' here. Kurt just made a gargantuan lame joke. Katie O'Toole is back. I'm bored. Blah blah blah... Lah dee dah. That dude replied. Forgot his name tho. LOL! Kewl. He sounds neat. I did my nails in bright red. LOL! Why actually watch CNN when you can write notes? Hee hee! BLAH BLAH!! blah."

I was ridiculous. How could anyone put up with that? At the time one of my friends and I thought it was really cool to make up different themes for days. The things we made up are so ridiculously laughable! I'd like to share a few of my favorites... keep in mind they are all ridiculous, but that's why I want to share them. Haha, here:

~ Tape Your Mouth Shut Day (Back then I needed to...)
~ Mad Cow Disease Day
~ Wear Stupid Clothes Day
~ Tap Yourself on the Head 'til You Go Mad Day (what?!)
~ Eat a Taco Day
~ It Comes Out Day (??)
~ Eat Brown Sugar Day
~ Make Everything Rhyme Day
~ Cut Paper With Your Teeth Day (Riiiiight...)
~ Pretend You're a Police Person Day (Because that would work)
~ Smell Your Armpits Day (no comment)
~ Prevent Forest Fires Day
~ Ceiling Day
~ Be Nice to Robby Day (haha)
~ Kiss Your Chair Before You Sit in it Day
~ Measure Your Nose Day (I actually kind of like that one)
~ Think About Snails Day
~ Dis Pokemon Day (apparently I've never been a fan)
~ Munchkin Day
~ Think About Clovers for 6 Seconds Day (Ok...)
~ Take a Moment of Silence in Honor of Those with Allergies Day
~ Ask a Thousand Questions Day
~ Invent a New Holiday Day (it seems I mastered that one)
~ Clay Day (see "Make Everything Rhyme Day")
~ Bawk Like a Chicken Day
~ 10 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Day
~ Smell a Sink Day
and one of my personal favorites:
~ Green Day

There you have it, straight from the brilliant mind of this wonder woman in 8th grade.

It's amazing to see how bad I thought I had it back then. I would seriously write things like, "Haven't had time to write, I am so STRESSED" and such garbage. Stress back then would have been a light day this past year. And college, I'm sure, will make even my roughest high school days appear simple. I'm really looking forward to it though.

All I can say, after reading through this thing, is thank God for maturation.