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[Jun. 1st, 2005|12:19 pm] |
I'm in comp sci and i'm bored. And I'm tired.
I have to take a poetry test after school. Well no, I have to make up a poetry test. Its cool but I don't feel like it.
I'm tired.
And bored.
Does anyone still read this? |
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[May. 2nd, 2005|06:54 pm] |
I'm really, really tired!
Good luck to all on APs.
Best of luck on SATs.
Congrats to all ambulance corps winners. |
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| Junior Ball |
[Apr. 16th, 2005|06:41 pm] |
Junior Ball Pictures!
www.ofoto.com
username: MRG1688@optonline.net
password: Ofoto1
What an amazing night! |
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| Day Of Silence |
[Apr. 10th, 2005|11:00 pm] |
Day of Silence - This Wednesday.
I'm doing it again this year, and I think it will go well. Last year there were around 100 kids doing it, I hear they are hoping for 250 to do it. It was fun, because I am the kind of person who ALWAYS talks, and by deliberately not talking, its a big deal.
Do it with me so I'm not the only one in my classes doing it? Or because you support the cause? Cool!
www.dayofsilence.org |
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| I think its time for an update... |
[Mar. 27th, 2005|11:03 am] |
Its been a little while, ok, a long while, and I think it is time for an update.
So, where do I start, I haven't exactly done this in a while...to be honest I kind of forgot I had this whole live journal thing.
Well, I'm Matt, i'm a seventeen year old jewish high school junior.
Well, thats a good start I guess but, does it really encapsulate me. I mean, sure, its who I am, but who am I really? ((::looks pensive::)).
::sighs::
If you ever saw the movie anger management, Adam Sandler's character is asked "who are you." and he can't answer the question. It was supposed to be funny but, I always found it to be kind of dumb - to be honest.
However, that is not the point. I think starting out this entry with who I am was a bad idea. So, I think i'll start over.
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Recently, things have changed a lot since my last posts. I no longer have the need to write out my entire life story on live journal. I mean, its fun for people to read up on my every day actions, perhaps even a little intriguing, but, I just don't know.
Right now I'm on SPRING BREAK PART ONE of my high school. In other words - easter and passover are too far apart, so we have PART ONE and PART TWO of spring break. Its actually kind of cool stuff.
Thursday night I had some friends over, we chilled, watched 10 Things I Hate About You, Nancy and Michelle recited all the lines from memory, it was good stuff.
The next day I went and visited a college. Honestly, I think the best part of visiting was the fact that I got to drive on the highway both ways for 2 hours while my sister is in Canada. I think my mom is actually starting to trust my highway driving (yes, i know that sounds a little dorky - but what can you do?)
Yesterday I spent three hours riding at the ambulacne corps and I did some work, which i will continue to do today and probably tomorrow. Oh, Mariel called me because she got into her top choice college. YAY for you Mariel.
And now, here I am today. Right now,at this very instant, can you guess what I'm doing. Well, if you can't - thats kind of sad, but i'll tell you to make you feel better. I'm sitting here in my simpson's pajama pants and my Bar-Mitzvah t-shirt (yes my theme was monopoly - now isn't that cool or what?!) writing in my LJ.
I think the whole Live Journal thing was a fad to some extent, along with myspace and photo pages and everything else. I mean yeah, I still have them, but, I don't really care about them as much anymore. Its kind of like, in 3rd grade, your tomogacci was all that mattered, and a few years later pokeman was the ultimate thing. And now, thats right, livejournal was the fad. But, hmmm, I wonder.... what would happen if the creater of liverjournal stumbled upon this very entry. Wouldn't it be funny if s/he got really offended and banned my from live journal because I called his thing a fad.
Well, Mr. Livejournal, if you are reading this, I only have to say one thing
"HAHA."
Wow, this is a kind of random stream of consciousness post. I think i'm going to go eat some breakfast, and then probably do some more work, and probably chill with Mariel tonight. Well, I think thats the plan, but, who knows really? Does anything go to plan? I think not.
Hmmmmmmm....makes you wonder.
Wonder bread also makes you wonder about a lot of things. --> Just putting it out there man. |
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| Sorry |
[Mar. 9th, 2005|08:14 pm] |
Sorry I haven't had any real, worthwile posts lately. Between taking care of my mom (and doing all the chores she can't do), doing school work, SAT tutoring, and EVERYTHING else, I haven't had much of time for anything.
Leave me a comment if you love me |
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| Okay I get it, I'm a photo whore |
[Feb. 28th, 2005|12:06 am] |
New pictures are up from Melissa's "suprise" party.
Enjoy!
www.ofoto.com
MRG1688@optonline.net
p/w: ofoto1 |
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| NFTY Convention |
[Feb. 23rd, 2005|04:44 pm] |
This weekend was well, really really amazing. I don't have words to describe how great it was.
For me, personally, I think the best part was to reconnect with NFTY people. I went thinking that it would be a little weird and possibly akward to go and see my camp friends in a setting different from camp. Like, people from my school, GER people, and my twin sister were all there and, for the longest time my camp expieriences have really been just been experiences exclusive to me at camp. Despite this, it ended up being really chill. Like, I got to see everyone and I managed to make it work so that we all got along and connected. I found it interresting to "do Kutz" in a different setting with some of the same people and some different ones.
I was a tiny bit disapointed with the first night's services, I really didn't experience that spiritual epiphany I expected. That however changed as the weekend went on. Saturday morning, after we went to our "elective" services if you will, when we reconvened it was nothing short of amazing.
From then on out, my weekend got better and better.
I'll write more later but I lost my train of thought.
Pictures:
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username: MRG1688@optonline.net
password: ofoto1 |
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[Feb. 17th, 2005|06:24 pm] |
BTW - all MOLers, I started a MYSPACE group for us.
As of now I'm the only member because I just created it, and if it stays that way I'll delete it, but, heres the adress.
JOIN JOIN JOIN!!!
http://groups.myspace.com/MedOLark |
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| Sonnet |
[Feb. 17th, 2005|06:22 pm] |
Here's a Shakesperean sonnet. Why am I posting this? Not a clue - but its a good one.
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun,
Coral is far more red, than her lips red,
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun:
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head:
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks,
And in some perfumes is there more delight,
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know,
That music hath a far more pleasing sound:
I grant I never saw a goddess go,
My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
And yet by heaven I think my love as rare,
As any she belied with false compare. |
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| Response to Seventeen - Convention - Kutz - and other random feelings |
[Feb. 17th, 2005|12:09 am] |
For those of you who were concerned w/ my post "seventeen-" as I got a lot of IMs or whatever, never fear - Matt is still hear (and fully functional). I was just maad stressed about a lot of things...but thats better now (spec. my apush paper is finished and due in a few hours).
I'm so excited for convention. Andy called me tonight and, just talking to another kutzie made me realize how much I miss it. Its sad because like - we've all had Convention to look foward to. At the end of Kutz it wasn't goodbye, it was "see you in LA." And now what? Sure, we get a few days in euphoric, sunny LA, and then what do we say? "See you . . . sometime I guess?"
There are people I havent spoken to in a long time, but I dont feel as though I've lost touch with them. I know that if I were to pick up a phone, we would chat and gossip like no time has passed since the end of Kutz. I guess I just want that K'hilah Kdosha back (YAY JEWISH CLICHES). But not just any holy community. I want the Kutz community that I expirienced in 2004. I want to be able to walk out of my cabin (most likely just in a towel - eek!) and find my friends just sitting on the steps of my cabin playing guitar. I want to hang w/ ellie matt and mira in social action -- being the usual cynics we were. I want to attend jewish concerts like Jeff Klepper (i'm a cowboy jew from mars). And I want to be able to a saturday shabbat all to myself and just do nothing all day.
Suprisingly, I also really miss having services every day. When I went to kutz, I was sure that "this was going to be weird." But, I was forewarned that once you leave, you miss services. Yes, I am an agnostic, but it is so amazing to pray as part of a community, my community.
I know that what I'm describign are just normal campsick woes, and I've had them with Med-O-Lark before as well but, I guess the difference was with MOL I always knew I could go back and see my friends again. With Kutz, I know I'm not going back. Most of my friends are going off to college and, where am I left?
I'm left at NFTY Convention - which I will make the best weekend of my life. And then what? I don't know - I guess I'll just have to focus on living in the moment instead of thinking about how convention will end and I'll be sad. I'll take it day by day, and I'll let you know how it turned out next week. |
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[Feb. 14th, 2005|07:01 pm] |
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| | Ashira (Cool People in NFTY-SAR) | ] |
NFTY Convention -
Friday.
So excited. |
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| Seventeen - |
[Feb. 13th, 2005|04:19 pm] |
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I'm human, I'm seventeen, and I'm not perfect.
Deal with it.
Apparently I'm still not - whats the word - organized enough for you. I'm not good enough at time management because I took a day to myself yesterday. Well, I'm much better then I was 2 weeks ago, why don't I get any credit for the positive things I do? - instead of constantly being reminded of the negatives. Face it, I'm never going to be perfect, nothing is ever going to go directly to your eternal plan. If it did, life wouldn't be worth living, there would be no thrill, no shock, and no suprise in life.
I'm seventeen for a reason. I'm supposed to learn things the hard way, make mistakes, and move on with it. I'm supposed work through my hardships and live a little. I'm supposed to suffer my personal consequences of my mistakes and find ways to fix them.
I'm seventeen. I'm an adult in some aspects, and I'm a kid in others. I'm supposed to mess up.
I'm seventeen.
Sometimes, I think you all forget that you were once seventeen too. |
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[Feb. 12th, 2005|02:08 pm] |
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So I got this email from a friend. I don't know if it is a chain letter or whatnot, but I thought I'd share. I don't know if it is the kind of thing that everyone has seen before, or if it is the kind of thing that noone cares about, but if you interrested in including some political corectness to your day . . . read on buddy.
( Read more... ) |
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| Quiz Time |
[Feb. 11th, 2005|03:30 pm] |
I tried to do a few online quiz things...here are my results. Enjoy
( Read more... ) |
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| Just how much I love Tess |
[Feb. 9th, 2005|11:40 pm] |
TNH789 (11:30:46 PM): LOVE YOU LOVE YOU LOVE YOU! have fun haha
Auto response from MRG1688 (11:30:46 PM): February 18th to 22nd, so fuckin' excited.
TNH789 (11:30:56 PM): WOOHOOO
TNH789 (11:31:35 PM): next time tho matt...i want on the away messge!! hehe
9 days! |
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| Update time!!! |
[Feb. 9th, 2005|04:33 pm] |
Okay, this is a quick update.
I just wanted to say that my newfound organization has been working well and hasn't been working well.
Taking notes for history before class has been fantastic. I now know whats going on in class, don't feel lost, and I'm doing better.
Staying off aim - it hasnt happened that much really...although I havent been working and talking at the same time. I still need to work on that.
Going to bead early - yeah ... right ... i'm exhausted.
Yay for updates! |
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| Top Songs on My Playlist |
[Feb. 6th, 2005|08:16 pm] |
So, aparently the "cool thing to do" is to list all the songs on your playlist. Well, my playlist is really long but what the hell.
My taste of music is really really eclectic
1) Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
2) Bright Lights - Matchbox Twenty
3) Unwell - Matchbox Twenty
4) Amazing - Josh Kelly
5) What you wish for - Guster
6) Center of Attention - Guster
7) Fall in Two - Guster
8) Me and Julio down by the School Yard - Simon and Garfunkel
9) Breakfast at Tiffany's - ???
10) Big Yellow Taxi - Counging Crows
11) Black Baloon - Goo Goo dolls
12) The Entertainer - Billy Joel
13) Everyday - DMB
14) The General - Dispatch
15) Redemption Song - Bob Marley
16) Allison Road - Gin Blossoms
17) Babylon - David Gray
18) Piano Man - Billy Joel
19) You Say Its Your Birthday - The Beetles
20) Revolution - the Beetles
21) Listen to the Music - Doobie Brothers
22) Acoustic #3 - Goo Goo Dolls
23) Iris - goo goo dolls
24) Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
25) Flavor of the Week - American Hi-Fi
26) The Obvious Child - Paul Simon
27) Cecelia - Simon and Garfunkel
28) Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
29) Grey Street - Dave Matthews
30) American Pie - Don McClean
31) She will be Loved - Maroon 5
32) My Little Town - Paul Simon
33) Man Out of Time - Elvis Costello
34) Big Machine - Goo Goo Dolls
35) You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
36) Basket Case - Green Day
37) Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
38) The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
39) Jack and Diane - John Cougar Mellencamp
40) Bigger Than My Body - John Mayer
41) This Love - Maroon 5
42) Bed of Lies - Matchbox Twenty
43) Last Beautiful Girl - Matchbox Twenty
44) Why Don't You Get a Job - The offspring
45) I am a Rock - Paul Simon
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In other news, today I went into the city to see the love of my life - aka Kristy. We went out for lunch and just chilled for a while. It was absolutely amazing because I never, ever get to see Kristy during the year. We had a lot of fun, we took this one picture of us wearing thise funky colored huge aviator sunglasses with me kissing her - just to piss off her boyfriend (and it was cute and funny).
I'm really glad that I got the oppurtunity to spend time in the city with Kristy because she is one of my favorite people EVER and also one of my first friends from MOL.
The most amazing thing is that - like even though we don't see each other often, when we see each other, its like we never left each other. We skip the "how have you been for the past month" or "omg i haven't spoken to you in so long" and we just talk like we never missed anything. I know that probably doenst sound like a big deal, but it was a big deal for me lol.
Pictures...Pictures...Pictures:
www.ofoto.com
username: MRG1688@optonline.net
password: ofoto1
YAY!! |
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[Feb. 6th, 2005|01:26 am] |
Amanda and I are fighting.
But I love her.
Shes the shit too.
So is Shif.
You know what guys, you are equal shits - happy? |
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