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Oh Man!!! I love this awesome weather. Yesterday Me, Adam, Dave, and Rob went Hurling [its an irish sport] and it was soo much fun, and then i had rugby and all was well. I need to bring up my baseball glove bc I really wanna play catch. I hope everyone else is staying active and spending time outside. I can't wait for school to end so that way I can read books again. This summer I'm gonna go find a bunch of "reading spots" at parks or just outside in general. Oh Man I'm soo 'cited for SUMMER!!!!!!!!!

yo yo....i dont normally do the whole "song of the day" or "current music/song" thing but ever since this past weekend when me bincent and mark listened to Synchronicity (by The Police) like 4 times i have been OBSESSED with "wrapped around my finger" by the police. everyone listen. NOW!

yo yo....i just awoke from a weird dream. There was a cornell hockey match goin on in some random library, and mark was on the team playing against them, i was suited up but was spectating, i was like a coach or something. And i figured otu cornell wins a lot cuz they were cheating, so i got mad and tarted shooting pucks at vincent. (p.s., cornell cheated by using multiple pucks, so while mark scored a goal they could score another 2. idk how the refs didnt catch onto this) then in my dream i awoke and i had all these metal pegs sugrically impanted all down my leg, it was very creepy, and in my dream i was freakin out cuz i didnt ask for them, and someone told me it would take several hours to remove, it still gives me the creeps.

yo yo....well spring break is over, was pretty good....

•made a stir fry with Vincent and Mark
•played in Jazz band with pow pow, oh how i miss that man
•helped strike set, gave mr roth a gift
•showed Dave around Rockland
•Saw Spamalot
•went to khans, chilled with Big D
•watched the notebook with Veronica and Heather
•played car-frisbee in high school parking lot
•watched the sun rise at white castle

P.s.-karen has started to show interest in Star Wars after seeing the new trailer, and asked to watch Episodes 1 and 2 in Mid may, see the 3rd, then watch 4-6, if any other non star wars fans would like to to give it a shot under the direction of 2 young paduans (me and jofi), holla back

What up. Its been a pretty good break.....had some time with Morgan, got a new coat, saw my friends tonight, made some new ones...its been fun. We had some crazy times with a pull out bed, some family guy, and a large purple ball at Nicoles....fun night that was. And tonight we had some old school fun in the high school parking lot with a tennis ball, a frisbee, some cars, and a bit of insanity. Oh, and with my tax refund I bought Futurama and its very entertaining. Watching it now, as well as enjoying a salad. Ok, I'm out, its late, I'm snacking, and etc. Wow I have NOTHING interesting to say. Maybe next time.

yo yo....today was madd fun, we got to judge debates! Vincent was one judge and me and kevin were a group judge. It was very fun, hard work. The best part was giving the results to the kids, when we were telling them thigns they did wrogn and how they can improve upon their speeches they looked at us like real judges and asked questions like we were real judges, i felt so wise. It was espeically funny cuz we did it because Mrs. Bassani wasnt comfortable with judging, so her two worst former students did it for her! well, i'm seein Spamalot tommorrow so that should be fun, other than that spring break should be a nice relaxing hanging around doin nothin.

I hate fucking 56k modem connections. It makes me soo angry. I punched my computer desk and a wall(which made a very loud noise which i believe carried up into my house, since i'm in the basement) It hurt my hand but for some reason I really like hitting things that make noise and hurt my hand. Its weird, but I'm sure that everyone is weird in some way or another.

yo yo....i played in jazz band tonite with pow pow...long story short, i havn't laughed that hard in a long time, i almost vommitted, oh how i miss that man

What up.

You move just a finger
Say the slightest word
Somethings bound to linger
Be heard
You are not alone.

To everyone who has been a part of drama this past year and every year before....You are always with us. The circle will always be growing as new people enter and make a difference on the stage of North Rockland. To everyone from Into the Woods who will be back next year....Remember the sound of Nicole and I resonating through the whole cast, crew and pit...You are not alone. No one is alone. The seniors will always be with you in your hearts. I've loved every second of it and the memory of Saturday night, and everyone I've performed with in the past four years will stay with me forever. If you ever feel like I'm gone, just remember

Sometimes people leave you
Halfway through the woods
Do not let it grieve you
No one leaves for good

I will always be with you, I promise you that. Just look inside yourselves and remember. No one is alone.

What up. Sitting here in the computer lab again, with nothing to do, since I discovered our project thing isn't due for another two weeks. What a waste of time. I have other stuff to do that will really suck on Sunday night, but oh well. Its time for the last two shows and I'm really pumped up. I hope we have a big crowd tonight. Anyway, today everyone should dance. Dance like no one is there to make fun of you. I don't know why, but it'll be fun!

P.S. Come see the show, only two days left. 7:30 tonight and tomorrow night!

Hey there everyone, in my dream last night, I got two new pairs of basketball shoes. And Scarecrow Kid (who skateboards above my room at all hours of the night) stole them. I hate him soo much.

What up. In about five minutes I am going to ditch Health for the second day in a row because we have a sub. But I Thought I'd blog first. The play is going excellently, everyone should come see it!! Ok, escape from the Lab Nazi begins now. Bumm bumm bum bum bumm bumm bum bum BA DA DA!!! She asked if I got into college. Everyone was impressed. Yay! Ok Joefi out.

Hey everyone, hope the weekend went well, and felt long. My weekend was very eventful. Starting on thurs. When i took the bus home, A large man, who I estimate to be 6'2" and about 300lbs started trouble on the bus and got arrested after about half an hour of trouble making, almost getting into a fight with a JACKED guy on the bus and almost getting into a fight with police officers, if you wanna know the whole story, ask me, bc it is wayy too long to type. So then on Friday, my beautiful girlfriend took me to New Paltz to the Montonk Mountainhouse, which was amazing. Then Sat. was our Actual Anniversary and also the opening night of the play. The play was phenominal, both days, But Mr. Roth having to cover for Sick Ricky, during "Agony" was amazing, and LBT stepping in for him was definately clutch. Sunday ends with right now, doing my hw and procrastinating. Congratulations on a good opening weekend to everyone in the play, and i cant wait to see it next week.

yo yo....so this weekend was actually very very good. I came home and then went to school to pick up nici veronica and heather, who i just met and is awesome! We saw jon roths show at nanuet(Anything Goes) which was very good, and Jon Roth was amazing as usual. Next day i ran some errands with mark, played ball and then we ushered for the show looking very classy. The show was verry good, set gets better each year, i am very proud of everyone, espeically jofi, his song makes me teary. Show was even better on Sunday. cant wait to see it again next weekend.

Pleasant Surprises of the Weekend
•edwin's performance, i thought he was most excellent
•meeting heather, she is most excellent
•unexpected presence of darin at the show
•seein stacie at Ciceros saturday

yo yo....i really like when songs have bass lines that are very low and ascend one note at a time slowly....examples....."Dream On" by Aerosmith and "Black Balloon" by Goo Goo Dolls

yo yo....so the other day i got the best compliment inadvertantly....we were eating lunch and Dave made a joke which was funny, and eveyrone laughed, and then chris said "wow that was a good joke dave, that was like an adam kind of joke"

What up. I use to play Counter Strike a whole lot. It was my favorite game, I use to be mad good at CT. I played under the name Hawk-Eye, which has a story behind it. Its from Secret of Mana 3, a very good RPG I use to play on my computer when I was young and had free time up the wazoo. But nowadays I don't play many videogames any more. I guess I just don't vegitate as much as I use to. Most of my free time is spent listening to music or just sitting here talking away, and after so much time of little to no tv or video games I am reflecting. Actually I am avoiding my essay. COME SEE THE PLAY!!!

yo yo...well i just got done playing some CS(online shooting game) and i was playing 2 vs 2 with this french guy. he asked if i spoke french (asked in french), i said i spoke very little, that i took it for a few years in high school. We managed to somewhat communicate from what french i rememebr, i found out it he lives in paris(well there was a word before paris that i didnt know wat it meant, so maybe right near paris), he was 16 and was polite. When i was asking him where he lived i couldnt rememebr how to say "live", so i said that part in english, and it totally confused him, he had know idea wat "live" meant, so i reworded it with words i knew and he got the point. Before i could figure out how to get my point across i felt so trapped, like i knew what i wanted to say and there was no way he could understand, it was very frustrating, and i couldnt make hand jesters or something like if i was actually there in person. But i got a little glimpse of the possible frustration one would go through when visiting a foreign country.

yo yo....so this morning/last nite at 5:30 am i heard some guys in my hall were hangin in the hall bein loud and w/e, thats ok, didnt bother me, but then the fire alarm went off and they said "oh shit" and ran into their rooms, cuz apparently they were messing with it and it went off. So people slowly started to leave the building but me and allen jsut stayed sleeping. The noise it made was very loud, an "EH EH EH" about 3 times a second. I just layed there tapping my foot to the beat, and then i would imagine the "eh's" to be words, and if i imagined it to be a word, within a few seconds it would really sound like the word. Then i started to hear a ringing in my ear, like a telephone ring, in different rythms, at first it was subdividing the initial "eh's." I think i am going nuts. Then a fireman opened are door briskly and shined a light in, i guess checking every room for fires, it was pretty weird. Then an RD came and knocked on the door, and asked for our last names cuz its a federal offense to not leave, meh, i dont care, fire shmire.

Hey there. Yesterday at lunch we were talking about our elementary school eating habits. Adam used to bring his lunch, and I said that i used to for a few years, then i started buying lunch, but I had to switch things up bc i got bored and sick of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Dave then revealed to us that he ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich everyday for lunch for 13 YEARS!!! Every school day from K-12 he consumed the same thing. This blew my mind, and i think adam and chris's as well, bc adam and i discussed how we used to change things up, like have ham and tuna and such, but it is just mind-bogglingly crazy. Oh and my new years resolution, that i'm making today, is to ball more often and to get back into shape, and gain 30lbs. ok, enough for now, Cheeri-O.

yo yo....thoughts....

1. i would like to on a road trip this summer or to somewhere in europe (france, italy, amsterdam, etc) or to Japan.

2. as me and mark decided, if Conan were to start modeling we would buy w/e it is that he modeled, even if it was retainers or something ridiculous like that

3. i thought it was the most amazing thing ever when Michael Caine was on Conan a couple years ago and he did a texas accent and described how he was doing the accent

4. custard is alright inside an eclair, but outside an eclair i dont know how successful it can be

5. Billy Joel has two looks, in his earlier years he looks like an early tom hanks and in hsi present years he looks like the actor Jean Reno

What up. Excuse my absence for many moons, but I've been busy doing the undeniably time consuming work of late February/ early March. Speaking of which, come see the play. See Nici Pag's sidebar for dates and times. Anyway, quick update on life: Snow, snow, tutoring, snow, drama, debate, snow, the death of mock trial, snow, snow, drama, sleep. Yeah that's probably proportional. It's late, I don't even know what I am talking about any more. So I'm off to a world of family guy and sleep. Does anyone else put on family guy before they go to bed? I feel like a weirdo because I do this every night now. I had a weird dream about vampires and they tried to kill me. I also had a dream where me and Nicole Sabino were standing in a very long line, not sure why though. Dreams are weird, man. Oh that reminds me: me, both Nicoles, and Jen made bread at Mr. Roth's house and it was awesome. I wish I could hang out with John more and he could show me his awesome big band/broadway music collections. I also discovered I have a talent for making bread. Maybe it was just luck. Ok I need to go watch family guy. That means sleep.