Monday, September 12, 2005
So, here are some things that will all be going into this one entry, as I calculate how much money I need, how much I have and I look back on what happened very, very early last Saturday morning.1) Saturday: Basically, at around 3 am, I vaguely heard my mom call me. Then I heard a bunch of banging sounds and I groggily slumped over to the hallway to see what was going on. Now, my bedroom door is right next to the door to enter my apartment, which is where the lound banging sounds were coming from. Someone was trying to get into my apartment. They were trying the door, and attempting to fit their key into the lock and everything. My mom tried asking who it was, but the guy just said "a friend" and started trying to get in again. Eventually my mom called the cops, and they got there, and I went back to sleep. If she hadn't woken me up, I would've slept through the whole thing, and now my mom is going to be more protective than ever because she thinks the guy (who lives somewhere in the building) was trying to harass us or something. He wasn't, he was just really, really drunk. Whatever, the whole incident is kind of foggy since it all happened at 3, and I was pretty much still asleep, even while on the phone with 911. So, on to what I have to pay.....
2) Stuff I Have To Pay/Buy: a) I still have the $40 student fee to pay, since I used the money to buy underwear and a new shirt. I have it, and I'm gonna pay tomorrow. b) I have to pay for a new journal to use for film/video class. A good one. Like that awesome batman one I saw at Chapters. c) I have to buy a play to submit for Drama class. It's due....next friday. d) I have to save money for The Clothing Show, which I'm going to with my friend Emma and another friend. Usually we split the admission cost, as she gets this 2 for 1 thing, but I don't know if we're doing that, since another friend is supposed to come with us this time. I'd much rather just go with Emma, suffer through no conversation, and just pay $4, than have someone else there and have to pay 8. Plus, buying stuff in there, which I'm pretty stingy on already, and if I have to pay almost $10 in admission......oi.
3) The Trip To New York: I didn't mention it did I? Well, the senior media art classes and the stage crew are going to New York for 4 days in November. I want to go, and the deposit ($175) is due on Monday. I'm getting all the info tomorrow, hopefully I'll be able to go. But I don't want to ask my dad to pay for that, plus give me money for the clothing show. And my mom just got me a new (much needed) desk from Ikea and has to pay the delivery charge and everything....... Okay, this is getting back to the clothing show, so I'm giving it it's own little category.
3 1/2) The Clothing Show: Basically, the clothing show is a bi-annual thing that happens at the national trade centre. It's just an enormous, two-day sale. Local designers have their stuff, plus there's a lot of vintage, and also there are tons of boths. Everything is usually discounted by, lik, 80% from it's normal price. I bought a vintage, wool coat there for $20, and I know it was worth $100 at the very least. They had a really awesome pair of rare Chuck Taylors that were all velcro on the outside, the part that is usually canvas, for only $10 last time I went. And I found a Paul Frank wallet for $12, and the normal cost is over $30. I'll only be able to save $15 for it through my lunch money, and I'll have to ask my parents for the rest. Plus I have to save at least $20 for the copy of whatever play I'm going to get to submit for Drama Production (I think I'll go to Book City for that). Maybe I should write this down somewhere else too...
and finally, on to 4) Class changes: I'm switching out of my Non-Traditional art class. The people are okay and everything, but the subject is not. I'll either end up hurting my clumsy little self doing an installation project, or I'll end up with a mark that'll get a nice, long boring lecture from my dad about how I could do so much better and anything less that 80 is unacceptable, or I'll end up with both. So I'm switching to photography since a) I like it better, and b) It's way more related to Film. Y'know, if they had just offered Graphic Design this year, it would make things so much easier.
So that's it I guess. Oh! and I had a panic attack on the bus yesterday. I was thinking about the class changes thing, and then the bus started beeping, and the lights went off, and everyone crowded around me and I just couldn't breathe, blah blah blah. I'm good now. So long as I can change a class, and not end up in my grade 10 english teacher's grade 11 class, I'm gooood.
Braided at 5:13 PM