School's Out

So that's it...I'm officially a high school graduate! I have the snazzy diploma to prove it and everything. My graduation was last Thursday and all in all it went pretty well. Getting ready, on the other hand, was not so smooth haha. For some reason halfway through doing my makeup I started to panic and almost passed out. It was really awesome! But I pulled through and made it to the ceremony. Afterwards I went out to dinner with two of my best friends, Maggie and Christina. After thaaaat, we ran back to my house, changed, and headed over to the school to go to Grad Nite! Now, for all of you underprivileged [non-existent readers] who don't live in the Southern California area or didn't attend a school that participated, Grad Nite is an event held at Disneyland where the park is open only to graduates and their friends from midnight to six AM. Tons of kids from all different schools go and it's pretty crazy but awesome at the same time.

So we got to the school, I ran to 7-11 for a Red Bull and chugged it which resulted in a crazy energy burst, and then we boarded the buses. The one crappy thing about Grad Nite is they're super strict...no clothing identifying your school, no gum, no liquids, no purses bigger than a certain size, on and on the list went. They search your bag and pat you down before they let you in and apparently they don't do a good enough job because I still smelled pot around the park. We went on a few rides, had some food, did a little dancing (they set up dance clubs around the park), checked out the hourly fireworks show, and had a pretty good time. Pirates of the Caribbean did break down for 20 minutes while we were on it but it was all good. One of my favorite things about the night though was getting to see the sun come up while I was on Big Thunder Mountain. Not everyone gets to see the sun come up at Disneyland, let alone while they're on a roller coaster, so it was pretty amazing.

I made it into bed a little after 8 AM and slept for a good 7 hours and was fairly delirious for the rest of the day. Saturday I went to Universal Studios with some friends and had a really fun time despite the random rain in the morning. Sunday I had my first rehearsal for the Women Who Rock show at S.O.R. and that went about as well as a first rehearsal can go, haha. Today is pretty much my first day to myself in over two weeks and I've had a fairly nice time. I wanted to get a bunch of cleaning done, which I did clean a little but I also spent a good chunk of time watching TV and eating. I do love staying in my pajamas all day though =D Anyways, I'm either going to go clean some more or find something else to watch, so ciao for now!