Original Air Date: 11.28.04
Opening Song: "Naked Eye" - Luscious Jackson
Last night I came to a realization about myself, I am OBSESSED... with time! Four years ago, I wouldn't even wear a watch, but now I'm either looking at my wrist or clicking on my cell phone constantly.
My obsession has only been heightened by entering my senior year 'cause everyone's buried in project deadlines and SAT testing deadlines and scholarship deadlines and college application deadlines and FAFSA form deadlines--it never ends! No wonder so many kids opt not to attend a 4-year university nowadays.
In my head I recently went back to middle school aka The Dark Ages (since, as I've said before, puberty had its nasty way with us). In contrast to 6th and 7th grade (when I had a zit dead-center on my nose for 2 years), 8th grade was awesome. I experienced everything (and I do mean everything) that normal people go through during high school. With all this experience, I'm just trying my best to become an almost full-fledged adult after graduation... not some aging hipster working at the mall.
I didn't realize how my obsession actually warped my behavior until about a week ago when Jess and I were working on official yearbook business in the library and the girls across from her were talking about how hot JiMBO was. I went over to Jess, she told me giddily about it and I just replied, "I don't give a... hoot. (BTW, I didn't say "hoot") This needs to be done within the next hour." Am I losing it? Back when I was a freshman I would have, at least, walked past them a couple times without looking, just letting their dirty minds wander.
What have I learned? I learned that I don't have time for such silliness; I still love to have a good time and all but other things have become infinitely more crucial to my future.
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