Late Nights

Well, I'm on Christmas break. I have been since like Wednesday. I took all my mid-terms. They were pretty easy except for AP Calculus. The non-calculator part was easy as mess, but the calculator part might as well have come with a gun so I could have shot myself lol. IT was ridiculous. But I didn't have any other hard ones. AP European History was sooo easy. He told us to only study the tests and that WAS the exam lol. I knew the answers before I finished reading the questions! I didn't study that much anyway though.

I found out on the 14th that I did get into UGA. I was happy lol. I thought that like everyone got in on Early Action, but a ton of people in my grade were deferred. I was one of the lucky few. I have already been hit up like 8 or 9 times by different people asking to be roommates haha. It's crazy and surreal. College is finally here. It's scary. Leaving a place I've gone to for my whole life and then heading off to a HUGE school where I don't know many people. But I'll survive. I'll make friends. Hopefully haha.

I'm getting back into DMB again. I was watching a video from the Piedmont Park show I went to and I got chills watching it. I LOVE that. Any music that gives you chills is great music. Speaking of, the guitar solo on Comfortably Numb is about to play. Talk about some serious chills!! AAHH! David Gilmour is soooo amazing. Love it, love it, love it.

There are a lot of movies coming out that I want to see. Dewey Cox, Sweeney Todd, Atonement, Charlie Wilson's War, National Treasure 2. Thankfully, I got $80 from my grandparents today for Christmas so I can go see all of those! I just need rides... freaking cops and them taking away my license and making me take a 6-hour defensive driving course on a Sunday in January. :(

I'm reading The Kite Runner right now. Very good book. I'm about halfway done. I can also use that Christmas money to get more books. I'm trying to read more and so far I've read 2 books lol. That Jim Morrison book and right now Kite Runner. I pick big books and I'm not the fastest reader in the world haha. And I won't have much time in college to pleasure read with all the homework probably. Law School has SO much reading. And I don't even know if I want to do that!! AAHH!

College and Careers

This Friday or Saturday I find out if I get into UGA or not. I've got to admit, I'm kind of nervous. I've been confident about getting in up until now. My SAT score is decent and I've been in more than enough AP classes. I've maintained a good GPA for the most part. It was a 3.69 the last time I checked. I've done plenty of extra-curricular activities too. I just don't want to have to wait a week to find out. I kind of put it out of my mind for the last two months when I sent in my application. But now, all my friends are getting into colleges left and right. I've only applied to UGA! So I'm kind of relying on getting in haha. It's either UGA or Georgia Southern. Ew. Not my choice. I would rather for to GC&SU waaaay before GSU, but I only get 3 hours credit for my AP scores. At UGA, I get 10 hours which rocks.

I put my major as Political Science and Pre-Law, but for some reason the application thing changed it to International Affairs? I don't know. I kind of want to start my own record label. That would be sweet. I like music a whole lot more than I like law, but I just don't know. I might be chasing a dumb dream if I went into the major it takes to get into the music industry. I mean, how awesome would it be if I started a record company that got really big and had a lot of famous people on it! It would be incredibly awesome!!

But I did Mock Trial this year to see if I liked the whole law scene, but I'm not getting a chance to do the lawyer parts. I was a witness for the practice trial and now it looks like I'm going to be a witness again. Yeah, I get to see how the court works and what lawyers are supposed to do, but I'm not getting to DO it. I get to sit and watch basically. I'm a part of the whole thing, but not really. Some of the stuff is so over my head to and I'm having second thoughts about law school. I know it'll get easier when I've learned the stuff IN law school, but right now I'm getting a little discouraged from it. Owning my own record label is WAY more appealing to me.

I did want to be a photographer for a long time. Not like a wedding photographer or the ones that take school pictures. I want to photograph bands. I want to follow one band around and photograph them at their shows. After seeing Almost Famous, I really wanted to work for Rolling Stone, but now their magazine is crappy. Back in the 60's and 70's it was awesome, but now it kind of sucks and I don't want to work there. But I could start my own music magazine! haha. My brother wants me to do that. I could be a photojournalist. I'm pretty good at photography and I'm really good in English at school, so that is a good combination, I think.

Well, before any of that happens, I should probably study for mid-terms so I can get into college and not fail out haha. That might not be too good for my career.

The meaning of the name of this blog

The name of this blog is a little odd, I'll admit that. Right now, I am completely obsessed and intrigued by everything Jim Morrison/The Doors. I'm reading a book about him called Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend. I've been reading it for a while because 1) it's pretty long and 2) I don't want to get to Jim's death haha. I know it's inevitable, but it honestly breaks my heart to think about it. In a way, I'm glad Jim died when he did. I think seeing Jim in modern times would be awkward and disappointing because of all the things he did in the 60's. He would be 64 as of yesterday (Dec. 8) and I can't picture Jim all wrinkled and shriveled. And I don't want to! Jim died when he needed to.

Anyway, back to the meaning of the blog name. I downloaded some live Doors audio and video as well. And there was a song/poem called "A Little Game" and I liked it a lot. Here are the words:

Once I had a little game
I liked to crawl back in my brain
I think you know the game I mean
I mean the game called go insane
Now you should try this little game
Just close your eyes forget your name
Forget the world, forget the people
And we'll erect a different steeple.

This little game is fun to do.
Just close your eyes, no way to lose.
And I'm right here, I'm going too.
Release control, we're breaking through.

It's nice, right? lol.

I think I'll update this thing regularly. But I'm not sure haha. We'll see how it goes.