Failed study day.

Time has a funny way of eluding us. I've watched weeks drag on and on since the beginning of the summer. I find that when time is most precious, we don’t have enough of it. But, when we could care less about how our time is used, it unbelievably drags. I still can't believe that we are roughly more than halfway through 2007. It seems like just yesterday, the ball was dropping.

Anyhow, today was supposed to be a study/concentrate-and-get-all-my-work-done day, but you know me. ADD took over. Okay, not really... my friend Devin called me out saying she was unbelievably bored, so we went out to town and got something to eat. Then I came home pretty early thinking that I would have no more distractions until my mom told me that my dad was going to come home early today, so we were going to go out for a family dinner.




You can tell I was bored. (=


During the dinner, my parents and I talked about a really weird subject. My mom was explaining to us about her near-kidnap/mug experience today. Long story short, a guy in his mid twenties followed my mom around town in his car for about an hour. I was really surprised when she told me about this today, and honestly, it scared me. There are a lot more crazy people out there than I thought, and it's pretty dangerous. From now on, I'm going to be a lot more careful about how I go around town by myself. I'm a really independent person, if you didn't know. I can go out to the city by myself and shop for the whole day and enjoy myself. Some of my friends ask, "Wouldn't you feel lonely or bored?" And my answer is always, "I sometimes like spending time by myself." Haha, I sound like a loner, but it's true. Don't get me wrong though, I like having company. But spending time with myself allows me to think about a lot of stuff without any distractions. Anyways back on topic. My point is, the world is a big place, and you never know what could happen to you. So be careful.

Freudian Dream Interpretations. Heard of it? To be continued...

nerd status

So today at the Bergen County Academies orientation, a well-respected teacher gave us a very meaningful presentation about the importance of education. Most people might of thought it was boring and pointless, but surprisingly it gave me a lot to think about. Before going on with his lecture, the teacher made us take two visual-self quizzes. The first one really got me. He told us that in a few minutes, he would be showing us a 20-second clip of people passing basketballs at each other. However, the goal was to see how many times the people in WHITE pass balls to each other. and ONLY the white. So, everyone got to the edge of their seats and stared carefully at the screen while the clip came on. Immediately, I noticed there were people in two colors; white and black. I knew that concentrating on people in black was unnecessary, so I was only looking at the people in white. After the clip finished, I definately thought I knew the answer and raised my hand, but another kid was called on and he had the same answer as me. I thought to myself, "What's so hard about this? There must be a catch..." Then the teacher asked us, "Did anyone see anything bizarre?" But right then I became confused. He told us to watch the clip again carefully, but this time look at the whole thing. A few moments later, I started bursting in laughter as I realized that there was a person in a black gorilla suit walking and dancing in the middle of the people passing, then simply leaving. After showing the clip again, the teacher asked, "How many of you did not see that man in the gorilla suit the first time?" As I raised my hand slowly, many other hands were going up too.

This small yet meaningful quiz showed me that at times, the most important things in life can be missed without being recognized. If I focus on the wrong things at the wrong time, a big opportunity can flash away right before I even have the chance to grasp it. It hit me, and it gave me a reason to become more aware of important things such as the world and humanity instead of spending my time on useless things such as myspace or facebook. Hypocrite? You may say, but I'm aware and will not be ignorant.

EDIT AT 12:12pm.

Well, I just got back from my date with my love, Ashley Z. Like always, we had loads of fun. Haha. Okay it's late, I'll shut up and here are some pictures.


panera. what I always like to get; turkey artichoke with apple on the side. and to complete it! a jones peach drink (:


after panera, we watched Balls of Fury. Not what I expected but there were pretty hilarious parts in which Ashley and I would make fools of ourselves and laugh about it for several minutes.

And here are some random pictures from other times we've chilled over the summer...







I think I'm getting addicted to Outback.

hay hay hay

Alright. So you might think, "Why is Julie wasting her time writing a blog?", or "She has no life to do this on a daily basis." Hah, I remember those good ole' days when I used to use xanga. I remembered that one day, and I actually found some of my old xangas and read it. And I can tell you now forsure, people DO change. When I had a xanga, I lived in Mahwah where I was surrounded by a different environment, different people, and different everything. Eventually when I moved to Edgewater (ugh), I still kept a xanga and wrote in it daily. Looking back on my old posts made me learn a lot about myself and how I've changed. Some for good, and some unfortunately, for bad.

Why am I writing this is public, and not to only myself like in a journal? Well, first of all, I despise writing continuously for a long period of time because one: it takes too long which leads me into losing my train of thought, two: I'd rather take digital photos and post them in my entries instead of having to continuously print them out, three: I can never lose any of this unless I forget my password.. WHICH I will never do, and lastly: Why not make this readable to other people? It's another way to learn more about me without asking. (But I highly recommend that you talk to me too.) and PLEASE. No stalkers. If you don't know me personally, you should not be reading this. Thank you. (:

Okay, so on with my day. As you guys may or may not know, I will be attending the Bergen County Academies for the first time this year. So, today was our first day of the freshman orientation. Its soul purpose was to introduce the staff and make us feel comfortable around the people and the campus. I met a lot of new people, and they seemed pretty chill! Aside from that, I also saw many friends of mine and conversed with them during lunch. Only boring part was when the dean, Mr. Bath, and the principal, (whose name I don't remember) were speaking about essential policies and behavior rules the school expects us to follow. After that, I immediately went to Teterboro for my daily volleyball practice. Today's practice was fun and active as always. One thing I'm psyched about is our first game coming up this Tuesday. But another thing I can say is, we've got a lot of work to do until then. Haha.

I shouldn't be doing this right now. Time to get back to summer reading...

EDIT AT 9:30pm.

I'm slacking off like a (@*&#)!$*&^ right now. I'm trying to concentrate on my work but I don't know why I can't. Maybe I have ADD... nowadays I feel so bored when I do everything and I can't seem to concentrate on things I don't want to do for more than 10 minutes. This is a serious issue guys. I was thinking of actually chilling 24/7 until I get so tired and sick of it that i wouldn't want to do it anymore. And then I'll start studying. But that's not going to happen. I don't even have the time to think about that. There's exactly one week of summer vacation left before I take my first steps into high school, and I'm ALREADY procrastinating. This is going to be a pain in the ass. So many things to do in one week, and I don't even have the patience. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH somebody save me :(