8:02 Monday Evening   The Greek Sunset So the mountains are cloaked in clouds and the colours that i can see from my window are reminiscent to me, for some reason, of Greece. I have never been to Greece. I have rarely ever even seen pictures of Greece. So i suppose it just fits my mental image of Mount Olympus or whatever. So today was pretty good. I took a nap in the computer lab at school. Fascinating. I was ugly today, but i didn't mind. 60 days, apparently, according to Calebz0r, until I get home. yay home. Here's a typical teenage rant about how much my parents suck (/sarcasm) So I want to go on the high school mission trip this summer for ONE WEEK after i get home from the awesome trip to enzed, and my parents shot it down. It is not like i want to travel across the country for a concert and i might never be coming home. Yeah, i want to do service and better myself as a person and get in touch with my spirituality. And my parents think I should stay home. My mom wants me to work and gain money for university. I have a scholarship, half price tuition, so for the next two years, i will be paying at most $250 for tuition, which Dad said he'd pay ANYWAY, and so i will be left with books. I also have a $7,000 trust fund. I'm fairly certain it's a lame excuse. I brought this up to her. I told her that i was going to continue working, and that i have a decent amount of money saved up, and that i have a scholarship and half-tuition anyway, so money is not really an issue. But they want to keep me in the nest for that much longer. because it's just not good enough that i am going to be living at home during college because I suck and have no life. So I'm mildly frustrated at them, and I don't really know what to do about it. Technically, I'm 18 and so can supposedly do whatever I want, right? But i'm not going to play that card because A) It's DUMB and childish, B) I am too dumb and childish, C) I know it won't work because I don't act like an adult apparently. i'm immature and stupid, and can't do anything by myself. But it might be interesting to TRY, maybe. some day. But i know that would be a disaster. I don't complain about my parents very often, because they are wonderful people and I love them very much, but it saddens me that they won't let me participate in a week-long, very organised, spiritual experience. I will be helping people, maybe thinking about making the world a better place. Getting some experience in the real world. SIGH. I'm probably being emotional cos i'm on the rag. grr. But for real, i am copacetic, i'm feeling good, i'm okay. Things are fine. maybe getting a little on the stressed side, what with college english and calculus, two subjects i am not very good at. sigh. life goes on. This is the last term of my senior year. I'm going home soon. okay i'm done ranting. sigh. i just need an idea about how i can talk to my parents about this more.