MICHIKO IS COMING!!!!! i started bawling today when i heard it. it was supposed to be a surprise for everyone (including me--how sweet of conor!) but conor's mom told tecwyn who told me. (conor didn't want tecwyn to know, either. for other reasons.) i'm a little glad that i do know--i have something to look forward to at the end of the summer, and i can plan to stay around for my best friend in the entire world. it's a great feeling! today was full of such intense feelings...happiness, surprise, suspense(english class was a doozie--we finished reading the script for a streetcar named desire and...whoa.), excitement, rejection, tension. happiness and surprise are because of my dear little japanese girl. excitement: during band today, we went outside to practice for the memorial day parade. sebranek decided to take a different route today...and he ended up marching us to chester's! it was a grand time. i got a baby sherbet/vanilla twist cone. it was delicious. it must've seemed funny to all of those people driving by that the band would be marching across the street...on the sidewalk...away from school... but it was exhilirating. rejection and tension: i think the person who i'd considered my best friend is giving up on me/us. she doesn't seem interested in conversing...about anything. we'll pass each other in the halls, and she'll ignore me. every time. it's disenchanting, to say the least. i feel some tension while i'm around her...she always seems kind of...indifferent. ah well. she can have her "icky boy."