Continued from previous entry. 22.) You will make many friends, but not many real friends. 23.) There is usually about one and a half good teachers for every subject. The half comes from really bland teachers that have sporadic bursts of greatness every so often. 24.) Rumors spread faster than a forest fire. 25.) Black is always, always in. 26.) You will get acne, want it or not. 27.) You will get moody, want it or not. 28.) Exams are more stressful than anything you will ever have to do ever again. 29.) You will never use algebra in real life unless you become a.) a teacher, b.) a business manager, or c.) a farmer. 30.) Art is mostly memorization, and PE is mostly vocab. 31.) Depending on who your parents are in this town, belly buttons are frowned upon. 32.) EVERYBODY here has, at one point or another, been to homestarrunner.com. 33.) The ratio of idiots to smart people is like, 500 to .765 34.) Before the end of your senior year, you will change countless numbers of times. 35.) Everybody denies their immaturity in middle school. And I mean EVERYBODY. 36.) It is impossible to get on the school newspaper even though only ten people applied and you had two referrals. 37.) Each time you find a class you want, you never get it because not enough people signed up for it. 38.) Being the "top bitch" is a rather high ranking. 39.) Your pants will never fit on the days you wear shorter shirts than your usually baggy, to the mid thighs ones. 40.) Everybody thinks they are ADD or ADHD, when in reality all they have is a severe case of stupid. 41.) Most of what they tell you about the rules at the beginning of the year is Bullshit, yes, with a capital B. --- So I feel empowered. So shoot me. Well, I can't wait for this goddamn year to be over. I'm so sick of just being there but not being there, of winning and still losing, of worrying all the time. This summer I will get back to myself! I will write myself a love letter! I will take myself to the pool, to the movies, on a starry night walk on the golf course! I will buy myself flowers and jewelry! I think I've been so worried about catching up with eevryone else that I sort of left Lili behind in the dust. But this summer is totally all about me. And the best part? I'm going to teach myself I am my own completion, I am going to prepare myself for next year by becoming my own candy, my own love. I should've done it years ago, but I'm going to do it now. I see, said the blind girl, as she picked up her hammer and saw.