Orientation and friends...

Highschool orientation today.  It was boring, as I'm a senior now and consequently already know all this crap.  And, of course, I dislike school on principle.  The only good thing was that I got to see my friends, which was nice.  I shall now describe them for you, as you will be reading a lot about them over the next few months.

1. Christi: Christi is my best friend at school, partly because she was my first friend there, partly because she also doesn't care about school, and mostly because we have a lot in common.  I love her to death.  However, the thing you have to understand about Christi is that she'd forget her own name if people didn't keep shouting it at her.  Last year I had both my and her schedule memorized after the first day, which was lucky for her, because I constantly had to tell her what class she was supposed to be in.  I got to school an hour later than she did, because I didn't have a 1st period.  I'd usually run into her as I came in, and our conversation would go something like this:
   Me: "Hey Christi!"
   Christi: "Hey!  What class do we have next?"
   Me: "I have Geometry.  You have study hall."
   Christi: "Oh yeah!  Thanks!  See you, Trinity!"
   What was really sad about this, was that we were still having conversations like that in March.  Anyway, the coolest thing about having Christi as my best friend (not that this is the reason I'm friends with her, you understand) is that she's two years older than I am, and therefore has been able to drive me around since the middle of sophomore year (did I mention Christi has her own car?).  We got in trouble a lot last year for going to lunch together (it's a closed campus, except for seniors :s).  Anyway, the main things to remember when I talk about her are that she's forgetful and drives me around, as this will explain a lot.
2. Judie: Judie and I became friends sophomore year when we were in Drama together (which Judie still does; I only took it because I had to have a Fine Art, and everyone knows that the Drama teacher is a pushover, so it was the easiest A).  Judie and I initially became friends because we were the only girls in our Drama class, and became better friends last year when we somehow ended up in the Senior Honors English class together.  Judie is a homeschool geek like me, by which I mean that she is very cultured (by which I mean that she knew about Phantom of the Opera before they made it into a movie and everyone became obsessed with it).  Judie reminds me a lot of my sisters in the sense that she reads a lot of books that most college students wouldn't be able to comprehend for fun. Also, she is the shortest of all of us, but the mothering one of the group.
3. Johannah: It's very hard to describe Johannah.  She is simply... Johannah.  She's very cute, and funny, and excitable.  There's really nothing more to say about her, but as she's one of my good friends, it's important that you know about her.
4. Jazz: Jazz was one of my friends when I was a freshman, but she's been at another school for the past two years.  For some really trippy reason she's back this year, which is very exciting.  Jazz is one of those people that everyone loves, for no other reason but that they are themselves.  The thing I really like about Jazz is that she's a super-rich Newport Beach girl, but she doesn't act like it.  She hates rich yuppities just like all the rest of us.  The school she's been at the past two years is for super-rich people like her.  Her parents took her to look at it in the middle of freshman year and she came to school the next day crying.  When we asked her what was wrong with the school she sobbed out, "The cafeteria looks like a freakin' Country Club!"  This is the kind of thing that makes me love Jazz.
5. Bethany: Bethany is a sophomore I met last year, partly because I'm friends with her sister Amanda (who graduated last year).  Bethany is a lot like me.  She's very happy-go-lucky, and doesn't give a rip about school.  She's super-cute, and I absolutely love her!
6. Ryann: And that's pronounced Ryan, not Rye Ann, and don't you forget it!  Ryann is a junior I met my sophomore year in my Speech class.  We have almost nothing in common, especially because Ryann is very school-dedicated (like she'll cry if she gets anything lower than an A; whereas I couldn't care less).  We basically became friends because Ryann's best friend Kelly (think "Elle Woods") and I got along really well, so the three of us would hang out.  Kelly left the school at the end of 1st semester last year, but Ryann and I are still friends. She's adorable.
7. Christine: Of course, this list would not be complete if I did not mention Christine.  You will be reading a lot about Christine here.  Christine, like Ryann, is a junior (and they're really good friends, F.Y.I.).  She lives in my neighborhood, and we were actually neighborhood buddies from about eight to ten, at which point we just kind of stopped hanging out.  Then, low and behold, we ended up going to the same school (which wouldn't be so weird, except that it's private).  Btw, my school goes 7-12.  This is only important because Christine (who is about a month younger than me) and I started going there the same year, but she entered as an 8th grader and I as a freshman.  In spite of this, Christine took quite a few highschool level classes that first year, and we had Math and Sign Language together.  Here's the thing about Christine: She loves school.  Christine is one of those sick honors student people who beg - not ask, beg - the teacher for homework and extra-credit.  Now I love Christine, but having a class with her is just... hell.  You know what I'm talking about.  You'll have a class project, and everyone else (including you) will do the bare minimum (because why do more when you can get the same for less?), and then Christine will show up with this elaborate thingy that makes it look like no one else spent more than two seconds on their thing.  It's sickening.  And somehow I've ended up in a class with her every single freakin' year!  Actually two classes every year.  Part of the reason I ended up with her is that the way I've fulfilled my requirements is messed up, so last year I took several sophomore classes even though I was a junior.  But this year I knew I was safe from that.  Because all two of the classes I'm taking are strictly senior.  So you can imagine my frustration - er - dismay when I arrived at the Government/Economics part of my orientation to discover Christine.  Yes, Christine has decided to take Government/Economics a year early.  I can run, but I can't hide.  What makes this all the worse is that Allison (the Senior class's version of Christine, except prettier, nicer, more likable, and generally more perfect) is also in that class.  So basically the two most perfect students in the entire school are in my Government/Economics class.  Joy.

All right, well, that pretty much wraps it up.  Sorry about the novel-sized entry.  Until next time, folks....

Deep Thought of the Day: Remember when you were a kid in school, and the teacher would forget to give the class homework, and you'd raise your hand and tell her she forgot, and there'd always be people who'd complain?  Didn't you hate those people? ~ Jack Handy (that one's for Christine!)