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1) I’m gay.  Honestly, I don’t even see how this is a big issue anymore.  This isn’t some choice I made when I woke up one morning, this isn’t being a pervert, this is who I am.  I am Caucasian.  I have dirty blond hair.  I have green eyes.  I am gay.  People are people and love is love.  I don’t believe on discrimination based on anything.

2) I’m switching schools.  Why would I do that when I have only one semester left?  Because I need a new environment.  I’ve been going through a sever depression from, well, a long time ago.  I went from being an A/B student to getting mostly Ds now.  I need a place in which I can work in a less stressful place.  So I’m going to a charter school which focuses on independent study and where I can work on my Japanese.  Believe it or not, depression can be pretty hard to deal with and debilitating.

If anyone wants to discuss me being gay, contact me.  Not my parents.  This is just who I am and it has nothing to do with them.  It seems rather silly that anyone would think that, but some do.  I also do not believe that homosexuality is a sin.  The Bible can be interpreted in a myriad of ways.  Christians should see that they base their beliefs off of the New Testament, and wonder of wonders, Jesus said nothing about being gay.  And if we’re going by the old testament, looks like having concubines, multiples wives, selling girls for slaves, etc are all now legal.  But the most important fact is that people really have no right to force their moral beliefs on others.  I can be who I want to, and you can too.  It’s the joy of being in America.

Some people who found out about this via my Facebook account handled things badly.  I’m not even going to mince words or cover up the truth.  My family was deeply offended and so was I.  Thank you to the family members that have been overwhelmingly supportive through what has been a difficult time for me.  I hope others will gain some understanding for people who are just a bit different than they are.

And to CFHS students, I’ll miss some of you a lot.  And some of you I think need to grow up.

So yeah, I’ve been pretty busy this week.  Not feeling 100%, school life is taxing as always, and blah blah blah.

I will run over some of the most important things that have happened this week though.

ACTs.  Did I mention I got a 28?  I might have.  I’m extremely displeased, displeased enough to mention it again even if I already have.  I should have 30 OR BETTER.  I was pretty unprepared for the quickness of the time.  Awww.  I still hit around the 90% ranking in all categories besides one though.  So nice, but not stupendous.  Yep, not happy.

I will share a bit of good news though!  The Zune80 that I’ve been lusting over, especially the ‘Zune Originals’ type has finally been ordered by me <3  This is absolutely exciting because I have been waiting so long.  I ordered a really cool picture to be etched in the back too.  I’ll definitely post pictures when it arrives.

I think there was other stuff.  But I’m tired.  So ‘night all~  (Notice I did not say “y’all”, because I am not a creepo Southerner.  Just kidding!  I love you all down there!)

PS- I just remembered what else I was going to say.  I went to Ashley’s house tonight with Callan and we watched Superbad.  It was really really funny.  Are normal guys that desperate to have sex?  Hmm…  I think it was just a tad over the top throughout.  But I ate a whole HALF PINT of ice cream and now I feel so fat.  I’m just not going to eat tomorrow.

If anyone gets the song reference, kudos.

I guess what why I’m updating my blog is to ask anyone who’s a part of the ‘Zune Social’ to add me as a friend, because I don’t honestly know many people on it.  So if you’re on it, feel free to add me here.

Anyways, on Friday I went to see Beowulf with some friends.  We were very close to going to the community play, but last minute decision resulted in a cinema trip.  It was pretty weird to see tons of violence, sexual innuendo, and general adult behaviors coming from Polar Express-esque CGI animations.  Actually, Beowulf’s animations are very lifelike (and at times you could forget that it’s actually an animation), moreso than the previews for PE.  I never even watched the actual movie, but I sure did see enough TV commercials for it.  Angelina Jolie was by far the best modeled character out of the lot, but she isn’t seen on screen that much.  However, when she is on screen…you will see a lot of her.  The coolest scene by far though is Beowulf fighting Grendel (an awesome monster) naked.  What a brave man.

And while we’re on the topic of the cinema, I will take a moment to say how disgusted I am at how ‘The Bee Movie’ is getting whored out so much on TV.  It seems like I see at least 10 adverts per day for it, and about half of those are integrated into shows!  It’s getting to a ridiculous point.  No, no amount of advertising is going to save a movie that chose a name like that.  Or chose a racist unfunny actor as its lead voice.  Sorry, I’m just not in with Seinfield.

I really am digging the new Zune software, and I can’t wait until the Zune 80 actually gets majorly stocked…  Awww.

Last week before Thanksgiving!  Yay!  And that, of course, means only two days of school!  What could be better?!  Ok, yeah, sure, the whole week off.  Later~

Ok, so I’m actually in 2nd hour right now.  I forgot my book again, which means I can’t measure the dimensions for the book cover I’m supposed to be working on.

First of all, the Zune 80 (which I want so … bad) is out of stock.  And the awesome Zune Originals site doesn’t offer it until December.  This is almost unbearable, after I’ve been raving about it and waiting over a month!  Obviously this is just trivial, but yeah.

Oh, and I got a 28 on my ACTs.  My scores were all in the top 10% range, but that’s really disappointing.  If I would’ve stayed in America, I could’ve gotten in the 30-32 range for sure.  This academic year has been kind of difficult coming back and just focusing on stuff.  I’ve gone of solidified my idea to apply to the U of M, so hopefully 28 is acceptable for them. 

Class is almost over.  I’m using my last like 5 minutes.  5 more hours left. 

So last night I went to Ashley’s house to watch some movies and hang out.  Callan was there too.  Originally we were set to see Journey Across the Universe or whatever it’s called, but it wasn’t playing around here.  And there wasn’t anything else interesting either.  So…Cal and Ash decided to rent some movies.  We were going to go to Callan’s house but her dad had business stuff, so we finally decided on Ashley’s house.  I came a bit late, but it was pretty fun.

This morning I couldn’t go to church though.  We still didn’t have water, so it was near impossible, and dad needed to work on the well some more.  It went out awhile ago, and he’s been trying to fix it ever since.  BUT tonight it looks like we got it working tonight!!  Yay!!  I feel like a Geico commercial.  Guess what?  I just saved $2000 on well repair!

So yep.  And Friday I was home sick from school.

Because of a scheduling error, I have a free hour right now.  I feel kind of sick from mono, and very tired, but I’m managing.  It’s been pretty fun honestly.  It’s sad though, it feels like Japan never happened because I’m back in US school.

 Seriously, it absolutely blows my mind that I’ve already gone abroad for 11 months and completed a year of school in a different country. It’s weird to be back!!  I’m not sure I like that feeling, because I know I can never replicate the experience that I had, and it’s really like a book shutting.  Kind of depressing thoughts.  Plus I’m not as in contact with my friends that I met abroad as much as I want to.  I do have some phone numbers and a lot of emails though, so I’ll be doing some contacting.  Now that I have my sidekick, it’s been a lot easier.  It is a really cool phone.

 Ok, bell, going to lunch.  Yay?  I am kind of hungry.  Later~