Wednesday, September 9, 2015 "September.*

Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Week: 5
Songs to Remember: September - Earth, Wind and Fire, Mabmosa - Hwangtaeji, Mamacita - Super Junior

        Episodes like this are what keeps the series going. Just right in the middle of the season, of what appeared to be a very bumpy beginning, there's now a big curve, and this time it feels promising.

        Let's start from the beginning. Psychology, just plain old, notes in class and bootleg activities to give examples of how we remember, our memory, etc. Nothing special so far, just the usual Psychology class mornings. I head on over to English, I was hoping that we'd just be doing presentations today to get through everybody, and maybe finally getting that girl's name. Why not ask for it? Uh, well, I actually have no explanation for that.

        So, we start off with a little short survey from the teacher on what we thought of vocab.com. Ehhh, mediocre at best. Then we proceeded with the rest of the presentations for our unit on the Joy Luck Club. People were called upon, people went up, people sat back down. After each presentation, it was a random drawing to see who goes next, unless there are volunteers. When the name "Lt" was called, I was like "Wait what, there's an Lt in this class? Never heard that name said in the class, ever".

        And you guessed it, that girl came up to do her presentation, on the first slide of her PowerPoint, says right there, "Lt Period 2". I was like "Oh. Huh. Wait, I think I havr her added on Facebook already, do I not?". I recall that there was someone on my friend list who had a plush mouse profile picture, with the name "Lt". I checked and apparently I do not have an Lt added. In fact, she doesn't even have a Facebook. *sigh* Well, looks like it's making the only kind of contact being verbal, face-to-face, real life, none of this online bullshit. Alrighty.

        As I was saying, there she was, doing her presentation. First thing I noticed: her volume. I'm like, right in front, almost, and I can barely hear her. Well. And uh, she did her presentation. I even raised my hand and commented on how I liked the tone of her presentation. Gotta make your presence known. Some more people went up to present, and towards the end of class, only a couple presentations are left to do. Now, it's Wednesday. Which means, we go straight to 3rd period, no break today. I was like "Fuck, how am I supposed to start a walking conversation with her now if she's going to her next class".

        So, the bell rings, she exits the door, I exit right after, I head to the left this time, because, why not. Lt usually always heads left and to her locker (don't ask me how I know) at the back of the building. She still went left, and I was like "Let's take a different route to 3rd period". Honestly, I thought I was going to math instead of Biology. As I was walking, I noticed, "Oh", Let's going this way too. Huh. I was put in the exact same scenario 2 years ago. I'm walking behind her, fighting in my mind and deciding whether to start talking or not. With all this experience and the circumstances, I couldn't pass it up. So, I went ahead and said "Hey".

        "I really liked your presentation". She gave a surprised look and then a smile, and in my mind, I was like "HOOOO, got through the threshold. Now to just go with the flow, Drew". She was like "Thanks. I liked yours too". Even though I did mine's like a week ago, I appreciated it. She continued with "How was my voice?" or something like that. I was like "I think you need to work a bit on your vocal expression but overall it was good, heh". I then asked "Did you start writing down quotes for the essay on Friday?" She was like "Oh my gosh, I haven't even started", then I was like "I can't believe he tells us that today, two days before the thing". We talked a bit more about it, you know, casual high-schooler "Omg, I can't believe it, so hard, etc, etc, homework, essay, test, grades, exaggeration" convo's. Just an example. Anyways, she got to her next class which was apparently located right below mine's, it's at the same building. She was like "I gotta go now" and so I was like "Byeee" and proceeded to tell my buddies on our Skype group chat that I was in.

        I was like "Ho-ly, shit. HOOOO". That definitely brang my confidence up, my mood up for the day, for that matter. I recognized how I just needed to get past that barrier of talking or to back out. And luckily, I chose to talk, heh. And so, Biology. We did a lab, featuring us putting liquids in small bags, tying 'em up, and putting 'em in water. We, had a bit of trouble. Enough for the teacher to help us out a bit, and say "Choi oi", which is like "Oh my gawd" in Vietnamese. I was like "HOOO, never thought I'd hear my teacher say that in my life". We had a group quiz as well, great, because multiple people is better than just one working on a quiz.

        Not lunchtime yet, it's 4th period math. Literally, it's just a lesson, and uh, yeah. Tomorrow there's a quiz so, apparently Hl's kinda worried 'bout that. And finally it was lunchtime. I didn't hang out with the cast today, because I had a meeting to attend. KDT of course. I walked in, small classroom, but holy hell were there a lot of people. Lots of familiar faces as well. Even more as more people came in. It was insane to the least, heh. I straight up saw Ln, saw that one girl from my English class last year, we'll call her Cc for now, saw that guy who my buddies and I trolled online (I can never see him the same way again), Js, that one girl from my math class last year (and this year) who sat in front of me.

        More people come in, I see that one girl who was in my Chem class last year and in my English class right now, with her friend, you guessed it, El. Uhh, what? That was y reaction too. Did not expect her to be her. Could never imagine her dancing. And uhh, Ai came in, saw him, and just a ton other people, from all classes, freshmen, sophomore, junior, senior. One thing I noticed: there was about a 10:1 girl to guy ratio. Literally, there was only about 5-7 guys there, including me. I remembered why I wanted to join KDT in the first place, heh. Anyways, I stood beside Ln there, the KDT people just discussed what it was about, the rules, etiquette, etc. Our first workshop dance is on Friday, after school from 3 - 5:00 PM. The dance and song? Call Me Maybe by EXO. Classic track from 100% Chance.

        The bell rang, we got to our 5th periods, I forgot Js was in my 5th period. Forgot. We watches a video on the presidents of the U.S, took notes, blah. 6th period, Chinese, boy was I excited for them new seats. Went in, drew straws, got #5. Sat down, it was rather near the back, not entirely. People came in, and uh, hey, El ain't sitting near me this time! Guess people got tired of the joke. Well, it kinda stuck itself in there during the KDT thing, but whatever. I ended up sitting next to this dude who I knew, never actually talked to. Behind me sat these 2 girls, both of which I knew but never talked to. Nor did I know their names.

        The teacher moved us around so that it'd be exactly boy, girl, boy, girl. So, that one girl who sat behind me, is now sitting next to me, to my left. She's apparently is good friends with the girl in front of me. Everyone in our group is a Junior, I think, including the girl in front of me. They, talk a lot. They don't pay attention to anything else, just their convo's. I was examining gossip in it's natural habitat. They even speak in hushed voices when talking 'bout other girls. I was like "*whisper* what the fuck". There's no potential here for me, but, it's different and I cannot complain about that.

        So, that right there was what was a nice re-kindling of the series. I gotta say, shit's just gonna get better. And different. Not necessarily new and better stuff, but, one of those things at a time. Now, I'll go to sleep. See ya.