My Amazing Horoscope, Backpacking Thoughts and the Evil Encroaching Midterms

"Imagination can change the channels on the TV set of your mind so fast that you don't know what's happening. One minute all is copacetic, but then your thoughts jump to another realm, leaving you no easy way back. There's no need to struggle with any of this. Once you accept the inevitability of change, you'll most likely be able to go anywhere the currents flow."

I read this on my google custom homepage just now and was like- whoa. Deep, isn't it? It sounds a little bit like a very long-winded fortune cookie, or a bunch of fortune cookie-papers sewn together. I still like it though, despite the cliche of it all. I left out the part of which house my moon was in or something like that- this chunk is the good stuff. Anyways, I wonder who writes these things, and do they get paid to do this? Hmmmm *moment of silence*, perhaps I'll never know... how sad.

So on to part two of my random thoughts post: backpacking. I sort of want to do it. I just finished reading an article on this one guy's advice and expiriences he has on backpacking. He went to Australia and had a blast. He made it sound really good! I'll probably drop this idea in a few days, possibly a few weeks even, but it's nice to think about for a bit. If I were to go, I'd go after college- the summer after I graduate I think. I don't know if I'd go to Europe or Australia/New Zealand. If I go to Australia I can learn how to SURF. Yes, surf, that odd idea that some long ago humans decided to invent- "let's go get that thin peice of wood and bring it out in the ocean. Once out there, we'll stand on it and have it bring us back." I mean really, who thinks of these things? Anyways, I think it's a cool thing to think about (backpacking in general- not the invention of surfing... well... ok, that too)

Yes, yes- my midterms are quickly (too quickly) approaching. Wasn't September, like, two days ago, or is it just me? Okay- that was a lie- September did feel like eons ago, but truth be told I just don't want to take these darn tests! Teachers treat this week (midterm/regents week) like it's a vacation or something. They love it- sitting around doing nothing. We hate it with a passion. I can barely make it through some of the one unit tests my math teacher chucks at me, let alone a test that covers all the units up till now and counts for twenty percent of our grades. Es ridiculoso. So ridiculous that I just used spanish there. APUSH and english i'm not too worried about, but let's just say I'm not a pre-calculus (where D's are a familiar sight) and physics (AP land is not where you should move to, trust me) kind of a person. I should study.... definetly should. And yet...