I want to put down everything that happened today

"My backpack-- that Amazonian jungle masquerading as a civilized lump-- has yet to unveil its mysteries to foreign eyes..."

The trouble is, I don't have a backpack.

I hate the English Prentice-Hall exercises. I hate writing a paragraph for a measly one point. Bah.
---

Today was relatively light. We horsed around during Swimming class, tried not to drown for two minutes when treading, finished up pretty quick; Ms Iggy was stuck in traffic(!) so Ms Nen had to sub for us. Nothing much to do in Filipino. Geom was the same, though Sir Andie (Wandy?) keeps moving on to new lessons when I haven't understood the previous one. Ang hirap!!! Kala ko pa naman pwede na mag slack off! Tsk.

There was an Econ teacher applicant who did a demo lesson for us during History. I remember Ms Henson's demo last year-- which was pretty bad, mind you, but considering how much I've gotten to know her this year, I can say that I really like her, in spite of the perpetual refrain of her favorite phrase, "in the sense that..." Anyway, the teacher was okay. Even though I was dizzy from hunger. Or maybe I was sleepy? [Hala, ayan na. Defense mechanism ko na nga talaga yung tulog sa gutom.] But I didn't enjoy it; I kept getting distracted by her fashion sense. And at that moment, I did not care to listen. Namiss ko tuloy si Ms Henson. Hmph. Binasa ko na rin yung LP sa CLE para hindi ako palabasin ni Sir Ruel at pagawan ng reflection paper. Nauubusan na ko ng cliche para mailagay sa mga papel na yun.

The meeting de avance (?) was after that, though I missed around one fourth of it. I was called for career counseling in the Guidance (finally!!), pero kelangan i-postpone. Aw. Matagal ko pa naman yun hinihintay.

The meeting de avance was all right... although it was draining to hear autobiographical repetitions and warm fuzzy ideals and etc etc... Not that I'm saying it's bad; it's just that the style is a bit... overused. But I don't doubt their sincerity. Maybe they just need to update their plan of attack and all. If I was up there, I'd rather discuss my planned programs one by one in black and white. I think it would entice people more if they actually perceived your plans to be in the range of possibility when implementing. It becomes something more concrete when you outline the processes clearly; it leaves the realm of the ephemeral "I plan to do this" stage. It just makes me think so much that I'm seriously itching to do an experiment exploring the student body's reactions to different styles of campaigning. But then that would mean that I have to "run", and I'm too lazy to do that.

I like the backseat. I also like backseat driving.

But anyway. Maybe it's just me. As that psychoanalysis/quiz thing revealed during the interaction, I am a hardcore right-brained leftie.