Marissa's Life

12/25/00 I have decided to make my own site so the address for my new site is: www.angelfire.com/indie/rizzo03/

The site will basically be devoted to my films. I will add pictures of the behind the scenes stuff and all when I am on location whenever I get some work. It should be good. Well, come and visit my site and be sure to sign the guestbook so I will know that you stopped by! Night. -Marissa

12/18/00 Some guys in my health class called me conceited today. That was realy mean. We actually got to work on the AVIO today in class for more than five minutes. That was really cool. Our notebooks were due in geometry today and we also did a review thing for the exam. We did more dissecting in anatomy. My partner wasn't there today so I had to do the work on my own. I had to break the jaw and that was really hard. I have to cut through the cartilage in the jaw and nasty. I also had to pry the mouth open, man it was bad. I stayed after school with Mattie to work on our documentary. We got most of it done. All we have to do now is add some blading scenes, add the music, and then put in credits. We will be done soon if we will be able to get onto the AVIO tomorrow. I am excited that the semester is almost over. I can't wait to get out. It is also exciting that I don't have any homework to do. That is really great. And no anatomy projects to do at the last minute and to write the day they are due in class that same day. I won't miss that. Everyone hopes that it ices over and we don't have to go to school tomorrow. I don't hope that, I just hope that we go into school late. That will be good. I can catch up on my sleep. Anyway, that is all that has happened to me lately. Night. -Marissa

12/16/00 I didn't do much today. It rained and we were under a tornado watch and a severe thunderstorm warning today. I talked to Jessica and I worked on Mattie's present. Yesterday after school Mom, Matthew, and I went shopping. We went to Best Buy to look at my camera and Matthew's DVD player. They didn't have my camera in stock and they said that it wouldn't be in stock until Jan. 21st and I didn't want to wait that long so the dude told us to go to Circuit City. We went there and they had my camera and we bought it!!! I got my camera and Matthew got his portable DVD player yesterday!!! I was very excited about the camera. I have already figured out how to work the basic functions of it. I got an extra battery so I can film a lot. It is really great. I am very excited. I guess that is all that has happened to me lately. Only 4 (putting the half days together) of school left!!! That is wonderful!!!! Night. -Marissa

12/14/00 Yesterday we had a guest speaker. He was one of those motivational speakers. He was a lot better than lasts year's speaker. We started the unit on first aid today in health. We tried to get onto the AVIO to work on our documentary, but as usual, we didn't get to work on it. Man, I can't wait for that class to be over. Not much happened in geometry. We took a quiz and that was about it. In anatomy we started to work on our final exam which consisted of dissecting a fetal pig. Our pig was a girl and we named it Piglet. I skipped Scholar's Bowl practice today (gasp!). I didn't feel like staying and Jessica wasn't going to be there so I figured that it would be okay. It is not like I am a real asset to the team, oh yeah, I did make it. I got my paycheck in the mail today so I am closer to reaching my goal of getting my video camera!!! I can't wait to get it. I will have so much fun filming stuff. Jessica is working on making a funny website so if you have any funny ideas e-mail then to me and I will tell Jessica about them. Well, I should probably go since I need to do my anatomy abstract. This is the last test grade I will get in there not counting Piglet. Night. -Marissa

12/12/00 Dang, I haven't written a journal entry for a long time. Well, I had my birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese's Saturday, Dec. 9th. It was a TON of fun!! We had a guest speaker in health today. I got to design the set in broadcasting. In geometry we took notes. WE had a guest speaker in anatomy and she gave us night lights. I had scholars bowl practice today after school. I am answering more questions ever practice. We took a test to see who would go to competetion Saturday and I didn't score high enough to go. That is okay though. I will make it someday. There was this guy at practice, Josh. He is a junior and he was the only decent looking guy there. He looked good. I don't think he answered any questions. He didn't really look the type to be there. When I got home I started to work on my anatomy paper. I watched Friends and that is about it. Night. -Marissa

12/07/00 I hit my head on the air thing in health today. It hurt but I am okay. I had fun in broadcasting and in geometry we are doing something that I actually understand. It is pretty cool. Someone left an Entertainment Weekly in the cubby hole thing in my desk in anatomy so I looked through that in fourth today. I tore out a few pages. I went to scholar's bowl again today. I answered a lot more questions today than I did Tuesday. I wish I knew if I woudl be on the team. It sucks not knowing. I just go and I don't even know if I am wasting my time or not by going. Friends came on tonight and since it is Thursday I got to watch an hour of it!! AshLeigh called me and we watched Friends for a bit while we were on the phone. She had to go though because she had a French project that she needed to work on. That is basically all that happened today. Oh wait. We got progress reports today. Rounded up I got one A, two B's and one C. Not very good but I will do better. Night. -Marissa

12/05/00 Well, we had a sub in health today and we got to watch one of those awesome Lifetime movies (after all the busy work and all). It was one about an anorexic girl. Haha, it was great. We finished second feature stories in boradcasting. In geometry we made these Christmas ornaments and I think I might have cut myself on the scissors because in anatomy I discovered that I was bleeding on my wrist. I got a band-aid from Mrs. Turner and she asked me if I was mutilating myself in the back. Come to think of it, my wrist still hurts. Well, I went to scholars bowl try outs after school. I knew some of the answers, but the dumbasses (sp?) on the team were buzzing in with the answers before the freaking question was even fully told. You know that they have probably heard these questions before and they memorized the answers. Needless to say, I didn't get to buzz in very many times. Oh well. Matthew is still sick and that really sucks. I can't wait until Saturday though. Night. -Marissa

12/04/00 Today was our last day in sex ed and we had to spend it with the boys! That really sucked. (don't get me wrong though, I LOVE guys!!) We worked on our second feature presentation in broadcasting. I got my test back in geometry and I made a 92 on it!!! That is really good!! I laughed so hard at lunch today that my side started to hurt! Well, in anatomy, we took the test on the female reproduction system. That was one hard sucker. I liked the male test better, it was easier. You have the penis, the parts that make up the penis, the sperm, how sperm is made, the secondary sex hormones, and meiosis. That is it. The females are much more complicated. With all of the weird stuff going on all the time, man, I don't think I did too well on that test. Matthew is sick again. I hope he doesn't have to go to the hospital this weekend. Not only is my party this weekend, but his 13th birthday is also on Saturday. That will top it off as being the worst birthday ever- if you have to spend it in the hospital with strange people doing weird tests on you. Anyway, on a lighter note, I made the invitations to my party. They look cute. Very Marissa-ish. I watched Friends and then did whatever until it was 8:00 and time for my shower. After that I read and got on the net for my journal. Night. -Marissa

12/03/00 So, I haven't written one in a while. Oh well. Not much happened Friday and Saturday I went to Tenessee for Matthew's robotics competition. Matthew's team won all three of the most prestigous awards. That was really good. It wasn't as boring this year as it was last year. Michelle and I found a book store on campus and spent a lot of time there. Well, I went to Sunday school today. I hate going!!!!! It is not my fault that I have my own opinion, I am still a better Christian that just about all of the brain-washed Baptists and some Methodists and other Christian religions out there. I found out during Mass that I didn't even have to go to class today. I wish I didn't. I went to work and had fun. I haven't had to work in three weeks I think. I am glad that I am getting an income again. I need to buy that video camera I want so bad. Mom called about my birthday party. If you actually go to this site you will already know when it is and all so I hope to see you there! I think that is about all that happened to me today. Oh, might I add, Ryan looked HOT Friday at school. : ] Night. -Marissa

11/30/00 I had fun in health today. I will miss that class when the semester is over. I planned my birthday party in broadcasting today. It will rock. We didn't do much in there today. I hate geometry. That class sucks. Anatomy was actually fun today. We did a pregnancy test thing. We got back our test on the male reproduction system. I made a 77 on it. Natalie didn't do so hot on it because she was crying and she left the room and Mrs. Turner didn't know what to do and man it was funny. I shouldn't laugh though. That class is so funny. I got a haircut today. Just a trim, you probably can't even tell. I went by Ashley's to give her back her camera and she wasn't home. I did my homework and watched some tv. I practiced my guitar also. Night. -Marissa

11/29/00 I need more sleep. I was very tired when I woke up this morning. David's girlfriend came over this morning. I thought it was Jess, but when I looked out the window, it wasn't. It was very weird because she came inside and stuff. We got to go down to the weight room in health today. That was my first time in there. Coach Bell let the guys demonstrate everything, except one thing, he let a girl do that one, but she only got to use 5 pound weights. That really made me pissed. I wanted to see if I could lift the bar, but since I am a girl I didn't get to try. We didn't have homeroom today. I was still kind of mad at Mattie in boradcasting. She still doesn't see what the big deal is. I won't explain it though, she is smart and I bet she can figure it out if she really thinks about it. We took more notes in geometry. In anatomy we finished these graphs and did charts. One chart was on six different kinds of birth controls and the other one was on five different kinds of STDs. It was interesting. Oh yes, in the hall Ryan talked/ walked with me!! It was very exciting for me. Made my day! I had to ride the bus home today. :[ It was terrible. I hate riding the bus. I cleaned my room today. Again I didn't have homework. I watched Friends and then Malcom in the Middle. I plan on going to bed early tonight. I am so tired. I want to read more of The Phantom of the Opera. Night. -Marissa

11/28/00 Scott sat on front of me in health and Brian moved to my left side so I had fun today in there. Mattie made me mad in broadcasting today, she asked me how to spell my last name! I hate it when people can't spell my name so I didn't talk to her for the rest of the period. She didn't see a problem with it though, she thinks that since she doesn't have to spell my last name out everyday then she shouldn't have to know how to spell it. That made me even more mad because we have been practially best friends since the second grade. In geometry we took a quiz. Jassem gave me a banana at lunch. We did a graph and took notes in anatomy. I didn't have any homework today and it felt great!! I talked to Jessica for about an hour and a half on the phone. I watched Freaks and Geeks and that Scared Straight '99 on MTV. I got on the net and never got around to doing this journal, so I am actually doing it on the 29th. Oh well. Night. -Marissa

11/27/00 Oh my gosh I was extremely tired this morning! I even looked it at school. I kept my head down in health, it didn't really matter though because we had the sex lady. We got to watch music videos to see how females are depicted in them. We got to see the Robbie Williams video "Rock the DJ" or something like that. The video is nasty, but I like the song. Most of the videos we saw were rap, surprise surprise. we had to do announcements in broadcasting again. I was a writer. In third I organized my geometry and anatomy notebook. In anatomy we took notes on the female reproduction system. I put off my two anatomy reports to the last minute, so I had to do those when I got home from school. I was on the net forever looking up informaion on TSS (Toxic Shock Syndrome) and impotence (erectile dysfunction). I was really tired, but I got them done. I found out the name of my sexy man from Finger Eleven. His name is Scott Anderson. That is a very sexy name I think. I went to bed at my normal time which was weird since I had a lot if work to do. Night. -Marissa

11/26/00 Mattie made me wake up at 9:04 today! We ate breakfast and then hung out in her room until it was time to go to church. I wore one of her shirts and we went to church. I saw the HOTTEST guy at church!! I had never seen him before. After chruch I went Wendy's with them and after we ate they took me home. Everyone was at home! I took a shower and then I got on the net to do my journal and Matthew comes in as healthy as can be. I asked him why he was home and if he could eat and he told me that he ate lunch here. It was weird, but oh well. I didn't have work today. That totally sucks because I need some $$money$$! I painted my nails silver and I got ready for the concert. I ate a bit at home then around 5:30 I left for the concert. When we got there, we got our tickets and waited in line. It turned out that our "seats" were in the standing area in front of the stage, so we didn't get to sit after all. There was this guy with Finger Eleven stickers and CDs and he gave one of each to me. I saw Justin (Mattie's senior crush) and I made her go stand near him or we wouldn't hear the end of it that night. I ended up behind him and I took a picture of him with Jenna's camera! The lead singer of FE is BEAUTIFUL! I have a CD of them already and I knew what they looked like, but in person, dang! Hold me down! There should be a law against so much beauty in a space that small. I just want to spread that boy on a cracker! Sevendust was scary. I had been waiting to see them since May. I knew three of there songs. They were so big. With muscles in their arms that probably weighed more than all of me! After Sevendust, I went and got the sticker I had signed by a dude from FE. It was not my sexy boy though. Creed finally came on and it was really packed where we were. The guys in front of me kept hitting my boobs. It was not fun. Chanen told me she felt too cramped so I left with her to go to a space less crowded. She fainted on the way out! It was terrible! Some dude carried her out as I led them. Chan was taken to the little emergency thing they have in the VBCC and I went back to stand and watch Creed. The guy in the room came and got me about 15 mintues later and then I went back to get Chanen and we watched the show from a diferent area. When the show was almost over we went down to meet the rest of the posse and we told them what happened. I got home around 11:45 and by 11:50 I was ready for bed. I went to sleep rather quickly since I had a lot of fun that night. I was really tired I guess. -Marissa

11/25/00 Sam woke me up early so I stuck him on my closet so he would shut-up (NOTE: I have a pretty big closet, it is a walk-in). I called Mattie around 11:20 and at 11:45 they picked me up and I spent the day with them. We went to get tickets to see The Grinch, but the show we wanted to go to was sold out so we got them for 102 Dalmations. After we got our tickets we headed for Tellini's and ate lunch, I love pasta so it was a lot of fun. Mattie's dad was telling us stories about the g kind of guys you will meet if you took a Greyhound somewhere. The stories were really funny. When we were done eating and talking we went to Old Navy and I saw Matt!!!! He waved at me!!! I swear!! He really waved at me!!!! I had the dumbest grin on my face though. I bet he thinks I am insane. After Old Navy we went back to theater and got food. I got Sno-caps. Those are the best things in the world to eat. Chocolate pieces covered in sprinkles, what more could you ask for? They played that song I hate, Atomic Dog, during the movie. Mattie and I would look at each other everytime they woudl play it. It would be in the middle of some other song and all of a sudden you would hear: "digga-digga dog, digga-digga dog". It was terrible. The movie took place in London so that was really cool. When the movie was finished, Mattie and I got into this play fight about what they say in that song. I said that they say Snoop Doggy Dog in one version of the song and Mattie said it was Atomic Dog. So we both sang our different versions in the car. I went to their house after the movie and I called to see if that was okay. My parents said it was. We watched the first tape of Titanic and then we ate dinner. Dinner was really good. We had this hen thing. I am really not sure about what it was, but it was good. I was trying so hard not to laugh because the last time I ate at their house, we had artichoke and I thought it was chicken (It looked just like chicken) and I saved it for last to eat, since I love chicken, and when I put it in my mouth I found out that it wasn't! After dinner we watched That's Life. We signed on the internet and then went to Mattie's room and hung out. At 9:00 I decided that I should know what the plan would be for the night. Even though Mattie's family and my family are really close I still felt kind of weird there. I made this joke that I was homeless and they were taking me in for the day because I have no one at home. (Mattie and Ginny liked that joke and decided to call me the homeless person for the rest of the time I was with them.) I called the hospital, after talking to Thea (Mattie's mom) about what to do, at 9:16 to ask Mom or Dad if I could just sleep over at Mattie's and then go to church with them the next day. It turns out that they shut the lines to the rooms off at 9:00 so I called home and left a message on the machine. Thea went out and got me a toothbrush. So I wore some of Mattie's old clothes to "bed" and we stayed up for a while talking. We listened to the radio for a while and finally we went to sleep.

11/24/00 I hate sleeping with Sam in my room because he wakes up very early and he will start to squack (sp?)and it is the most annoying thing to hear on your Thanksgiving Holiday Break. Dad went to the hospital (NOTE: Matthew has an infection, all the tests are coming out clean and they can't find anything wrong with him. I guess they will let him come home soon since they can't really do anything about him now.) around 10:00 and Mom came home around 12:00. She took me to the library and I finally got The Phantom of the Opera. We also went to Michael's because of their sale. We ate when we got back home and then Mom left after doing some things around the house. I watched tv, got on the net, I will read some later and then I will watch some more tv. I can't wait until school starts back up. Maybe my life will be more exciting tomorrow. Night. -Marissa

11/23/00 Dad asked me when I woke up if I wanted to go see Matthew in the hospital. We went and Matthew had an ultrasound while I was there. I only stayed for a few hours. Mom came home while Dad stayed. David, Mom and I ate Thanksgiving dinner and about half and hour later Mom went back to the hospital. I didn't do too much today. I watched tv and I got on the net. Dad came home around 7:30 and he will stay the night here. Mom will stay there again. They still don't know what is wrong with him. I wish they would hurry up and find something wrong and then drug him up and release him so my life can go back to normal. I called Mattie and talked to her for a bit. She told me that at K-Mart there is this little Lego BMX thing. I bet it is really cute. I want it. It would look great in my room I bet. I watched American Beauty. That is all that happened to me today. I hope you had a good Thanksgiving. Night. -Marissa

11/22/00 I woke up this morning and got ready and went out to H'town to get my license. All of the road tests were full for the day! I was so PISSED! Dad called all around to see if the other towns were full and they were. So I am still a sixteen year old loser who can't drive unless her mom is in the car with her. When we got back home, the doctor called and said that Matthew needed to go to the hospital again. So Matthew, Mom, and Dad have been there all day. They called and said that they have run a ton of tests on him and they don't know what is wrong with him still. I have been so bored today. I can't go anywhere and no one is home to call. It really sucks. I am having a real bad Thanksgiving holiday. When Mom called she said that they were going to make Matthew stay there all night which means I am home alone for the rest of the day/ night since David definately will not be around. I doubt anyone will be here for Thanksiving. That is just wonderful, the only living things in the house with me at Thanksgiving will be my birds. Great. Just great. I hope I get some good news or something to cheer me up. Night. -Marissa

11/21/00 I felt kind of sick this morning so I didn't really eat breakfast. I tried to eat some rice, but I felt bad. It was real cold today, again. When Jess came to pick me up, I gave her this huge hug for giving Ryan my SN last night when he asked for it. Health was fun today even though we took a test. Brian said that Cole was hitting on me. Chandler colored on me. We did the voice overs for our next feature story in broadcasting. I tole Mattie about hwo I was thinking about doing the BMX thign by myself and she didn't like that at all. Probably because if I ditch her in the project, she won't know what to do since she hasn't done any work all year in there, she can't even work a video camera. I don't really care though (NOTE: We can do the documentary by ourselves, which would probably be smart for me since this is half of the final exam grade.). She is smart, she can learn. Stupid Stephen gave me the tape back in the hall and he told me that his mom made a comment about what I said that one time when he almost ran me over coming down the stairs on his bike (the word rhymes with bit). If I had known that he was going to show his entire freaking family and make it a little movie night, I would have never let him watch it. That was really stupid on his part because he KNEW that that was on the tape, but he still showed it to the whole Preacher Clan. Patrick told me about it too. Man, I should have known better than to give that tape to him. I thought he would watch it by himself in his room or something and that would be it. No, he had to let everyone watch it. Let's just make it a party and invite the whole neighborhood over to see it which would only make it seem as if Marissa was a bad person because of that one little part. If I go to H'town with Ryan over the break, I will use all of his stuff in the project and only use Stephen's stuff for the bloopers. Or hell, I just might not even put Stephen in it. If Stephen comes with us to H'town I will NOT film anything with him riding, that way I don't have to feel obligated to put him in it, nor do I feel like I should let him watch it. Ryan can watch it though. My group presented our project for geometry today. We took a test in anatomy on the male reproduction system. The talent show was today. I went to it, Jassem's band played. He is so hot. I went to Chanen's after school. I told Ryan about Stephen and the tape and he agreed with me that Stephen is a dummy. I let Chan, Jess, and Sterling watch the tape. They liked it. Mom and Dad took Matthew to the emergency room today. He should be fine though, he just has a viral thing. I talked on the phone with Gina for about two hours. She wants me to tell Stephen that he looks like that fox thing on his car (van) since he has let his side burns grow out so long. I am very tired so I think I will go now. Night. -Marissa

11/20/00 It was really cold this morning. That sucked. The sex lady didn't come today in health. I let Mattie watch the footage I got this weekend in broadcasting. I don't know why I did that though, since afterall, she didn't even pay attention to it. I let Stephen take it home to watch. The lunch table is getting too crowded. I am the youngest person at the table, I am the only sophomore, well, kind of. Deante is a sophomore, but he failed so I don't really consider him a sophomore. Anyway, I feel special that I am the youngest person at the table. I hang with upperclassman! I checked out in geometry to get my wire put back on. I got purple braces. I checked back in and I had to go to anatomy. I ate like crazy when I got home since I wasn't in too much pain. I talked to Jessica on the phone and later that night I talked to Gina on the phone. Oh! Great news!! Ryan IMed me!! I was so excited!! It was great!!! He wanted to know if I wanted to go to H'town (Huntsville) with him to get more footage!! I was told him sure and that it would be great. I was so happy that I talked to him! What a wonderful way to end the night! Night. -Marissa

11/19/00 I didn't have to go to church today since we went last night. I was supposed to work from 12:30 to 4:45, but that didn't work out, so I went to Andrew's and we put that pictuer on the site. He taught me how to do stuff for the site. Thanks Andrew. When I got home I worked on my geometry project and ate dinner. I watched King of the Hill and The Simpsons. I was tired so I went to bed kind of early. Night. -Marissa

11/18/00 "I wish people would quit telling me I can do anything I want. I never thought I couldn't." I woke up around 9:00, my usual time. I was really tired though and I wanted to sleep in later, but I figured that wasn't smart so I didn't. Instead I packed for my little excursion into downtown H'town. I was expecting Stephen and Ryan to come over around 1:00, but they came over at 11:23. I was not ready. No makeup (I can live without it though), not properly dressed, didn't really know where my gloves and other warm items were, etc. I somehow grabbed them all in the last minute as Stephen and Ryan stood outside (NOTE: Why didn't they come in? It was cold. I left the door open for them to come in. I figured that they would understand that. Oh well.). I sat in the front seat and was pleastanly surprised to not hear J.S. Bach blaring from the car. I had them stop by Gina's so I could get my hat and a CD. Then we were on our way. I have to comment on Stephen's driving. You have to be explicit with him or he will be so lost. It is funny, but at the same time you can't help but feel sorry for his lack of knowledge for where he is going. We parked at the Hilton or whatever that hotel is and walked behind the VBCC and they warmed up or whatever. Ryan did this thing where he rode off this ledge and he busted his tire. I got it all on film! So now he can't ride anymore. All we have is Stephen's bike. We walked over to the car, put Ryan's bike up and then went over to the police station. They shared the bike and rode. It was very cold. I was confused about what they wanted me to film. They told me to film whatever they were doing, but they didn't tell me where they were doing it or whatever. Towards the end, it was easier for me to figure out what they were talking about. I actually had a great time with them. Ryan told me I can be the film manager for their little BMX thing, MBM, Madison BMX Militia. Stephen suggested that next time they bring Dustin's bike and I ride with them. We went to Checkers on the way home and Stephen was having trouble with the speaker thing. He eats a lot, a Sprite, 2 Champ burgers (minus the pickles, onions, and tomatoes POT) and some fries. He thinks a lot. Or, I should say, he thinks too much into things. I have never noticed that before. He will contemplate everything in his head. It is abnormal, I think. On the way home there was more of his 'you are in the wrong lane Stephen and everyone is passing you!' driving. He took me home (after more contemplating) and I transfered the footage onto a tape so now I can edit it. Went to Chruch tonight. Fr. Sexton was did the Mass. Probably because Fr. Mackey had to watch that Auburn/ Alabama game. We ate dinner and I got on the net for a bit, then took a shower, stayed in my room for a bit, then got back on the net to write my journal. I had a good day :] . Night. -Marissa

11/17/00 I decided to sleep in today so I wore my hair curly. I talked to Stephen in the hall about Saturday. That boy needs to set times for things. He told me he would come over whenever he woke up. Bob (Scott) sat next to me in health today since Shawna wasn't there. I was surrounded by boys, it was a manwhich :]. We had a guest speaker in broadcasting. His name was Bob. WE took a test in geometry today. It was a real bitch. More study on male reproduction took place in anatomy. I went to AshLeigh's house after school and we worked on our project. We were on the internet for a bit and she was talking to Peter S. (the dude who lives behind me) and it turns out that he knows me. I thought that was odd since I have never talked to him in my life. Mom and Dad and Matthew picked me up from AshLeigh's at 6:30 and we went to China King. I ordered chicken lo mein. I love that stuff. I couldn't finish my order, so I took it home for breakfast the next morning. I called Andrew when I got home, but no one answered. I called Gina and I talked to her for about an hour. When I got off the phone with Gina I called Andrew again and still no answer. I called Chanen to tell her I couldn't sleep over then I called Ashley. I watched Good Will Hunting. Well, I watched half of Good Will Hunting. I will finish it later. I turned it off around 10:45. I was really tired and tomorrow I have a big day ahead for me. Night. -Marissa

11/16/00 "Well, it sounded like that, plus 'Bob' said that 'Smurf' thinks 'Tar' sucks as a rider, now if we say that it is ok, we don't know anything about BMXing, but for 'Smurf' to say that, then 'Tar' must really SUCK!" It was raining this morning. What is up with all the rain? We takled about abuse in health today. We finally got to finish editting our feature presentations for broadcasting. Tonight is the Fall Fete. Our next feature story is on that. Mattie decided that since everyone in our group will be there, she doesn't need to go. Instead she will be at that studio being all in love with David. No, wait, I think today she may be in love with Ben. I don't know, it changes so often that I just tune her out when she talks about them. I couldn't care less about them, and for all I care they can move back to whatever ghetto in New York they came from. We did 3 or so lessons in geometry. Anatomy was kind of boring today. We just took notes. I colored the front of my student handbook purple, yellow, and green. You know, Mardi Gras colors. My green marker was dying on me though. I had to ride the bus home today. It sucked, but as you can see, I lived through it to tell the story of hell on the bus. Matthew has a bladder infection. He will be okay so no need to worry. I watched a little tv then started on my anatomy homework. I have a LOM (Language of Medicine) due tomorrow. The Fall Fete is tonight. Chan is giving me a ride to it. I had to film the Fete for broadcasting. Erin and I used one of those big stupid cameras that don't really work. My mom brought Chan and Ashley home. Ashley's brother wouldn't answer the door so we took Ashley back to our house and she called her mom's cell phone to come get her. Her mom came around 9:15. It was funny, I thought, but I can see how that would be embarrassing (sp?). Oh well. Jenna and Karen put the pictures up from Karen's party on their site so I checked that out. They are pretty funny. Chanen is in almost all of them. Night. -Marissa

11/15/00 I woke up six minutes late this morning! I still got everything done on time though. We got to school late today. Not late, but later than usual. We made these pictures dipicting our family in health today and I was talking to the people around me about which ethnic groups dominate which sports. Chi-Chi decide that I was some form of a hybrid. It was funny. We finally got to do the editing on out presentation in broadcasting. In the hall Stpehen W. told me that it is okay if we film him and Ryan riding for our documentary. We did worksheets in geometry. Nothing exciting happened at lunch. We are studying the reproductive system in anatomy now. AshLeigh came over around 4:15. Teneshia came over around 5:00. We called Michelle, but the line was busy. We got a lot done on our project I think. They stayed over until 7:00. Matthew is sick. Mom thinks he is dying. She keeps coming into the room to see if he is okay when all he wants to do is go to sleep. I know I sure am tired. Some dude called this evening when I was home alone and I thought he wanted me to vote for something so I listened to whatever he was saying (because I felt bad for just hanging up on him) without paying attention. So when he was done he asked me if I would support whatever it was he was talking about. I was like sure, since I thought he meant for some vote. Then he was like, "well how much would you like to donate?" I hung up on him after that! I was so afraid he would call back and play back the conversation we just had (I am sure they record these things because of people like me) and be like "you said you would support it, so pay up!" I was afraid to answer the phone everytime it rang in case it was him. Thankfully he never called back. That is all for tonight. -Marissa

11/14/00 Happy Sweet Sixteen Karen!!! It sure was cold this morning. I brought that picture I painted for Karen to school today. She loved it. In health we had a sub and were assigned busy work in the library. While in the library, Karen and I were discussing the van Gogh influence my paintings have. Oh! The funniest thing happened when we went t othe library. I saw Matt and I did this loud gasp that people do when they see something amazing (I saw Matt!!). It was really quiet in the hall so of course he heard me, plus he was looking right at me when I did it. Karen told me later that Matt did this "yeah I know I am cool look and gesture" when I gasped. It was really funny. We took notes on ethics in broadcasting. In geometry we took notes. I was sneezing and coughing all through class. The bell caught us before we were done with the lesson so we didn't have homework!!!!! We took a test in AP. I got done with 30 minutes to spare. That must be a record. I wrote Jess in the notebook and when the bell rang I walked with Jessica to the gym and then she went out to the bus and I went to the car. Jess wasn't there and when Torey came she told Chan and me that they were caught up and would be there in a second. I saw them come and I saw that Jamie girl from one of my classes with her so I asked Torey for a ride since that Jamie girl lives FAR away. I hope Jess isn't mad at me for that. Oh well, I called Chanen when I got home and we talked for half an hour. I was on the net for a bit and I talked to Gina. I ate dinner and then watched Friends. Adam came over for a bit. Adam is a lesbian. That is what he and David were saying. So if you see Adam in the hall, remember, he is a lesbian. Well, I watced Freaks and Geeks. I took a shower, read some, and got on the net to finish my journal.

11/13/00 "...get yourself a nice cold beer and drink yourself away..." I didn't get much sleep last night because of my nose being stuffed up. (AshLeigh, I WAS SICK! haha) I listened to Incubus as I straightened my hair, not the normal Beaner and Ken on 107.7 The X. We had the sex lady in health today. Duh, it is Monday. We took notes on ethics in broadcasting. During the break I was going down the stairs and I saw Jassem and I was like "you dyed your hair!" it would have been a great time to talk to him if it wasn't for stupid Stephen W., who was behind Jassem, who started to talk to me. I was really mad. While I was in geometry, I contemplated (sp?) about how much of a loser Stephen is. At lunch I found out that Sarah Y's party was a blast. I wish I wasn't sick so I could have gone to it. Sarah Z. got drunk there. Sarah Y. was so drunk that she made out with a girl! It was funny hearing about it. Stephen K. told me that I didn't look too happy to see him at my house Saturday. I explained that I was sick. He understood. We did a urine lab in AP (human anatomy and physiology) today. We had to smell the urine and I had a stuffy nose so Melanie had to do it on her own. She wasn't too happy about that, but it was okay. Chanen and I missed the bus this afternoon so we hitched a ride with Torey. Torey is a really good driver. No one was home when I arrived to my mansion. That is okay. I like it when I am home alone. Mom took Matthe to Toys R Us and got me these stickers that say Marissa. I watched Friends and I studied for my anatomy test. I didn't get on the net at night because David was on the phone and I was doing something else. I was really tired so I went to bed at 9:45. Night. -Marissa

11/12/00 I don't know if y'all go to the bio's or not, so I will tell you that I updated mine. Or I guess I should say added some stuff to it. I didn't have to go to Mass today so I got to sleep in. I was still feeling bad, and to tell you the truth I still am. I read the paper and watched some tv. Mattie gave Mom those CD's she burned for me for my b-day. There are three of them and I like them a lot. Thanks Mattie!! I tried to add pictures to the site, but I don't know how. I looked up some stuff on the net and I read today. Andrew called to see if I was going to youth gruop. I wasn't. He told me that I sounded really bad over the phone. He called me back when Mass was over. I hate this. I feel fine if it wasn't for my nose being stuffed up. Everything below my head is okay. This really sucks. Mom wanted me to take some medicine, but I told her that my body's natural defense mechnaisms (sp?) will make me better. She just rolled her eyes about that (NOTE: I did take the medicine eventually). I am really glad that I didn't have any homework. I got to rest and get better all day. I hope I feel better tomorrow. I hate having to miss school. Dad didn't come home this weekend like he was supposed to. He will come next weekend I guess. I believe that is all that happened to me today. Night. -Marissa

11/11/00 "Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there. With open arms and open eyes yeah" I was sick when I woke up this morning. I watched tv and David H. came over with my bro. He isn't too bad on the eyes. We went to the Ravipati's for lunch and another multicultural experience. I was told numerous times that I must have an eating disorder. Even in another language I was told that! We went to David's soccer game and then to Dairy Queen. After that we went to Wal-Mart and to Mass. I didn't eat dinner because I felt bad so I watched then SMF on MTV. I took a shower and when I was downstairs David came home and he brought Stephen K. with him. I felt bad so I went upstairs and I got on the net to do my journal, but Gina, Andrew, and AshLeigh were on so I talked to them. Stephen W. please get on! I need to talk to you! I don't have much else to say but this: AM I THE ONLY VIRGIN BY CHOICE OUT THERE?????

11/10/00 Mattie woke me up at 9:00 IN THE MORNING!!!!!! What is wrong with that girl? We watched Good Will Hunting. When that was over we listened to her CD's while she read and I painted a picture. The picture is TIGHT! Mattie left at 12:30 and I went to fix something to eat when AshLeigh called. We were going to meet for our project except we couldn't get ahold of anyone else. We decided to just meet tomorrow. Mom took me to the mall to get Karen her birthday present. I got her Stigmata. I bought a hooded sweatshirt. By the time we got home I had about 20 minutes before I had to be at Jenna's for Karen's surprise party. The party was a lot of fun. I brought my camera so someday those pictures will be on the site. Mattie and I were being stupid and it was really funny. We are the world's biggest loser and we are very hyper, per say, when we are together. All we do is laugh and make fun of each other. It is usually pretty funny except when we are around guys we like, then we can't stop being stupid and we probably look really immature. We aren't though. I have decided to stop boycotting the library because I need to go there for PPR (Personal Pleasure Research). I want to look up stuff about the Catholic Church. I took a shower when I got home from the party and got on the internet to do my journal. When I am done with the entry I will look up some stuff on the net and then go read or watch a movie. Night. -Marissa

11/09/00 I wore my hair curly today. It still looked blah, but not as blah as usual. We took a test in health today. I am beginning to hate that class. We had homeroom and got progress reports. I am not doing so well. Actually, I am doing fine, just not the grades I want to have in certain classes. I finished the other AP report I had to do in broadcasting. We had a cool sub in geotmetry. Again, no one was at the table for lunch. AshLeigh and I decided not to do the worksheets in geometry so we watched Billy and Patrick. Billy got mad because we sprayed this stuff and he thought it stunk. AshLeigh took out her lip gloss and Patrick decided to eat it. That boy is odd. We had a sub in AP. I sat by Melanie. We had a bunch of hard worksheets to do. Why did I take that class? I don't want to be a doctor. Oh wait, I know why I took it. It was because Mom thought it would be good for me to take, so she decided that I should take it. I went to Chanen's after school and we had a good talk. We talked about how we have less than two years before we leave each other and how sad that will be. When I got home Mom told me that Jessica called so I called her back and talked to her for an hour and a half or something. I got a Teen in the mail. it had a poster of Blink 182 in it. I will hang that up in my room since the dudes in the band are on fire. I watched Friends and the Real World the thing. Matt's girlfriend was there and she is gorgeous. As much as I am in love with him, I hope things work out great for him and his girlfriend, Meredith. I wish I would be able to see him in B'ham Sunday. David let me drive his car the the movie rental place. I couldn't see above the steering wheel so it was pretty interesting for the two of us- especially since it was dark and all. I rented Stigmata and Gods And Monsters. When we got home Mattie arrived and she ate our food. Our Indian food actually. We stayed up practially all night watching moives. I went to sleep during Gods And Monsters. I will watch it later if I feel like it. Night. -Marissa

11/08/00 Again, I straightened my hair only to go outside and have it come out as blah. Tomorrow it will be curly. I think I was running late this morning. It took me a bit longer than usual to get my hair right. We found out what kind of personality we had in health today. I am a type B personality. I also found out that I have 49 spare hours in a week. I don't think that is accurate. I never have time to do anything. Mattie and I went to Mrs. Holland's car to get the boom box for the announcements today. We walked around the whole freaking school to take up time. In third we did stupid work. No one was at the table for lunch. Sarah, Sarah, Jess, me, James, and Stephen K. Jassem wasn't there to make fun of me. I got to check out of fourth to go to the dentist to get that tooth pulled. They drugged me up and yanked it out. Pain. I hate pain. Mom and I stopped by the library to see if the book I wanted to get was in. It wasn't. It was supposed to be though. I want to read The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux since it is playing down in B'ham right now. Matthew had his robotics and we went to pick him up, but I stayed in the car. The weather got bad and for some odd reason Mom made me go into the school. I hate Discovery. That was the most close-minded school I have ever been to. When we got home I ate some food since I was starving and went upstairs to get on to the computer to finish the other AP report I have due. I hope I can get it done soon. Adam came over for David. I watched Friends and got on the net. I talked to Jessica and Andrew. I took a shower and got on the net again. When I get off I will read The Count of Monte Cristo. Night. -Marissa

11/07/00 Why do I bother to straighten my hair in the morning if it is raining? That is really dumb of me to even bother. From now on when it is raining outside, I will let it be curly. We had a sub in health today and she made us go to the library to look up definations. I got a computer to work with. Taz was at the one next to me. He seemed to me like he was buzzing but he swore that he was clean. Well not totally clean, but he hadn't smoked any pot that morning. We were the firsts one done with the work so we looked at books about drugs. I got one on horse he got one on crack. I was the producer in broadcasting today. I have never done that job before so it was an experience for me. I saw Stephen W. in the hall going to third and I started to hit him because he is so stupid for deceiving me. He thinks it is funny. His bro, Patrick, is in my geometry class and Patrick told me that Stephen was getting LSD for Christmas. When I told him that I actually believed Stephen, he gave me this look like I was the dumbest person in the world for believing him (NOTE: Stephen is the BIGGEST mama's boy you will ever meet. I so for real about it. He is a true mama's boy). We dissected the kidney in AP today. How fun. My partner was acutally here today to help! Dustin made fun of my teeth. I hate my teeth, by the way, I get my wire back on Nov. 14th, Karen's 16 b-day. I did one of the two AP reports I have that are due Thursday. I watched The Real World New Orleans. It was the last episode. I was crying towards the end because I will miss my baby. At least I have his website to keep track of him. I wish I could go see him in B'ham this Sunday, but I won't be able to so I will just have to cry all day Sunday. The reunion (sp?) of New Orleans came on afterwards, but since the finale was an hour, it was 10:00 and that is my bedtime, so I went to bed. MTV will show it again. Thursday at 7. I will miss that show. Dis bann. -Marissa

11/06/00 It was raining today. Yuck. That means my hair is all yuck. We had more of the sex lady in health today. I was the typist in broadcasting. I got my last test back in geometry and I made a 75. That is pretty good I think. In AP we made faux urine. That was really nasty. I went to the dentist to get a tooth built up and another one pulled. I look like I am from the ghetto. So trashy. Like a rapper. I didn't even get the tooth pulled but I still got the shot. It sucked. My mouth was numb FOREVER! I ate SO much when I got back, I was a hungry little thing. I watched Friends and took a shower. I got on the internet and did my journal. Stephen is being stupid. He got me mad about nothing. I watched part of teh Smashing Punpkin's performance from Storytellers. Billy Corgan is sexy. The more I watch that tape, the more in love with him I become. I know I am pathetic. Night. -Marissa

11/05/00 I gave Sunday school another chance this morning. It wasn't so bad. We watched a movie that was somewhat current. I went to work and Andrew couldn't go so I had Karen go in with me. She had fun- at least I hope she did. I went to youth group tonight too. We did this thing on angels. It was pretty fun. Matthew is sick. Darragh called. I went to bed early. -Marissa

11/04/00 I slept until 10:36 this morning and it felt GREAT! There is absouletly nothing on tv in the the morning and it was wet outside so I was very bored. David had his last soccer game today. I went to it. They lost- badly. Every guy on the team is named David. There are like two guys not named David, so instead, they are Ryan and Stephen. It is weird. Mom took Matthew and me to Dairy Queen after the game for Blizzards, but I decided to get a kid's meal thing instead. We went to Hibbetts (sp?) afterwards and I got new shoes. They are size 7 1/2! I am moving up in the shoe world! I saw some tight skateboards there. I wanted to get one, but I didn't have enough money. I need a new skateboard. The one I have right now is real old. We got food at Wal-Mart. I picked up a job application. I found some boudain in the meat section. I showed it to Mom and it turned out that the brand of boudain they had was packaged in Beaumont, Texas which is where my mom grew up and where her family lives now. As she stocked up on the boudain, she was talking about how she should call her mom to tell her about not only finding boudain in Alabama, but how the boudain she found was packaged in Beaumont. That only shows how much Cajun Texans love their food- especially their boudain. There was a Real World Marathon on that I watched part of. I wanted to see the latest episode since I was not able to watch it when it came on. When I was eating dinner, I was looking through the One Voice (the Catholic newspaper we get) and there was this article about how Matt Smith from the Real World New Orleans was going to be the guest speaker at the Teen Life (or Life Teen, which ever, our church hasn't adopted that program yet) down at St. Peter's Church in B'ham next Sunday. I literaly freaked out! I want to go. I need to go. I have to go. I told Mom and she said that I should ask Greg if there is going to be a entourage to get there from our church. In other words, if the church youth group isn't going, neither am I because Mom is not going to drive me down to B'ham just to go to a Mass that some guy from a "trashy show on MTV" is going to speak at. I really hope Greg has plans to take people down there. I want to go so bad. The Smashing Pumpkins had their VH1 Storytellers episode on tonight. I recorded it. They did not play my two most favorite songs: "Disarm" and their cover of Fleetwood Macs "Landslide". I was disappointed but not for long because the are the SMASHING PUMPKINS and no one can be mad at them. I talked to Mattie on the phone tonight to tell her about Matt coming. She is happy. I told her that I will give Sunday school another chance tomorrow. Mainly to ask Greg about B'ham next Sunday. I will let you know how it turns out. Night. -Marissa

11/03/00 Chanen called me this morning to tell me that they couldn't give me a ride to school. I think they just didn't want to take me. It doesn't matter, I planned on riding the bus anyway. I wore the shirt Jessica got me to school today! I got SO many compliments!!!! Thanks a lot Jessica!! I brought Mattie a piece of my birthday cake to school today. I brought Jessica a piece yesterday. Kristen got in trouble for her skirt being too short. I don't know what she did about it though. Last time I talked to her, she couldn't get ahold of her dad. Stephen W. is being nicer to me now. I mean he has always been nice, but it seems like after my birthday (and on it) he has said something like "good evening" or "good morning" or "what's up?" everytime I see him (which is usually twice a day). I told AshLeigh and she said it was probably because I am legal now. Mattie and I are very excited for next Thursday when our little movie party happens. It will be very fun. We didn't do much in health today or in broadcasting. In geometry we took a test. We are learning about the urinary system in AP now. We took notes on the kidneys today. I looked so cute today. That sounded conceited, but it is just what I think. Besides I got lots of compliments on how I looked cute today. I really hate riding the bus. Everytime I am on it the dumb Discovery guy(s) will make some comment(s) to me. Vague attempts at flirting with an upperclassman. I can't wait to get my car. I watched Lucas on the Fox Family Channel. That movie is pretty good. Night. -Marissa

11/02/00 I am SO tired. I need more sleep. Jessica gave me my birthday present. It is this AWESOME shirt from The Limited. It is so cute. It had stripes on it. I really love it. I found out that I passed the algebra and biology sections of the Alabama High School Graduation Exam!! We took an open book test in health today. In broadcasting, what did we do? Yes, we took notes and we worked on the AVIO for a bit. We did a review thing in geometry. I hate that class. Jassem gave me a hug at lunch today!!! I was so excited about it. I checked out in AP today. It was at the beginning of the period. I had an ortho appointment. They tightened my bottom wire, but they were really supposed to take off my top wire so I can get a tooth pulled next week. I had to go back in the chair so they could take off the wire. The wire wa being stubborn so it took a while. After the ortho, Mom and I went to Kroger to get some stuff. We got the stuff and went home. I watched an hour of Friends since it is Thursday. I studied for the geometry test we have tomorrow- now I understand what we are doing in there. I was SO tired that I went to bed at 9:00 instead of my normal time of 10:00. Hopefully I will have a more exciting life tomorow. -Marissa

11/01/00 "#8 '69 MARTINIS' Quadruple distilled and triple filtered for ultimate smoothness." Happy birthday to me!!! I am 16 today!! I got back from that concert on my birthday. I took a shower this morning instead of at night. That means I have to wear my hair curly to school :[. Mom got me some of those Cookies by Design and a card for my birthday. At school Karen got me the coolest card I have ever seen in my life!! It was a pop up of James Dean!!!!!!!!! She also got me this cool little scorpio container. Mattie gave me a little bag with candy and some Kerropi stuff and a card. Kristen made me a cute little card, and Crystal gave me a card. Might I add that Jassem slapped me at lunch when I tried to get it back from him because I thought he was done reading it. It was a joke though, but it sure did hurt. He also has decided to stop joking on me. He (and the rest of the guys I sit by at lunch) said that (t)he(y) only pick on me because they like me. Well, we took a test in AP that took the whole period. Eight discussion questions (they took up about an hour to do) and 90 or so multiple choice questions. I was so excited that I finished before the bell rang. Jess had to take this girl from the volleyball team home today. It was annoying. I was tempted to just walk home. In case you couldn't tell, I was in a kind of non-talking mood today because I thought my birthday sucked. Anyway, when I got home Thea was there and she gave me my present. She got me a Catholic Bible for teens. It is pretty cool, I have already looked through some of it. Mom made my cake today. It was very good. I had my birthday dinner consisting of pasta and red sauce. We went to Mass tonight because it is a Holy Day of Obligation. I am very tired. I didn't get much sleep last night. I got that picture of me and Kyle from Jenna. It is very cute. I guess that is all from my day. I had a somewhat sucky birthday at school, but I had fun at home with my family being the center of attention. And Mom and Matthew were home the whole time so I wasn't alone on my birthday! -Marissa

10/31/00 Happy halloween!!! Tomorrow is my sweet sixteen birthday!!!! I went by M(r?)s. Phillip's room today and I found out that I rank 130/500 in our class!!! I am happy about that! In health today, we did an assignment like "would you rather" and one of the questions was "would you rather be a table or a chair?" and I said table because "I like to be the center of attention". Ms Jones really liked my answer because she had me say it quite a few times. We got to see that play in second. It was a good play. I forget what we did in geometry. Some worksheet I bet. We had pratically nothing to do in AP today. Mrs. Turner turned the radio on and we finished some the heart lab. It was fun. Jessica called and I talked to her as I did my geometry. After I hung up with Jessica Gina called and I talked to her while I studied my AP. When I got off the phone with Gina I ate dinner and got ready for the concert I was going to with Gina. Dexter Freebish, Stroke 9, and Sister Hazel were playing. It was really good. I watched DF with Gina, but she was with Jonathan so I felt uncomfortable. Jacob B. was in front of me and he is TALL and I couldn't see anything. I met DF after they played. I bought a sticker and had them sign it. I got my picture taken with Kyle, the lead singer. Talk about hot!!!! When Jenna teaches me how to put pictures on this site I will put that picture on. It is a really good one. I hung with Jenna and Karen for the rest of the concert since I felt weird around Gina and Jonathan. Gina was looking for me and she got mad, but it is all good between us. We didn't get home until 12:00!!!!!! I was SO tired. I just went straight to bed. I would just take a shower in the morning. I hope you had a fun Halloween!!! -Marissa

10/30/00 This time change is throwing me off. It is too bright outside when I wake up now. I fixed these mini egg rolls for breakfast and they didn't get cooked all over so I didn't really eat breakfast today. It doesn't really matter I guess, I just got an Almond Joy in between the break for second period. We had the sex lady again today, but the sex dude was in B'ham or something so the dudes and chicks were in the same room today. We did a list of the qualities we look for in a guy (or girl for the boys, at least I hope so anyway). Here is some from my personal list for all you potential boyfriends of mine reading this: