Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Conforming: To like or not to like

This break has meant a lot to me so far. 3 weeks ago tomorrow, Zach and I started dating. Up until Friday, we hadn't really hung out on our own. We'd mostly just gone to places with our best friends, Hannah and Matt, and Kaitlin and Judd. On Friday, we went to dinner with my mom and, with much reluctance from Zach, to see New Moon. We both quite enjoyed laughing at the overly obsessed fan base that polluted the theater. Saturday, I went with my mom to Barnes & Nobel to pick up a copy of the Communist Manifesto for Philosophy Club, which yes is real and not just an excuse to stay after school with my friends on Friday when I am supposed to be home cleaning. Then when I my mom left for work, and I had the whole house to myself, I called Zach out of boredom, expecting to talk for an hour or two maybe--I mean we were a couple, but not to clingy, just kinda cool. We ended up talking for 6 hours, only to be followed by all day Sunday talking on the phone, hanging out on Monday, then talking on the phone some more, and today, when I went to his house and we sat around and watched South Park/ worked on our AP American History essay.
Zach and I have come to terms that we are conforming with the stereotypical teen-agers who get into relationships and then can't picture life with out each other. I don't quite think we are there yet, but do seem to spend an awful lot of our time either with each other or on the phone with each other. The real question is if once we get back to school in a week, will we still feel the need to fill our time with each other, or could we move on to IB homework that should take all of our time, regardless if we want it to or not. I am accrediting our current state of conforming to our lack of better ways to spend our time, but just by me writing this post, I am conforming to the typical teen-age girl stereotype that girls think about their boyfriends all the time. However, I must admit my incomplete hatred of my current conforming.

Lesson of the Day: If your attitude on life changes--you are suddenly a much happier person-- and your parents know why, they do not protest too loudly.

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