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Again

Hunter — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:12:59 GMT

Sorry I have posted in a while, but God bless you all and I hope that all is going well!! :hyper::dance::nerd::music:

EVAN TAUBENFELD - CHEATER OF THE YEAR

Hunter — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:51:24 GMT

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoid=52262235

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoid=52262235

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Watch it! :D

Cheater of the Year - Lyric Video

Under the Weather

Hunter — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:06:15 GMT

Not feeling too good. :(

Favorite Quotes

Hunter — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:27:16 GMT

Here are some of my favorite quotes.... (Yes, taken straight from my facebook page :p)

"Compassion is no substitute for justice" - Rush Limbaugh

"Recognition is the greatest motivator" - Unknown

"You don't have to see eye to eye to walk hand in hand" - Rick Warren

"Living well is not the best revenge. Succeeding in your career and humiliating your critics is." - Bill O'Reilly

And the old cliche, "Just be yourself."

Sunday Sunday

Hunter — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:43:00 GMT

So I've heard from a family member that my blog is boring.

Appropriate smiley: :blah:

Ehh. Perhaps it is too much about me. Who wants to read that, right? :boom:

It won't stop me from talking about myself... :p

but I'll try to make my blog more interesting.

Also, I would still love to find a way to import my posts from blogger into here. :)

Mr. and Ms. Friday & Saturday

Hunter — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:58:55 GMT

First, I'll provide an explanation for the title of this entry? Ready for it? .... I know why. It just popped in my head and I figured it would garner attention. Also, if you were not aware, it is Saturday but I will start with Friday.

Friday at school was fine. I'm glad to have this weekend though as the monotony of my new semester was starting to kick in and become stale rather quickly and yes, Friday was only my third day of the new classes. In Environmental I presented a current event for extra credit that we had the option of doing and we also finished up a lab experiment of the temperatures of water and soil. In the midst of all that my friends (Sam and Julia) and I had to think of an experiment we could do that would/should stretch over the course of the semester. One group decided on testing the memory of rats and while the other groups had chosen experiments, I wasn't aware of what they were. Our group didn't decide on an experiment which provides some homework for me this weekend to find a good one online.

As the bell rang, I made my way down to my theater class. It was shortened as we had a school wide assembly. Our principal, Pete Kashubara, touched on things such as speaking with teachers if things were going right, attendance, and End of Course scores among other things. I'd say the End of Course scores stood out the most to the majority of the student body. Of all the End of Course test subjects, our school had 97% of the student body pass them. Last year, we had 88% I believe. Sure our school only has about 280 students, but it is still something to be proud of I guess. The assembly ended and we got to start lunch 5 minutes early.

Recently, I've been packing my lunch... or my dad has. :sunny: Considering last year's BAND-AID IN MY TACO MEAT incident :eww: and my efforts to eat healthier, I'd say it was a good decision. Let me touch on last year's incident with the Band-Aid in my taco meat last year....

THERE WAS A FREAKING BAND-AID IN MY TACO MEAT! :sick: :nono:

The sketchy lunch people claim it was packaging...

IF SO, THEN THAT SHOULDN'T BE IN MY LUNCH EITHER! :faint:

So, now the people who get hurt when preparing the school cafeteria food are required to wear blue Band-Aids instead of the typical tan colored ones.

ANYWAY...... BACK TO YESTERDAY....

So, I ate my peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat bread and some pretzels like I had done the past few days. It taste good to me so I'm satisfied with eating that for the remainder of the year. Also during lunch yesterday, I was approached by my friend Diane who is in charge of the technical aspects of the musical we are putting on: GREASE! :melo: As I am supposed to be in charge of props, I'll need to start coming every Monday from around 4:05 to 4:45 to take care of all that (we get out at 4:00 PM.) I'm also supposed to be a Prom Date in one of the scenes so I would to had to be there anyway so everything is all good. Well, my parents are going out to eat on their Anniversary Monday (Yes, Groundhogs Day :rotfl:) so I'll need to try to find a ride home which shouldn't be much of a problem. My friend Sam that I mentioned earlier in this post is also involved in the show and we live a few minutes apart.

Then in the day, there is English. Normally English is one of my favorite subjects. I'm not a huge reader but I love to write. So in English, we will start to read, The Crucible on Monday. Thursday and Friday we spent time in the media center doing research with the links provided in THIS document as some videos about the Salem Witch Trails on THIS and THIS page. I guess it is good to get a little understanding of the background before we start reading the play even though I already had some background. I was in the play, The Crucible in the 9th grade. I had a very minor role but I still got a good understanding of what it was all about.

And then we approach probably my least favorite class of the day.... MATH or "AFM" as the course I'm taking is called. math sucks... just plain and simple. I try to make the best of it, but it really sucks. Here's how I feel about math: :censored:. You see, it's so bad that it doesn't even appear as the actually word haha. Yes, math sucks very, very much.

BUT, what doesn't suck is Salvino's. In my post yesterday morning, I described that I was going to Salvino's and I did, last night. INCREDIBLE. SOOOOOOOOOOOOO tasty. :loveye: The best Italian restaurant in Greensboro for sure. I only have two complaints. The first is that the table near us was kind of loud, but luckily they left after a while. In such a restaurant, I wanted peace and quiet. Secondly, they don't take American Express cards. Why is that a problem? That is where my dad has worked for 12+ years. The same waitress that we had at Slavino's last time said again that the reason Salvino's doesn't except American Express is because the fees are too high. The waitress is very pleasant but she always seems bitter when she says that. Perhaps she has had a bad experience with AMEX in the past... which doesn't make a lot of since to me as it has ranked #1 among credit card companies for customer satisfaction for the past two years in a nationwide study by J.D. Power & Associates. Either way, the service is great and the food is even greater. I don't think I could ever find a better Chicken Alfredo. It was absolutely delicious and the chocolate cake was great as well. Oh, and the Olive Oil...... SO GOOD. My mom enjoyed a Ceaser Salad before her meal and said it was probably the best one she had ever had. I felt the same feeling with that Chicken Alfredo.

So I got home, watched some of the O'Reilly Factor and then went to bed.

Also, I confirmed my dad telling me that Taylor Swift was coming to Greensboro on her "Fearless" Tour which makes me happy. I plan on going. Also, the wonderful Kellie Pickler is opening for her.

NOW.... it is Saturday.

Morning:

I ate two pieces of peanut butter toast and some apple juice.
I am typing this write this second.

Afternoon:

If all goes to planned, my mom and I are seeing The Uninvited at 3:35 PM and then watching Taken right after that at 5:10 PM. Three cheers for back to back movies at the theater. I'm telling my mom that she must pay for the second movie... she can not get away with only paying for the first one... I simply won't allow it haha. After all, this is a cheap theater. Before 6:00, it is only $3.50 anyway. Well worth two movies.

Night:

If I go to the movies today, I'll come home around 6:45 - 7:00 PM or something like that and then I'll probably be tired and want to go to bed.

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WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHY? Why do I write all this? I do it because I love to write. I like the attention haha and if the members on Bandaids want to know more about me, they can.

Have a great day everyone. :)

Also.... I was going to use more similes.... but a limit has been set to ten. I wanted those select smilies but I had to carefully eliminate some... I'll talk to Sharifa about it haha. Thanks everyone! Like I said, have a great day! (I would love to put a smiley right here)

It's Friday

Hunter — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:02:05 GMT

Fridays are very great and even though I have to go to school on Fridays, I'd say that I like them better than Saturdays. The reason being is because of Friday nights. Saturday nights are great but then I know that I only have one more day (Sunday) before I have to go back to school. Also.... I'm going out to eat tonight.

I'm going to a nice Italian Restaurant here in Greensboro called Salvino's. Ladies and Gentlemen, Salvino's is tasty! I've only been once before but I highly enjoyed it. This restaurant has the feel of one of those small New York Italian restaurants where you can just get lost in the aura, convincing yourself that you are Italy. One of my favorite Italian dishes is Chicken Alfredo with freshly grated Parmesan cheese on top so that is what I plan to get tonight. The last and only time that I went, that was what I got. It was delicious.

I just received a text this morning which reminded me to go to my school's Movie Night. WHAT! TONIGHT?!? I knew that movie night was approaching but it crept up on me. Ahhh... Movie Night? Salvino's? I'll think I'll go with Salvino's. It's not that I don't want to go to movie night. As a matter of fact, I would love to considering the fact I helped work the last one and I'd love to be able to just sit and enjoy it. There will be more movie nights but not as much Salvino's since it is more on the pricey side. Next movie night will be around October. If all goes according to planned, we will show the original, Friday the 13th. Tonight, they are showing Happy Feat and having a dance off competition. I hope someone takes pictures and videos and puts them on Facebook.

So it is almost time to go to school. Hopefully, I can convince my dad to take me downtown. Why does he have to take me you may ask? While I don't drive. I have my permit but quit frankly, I am terrified to drive. Although it didn't have a huge affect my mom or sister, I'm thinking the the wreck I was involved in in the fifth grade had a greater impact on me. I just here about too many young teenagers getting hurt or killed. One I know of was in a wheelchair for a few years. The room filled with tears at my sisters graduation as he got out of his wheelchair for the first time since the accident in order to walk across the stage and accept his diploma. Another instance I know of was a teenager who actually died in a wreck. He was in the same grade as my sister and he was part of a triplet. He was going to soup kitchen that day which is a place where you go before school and serve breakfast to elders. My sister sometimes got a ride with him to soup kitchen, but the day that he died, my sister was with her boyfriend that morning for some event. If that had not have happened.... my sister would have probably been in that care. So... driving scares me. I know I'll need to get over it, but I'll wait until I'm comfortable. Well I'll go continue to get ready for school and hopefully my dad will just take me straight downtown to school inside of the alternate way of getting to school.
The alternate way is that he drops me off at Northwest High school (The school were the students got in the wreck) and then I wait until 8:30 AM and take a bus from there to downtown were my school is -- Weaver Academy: The School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

God Bless,

Hunter :)

A New Semester

Hunter — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:47:13 GMT

Yesterday I started a new semester at Weaver Academy -- my school. It went well but whenever I start something new that is school related, I want summer to come. I suppose I could always settle for Spring Break. My new classes are as follows:

Honors Earth/Environmental -- It won't be a hard class and we will be able to watch the Planet Earth series most Fridays but I don't know how comfortable I am with some of the curriculum that my teacher is implementing. I suppose it is just political; claiming something is a fact and that he humans are the cause but yet a number of scientists and the founder of the Weather Channel disagree.

Honors Theatre III -- This should be just fine. We are going to focus on a lot of new acting techniques that I was otherwise unfamiliar with so those should be nice to learn.

Lunch - I love my 45 minute lunch.

Honors English 11 -- This should be fine. We are going to do a lot of reading my new teacher said yesterday which I'm not that into but it seems that she has good intentions, so I'll put forth effort.

Advanced Functions & Modeling -- Ehh... Math. I'm not a math person at all but I will put forth effort in this class as well. It's my last block of the day but it is definitely not something to look forward to. I'll just have to go with the flow. I didn't really know what kind of math this class consisted of and my teacher said that it is like taking Algebra II to the next level. Fun. :rolleyes: I will try though.

So I'll make the most out of my 1 hour and 30 minute classes and try to score some decent grades.
I got my End of Course grade back (An exam written by the state for a particular subject) yesterday for Honors United States History. I did well. A got a 94. :)

Now, I will eat breakfast and head off to school for another day. :)

Life as I know it.

Hunter — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:12:18 GMT

I'd call this my first serious blog entry... on Bandaids' newly implemented blogging feature that is. I've had a blog over at HunterHasaPoint.com for a while now and If could find a way to transfer or import those posts over here, then that would be great. My goal is to be here 20 years from now and reading what I'm writing right now. It is definitely interesting to think about the future but at the same time, I'd say its fun. It's fun to know that a person can shape the future. Sure, horrible accidents could happen and my friends and family could disappear forever but as for now, I enjoy thinking about the future. Is it scary? It can be not knowing what you'll do or where you'll end up. Will you fail? Will you be successful? Another question that arises is do you think about all of this now? Or do you just wait to live day by day in the future? That's what I probably aim to do. I do trust myself when I say I'll be successful, but what is success? I'd say if your happy, then you are successful.

Success is funny because it is measured so differently from person to person across our great universe. Like I said, if your happy then you are successful. But what makes you happy and do people tell themselves that their happy when they are really not? I'd like to think that I am a happy person but how would I know? I lack a lot of self confidence that goes back to Middle School. I question everything. I judge everyone. OR DO I?!? It's frustrating not knowing completely who you are or where you'll be. I often have contrasting feelings about various things and I know where I want to be but not how to get there. When I feel down, I pray. I'm a fairly religious guy but I could be better, much better. Does praying make me feel better or is it just the routine that I've become accustom to? There's another dang question. At least for this one, I know an answer. Praying makes me feel better. And I know that as a fact. It's not one of those "does it? or am I just telling myself that" kind of things as I know when I'm feeling good and when I'm not. I love God. When I'm down that is who I go to and I feel happier.

Sometimes I feel trapped. Not in the all-too-familiar, melodramatic, poetic way that emotional kids often refer to but more so psychologically... in my head if you will. What I mean is... do I really have ALL of these contrasting thoughts or am I just looking to much into it? If I could just let myself go and not take EVERYTHING so seriously, perhaps I'd be a genuinely happier person but then I fear that I wouldn't be COMPLETELY in control of my life and that is all I really want; to be completely in control of my life. That's why I avoid drugs and alcohol. I feel like they would take me over and they would tell who I am while not letting ME tell who I am. I MUST be in control of my life. I've even pledged to myself to not drink alcohol in my life. I've seen what it has done to people and I would never want it to take over me, whether it be for just that night or month, year, or life. I am ME. I am not someone like me because they are under the influence of alcohol. I am ME and that is who I plan to stay. "Lighten up!", some may say. If I have to subject myself to things that I don't want to be a part of then, NO, I will not "Lighten Up."

It's true I'm stubborn. I lack friends, confidence, and sometimes faith. If I ever had to meet a Bandaider whether it be a moderator or a regular member for a meet up at concert to meet Avril, or whatever... I'd be so scared. I love the internet so much because I can full express my thoughts without people actually seeing my in person with the possibility to judge me face to face. The computer is the perfect shield. Inside of school, I'm somewhat social and I have some great friends but outside... I rarely leave the house unless its with my family. I love home and that is just the way it is. So from here, I guess I need to continue living life to the fullest in the means that I'm actually comfortable and just see where it takes me. I do think about a lot of things and I get upset, but I have God and I pray that I don't wear a facade throughout my life. I am me. I am Hunter McMillian.

God Bless,

Hunter McMillian

Really? My First Entry?

Hunter — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:03:59 GMT

I HATE BEING LIED TO...

that had to be it?

Really?

Thanks Sharifa for setting this up. I plan to make good use of it. :)