Last Day Before Camp!

This is my last day home before I go to camp, and it is bittersweet. I love everyone here in Hastings, and yet have so much fun at camp! As I have said before, I am going for 4 weeks, and if you will be in town when I get back, "send me a holla" and we can do something. I wish you all a great summer! This past year was the best. I hope to hear from you at camp. See you around, when I get back!

My tentative schedule for next year:
1) English 11 Hon - Marciano
2) AP Computer Science - Mr. Dan (Mihalcescu)
3) Pre-Calc - Ms. Gocmen
4) Media Arts - Mr. Merchant (YAY MAC COMPUTERS!)
5) I hope you know what happens this period (Hint: LUNCH)
6) PE - Fennel
7) Physics - McGuiness
8) French IV Hon - Wenger!
9) AP US History - Tucker!

Send me an email that says what classes we have in common, I'll get it when I get back from camp.


Camp Address:
Steven Siden
c/o YMCA Camp Hi-Rock
162 East Street
Mt. Washington, MA 01258

Packing Pics

Some things never left the trunk from last year. :)








Room, mid-pack






Letters from last year

Another Tuesday Update!

It's Tuesday, and I have 2 of 4 regents done. They weren't that bad. I just have Chemistry and Math B regents still, tomorrow afternoon (Wed) and then Thursday morning. (And for the record, I definately don't think that I will fail the Chem regents.) I don't know if you all know my summer plans, but they are as follows.

June 26-July 23 YMCA Camp Hi-Rock (I'm CITing)
Address:
Steven Siden
YMCA Camp Hi-Rock
162 East Street
Mt. Washington, MA 01258

July 24-Aug 6
Home/Interning In NYC at Gotham Sound and Communications

approx. Aug 7~20
Road trip with family. (Maybe I'll get in some good driving time)
First: Camping in Smokies (Tennessee/N. Carolina)
Then: Florida for visit with grandparents.

I'll have to fit a whole bunch of Tucker work in there, as well as other school and personal projects.

Again, thanks everyone for a great year. It was a blast! You guys are all really cool people, and I shall be 'specing between one and 5 bajillion letters at camp from you all. If I do not see you before school lets out, Have a great summer!!

Please sign up for my Gratis offers as promo-ed below if you can, I really want to see this work.

~Steven

Quotes

Quotes From Here

"10th grade
As I sat there in English class, I stared at the girl next to me. She was my so called "best friend". I stared at her long, silky hair, and wished she was mine. But she didn't notice me like that, and I knew it. After class, she walked up to me and asked me for the notes she had missed the day before and handed them to her. She said "thanks" and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I wanted to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why.

11th grade
The phone rang. On the other end, it was her. She was in tears, mumbling on and on about how her love had broke her heart. She asked me to come over because she didn't want to be alone, so I did. As I sat next to her on the sofa, I stared at her soft eyes, wishing she was mine. After 2 hours, one Drew Barrymore movie, and three bags of chips, she decided to go to sleep. She looked at me, said "thanks" and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why.

Senior year
The day before prom she walked to my locker. My date is sick" she said; he's not going to go well, I didn't have a date, and in 7th grade, we made a promise that if neither of us had dates, we would go together just as "best friends". So we did. Prom night, after everything was over, I was standing at her front door step. I stared at her as she smiled at me and stared at me with her crystal eyes. I want her to be mine, but she isn't think of me like that, and I know it. Then she said "I had the best time, thanks!" and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why.

Graduation Day
A day passed, then a week, then a month. Before I could blink, it was graduation day. I watched as her perfect body floated like an angel up on stage to get her diploma. I wanted her to be mine, but she didn't notice me like that, and I knew it. Before everyone went home, she came to me in her smock and hat, and cried as I hugged her. Then she lifted her head from my shoulder and said, "you're my best friend, thanks" and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why.

A Few Years Later
Now I sit in the pews of the church. That girl is getting married now. I watched her say "I do" and drive off to her new life, married to another man. I wanted her to be mine, but she didn't see me like that, and I knew it. But before she drove away, she came to me and said "you came!". She said "thanks" and kissed me on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why.

Funeral
Years passed, I looked down at the coffin of a girl who used to be my "best friend". At the service, they read a diary entry she had wrote in her high school years. This is what it read: I stare at him wishing he was mine, but he doesn't notice me like that, and I know it. I want to tell him, I want him to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love him but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why. I wish he would tell me he loved me! `I wish I did too...` I thought to my self, and I cried." -Unknown


"No one dies a virgin, Life screws us all."
-Michael J. Trent

"A stranger stabs you in the front; a friend stabs you in the back; a boyfriend stabs you in the heart, but best friends only poke each other with straws."
-Unknown

Should I smile because we are friends? Or cry because we'll never be anything more?
-Ian

Never frown because you never know who might be falling in love with your smile.
-Justine Milton

A friend is someone who can see the truth and pain in you even when you are fooling everyone else.
-Unknown


Think about it.
~Steven

What? Steven's updating on a tuesday? Wierd

Yeah, for once, I am updating on a Tuesday. I must say, it feels wierd. Possibly the best part of finals weeks, is that you can sleep late if you have an afternoon test, or review session in the afternoon! I didn't used to be a big sleeper, but nowadays, I really try for between eight and 10 hrs of sleep a night.

I had my math final today, which was okay, I definately know that I did not do AMAZINGLY, but I have come to the conclusion that (Steven+trig=log(confused steven+ tan(a/2))) Steven and trig do not produce good results. I think I may have botched my way though a few parts of the test. I just know that all I have left is Regents, in four topics. I think I will do better there. Classes are over, what a relief!

I cannot wait for camp!
~Steven

I cannot believe it, it's almost over.

So I bought the new Coldplay album today, and I think the best song on it is Fix You. I was calling it quits with my math studying, looking over the Math Journal 10 assignment (reflection of the year), and started to think of the past year, which was truly amazing. I don't think that I have said it many times before, and I definitely mean it. School had it's ups and downs, as did things outside of school. I have pushed myself very hard this year to succeed, and although all final grades are not yet in, for the moment, I feel like I have. As I feel the crunch of school work get tighter and tighter around my neck, as I did tonight, I put on some good music, and reflect. It was ... better than amazing. I had so many good times with all my friends, new and old. I may have lost a bit of money *cough metrocard fares cough*, but being the nice guy that I think I am, I am okay with that. My friends are really great, and I have a great family who supports all of my endeavors. I can't wait to go to camp this summer, It'll be so much fun! But the hurdle that stands in my way is all of these tests, and papers and projects. I know I will get through them, and then prepare for AP Tucker next year. I have to get some sleep now, but am really happy with the past school year, and look forward to Junior year, and everything that comes along with it, because I know that I will make it. I hope that you all feel this way, because it is such a relief from the busy life that we all live day-to-day. I will be bringing in my yearbook soon. I hope you all get a chance to sign it.

I leave you with a great line from Fix You:
"lights will guide you home / and ignite your bones"

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This is all made possible by the people over at Gratis Networks and their affiliates. I would encourage you to look around, they have some pretty cool stuff. I know this looks a little fishy, and you are smart to doubt the legimitacy of this, but I have meticulacy researched it and found out that they are a reliable source. Numerous well known and reputable sources have done research on it, and found out that is is legit. Some links to the reviews are listed below:

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Hope you guys will help me out, and score a free Mac Mini in the process.
~Steven

EDIT: You MUST use Internet Explorer with popup blocking disabled to see the terms of each offer. It will not work using anything else. If you click on an offer and do not see a popup, you are doing something wrong.

It's Sunday....Again

Well, I still have work to attend to, but this weekend was really great! Stars over Hastings was a huge success from my standpoint, and everyone that I talked to was very positive about it. I had a lot of fun, and working with Tergis was, as always, a lot of fun, and working with Steve Adabbo was just cool to be around someone with that much talent. The cool thing about Stars, was that the lighting designer, who happened to be a graduate of HHS, whose name I believe was Martin, is the lighting guy at Webster Hall. I told him that I was just at Webster Hall at the Bright Eyes/The Faint concert. It was cool to meet such a nice guy who did lights at a concert like that.

On a different note, I may have a cool offer for you guys soon, it would be worth your (electronic) while to check back soon, when I have more details. Some of you are really going to like it :)

~Steven

Uh, yeah

Uh, yeah, it's Wednesday, and I went to the academic awards ceremony tonight. It was ok, and I got High Honor Roll, which is really good, and I'm happy about that, I really am. It was sort of just depressing seeing mostly the same people go up to get their 50 awards, while I sat in my seat clapping. I know that sounds really obnoxious and self centered, but I don't mean it to be. Another thing was that I could pick out people that I thought I had done better than, and they had gotten an award. I dunno. I guess I should be happier with what I have, as opposed to what I want or feel I deserve, but it's weird. I want to congratulate everyone that did get an award. You deserve it. And to everyone who didn't get an award, you're still cool. So whatever, it is what it is, and that's it. I'm going to go now study for my English quiz that I know we might not have, cause I have to. Goodnight.

PS I really want to know if I made secretariat too!