It's finally hit me that summer has come to an end; it's something that I'm willing to admit and accept. It was pretty great, having two and a half months of not having to really think about anything. While it was over a little too soon, and became a little redundant with too many days spent doing nothing, it's hard to complain. Now that it's over, I've got to get back into my routine of waking up at 630 and having a ton of work to do.

I'm not sure whether or not I look forward to the school year, there's a lot to consider this year. Do I continue what's been working so far my first three years attending prep school, which has been next to nothing and settling for around 80%, or do I aim a bit higher and try to go for a 90% average? Anyways, when I realized that, I also realized something very important: school is generally easy, and there's nothing quite to worry about. If I can do nothing and still achieve over 75%, then it's pretty easy for me to just sit back.

My school is not a fantastic place, for several reasons. It's an all-boys school for starters. What this means isn't just the fact that there are no girls at the school (surprise, surprise), but it also means that 95% of students at my school are complete jerks, with terms like "sausagefest" constantly thrown about liberally, a ton of inappropriate touching "just for laughs" (yeah right...), and most of the students are egotistical bullsharks that will generally threaten to fight you for even looking at them strangely. Lucky for me, I just reply "yeah sure, whereabout?", and I'm able to stay out of trouble. Another reason why the school isn't great is the cliche that it sits under: a preperatory school located in the middle of the suburbs. Expectations are way too high. Not just in academics, where a 78% average such as mine will put you at the bottom of the class in several situations, but in behaviour (I've gotten in trouble for cursing more tmes than I should've), and athletics. You're expected to and encouraged to join one of our many sports teams (lacrosse baby!). It's really hard to deal with all the pressure a lot of times. This year I'm in advanced English, but the catch is that if you fall under 80% at anytime during the course, you're dropped to normal english. Something I believe God is teasing me with is the fact that within the radius of my school are 3 all girls' prep schools. However, in my three years at this place, I have possibly seen less than 10 of the opposite sex. Perfect.

As I mentioned earlier, I'm joining lacrosse this year as opposed to football. Why's that? Don't I love football? It's because I physically shouldn't. In just three seasons playing football, I've been pretty unsucessful at staying healthy. In the 8th grade, I managed to stay good the whole year, leading the scout team by the end of season where we went to the finals and lost horribly. My freshman year, things were going well, I was practicing with the first team most of the time, until I fractured my ankle. Twice. That pretty much ended it for me, I never did get to play as much as I could've. And my sophomore season was a complete disaster as before the year even started, I chipped a verebrae in my lower back, and pinched a nerve in my neck. I managed to play the first half of the year, but I was pretty down after losing my starting spot which I'd worked so hard to get to. I thought considerably about quitting altogether, but turns out God had already made the decision, so I missed the latter half of the year with my injuries. For this year, I'm joining lacrosse because it's less physically demanding and the team is generally horrible. No pressure.

It's going to be nice heading back to school simply so I can look forward to weekends and not feel like such a bum if I spend all my time at home gaming. I'm looking forward to Halo 3 ODST later this month on Xbox 360, and NHL 10 on Playstation 3 as well. SomeOddGuy convinced me to give the trial version of Shadow Complex a run, causing the game to make a dash near the top of my list. I've been playing a lot of Project Gotham Racing 4 lately, I finished the career mode and for some reason I've got 750 GS from this game which I've only had for a good month. On Ps3, I'm really enjoying the new firmware, and I'm still trying to get a grasp on Madden 10, my time with it has been inconsistent.

No matter how tough things get, I just need to keep a positive attitude, remember that school is generally easy, and listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB5ho3xs_9U&feature=related

As the year rolls on, I'll be sure to make a few more blargs. As of now, goodbye summer, I barely knew you.