Woah. It's been a while since I've blogged.

It looks like I'm going to graduate, which rocks. Seriously, it rocks. GED class is obnoxious but feasible. The teacher seems nice, and the curriculum is a critique on mainstream textbooks. I get to personalize what I learn, which means that I can focus on cultural shifts instead of presidents and wars.
Apparently, I'm applying to Cincinnati this weekend. My dad informed me. Yeah... looking forward to when my parents are less in charge of my life. Also to a group of new people to find friends in. Sometimes I am struck by how poorly I fit in with people at our school. I know that's one of those stereotypical teenager feelings, but still, I think college will be a great opportunity to meet new people.
My parents are still sucking with the broken relationship thing. Sure, another typical teenager thing, but again, a true one. My mother is especially crazy, going about in her new life, as if she didn't have two kids and a (legal) husband. My dad has been doing well holding things together, but you can see the stress is getting to him.
Lots of fun yelling and (again) stereotypical use of the children to convey messages to one another. Think... The Parent Trap, without the happy ending. Actually, a better example is from one of the Ramona books (which I hope everyone read, because they were amazing), where Ramona has a bad dream about her parents divorcing. In her dream, she's out on the lawn with her parents, who are divvying up household stuff and using her as the go between. Except it's not a bad dream, and I'm seeing that it's not a soap opera.
I've been feeling a lot of pressure to explain my religion to everyone lately. No, my necklace does not depict a pumpkin, the VW symbol, or a "torch of knowledge," --- it's a chalice. No, the religion is not a branch of Christianity; we don't use the bible, belive in a god, or, indeed, believe in anything specific as a religion. Yes, it's a legitimate religion. Yes, I have specific religious and moral beliefs that came from my religion, and yes, they are my personal interpretation of the UU principles. Yes, I think killing is wrong. No, I don't worship satan. Yes, I'd be happy to talk to you about it. No, I won't try to convert you.

And that's all she wrote.