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Just to have somewhere to go to,
(Give it all away)
To have someone to come home to.

Frickity flaccid flamables, Batman. So much to do, so little time.

Ho'right, so my 18th birthday will be Un 4.5 months (approximately) and a bunch of crap is going down. Doesn't it suck when you have to look to the future and say "....Day-um"?

Stuff that has to happen:

1. Senior Project - Creating a web page. Very likely I'll do it on my family as it seems like I can pool the most resources from that topic, but should time allow it I have more ideas.

2. Eagle Project - Little known fact about myself: I am a Boy Scout. Shocking, I know but they do exist. We're like super heroes in the sense of secret identies except we lack powers and motivation. But anyways, one of the requirements to obtain the revered rank of Eagle Scout (and I mean revered. It can easily improve any resume and from what I've heard, in the military service you get an on-recruition pay-raise from just having it) is to perform a service project of sorts. It requires planning, approving, commanding, and logging of/from numerous people. A real pain to do.

3. Graduation - Self-explanatory. College planning and crap that comes along with the end of a free education.

4. Anime Expo - Planning and spending of the hard earned munniez here.

5. ACTUALLY obtaining Eagle - The project isn't the end of it, oh no. There a bunch of other stuff, like job-esque interview where they grill you in front of a panel of people, then your parents, then your scoutmaster, then let you know if you've passed/failed. As if that isn't enough, all requirements before this happens must be done BEFORE the 18th birthday. There's a "duration" requirement that says I have to wait six months from my previous rank advancement before I can apply for Eagle. I made that time-range by five days. Needless to say, if I even manage to complete and attend the panel, they're not going to be too thrilled and a mean grilling will ensue.

All before my birthday. Isn't that just grand?

"Life's Gonna Suck lyrics" by Denis Leary

Life's gonna suck when you grow up,
when you grow up, when you grow up
Life's gonna suck when you grow up,
it sucks pretty bad right now
[Hey, if you know the words, sing along]
You're gonna have to mow the lawn,
do the dishes, make your bed
You're gonna have to go to school
until you're seventeen
[It's gonna seem about tree times as long as that]
You might have to go to war,
shoot a gun, kill a nun
You might have to go to war
when you get out of school
[Hey cheer up kids, it gets a lot worse]
You're gonna have to deal with stress,
deal with stress, deal with stress
You're gonna be a giant mess
when you get back from the war
Santa Claus does not exist, and there is no Easter Bunny
You'll find out when you grow up that Big Bird isn't funny
Life's gonna suck when you grow up,
when you grow up, when you grow up
Life's gonna suck when you grow up,
it sucks pretty bad right now
You're gonna end up smoking crack,
on you're back, face the fact
You're gonna end up hooked on smack
and then you're gonna die
And then you're gonna die