Thanks, guys

The World Series starts on Wednesday and the Rockies are my new best friends.

We are loyal to you all season. We watch you play every single day. And this is how you treat us.

Today we had an assembly and it was the worst Foothill has ever put on. It was in honor of Red Ribbon Week. This ex-addict stood there yapping while swinging his legs back like he was going to kick someone in the shins. He kept talking about how good he felt while he was high. Then quickly at the end he barfed up his message. "Some of you are on the road to death. The seed of addiction has been planted. Some of you will end up in prison. You are going to DIE!" A very powerful speaker.

This assembly made all the periods shorter except for fourth period, economics. Great. Over an hour with Lipman. He made up a funny word today. "Interchangements." Well, he's good for something.

Today was test day in calculus. I didn't take it. I just sat there and wrote down all the things that were in my head. A lot of what I am writing now. I turned that in.

I've been playing Mah Jongg every day for hours. It's a great stress reliever.

Yesterday I went to Del Valle Regional Park. I went by myself. It is a very cool place. I like to take a walk along the water.

Tomorrow is the first GED test. They span three nights, each three and a half hours. I think it's the writing test first. This is the easiest one because all you have to do is correct things like spelling and grammar. You also have to write an essay.

Bradley update: Still doing absolutely nothing.

Steve is a Red Sox fan who's in my economics class. We've been arguing about which team is going to win the ALCS. Today he wore his Boston sweatshirt. I was thinking how sweet it would have been if I could wear my Grady Sizemore jersey that my mom got me for my birthday. Steve didn't say anything to me, which is good because I probably would have punched him in the face. But save your judgments. He's a very nice person.

Anyway, I didn't do much else today.

My mom called Ms. Edwards, my counselor, on Friday to ask her if I could leave sometime this week. She hasn't called back yet.

So I am waiting for Ms. Edwards.

Gram: How would you feel if I came to stay at your house around November 1st? I know you wanted me to come and help out during December when people are doing their holiday shopping, but maybe people will start early.

Bye!