Richard

[imood mood at time of entry: cool]

I just finished writing my paper on what I thought of Richard Pryor’s life. Two words: sad and extraordinary. The man is so damn talented and he just wasted his life away on drugs, alcohol, and women. He had five failed marriages and was a cop’s bestfriend (read: he saw them a lot). The man even set himself on fire! I mean come on! *sighs* He was definitely one my heros growing up. I always liked him because he was hilarious. I enjoyed his work. As I got older I heard more about the Richard Pryor of today and the man that he was. All I had known about him was from his old movies. *sighs* I miss my squeaky clean version of him that I so cherished. Damn life for taking that away!

I had to write about the “Biography” (it is “” for television shows right?) episode that my Speech teacher showed the class yesterday. I knew some of the stuff mentioned, but some of it I did not. I didn’t know about the drugs or the women or the marriages or any of his children. There was so much. I mean his grandmother was freaking madame for cripes’ sake (hrmm. . . not sure if that’s it or not)!

I also got to spend the day at the Holocaust museum. I spent an hour there reading in the main exhibit for my History class. When I hand write a one page paper on the experience, it will serve as my Final. But knowing me, I’ll probably type it up with all the dressings and it’ll be at least a couple of pages long.

I stayed in the exhibit for exactly an hour and then came out. It was simply too much information to digest at one time. I was already feeling kind of eh from lack of food and needing to use the restroom. I started to feel sick. In fact, I still do. I need to go to McDonald’s or something.

I got my pay checks over the weekend and I have been spending them like I should not be doing. I need that money for important things like SAT and ACT registration and Summer School classes. I have all of these tests that I need to take and I don’t have the money for it. I sure as hell should be spending the money that I do have on unimportant items. I spent like $13 dollars at the museum. If you don’t think that is bad, think if it like this, I have already spent more than $40 out of a $293.55 check on which I should have spent maybe $20 on fun items. I put $5 as a “suggested donation” even though the museum is free. I spent something like $8 dollars on peace buttons that I have pinned onto my back pack. I am dangerous with a credit card. I should not be allowed in stores!

So far I have bought:

-candy for me and the fam

-sodas for me and mom

-cupcakes for Brandon (my brother not Lytewyng)

-porn DVDs for Brandon (which he gave me the money back for, but I spent on my shopping binges)

-sort of pricey herbal deodorant (which I needed, but didn’t need to buy a brand that was made in Canada from lichen from the Swiss Alps whose scent is called mountain air fresh. And yes, it is mountain air fresh, I guess. It’s just nice and fresh like the outside, now my armpits are nice and fresh like the out of doors. Yeah for my armpits!)

-the current GQ magazine with the older hotness Viggo Mortenson on the cover

-8 peace buttons

-$5 donation to the Houston Holocaust Museum

-food for me and the fam

-gave $1 to a friend for lunch

and Heaven knows what else! I have a serious problem!

Anyway, I need to head on home and call a guy about a CD player and eat something.

Oh, I also went to the hospital last night for my ear infection. It’s feeling better already.

Ciao,

Danielle