The word of the day is "whattha!" Today, as you know, was graduation day. I [u]only[/u] came because Air asked me to help her with the reception. So I'm there around 9:00 with Stan and "the pink one" and we walk around the church trying to find Air.

[During this time, Stan and I ran into Marge.  Marge said to us, "We're Delfine?" and, me, not knowing that "Delfine" was Air's middle name, said, "Who?" and she said, "Where's Air?"  I don't even remember if she gave me a chance to answer before she walked away.]

She was running late so we went to find ArchMin. Arch was practicing for the "show stopper" her last "showcase" with the "Archets." [Who are "the gossiper", "Chandalier" and "Pinky" from "Pinky and the Brain...Brain being "the gossipper".  I took pictures of this fiasco as well.]

So while we were back there in the room "the gossiper" and ArchMin were going at it because "the gossiper" would not sing b/c she swares up and down that everyone else was singing off key. ArchMin finally just has it and then she says "Well just scratch it! If you don't wanna do it!" Nastcole was pleading for everyone to sing, but eventually I got bored with the excess and finally left.

I went back into the church lobby and Jan walks in. I say to her, "Hey, I haven't seen you in like 4 months." we chat for a while and then Painge comes up to me and says, "The Ohanas are here!!!" So I run from Jan and then there they are. I can't believe how stoked I was just to see them, but it was truly a high. I guess absence makes the heart grow stronger. I did take a picture of them and that one pic will be one that I will truly cherish. After that rush I went back to talk to Jan and I found out some startling news about her journey with the battle of the bulge. Shocking and appalling, but we will finish that conversation tomarrow at the picnic.

[Here it is, edited on October 25, 2006.  First, Jan asked me, "Why did you give her my phone number?"  I had no clue who she was talking about, so I said, "Oh Veeve, no, I didn't give her your number, 418 did."  She said, "No, not Veeve, Brenda."  Mind you, Brenda is Pink's mom.  A few weeks before this day, Brenda was super pissed at HT, and she wanted to call Jan to ask her what exactly HT's position is.  Jan told her that HT is an "adminstrative assistant."  The only reason I gave Brenda the number was because she completely intimidated me--really.  So, back to the conversation, Jan said, "No, Brenda" and she made a very disgusting face--which baffled me a little bit, because I never knew they weren't kosher.  As far as the "battle of the bulge" is concerned, Jan told me that she was doing LA Weight Loss, just like I had done back in 1999 and 2000.  Remarkably, I said in response, "Oh yeah, I did that before."  She then told me that she was going to the one in Oxon Hill (the same one I went to) and she was explaining how horrible the staff was (which was true for me as well)]

While I was talking with her Mr. O came up to me and said, "Katrina, do you know how to use powerpoint?" I said "Yeah." and he said "You're such a blessing, come with me." and all of a sudden the media guy "Patty" says "Hey, you know how to use powerpoint. good." I then grabbed Stan and we were headed to a room where even the crows would shout about, [i]The Media Room[/i]. Patty showed us what he wanted us to do and then we were left out on a limb with a responsibility that surpassed anything that we would have imagined 20 minutes ago.

It was surreal. Yes, this is what I wanna do. I wanna have a tv show. So we were basically directing the entire graduation and we saw everyone on all the screens. But here is the clincher: we had to present a powerpoint slideshow and a video tape within the alloted time. Skip Skip, the video tape was a 15 minute clip of 3 seniors plus ArchMin riding a mechanical bull in Florida. We saw the seniors first (and btw the crowd was eating it up) then we saw ArchMin on the bull. And it was a sight to see. There couldn't have been more of a sexual implication than that! She was making the noises and everything, and let me remind you that this graduation was in a church...hmm...but still it was hilarious. Stan would play and rewind that part for the entire audience to see. It truly was sick...

(to be continued)

Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Today was such a wonderful day. All I have to say is, "I love Air." Yes I do love the stuff that makes us survive, but I mean my English teacher. I know I didn't blog yesterday, but in Bible class our class was holding hands and saying what we were thankful for. So it was Air's turn and she said a couple of things and then she said "Katrina, I love you like a daughter. You don't let anyone walk over you, you just get things handled. You remind me so much of myself and especially during the summer hold strong and continue to be yourself." I love her so much. That was yesterday. Today she wasn't there for Bible but showed up for English. As she was checking for homework she said "Hi Katrina" and smiled. It was very nice because she didn't do that to anyone else.

One more thing. Me and TowerHigh got into a vicious confrontation thanks to Painge.

[This confrontation centered on a comment HT made: "I don't know why y'all picked Katrina to be your class president.  She doesn't do anything."  I confronted her about it that day after lunch, and instead of denying what she said, she got on Painge for telling me.  There was a big fight in the h/s office, and everyone left pissed.  More than anything, I wanted HT to feel guilty about talking about me behind my back.]

I don't know what to think of Pain. I mean one day she's hot the next day she's cold and sometimes she's luke warm. Boy is she a blister on the bottom. Nichole came up to Nationott today and she looks great. She has lost a drastic amount of weight and I'm really proud of her. Anyways, I was talking to her about Tennessee and she said that she loves it down there and it has alot of malls. She also said something the truly made my day. "The white boys love the black girls down there, and they're cute." After that I was done. I mean not only do they like black girls, but they are also cute? Amazing.