<p>summer is almost over for most people. So, was yours good or boring or full of studying?? Did you do what you had planned or just procrastinated til the end and realized that you didn't do anything you wanted?</p>
<p>for me, it was quite boring. Didn't do much, didn't study much. Went to a few reallly reallly HUGE malls, but then again there are hundreds of those and they are all the same. went to an indoor snow park (which was the most exciting thing i did all summer) now I'm flying back home and getting ready for senior year :(:(:(:(</p>
<p>I pretty much did what you said. Relaxed, went to the beach, took it slow. Went on a little vacation to Hershey Park, Penn. It was fun and I saw relatives. Then I got ready to do community college as a dual enrollment student (had to go to the orientation and pre-classes) Thats all for me.</p>
<p>The bad:
Gained some weight.
Spent a bit too much time working, probably could've used a little more in the way of breaks.
Didn't travel to any exotic locations, no money.
Not too many memorable parties, no time.
Didn't buy a lot of consumer products, in fact I can count them on one hand: A copy of The Absolute Watchmen (big ups to anyone who knows what this actually is), a t-shirt, a pair of silk boxers and a pipe for smoking tobacco (heh). Chalk this one up to having no money.
Having some guy attempt mug me. Hearing that someone I knew got stabbed.
Tried to keep up with my studies, no real motivation or time.
Blew almost all of my entire life savings. More on this later.
Allergies, always pick up in late August and go through up until October.
Being hit on by a smelly chain smoking, overweight 40 year old balding man who happened to be my coworker (I'm a guy by the way).</p>
<p>The Good:</p>
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<li><p>Hanging out with my old friends from high school. Going to strip clubs, helping each other get girls' numbers, talking about how much we've all changed etc.</p></li>
<li><p>The road trip to Montreal was great. Long weekend, 12 hours of sleep in three days including one memorable night being at a house party until 7AM.</p></li>
<li><p>Met a really nice girl at a party back home. Had a great time with her. I'll have to give her an email before leaving.</p></li>
<li><p>Working. For the first time, I actually got a summer job that didn't screw me over. Usually I get one that pays well but sucks, or pays like nothing but is enjoyable, or the worst, pays great and is enjoyable but offers no hours. This time around, I got one that paid well, was fun at times gave me a lot of hours (60 hour weeks for a period of time). Even better, I made enough money to pay for fall tuition without dipping into the money I already have (had). To top it all off, they want to transfer me to their offices in Montreal where I go to school. </p></li>
<li><p>Being allowed to live with my parents rent free again but without the BS of being sixteen. Nice to have understanding folks.</p></li>
<li><p>Made a fair bit of money on the markets.</p></li>
<li><p>Finally decided to become a yuppie scumbag. Put a downpayment on a condo with the money I've made over the years and will be moving into it in March. Plan to rent out the spare room to make the payments a bit easier. In the meantime, found a nice cheap apartment for temporary living and the previous tenant was nice enough to transfer his lease over to me which coincedentially ends in April. Perfect timing. Plus, I have a backup job lined up for the fall. It's so nice to have a backup job waiting for me.</p></li>
<li><p>Finally, the best part of all: After seeing my parents struggle so hard to provide for my brother and I all these years and seeing them make it. No more living near crime ridden neigbourhoods, no more dealing with the city traffic to go to work and no more worrying about bills. Seeing my dad fufill his dream of buying a house by a lake and my mom settling down closer to work in a nice quiet area out of the city closer to her work.</p></li>
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<p>All in all, I had a great summer. Couldn't have gone any better.</p>
<p>June was intense--lots of hanging out with friends, a great Sonic Youth concert followed by two awesome nights to celebrate my birthday, graduation parties, general teenage debauchery. July started off all right...and then I got grounded for keeping friends over too late without telling my parents. Anyway, that ended, and I took August easy. I saw a concert in DC again with a couple friends...just hung out with friends at their houses and relaxing (instead of going crazy).</p>
<p>A lot of my friends were away for parts of the summer. But this past week has been great--my friend from California and her friend came over and we hung out at my house and in D.C.--it was a nice chill time. </p>
<p>I give my summer a B-. I didn't really go anywhere outside my area, nor did I make it out to the beach, and then there was that whole 3 weeks of being grounded. Can't wait for Saturday though--then a whole new era of fun begins: college. Sure, engineering's going to own my soul, but I'm going to have a blast. I mean, hell, I enjoyed high school to no end, and everyone says college is even better.</p>
<p>This has been the best summer ever for me. I finally got my NEW COPMUTER!!!! which I have been waiting for for about two and a half years. It's been mostly copmutering all summer, with a brief trip to Delaware. I also started to read Shakespeare for school for absolutely no reason at all, and also bought a Latin book to get prepped, which I have yet to open... I also started on CC so that's just made my summer ;)</p>
<p>Overall, pretty crap. Was unemployed for most of it, and as a result was usually broke. I also felt like ***** for lack of work, laying around the house all day (nothing depresses me more). Also, out of laziness and shame I didn't go to Confession at all, and thus -- because of my repeated sinfulness -- I have basically excommunicated myself for the entire summer. (Yeah, as a Catholic I take this seriously... although it appears not seriously enough, otherwise I'd get off my fat ass and go to Confession so I can permit myself to receive Jesus, who is the source of everything great in my life.) </p>
<p>I hate summers -- they just aren't what they used to be. I can't friggin' wait for school to begin.</p>
<p>Lets see. I went to my friends house with my other friends for a huge party on the first day of summer. And that was the end of my social life. :D</p>
<p>Overall I'm very satisfied with this summer - I've learned very crucial things going into high school that I otherwise wouldn't have known.</p>