Saylor

That's pretty cool! I've only ever had two teachers twice, but I enjoyed having them again because I thought they were both pretty great. I hope you get to take the AP classes you want to take, too. Which ones are you thinking of taking?

And yeah, I moved in Sunday. I actually wound up quitting marching band, which I'm pretty happy about, so now I'm just waiting for classes to start and doing activities and stuff.

Oh, okay! I hope you have an awesome first full week. Let me know how everything goes.

I hope you have a nice week, too! You start school the 20th, right?

It actually is my pit who does that, which is pretty funny I guess. That's so interesting that your dog isn't afraid of the vacuum cleaner. I think our other dog is the first dog we've had that hasn't been afraid of the vacuum. And oh yeah, I completely forgot! That seems like it'd be a really pretty mix.

My one dog is kind of the same way-- she always runs and hides if someone turns the vacuum cleaner or stove vent on. I really hope you get to take him with you! What type of dog is he?

I really like baking cakes, but it can honestly be kind of a hassle because of having to make the batter, bake them, let them cool, etc. before you can frost them, and like I said before, I'm not the best at decorating, so they don't always look great. I probably make chocolate chip cookies the most, though haha.

And I bet you could totally get better if you practice; tbh I probably bake too much and should stop before someone gets diabetic or something, but it's always fun to bake for friends.

That's pretty neat! Our school's done some stuff like that, too, and it looked pretty fun, so I hope you have fun if you get to join the club. And wow, that is pretty small. o: Our school had a ton of clubs, but in fairness I'm not sure how many people actually went to each of them.

I can understand that, and as long as you're able to support yourself, it's probably best that you take care of yourself mentally as well. Would your parents be upset if you took your dog with you? I hope you get to keep them; I'd really like to take my cat with me if/when I go to vet school, mainly because my parents only got her for me so she's quite literally my cat and also because she'd be pretty old at that point, and I wouldn't want her to pass away while I'm at school.

I've been baking... I guess almost 15 years? I first got really into it when we baked boxed brownies at my preschool and they let me crack the eggs, and from then on I helped my mom crack the eggs in everything lmao. I probably started seriously baking on my own when I was like 12, though. I'd love to be able to come up with recipes on my own, I think that's really neat too! I've always thought people who could create recipes just by eating something were awesome as well.

Those sound like pretty fun clubs. I know our chapter of the National Art Honor Society did a lot of really cool stuff, so I hope you get to join the art club (I think a lot of art clubs do some neat things). What kind of community service club is it? We had a couple at our school, but the two big ones were Key Club and Habitat for Humanity.

Oh, that is kind of interesting. I guess it's probably too late to start something like that, though, and it's probably best not to piss off your mom haha.

Whoa, that's really brave of you! I don't think I would've been ready to move out when I was 18 or when I graduated (or even now lol). I hope things go well for you and that you're safe about it, but if you do find a roommate to stay with, that can be good financial security, so long as they're an okay person.

I'm actually mostly a self-taught baker! My mom taught me how to make cookies and stuff like that, but I pretty much moved on from there and started baking other things by myself. I think you could probably teach yourself if you start small and realistically, although I'd like to take a cake decorating class or something of the like.

That sounds like a good plan. Is your old school close by? And that's an interesting perspective coming from your dad, but I don't really know what he means by "unschooling" haha. I guess it couldn't hurt to talk to your mom about taking a gap year, but if you do go the community college route, I don't think you'll have to take a gap year per se. I hope things work out for you as far as school-- and I know you can always take out loans and that the FAFSA gives you more money if you declare yourself as independent from your parents, so you may want to look into that.

Have you been planning on moving by yourself/ right away? o: Either way, I hope your moving goes okay and that you're safe.

I'm thinking about joining some clubs! I'm doing band and then of course classes so that'll probably take up time, but I'd like to join a baking club or something haha. Do you do any clubs at your school?

If you decide you want to go to school but want to take a break, a gap year's always an option. Would your parents be upset if you did that or didn't go to school at all?

I move in on the 23rd, but school doesn't start until the 31st. I'm kind of blasé about it at the moment but I'm the type of person who doesn't care until things happen, and then I get really anxious and freak out lol. I really hope things go okay for you! It sucks to have to move in the middle of your senior year, but a guy in band moved here in January and graduated with us, and it seems like he made a lot of really good friends. Anyway, I wish you the best in whatever winds up happening.

And I'm sorry I didn't respond until now, I'm lame.

Yeah, the only thing I've finished was WWHD, and I binged that haha. Earthbound Beginnings is pretty good! It's kind of noticeably pales in comparison to Earthbound, though, but I think it's a pretty good starting point for the series.

Oh wow, that sounds really complicated. I hope everything works out. I hope you don't feel pressured! Tbh I was kind of eh after school even after applying and waited forever to choose where to go, but I think all that matters is that you do what you feel best and comfortable doing, and I think I did that for myself, so hopefully things go okay. Basically don't feel pressured to go to a prestigious school if you get into one, or don't feel pressured to go to school at all! I have a friend who's in the same boat but is really easily swayed by others and just recently got a boyfriend, and she's been talking about how she wishes she had taken a gap year/ doesn't want to go to school.

Yeah, it does suck to watch a show for so long and to see it get an ending that you (and a lot of people lol) don't like. I was kind of surprised that people were still mad, but I just looked it up and the last episode ended a year ago. It seems like it's been much longer, but I guess it explains why people are still mad.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy Fringe if you watch it! There are a lot of shows I need to watch, and I still need to finish Earthbound Beginnings before school starts, but I'll try starting AHS before then! And YouTube does have some of the episodes, but you have to pay for them, so I probably won't be doing that anytime soon.

When are you going back to school? And are you excited? I hope you have an awesome year. o:

That sounds good to me! I was actually planning on starting Gravity Falls last night, but the official Disney site doesn't have a whole lot of episodes at all so I might pick up AHS for the time being. And thank you for the warning! I think I can deal with stuff like that pretty well, but I'll keep that in mind. I've seen a bunch of gifsets on tumblr, too, so I may already know some stuff I shouldn't haha.

Yeah, it does. Some of it can be pretty confusing (even after I rewatched it last month I was still not sure what certain parts meant), but I don't think it's done in a distasteful or overdone way, so I hope you'll like it! And you're welcome. I'm always really glad when I get someone to at least try something I'm into, though, so thank you for trying it haha.

Yeah, I'm kind of disappointed in the direction they took their relationship, too. :/ Part of me's glad that they at least stay together, but the cynical part of me thinks it's because they'd have to introduce more lesbian or bi women to pair them off with, but eh. A lot of people were sooo mad about the ending, lmao. I actually found a tumblr where someone was still posting rants about it, so I guess the anger runs deep. If you like Friends, though, there's a good chance you might like HIMYM! I haven't watched it in awhile, though, so maybe it hasn't aged very well. And yeah, Fringe is about people in the "Fringe division" of the FBI! They deal with a lot of supernatural and fringe science stuff, and there's also a lot of exploration re: alternate dimensions/ timelines. It's pretty good if you're into stuff like that, which I think you might be? Haha.

And wow, I'm really glad you enjoyed them! The darker elements of Utena don't come about in full force until the Black Rose saga, so if you decide then that you're not interested in it, I wouldn't blame you. I'm glad you're enjoying it, though! I hope you like SU when you get to watch more of it, too.

I've seen a lot of episodes from the last season and also the fifth season, so watching them is kind of a drag, but it's also kind of cool to see what led to things turning out the way they did. Prison Break is really good, but the last season (from what I remember) isn't; I hope you get to watch it soon, though! I'd like to watch the X-Files on Netflix soon, too, since I saw a couple episodes here and there when I was younger. Fringe is kind of like Netflix in a way, but it doesn't revolve around aliens quite as much.

I've heard that about AHS as well, but I think the good thing about shows like that is that each season is disconnected from the other, so it doesn't ruin your overall enjoyment of the show itself if you don't like one season. It's also a pretty neat way to do a show in general, so I definitely want to start it soon! What's your favorite season so far?

Aw, that sucks. I think most colleges are different (so long as you don't go to a blatantly conservative school), so I hope things work out for you on that end.

Yeah, I don't like much of what I've heard about the newer Grey's Anatomy episodes. :/ I was willing to give it a chance because I loved Callie and Arizona's relationship and wanted to see how it developed, but then I found out how it developed and also that sooo many people left, and I just wasn't into it anymore. HIMYM is pretty good, but it's definitely heavily based off of Friends, and the last two seasons are pretty bad (the very last is okay, but I hated the ending lol). And that's kind of how I got into Friends!

I like all types of stuff, too, I just find it really hard to get invested in series anymore.

The Americans is really good! It's about Soviet spies who live in the States and have a family and everything, and it's kind of like them trying to juggle the demands of their country vs the demands of their family. The head writer or producer or whatever also used to work for the CIA, so that's pretty cool. And I've been wanting to get into AHS! I heard it's on Netflix, so I'd like to bingewatch it sometime before Hotel comes out.

Omg have fun! I feel like I should warn you that it deals heavily with stuff like sexual assault and domestic abuse, so if stuff like that makes you uncomfortable, either don't watch it or be really careful with it. I hope you like it if you do watch it though! It's honestly my favorite anime ever.

Yeah, that makes sense. I think I'd be kind of freaked out living in a bigger city, but they also have gay scenes more than most small towns (except for mine, which is pretty cool), so that'd be a factor lol. I think college is pretty similar though (hopefully). And I don't actually watch a whole lot of TV anymore, but I have been watching Friends on Netflix. I watched Grey's Anatomy while it was airing up till the merger with Mercy West, and then I wasn't the biggest fan. I tried to get caught up with it, but then I found out that pretty much all the beginning characters had left, and I just don't have the heart anymore lol. I'm pretty interested in watching the Supergirl show on CBS this fall, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to. I've seen bits and pieces of OITNB, but I really need to sit down and actually watch it sometime! I also really liked How I Met Your Mother when it was airing, Fringe, Prison Break (from waaaay long ago).