Argh, my eyes doth burn mightily. The scanner is back, but I still need a graphics program. Computer is OK; graphics were weird because the color res wasn't set right. So the panic is over, at least for now. Bryan continues to express desire to gut Malfactor like a fish. He wants to put in a new motherboard and such, but we don't exactly have the money for such gutting now... so I just have to hope Malfie behaves until we do.

Cal, I'm pretty easily intimidated...especially when it comes to computer related things. I have a lot of neuroses and anxiety issues. I'm the kind of person who tends to put situations in the worst possible light and think the worst of everything...basically I make mountains out of mole hills. In addition to this anxiety, I have a severe disorder when it comes to dealing with other people... I don't know if you noticed it when I met you, but I do actually speak with a slight stutter (nowhere as profound as Claris) and a lisp (again, it's slight, but I hisss on my s's); also I mumble and mutter. Naturally I'm perfectly audible to myself, but generally not to others... I don't assert myself very well offline.

Annnyhow. Today was the first day of school for me. Nine months of pain, suffering, and nervous breakdowns lie ahead. Yay! At least I'm a senior, so if I can not-suck in my classes I won't have to take exams (sweet lord, that would be wonderful).

First, I have to get my schedule changed. I need a study hall first semester, and I'm afraid that when my schedule is redone I'll be moved from the fourth period AP class, which has all my friends in it (including Kai) and which is the B (second) lunch. As a person who has had the last (D) lunch for the past three years, this is a refreshingly happy change and I hope, hope, with all that is in my veins, that at least this class remains the way it is. I don't really care about anything else; I may even drop Psychology, even though it seems like a really interesting class. But I MUST have that study hall so I can do my Lit Mag work.

AP English seems very frightening. I'm going to review my books some more before I go to bed tonight because we have tests on them tomorrow; I hope I don't fail. I'm not too worried about my other classes--yet.