MLB High

Dear Diary,

Last night was pretty crazy. I was coming home from lunch with the girls at Chevy's. I'm almost home and I see an older but cute boy walking the other way on the other side of the street. I give him my patented skip-and-a-wave w/ smile/hair-flip crusher and he slowly smiles, waves, and walks on. And I just got this feeeeeling, y'know? Like, this means something. So I get home and my Dad is there and he tells me that we're gonna be hosting a foreign exchange student at our home. Well, all feeeeelings went right out the window and my stomach did a flip-flop. He was going to have little Kawasaki Kid stay here and I'd have to die every night.

But Dad zagged when I thought he was gonna zig. He said that we're hosting a kid named Hisashi and showed me his picture. It was the cute boy from the street! We're gonna re-do the office room and turn it into his room right down the hall from me.

Look at his picture! I'm gonna call him Mr. Bear.

Marina Sealth

MLB High

Dear Diary,
So George stopped by. It had been a while. Says he wants to go by GS52 like he’s some kinda white rapper now or something. I’m not doing it, I knew him when he was just George and I’m sticking to it. Anyway, George doesn’t do anything very well. I mean, ANYTHING. He’s bad at everything. EXCEPT at making omelettes. OMG his omelettes are AMAZING. I think he could be an Olympian omelette maker. I said he could make me an omelette sometime and that seemed to make him happy.
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Man, now all I want is an omelette. Where’s George when you need him?

Marina Sealth

MLB High

Dear Diary,

So I told you that I’d fill you in on everything that happened with me. And, boy, where do I begin? Well, after Felix left to go visit his parents over the summer, I met a boy who seems really cool. He had been Bree’s long-time boyfriend but I guess has had some trouble with his dad and Bree couldn’t stick around that kind of drama. Drama, I can do. Did you know he doesn’t eat meat? That’s so cool!

I let him know through Scott (ugh, such a sleezebucket. How he gets in the middle of all these goings on is beyond me) that I’d like to spend some time with him. I haven’t heard back from him but I don’t think anyone else has either. I hear he might like Charlene (Cubbie, not Charlene Whitehead) or maybe Natalie Washington. Whatever. If he likes me he’ll make time for me.
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I’M RIGHT HERE, PRINCE!

Anyway, Diary, you simply won’t believe it. So apparently Rachel told the underwear model about me (such a gossip) and he told his friend that I live in the same condo building as the Suzuki family. So the model’s friend, it turns out, is best friends with one of the kids over there. Guess who? That’s right, ICHIRO! I told Ichiro about it while he was helping me to pick out a scarf (Burberry, he always picks Burberry). Well, two days later this pimply, skinny kid shows up in front of our place on this little tiny Kawasaki motorcycle (I remember the weirdest details) with chocolate dipped strawberries asking to go on a date. In front of God and EVERYONE! I could’ve crawled into the sewer and DIED. It was so embarrassing! So my DAD comes outside and gives me this nod. The Kawasaki Kid told me that he had asked MY DAD if he could ask me on a date and got his PERMISSION before anyone thought to bring it up to ME! I swear, I DID die, right there, for, like, 12 seconds. This is the most horrible thing that’s ever happened to me. I had to say yes but I told him to meet me at The Cheesecake Factory on Friday. No WAY am I going WITH him. And maybe I can get some Cheesecake out of this.

I hope Prince calls on Thursday. I’d ditch this guy in a second and my Dad can go screw himself.

Marina Sealth

P.S. So I apparently need to join the foreign exchange club. I heard from a friend who heard from Rachel that some guy in Japan is thinking about moving here because he likes me. I don’t even know him! Annie told me that she was his pen-pal (she’s so weird) and they never really hit it off so that’s one point in his favor, I guess. Man, Felix is gonna be soooo jealous when he gets back. He’s always just the cutest when he gets so fired up.

MLB High

Dear Diary,
I know that it’s been a while since I’ve made an update. Things get in the way, drama happens, and I just plain forget for a while. Let me try to catch you up on this summer’s crazy happenings.

So Rachel, Angela, and I met at the mall and after we got some Orange Julius (tripleberry!) Rachel told me that she had gone to a crazy party at the end of spring. She said it lasted all night and that she almost lost her virginity! EEEK! I wouldn’t even know what to DO! Anyway she said Lois (who everyone thinks is such a NICE girl) swooped in and stole her guy. She said it was still an epic party though, one that people will talk about even after we’ve graduated.

So after summer started Albert let everyone know that he had heard about what had happened at the party (he was dating Lois at the time) and that he was totally dumping her. I asked Natalie who asked Astrid who asked Father Mike who asked the twins who asked Albert if he might be interested in me. Natalie told me that he said that he wasn’t interested in anyone on the Drill Team. The very next day at the mall Albert shows up and kisses Angela! Everybody flipped out, especially me because Angela is on the Drill Team with me! Ugh! Boys!

So right after Albert goes away C.J. shows up and gives Angela a VERY friendly hug and a kiss on the cheek. RIGHT IN FRONT OF RACHEL! Can you believe it? I know that Rachel was head over heels for the guy and he ditches her for Angela when she’s already dating Albert!? Jeez.

I know that Rachel didn’t let it get her down though. She joined the foreign exchange program’s club and I hear that she’s helping to acclimatize some guy who I hear was an underwear model in Japan. She’ll probably do OK for herself, she’s a Texan after all, but I can’t help to think that she won’t be able to get over that C.J. fiasco.

Annie Oakland keeps mostly to herself these days. I think she trades Pokemon cards or something. She’s so weird. She still shows up for Drill Team practice, though.

I heard that Astrid was thinking about joining the Drill Team, too, but if she doesn’t get to
practice she won’t be able to make the team this year and will have to wait until next year.

Anyway, that’s a basic breakdown of what happened in my circle. I’ll tell you more about what happened to me in my next entry. OH GOSH you wouldn’t believe it. I can’t wait until Felix comes back. It’s so booooring while he goes to visit his parents for the summer. FelixFelixFelixFelixFelix.

Marina Sealth