srav was here today for eighth period, which brightened up my day considerably. i depend a lot on the social interactions i get eighth period. i think i'm learning how to act around her, too, which helps. like, when i first meet someone, or if i haven't "figured them out" yet, i tend to be awkward and uncomfortable around them, or just really annoying. eh, but i think it's getting better. i just... need to learn how to act certain ways around certain people. it's not that i'm not genuine, it's just that certain people should bring out different sides of me. that's what's supposed to happen. i mean, if you acted the same way around everybody, either you'd have no friends or you'd be incredibly boring. at least, that's what would happen to me. there are probably lots of people who can pull it off, but i don't know how they do it. hmph. i did my oral today in spanish, which was awful. i was very awkward and i kept making these grammatical mistakes. the bad part is, i could tell when i was making the mistakes, but i couldn't tell right away how to fix them, so i just made the mistakes anyway, which sucked. and we ran out of time. i did it with nikki, a senior i believe, who's in my comp sci class as well. she had some interesting choices of people... see, we were supposed to come up with 10 famous people, to invite to a dinner party. so we each had a separate list of 10 people, and then we had to cut out ten people total from both lists.

my list: john lennon mozart cervantes shakespeare damon albarn einstein edison napoleon

her list: amelia earheart ghandi jackie onassis florence nightengale jfk einstein frank sinatra john steinbeck

i can't remember any others, though, which is a pain. oh well... but, hooray, for i have just come back from watching the santa clause 2 with nikki. that was quite lovely. i have to admit, i have a soft spot for dopey romantic comedies. eh, oh well. but next time we go to the movies, i want to see the emperor's club. that looks good. nikki's already seen it but she says she wouldn't mind seeing it again with me.