Quotes 3.0

I know all 0 people who read this really missed my annoying, rambling, stupidly introspective quote posts, but I'm gonna start them again. Today's quoter (quotee?) is the one and only Jay Principio. The quote:

"Danny is a mango"

This brings up a lot of memories. Memories of hilarious jokes in pre-calc, and then much less hilarious derivatives in Calculus. But the thing that it really reminds me of is Indian Creek. I know this is a stretch, but hear me out.

I really, really, really did not want to go to Indian Creek for high school. I begged and pleaded my parents to let me go literally anywhere else. I was passive-aggressively leaving little fliers for other schools on their desks. It was bad. I hated the middle school with all of my heart. It was a place full of the typical preteen hormone-filled angsty bullshit, plus a bunch of kids who were, to put it lightly, dickheads. I was petrified at the thought of having to spend another 4 years with those kids.

And then I didn't. My experiences at the high school were pretty much the exact opposite of the middle school. No more angry teachers telling my parents I had ADD, no more kids calling me a fag, none of that. I say now that Indian Creek is the best thing that ever happened to me. at the start of my freshman year I was, for lack of a better term, a fuck-up. Now I'm class president, a 3 sport varsity athlete, and on the heads list. No way does that happen at any other school. No way can I do tech crew for the musical and play soccer on the SAME DAY! Indian Creek has opened so many doors for me it's incredible.

But my favorite thing about Indian Creek is the people. I really like my teachers. There's not a single teacher I can think of that I haven't had at least one honest, interesting conversation with. But the teachers aren't really the point either. It's the kids.

I guess you could say I'm one of those people with a "best friend." The downside? He lives in Rockville. This means I don't have a go-to person at school. Instead I have about 20 people I consider "friends." Probably more, now that I think of it. The point is, I have an inside joke or 5 with almost everyone at Indian Creek. From jokes with the SGA president to jokes with the backup goalie for the lacrosse team, I have them all. I know senior, juniors, sophomores, and even a couple freshmen. (although I don't honestly know most of the freshmen's names.) It's so cool, and the "Danny is a Mango" thing is just the best example I have. All those stupid little jokes are honestly what gets me through the day sometimes.

So when I started this blog I didn't mean for it to sound like an ad for ICS, which it probably does. But the main point was to write about how much I like a lot of my friends at Indian Creek, and I try to just dump my mind out into my blog, so I refuse to hit backspace.

That's it for now. Peace