I get a lot of questions about where I went to highschool (not on here really, but in general) and I always find myself stunned. There's too much to cover in a few sentences. However, for his graduation project, my best friend did a retrospective video about our school. So, to help me organize what to say when people ask, and to kind of keep a reminder of where I've been, I'll make this post.

Early College is a five year alternative to regular American highscool, during which students attend a community college and are dual enrolled in college and highschool classes with the goal of getting a two year degree. In the last year of their middle school, prospective students can submit their application, which is then placed into a lottery system. Ten students from each of the six counties are drawn, making a class of sixty for each year. Accepted students are required to attend the Summer Bridge program, where students are given team building exercises and encouraged to socialize to bring down the county barriers/ eek out antisocial students and get them socializing. This is where I made most of my friends for my highschool life.

Then it's simple. Due to technicalities, some college courses can count for highschool courses, so the five years are basically mapped out to ensure as many students as possible stay on track and graduate with their Diploma and Associate Degree. It is not easy. My graduating class had 34 students left in it, and about 16 (myself included) got their degrees.

Due to small class sizes, teacher-student relations are as close as family relations. It really helps with the rigorous course structure. This also promotes a sense of family within the class, and makes attending a really relaxing thing, as long as a student doesn't get caught up in socializing.

Here's the retrospective, to get a more straightforward look at the students I graduated with. He focused more on memories than the actual school system, but with this post and his cinematography, one should get a whole picture.

Also, he used songs from Katawa Shoujo as the background music per my advice.

Alright, boring post over. Later, yo

-Rhapsoblarg

Tonight I graduated from Buncombe County Early College. It was magnificent. I don't like large formal events, but tonight was really something, and not just because I was given my Diploma and my Associates in Science simultaneously. I guess those last few moments with my peers was all I needed before gearing up to breathe the winds of change. So I guess I'm ready to just chill over the summer, recuperate, and move into an unknown place where I know absolutely no one.

I also managed to kick all of my friend's asses at SSBM one last time. Link all the way, baby.

Maybe I'll start typing more, and more frequently, but for now I gotta bounce. Later guys

-Rhapsoblarg

All of it. School, relationship, everything. I'm done. She left today, and frankly I'm in a tossup between not giving a damn and feeling like my heart is missing. I graduate tomorrow for ****s sake. On that note, I'm going to school at UNC-G if anyone else happens to be interested. Finally got accepted somewhere.

Anyways, in my little fit of loneliness I made a new friend, and have begun rocking FFV again. Between it and VIII I think I've finally found my favorite FF's.

I also quit Wally World in favor of working in a nursing home kitchen. It's wonderful in comparison. Short hours, quick pace, loads of days. My ideal part time work.

Other than that I guess I'ma spend the summer lurking here, healing up, and getting ready to go to College, Figaro Style.

Night guys.

-Rhapsoblarg

And boy do I have one.

So to catch up, my computer is back online, praise be unto Hojo. I found a job working at my local Wally World in the Garden Center, doing various manly tasks that I was unaware even existed. Got denied to each university I've applied to thus far. So my mind is already a stew of stress and conflicted feelings.

Which then get stirred by a woman.

My lovely lady has begun partying again. She isn't drinking anymore, thank god, but each Friday it's somewhere new, some new friends, and I'm never invited. This week is a tipping point, since I know the host, loathe him, and she plans on staying a night in his home. I trust her indefinitely, and know I shouldn't worry, but I don't trust him. I'm not going to lie to you guys, and no one I know face to face can see this, so I think I can admit here that I'm scared of him. He's attractive, charismatic, lives on his own; he's everything I'm not. Whose to say she won't think he's better? Sure, I can wreck him if I needed to protect myself, but how will that keep her in love with me?

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooood damnit

I think I'll just stop caring. Whatever.

That works, right?

Someone please tell me it works, because it's the only option I've got left.

Don't I look like an asshole, saying I'm gonna be active then having my computer smashed. Needless to say it's been tricky to get my work done, much less forum, but hey, here I am for a quick update.

Quit my job. Just up and quit. Which was the dumbest choice I've made so far. However, I found a great girl to keep me company so I gotta be doing something right. Adjusting to glasses fairly well, and I'm kicking ass in my last semester.

I love all of you guys, and I promise I'm not dead nor have I forgotten about you. I'll have a new job within two weeks, then enough pay to repair my computer a few weeks after that. Meanwhile, I got invited to write for my school's literature journal (titled "The Rhapsodist; isn't that nifty?) So if I choose to make something, I'll post it here, too.

Rhapso out

I am the hammer

Well not really. I might be getting glasses soon, eye doctor appointment Monday. I had believed that my eyesight was good but oh well.

Otherwise, I got a second interview for a new job, which I need ASAP, before I snap and kill everything in my current workplace. I had believed I had a second interview, but no call back yet, so oh well.

I also believed I had met a great girl and shit was going great but she is now reconsidering everything. I had believed that I had finally fallen back into love bu oh well.

Guess I'll go do something productive.

Sorry for not being as active as of late, guys, not sure why I'm not. I think it's a mix of work and distractions via other sectors of the internet.

Anyway, Rhapso broke his standards again. Here's the story:
My friends (psuedo-named for this) Raymond, his girlfriend Catherine, and Jake all decided to go and see a midnight catch of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. We had our gear, I wore a dress over my regular clothes, we were ready to join the other freaks. Except for Jake, who flaked on us ten minutes before we left for the theatre. So the three of us head out without him, only to find the theatre wasn't doing Rocky Horror this year for some unnamed reason. A bit bummed, we headed back to the car, when Catherine took her ukulele out from under the seat and said "Let's go see if anything's going on downtown!"

She was wearing a blood-stained wedding dress, train and all, just singing and playing ukulele until she made about eight bucks, me and Raymond standing off to the side to make sure she didn't get heckled. I had no idea what was going on until she picked up the cash, said "Let's go!" and took off, us in her wake.

We arrived at about midnight to this small little club called the Scandal. Thank goodness I turned 18 recently. Anyway, we enter, and I immediately assume every stereotype I've ever heard is true, and proceed to have a bad time for ten minutes, sitting at a table alone while Raymond and Catherine dance. I get kinda nervous and feel like people are staring at me, so I get up to try and find them out on the floor. Once I found them, I was obliged to keep out there and dance with them, and by Jove, I began to have fun, awkwardly shuffling. A minute or two went by and I noticed this beautiful girl dancing alone, and kept looking over to her, and eventually she made eye contact with me. Never before has my heart rushed that quickly. We danced for a good bit before I found Catherine and Raymond again, and we decided to leave, since it was already 2 A.M.

I should have asked for her name, in retrospect, but I still say it was a success. I like nightclubs now, which is honestly the last place I thought I'd enjoy. Being a normal young adult is quite enjoyable. I might make it a point to go back there sometime.

Anyway, I hope to post more, and maybe have a more interesting story for you guys next time. Until then,

-Rhapsoblarg

I am feeling good about school. Finally getting my shit together, and it feels great. Nervous about what my planning revealed but if all goes well, I can be in university by this time next year, on my way to becoming a Marine Biologist.

Also, my friend and I had a pipe dream. We want to start a business, and we feel it'd do super super well, but we have no means of starting it. Kickstarter seems appealing, but we honestly would need a stupid amount of cash, not to mention the risks of beginning. Plus we could be dumb and our idea is unpopular. Who knows. I'd love to pursue it, but I don't think I can. I really wish I had a sign to tell me how to go about this.

Having Fridays off to D&D is wonderful, except for when the meetings end and I end up having to play third wheel for our Rogue and his girlfriend. Whatever, at least I'm out socializing.

School stuff is pretty brutal, but I might be heading out to Wilmington to study Marine Biology. I really hope I can make it.

Other than that, I'm typing this right before work because I really am not digging the place I'm at. I sincerely need a new job, I don't even care if it's not a wait staff position.

Have a great day, everyone.

This new format, that's what. Except for the 50 character minimum, but I'll probably get used to that eventually. Not much happened today, except I bought my first pack of cigarettes to commemorate that I'm 18 (they were for my dad.)

Otherwise, here is a link to my Journal until it gets migrated to the blog.

Thanks for the read.