I like to creep on my friends... (thoughts about freshman year)

I think this was the one normal picture I have from the last day of school.

Thursday was the last day of school. My freshman year was "bitter sweet" in the words of my friend Denise. But she's right, it was bitter sweet. So many amazing things happened this year, but at the same time some pretty suckish things happened as well. 

The bad things (I'm starting with the bad things first, so that I can end on a good note):

• My grades aren't the best.... but, nothing I can do about that now.
• I had the worst teacher this year for biology, and I'm pretty sure I failed that class. If I were to count up all the hours that I invested into that class, I think it would add up to two months worth of biology related crap.
• This school year, academically, sucked. I hated all of my classes (besides art).
• Drama seemed to follow me where ever I went, even though I wanted nothing to do with it.
• Certain people were difficult to handle.
• I had to help a friend with something, even though it killed me inside.
• I cried a lot.
• I got into a lot of embarrassing situations...

The good things:

• I met so many amazing people, and I have never really had a friend(s) who encouraged me and listened to my problems and gave me good advice and had the exact same interests in me. I made friends who don't think I'm weird and even act as crazy as me. I love all of my new friends, and I honestly don't know how I would have survived this far without them.
• Art. Art was the one thing I looked forward to in school. I learned so much, and I really believe I took a lot out of that class and now much more talented than I was before (even though I'm not thaaaaat talented).
• Photography. I have always loved photography, but I never really did anything to improve, I just took my camera and took pictures of random things and called it photography. This year, I met a friend who is really interested in photography and she inspired me to become better and learn more about it. Photography has helped me see life in a much more positive way. Now, I look for the beauty in the world rather than calling everything ugly.
• It took a while, but I learned not to blame other people for my problems. This year, I think I truly learned how to be happy. I have learned that only I can change my life and the way I feel, and I think it worked.
• Mr. Patel, my student art teacher, allowed his students to help him with illustrating a book. The project was to come up with something that had to with your identity, and he published the book with all of our artwork in it. My artwork is actually in a book. I never thought that would happen.
• I learned to become more original, and not follow the crowd.
• I really believe that I am no longer a child. I have matured so much mentally, I have really learned a lot this year.
• I finally told a friend a secret I had been keeping from them for a while, and they were "cool with it" and it didn't effect our friendship in the way I thought it would.
• I learned how to handle my problems, and although I occasionally let my emotions get the best of me, I usually have it under control.