Today was my 222 (15) day of High School. I lost the V-P election to Adnan. I wasn't that disappointed, considering all I was running for was to put it on my college application.

I found out what the secret was that Dad didn't want to tell me. He was working on a project, and he didn't want to tell me what it was. They're closing down the Hitachi Plant, the one where Dad works, so that means Dad is losing his job. He says not to worry, though, because he'll get paid as much as he does now until April. So now Dad has to find a job. He told me that he's never had to search for a job all his life. He got $7,000 for working on the closing project, so we'll pay off all our bills.

I hope we don't have to move. I'm in High School and a move would be devestating to me. I wouldn't know anyone and I'm fine here. There would probably be no Debate Tournaments and I couldn't run for a class officer position. The most likely place we would go would be in Minnisota. But the main reason I don't want to move is because - I'M A TEXAN!

I broke my promise. Remember, on August 8, I said no going without writing for 3 days. I know I'll regret it.

The Debate (Plano SR) Tournament was awesome. Although I didn't win anything, Patti & Krissy went to Finals in Prose. Brian Gray went to to finals to place 1st in Forign Extemp. Brians so cool. First off, He's smart and funny. But he's friendly to everyone. Everytime I see him, he says "Hey Jesse, How's it goin?" He even knows my name. I like it when people know and call you by your name. Jimmy Ficaro does that too. Krissy Harmon's different. She doesn't notice me too much, but last night she said "Jesse, you should get rides with us (Brian drove) more often. Patti Mckinley's rude, I think. She think she's better than me, so sometimes she blows me off. I think it's because at Amarillo I pushed her off because she was all over me. Caleb Williams is wierd. In debate, he talks to me, but in the halls he doesn't (but Jimmy, Brian, & Krissy do.) Ian Means, is like Chris Hathaway. He's really smart, but he acts like he's gay, but he's cool. I'll say some more tommorow.

Today was my 217th (10) day of high school. VP Campaign - I put my flyers up, but only the 2nd & 3rd floor, which sucks, because people are on the 1st Floor. I still have tons left. ANyway the reason I couldn't put all of them up was because We (Jenni Purcell) and I had teen court. So her Dad was going to pick us up at 5:30. So Jenni and I put all our stuff into my locker. Then we put up posters. So when 5:30 rolled around (without the 1st floor done) we went to my locker to get our things, then do the 1st floor. But I had left the locker combination to get IN, inside the locker. So we spent 15 minutes trying to open it, when finally, Jenni had gotten a principle person in the school, who opened it. Then we grabbed Chick-fil-a, and went to court. Our court case was because because the defendant messed himself up and the case was dismissed so the defendant could go back to municiple court. It was fun though. Then I went to the library and Jenni and I just talked because we were both too lazy to do our homework. And I still have Geometry (which I hate and despise.)

Today was my 216th (9) day of High School. On my Vice President Campaign - I still didn't put up posters today. They'll be up for the public to see on Wednesday, which sucks. Jenni couldn't be there today, and the library wasn't open till 8. So I came home. But we planned that tommorow we'll hang up signs, and work on our court case.

I found out that a freshman that Jenni and I met at Teen counrt likes me. She wanted to know if I would go out with her, via Jenni. But Jenni told her I couldn't date until I was 16, and she told her that she and I were step-brothers/sisters. I bet Kevin would adore if a freshman girl liked him. I really don't care, although it does boost my self-confidence.

I heard in the car once, Kevin was talking about dating. Chris Hathaway said quietly, so I think no once could hear him, that he really wasn't interested in dating right now. I hope when I get to date that I'll go out every weekend. (And secretly I hope that Kevin won't get any dates, and they'll have to ask me for advice.

Church was good. Rolling (Rolled the Lightsey's House) was fun. Chris Hathaway's parents even knew about it. We started at about 3AM and finished 5AM (That was my 1st time!). We had extra, we we went to the Clarks and wrote WE HAD EXTRA!

In teen court, I'm a prosocuting attorney. My first case involves a 16 year old boy shoplifting from "Afterthoughts," a girl store. So either this guy was taking it for a girlfriend, or he's gay. Jenni Purcell and I are working on the case tommorow in the Library. I hope she can stay afterward to help me put up flyers. I just hope!!!

There was a stake general priesthood mtg. I love going to church mtgs. My testimony has increased since EFY, and because of EFY. I love the scriptures and since I got that scripture kit, it has ben awesome. There are lots of inserts to put in my scriptures and it makes the scriptures funner and more interesting.

I'm so nervous about tommorow. I haven't worked on my prose for Debate. Then If Jenni can't stay afterward, I'm stuck. I'll have to do it by myself, which would be embarrising if someone saw me. AhhhHHHHHH!

On my Vice President campaign (surprised, Huh!) - I got all my flyers printed, all 181 of them. I'm going to put them up on Monday Afternoon with Jenni Purcell. The reason I didn't run for Secretary was Tasha Teague was running, and she has lots of Band friends. I wasn't going to run for president anyway. So I got "stuck" with VP. I'd like to say I'm a front-runner, but I'm not sure. Sonya Smith is running and so is Adnan R. I think Adnan has a better chance, but you've got to have the people who vote, vote for you. My campaign has cost $21 just for flyers. Ahhh!

Rolling was fun last night. First, we went to Pizza Hut where I told the waitress we had no tip, but she did a good job. Then we hung out at the Lightsey's. Kevin mostly wanted to hang with them. It's my saying of quantity over quality. I guess I was funny last night. Chris said I had some of the best jokes, so I'll TRY to be more open with everyone. Then we saw "Wrongly Accused" with Leslie Nielson. There was one part where I couldn't stop laughing. A car was playing La Cucuarocha and bouncing up & down. It was so funny

Today was my 214th (8) day of High School. Oh my tresuer campaign - there is no tresureur. There's only a P, VP, and S. So maybe I'll have to change my campaign to a Secretary. There's a meeting tomorrow for anyone who's interested. I'm nervous about who's going to be there. Ahhhhhhhhhhh!

TEEN COURT is a legal court that juvinilles go to. It's for a class C misdemenor offence. You can be balieffs, lawyers, and jurors. I want to be an attorney, but I think all the upper-class men will be them. So I think a juror would be fun. And it counts as community service. It's for anyone interested in the judicial world and would look good on an application to Harvard Law School!!!!

We had our Court of Honor yesterday. I received Citizenship in World/Community.

The reason I didn't write anything yesterday was because of the overload of homework I had. I had to write a history paper and I was up til after midnight before I went to bed. Today I'm in bed at 10:50PM!