In case you missed the senior meeting...

Here's what the administration discussed at the senior meeting:

Don't do drugs or partake in sexual behavior. Make sure you allow 10 regular school days for us to process your apps. Come to first hour on time, or God will harpoon you.

For everyone who missed it, you're welcome.

Yes, you're a senior, and you're graduating in 2007. I commend you. Do you want a trophy or something?

You know that old philosophical saying "It is okay to make mistakes, just never make the same one twice"? As we are beginning a new school year, I think we ought to taking that saying into consideration, and perhaps use it to guide some of our actions.

We haven't even started up a new year at The Prep, and I already see dozens of AIM profiles graffitied with exclamations of joy that indeed we are seniors, and we are indeed the class of 2007. The vibrant colors and strange fonts I have viewed even further contribute to the outstanding enthusiasm of being a 07' SENIOR!!!

This is where our philosophy comes into play.

Remember when you were in 8th grade? Remember when you made the mistake of thinking you were cool? And you probably went to the movies with your friends and acted in an obnoxious manner? Remember how cool it was to make fun of 5th graders, and how Green Day was the best band ever? Remember how no one understood you, ESPECIALLY your parents, and how the only way you could cope with it was through watching MTV?

Of course you do, because you were an immature 13 year old.

We are faced yet again with the same dilemma this year. We are at the top of the food chain, which can easily result in acts of stupidity. At this point, we ought to recall the stupid things we did as 8th graders. Don't fall victim to the same vices. No one likes your AIM profile. No one likes the poem you wrote about graduating and leaving all your friends behind.

Next year, you will be a freshman once again, and you will realize that you weren't very cool as a senior.

I challenge you, my peers, to be classy. And for God's sake, don't write stupid messages on the windows of your car.

Originality is scarce in music, movies,and television alike. Thank God we have Laguna Beach.

Too many people, in too many places, too many times, take things they hear and see and make them the primary points of their lives. People have ceased thinking for themselves, even living for themselves. Some people rely on others lives' to entertain their own.

The mind is a powerful tool, perhaps the most powerful and sophisticated thing known to man, yet people constantly dumb themselves down with the things they surround themselves with. For this reason, the only thing I enjoy doing at night is engulfing myself in a sea of philosophy books. We all know rock music is clearly the work of Satan himself, and that television rots your brain. So based on the countless studies and various pieces of evidence we have to prove these points, I decide to use books as my chief source of entertainment.

Although I am aware of the hazardous health risks of watching television, I am one to live life on the edge, so I enjoy the occasional television show.

That being said, I've always found shows like "The Real World" a bit peculiar. I figure, "Why watch these people go to the club, when I could just go to the club myself?"

Same with the MTV show "Next". I ask myself, "Why go on a bus with a few strangers in hopes to attract the attention of a special someone who I can spend some quality time with and either (A) Find an everlasting soulmate in them to accompany me on the rest of my journey through life, or (B) Be immediately 'nexted' by them because they didn't like my hairstyle, hence winning $1." Instead of the next bus, I could just ride the yellow bus to NDP and try my luck with the freshmen girls.

So with so many mediocre shows furnishing my television, it is nice to know there is still a quality show like Laguna Beach on the lineup.

Packed to the brim with both drama and humor, Laguna Beach always leaves me lusting for one more episode. I love watching best friends share experiences through parties, relationships, and bittersweet graduation ceremonies. Some people think that Laguna Beach is full of a ton of stuck up pricks, but I really feel that these characters have more depth to them. If you aren't a fan of Laguna Beach, give it one more shot. Under the tacky sunglasses, expensive designer clothing, and a whole hell of a lot of makeup, you will see that these are genuinely great people, starring in a great TV show.

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Aye, fight and you may die, run, and you'll live... at least for a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin' to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!