In only 8 days I will be out of high school for good and only a week after that I will be out of our pityful middle of nowhere town for a while if not for good. I'm a bit scared, excited and sad all at once. what will I do away from the security of my family? how will I get along without my friends? And why do I have to go to the stupid ceremony for it? I really don't think that it is all that exciting to sit in a hot room waiting for my name to be called, silently wishing that somehow I could take all my friends with me so that I don't have to worry about whether I will ever see them again or not.

Oh and that horrible song! oh how every band member I've ever spoken to hates that song. And every mother gets all teary eyed when they hear it. Why can't the song be less repetative, more exciting, something that gives us a desire to go to such a long drawn out ceremony?