While this recipe may seem simple, due to the fact that most adults have baked one of their own, the fact remains that every High School Cake is unique. No two people have the exact same experience in high school; thus, no two cakes come out quite the same. The amount of effort and love put forward in baking the High School Cake reflects in the results. Generally, more attentive bakers achieve more delicious cakes. We call the frosting on this cake “Education Icing” because, if we’re really going to be honest here, a good education is just icing on the cake of the high school experience.

Be careful not to take your cake out of the oven too early, unless you’re absolutely sure you know what you’re doing. Too often, I’ve seen a student pop out his high school cake a year or two before time, only to find himself rendered incapable of baking for the rest of his life. He also generally suffers a lower income level than his peers who have completed their High School Cakes, and still lower than those who have gone on to bake College Cakes.

( Recipe behind the cut! )

I literally turned this in for my composition final.

The envelopes are in the mail! If all goes well, I will go to college!

( The List )

I took my SAT 2's on Friday. English and Math 2. I'm a little eh about it because I misread a question in math and spent about five minutes trying to remember how to find roots of polynomials... "Which one isn't a root? But there's only one that actually is a root! What do I... oh wait."

My Swarthmore interview is Oct. 19, though! I am sooooo excited.

Also, Heroes. Is it just me, or do the Parkman/Mohinder scenes really smack of "Molly has two daddies"?

I really need to get my college application stuff together. Here's my list so far:

1. Swarthmore College: Common App + Supplement, Early Decision
   Omg love ♥♥♥. My top choice, by far. Something just clicked when I made a visit. I'm not really sure what else to say. Beautiful campus, great location, awesome academics program. I think I'd really fit in with the students.
   
2. University of Chicago: Uncommon App, Early Action
   The main reason I'm applying is because I want to be the last class to fill out the Uncommon App. It looks like buckets of fun, I like that it's right in Chicago, even if the neighborhood looks kinda meh. Really great school for economics, of course, although I've been told multiple times that U of C is a far better school for graduates than undergrads.
   
3. Northwestern University: Common App, Early Action
   I really liked my visit. I thought the location was great, but apparently students don't like the Evanston-ers. And it's right on the lake, so I expect it to be COLD in the winter. Might be a little big for me, though.
   
4. Williams College: Common App + Supplement, Regular Decision
   I haven't visited, but it seems very similar to Swarthmore, and their top majors are art, poly sci, and econ. What more could I want? Apparently harder to get into than Swat, and the location, while beautiful, isn't as good. I don't think there's easy access to an ice rink. THERE IS AN ICE RINK ON CAMPUS!
   
5. Amherst College: Common App + Supplement, Regular Decision
   Again, I haven't visited. Similar to Williams, but the location, although still rural, seems much better, what with the Five Colleges thing and all. I like that students here are supposed to be very politically aware.
   
6. University of Notre Dame, Application?, Early Action
   Familial obligation only, really. Despite what I am constantly told about how "Notre Dame is a great school for everyone," I don't think it's really my type.
   
7. Tufts University, Common App + Supplement, Regular Decision
   Haven't visited. A great international relations graduate school probably filters down to undergrad. I'm not sure. Great location.
   
   More schools I am considering, but am too lazy to fill out thingies for: Boston College (have visited - it's basically Notre Dame with a better location and a more liberal student body, which is good), Haverford College, Johns Hopkins University (in-state what whaaat), Middlebury College, Univeristy of Maryland: College Park (safety school?), Goucher College (in-state, required study abroad)
   Schools I don't really have a chance in, but am told I should consider anyway: Columbia, Princeton, Cornell, MIT (legacy), UPenn
   
   Obviously, I need to narrow this list down. Flist, if you know anything about any of these schools, or any schools I'd be interested in, considering these choices, that'd be most excellent. Any advice at all is appreciated, really.

Oh, the hypocrisy. Oh, the hilarity.

Vox Politik is going to be an amazing game and you all should really consider joining. Because it is made of awesome. And such.

Also, I'm back from France.

I wrote the cheesiest "speech" ever for the scholarship contest's timed writing portion. Go me!

In other news:

So I just had my "first kiss" today, but I'm not sure if it really counts, as it was a total joke and I had it with one of the gayest guys on the planet. A pair of lips is a pair of lips, though, right?

Except he had prickly stubble. Eeew.

Everybody remember Bad Poetry Girl?

Well, guess who got an E on her poem? And guess who got an A?

HAHA. IN YOUR FACE. "GOOD WRITER" MY ASS.

In other news, I popped the last of my monster splinter out yesterday, and LJ is pink. Thanks a lot, LJ.

OH AND SNOW DAY!

I just got the Mother of All Splinters in my pinkie, and I've gotten most of it out, but there's just this little sliver that WON'T COME OUT AND IT HURTS.

So, earlier today, expedishous and I were "eeeeew"-ing over the DRad's nekkie pictures with the horsey. Until very recently, I had no idea what Equus was. For some reason, I thought it was some Harry Potter convention, maybe named after some obscure Harry Potter spell.

"Equus" does sound like it could be a Harry Potter spell, doesn't it? So, tell me, if it were indeed a spell, what would it do?

Seventeen years and nine months ago, my parents had sex.

Eeew.

Oh, yeah. One more thing! Twelve hours from now, I will be in the middle of taking my SAT.

Play the game.

In other news, my brother's started a band. He's the keyboard player, which is funny because... I have the keyboard in my room, and he NEVER comes to play it. And the piano is gathering dust downstairs.

I stood in line for three hours, but now I have it! WII!

1. YOUR REAL NAME:
Loren S (YOU WILL NEVER KNOW MY LAST NAME. Unless you know me on Facebook. Also, no. I am not Rachel, like it said for about two minutes before I fixed it. I stole this from a girl named Rachel and didn't change it.)

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first three letters of your name, plus izzle)
Lorizzle

3. YOUR "FLY Guy/Girl" NAME: (first initial of first name, first three of
your last)
LSco

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (fav color and fav animal)
Alizarin Crimson Quagga (YES. I LOVE QUAGGAS.)

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, town where you were born):
Marie Cambridge (I actually like the sound of this.)

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2
letters of your first name, first 3 letters of mom's maiden name):
Scololin (My mom's maiden name has only three letters in it. Also this is awkward to say.)

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (favorite color, favorite drink)
Phthalo Green Mango Juice (I am using oddly named watercolor colors for these, I admit. I also like Cadmium, but that kinda belongs on the periodic table, too.)

8. IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, 1st letter of your middle name, 2nd letter of your mom's maiden name, 3rd letter of you dads middle name, 1st letter of a sibling's first name, last letter of your mom's middle name)
Oomiaan (This one doesn't work for me. Also it is vaguely racist.)

9. STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/body spray)
Melon Daiquiri (MMM. PHILOSOPHY.)

10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother & father's middle name)
Kwun Frank (This doesn't really work for me, either.)

Oh, 2006. I have many fond memories of you. The only two I can think of right now are getting told that I'm spelling my own name wrong, and finding that cannabis scented perfume in Sephora.

Oh, 2007. I hope you'll be better than 2006. I resolve this year to get a prom date. I don't care if it's a boy or a girl, or if it's as friends or like a real date-date. It just can't be that loser I went to homecoming with. Also I want to pass senior moves and land my double axel.

I look forward to finally beginning senior year.

When the ball dropped, I was knitting. No lie.

As a final note, HAHA. MICHIGAN.

Today, I spoke to my mother in Frenchanese. I said, "wo de baba shi dans la voiture."

Also when she was telling me to "shi tsao" "shen zai," I said, "je vais, je vais!" Which I think is actually wrong French, but whatever.

I don't know how people manage more than one language.