Festivity and holiday cheer fill the room as I walk into Sammi's house and see christmas decorations everywhere. I walk into the kitchen as "the first noel" plays in the background and set down my pink weaver family cookies on the table with already six other trays of a variety of treats. Ugly Christmas sweaters surround me as we all look around at each other laughing and admiring how everyone went all out with the hilarious theme. From elf and santa hats, to funny Christmas socks, to sweaters that should probably be burned (mine as a perfect example), the bizarre apparrell walking around the room seems just plain wrong. So the conversation continues on and we talk about winter break plans, christmas traditions, funny stories as we all laugh and have fun. Then suddenly... it happens. AP English somehow creeps its way unto the conversation (as always) and everyone starts to talk about what they just blogged about today and how they are so bummed that we have to remember to do them over break. Time then suddenly stands still and the music seems to suddenly stop and everyone just looks at me in horror in the same way as if I had just admitted to some felony as I mutter in shock, "Oh no. I forgot to blog". Every AP English 12 student at first just lets out a chorus of "Oh.." and then they all start laughing as I ask in confusion the day of the week and continue to deny that this tragic incident actually just happened.
That illustrates the reason why I now sit upstairs in my friend's study room, type away on her computer, and listen to my friends laugh and yell right below my feet as I do homework. I feel like this depicts a perfect example of how insane all AP English students really act. I could have just stayed downstairs, ate cookies, played the games and just taken the hit on this blog post and finished it tomorrow. But no. Instead I have become brainwashed AP English to the point where we all obsess about our assignments so much that I feel like I could not disappoint Ms. Serensky and party with an unfinished blog post hanging over my head. Maybe the brainwashing does have some benefit, but it definitely also have some side effects that make us all sort of crazy to the point where we choose blogs over having a life. So as much fun as blogging can is, I guess I will go back down to the party now.
Carolyn, I definitely agree with your depiction of the "brainwashing". Somehow, AP English does seem to creep into the numerous hangouts we have with our friends, EVEN over break! Our friends who take Honor's all cringe when they hear us talking about it. They pity us very much for how much work we always have to do, but do not realize that it will somehow benefit us in the end.
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