In Loving Memory of Lorenzo

Classes start again tomorrow, and like all kids preparing for the school year, i've been busy making sure everything is in place. My list so far:

- New L.L. Bean backpack with my initials embroidered in Verdana font-check.
- Crayola magic-erase markers so i can write secret notes to my friends in class-check.
- New back-to-school outfit ironed and layed out on dresser as if a person was wearing it and then vanished-check.
- Shoes with matching socks set at the bottom of the dresser under my slammin' outfit-check.
- Lunch money for the school bully-check.

Well, it looks as if i'm about ready...still, i can't help but be anxious about how the first day will play out. Will i have anyone to sit with at lunch? Will my teachers like me? What about that boy i have a crush on...did he get his braces out over the summer and did the doctor find a cure for his turret's? (hope not...he was dreamy)

I guess i can only hope for the best. Whatever happens, i'm confident that my school experience will be much more fulfilling than that of poor Lorenzo in the Lifetime Original Movie* I caught last night. One moment his school counselor is telling him that his future "shines so bright, i have to wear shades to even think about it" (despite the fact that his mother is a crack addict who makes Lorenzo buy her drugs in return for motherly affection)...and not five minutes later, Lorenzo gets run-over by a cadillac and then (after the driver realizes Lorenzo is a fighter and still breathing) shot in the chest twice. To be fair to the school counselor, the headlights of the cadillac were shining really brightly.

* don't knock Lifetime; it is one of the few entertainment outlets that doesn't make you feel bad about laughing when terribly dramatic things happen to people.