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Name: Konrad
Country: United States
State: Pennsylvania
Birthday: 4/10/1987
Gender: Male
Interests: Listening to music: A New Found Glory, AFI, Alkaline Trio, Allister, Anberlin, Audioslave, Catch Phrase, Caution, Dashboard, Dave Matthews Band, Don't Look Down, Eve 6, Fenix TX, Finch, Further Seems Forever, Good Charlotte, Hoobastank, Incubus, Jimmy Eat World, Left Front Tire, Less Than Jake, Linkin Park, Live, Mae, Mest, Midtown, Millencolin, MxPx, No Use For a Name, Pick an Exit, POD, Relient K, Rufio, Saves the Day, Second Class, Senses Fail, Simple Plan, Slapdash, Slick Shoes, Something Corporate, Spitalfield, Straylight Run, Sugar Ray, Sum 41, Taking Back Sunday, The All-American Rejects, The Ataris, The Juliana Theory, The Starting Line, The Used, Third Eye Blind, Thursday, Trapt, TRUSTcompany, U2, Unwritten Law, Weezer, Yellowcard, among others... you know... things of that nature...
Expertise: None
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
1/2/2003
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| So...
Graduation... unreal... although I'm not as sad as I should be... my
true symbolic end was last week on the last day of classes (see last
entry)... this is just tying up loose ends... (Then again, I tell
myself this now, but I'm definitely gonna think differently tomorrow)...
Still, I can't help think about last year... How I hated it ending, but
I love what's become of this year... I thought nothing could top last
year, and then that was blown out of the water by senior year...
I hate thoughts like that though... they make me think that I want to
leave... I really don't... maybe that's just me telling myself that I'm
ready... (a lie, of course)...
The saving grace, however, is summer... = amazing so far... Dorney,
walk on the wild side, random nights, camping (meh, not great, but
better than usual)... Six flags!! Tonight was excellent too!  And now... grad parties... Senior week! more parties! senior week! more parties! and so on...
Life is good... better than I'd imagined it'd be at this point... (and I had pretty high expectations)...
Thank you all....
Peace, Love, and the 4th,
-Konrad
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| Reality sets in...
Beware...
First off, recent stuff... Mount prom was excellent...! Lotsa fun
people I knew, food was ok and it took forever, but good music and
overall great time! Rest of the weekend also interesting and lots of
fun...
And now... the last day of school is upon us... As it approaches, I am reminded of everything... and i mean everything...
From the start... Our freshman year... Rad... The sophomores... Conor
Ahern: "Conor, you doin' alright? You happy?" "Ecstatic"... John: "Hey,
Mr. Rad... I really want to be in calc AB..." "John... I'm gonna
have to use the phrase....... no..." File... crazy man... amazing
class... Bio! Fucking bio... Bernie: intense philosophical
conversations... Physics and God can work together! Featuring Mr.
Barna... hahaha... Conor: just plain insanity... telephone? Leighton...
talks of crew, and life in general... 4th lunch... Turner's and
Miller's with Bradwell and Roberts... oh and Fratamico... Leahy's
Catholic ID... Pags, Tom Johnson, etc... Mystics, Dr. Scott Peck, wow I
learned a lot there... Filet Manion part 1!! Powers, other
sophomores... "You have to say 'J'ai perdu' otherwise, 'je suis perdu'
would be if you were lost in the woods and about to be.......
devoured... ok..." Crew! Gibbons... Leighton and Bernie again...
haha... Frosh Light 8 sweeping flicks... we kicked ass!
Sophomore year... Hartey part 1... Goof, Spencer, Moll, Meves... AP
Euro... ugh... hell... 'Tinski... Will... Ronzone... Mr. Young, "Are
you laughing at me?"... Calc... with JI and Zakrzewski... and of
course, the great Mr. Roche... Jamie and Rick... Francais avec Frere
Jacques... Mark Bur... the loveship French! Latin part 1... Fields...
"Shitimus maximus" and crossword puzzles! Scripture with ho-ho... "Is
that Bible on the floor?" "Uhh, actually... it's in a hole..."
::Gasp::... 'nuff said... Chemistry with Mrs. Po... Insanity... XC...
More crew... but then... no more crew! Oh well... lifting was... fun
too... haha...
Boy was I a loser those years... then junior year! oh shit... Maura...
Leo... Joe... Carol,Erica,Bridget... Cait... Maria... etc etc etc... AP
US with Mr. Fitz... and Jim!! and a stoned Eichert... and more...
intense debate, and avoiding of questioning... AP French... i.e. Filet
Manion part deux! More hilarity... Dempsey's AP Eng... Joe Winning's
nice shirt... Matt Dempsey... Eichert's aristocratic comment of the
day... McGinley's complaining... Reefer madness... Tri-di?
Tri-dessicator? Complete overanalysis of essays, short stories, etc...
but fun! 4th lunch... Morality with Papa P baby!!! BC with the
all-stars... smartest kids... ever... Physics, also insane... super
balls, sock'em boppers... Oh and independent Latin, part 2... hahaha...
what fun... Cross-Country! Sort of... More Crew! 2nd lights! Almost had
a chance! Johnson's "I shouldn't talk, I was recently shafted up the
backside at a red light the other day........and I should probably
watch what I say around you guys, shouldn't I?" The kickass Light 4
B... Me, Jones, Kappa, Lacon, coxed by the great Callahan... kicked the
Light 4 A's ass.... not racing in Stotes? Try Johnny Manana's! License!
Holy crap... Football games... Starbucks... All-American Rejects...
Caution shows... Erica... mixers... TLA... hey, why not join the
band... Starting Line... Halloween show... Club HP... Laura V... Laura
R... Allister! Something Corporate... Recording... The months of
November and December... whoa... Poland... back! Few hours of sleep for
about 4 days... New Years show! Knife? Norristown! Mike Coyle... 4
am... "Stayed with your cousins while you were in Cuba?" Toking on
aspirins... arrogance... despair... The return of the juniors! Winter
dance! Rave! Lost in a well.........VDP! Blind Mount formal with
Victoria! GMA formal with Cait! Going out every night! Surprise
party!!! AP's... The Format! REALLY going out every night... Caution
album... Prom! Prom! Prom! Fun!!! Simpsons DVD... haha...
Summer... Grad parties, take 1... Vancouver... Hi Erica! Pre-senior
week... Blue and Red pillows? Senior week... Mike, Mike, Mike....
Willie! Insane month of July/August... Almost Ben Folds/Guster...
Fucking 3EB!!! Working... Mae! Warped Tour!!!?! Shore!! (Night of
living dead... well not for me...) Motion City Soundtrack, Island
hopping... OAR!!! And then, it ends...
Senior year... holy crap, senior year... Obligatory stuff... Physics...
Berto... the Triumvirate... Latin Vol. 3... Greek... or rather...
movies! English... Rat... Got 'eeem... Hardy... Econ... eep! but more Jim!! Ed,
George, and everyone in 6th: "What'd we do in Econ today?" Haha... Oh
well... Prayer... O...M...G... i.e. Life class... "Prayer is life..."
"Life is difficult... and it's not getting any easier" So goooood....
Stat... boring... but same... oh well... 7th and 8th period... trying to same?!?
Then, Starbucks... lots of it... KAIROS! 525,600... Standing outside
the fire... Gibbons... Chez... Learning to Fly... Vindicated... I
Believe... Solsbry Hill... Meditation... Group 7... Kessler, Connelly,
Paige, Blake, Staffi... under Pat and Bernie... Btrucks and Penns on
night 1... and Blake! Conor on night 2... Cry... fucking amazing...
"Jesus Christ... and the Virgin Mary, Mother of God... do not... DO NOT
empty yourselves... I love that little man-child..." Thank you... To
Chez and Clark... to the leaders... to God... to you if I know you!!
Moving on... Arcadia with Jamie... Something Corporate again... Random
night at SJU! Rave 2... ho-lay crap... 10:30 Opening of new church mass
the next day... hahaha... Pain... learning... Metanoia... but not
really... vicarious, perhaps... growth... definitely growth... Garden
State! The Postal Service! 37-40... Taking Back Sunday show... 41...
Belize... IN COLLEGE! New Years... all 3 parties... haha... Futures...
Christine and formal... Closer! hahahaha.... No license... Ski trip!
Ray, Whalon, Matt!! Mae! The Calculus sessions... Callahan, and lots of
him... Ambiance!!! Mixers!!! Poland... Pierre Bensusan at the World
Cafe Live!! Mae again! Joey-Freaking-Kirk... holy crap... muah! Vox...
Cate... License again! Lauren!!! Prom!! Prom!!
And here I am... still awake at 2:10, the night before the last day of
school... 12 hours before it will be officially over... All that remain
are 6 periods, 1 exam, and 1 essay... I care not... I do know this: I
am content... Things have gone wrong, but I have learned... Things have
gone well and I had fun... I've worked hard... I've neglected work... I
am no longer afraid... I love who I am... I'm not perfect... and I'm
glad... I like what I've done... I have tried my best... And if I know
you, I love who you are... If you're reading this, and I know you, you
have affected me for the better... all of you...
In Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie describes the Perfect Day... But rather
than describe something outlandish... he talks about waking up, having
breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and taking a walk with friends... nothing
big... just... simple... it's these days that make up our lives... They
hold it together... We've had good days and bad days... but together,
they're all we have... there's nothing we can do to change our past, so
we embrace it... It's possible that I have misjudged people in the
past... I am sorry... but I've learned from it... from my worst
experiences come my best lessons... and from my best experiences come
my best memories... In no way am I perfect... but my life... has been
perfect... I have not myself to thank... but my parents... God... and
you...
Morrie also tells us to be mindful of... "Is today the day? Am I ready?
Am I doing all I need to do? Am I the person I want to be?"... I think
I can honestly say yes... I've changed so much over the past few
years... months... You may have noticed, you may not... I thought I
wanted to forever be the person I was Junior year... boy was I wrong...
Switchfoot: "This is your life... are you who you want to be?"... Hell
yeah... There are times when I rock... there are times when I suck...
Looking back... both are amazing...
When we're born, we need people... When we die, we need people...
Morrie: "Here's the secret: in between, we need others as well."
Relationships... are everything... Without people, we'd... I'd be
nothing... it's all thanks to you... to you, I attribute much of who I
am... Thank you...
The greatest song to describe my feelings right now... the song from
Rent... 525,600 minutes... How do you measure a year? In minutes or
days? I forget how many of those there were... No... measure in love...
in memories... in good times, in bad times... in time we've shared... I
thank you for it... Measure in Kairos... God's time... none of this
Chronos crap...
We made it... we fucking made it... and most importantly, we made it together...
Good night... Thank you... I love you...
Peace, Love, and the 4th...
-Konrad
(PS. How's that for prolix?)
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| Wow...
Prom, Dorney, Fun!
What an amazing weekend...
5 days of school...
Mount Prom!
Exams? 
Grad parties...
Senior week!
Holy crap...
-Konrad
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| So Tom Callahan and I are driving home from Barnes and Noble last night
and we see a Petsmart sign that advertises "Unconditional Satisfaction
Guaranteed"...
Think about what this means... and what would happen if people took this to heart...
-Konrad
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| ...
What an amazing day...
Peace,
-Konrad
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