i'm really shocked at how much high school truly has changed my life. people told me that it would switch things up a bit, but i didn't expect it to be this much. some of my best friends from middle school i barely even talk to anymore. i've noticed that boyfriends are becoming first priority over friends - so long "chicks before dicks" - and that the standards for staying in a certain clique have become higher than ever. you have to look like this this and this, and you have to do this this and this, you need to be this this and this. getting into one of the exclusives social circles is the easy part; it's staying in that's the hardest. have you ever noticed how when you're in a certain group of friends, there are always little dramatics going on in between the members of the group? there's always a conflict between two or three people, be it about boys or school or family or events, anything. if they can find something to fight about, they will.

so yeah, moral of the story is that high school changes everything. (: