✧ NO TRUE STORY IS LEFT TO PICK UP DUST:

• as your friends leave the iron cage, you remain in it for one last year to finish up what you have to do. with new classes, an internship, and an acceptance to a youth cabinet it keeps you busy as you wonder about the crockett foundation. even then, your grandfather dies like how your grandmother did and it seems like you cannot catch a break. your friend is even acting very stupid. you just keep on pushing and work to make everyone who cares about you proud, even the ones watching from above. at the end of the day, somehow, this mourning high school stray will find a way to make things shine somehow.

✧ A MOURNING HIGH SCHOOL STRAY:

• 07/01/2024 ➣ you spent the first morning of the month doing a lot of math for your stupid test. "ayy, can't touch me like gojo (gojo). look good in all my photos (hey, hey). just landed in kyoto (yeah, yeah). i'm worldwide, these bitches local. arigato. arigato (ah, y'all can't touch me like gojo). (look good in all my photos). ayy, can't touch me like gojo (gojo). look good in all my photos (all my photos). just landed in kyoto (hey, hey, hey, mwah). i'm worldwide, these bitches local (hey, hey). arigato. arigato (y'all can't touch me like gojo). (look good in all my photos) hm, ayy" you end up chilling with a new intern while also making some boxes. not only have you done that but you got some other things going on.
• 07/02/2024 ➣ you wake up early to do some math work. "bling, bling, bling, bling, bling. i like chains on chains. blood stain stained my ring, just a little bump. touch me where you need to, i can give you more. bodies on the floor, just breathe (ah), breathe (ah). that dior (in the club). take it off (in the club). pay homage (in the club). to the god (in the club). play your part (in the club). say no more (in the club). love and war (in the club). je t'adore (in the club)" you get to work to prepare for a lot of work with shelves and inventory. a lot of walking up and down, a lot of hammering with a rubber hammer, a lot of work only to go to sat prep. you got a nice extension to your test and you kept on going for a long ass time. like you woke up at 12am and went to sleep 12am. fuck your life.
• 07/03/2024 ➣ you woke up well rested from the past few days and head out to a trip to a lil expo thing at a local university. it was cool and had some vr things while also you played a lotta smash bros with one of your gay underclassmen and he's actually pretty good. you witness a middle school smash tournament with ass players and a smelly audience. you went home to hear they want you to do more work outside of work hours with no pay. this is the second time this has happened and its stupid. you think about your senior pictures while you study, but you realize something important. either study some more and take the deduction or attempt to take it when you know you're not prepared. there's always a third option, but it hasn't worked nor would it be worth it. you take a break and join your friends for a watch of bullet train. btw, bullet train is a peak movie.
• 07/04/2024 ➣ after watching bullet train with your friends you play discord scrabble, fallguys, and death by ai. you go to sleep knowing the choice you made was ultimately the right one that'll you keep close to you. you wake up and study and do work. you eat an amazing burger made by your mother. english or spanish bitch, that's what sukuna gets from inumaki, but watch sukuna still live. "i get money, i'm a star, star, star star, star, star, star. i get money, i'm a star, star, star star, star, star, star. お金 稼ぐ 俺らは スター. お金 稼ぐ 私は スター. スター、スター、スター、スター、キラキラ 私は スター (real hot girl shit)"
• 07/05/2024 ➣ chilling and doing work. that's all you really do. it is a shame that you didn't do the test but it's the better choice for you. you got paidddddddddd. you get on call with the gang to play some pokerogue and rocket league. "yesterday i got a call like from my dog like 101. said they killed his only son because of insufficient funds. he was sobbin', he was mobbin', way belligerent and drunk. talkin' out his head philosphin' on what the lord had done. he said, "k-dot can you pray for me?. it's been a fucked up day for me. i know that you anointed, show me how to overcome". he was lookin' for some closure. hopin' i could bring him closer. to the spiritual, my spirit do no better, but i told him. "i can't sugar coat the answer for you. this is how i feel—if somebody kill my son. that mean somebody's gettin' killed". tell me what you do for love, loyalty, and passion of. all the memories collected, moments you could never touch. i wait in front a niggas spot and watch him hit his block. i'll catch a nigga leavin' service if that's all i got. i'll chip a nigga then throw the blower in his lap. walk myself to the court like, "bitch i did that". ain't no black power when your baby killed by a coward. i can't even keep the peace, don't you fuck with one of ours. it be murder in the street, it be bodies in the hour. ghetto bird on the street, paramedics on the dial. let somebody touch my momma. touch my sister, touch my woman. touch my daddy, touch my niece. touch my nephew, touch my brother. you should chip a nigga then throw the blower in his lap. matter fact, i'm 'bout to speak at this convention. call you back."
• 07/06/2024 ➣ what a chill day. just do some work here and there and finish up all the letters of recommendation. then chill with the gang some more and talk about whatever. you cannot wait for the denpa men. you unfortunately could not make it to the movie night but it worked out in your favor. also your friend updates you on the crazy dumbass who wanted a a fetus to become a stillborn and you're simply wondering where is your apology.
• 07/07/2024 ➣ "what's a sunny day (sunny day). without you? (without you). just another twenty-four.that passes by. what's a sunny day (sunny day). without you? (without you, yeah). just another twenty-four. that passes by (ooh-oh). what's a sunny day. without you? (oh-whoa, yeah). just another twenty-four (yeah, oh-yeah). that passes by. what's a sunny day (sunny day) without you? (without you, oh). just another twenty-four. that passes by (passes me by)." yall talked about whatever and watched some zone zero gameplay. so you go to church but you don't gotta stay for long cause of the broken ac. you got some assignments done and talked with a friend about the future. watched some avatar. he asked if he considered you a friend while you reassured him about the state of his life.
• 07/08/2024 ➣ you play some pokerogue after finishing the assignments and go to sleep. you got 15 more mons to collect for your pokerogue pokedex. wake up, avoid ap scores, simple. your friend decided to walk a good mile for some mcdonalds and back. yall did a bunch of letters and even let someone did your gay survey. you did some driving and you're practically ready to get your license. you also got some progress done on your presentation.
• 07/09/2024 ➣ you get some more progress on the presentation and head to bed. you get some work done here and there, more presentation work and other stuff going on. you talk to your friend about the list you made about him and he's obviously bothered by it despite what he says. your other friend claims it was fucked up what you did and you cannot disagree, however, you do not regret doing it as it got the message across. you passed your ap exams, it looks like you will always save the passing rate, and you almost lost your voice from your reaction. so while you talk to your friend about your drama and the damn album by kendrick, he tells you about a serbian guy who acts like a sigma male and likes femboys.
• 07/10/2024 ➣ you wake up to more talks about the drama, it's exhausting so just go back to sleep. you had a dream about failing a math test, maybe you should start studying. you get up and you do the things you need to do. not only that, but you get some sat prep and shit goes lose when hoes and bops do some cheating with mold on it. unfortunately you stopped ghosting her and now she's back to texting you about random shit.
• 07/11/2024 ➣ you work tirelessly on things in the warehouse as well as do more work on the presentation. you also get some new bsd mayoi cards of francis and herman. not only that but you go and have some exotic chocolates and free money and a free lottery tickets.
• 07/12/2024 ➣ driving in the morning is frustrating. texts from a person who doesn't want to apologize is frustrating. texts from people who are not giving the results you need is frustrating.
• 07/13/2024 ➣ you did some driving and some studying. you also decided to make a sonic adventure 2 poster of your friends, and it was very funny. "but you can hardly swallow your fears and pain. when you can't help but follow. it puts you right back where you came. hanging on the edge of tomorrow. (live and learn) from the works of yesterday. (live and learn) if you beg or if you borrow. (live and learn) you may never find your way. whoa, oh, oh yeah!" trump got shot????? you played genshin with your friend and had some fun and hell going through the stupid mountains quest.
• 07/14/2024 ➣ you watched a good amount of avatar and finished season 2 and started season 3. ngl, deadly drive from dead apple is such a good song. after some more driving, you got some trig work, economics, and math homework out the way.
• 07/15/2024 ➣ it looks like you gotta take ap calc starting in august and finish in october. you take a lot of phone calls and a few walks to get through the day. you might've said fuck on a phone call but it's whatever we just pray that they didn't hear the voicemail. so apparently triple a batteries put out a diss track on the loi girls, someone needs to just remove her from the entire situation. you finished a dba.
• 07/16/2024 ➣ you're tired of rotting in bed, perhaps the hustle culture of ivy league life isn't for you. you wake up to do some calls and some emails. you try to get work done and drive and do a dba but it a lot on you. you feel like so many things are happening and its hard to control it all. especially with all these essays, sat scores, and so much more you got to put on your plate.
• 07/17/2024 ➣ you wake up and get to work. you do some work here adn there. make more calls. talk to a jamaican dude and even more. you look at some calculus as you desperately try to finish trig homework cause a certain nerd just likes taking your time away from you. you are always working though and it's not good for you. luckily, your black smurf friend facetimed you and it lasted for a good while also biden has covid??
• 07/18/2024 ➣ you wake up at 1am and go to slaving with math work. you have some crazy dreams and it really does seem that a rapid amount of crazy dreams happens because of a lack of sleep and the intrinstic desire to wake up in a few minutes. it's also crazy how rapid and connected the dreams are, from having your dtb friend meet you up first with other people in your class for a party from a slight thought of her, to your friend getting canceled due to another quick thought. however you worked and you should be able to get stuff done, unfortunately, your headphones seem to no longer be working, they got you through so much of high school, you thank them dearly. you did some videos but also got to speak with someone at john hopkins and get a chance to get a letter of rec from him. you spoke about so many issues at ely and how the school might not be paying attention to your programs or anything. maybe you wasted your time, maybe you should've gone to a different school, but now you just gotta keep on pushing. you did some cool things and got some books and talked about spirituality during your mental health session while also wondering if the historical person your school was founded hoped for a better future for your school. wtf is going on instagram, it has become freakygram. your dtb friend broke up with her boyfriend, you feel bad for her but you're kinda happy that your friend is talking to you again. you took that test and you passed that shit.
• 07/19/2024 ➣ how sweet it is to get paid. you go to work and you kinda chill by yourself for some time. you made some more calls, but watched someone take 50 mins just to make a 30 second video which was kind of annoying. it's good to see your quiet introverted friend you went home and did a easy dba and started to enjoy your weekend.
• 07/20/2024 ➣ you didn't get much work done. you just watched some avatar, did some few projects, set up some waivers for sat, and also just had a decent time on genshin.
• 07/21/2024 ➣ played genshin til you fell asleep. you finished avatar the last airbender, wonder if you'll watch korra in the future. biden has dropped out of the race? that's pretty shocking. you are so excited for the denpa men tomorrow.
• 07/22/2024 ➣ where the fuck is the denpa men. you do some research and they might come out at 12pm, alright. you go through an entire day of work filled with anticipation only for still no denpa men? they finally came out around 9pm and you had so much fun with the game.
• 07/23/2024 ➣ job fair day was not as successful as we would've liked it. many companies didn't show, and it was kind of a bummer. you did have some good convos with the students and saw some old faces. you talked with friends about how you're not normal and other stuff about life. love playing the denpa men.
• 07/24/2024 ➣ driving is annoying as per usual but you're getting the hang of things. you did a lot of walking around today and for some reason you have some stupid interviews and presentations you need to make. you guys also make a bunch of phone calls cause we like to thank people. but ultimately you went home tired and played some more denpa men.
• 07/25/2024 ➣ happy birthday mom, sorry life has gone to shit for you this time of year. yuji finally got a domain expansion and clapped sukuna. also the denpa men are having their first event and it looks so cute. bungo mayoi finally getting season 3???? a lot of prep and a lot of consideration was being taken care of for the event. even then, you caught a bunch of strays from miliennials and xennials. you had to rush to eat and even had some verbal conflict while driving since you are tired and stressed. as you go to your final mind body movement session, you get a succulent and some money to take your mom out to dinner for her birthday. even some netflix stock surprisingly was obtained. even though the food was salty and kinda bad, your mom claims she enjoyed her night. now it's time to prepare for a graduation tomorrow.
• 07/26/2024 ➣ grandma, i miss you so much. today marks one year since her passing. you wake up mourning but you keep pushing on. you finish some side projects and tasks and start getting things situated. it was a lot of work but the whole thing went smoothly. however, you realize a person you made co-president of the engineering club might of have an imaginary girlfriend who could have been used as an excuse to lay off some work. speaking of engineering, a lady who you have seen before has come to share her words of you being a leader at your school, as she is a executive/ president of the national qssociation of black women in construction. after some clean up, some pictures, and some additional fun, you made a mistake. you tell your mom about the past month with your grandfather's passing, your grandmother's death anniversary, and more, only to be told you did not do enough for your mother. it seemed like your friend apolgized due to her lack of knowledge on the situation since she never lost a family member but fuck that shit. maybe you don't do enough. maybe you never do enough. the car ride was quiet but you just said you were tired while your friend and mom talked about hair. you get on a call with friends to talk about whatever, play denpa men, download overcooked, and more.
• 07/27/2024 ➣ you stay up late and go to sleep late only to spend a school day's amount of time at school before school. you noticed that your friend who might've lied to you about an imaginary girlfriend has a girl as his wallpaper. you gave a lot of people clothes and dealt with a lot of language barriers but you all got the job done. you learned more about the scholarship this organization may give out. after all, this organization makes you feel like a high school stray, so maybe something will work out. after everyone left, you walked around the breezeway and your garden to check some things out. the garden is filled with weeds, you will have to clean those out. as you wait, you just feel numb. the days keep passing by and you just never feel like you've done enough or you've done a good enough job. you go home, play denpa men, play overcooked, get reminded about the solar car, and realize all you can do now is focus on what you need to finish at high school, your college admissions, and setting up your future.

✧ NEVER ENOUGH:

• 07/28/2024 ➣ you played some overcooked all you can eat with friends with friends. you finally got thief dazai, finally finally finally. you also got thief yosano and detective chuuya, hopefully you could get the akutagawa as well. you played tons of denpa as you watched the start of the downfall of mr. beast. not gonna lie, this revelation should not have been shocking but this demotivates you heavily as it seems like you might only die a hero or live long enough to become the villian.
• 07/29/2024 ➣ you worked long and got yapped to long about a lot of stuff. you got some dbas done, played some denpa men, and are able to achieve your four final tasks for your internship, you just got to get the other stuff tomorrow.
• 07/30/2024 ➣ you wake up knowing this next week is gonna be a lot of testing, work, studying, and a lot more shit. you spun around a wheely chair for some bit while making a presentation. it was a lot of stress before the presentation. your nerdy friend really just had a wardrobe malfunction and we had to make sure his pants were covered up which even though he was very lucky to have the right person for this, you personally this was some of the worst bullshit on your last day of your internship. after a presentation, there were a ton of laughs. you were funny and a good presenter and saw a lot more emotion from others. your new friend cried a lot while the others teared up. biggie cheese has his moments but he will also miss you and the others dearly. it all led up to a group chat with all the interns being made. after all of that, you made sure your lil project got created. you made sure you got a lot of hours signed. you made sure to get the contact info of the john hopkins guy and got a few more others to sign your shirt. you leave knowing you will see your intern buddies next week and prepare to leave more impacts at your school. you were pretty tired but you tried to get some work done and a lot of denpa men.
• 07/31/2024 ➣ some more denpa men and some other assignments out the way, your old nhs advisor calls you for tomorrow. you make sure to get things prepared for another trip into the month of august. so yeah you're kinda stressed about things and a lot of shit is going on but that's fine. the common app opens tomorrow. however, your friend calls you to tell you that you know the daughter of a ceo of a hair salon company that makes hundreds of millions of dollars every year, crazy how networking works.

✧ MONTH CLOSURE:

• your time at the crockett foundation is on hold for a bit. so your internship comes to an end while a lot of calm shit happens. you know, you're probably getting your first non-a in a class but even though that might hurt you in the future it shouldn't be all that bad. at the end of the day the gpa only helps you get into grad school and some scholarships so unless if its horrible, you should be good. the internship ends with a whole new friend group a lot more opportunities in networking. you were judged by your friend a lot in the past few weeks about friends and eating habits and shit you can't even help your mom correctly so let's start keeping more things to ourselves fellas. let's just see that once you move towards common app season, you will constantly feel like you were never enough and you will keep on trying to do your best and move towards your dream. just one more year to go before you leave this rotten school.