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Yesterday at school there was a bomb threat. We had one about two years ago, and it was of course an empty threat, as they always are. But the thing is, you can't just ignore it in case there actually is a bomb. With that logic in mind, we evacuated.

We went to the football field -- the bleachers, to be specific. And all we could do was wait. That's the thing about bomb threats -- you just wait and try to keep cool. I mean, literally. It was a little after noon and it was pretty sweltering outside. But the whole thing was over sooner that I thought. In fact, only about a half an hour had elapsed. Actually, I don't know how long it was, but it wasn't too terribly long. We were able to get back to class, and the people who were in lunch at the time got extra lunch. Lucky them.

Today I was wondering, what if people phoned in bomb threats every day? They'd have to investigate everything each time. That would include searching the entire school and catching whoever made the call. Things would definitely be inconvenient, but they would just have to go through with the rigmarole every time. And they would probably install metal detectors and infringe upon our rights. It wouldn't be fun.

Toward the end of the day today, there was another bomb threat. Yes, two bomb threats in two days. We went to the field as usual and again didn't stay outside for very long, although in the intervening time it had gotten cloudy and started to drizzle lightly. I treated this one with less wariness. Maybe I'm building up a false sense of security, but two bomb threats in two days? Come on. If the rumors are to be believed, these bomb threats were called in by different people. I wonder if we'll ever know the facts behind them.

I completely and utterly forgot that today and tomorrow are the days when we vote for prom king and queen. There are a lot of people vying for the top honors, including lots of underdogs in both categories, I understand. I believe my friends Andrew and Justin are both running for prom king, but my sister informs me that Justin wasn't on the ballot. That saves me a lot of agony about deciding whom to vote for. My plan was to vote for one of them but not tell anybody who.

Now you can test to see if a web site is blocked by the "Great Firewall of China." I'm pleased to say that The World of Stuff is not censored in China.