Rewind

I feel like being reflective today. I mean, it's New Year's Eve, and I always have the feeling that I'm supposed to be doing something important. Such as finishing "Pride and Prejudice" and doing the homework I sort of put off. Or writing a letter to the president. Or at least making some cheesy New Year's resolutions that I never keep anyway.
So I thought about 2007 (for like 8 minutes...in the shower) and the reasons that I thought it was such a crappy year. Such as:

1. My dog died. 7 years is a long time to have a dog, especially when he was older than dirt to begin with. But he was my first dog, and so putting him down was really sad.

2. I'm crap with boys. Yeah. This is mostly what made the year so unbearable. Mostly because of tension. Or something. Looking back, I would much rather have minded my own business and kept reading my Pony Pals.

3. One word: Church. My family was planning to leave a church we'd been going to even before we got Oggy, but we didn't know when and we couldn't tell anybody. I wanted to leave so badly, but I didn't want to leave behind friends and stuff. But we finally did, so it's not like I couldn't leave it all completely behind me.

4. I didn't make the basketball team. This really sucked at the time, because I had to hold it in all day while people apologized, and I'd kind of been having trouble with some girls at the time, so that entire day kind of bombed, but it ended up being okay because I made the team, so I probably shouldn't even consider this a reason.

But the year didn't turn out completely wasted.

1. Um, I got elected president!! That's pretty cool. REALLY cool. And it upped my social status somewhat. My fellow freshmen still think I'm a nerd, but who cares?

2. I made the basketball team and discovered sports. Basketball and track rule. Hopefully I REALLY make the basketball team this year and 5 people don't die in order for me to get a spot. And track should be fun. I've gotten faster, only I haven't run in a while, so I'm pretty out of shape.

3. We found an awesome new church. I'm finally enjoying church for the first time in 15 years. And they have a good worship team.

4. I GOT A BASS!!! And I don't suck completely!

So yeah. Lol, 4 reasons each, that's pretty balanced. I'm pretty psyched for 2008, because, hello? Freshmen! In 5 months, but who cares!!? People are already talking about it! Including myself!! How shallow!! And we might go to Creation, and maybe Nancy will give us plane tickets. Georgia, anyone?? Oh yeah, and I have to do ASB stuff. Hopefully no more summer school, though I secretly enjoy it.

Actually, if you want to be SUPER accurate, "Drama Queen" is the only song I should have on there

Which is true...
So I'm done with my 2007 playlist. And the worst thing is when I was reviewing my year trying to think up appropriate songs to symbolize the major events that happened this year, I realized this isn't the worst year I've had. In fact, it wasn't that bad. I'm just a major drama queen. I guess that could be both a good and bad thing.
Spending much time in prayer, lol.
I love my bass.
So here you have it.
I'll be happy to explain my reasoning for most of the songs if you're curious, but there are some that I'm way too embarassed to explain.

1. "Pumpin' Up the Party", Hannah Montana
2. "If We Were A Movie", Hannah Montana
3. "Broken Heart", Falling Up
4. "Get'cha Head In the Game", B5
5. "Replace Me", Family Force 5
6. "I Feel So Good", KJ-52
7. "My Last Breath", Evanescence (because no other song fit really...I guess)
8. "I Miss You", Blink-182
9. "Holier Than Thou", Metallica
10. "Drama Queen", Family Force 5
11. "The God That Failed", Metallica
12. "Always Waiting", Stellar Kart
13. "Surrender", BarlowGirl
14. "You Can't Stop the Beat", Hairspray Cast
15. "What Time Is It", High School Musical Cast
16. "Punk Rawk Show", MXPX
17. "Harder Than the First Time", BarlowGirl
18. "Start of Something New", Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens
19. "Homesick At Spacecamp", Fall Out Boy
20. "We're All In This Together", High School Musical Cast
21. "Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now", Nikki Blonksy, Marissa Janet Winokur, and Rikki Lake
22. "Dance With Me", Debelah Morgan
23. "What's My Age Again?", Blink-182
24. "Thankful", Caedmon's Call (wow, this one actually has a double meaning. Cool.)
25. "Scars Remain", Disciple
26. "What's This?", Fall Out Boy

Not exactly a white Christmas, more of an off-white, or a cream

I love how it's been snowy since Christmas. It snowed practically all day yesterday.
Ew, yesterday = NOT FUN. I woke up with this stomach flu that my little brother had on Christmas Eve. Soooo nasty. I puked up a LOT of chocolate cake. And I had a fever of 100.7, which is fairly low considering the temps people sometimes get to (104.3?), but it was all hot despite the snow outside. I got to sleep a lot, though, and eat Ritz crackers, so that was okay.
And I'm suddenly all better now.
AAARGH, one thing I'm NOT better about was this episode on "Tyra" about Gaydar, and some supposedly "scientific tests" to see if you could tell if someone was gay. It was supposed to be about breaking down barriers and forgetting stereotypes, but I think it just made the stereotypes we have more obvious. Ugh, Tyra is SUCH an idiot. I thought being a talkshow host required a brain, but I guess not, because Rosie O'Donnell, Oprah, and Rachael Rae are sort of lacking in that department. Also, SHE'S A SUPERMODEL!! Aaagh, but it's like she has NO PEOPLE SKILLS!! And there was this one guy who everyone thought was gay because he fit the effeminate gay stereotypes (he was, but that's not the point), but he started talking and everyone started laughing at him, and Tyra was all, "Ha ha ha, we don't even have to guess on that one!" Who even says that?
So yeah.
"Stardust" is actually a super good movie. SOOOOO much better than the book. Tristan looks a lot better once Robert de Niro gets his hands on him.
Lol, I got my dad to buy me the Hannah Montana soundtrack. He had this karaoke version that he plays for his students sometimes, but the vocalist was SO OBVIOUSLY not Hannah Montana. It was like some 40-year-old woman. Ew.
Ew, there's a Jesse McCartney song on there.
B5's song didn't suck as much as I thought it would, but no one can beat Earth, Wind, and Fire.
"Pop Princess" is my new favorite song. POP PRINCESS, HOLD MY HAAAAND, POP PRINCESS, I'M A FAAAAAN!

It's not "Shining Star", but it's a start.

Happy Christmas, Harry! Happy Christmas, Ron!
Speaking of Harry Potter, I watched the 5th movie recently and it sucked, but I really liked Luna Lovegood and Ron was a hottie.
Still working on my 2007 playlist. There's this one Barlowgirl song I need to add. Also, I'm definitely replacing the Tobymac opening track with a Hannah Montana one. Unfortunately, I did not receive a Hannah CD for Christmas. Darn.
I DID get High School Musical 2: Extended Edition, though. Yeaaaah. We watched it last night and it's pretty much the best movie I've ever seen. That one part with Sharpay STILL makes me cry. Sooo sad. I hate Vanessa Hudgens.
Soooo I'm LOVING my bass. It's all black and beautiful and shiny and there's a small dent in it, but it works GREAT. My amp is bigger than William's, though. He's better at guitar than I am at bass, though. :P I managed to somewhat master sixteenth notes. Its been fun. Maybe by next year I can play in pep band!!
Uh oh, scandalous pajamas!! Comfy, though. I already ate all my Christmas candy.
SWEET, thanks to my dad's diligent help with my quarter collecting over the years and the $10 my grandma gave me for Christmas, I might just go out and BUY that Hannah Montana CD.
So Christmas was good and William is having a semi-fabulous birthday. Actually, Chuck E. Cheese was kind of lame because his friend was being stupid.
But he always has Mario.
Heh, yesterday we were being dumb and singing along to Metallica with our best James Hetfield impressions. Ironically, today is Lars Ulrich's birthday. Hm.

Santa is depressed...and he's a pig?

Yeah, I just went to my church's Christmas Eve service, which was pretty cool, because the whole theme was Jesus' birthday, so there were balloons everywhere and pictures of cake on the bulletins and we gave him "gifts" and sang songs. The only bad part was the puppet show. I will forever have nightmares of not-funny puppets with stage fright.
Yeah, I've sort of been online a lot today. It's all good. After all, it's Christmas Eve.
Kind of feel bad that I just had a sermon on not focusing on gifts and on God, but now I'm bugging my mom to let me open presents. I don't even know if we'll do it because William has the flu and wanted to sleep in my mom's room, so she didn't get to wrap them. Like I want wrapped presents. Okay, yeah, I do want wrapped presents.
Aaargh, I just read "Falcondance", sequel to "Snakecharm", and it, too, was a letdown. I thought it started off good, though, and had me pretty hooked, but then it fizzled and got really confusing. Nicias is a cool kid.
Hopefully "Wolfcry" will be better, as it has Oliza, Zane and Danica's kid, as the narrator, but the last book is sure to suck.
Foom foom foom. Mmm, rodeo cheeseburgers.
Merry Christmas. No happy holidays for you.

"This is one of my fantasies...only it's not cherry pie...and you're not in it."

I don't try to think about his exact meaning.
Yay I love the Sims, don't you?
So my family is all, "Since you didn't get to open your presents until the day after Christmas last year, why don't we open them on Christmas Eve?" All right, that's cool. Only I'm only getting one present this year. Man. How depressing. AND I know what it is. At least it's cool. My grandpa told me to bring my bass to his house once I get it and play for him. Yeah right, like I can play.
Aaargh, I was going to play trombone for the worship team, but then my dad brought home the music and it was SOOOO freaking hard. I mean, it was the hardest piece of music I've ever played, and I haven't been playing very challenging trombone music as of late. But this was like, *high* D D G F# E D C natural, really fast, and then go to a high A, like a Chicago horn line. Aaargh. So I was really mad that I couldn't play it and my dad thought I was mad at him and was all, "Awww, don't feel bad, it's all right." Argh, felt like a failure. I'm mostly worried about how it'll sound when my dad goes to the worship team people and is all, "Oh yeah, it was way too hard for my daughter, can she play some other time?" Cuz they probably won't let me. It figures we had to choose a church with a really good worship team.
Do do do do do do.
Hannah Montana.
Yay, annual Christmas party last night. Okay, this is two years in a row that we haven't had Nancy's delicious coconut bonbon-y things. Those are my favorite and she STOPPED MAKING THEM. >:P Haate. The littlest cousins were pretty cute, though. Cooper wreaked havoc on Christine's magazines, Brooke and Lachlan took on the other twins (and won), and Gage and Taylor ran around screaming and trying to get upstairs to look at presents.
OMG, Braeden got the HSM 2: Extended Edition and we were watching it!!! I only got to watch half, though, then I had to go. Ew, there was this weird scene that had not been in the movie (read: extended edition) where Sharpay and Ryan perform "Humuhumunukunukuapua'a" for Troy and Sharpay names Troy the fish prince and Ryan throws a temper tantrum. It was SOOOOOOOOO disturbing.

Hilary Swank makes me want to barf.

I thought "P.S. I Love You" looked cheesy but sort of interesting, but apparently it really sucks. Lol, A&E had a really funny movie review, though. "Tonight, we all dine in hell."
Soooo Winter Break has been fun so far. It's weird, though, because it doesn't really feel like Christmas. Maybe because last year was so weird...I don't know. But I went "Christmas shopping" with my mom and William (really, we just looked around and hinted about what we wanted) and seeing all the Santas in swimsuits and hideous reindeer sort of reminded me...oh, Christmas is in 4 days. Actually, Christmas Eve is in 3 days, and we've decided to open our presents then, soooo.... Dang, I know like everything that I'm getting, though. I think I should be more excited about getting a bass. I don't know. I'm scared that I'll suck at it, cuz all the bass players I know are really good and I'm not stellar at string instruments. I keep hearing that bass is different, but still.
I love blueberry muffins!
Yay for the Sims! So far my Avalon families are doing nicely and I'm trying to get Adriane and Zach to have 6 kids, hopefully twins, but I don't have "Open for Business", so some of the twin cheats are unavailable. Oh well. I just have a weird obsession with fulfilling all Sims' life goals. Kara's kids look black, but they have green skin. Marcus is so adorable, though. (It's sad, I had to name her second son after a guy she had a crush on in the series???) Yeah, I'm a nerd.
Ummmm...working on 2007 playlist. But not really. I was thinking "Start of Something New" as the first song, because my 14th birthday seemed so promising, but I don't know now. Maybe something birthday related??
Do do do do do do.
I have to go do some Honors Society stuff. Yay, watch little kids whilst eating candy and watching movies!!! Wonder what we're watching.
I love Anchorblue.

Why DO you have my pants?

OMG this is seriously the best day of my freshman year. Seriously, it was so sweet. Also, I'm wearing my dad's sweats and they're SOOOO comfortable. I need to buy a few pairs at Walmart, because girl sweats suck.
Mr. Caley made it sound like he was going to slave in the kitchen for 10 hours and make us a feast, but he just brought us bread and cheese, so we ate a lot of bread and played Quarters with candy, and listened to Megan's Hannah Montana singing card.
Yaaaay, Mrs. Sims is my freshman date! Lol, not really. It's kind of insane that I'm thinking about freshman date, but I've been thinking about it since like...Thanksgiving?? I just woke up and was like, "I NEED A DATE!" Yeah.
"Congo", by Michael Crichton, is seriously one of the best books I've ever read. Yeah, I know, I say that a lot. Amy is my BFF. THE BUTTON WOMAN!!! There hasn't been any violence since the prologue. Darn.
Aaargh, math was super hard. I hate how Mr. Kovacs REFUSES to help me when I seriously don't know what I'm doing, but he helps Amby all the time??? He'd just finished helping her, and I was like, "Mr. Kovacs, please help," and he just walked away. Aaargh.
I never want to play in jazz band again. Soo tired of "Jumping At Woodside". I had to play my solo like 4 times, and the conga lines were so not fun. No, Drew, be glad you didn't join in.
I hate that darn reader board. I HATE it.
Heh. I got Mr. Campbell some soup and made him some cookies, but he only got 6 because I decided not to use parchment paper, which turned out to be a bad idea, so I made 7 perfect ones out of 19 or 20, and then WILLIAM ATE ONE!!! Aaargh. After I told him NOT TO. I sort of spoiled the "suprise party", but he had to have known before hand. That was sort of a weird period. I talked to Quintin about basketball, had a ribbon fight with DJ, and ate some of Nichelle's cake.
Orchestra people are worse than band geeks. "I have Connor's pants." "Ooooh, why do you have Connor's pants??" "Yeah, why do you have my pants??"
I had to wear a dress today, which turned out to be not so bad. Only some of the compliments were backdoor insults. Thanks, guys.
Nick is racist. At least, his dog is.
I love candy canes.
But not old ones.
I LOVE THESE SWEATS AND BRANDON SALLER!

Yeah, I'm pretty much famous.

Aaaaaaaargh Tim and Tyler got suspended! Now what am I supposed to do in math/science? Actually, I can live without Tyler in math, but science is very boring without Tim. And why is it that Tim got a longer suspension than Tyler??? So confused. I'm calling the Justice League. Although I like Marvel comics better. I would so rather have Spiderman save me than Superman. Or Wonder Woman. I like Batman, too, even though he's DC. Or Daredevil, lol. Or the Flash; he has a cool costume.
I guess Superman is too good for us little people.
Superman: Save you? Pah! I'd rather be off fathering illegitimate children with my longtime love.
Lauren: ....didn't she marry James Marsden?
Superman: Crap.
But enough about him.
I had four tests in one day. It was pretty crazy, but I think I did best on "The Raven" in Pre-AP. Maybe math. I wasn't so hot in French today, and science was all right.
Mr. Campbell is leaving after tomorrow. :( I'm bringing him some soup and a delicious batch of sugar cookies.
Yay, I get to play in the jazz band for all three lunches.
Omg, "If We Were A Movie" is my favorite song, you have NO idea. I really want that CD, no lie.
The elementary tour was good. It was pajama day and all the little kiddies were wearing pajamas and rain boots and looking adorable. Kevin's little brother had a lot of questions. AAARGH, Mr. Faxon made us skip "Jumping at the Woodside", therefore skipping my SOLO!!! XP I worked hard on it, too.
"I'm Like A Lawyer..." is a cool song, too. I might even like it more than "The Take Over, The Breaks Over".
Ben is my hero.
BAM, I got A's on all my "Pride and Prejudice" letters.

Bratz movie?????

Yeah, what??? I watched it last night. Sooo confusing. And weird. And ridiculous. Yeah.
I love how NOT stereotyped it was, though. I mean, the black girl was athletic, popular, and she could dance. White girl is super popular, Asian girl is really smart, and the Hispanic Jewish girl (don't actually know if this is true, but I do know I read something about her being also Jewish when the movie came out, though I can find no evidence of it now :P), since she seems to be representing two minorities, doesn't fit in anywhere. ???? Couldn't she hang out with the loners? It's really hard to believe that in the space of TWO YEARS she has absolutely no friends. And it's also hard to believe that she even remembers the name of a deaf guy she ran into in the halls two years ago.
"He does NOT like me. He never looks me in the eye or talks to me...." Yeah, maybe because you made fun of his disability.
Okay, and Dylan?? That kid is so not deaf. I mean, deaf people usually talk a little louder and it's sometimes hard to understand them. Dylan always talked really quiet and could speak perfectly clearly. I think I can understand the lipreading thing, though. I didn't know anyone could read lips that fast. That's so cool.
Aaargh, Yasmin just got on my nerves. She's really clingy and needy. I bet she didn't make friends because she was convinced her old friends would come running back.
More on Dylan: there were several times when he would react to someone like he'd HEARD them. Like, he's playing piano, and the music teacher starts clapping, and he looks up. I thought you couldn't HEAR.
Omg, it was really mean, but when Sasha and Cloe were fighting, Sasha was all, "You're just jealous because you don't have a dad OR a bank account!" :O That was really mean, but it was also a really good comeback. Like REALLY good.
Not understanding Jade. I mean, geeky clothes are pretty in right now. Those outfits would be considered really cute.
Sasha's parents???? Yeah, wth, they get BACK TOGETHER in the end?? And Sasha's always like, "Just talk to each other," but saying it all disrespectfully. If she ever said that to me, I'd slap her.
Ew, that Cameron guy? Meredith's boyfriend? What does Cloe see in him? Because he might like Cloe and all, and be a "nice guy", and yet he never breaks up with Meredith. He's always like, "Geez, Meredith, you're so cruel," and flirts with Cloe, but then by the next scene he's still with Meredith. HAVE YOU NO SPINE? BREAK UP WITH HER IF YOU HATE HER SO MUCH!! I bet it's because she's easy.
I love Meredith's dog. Soooo cute.
EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW YASMIN'S YOUNGER BROTHER!!! He grosses me out SOOOOOOO much. WHY WAS HE HITTING ON AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL?? Soo nasty. I forgot his name. It was probably like Javier or Fabio or something like that. And WHAAAAT, they don't end up together in the end??? What was the point of his being a creepy horny boy WITH AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL, if nothing happens???? I think my favorite part was when she walked away from him at the party and his eyes were full of anger/shock/pain.
I'm loving Jade's boyfriend. He was so adorable, except for the karate. "Jade, come check out this radical theorem."
I like how football players were played as stupid, and the only way they will understand math is if Jade substitutes field goals and touchdowns for x and y. "We could make a science experiment without the Bunsen burner. What do you say?" Yeah, that's a really hot pickup line. XP
OMG, someone said of this movie, "This is why the terrorists hate us." LOL!!!!
10 minute long song??? Lame. But I really want the soundtrack for Meredith's song. I love how Meredith was like the poor man's Sharpay. Such a blatant ripoff.
Yeah. It was dumb. In other words, I really loved it, lol.
Yay, I'm making a "2007" playlist showcasing all the crappy things that happened this year. Sure, there were some good things, but it didn't exactly start off too stellar. I'm trying to find a song about death, though, and the only one's I can find are "Zero" and "Hello". "Hello" is a about a little girl", and my dog didn't exactly commit suicide, like in "Zero".
Man, so much homework.

I'm thinking a black bra under a white shirt isn't such a good idea.

That should be a film. "Black Bra Under a White Shirt: Based on a true story".
Aaaaagh, concert last night = not so swell. It made me miss the better days. And Mr. Villiers. I got home last night and was really bummed because I only had him for a year and he was such a good teacher but then he abandoned us to go to China. Which probably makes me selfish, but I was way sad. Not like Mr. Faxon isn't cool and everything. But a lot of the old band people who were REALLY GOOD quit because he left, so numbers are down, and so is talent.
Whoa, old school Evanescence is making me sad, too. So good. Especially "Bring Me To Life" and I have no clue why. I think it had something to do with falling off a building.
But on a happier note....
BAM! FRESHMAN WON "MAKE A CHANGE" AND THE PEP ASSEMBLY! Pwned. I had to be MC, though, which was fun, but the band sounded hot, and I was like, "Curses, I should be playing that trombone part, not Mr. Faxon!" 7th graders won the snowman contest, though.
Aaah, Mr. Campbell is so awful!
"Mr. Campbell, I'm skipping your class today."
"That's good, because I hate it when you're here."
":O"
"I'M JUST KIDDING!"
Man, he's going to be gone after winter break. :P All the people who hated him at the beginning of the year are now begging him to stay and are talking about offing the real teacher.
BAND!!! Love it, pretty much. I want my bass. It's in the garage but I'm too "busy" to look for it", lol.
WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE MATT UNDERWOOD??

Orchestra is lame. Oooooooh.

Yeah, we had a practice with the orchestra yesterday, and it went badly.
Pizza was delicious today.
"Hey, Lauren, that pizza sure looks lonely."
"Well, so do you, but you can't have any."
Yay, I made a complex sentence.
Although John often forgot to put on his pants, he was a very nice boy with a wonderful singing voice.
Stayed after school to help set up for the concert, so I didn't get home until 1:15 or so. Then Paul, Alexis, and I just sat around in the bandroom talking and Mr. Faxon got mad. Apparently I can't play bass because I'm white and I'm not Connor, who's also Mexican. Hm....
I have that "Shut Up" song by Simple Plan stuck in my head.
What would you say if you peeled off roughly half of the skin on your head? Just wondering.
Hm hm hm. I wonder how the Sims are.
It would be weird to make a family modeled after my own...but it would be kind of cool. I would make William a toddler, Nathan a teen, and myself a kid, because then I'd still be able to customize features. Aaargh, don't you hate it when your Sim has like 5 babies that ALL LOOK THE SAME!! Michele and Elodie look exactly alike as toddlers, and the three youngest have the same skin color (dark), while Amelie has light skin. ???
Forget Veronaville.
Mmm, spritz cookies.
Ha. Now William's Sim AND his wife are pregnant. Lol.

Super Secret Pastor Matt post Part 2

Okay, I couldn't think of all the songs I could possibly like, and I didn't want y'all to laugh at me for liking Paul Oakenfold, so I'll just make a list of 10 of my favorite albums.

1. Atreyu, Lead Sails, Paper Anchor
THEIR GUITAR PLAYER IS INSANE!!! In "When Two Become One", he just goes insane. Props to Alex Varkatzas and Brandon Saller for their insane vocal abilities, though I think Brandon Saller is a better singer. I'm going to practice screaming the word "die" for 4 or more measures.
Great Songs: "Doomsday", "Honor", "Becoming the Bull", "When Two Become One", "Can't Happen Here", "Blow", "Lead Sails (And a Paper Anchor)"
Note: Some of you might want the edited version....

2. Family Force 5, Business Up Front, Party In the Back: Diamond Edition
You can say what you want, but they're pretty much amazing. Who knew a bunch of Southern guys could pull off a crunk album? And dance tracks about girls? I'm all over that. Thank you to whoever leaked the music video for "Never Let Me Go".
Great Songs: "Cadillac Phunque", "X-Girlfriend", "Drama Queen", "Earthquake", "Replace Me", "Lose Urself", "Supersonic", "Numb", "I Love You To Death", "Never Let Me Go"

3. Evanescence, Fallen
What happened? They were so good, then Ben Moody left and Amy Lee grew an ego. :P Even so, Amy Lee has one of the most beautiful female voices I have ever heard. Lol, like I know/like that many female artists. Okay, I admit, I do like Celine Dion. Don't go buy The Open Door. Just enjoy this album and pretend like The Open Door never actually happened.
Great Songs: "Bring Me To Life", "My Immortal", "Tourniquet", "Imaginary", "Hello", "Whisper"

4. The Classic Crime, Albatross
I love how this band is from Seattle. Now I have something to be proud of!!! Matt MacDonald is a cool kid. Except for their kinky and overly violent music videos, I love everything about this band, but I don't see how they sound AT ALL like Fall Out Boy.
Great Songs: Every song except for "The Flight of Kings" and "Say the Word"

5. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Don't You Fake It
I kind of hated them at first, because "Face Down" was way overplayed, but then I bought this album and saw why people like them. Ronnie Winter is so good, and the musicianship is topnotch. And some of the members are Christians? That's pretty cool.
Great Songs: Every song but "Cat and Mouse" (though the piano part is nice)

6. Red, End of Silence
X 2006 was looking to be a pretty boring album with disappointing bonus tracks when they ended with the song "Already Over". :) Jasen Rauch has such a beautiful voice. "Pieces" is pretty much my favorite song; that piano and the strings together rock. Now they're suddenly being played on secular radio? That's pretty cool.
Great Songs: "Breathe Into Me", "Already Over", "Pieces", "Wasting Time", "Gave It All Away", "Already Over, Part 2"

7. Fall Out Boy, Take This To Your Grave
This was before their big break and Pete's suicide. Also before Pete started dating Ashlee Simpson and decided he was the best thing ever to walk the planet. Patrick Stump was only 19 when he did this album, and he used to be FOB's DRUMMER!!! :O He was still cute when this album came out. And Joe looked normal. And Andy had gingery hair.
Great Songs: "Dead On Arrival", "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy", "Homesick At Space Camp", "Sending Post Cards From A Plane Crash", "Chicago Is So Two Years Ago", "Grenade Jumper", "Reinventing the Wheel To Run Myself Over"

8. High School Musical Cast, High School Musical 2
Better music, hotter guys, and actual ACTING??? I'm there. Zac Efron is actually singing! And Ashley Tisdale is pretty talented. Only regret: that Vanessa Anne Hudgens had to be on the CD AT ALL. And that Oleysa Rulin only had one solo.
Great Songs: Every song BUT "Everyday" and "All For One" (MILEY CYRUS!!!)

9. Hairspray Cast, Hairspray Soundtrack
:O Nikki Blonsky is insane. I love that girl. Only I think Tracy Turnblad was the only role she'll ever get based on talent rather than figure. She was working at COLDSTONE when they found her. COLDSTONE!! Zac Efron, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Elijah Kelley also do a fantabulous job. John Travolta in drag makes me puke.
Great Songs: Every song but "I Can Hear the Bells", "You're Timeless To Me", and the last 2 bonus tracks.

10. Ugly Duckling, Taste the Secret
3 white guys get together and try to rap. They release a very humorous CD that isn't a rhythmless trainwreck. A+ for effort. I want a Meatshake. DEFINITELY BETTER THAN "BANG FOR YOUR BUCK". I mean, come on: "Break It Down" is the worst rap song I've ever heard.
Great Songs: Everything but "Goodnight Now". I. HATE. THAT. SONG.

Well, that's it. Hopefully I have inspired you to go out and buy these albums or legally download them so as not to take money away from these starving artists. Yeah, and now I have to go to bed.

Stop getting up for the letdown.

HAHAHAHA I'm back. Finally. I tried to get online Saturday and it wouldn't work for a few days, but my dad fixed it.
:P "Snakecharm" sucked. Seriously, I was still on a high from reading "Hawksong", but it faded pretty fast. I mean, first of all, it's written in Zane's point of view. Danica has suddenly become all wimpy and annoying, and there's this whole thing with falcons and Rei and pregnancy. The ending was way too easy. Now the next book isn't even about Zane and Danica! It's about the stupid falcons. Raaaah.
:O MY MOM HASN'T EVEN READ "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE"!!! After all these years, the truth finally comes out.
"Pride and Prejudice" is very slow. Miss Bingley is way desperate.
Wth, Tyler, I still can't figure out the clue.
Mmm, cookies.
So the Sims are good. Amelie moved out and Nathalie had another baby, only she's becoming an elder in three days, so she'll be old and dying before the baby grows up, and she'll most likely be raised by her older brother and sister. Weird.
Must blog about unicorns, lol.
I love cheeseballs.
I hate boys.
But other than that.
I was going to post something on my top 10 favorite albums, but I guess later since I'm "doing homework". Lol.

So lying is condoned now?

Honestly.
"Snakecharm" is kind of boring so far. Disappointed. Danica's pregnant, though, and she and Zane don't want to give up the kid or something. All this political rubbish.
I read "Perfect" from the "Pretty Little Liars" series, though, and that was pretty good. I'm putting a hold on the first one.
Math quiz today. I couldn't get 2F for like 20 minutes and then I tried a zero in the equation and it WORKED. Mr. Kovacs kept looking at my paper and telling everyone what I got wrong, though. 2x(x + 4). Pretty much, yo.
Pre-AP English is SOOOO LAME. I'm doing good, though? Guess that's cool.
Science is too easy, but we're coming up on some new material. Darn. Better pay attention.
We played "Pictures at an Exhibition" in band. Aagh, it's crazy fun to play, but he took it away. I think we should play it in a concert, though, and wave rubber chickens during "The Ballet of Unhatched Chickens".
Jodie WILL have a boy. BOY! BOY! BOY! BOY!

Texan collies galore!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH let me just say that I have pretty much the best white elephant gift ever. Okay, not the best, not by a long shot. It is, however, a lot better than the ones I thought up at the last minute from years past. This one required effort...but it was free, heh.
I love this hat. My grandma got it for me, and I kind of haven't worn it since then, but I'm wearing it now and it's really comfortable and not ugly.
What, I'm good at science now??
Brendan practically broke my hand.
Too much light! Too much light!!
Yeah. So I'm good at science now??
AND MATH??? It's kind of confusing/challenging, but at least I'm understanding it and learning. Quiz tomorrow.
:P I reread "The Road to Balinor" and I never liked that book to begin with, but I didn't think it could get any worse. Arianna = way annoying. And Chase is super narcissistic. The only characters I like are the "mean" ones, or the "rude" ones: Lori, Tobiano (lol, super obvious name), and Lincoln.
Sims 2 is pretty cool still. Now I'm down to 2 hours. Progress.... The Antoinettes have another baby, and the dad is the only one in prime physical condition. He's pretty ripped.
I'm actually supposed to be doing something else right now. But that's always the best time to go online.
I have to admit, Laurie Halse Anderson is a good writer. Well, duh, seeing as she won like a million awards for "Speak", but I never liked her books before, but now I kind of enjoy them. "Catalyst" is my favorite so far; "Prom" sucked.
I think "climax" is my least favorite word now. I've heard it used sexually too many times now. Oh well. This year is finally coming to a climax (thank you God), as are other events. As much as I love the Christmas, I'd rather it was over and done with.

The future has arrived.

Awwww, "Meet the Robinsons" was SOOOO GOOD. I saw a lot of it coming, but it was really funny and the end was fantabulously creative (I wanted to use an adjective other than "so"). THE FROGS!!!!! It made me cry, tho.
Aaagh, speaking of movies, we had to watch this MESSED UP movie in French today. It was called "My Mother's Castle", and the kid was obsessed with his summer home in the country, and then he met a girl with round calves who made him do weird things.
I think I'm addicted to Sims 2. Yesterday = 5 hours. Today = 3 hours. I'm getting better. I'm dealing only with my French family, but they're having another baby, and they had a second child, who's adorable. I just need to think up another French name. Olivier was my last resort.
Mr. Campbell made me, Tim, Ariel, Dylan, and Jessi stay after school to finish a lab. Ours finally landed in the cup after Mr. Campbell let us sort of cheat and adjust it so it reacted to the curve. It landed in the middle of the cup...and bounced out. At least we got the distance perfect. :P
Do do do do do do. No good books lately. "Pride and Prejudice" is SOOOOO boring. They're just talking about Jane and Mr. Bingley, bla bla bla. EEEEE I GOT "SNAKECHARM" FROM THE LIBRARY! Okay, one thing: Danica's pregnant? I guess she and Zane have been busier than we thought....

Les Antoinette sont amusant.

Yay, I bought "Sims 2" with my hard earned allowance. Yeah, it's about time, I guess, lol. It's pretty sweet. I only have one family, and they're French. Surprise, surprise. The parents have (or had) this really adorable kid, but then it grew up. :P I'm trying to get them to have kids, but William kept watching me play. Aargh, it was like, "Go away, trying to make babies here." It's a lot better than the first one (which I'm probably gonna sell on ebay I guess?), but a lot harderish because you actually have goals. Trying to get my own music on the game, but the cheat is quite complicated and I'd rather not.
Do do do do.
Ha, school got cancelled. Not for my dad, though. It sucks that there's so much flooding, though; Brendan's house got flooded. I HAAATE Washington.
Madison Finn!
OMG I made the best CD ever. I finally found some other songs that would fit on my version of the "Maximum Ride" soundtrack, and it's pretty amazing, if I do say so myself.
1. "The Flight", Classic Crime (Because they fly...duh....)
2. "Dive", Disciple (It was talking about diving off cliffs and lacking physical exhaustion, which describes the Flock to a T.)
3. "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Nirvana (Max is such a little rebel)
4. "Calm Before the Storm", Fall Out Boy
5. "Everyone Like Me", Thousand Foot Krutch
6. "Revolution", Dizmas (I don't know, would be really cool during a fight scene...)
7. "The One Thing I Have Left", Hawk Nelson (ditto)
8. "The Only One", Evanescence (Now that it's on there, I have no clue why I chose it.)
9. "Of Wolf and Man", Metallica (For Ari, lol)
10. "Doomsday", Atreyu
11. "Sea of Angels", Plus One (makes more sense than Evanescence, but not much)
12. "Your Guardian Angel", The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (for the scene where Max kisses Fang...aww, so cute.)
Ronnie Winter is my new best friend. When he sees my smile, tears run down his face. Even though that's kind of weird and creepy. Actually, I'm not even sure that's a good thing.

Pride and Prejudice will kill me yet.

Aaaaaargh. I LOATHE Pre-AP English. I was all set to keep reading "The Wind In the Willows", but Mrs. Sims told me I can't read that for my book journal, so now there's no point in reading it, and even if I were to go ahead and do so, I have no motivation. :P So I had to find another "challenging book" (she kept saying, "Read 'The Good Earth', it's the best book you will ever read!"), and I finally got behind annoyed and picked up "Pride and Prejudice". Raaah.
It's been raining for 24 HOURS!! Some of the houses in the neighborhood started flooding, so school closed an hour ago and we got to go home. I didn't think I would get to come home because I thought my mom was working, but she came and picked me up. Phew.
"The 9 Lives of Chloe King" is way lame.
I had a bacon sandwich for lunch, though, so that was pretty cool. Nothing on it, just bacon and white bread. It was pretty fantabulous, and when I got home I kept screaming, "BACON SANDWICH WITH MAYO!!" "Dreamcatcher"-style.
I vow never to watch the BBC version of "Pride and Prejudice". Ever.
My mom has watched it like 50 million times.
She's laughing at my pain.

"I'm glad that Bryce Larkin is dead...

...and isn't in my bedroom making out with my new girlfriend."
Ow, my hip hurts. I saw last Monday's episode of "Chuck" last night and it was really good. Bryce is really hot, and I wish he was in more than one episode. Besides the pilot. I hate Anna, though.
More books for the list.
10. "Dairy Queen" by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Summary: 15-year-old D. J. Schwenk joins the high school football team to her father's chagrin.
Lol, I love cows. And I was obsessed with Brian for a long time afterwards. The sequel, "The Off Season", is just as good, if not better.

11. "The Princess Diaries" by Meg Cabot
Summary: Mia Thermopolis finds out her father is a prince, making her a princess, and learns to deal with the changes that follow.
The rest of the series sucks (it's really good up until #4. Or maybe #6, because #5 was pretty good.), but this book cracks me up. I want combat boots.

12. "Home of the Brave" by Katherine Applegate
Summary: Kek, a refugee from Sudan, comes to Minnesota to live with his aunt and cousin and learns growing up isn't always easy.
I just finished this book today, and it's written in poetry format, so it's a pretty quick read, and Kek is hilarious. Oh, and he likes cows.

Yeah, I'm a little obsessed. I read like 4 books today. We skipped church because it snowed again. But then the stupid rain came and had to wash it all away, so there's probably going to be school tomorrow. Aargh, I HATE Washington. HATE it. I'm either going to move somewhere where it doesn't rain or snow or somewhere that snows every day, but doesn't rain. Is that even possible?
Do do do do. Ugh, I reread "Avalon: Circles in the Stream" and it was a painful experience.
I think Family Force 5 counts as Christmas music.

NOM!

moar funny pictures
Book list additions:
9. "24 Girls in 7 Days" by Alex Bradley
Summary: Jack Grammar, a boy who has so far been unlucky in love, is mortified to find that his friends have posted a personal ad on the internet stating that Jack is trying to find a prom date and will date 24 lucky girls within the 7 days until prom.
Lol. Jack would never fondle your butt during a slow dance. Aaaagh, this book is so sweet, it kind of makes me sick whilst boosting my morale? Don't know. But Jack cracks me up and...aw, it's just too adorable, you'll have to read it.
Man, I can't get over "Hawsksong". So unbelievable. It's a good book if you're horny, lol. Not like I am...was.... Zane is a hottie. Apparently it's socially acceptable in serpiente culture do it in public?? Well, not, but PDA is approved? And necessary??? Like the opposite of America. Rei gets on my nerves. Gaar.

I is blowed away.

IT SNOWED TODAY!!! Lol I love snow so much. I wish it would snow all the time. Is it possible for it to snow and not be cold? But, we live in Washington, so the fairytale was short lived and rain washed a lot of it away, but it snows off and on.
Agh, the library was closed, and I had a Madison Finn book there. CURSES.
Omg, I was so blown away by a book I just read that I decided to make an updated version of my favorite books. Eee, so excited.

1. "Prophecy of the Stones" by Flavia Bujor
Summary: Three girls are each given a magical stone and go on an adventure to fulfill an ancient prophecy.
I don't think as highly of this book as I did in sixth grade, and it's not the most polished piece of writing, but Flavia Bujor has a lot of talent and she wrote this book at the age of 12, I have a lot of respect for an author who makes me cry, and this book made me cry. Also, her parents didn't have to publish it for her, and the material in this book is completely original. *cough cough* CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI! *cough cough*

2. "Watership Down" by Richard Adams
Summary: Two rabbits, Hazel and Fiver, flee certain death with several other rabbits in order to find a place they can truly call "home".
I don't really books from an animal's point of view as much as I did when I was like, what, 6, but this book made me empathize with a bunch of rabbits. I really hated Bluebell, though.

3. "Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging: confessions of Georgia Nicholson" by Louise Rennison
Summary: Presents the journal of 14-year-old Georgia Nicholson, a British teen who desperately wants a smaller nose, new parents, a nicer cat, and a boyfriend - namely Robbie the Sex God.
You also have to respect an author that makes you laugh, and this book is hilarious, along with the rest of the series. Mr. and Mrs. Next Door are my new best friends.

4. "Bad Kitty" by Michele Jaffe
Summary: While staying at the Venetian hotel, forensics-obsessed Jas stumbles upon a murder mystery and proceeds to solve it with the help of her friends and bratty cousin.
I read it again this summer and it's just as hilarious as it was the first time.

5. "Hawksong" by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Summary: Danica, a girl who can shapeshift into a hawk, and Zane, a boy who can shapeshift into a snake, reluctantly marry in order to restore peace between their peoples.
I read this book for the first time today and it blew me away. And the author was 19 WENT SHE WROTE THIS?? This book is sort of an anti-Irag allegory, but it's SOOOO GOOOD. And there's 4 MORE IN THE SERIES!!! SWEEET!!

6. "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone" by J. K. Rowling
Summary: Harry Potter discovers his true destiny when it is revealed that he is actually a wizard.
How can you NOT love this book? My favorite part is when they talk about candy. This book was really that sad, but #5, #6, and #7 made me cry.

7. "P. S. Longer Letter Later" by Paula Danziger and Anne M. Martin
Summary: Tara*Starr and Elizabeth struggle to stay friends through snail mail after Tara's move to Ohio.
I first read this book in 3rd grade, and I don't understand how I could like it so much if Anne M. Martin was one of the authors, but it gets better every time. It's sequel "Snail Mail No More" is just as excellent.

I can't think of anymore. Dang. I'll probably wake up in the middle of the night and remember something. More tomorrow, possibly.

I will never move again.

So today was our Leadership Summit, and I got to SKIP ALL MY CLASSES!!! I also got donuts and a lot of good food. But the theme was "Unity" and stuff, so they got all kinds of food, and I ate SO MUCH. Like, 5 pieces of pizza and a bunch of puffy chicken. And I was still HUNGRY. Thanks a lot, Dominoes. But there were like 84 pizzas and we only ate a few.
Diversity training was kind of preachy, but pretty fun. I got to meet people and talk to them one on one instead of being forced into a group.
I also won THE SPIRIT STICK!! It's in my locker. Heheheh free T-shirt. And it didn't matter that I forgot my ASB t-shirt because I wore the black one all day anyway.
Wow, I have even more holds at the library. So many books, lol.
"P. S. Longer Letter Later" is still my favorite book. I first read it in 3rd grade and it's still really good. Should be a classic, but no.
SANDWICH COOKING GAME!
Aaagh, Mrs. Sims. It's a little hard for me to turn in my letters when you still have my BOOK JOURNAL! I finally found it and SHE HADN'T EVEN LOOKED AT MY LETTERS!! :P
I'm reading "Wind and the Willows" for my next book report. Lol, Mole does not wear pants. And Rat eats a lot, too.

If this is about those sandwiches....

I just finished "Prophecy of the Stones" for the millionth time, which was my favorite book in 6th and 7th grade, but I don't know, it seems different now. Like I used to hate Jade, but rereading it she's mean but really hilarious. Ugh, the character that really annoyed me was the Amber girl. I think that was the author's favorite character, because whereever she went people would fall down and practically worship her. It was way stupid and then there were like 5 million descriptions of how she was so sensitive, but then whenever she had to help her friends she'd chicken out and run away. They also made a big deal about Opal being "silent", but they cut her out of a lot of the dialogue and killed her off so as not to give her a very big role in the plot. :P Lol, Adrien cracked me up, tho. He gave this moving little speech. There was another thing that bothered me about that book but I'm not going to mention it so as not to seem hypocritical.
Do do do do do. Mr. Faxon was planning changes to "Largo" alone in the night with a muffin as his only companion. Yes.
In the afternoon at 3 o'clock, the retriever trotted like a pony among the trees in the woods behind the house.
These are the kinds of things we come up with in Pre-AP English.
In math, we had to watch a movie. It was very disturbing. The old man was everywhere: Waterloo, India, Britian, the states, Poland....
Tyler cut his hair, lol. It is no longer long and flowing, but it looks really good. He kind of looks like he belongs to a gang, but that could be considered a good thing. Yay for the 90's!!
Agh I do not want to MC, but I supposed I must MC.
YES I got a B on my science test. I think.... Maybe a B-. BUT AT LEAST I PASSED!! :P Drake got a 70/70. That is so lame. But I got full credit on the question about force=weight and the acceleration of gravity. Acceleration of gravity = 10 ms^2. That's right.
Hm hm hm I guess I'm going shopping with my mom, but I really want to get my holds from the library. Once I get them, I will have (hopefully) 2 Avalons, 1 Unicorns of Balinor, and 2 of those horrible horse books where the girl has to give away all of her horses.

Frozen drool causes AIDS.

Aaaaaaaaaagh it's sooooo cold in this house. Pretty much freezing.
Lol today's events progressed quite interestingly. In French I found a book about 50 Cent in someone's cubby and read it all period long. Turns out it belonged to the guy who has the locker next to mine, but he didn't care.
Wooo 434 scores on quizlet! I'm the man.
Yay I got "The Road to Balinor" and "Circles in the Stream". Yesss. I'm such a nerd, lol. But at least I have something to blog about. Lol, I found ANOTHER series that I read back in the day that I really hated and feel the need to discredit. It only has three books, though.
"Love Music" is hilarious.
I finished "Watership Down". Okay, I was freaking out because everyone kept getting mortally wounded and acting like they were going to die, but I guess not. But then end was SOOOO GOOD. Mr. Walker says the cartoon is stellar, so I'm going to watch it. Only I have different ideas of what the rabbits should sound like, so it will be weird hearing them. Probably mess with my mind.
Forget andkon. If you go to the game's home site, it's more likely to load. That's right.
Man I ate all the White Rabbits.

They might be popular in Japan, but they just don't taste right.

Heh I bought some White Rabbits. And some weird chocolate things called Curly Tops, but those don't taste as nice. They don't taste like pickles, which is sometimes true of Japanese chocolates, but they don't taste right. They're okay, though, once you get used to the taste.
Aaaaaaagh the library is so slow. I put a hold on something yesterday and I got it today, but the rest of the stuff is waiting in limbo. Forever.
I kept telling Tim I would go and buy White Rabbits, but he didn't believe me. Heh.
Band went so well today. We had the 8th graders practice with us again and they're really good. Well, most are. But "Greensleeves" went AMAZINGLY well, and that was the one we'd had the most trouble with. "Sleigh Ride" needs the most work, especially in the trumpet section, but "Largo" is pretty stellar. Lol, the bassoon player was cracking me up by making little remarks from time to time, and he sort of insulted my intelligence, but he did it in a funny way. "Hmmmm, cue notes...."
Science test. I believe I passed.
Math quiz. I know I passed.
Have to practice vocab.

Le frere de ma mere est mon oncle...duh.

Do do do. I sort of finished chapter 4 in the French book, but I don't supposed that counts when you don't understand all of it. Guess I need another readthrough.
Stupid Rachel Roberts. Couldn't even finish up the Avalon series. Maybe "Dark Mage" is the last book. Hm. Looks like a showdown between Adriane and Kara. Lame. I like how Rachel Roberts was suddenly all, "Oh, I really hate Emily," and just made her side character while she wrote pages about her two favorite characters. :P
I don't know why I'm suddenly obsessed with that series. Probably because I have nothing else to do.
Oh, that's a lie, I actually have a lot of homework. I have to finish "Watership Down" by Friday, do all the letters, memorize the Raven, and...nothing else. I lied.
Hahaha. They still have up the Ravenswood website. So cool.
Do you believe in the magic???
This really makes me feel like playing Warf Rescue Team.
Yay, I found the secret website. Here is the burning question: do I believe IN MAGIC?? Well, no, but I'll click yes anyways.
I like how Storm is still considered one of the magical creatures. Sort of dead.... Oops, spoiled #6.
Do do do do aaaagh had to change the reader board today.
Noooooo I'm a warrior. Aaagh. Don't ask.
Paul decided to be all nonchalant and scare me to death. So thank you, Paul.
Agh, Tyler said the same thing like 10 times, but it does bring up an interesting point: why pay 80 cents more for a large drink if refills are free??

Super secret Pastor Matt post

Aaargh. I just realized I REALLY hate the song "Daring Daylight Escape". I mean, the song I guess is fine, but wth?? That is one of the dumbest titles I've ever heard.
So I'm simultaneously pouting and drinking a pumpkin milkshake with sour cream, which is both good and bad, depending on the sip taken.
I don't know, I should've seen it coming, because people that leave the church receive a black mark and are usually shunned, but I didn't think I'd actually be shunned. By an adult, too. Wtf??
Just brings back BAAAAD memories of 4th/5th grade musicals. Yeah, so most of you know what this is about. Aaargh, just made me POed that I wasn't even considered. I didn't exactly reply to the e-mail, but not even considered? At all? Even a little bit??
Yeah. That was the one blemish on my otherwise pleasant Sunday. Yeah, I ACTUALLY had a good Sunday. What a concept. So I'll probably get over it way fast, seeing as I might possibly have a new oppurtunity with the worship team. At least, I'm hoping. Because I don't think they'll take a trombone player, but I can sort of carry a tune. So jealous of that bass player, he's sooooo good, do you do private lessons?? Yeah I guess I'm getting a bass for Christmas? That's pretty cool. I want to pick it out, though. Embarass my dad, too, and get a bright pink one. Then I'll apply a unicorn decal.
I like how I sort of wasted my four day weekend. Oh well. It was nice while it lasted. Now back to stupid Pre-AP. And maybe the science test. I hope, because I've gotten so many false alarms it's not even funny.
I think tomorrow, after I watch "Hairspray" again, I'm going to lock myself in my room and finish "Watership Down" and all the "book letters" I have left to do.
Oh yeah, speaking of books, I finished "Dreamcatcher", and it was really good. I was surprised to find that I actually liked it. The volley of F-words was kind of annoying, but it was a really good story, and wth one of the main characters at the end mentions God in a positive sense? Not your typical Stephen King story!! Aaah the weasels. I may never sit on a toilet again. And I'm probably never drinking water, either, in case it's been infected by a dead dog. Just saying. That spoiled some of the ending.
Aaaaaaaaah, best book I ever read, "24 girls in 7 days". Yeah, sounds perverted, but it's about the prom, and it's surprisingly well written and hilarious. And the ending was so good. It moved me.
Yeah. I have to sleep. Or watch TV. Not sure.

Woman power!!!

I am never watching movies with my brothers again.
I think I just suck at picking them out, though. Movies, not...yeah.
So we decided to have a little bonding sleepover. Yeah. Cuz we're nerds. So we rented movies to celebrate the occasion; "Hairspray", "UHF", and "Robin Hood: Men In Tights".
"Hairspray" was good a second time around, but I still think the second half is way flat, and the ending was way too long. But the music was great, and I'm in love with the soundtrack.
Aaaaaagh, "UHF" with Weird Al Yankovic when he still had a Jew-fro! (not racist...) I don't know if it was the best movie I've ever seen or the worst movie I've ever seen. He daydreamed that he was Rambo...but he made a sandwhich out of a Twinkie, a hot dog, and Cheez Wiz. And there was this guy Bob who had the ugliest hair I think I've ever seen. It was way random and Michael Richards played a really freaking annoying janitor/TV host.
Man, Cary Elwes sucks. Since the movie was by Mel Brooks, I was expecting something really good. Hello, "Spaceballs"? Guess not. It was just really dumb and not funny and Cary Elwes can't act. Dave Chappelle was in it, though, and he's pretty funny. He was the only thing that made it worth it. Other than that, :P.
Yay I saw "Enchanted", though. THAT was pretty AMAZING. It was everything my life probably should have been. Except James Marsden REALLY creeped me out and the evil henchman was played by the Peter Pettigrew guy. Yeah, the giant balding rat, only in this movie he had long luxurious hair. Amy Adams is my new best friend, and it was nice to see Patrick Dempsey playing something other than a manslut. Awwww it was just so adorable and amazing. It was kind of weird, I saw Alicia in the bathroom afterwards, but it was pretty cool talking to her after like....a long time???
Popcorn was good, too.
I love Atreyu so much. "When Two Become One" = my new favorite song.
Except there's this song I keep hearing on the radio that's like the hardcore version of "Lose Yourself". Aaaagh AND THEY WON'T TELL ME THE NAME!!
Why does "Alvin and the Chipmunks" look like a good movie?

Critics know all.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh. I thought "Bring it On" was bad. But no. No, no, no, there are things much, MUCH worse out there.
Such as "August Rush".
Okay, two people meet, have sex on a rooftop, girl gets pregnant, gets hit by a car, evil Dad puts baby up for adoption and tells girl it's dead, parents never see each other again, little boy becomes music prodigy, escapes from orphanage, crap happens, goes to Juillard, composes some magical piece, is played a concert, and parents get back together while smiling at little boy.
No resolution. No realism. Just boring, boring, boring. And confusing. I think the previews and the Milk Duds were the best part.
But there were some pretty promising previews. "27 Dresses" and "P. S. I Love You" look really good, except for Hillary Swank.
Amanda and I were laughing the entire time. It was pretty bad.
But I'm seeing "Enchanted" tomorrow at 10:00 AM - FOR $4!!!
Yay.
Happy belated Thanksgiving, I guess.

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Made two new playlists today.
Lol. It was funny. Tim, Dylan, and Sam came over and we ate Oreos and played chess. Then Tim asked Nathan if he wanted to see his nipple and Nathan got mad, so they left. And Tim kept eating the frosting off my Oreos and giving me the cookies. :P
I have to hand it to stupid old "Brio" magazine. They were right about one thing. Granted, they presented in such a way that I became quite fed up with them, and they said the same thing over and over again, but they were at least semi-right. I will never again enjoy their magazine, or turn eagerly to Bob Smithouser's column, but they had a point. Now if only they would stop telling me to hold onto my virginity. Um, yeah, what's the likelihood that I'm EVER going to lose it, and it's not like I would willingly give it away if I had the chance. It might be effective once, but EVERY MONTH is ridiculous.
Just saying.
Tired of going up and down the stupid emotional roller coaster, that's all. I miss first grade. Can't wait for 15.
I destroyed my "Best and Worst of Relationships" playlist and split it into two; "Sappy Love Songs" and "Breakup Songs". Because that is what I do best. I'm listening to my Breakup one now and it's pretty sweet, but I might need to work on the order in the beginning. But it has (chronological order):
"Going Under" (Evanescence), "Gotta Go My Own Way" (Vanessa Anne Hudgens), "Call Me When You're Sober" (Evanescence), "3 Small Words" (Josie and the Pussycats), "X-Girlfriend" (Family Force 5), "If I Fail" (Cartel), "Someone Else Before" (Hawk Nelson), "It's Over" (Hawk Nelson), "Broken Heart" (Falling Up), "Bowling Ball", "I Miss You" (Blink-182), "Scars Remain" (Disciple), "When There Was Me and You" (Vanessa Anne Hudgens), "So Sick" (Patrick Stump), "Gone" (Tobymac), "D*** Regret" (Red Jumpsuit Apparatus), "The Take Over, the Break's Over" (Fall Out Boy), "All the Memories" (Classic Crime)
I know you probably didn't want to know, but that just felt very fulfilling. And I know "The Take Over..." isn't technically a break up song, but it's about a divorced couple still "getting together" every now and then. That's pretty depressing either way. Also, I REALLY love that song. The Love songs playlist is pretty sweet, too. It took me forever to think up the order, but there's like 30 songs and I'd like to save it for another time.
Hein cut his hair?? Actually, he cut it on Monday, but I failed to mention that. Still. Sounds creepy and stalker, but I miss his bangs.
I LOVE BAND!! I do NOT love going straight from jazz band to Wind Ensemble and getting really chopped, but band in general is pretty great. I have this SWEEEEET solo in "Jumping on the Woodside" and it's SO AWESOME. Stupid "Hallelujah" is really hard. I have to work for those A flats.
OMG science was so cool. We were reviewing friction and acceleration and velocity and what not (AGAIN), but no one really understood why acceleration of gravity was the same for objects of any mass, and Mr. Campbell was explaining it in smart scientificy language, which threw everyone off, so I asked if I could explain it to everyone, and he did. So I went to the front of the class and explained that force and weight were the same and force was always 10 times the mass, so when divided by mass, the answer was always 10. Then as I was going back to my seat everyone was all clapping and yelling, "El presidente." I will not lie, it was PRETTY cool.
So I had to meet with Mr. Fox, but it was pretty nice because I told him I didn't want to talk, and he's like, "Oh well, you don't have to." So we talked about drugs and wisdom teeth and Thanksgiving. And it turns out Mrs. Sims didn't even talk to him about me getting help, he just got freaked when he saw me crying and wanted to know if everything was all right. Which made me really love school.
Yeah, talk about mood swings. Although I think life is going to become more simple in the coming weeks. Don't ask why. Because I don't actually know. But it has something to do with my favorite holiday AND my birthday (which is actually very far away) being kind of sort of a little bit closer than yesterday. :)

Sitting atop the crap heap

Wow. I've said so many times this year that 14 sucks, and you're probably getting annoyed and want me to, I don't know, get counseling or something, but I gotta say it again: 14 sucks SERIOUS BALLS. It's partly my fault, too. I guess I'm just setting myself up for failure. Ugh, I just feel a lot of pressure from all sides and school, the one thing that helped me take my mind off things, is just as bad.
It might have started with the disastrous parent/teacher conference this morning, but yesterday wasn't fun either. I just started stressing and I blew up, made decisions, changed my mind a million times, and got really tired. Like bone weary.
Aaaaaaaagh conference so NOT successful. I think my actual problem is I just really hate people, and I hate it when people get in my business. I'm sitting at the table cryin, and my teacher and my mom are all up in my face going, "Why are you doing so bad at school, Lauren? We know you can do it. Do you need help? We're going to get help." Aaaaargh I DON'T WANT HELP. How come whenever I ask for help it's never given or it's unsatisfactory, but when I want to go it alone people are jumping on my back offering tissues and counseling sessions. It was way depressing. Somehow I really don't think talking to a counselor is going to help me. I'm just going through a permanent stage of PMS that's not going to change any time soon.
French pisses me off. Really. I'm so sick of that class and some of the people in it and the teaching, so I was started stewing and not participating and dissing Mr. Caley under my breath, and Chelsea got pretty mad and moved seats.
I can only say thank God for my friends because I was really tired and depressedish in Pre-AP but then all my friends started cracking me up and being helpful in a non-direct way so that felt better.
Does stress increase or decrease estrogen? Cuz I'm full of something and it's driving me crazy. I miss the endorphins. Cutting yourself is so not worth it, but if I can get the endorphins back I'll be happy. Aaaaaagh I'm just all failurish, but then I'm also just feeling REALLY sorry for myself and being the victim and cursing 14, and I honestly don't want to deal with anything. I'd rather just sleep and let it get worse while I stay uninvolved, detached, aloof (Pre-AP word), crap like that.
I better get used to the view from the crap heap, though, because I still have 57 days before I feel like any of this is going to get better.

The early bird gets the Krispy Kremes.

"Who Needs Air" is still my favorite song. Lol.
I'm addicted to andkon games.
I posted a new Madison Finn book if anyone cares. It's Thanksgiving themed. How nice.
Ew, "Dreamcatcher" is totally grossing me out. I got to page 225 on Friday and haven't read it since. It's NASTY. And my favorite character died already. Not only that, I couldn't sit on a toilet all yesterday. I'm not even a guy and I was worried about aliens in the toilet and ruptured testicles.
I also read a really lame book that was by the person who wrote "Saving Zoe", which was also lame. I hate it when a book has a lot of hype and then it sucks.
I'm up way early. I almost didn't wake up. Okay, it's almost 9:00 AM, but this is early for me.
I actually finished all my homework. :O shocking. I hate English, though. Least favorite class. Even more so than science and math.

Woundwort introduced

"Watership Down" is good, but it's taking me a long time to finish it. Speaking of long books, I started "Dreamcatcher" and it's surprisingly good. Yeah, I know, I'm actually enjoying a Stephen King book. I'm only on page 49, though. I hope it's not about aliens. Aliens are lame. I mean, "Independence Day".
I think every day should be a half day. I had most of my hard classes today, but it was pretty enjoyable. All we did in French was conjugate French verbs and walk around the school saying, "Elle entre l'ecole, il entre l'ecole, il entre l'ecole, elle entre l'ecole."
I really think Mrs. Sims hates me. She sure acts like it. And why does she want me to work harder? When I do work really hard, she gets mad at me. Man, I have so much homework from her class. Aaaargh.
Math was pretty fun. Class discussions and what not. Group work is semi fun. Jessica wasn't there, tho, so I was on my own in a sense. But I get math. This is so weird.
Aaaaagh I made cookies using the recipe from the Magic Cookbook, but they taste gross. At least, I think so. My mom and William both said they were amazing. I don't know, they're way too sweet to me and they're crunchy, which is nasty.
I like this shirt. Very turquoisey.

Mmmm, milkshakes.

I am seriously the best milkshake maker ever. Pumpkin ice cream, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cardamon. Go make one.
I am getting better at science, but I still think I'm right about the four seconds thing. I mean, if 90 is 0, 50 is 4 seconds.
Um, lame. We're doing a food drive at school and if the 7th or 8th graders bring in the most food, they get to use the courtyard for 2 weeks!!! Everyone's blaming me for this, like I chose this "wonderful" prize. Not my fault. Raaaaah. So I'm bringing in like 5million spaghettios.
Coooooooold.
Wow, got a mouthful of spice. THAT was only the nastiest thing I ever tasted.
Math is making sense. This bodes ill.
So I got my report card and it seems none of my teachers had anything nice to say. :P Mr. Caley did say I was a tres bonne eleve. That's right.
Conjugating verbs!
J'aime
Tu aimes
Il/elle/on aime
Nous aimons
Vous aimez
Ils/elles aiment.

Good grades and a little French

Yay today was Envelope Day! There's something about carrying around a manila envelope that just makes my day. My grades are better than I thought. Well, my math one is a little bad, but hopefully that will improve. As of today I have 1 A, 1 A-, 2 B-, and 1 C. Office doesn't give out grades??
French test. Too easy.
Hm, those Oreos soaked pretty quickly. Almost too quickly....
Oreos and I have a love/hate relationship.
Man. The school computers are so fast. It's pretty disappointing coming home to this thing.
Top scorer on quizlet right now!!
Man, Mr. Faxon made me write about the concert last night for extra credit. He saw me there, doesn't that count for something? Lol, the band directors danced funny. I heart Oly.
I forgot if tomorrow was an early release day or not. :o uh oh....
I made use of my digital locker today. Pretty cool.

If you really think about it...

Compared to "Bring It On", "Barbie as the Island Princess" should win an Academy award for "Best Animated Film" and "Funniest Arm Gestures", were there a category titled such.
I watched "Chuck" last night. I only missed like, what, 2 or 3 episodes.... CHUCK BROKE UP WITH SARAH! YESSS!!! Ugh, I hated that girl. But now he's going out with Rachel Bilson. Which is worse, Sarah or Summer-from-the-OC? I just REALLY REALLY REALLY HATED SARAH. But he's going to get back together with her. :P
YOU can help Wikipedia change the world. 21,656 have donated. Good job, wikipedia.

We act like we're on speed!!!

Despite getting like 5ish hours of sleep last night, I am feeling rather perky and talkative, rather like Kirsten Dunst. I don't know WHY, though, because during the stupid ASB meeting I was like practically passing out and I almost fell asleep on the crossword puzzle. I think it's my dad's fault. He only knocked on my door at 4:51 AM!!!!! Whaaaaa? My alarm goes off at 5:30, Dad. Kind of cheesed me off a little, because I couldn't go back to sleep, and when I finally did, it was time for jazz band.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! Yeah, I didn't go see Mrs. Sims to schedule a conference, so she put me down for TUESDAY MORNING AT 6:45 AM!!!! WHO IS EVEN AWAKE AT THAT HOUR? BESIDES MR. FAXON??? Oh, and I guess...ME??
Ew, that water tasted SO NASTY.
Lol, we have a bunch of 8th graders playing with us to get all the parts covered. Oh, the agony and the French horns. Micah kept being all, "Bla bla bla, so and so is SOOOOO good at French horn," and he really sucked. Micah and Kevin are all right, though. Lol, one of the trumpets sneezed really loud during "Greensleeves" and the whole back row started laughing.
Jason Weaver is so amazing. And Simba-y.
Second period was pretty carazy. Screaming, crying, talk of cradle-snatchers, child molestors, and Edgar Allen Poe. Oh yes.
Lol, the new American Girl doll is a hippie. She looks just like one they had a couple years ago, that weird surfer girl Kailey or whatever? Except this girl is a hippie in the 60's and her books are probably going to be about protests and pot and John Lennon.
"Watership Down" is really good, but they've already unleashed a conspiracy and a dystopian society and now one of their former aquaintances has been mortally wounded and I WANT TO KNOW HOW!!!!!
Aaaah, bad, I got a 31/70 on my science test. The entire class failed. Okay, how did Drake and Jesse both get a higher score than me for the second time in a row?? Thankfully, Mr. Campbell is letting us do a retake. *sigh of relief* This probably means I should pay attention.

Rip my soul out, why don't you?

Wow, "Bee Movie" was actually semi-entertaining. Not as good as "Over the Hedge" or "Ratatouille", but soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better than "Shrek the Third".
"...working for the white man!!!"
Black guy: *scoots away*
Aaargh. We went to Farmland afterwards. I got to see all the puppies and let them gnaw my hand off, but I'm thinking I'll need to stay away for awhile because I seriously considered taking one. Because I'm sure they wouldn't notice a $600 purebred from KANSAS missing. :P Supposedly putting guinea pigs in a room full of squawking parakeets will make them more docile. I said hello to one of the guinea pigs and he passed out. So my "more skittish" theory won. The kittens were biting each other.
Aaaaargh I hate the library. And apparently it hates me and doesn't want me going in series order. XP
I just read the worst book ever. As I don't want to embarass myself, I'm not telling you the title, but it was SO AWFUL. And it was British. That part became more apparent as all the characters kept saying, "That lad was chatting me up. Bollocks! Have you seen my lippy? Off to the loo!" Thankfully I finished it and decided to read a good book afterwards. "Forbidden", forgot the author, but it was a good book about a cult. Kind of depressing, tho. HIS NAME WAS GRUFFLES!!
Lol, this is probaby the worst youtube video I've ever seen, but it's really hilarious.

But comes back to save Christmas, of course.

I really think "Bring it On" is the worst movie I have ever seen.
We played with the Navy Band today. Aaaaagh they are so amazing. I want a new trombone.
I conducted sevvie band. They're actually really good. And Ben did half of it, so it wasn't me by myself among a monstrous throng of sevvies.
I think I may go through life eternally confused.
Crap. I messed up.

Those clothes are ugly. TAKE THEM OFF!!!

Lol Kevin is amazing.
I really want a dog. Not even funny.
So I made these chocolatey cookies for Nathan. Only it called for some espresso powder, which I DIDN'T HAVE, so Dad told me to grind up some of his Bed and Breakfast coffee, but I didn't do a very good job and now there's little bits of coffee in the cookies. They taste all right, though. Just look gross.
Apparently I'm conducting the 7th grade band tomorrow. Yeah. Since 5th period is office, I said I could do it. But seriously? What's the likelihood that they're actually going to listen to me? One of the kids is like 6'4" already. No lie. So scared. And I have to wear my stupid concert dress all tomorrow because we're playing with the Navy band. Then I get to make them LASAGNA!!!
Heh. "Beauty and the Geek" is my favorite show in the WORLD. Dave is so amazing. He's actually good at salsa dancing, and he won the competition. He also got drunk and did a back handspring. So jealous. I think I'm going to marry Dave.
John and Natalie got kicked off. Mwahahahaha. Natalie was sort of annoying and kind of personalityless. Same with John. But apparently they "grew the most". Whatever. It was lame. I HATE SAM!!! He must die. William and Jen are annoying, too. Jen wears the same thing every day and looks really good in it, so I console myself with thoughts like, "At least mine are real."
We had to take a survey about school. They had you rate statements like, "I feel safe at school," and, "I think discipline problems are dealed with fairly," and, "My cultural background is respected here." I disagreed with the last one, because I remember last year the teachers would talk about how bad white people were. It was like, "Aaargh." Apparently I have nothing to be proud of. I bet the surveyors are going to be surprised when they see a "Strongly Disagree" next to that sentence, and then look down at my Ethnicity and see White/Caucasian. I wish I could be there to see it.
Well, I couldn't help myself. I started chapter 4 in my French book. We're not finishing with chapter 2 until TUESDAY. >:P Chapter 4 is way hard to understand, as it introduces some new grammar and "to have" rather than "to be". So cool.
Perry Blotter....

My life is a Sarah Dessen novel.

No, seriously, read "The Truth About Forever" and you will see some startling similarities. Aaaagh, alliteration. Okay, maybe I'm the only one seeing them, because Macy (main character) is a BLONDE perfectionist/fast runner, and her dad died, bla bla bla, now her boyfriend's at Brain Camp.... It was pretty drama-y but really nice. Better than that stupid, boring "Keeping the Moon" book (what was up with that? I couldn't finish it) and "Someone like You" (not too bad, I liked it). But this one made me way jealous of a fictitious character. I'm not sure if that's allowed. And it had written IN WORDS exactly what has been driving me insane. Not exactly a clinical diagnosis, but Sarah Dessen IS an award-winning author. Aaargh, Chelsea has another book by her and it has an ipod on the cover. Jealous, I want it.
WHAT IS THE POINT OF "THE MASQUE OF RED DEATH"? Prince throws party, Red Death shows up, and screws everyone over. Yaaay. I know it's supposed to symbolize tuberculosis and whatnot, but it's way boring and not scary at all.
"The Fall of the House of Usher" freaked me out. I was like, "Um, wth, why did you bury your sister?" And I totally did not get the fact that Roderick was a drug addict? What? When did that happen?
Drake is playing the tuba? I am apprehensive about this happening. That means he has to sit by me in my section. Dang it. How will I bother Kevin and Robert now? No more "Are you Nervous". No more mouthpiece stealing. No more making Mr. Faxon mad. Never mind. There will be plenty of that, I'm sure.
FIRE DRILL! I love fire drills. I hate French. I'm failing science. I sort of understand math. My life has turned upside-down.
WHAT IS THE ANSWER TO THE CLUE, TYLER??? It has something to do with "turning back the clock" and past clues. Okay, you know the clue I posted yesterday? Go to these websites and tell me what the similarity is. Actually, just start here and move up from there.

Forced copulation? What is this, SVU???

I just read "The Murders at the Rue Morgue". That story is messed up. Want me to spoil it? Well, it involves an orangutan. And a razor blade.
So I went on wikipedia to check up on orangutans to see if this behavior was likely, and, um, WTH??? Male orangutans sometimes attack females and FORCE COPULATION!!! Whaaaa??? How come people are always dissing mankind and how we should just go back to nature when there are animals out in the rainforest RAPING EACH OTHER?????
"The Black Cat" is messed up, too.
HAHAHAHAHA, I solved THREE of Tyler's clues in one day. Now I'm stuck again. Help me out.

different views i have of myself
three to be exact
parallel to each other
nestled in between
to know where your going
you must know where you've been
just remember, it only gets harder

what am i?

I tried man and time, but those didn't work.
Do do do do.
Ew. That story just way grossed me out. I'm seriously considering throwing up.

The Story of Noseless Billy

Well, I finally beat Tyler's riddle. Turns out you had to translate it to French? So the answer was eye, which I had guessed. Now I'm trying to figure out something about giant ants??? Help me out:
1998, ants attacked the minds of young children....
but where limited to the cathode ray tube
scifi still hosts thes foul abomonations of obvious continuity errors and use of Deus ex machina. but i ask you one question
whom produced this tale of terror?
Ummmmmm...don't know.
Today was Amanda's birthday, but I forgot and felt bad because I'd told her I would write her a 10-page story, so I started on my masterpiece in French and finished in study hall. The manuscript was entitled "The Story of Noseless Billy", which was about a noseless boy named Billy who went on a quest with his squirrel buddies to find a nose, but after being swallowed by a giant toad and meeting Zac Efron, he discovers true wisdom. Yes. That is my story. Amanda thought it was funny, so I guess that's cool. It had some pretty amazing illustrations, too.
Ah. Eco horror films. How nice.
What? Drake is joining band? I think I'm supposed to be thrilled. Just weirding me out. And he made fun of trombones.
Hahahaha. I hit a high G today with no trouble and Mr. Faxon was like, "Yeah, she just killed your butts."
Micah brought donuts. He's not bad. They were sprinkly.

Post 700

Yep. Here we are. The big day. Well, nothing much to say. Check it out.

14 hath gone too far

Aaaargh. My day really sucked. I got a 69% on the math test. Dude, 69%!!!!! Ugh, I was so mad. Then I get to band and we have to do like 5 freaking worksheets on counting that were really tedious, and I drew a picture of liberated hamsters.
I've been in a bad mood since last night. I finally just got really tired of how emotional my life has been lately and some of the stuff that's going on. I ended up getting really mad (what else is new), like shaking with anger mad, and bawling. I felt and still feel really awful and messed up and I don't want to play the victim, but this is not my fault and I hate everything that's happening.
Aaaaargh.
I got candy, though. William gave me a huge portion of his candy, which was way nice. Some bastard threw an egg at him. >:P That made me really mad. I like how like 20 years ago you could go trick-or-treating without your parents and be completely safe, but now there's retards throwing eggs and crap.
I don't want to offend any gay people, but honestly, the word "faggot" SOUNDS like a really bad insult. I hate what it means, but if I'm mad at somebody, I would probably call them a faggot because it embodies anger pretty well. Who even thought up the faggot = gay thing? That's so lame. In England, it means cigarette or a bundle of sticks.
French sucks big time. Bla bla bla, no one gets it, no one cares either, and all we're learning is "Racism is bad" and how that somehow relates to sex and autism. WTH? WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH FRENCH??? IF I WANT TO GO TO AFRICA WHEN I'M OLDER, I NEED TO SPEAK THE FREAKING LANGUAGE, NOT SPEW OUT SOME BULL ABOUT RACISM AND SEX!!!!!!!!
Aaaaaargh. Just AAAAAAAAARGH. HOLY CRAP!!! Yes, I realize that was a lot of whining, a lot of, "Awwww, I'm a fourteen year old white girl with big social problems," and, "Why can't anyone heeeeelp meeeee?" So, I guess I'm sorry, but I'm really tired of disappointments. I really thought this was supposed to be a good year.
14 SUCKS.

I'm am 2 posts away from 700 posts.

Just think, I started this blog in 7th grade: almost two years ago. *sniff* It brings a tear to my eye.
I kind of wish my family was Halloweenier. We've never done the trick-or-treating thing, but we do carve pumpkins. And eat candy, and sometimes cake/donuts. Is one black cat too much to ask?
Yaaaaay junk food binge. Micah's mom made cupcakes and bought us pretzels. Then Sarah let me eat some of her cookies. I made chocolate cupcakes. WITH ORANGE FROSTING!!
I love how I didn't wear a costume today. Jeff was all, "Is that a nerd outfit?" He was wearing a fairy outfit with a pink flowy skirt.
Lol Amanda had the best costume ever. She wore normal clothes and walked around with an orangutang saying, "SAVE THE ORANGUTANGS!!!" It was way cool.
Do do do do do.

They do come through...every once in a while.

Wow. I just realized one of my greatest flaws. I don't really feel like sharing, but it was like, Wow. I am actually a semi-bad person. Or not. But at least I've pinpointed exactly what's wrong with me, or one of the things, and I'm trying to conquer it. Is this what they call making progress? Probably not, since this whole last paragraph reeks of self worship. Guess not. But I know what to work on.
You really didn't need to hear all that, did you? I just had to write it down or it would've made no sense in my head.
Yay.
Now the whole world can read that.
Hmmmm too lazy to erase it.
Spasenie is amarzing. Yes, amarzing. I like their sax player. I wish I spoke Russian, though. Well, somewhat, but then again, I don't want to learn a whole nother alphabet.
Daaaaaaaang my Pony Pals are taking forever. I have like a million Maddie Finns, tho. HURRY UP, PONY PALS, HURRY UP!!!
I REALLY want a dog. "Amazing Gracie" is really good so far. I want a dog like Merlin.
Ugh, "The Amber Spyglass" is so dumb. Philip Pullman is like atheist, but he believes in God? Or at least, he believes in God, but doesn't believe he's actually God. It's so retarded. And confusing. That book makes my eyes glaze over. I hate Will SOOOOOOO much, and Lyra is a huge wimp now. All crying and snotting and meeking all over the place. WHAT HAPPENED?? YOU WERE SO COOL BEFORE! And Pantalaimon doesn't talk anymore. He just switches shapes sometimes. I miss him. He was actually a character in "The Golden Compass", but he reminds me a lot of Saphira in "Eragon". Just seems extra and doesn't add much to the story.
Math test today. I don't think I failed, but seriously? THERE WERE TWO TRIANGLES!! Everyone else got 695. Crap.
French is sooooooooo boring. I hate it now. Hate hate hate hate hate. I just want to be challenged and learn new things. I hate learning from the stupid tapes. "Listen and choose. Vocabulaire. Mots 1. Sophie n'est pas interessante." That's for sure.
Yoodle yoodle yoodle. Have to do chores. Poop.

8,337 people...making progress.

You have to admit, 8337 is a step up from 4500 something.
Go, wikipedia, go.
What? "Under the Boardwalk", one of my favorite songs in the WORLD, is really about sex??? NOOOOOO.
I thought they were busy enjoying the smells of the hot dogs and french fries. Aaargh, I am so grossed out now. It makes sense, though.
Under the boardwalk (out of the sun)
Under the boardwalk (we'll BE HAVING SOME FUN)
Under the boardwalk (people walking above) [that's just sick]
Under the boardwalk (we'll be falling in love) [Psh, you'll be doing more than that]
Under the boardwalk, boardwalk.
:P
I swear, people must LIKE drama if they go about stirring it up all the time.
Aaargh. Probably best not to overreact. Is it all right if I'm confused?
I need to read Stephen King's "The Mist", even though I dislike the man. Yeah, change of subject. Gaaaar.

And the cellos were playing, too

Ah yes. Math test tomorrow. I understand most everything. Hopefully I won't fail.
Do do do. Band concert tomorrow. Aaargh, we were doing really amazing at "Electricity", but we picked today to suddenly suck. Grrr. I hate flashlights. A lot. I saw this really cool recording of "Electricity" being played by a Singapore band, but there was like 50 people in that band and they were really good, so I felt like crap. :P
Do do do. Tyler was playing the cello? Amanda was emo/nerd with gangsta suspenders and a cool sweatshirt.
I realized I get nervous at just about everything, so that's probably why I'm really bad at "Are You Nervous?".
Pony Pals are taking forever, but I do have some Madison Finns in. Maybe after I'm done with that AND Pony Pals, I'll do "Avalon", seeing as that series really let me down.
WHAT??? They don't have the Halloween one? No way, I totally checked it out like 2 years ago!!! Probably 3. Can't remember. AAARGH! I KNOW THEY HAVE "CAUGHT IN THE WEB"! How come these girls are in 7th grade and Ivy looks like a 21-year-old supermodel on drugs???
I'm so addicted to "Monk". I just finished the first season and am anxiously waiting the 2nd, but it will probably be about a year before I ever see it because my library *cough cough* SUCKS *cough cough*. Seriously, my mom requested "The Cosby Show" season 2 in like January.
Ooooh, I requested that it be rushed. Is that mean? Eh.
"Baby Elephant Walk" is driving me insane.

Sharpay has feelings, too.

Aaaaaagh. I still hate that part in HSM2 where Sharpay is all, "You're a great guy, Troy. I just wish you were doing this for me." AAAAAAAAAAAGH!!! SHARPAY HAS A HEART!!! AND POSSIBLY A BRAIN!!! It was so sad. No matter how much she squealed loudly or manipulated the resort staff, SHE WOULD NEVER GET TROY.
Aaaargh. I watched "Win A Date With Tad Hamilton" last night at Jeannie's. Aaaargh. How depressing, and chock full of Sharpay moments like that. I feel so bad for Pete. Omg, Pete. He was so adorable. Seriously, Josh Duhamel has nothing on Topher Grace. I was like simeltaneously laughing and crying during that movie.
Aaaargh, "Just My Luck" is so lame. Wth, was that creepy little girl his daughter, because he would've had to have fathered her at like age 12ish??? She might've been his sister. Whatever. I did not understand that little Katie girl. Lindsay Lohan is way lame. I really want to read some Pony Pals. I might start doing Maddie Finn novels as a side project. But I have to put those on hold, too. Yaaaaay.
Omg. They have some new titles I hath not read yet. Let's see, I haven't read past #20, so I'm quite behind. I didn't know they were still publishing these. They don't sell them at Barnes & Nobles anymore. Uh. #17 really sucked, I remember that. I hated it whenever she got in a fight with Aimee, because Aimee was SO ANNOYING. Fiona was pretty cool, but Lindsay was way annoying.
AAAAGH AND THEN MADDIE AND HART FINALLY GO OUT! Omg, I'm so excited. I'm totally doing Madison Finn AND Pony Pals!!! Yaaaaay! I really liked #8, too. It had a message about anorexia.
Should I do it in series order or not?
Wow. I love HSM2.
And Atreyu.
And...
okay...
I'm coming out of the closet.
I like FF5. So sue me.

Do it right this time. *pause* Okay, I messed up.

I love this CD. So cool.
Aaaargh someone stole Tim's book and my book journal yesterday, only it turned out Tyler took Tim's book, but I CAN'T FIND MY BOOK JOURNAL! I had it in the library on top of my stuff and it was NOT there when I went to get it again. Not my fault, though. We could only take a pencil and had to put all our crap on the shelves. :P Oh well. I could always get a new one, but I want to show off my 5/5 on most of my writing assignments.
I'm addicted to "Monk". It's way cool. I'm trying to get my Mom hooked on "Psyche", but we don't get that channel. Aaargh. There's always the library. Yeah right.
Speaking of libraries, the librarian gave me this book that I have no memory of ever holding, and if I did, it was a LOOOONG time ago. Like 7th grade. Kind of odd. But it had my name on it. Weird.
Heh. Science was so cool. I threw a ruler at Drake. But then Mr. Campbell lectured us both about assault. Well, he shouldn't be hitting my nose then.
Jesse needs to time right. Our times were way off. Forget acceleration.
Aaaagh our practice for "Electricity" was so cool. Only I didn't get a stand light. Because they didn't want to plug mine in. Ouch. Kevin, Robert, and I were playing our little band game "Are You Nervous?" It's so awkward and probably illegal and it could be counted as assault to Mr. Campbell, but it's fun in a weird, perverted way. Kevin's really good at it when he's playing with a girl. Interesting.
Math was pretty cool, too. I got Tyler in trouble, but other than that.... Connor had tape on his forehead?
I love crossword puzzles.
I love Fridays.
I WANT A DOG.
And some Fritos.
And some chocolate chip cookies.
I'm almost on chapter 4 in the French book. I don't want to finish this book before the end of the year, but this is ridiculous. I also did all the work up to chapter 4 in the workbook. I'm such a nerd. I had to review chapter 3 today, and it made more sense. Maybe I should review chapters 1-3 and all will be well.
Uh oh. If we aren't to chapter 3 by November 6 I'm reading the end of the book. This is too slow for me.
First lunch today. That was pretty fun. Why is everyone I know in first lunch? Band should have first lunch. Only I'm pretty sure that's hazardous to your instrument.

Not only am I surprised that you can SPEAK, but you also like Evanescence?

That's me being a jerk right there. I do not stereotype. I DON'T. Okay, I do. But I wasn't at the time. And I didn't say that.
Aaaagh. Football game. We got our butts kicked. I think the score people scored wrong, because the other team's first touch down and extra point only got 2 points? Whatever. They scored a total of three touchdowns. We scored one.
But our pep band was SOOOOOOOOO much better. Sure, they had three sousaphones, two baritones, and two trombones, but they only played 3 songs: "Fun, Fun, Fun" (that's so loser. I'm sorry, but that's probably the dumbest song ever), their fight song, and "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (which I really want to steal). Psh. We were amazing. Except they hogged all the space in the bleachers and the trombones kept playing my part. Hate.
Do do do.
AAAargh. I understand math sometimes, but when I have ONE simple question, Mr. Kovacs won't answer it. I was getting really mad during math and then I started freaking crying. Aaargh it was so embarassing. And then he didn't answer my question, but gladly answered it for another group. WTh?
Come on, Wikipedia, step it up.
I want a dog. I'm totally getting one and naming it Amy Lee. Boy or girl, I don't care.

Feaselday won't work

I LOVE BILL COSBY! I was watching "The Cosby Show" and Denise and Theo got in an accident with STEVIE WONDER!!! OMG, it was so cool. They got to go to a recording session and he was kind of creepy, but then he sang and everything was all right.
Aaaagh, there was an episode about Cliff's dad, who played trombone. It was retarded. He was so not playing, because he wouldn't stay on one position to play a note and the phrases didn't fit the way he was breathing. Eh. Lame.
FOOTBALL.
I am the best.
Mitchell is cool.
I love math class.
"Moon River" is like my favorite song, actually. Mooooon river.
Whereever you're GOING, I'm GOING your way.
I must get the most scores on quizlet. I MUST.
Hehehehe.
Go pants, go.
I think "pants" is my new favorite word.
PANTS.
Hayley Williams. Psh. You're NOTHING.

The Joy of Sox....omg that looks wrong

"Will Feaselday work?" "No, because that day we're taking the children out to see the feasels."
"Josie" is like my favorite song ever.
Man, I've had to take off like 4 really good tracks on this CD. I just don't want my dad listening to a song where the singer says, "He f***ed her."
Aaaargh. Aaaaaaaaargh.
I finished "The Subtle Knife". Ew. Hate Will. He's kind of boring. Phillip Pullman must like hate God or something. I thought Lord Asriel was the BAD guy. WHY IS EVERYONE ON HIS SIDE?? Aaargh. I'm definitely not. I'm scared to see how this will end. I don't know, it just seemed like a totally different series. "The Golden Compass" was sooo much better. Aaargh. My favorite character died.
Aaargh. I also hate my internet.
We had a lockdown drill today. :P So lame. They were going to have us stand out on the football field for an hour and a half, but they decided to forget that idea. Aaargh. French is the most boring class ever. If it had been a real emergency, we would be the first ones dead.
Football game tonight! Please don't let the band suck. "Woolly Bully" is getting better, but Mr. Faxon will be playing so I'm not too worried.
Trombone is so BALLIN.
Nathan, if you are reading this, Mrs. Sims knows about the earrings.
Go UW!!

Inappopriate band jokes...AND FOOTBALL!!!

Do do do do do do.
Lies and deceit. Hence the up.
Ah yes. The good old days. When math was just as hard as it is today, but the band was a lot better.
AAAAAAAAGH. "The Subtle Knife" isn't so bad, and I've read 87 out of 288 pages, but Will is so annoying. If I were Lyra, I'd want to live in a parallel universe, too.
I really want a demon. That sounds bad, but it's true. NOT A JACKAL!
Band was so gross. Jessica and I were sick for like 2 hours. And Mr. Faxon got it all on tape.
I lent Mr. Faxon my lightsaber. And I told him to buy us muffins. He said he'd already done that. Um, no, donuts are not muffins. Muffins are scrumptious.
Yeah. My day was way boring other than that.
INTRUDER ALERT!!! Ha. I'm pretty excited.
Wooo, football game tomorrow. We're probably going to lose, but hey. Should be fun. Please don't let our band suck, please don't let our band suck. I even get to say, "I'm with the band."

You're feeling so platonic

AAAAAAAAAGH BEAUTY AND THE GEEK!!
They did the makeover episode last week. Only the best episode pretty much ever.
And the transformations were more shocking than that of Nate last season. It was like Nate times 10. 9. How ever many geeks are left.
Jesse looked kind of odd. Really odd. They bleached all his hair. Joshua looked the same, except his hair was shorter, but I guess the new clothes and haircut made his geekiness more endearing, and he said something funny about hair. William didn't change that much, but they dyed (what was left of) his hair red. Joshua is really reminding me of a bird. Luke had nicer hair, definitely, but the makeover made him way self-absorbed.
Note: SAM MAKES MY SKIN CRAWL! And he looks like a duck.
Nicole was way hot after the makeover. I DO NOT LIKE GIRLS. But seriously. She looked like a short Katie Holmes.
OMG, DAVID LOOKED LIKE PATRICK STUMP!!! It was pretty crazy.
But John...wow...wow...wow...wow. He and Nicole went to the prom challenge together. Awwww. Except Dave was all, "I have a crush on Nicole, but I'll let her ask me out," and then she asked John out. :( So he asked out Katie, who's REALLY ANNOYING. She got kicked off, though, along with Luke. I can't say I was too sad by that. Although Luke's entry video was pretty funny. He was doing something with a train and the way he was sitting was funny. I think nothing else was funny about that video, but the way he was sitting cracked me up.
Yeah. I just needed to get that out of my system. Because it seems no one watches this show??? What??
"Hey Jazzy-Jazz, will you go to prom with me?"
*say no say no say no*
"Of course!"
Shay did not go the prom.
Neither did Sam.
HA!

I'M WAITING TO SHOW YOU

Lol. "Wishes and Dreams" is like my favorite song ever. Besides "Lead Sail (and a Paper Anchor" and what not. FOREVER WE COULD BE, SOMEDAY YOU WILL FIND ME IN ALL YOUR WISHES AND DREAMS! Hm, this person is quite sure of himself. Reminds me somewhat of Cartel. Wow, de ja vu.
I learned tons of new French today, including making things plural. In French class, however, we've gone through about 3 pages of the chapter in a week. :P I read the entire chapter, but I'm not going to start the third one yet because I read some of it and I understood NOTHING. So I'm back where I started. Oh well. Now I know how to refer to groups of people. I don't feel like typing in French today. I want to disagree with someone, though. Heh. We get to do that tomorrow and I get to say, "MAUVAISE!!"
Listening to my secret band, ho hum.
I still love "Wishes and Dreams". That song lets me sleep at night. Because everyone knows a harsh fit of laughter makes you sleep better.
I finally got good at Donkey Kong. I'm at the Monkey Mines. Party on.
Dogs are pretty great. Office is great. Cuz all I did was practice French in the lovely quiet.
I HAAAATE "The Subtle Knife". I've read "The Golden Compass" like three times, but I tried to read "The Subtle Knife" in 7th grade and it was SOOOO boring. I'm reading it again, but AAAAAAAAAGH. I wish Philip Pullman had left Will out of the picture and skipped straight to "The Amber Spyglass", which I have not read.
Lol. Matt White is my background. He has very Garrett-Hedlund-as-Jack-from-"Four-Brothers"-y hair. It's pretty nice.
Lol. I really wish I could somehow have that conversation with someone of the male persuasion. It would be pretty hilarious. But no. It will stay in my brain forever. It was funny. Too bad.
Our eyes were locked....
DJs make my HEART ACHE!