I have 15 boys traits and 9 girl traits.

Ooooooooooh. Do you know how angry that makes me? Well, not too angry. Just a little depressed. It's not like I had much of choice. I was raised with and by boys, for crying out loud.
Except the girl statements on that quiz were WAAAAY stereotyped, and while that was true for the boys, their statements were FAR more accurate.
Except for the whole "Dogs are better than cats". Who came up with that? That's not boyish. That's a personality issue.
Could it be? Could it be? A cry for bass players??
Aargh, God, you gotta let me know.
Should I stay or should I go?
Heheheheheh.
Um.
Oh, HOW I want to answer that e-mail.
But I might have to talk to Dad. I don't want him to tell me I'm not "ready" or whatever.
Anyone can play bass.
Ooooooooooooooh.
Track was fun. Drew doesn't think I'm on drugs!!
Budget meetings are cool.
Squirrels don't eat pumpkin bread.
Hills are really awesome. I'm going to buy a billion hurdles and do "Over-Unders" till my legs fall off.
Day by day, day by day, oh dear Lord, three things I pray, 1 2 3, to...I'm not sure what he's saying there.
Dude, the project for Health is SO EASY. Sarah and I are almost done. Whoo, tranquilizers!

Who WOULDN'T want their stomach pumped?

Oooooooooh, I just realized Drew probably thinks I'm on drugs, or otherwise "experienced".
It's not true!!!!
I can't remember, I can't remeeeembeeer, I can't remember the last time I cried.
CEREAL!
Seems that Doomsday's come early this year.
Cheerios!!

You Are Cheerios

Like other Cheerios eaters, you want to be a responsible adult. But you can't help but still be a kid at heart! You try to make good decisions. You're a clean cut, conscientious person. You're the type of person who would never skip breakfast. Part of you thinks that breakfast is too important to miss... But a bigger part of you knows it's too fun to miss!

What Kind of Cereal Are You?

Open arms, we embrace tomorrow!!
Track was pretty fun. The core workout was ladders again. :) It seems harder than it is, because it's really only 6 and half minutes or running, which isn't so bad.
Oh. I am a sleek black bra. I guess you didn't need to know that.
I was aiming for cotton.
The cotton!
Do it for the cotton.
Sorry. Just in a really good mood today.
Mr. Faxon passed out "Cartoon Symphony" today, and that's a pretty spectacular song. I can't help but want to play bassoon, though.
Um....

What's Important to You... And What Isn't:

For you, primal needs like eating and sleeping are your top priorities. You find getting things done to be incredibly stressful. You don't like having things to do. You attend to almost every priority in your life. You don't neglect much. You want thinking to be a high priority, but you don't take enough time for yourself.

The Priority Test

So Freshman is on Saturday, and the dance itself is probably going to suck, but all of my friends are going with their "dates" (I'm not the only girl going with a girl) and Amanda and I are going for dessert or ice cream or something after. And she's doing my hair.
It was kind of scary, because we thought we had the same dress and shoes, but we don't...I think.
Talking about pizza made me really want some pizza.
I need to cut my bangs again.

Why don't you just drop dead?

I don't blame you for being you,
But you can't blame me for hating it.
So say, what are you waiting for?
Kiss her, kiss
I set my clocks early cuz I know I'm always late.
Forget "The Carpal Tunnel of Love". This is my new favorite song.
Except for the vampires.
"You call yourselves hunters??"
"Oh yeah? Why don't you be the bait next time!!"
Yeah.
That was stuck in my head all during church.
In church, we're starting a series about Heaven, which is pretty sweet. Saint Peter will NOT meet you at the Pearly Gates. "When she was 5, she killed a bird with a stone." That sucks.
Yeah, go Dad!
Abigail Breslin cannot dance. She's worse than me!
I always hate going to the library and having the librarians give me weird looks when I check out 3 or 4 Pony Pals books. They don't say anything, though, thank goodness. Actually, though, that would make things less awkward. "*giggle* You like ponies?" "*glare of death* They're for my daughter."
MWAHAHAHA that would be so uncomfortable, but it would probably shut them up.
Except I think my age is on my library card...not sure.
Wouldn't want them to think I'm a teen parent.
Or would I?
Only 2 more Pony Pals and then they're done forever!!!
Sacreligious Ipod shuffle: To go from Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" to Caedmon's Call's "Warrior".
That's. Messed. Up.

I come with a lifetime guarantee. ^_^

Owwwwwww, Aljohn pushed Jonel off the top of the skate park, so I fell too and my elbow hurts really bad.
Super Saturday was pretty, um, super!! This t-shirt rocks. Whoever drew this picture is my hero. Ew, we had to pick up trash, and I found a condom. At least it hadn't been used...I think. I also found a billion cigarette butts and a car headlight!!! That's about it. Then I spent the next hour painting the skate park bluish-gray.
What's the point if all the skaters are going to graffiti it all over again? Oh well.
We had to ask some skaters to leave. They were sort of..."peeved" would be the polite word.
Then we had this fairly okay after-party WITH NO ICE CREAM!!
Candy, yeah, but no ice cream, and that went fast.
They definitely had enough soda.
Then this little kid was running around with sea lions that were taking a sunbath, Mr. Barry attacked me with water balloons, and we had a dance party on the teeter-totter.
Weird. I always called it a seesaw.

Cotton: The Next Generation of Hobbits

I'm addicted to the way I feel when I think of you, WOOOAH!!
WHEN I'M ALL ALONE, I JUST CAN'T STOP MYSEEEEELF!!
And I don't know the rest of the lyrics!
The morning paper.
Yeahs.
This middle school band came to party with us today, and they were pretty good, but Mr. Faxon wanted us interspersed (sp?) throughout their ginormous band (Us: 20, Them: 40), so Daniel and I sat together, because it was awkward otherwise.
We talked about all manner of things, such as cotton, "The King and I", "Pirates of the Caribbean", and other things.
6 200's! A little hard, but not TOO hard. Only when I tried my hardest, it wasn't hard enough, because I couldn't get my times to fall between 35 and 40 seconds. I'm averaging 43, and my time yesterday was 41.27. AAARGH. My best is 36.27!!!
Take one for the team, you all know what I mean. ^_^
And I'm so sorry, but not really. Tell the boys where to fiiiind my body. New York eyes, Chicago thighs, pushed up the window to kiss you off.
Dance tracks!!!
So our first meet yesterday was cool, but it was 40 degrees outside, and it's not that fun running in short shorts and a flimsy jersey in 40 DEGREE WEATHER!!1
I love this song!!!
Yeah. Coach Thorniley made me run 4 events, so I ended up doing the 200 and 60 as well as the 100, then did shotput to round it out.
Shotput at a tri-meet SUCKS.
I wanna dance. I'm going to freshmen with Amanda. Screw boys.
Today was the Day of Silence for the all the gay, lesbian, bi, and transexual people who feel discrimination. I took part in it for about three hours with all of my friends, but after a while we couldn't do it and had to talk.
So I felt a little bad, but we did "tell" people what we were doing and they were cool with it.
Except my dad definitely did NOT participate in the Day of Silence, and he not because he hates LGBT people, but because he feels we should treat all people equally and that Day of Silence is not necessary because he and others he knows treat all people equally. And he doesn't stand for gay marriage.
Well, neither do I, but I am against discrimination of any kind, and Day of Silence was sort of about all discrimination, not just discrimination against LGBT, and though I know people sometimes make a big deal out of nothing, I know what prejudice is like and have seen it, so that's mostly what today was about for me.
"The Carpal Tunnel of Love" is my new favorite song.
"Infinity On High" is my new favorite album.
What's THAT supposed to mean?

Butterfinger

They call you sticky fingers for a reason!

What Kind of Candy Are You?

Yotsuba Koiwai! Koiwai Yotsuba!

What Your Feet Say About You:

You are more expressive than most people. You let everyone know how you're feeling - the good, the bad, and the ugly. You are a very passionate person. You are highly charged and easily inspired. You are an assertive person at times. You'll pull out all the stops to get what you want, if it's worth it. You take a while to fall in love, but once you do, you stay pretty attached to your partner. You are not afraid of anything. You are brave and courageous, even when most people would be terrified. You are very practical and down to earth. You're more concerned with action than thoughts. You are very spoiled. You don't work unless you have to, and you love to be waited on. You are easily influenced by other people. You're quite impressionable, so you should only be around people who are a good influence.

What Do Your Feet Say About You?

My mom dragged me off to an eye appointment, and it was actually pretty enjoyable. The staff was really nice and seemed to actually know what they were doing. So I'm getting new glasses in a week!!! They don't have any rims on the bottom. Mwahaha.
So it took 2 hours, but I finally downloaded 5 pretty amazing songs: "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne, "No More Sorrow" by Linkin Park", "Accidentally In Love" by Counting Crows, and "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More 'Touch Me'" and "The Carpal Tunnel of Love" by Fall Out Boy.
Ow, my foot hurts. And we have a track meet tomorrow. Argh, the coaches are going all pyscho, like we might somehow miss all of our events at the same time, so they kept us an EXTRA HALF HOUR. We never get out at 4:30 like we're supposed to. XP
We take sour sips from life's lush lips, we shake, shake, shake the hips in relationships.
Catchy.

If tomorrow is today, then today's yesterday will be yesterday's today, and the windows STILL won't be done!

Today was kind of boring, so I'm going to pretend today was yesterday.

You Should Live in the Suburbs

Like many people, you like the city - but you don't want to live in it. For you, the suburbs is the perfect compromise. You can enjoy the city as much as you want, but you have a quiet, safe neighborhood to come home to.

Where Should You Live?

Mwahaha, "Carmen" is so cool. Don Jose is quite the hottie. So is the head smuggler - he has some nice guyliner. Don Jose is kind of ugly when he sings, though. And Mr. Caley told us he had cancer while filming "Carmen". That's a nice picture for you.
Learning about the iambic pentameter is pretty interesting. And it sounds like the horses from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".
Mrs. Sims doesn't like poop. Heh.
OMG!!! We did a problem in math about global warming, and we got in a fight about whether or not global warming is real (sure, it's real, but it's not as big a deal as James Patterson makes it out to be), and Mr. Kovacs was like, "It's hard to believe in global warming when it's freezing outside." So Danny started talking about Al Gore and "An Inconvenient Truth", and Mr. Kovacs said, "Oh yeah? Well, I've met Al Gore and he's pretty crazy."
:O
So we asked him about that, and he told us how on the submarine, Al Gore wanted to take chunks of ice from the ocean and drag them to New York to give the people fresh water.
And he also makes a big deal about flourescent lightbulbs, which have mercury in them, which will probably kill us all if there are any dangerous chemicals in the room and one of the lightbulbs break. Strangely enough, the warning labels on the lightbulbs are pretty small.
After that, Danny was still like, "...but you met Al Gore???"
Best. Math class. Ever.
Aargh, they made us go to the West Technical Skills Center and learn about automotive technology. One of the culinary students gave me a cookie shaped like a spoon. It was pretty tasty. Our tour guide made us do an obstacle course and jump over walls. Then the head guy made me draw names for bracelets, mugs, and hats.
Ugh, field day sucks. I hit myself in the face with a javelin. No lie.

Your Personality at 35,000 Says...

Deep down, you prefer spending time alone to spending time with others. You enjoy thinking more than talking. You are finding your place in the world, but you still feel overwhelmed. There's a lot of choices out there! Your gift is having good ears. You are naturally musical, and you pick up foreign languages easily. You are inspired by what is possible. Real life is often too ordinary for you. It's very easy for you to feel happy. You can find peace with any situation.

The Personality Test at 35,000 Feet

Mwahaha, purchasing itunes!!!

Do YOU have a date to Homecoming?

AAaaaaaaaargh. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH. Thanks a whole lot, Mrs. Lutz. I was having a REALLY GOOD DAY. No, all my dreams did not come true, but I was having a pretty hilarious time with all my friends and teachers, learning interesting things about Shakespeare, whores, and Al Gore.
Then you decided to ruin it for me.
Thank you SOOOOOOOOOO much.
I'm sure she meant to be nice and all. She just wanted to give us some guidelines about how not to screw up the Freshmen for your girlfriend or whatever.
But come on.
It just made the dateless feel like total crap.
Because even though she stressed how much more fun it would be if you went with a group, she definitely had fun mentioning all the things you could not do without a date.
And, okay, you could do them, but you would look like a loser.
Buying yourself a corsage? Loser.
Taking yourself out to dinner? Pitiful.
Taking a picture by yourself? Why don't you go slit your wrists, you stupid emo kid?
And the dance itself is so lame. Why is everyone making such a big deal out of it? "A Night in Paris"? Are you kidding me?
And pictures are $25!!!!! $25 for a lame picture of you in an ugly dress with a guy in a tuxedo who so obviously doesn't want to be there, and after you buy it, you'll probably never look at it again.
And while I'm trying to convince myself it's just a STUPID junior high dance, Mrs. Lutz did a pretty good job in making me feel like an insignificant dateless loser.
Who will NOT look good in her freshmen dress.
So thank you.
I'm going to go eat some dinner, ignore others, do math homework, and come back hopefully when I'm in a better mood.
But I have decided I'm DEFINITELY not going to freshmen.

More than useless...but less than useful

AAARGH, I AM TRYING, OKAY!!! I AM TRYING TO BE TALKATIVE AND NICE AND LESS ALOOF AND INTIMIDATING!! BUT I CAN'T!!!
I can play the whole game with adults. I can be polite, talk to them, say all the right things without seeming...I don't know, in some way bad.
But when it comes to people my own age, I CAN'T. My throat LITERALLY dries up and nothing will come out!!
Take this morning for instance:
I'm sitting there in Pastor Mike's office with my dad, eating a really delicious chocolate chip granola bar, and it really was the tastiest thing I'd had all morning. Someone my age comes in and strikes up conversation (okay, he was talking to my dad, but still), and bam. I can't talk, I feel all nervous, and if I take one more bite of granola bar, I'll puke.
Which sucks, cuz I was REALLY hungry.
So it's just not going to work. I'll stick with the friends I have, thanks.
Other than that, church was pretty amazing. My dad and I played in the horn section on worship team. Then there was a guest speaker, who was talking about getting "really passionate", so that was cool.
Then there's a Pie fellowship tonight, which should be fun, because there's pie, but it's like a church marathon, seeing as we already spent 6 hours there.
Mwahahaha, I never have to go to Sunday School again.
Moving on from church.
Lol, "The Last Pony Ride" looks pretty amazing. I hear Mike breaks things off with Tommy.
Whoo, Lego Star Wars!!

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

"God Wants You to Shine" was pretty spectacular. The creepy drummer guy tries to rape Faith in a bathroom, but she runs away and her little brother protects her. It was so sweet. Then later he (the brother) gives her his autographed Yankees baseball and is all, "Whenever you look at that baseball, I want you to know I've got your back."
But she gives it back and he gleefully accepts it.
Nellie is still a horrible friend, but then she realizes that what goes on between Faith and Niles is NONE OF HER BUSINESS, and then she gets burned big time by Ethan, so Faith stays friends with her.
They adopt Faith's cousin Belle, too, because her mom got in a car accident, like in "Raising Helen" (only unlike that movie, the mom doesn't die...and they never say what happened to the dad). But they seperate Belle from her brothers...what's up with that?
INFP.
Anyways, NILES!!!!!! He just randomly comes up to Faith one day and is all, "Well, I'm going to be honest with you. I really like you. I think about you all the time. I know all of your schedule, and show up all the time in the halls."
!!!!!!!!!!!
Kind of creepy, but what teenage guy would have the balls to say that to someone's FACE?
But Faith is like, "Well, I want to still be friends with Nellie, so I can't be with you." Then she runs away.
But later, she's like, "Niles, are you dating anyone else, because I'm sort of in love with you," and Niles is all, "Sweet!!"
But they're not going out or anything.
Yet.
Faith is KIND of a Christy Miller, but a lot better and more relatable.
And she's not dating a surfer named Todd, thank goodness.
Yeah, that's how I spent my morning.
There was an article in Christianity Today that was like, "How do we save Christian bookstores? Stop making them so religious!"
So true.

This is no place to try and live my life

Have you ever realized that you seem a certain (negative) way to some people, and feel badly that they think of you like that, but do nothing to change their minds?
For example, if you came off as a really intolerant or snobby individual, and people look down on you or think badly of you, but you're not REALLY intolerant OR snobby (intentionally) how many of you would actually make an effort to be nicer?
My dad thinks watching wrestling while playing hymns on the flute is sort of sacreligious. How could it be; there was wrestling the in the Bible!
I got the second Faith Thomas book at the library. Nellie is such a horrible friend! "You've got to choose me or Niles. I'm going to let you think about it, and you can tell me tomorrow. Bye!" And she's thinking about "taking the next step" with a boy named Ethan. ETHAN?? What happened to Trevor Fish? The one she cried over at the homecoming dance? Whatever. Joy broke her nose and hurt her foot, apparently. Ew, some 20-year-old drummer is all, "Oh, gosh, are you Jake Thomas' younger sister?" She's his daughter!!! But Faith totally falls for it.
"Take On Me" by A-Ha is the best song in the entire world.
Except when the Jonas Brothers try it.
OMG, and "Forever Young", from Napoleon Dynamite!

The snuggliest one of all!!!!!

I am the snuggliest! I am the snuggliest one of all!!!!
Take that, extroverted babies!!!
Introverted babies CAN be snugglier!!
Actually, snuggling has nothing to do with sociability.
Mostly personality, I guess, which sociability is a part of, but not a great part of.
I was talking to my mom about the love languages and how she and my dad are complete opposites, but neither of they nor Nathan like physical touch all that much, and it's pretty high for me. Ha, snuggles for everyone!
Unless, you know, I don't like you, or know you that well.
What about the horse posters? You may have them. All of them. Have a ball.
BLOGTHINGS!
I'm in a pretty fabulous mood because I had a really big happy mood swing, and I get to skip school because of...well, long story.
So we had to go to PT, but we missed the appointment, and it's a WASL day and track can be lame sometimes, so why not skip school?
Mental health day, I swear.
Cinnamon and coconut sounds like the best combinatio never.
Agh, this is such a lie!!

What Your Taste in Chocolate Says About You

You are sophisticated, modern, and high class. Your taste is refined, but you are not picky. You are often the first to try something new. You are a whimsical person prone to daydreaming. Artistic and creative, you're always in the middle of a project. While you are an inspiration to others, you can come off as flaky. You love being around people. Friendships are important to you. You feel lost when you're by yourself... so you tend to avoid being alone.

The Chocolate Oracle

Your Mood is a 9

It's hard to imagine feeling much better than you do right now. Life is pretty great.

How Does Your Mood Rate?

Hurray for chemical imbalances!
Dude, I want a "The King and I" piano book! That would be so awesome!!!!!!!!!!! To be able to play "I Have Dreamed" would be so amazing.

I would let you drown in a sea of foes

Mwahaha, that is quite the metaphor.
ARMY STRONG!
Jazz band had to perform at this Family Night thing at the Fairgrounds, and there were army people hoping to recruit and hand out lanyards that said, "GO ARMY STRONG". They were quite silky.
The lanyards, not the army guys.
That Bingo was a gyp. I was one away from winning like 10 times and they never called the last number.
My mom won me the first Maximum Ride, though.
I tried to convince Alexis to pick "Wolfcry" for her winning book, but she was like, "No, I don't want a book about lesbians."
But they're nice lesbians. One's a wolf and one's a wyvern. I thought it would be Nicias, though.
"Wyvernhail" is a pretty sweet book. Hai is the bomb. Better than stupid Oliza anyways. "Before, After, and Somebody in Between" is good, too, though I haven't finished it yet.
Anyone want some horse posters? My mom found a million that I apparently tore out of "Young Rider" and "Horse Illustrated" magazines. Seriously, there's like 25 posters of Fell ponies and Quarter Horses. Some of them are pretty cool, and I'm considering plastering them all over my walls, but some are butt ugly, so if you want them, tell me.
Okay, more on "Wolfcry": though I don't agree with the whole homosexuality thing totally (okay, at all), I get why she did it. I mean, yeah, she loves Betia, but there was no way for her to ascend the throne without giving birth to children that would blow up the world. The two cultures (avian and serpiente) shouldn't be mixed, anyway.
It sort of sucks that she and Betia can't have kids, though.
Well, Betia could get pregnant with a wolf, and HER kids wouldn't blow up the world.
Friday. Sweet, sweet Friday.

Plonked me between the eyes, like a bullet!

Mr. Caley made us watch part of "Carmen" in French yesterday. Pretty hilarious. So it's basically about a prostitute with impressive vocal abilities.

You Are Electronic Music

You are energetic and expressive. You love feeling alive. You never get sick of your favorite things - they're what makes life special. You don't take tradition or conventions too seriously. You live for the future. You enjoy remixes and re-interpretations of things. Life is about making improvements.

What Kind of Music Are You?

Really?
Are you sure?
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah traaaaaaaaack. 8:45 on the mile isn't so impressive, but I'm pretty happy. Legs sore, though. Mr. Henrichsen made us do lunges for 100 yards. Up and down the football field. Aaaaaaagh.
Whoa. Blogthings knows all.

Your Dosha is Vata

Creative and restless, you take in all of life's pleasures (maybe a little too much!). You're quick witted and very talkative, but you also tend to have a spotty memory. You tend to get very into ideas, people, and lifestyles... but only for a short time. It's difficult to hold your attention, and you sometimes feel with what life has to offer. With friends: You are very uncomfortable in new situations or with new people In love: You fall in and out of love very easily To achieve more balance: Live in a warm climate and spend some quiet time in nature

What's Your Dosha?

WASL days are so boring. Field trip next week. Yaaaay. XP Sort of confused about what to do on the PEP thing.
My brain is completely empty of anything interesting to say.
Waaaaaait....
Lost it.
OMG, I'M GETTING MY BRACES OFF SOON!! Well, not soon, but RELATIVELY soon, like...in 4 months?? Maybe 6. I don't know, they said it would be SOON, but orthodontists have a different idea of the meaning of the word "soon".
I had a dream I was breaking into hotel rooms?
In a BIKINI?
Pretty cool.

Hell is other people

Lethal combination:
Very little sleep + PMS + negative feelings = torture
The Sunday School drama continues. So I skipped it today. And I only felt a little bit guilty.
Come on, I spent the entire time reading "My Utmost for His Highest" by Oswald Chambers.
So basically, it's not just that I hate Sunday School; it's also that I AM the stuck-up unfriendly b*tch everyone thinks I am, and I could care less about making friends.
Not like I'm proud of it, but skipping Sunday School might become a normal occurance.
Jessica's party was fun, though. We watched "I Am Legend" and messed around in the hot tub talking about the freshmen and stuff.
"I Am Legend" wasn't that scary, just really intense. Too bad Bob Smithouser spoiled the entire thing for me. Whatever. It was good. SAM!!! "Sam, protect Daddy!"
Cake. Monkeys. Shells. Sweet. Yeah, baby.
Don't ask.
Aaagh, my dad listened to my shuffle up to 444!!!
Ha, Josh Groban.
Hey, we saw Matt and Anita (and Katie) at church. They're thinking about going there from now on (thinking being the operative word). Cool.

Shakira is flat-chested, too!!!

Your Monster Profile

Demon Beheader You Feast On: Hot Dogs You Lurk Around In: Movie Theaters You Especially Like to Torment: Emo Kids

What's Your Monster Name?

REALLY WILD!!!

It's official. I'm addicted.

Your Candy Heart Says "Get Real"

You're a bit of a cynic when it comes to love. You don't lose your head, and hardly anyone penetrates your heart. Your ideal Valentine's Day date: is all about the person you're seeing (with no mentions of v-day!) Your flirting style: honest and even slightly sarcastic What turns you off: romantic expectations and "greeting card" holidays Why you're hot: you don't just play hard to get - you are hard to get

What Does Your Candy Heart Say?

Alex Sanchez isn't a bad author. I just wouldn't have kissed Iggy.
"The End of Racism" is still quite intriguing. Ethnocentrism is sometimes mistaken for racism. Huh.
What's my magical pick-up line?
OOooooh, bad.
These pick-up lines suck.
Definitely less frustrated now. Just a little uneasy.
Mmm, cookie dough ice cream cake.
Sounds delicious.
My dad doesn't know how to make an ice cream cake.
He also didn't know it required ICE CREAM.
Oh well.
Tyler threw ham at me today. During track, Kevin and Jessica were throwing grass at me. Janessa was throwing punches at me.
I detect a theme here.

Tommy "social pariah" Sullivan? What are you doing here?

After eating a grilled cheese sandwich, some Fritos, apricots, baby carrots, and two cookies, eating a piece of chocolate doesn't mean I'm still hungry.
I have a new appreciation for the song "Headlights" by The Classic Crime. It doesn't seem to be about dead people at all. It's so relatable, too. I keep picturing Matt McDonald sitting with a crying girl in a car. That should so be in the music video.
Dinesh D'Souza's book, "The End of Racism", is astonishingly accurate. He's so neutral it's scary. I found myself grudgingly admitting to some of the typical white behaviors he mentions.

You Are In a Decent Mood

You aren't turning cartwheels, but you're having a pretty good day. Some ups, some downs, but overall you're coming out ahead. And who knows? Tomorrow could be even better!

What Mood Are You In?

I guess so.
Argh, school was good until science when I got a little frustrated. Apparently all problems can be solved with a little assertion, but the rumor mill is a topic not often breached. The wimpy thing to do would be, well, to not do anything, and sit uncomfortably in an increasingly sticky situation, but I don't exactly have the guts to "fix" anything. Yeah, I'm being super vague, but this is SO STUPID and probably would be less of a problem if there weren't certain people involved.
:P
20 minute run. Pretty nice. Shuffling counts, too.
You know how badly I want a puppy? So bad.

Blowing off God for reality television

I wish I could justify it by saying there was a really good episode of "Hell's Kitchen" on.
Dave Ramsey does not look like he sounds. Somehow I picture a thin balding blonde man with glasses and a brown jacket, not a round bald man with FACIAL HAIR and glasses.
There is quite a difference between BALD and BALDING.
Welcome to the force, Drew.
Track is still amazing. Daniel runs like Pamela Anderson. Everyone sucks at long jump! 3 miles today. 3 miles. Wow.
Haha.

You Are a Brazil Nut

To most people, you seem exotic, unusual, and even a bit scary. But you're really quite normal. You're just hard to get to know. If people leave you alone and let you do your thing, you really shine. But you tend to get lost in a crowd, especially if it's filled with big personalities.

What Nut Are You?

Sensible people never follow the advice of online quizzes.
Right?
RIGHT?
Agh, the trombone music for church is so hard. Pretty ridonkulous.
Agh, "A Walk to Remember" is SOOO SAD. The book, not the extremely crappy Mandy Moore movie.
I apologize for the unnecessary alliteration.
But it was pretty hard to get into until the very end, where Jamie is dying and Landon is reading the Bible every single day. Agh. Nicolas Sparks slays my soul.
Hurray for random quizzes.
"Leaper" by Wendy Mass is an amazing book, as is "Crushed" by Laura and Tom Mcneal.
Heh. Phone calls with boys are so much nicer. Maximum length about...30 seconds.
OMG, "BEAUTY AND THE GEEK"! So it was the makeover episode, which is the best episode of every season. Greg and Tommy look amazing ("I'm hot with a W!"), but Matt, Chris, and Jason sort of look the same. Joe looked good, but he's SO ANNOYING, and he kept being like, "I don't feel comfortable, this is so stupid, I hate this, I'm going to go cry in a corner."
Their challenge was to write and perform a soap opera scene with the theme "Prom night". Jason and Kristine's was beyond lame. "You are so hot. *takes off shirt*" Superjew!! Chris and Cara's was pretty much hilarious. "Where was Mike when you were abducted by pirates? How about the time when he skipped lunch to get on his motorcycle and fake his own fiery death!!??" Lol. Greg and Randi should have won.
Greg: *leaping off the bed* STOP!! I just can't do this anymore!
Randi: Why?
Greg: Do you really want to know why?
Randi: Yeah.
Greg: Do you REALLY want to know?
Randi: WHY?
Greg: I'm gay.
Randi: *slap*
Greg later said, "When she slapped me, I was so shocked. That was NOT acting." I don't know, you just had to see it.
Joe and Tara = BEYOND LAME. They both take themselves way too seriously.
Heh. Tommy and Amanda's was pretty good. It turns out Tommy was a psycho killer and he poisoned Amanda. "We could've had something really special together."
Agh, Matt and Leticia's was kind of corny and he ended up kissing her, so they won, but it was pretty soap opera-y, so I guess it was obvious that they had to win.
Because characters in soap operas don't get abducted by pirates.
Although one of the actors on "The Young and the Restless" was like, "Abducted by pirates? That is so brilliant, I'm putting that on the show!"
Ew, those actors did the worst love scene ever. It almost put me off heterosexuality forever, it was so boring.
Yeah. I'm still straight, though, don't worry.

This made me laff.

You Are Cilantro

The bad news is that there are some people who can't stand you. The good news is that most people love you more than anything else in the world. You are distinct, unusual, fresh, and very controversial. And you wouldn't have it any other way.

What Spice Are You?

You Are An Exclamation Point

You are a bundle of... well, something. You're often a bundle of joy, passion, or drama. You're loud, brash, and outgoing. If you think it, you say it. Definitely not the quiet type, you really don't keep a lot to yourself. You're lively and inspiring. People love to be around your energy. (But they do secretly worry that you'll spill their secrets without even realizing it.) You excel in: Public speaking You get along best with: the Dash

What Punctuation Mark Are You?

Who You Should Vote For

John McCain: 60% Mike Huckabee: 60% Ron Paul: 40% Barack Obama: 27% Hillary Clinton: 13% Who you agree with on the war in Iraq: Mike Huckabee and John McCain Who you agree with on the economy: Mike Huckabee, John McCain and Ron Paul Who you agree with on health care: Mike Huckabee, John McCain and Ron Paul Who you agree with on taxes: John McCain Who you agree with on abortion: Mike Huckabee and John McCain Who you agree with on gay rights: Mike Huckabee

Who Should You Vote For?

But I hate McCain.

You Are Fairly Normal

You scored 45% normal on this quiz Like most people you are normal in some ways... But you aren't a completely normal person. You're a little weird too! Why You Are Normal: You eat the frosting first You prefer fiction to non fiction You would eat meat from a cloned animal You prefer ruffled potato chips You prefer a good meal to a good nap Why You Aren't Normal: You are no longer with your first love When you're in a car, you prefer to be the passenger If you had to, you rather live without laughter and still have music You know a little about many subjects You would rather be a movie star than an astronaut

What's Normal About You... And What's Not?

You Are an Orange

You have a zest for life, especially for anything colorful, wild, or dramatic. You have a unique take on the world, and you're not afraid to be a little funky. You are a bit reserved toward people who don't know you well. You have a thick skin, which can protect you from anything that goes wrong in your life. Once someone does get to know you, they totally get and appreciate you. Your friends see you as a bright person with a refreshing take on life.

What Type of Fruit Are You?

Those genes are TOO tight.

Phone phobia is now explained.
Mrs. Lutz must feel REALLY strongly about abusive relationships, because she made us watch this 80's Lifetime video called "But He Loves Me". The ugly clothes and ridiculous music was pretty bad, but it was SOOOO DEPRESSING. Charlie, the abuser, was really annoying. And whiny. Why would you fall for his manipulation if he was such a whiny loser? And he was super overious and creepy with the whole, "I think I'm falling in love with you," after the FIRST DATE! Then he starts hitting her while her little brother's home, and her little brother just sits there and watches for like 10 seconds. Woo, Kyle.
Track started yesterday, and it's pretty amazing. Compared to last year, anyway.
Hey, new Blogthings. Haven't been there in a while.
You have been given a chocolate Easter bunny. Which part do you bite off first?
The ears, of course.
Dang, these quizzes are really off.
So, track. We did ladders yesterday, up to 1:15, and hills today, which sucked. New shoes!!! That work!! No Scholls insoles, though.
Haha, too true.

Your Thinking is Concrete and Random

You are naturally inquisitive and curious. You're excited by new ideas, and you are a true independent thinker. You are interested in what is possible. You like the process of discovery. You are often experimenting, challenging old ideas, and inventing new concepts. Rules, restrictions, and limit don't really work for you. You have to do things your own way, and you can't be bothered to explain yourself.

What Kind of Thinker Are You?

The little black dress test??? Definitely taking that one.
Are you disturbingly profound or profoundly disturbing?
I'm disturbingly profound; how about you?
Mwahaha, the new Madison Finn came in the mail.

You Are Fairly Abnormal in Love

When it comes to love, you definitely have your own take on things. You love and hurt like everyone else, but your expectations and rules are different. It may make it hard for you to feel understood. People don't really get where you're coming from. Why You Are Normal in Love You are normal because you rather die before your romantic partner. You are normal because you first fell in love when you were 18 or younger. Why You Aren't Normal in Love You are abnormal because you had your first boyfriend or girlfriend after you were 14. You are abnormal because you think it is better to have never loved than loved and lost.

Are You Normal in Love?

I'm bored.
Please, not the 80's. Not the 80's.
The 80's.

You Belong in Generation Y

You fit in best with people born between 1982 and 2001. You are cooperative, flexible, and adaptable. You know the world changes quickly, and you're eager to change with it. You are socially responsible, forward thinking, and open minded.

What Generation Do You Belong In?

Some of this is lies.

What Your City Walk Means

You are optimistic and hopeful. Sometimes you do get disappointed by expecting too much. You are generally confident and friendly with strangers. You are well mannered and sociable. Money is important to you in as far as you'd like to have enough to survive. You are curious about ideas. If you had the means, you'd like to explore the whole world.

The City Walk Personality Test

You killed him...with your bad karma!!!

Charlton Heston is dead. Apparently he died yesterday. I feel bad because I watched the very end of "Soylent Green" and was thinking about "Planet of the Apes" quite a bit this morning, and about how stupid those movies were and how dumb Charlton Heston was.
Now he's dead.
Okay, I'm kind of super jealous of my parents. Every week, they talk about their WONDERFUL Sunday School class and how encouraging it was and how it touches all sorts of people.
Even William at least has fun in his class.
I don't know, I just REALLY HATE mine. It's like sitting through church again, and I like church, but this is just...boring. And it's sort of impersonal and...the only interaction is the 20 MINUTES beforehand where everyone sort of just...hangs out. Not so fun if you don't know anybody. But the main reason I hate it? Seriously, their worship band really sucks. You can defend them all you want, and say that they're teenagers and they're trying to get better, but it's painful.
Yaaaaaah, at least I got music from the OTHER worship team. There's going to be a horn section on April 20. Pretty excited.

Red headed boys were bred for cheerful song singing

Agh.
Adam Wylie was the voice of Louis in "The King and I".
Adam.
Wylie.
THE BOY FROM CRAYOLA KIDS! HE'S 23 NOW!
23!!!
He was like 14 when he did TKAI.
He sucks at British accents.
"Moonshee, come here! [British]You'll get in trouble[/British] with your [British]master[/British]."
Ew, he was also the voice of David in "All Dogs Go To Heaven 2".
Hey, I used to like that movie. NO LONGER.
Anyone who willingly stars as a guest in an episode of "7th Heaven" does not deserve to live.

Also known as "furniture".

I was eating some key lime yogurt today and it was all seperated and the whey was all...whey-y, so all I could think was, "SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!"
AAAAH I GOT MY BOOKS! Well, I got Madison Finn #11, and the Pony Pals, but the other Madison Finn is coming tomorrow, or next week...hopefully.
I think it's Brian. Dang you, Brian.
I changed my mind about Christiane Noll. She has a very clear, expressive voice, and I guess she had to add all those inflections because it was an animated film and she couldn't act very much otherwise, but it made "Getting to Know You" extremely annoying.
Who wouldn't want novelty St. Patrick's Day curtains?
Omg, prom fabric!
Yeah, I spent some time at JoAnn's with my mom. XP

I now know why my parents hate me.

Ew. Ew. Ew. Never watching "Quest For Camelot" EVER again.
Because Cary Elwes is the voice of Garrett. I knew his voice really bothered me for some reason, but I didn't know why.
Okay, when you look on the back of the movie, it doesn't look like there's anyone famous enough to have their name put on the back, but hello? Pierce Brosnan, Cary Elwes (ewwww), Celine Dion, Gary Oldman, Don Rickles, and Eric Idle provide the voice talents for this movie. Wows.
"The King and I" was even worse. I guess the filmmakers decided if they smushed 2 hours of plot, a few of the award-winning songs, and tons of "hilarious" slapstick humor into 90 minutes of cartoon, it would be great AND kid-friendly.
Not so much.
The songs were great...except Anna Leonowens had the MOST ANNOYING singing voice ever. Too breathy, and she sounded like the mom from "The Swan Princess".
Aaagh, just too awful. It was pretty racist, too. Master Little? Painful. And they gathered elements from ALL Asian cultures and tried to pass it off as Siamese.
The worst part? They didn't even use the theme from the original "The King and I".
However, Tuptim and Chululongkorn sang "I Have Dreamed", my absolute FAVORITE song from the original film (even though it technically wasn't in the original one).
Oh yeah, the delectably shirtless Lun Tha was missing, replaced by a grown-up Chululongkorn. Lol. And Tuptim was a flower arranger instead of a concubine, because concubines are not family appropriate. And, you know, it would be really awkward if the Crown Prince wanted to get with the girl his dad has been sleeping with.
Aaagh, Louis kept forgetting to put on his British accent. Kralahome = so evil. But he didn't even wear a skirt!
ROFL, there's a board on IMDB for "The King and I" entitled: I was on the staff of this movie and even I hate it.
So I'm watching it again this afternoon.
AAAAAAAH I FOUND A DRESS FOR FRESHMAN!!!!
It's a black halter with pinkish polka dots and netting under the skirt. I also got Vans that look like slippers to go with it.
So pumped.

"She has an annoying obessession with the word, 'w00t'!"

OMG!! "King and I" night is SO ON.
Only instead of "Anna and the King", we have "QUEST FOR CAMELOT"!
YES!!
"King and I" (the animated version, of course) AND "Quest for Camelot"?
Plus it's sunny outside?
And it's Spring Break?
And we're going dress shopping tomorrow?
And there are Pop Tarts in the cupboard?
And none of the women are on their period?
Could life get any better?
Playing speed for 2 hours while listening to your ipod isn't so great for your back.

Facepalm!

Heh. William made a pretty hilarious joke last night.
Lauren: [bringing up a topic that had been part of a discussion several nights previous] So once the king made sure Tuptim wasn't a virgin anymore, couldn't she and Lun Tha go for it whenever they wanted?
Mom: No, because she was part of his harem.
Lauren: So?
Mom: Meaning she was constantly being watched, so there was no place for them to be alone.
William: Yeah. [imitates Lun Tha] Okay, I think we're safe. [imitates tour guide] And over here we have a rare species of bird... *eyes widen in horror*
I guess you just had to be there.
So none of our family has been watching "American Idol" lately, because it's so boring, but David Hernandez was the first one voted out!!! That is so wrong! I bet it was because of the whole gay-stripper thing. Chikezie's out, too! For the love of pancakes, WHAT ABOUT KRISTY LEE COOK? SHE'S BEEN IN THE BOTTOM TWO FOR 3 WEEKS IN A ROW!!!
Aaargh.
"Beauty and the Geek" was pretty hilarious. "Hi, I'm Sara, and I've been sexually active with my boyfriend-" "Sexually active? What does that mean?" "Are you serious?" "So it's having sex...actively?" "No, having sex passively. Continue, Sara." "Hi, I'm Sara, and I've been having sex with my boyfriend-" "*covers ears* AAAGH, I need earmuffs!"
One of the guys looks and talks like Adam Sandler.
"Hell's Kitchen" was on, too, and no one could recognize Chef Ramsey with a prosthetic nose on. Then one of the chefs made a meal using raw venison, scallops, caviar, and white chocolate. Chef Ramsey threw up. Pretty sweet. Who doesn't love reality television?

Oh, all the memories we had.

AAAAAAAH, I'LL GET MY MADISON FINNS (AND A PONY PALS BOOK) BY THE END OF THE WEEK!!!! Would've paid for expedited mail, but it doubled shipping FOR ONE ITEM. However, both Madison Finns were 1 CENT EACH!!! "The Lonely Pony" was a little more expensive ($.95).
I might've already mentioned this.
Wow, I haven't played Barbie Race&Ride in a while. The disc was BARELY working, and halfway through the obstacle course it froze, so I didn't continue.
My mom made me clean out my room, and I found those link bracelets that were popular in like, I don't know, 6TH GRADE! You know, the metal ones where each link had a different picture on it? How many of you have no idea what I'm talking about? Oh well. I messed around with those for like half an hour trying to make the perfect bracelet that I'm probably never ever going to wear again. End result: pretty fantastic.
"Beauty and the Geek" has already started!!! Aargh! No! Oh well, it's on tonight.
Dave and Jasmine. Whatever happened to them, I wonder.

Ruffle my hair, Mr. Hanks!

What are some movies that you HAVE to cry during, otherwise you're a horrible person? I could only think of two: "Forrest Gump" and Bruce Willis' "The Kid". But that's just me. Just wondering, because Forrest Gump was on A&E last night, so we watched the last hour and a half. "I miss you, Jenny." Soo sad. Haley Joel Osment wears adorable pants in that movie.
Hurray for online shopping!!!
Harry Potter Sims 2 neighborhood. Tempting, tempting. Don't give in.
"Good Eats" lied. After trying their recipe for puffy cookies, the mounds of dough taste like crap and smell like shortening. Curse you, shortening.
Will you stay here for a while, so I can watch you when you smiiile, I like to think so.
Well, I hope I don't drive you insane, with my big right foot and my unkempt mane. Well, I know you love me the way I am, but I'll change my ways if I think I can.
Hahaha, they sang "Girlfriend" for Marisa Jaret Winokur's jive on "Dancing With the Stars" last night. They changed the lyrics to "everloving princess". You know, rather than "mother-effing princess". Too funny.
I like it better when Avril Lavigne pauses meaningfully, however. "I'm the...princess!!"
You're looking kind of anxious with your back up against the wall, don't this kind of music make you want to move at all?
Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna, gonna do?
WOO!!! Madison Finn #11: Heart to Heart for $.01 + $3.99 shipping!!!
I don't know, say what?