It seems like white Christian conservative families aren't the norm, though people sometimes make it seem like it is. Or maybe they don't. It's very possible I don't know what I'm talking about.
I still think they should add more races to the standardized test, though.
Ha, my family fits that stereotype.
Which is scarier, driving places with your mom, or driving around a miniscule town with your driving instructor?
Surprisingly, driving with Ed scares the living daylights out of me. I always make stupid mistakes when I'm driving with him. And he wonders why I'm nervous.
But I drove to and from Driver's Ed last night. It was only sort of scary. Some chick kept tailgating me, though, over speed bumps.
And then I drove too slow up a hill and there was a LONG line of cars behind me.
But it was fun, so that's cool.
Next stop: Wal-mart!
I can't decide whether I want to buy the Rent (movie) soundtrack or the new Classic Crime album.
I can get The Silver Cord off iTunes for $10, and the Rent soundtrack is $17 or so, but I really want to put all the Rent stuff on my ipod and listen to it nonstop. Plus, I haven't listened to The Silver Cord yet and I know what I'm getting if I buy the Rent soundtrack.
Decisions, decisions.
Perceivers suck.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
"Keep sucking on that Twinkie, fatty." "It's a Ho-ho."
Yeah, sadly, nothing much has happened since Friday. Randy Pausch died, though, which made me incredibly sad because I didn't know. He's the kind of person that makes everyone else look awful. Not in bad way. That's actually a terrible thing to say. He was just a really great guy. I watched the special about him on ABC and only cried when his oldest son said that no problem is impossible to solve, because that's both true and untrue in the case of his dad.
Agh, "Rent" sort of changed my life. I watched a 90-minute documentary about Jonathan Larson (who died not of AIDs, as I was first told, but from an aortic aneurysm) and the writing of "Rent".
I think I like the new cast better than the original theater cast. Hate to be agist, but Fredi Walker did seem too old. Rosario Dawson and Daphne Rubin-Vega were both good Mimis, but Rosario Dawson and Adam Pascal had better chemistry.
Agh, "Musetta's Waltz" in my head.
MIMI!!!!
I had a physical on Monday, and my mom and I sort of despise the nurse practitioner, because she's a judgemental hypocrite, and she tried to put me on birth control.
???????
Me?
???????
If I have "trouble" during my menstrual cycle, like mood swings, cramps, or heavy flow, I need to go on the pill.
???????
???????
Doesn't EVERYONE have those kinds of problems???
"The Baby Borrowers" season finale was totally anti-climactic.
They did well with the elderly, and some of the old guys had been married for 67 years!!!
But then, at the end of the experiment, NONE of the couples remained together.
:(
Ooooh...I really thought some of them would be together forever.
And, no, I don't hold the creepy and unrealistic expectation that all high-school couples should only date if they intend to get married, but if you're out of high-school and you're still together...?
I don't know, even though it's probably never going to go anywhere, you still probably want the relationship to last forever.
Like that Chicago song.
At least Kelly and Austin broke up, finally.
Agh, "Rent" sort of changed my life. I watched a 90-minute documentary about Jonathan Larson (who died not of AIDs, as I was first told, but from an aortic aneurysm) and the writing of "Rent".
I think I like the new cast better than the original theater cast. Hate to be agist, but Fredi Walker did seem too old. Rosario Dawson and Daphne Rubin-Vega were both good Mimis, but Rosario Dawson and Adam Pascal had better chemistry.
Agh, "Musetta's Waltz" in my head.
MIMI!!!!
I had a physical on Monday, and my mom and I sort of despise the nurse practitioner, because she's a judgemental hypocrite, and she tried to put me on birth control.
???????
Me?
???????
If I have "trouble" during my menstrual cycle, like mood swings, cramps, or heavy flow, I need to go on the pill.
???????
???????
Doesn't EVERYONE have those kinds of problems???
"The Baby Borrowers" season finale was totally anti-climactic.
They did well with the elderly, and some of the old guys had been married for 67 years!!!
But then, at the end of the experiment, NONE of the couples remained together.
:(
Ooooh...I really thought some of them would be together forever.
And, no, I don't hold the creepy and unrealistic expectation that all high-school couples should only date if they intend to get married, but if you're out of high-school and you're still together...?
I don't know, even though it's probably never going to go anywhere, you still probably want the relationship to last forever.
Like that Chicago song.
At least Kelly and Austin broke up, finally.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
La vie boheme
Last night I watched "Rent" for the first time with my mom and brother, and the ENTIRE time, William kept making snide comments like, "Gross, lesbians," and, "Stupid tranny. I hate Angel."
Then, when my favorite character DIES, he's giggling in the back saying, "I don't really care, I mean, this movie sucks."
And, as he says this, I'm in the back corner bawling my eyes, because this movie is SAD. How is he not sad, too??
Then, when it's over, he says, "That was it? What a dumb ending."
I don't believe this.
"There was no resolution."
??????? What are you TALKING about?? There was resolution!
"There was IMPLIED resolution. IMPLIED resolution."
Okay, I HATE it when he acts like he's SO much smarter than I am, and that his opinion is superior because he's in the "gifted" program.
But WHAT DID HE EXPECT? A "6 months later..." montage of the all the characters living happily ever after??
At the end, all the friends have found each other again, back in their apartment where they still don't have to pay rent. Mimi has been found and saved, Angel's memory will live on, Roger has inspiration, Collins rewired an ATM in memory of his dead lover, Maureen and Joanne are back together, and Mark just finished an awesome film about AIDs in New York.
THAT, my friend, is resolution.
And I guess William didn't really like it because he only watched the last half (meaning he came downstairs halfway through and said, "This sucks," multiple times, but still wouldn't leave), but the characters touched me so deeply (yeah, cliche, I know) that it weirds me out that he didn't feel any of that. Especially when Angel died. I cried for 2 hours after the movie was over. I don't know why, but I kept thinking of him as a real person.
Because he would have been really cool to have as a friend.
I don't know what's sadder; the death of a powerful fictional character, or the fact that I'm crying over the death of a powerful fictional character.
Then, when my favorite character DIES, he's giggling in the back saying, "I don't really care, I mean, this movie sucks."
And, as he says this, I'm in the back corner bawling my eyes, because this movie is SAD. How is he not sad, too??
Then, when it's over, he says, "That was it? What a dumb ending."
I don't believe this.
"There was no resolution."
??????? What are you TALKING about?? There was resolution!
"There was IMPLIED resolution. IMPLIED resolution."
Okay, I HATE it when he acts like he's SO much smarter than I am, and that his opinion is superior because he's in the "gifted" program.
But WHAT DID HE EXPECT? A "6 months later..." montage of the all the characters living happily ever after??
At the end, all the friends have found each other again, back in their apartment where they still don't have to pay rent. Mimi has been found and saved, Angel's memory will live on, Roger has inspiration, Collins rewired an ATM in memory of his dead lover, Maureen and Joanne are back together, and Mark just finished an awesome film about AIDs in New York.
THAT, my friend, is resolution.
And I guess William didn't really like it because he only watched the last half (meaning he came downstairs halfway through and said, "This sucks," multiple times, but still wouldn't leave), but the characters touched me so deeply (yeah, cliche, I know) that it weirds me out that he didn't feel any of that. Especially when Angel died. I cried for 2 hours after the movie was over. I don't know why, but I kept thinking of him as a real person.
Because he would have been really cool to have as a friend.
I don't know what's sadder; the death of a powerful fictional character, or the fact that I'm crying over the death of a powerful fictional character.
Friday, July 25, 2008
The Saxons are coming!!!
I finished "The Three Damosels" and it pretty much taught me everything I need to know about life.
1. If you're forced to marry a creepy old man, he won't take advantage of you.
2. A good way to test your relationship with your man is to disguise yourself as a hag and nurse him back to health.
3. If you and are your true love are slain, an old man is likely to come by and bring you back to life.
4. Life is so much easier if you're pretty, but it's also less exciting.
5. Revenge is never worth it; also, beheading a rapist is not as satisfying as it seems.
6. Finding the Holy Grail is surprisingly easy.
7. Never let an old man take your Holy Wafers.
8. It's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. (I still think that's a load of bull.)
9. Never change clothes in an emergency situation.
10. When an old dead king says he'll come again, he's probably just being metaphorical.
11. Dragons are really easy to kill with four people and some sticks.
12. Being joined together by a dead guy is the equivalent of being married by a priest.
13. When you think you've won the battle, you're probably wrong.
14. Ugly guys make the best partners, because it's what's on the inside that counts...except during battle, these guys are more susceptible to massive (and often fatal) head wounds. No one quite knows why.
15. Women are just as cool as men.
Which is basically the most important rule of all.
1. If you're forced to marry a creepy old man, he won't take advantage of you.
2. A good way to test your relationship with your man is to disguise yourself as a hag and nurse him back to health.
3. If you and are your true love are slain, an old man is likely to come by and bring you back to life.
4. Life is so much easier if you're pretty, but it's also less exciting.
5. Revenge is never worth it; also, beheading a rapist is not as satisfying as it seems.
6. Finding the Holy Grail is surprisingly easy.
7. Never let an old man take your Holy Wafers.
8. It's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. (I still think that's a load of bull.)
9. Never change clothes in an emergency situation.
10. When an old dead king says he'll come again, he's probably just being metaphorical.
11. Dragons are really easy to kill with four people and some sticks.
12. Being joined together by a dead guy is the equivalent of being married by a priest.
13. When you think you've won the battle, you're probably wrong.
14. Ugly guys make the best partners, because it's what's on the inside that counts...except during battle, these guys are more susceptible to massive (and often fatal) head wounds. No one quite knows why.
15. Women are just as cool as men.
Which is basically the most important rule of all.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Lifelong happiness or hot babes?
Really now, if you were blind and were dying of a terminal illness, and your girlfriend brought you a cure, but it could only cure one of the two things, which would you choose?
Because being able to see is all well and good, but if you died a month later, WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT?
Wouldn't you rather live with your significant other as a healthy man (or woman, but whatever) for the rest of your life, even though you can't see anything?
It kind of relates to, "It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all," but that's such utter bullcrap. Well, I guess it all depends on how you look at it, and you can have your own opinion, but when your true love dies and you spent such a short time together, I'd rather have never loved than be all alone remembering my now DEAD partner and all the wonderful times we shared...forever and ever.
Dude, Vera Chapman was so COOL!!
Not only did she write "The Three Damosels" (which I am enjoying immensely), but she founded the first Tolkien Society...and convinced J. R. R. Tolkien himself to join!!!
And then her book "The King's Damsel" was the book the movie "Quest for Camelot" was based on!!! NO WAY!!! That is so AWESOME!!
I thought the name Ruber sounded familiar. AAAAH!
I just finished "The King's Damsel", and that's where I got the above question.
That brings up another interesting question, though: if you had to be blind, deaf, or mute, which would you be?
I'd pick mute, because I'd still be able to communicate in various ways, and it would still be possible for me to read and hear music.
Because being able to see is all well and good, but if you died a month later, WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT?
Wouldn't you rather live with your significant other as a healthy man (or woman, but whatever) for the rest of your life, even though you can't see anything?
It kind of relates to, "It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all," but that's such utter bullcrap. Well, I guess it all depends on how you look at it, and you can have your own opinion, but when your true love dies and you spent such a short time together, I'd rather have never loved than be all alone remembering my now DEAD partner and all the wonderful times we shared...forever and ever.
Dude, Vera Chapman was so COOL!!
Not only did she write "The Three Damosels" (which I am enjoying immensely), but she founded the first Tolkien Society...and convinced J. R. R. Tolkien himself to join!!!
And then her book "The King's Damsel" was the book the movie "Quest for Camelot" was based on!!! NO WAY!!! That is so AWESOME!!
I thought the name Ruber sounded familiar. AAAAH!
I just finished "The King's Damsel", and that's where I got the above question.
That brings up another interesting question, though: if you had to be blind, deaf, or mute, which would you be?
I'd pick mute, because I'd still be able to communicate in various ways, and it would still be possible for me to read and hear music.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Excuse me for being right.
So I was right about the memory thing, just a little off on where it was LOCATED. But "Zoo Tycoon" won't run because there's not enough memory. Or something.
Getting "Color Me Beautiful" at the library made me glad I missed the 80's. Some of the chapters are pretty lame and have nothing to do with color. They mostly berated me for not wearing makeup, instructed me on how to properly apply makeup, and gave me shopping tips. Thanks. I'll never use any of this.
But Nathan surprised us all.
Instead of being a Spring or a Winter like the rest of our family, it turns out the eldest child is an Autumn?????
Yeah, sadly, my family finds this kind of thing FASCINATING. My mom and I were like, "NO WAY, YOU CAN WEAR LIME GREEN! What a lovely skin tone you have!"
Driver's Ed is too cool. Jeff makes me laugh SO HARD. He just says something deadpan and then makes implications. You'd have to be there, I guess. But he was talking about people waving one of their fingers around and we were all like, "Ha ha, road rage!"
Don't you hate it when something pops up on your computer when you're watching something funny and it won't MOVE!!! The volume adjuster pops up RIGHT in the MIDDLE of my screen whenever I'm watching a youtube movie or previewing an ecard and then it stays there for 10 SECONDS. It's SO ridiculous and annoying.
Argh, how to find the perfect e-card??
Getting "Color Me Beautiful" at the library made me glad I missed the 80's. Some of the chapters are pretty lame and have nothing to do with color. They mostly berated me for not wearing makeup, instructed me on how to properly apply makeup, and gave me shopping tips. Thanks. I'll never use any of this.
But Nathan surprised us all.
Instead of being a Spring or a Winter like the rest of our family, it turns out the eldest child is an Autumn?????
Yeah, sadly, my family finds this kind of thing FASCINATING. My mom and I were like, "NO WAY, YOU CAN WEAR LIME GREEN! What a lovely skin tone you have!"
Driver's Ed is too cool. Jeff makes me laugh SO HARD. He just says something deadpan and then makes implications. You'd have to be there, I guess. But he was talking about people waving one of their fingers around and we were all like, "Ha ha, road rage!"
Don't you hate it when something pops up on your computer when you're watching something funny and it won't MOVE!!! The volume adjuster pops up RIGHT in the MIDDLE of my screen whenever I'm watching a youtube movie or previewing an ecard and then it stays there for 10 SECONDS. It's SO ridiculous and annoying.
Argh, how to find the perfect e-card??
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Chivalry isn't dead!!!
Vera Chapman's "The Green Knight" is too fantastic. The convent girl has to seduce Gawain. But he's too chivalrous!!! Yeah!!!
Practiced driving, it was cool.
William bought "Zoo Tycoon", but it's either not working or hard to figure out, judging by his irritable mood.
Found some browned bagles!!!
Wow.
If those are the most exciting things that have happened today, I lead a boring life.
Practiced driving, it was cool.
William bought "Zoo Tycoon", but it's either not working or hard to figure out, judging by his irritable mood.
Found some browned bagles!!!
Wow.
If those are the most exciting things that have happened today, I lead a boring life.
Monday, July 21, 2008
The metal will live on.
Tenacious D's "The Metal" is sort of ridiculous. I already knew it would be, because, hello, Jack Black, but really? It's pretty hard to take it seriously.
PUNK ROCK TRIED TO DESTROY THE METAL, BUT THE METAL WAS MUCH TOO STRONG
TECHNO TRIED TO DEFILE THE METAL, BUT THE METAL PROVED IT WRONG
The best part is when they sing the guitar part.
"High School Musical: Get in the Picture" is on, but it's kind of boring.
I heart "The Baby Borrowers". Daton is such a jerk!! Kelly is a hypocrite. DUMP HER, DUMP HER.
Driver's Ed is pretty fun. I like listening to Jeff. He's pretty funny and makes the very dull bookwork seem semi-interesting. It took me THREE HOURS to do my homework, though, because I put it off until today. I was SOOOO tired afterwards.
It didn't seem to matter, though, because I got a lot of answers WRONG.
BLOGTHINGS!
Tie keeps chewing on my horses.
Fist?
Yeah. But you already knew that.
PUNK ROCK TRIED TO DESTROY THE METAL, BUT THE METAL WAS MUCH TOO STRONG
TECHNO TRIED TO DEFILE THE METAL, BUT THE METAL PROVED IT WRONG
The best part is when they sing the guitar part.
"High School Musical: Get in the Picture" is on, but it's kind of boring.
I heart "The Baby Borrowers". Daton is such a jerk!! Kelly is a hypocrite. DUMP HER, DUMP HER.
Driver's Ed is pretty fun. I like listening to Jeff. He's pretty funny and makes the very dull bookwork seem semi-interesting. It took me THREE HOURS to do my homework, though, because I put it off until today. I was SOOOO tired afterwards.
It didn't seem to matter, though, because I got a lot of answers WRONG.
BLOGTHINGS!
Tie keeps chewing on my horses.
Fist?
You Are a Fist |
 Your life philosophy can be summed up as, "Life fast. Die young." Your greatest wish is to have a life of passion and excitement. And while you don't want to die young, you rather take risks than stay home and be afraid. You are inspired and inspiring. You live each day like it's your last. |
You Sometimes Know When Someone's Lying |
 You can spot a liar if the liar slips up, but you're not always aware of other people's dishonesty. Eventually a liar will reveal himself, and you usually will figure out if you've been lied to. However, someone could be duping you without you knowing it. So watch out for the telltale signs of lying! |
Yeah. But you already knew that.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Grandma's cookies? There is no Grandma!!
Mrs. Freshley's makes the best cakes. Instead of Twinkies, she makes RED VELVET creme cakes, which are like Twinkies, but BETTER. And her Swiss Rolls are tastier, but I don't know quite why.
So many people are gone on the Youth Missions Trip that Sunday School feels empty. Worship team had a whopping three people on it today, including William.
My mom let me drive around the mall parking lot for almost an hour yesterday. It was definitely easier and more fun without my driving instructor breathing down my neck about EVERY LITTLE THING. Oh, and there were no other cars around, so I wasn't scared about stop signs and running into people.
Has anyone else totally zoned out during church? I do it all the time during Sunday School (depending on the speaker), but I look repentant, so no one notices.
So many people are gone on the Youth Missions Trip that Sunday School feels empty. Worship team had a whopping three people on it today, including William.
My mom let me drive around the mall parking lot for almost an hour yesterday. It was definitely easier and more fun without my driving instructor breathing down my neck about EVERY LITTLE THING. Oh, and there were no other cars around, so I wasn't scared about stop signs and running into people.
Has anyone else totally zoned out during church? I do it all the time during Sunday School (depending on the speaker), but I look repentant, so no one notices.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
The FBI can't cover this up!!
Usually when a book is given a lot of media coverage or wins some prestigious award, people often try to cover up the voices of those who did not like said book.
Popular examples: "Eragon" and "Shades of Gray"
But I couldn't find one person who didn't like "Romiette and Julio".
Until I went on Amazon.
ALL of the reviews are 1 star!
SERIOUSLY!!
I never thought people would actually agree with me, but these people have the EXACT same problems with the book that I do. The hot sauce! The dialogue! The lack of subtlety! The "epic" teen romance!
I'm really enjoying reading these reviews right now.
And some of them are really mean! In a funny way!
My favorite is the one by Bob McBobberson.
But one of the reviews is rather confusing because she gave the book a one, but then went on her review to say she really enjoyed it and thought it was BETTER than the REAL "Romeo and Juliet".
Oh. No. You. Didn't. You have no idea how annoyed that makes me.
I know that Shakespeare is hard to understand, but when you actually TRY to understand what the characters are saying and/or use a translation while reading the play, you'll see that Shakespeare CAN write and DOES know what he's talking about. Argh. That's all I'm going to say.
Okay, so I'M stupid. I was on the 1-star review page. Ooooh. Most of the reviews are 5-star. :P
Popular examples: "Eragon" and "Shades of Gray"
But I couldn't find one person who didn't like "Romiette and Julio".
Until I went on Amazon.
ALL of the reviews are 1 star!
SERIOUSLY!!
I never thought people would actually agree with me, but these people have the EXACT same problems with the book that I do. The hot sauce! The dialogue! The lack of subtlety! The "epic" teen romance!
I'm really enjoying reading these reviews right now.
And some of them are really mean! In a funny way!
My favorite is the one by Bob McBobberson.
But one of the reviews is rather confusing because she gave the book a one, but then went on her review to say she really enjoyed it and thought it was BETTER than the REAL "Romeo and Juliet".
Oh. No. You. Didn't. You have no idea how annoyed that makes me.
I know that Shakespeare is hard to understand, but when you actually TRY to understand what the characters are saying and/or use a translation while reading the play, you'll see that Shakespeare CAN write and DOES know what he's talking about. Argh. That's all I'm going to say.
Okay, so I'M stupid. I was on the 1-star review page. Ooooh. Most of the reviews are 5-star. :P
Bloody fish, and, no, I'm not British.
I woke up this morning and had a bowl of cereal, but as soon as I finished it, I remembered I'd REALLY wanted to make an instant breakfast. My dad was like, "Whatever, we have enough milk. Go ahead." So I made one and drank about 2/3 and suddenly felt REALLY full. It was kind of like drinking a cow: there was too much protein and a few sips was enough.
My dad kept saying, "Come on, it's not that much, you can do it," but I couldn't finish it, so he told me to pour it into the sink.
WHAT IF THE FISH DRANK IT, THOUGH? Then they'd be so fat that someone would catch them and be like, "DAAAANG, look at the fish I just caught!" Then they'd go home and cook it, but they wouldn't cook it enough, because that's a pretty big fish, so when they served it and ate it, the fish would be all BLOODY inside!!!
I told this to my dad, and he was like, "How did we get from shakes to fish? Wait, when did you have bloody fish?" I told him it was at our house, and he got all offended, but then he started laughing, and my mom came in looking annoyed like we'd woken her up.
So I gave her the rest of my protein shake.
My dad kept saying, "Come on, it's not that much, you can do it," but I couldn't finish it, so he told me to pour it into the sink.
WHAT IF THE FISH DRANK IT, THOUGH? Then they'd be so fat that someone would catch them and be like, "DAAAANG, look at the fish I just caught!" Then they'd go home and cook it, but they wouldn't cook it enough, because that's a pretty big fish, so when they served it and ate it, the fish would be all BLOODY inside!!!
I told this to my dad, and he was like, "How did we get from shakes to fish? Wait, when did you have bloody fish?" I told him it was at our house, and he got all offended, but then he started laughing, and my mom came in looking annoyed like we'd woken her up.
So I gave her the rest of my protein shake.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Prose sucks; don't do it.
Well, I survived my first drive today, as you can already tell.
It wasn't as bad as I'd expected. Pheobe went first, so I got to watch what she did before messing up myself.
I messed up too many times to count, so the observation didn't exactly help any. That's okay, though. I backed the car into a parking space without hitting anyone!
I was feeling bored and annoyed with the fact that I have to carry my wallet/coin purse/thing in my pocket, so I went out and bought a purse. At Walmart. For cheap. It's cute, though, and my mom helped pay for it. Now I'm trying to convince my mom to buy me a cellphone to put IN the purse. She was practically crying, something about how I'm growing up. Yeah. I'm on my way to becoming a girl. Woman. Whatever. Something of that sort.
UGH, Sharon M. Draper's "Romiette and Julio" sucked something serious. I got it because it was an ALA best book and I love all things Romeo and Juliet, but this was just BAD. And I know that if I say it's bad, it doesn't prove that it was a badly written book or that she's a bad author, but in my honest opinion? I'm shocked that anyone could stand it for long enough to read all of it. It was sappy, the word choice felt wrong, the characters were annoying, and NO teenager would say ANY of the things that were written in the hideous dialogue. Think I'm being harsh? Read it. Agh, what a waste of time. And it was supposed to be about overcoming racial prejudice, yet the Mexican guy named his dog "Taco"?
Tie has taken to sleeping on my bed whenever I'm not home, or when I'm not looking. She disappeared for an hour and I found her curled on my pillow.
Aw, Paul Foot got kicked off "Last Comic Standing". His prop comedy routine was pretty awful, though. "I'm, uh, the Cat Assassin. This is like China, you see? China, because it's oppressive. There's oppression." Bill Bellamy practically dragged him off stage. Papa CJ's was bad, too. Sean Cullen and Jeff Dye did the best sets, so I no longer hate Jeff Dye. He proved himself worthy, lol. Adam Hunter and Ron G still suck, though. Especially Adam Hunter. They almost put him into elimination, but they didn't. Because they wanted Iliza. And she MURDERED them.
"Barry Bonds' baseball glove! Barry Bonds' testicles! Britney Spears' mind! LOOK HOW IT JIGGLES!"
It wasn't as bad as I'd expected. Pheobe went first, so I got to watch what she did before messing up myself.
I messed up too many times to count, so the observation didn't exactly help any. That's okay, though. I backed the car into a parking space without hitting anyone!
I was feeling bored and annoyed with the fact that I have to carry my wallet/coin purse/thing in my pocket, so I went out and bought a purse. At Walmart. For cheap. It's cute, though, and my mom helped pay for it. Now I'm trying to convince my mom to buy me a cellphone to put IN the purse. She was practically crying, something about how I'm growing up. Yeah. I'm on my way to becoming a girl. Woman. Whatever. Something of that sort.
UGH, Sharon M. Draper's "Romiette and Julio" sucked something serious. I got it because it was an ALA best book and I love all things Romeo and Juliet, but this was just BAD. And I know that if I say it's bad, it doesn't prove that it was a badly written book or that she's a bad author, but in my honest opinion? I'm shocked that anyone could stand it for long enough to read all of it. It was sappy, the word choice felt wrong, the characters were annoying, and NO teenager would say ANY of the things that were written in the hideous dialogue. Think I'm being harsh? Read it. Agh, what a waste of time. And it was supposed to be about overcoming racial prejudice, yet the Mexican guy named his dog "Taco"?
Tie has taken to sleeping on my bed whenever I'm not home, or when I'm not looking. She disappeared for an hour and I found her curled on my pillow.
Aw, Paul Foot got kicked off "Last Comic Standing". His prop comedy routine was pretty awful, though. "I'm, uh, the Cat Assassin. This is like China, you see? China, because it's oppressive. There's oppression." Bill Bellamy practically dragged him off stage. Papa CJ's was bad, too. Sean Cullen and Jeff Dye did the best sets, so I no longer hate Jeff Dye. He proved himself worthy, lol. Adam Hunter and Ron G still suck, though. Especially Adam Hunter. They almost put him into elimination, but they didn't. Because they wanted Iliza. And she MURDERED them.
"Barry Bonds' baseball glove! Barry Bonds' testicles! Britney Spears' mind! LOOK HOW IT JIGGLES!"
Thursday, July 17, 2008
If pizzas are round and trash cans are round, WHY ARE PIZZA BOXES SQUARE?
What do you know, I'm a winter?
Just like Elizabeth Taylor.
When she was still hot.
Ew, and Catherine Zeta Jones.
Now I can get a swatch packet and make-up just for me from Color Me Beautiful.
Don't worry, I don't intend to.
We went to the EMP today. Nathan and I went into the recording studio to mess around, but I'm not that good at bass and he can't play guitar, bass, piano, OR drums, so we switched off and sucked badly.
But the rest of the EMP was TOO COOL. There was an exhibit about the musical progression in the Northwest, covering everything from "Louie Louie" to grunge.
It was nice to see that music in and from Washington actually made a difference, especially concerning grunge and garage rock.
"Barracuda" by Heart is my new favorite song.
I got to listen to it in one of the other exhibits.
Then I went and listened to Alen Menken talk about "Little Shop of Horrors". His songs were pretty hilarious.
AAAAAAH I'm going on my first drive tomorrow and I'm SO NERVOUS. I have to wake up early, because it's at 1:00 and for some reason I don't want to miss it.
In case I sleep in till 12:00 or something.
I just keep thinking, "I am going to die, I am going to die."
Or I keep thinking, "Crap, I might forget my permit. WHAT IF I FORGET MY PERMIT?"
I am not unhappy with my permit picture. It looks semi-cute, but my head's cocked for some reason, and I REALLY thought I'd been holding it straight. So if it's really cocked to the side when I think it's straight....what happens if I cock my head?
Just like Elizabeth Taylor.
When she was still hot.
Ew, and Catherine Zeta Jones.
Now I can get a swatch packet and make-up just for me from Color Me Beautiful.
Don't worry, I don't intend to.
We went to the EMP today. Nathan and I went into the recording studio to mess around, but I'm not that good at bass and he can't play guitar, bass, piano, OR drums, so we switched off and sucked badly.
But the rest of the EMP was TOO COOL. There was an exhibit about the musical progression in the Northwest, covering everything from "Louie Louie" to grunge.
It was nice to see that music in and from Washington actually made a difference, especially concerning grunge and garage rock.
"Barracuda" by Heart is my new favorite song.
I got to listen to it in one of the other exhibits.
Then I went and listened to Alen Menken talk about "Little Shop of Horrors". His songs were pretty hilarious.
AAAAAAH I'm going on my first drive tomorrow and I'm SO NERVOUS. I have to wake up early, because it's at 1:00 and for some reason I don't want to miss it.
In case I sleep in till 12:00 or something.
I just keep thinking, "I am going to die, I am going to die."
Or I keep thinking, "Crap, I might forget my permit. WHAT IF I FORGET MY PERMIT?"
I am not unhappy with my permit picture. It looks semi-cute, but my head's cocked for some reason, and I REALLY thought I'd been holding it straight. So if it's really cocked to the side when I think it's straight....what happens if I cock my head?
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Don't you hate a dirty mouse?
That could be taken so many different ways.
*sigh* So I finished the Kimberly Kirberger book. It was just a bunch of teenagers being all, "I'm so in love. I was in love with Ryan, too. Oh no, he dumped me and I love him!" Then Kimberly Kirberger would give "wise" advice.
She told the girl who's boyfriend cheated on her NUMEROUS occasions to work it out. Wth?? She did that several other times when the advice should have been, "DUMP THEM, THEY'RE STUPID!" or something to that degree. There was one time (I can't remember exactly what the question was) where she told the person to move on, when THAT was a time they could've worked it out. So I won't be reading anymore "Chicken Soup" for the time being.
Driver's Ed started today. It was kind of boring, but Connor's taking it, too, so that was pretty cool. He's not my driving partner, though, because he wanted to do it at 9:00 A.M. (!!!) TOMORROW. Not only is that way too early, but I'll be in Seattle all day tomorrow, sooooo.... I've been paired with some girl I don't know for Friday, but that's okay.
*sigh* So I finished the Kimberly Kirberger book. It was just a bunch of teenagers being all, "I'm so in love. I was in love with Ryan, too. Oh no, he dumped me and I love him!" Then Kimberly Kirberger would give "wise" advice.
She told the girl who's boyfriend cheated on her NUMEROUS occasions to work it out. Wth?? She did that several other times when the advice should have been, "DUMP THEM, THEY'RE STUPID!" or something to that degree. There was one time (I can't remember exactly what the question was) where she told the person to move on, when THAT was a time they could've worked it out. So I won't be reading anymore "Chicken Soup" for the time being.
Driver's Ed started today. It was kind of boring, but Connor's taking it, too, so that was pretty cool. He's not my driving partner, though, because he wanted to do it at 9:00 A.M. (!!!) TOMORROW. Not only is that way too early, but I'll be in Seattle all day tomorrow, sooooo.... I've been paired with some girl I don't know for Friday, but that's okay.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Love is an overused word...but Kimberly Kirberger believes every teenager has been in love?? The big debate
Aaargh, not in a good mood, thanks to Tie.
Let's just say the neighborhood dogs have had enough of her and my finger has seen better days.
I got my learner's permit today, and I'm starting Driver's Ed tomorrow. Fun. XP It sounds a lot like science class: extremely boring. I mean, fun. Because there's nothing I'd rather do than take notes on what some old guy has to say about turn signals and parking brakes.
I wish they would warn you when they take the photo. The lady just told me to hold that smile. So of course I decide to look to the side and smile over THERE when the camera goes off. Yeah, I'm not stupid or anything. It was so bad, they let me take another picture.
My mom took me to a used bookstore, and we looked through the paltry Christian fiction section. About 11/12 of the bookcase was "Inspirational Christian Romances". "Love's Unending Promise" and all those stupid prairie books were among them. They did have some Judy Baer books, though. Argh, but Frank Peretti? Don't even bother reading his books. 9 times out of 10 the end has to do with angels and demons. "The Oath", however, had to do with a dragon that ate everyone's sin. Sorry I spoiled it. But I read parts of his books aloud to my mom to show her how ridiculous he is, and the old ladies in hats kept glaring at me.
Whatever. That's what they get for blocking the entire row when I wanted to get by to look at the Princess Diaries books.
My mom let me get this Chicken Soup book. I don't know why I picked it up, but I secretly love Chicken Soup, and this one was for Teens (with a capital T) on "Relationships".
It's pretty cheesy. The author means well, because she says in the intro that adults can be condescending and patronizing and that she won't give advice that falls into either category. But every other page has a cheesy crappy love poem on it. One was about falling into the abyss, and I seriously thought it was about hell until the final line of the poem said something about "falling into the arms of love".
Wow. Okay. Thanks, Christy Miller.
And the author truly believes that there is someone out there for everyone.
I'm not trying to sound hopeless or cynical (well, okay, I am trying to sound a little cynical), but I don't agree. Some people never find anyone, and there's nothing physically or emotionally wrong with them. They're just not meant to find anyone, I guess. Which sucks, don't get me wrong, but if there was really someone for everyone, why don't they find anyone? And the author says that if someone doesn't love you back, it's not because there is something wrong with you. But she also says relationships won't work if you don't love yourself, and you have to open yourself to love. So, essentially, if you're not getting any (or you're just eternally single), you're not opening yourself to love. Either that, or you don't love yourself. There have been people that are very self-confident (and not cocky or anything) and open to love that haven't found anyone!! They just don't!! And they're not doing anything wrong, though they feel like they are. No, I'm not an expert on love, but, interestingly enough, the author of the book is SINGLE!! So she can't exactly prove that there is someone for everyone when she has no one.
Argh. It just bugged me.
There's a chapter on unrequited love that I'm sort of looking forward to. Just because that's something everyone goes through, and it's nice to know I'm not the only one.
Wow. That sounded very emo and bitter. Trust me, I try not to dwell on crap like that. I just like being able to relate to people who have had the same experiences as myself.
That still sounded emo and bitter.
I think I need some time alone.
Let's just say the neighborhood dogs have had enough of her and my finger has seen better days.
I got my learner's permit today, and I'm starting Driver's Ed tomorrow. Fun. XP It sounds a lot like science class: extremely boring. I mean, fun. Because there's nothing I'd rather do than take notes on what some old guy has to say about turn signals and parking brakes.
I wish they would warn you when they take the photo. The lady just told me to hold that smile. So of course I decide to look to the side and smile over THERE when the camera goes off. Yeah, I'm not stupid or anything. It was so bad, they let me take another picture.
My mom took me to a used bookstore, and we looked through the paltry Christian fiction section. About 11/12 of the bookcase was "Inspirational Christian Romances". "Love's Unending Promise" and all those stupid prairie books were among them. They did have some Judy Baer books, though. Argh, but Frank Peretti? Don't even bother reading his books. 9 times out of 10 the end has to do with angels and demons. "The Oath", however, had to do with a dragon that ate everyone's sin. Sorry I spoiled it. But I read parts of his books aloud to my mom to show her how ridiculous he is, and the old ladies in hats kept glaring at me.
Whatever. That's what they get for blocking the entire row when I wanted to get by to look at the Princess Diaries books.
My mom let me get this Chicken Soup book. I don't know why I picked it up, but I secretly love Chicken Soup, and this one was for Teens (with a capital T) on "Relationships".
It's pretty cheesy. The author means well, because she says in the intro that adults can be condescending and patronizing and that she won't give advice that falls into either category. But every other page has a cheesy crappy love poem on it. One was about falling into the abyss, and I seriously thought it was about hell until the final line of the poem said something about "falling into the arms of love".
Wow. Okay. Thanks, Christy Miller.
And the author truly believes that there is someone out there for everyone.
I'm not trying to sound hopeless or cynical (well, okay, I am trying to sound a little cynical), but I don't agree. Some people never find anyone, and there's nothing physically or emotionally wrong with them. They're just not meant to find anyone, I guess. Which sucks, don't get me wrong, but if there was really someone for everyone, why don't they find anyone? And the author says that if someone doesn't love you back, it's not because there is something wrong with you. But she also says relationships won't work if you don't love yourself, and you have to open yourself to love. So, essentially, if you're not getting any (or you're just eternally single), you're not opening yourself to love. Either that, or you don't love yourself. There have been people that are very self-confident (and not cocky or anything) and open to love that haven't found anyone!! They just don't!! And they're not doing anything wrong, though they feel like they are. No, I'm not an expert on love, but, interestingly enough, the author of the book is SINGLE!! So she can't exactly prove that there is someone for everyone when she has no one.
Argh. It just bugged me.
There's a chapter on unrequited love that I'm sort of looking forward to. Just because that's something everyone goes through, and it's nice to know I'm not the only one.
Wow. That sounded very emo and bitter. Trust me, I try not to dwell on crap like that. I just like being able to relate to people who have had the same experiences as myself.
That still sounded emo and bitter.
I think I need some time alone.
Monday, July 14, 2008
I won't catch you when you fall...but I'll help you up afterwards
Okay, the sorting hat quiz on the Official Harry Potter site is sort of ridiculous. "What's your favorite flavor of bean?" And they list all these disgusting flavors, so of COURSE everyone is going to pick chocolate.
I think it's "Mostly A's = Gryffindor", "Mostly B's = Ravenclaw"...that sort of thing.
THEY WON'T TELL ME WHERE I WAS SORTED! They keep sending me to the homepage.
I put my trust in the sorting hat quiz on this page, but they put me in Hufflepuff last time.
I actually took a BUNCH of sorting hat quizzes when I was bored, and out of 15 or so quizzes, the results were:
Ravenclaw: 36%
Gryffindor: 36%
Hufflepuff: 14%
Slytherin: 14%
And I realize that the houses really aren't that much WORSE than Gryffindor.
Ravenclaw is for smarties. Hufflepuff is for loyal friends (and sort of for hacks, but that's okay). And there's nothing wrong with Slytherin, after the whole, "Yay, Draco's a good guy now!", but I'd rather be a lion than a snake, their house colors are ugly (while everyone else's are fairly cool), and being wise, loyal, and brave is more important than being cunning and a good liar.
Although I kind of wish I was a good liar.
GRYFFINDOR!
Aw, now I wish I was back in Hufflepuff.
GRAAAAAAAH, Dean won't let me play on the horn section!! He hasn't had any bone parts TWICE now, and Nathan keeps chastising me like it's MY FAULT. He always does that, and then he tells me to take the initiative and stuff. He knows I'm interested in playing. He apparently just doesn't need (or want) any trombones. But it's a HORN section, not a SAXOPHONE section, and it always ends up being countless saxophones and ONE trumpet. Sooooo lame.
I wish summer small groups met more than once a month.
We were going to go on a road trip...but we didn't.
So we're going to the mall instead!
I think it's "Mostly A's = Gryffindor", "Mostly B's = Ravenclaw"...that sort of thing.
THEY WON'T TELL ME WHERE I WAS SORTED! They keep sending me to the homepage.
I put my trust in the sorting hat quiz on this page, but they put me in Hufflepuff last time.
I actually took a BUNCH of sorting hat quizzes when I was bored, and out of 15 or so quizzes, the results were:
Ravenclaw: 36%
Gryffindor: 36%
Hufflepuff: 14%
Slytherin: 14%
And I realize that the houses really aren't that much WORSE than Gryffindor.
Ravenclaw is for smarties. Hufflepuff is for loyal friends (and sort of for hacks, but that's okay). And there's nothing wrong with Slytherin, after the whole, "Yay, Draco's a good guy now!", but I'd rather be a lion than a snake, their house colors are ugly (while everyone else's are fairly cool), and being wise, loyal, and brave is more important than being cunning and a good liar.
Although I kind of wish I was a good liar.
GRYFFINDOR!
Aw, now I wish I was back in Hufflepuff.
GRAAAAAAAH, Dean won't let me play on the horn section!! He hasn't had any bone parts TWICE now, and Nathan keeps chastising me like it's MY FAULT. He always does that, and then he tells me to take the initiative and stuff. He knows I'm interested in playing. He apparently just doesn't need (or want) any trombones. But it's a HORN section, not a SAXOPHONE section, and it always ends up being countless saxophones and ONE trumpet. Sooooo lame.
I wish summer small groups met more than once a month.
We were going to go on a road trip...but we didn't.
So we're going to the mall instead!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
What can I say? I like tubes...and I like you!!
Oh, that Neil Ciciriega!
"Hello, my sweet ducklings."
Yesterday was my parent's 22nd anniversary.
22 years.
That's a long time.
And eHarmony says opposites don't work out.
It was weird, though, because they took us out to Applebee's (Why they would rather spend time with their kids than have a romantic dinner alone together is beyond me). Nathan and Mom both ordered steak, Dad and I both ordered cheeseburgers, and William, the Love Child, ordered shrimp.
It's weird how menu choices correspond with personalities.
"Vantage Point" is a SWEET movie. I usually hate action movies, but this one was SO AWESOME.
It was also sort of confusing, because the movie kept rewinding to 12:00 to go from a different character's point of view.
It was pretty sad, though, because practically everyone died.
There, I said it.
Now it's spoiled.
Forrest Whitaker is the MAN!
Run, Forrest, run!
They wouldn't let us sit on the couch in Sunday School. How lame is that? So we moved up to the front row.
There's nothing more uncomfortable than sitting in the front row. It always feels like the person up front is looking RIGHT. AT. YOU.
And you feel vulnerable.
"You guys can come up front if you want. *looks meaningfully at front row*"
"Um, no, that's REALLY okay, we like it HERE. *glares meaningfully back*"
"Hello, my sweet ducklings."
Yesterday was my parent's 22nd anniversary.
22 years.
That's a long time.
And eHarmony says opposites don't work out.
It was weird, though, because they took us out to Applebee's (Why they would rather spend time with their kids than have a romantic dinner alone together is beyond me). Nathan and Mom both ordered steak, Dad and I both ordered cheeseburgers, and William, the Love Child, ordered shrimp.
It's weird how menu choices correspond with personalities.
"Vantage Point" is a SWEET movie. I usually hate action movies, but this one was SO AWESOME.
It was also sort of confusing, because the movie kept rewinding to 12:00 to go from a different character's point of view.
It was pretty sad, though, because practically everyone died.
There, I said it.
Now it's spoiled.
Forrest Whitaker is the MAN!
Run, Forrest, run!
They wouldn't let us sit on the couch in Sunday School. How lame is that? So we moved up to the front row.
There's nothing more uncomfortable than sitting in the front row. It always feels like the person up front is looking RIGHT. AT. YOU.
And you feel vulnerable.
"You guys can come up front if you want. *looks meaningfully at front row*"
"Um, no, that's REALLY okay, we like it HERE. *glares meaningfully back*"
Friday, July 11, 2008
I've always wanted to meet the Lord Voldemort!
I hate to admit it, but I'm now a HUGE fan of God's Pottery, even if they can be sacreligious. They had to think up as many "Yo Mama" jokes as possible, and there's were the opposite of a good Yo Mama joke, so it was funny.
"Your mother is so pretty, we think she could be a model. We do."
"Your mother is so terrific, she was voted mayor of Awesomeville."
It made Ron G mad, because he'd be like, "Yeah, I made such an awesome joke," and they'd be like, "Yeah, that WAS funny!"
I like how they stole his thunder by turning the other cheek.
In that respect, they have Christian love and understanding down pat.
Whatever, Ron G deserved it. He's a cocky unfunny jerk.
Then they beat Adam Hunter, too, and he was getting just as mad. Sucker. I don't like him, either.
He, Ron G, and Jeff Dye should all be sent home.
Jim Tavare is so big and scary, but he's also pretty hilarious. Gideon Lamb called him "Lord Voldemort", which is actually what he looks like.
Then Jim and Paul started conversing, because they're British, and they had a British fight.
Paul is SO ADORABLE and tells really obscure jokes. He told one about jam tarts that about made me pee my pants. Then he said, "Iliza Schlesinger," really funny, so he could probably win, because he's funny even when he's just saying someone's name.
Sean Cullen is funny, but he sucks at improv. He's so weird and over the top, too. He was the "Knight Beauty Hermaphrodite Queen" or something like that. He did sang a song for Paul Foot that was about "doing a little dance and showing them your pants".
Paul was "the Elephant King" for the photo shoot. It was brilliant.
Nathan thought Papa CJ was ugly, but I think he's cute. He's like a cute, funny Indian Snape.
"They are essentially paying you to bomb them."
Iliza told a hilarious joke about deer haunches. It sent Esther Ku home (YAY!), but it also sent God's Pottery home, which, a week ago, I would NOT have been sad about.
Phew. That's all I have about last night's "Last Comic Standing".
I just downloaded Simple Plan's "Vacation", which made me cry in 7th grade.
Now it's on my ipod. Who knew?
It's only 2:31 long!!! That was a waste of 10 minutes.
"Your mother is so pretty, we think she could be a model. We do."
"Your mother is so terrific, she was voted mayor of Awesomeville."
It made Ron G mad, because he'd be like, "Yeah, I made such an awesome joke," and they'd be like, "Yeah, that WAS funny!"
I like how they stole his thunder by turning the other cheek.
In that respect, they have Christian love and understanding down pat.
Whatever, Ron G deserved it. He's a cocky unfunny jerk.
Then they beat Adam Hunter, too, and he was getting just as mad. Sucker. I don't like him, either.
He, Ron G, and Jeff Dye should all be sent home.
Jim Tavare is so big and scary, but he's also pretty hilarious. Gideon Lamb called him "Lord Voldemort", which is actually what he looks like.
Then Jim and Paul started conversing, because they're British, and they had a British fight.
Paul is SO ADORABLE and tells really obscure jokes. He told one about jam tarts that about made me pee my pants. Then he said, "Iliza Schlesinger," really funny, so he could probably win, because he's funny even when he's just saying someone's name.
Sean Cullen is funny, but he sucks at improv. He's so weird and over the top, too. He was the "Knight Beauty Hermaphrodite Queen" or something like that. He did sang a song for Paul Foot that was about "doing a little dance and showing them your pants".
Paul was "the Elephant King" for the photo shoot. It was brilliant.
Nathan thought Papa CJ was ugly, but I think he's cute. He's like a cute, funny Indian Snape.
"They are essentially paying you to bomb them."
Iliza told a hilarious joke about deer haunches. It sent Esther Ku home (YAY!), but it also sent God's Pottery home, which, a week ago, I would NOT have been sad about.
Phew. That's all I have about last night's "Last Comic Standing".
I just downloaded Simple Plan's "Vacation", which made me cry in 7th grade.
Now it's on my ipod. Who knew?
It's only 2:31 long!!! That was a waste of 10 minutes.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
No, YOU'RE the bestest!
I've read almost 3 Madison Finns in the past 12 hours. Sort of overloaded on friend drama, boys, phrases like "cooler than cool" and "sweeter than sweet", and IM talk (OMG! DTS?).
"The Baby Borrowers" was good last night, but Luke's mom was such a loser. Sasha got frustrated with the baby, but she didn't hurt him or anything. Sure, she could've dealt with it differently, but Luke's mom was like, "Oh, Luke kept crying, so you didn't do anything right and you obviously weren't trying. You were the worst parents of all."
She obviously hasn't met Daton and Morgan.
So Sasha flipped out and started cussing that mom out and I felt so bad for her. The whole point of the evaluation is to have the parents tell the kids what they did wrong and right and give them CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM and ADVICE for next time. Luke's mom did neither. So my dad was like, "Sasha shouldn't have yelled at her," and I was like, "Didn't you hear ANYTHING the mom even said?" Sure, she shouldn't have yelled either, but she was right to object to the mom's ridiculously unfair judgements.
Austin turns out to be a good dad, even if he doesn't like kids. He put the twins in time out and they told him they were done crying. The parents really liked himm, too. Kelly is SOOOO annoying. He should dump her.
Alicea turned out to be a good mom, too, even after last week, and Isaiah, the kid she had, was SOOOO CUTE. Then Alicea was crying because she missed her mom and Isaiah was like, "She's coming back in a minute. She's just getting ready." It made me cry. Then Isaiah continued to do cute things, like go bowling, jump on the bed, and ask Corey if he was "the best guy".
I get how Morgan feels about her mom and everything, but she was kind of super annoying this time around. She did good with the older daughter, but not so great with Colton, who peed on the couch. And she's sort of a slacker.
I still think Sasha and Jordan are the best couple.
Kelsey and Sean are getting better. Sean is less of a jerk now, and he seems to really bond with all of the kids. Kelsey is so annoying, though. She's really needy and passive and stuff.
Austin is passive, too, which he attributes to his Southern upbringing. Whatever, just tell your girlfriend to shut up. Or dump her.
I just read "Kissing Kate", a book I'd contemplated reading since 6th grade, and it was good (Lauren Myracle's first book, and it was better than all her others), but I just wanted Lissa to get what she wanted. So it wasn't a SAD ending, but it wasn't a fully HAPPY ending, like with Hilary Frank's "I Can't Tell You". The main character was happy, but he hadn't gotten the girl. :(
AAAAH I also found Nick Hornby's "A Long Way Down", which I've been wanting to read since 7th grade when Mrs. Moon reccomended it to us. I really CANNOT wait to read it.
But now I'm on a Harry Potter binge. So far I'm on the second book, which is taking me a while to finish, but I got #'s 4 and 5 at the library in PAPERBACK!! SWEET!!! I wasn't so lucky with #6, but you can't have everything.
I also just read "Unbelievable". I accidentally saw the surprise ending when I was flipping through to find out how many pages were in it, so I knew who A was about halfway through the book. Oh well. It's the best one in the series so far. There were a lot of twists. Sara Shepard might be a LITTLE overrated, but she's definitely a good writer. Who knew Hannah would become human? Aria I think is my favorite, though. I kept cheering for Emily and Maya, but that fell through. :( Then Trista was there for a little while...so it was all very confusing.
It annoys me, though, that Republicans are always rich, white homophobes in those books. Yes, there are SOME like that, but it's such a stereotype and it's pretty offensive to read about. Yes, offensive. They're often sort of "religious", too, and you know what that means. It's just annoying.
"The Baby Borrowers" was good last night, but Luke's mom was such a loser. Sasha got frustrated with the baby, but she didn't hurt him or anything. Sure, she could've dealt with it differently, but Luke's mom was like, "Oh, Luke kept crying, so you didn't do anything right and you obviously weren't trying. You were the worst parents of all."
She obviously hasn't met Daton and Morgan.
So Sasha flipped out and started cussing that mom out and I felt so bad for her. The whole point of the evaluation is to have the parents tell the kids what they did wrong and right and give them CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM and ADVICE for next time. Luke's mom did neither. So my dad was like, "Sasha shouldn't have yelled at her," and I was like, "Didn't you hear ANYTHING the mom even said?" Sure, she shouldn't have yelled either, but she was right to object to the mom's ridiculously unfair judgements.
Austin turns out to be a good dad, even if he doesn't like kids. He put the twins in time out and they told him they were done crying. The parents really liked himm, too. Kelly is SOOOO annoying. He should dump her.
Alicea turned out to be a good mom, too, even after last week, and Isaiah, the kid she had, was SOOOO CUTE. Then Alicea was crying because she missed her mom and Isaiah was like, "She's coming back in a minute. She's just getting ready." It made me cry. Then Isaiah continued to do cute things, like go bowling, jump on the bed, and ask Corey if he was "the best guy".
I get how Morgan feels about her mom and everything, but she was kind of super annoying this time around. She did good with the older daughter, but not so great with Colton, who peed on the couch. And she's sort of a slacker.
I still think Sasha and Jordan are the best couple.
Kelsey and Sean are getting better. Sean is less of a jerk now, and he seems to really bond with all of the kids. Kelsey is so annoying, though. She's really needy and passive and stuff.
Austin is passive, too, which he attributes to his Southern upbringing. Whatever, just tell your girlfriend to shut up. Or dump her.
I just read "Kissing Kate", a book I'd contemplated reading since 6th grade, and it was good (Lauren Myracle's first book, and it was better than all her others), but I just wanted Lissa to get what she wanted. So it wasn't a SAD ending, but it wasn't a fully HAPPY ending, like with Hilary Frank's "I Can't Tell You". The main character was happy, but he hadn't gotten the girl. :(
AAAAH I also found Nick Hornby's "A Long Way Down", which I've been wanting to read since 7th grade when Mrs. Moon reccomended it to us. I really CANNOT wait to read it.
But now I'm on a Harry Potter binge. So far I'm on the second book, which is taking me a while to finish, but I got #'s 4 and 5 at the library in PAPERBACK!! SWEET!!! I wasn't so lucky with #6, but you can't have everything.
I also just read "Unbelievable". I accidentally saw the surprise ending when I was flipping through to find out how many pages were in it, so I knew who A was about halfway through the book. Oh well. It's the best one in the series so far. There were a lot of twists. Sara Shepard might be a LITTLE overrated, but she's definitely a good writer. Who knew Hannah would become human? Aria I think is my favorite, though. I kept cheering for Emily and Maya, but that fell through. :( Then Trista was there for a little while...so it was all very confusing.
It annoys me, though, that Republicans are always rich, white homophobes in those books. Yes, there are SOME like that, but it's such a stereotype and it's pretty offensive to read about. Yes, offensive. They're often sort of "religious", too, and you know what that means. It's just annoying.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Demi Lovato vs. Plugged In Online
Where did Bob Smithouser go?
No, I never enjoyed his reviews, but it was always nice to have one-sided debates with him.
But really, I never see him writing reviews on PluggedInOnline anymore.
Not like I go on there all that much these days, but still.
MWAHAHAHA, Paul Asay is dissecting "Camp Rock's" moral fiber. GET HIM!
"I've learned my lesson," he wails over the cell phone to his bandmates (fellow Jonas Brothers Kevin and Nick). "I've showered in cold water. I've looked at a tree. It's been three hours. I need hair product."
Lol, Shane Gray. He was NOT the worst character in Camp Rock!!! How about Tess?
Okay, his review wasn't so sastisfying. He didn't dissect it's moral fiber so much.
And he likes Demi Lovato.
But he did say the movie pretty much sucked, and Ashley Tisdale pwns Meaghan Jette Martin.
Alexis came over last night and we played Mario Party for hours. Tie was FREAKING OUT. She was acting like an overbearing parent (not that I know what those are like ;D).
Heh, I'm so good at Guitar Hero.
On MEDIUM.
"The Baby Borrowers" is on!!!
No, I never enjoyed his reviews, but it was always nice to have one-sided debates with him.
But really, I never see him writing reviews on PluggedInOnline anymore.
Not like I go on there all that much these days, but still.
MWAHAHAHA, Paul Asay is dissecting "Camp Rock's" moral fiber. GET HIM!
"I've learned my lesson," he wails over the cell phone to his bandmates (fellow Jonas Brothers Kevin and Nick). "I've showered in cold water. I've looked at a tree. It's been three hours. I need hair product."
Lol, Shane Gray. He was NOT the worst character in Camp Rock!!! How about Tess?
Okay, his review wasn't so sastisfying. He didn't dissect it's moral fiber so much.
And he likes Demi Lovato.
But he did say the movie pretty much sucked, and Ashley Tisdale pwns Meaghan Jette Martin.
Alexis came over last night and we played Mario Party for hours. Tie was FREAKING OUT. She was acting like an overbearing parent (not that I know what those are like ;D).
Heh, I'm so good at Guitar Hero.
On MEDIUM.
"The Baby Borrowers" is on!!!
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Let's kill Jeffy!!
I just went online to get the latest Blogthings, and how innacurate could you get??
Yeah, if only you knew how UNcomfortable I am about my body.
I don't even like ketchup, or even condiments in general.
Nathan just bought a PS3, but he only has one game: Guitar Hero. We've been playing that nonstop since yesterday. William and I created a band called Stump (yes, named after Patrick), and we're already battling for our souls in hell. But I can't beat the stupid battle with Lou. It's pretty dang hard. Even on MEDIUM.
You Are No Swimsuit |
 You are totally, completely comfortable with your body. And you're not judgmental about other people's bodies either. You are connected to nature. You feel best when you are outdoors. You are a serene and peaceful person. You focus on what's truly important... not material possessions. |
Yeah, if only you knew how UNcomfortable I am about my body.
You Are Ketchup |
 You are easy going and very measured in your approach to life. Popular and well liked, you get along with everyone. Seriously, everyone loves you! Your taste tends to be pretty mainstream American. You go for the classic favorites: burgers, fries, and apple pie. You get along best with mustard and mayonnaise personalities. |
I don't even like ketchup, or even condiments in general.
Nathan just bought a PS3, but he only has one game: Guitar Hero. We've been playing that nonstop since yesterday. William and I created a band called Stump (yes, named after Patrick), and we're already battling for our souls in hell. But I can't beat the stupid battle with Lou. It's pretty dang hard. Even on MEDIUM.
Saturday, July 05, 2008
I parked your car because I'm NICE!
Okay, so I love Fourth of July and everything, but it was REALLY NICE to take a break from the annual family reunion picnic and stay home for a while.
Seriously. I spent maybe 3 hours at the picnic and then went home and watched movies with Tie and my Dad.
It was kind of weird being home alone, but Tie was sedated, therefore cooperative, and Dad came home early, and with him was a pizza he'd made at work.
Then we watched "Last Holiday" and "Material Girls" and both movies kind of sucked.
"Last Holiday" wasn't too bad, because Queen Latifah is the best, but it was SOOOOO cheesy.
And, you know, "Material Girls" was...yeah.
I'm reading some writing I did like last year or something, and it doesn't suck. It's sort of suffering from Paolinitis, but it's really NOT HORRIBLE, and that makes me pretty happy.
Heh. Silas.
"Last Comic Standing" and "The Baby Borrowers" make TV pretty fun to watch.
On TBB, my mom totally hated Morgan, but I kind of knew where she was coming from. We both hated Alicea, though; what is her problem? Etta was SOO CUTE. But that weird guy kept calling the babies "bugs"? "Okay, now take your little bug..."
LCS last week made me SOOOO mad. They chose 4 of the least funny people from the entire group and let them go through. Especially Jeff Dye and that blonde guy. HATE! But Paul Foot is rather hilarious. This week was better. Louis got a standing ovation,a nd Eliza Sussinger made it, which made me happy. I like Esther Ku, but my mom despises her because she's not very "experience". Whatever, she's funny.
Seriously. I spent maybe 3 hours at the picnic and then went home and watched movies with Tie and my Dad.
It was kind of weird being home alone, but Tie was sedated, therefore cooperative, and Dad came home early, and with him was a pizza he'd made at work.
Then we watched "Last Holiday" and "Material Girls" and both movies kind of sucked.
"Last Holiday" wasn't too bad, because Queen Latifah is the best, but it was SOOOOO cheesy.
And, you know, "Material Girls" was...yeah.
I'm reading some writing I did like last year or something, and it doesn't suck. It's sort of suffering from Paolinitis, but it's really NOT HORRIBLE, and that makes me pretty happy.
Heh. Silas.
"Last Comic Standing" and "The Baby Borrowers" make TV pretty fun to watch.
On TBB, my mom totally hated Morgan, but I kind of knew where she was coming from. We both hated Alicea, though; what is her problem? Etta was SOO CUTE. But that weird guy kept calling the babies "bugs"? "Okay, now take your little bug..."
LCS last week made me SOOOO mad. They chose 4 of the least funny people from the entire group and let them go through. Especially Jeff Dye and that blonde guy. HATE! But Paul Foot is rather hilarious. This week was better. Louis got a standing ovation,a nd Eliza Sussinger made it, which made me happy. I like Esther Ku, but my mom despises her because she's not very "experience". Whatever, she's funny.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Jailbait!!!
Mwahahaha, I got William addicted to "Avatar Prom", too.
Hahahaha.
But seriously, it's fun in a ridiculous way. "Fancy footwork move again!! Oh no, Dateless totally lost it! No one knows how to deal! Resisted! Power of Love!"
Yeah. It should have been called "Prom Wars".
Okay, it's weird, but when I got shopping with my mom, I become a completely different person. I start talking really loud and fast and dance and stuff in front of other customers. It's highly entertaining.
The line was really long at the comissary today, though, so my mom and I got stuck behind a militairy family with two REALLY CUTE kids. The dad was nice; he laughed at my Hannah Montana slam.
Then there was this guy who also happened to be in front of us, and, I don't know, he was pretty cute, and, being behind him, I had a very nice view.
But I walked in front of him to get ice cream and my mom said he was checking me out (yeaaaah! I love these shorts!), and then there was eye contact, so I was feeling REALLY good when we left the store.
But then we got home and I told my dad just to make him uncomfortable. Then I asked him, out of curiousity, if he happened to know what high school the mascot on the guy's shirt had been from.
My dad said he'd never heard of a high school with that mascot, but he did know of a well-known Washington college....
.....
.....
.....
.....
:O
Well, now.
I'm jailbait.
Hahahaha.
But seriously, it's fun in a ridiculous way. "Fancy footwork move again!! Oh no, Dateless totally lost it! No one knows how to deal! Resisted! Power of Love!"
Yeah. It should have been called "Prom Wars".
Okay, it's weird, but when I got shopping with my mom, I become a completely different person. I start talking really loud and fast and dance and stuff in front of other customers. It's highly entertaining.
The line was really long at the comissary today, though, so my mom and I got stuck behind a militairy family with two REALLY CUTE kids. The dad was nice; he laughed at my Hannah Montana slam.
Then there was this guy who also happened to be in front of us, and, I don't know, he was pretty cute, and, being behind him, I had a very nice view.
But I walked in front of him to get ice cream and my mom said he was checking me out (yeaaaah! I love these shorts!), and then there was eye contact, so I was feeling REALLY good when we left the store.
But then we got home and I told my dad just to make him uncomfortable. Then I asked him, out of curiousity, if he happened to know what high school the mascot on the guy's shirt had been from.
My dad said he'd never heard of a high school with that mascot, but he did know of a well-known Washington college....
.....
.....
.....
.....
:O
Well, now.
I'm jailbait.
Tie
Okay, I love Tie to death, but I could come up with a surprising amount of things about her that bug me. I guess that's true of everyone, I guess, but Tie is the one I'm compiling a list of Pet Peeves about.
Top 20 Pet Peeves About Tie
1. She has a loud, high-pitched bark.
2. She barks often.
3. She barks at all my friends and their dogs.
4. She barks at strangers.
5. She barks in the middle of the night. It's often Nathan's fault.
6. She loves going on walks, but even after all these walks, she's NEVER tired out.
7. She likes to RUN during these walks. Even if it's 90 degrees outside. And you're in flip-flops. She made me run through a field today. I got dew on my flip-flops and kept sliding around in them.
8. After these walk/runs, she's ready for a rousing game of "tug-of-war" with her "rope".
9. She always wants to bite the HANDLE of the rope, which was made to make tug-of-war easier for the owner. But nooooo.
10. She bites your fingers during tug-of-war.
11. My slippers are fuzzy, therefore they are fair game.
12. If you spend a minute on the computer, she will come downstairs and lie by the wheels of your rolly chair, putting her in potential danger if you decide to move.
13. She hates baths. If you give her a bath, she won't look at you for hours.
14. Right after a bath, she goes out and rolls in the dirt.
15. And that's when she decides to go sit on your lap.
16. She sits at the table and naps on the bed like a "people".
17. She never backs down from a fight. I often have to carry her away from other dogs. Like the fat little sausage dachsund we saw today.
18. She's PUSHY! She nevers ASKS to sit on your lap anymore; she just does. And then today, when Dad wanted me to take her on a walk, she brought my flip flops downstairs and stared at me while I played "Avatar Prom". Then she repeatedly opened my door while I was CHANGING MY CLOTHES to make sure I was ACTUALLY changing clothes and not, you know, sleeping.
19. She's scared of the saxophone. Probably because Dad chased her around while playing a REALLY high note yesterday. Things like that could scar a dog for life. But still. Now she barks at it, runs away in terror when Dad starts to play, and has to sniff it every time she goes downstairs to make sure it is, indeed, "dead".
20. She's a Patterdale Terrier, so when people ask me what kind of dog she is, I say, "Patterdale Terrier," and they have NO idea what I'm talking about. So I just say, "Terrier," but THAT doesn't help because then they either don't believe me or ask what KIND of terrier. And THEN they ask where I got her and I have to admit I found her on the internet. Even though it wasn't me. It was my mom.
Top 20 Pet Peeves About Tie
1. She has a loud, high-pitched bark.
2. She barks often.
3. She barks at all my friends and their dogs.
4. She barks at strangers.
5. She barks in the middle of the night. It's often Nathan's fault.
6. She loves going on walks, but even after all these walks, she's NEVER tired out.
7. She likes to RUN during these walks. Even if it's 90 degrees outside. And you're in flip-flops. She made me run through a field today. I got dew on my flip-flops and kept sliding around in them.
8. After these walk/runs, she's ready for a rousing game of "tug-of-war" with her "rope".
9. She always wants to bite the HANDLE of the rope, which was made to make tug-of-war easier for the owner. But nooooo.
10. She bites your fingers during tug-of-war.
11. My slippers are fuzzy, therefore they are fair game.
12. If you spend a minute on the computer, she will come downstairs and lie by the wheels of your rolly chair, putting her in potential danger if you decide to move.
13. She hates baths. If you give her a bath, she won't look at you for hours.
14. Right after a bath, she goes out and rolls in the dirt.
15. And that's when she decides to go sit on your lap.
16. She sits at the table and naps on the bed like a "people".
17. She never backs down from a fight. I often have to carry her away from other dogs. Like the fat little sausage dachsund we saw today.
18. She's PUSHY! She nevers ASKS to sit on your lap anymore; she just does. And then today, when Dad wanted me to take her on a walk, she brought my flip flops downstairs and stared at me while I played "Avatar Prom". Then she repeatedly opened my door while I was CHANGING MY CLOTHES to make sure I was ACTUALLY changing clothes and not, you know, sleeping.
19. She's scared of the saxophone. Probably because Dad chased her around while playing a REALLY high note yesterday. Things like that could scar a dog for life. But still. Now she barks at it, runs away in terror when Dad starts to play, and has to sniff it every time she goes downstairs to make sure it is, indeed, "dead".
20. She's a Patterdale Terrier, so when people ask me what kind of dog she is, I say, "Patterdale Terrier," and they have NO idea what I'm talking about. So I just say, "Terrier," but THAT doesn't help because then they either don't believe me or ask what KIND of terrier. And THEN they ask where I got her and I have to admit I found her on the internet. Even though it wasn't me. It was my mom.
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