Sacrifice one...

...for the lives of many.
Seriously, it was the only way.
Barton could let Marilyn stay, rather than sending her out into her doom, but then they both would have died, and they would wouldn't have gotten to the sick men in time, resulting in a total of 8 deaths.
He also could have sacrificed himself, but then MARILYN would have had to fly the ship, and the EDS was on a tight schedule, so why would it be good to kill yourself for one girl when other people need you?
And Marilyn was a STOWAWAY, which is pretty much ILLEGAL, and for which the stowaway was condemned to death in the law.
So maybe it wasn't completely fair, but there were consequences for the choice she made.
Although she WAS a really nice person and didn't deserve to have her lungs ripped through her chest.

You Are 45% Pirate

Ahoy matey! Ye can think o' yerself as a swashbuckler in trainin'. If ye study hard an 'do what the captain tells ye, ye may be gettin' part o' the booty. Get to work on yer pillagin', swordfightin', an' drinkin'. Ye dasn't want to end up in Davy Jones' locker, so make sure ye pipe down when the captain be around.

Would You Make a Good Pirate?

Argh argh argh. So kind of a crappy day.
I'm having MAJOR PMS.
That, and the weather is crappy and Washington-like, and I'm still sick, and I went to the orthodontist and I'll be wearing these retainers for-freaking-ever, and we had the LAMEST assembly during advisory today.
Uggggh.
But I'm mostly mad about the stupid orthodontist thing. AAAAARGH IT'S BEEN 6 FREAKING YEARS SINCE I STARTED "TREATMENT" I WANT TO BE DONE!!
But noooooooooooo, I have to wear these retainers for another 8 MONTHS.
If braces are so expensive, why did my parents MAKE me get them if they need the money?
And if they didn't need the money then, they could have at least gotten me a pony.
Stop Global Warming...
...or all the Reese's will melt!

888...the number of the beast?

Ha, Iron Maiden is too cool.
Yeah, today is 8/8/08 and I'm freaking out right now.
Cuz that's pretty cool.
If you're a nerd like me.
Here I sit, sporting my brand new WSU T-shirt. It looks pretty sweet, if I do say so myself.
Tie is almost back to normal, I think. She's still depressed and itchy (probably because she misses Nathan; she did pee on his bed), but she went on two walks and played tug-of-war for about 2 seconds before the next mood swing hit.
*shakes head* Girls.
Iliza Schlesinger won "Last Comic Standing"!!! Wow, who knew? It was between her and Marcus, and she pulled it off. And she's the first woman to win...EVER.
Last night's finale was sort of lame, though. They had Jon Reep, John Lovitz, and some guy off E! perform. Jon Reep was funny, as always. I still love it when he says "Hickory".
But Bill Belamy and Fearne Cotton didn't really have anything to do, so they compromised by telling stupid jokes (Bill), making loud screeching noises (Bill), forcing laughter at all the comics' jokes (Fearne), making weird hand gestures (also Fearne), and looking awkward (again, Fearne).
GROSS, I looked in the mirror without my retainers on and I looked like Demi Lovato!!
No, that's not a good thing!!
But when I showed off my hideous new teeth and turned my head to the side, I WAS Demi Lovato!
Only, you know, taller and myopic.
We even have the same really large cleft chin and bangs!
WHAT IS GOING ON????
It kind of screwed up my entire day.
Because I went through 6 years of dental torture so they could make me look like Demi Lovato.
So no, Mom, I don't think this stupid braces business was worth it AT ALL.
I have half a mind NOT to wear these stupid retainers.
But, of course, I only have half a mind.

Smile, it's the end of the world!

I GOT MY BRACES OFF!!
And, somehow, it doesn't seem worth it.
All my teeth are really big and white and straight like little tombstones, but it really doesn't look all that attractive.
And I never smile with my mouth open, so what's the point?
And now I have to wear two retainers.
Yeah, TWO.
And they make it a little hard to talk.
And I have to wear them all the time.
This reminds me of the rubber band fiasco.
But they DID fund a trip to Coldstone for me and my family because they'd run out of caramel apples.
I can be pacified with ice cream.
Coldstone is better than Ferdinand's, I think.
I love Ferdinand's, but they don't have as many creative flavors.
Now I can eat CARAMEL!
After I take out my retainers, anyway.
But it was sort of embarrassing trying to ask my dad for "toaster strudels" and he was like, "What? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?"
Tie is feeling better today, but she still itches and is sort of listless.
What happened to my sanguine dog?

Itchy, drugged terriers need cream cheese.

We just got Tie back from Courtney and she is thoroughly miserable. Courtney took her to a park and Tie got fleas.
????
We've taken Tie to parks before and she's never gotten fleas.
So she's not acting like herself at all.
She mostly stays in her bed and when, she does get up, flinches and bites herself so much that she runs back to bed.
She still hasn't finished food from dinner.
And she didn't drink for hours, so when she finally did, she drank almost the whole bowl.
I'm really worried about her, but my mom gave her a cream cheese pill and some flower oil, so she said she'd be okay.
I hope.
:(

What Your Playing Cards Tell About Your Future

Right now you are focusing on friendships, relationships, and interpersonal connections. Your emotions are currently tied to a trusted woman in your life. She is just, and she has your best interests at heart. Your closest friend is someone you have a co-dependent relationship with. The two of you desperately need each other to survive. The near future will bring you a long term friendship, children you love, happy family relationships, and prosperity. Beware of a forced change. The circumstances of your life are about to become very different.

The Playing Card Test

Sure....
I had a drive at 11 AM today, but it was fun because it was around town, not just in the older part of town, which SUCKS because there are no stoplights or landmarks. Today, Ed had us drive to the mall, Dairy Queen (we didn't buy anything), and go around a roundabout.
Driver's Ed was sort of fun. Phoebe and I had to plan a road trip from Silverdale to WSU.
Which, funnily enough, is the route I took a couple days ago.
Too, too funny.
But the trip itself had to take at least 5 days, and we had to make 6 recreational stops.
So we went to the Space Needle (or the Space Noodle, in Jeff's words), the EMP, Mount Baker, Soap Lake, some other fantastic lake, and Nathan's best friend's family's house.
Which is where I stayed 2 days ago. Ha.
I'M GETTING MY BRACES OFF TOMORROW!!!!
Toffee for LIFE!
Yes, there will be a retainer, but WHO CARES?

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.

Losing faith in better days

That band is kind of wimpy, but that particular song is nice.
Agh, they played Finger Eleven's "Paralyzer" today and I got it stuck in my head. I LOVE that song.
Ugh. I never want to play another home game ever again. At least not one on a Thursday.
Today just felt weird. I woke up at 12 AM and took a shower...because I swore my alarm went off. But it hadn't. It's not sleepwalking, because my eyes were open and I was perfectly concious.
Then the rest of the day...it was like being transported back to 7th grade. I felt so out of place and immature and socially outcast. It was weird.
I think it's the rubber bands.
Then there was a super long time between when school ended and when the game FINALLY started, where we were soundly defeated.
Heh, one of the girls didn't like how I was playing defense on her, so she was all, "Get off me!" Not my fault you can't get the ball.
"Dancing In Red Shoes Will Kill You" is a stupid book. I thought it would be about ballet and stalkers, but it was mostly about sexism, breast reduction surgery, and free expression. Whatever.

Zac Efron would be proud.

I really love these jeans. They're all denim-y and faded in the right places...but soft faded, like they're worn in, rather than "obvious acid-wash".
In other news, WE WON OUR FIRST BASKETBALL GAME TODAY!!!! AND I CONTRIBUTED!!!
Okay, it was one freethrow, but STILL!
And the team wasn't even that good (0-3, just like us, only now we're 1-3 and they're 0-4!!!), but STILL!!
We went out knowing we could win and came out ACTUALLY WINNING! BY THREE POINTS!
The refs were a little weird, but I guess they always are. Still, they would call pivots "travels" and called everything a foul, so by the end each team had more than 20 fouls.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the greatest people that ever lived, but I'm having a lot of trouble reading his "I Have a Dream" speech. Maybe because my dad's playing Black Sabbath upstairs. Or because my teeth are all weird.
Agh, speaking of teeth, the orthodontist, idiot that she is, decided I need to wear a cross band, meaning I have to wear a rubber band that crisscrosses across my mouth and prevents me from opening my mouth, talking properly, and eating. I can't even chew gum anymore. It really hurt a while ago, but the Motrin kicked in. The more I wear it, the sooner it comes off, but seriously? I look SO STUPID. Now my bite's all messed up.
Tyler and I need to switch voices so people stop thinking he's gay and I'm a lesbian.
I sort of gave up on Robin McKinley's "Deerskin". It got really boring once she ran away into the forest. I know it's a really good book and all I and could've stuck with it, even during the boring parts, but really? White dress? Silvery dog? Incest? And an implied miscarriage? Not getting it.

God save the queen.

It's true. The British are funnier than us. We're doomed.
On "Last Comic Standing" last night, all the British people were really funny, except for this one guy Buddy who got total silence. Ooooooh...
Ava: Madonna adopted another little black child by paying a million dollars and in effect breaking the law and people ask me, "Are you offended?" and I say, "No, I'm excited, because I've got two black kids at home. Come on kids, get your coats on." "Where are we going?" "Oh, I'm cashing you in."
Me: HAHAHAHAHAHA.
There was this one guy from Minneapolis that didn't make it. Minneapolis wasn't very funny, but he was.
Nameless funny guy: You know how sometimes people die and it's sad? And then sometimes it just feels right. Like a guy bought a poisonous cobra, it bit him, and he died. Uh, yeah. What was your plan A? "You're so cute, you're just the cutest widdle cobwa- *gets bitten* *reprimand* NO!!!!"
Hahahaha.
This other guy didn't make it the first time, so he added some energy to his performance and suddenly they thought he was hilarious.
Other nameless not-so-funny guy: I better get going, I have babies to feed. None of my own, I just like to feed BABIES!!!!! I LOVE IT!
Awwwww man, I'm the usual Runescape loving, gaming, overall wearing nerd.
I guess I'll go home and cry.
I swear, my ipod is SO beautiful. Gots little blue butterflies on it... So sweet.
WE'RE GETTING RID OF DIAL-UP! To which I can only say, HALLELUJAH! MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED! Granted, it took a little while, but at least they were ANSWERED! My parents knew this day would come... Hopefully I can finally get my own e-mail address. I'm thinking dairypharmer.
I sincerely want to be a dairy farmer. My father is trying to crush my hopes and dreams as nicely as possible. "Dad, how do you start a dairy farm?" "Oh, I think those are mostly handed down through the family..." Darn. But he did say you should have 10 acres and at least 10 cows. I think you should only have 2 acres. 1 acre is good for a pasture. But I am new to this, so hey.
I started playing Harvest Moon again. My cow is slow in having a baby. I played 5 days and she still wouldn't have it. It was annoying.
DairyPharmer. Hehehe.
I got my chains fixed today. Must bring coins in exchange for COLDSTONE!

Girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money

Money...yes. Cars...NOOOO.
I swear, I switch moods more than Britney switches boyfriends. Emo, normal, emo, normal, emo, normal, crazy, emo.
Just sitting here...at my grandma's...trying to see if I can watch videos on Youtube. Although she just showed me her new internet problem, so I don't think it will work. Graaaaagh.
Dodoledodoledo.
I did watch "Call me when you're sober" on Friday night. Shocker, Friday night, I actually had somewhere to go. :O But it wasn't that good. Just really weird. And Amy Lee floated up to the ceiling. And the guy in it WASN'T THAT HOT. All I've heard is that there's some carazy hot guy in that video and he looked like Hugh Jackman. Not a bad thing, I just don't get heart palpitations thinking about Wolverine.
*sigh*
"Bring me to Life" was kind of weird. 12 Stones lead singer was in it? And while she's dangling off the side of a building, 12 Stones man has ALMOST pulled her up, then he let's go.
RANDOM.
I had nursery today at church. GRAAAH those little kids are funny. I only had two this time, but Matthew was making the horses fly and slipping with his slippery feet. He's so adorable. And then Jada kept telling me stuff, and I wouldn't understand at first, so I'd be like, "Oooh, really?" "Yeaaaaaah." And she'd say yeaaaah to pretty much anything unless you were offering her an Elmo ball or a freaky looking caterpillar or the oppurtunity to leave the table. She's only 1.5 and her favorite color is blue. Awwww, how precious.
Michael Scott: There. THat's a good name. Littlekidlover.
AAAAAAAAGH, Michael, I feel so BAD around you.
Not FOR you. AROUND you.
I actually like these rubber bands now. THe tighter the better.
Unless I really REALLY wanna eat brownies and I can't because I can't open my mouth.