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?

True love experienced in the golden forest heals everything.

Aaah, the joy of retold fairy tales.
"Our parents have died of smallpox! What shall we do?"
"Come live in our manor!"
"Your mother says this boquet will never die, like my love for you."
AAAAGH, SO CORNY!!!
"Snow" was so much better.
Time to put a hold on other retellings. Hopefully there will be ones as good as "Beastly", "Snow", and "The Rose and the Beast".
"Wasteland", by Francesca Lia Block, is really sad. I don't want to give away the ending, but I don't know, is it still incest?
Mwahaha, I have a playlist called "Underrated Love songs". Trying to put it in exactly the right order.
Lol, I'm posting the first Pony Pals book in a month and a half. Yeah, I've been sort of...preoccupied.
Every time think I see you, I won't forget that nobody else could ever do what you did to me on that night I saw you there, so unexpected. I could care less who else was there, I've been infected, so infected by you.
Another cheesy song with Trevor's horrible phrasing.

Welcome high-paying party of 16!!

My grandparents have been married 56 years. That's a crazy long time. So the family all went down (up?) to Ocean Shores to celebrate monogamy. The ocean was sort of overrated, because there was all this silt and pollution in it, so it was brown and disgusting-looking. The hotel room was nice, though. Cable is pretty awesome.
You know how they're always advertising Ocean Shores on the radio with the sounds of couples joyfully galloping on horseback through the waves?
That's so not what happens.
They let you ride by yourself, no lead rope, if you're over the age of 7, but you never even go near the water and the fastest you can go is a lovely walk.
I haven't ridden for 2 years, but I did hecka better than the kid next to me who practically cried every time his horse broke into a trot.
It was fun, though.
Seven Places!!
Entemann's toffee is pretty fantastic.
"M or F?" is a hilarious book.
"A Winter's Night Dream"...not so much. All this talk about "being in love" and no mention of Shakespeare.
More toffee!!
Wow, can I say I'm so glad it's Spring Break? No school tomorrow...or the next day...or the next day. And we might go dress shopping!!

Moisturizers and Vitamin E!

WSU is losing to UNC. So sad.
Today was our last basketball game, and we lost (big surprise), so we ended with 2-10. I'm going to miss basketball and everything, even though track is coming up, but I'm not sad about getting away from this team. Some of them players I'd love to play with again, but I'm tired of getting more flak than anyone else for making the same mistakes they're making.
Coach let me start today, though, so that's cool.
Argh, just want school to be OVER. I don't think I can stand 6 hours and 40 more minutes of school tomorrow. The teachers don't actually want to teach us anything, and everyone's going crazy. Who cares about microwaves and light frequency? Who cares about healthy relationships? Who cares about conjugating "faire", dissecting "Lord of the Flies", and normal distributions?
Actually, I care about normal distributions.
Mmm, Bratz fruit snacks are pretty delicious.
Okay, e-mail insists on being totally ridiculous. I haven't read a single e-mail since Tuesday because it's loading so SLOW. It can't even load 2 kilobyte e-mails.
Actually, Spring Break doesn't look fun either because I'll be stuck with my extended family all weekend at the beach. Sure, it's Ocean Shores, but that means driving and bonding and NO SLEEPING IN.
And we're staying till Sunday, so no church.
Someone shoot me.

The dunking has got to end

Haha, "Sky High" quote. Whoa, also a basketball reference! Weird.
It feels sort of weird to be in jammies at 7:46. If the stupid snow hadn't soaked all my clothes, I'd be wearing those instead.
That's right. It's snowing.
It's that crappy kind of snow that's practically rain and NEVER STICKS, but oh well. Christmas miracle and all that (even though it's nowhere near Christmas).
The Basketball Banquet was tonight, even though the official end of the season is TOMORROW, but today was the only day that would work.
They held it in the HEALTH CLASSROOM!
I hate that class. And it's too small.
And 8 medium pizzas is not enough to feed 30 teenage girls AND all their family members.
But it was still pretty fun. Someone brought 3 boxes of those soft sugar cookies with the really thick icing. Oooh yeah.
Then the coaches handed out certificates and embarrassed all the players thoroughly. It was kind of like one of those daddy-daughter things where the dad starts bragging about his "wonderful" daughter and the daughter's semi-pleased and semi-mortified. I got Most Improved this year. Hm. Implying that I sucked before? It's all good, I know I did. I mean, at the beginning of the season, I'd be shooting 1/10 for free throws. Now I'm shooting 4/10! w00t!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh, the Freshmen Dance Committee met for the first time today. ALL OF US are girls. Last year, some of the more popular guys were on it, but not this year. We had to look through prom catalogues and choose ideas for the theme, and, being girls, we picked the most retarded (ahem, "romantic") ones.
I kind of thought most of these sucked.
A Night in Paris? A Night in Rome? Under the Sea? Sunset Beach?
That's practically only two themes, seeing as Paris and Rome, and Sea and Beach are so similar. I voted for "Enchanted" Evening (sounds super corny, BUT IT WOULD BE LIKE THE MOVIE!!!! I mean, who doesn't want a ball with glass slippers and giant dragons and a New York skyline?), but I was one of the only four that did.
The 9th grade class will vote Friday. I'm hoping the boys will have the sense to vote for Under the Sea.
Although, it's kind of hard to pick a prom/freshmen/formal theme that isn't really stupid. Really, really stupid. REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, "Thank God I'm graduating soon" stupid.

Shut up and drive

I'm loving "Dancing With the Stars" this year. The only people I don't like are Monica and...mostly just her. Shannon is kind of ditzy, but also really good. Argh, I sort of hate Jason.
Okay, so the Jonas Brothers performed "Take Me On", only the best 80's song ever, and it was awful. Joe is so convinced he's a good singer. Nick's voice is a little better, and Kevin's the least annoying, except for his retarded guitar-playing poses. Argh, Nick would be less annoying if he didn't keep going, "Yeah, I'm pretty sensitive. I write songs about old relationships."
Um, what relationships?
All one of them?
When you were 12?
With your SECOND COUSIN!!!!
But I'm not one to talk.
Right now it's between Penn and Cristian. Hopefully it's Penn.
Omg, "The King and I" is the best movie ever.
Sure, Yul Brenner plays a mysoginistic egotistical dictator, but there's something about his humor and fractured English that's semi-attractive.
No, I'm not drooling over Yul Brenner, but I can see why Anna would be drooling all over him.
It doesn't hurt that all the guys in that movie are shirtless half the time. ^_^
The cartoon version is even better. NOT. :P I remember a volcano, Chulalongkorn being all emo and kickbox master-y, a panther, and a hot air balloon.
And "Anna and the King" was SO DEPRESSING. In none of the movies does Anna ever get the guy.
OMG, I found "The King and I" soundtrack, sung by Julie Andrews and Ben Kingsley, and it is the best thing EVER. Peabo Bryan and Lea Salonga (of "Mulan" fame) pair up as Tuptim and Lun Tha and they are AMAZING. Julie Andrews is the perfect actress.
So much sweat. So much music. Not enough lunch. Mmm, Gatorade. What's with all the "The Wizard of Oz" music?

Congratulations, you've now been promoted to Stalker.

So my ipod is on Shuffle and Jump5's cover of "Walking On Sunshine" comes up. (Please don't ask my why I have that one there) But it opens with Chris something that sounds a lot like, "Dave." ???? WHO'S DAVE? WHAT IS HE SAYING!!??
More Easter candy acquired from Grandma: 1 Russel Stover solid milk chocolate bunny, 1 Reese's Pieces egg, 1 Russel Stover Marshmallow filled egg, 3 fun size Starbursts, 1 Starburst-flavored jellybean-filled egg, 2 caramel-filled bunny truffles, 1 basketball-shaped jellybean-filled egg.
Most of it is gone. Scarfing down a Russel Stover bunny isn't as fun as you would think. Not to mention it started melting for some odd reason.
I slept on and off until 10:00 AM, having some pretty weird dreams (no, I did not skip school, though I probably could quite easily, if I wanted). There was something about San Francisco and a stakeout (too much "Monk", I imagine), and vampires involved in a homicide with witch triplets (possibly Monk and...I'm not sure what else), then some "Goonies"-type stuff...then I kissed Patrick Stump and it was nice.
Conveniently, we were the same height.

It's Easter day, let's clap our hands, clap our hands, clap our hands.

Lachlan was singing, so I had to write it down.
"The Final Warning" was VERY disappointing.
Don't get me wrong, Max is as charming and clever as ever, but it got really preachy about global warning, and I got really tired of the whole, "I'm 14 and have faced tougher life challenges than you," thing, and to listen to her complain about not having a stable family wasn't fun, either.
Then the flock members started getting new powers galore!!! Iggy can see and tell colors (even though he's blind!!)!! Nudge can call metal objects to her!! Angel can be adorable at will! Fang can blend in with his surroundings!! And the Gasman can make mega farts!!!
Surprisingly, Max has no new powers.
I don't know, it seems kind of Mary Sue-ish. Something that Christopher Paolini would try to pull off, not James Patterson.
But I've been wrong before.
And I thought there would be resolution, loose ends would be tied, Fang and Max would quit being morons and act like they like each other.
Also, since the Voice turns out NOT to be Jeb (whaaaat? Way to change your mind, James), Total gets REALLY annoying, and the Faxness goes nowhere.
They kiss ONCE. And Max is like, "I like it...NOT!" She runs away and they never speak again.
Then Fang starts hanging out with Brigid, a 21-YEAR-OLD SCIENTIST. 21!!! AND SHE'S HITTING ON HIM!!! THAT IS SO ILLEGAL!!!! Of course, Max is jealous, and starts writing POETRY.
Poetry. *shakes head*
Fang keeps up his lame blog. I'm sorry, but I've never liked it. He even admits to being an emo. The whole dark and brooding thing? Yeah, not so attractive anymore.
And there's going to be a sequel. The ending just SCREAMED for one. Darn. I guess that's cool, but if the next one gets preachy about gun control and the right to choose, I might just self mutilate.

Which tastes better, the bunny or the egg?

Personally, I say bunny.
Hey, this is my 800th post.
Inventory: two chocolate-covered marshmallow bunnies, two fudge-filled bunnies, a 30% cacao Lindt bunny, a Russel Stover solid white chocolate bunny, two Almond Joy Eggs.
The Lindt bunny was probably the best thing I've ever tasted. Mmmm.
I love Macy's. I got this shirt dressy top and it doesn't look half bad.
Yay, now that I have bangs, the blonde streak is gone! Well, mostly gone. Sort of gone.
The service was really good today. Short, though. :O What a concept. Two girls danced to a song Heidi wrote. The baby in the front row with her fist in her mouth was a little distracting, among other things, but in a good way.
Just finished volume 1 in the Faith Thomas series by Stephanie Perry Moore, and it's really good!! It was a little corny in places, but most of the time it was like, wow! Christian fiction that's realistic with relatable characters that LIKE BOYS!!! "Hello, my name is Trevor Fish. Would you like to dance?" Only how did Joy do a complete 180 and suddenly become a lovely person to be around?
The model for that book has to be way older than 14. At first I thought Faith Thomas was a real person.

Chocolate cake implies eating disorder.

My father is under the impression that he's driven me to anorexia.
Yesterday was Good Friday, and I got to play trombone in this orchestra, which was pretty amazing, so after both services, the entire worship team went to the Family Pancake House. Everyone ordered pancakes or some time of breakfast food except me, who went for chocolate thunder cake instead.
My dad felt REALLY guilty, because William said he was still hungry afterwards, so he assumed I must have been starving myself because I hadn't known ordering breakfast food was an option.
Don't worry, Dad, I knew breakfast food was an option, but why would I order french toast when I could order CHOCOLATE CAKE with CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CHEESECAKE and a GIANT CHOCOLATE ROSETTE ON THE SIDE. But it was fun. And I don't have an eating disorder.
OMG, I BOUGHT "THE FINAL WARNING". Haven't started it, though. I'm too scared that it will disappoint.
Sims 2: Free Time looks kind of amazingly complicated, but FUN! The Sim's area of interest affects their personality and mannerisms.
So I've been parting my hair on the right side, lately, and it looks better than parting it in the middle, where I looked like Sirius Black, but people were telling me to get bangs, so....
...I got bangs today.
And they don't look terrible. They're actually kind of nice.
EXCEPT they don't fit behind my ear and sometimes they poke me in the eye.
Cleaned the entire house. Made a rainbow chip cake. Ate a truffle egg. All set for Easter.
Thursday was so tiring. Contest was pretty cool, we got straight 2's, which is better than 3's or 4's (or 5's). Mr. Faxon got mad at us because we didn't want to sit and watch marginally acceptable junior high and middle school bands play boring music for an hour and a half. Poulsbo Middle School did superbly, but their clinic was SO BORING and the man wouldn't let us LEAVE.
I don't care if he got mad. Hungry teenagers don't want to listen to boring men talk about dynamics and tone quality.
And yeah, we could have LEARNED something, but we'd already listened to like 4 other bands. I'm sure we learned enough from those clinics.
Central Market = amazing.
OMG, WE BEAT OAKLAND BAY!!!! AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so great!!!! I can't exactly say nice things about the refs, but we played SO GOOD and beat #1'S BUTT!!! BOOOO!!! I almost punched her in the face. I hate that girl. But I didn't foul her (though everyone else did. :P)

Is this the strange feeling of you working all to good?

I think Caedmon's Call's "40 Acres" is the best album I own right now. I've been listening to it a lot lately, and my dad really likes it. "Somewhere North", "Faith My Eyes", and "Daring Daylight Escape" are my favorite songs. Ironically, they're all sung by Derek Webb. I think I like his voice better, and he's a good guitar player, but there's something about Cliff Young's voice that's really soothing and folksy. Most of Cliff's songs get on my nerves, though, "Petrified Heart" especially. I hate that Danielle girl. Her voice is go grating and I hate the song "Shifting Sands". I have another Caedmon's Call album from like 2003 something, and I think it's one without Derek Webb, but I've never listened to it, so I think I might. Dude, I'm totally going out and buying all of their albums now, especially "Overdressed".
"The Only One" = good Cliff Young song.
OMG, they consider "Shifting Sands" one of their BEST SONGS!
Yeah, I sort of got sick and stayed home this morning, where I read the remaining 275 pages of "The Book Thief". It was so good. I knew what was going to happen, as the NARRATOR KEPT GIVING IT AWAY, but it was to be expected (hello, Holocaust) and it felt right. So sad, though.
Contest tomorrow. Then on a bus to Oakland Bay. Then rushing back home to band practice at church. Yeah, haven't practiced my music AT ALL since last week. And Good Friday is IN TWO DAYS!!!
And Easter is in 4 days!!! I'm happy about the resurrection of Christ, but also about the chocolate bunnies.
OMG, a film adaptation of "The Book Thief" is being optioned!!! I hope it's good. I want lazy people who don't want to read the book to see it and be able to relate to the characters through film. Although, if it sucks as much as the film version of "A Chorus Line", I might just kill myself.
Hey, the fourth Maximum Ride came out recently! I have no money. Time to pay a visit to the library.

7 points

A mere 7 points. Oh well. It was a good game, and I actually got to play. Coach took me out rather early, *ahem*, but it gave me a chance to drink some well deserved Gatorade.
Gah. He also lied about Oakland Bay being on Columbia Street.
OMG, I won the Nervous Game!! I didn't even have to touch anybody.
Ew, The Monkees?
I don't know the French word for bucket.
Ou est le bucket???
La bucket???
How do you say the food is good? Le repas est tres sympa?
Chinese Food and lasagna. Mmm, sounds good.

Time to go. "This is goodbye," she said. Does it ever get easier to live like this?

And kiss the cheek, BUT I CAN'T KISS YOU ANYMORE!!!
Cartel.
ARGH, a sex change never sounded more tempting. Mostly because of menstruation and irregularity. I mean, it's not that great when you're late, and you're freaking out like, "Omg, I'm pregnant! Wait, I'm a virgin. Omg, I'm pregnant!" Then you wait and wait and wait, sure it's gonna come soon. Finally, you're like, "Oh well, guess I skipped this month," and you let your guard down. That's when it happens.
But enough about my body.
Happy St. Patrick's Day, by the way. I love this holiday; pretty much the best one there is. But I didn't really get much into it with a green cake and whatnot; however, I do have a green shirt, something I didn't have last year. Ahem, Mom. It's so comfortable and I loe the color. It's somewhere between mint and lime. If that's possible.
The school basically lied to us. They promised us ice cream at lunch if we were green. That's when they broke out the Otter Pops. Hello? Otter Pops are nasty and definitely do NOT count as ice cream.
I was picturing delicious mint ice cream sandwiches or something.
Guess not.
Tyler had a tail. The Zags AND WSU made it into the NCAA tourny. "Lord of the Flies" is a really good book (though violent). So except for the mild crappiness, it was a pretty good day.
I don't actually hate WSU anymore. It's pretty hard since my brother goes there and they have a really good basketball team. Besides, Huskies really suck.

Wow, you're wrong.

You know how adults think they know what's going on with a group of teenagers and decide to lecture you about it, and you're sitting there, blinking stupidly, and you have NO idea what they're talking about. In other words, Sunday School was REALLY fun today. -_- I guess the majority of us don't really get into worship, and it's assumed that it's because we're in conflict with others.
I'm thinking it has to do with the worship team.
So that wasn't very fun. And they ended EARLY, so I had to wait in the cold for my brother.
On the bright side, we didn't have to sing!!!
I suppose that makes me a really horrible person.
The end of the year is coming so fast!!! We're already discussing ASB budget for next year (and possibly the next four years as well!!!), the end of the year awards assembly, sophomore classes, and FRESHMAN!!!
So now I'm worried about getting a date for a dance that's two months away. Brilliant.
I don't even have a dress.
Is it really sad that a junior high dance is more nerve-wracking than being in charge of several assemblies?
The Princess Diaries Sims: Helen had TWINS, which doesn't exactly follow the book AT ALL, but thankfully one of them was a boy, so I named him Rocky (of course). The other was Rose, because I remember Mr. Gianini wanting to name his daughter that.
The Greeks would want me to go to NYU.

FM Static's lyrics cure clinical depression.

We're still learning about mental disorders and depression in health, and it's...well, depressing. We had to learn about Ryan (who looked a lot like Egg from Madison Finn), who was extroverted and friendly but took two bottles of sleeping pills and died. They said he had problems at home but never said what they were, and when the interviewed the parents, they seemed to go around that topic.
Later, we discussed gay rats in science. We asked Mr. Henrichsen if he thought people were born gay or early experiences made them gay. Mr. Henrichsen mentioned a test where they cut off testosterone for baby boy rats and those rats presented themselves sexually to other males. That sort of supports both cases, if you think about it, but I'm confused. How do the babies get the testosterone? What causes the testosterone to stop in real life, creating "gay" people?
Ooooh, I remember when John Kerry said that thing about Dick Cheney's daughter.
This article is a bit redundant. And not at all helpful.
Writing WASL today!! Got to skip 3 periods!! But I missed a math test, which isn't good.
All right, fine, it's PARTLY a choice.
Hm, I like this girl.
Chuck E. Cheese on the 27th!!! w00t!

Zebra cakes may be the most delicious thing ever invented.

Argh, soooo not happy with my band teacher right now. Two concerts in one week? I know people who would be like, "So, that's not that many, suck it up," but hello? I HATE band. I'm not some pathetic band geek who composes 50 page solos and salivates over marching bands. I have better stuff to do with my time. Nothing constructive or anything, but I HATE BAND. And I'd much rather be watching "American Idol" than listening to myself and others suck. And they're two LONG concerts, and we play the exact same stuff at both of them. Lame sauce.
I just want something new and NOT BORING to play.
And then we had a basketball game against our biggest rival, and it wasn't too bad, though we lost by almost 30, but it was fun, and I played a few minutes and got to shoot from free throws. Missed both, but hey.
Zebra cakes, string cheese, mangoes, orange juice, Cheetos, South Beach snack bar, pineapple ham sandwich.
Just for lunch.
God has a rather hilarious sense of humor...if you're a masochist. I like worshiping a God that likes to have a laugh, but not at my expense. Oh well.
Trombone playing french horn part with a Latin choir. This isn't a Catholic church!

Next stop: Sky High!

I don't think I watched that movie at all last year. :O THAT'S WHY MY YEAR WAS SO BAD!
I think my next project will be Sky High Sims.
How positively freakish.
A lot of stuff has been happening, or not happening. Tests, and quizzes, and math labs, and whatnot.
Nathan came home from college. He'll be here for a week. We want burgers!! I read all his Rolling Stone magazines. Basically it's run by a bunch of "open-minded" pot-smoking music freaks. Kind of boring, and there was an entire article about a transvestite boy who WASN'T EVEN REAL!!!
Pop Tart filling can be kind of grainy, which is disgusting.
Lucky Charms and Cheerios.
Curse you, guitars.
AND Girl Scout cookies.
I really wanted those Girl Scout Cookies.

No, please, go on. I find your tale absolutely enthralling.

Agh, "American Idol". I want all of Danny Noriega's clothes.
We lost our basketball game, and I only played 39 seconds, but it was a really good game, and we kept up with the best team in the league.
I'm parting my hair on the side more often. People tell me I actually look like a girl now.
There was this thing at the high school to welcome next year's sophomores and drone endlessly about the many WONDERFUL extracurriculars and classes that are available. Too bad I've already heard everything about credits and the WASL and 0 period a million times. But my counselor is nice. I'm not going to have that many friends in my classes next year, but oh well. High school is kind of going to suck with less required classes.
Nathan's a junior now!!!! AP-classes count for something. Hm... I think this means I should take AP English.
SO I SAYS TO HIM, "THAT'S NO LOLRUS, THAT'S MY WIFE!!"
Ha, Jason Castro sang the Shrek song. That's officially my new favorite song.
I wish I had been able to come home and REEELAX today. But I've spent most of my time at various schools today. Oh well.

You promised me lesbians.

Yeah, sounds kind of pervertedish. I was promised them, though.
Seriously, I just can't understand "A Chorus Line". I was expecting so much more and it was so...bland. I liked the "Dance: Ten, Looks: Three" song. But the characters? "Let's introduce you to these people and their struggles, and then cruelly rip them away from you as the job they needed so badly is torn from their hands, because life is cruel, but you move on." Um...thanks.
But I didn't see the point of some of the characters (I don't care what my mom says, that creepy husband guy was really controlling/abusive) and that 18-year-old girl was SO ANNOYING, and that Asian girl? Way to live up every Asian stereotype. But my mom was explaining them and going really deep into them about what they represented and who they were and I'm like, "Um, whoa, am I that shallow?"
Apparently the stage show is so much better, and the movie only cut out like HALF THE FREAKING PLAY!
And I hated the director and all the stupid flashbacks. He was annoying.
DIFFERENT PEOPLE GOT THE SPOTS IN THE FINAL CHORUS LINE IN THE PLAY!!! I HATE THE MOVIE!!!
And Paul will never dance again.
I foresee a really good week. Math test tomorrow that I'm sure to pass, an open house at the high school, and NO MORE JAZZ BAND THIS WEEK! YAY!
Omg, I love Sims University. Only I'm not that great about throwing parties because I just want all my Sims to graduate. Only when they graduate, they become adults...oh, hadn't thought about that. Remade ALL the Princess Diaries Sims, but have yet to move them in. I have almost EVERYONE, even a Sebastiano Sim!!

Gross? Yes. Refreshing? You have no idea.

Aww, I missed my chance to post on Leap Day!!! I was sort of busy with basketball, dancing, and spaghetti.
I kind of love pep assemblies, and I actually got to play with the pep band this time (which is so much better than helping the ASB do whatever they're doing), but afterwards I always feel really, REALLY tired. Like screaming at the top of my lungs and playing "Another One Bites the Dust" is so exhausting.
But the freshmen won (AGAIN), basketball was pretty cool (losing team had to sing to the wrestlers), and the dance was funner than usual.
Who knew dancing was that intense? And sweaty? And fun?
Not like I can dance. And I'll never get "Souljah Boy" down.
Oh well. I love my school.
I'm good to go, and I'm going nowhere fast, it could be worse, I could be taking you there with me.
I'm good to go...and it looks like I'm still on my own.
Heheh, just reread "Princess Mia". I love JP. Kitchen scene = amazing.
"Omg. JP is in love with me. And we blew up the school."
Yay, it's March 1st!!! I love March. Pretty much the best month!
Hey, today was solo ensemble. I attempted to dress nice and ended up looking like a ninja. We'd been pretty worried because Kevin said he wouldn't come, but he came and CONNOR DIDN'T. Argh, not happy with him. Not like we needed him, because he's not a brass instrument and was just doubling on my part, but way to not tell us. Well, he told Micah and Robert YESTERDAY, THE DAY BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE, but not me or Kevin. WE DIDN'T SUCK! It was amazing. Micah got a little off, but he managed to get back on track.
Rodeo cheeseburgers, Burger King milkshakes, Snickers and soda, and lame picture retakes, orange grease that flies off those good chicken wings,
THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS!!!
At this rate, I'll grow another inch and cup size.
Like Princess Mia.
OMG, SIMS UNIVERSITY...I HAS IT.

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.

Blink 182 with Dad: not such a great idea

Yay, let's listen to the American Idol women stink up the stage.
Agh, duress, duress, sooo much duress! Not even sure why, but I'm pretty darn irritable.
Well, more so than usual.
I think I need to eat more.
It just so happens we're covering Stress in Health class. What a concept!
I scored 456 on the Stressed Out quiz (seeing as it had you list events from the past year), and Mrs. Lutz wanted to know why.
Well, I don't know, I get home at 4:30 every day after 2 hours of brutal practice where a cop made me pull myself across the gym floor, but before that, I'm bored out of my mind in several classes and have no idea what to do in the others.
I want to buy some Lucky Charms.
Going to NYU. Going to NYU, and no one can stop me.
But they don't exactly have financial aid.
Heh. I threatened to become a music major and my dad tried to be supportive. Lol.
Ouch, cheese.
Hate rubber bands.
Pizza's not bad.
Read a depressing book about suicide, sexual abuse, and cats. Why, Aimee, why?
I think I'm going to kill all my current Princess Diaries families and make new ones. Because I'm a little disatisfied with my current ones. And I want Perin to look more androgynous.
Pueblo: A Spanish word for a village or town
I'm thinking about getting one of Amby's SAT books. Only I don't want mine to be about vampires.

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.

Jessica Seinfeld lied to me

I bought all the stupid ingredients for her stupid cupcakes, mixed them all together, greased the pans, timed the oven, etc.
And what do I get?
A bunch of bland muffinlike objects covered in a nasty frosting, and if I were a kid, I definitely would NOT have been fooled by these imposters. Maybe Jessica's kids were, but they're sugar deprived and eat their vegetables like little angels and have probably never eaten a Twinkie in their life. Freaks.
Ha, we went to the library yesterday and I found a book called, "It's not the Stork!" which taught your children the TRUTH about where babies come from. In it were pictures of little boys and girls without pants on looking down at their boy/girl parts, fetuses, and *GASP* A NAKED MAN AND WOMAN HUGGING IN BED! AND YOU KNOW WHAT HUGGING LEADS TO!!! I thought the book handled the sex bit pretty well, because you can't just tell a 7-year-old what goes on in the bedroom, but come on: they explained sex as what happens when a man and a woman get too close. Well, they were a little more specific than that (so specific my mom forbid me to say it to ANYONE), but if I were a little kid, I'd still be confused. They followed up that paragraph with another one saying that you were too young to learn about sex anyway. Oh, okay then.
Bah, Sunday School. It's like sitting in church for another whole hour. The pastor's cool and everything, but honestly? I'd rather be at home. I still haven't gone to regular youth group, but if it's like Sunday School, I might just shoot myself. At least I have a chance to go this week, because it's a home game, so my mom doesn't have to drive 1000 miles to pick me up from Sedgwick or whatever.
It's perfect track weather outside. I wish track season started now, because when it does start, it'll be back to cold and rain and wet grass. I hate Washington.
And groundhogs, come to think of it.

Why is the game of Romance reflecting my past?

I dug out that game and played it for about 2 hours because I was so bored. It was pretty intense. Argh, I couldn't find "Herd Your Horses", so I had to use the dice from the American Girl game. I'm still using my horse markers. There were several games where everyone dumped me, and a particularly memorable one where I ended up with a bisexual smoker who read his horoscope everyday. For some reason, I have some of Jeannie's cards.
I love my bass. I need a new guitar strap. Chris has that amazing leopard one, and I really want it. IT'S FUZZY.
Mostly, I just wanted to show you some adorable lol* pictures.

I'm supposed to love you

I'm supposed to looove yoooou, WHOA-OA!!!
Sort of obsessed.
I mean, after all, I named my bass Patrick.
My dad was home, so William and I had a pretty long jam session with him. I hate that I'm calling it a jam session. Oh well. That's what it was. Mostly we just attempted to play the music he has for church.
Then we made some banana bread for my mom, using Jessica Seinfeld's recipe.
It's sort of messed up, because we had to use buckwheat pancake mix instead of whole wheat flour and olive oil instead of vegetable oil, and I added too much cinnamon, but it's the thought that counts, right?
I think it smells nasty, but my mom is practically salivating.
Our hearts beat for the diehards.
Long live the car-crash hearts.
NO PRACTICE TOMORROW!!!! I'm pretty excited. Usually my weekend goes by faster if there's practice, but NOT THIS WEEKEND! HALLELUJAH!
It was pretty cool, we had freshman pictures AND team pictures today. In the freshman picture, I'm sitting with practically all my friends. Well, we're all in the same area. Good enough.
Coach shaved his head again. Only an hour of practice. Sweet.

I gotz u a rly good book...but I eated it.

What is going on with "American Idol"? I was thinking this season was going to be the best season ever, but last night the girls sucked. REALLY BAD!!! And all the guys did good, except for JASON YEAGER AND LUKE MENARD!!! But tonight on the results show, Garrett whatshisname and Colton Berry got kicked off? Garrett (that's probably not even his real name, I just forgot what it was) didn't do great, but he had potential (AND HE WAS BETTER THAN JASON YEAGER!) and Colton was good!! I liked Colton!
I mean, come on, Jason. "Moon River"? I started laughing uncontrollably at the start of his performance.
I was SOOOOOOOOO glad Amy Davis got kicked off (XP) but Joanne? She did pretty bad, but I liked her a lot more than I liked Kristy Lee Cook.
I mean, come on. Kristy is boring, sang a grand total of four different notes in her song, reminds one of Carrie Underwood (NOOOO), and SOLD HER HORSE TO BE ABLE TO AUDITION ON "AMERICAN IDOL"! Who does that??? There is no excuse. And she's convinced she'll be able to buy it back. Haate.
Moving on...
Basketball was pretty fun. Ee, I got to play, but some girl licked my arm, and kept grabbing the ball from me, so I blocked all her shots. We lost, though. AGAIN. Oh well.
Hehehe, there was a hilarious Paula Abdul video on "American Idol". Randy was barely in it, and I doubt he was really playing bass, and that was so not Paula singing. Dancing, sure, but singing?? Lies. It was funny, but sort of catchy-ish and I want it on my Ipod.
Ew, my arm is still wet after that girl spit all over it. Sicko.
I finally finished my Health project, and I'm pretty proud of it. I drew a plane, signifying my moving to the States, as my most significant moment, but I had a little bit of trouble with my happiest moment, especially when I found out it was limited to events from the past year.
Um...nothing?
So I decided to draw a puppy, signifying my dad's approval of the puppy plan.
Dance like there's no tomorrow!

My puppy...let me show you it.

OMG!!! MY DAD SAID WE CAN GET A PUPPY!!!!!
Sure, it won't be till this summer, which most likely means July or early August, BUT STILL!
My mom and I are hoping for either a Pug, or a Chihuahua. Lol. Like Paris Hilton.
There's just something about Chihuahuas in purses.
Argh, I sort of bent my glasses today in basketball; someone hit me in the side of the head with the ball. -_- But I got them fixed at Costco. I guess today was crappy samples day, because who wants melon preserves and lentil soup?
GAME DAY TOMORROW!!!
You should come!!!
Only it's an away game. Scratch that, don't come.
I am not responsible for this next Spirit Week, so DON'T BLAME ME!!
Agh, a new assignment in Health. We have to draw pictures representing the following:
1. The most significant day/event of your life
2. Your greatest achievement in the past year
3. The happiest day/event of your life
4. Something you are good at
5. Something you hope to get better at
6. 3 words you want to be remembered by.
The only one I'm having trouble with is #3. All the things I can think of are superficial and not that important. I was considering "switching churches", but I don't know what I would draw for that.
Yay, we got to color the periodic table in science!!! How pretty.

BUT THERE'S NO MORE CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM!!!

Yay, we FINALLY moved on to chapter 5 in French. I'm starting Chapter 6 and don't feel at all guilty. I just need to work on aller (irregular) and "to want" (whatever that is).
Je veux de glace au chocolat.
MAIS IL N'Y A PAS PLUS DE GLACE AU CHOCOLAT!!!
ZUT ALORS!!!
Du pain complet? Je deteste du pain complet.
Curse you, library.
Alexis put up some semi-offensive posters in band. I didn't think they were offensive, but Paul did. Maybe because in the picture he was pregnant and standing with his five children next to a dancing Tellytubby.
Health class kind of sucks.
We had to think of 20 things we were good at, but we couldn't list "negative" things.
What if you happened to be really good at lying, stealing, cheating, swearing, and such?
And why is "hitting" a "negative" thing?
Aaagh, we had to talk about introversion and extroversion. My two least favorite words. Mrs. Lutz was rather miffed that I pegged her as an introvert.
Which, of course, she is.
This class seems pointless. And how are we supposed to know how many electrons an element has? It definitely did not cover that in our science book.
Now Coach is mad at us for slacking off. This is going to be a fun week.

Sun's gonna shine my way

It's days like today, when the sky is blue for once and the sun shines through the everpresent foliage, that I actually enjoy living in Washington.
And then it rains.
But it hasn't rained in the past two days, which is lucky.
So much for a four-day weekend. I barely got to enjoy it. Practice on non-school days should be outlawed. Yesterday seemed to go by both really quickly and really slowly at the same time. How eloquent, right? I mostly spent it at Amanda's house.
I find myself guilty of this often: why do people ask for help, and then don't accept the help you try to give them? Especially with math. That's why I never ask my parents for help with math because I'll just get mad at them and blow them off anyway.
But if someone asks me for help on a problem, and I see something I think needs fixing (and explains why their answer is wrong), they need to give me a reason why they know its right rather than, "No, that's not wrong. Duh."
Just...argh. 750 to 1500 is not a 20% growth.
I still want to be in a band.
Or be a singer like Colbie Caillat, or however the heck you spell her name.
But I can't sing. (Or write music for that matter)
I just want to think up song and album titles, and maybe help with the music videos.

Kotex lied to me (My butt is large and unsatisfactory)

I was going to write a song with that title, but I didn't.
That could almost be a Fall Out Boy song...if Fall Out Boy was an angry girl band.
Yeah. I haven't really posted. I've been...busy, I guess. I don't know where I've been.
This four day weekend seems ridiculously short. I think it was because for half of it I had basketball practice. LAME. None tomorrow, though.
Today was the last day of the "Rekindling the Romance" series at church, thank God. Now I don't ever have to hear about the marriage bed ever again. Hopefully, anyway.
I went to Sunday school, finally. It was okay. The message was cool and I really liked the speaker ("Aw...my heart flutters every time I see him..."), but it was like sitting in another hour of church. I knew a couple people, but I didn't want to say hi to any of them. I talked to one person the entire time. Who says I'm not social?
Ow. Ows. It's like my stomach hurts 24/7 now. Better than my hip, though.
Rereading Princess Diaries!!! Was trying to figure out which one was best. Time for another list.

1. Princess In Love (awwww...)
2. Princess Mia (DEMOCRACY! JP!!!)
3. Party Princess (Mostly because of Fat Louie's Pink Butthole)
4. Princess Diaries (the original one, which I first listened on tape, read by Anne Hathaway)
5. Princess in Pink (PROM!!)
6. Princess in Training (Except for Michael being a sex addict, it was pretty funny. And she became president of the sophomore class. w00t.)
7. Princess on the Brink (At least she broke up with Michael)
8. Princess in the Spotlight (JoCrox was the only cool part)
9. Princess in Waiting (70 pages of her stay in Genovia? So boring)

Yeah, I didn't count any of the 4 1/2's or whatever. That was invigorating. Crap, I have to go.

Stoopid.

Curse you, Kate Brian.
All of her books are the same.
"Megan Meade's Guide to McGowan Boys" was good.
"The Princess and the Pauper" was unbelievably lame.
I'm not sure exactly how I feel about "Fake Boyfriend".
The idea was pretty funny: two friends create a fake Myspace page for the perfect boy so their best friend will be able to get over her skank ex-boyfriend.
But the ending was SO OBVIOUS.
And Vivi was such a LOSER. Aargh, just a loser control-freak, and she didn't change at all, and Kate Brian tried to make it seem like everything she did (lie to her best friend, insult Johnathan, persecute her supposedly gay brother) was okay because everything worked out in the end. AND she got the guy!!! Aargh. She should have either died in a fiery conflagration or been rejected big time.
Lane was kind of a pushover, but she grew a spine at the end and was all, "Curtis, I love you!" She also told Vivi to screw herself and left her at an airport, which was PRETTY funny.
Isabelle is amazing. They made her seem kind of ditzy, until the end, which was pretty great.
Omg, Marshall. How shocking. And then how shocking again. Shocking everywhere.
Aaargh, every guy in the book was BLONDE. Nothing's wrong with that, but whenever a guy was considered "HAWT", they were blonde with no other distinguishing features. They all sort of blurred together after a bit. I've read books where there's nothing but dark-haired guys and the same thing happens. Also, I was trying to think of famous blonde people so they didn't all look the same, so Johnathan ended up looking like a broad-shouldered Will Pugh.
Curtis was the only guy with brown hair and he was pretty annoying.
I'm hoping to read something less formulaic and frothy.
Or maybe just as formulaic and frothy.
Pony Pals?

Monk!!!

"He's seperating his food!" "Me seperating food."
"NO, NO, Tommy, don't do that! That's nature. It's dirty. Nature dirty, nature dirty, nature dirty." "Nature dirty!"
"Mr. Monk and the Kid" = only the best "Monk" episode ever.
Tips for avoiding Ronald McDonald:
1. Use hostile body language; hunch your shoulders, frown, etc.
2. Talk loudly about uncomfortable topics.
3. Avoid eye contact.
4. When it's your turn, order something disgusting. Also, mixing up all the condiments grosses some people out; try this on Ronald.
5. Lastly, be mean to the other employees/patrons. No one in their right mind will approach you after that.
This worked pretty well last night at the McTakeover. Well, it mostly worked, until my mom MADE EYE CONTACT!
MY FEET HURT.
A $25 B&N giftcard + $20 will buy you a lot of books.
Well, not a lot, but I'm satisfied.
I had no idea there was a sequel to "The Boyfriend List", but I just bought it (who knew it had come out in 2006??). It was just as good as the first one. I hate Jackson.
Ew, I bought this book "In and Out" the last time I was at a bookstore and it was so stupid, but I bought the sequel anyway, because it was about boys and awkward situations. Mwahahaha. Only they try to make it seem like the popular girl is this really mean, ditzy person and her loser BFF is the sympathetic character, when in reality the loser is relaly clingy and whiny and the popular girl is kind of stupid but actually acts like a normal teenage girl.
And, lastly, "Fake Boyfriend"!!! It has a Ken doll on the cover! Kind of excited....
It's my dad's birthday today. And Tyler's, I guess?
Ow, feet hurt.
Well, I'm officially 5'9". The measuring stick I've been using at school for three years is WRONG.
If anyone makes a comment about how tall I am, I swear I'm going to kill myself.
In that case, comment away.

Dancing, boys, love...Sean Astin???

Argh don't you hate it when you have to PEE but you CAN'T pee because someone's yelling at you or whatnot and you just CAN'T GO?
I don't know, I was just wondering.
Basketball is still pretty okay.
OMG, I passed both of my finals!! And not just passed; I got an A on BOTH OF THEM! And I got A on some of the other Pre-AP work. What's up with that?
Do do do do. Connor and Sara are in my Health class. Health is pretty boring, or at least it was today because all we did was talk about hwo the class was "so controversial" because we have to discuss abstinence AND birth control, but we get to watch a lot of movies, including watching the birth of a baby. EW. Then we had to do this "getting to know you" thing where we had to convince people to sign for the things that were true about them, only instead of things like, "I've been to Hawaii," or, "I own a cat," it was stuff like, "I turn off the water when I brush my teeth."
Connor and I are in an abusive relationship?
Sorry, Connor.
Aagh it's so weird not having Amanda in any of my classes (besides math), because now I barely get to talk to her, and I see her in the halls?? Which never used to happen because I'd either talk to her at my locker or in the halls with her. I don't know, it's blowing my mind.
Tyler is in my Pre-AP class now and he's actually quiet? Amazing. He's at my lunch now, too.
We practiced sitting for Japanese class. It's part of our culture.
OMG, the "Animal Farm" movie is so violent! I thought Snowball escaped in the book, but in the movie he's torn apart by Napoleon's dogs. You don't see it, but you hear his terrified screams in the forest. Then the dogs come back and start nodding eerily.
Looking it up on Wikipedia. Though that's not the most reliable source, it's pretty darn convenient.
It took me a while to understand this icanhascheezburger picture.

OMG. There's a live action version of "Animal Farm"? WHY CAN'T WE WATCH THAT ONE INSTEAD OF THE CREEPY ANIMATED ONE?? IAN HOLM IS IN THE NEWER ONE!!! FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, IAN HOLM!!
Agh, my mom rented this dance movie with Sean Astin in it, and I sort of hate Sean Astin because he's too hobbity, but he also makes me laugh and he's kind of adorable. I didn't get to watch it, though!!! My mom said I would've hated it, because it's mostly flashbacks and subtle body language and falling in love crap.
And John Goodman's in it.
After "Born Yesterday", I never want to see that man again.
Wait, Kelsey Grammar is in "Animal Farm", too.
Hmmm...Ian Holm...Kelsey Grammar...Ian Holm...but Kelsey Grammar.
What this world needs is a National Anti-Valentine's Day celebration.
"Monk" is really sad. He wanted to adopt Tommy Grazer, but he knew he shouldn't. Then they got leaves from the bush and pretended to have moustaches.

Oh...my...goodness...there's a bed on the altar.

Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. My pastor just preached to me about orgasms.
My PASTOR just preached to me about ORGASMS.
Okay, so the sermon wasn't totally about that subject, but it was about SEX and the MARRIAGE BED.
I thought Pastor Barry handled it pretty well, and I knew other pastors (that I don't feel like mentioning) would turn "sex" into a sermon about how wrong it is to feel attracted to someone, or how sex is bad, or whatnot.
And I agree that sex isn't dirty as long as it's with your spouse and them only (I honestly don't care if you disagree, that's how we Christians roll).
But to talk at length about a passage in Song of Solomon that, up until today, I didn't know was about sex. Pretty dang GRAPHIC sex.
Pastor: In the marriage bed, the man wants to feel like he can please his wife.
Lauren: TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!
Yeah. And the worse part, I was there WITH MY DAD, because William was sick, so my mom stayed home. I don't know who was more embarassed, me or him.
And I was so planning to go to Sunday School today, too! I was like, "You know what, it's been too long, I should go," and my dad was sort of making me go anyway, and there are some pretty amazing guys that go to Sunday School, no lies, but after that message, I didn't want to walk in and be like, "Hi, my name is Lauren. Did you enjoy that graphic message about love and intimacy?"
Wow.
Enough about that.
I was listening to "Evening Out With Your Girlfriend" last night, because I've been listening to a lot of FOB lately, and "Pretty in Punk" really made me cry.
It's about this guy that is performing with his band or something, and he sees this girl he really likes, but she thinks he's all egotistical when he's really just shy. He also thinks her boyfriend is a jerk, but it's none of his business so he just walks off!!
It somehow reminded me of Simple Plan's "Vacation". I STILL hate that song. What guy would be that mean? Actually, I know guys who were that mean.

He's so immature!

Heh I love "The Swan Princess". It's so shallow, though. Two people that used to hate each other have suddenly "fallen in love" because they find each other attractive.
Odette: Why do you want to marry me?
Derek: You're everything I've ever wanted! You're...beautiful!
Odette: Thank you, but...what else?
Derek: What else? *thinks* What else is there?
They obviously do not get married.
But the parents don't know a thing about arranged marriage. It's cool if you want your kids to be happy, but you can always FORCE them to get married. That's what Arranged Marriage IS. You shouldn't be all, "Oh man, my daughter hates Derek because he's shallow, this'll never work." Aren't you the king? You can practically do whatever you want.
And why did King William have to be all mysterious before he died instead of telling Derek outright who killed him?
Derek: Who did this?
William: IT'S NOT WHAT IT SEEMS!
Riiiight. I would've just been like, "Btw, it was Rothbart. If you want to kill him, go ahead."
Actually, if they'd killed him in the beginning of the movie, NO ONE WOULD'VE BEEN HURT.
Then again, they wouldn't have much of a movie.
Ooooh well.
"Derek will come for me."

Shocking things can be rather shocking

AAAAAAAAAAH! I LOVE PRINCESS DIARIES SIMS!! I haven't moved anyone in yet, because I hate redecorating houses (or rather, I love it, but it takes SO LONG), and I haven't started working on the epic neighborhood story, but things are going good with the families I do have moved in. Helen and Philippe started out married, but broke up, and I'm trying to get Grandmere and Lars to move in with him. Mr. Gianini got Helen pregnant, so they're getting married, and Mia and Michael are going steady. Lilly and Mia are best friends, JP has a crush on Mia, but Lilly and Boris haven't met yet. Phew. I can't wait to see what lil Rocky looks like.
OMG I actually made the basketball team!!! They posted a list right after practice on Wednesday and I was on it!!! Sweet! Nobody has to quit to make room for me now! I'm pretty excited, but I missed practice yesterday, so I'll probably pay for it today.
Viking Jazz Festival = boring. There was this one high school that was really good, but the other bands weren't worth watching, so we just acted retarded and ate Paul's snackums (which is pretty much the most amazing word ever). Then there was a lot of fuss about the secret pocket, which was in his PANTS.
I heart Atreyu.
And Patrick Stump.
Patrick Stump Sim??
'twould be amazing.
Agh. I need a new word besides "amazing".
They extended the semester till Monday. :P Lame. Amanda's schedule got all screwed up and now she's switching out of English and getting a new lunch, so I'll practically NEVER see her. Dang.

I want to be forever young.

Aaargh I kind of hate that song. Whenever I hear it on Jack or something, I keep thinking of Mormon dances and Napoleon Dynamite.
A snow day!!! I was so convinced it wasn't going to be one (I've stopped looking out my window in case of disappointment). But it was. Yeaaaah.
I shouldn't be this excited, but I'm planning on making a new Sims 2 neighborhood full of Princess Diaries characters. Eeee. Sooo much drama. Only I'm not sure where everyone's going to live, because Mia has a million friends and I don't want to create individual families for all of them. I'm thinking JP, Ling Su, Perin, Lana, Josh, and Tina will all live with Principal Gupta.
At least I'm not making a Harry Potter neighborhood. Where would all the Weasleys live? Although Fred IS dead now, and Percy, Bill, and Charlie no longer live at home....
I just realized that George married Angelina, who I always thought would end up with Fred. Doesn't that make her off limits? No respect for the dead.

Agony enjoys tormenting the nonathletic.

But there's an Ipod on the cover! It must be good!
My little brother's watching "Flight of the Navigator". :P That movie blew my four-year-old mind. IAnd not in a good way.
For the first time this year, I'm really hoping I don't make the basketball team. I'm really doubting that I will anyway (seeing as my legs are still sore from a 2 hour practice; so much for running every day), but that will free up my Tuesdays and Thursdays so I can possibly play with the worship team. Dad said they sometimes have a horn section. Noyce. And they really like bass players? I can sort of only play "The Bitter Uprising" (and barely), but hey.
Do do do do do.
Hm. I was trying to decide which Harry Potter I liked best. So I made a list.
1. The Goblet of Fire
2. The Prisoner of Azkaban
3. The Chamber of Secrets
4. The Sorceror's Stone
5. The Deathly Hallows
6. The Order of the Phoenix
7. The Half-Blood Prince (for some reason I really hated this one)
The Classic Crime's "Albatross" is like my favorite CD right now.

Patrick Stump's dad is an actor?

Major spoilers for National Treasure 2. If you care. Which you shouldn't. Because it REALLY sucked. Seriously. These spoilers could save your life. And your wallet. Is this movie worth $7.50? I think not.
Dang it, Nathan!!! He saw "National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets" with his friends and said it was AWESOME, so my mom took me to see it on base, and it pretty much sucked.
AAAAARGH, Helen Mirren (statement revised due to complaints made by the author's mother) has larger bosoms than I do!!! They're all taut and apple-y like they're supposed to be in the prime of your youth! And she's like 80!!! She and Jon Voight have absolutely NO chemistry whatsoever. She's a pretty good actress (kind of creepy....), but Jon Voight wasn't even trying. How is he Angelina Jolie's father??? Argh, he annoys me, and he never realized his phone had been cloned.
Nicolas Cage can't act, either, and he has a widow's peak. Not that that's a bad thing. Ian Mckellan (sp?) has one, too, but he's a better actor.
I never liked that stupid Abigail girl. I kept screaming internally, "DITCH HER! DITCH HER!"
Riley was probably the best character. Added semi-obvious-but-still-fairly-funny comic relief. And he's still pretty cute.
OMG, opening scene when John Wilkes Booth propositions Thomas Gates? Wait, let me rephrase that, because that statement sounded sexual. Whatever, I'll leave it. But you know that scene? Am I the only one who finds Thomas Gates really attractive??? He looked like an older 1856 version of Patrick Stump. Too bad he died after 5 minutes. At least he saved his country. His son was super annoying, as are all little boys in action movies. Or any movie.
Waaaait, I'm still confused; how did finding the City of Gold prove that Thomas Gates wasn't a conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln? City of Gold...diary page with Thomas Gates' name on it...ABSOLUTELY NO CORRELATION.
And the bad guy? Way too Southern for my taste. And how did he go, in the last few minutes, from, "Ben Gates must sacrifice himself or I'll kill his girlfriend," to, "I'll sacrifice myself to save you, your parents, your pretty cute/nerdy assistant, and your girlfriend as long as you give me credit for finding the City of Gold." And he gets crushed by the door? And you see his body? But they wanted the door closed? And his body got in the way? MAKES NO SENSE!
And the City of Gold suddenly has no water/waterfalls once the President is on the scene? Ooooookay.
EW, Randy Travis was at the president's birthday party!!! I would NOT have voted that guy into the Oval Office. He was probably a Democrat, lol. But as soon as I saw Randy Travis, I kept thinking about "The Wager", and how saving a little boy from his mom's abusive boyfriend was MORE IMPORTANT THAN WINNING AN OSCAR!!!!
"I'm sorry I screwed your entire family over, Benjamin Gates, but I wanted to make my mark on history."
The clues didn't really make any sense in this one. And the action was pretty lame, because Nicolas Cage was always the last one and they'd be like, "He won't make it," but it's Nicolas Cage, and without him, THERE IS NO MOVIE.
So yeah, I pretty much loved it. Sort of. I'd buy the DVD just for the opening scene and Patrick Stump's dad.
Enough of that.
There was a study session at Jessica's house today, and her dog randomly licked us and slapped Kevin's butt??? But we got a lot of the math packet done. And then we harassed Connor and ate pizza.
Kedino!!
Is there a reason people think Noon Day Sun is a rap group??? Three emolicious girls with guitars and a Pete Wentzish bass player don't exactly scream, "Hip-hop."
I just used the word emolicious.
I'm going to hell.
Pretty much.
I bought a Brian Dixen band CD!!!

Wait...so all I ever learned in kindergarden doesn't apply to real life?

So she tells me she's done, and I apologize, and that's it? I'm confused. It made for an awkward car ride, but now we're not talking, with me undeniably in the wrong. I just feel bad, because I'm a moron. And lacking in maturity. Where exactly do I go from here?
So, tired of reading the emotional ramblings of an annoying teenager yet?
Hm. Don't blame you.
Heath Ledger died yesterday.
I need to learn how to drive pronto.
And possibly get a car, but that won't happen anytime soon.

C'est pas rigolo!

I'm already in politics. Ha ha.
EMO SPRAY!!!
Aaargh, it's REALLY bugging me now. Mrs. Sims told us about Japan one-upping us again and making it possible to read books (in shorthand) on your cellphone. Holy crap. Doesn't that majorly effect (I still don't know the difference between affect and effect. I'M SORRY.) the book industry, and thriving businesses like Barnes & Nobles? A good portion of their customers have cellphones, and if a good portion of THAT good portion decided to access a shorthand version on their Sidekick rather than buy it for $10.99 at their latest book store, the book stores are screwed, because doesn't the money go to the phone companies rather than the publishers? Or even the authors? Or am I just stupid?
That's why William thinks I need to go into politics.
But I'm already in politics.
And I already said that.
Argh. It's just because I understand "Animal Farm" now.
I was right: Snowball represents Trotsky, not Lenin (yeah, Paul). Napoleon represents Stalin, whose secret police (the KGB, or the guard dogs. Whichever you prefer) chased Trotsky into Mexico (where he was later assassinated, but that is not mentioned in the book). Marx (Old Major) had a semi-good idea that unfortunately involved oppression, so the people (animals) overthrew the Czar (Mr. Jones; is "overthrew" even a word?) and tried to create a society where there was pure economic equality (communism, which sucks).
Yeah. I feel enlightened. Russia is awesome.
Which brings the Beatles to mind.
"Back in the USSR, you don't know how lucky you are."
Breaking news? "Rawr. Rawr. Awww. Oh, we're live."

And I thought I needed serious mental help....

O.o
I like how all I ever do now is read Harry Potter, look up Sims 2 videos, and blog.
When I'm not at school, anyways.
AAargh. I want to watch a Harry Potter karaoke party. REALLY BAD.
Hm.
Still trying to convince myself to grow a spine.
Math is pretty amazing.
And I'm pretty sure I passed the science test.
Apparently I'm a Romance Sim. That sort of depresses me.
I'm not sure if I should be worried or laughing....
Dododododododo.
Hey, tomorrow's Thursday.
Crap.

You don't even know!

There are some things that 15 hasn't quite changed, but it's all good. Heh. My mom, trying to learn my innermost secrets. She doesn't even know.
Cheesecake Factory is pretty cool.
Bacon sandwiches sound really good.
I'm rereading the Harry Potter series. AGAIN. On book 2, and almost done.
Aargh, so I bought this book at Barnes and Nobles, and I'd heard it was pretty good and trendy and what not, but I read the first chapter, and it's so annoying. "Freshmen year? Omg! Best day eva!" Which is exactly how I talk. But the plot is so obvious: two best friends grow apart because the bubbly, extroverted blonde (Marnie) becomes popular, and her loser, shy, brunette friend (Nola) becomes a nerd. -_-
I'm proud to play the trombone, for various reasons. Hee.
This is the coolest Sims 2 music video I've ever seen.

But over 5 million people have switched to Vonage?

I think I'm an uptalker. No, seriously.
That's not really a bad thing, but if it means I sound like that lady on the Vonage commercial, I might just kill myself. She would always smile in that infuriating way and she had way ugly bangs.
Aaargh. The youngest child in the family should not be able to tattle. Especially if they're over the age of 10. But youngest children of all ages seem to get away with tattling and crocodile tears more often than not.
Oldest children: Grow up to be control-freaks.
Middle children: Grow up to be mopey Eeyore-like adults.
Youngest children: Grow up to be spoiled, dependent adults.
So I'm on the right track.
It's hard having a people-person as a mom when you yourself are semi-antisocial. Right. 6 people were killed on Christmas Eve and I'm bemoaning my mother's wish for me to attend youth group.
I guess I'm in a bad mood today.
I did watch a good movie last night, though. "The Terminal" with Tom Hanks is SOOO amazing. Tom Hanks is one of the coolest actors on the planet. I loved the little Indian guy, and Emerson from "Pushing Daisies" was in it. I don't get how Enriquez and Doris got married, because she didn't even know him, yet she agrees to his marriage proposal. "She's a Trekkie!" So Catherine Zeta-Jones was basically a nympho? So not worth it. You can do better, Victor. I thought, when Gupta started running towards the plane, he was on some sort of suicide mission.
If you've never seen a 70-year-old Indian man running toward a jet, you have not lived.

Democracy is a good idea (and good entertainment!)

OMG!!!! I SAW "27 DRESSES"! I READ "PRINCESS MIA"! I FINISHED "MAXIMUM RIDE: SAVING THE WORLD AND OTHER EXTREME SPORTS"!!!!! In other words, a good Saturday.
So "27 Dresses" was pretty good, but sort of really depressing. James Marsden is growing on me, but I've seen at least 6 of his movies in the past 6 months. I really like Katherine Heigl. "Don't you have needs?" "Nope. I'm Jesus." EW, the boss guy was SOOOO creepy and the little sister was such a slut. And she treated Jane like crap the entire movie, and she never really owned up to it. "You ruined my wedding!" "You based your entire relationship on lies!" "...but you ruined my wedding! Because you're jealous of me!" My favorite part in the whole movie was when Jane tells her best friend Casey and Casey screams, "That selfish whore!!" during yoga. I don't know what Jane's problem was; I liked some of the dresses, especially the one from that "goth" girl's wedding. White wedding dresses suck.
I love Maximum Ride!!! It was sort of confusing, but shocking and amazing and Max is Mexican?? That's cool. Wings? Mega boys? Ari becomes a good guy and wears plaid? So cute, I love Ari. I would so make out with Fang in a cave. I'm going to check out his "blog". No ways, it's real! Awesome. I sort of really hate Total. Fang and Max = sooo cute.
Dang it, Fang, why'd you have to call him "Billy" Shakespeare?
OMG, "PRINCESS MIA" IS THE BEST PRINCESS DIARIES EVER!!!
I THINK MY JP THEORY IS RIGHT!!! w00t!!! I underestimated Meg Cabot. So Mia spends like 50 pages brooding over Michael (loser), but it gets better. And there's actually a plot. I like Mia's therapist. Lilly is such a *see above on 27 dresses*. J.P. is pretty much the most amazing boy in the world. Mia's sort of clueless. Okay, really clueless. And Kenny blows up the school. Ha. Not even lying.
JP: ...there's something I've been meaning to tell you for a long time now, and every time I start to, something seems to happen to interrupt me, so I'm just going to say it now, even though this might not be the ideal moment. And I know you're going to freak out now, because that's what you do. So put down your pen and take a deep breath. Mia, I'm in love with you. I know up until now we've been just friends - good friends - but I want more than that. And I think you do, too.
Awww. I almost started crying, no lies. This was worse than that one episode of "Ugly Betty" where Gio hugs Betty and he looks so happy, but she doesn't even notice!!!, because Mia's just like, "Crap, Kenny blew up the building! Gotta go, J.P.!" She kisses him at the end. Awwww. For once in my life, I don't know what's going to happen. I bet it's going to be a showdown between Michael and JP. I don't know about you, but I'm voting JP.
I hadn't realized he doesn't normally wear jeans. I always pictured him wearing jeans. Just saying.

3 day weekend...who cares about the 60's?

I love assemblies. The MLK was splendid. The powerpoint was pretty effective and our speeches went well. I had my doubts about the new diversity monument, but it turned out really cool. I love this shirt. YOUnity.
So I finally got my ASB picture retaken. But it turns out I didn't even NEED my ASB T-shirt. Lies, lies.
I love pep band. So great. Only "Another One Bites the Dust" isn't that great. Not so fun to play.
OMG, I finally got "Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports". I'm waiting to read it. The fourth one comes out in March!! w00t!
I can spell 'youtube' now!
I DO NOT like Robert Plant.
Math is okay. When I understand.
Skipping science? Pretty cool. I hope Mr. Barry excuses my absence, though. I hate the pink slips. And I had to skip for ASB reasons, not because I wanted to smoke pot with my friends.
Dogs are nice. That one was, too.

Hee hee heeeeeee, now I know why it's my favorite song!!

Wow. My favorite songs are often prophetic. Let's hope this one will be....
"Um, hi, I don't know your name, but I couldn't help but notice that you're really beautiful and I'm sort of in love with you."
Ha ha ha. That would be amazing.
That so reminds me of the part where Vanessa meets that bartender in "Gossip Girl". Awww, so cute.
I read "Wolfcry" and it was not bad. The ending was weirdish. Well, I say weird because it conflicted with my morality, but honestly I just wanted both characters to be happy at the end. And it was pretty predictable; how could they not end up together? [Spoiler warning]: I don't know, though. Is abdicating your throne and running off with a girl a real solution? It worked, and it seemed right, and she found rulers for both thrones (Salem, a cool kid, and Sive, a not so cool kid), but I don't know. It seemed way sad. And her parents were way mean about it. It was kind of weird, because I wouldn't have thought of that as a solution. But I guess Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is different. "If you can't decide which guy to marry...abdicate and marry a girl!" [/Spoiler Warning]
The next one, "Wyverhail", came out recently (I think), but it doesn't look good. Hai, my LEAST favorite character, has to take the throne. Whaaaaaaaat? What happened to Salem? Dang. He's going to die. Or something. I HATE HAI.
DUDE my birthday was so amazing. I got a new stereo!!! With an Ipod-dock!!! Yay! I also have an *sparkly* emo sweater and some new pajamas. w00t.
I'm thinking about making an Avalon playlist.
Ugh, school was not so good today. I don't know why I suck so much at math!!! I got a 62% on the last test!!! Aaargh!! Everyone says I have test anxiety, but isn't their some anxiety involved with that? I NEVER feel anxious for tests. Even if I haven't studied, I feel confident. I took that math test, I only left 2 questions blank, but the rest I KNEW. I KNEW the answers.
And I got 19 questions wrong.
Crap.
So I got really emo, but I have really cool friends that cheered me up, and Mr. Faxon gave me the trombone part for "Another One Bites the Dust", so hey.

Muffin of misery

Aujourd'hui est mon anniversaire!!! J'ai quinze ans. Je ne donne pas une fete pour mon anniversaire.
I love school! And I'm so glad it didn't snow today! My mom and I took muffins to jazz band. Partly because they're delicious. And partly to make a point.
I sort of really like the song "My Friend of Misery". I used to hate it. Why is that? Dunno.
Oh, and "Struggle Within".
Monica is a cool kid. I'm sort of understanding science, though I don't really listen all the time. Mr. Henrichsen got a new windbreaker...but he needs to gain at least 100 pounds for it to fit.
Lol, "American Idol" was on last night, and it was pretty intense. The first guy was SOOO good, and I hope he wins, but he probably won't seeing as only the beautiful people make it past the first round. And what happened to Melinda last year? She easily had the most talent. And LaToya London of season 3? What happened to her? She also should have won. The Star Wars girl scared the crap out of me. And she was REALLY ANNOYING. That one Alexis girl was high.
Do do do. I'm seeing a big difference between last year and this year. I don't know, it's just weird to me. Nice, though. Freshman year is pretty much amazing.
Amanda wrote a really cool story about Dan the Racist. Only she changed his name from Rudy to Dan!!! "I'll be C, for Charlie! You can be A for Allen. There's no 'T' in 'Chad', Trevor, so you can be 'H' for homo." "Aw man!"

PS I love you

moar funny pictures

Red velvet...it's like eating an ugly but delicious-tasting kitten.

I just started "White Fang" and am more than halfway through already. White Fang is sort of messed up. I know he's quite wolfish (at least a quarter wolf blood), but all he does is kill things and hate people. He ate a kitten once. It sounded kind of gross and sad, because I love kittens and I could hear it purring, but kind of good at the same time, seeing as I am attracted to all things meat.
Connor stepped on my shoes and I was like, "Rawr!"
Connor, Kevin, and I are going to play "Winnie the Pooh" together. Yeah.
I made hot dogs for aliens and New Yorkers yesterday.
Online, of course.
I hate Mondays.
"Animal Farm" is great. Too bad I've already read it.

I need to pee and my arm hurts.

Just keeping it simple.
5 MORE DAYS.
Hurry up, Hannah Montana!
ROFL I got a Toothtunes toothbrush. It plays "Best of Both Worlds", which makes me laugh hysterically. It's sort of lame, because instead of going into the keychange, they just repeat the same chorus over and over. Way obvious.
I do it my way!! YOW!
I wanted to buy the Pooh Bears with the rubber outfits, but I don't have any money. I'll get some pretty soon, though. As soon as I do, I'm running to Skateland and buying 15 of those things. So cute.
Avril Lavigne is my alter ego?
Okay, the first time I went to OEFC's youth group, I cried for like 20 minutes cuz I was so freaking nervous. So last night, I was going to go, but I started getting really nervous, and begging my mom to let me stay home, so that by the time I got to the church, I was freaking out. Yeah. Ended up turning around and going home and watching "King of Queens" all night long.
Little Debbie Double Chocolate Swiss Rolls. BUY SOME.
A bunch of my friends went home sick. :(
I passed the math quiz! 11/13!!
Then Connor was all, "13/13!!"
-_-
Connor, Kevin, and I want to make a trio for solo ensemble. We're planning on playing an arrangement of "Winnie the Pooh". I forgot the words. Something about a "tumbly, tumbly, silly bear".

The nature of...bubbly teenage girls that don't wear pink?

Today was sort of an off day. I've been in a perpetually bad mood. It started with me waking up too early because I thought there was jazz band, but forgot it was a Thursday. I did like seeing the slush outside, though. It snowed...AGAIN! It snowed on Tuesday, too, which was pretty much amazing. We got more snow than Seabeck! Bam!
Argh, it started with that stupid "Becoming Beka" book. You know I hate Christian fiction, and when I started reading, found it boring, and then found out it was Christian fiction, I should have just put it down. Even if it had been a normal book about depression and anger, it was badly written, I did NOT sympathize with Beka, and the Christian aspect just made things worse. It made non-Christians seems all the same: slutty, sarcastic alchoholics that have horrible relationships with everyone around them, and Christians seemed perfect. ??? That's not how it is, and I loved how they pointed that out towards the end of the book, but it was kind of like, "*cough cough* Hypocrite! *cough cough*" And I know that when people become Christians, they often say, "I'm a totally different person now." I know what that means, and I think it's cool, but non-Christian Beka and Christian Beka seemed like two totally different people. I know people change, and that God changes people, but it honestly seemed like the author got bored with delinquent Beka and wrote a new version of her. And Beka questioning other people's hearts and asking why they didn't wear "I love Jesus" T-shirts to school was considered a good thing???
Then I got fired up about a book my mom got on how pop culture stereotypes little girls and is stealing their childhood, but I'll only say a little on that: why is it that girls can't be all girly now? I realize the whole "prep" stereotype and that it comes down to either preppies or losers, but if my little girl was interested in clothes more so than sports and running in the dirt, WHY IS THAT BAD? It's not necessarily the media; EVERYONE'S DIFFERENT! And they kept harping on pink and how girly-girl's and femininity was bad and sporty girls are good. Stereotype much? I also sort of took it personally. I like shopping and boys, and they called me a slut. Hello? I don't wear pink. Thanks.
Orange Tootsie Pops are therapeutic, I think.
Agh, it's like I've been getting mad at everything lately, AND IT'S NOT PMS!!! You can feel like crap and be in a bad mood and NOT HAVE IT BE PMS! I'm living proof, seeing as I'm in a bad mood practically all the time, not just every 28 days. Rethinking youth group tonight, because I want to make a good impression, and I don't want to bite anyone's head off.
And I don't think I'll fit in, but hey. I gotta go sometime.

Baby, baby

"Congo" was made into a movie! I'd like to maybe see it, but people get their skulls crushed with giant paddles. Um, what? That's not something I'd like to see. Whoa, I didn't know Munro was black. I HATE KAREN ROSS! The book was okay, but the end was kind of lame. I thought there would be more gorillaness and death. Ooooh, Munro was white in the book. Thought so. Michael Crichton is a genius.
So I'm head of the Talent Show comittee now?
Because I love cookie dough ice cream?
But the Honors Society meeting went well today. We broke the talent show into chunks and had people sign up for different things. Yaaay, I get to be an MC. :P
I got fudge 5th period. Bam.
Oh, and peanut clusters. But I couldn't eat very many. Curse you, Hein.
I went to Amanda's house, where she proceeded to beat me with blunt objects while Kevin insulted me via the telephone.
French: make your family tree. Ooookay.
I got a candy cane. Thank you???

That's not all we shared.

"Temple of Doom" was definitely the worst Indiana Jones, but "The Last Crusade" ruined the entire trilogy for me. And he and his father screwed the same girl?? Whaat?? And it's justified, because "they're only human". I'm sorry, but that's disgusting.
Do do do do. I watched the last half of "Pride and Prejudice" (the good one with Colin Firth, not that joke with Keira Knightley) and it was all right, but I hate Jane, Lydia is a slut, Miss Bingley looks like that unibrow girl from "Dodgeball", and Mr. Bingley is way too jocular to live.
"The Wish List" by Eoin Colfer is a really good book. The theology is messed up, but it's really clever and so much better than the lame "Artemis Fowl" series. One of the best books I've read in a long time.
I've read 4 good books in a row. Huh. Then I decided to finish the Christmas themed Madison Finn and plowed through Pony Pal #31. Neither was very satisfying. Actually, the Madison Finn book was good because there was so much drama and the creepy stalker Drew kid was in it a lot.
"I'm going to Switzerland. Does anyone else want to go to Switzerland??"
I'm still addicted to White Rabbits. I ate 4/5 of a package today. That's not right.
Church was cool today. There was a potluck after church for new families, and they decorated everything to look like a 50's diner, and we got free burgers while "Happy Days" played in the background. Pretty sweet. The worship pastor was really nice and came over and talked to us. He told my favorite drummer joke and seemed to know a lot about music. Good man. He said I could probably play with the worship team because they need a bass or a trombone. Sweeet. Although basketball is starting soon and that will eat up most of my Tuesdays (band practice) and Thursdays (youth group). Oh well. I'm going to youth group on Thursday. Not as apprehensive as before. YEssss.

All I want for Christmas is a singing possum.

moar funny pictures

Steven Spielberg is a racist git.

Okay, I know many might disagree, but "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" is probably the worst movie I've ever seen. Even if you have demons on your side, it's anatomically impossible to rip out someone's heart. And the special effects were SO FAKE! I don't care if it was 1984, the High Priest was ripping into rubber, not flesh, and everyone could tell. I was hoping for something at least a little scarier. And why would all those Indian people agree to be in it? It was SO RACIST! Indians eat curry, not snakes, and lentils, not chilled monkey brains. Way to go, Steven Spielberg. Someone needs a lesson in filmmaking.
"Were you and Trudy...intimate?"
"We held hands A LOT. Sometimes we woke up and found we'd been holding hands all night."
"Yes, but was there anything besides holding hands?"
"Look at the time, I need to go!"
I read two pretty good books: "Going Under", by Kathe Koje, and "Face", but Benjamin Zechariah. I saw the first one and was like, "EVANESCENCE SONG!" And there was what I thought was an apple with pills inside on the cover. Turns out it was a pomegranate spilling pomegranate seeds, because the whole focus of the book was the Persephone myth. So sad. I thought Ivan was going to commit suicide.
Okay, if I'd been in a car accident and had my face horribly disfigured, and my boyfriend started acting like a jerk and cheating on me, I would kill him. But that was not the lesson to be learned in "Face". The main character took the high road and insulted her to her face. Pwned.
I love my shoes. Paul doesn't like my shoes, but he has spinners. "4 and 9 and 0 and 10 and 7 and 6 and 2 and 3 and 1 and 4 and 8 and...."

I can feel you all around me

I heard that song on the radio the other day, and I sort of liked it, but for the most part it way got on my nerves.
Yay, wearing new jeans as well as shoes. You have no idea how GOOD it feels to be able to slip off my shoes whenever, instead of wearing stupid Converse that take forever to lace up. They're really comfortable, too. If I'd known that, I would've bought a pair a LONG time ago, instead of writing them off as "emo shoes" while I was secretly obsessed with them.
Mr. Henrichsen was at school today. He's not bad as a teacher, but I miss Mr. Campbell. I understood the text, though, which is new. I guess taking notes does help? I understood math, too. This is definitely a bad omen, but it was pretty fun. We had to figure out how some teacher in Alaska could do math tricks. Pretty shweet.
Pre-AP was pretty cool, because we didn't have to do any work, but we had to listen to a guest speaker, which was pretty unbearable. :P He was very confusing and I couldn't really see any point in his coming. First he was telling us that you need to stick with school, then he told us that school doesn't matter because you need to work hard, and working hard you can do anything, but THEN he said none of that mattered cuz life sucks. Um, WHAT???
They made Thursdays 5 minutes longer. That doesn't seem like a long time, but those were some pretty agonizing 5 minutes. I was all done with my science notes at 12:30, but thanks to the extra 5 minutes, I had to take even more. Curse you.
So science AND math homework, but it's easy, and someone found "Congo" for me. How nice. I'd been wanting to read it over break, but I guess I left it at school. All right then. I'm still on page 79, lol.

Vans reminiscent of Oggy

EEEE I HAVE NEW SHOES!!! How positively girly of me to say. Whatever. I love them. They're my first pair of Vans: black with pink puppies. And I bought some jeans, so now I actually have stuff to wear. I don't care if it's stereotypical of women or demeaning to our gender, but I love shopping. It's therapuetic. We also bought stuff for my dad. I picked out a shirt AND tie for him, but I really don't think he liked it. Oh well.
Yeah. That's basically all I did today, besides read "The Magician's Nephew" and ravage a package of White Rabbits. I can't wait to wear my new shoes. And jeans. But there was this amazing belt I saw and now I can't find it. It's the phantom belt. I saw that one girl eyeing it enviously as I admired it the last time I was in there. I bet she took it.
Sims 2 Stuff Pack: Teen Style? Looks amazing. I haven't actually created a teen character yet. Or an elder. I'll add one to my brand new neighborhood. I think I'll create a Harry Potter family, but I'm torn: create him as a teen, or create him married to Ginny already with a family? Time will tell, I guess....