Today... wow.

Mom and I went through some of the boxes in the basement. All of it was present wrapping stuff (boxes, bows, paper, etc.), so that was no fun but it didn't take long.

Dad came home and took me to my friend's house.

We spent (I think) about 3 hours trying to pick a movie to watch. We settled on Sweeny Todd, but then stopped watching that after about 5 minutes. Then, we started watching Equilibrium, and stopped after about 15 (horribly boring) minutes. After that, we picked Jesus Camp (that documentary about some kids in a charismatic church), and watched about 10 minutes of that before being creeped out enough to stop watching.

Finally, we settled on the Onion Movie (as in the Onion News), which was fun. I ended up leaving before the end, but that was fine because there wasn't much of a plotline, anyway.

The only thing that really stood out tonight was the fact that my friend's brother was actually NICE to me... He kept talking to me in little chunks, and my friend (his sister, duh), but not very much of it was us making fun of each other... we were just nice... well... nice and then later he hit on me. Here's how it went down:

Me: Am I sleeping over?
Friend: I dunno. I kind of want to sleep tonight.
Me: Like when?
Friend: Like 10... that's in an hour.
Me: I think I'll go home then, I want to stay up later.
Friend's brother: You can stay over tonight. *smile*
Me: ...
Friend: You've already dated one of my friends, you can't have another one.
Friend's brother: Well I'll only be here for three more weeks, anyway. *wink smile point*
Me: ...Ok now I am thoroughly creeped out.

So in writing it does not look as weird as it felt to me... but I dunno. It was just strange. I am probably making a mountain out of a molehill but I can't shake the feeling like maybe he was not kidding 100%. Maybe only 95% joke, 5% serious.

I DON'T KNOW. IT WAS WEIRD. THE END.

♥

Went over to the boyfriend's yesterday. We watched Deadliest Warrior for a freakin' long time. Fun fun fun. You will also be happy to know that we ate pizza puffs! (In case you weren't already aware, I LOVE pizza puffs more than breathing... in fact, I would not mind breathing pizza puffs instead of air.)

It was a good day overall.

Today has been boring. I've done nothing but eat a bit and play Sims 3. I would be hanging with friends, but we've already hung out a lot in the last couple of days, so that can wait a bit. The boyfriend is at his dad's house and my bff across the street is working today. There's nothing but computer and video games at my house, so that is what I ended up doing. Tomorrow, I will begin the first of my summer chores by bringing up a few of the boxes from the basement and organizing them with my mom. It actually might be kinda fun. :) I like looking through old stuff sometimes.

Sometimes I worry about getting really horrible diseases. I guess that's normal... I just always wonder what I'd do, who I'd tell first, and so on. I also wonder about the people who inflict pain upon themselves. I can't imagine why they would do it. I don't just mean like cutting or what have you, but anorexia and smoking and whatever else you can do to hurt yourself. To me, it makes no sense, even though I know people have their reasons.

My brain is running wild today since I've had nothing to think about except keeping my two sims alive. (Well, it was one until she got married, haha. What a nerd I am.)

I don't think I've got much else to say. Byebye, kids.

♥

So I'm not going to be able to get my dad a father's day present because my mom hasn't gotten a job yet. And now I'm really upset... my dad feels like he keeps getting the short end of the stick when it comes to father's day, so now this is just making it worse.

All I wanted to get him was some crab claw oven mitts. They are hilarious and if you know my family, you'll know why I would want them. Maggie's probably the only one that will get it. Two mitts, with shipping, are like $20. It's a little pricey for oven mitts, but it's not like it's anything all that expensive... But there's no money for it. I'm gonna try and figure out how to get money for them, but at the moment I've got about zero options... I guess I could try selling some stuff. GameStop will probably buy some of my games. I think that's what I'll do.

Peace out, homies.

♥

I won't be able to post tonight, so I figured I'd post now.

I'm heading over to Maggie's pretty soon. We are going to party it up. (Ok, she and a few of our other friends are already partying. As usual, I am the latecomer, due to the fact that the boyfriend is coming but he couldn't leave his house 'til about 10 minutes ago.) I'm pretty stoked. I got all dressed up for summer! Yay!

I played Sims 3 a ton today. It is a fun fun fun game. I'll probably go through withdrawl tonight, as I will be spending the night at Maggie's. Oh well, I have a full day tomorrow...Sunday...Monday... the entire summer, even. But I will not spend my entire summer playing the Sims 3, don't worry. I will be going on college visits and to the fair and hopefully some shows and Six Flags and all sorts of fun places like that. Also doing lots of chores so as to earn money for my trip to France. Huzzah!

Today, I am wearing purple eyeliner. Just thought you should know.

My school just called... all I heard was my mom saying hello... I wonder what it is.

Guess that's all I've got for now. Peace.

♥

Yay for being done with finals!!! :D

Also, yay for GETTING SIMS 3 TONIGHT! HEEHEEHEE. My daddy is going to pick it up now or within the hour, with or without me (depending on whether or not he wants to ride his motorcycle). Yes, I am spoiled. But I do have to actually earn it, so nanner. I'll end up with chores and yardwork and suchly. But it's worth it. So so so worth it.

Tomorrow is my friends' last day of finals (I was lucky enough to have 8th period study hall, so I don't have an 8th period final, which is the only one tomorrow). After that all gets done, we are celebrating at Maggie's! Woo. We are eventually going to have a paper-burning party, although I will not be burning anything from French, or most likely English. Trig and bio, however, can disappear.

I got my schedule for next year!!! :D It goes like this:

Semester 1:
Advanced French (H)
Graphic Design 1
Drawing 1
Creative Writing
Lunch (but this might get changed since everyone starts with 5th lunch)
Study Hall (I might get this changed)
Drama Studies
Doctrine & Apologetics (Bible)

Semester 2:
Advanced French (H)
Shakespeare
Digital Photo 2
Faith & Culture (Bible)
Lunch (same deal as semester 1)
Economics & Personal Finance
Ceramics 2
U.S. Government & Current Issues

Basically, it's the most beautiful schedule I've ever seen. It's a work of art, even. I should post this in my art blog, that's how beautiful it is. Haha. I'm so excited to be a senior!!! WOOOOOOO.

I think that is all. Much love, kiddos!

♥

D: I'm gonna have a C in biology for the semester. Poooooop. Hopefully my mom will understand that that class is the worst possible class for me, no matter how great the teacher is. (And he is awesome, I must say.)

In other news... I went to my friend's house and a few of us watched Robin Hood: Men in Tights, which is SUPER AWESOMETOWN and you should watch it, if you haven't seen it already. Cary Elwes + Dave Chappel (I think that's how it's spelled?) + Mel Brooks + more awesomeness = AWESOMENESS TO THE MAX.

Sailor Moon levels on Little Big Planet disappointed me. There was one 1/2 decent one. The rest either had no plot actually related to the manga/show, or else they were impossible to beat for various reasons. Made me sad. However, there are a few good Napoleon Dynamite levels. Bahahaha.

I don't know what else to say, so good night!

♥

I went and saw UP.

Here are some thoughts:

1) Super cute short before the actual film, as usual. Mega awesometown props.

2) Lovely animation

3) Great plot

4) Just overall a fantastic movie. I would see it again. A+++ with a big smiley face.

To top it all off, I will tell you something slightly embarrassing.
At one point, I actually CRIED.

Now, this may not seem like a big deal (girls cry at movies all the time, right?), but for me, it is. You see, I've NEVER cried at a movie in my life, so for whatever reason, I guess this one was just extra special. There were just some parts that made me want to sob like a baby. Even the boyfriend said he got a little choked up.

So there you have a little bit of non-spoilery input from me!

What else, what else?... Picked up a pizza and just hung at home with the boyfriend. We cracked open the chocolate egg that his mom's Finnish friend gave them. (It was an actual eggshell that had had a hole drilled/cut into it, been emptied and whatever else, and then filled with SOLID chocolate. Amazing.) It was yummy yummy. Who knew the Finns were chocolatiers?

The boyfriend left, but not before I gave him back the little blanket and pillow I'd sewn for him for our 6 months. (I'd already given it to him on our six months, which was a while back. They had velcro on them so that they could stick together and hug, but the velcro was coming loose so he wanted me to reinforce it, which I did.) He wanted to detach the blanket part, but I told him to keep it and make it smell like Old Spice (which is what he wears, heehee) and then give it back to me if he wants. We are just weird and like to keep little things to remind us of each other.

I suppose that's about all I've got to say for tonight.

OH AND I GOT A 91/100 ON MY SPEECH! HUZZAH!!! :D :D :D

For reals, now, that's all.

♥

I just wrote a 5 page paper about 6 songs. Woot. I feel very accomplished. I was feelin' the project so much, in fact, that I made a COVER PAGE for the damn thing. AND printed out all the lyrics to the songs. AND made a pretty cover for the CD that goes with the paper (as per request of my teacher). Sometimes, I really think I can do anything if I put my mind to it.

If you were wondering, the project was basically to analyze 6 songs from 2 consecutive decades (so 3 songs each). They had to be decades we studied in history, and they had to be post WWII, so I picked the 70s and 80s. I know, there was a LOT of crappy music at that time, but there were also some gems. It was hard picking songs to write about, though, 'cause I had to weed out all the relationship songs and the songs about nothing and such... I came up with these 6. (Please note, I don't necessarily like all of these songs, but they were interesting to read/write about.)

'70s:
1) War by Edwin Starr
2) American Pie by Don McLean
3) Let It Be by The Beatles

'80s:
1) Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder (kind of an lol)
2) Dancing in the Street (covered) by David Bowie and Mick Jagger
3) 99 Luftballons by Nena (English version called 99 Red Balloons, even though that's not the right translation, as "Luftballoons" just means air balloons or simply balloons... not to nitpick)

So there are my songs. I analyzed them and wrote about them and blah blah blah. American Pie had to be the most interesting one. 99 Luftballons was probably the most confusing/difficult to explain in actual words, haha.

ANYWAY... well really, there is no anyway. I haven't done ANYTHING today. I started reading up on songs at about noon today and just finished printing and putting everything in a folder about 15 minutes ago. I think that my writing was crap, but I don't care because it was so interesting to read about all those songs (and lots of other ones... do YOU know what the song Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood is about? I do! ;) I'll think twice about buying a "Frankie says Relax" shirt from now on and will laugh at those who wear them).

Not much else to say. LEAVE ME COMMENTS. Ok not really. Do what you want. :D

Peace. ♥

Unfortunately, I have nothing of interest to post today.

Here's what went down today...

1) Played a helluva lot of Little Big Planet (tried to figure out how to build cars and played lots of community levels)

2) Went on facebook for like a minute

3) Talked to the boyfriend on the phone for an hour and a half. We've finally established the fact that we are not *planning on* breaking up before we graduate and do intend on at least attempting to make the relationship work going into college. If that doesn't work out, then fine, but it's worth a shot. Needless to say, I'm pretty happy about that.

4) Was picked up from my house by the boyfriend. Went to his friend's house, hung out, the boys finally started their game of Axis&Allies about 30 minutes before I left.

5) Got home... which is where I am now.

Tomorrow, I will be doing the entirety of my history project, which should take me about an hour, haha. All I need to do is compile a mix of 6 songs (3 each from the 70s and 80s) and analyze them. Add an intro and conclusion and bam, I'm done. It's pretty much as simple as that. I may also end up seeing the boyfriend again, only this time in the context of just the two of us, which would be nice. Even when I get to see him often with other people, I still miss having alone time... I guess that sort of makes sense?

I guess having nothing to say really turned into having a few things to say. Hello, world!

♥

Huzzah! Today was my last Friday for the school year!

I went to a party (not really a party party) today. Nothing major, just hangin out. The boyfriend and I went to get pizza for everyone with his other friend (who may have been smoking *something* in the back seat).

Weird music was heard.

I don't have much to say, now. Bye. :)

p.s. I really don't like all the break-ups that have been happening lately. :(

I don't know what to post!

A follow up to a list of 100 things that I like seems rather difficult.

I watched Apocalypse Now (the Redux version, I guess?) today with the boyfriend. That was one of the more disturbing/weird/icky movies I've seen in my lifetime. I mean... it was a good movie, compelling and all that, but... sad and gross. And I don't feel like it was very representative of the Vietnam war. I guess I can't really say, since I wasn't there, but... riding in a boat and then (SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER)? Just doesn't seem quite right to me.

So that was that.

Today, I cried... for the first time in a long time. One of my best friends is leaving school. Today was her last day, even though the school year ends in a little under 2 weeks (including finals). She's just got some stuff going on (this is the one with the sick relative) and I think she just needs to be at home right now, and spending time with her family. She's gonna take a couple classes this summer and graduate early, so she won't be coming back next year, either. This is so weird... this person... I can't imagine spending a week, let alone another school year, without her. Sure, I'll see her often (as promised/demanded, heh), but... I dunno. It's just a strange thought that she won't be with me to make jokes during class and complain about projects and doodle on random things. And... to be honest, I'm kind of afraid. Yes, my 4 other close girlfriends at school are amazing, but it's weird to think that one of our six won't be with us as often... the one who I feel like I can most relate to, at times... I love all my girls, don't get me wrong. But she's the one I've been able to talk to about stuff all along... I dunno, I guess I'm just rambling here. My point is that my friends and I all sobbed together at the end of the school day... it sounds so dumb when put into words, but that's what happened. I'm probably going to go cry some more after I get done posting this. =/ Jay Bee... I love you so so so much. I hope you know that. You are an amazing girl and remember that I'm ALWAYS here for you, no matter what. Who else could be me and my 49 (or 196, or 7, or 1, or 4 or 2 or 8) selves? I know we'll stay close, but we've got to work hard, okay? Okay. Good. (Remember that? haha.)

I guess that's about everything I've got to say.

Hmm... oh, I finished writing my speech... I need to edit it a bit but whatever. I'm giving it on Thursday, which means lots of practicing tomorrow.

Not really anything left.

Peace out, kids.

♥

p.s. If you know someone who means a lot to you, don't be afraid to tell them, kay? It was weird... for maybe the first time, I looked my friend in the eye today and just said "I love you," right before we all went home. Maybe you don't need to do exactly that, but don't hesitate to let people know that you care about them. It really is for the best.

100th post!

Hello there, anyone who is reading this! This is no ordinary entry in my blog... you see, this is my

100TH POST!!!

I'm pretty stoked about it, so I've decided to celebrate! First, a list of 100 things that I like! Heehee.

1. blogs
2. converse
3. cherry chapstick
4. music
5. the color orange
6. dresses
7. dancing
8. cooking
9. s'mores
10. pizza puffs
11. pugs
12. One Headlight by The Wallflowers
13. white cran-strawberry juice
14. good books
15. Good Eats (tv show)
16. The Princess Bride (movie&book)
17. star tripping
18. B.G. (my stuffed kitty from teh bf)
19. webcomics
20. The Sims (JUNE 2, BABY!)
21. cameras (of all shapes, sizes, and types)
22. PaRappa the Rapper (for Playstation original)
23. Macaroni Grill (or any restaurant that puts out paper tablecloths and crayons)
24. summer
25. rain
26. the words "enthused," "indeed," and "vernacular"
27. cute text messages
28. big headphones
29. arm/leg warmers
30. beanies
31. my Poang
32. Ikea
33. Cocoa Wheats
34. sales!
35. filling out forms
36. getting good grades
37. V8
38. thinking about being a grown-up
39. but still being a kid
40. lunchtime at school
41. making funny faces
42. Pandora
43. 10 Things I Hate About You
44. study halls spent outside
45. French
46. making fun of stupid things
47. the Magic Bullet infomercial
48. not having an iPod
49. my birthday

50. regular holidays
51. facebook
52. bands that change their names
53. cosplaying
54. college mail
55. making lists
56. talking to people on AIM
57. l337
58. being the youngest one in most situations
59. digital clocks
60. my comforter
61. Guitar Hero
62. karaoke
63. being home alone
64. attractive boys
65. Cosmo & wedding magazines
66. Filthy Gorgeous time.
67. good smelling shampoo
68. giving people presents
69. ...okay and getting presents, too
70. roller coasters
71. going to the arcade
72. pretending like I know how to scrapbook
73. having smoothly shaved legs
74. going to normal-ish places in a fancy dress (i.e. bowling or Steak & Shake)
75. having a TV in my room
76. The Regular Guy (only Chicago-area people will get this, unless they listen to his podcasts)
77. meeting people I admire
78. the smell of lilacs
79. carnations (favorite)
80. syncopation
81. MS Paint contests with friends
82. trying to do the Thriller dance
83. horribly awesome movies (Evil Dead!)
84. attempting to sew
85. backspace
86. funny faces
87. band shirts
88. lolcats & failblog
89. bobby pins
90. not being in the frosh-soph hallway anymore
91. Homecoming week
92. telling stories
93. poetry
94. fresh notebooks
95. hot cocoa
96. jumping in piles of leaves
97. painting random things that most people don't paint (like shelves and shoes)
98. hugs and kisses and snuggling
99. Scattergories
100. Wikipedia

There you have it, folks, 100 things that I like!

And now, a picture!!!

I took this from the car, while my mom and I were on our way to Tennessee to see/meet Alton Brown at Opryland! It was by far one of the most amazing experiences of my life! (Good Eats, his show, is on the above list.)

What else is there? I think nothing, so there you go. Happy 100th post to me! Heh. Hope you were not too annoyed by this post. ;)

Lots of love.

♥

Star tripping is my new favorite thing to do at night. Hahahahaha.

So I had a bonfire at my house last night, and there were I think 10 people there, give or take. It was super fun. We had hot dogs and s'mores, listened to music (mini dance party... Maggie taught us how to Pop, Lock, and Drop), told stories, tried to play Red Rover (did not work well), had a piggy back race (technically Bryan and I won because we touched the fence first, even though Kyle and Lauryn were actually faster I think), sat around the bonfire, and of course went star tripping. Overall, I would call it a successful welcoming to summer vacation! (1 week of school and 4 days of finals left!)

Today is my best friend's graduation! I am so excited!!! Last weekend was her 18th birthday, and now it's her high school graduation! She's so grown up now, it's crazy. It's also crazy to think that a year from now, I'LL be the one graduating!

I thought maybe I would write my speech for English today, but I just don't want to, so I'll write it tomorrow, unless I get inspired today for some reason.

That's about all for now, kids.

♥

EDIT: Graduation was good. I kept myself busy while they read off the 500+ names by reading them to see which people were skipped and imagining why they were gone (kicked out, didn't feel like it, forgot, didn't have enough credit, etc.). It was fairly short compared to the other graduations I've been too. So now, my best friend in the world is a high school graduate. That is somewhat crazy to think about.

The bigger reason for this edit ('cause the graduation stuff really could have waited) was to tell you that tomorrow, I will be celebrating my 100TH POST!!! Woooo. I'm thinking up some fun ideas about what to post, so be on the lookout! Can't believe I've made it to 100 this quickly. (What a nerdddd.)

Hello, yet another fantastic day. I'm really enjoying this! :]

Maybe it's not that my days have gotten better recently... maybe I've just begun to appreciate them more. Not sure about that one. I guess it would make sense, though. Either way, I like it.

School was pretty good. The end.

Tonight, I ate dessert first! It was excellent. The boyfriend and I both had root beer floats at the ice cream shop near his house, and then we went back to his back yard and played a board game. It was fun until the bugs starting eating me, so we went inside and played Uno with his mommy. I love her. She is one of the best people ever, no questions asked.

After the Uno, the boyfriend and I decided that we were hungry for reals, so we went and got Subway. I will tell you something here that you don't want to know: my favorite/only order from Subway.

6 inch Italian herbs and cheese bread, with ham, American cheese, pickles, and chipotle southwest sauce

EVERY time I order that, I get the same weird look from the people around. So what if I just like to combine a whole lot of good flavors? Make your own sandwich if you don't like how mine sounds! heehee.

Anyway, we went back to his house and I got very sleepy. We snuggled and watched some TV, and then it was time for me to go home, which is where I am now.

I have nothing else to add, at the moment! ta ta!

EDIT: I forgot to add this:

Guess who decided it was a good idea to just start drawing on me? I am now not only my own canvas, but also my boyfriend's. heh.

Not much to report, once again.

For the past three days, I have been, for the most part, happy. It's been incredible. The only thing today that made me sad was reading the blog about my friend's family member (the one who is essentially dying, I posted about it recently). The blog itself is very encouraging. It's all about him, and how even though this mystery disease is changing everything about him, mentally especially, some things still stay the same, like how he is very warm and welcoming to people. The thing that made me sad was how I realize I don't spend enough time making sure the people I care about know how much I love them. Sometimes I just take them for granted, which is stupid beyond belief. Sometimes, even though I can be perfectly nice, I act out for the smallest reasons (even yesterday, I was being a grouch to the boyfriend with absolutely no good reason). Sometimes, I just neglect to say what I feel. In any case, I'm realizing more with every passing day that I should be making the most of this life, and that includes making sure that people know I love and care about them.

Hum.

In other news, I am absolutely DETERMINED to get working on the comic with the boyfriend soon. I want to at least get a basic plotline down so that I can start writing strips so that he can start drawing them, but we never can seem to plan very well. I know part of it is how busy we've both been with school, so hopefully the summer will be helpful in that sense. I really want this comic to work. I think it could be incredible.

I guess there's not much else to say for the time being.

OH WAIT. I thought my ps3 was broken today, because it just showed this wave that goes across the screen (it's the main background) but no menus or anything, so I was freaking out... I tried restarting it and unplugging/replugging it and nothing worked. Then, I decided that maybe Google had an answer for me, and you know what, it did! I guess I just had to restore the file system, but I didn't know how to do that before and now I do.

Anyway, I'm really really for reals done now.

Have a nice night/day/etc., peoples!

♥

OMGEEEEZ.

I got 100% on my biology test! It's the first thing I've aced ALL FREAKING YEAR, haha. 33 out of 33 correct. Better yet, it was the test ON THE FROG DISSECTION! Haha. I don't mean to brag, and hopefully it doesn't sound like I am. I'm just HAPPY! :]

Today was overall an amazing day... as was yesterday! I'm hoping my week keeps up like this. Heehee!

It's getting warmer outside! I love love love love love it! Warm is my favorite.

I guess tomorrow or so I should get working on my persuasive speech for English (the outline/intro are due Friday).. hopefully it won't be too hard. I think I'll be fine. 60% of the grade is for the paper, the other 40 for actually giving the presentation, so I'm shooting for at least an 80-85%. (I set my standards low for things like this). CRAP! I also have to do my proposal for my history project. Guess I'll do that now. Shouldn't take too long.

Have a nice evening, kiddos.

♥

I BEAT LITTLE BIG PLANET!

Geez, it took forevs, yo.

Oh and I got signed up for the Playstation Network so if you have an account on it, let me know and we can play ps3 games together maybe! Haha. :]

In other news... well, there is no other news

♥

Also, I think I want to write for a living.
(I know, I've changed my mind about 45 times on this...)

Specifically, I'd like to write short books.
Children's books.
Teaching books.

And I would like them to be in English and French.

I think it's what I'm going to do. It's what I would be good at, anyway.

Some asshole is trying to start drama on facebook. xD

If you don't have the Honesty Box application, I'll explain it to you. Basically, you post a question like "What do you think of me?" or "Do you like my hair?" or whatever, anything you want people's honest opinions on it. I asked why people are facebook friends with me, since I didn't really know what else to ask. This was MONTHS ago, and I've since nearly forgotten about the application. Recently, someone posted that that was a dumb question. I responded in a slightly hostile manner, but only because 1) They should get their own if they want to make a better question and 2) That doesn't actually ANSWER what I asked, now does it?

So then they responded and I responded. I said nothing mean, although maybe a little harshly-toned, and they have since called me a douche AND said I "look like a dyke." I'm a little miffed now, since I don't really like people being assholes to me, but more because they're being anonymous about it. If people have issues with me, I'd like to know who they are and if it would be at all possible to resolve things. That's just how I am.

Also, I "look like a dyke?" Does that imply that this person doesn't actually KNOW me? -_- Also, way to use a derogatory term while stereotyping at the same time. Pretty cool, huh?

People are just so STUPID sometimes! Sheesh.

(Yeah, ok, that was a little mean but ... eh...)

In other news, I had a really good day today! The boyfriend and I went out to lunch and finished playing through Halo 3! We snuggled a little and then he drove me home, which is where I am now. I love days like this. They make me that much more excited for summer!!! Heehee. 3 weeks left of school, one of which is finals week! Yahoo!!!

Mucho love, friends and people I don't know.

♥

Decent day. Not much to say about it except that I did not get a new bathing suit. The first one that I really liked was white, which seems like a bad concept (white+water=see through) and the second one that I really liked was $50... not worth buying, even adding in the reversible-ness factor.

Oh wells.

Today was just basically decent. The end.