Your Weekly Townsend Fix Column 34

Hey Everyone!

Well this column was totally started later than I wanted it to! I"ve been so busy it's almost rediculous. I spent most of my weekend out in the Walnut Creek area with my cousin. We went to go see "A Walk To Remember." If any of you have seen it, you'll know what I mean when I say that I majorly want a Landon Carter. Any man who can love like that, he's a keeper, don't let him go. (Right Holly?) It's also Catholic School's Week. My school decided to kill two birds with one stone and make it "Student Appreciation Week" as well. Go figure right? I love my school though, or at least the people at my school. I don't necessarily agree with EVERYTHING but oh well. Prior to my busy weekend Mel had her science fair. That chocolate project was awesome. It was a great project. It's amazing how many creative kids are at St. Brigid. Some of them are incredibly talented. (I said SOME.) Over half my volleyball team walked away with placing ribbons and slots at the city science fair. I was so proud of them.

Mel's grade, it was an interesting thing. I mean there were more ties in that class than a little league game. I was talking to my neighbor Jay who lives on the same block and goes to the art college next door. He said it's quote, "suspiciously decieving." Haha when he initially said that I laughed because I responded by saying "yea and the situation is totally potentially hostile" and he gave me this weird look. But he's right. It's a long story but I don't want to get into the entire talk Jay and I had about that science fair. We both came up with the mutual agreement that nature is nature. Melanie strangely enough walked away with nothing. She walked away with her pride that's for sure. She held her head up high like it didn't bother her. In fact, I don't think it bothered her at all. I think it bothered my dad and I and even my mom more than it did to her. She shook it off without a problem. My mom was hanging out afterwards and my dad actually took me to the car because I was actually pretty livid. There were awesome projects in the seventh grade that didn't get any recognition, not just Melanie's but others and that probably made me more mad than the other things that seemed...off centered. Melanie got in the car and crawled in next to me in the car and asked my why I looked so mad and I told her. She told me she didn't care one bit and that the only thing she worried about was dinner since she was hungry. I eventually decided to somewhat let the situation go when we showed up at Chevy's and the hottest fraternity party was going down behind me. My mom said that one guy looked like Todd, Nick, and Ryan combined. But you seriously think I'd go start talking to the guy? I was eating dinner with my family. That's just wierd. But any how, it took my mind off of the science project. Next year, it'll be different, I"m downright determined dangmanit. The weekend helped too, I was telling my cousin how wierd it was to be angerier about the whole science fair than anyone and she laughed at me. The weekend was full of very lovely things, including a pair of pants I bought that was originally $39.50 to $9.99! You can't go wrong with pants for ten bucks.

I was sitting at school today and realized I better get my butt moving to do a column. Amongst everything going on I hadn't been able to sit in front of this computer for a very long time and it made me kinda angry. I was also thinking after a geometry test so my brain was pretty fried by fifth period. I was able to get onto the computer during english class because we had to write a project up. I decided to do 10 reflective poems. That's right I said "Reflective" can you tell I'm from the catholic schooling system? haha. It has to be on my service trip a while ago so I don't know what to really expect from my own work. I was just talkin to Andrea a night or two ago and talking about my faith. I'm probably a bad active Catholic. I can't remember the last Sunday I sat in a pew. I do go to mass with my school though and that's good. I think my faith is really strong, not one night goes by that I don't pray but I'm just bad at the whole church thing. There, I admitted it.

While on the computer I also checked the new Insider's column. Wow, I hadn't had a clue to how many emails Pops and I have shared. It honestly doesn't feel like that long ago that we started to write to each other. I write to him and Wendy. Both of them are really incredible people. Wendy has a very special way to find a cloud's silver lining. It's cool because I tell her everything and good or bad she knows exactly what to say. And Pops, I check in with him to tell him what's up. I know that as far as fatherly advice goes, I can always have a second opinion from my biological dad or my adopted dad. Oh yea, some people have asked my why, and when I got to start calling Bob "Pops." Ok, I'm a daddy's girl. I can totally admit that. I haven't had a major fight with my dad, EVER. I mean it too, I asked my dad if I'm just mentally blocking it out and he said that we really haven't ever had a fight. That and I just like dads since they're always really fun to talk to about stuff that can be super confusing. Well I call Bob "Pops" because after a short time he was really like my second father figure. He was a friend and a father to me and I couldn't help but "adopt" him as a second dad. Just like my dad when I talk about him I call him "Pops" and can really confuse people, even my aunts and uncles. Even my mom to come to think of it. I told her that "Pops sent me an email" and she goes "Why? He's coming home for dinner at 5." We confuse each other sometimes. But Crazy Meg knows that I'm just Konfusing Kristen. Just like she's crazy, and a dork. Haha just kidding Meg you know I love you! (Most of the time, when you're not pushing me off trunks or konfusing me.) When did I call him Pops? I can't remember. I know that deep inside I've always felt he was a second dad to me after being there for me though some major trials and tribulations. I think the first time actually called him it was in an email last year. Probably June/July. So this whole "Wu-thang." What's up with this people? My buddy Amber and I are trying to figure out this whole Wu deal. Really, we're a bunch of confusing, dorky, easily amused people that have fun drinking water that I pour random things in to, listening to Amy of the Street Team give us January 3rd history lessons, and all that stuff. Really, if you're a cool person, don't put it all on the line to be a Wu. I'm surprised that some of the people figured out the answers to those questions. For a bit I was stumped. Maybe one day we can put together a book and name it "The Wuology." That is if anyone can figure it out. Once again, I'm confused. I guess we have Todd to thank for the Wu thing. He is the original Wu. Wu-Todd. Since last century he was Wu-Todd. It came from his being a fan of the Wu-Tang Clan. It's cool though, I like the Wu-Tang Clan, I listen to it when I'm really dragging in my day.

But to my fellow Wus, wasssssssuuuuuuuup. haha, really the Wu thing is cool. The original Wus. Haha to think of it the Original Wus are also The Originals. How perfect is that?! So yeah, the Wus are special in their own ways. You've got Wu-Bob. Father of the original Wu. He alone stands in a very special way. Wu-Joy, PR Joy now a Wu. Precious isn't it? Wu-Courtney, the sweet young girl has Wu to give her edge. Wu-Kaitlyn, Dream Team Kaitlyn a Wu. Another sweet girl with her Wu edge. Wu-Amy, yea she's not precious at all...haha just kidding Amy. She's the life of the party. What would we do without her? Wu-Katie, she's probably one of the most courageous girls out there and now with a Wu before her name? Look out world, this might just be the first female president. Wu-Andrea, this girl is awesome and now a Wu it's been overdue to be a Wu. (Wow it rhymes.) Wu-Meg. It's not like she can be Wu-Crazy-Meg. That's 3 hyphenated words. Married people don't even do that. Wu-Meg. This girl juggles it all and still knows how to Konfuse me. Me, Wu-Kristen, one of the most Konfusing and Konfused girls in this world but I have my fellow Wus to keep me in touch with it. Definietley a Wu. Now last but certainly not least, the last original Wu. The Wu that has caused Wu-Hysteria, the Wu that has caused the entire Wu thing. Wu-Amber. This girl is practically my blond twin and is pretty darn cool for our big Wu-Family. Trust me, if it weren't for Wu-Amber's creative, and spare time at work, you would've never gotten the whole Wu thing.

Can someone tell me how many times I've said "Wu"? Probably a lot. One thing though, the only Townsend boy to be a Wu is Todd. Wu-Dominic, Wu-Nick, Wu-Ryan, Wu-Matt it just sounds wierd. Anyways speaking OF Dominic and the OTHER guys, there's been some buzz on them just about everywhere someone isn't living under a rock. Some people in my classes brought up a bunch of different things among the most interesting was the "Hella Hot, Hella Not" airing, and a couple people have even mentioned that they have a friend, relative or whatever that teaches or studies at some of the schools in Souther Cali where the guys have been playing. It amazes me sometimes how small of a world we live in. Ah yes a small world. Anyways I got to get going. I'm so sidetracked. Once again another random column. I'll write a better one after i deal with school this week. until then send in your PROJECT: INSPIRATION letters!

Stay Safe & Stay You
Love Always,
Kristen
xoxoxo

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