Just got back from Pirates of the Carribean- great movie, i recommend that you see it. Multiple times. Hell, it's even worth 6.25!

I had remembered a couple of blog-worthy quotes... Oh dear, I forgot them.

Why don't we listen to the beastie boys anymore? My brother's class was all about them. There's nothing like some old-school white-boy rap.

lol, in other news... I'm so bored, and I love it. Summer is the best, isn't it? I've been playing games online and singing at the top of my lungs :-D

Smitten and Hella Good!
Isn't it funny how the word smitten means something totally different than you'd think, considering that its the past passive of smite?

Damn... How do I get myself into these situations? Oh well, I think I can handle it ; )

I need to rediscover the purpose for my blog... So far this new one has had nothing but three-sentence travel updates. That can be blamed on summer, naturally. Still, I don't see why anybody would want to read this without anything deep.

Summer goes by so fast. I've already torn up a Delia's picking out new clothes, and I still have nearly five weeks left. Most everybody is gone, and the few remaining are going soon. Bleh, just when I get home for the duration everybody's out like a fat kid playing dodgeball!

Now that we're over the metaphorical hump when it comes to summer, last year has become far enough back that I wanted to kind of- what's the right word?- relive it via my archives. I got up to January before I had to go get the dog from the kennel. It was probably a good thing, considering that around febraury my blog followed my mood down a very treacherous path which didn't end until my may discovery of the IB crowd. That is, of course, too recent to be nostalgic about.

It's amazing the things that we can't say in our blogs- I'll read a seemingly cut-and-dry sentence and suddenly remember how I chose the words just right to disguise my real mood, or to throw an inconspicuous insult in someone's general direction. I guess, since I'm the only one who sees those subtle hints that hide all the meaning behind what I write, that this blog is really just for me, as are most people's.

You can now thank me for stating the obvious.

I never gave a full texas update-
After getting over someone the fastest I ever have in my entire life, I packed on Monday and flew out on Tuesday. I was by myself, and I ended up talking to this guy sitting next to me on my Charlotte-Cincinatti flight who was pretty interesting. His daughter works during the summer as a smoke jumper; she skydives into forest fires to set up barriers. That is so cool. She doesn't even work during the winter, she just parties, and she makes enough money to do plenty of it. I think I've found a summer job for college, guys.

My other two flights were pretty uneventful- damn, though, at the end of my Dallas-Amarillo I remembered how beautiful that place is. You can look out the plane window and its like a patchwork quilt of shades of green and yellow, with dry riverbeds ripping deep red-orange lines into the fabric. Immediately when you step out of the plane and trip down the narrow steps the wind whips your hair into our face, hiding the 105-degree weather in its gust... I sound cheesy, I know. For once, I mean it. Maybe it's just that it's in my blood, or maybe because I really am proud to be texan, but that feeling is indescribable.

I feel like a traitor- recently when people (coughcough) have bad-mouthed texas I agree. Last summer I went for multiple funerals, for a total of five times in one year. I forgot how great it really is.

The city itself is not at all attractive; they have no beautification laws like Charlotte, because it's Texas and there's an I'll-do-whatever-the-hell-I-want-with-my-land attitude ingrained in the whole state.

More later, I lost my motivation to write for now!

You know that feeling when something you really want seems too obvious to be true?

In other news... I wanted to go see the 10:25 pirates of the carribean, but I didn't have a ride home. Bummer.

You know, I always have tons of stuff to say and write when I'm not at the computer, but when I'm actually here I'm just not inspired. Psh.

lol- I love summer. We have five weeks of this euphoria left...

Boredom strikes!
100 movies. Bold the ones that you've seen.

001 Godfather, The (1972
002 Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
003 Godfather: Part II, The (1974)
004 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)
005 Schindler's List (1993)
006 Citizen Kane (1941)
007 Casablanca (1942)
008 Seven Samurai (1954)
009 Star Wars (1977)
010 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
011 Memento (2000)
012 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
013 Rear Window (1954)
014 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)
015 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
016 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
017 Usual Suspects, The (1995)
018 Amelie (2001)
019 Pulp Fiction (1994)
020 North by Northwest (1959)
021 Psycho (1960)
022 Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
023 12 Angry Men (1957)
024 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
025 It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
026 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
027 Goodfellas (1990)
028 American Beauty (1999)
029 Vertigo (1958) Wow, I think I've seen every hitchcock on here!
030 Pianist, The (2002)
031 Sunset Blvd. (1950)
032 Apocalypse Now (1979)
033 Some Like It Hot (1959)
034 Matrix, The (1999)
035 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
036 Taxi Driver (1976)
037 Third Man, The (1949)
038 Paths of Glory (1957)
039 Fight Club (1999)
040 Boot, Das (1981)
041 L.A. Confidential (1997)
042 Double Indenity (1944)
043 Chinatown (1974)
044 Requiem for a Dream (2000)
045 Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
046 Singin' in the Rain (1952)
047 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
048 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
049 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
050 All About Eve (1950)
051 M (1931)
052 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Who hasn't?
053 Raging Bull (1980)
054 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
055 Se7en (1995)
056 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)
057 Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
058 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
059 Vita e bella, La (1997)
060 American History X (1998)
061 Sting, The (1973)
062 Touch of Evil (1958)
063 Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
064 Alien
065 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) ELP!
066 Rashemon (1950)
067 Leon (1994)
068 Annie Hall (1977)
069 Great Escape, The (1963)
070 Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
071 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
072 Reservoir Dogs (1992)
073 Sixth Sense, The (1999)
074 Jaws (1975)
075 Amadeus (1984) Saw parts in history this year
076 On the Waterfront (1954)
077 Ran (1985)
078 Braveheart (1995)
079 High Noon (1952)
080 Fargo (1996)
081 Blade Runner (1982)
082 Apartment, The (1960)
083 Aliens (1986)
084 Toy Story 2 (1999)
085 Strangers on a Train (1951) yes, another hitchcock!
086 Modern Times (1936)
087 Shining, The (1980)
088 Donnie Darko (2001)
089 Duck Soup (1933)
090 Princess Bride, The (1987) I LOVE IT!
091 Lola rennt (1998) (Run Lola, Run) own it-
092 City Lights (1931)
093 General, The (1927)
094 Metropolis (1927)
095 Searchers, The (1956)
096 Full Metal Jacket
097 Notorious (1946)
098 Manhattan (1979)
099 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
100 Graduate, The (1967)

I'm back, and in a very poetic mood. Unfortunately for me, I can't stay on long because dad has to work in the morning-

One thing, though: Kudos to my sister for getting a job at Carmel!!!

Howdy!

I'm in Texas helping dad remodel a house.

It's lonely, text me.

Jetset, once again- ahem, hardly.
Well, I'm off to the thriving metropolis of Amarillo, Texas. Back sunday, I might have a couple chances to get online while I'm there so email/comment- whatever floats your boat!

It is my new goal to make a dress entirely out of credit cards. Woop.

On a lighter note
Someone drove into the mail boxes etc. next to caribou the other day- caribou had a "drive-thru special" posted right by the hole the car left.