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1:48 P.M.
2-25-05
Word of the Day: Grrrrrr!
Welcome to yet another middle of the day post from me. And I'm in Humanities again. This class is turning into the equivalent of Spanish. Pointless, with the only bright spot being the ability to update my blog. Woohoo. I actually was working on my project, but it turns out that our computer system has been having problems with FrontPage, which makes me unable to access the work I did yesterday. Now isn't that just dandy? So here I am, updating my blog. Like there's anything else to do.
Spree was a lot of fun. I danced all night, and Kyle and I danced, and Andrea and Colin danced, and it was all good. And very fun. And contrary to my father's fears, Colin turned out to be a very responsible driver, and he was very careful. He even looked out for the blowing snow. The rest of this week has been slightly uneventful. All I really know is that I'm pretty much screwed for Solo & Ensemble. Well, not really, my solo things will do well, but the others...I'm not so sure. Chamber will do fine, but...I dunno. It's a stupid song. We don't like it, thus, we can't sing it well. Ya know? And our quartet is also pretty much done for. We try to practice on our own, but we get really distracted really easily. I mean, what would you expect from four really distractable teenagers? Not much, that's for sure. And our trio is pretty much done for too. Because one of our group members has some pitch issues. And Andrea just realized on Wednesday that she'd given me her accompaniment in the wrong key, so now I have to relearn it a third lower. Woohoo. Sometimes I could just cry. But my solos are good. I hold out hope for those.
On a more positive note, MY BIRTHDAY IS A WEEK FROM TODAY! WOOHOO! I am so very excited. I love my birthday. It's the best. Actually, the thing I love most is going to school wearing my tiara. THAT'S the best. I'm also excited because Anne is taking me out for breakfast on my birthday morning. Before school. I am very excited. Can you tell I'm very excited? Because I am. Very excited.
Lately I've been hearing the funniest things, and I keep meaning to put them up here, but I always forget them. I'm thinking I need to start a quote book, like Andrea. That's a really good idea, plus it's cool to read later on and laugh at all the stupid things people say. And people say a LOT of stupid things, let me tell you.
So that's pretty much all I have to say for today, I'll see ya later!
1:52 P.M.
2-18-05
Word of the Day: Wheee!
So here I am in Sam's place, and I'm supposed to do my humanities project, but I'm just not in the mood. Oh, and they must just have painted, because it smells like paint and I'm getting a headache. It's not really all that cool. I haven't actually attended chorus for four days. Every day, I ask Mrs Thill if I can go to the practice rooms and practice for Solo & Ensamble, and then I do. That is, except for when I'm screwing around not doing anything, but that's only about 89% of the time, so that's not too bad, is it? Yeah, so here I am, and I have nothing to do. Except listen to Brittni and Jenny talk about my little sister. And it's pretty funny.
So I finally scheduled my driver's test, but it doesn't happen until April. But just now the girl next to me rescheduled her appointment. I'm so jealous. I totally need my liscence. Before April. Grrrr...
Anyway, I totally need to get to work, and I'm totally bored right now, but I will leave you with one piece of good news - ANDREA BROKE UP WITH RYAN!!!! YAY!
9:08 A.M.
1-31-05
Word of the Day: Eeeep!
So Saturday was REALLY really interesting. Andrea had slept over that night, and we had to get up at six to go to the forensics tournament. Which we powered it, by the way! Totally happy about that one. The tournament was pretty cool, actually, and I got to eat a LOT of desserts. And then I went home, ate some ramen and went out to coffee with Adam. That was really fun. We just sat and talked about basically nothing for like an hour. And since he was broke, I paid. And now my dad owes me ten bucks for batteries, but that's a different story. Anyway, we went to family video and rented a movie. Actually, more like I rented a movie, but whatever. Anyway, it was really good. If you get the chance to see Cellular, do it. It's a great movie. So, here I am in Spanish class yet again, slacking off. Like I have anything else to do in this class. Except for making my teacher like me, that is. Once your teachers like you, you can get away with pretty much anything you want. I know that sounds cocky and all, and it sort of is, but hey, it's the truth. So I'm going to sign off now, so see y'all later!
7:41 P.M.
1-10-05
Phrase of the Day: I GET TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL TOMORROW!
Yeah, okay, you don't often hear that from your average high-schooler, so I'll fill you in. Then again, if you're reading this, you probably already know, so I won't. Just know that I can't WAIT to get back to school. Ah yes, and Andrea? I'm very sorry for causing you undue worrying. I hate doing that. It makes me feel bad. So anyway, roll out the red carpet for me tomorrow.
What's really odd is that I thought I'd have a lot to write about when I got on here, but it turns out that I don't. I really don't. So I'm going to go take a shower, cuz I really don't have anything to say. Have a nice day!
7:32 P.M.
12-30-04
Word of the Day: Grrrrr...(I'm majorly ticked off)
Well, this is certainly a treat. I'm posting twice in the same week. I certainly think that that's worthy of commending-ness. However, this is going to be an angsty edition. Just a little though.
So last night I went to a sleepover at Stephanie's house. It was SO much fun. We stayed up until four thirty talking and playing truth or dare and I never. Those are the best games to play at a sleepover. I found out things I've always wanted to know and some things I never did. But it was so much fun. We also watched the Ring. That is one freaky movie. It wasn't so bad for most of it, but the end was downright terrifying. The little dead girl killed the hot guy! It wasn't fair at all. And her little dead feet freaked me out a lot. They were partially decayed. Freaky. Very freaky. Anyway, that was interesting. Andrea and I got WAY closer than we've ever been. Man we were terrified. We woke Steph's mom up. But it was okay, cuz in the morning she made us muffins and we played with Steph's little brother Jacob. He is so adorable. So cute. I love him to death.
After we left her house, Andrea and I went to the mall with her mom. That was a lot of fun too. AND ANDREA GOT THE FIRST SUPERCHICK CD! We've needed that one for aeons. So excited. Anyway, we had the best time ever at the mall. We went into all of these stores, tried on hats, bounced neopets plushies, tried on slutty outfits at Vanity, (mine was the sluttiest) and tried on these cute skirt outfits. I so want that skirt. But I didn't have any money, and neither did Andrea, and so we couldn't get them. I was so sad. It was only sixteen dollars! So disappointed. Anyway, I'm angsting about that too. Cuz I was telling my dad about it, and he said that it was ugly, and then my sister joined in and told me that it was ugly and not cute. And I felt like they were dissing my sense of style. Yeah, I know that I'm not exactly the most conventional dresser, but I think I know what I like and what I don't. And what I look good in and what I don't. And Andrea looked so cute in that skirt. It was SO her.
Anyway, I just rped with someone that I really like rping with, she's a lot of fun. But then she had to leave and now I'm all alone. And I've actually come up with a post-Christmas wish list. That is sort of depressing me right now. Cuz it makes me sound all greedy and stuff. I'm really not! I just have found more things that I want. Like the Lifehouse and Hoobastank cd's. Eep. Oh yeah, and I'm excited for tomorrow night. Cuz I'm having a New Year's Eve party! I'm so excited. It's the first party I've actually ever had. So far not many people can come, but we're going to have a fun time chugging sparkling cider anyway. Oh yeah, and I'm a little mad at Kim. Because she invited Andy and Kime and Brenda to her house for New Year's Eve, and not me. Not like I would have gone anyway, but I thought I was on her good list. I guess not. *sigh* Ah well. I need to call Andrea and find out whether she called Kyle and Alex yet. Adios!
10:11 A.M.
12-26-04
Phrase of the Weekend: MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Hey everybody, and welcome to my favorite blog entry of the year: MY THINGS I GOT FOR CHRISTMAS LIST!!!!! So without further ado, my christmas list!
~THE HAWK NELSON CD!!!!
~The LOTR Extended edition Trilogy
~An uber-cute scarf/hat/mitten set
~A new cd case
~Some pretty sweaters (two of which I'll exchange)
~A nice shirt
~An ornament
~A Kohls gift card (which has been redeemed for a wallet)
~A gross squishy splandex flamingo (I named it Iba)
~Clear nail polish
~Silky pillow cases + linen spray
~A poncho
~A holiday tea mix
All in all, an uber great list of presents. A litte bummed out that I didn't get either an iPod or a memory card for my mp3 player, but I guess it's okay. I'll live. Now it's off to Door County to spend time with my teenage boy cousins and my annoying little girl cousins. Maybe I'll hide in my room and read - oh wait. I can't. I finished the only book I have. Whoops. Ah well. I'll bring my cell phone. If any of y'all want to call me, I'll keep it with me. PLEASE RESCUE ME FROM MY CRAZY FAMILY! I'm out.
9:07 A.M.
12-20-04
Phrase of the Day: It's SNOWING! YAY! (kinda obvious why, eh?)
This weekend was pretty cool...I guess. Really busy, actually. I had to sing all weekend, I could have sworn I was going to lose my voice. But I didn't, so it was okay. I got to sing this totally awesome song at my church, and that was pretty cool, and I also sang in the GC concert. 'Twas rather fun, actually. After the concert some of us Bel Canto girls went over to Ms. Bruno's house and ate pizza and played with her beyond adorable son, Will. He's the cutest ever. We played hide and seek, and doctor, and old maid, and all sorts of fun games like that. It was the best.
I finally got all of my christmas shopping done. I'm really glad about that, actually. I don't know if I went over my limit though, so I'm sorta scared about that. I don't know. Papa said he'd pay for certain things though, so I think I'm good. I am more psyched for Christmas this year than have been for years. It is going to be SO much fun! The best part is that I get to drive down to Milwaukee and back, and then up to Door County and back. I absolutely cannot wait. It is going to so rock my socks off. I'm also excited to see what my friends got me for christmas. I know that that's sorta shallow, but I am. Very shallow, that is. I got the best presents for my friends. And my sister. But I'm royally teed off at Kelsey...she had the nerve to get my little sister a Christmas present - the same thing I got her - and then tell her that they were the same. Way to ruin Christmas for me, Kelsey. Woohoo.
Well, I'm in Spanish right now, so I should probably save this and get off...I guess. See ya after christmas with a list of what all I got! That's my favorite entry of the year!
7:58 P.M.
12-2-04
Word of the Day: *hic* (I've got the hiccups)
Why is it that every time I'm ready to just let loose and write a journal entry I get interrupted? Well, not every time, really, but almost. Okay, just the last one. I did end up doing the laundry. Maggie pressured me into it. Anyway, I'm back to not having any boy problems. I told Blake to back off, (not in those words) Derek's been a total jerkwad lately, (so there's really no attraction there anymore) and I never see David anymore. So bye bye boy problems. I think I'm happy. I think. Anyway, I've been developing more friendships with guys, so I think that I might get to that other level soon. Maybe next year. *sigh*
This week has really been a bummer. I hated my life on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I was NOT having good days. Things were just not going my way at all. It sucked majorly. But today was good. I got to skip half of chorus to rehearse a trio I'm doing with Kelsey and Maggy, and Mrs. Jagen told me that I was like Baby Bear - just right. I felt so proud of myself. Oh, and after school I got to go to a forensics workshop, and I saw Deb one on seven for the first time in almost a month now. She was actually not evil. It was surprising. And then Tammy came over for dinner tonight. She's hilarious. But I can't watch "Lost" cuz she and Daddy are practicing. Woohoo. Oh yeah, and I left my Humanities homework at school. Oops.
So anyway, Andrea, this next section is for you. So about Nyssa. I'm really sorta worried about her. She's depressed, and that's just not like her. She's having all of these problems with her friends, and I think she's pulling a you. That is, worrying about making other people happy to the point of wearing yourself down. And that is SO typically you, dearheart. So I'm worried about Nyssa. So just make sure she doesn't get all "aw man, I'm going to kill myself" okay? She said she wouldn't, but you never know. I just hope things get better.
Man. I'm really in the mood for writing tonight. Not really writing like poetry and stuff - which I really need to do - but like sitting her and writing. I was really in the mood for this. Oh yeah, and I'm totally stressed about scheduling for next year. Totally stressed. I think I might go jump off a bridge if I hear one more person ask "What classes are you taking next year?" I DON'T KNOW, GOSH DARNIT! Yeah. I think that three advanced classes would be as much as I'd want to take, but then I'd have to eliminate either AP English (which I need to take) or AP U.S. History (which I really want to take). So yeah. Oh, and then there's the study hall dilemna. Should I take a study hall or shouldn't I? I'll prolly need it, but I don't know if I want to. I want to take at least ONE fun course next year. *sigh*
10:05 P.M.
11-23-04
Word of the Day: *sigh*
Here I am, yet again, trying to avoid doing something that must be done. In this case, the laundry. I'm really not in the mood to do the laundry. I could go for just a simple rant in my blog and then bed. I'll do the laundry tomorrow. Shoulder Angel: But Maggie doesn't have any underwear! Shoulder Devil: But I'm so TIRED! Angel: But your little SISTER doesn't have any UNDERWEAR! Devil: Is that your only argument? Angel: *huffs* Me: I guess that means
1:07 P.M.
11-13-04
Word of the Day: *sniffle*
Happy Closing night of Seussical, everyone! Well, maybe not exactly happy, but definately interesting. And maybe a little bit sad. I'm actually supposed to be cleaning the upstairs right now, as I finished the downstairs, but slacker that I am, I'm trying to find every excuse I can not to do it. Even though finishing the cleaning will garner me 30 bucks. And I need money. Boy, do I need money. Anyway...crap! This is a short entry, cuz I have to go put the clothes in the dryer. Bye!
1:03 P.M.
11-6-04
Word of the Day: Argh!
Okay...the word of the day is thus because I am a bit frustrated. I'm a little bit irked at my dad, because he wanted to know about my boy troubles, and I didn't really want to tell him, and somehow I ended up hurting his feelings, which was not my original intention. So for the past two days we have sort of managed to avoid each other, which was not my intention either, it's just the way things worked out. So, since I know he reads this page, and I need to get it out of my system anyway, and because writing about it here is a lot less embarrassing than having a face-to-face conversation...guess what I'm writing about. Yup, you guessed it, boy troubles!
First off, I would just like to say that I am changing names to protect the innocent. So there's this boy, we'll call him Blake, that has liked me since last year. He's a nice boy and all, but he's really not my type at all. He's prim and proper, I'm not. He talks formally at all times, I don't. He uses big words to impress people, I don't (at least not usually). Plus he's shorter than I am, and he doesn't make me laugh. I could never go out with someone who doesn't make me laugh. I just couldn't. But everyone who knows him says that he's completely head over heels in love with me and that scares the crap out of me. This is Boy Problem number one.
Boy Problem number two is a little less severe. So there's this guy, we'll call him Derek, who has really good hair. I'm telling you, this guy has THE best hair in the history of forever. And he's also really cute. I would like him a lot, except that he cam be a total butt sometimes. So my head is warring with my hormones. Head: He's a jerk. He's a loser. You don't like him. Hormones: Oooh! Hair! Must...touch...hair...I want him! Head: But he's a jerk... Hormones: BUT HE'S SO PRETTY! *swoon* So that's Boy Problem number two.
Okay...now for Boy Problem number three. And this is where I must apologise to my father for lying. Yes, there is another guy who is interested in me. We'll call him David. David is a really nice, funny, cool guy...but he's a freshman. We're really good friends, and a couple weeks ago, Andrea asked me if I liked him. I was completely blasted away, as that thought had never even entered my mind. She said I was sending vibes. Weird. So a few days later, Derek (remember him? good hair?) asked me whether I liked David. Coming from a boy I thought was totally cute blasted me away even more. Me: Wow...I really MUST be sending vibes! So then a few days after THAT, I heard Derek and David talking, and as I walked past them, one of them said my name. Sneaky that I am, I did a double take and acted like I thought they were talking to me. Me: What? Them: *shifty eyes* Nothing... Me: *eye roll* Okay. Anyway, without getting into all of the he said that she said that he liked her but that he said that she saids, it turns out that David had Andrea ask me if I liked him. Because HE LIKES ME! *happy dance* So yeah. I'm still trying to figure out my feelings on this one, so NO QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE!!!!! *pointed glare at papa* In any case, there are my Boy Problems numbers one, two and three. Any questions? No? GOOD!
It was totally awesome. Seriously. If you get a chance to come see it...YOU SHOULD! SO GET TICKETS! YOUR WORLD WILL BE ROCKED AS WELL! So thanks for putting up with my insane ramblings...and just remember...NO QUESTIONS!
9:46 A.M.
10-31-04
Phrase of the Day: PIZZA FOR BREAKFAST! (it's what's for breakfast!)
To start out this rather overdue entry, I would just like to say one thing... HAWK NELSON IS THE BESTEST BAND EVER!!! Okay...just on little Hawk Nelson fix here. They played at the Cup o Joy in Green Bay on friday, FOR FREE, and I couldn't go. I was heartbroken. Instead of rocking out to the best band ever, at any given time I was scrambling to get into one of my - count 'em - five costumes. Yeah...that's sorta how my friday night went. Woohoo, eh? Well, it's not as if I don't LOVE LOVE LOVE the musical, I think I'm enjoying it even more than swimming. Don't get my wrong, I really miss swimming, but I just feel a lot more at home with all the people in the play. They're a lot more friendly, and semi-less competetive. That is, except for Sherman. He's a bit more than competetive. He completely reamed out Kyle for daring to stand up to him. That was mean. But maybe we can change him, I mean, he can't be completely evil. All of the time, at least.
Anyway, I would write about my...erm...boy troubles, but seeing as my dad reads this page, I sorta can't. So if you're totally eager to know what's up, just drop me a line, and I'll fill you in. Oh, and Papa? If you're reading this, you can just ignore this paragraph. It doesn't even exist. So please don't ask me to fill you in. Pretty Please?
Well, this morning Kris was supposed to pick us up, but he sorta didn't, so Maggie and I watched iControl Previews for a bit, and then we watched segments of the X-files marathon on WGN. We didn't get past the halfway mark of either of them...they're just too creepy. Very Very Creepy. In any case, I'm going to make Sherman a card now, so I'll update again when I get the chance. See ya!
8:54 p.m.
10-11-04
Word of the Day: Homecoming!
I don't suppose you can tell that I'm totally psyched about homecoming. THE DANCE WAS SPOONING AWESOME! Except for one or two little incidents, that is, but I'll get to those in a minute.
So...first for the game. I went, and for most of the game I stood next to Amy and Darren and Kirsta and Fritz, cuz I couldn't find Andy or Christin. It was a lot of fun until halftime, when I realized that somehow I had lost my wallet. It wouldn't have been that bad, but I had my student ID, my temps, my credit card, and about forty dollars in it. And I still haven't found it. I'm really mad about that. I feel like a total idiot. The thing my dad is really mad about is the credit card, but I'm really bummed about my temps. I have no idea what to do about those, and whether I have to go back to the DMV to retake the test or something like that. I have NO clue. So I'm really scared that I'm not going to get it back, and if I don't, I seriously might cry. I have NO idea where it is. *sigh* Otherwise, the game was really fun. We lost miserably, but not as badly as last year, thank goodness. That was embarrassing. We sang along to the pep band songs, the halftime show was pretty cool, and generally had a good time. Oh, and we touched Darren's hair a lot. It felt cool!
Okay, so now for the dance. Saturday was hectic all around. We had play rehearsal in the morning, and after that I had to go home and clean the house. Woohoo. I cleaned all of the downstairs, and at about three, I started doing mine and Maggie's hair. That went pretty well. Mine looked really cool when I took it out of the braids, and I was sorta sad that I couldn't just wear it down. I'll have to wear it like that tomorrow. Maggie's turned out even nicer though. I hot rollered it, so it was all cute and curly, and then I gathered it back into a ponytail and bobbypinned it till it looked like an updo! So when my dad got home from hunting, he took me over to Andrea's house, where her mom did our makeup, and then we took pictures. Andrea looked incredibly pretty. She was so gorgeous. Then I went to buffalo wild wings, where Kim and Kime and Brenda and Caitlin and Kirsta and Susan and Heather and I played trivia till we went to the dance. Dancing was so much more fun than last year, cuz I didn't feel all weird about dancing. Brittni Feistl and I danced a LOT! That was pretty cool. She doesn't think I'm a prude anymore. I did have a little problem with a stalker, but if you really want to know about that, I'll tell you in person. So yeah, it was a great time. And Katie Thiel even got to dance with the guy she likes. Isn't that sweet?
Yeah, so after this really exciting weekend, I'm all tuckered out. And woohoo, Deb is starting Hell Week three weeks early. Just ask me what next Saturday is going to be like - okay if you insist. 9-12, 1-4, 6-10. That's going to be fun. Ten hours of play rehearsal. Luckily, we worked out GC. That's going to be okay. Oh, and I overslept this weekend. Luckily, I'm the queen of the twenty minute morning routine, so I made it in time to walk to school. And now I'm in Spanish. I'll let you know if I find my wallet. And if you see it, drop me a line, okay?
9:21 A.M.
10-4-04
Word of the Day: Yawn (it's pajama day...and spanish is boring)
Again, wow. I haven't updated in forever. I'm such a slacker. Wait, never mind, I'm not a slacker, I've been working my butt off and that's why I haven't updated in forever. The musical is fun though, so it's not that bad. The last month has been chock-full of all sorts of things. I've hardly had room to breathe, let alone roleplay or go online at all. Gah. I really need to start going online at school more often. I just have to make sure that my teachers don't catch me.
On Saturday night, I went to a Superchick/OC Supertones/the Wedding/Sky Harbor concert, which was the coolest ever. I had such a blast.
8:37 P.M.
9-8-04
Word of the Day: Dooter!
Wow...I haven't updated in forever. Wow. And I'm almost at 1000 hits! Yay! That means that people love me! Weehee! Considering I've had this journal for over a year, that's pretty good! A little less than 100 hits a month! I'm so popular!
In any case, I'm back at school now, so you can probably expect more of my infamous "in-school updates". Those are always a lot of fun. School is okay, most of my teachers are pretty cool. I really don't like my Spanish teacher though. He's one of those teachers who's really good at the subject they teach but they suck at teaching. It really blows. Biology is pretty cool, except for the fact that Maggie and I have the same teacher. Weird, that. Mr. Wanamaker's pretty cool though. Wacky guy. English is neat, we're doing poetry. I actually had to write a biographical poem about Drew C. Sorta a hard assignment, but it turned out well. And he did a prety good job with mine! I love poetry, in case you couldn't tell. Unfortunately, I haven't been very angsty lately, so I have been unmoved to write any of my poems. And that is also partly why I haven't been updating this blog all that much. It's really a pity, but I really don't have all that much time. In any case, gym is mostly okay, except that I have a LOT of jocks in my class. Basketball is going to be hell. I hate basketball. Chorus is okay, but Mrs. Thill is nowhere near as cool as Ms. Bruno. I love Bruno. She's awesome. I'm so glad GC is starting again soon. And I can't wait! I'll get to see Suzanne! Yay! Woah. I keep straying off the subject. Whoops. Humanities is boring. All we're doing is analyzing art. I've written more paragraphs about random pieces of art than I can count. And of course I BS my way through the entire thing, using big words and talking about symbolism and crap, and the teacher eats it all up. I thought that this would be more about things like sculpture and the lives of artists and music and history. Not just analyzing pictures. It's really boring. And math is pretty cool, except for the fact that it's back to Algebra, advanced though it may be, it's still evil.
Wow. Long paragraph. Already only a week into the school year and the angst is already beginning. Erika was mad at me because she thought I was blowing my mouth off about her and TJ, but I wasn't. It was actually TJ who had written an email to Kelsey, who went around complaining to anyone who would listen that TJ stood her up for Erika. But we got that cleared up, and I was reminded that Erika's a lot different than me about her personal life. It was good to be reminded, I hate it when she's mad at me. I have to be careful not to break her trust. Cuz she's my friend.
Okay, Erika drama over, onto the musical. I GOT A PART! YAY! Bet you want to know what it is, doncha? Yep, that's right, I'm a Who. But that's not all folks, I am also (drumroll please) YERTLE THE TURTLE! *random smatterings of applause* And by trying out for said musical, I have sold my soul to the drama department for the next two and a half months. Goodbye free time, goodbye fun, hello cramming to get homework done before rehearsal, hello scrambling to find time to practice piano, hello messed up meals and shot weekends. Oh, the joys of the theatre. They're lucky I love it so much. And you know what the best part is? Andrea's in the musical too! We have a roleplay notebook together this year. It's a really good plot, too. Very intriguing. Two mercenaries going face to face. It's pretty awesome. Hooey. I've been writing for almost a half hour now. I should really go. I need to take a shower before bed and braid my sister's hair. Woohoo. Dunno when I'll get a chance to write here again, so until then, just know that the bad is at the bottom, the very very bottom. I'm out.
6:24 P.M.
8-20-04
Word of the Day: Yay! (driver's ed is over!)
Yes, you heard me, driver's ed is over! Yay! The only un-yay part of it is that I won't be able to see my good friends everyday. And that makes me sad. Oh well, there's not that much longer till school starts, and then I'll see them all every day. I really hope I have a class with Erika, I can't remember. I know I have lunch and chorus with Andrea, and Lunch and Gym with Christin, and erm...I dunno what with some other people, but I can't wait to see them! Oh, and next week is the dance workshop for Seussical, the musical we're doing this year for school, and Andrea is going to that, so I'll see her.
In other news, I REALLY need to go shopping. I have almost NO clothes to wear for school, I own one pair of jeans that fit, my other jeans and my cords are too big and they make me look like my butt is the biggest flattest thing on the planet. I know that isn't exactly true, but it feels that way. And maybe you think I'm a little too vain, because I care about the way my butt looks in jeans, but I want my butt to look good. Because it's hard to make butts look good but almost every preppy girl at school knows how to make their butt look good and I need to figure out how. Hooey, that was just a bit crazy. Yeah...I'm only stressing school a little.
Got school pictures taken on Wednesday, that was interesting. I'll bet you anything I'll look dumb. I wore my hair up, so I'm sorta wondering how that's gonna turn out, but my makeup was flawless, and that will look fine.
Aha! On to the party scene. Apparently the end of august is the best time to have a party because the one Christin and I are hosting is just one of (count 'em) three parties going on in the next week. However, so far I have only been invited to the one I am helping host, so I feel a little left out, considering that I consider Stephanie a good friend and she didn't invite me to her party. V. sad about that, I am. No one except Christin and Fritz have invited me to parties this summer...and it seems like there have been WAY more than just two. Christin's always talking about what went on at this or that party, and I feel left out. But after this semester, that will change. I will have fourth hour lunch, and will sit with Christin and Co., so I will be assimilated into that clique.
In other news, I have just finished the fifth Harry Potter book, and am pleased to report that it WAS better the second time, as my cousin said, and it was NOT worse, as Andrea said. Although I do agree with what Andrea said regarding the book. She said that it was written to be made into a movie. It was a very cinematic book, with magical battles and mystical creatures and a LOT more teen angst than ever before. 'Twill make a most excellent movie, I reckon. Ah yes, and I'm writing a Harry Potter fanfic, written from the perspective of Katie Bell, the Gryffindor chaser. I'm hoping that since it's written from the p.o.v. of a less known charcacter that it will be a fresh version of the events at hogwarts in Harry's fifth year, Katie's seventh.
In any case, I have blathered on enough, and my fingers are getting rather cold from typing at this computer. Must go off and make a pie. No, seriously, I'm going to make a pie!
3:53 P.M
8-1-04
Word of the Day: Snerf! ((it's what happens when you sneeze on a nerf football...))
Well...I guess I haven't updated in a while, huh? Nope, didn't think so. Anyway, now I'm updating again! Yay! Now, on to some recent details of my life...oh wait, nothing really exciting has happened in the last few weeks. Bummer, huh? I did go camping up north, though, and that was pretty cool. Maggie hated it, of course. Anything that takes her away from her friends, her music, and her mirror is NOT on her good side. So she was sorta hard to live with for a week, but she's all better now. I hope. In any case, I really enjoyed camping. I got to be outdoors a lot, do a lot of activities, and sit around on the beach and read. I swear, that beach is the best place on earth, when it comes to beaches. The water is crystal clear, it's not to cold, but it's cold enough that there's no alge, it's only a half mile in diameter, so I could swim across it, no problem, and it has a beautiful beach. It's the nicest place on earth. Aside from the fact that I was going through email withdrawal, I might have liked to stay up there for another week. And the candy store up there is the kickinest. Yeah.
Really the only dark spot on the week was Wednesday. I woke up really early, but I thought it was really late, so I got up and got dressed, and then I find it's only seven o clock, so I got all depressed. So I was sort of in a funk the entire day, but it all came flowing out at the campfire with my dad and my sister that night. I finally told him that I'm sick of being daddy's little girl, and that I really DON'T like holding his hand in public all that much, and that I want to get my nose pierced. And he laughed at me when I said the bit about the piercing. Honestly, he should let me pierce my nose. That would be cool. Anyway, I was feeling really depressed and all, but that translated into poetry, and so I got it all out that way. I probably won't post it, because it's so depressing, and sort of private, but I got a start on a cool song. I'm not quite sure where it's going to go, but I think it will go somewhere.
We drove home on Friday, and we unpacked on Saturday. That was a MAJOR drag. The cool thing was though, that when I got home, I had two (count 'em, TWO) letters from Nyssa. One of them was this really nice poem that she wrote for me, and the other was a couple of letters she wrote me at camp, but never sent. I was very touched. Oh, and I got a newsweek too, and I read that until all hours of the night last night.
In other news, WE HAVE A KITCHEN!!!!! AND I START DRIVERS ED TOMORROW! Yippee!
8:55 P.M.
7-11-04
Word of the Day: Bittlemen! ((YEE!))
I went with Andrea this year, and we had so much more fun than I have had any previous years. Let me give you a day by day rundown!
The first night we were there was awesome. The Newsboys were the headliner, and (despite what my little sister says) they were incredibly awesome. They didn't do a lot of their classic songs, it was mostly worship songs, which was fine by me.
On friday, my friend Andrea and I did karaoke - that was incredibly cool too. We were hit by the lightning bolt of inspiration after seeing the Superchic[k] concert. That was so cool! We moshed and jumped around and everything! It was so cool. Not to mention we saw this one guy walking around in a kilt and playing the bagpipes. Ya gotta respect a guy with confidence.
Saturday was incredibly awesome too! We saw Audio Adrenaline play, and the best part of the show was when they came back for the encore. They brought these torches with them, and they lit this giant gong on fire! They also lit other things on fire too - I think I have an inner pyromaniac. But seriously, they were awesome. They brought up a whole bunch of people on stage. Unfortunately, I was not among those pulled up - but I will get over it.
Today, Sunday was really cool too. We took it really easy, because we were all burnt out. My voice is completely gone. I cannot talk without sounding like I've been smoking for thirty years, a pretty good accomplishment when you're only fifteen. We caught the Jars of Clay concert, but I was sad because they didn't play my song. Oh, and I got these incredibly feng shui (don't mind me, I'm just pretending to be Zen) wrap-around pants. Very Aladdin-like.
Anyway, I had loads of fun this weekend. Sorry I wasn't around, I was busy being COOL!!!!!
4:30 P.M.
7-6-04
Word of the Day: Magenta!!
Well, I went off to camp and had a brilliant time. It was awesomely teriffic! Let me tell you about it.
On Friday I got up at around 5 o clock so I would get to the bus on time, which my sister said would be coming at around seven. Turns out that the bus wouldn't be at the pick up point until eleven. Bad little sister, very bad. So I left at eleven instead. And then I spent two hours talking to Mrs. Andrea about all sorts of stuff. It was very cool. It was only me and Mrs Andrea and the bus driver, Howie. We told jokes and riddles and had a grand old time. When we reached camp, I was glomped by EVERYBODY!! And I MEAN everybody. As in...well...you get the picture. AND I MET NYSSA!!!!! She glomped me really hard too. She's really short! I'd never thought of Nyssa as really short before, but she is! Very odd to see in person. After the bus left taking all of my friends away, I met Hershey, who I shared a tent with all weekend. She was really cool. We sat in our tent for two hours and just talked about everything - but mostly scary movies. 'Twas very fun. So then we ate dinner, and I met everybody, and then we had our first class. I didn't pay very much attention because I was more tired than a hound dog, but it didn't really matter that much.
Saturday was a lot of fun too. It was overcast and rainy, so we did all of our pre-testing - aw shucks. I'll get back to this later. I have to make dinner.
Now I'm back! Alright, on Saturday, we did pre-testing - swimming five hundred yards in a freezing leech infested lake! Not the most pleasant of experiences, but it was tolerable. So then the next interesting thing that happened was when all of a sudden, Shrub (this british girl) goes "I've got a leech attached to my bum." Now this is all said in a calm, matter-of-fact voice, but almost as soon as she was done saying this, she flipped out! She was screaming and swatting at her patootie, and when she got up on the dock, she turned around so that everyone could SEE that she had a leech on her butt. Very interesting, I tell you. Alright, I'm really not in the mood to do any more blogging about my weekend, so the next you'll hear from me is about lifest! Yeah!
1:08 P.M.
6-21-04
Word of the Day: *sniffle*
Argh...nothing to post, and I'm bored out of my socks. I'm waiting for Christin to get off the phone or the computer so I can call her and she can help me garden, but she's not getting off. Grrr...oh well, I guess I'll go read a book...
8:03 A.M.
6-10-04
Word of the Day: Yee! (don't ask...it's from AMRS#2)
So yesterday was pretty cool. I got up late cuz I actually got a good night's sleep. So then I read and finished a book at about one, then I waited for Andrea to come over, which she did around two. We played around on the computer, I actually figured out how to work our scanner, which doesn't like me! So I scanned three of her pictures, and now she can have them on her site.
I took her to narrowpath with me, and that was pretty fun, except I just don't feel like I belong...as if the cliques are already formed and I missed out on that and none of them really feel like admitting a new member. I know that isn't true, but that's how I fee. Oh, and the mystery of Maggie is boggling me again as well. I swear, that girl is SO sul of contradictions, it's not even funny. Oh, and I learned that from the twentieth onwards to the second, I will be without Andrea, Nyssa or Erika, then Libby leaves on the twenty-eighth, s for a full four days I will be completely without my internet friends, and the guild will DIE! DIE I TELL YOU! Oh, and I'm jealous cuz Brandon gets to go to Spain. I dunno how he always gets these awesome opportunities, but I WANT SOME! Ah well, I suppose now I sound like a spoiled brat, so I might as well go eat breakfast. Have a great day!
6-4-04
9:53 P.M.
Phrase of the Day: Credo in unum deum! (I believe in one God)
Wow. Today was pretty cool...boring in some spots, but totally incredibly astounding in others. This morning I woke up at ten. That felt so good, you have NO idea. So then I ate breakfast and finished the only book I have, so I've been forced to either read Shakespeare or flip through my old newsweek issues (which isn't so bad). Anyway, this afternoon I got to see Harry Potter with Brittany, or BVD as I sometimes call her. She picked me up at around twelve thirty, and we got our tickets online, so we didn't have to stand in line to get a ticket. I bought us popcorn, and oddly enough I didn't end up eating all that much. Ah well, there is life beyond popcorn. The movie was pretty good, but not as good as the past two. It was very choppy, and it really didn't follow the book at all. The basic plotline was the same, but much of the important details and the secondary storylines, such as the growing tension between Hermione and Ron was left out. I was sorely disappointed about that, but I did enjoy myself. Oh, and I was a bit sad that Oliver Wood didn't make an appearance. V. sad. I saw DJ at the theater, but Brittany scared him away. Apparently they had this little feud thingy going on in health...ah, the relationships of teenagers.
So after the movie I come home and do nothing for about three hours. But the coolest thing so far this year was being in this concert we did tonight. It was INCREDIBLE! Sure, we'd had the rehearsals, and we heard the tapes, but the lights and the people...GOLLY! See, the entire piece is this amazing mesh of contemporary chords and classic themes, tied together by the text, which is in latin. In english, I believe the text is the believer's creed, but I could be wrong. It is so POWERFUL! There are these sections where the sopranos get up to high b flats, and the chords are so full, and the orchestra...man. Superlatives can only describe so much. By the end of the song, my heart was beating so hard, and I was completely out of breath, but I could have cared less, the moment was so cool. Plus we got a standing ovation. The only bad thing about it was that we (Bel Canto) had to stay standing for the entire fifty minutes, so my feet and shoulders and back hurt pretty much by the end of the performance. But it was SO worth it.
So there you have my day, if you are reading this, and you know my phone number, and want to hang out...CALL ME! I DON'T WANT TO BE BORED ANYMORE!!!
5-31-04
3:49 P.M
Phrase of the Day: "Why the long face?" (from Shrek, will describe)
So today my dad and Maggie and I went to see Shrek. And it was every bit as good as Andrea said it was. Absoballylutely brilliant. But the best part by far was watching my dad laugh for three minutes straight after the ugly stepsister says "Why the long face" to Donkey. In case you do not get the humor in that, let me explain. So a horse walks into a bar and the bartender asks "Why the long face?" Buh dum bump! *crash* That just happens to be one of my dad's favorite jokes, and so when he hears this, he starts cracking up. And cracking up. I swear, he didn't stop laughing for about three minutes. And the best part is that I started cracking up because he was cracking up, and maggie got all embarrassed because no one else in the theater got the joke and she thougth that we were being stupid. Which we were, but who really cares? Not me. So I just had to share that with y'all, have a great Monday of Memorials!
5-28-04
4:53 P.M.
Phrase of the Day: "It looks like they're eating each other!" (Katie, about Romeo + Juliet)
So today was the first day of finals. Scary, no? Well actually, it was rather uneventful. My first test was in Civics, and that actually was pretty easy. I knew all of the answers, even though I had forgotten my time-consuming notecard at home and had to make a new one in about three minutes. So then after taking that final, I moved on to my Science final. Now that one was hard. The best thing about it was the last question..."What is the best way to do well in school?" Gosh. Them teachers and their ever-teaching ways. You'd think Mrs. Donellen could have left the "Have a safe summer" off the test. Honestly, who wants to have a safe summer? Anyway, so next was lunch. That was really fun, because not only did I have a chocolate pudding cup, I got to sit next to Miranda and Kirsta and Rachel, and we told really funny jokes. Well, there were more stupid ones than funny ones, but whatever. So after lunch I go to take my English final. There really wasn't anything to take, I simply had to bring a cake, eat the cake, watch a really bad version of Romeo and Juliet and recite five lines from the play. Rather simple, but watching the movie was painful.
After reciting the poem, we got to go outside and take a picture of our class, cuz my English teacher is retiring this year, and she wants mementos. Then after taking pictures we all trooped back upstairs till the bell rang. Before the bell rang, Mrs. Teetaert wanted to read us this poem that one of the asterisk students wrote as their final. It's this rhyming thing, and one of the lines went something like "Then lord Montague got a hot new lady, whose name just happened to be *ahem*". Mrs. Teetaert didn't say the name of the lady. I was very mad. So afterwards, I asked her what the name of the lady was, and she says "Katie." This has me very freaked out, you see, as it should. So while she's talking to someone else, I sneak a peek at the poem to see who the author was. Turns out it was...can you not guess already? Yup, that's right, it was my...er...secret admirer. Names do not apply. So if you do not know the story of the secret admirer, or the identity this person possesses, so much the more boring for you. Anyway, I'm now a lot freaked out about it, and am more than slightly glad I don't have to see said person any more this year. Things were getting mighty awkward between us. So farewell, I must prepare for...*gasp*! MORE FINALSSSSSSSS!
5-17-04
7:35 P.M.
Phrase of the Day: Where do YOU live, Jack? (eska booze a veetay, Jacques?)
I hope you all enjoyed my pathetic little attempt at french. I have no idea how in the heck you spell that thing. Anyway, this weekend bit. It bited? Bittenedit? Whatever. Anyway, it was very stupid. I had to drag this silly teddybear around all weekend and feed it every four hours and change it every six, and I was a bad mother and left it in the car to fry during my piano recital. I think I should be shot. So that was my weekend, how about yours?
5-12-04
7:11 P.M.
Word of the Day: Observation, people!
All I have to say is that EVERYONE SHOULD SIGN MY GUESTBOOK! IT IS THAT PRETTY THING WITH THE PRETTY COLORS THAT SAYS GUESTBOOK! Thank you. I would really like to see how many people are reading my site, and what they have to say. So thanks!
5-06-04
4:24 P.M.
Word of the Day: Breckfriggian!
An amazing thing happened today - nothing! Nothing at all, but I am having a bit of creativity practically dripping out of me, so I am once again subjecting you to my pathetic attempts at poetry.
Why?
Because the world is cruel.
Because not everyone is nice.
Because life isn't fair.
But Why?
Because not everything always goes your way.
Because sometimes we fall.
Because no matter what, you won't always be happy.
Why?
Because what you want isn't always what's right.
Because everyone makes mistakes.
Because things go wrong.
But Why?
Because what's good for you, isn't good for everyone.
Because we're human.
Because nothing's perfect.
Why?
Because the world is cruel.
Because not everyone is nice.
Because life isn't fair.
So there you have it, my little attempt at something masquerading as depression. I'm not actually depressed, this is most likely the product of PMS, but that doesn't make it any less true. So read it and weep, my friends, I know I did. Please make all comments in my spiffy new guestbook. Thanks.
4-28-04
11:35 A.M.
Word of the Day: Erk (I feel sick. And hungry)
So here I am in Civics, having checked my stocks and having been absolutely horrified by what I've seen. I'm losing money down the toilet. There's only two of my stocks that have overall made money since I started playing the game. Crazy, eh? No kidding. I'm going to do a listening sequence today during lunch, and then we have Chamber after school, so I have a very musical day happening today. Oh, and I'm also babysitting. Crazy, aren't I. So adios, mis amigos!
4-21-04
8:20 P.M.
Word of the Day: Sardeeeeenes!
Well, aside from being rather uneventful, today was fun. I got a kick out of the play we saw today, Noises Off. Our school is putting it on, and it was incredibly awesomely brilliant. And Totally Random. "You can't run away THIS time!" "Why not?!" "Because I'm PREGNANT!" *dead silence* It was the best. And I got to sit next to Andrea, and Erika, and I filled my water bottle with orange peels. 'Twas very gross. I feel like writing something, but I'm on the wrong computer. Maybe a poem is in order.
There once was a girl with a flower
Who started each day with a shower
She lived for the bliss
Of the hot water's kiss
So if she missed, she would glower.
So obsessed was she with being clean
That she often came off as being mean
To those that were clueless
She seemed rather shameless
About her obsessive routine.
She'd been like this all her life,
Giving all of her friends strife
About oily hair
And not washing -there-
That one of them stabbed her with a knife.
So there you have it. An oddly amusing little ditty having nothing to do with anything I've done all day. But of course that's what I'm good at, so what can you expect? Oh, and I'm sure you'll be glad to notice that I have changed the color back from menopause mauve. That color hurtses my eyes. It burnsss us preciousss. Byebye!
4-13-04
8:43 P.M.
Palabra de el dia: Espanol! (porque este entry es en este lingua)
Hola personas! Este post es toda en espanol! Tienen que usan babelfish a translator. Hablo Spanglish, pues mi espanol no es muy bien. Calandrias de los nopales, porque no han reverdecido. Por eso calandrias cantan, o las apachura el nido. A la tirana na na no. Eres chiquita bonita, y asi como eres te quiero. Todas son tontos, adios!
4-8-04
1:18 P.M.
Word of the Day: Cowabunga! ('cuz I'm in California, why else?)
So here I am, hanging out in the house of my relatives, doing nothing but...er...well posting here, I guess! I've had a pretty good time so far, but I've been getting the weirdest pangs of homesickness at the weirdest moments. Like today we were driving through the most beautiful natural scenery I've ever seen, and all of a sudden the only thing I wanted to was to be in chorus, singing next to Andy and Rachel. Beats me why, but the female mind works in the oddest ways. Anyway, yesterday we drove out to Arizona, which was barely Arizona we were so close to the border of California. Not to mention Mexico. The Mexican border was about a mile from our hotel. Weird, eh? And no, we didn't see any illegal immigrants. 'Twas rather boring, actually. Except for the fact that the desert and the mountains were breathtakingly beautiful. The mountains brought out some weird primal desire to climb them or something. As we were driving along, the only thing I wanted to do was jump out of the car, pull on my hiking boots and climb up all the way to the top. I had no idea I was so outdoorsey. The mountains were covered by the biggest, roundest, most piled-up-way-way-high rocks I have ever seen. It was like stonehenge except more natural, more awe inspiring. It made me feel so small, so vulnerable knowing that God actually placed each of those rocks with His very own hand. The pristine natural beauty of the mountains was incredibly incredible. I wish I could describe even reasonabley accurately the miles upon miles upon acres upon acres of undeveloped land. I'll stop now, but know that glaciers were the worst natural disaster to hit Wisconsin ever in the history of the world.
Oh, and also you must learn to pronounce glacier as GLAH-SEE-AIR. It's much more sophisticated sounding. I also had a really great insight into the human mind yesterday. "Stuck-up is what the unsophistocated people of the world call the sophisticated when jealous." Is that not true? *is hit by yet another idea that must be outed*
This deserves it's very own paragraph. Last friday, after english, I was the last one out of the room (as usual). So as I was walking out, Brandon B. stopped me, and said "Katie." I was really surprised, because he's never said anything to me except the occasional "hi". So I turned around and answered him. He then said "Phantom of the Opera is playing at the PAC in a few weeks, and I was wondering if you'd like to go with me. Not a date," he added quickly (too quickly?) "just as friends." You can imagine my surprise. My incredible, phenominal surprise. I had to let him down gently, though, cuz Papa's already taking Maggie and I to that show, and I don't think we could afford to get me another ticket. Boy did he look disappointed. *insert sarcasm here* He tried to hide it of course, but it was obvious that he was crushed. *end sarcasm* So he walked away quickly, which is always a sign that someone has been embarrassed. All the way to Milwaukee that Friday I had a sick pit, hating that I had had to do that. Why me? I've been waiting for someone to ask me on a "date" forever and as soon as someone does, I have to turn him down and end up feeling worse than he probably does. What's wrong with me? (don't answer that).
So, here ends this edition of the log of Katie's life and journey to California, not a bad thing I'm sure for some. Farewell, dear readers, and know that I miss you all!
6:56 P.M.
3-28-04
Phrase of the Day: Cuatro por Cinco son Veinte (four times five is twenty)
Wow. *looks at last two posts* I was really out of it. Actually, my last post was supposed to read "3-24-04" but I screwed up. And then the one before that was written on the twenty-third, so I ended up messing that up too. Wow. I must have been REALLY out of it. Anywasee, I am ecstatic because Andy finally sent out the 12th chappie of GOTU! Yay! She has yet to update her site this week, but I think I'll let her slide on that one. Girl Choir concert today, twas rather fun actually. We got to sing about multiplication in Spanish. Oh, and then one of our songs was this really sad poem. Here it is!
The animals, the winged and swimming creatures
rose in their agony, confronted man.
Dolphins, butchered on beaches
Sea tears brimming startled eyes
observed an arc of knives
Obscure the sun.
That's all I can remember of the actual poem except for the last couple of lines, which are these:
Their underwater songs sang of mysteries
greater than man, greater than whales
The blue eye of God in the water.
Freakish, neh? Yet V. cool. See y'all later!
5:07 P.M.
3-34=04
Word of the Day: *Gasp*
Sorry, just had to get that out of my system. I won't bore you with details of my depressing and mundane life. Bye.
5:07 P.M.
3-24-04
Phrase of the Day: Anthrax and Arsenic (I'm mad)
I should really be working on my research paper right now, but I really need to vent. See, my dad is being obsessive about my room being clean, and I really don't see what's wrong with having a few clothes on the floor, or one or two drawers open. But he seems to find it completely unacceptable and drags me away from whatever I'm doing to "Go clean your room!" I'm just way sick of it. Oh, and then I come home from school today before Maggie gets home, and I go upstairs to change and eat a thin mint. Well, I just got this new box on Sunday, and since then I've only eaten five cookies. So try to imagine my surprise and - almost immediatly - rage when the rest of the roll - that is comprised of seventeen cookies - is totally gone! Completely! ByeBye cookies, I ain't gonna see you no more! So I walk - very calmly, might I add - downstairs to where Maggie's sitting on the couch watching TV. I sit across from her and ask "Hey, do you know where an entire roll of my cookies went?" And she goes "Yeah." So then I get really mad, but I don't show it and I ask "What did you do with them?" and she says "I took them." Okay now I'm really mad, so I ask why she took an entire roll of cookies and ate them all herself in one day - that's twelve cookies in one day! - and she says that her "stupid friends ate them." Yeah, like I'm now supposed to be mad at her friends because they ate my cookies even though she was the one who removed them from my bedroom in the first place. Right. So then I got so mad I had to leave the room so I didn't start to hurt her or anything - but can you believe her? And it's not like she only took one, she took twelve! That's more than one third of the box! I could seriously kill her right now. I was planning on making that box last at least two weeks. Well, now it's suppertime, and I have to eat dinner with my dysfunctional family. Hope conversation isn't TOO strained.
7:29 P.M
3-17-04
Phrase of the Day: Happy St. Paddy's Day!
Funny, I can't seem to achieve a happy medium. One week I'm posting every day, sometimes twice a day, and then I don't post for a week or more. I have no life, yes I know. You don't have to tell ME that. Oh, and at the concert last night, Chamber Singers totally rocked. Oh, yes, we kicked major booty. In fact, a music major was quoted as saying "It was a tie between you and the Wind Symphony." And the Wind Symphony was really good. Yes, I know we rock, you don't have to tell me again. So, I really have nothing else to write, I just thought I'd make sure that you knew I hadn't dropped off of the face of the planet or something. So ByeBye, dear readers, I'm off to enjoy culvers...
2:06P.M
3-9-04
Word of the Day: Ibuprofin
Again I am posting from the bowels of the school computer system. And I am in serious pain. GIVE ME SOME ADVIL NOW!!!!! *growls, is in too much pain to type anymore.* Plus english is almost over...
5:26 P.M.
3-7-04
Word of the Day: Riiigghhhht...(don't ask)
Well, once again I come to you from...wait...*gasps*...I'm at HOME! *dies of shock, comes back to life* However, that does NOT mean that everything is all hunky dory. Which it's not. In fact, today I found myself suffering from incredibly good self-esteem, and I had nowhere to pour it out. I had been dreaming of prom dresses and Maurices, but alas, my dreams were not realized. Instead, I stayed at home and lurked on the internet. *voice drips with sarcasm* Woohoo. *slips in pooling sarcasm, falls on keister, pride fatally wounded* Eep. *runs away*
1:00 P.M.
3-5-04
Phrase of the Day: Turn that Pineapple Upside Down!
I have decided to make the Word of the Day into a Phrase of the Day as I see fit, since more often than not, I use more than one word in that category. So, right after I got done posting yesterday, Erika gave me a movie gift certificate and a card signed by practically everyone in school! She is such the best! When I got home that day, my dad had gotten gyros, which are the best food EVER! I was v. ecstatic. And you'll never guess what he gave me! Yes, that's right, he got me some batteries! For my brand new MP3 player! YES! I AM NOW IN POSESSION OF AN MP3 PLAYER! YAY!!!!! And Maggie got me a purse-y hand-bag-like thing. V. cool. I think it's made of leather or something. So now I won't have to borrow her purse for finals! Yay! And I'll have a source of music during finals! Yay!!!!! And then I went to babysit, and Aaron and Nathan sang me happy birthday and Aaron gave me a big ol' hug and a kiss. *dies of adorable-ness* So. There's the rest of my day. So byebye, my faithful readers, you may return to me later...At least you'd better!
1:11 P.M.
3-4-04
Word of the Day: Happy Birthday to Me! (It's my birthday!)
Hmmm...these at school postings seem to get more and more frequent. Could this turn into a trend? Or is it one already? I always get those confuzzled. Guess what! It's my Birthday today! So of course I had to make it special, so I wore a tiara to school! How cool is that! It is V. Cool. *giggles* Anyway, the best part is that people remembered! Yay! And BVD and Katie got me these absoballylutely fantastariffic earrings, and I just happen to be wearing one of the pairs right now! Yes, I am V. excited. Oh, and Rachel got me a thingy of lip gloss and some earrings, and Anrea decorated my locker, and Kimmie gave me a door hangy thingy. Yes, I am V. V. excited. And Emily made me a card! And Jessie made me a scarf! And Maggie made me brekkie! And Papa gave me a hug! And tomorrow I'm having a family party with my grandma and grandpa and my aunt and my uncle and my cousins and My Friend Anne! (who is prolly the coolest grown-up friend I have!) And Mrs. Fitzie P. asked me nice questions about my birthday, and the cool army guy asked me 15 questions! Plus he gave me a HumVee! Well, it isn't an actual HumVee, it's a keychain. But it is still V. V. cool! So wish me a wonderful birthday (as if it could get any better!) and I'll prolly post again tomorrow with some more details and stuffers! ByeBye! Oh, and cake and cookies to all! Let them eat cake!!!!! Oh, and do not forget to check out the viking kittens!
8:18 P.M.
3-2-04
Word of the Day: Still Macabre (see earlier comment)
As if this week wasn't weird enough, it just got weirder. Yes, I'm posting twice in the same day. Yes, I'm bored, and feeling slightly left out. Yes, and half of it is my fault. Yes, the other half is Kim's fault. Oh, well. Cuz Kim and Julie and Andrea are out shopping while I'm here watching crappy reality TV shows and writing in my blog. They might be getting me my birthday present, but I doubt it. Oh, well. Go read GOTU Bachelor. That's the other product of my boredom. Oh, and the other half of my left-out-ness is my fault, as I declined to go with my father and my sister when they saw the Passion. I really didn't want to see it though, so I opted to stay at home. So here I am wallowing in my misery. Maybe I'll go start a roleplay. But I really don't feel like it. I think I'll write a lonely poem.
The world passes me by, not noticing me
hiding in my corner of reality.
Mixed emotions - do I want to be seen?
Or would I rather be invisible?
A hard decision - I value my privacy
But not at the expense of my sanity.
Sorry, that wasn't very good, but it sums up how I feel. Oh, and Papa? Don't feel bad if you read this, I totally do not blame you for leaving me home - it was my choice, and my choice alone! Good Evetermorning!
1:03 P.M.
3-2-04
Word of the Day: Macabre (It sounds cool! Look it up on Merriam Webster and listen to them say it!)
Once again I come to you from the bowels of my school's computer system. Life is weird, that's all I have to say. Anyway, I was struck by this impulse to be creative, but I have nowhere to vent it, so I snuck to the library and am now updating. I guess I'm gonna write a poem. Oh! And Sexy Stephanie is using a poem I wrote for her Poetry Coffee house! I'm phyched! Plus I'm getting all sorts of cool vibes. Oh yeah.
I head to the library, getting a vibe
That says write something now or you'll never survive
It's all very odd, but I don't complain
When my mind gets creative, I lose my thought train
The ideas take over - filling my mind
But it isn't as if they aren't the right kind
Being creative is the way that I vent
And if you do the same you'll know what I meant.
So basically I just want to say
When your brain gets creative - let it have its own way!
So there you go! Now all of my creativity is gone, so so I'll do likewise! I'll make like a banana and split! Make like a tree and leave! Yup. Adios!!!!!
7:05 A.M.
3-1-04
Word of the Day: CLEAN SWEEP!!!!!
Once again I come to you from the bowels of my school. There's really nothing interesting to do so early, so I'll just ramble. LOTR made a clean sweep last night at the oscars, it won everything it was nominated for! They probably shouldn't have won for special effects, but oh well. They were still good! And Saturday was Solo & Ensamble...I'M GOING TO STATE!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!! But only for my piano solo and Chamber Singers. And I'm obviously psyched for my birthday, which is coming up awfully fast...SO BUY ME STUFF! MWA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
5:11 P.M.
2-29-04
Word of the Day: Prospective
Well, it's a Sunday afternoon, and I'm roleplaying and I'm bored. Whee. In fact, I'm SO bored that I wrote a six page episode of GOTU Bachelor this afternoon. Yes. I'm that bored. And my roleplay isn't going anywhere. We're just sitting and talking. I suppose I could do my homework, but I really don't feel like it. But I guess I will. But not now. And don't forget my birthday!!!!!
That was random. Oh well. I am random hear me roar. Can you tell I am bored randomly?
7:17 A.M.
2-26-04
Word of the Day: Chillingly Sculpted Hair (from my story that I just reread)
Yes, you read that right, I'm at school, blogging before school even starts. I dunno why, I just feel like it. Anyway, I've made some changes to the site, such as changing my weekly calendar to a quote because I was running out of things to do. And I just felt like it was time for a change. So anyone reading this can feel free to drop me a line and send a quote...I'm always looking for good ones. Also thanks to Nyssa, who rescued Francesca from my tower, she was getting a bit ornery. So thanks for getting her off of my hands. Oh, and the dragons are still up for rescuing, so RESCUE RESCUE RESCUE RESCUE RESCUE!!!!! I DON'T WANT THEM ANYMORE!!!!! THEY'RE MESSING UP THE TOWER ROOM! THEY BROKE MY FAVORITE VASE! IF YOU DON'T ADOPT THESE DRAGONS, I'LL SERIOUSLY BUST YOUR FACE!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Woah, sorry about that, I guess that was really random. But hey, that's what this site is all about, right? Anyway, I leave you with this - "Some say that there are two types of people in the world; those who see the glass as half empty and those who see the glass as half full. The world belongs, however, to those people who look at the glass and say 'What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse *ME*? *This* is not my glass. *My* glass was full. *And* it was a bigger glass!"
9:16 P.M.
2-16-04
Word of the Day: Subsequent (I used it in my english paper)
So, I was reading Andy's post tonight, and I realized that she forgot to tell us one important little detail...however, I like being evil and will thus not tell it to you. In the meantime, I will plug mercilessly my wolf rp guild - it's dying out! Currently we only have one plot and it is slowly disintigrating to the dust. Yes, posts are returning to solely OOC. That is definately a bad thing. On a lighter note, I am writing a LOTR fanfic! Yay! It is my very first one. Given my obsession with both LOTR and American Idol, I decided to merge the two and came up with Lord of the Idols. Yes. And I actually have a valar as one of the judges, so that should be interesting. I will actually have to put some of that seemingly useless Silmarillion knowledge to the test. Ack. Anyway, for lack of better things to do, I shall compose a poem on the spot.
Amazingly I'm sitting here
Upon my throne of keys
Typing fast and furious
I still the stormy seas
Of my imagination
Ideas run rampant
Of cows and ducks and llamas
of mosquitoes and an ant.
Can you tell I'm really bored?
My eyes begin to glaze
I stare off into blank space
How pointless is my gaze.
It's nine at night! So very late
And there is nothing else to do
But sit here at my computer desk
writing silly nonsense all for you!
Did you like? Yes, I have a bit more to talk about today...I'm feeling sort of talkative...too bad I don't have AIM...
Anyway, I have decided to put up a list here of what I want for my birthday... which by the way is in March in case you were wondering. It's a thursday. I'm (hopefully) having a party, but if I don't, feel no obligation to get me anything at all. I don't want to come across as greedy.
So there you go - a birthday wish list from Katie. Toodles!
5:17 P.M.
2-15-04
Word of the Day: Oscarmania!
Yes, I have fallen under the spell of the Oscars. It happens every year. I MAKE it my business to know exactly which film won which award for what, not to mention exactly what the plot summary is. Yeah. I know I'm a geek. Anyway, I'm supposed to be writing my essay for english, but I really don't feel like it. So I'm wasting time. Yeah. Anywahsee, this one is for andrea!
As Anrea stepped into the great hall of the palace, the prince was descending regally down the split staircase, one hand along the banister. Once he saw Anrea however, he stepped up the pace a bit. He walked toward her, holding out his hand.
"I am Prince JohnJakeJoeJack III, and welcome to my abode. I hope you will make yourself comfortable, as I have been awaiting your arrival for many hours."
Now Anrea was a bit unnerved by this odd display of hospitality, but she didn't let it faze her. She just decided that she wouldn't talk until he was able to prove himself worthy of her acknowledgement. And that would be a pretty hard job indeed.
There you go. The next installment will be later. Dinner calls. Adios!
4:16 P.M.
2-4-04
Word of the Day: Hallelujah! (It's raining men!)
Well, Andrea, this post is for you. I really don't have anything interesting to say, so I shall make up a story just for you. How does that make you feel? Good, I hope. Well, here is the story.
Once upon a time in a faraway land, (which, by the way, just happened to be infused with magic) Lived a girl who just happened to be a princess. (funny how all of these princesses live in a faraway land long ago...) She was incredibly beautiful, and everyone loved her. But this story is not about her, so let's focus instead on Her Majesty's lady in waiting. Her name was Anrea. (her mother left out the "d" on the birth certificate...pity, that.) Anyway, this lady in waiting was not quite as pretty as the princess, but she definately had an air of attractiveness about her. So when she decided that she was going to run away, she had to mess up her hair and her face, so that she would not be recognised. She got out her worst dress and shoes, and began walking in the direction of the neighboring kingdom. After about thirteen days, she reached the border, and asked permission to cross. Once given said permission, she was asked to accompany the guard to the palace of the prince, wherein resided the prince. (obviously)
To be continued...Maybe. So here you go, Andrea, a story just for you because you wanted me to post. Yay. *is unenthusiastic*
7:36 P.M.
1-22-04
Word of the Day: Wahoo!!!! (I got a 4.0!!!!!)
Well, could you tell that I'm just a little psyched? Do you know why? Cuz I got a 4.0, that's why! Oh, yeah. Anywahoo, Guess what? I got a 4.0 on my report card today. Yes, how could you tell? Could it possibly be because I'm bouncing off the walls? Oh, and I'm having a bit of a sniffy day, so here's my sniffy day poem.
So incredibly bored
I know all this stuff
And it's not like
it's incredibly tough!
But they keep on distracting
the teacher a lot
but I really don't mind
Sing I'd rather not...
Cuz my nose is dripping
I don't feel so good
I'm so miserable
I'm gonna pull up my hood.
Then no one will see
my blotchy face.
This sneezing impairs
my natural grace!
I don't feel so pretty
not in the least.
If I were in a movie
I'd be Katie the Beast.
Isn't that a good poem? A bit long, I'll admit, but I wrote it during chorus while we were reviewing the final. Which, by the way, I got 100% on. Yes I did. So I'm off to make hot chocolate...Yummy!
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