Safe, Red-eyed, and Cookie-smelling

So my computer is normal again. Thank goodness. How is Morgie? I was really worried I killed her with that left-out chocolate. I just finished my history quiz. I had to call Lydia to remind her. Now my eyes are irritated. Darn contacts. We're having salmon for dinner tonight. Yahoo!
Last night I spent the night at Sarah McGraw's. We played a lot of Twister. The night before that I was at KT JJ's after our family Christmas party (which was awesome-almost everyone got jeans, I got black skinny ones) We also went to a home school basketball game, which wasn't as fun as the old times. On Sunday, Katie and I kept sneaking off to take naps. We were so cold and tired. Ah, I love the big bed in their playroom. I almost never get it though-it usually goes to ole Darcy.

Kate's party was fun. Apparently now I'm hanging out with Tyler over break, which hopefully won't be awkward. I might call you tomorrow, just to get in a good conversation before you take off to New York.

I still have to buy my parents' gifts. I think Kels and I are running out to Target soon. Right now she's making cookies for her boyfriend. I love the smell of cookies. It's Christmas Eve!

Well, sorry if this was a quick/jittery/non coherent post. And sorry I haven't been on lately. Any chance you can check it in New York?
Well, Have a Lovely Christmas, sista.

P.S. Sarah has this huge book of lists. We got addicted and couldn't stop reading them. Did you know lard is the fattiest food? Or that JFK smoked marijuana? Or that tulips really have little cities in them? All of those are true according to the Book of Lists, well except for that last one.

Killer Party

When reflecting back on the first day of our winter break, I would have to describe it as phenomonal(if I could spell it right). Secret Santa kinda turned into last minute card making for Kate, and I really hope that she appreciated the ghettoness of our cards, not to mention the humour behind the tampon one. Oh man, but Kate's Sweet 16 was incredible!! Is it just me, or were we the first to get on the dance floor and the very last to leave? Which is odd because I'm not really much of a dancer. I loved when the DJ danced with it though, haha that was hilarious! Plus, it was pretty cool seeing friends from other schools, I miss them so much. It was pretty much the perfect start to break.

I hope the rest of my break is just as amazing. In comparison to last night I didn't do much today. I went grocery shopping with my dad and went to the movie store but that' about it so far. I'm really looking forward to New York though. Hopefully it snows more while we are there. I will miss all of you though, but perhaps we can do something when I get back before school starts up again?

By the way, I'm sorry that I haven't checked our blog in a while. I'm trying to be careful with this whole contract affair. But like I said, I'm smart enough not to do anything stupid/rash, so I don't entirely understand why my mom is getting so intense about it. Well, i guess parents will be parents, n'est pas?

I have come to realize that this blog is kind of like a diary. I mean, we post our thoughts, feelings and opinions about the events and various aspects of our lives on here, just as we would in a diary. Except, this diary writes back, haha. It's almost like I'm having a conversation with my diary/myself(since we are kind of the same person?). Although, I haven't kept a diary since elementary school, and even then I barely wrote in it and when I did I seemed to have been more interested in doodling in it anyway. Well, I hope you are enjoying the Holiday Season Blog Buddy!

technology is out to get me

my computer has gone crazy> it wont let me capitalize or put in periods> it took me over !) minutes to post a comment on abby and audrey"s thing> i couldn"t log in at first to post it cause the period stopped working right after i finished my comment> crazy technology!

today was an okay day> ive been feeling kind of off lately<> i dont know why> i think i need a good break and sledding>
oh but the seven am practice wasn"t all bad> the sunrise over the church was gorgeous> then<> it was one of those times when you just wish you had a camera because the light played perfectly on the bridge>

but i realized last night<> yet for some reason i love it?
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it just deleted like half of the sentences! oh gosh<> reading this might waste your life> it wont let me go back in and fix parts either> because whenever i click on an area<> im so sorry for your eyes and brain

ill write a revised version tomorrow

Solitude

Wow, that was very poetic in a way Sa. Sorry I haven't been on in a while. I'm must be careful because of this 'contract'. Which, by the way, is so lame. I mean, i'm a smart kid. I may not be a super smart genious like you, but still, I'm confident that I have enough common sense not to do anything stupid/rash that could get me in trouble. While I understand their concern for my saftey, I would hope that they would trust me enought not to sign something like that. I guess not, and that really hurts.

I have realized why I like the night so much. It's so calm and quiet. Everyone is asleep so it's just me and a good book or my sketchbook. I love being active and social durring the day, but I need my "me" time as well where I can just curl up with whatever it is that I happen to be reading, and relax. And that fact that I'm the only one up at the late hours of the night means absolute silence and no noisy chatter drifting up throught the floors of my house. It is just silent, and perfect. I pretty much adore those 30 minutes to several hours of solitude.

Are you ready for our convo tomorrow? Time to spread the word about Invisible Children! I'm excited, and I hope that everyone really gets the message of what's going on and why it is so important to help. I really believe that we can help make a difference.

Curry

Dad's making curry lima beans for dinner tonight-this should be interesting. Then again, curry can make ANYTHING taste good. I love it so much. And I like the texture of lima beans, like the smooth Barbie shoes that were so nice to chew on.

Today was eh. It wasn't great, but not terrible either. Music class was quiet. I felt like a loner because I just sat by myself and played. At the same time, though, it felt nice. I played all the songs we played second semester last year. All the drummers were playing really loud so like no one else could hear me. It felt comforting, like being in a musical cocoon. I really miss being in a full orchestra. Nothing can compare with that, when you are utterly surrounded by music, in and out. There'd be times where my mind would just shut down and I would play in the group, and when I came to, it was just awesome that my brain and fingers could do that work without me. It's like music took me over and disposed of my brain. I think because there's just some things your conscious can't do for you. Like, in Hungarian Dance, there's this really fast part and if I think about it, I mess up. But if I just let go consciously, my fingers know what to do. Also, when I'm learning and playing music, and actually focusing on it, it's like a meditation where everything else is just kind of shut out. Kind of like when you're sketching and utterly focused on that. I can't believe I was going to give up music if I had stayed at Pike. I think seeing August Rush made me want to play my whole life. It's just mm, soothing. I want to get better now.

Well, I really have to do English and I can't think of anything else to talk about, my day was pretty uneventful. Cyanara!

Library Love

Ah, today was a good day. Two hour delay! It was awesome, even though I didn't get that much sleep because my sister woke me up when she left. I really want to see the rest of transformers now, haha. Maybe after the winter formal?

Hm, i still have to see about going to Abby's tomorrow, but she has to call me back tomorrow about it. My mom is still kinda iffy about it though. I really hope i can go, but I'm doubtful, and even if I do they probably won't be too happy, so I'd have to be on my best behavior for the rest of the weekend and possibly the rest of the week to keep them pacified. Why must parents be so strict? Sometimes I look forward to being able to drive myself places.

The Library was awesome! Thanks so much for taking me Sara. My tastebuds are still burnt from that coffee though. I loved the kid's section especially, it was sooooo cool! Definantly beats Taco Bell. We should hang out there after school, and sit in those comfy pod chairs. The veiw from the top floor was amazing too. Ah, it was just so amazing.

Hm, well I should probably work on my independent project now...

In English

Sitting in English, so I thought I'd make my list.
This is a really hard one, though, I might have to finish it later since I have to go with Emilea in the elevator (yay!)

1. Definitely the grillz/ yearbook night.
2. The truth or dare on the bus-I think most of our favorites are the same...
3. Golf carting in Michigan
4. Seeing She's the Man and you laughing louder than anyone in the theater. hahaha. I love that movie

Have a cup of coffee

Just checking in really quickly. I'm in the middle of my paper. I thought I'd leave you with this nice quote i found: "Jackson men, in addition to harping on the corrupt-bargain charge, accused Adams of pimping for the czar while he was minister to Russia."

This is it Boys, This is War!

Today was awesome! I can't believe it snowed so much. Ah, it was so beautiful though when I woke up. I also got some sweet pictures for my sketchbook. And not one, but two snowball fights. Can life get any sweeter? Oh man, I was so cold by the time I got home though. There was snow all down my shirt and my socks were soaked through leaving my feet to freeze, but I didn't really care. I will probably wake up with a cold tomorrow too, haha. It wasn't really that bad though. Ah, we should definantly do this again. Seriously.

Today seemed quite hilarious for some odd reason that I can't quite put my finger on. I wonder why? Maybe people were in just a good mood because of the snow. Except for that fight of course, which I think it's really dumb when people fight. Man, Mr Harris is a beast though, did you see him break that thing up? But still, fighting and volience is stupid. One of the many reasons as to why I came to Herron is that there is just too much stupid drama at public schools.

Blogging is slowly becoming more and more addicting. I think that I spent almost two hours on here last night. At least I didn't have any homework to do really, but tonight I do so hopefully I won't get too sucked in. I probably will though. Haha, I love how we just start reading our blogs at school when we get bored. A very productive use of our time if I do say so myself.

Oh, Friday is an ok go! I talked to my mom and she's fine with it as long as I don't get home too late in the evening. I'm excited, I can't wait to see the new library. It's going to be amazing I bet.

I was somewhat disappointed by the fact that Abby failed to get back to school on time. I was so looking forward to that chocolate milk shake and fries. Oh well, I'll get over it, haha. Taco Bell is still on my mind, I can almost smell it. I am food obsessed. Actually, I'd say that both of us are. And the fact that there's a bunch of restraunts around our school does not help at all.

Oh Sa, bring your blanket tomorrow so we'll have it for invisible children! You should have Abby wear it so that it will smell like her.

new list should be favorite Sa and Andi blast from the past moments:
1. that field trip we took to the benjamin harrison home
2. going to darcy's that one time and playing truth or dare on that church bus
3. that one sleepover we had where we made the grills and worked on our own yearbook thingy
4. this is actually a tie but they both involve swing dancing: when you danced with that old man, and when we went duckpin bowling and felt super over dressed because we were all dolled up for dancing and those, posibly drunk guys hit on us, creepy but it makes a good story.

A quick blast from the past

Just a conversation I found yesterday, hidden amongst old Microsoft Word files, circa 8th grade:

ChineseMonkey927: hey

kiwinbetween: yo yo yo

ChineseMonkey927: whats up u little gangster?

kiwinbetween: pretty much the regular just here w/ like kanye and fifty makin sum sweet groves

ChineseMonkey927: of course

ChineseMonkey927: me and little kim are throwing a house party

ChineseMonkey927: but ludicris keeps jumping on the couch

kiwinbetween: hahaha

ChineseMonkey927: *shakes head* that luda

kiwinbetween: HAHAA

kiwinbetween: luda?

kiwinbetween: i love it

kiwinbetween: hahaha

kiwinbetween: well ceera is keeps trying to like flirt w/ fifty but hes not down with that so there having a dance off

ChineseMonkey927: hahaha

ChineseMonkey927: those two

ChineseMonkey927: i think ciara will win tho

ChineseMonkey927: fifty's a little down on the grooves

kiwinbetween: yea thats why i bet on him

ChineseMonkey927: haha

kiwinbetween: now peety pablo is makin tacos

ChineseMonkey927: peety pablo?

kiwinbetween: yes the short fat man

ChineseMonkey927: never heard of that short fat man

ChineseMonkey927: ooo man

ChineseMonkey927: paul wall and nelly are fighting over whose grill is better

ChineseMonkey927: ill have to go seperate them

ChineseMonkey927: haha its all cool now

ChineseMonkey927: mary j blige just started singing

kiwinbetween: hahaa

kiwinbetween: telll nelly i like his grill

kiwinbetween: im thinking of modling my grill of his

kiwinbetween: but i might add some diomands to mine....

ChineseMonkey927: good idea

ChineseMonkey927: i want mine to be platinum and silver...going for the understated look

kiwinbetween: well i want mine to be bling blinging so im going to write out lydia is rad in rubies

ChineseMonkey927: thats gonna be a masterpiece

kiwinbetween: i kno only the best for my chomper

ChineseMonkey927: hahahaha

ChineseMonkey927: so true

kiwinbetween: im so saving this convo

kiwinbetween: u are one funny ducky sara

ChineseMonkey927: haha thanks purple boohbah

kiwinbetween: YES

kiwinbetween: those things rock my socks

ChineseMonkey927: ya they do

ChineseMonkey927: i got up early to watch them...and that's saying something

kiwinbetween: hhaha

kiwinbetween: was it good

kiwinbetween: ?

ChineseMonkey927: yaaa

ChineseMonkey927: specially mr. man and grandmama learning how to use a bubble machine

ChineseMonkey927: but it was all too short

kiwinbetween: u should have taped it

kiwinbetween: them we could have like watched it @dreas party

kiwinbetween: im disappointed in u girl

kiwinbetween: lol

kiwinbetween: jk

ChineseMonkey927: ya i was thinking about taping it

ChineseMonkey927: but i was still half asleep

kiwinbetween: haha

ChineseMonkey927: so maybe the next time

kiwinbetween: ok promise?

ChineseMonkey927: ya

ChineseMonkey927: See BoohBah on WFYI TV 20 Friday, February 3 at 6:00am. Find another

kiwinbetween: dang

kiwinbetween: thats like devotion there

ChineseMonkey927: definitly

ChineseMonkey927: but i usally go back to sleep afterward

kiwinbetween: haha thats great

For some reason, I think we sound pretty ghetto in this old conversation...

Get up, Stand up

Not crying doesn't make you bad. I love the feeling after a good cry, though. Why is it that letting water run out of your eyes can relieve emotion? There was an article about in National Geographic awhile ago. I wish I had read it. Apparently we're like the only species that cries to show emotion. Sometimes, though, it's just so hard to cry, even when you feel like you should and it makes you feel guilty.When my grandpa died, though, I couldn't cry when everyone else did. Instead I went on a walk by myself in my grandma's neighborhood and I just lay down in the softest grass, in the shade of a bush in some person's yard. It was the most comforting thing I could do. Later that day, my sister and I just lay in my grandma's yard, staring into the sky.

Yeah, I could barely hear anything you guys were saying. I think my mom thought I was depressed because I wasn't joining in on your conversation at all. haha.


I was looking up Andrew Jackson quotes earlier for my paper (Yes, I actually did a little research, though definitely not enough). I realized slowly that they probably weren't the most reliable quotes. What really made me realize they weren't was this one:“If a warden sees cigarette litter being thrown from a car, they will take the number and trace the owner to send them a fine.”
Cigarette litter in Jackson's time? Or for that matter, a car??. C'mon, ThinkExist.com. Get it right.


And with the cliches, I kind of meant like movie-type things like "live in a house with a white picket fence" or "meet the man of my dreams" but I guess your way works okay, too.

Here's mine, your style:
Okay, your way is too hard. I even tried looking up cliches on the internet and i found this funny thing: Death Euphemisms
Playing harp duets with Hoffa.
Gone to a better place.
Dirt Nap Hotel.

So Here's my list, my style:
1. Eating chocolate/cookie dough/ ice cream after a break-up-It just sounds so guiltily good and yummy
2. Getting an acceptance letter to my dream college -Who doesn't want that??
3. Slow dancing in a living room to 40's-era music-Just sounds peaceful, happy
4. Getting tons of flowers-I love that scene in Big Fish when he puts all those daffodils outside her window. Big Fish is such a good movie, by the way, I want to rewatch it soon.

I'm adding a fifth one because it goes without saying
5. a road trip!

Heavenly

That is how I would describe Abby's hat. I wore it all night last night in fact, that is until I took it off right before I turned out the lights and went to bed, haha. Oh man, but it smells sooooooo good!!! Why does Abby and her stuff smell so good? Is this obsession with how her hat(stuff) smells a bit unhealthy? Probably. Do I care? Most likely not. Actually, I think Lydia has her hat now. I hope she remembers to bring it back to school tomorrow so Abs can get her hat back. I think my hair might be starting to smell like Abby's hat though, especially since I've pretty much worn it non-stop out of school these past two days, that is until Lydia took it. If Abby could bottle up her scent and sell it then I would probably buy it.

Man, I feel kind of bad now. I was the only one who didn't cry over that movie. Am I a bad person Sara? I hope not, I mean I really do care about those kids, it's just that well, I suppose crying just isn't really something I do? If that even makes any sense. Sometimes I just confuse my self. Oh man. I really do believe that we can help these kids and that by spreading the messsage to the rest of our school we can help promote awareness to this trajedy. I really screwed up that spelling didn't I? But still, I have faith that we can make a difference. I really think that that movie screening will help as well. Seeing something is sometimes a lot more influencial then hearing or reading about it. I suppose humans are a very visual race. We just seem to connect to images really well.

I don't know if you heard anything we were saying in the back seat of your car Sara, but Lydia was telling me that apparently the ex still likes me. Should I be a bit worried? I don't know. I hope it doesn't complicate anything though, although I don't see how I would, but still I guess there is still a bit of concern there. Ask me about it sometime tomorrow and I can fill you in on all the details.

Oh Ms. Koehring, haha. I swear, the teachers are the busy bodies in this school. They know everyone's business, and when they don't they make their job to find out. Our little conversations with her in yearbook will probably be the subject of discussion at the teacher lunch table tomorrow. I can't believe they gossip so much about the students though. Do they have no life outside of school? Ah, I didn't mean for that to sound mean. I'm sure they do though. I guess that since this other stuff is just more relevant to us, then perhaps we notice it more? Hmmm.

Ah, how I loved our quest for that kid to find out whether or not he was smoking. Quite the adventure, haha. Highly suspicious I'll say, plus you could smell the smoke. I kind of wish that Audrey had taken a picture with her "say cheese!" camera. Haha, I never knew camera phones did that. It would have been hilarious if we did get a picture. We should go on more adventures, they're so much fun. I still really want to explore our school's attic. My mind always toys with the idea whenever I see the door to that mysterious room.

Okay so for my cliches, at least i think that they are cliches:
1. take a walk in someone else's shoes-i want to walk in Abby's mocasines(sp?) because a) they look comfy, and b) i have already absconded her hat so i might as well just take the rest of her clothes to complete the outfit.
2. Dream Big-I suppose I already do this, I mean I space out all the time and get lost in my own little world ha
3. Nothing is Impossible-I have always dreamed of being able to fly...
4. You are what you eat-it would be pretty funny if people turned into the food they ate, but then again, I'd probably be devored alive, so....maybe not?

Spaghetti in the Eye

I can't find my gingerbread house. As I was looking for it, I opened a cabinet and a box of angel hair spaghetti flew out and hit me in the eye. Let me say angel hair spaghetti is not so angelic in a box.

MM, just found the house.

My sister just interviewed for a job downtown. I really hope she gets it

But that movie-It made me really want to know more about why that war is still going on. Are there people, like senators or congressmen we can write to that have any chance of making a difference? I need to look this up...
When I got home on Friday, I leaned against my mom and all of a sudden I couldn't stop crying. I just couldn't stop thinking about those kids that had to kill their own mom. Ugh. It's sick. But seriously, let's make as much of a difference as we can, and have faith that what we're doing can actually make something of a difference. After all, Herron wasn't built in a day. (I like that better than Rome's version. Shout out to last year's yearbook) And right now, let's do our best to love everyone here, cause we're all going the same way and we might as well make our lives on earth meaningful, full, loving, eh, let's spread the love, right?
Well, that was a bit incoherent. Ozzy Ozbourne=me. haha.

I'm excited for life. You ever get that feeling that wherever you're going, it's gonna be awesome? I really love Herron. I wake up excited each day now. The people are all so wonderful, something fun always happens.

Some firemen just showed up. They're doing random smoke alarm blitzes. New smoke alarms for us! haha. Luckily we didn't have a fire. People can be so nice. I love firemen. Ever hear about how they saved my dad's life?

Can we have an Invisible Children weekend sometime? We could do tons of fund-raising stuff.

Well, I really need to study for Latin, and maybe think about doing that APUSH paper. I really want time to read, too. I miss elementary school when reading each day was required. Remember DEAR? (Drop Everything And Read) Those were fun.

Also, sorry I neglected to write in here this weekend.

I forgot about the list:
1. Christmas (of course)
2. Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve-I love it. There are tons of candles, the most beautiful, quiet decorations. Everything is cozy and at this mass it's usually all the church people I know and its just very ethereal. I love my church
3. Kate's Party-I can't wait to see what her parents have arranged, though I'll feel a little guilty because of all the people in the world that don't even have parents, let alone ones that'll throw them parties like that. Let's make ours really casual, is that okay?
4. New Year's Eve- Sadaka New Years are the best. Also, Dec 22nd is the Stricker Family Christmas-aka my favorite annual party. Awesome German food. All my cousins. Presents. And non-stop laughing.

New list topic: 4 cliche things you hope to experience in life

It Just Blows My Mind

Wow, that movie was really powerful. It is still in my mind. I don't think that I will ever forget it, and i guess that that is a good thing too because the world needs to know what is going on. It just blows my mind though that such twisted violence is reality. How could someone ever do such terrible things to another human being? I just don't understand how humanity can be so heartless and cruel at times. What I do know is that those kids need our help. I really think that the movie helped a great deal in portraying the reality of this conflict and touching the veiwers. It was just so much more powerful then just hearing about it. I definantly think that we need show this to the rest of the school, it would really get people motivated to help.

On another note(not that these children are forgotten, but a happier subject would be nice), I cannot believe that I have been deprived of Taco Bell for so long. How could I have gone my whole life without such tasty food? Ah, Abby was right, I do want to go back now. Since we're downtown, I think that we should take advantage of it more often and seek out places with good food after school, haha.

Today I got some of my Christmas shopping taken care of. While I was Target I actually considered getting some footie pajamas after hearing such high praises of them from Abby, haha. But, I was kinda out of money. I did not see Lauren today though, I think either her shift was over or that she did not have to work. Are you still coming to the play with us?

I really should work on my independent project this weekend. I've been doing a lot with my paper crane one for drawing but I have barely done anything for my painting project. Oh, I finally got the photography club pictures up so you can take them to use if you need too.

Are we asking for charity donations for our sixtenth birthday? I think we should, and I also think that we should donate the money to invisible children.

"daddy's gonna kill ralphie!"
oh man, I just finished "A Christmas Story." BEST holiday movie ever, so so funny, haha. I can't believe that I actually got to see the house from the movie too last year. It was so awesome. I need to show you the pictures sometime if you haven't already seen them. Ah, I love that movie.

Spinsta Sistas!

Yes, I'm feeling quite relieved that there are no feelings of animosity. Ah, I do love being spinsta sistas with you Sa.

I wonder, since Mr. Hurst now know the address of our blog, I wonder if maybe we will have a new reader? Hmm, haha, that could be interesting. Abby says that he use to have a blog last year and that people(students) would comment it all the time of something. So there's your fun fact of the day...Oh man, our school is so random. At least it keeps things interesting.

I hope Lydia makes a blog. She should. I hope she goes with lydia and brutus as her pair, haha. Unless of course she wants to do one with Callie. What if the four of us all started a new trend of writing blogs that spread to the rest of the school? I definantly think Lydia should get one though, it would be awesome. We should talk to her about it.

So photo club was pretty awesome today. Oh man, that random guy was a little freaky...stranger danger! I tried uploading the photos on my camera to my facebook but it's loading too slow so I think it may have to wait till tomorrow. I'll get them up eventually though.

I'm so sad that there is no new office on tonight. I don't think my heart could break anymore...

Our new list should be what you're most looking forward to this holiday season:
1. New York
2. Kate's Party
3. Secret Santa
4. Holiday Cheer (a bit corny, but i just love the feeling of the holiday season, haha)

Sara Screams "Your Every Breath is a Gift"

On a Freezing Chicago Street just came on. I like that line about Sara. Ah, what an awesome name I have. haha jk.
So I'm happy for you Andrea. You're relieved, he doesn't hate you, and we can be spinster sisters now! Ah What would I do without you???

A question in your nerves is lit
Yet you know there is no answer fit to satisfy
Insure you not to quit
To keep it in your mind and not forgit
That it is not he or she or them or it
That you belong to.

I'm listening to Bob Dylan right now. I'm so sad I lost that Bringing it All Back Home CD. It seriously was my favorite. oh where are you dear Bob?? If you still have that CD on your computer you should listen to It's Alright Ma. Right Now. Then burn me a copy of the Cd. Then listen to Baby Blue, or Love Minus Zero, if you want a lighter one-I wish he had written that for me, it's so sweet. How does he say things so right? Best poet I've ever heard. Though, I recently watched this really good movie with my parents called El Postino. It was about a postman and Pablo Neruda. Neruda was a pretty good poet, too. I recited one of his poems about a lemon in 8th grade. haha.

I guess I am pretty blessed in my cousins. I love them so much. I'm really excited for Sadaka Christmas on Saturday! How about when(if) we have kids, they think they're cousins. You're like a sister anyways.

I spelled couch wrong?? hmm maybe I actually rode in a coach with a thin top-hatted man as the driver. haha.

I'm so excited for tomorrow! I've wanted to go to the Abbey for a long time. I just hope my mom lets me. She used to not get so freaked out about plans. I think she's been really stressed lately, though.

So four things I want for Christmas:

1. Lip balm (I love how we both put this! We share an addiction)

2. Tea (I know you don't like it, but I think it's one of the best beverages. Ever. It's also quite classic)

3. More string for bracelets. Those are so much fun to make.

4. Gloves or mittens (I keep losing mine!)



Your turn to make a list topic. I'm so excited for Friday! Call me soon.

I. Am. Screwed.

Oh man, this relationship...I don't know how much longer I can put up with it. It's not that I don't like this person, I mean I could easily see being friends with them, it's just that I don't feel the same about them and it's really been bugging me. I want to end it, but i feel like a monster just thinking about it. I mean I hate hurting people and I would feel terrible, maybe even a little guilty, if I hurt this person, so it has been bugging me big time. Gah! What to do? And no I'm not going with the "disney channel approach" sorry, but he seems very unbothered by my akwardness so basically it wouldn't work. I feel so distressed right now. So that's pretty much what's on my mind. I do not like stressing out, and it's something i rarely do so when i do stress out it annoys me so much. Although, I guess I'm pretty at blocking it out which can be a good thing I suppose. My emotions are so weird, that's all I'm going to say right now.

Ah, Sa, those trash cookies were good. Haha, remember that time when we had mike dumpster dive? That was pretty amusing. Your cousins are amazing. Haha. I sometimes wish i had cousins like yours. All my cousins are only 7 or 8 or something like that. And the oldest is a year or two younger then me or something. I guess what i'm saying is that it can be kinda hard to relate to them, so whenever we stop by to visit them around Christmas I tend to stick with my sister mostly. At least I get along pretty well with my sis. Gah, honestly I love her so much! Of course, she always seems to greet me with and "ew, i don't want to hug you!/get away!" attitude, but still. Oh Al...is it me or is her name slowly getting shorter and shorter? Soon I may just be calling her 'little A' haha.

I'd have to agree with your distress over the fact that science tells us that our actions are primitively based. I guess some of it might be true but even if we recieved such urges based on these instincts, one would think that our society would be more wisened and able to tell right from wrong and make decisions based on our better judgement and not random instincts/urges.

Hm, well just to let you know, I'm really bad at coming up with what I want for christmas, I mean there's really isn't a lot that i want to be honest. But here it goes:
1. A docking station/speakers for my mp3
2. burt's bees (I'm almost out!! and I can't live without my precious burt's bees)
3. fingerless gloves
4. this colorful rib cage hoodie that matches my t-shirt (do i dress kinda emo sometimes? it feels like it, even though I am not emo)

P.S. I think you spelled "couch" wrong. it's a "u" not an "a." And I'm usually the one with the bad spelling....

Trash Cookies and Blog Philosophy. Part One.

Ah, Andrea! Your questions are too tough. I feel like I know nothing! Like, there's times I really want to know everything about the world, or at least about people, what and why they do things. But then, I just get kind of scared thinking of what I might find-does knowing about all the bad things make you more likely to be bad? It's like glancing down those alleyways downtown: you want to know where they lead, but you're scared to actually follow them because the shadows and the dark make you think you'll just find something horrible. But about war, I think it's just the old method, the way people are used to, so they don't change. Tribes killed each other to get rid of the problems, or too prevent competition and a thousand years later we still follow those ancients. That annoys me, though. I hate how all science articles nowadays seem to talk about how we get all our traits and habits from things necessary to survival back in Neanderthal times. It makes me mad that we never broke away from animalistic actions. I used to never understand why people fight, until I got really angry one day and actually felt like hitting something-that scared me. But how do people plan fights, plan murder, harm? That just doesn't make sense to me. I think our nations fight because if they don't, they could be seen as weak or easy to takeover. Or at least the US, where there are many countries that would take advantage of weakness here. Why can't we be like Switzerland? Good ole neutral, self-contained Switzerland.

Well, lighter topic: floating. It makes me think of that scene in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where they float on the top of that bubble room. I used to lie on my coach when I was bored and pretend I was walking on the ceiling in the hallway. I also used to spin in circles then jump on the coach and pretend I was on a bus. I was an odd child.

Ah Perogies for dinner! yayaya!

Um, list topic. hmm. Four things you want for Christmas??

Eh, got to go warm up some sauce. My mom didn't want any so she's making me make it. haha.

What If...

Have you ever wondered what if would be like if gravity were to suddenly reverse and we would them be pulled to ceilings of our houses? What would it be like? How would we get around our homes and reach the food? haha, of course I wonder about how I'll be able to eat. Seriously though, haven't you ever wondered about that? I know I do. Especially when I'm lying on my back in the living room. It probably applies to the living room specifically because the ceiling in there is so high. I think I've even figured out how to get to all of the rooms in my house though if such an event were ever to occur. Actually, I swear I read about something like this happening in a book. I think it might have been a scene in The Patchwork Girl of Oz or something like that.

Pumpkin stuff is amazing. My parents seem to buy a lot of stuff with pumpking seasoning/flavoring in it. Today I had this pumpking bread that we got from Target, and it was so amazingly delicious! Those pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are especially tasty. Why does everything with pumpkin taste so good though? I suppose i should just accept it and enjoy all the yummy pumpkin flavored food that i come across. Hmmm, my mind seems to be in some sort of food mindset at the moment. I do love food though. What would my life be without it. Have I said this before? Perhaps my mind is just going in circles today. It's quite possible I suppose.

I wish it would snow. That would be amazing. It just keeps raining though. I actually like the rain but since it's getting into the holiday season, snow would be quite appropriate. What if they played christmas/holiday music over the intercom at school durring passing periods? That would be pretty awesome. I love Christmas carols, although sadly I cannot sing. Which I suppose can be a bit of a problem at times seeing as how I like to sing but do not have a voice for it. Oh well. Haha, I love listening to Travis sing though. Oh man, i sooo hope that he sings songs from Mulan tomorrow. That would make my day. Possibly even my life...Oh Travis, haha. We must remember to bug him about that tomorrow.

Well, I have that history chapter to read although I'm really not in the mood for doing school work. Personally, I find that I rarely learn anything, actually maybe i should say remember, anything from our history textbook. I mean, could you pick a more dull textbook? Or even a duller subject at that. I mean, basically all that American history is is a bunch of white guys who fight each other, start wars, debate about dull politics, and get into the occational, and perhaps insane, duel. Okay so characters like the crazed Andrew Jackson are somewhat hilarious and comical to learn about. But other then that, I don't see what is so great about American history. What can i say, learning about politics and war just doesn't do it for me.

Speaking of war, well, I just don't get war. I mean, what's the point? So you have a bunch of people go out and fight other people. But honesty, does it really accomplish anything? In the end, one side just ends ups slaughtering the other until the losing side can't go on anymore or afford to keep supplying their armies. And how does this resolve anything? I mean, i don't think that going over to another country and killing a bunch of people through show of brutal force is the right way to go about solving your issues. Why can't people just talk about it? I guess all these guys who run our country are just to thick to consider that diplomatic relationships might actually bring about some good. When one country or group of people decides to deal with an issue through brute force you would think that it would do more harm then actual good. Wouldn't it just tick off this other country more and further push the stress going on between these two countries? Maybe I'm just rambling. I imagine that my little rant is probably a bit confussing to you too. Did i even spell "confussing" right?

Why does it feel like all I do is question myself somedays Sa? Hm, maybe I should just go and get some rest for my weary mind. Or finish my homework, yipee.

Brand New

I must say that I'm feeling quite festive at the moment. My family has started our annual task of putting up all of the Christmas decore. So far we have put up the trees and I got some lights put up in my room. Not to mention the holiday music that has been playing all day. I absolutly adore the holiday season, i mean how could you not? Every one is typically in such good spirits and concerned about about doing the right thing. Although I guess it would be nice if every month was like this, on the other hand I feel that it makes this time of year a little extra special.

Speaking of the holidays, I finally got the Secret Santa stuff sent out with the help of dear Alex, haha. So you should have your person now. I'm not sure about the date yet, however i'm going to try and talk to everyone else about it this weekend or something.

My Thanksgiving was pretty good. It was just my parents and sister but I still enjoyed it. I was kinda dissapointed that Yusef Hauss did not get his turkey displayed but an honorable mention is good. I love how you used my "Big Drea T" nickname in your blog title. It kinda makes me sound like a gangsta or something, haha.

Ah! Guess what!!! Okay, so I told you that my camera was broken right? Well, we had sent it in a few weeks ago to get fixed. Apparently there was some sort of warrenty or something that said the camera company would fix it for free. Well, I finally got my camera back today, except, they gave me a new one! I think this new camera is of better quality too which is awesome. It seems that they didn't have enough stuff availible to fix my old camera or something, so they just sent me a new one. My sister and I were so excited. She even said "thanks for breaking the camera Andrea." I did not break it, it broke on it's own. Even so, this new camera is pretty spiffy so I guess it kinda was a good thing that the old camera broke(on its own!).

Leaf Raking tomorrow!! I'm so excited, this is going to be so much fun. Call me about when i should come over and stuff. Oh, also should I bring my own rake and bags? And we should probably get some information to give to the people who we'll be raking leaves for. Maybe print out some sort of informational sheet? Lots to think about, haha. Well I guess I'll see you tomorrow then! I'll be counting the minutes, haha. Or maybe not, I'm not that lacking in a life, although I am still quite excited about it. Also, your turn to come up with a list Sa!

I am thankful for sunrises, dogs, sweet potatoes, and Big Drea T

Andrea I loved your last two posts. The first one because it promised a Christmas letter. I love your family's letters. Especially the last one we got that only mentioned how you just walk around with your ear buds in all the time. The second one because it was so sweet! Ah Andrea you're the greatest friend. I'll protect you from crazy ladies in cars.

So this morning, I woke up at 6:15, put on my coat and slippers, ignored the herd of pets begging for breakfast, unlocked the door, and stepped into a semi-darkness broken by my neighbor's motion-detecting light system and a faint yellow tinge on the horizon (either commercial lights or a sunrise-I like to think it was the sunrise). The air smelled so fresh, how it always does after a rain. I'm thankful for that smell too. I grabbed our newspaper and went into the house, trying to stay quiet and not wake up my family. Then I retreated into the bathroom (the pets couldn't bug me there. I felt like Ralphie when he decoded the Little Orphan Annie message). I pulled out the Indiana Living and looked at the turkeys. Unfortunately, Yusef Haas didn't make it. However, he did get a casual mention in the form of a casual list of types of turkeys they received. A patriotic one was definitely mentioned. Yusef Haas you're on the way to fame! After that, I went back to sleep, cleaned, worked on my independent project a little, and ATE! My mom made this amazing sweet potato dish. I usually don't like sweet potatoes but it was good. We also had this vegetarian dressing. Wow I love veggie food.

I'm excited for our leaf raking. Tomorrow I'm doing to Darcy's (Sadly the premiere got canceled). She and Laura are going shopping at 3 am tomorrow morning. haha. I think they just want the experience of it. That, and an excuse to stay up late.

Oh I found the Mulan mix! It just randomly showed up. I had to listen to it while I cleaned my room. Lydia does make awesome mixes.

We have three dogs here currently. Kelsey's dog-sitting one of her friend's dogs. It's a little crazy having three dogs at once beg for food. I can't stand that many puppy dog eyes. It's hard to resist (except the food's too good to give up haha). I agree that having an eating disorder would be way to hard. Well, except for binging. haha I could see doing that. haha Just kidding.

I Am Thankful for My Hero, Sara

Why you ask? well, sara has always been there for me. Over that past month she has saved me from near death experiences, not once, but twice. First it was a crazy old couple in a car, and next it was from a board that almost crushed me today. And for that, I am truely thankful. Plus, she feeds me good food, haha. So, whenever someone asks me what i am thankful for, i look them in the eye and say, I am thankful for my friend and hero, Sara. If only someone would ask what i'm thankful for. But if someone did, that's what I would say. Just thought you should know...

I hope Yusef Hauss wins! Have I said this before? Well if i have, now you just know how serious i am about winning this thing. Or at least an honorable mention would be pretty sweet. I mean, how could they not appreciate our veterans theme? Did i even spell "veterans" right? probably not, like i have said before, i'm definanlty not the greatest speller. I do my best though.

Hey, did you hear that it might snow tomorrow?That would be awesome! I love snow. Gah, i'm so excited for the holidays! Thanksgiving is pretty much the start of the holiday season for me. I geuss that's part of the reason for why i like it so much.

Our homeroom party was pretty fun as well. I loved those name tags audrey made, they were adorable! Man, i am in such a great mood now. Probably because of all the good food. Ah, food is another one of my loves. I mean, who does not love food? I could never develope an eating disorder. Honestly, I love food too much to do something so insane. My mom is making pie right now for tomorrow. I think it's pumpkin, yuuum! Pretty much every thing with pumpkin is delicious, n'est pas? haha, busting out my french!! I do miss french. I think i am forgetting a lot of my french as well. It's kinda sad. I wish i could take french instead of latin. It's not that i don't like latin, it's just that i like french better. Plus, it's actually useful. Oh well, i still love school, haha. I am such i dork, but i'm totally okay with it. We, hope you have an awesome Happy Thanksgiving Sa/My hero! *gobble gobble*

Everybody Wants To Be A Cat

So true. I was obviously listening to disney music earlier. I love disney, it's so magical, both the movies and the music, haha. I'm so sad that you lost that mix with all the mulan songs tho Sa. If you ever find it though, you should bring it in for the car ride to school. You know, I've kinda forgotten what it's like to ride the bus, getting up early while the moon was still out, and then having to put up with those kids who had their music turned up too loud. Is it me or did those people who always turned their music up that loud always listen to the worst stuff. Ick! glad those days are over. I guess riding the bus was okay in the afternoon. I remember i always used to play cards and talk with lauren, that was fun. Plus i was actually awake in the afternoon and not caught up in some half-awake/half-asleep zombie state.

Well, apparently my babysitting job got cancelled. I'm kinda dissapointed. Oh well, at least i can sleep in now on friday. Although they did say that they would consider hiring me if they ever need a sitter and lauren isn't availible. Apparently works takes up her free time and has potentially opened a new career pathway(what is this phrase from? i know i've heard it before...) for me.

Gah, guess what!!!! Awesome news, you're going to be so psyched(i pretty much had to look up this word because i couldn't spell it)! Okay, so it's getting close to the holiday season, and my parents have started on their Christmas Card which will include, back by popular demand, a christmas letter detailing all the facinating aspects of my family's life currently. Haha, i can't wait to read it. Apparently my sister has seen part of it and is a bit upset at being refered to as, and i quote, "the tv programmer." It is so true though, i'm not even lying. Gah, this is going to be so good. I'll make sure your family gets a copy. Apparently they got some comments from people last year asking about what happend to the annual family letter, so they are including one this year.

Speaking of the holidays, i should really start on my wishlist. Relatives and such are starting to bug me about that...The problem is i never know what i want. Well, it will at least give me something to do this weekend. OH! By the way, keep reminding me to send out the secret santa stuff, we should plan this out soon before it gets too late. I'm so excited, I love secret santa! We should also try and plan to go dress shopping, even though neither of us will really end up buying anything, it would still be fun to go out and do something.

Okay, new list should be favorite disney songs

1. everybody wants to be a cat-the aristocats

2. i'll make a man out of you-mulan

2. a whole new world-aladin

3. what's this?-nightmare before christmas

Go to Sleep Little Baby

My parents are watching O Brother Where Art Thou behind me. Oh man I love that movie and its music.

And I did ask my doctor about the breathing. She said she had no clue what was wrong and to take my pulse every time I start feeling like that. The thing is, I'm so bad at taking my pulse! It's a rare moment when I can find it.

I was thinking about this last night: If humans haven't helped those around them, even without technology, why would being connected with people across the world make much of a difference? Within every country there is a lot of disparity between rich and poor, even here. I'd like to think our generation can do better though.

And I would battle for your pillow hands! Seriously, I think you must be half Beanie Baby.

Dance With Me?

Invisible Children is going to be awesome! I think i may work on some of the tee shirt designs tonight. I'm really looking forward to fund rasing as well. I think it's sad, that even though we have all this technology and all sorts of connections with other cultures, that there is still poverty and war. You would think that such things would help improve the well being of humanity. I guess not, or at least not always. Not to say that there aren't good things as well.

Man Sa, you're sorta freaking me out with this breathing thing. I guess it is possible that it could all just be in your mind though, after we can have crazy mental affects on ourselves when we concentrate on stuff too much. Have you talked to your doctor about it? I feel like a worried mother somewhat....

By the way, i'm intruiged by this purposed death battle between you and abby. I must say that i do feel somewhat honored that you would fight to be my dance partner. That or you just really like my hands....

Breathing

So that breathing problem is getting worse. I keep trying to take deep breaths and instead I feel like an oompa-loompa is sitting on my chest. I'm really worried that I'm making myself breathe weird through thinking I have a breathing problem. Isn't that weird how our minds can convince us we're sick when we really aren't? I've been breathing really weird all day. I really hope I didn't sound like a heavy-breathing man with onion breath and a beer belly. Definitely tell me if I do.

So Invisible Children was really interesting. I'm so excited for fund raising. I love this feeling when you find a way you can make a difference. It's like a jumping fire lizard in your chest. In a good way.
It's so weird I never knew about the war in Uganda. It's been going on for longer than I've been alive. This makes me feel odd in two ways. One, that a war has been going on longer than I've been living. I'm so young, yet twenty years is way too long. If people can become mature in 18 years, why can't a whole world find a solution to a problem in twenty? I guess war is more complicated than that though, no matter what Judy Blume may have us believe about growing up.
Two, that I didn't know there was a whole war going on. I feel like humans should all be connected more. I guess that's the wonderful thing about technology. It made the world a little smaller so that wars and mass murders cannot be kept hidden (well, I guess as far as we know, since if its hidden we wouldn't know about it).
Sometimes I think technology has made us too close though, like when we can't listen to our own consciences for answers. Do you think having our generation grow up this connected will make us a better world? Like, we could cooperate with people all over the world and learn about the ways other people live. I always found those books about how other children live really interesting. It's so odd when you go to a place where the culture is so different than ours. It's hard to wrap your mind around all the ways humans can be different, but I love it.
You know what makes my mind hurt every time I think about it? Learning Chinese. There's so many dialects, words, tonal differences, not to mention their written language looks so different from ours. I kind of want to learn it just to see if I could, though my mind might explode. My cousin Amanda has a friend that taught himself Mandarin Chinese. That impressed me so much.

So my cousin Charlie is now coming for Thanksgiving with two of his kids too. I still wish we were having a bigger Thanksgiving. I love family, especially my mom's side because I feel closer to them since almost all of them live in Indiana.

Well, I'm going beber agua. Hasta manana!

Hey Hey You You, I Don't Like Your BOYFRIEND!!

....hmm, bit of a lame title but it was the last thing i heard on the office, Kelly singing that is.

Well, i have yet to try that funky chicken song. Usually i just put on some music when i need a boost of energy. That or i will just eat a bunch of chocolate covered espresso beans. They usually make me hyper, even though it's probably just pshycological. (did i even spell that right? probably not *whisper whisper* haha). Man, i swear those things are so incredibly addicting! I could really use a box of those in Mr. Crawley's class though. Honestly, i don't think that lunch switch did anything to change his lessons. I still feel drained when i leave that class.

Not much, going on with me either today. But i'm so phsyced(once again, spelling?) for our party. Mr Hurst thinks he can beat our homeroom but i say: He's. Going. Dooooooown! Haha.

As for favorite songs, this is a toughie, there are so many i like!(no particular order either)
1. Broad Ripple is Burning-Margo and the Nuclear So and Sos (thanks for the mix abs!)
2. Calm Before the Storm-Fall Out Boy(their old stuff before they became mainstream is the best! gah, i love patrick's voice haha)
3. U Owe Me and IOU-Hot Hot Heat, love this band's music!
4. A Whole New World-Aladin, just one of the many disney songs i adore

like i said, i don't exactly have favorite songs but these are just a few of the ones i really adore.

Ralphie!

When my mom was taking that cat litter out of the trunk she commented on its unexpected heaviness too.

Today was of course fun, though cold. I was sad about missing home room. Did you try my funky chicken idea??

This cold weather is making me crave Christmas activities. Like watching the Christmas Story, drinking hot chocolate, making gingerbread houses, and decorating. I really don' t have much to blog about. Yay for The Office! And Cereal party! Oh man I love cereal. I think I'll leave you on that happy note. I'll put up more if I have more to write about.

Oh wait, I know! A list! How about favorite songs? This one is really hard.

(no particular order)
1. She Belongs to Me -Bob Dylan--I love almost all his songs, though. I used to like this song better because I used to think it said " For Halloween give her a trumpet
And for Christmas, get her a bit drunk" I always thought that was funny, I don't know why. Though I guess the actual version is stunning too.

2. Great Balls of Fire from Jerry Lee Lewis' Live at the Star in Hamburg- I love how he does odd trills. I would love to see him live. He is the most energetic performer. Can you believe he set a piano on fire once??

3. We Danced Anyways-Deanna Carter-Her voice is awesome

4. Aint No Easy Way - Dead Blonde Girlfriend--I just love the phrases they use.

On Target

Oh man, i feel so bad for that girl...That's terrible. I hope she's okay.

On a brighter not though, do you know if Katie can shadow yet? Gah, i love shadows. It was awesome having lauren shadow us today. I'm glad that she liked Herron. When I talked to her earlier this week she seemed like she wasn't really planning of going to Herron, she just wanted to see what or school was like or something but when i talked to her in drawing, she was like "i really like this school." Apparently she thinks pike is a bit big so she's looking at going to a smaller school, sooo.....she may consider coming here next year? Not quite sure, but she said she liked it and that every one was nice, so that's a plus.

So art club was pretty fun today. Lydia and I are doing pretty well on our mural, special thanks to lauren, haha. And LEAP-FROG!!! I swear, sometimes our school reminds me of elementary school. It's like a bunch of highschoolers reliving their childhood. Our little stop at target was pretty amusing as well, but who knew cat liter was soooo heavy?? Gah, all that for two little cats? not trying to be mean or anything sa, it's just so heavy! Those coconut samples were quite tasty as well....Hmm, that reminds me, i need to see if i can get some cereal for friday. I should prolly study for APUSH as well, so this must be goodnight!

Silly Rabbit

I always feel a little down when I first wake up too. It's always the thought of breakfast and a nice cup of tea that gets me moving. That, and the Funky Chicken song. Seriously Andrea, TRY IT! I'll put it here just in case you forgot:

C'mon everybody get up and get kickin'
C'mon everybody, do the Funky Chicken
(insert Funky Chicken dance)

I just found out one of KT and Kyle's really good friend's mom died last night. The girl doesn't even know why her mom died. That's so...I don't know I just can't imagine that. Imagine losing your parents. That'd be so hard.

Okay well I have to go, Katie's going to be calling me. Love you Andrea, and your parents.

Silly Games

Okay so i felt so sad this morning. Why? that's what i'd like to know but i, sadly, do not have that answer. What is wrong with my emotions today? i swear, they are off or something. I start the day off depressed and then become elated durring the rest of the school day to feeling annoyed at the end of my day. Gah! whyyyyy?

Man, i'm so excited about our turkey project though in homeroom, haha. I hope we win!!! It would be kinda akward if they called the school asking for the entry though. Oh man....We better win though! Our turkey is going to be awesome, i just know it. Unless something goes horribly wrong, man, i hope not! Haha, okay think positive.

So seminar was a blast. My swing dancing skills have definantly improved. We are going to dominate those dance floors next time. That adult swing dancing club will have no idea what hit them! take that, floor hogs. Oh wow, a bit competitive? i think not....As far as competitive goes though, you were really getting into that game Sa! I could just see the determination to win in your face. It was actually kinda red now that i reflect back upon it and that fatefull moment when you were hit with the bamboozle. Or maybe my brain is just photoshopping the redness onto your face. Haha, how is that even possible, although with my imagination i guess pretty much anything is possible at times.

I'm so excited for tomorrow when lauren shadows!!! it's going to be awesome! Well i have lines to memorize now. See you tomorrow

Shock. Anger. Betrayal. Part One

Why do I always put Part One to everything?? Oh it just makes it sound so much more official and novelesque. Did I just ask myself a question and answer it in print, like a person conversing with themself in public? Yes, I did.

So the above title is in reference to the game of Bamboozle experienced today. I could not shut my gaping mouth when we were Bamboozled. It was like being hit by a car on the way to your wedding, not at all pleasant. Though maybe my competitiveness got the better of me then. I still can't believe Ben's team won. His enthusiastic hair jigglings were quite fun to see, though (yet at the same time a little scary). If he ever cuts his hair, I will go into mourning.

If R Simmons (wow that makes him sound like a lawyer, the opposite of what Richard is really like. Oh that reminded me of my dad since his name is Richard too. That is not a pleasant association for my dad. Hopefully I can forget it and not see Richard Simmon's too-happy face every time I talk to my dad. I love my dad too much to let that happen). Well anyways, if R. Simmons had a blog, it would be about weight loss. Wait a second, he does have a blog! Remember that one about the time change we read??

I watched you walk home as long as I could. I was so worried. If you had turned around you would've seen my face through the window, much like a nosy neighbor, like Aunt Petunia, yes. I'm glad you got home safely.

I agree with your choice of Hermione. She would be awesome to be.

My dad's talking on the phone with my uncle who lives in NYC right now. He mentioned me flying out by myself to meet him. That would be fantabulous, though scary. I doubt my mom would let me. I have chance of being able to convince her though.

Our college tour after junior year will be so much fun. Us and Mr. T, what could be better?

I should get back to memorizing. Sleep well!

The Simmonator

That Richard Simmons exercise tape was awesome!!! We should do more of his tapes. Oh man, what if Richard Simmons had a blog? I wonder what he would write about.....probably rainbows and the butter that is the sun. Hmmm....



After that I had to walk home in the rainy darkness, all by my lonesome. It was actually fun. But kinda scary at the same time. I was kinda scared that some weirdo would try and abduct me. Or even more likely, that the crazy old lady would drive by and take me out. Especially since it was so dark she would probably swerve off the road just so she could finish the job. But besides my worries and suspicions, i made it home safe and sound, but my pants were soaked through so i was kinda cold.

Well, that was pretty much the highlight of my day, so i'm off to watch heroes now! And homeroom tomorrow! i always miss homeroome mondays. Well goodnight all

Rainy Sunday

Gah, i'm sooo sorry i forgot to call you sa! but when i got home i was so incredibly tired. That movie seemed to have sucked all the energy out of me.

Ah, good 'ol Hooper, may he rest in peace. I love how mr. friend * shivers* had us watch that movie. That lifetime movies we watched in health was pretty funny as well. I wonder who picks out the health movies....What if it's like a special job or something? hmm....potential future career?

My saturday was pretty lazy. I stayed home and worked on my independent project. Which was actually good bacause i'm done with hanging the cranes up from my ceiling for the most part. It took forever though. I guess it's a good thing that i'm such a patient person. Haha. Today was more interesting though. The doorbell rang in the middle of the night and woke me up. It scared me half to death, not even kidding! I thought it may have been some weido but then i realized that it just does that when it's storming. I went back to sleep though. When i woke up i had one of the few remaining muffins from friday for breakfast, yuuuum! And then i tried to call you Sa but you weren't home. I went to target later though and saw lauren which was fun. I can't wait till she shadows wednesday, it's going to be awesome! That lunch switch definantly sucks, i won't have lunch with lydia anymore. At least we'll be in the same lunch though. Well, that's about it for my weekend so i guess i'll see you tomorrow Sa!

OH! characters list!
okay uh....
1. Imogene from the blue girl. this is probably a weird choice, no idea why i picked it. i guess i like how she's so confident and has a faery tale creature as her imaginary(who is actually real)/best friend.
2. Mulan!! no explaination needed...
3. Uh, the crow girls(DON'T YOU DARE SAY IT SA!!!). they're just so happy and carefree all the time
4. uh, maybe hermione? she's super smart, she gets to go to hogwarts, she goes on awesome adventures with harry, and....she ends up dating ron(and if he's played by rupert grint, well who wouldn't want to be hermione then?)!!!

Hooper and his Effect on my life. Part One

Ah your date sounded sweet. However, you never called me like we agreed upon. I waited up by my phone like the mother that you know I am to you. haha. To make up for this failure to call, you must give me more details. And possibly chocolate.

So yesterday, I had my first driving lesson. I was pretty nervous, but I didn't crash! Driving is still scary though. I dont know, I think seeing Hooper die scarred me. Good old stereotypical Hooper. His last sentence still haunts me ("That's my favorite hill!") haha Driver's Ed. movies basically made that class bearable.

After my driving lesson, I went to Sarahs. WE played Scrabble and watched Betty Boop. Then, we went to this Civil War exhibit thing at the Zionsville museum so she could get extra credit for a class. She made me try on this corset there, It barely fit. Some woman laughed at that. I don't know why. Then, we went to Broadripple. The only thing I bought was this bag of random stuff at B-ripple Vintage that Sarah and I split (actually she still owes me 5 dollars! hhmm). Some of it was odd stuff, like a finger nail I'm sure fell off of a sales person hand as they made the bags. And a gross keychain that said "Windsor Canadians love Calif". I hid some of that stuff around Sarahs room when she wasn't looking, as a nice, gross surprise. haha. We had a lot of left overs of stuff we didn't particularly want. (Get excited for random gifts tomorrow!)

Then I had a harvest festival thing at church, but the youth group ended up having to work. But at least there was really good food, like these amazingly soft rolls.

Sarah and I watched Pretty in Pink that evening (A good movie, but an annoying ending). Today was filled with church, my grandma's (I was really disappointed cause neither Katie nor Darcy could go, i haven't seen them in at least a month), reading, doing some homework, staring off into space thinking about how i should be doing more homework, like that sketchbook, and various other lollygagging pursuits.

I keep getting excited for school tomorrow. Except that we don't have homeroom, and that our lunch got moved to third lunch. bleh.

So Here's my list of characters I wish I could be, a la aud&abbs blog:

1. Princess Buttercup- who wouldn't want to marry Wesley???
2. Pam- She gets to experience Dwight's funniness without actually being him. Plus, shes dating Jim, aka hot stuff.
3. Ginny Weasley-Just being able to go to Hogwarts would be awesome
4. Athos, from 3 Musketeers- the epitome of cool, well, old-fashioned cool


Gah I just remember Disco Stu from the Simpsons!! Oh man he would be awesome to be...



ps- I just remembered this. Well, when the new library opens Lydia, Andrea, and me will probably start going there some days after school to get a ride home w/ mi madre. we should have library parties/ study sessions

Life

Yesterday was certainly interesting….

It all began in art where Abby and I got to work on gessoing(sp??) the boards for art club…or are we calling it NASA now? I have no idea. Anyways, that was fun, despite the fact that I got gesso all over my mouth and on my teeth. Don’t ever eat gesso, it tastes pretty bad. I sure hope that stuff isn’t toxic, or I could be in trouble…I starting to think Herron might be haunted. First the paper towel dispenser goes off on it’s own in homeroom and then today Abby and I were hearing odd shuffling noises around the room and what sounded like something dropping while we were painting. I wonder if the ghost lives in the attic. I really want to see this fabled attic. We caught a brief glimpse of it yesterday, and I’m quite intrigued. Our gessoing was later followed by a game of leapfrog in the middle of the second floor corridor when no one was looking, except maybe the ghost…

Then HOMEROOM PARTY!! Total awesomeness, the food was ah-mazing! Sa, those breads were quite divine, if I do say so myself. Ah, all the food was tasty…

Homeroom, was then followed by seminar and Abby’s quest for pants, haha. That was a hilarious adventure. Mr. Hurst looked at us as if we were insane, which we probably are, when Abby came into his class to get Elizabeth’s jeans. After that we swing danced, I think we’re definantly getting better, no major injuries this time lol. I hope to become a swing-dancing master by the end of the year. I think that is my current goal. Oh, and speaking of goals we could probably put that on our goal calendars for health Sa, along with trick-or-treating haha. I’m so serious.

Then, finally came the date. It was pretty fun. We pretty much just wandered around the mall for two hours and then went to see Bee Movie. How do I even begin to describe this movie? There were a few comical parts, but it was so weird. I just can’t explain how odd it was. It was really sweet though, my date help my hand pretty much the whole time and he was so nice to me. I couldn’t believe it, I mean I don’t really recalled anyone being so nice to me, haha oh wow that sounds really bad actually, but I don’t know. I just felt so odd/shocked. Man, this whole experience has pretty much put me in shock I think. I don’t know what to think. Gah, I’m so indecisive. I’ve noticed that I question myself a lot. Not sure why, but that’s how it works out I guess. What am I saying?! Babble, babble, babble….Well anyway the evening was nice. Except that movie pretty much drained all my energy and I felt like a total zombie afterwards. We got some starbucks and I was hoping that would wake me up but it did absolutely nothing. * sigh * Anyways, I was pretty tired when I got home. I got some cds from the library though, and pretty much listened to Abby’s mix she mad me that night. It was really good. I haven’t finished though, there are still like 2 and a half cds left for me to listen too. Longest mix ever! Haha.

Life is insane....

Muffins=Love

Ah sa, i love your dad and his mullet(good 'ol mullet man! haha, man he is obsessed with that wig. so so funny...) So after dinner when i got home from photography club i went to work making muffins for our homeroom party tomorrow. I'm sooo excited! It's going to be awesome!! My house now has the most heavenly smell from those muffins. I even tried one and all i have to say is that it's love, lol.

So i just watched the office, it was hilarious as usual, no surprise there! Haha, i think it's hilarious how Dwight has a bunch of random weapons hidden around the office.

Man, i wish i could audition for your band tomorrow but this girl has date! I still can't believe it. Haha, and Abby is coming to make sure we make room for the bible. So basically, tomorrow should be quite interesting.....

As for band names, uh....
the sporks(but then again who actually likes sporks??)
Paper or Plastic
the napkin holders
sizzlin' skillets(sp? i know my spelling is quite horrid, sorry guys)
Sugar n' Spice

Okay so apparently Jakob and i are now in an emo band.....still haven't got a name yet tho, any suggestions?? lol.

Bongos and Bonding

So lydia is over. We are making bread. And also listening to a mix my sister left here. it has a lot of emo music/popular music from 2005. we were head banging to it in my kitchen. both of us ended up falling onto our butts at one point. head banging is not our specialty. (Note to self: become good at headbanging. Reason: it could come in handy anytime, anywhere, like at an immortal death battle. or a sudden death metal convention in my living room. that happens every other day. specially when my dad busts out his mullet wig.) another long whisper.

And we decided were making a band that only uses kitchen utensils. Lydias already good at playing the tupaware line. Ill play a mix of the spoons and salt shakers. with an occasional glass breaking. were hosting open auditions tomorrow. BYOU (bring your own utensils).

Lydia told me she bonded with her former hott drum (at first i put drunk) teacher who taught her the bongos too. Too bad she was a youngster. And homeschooled.

Im joining this list trend. With help from lydia

Possible band names:

The GarFUNKilizers
The Last Ketchup Bottle
The Dancing Cacti
Three Dinosaurs and a Caveman
Egad!
Shake it up like Sanitizer
Mr. Clean and the Mullets
Bear Vs. Tranquilizer
Beavers
The Golden Girls
The Backspace Bar goes Spacey
20 Harmonicas and Not a Drop to Drink

"I've got soul but i'm not a soldier...."

Well this morning we had DBQs, ick i hate getting up early. And sadly we didn't get to have our down-by-the-banks tournament either. I heard "all these things that i've done" though when i woke up and it took me back, remember those good 'ol days sa? Despite the early start, however, the rest of my day was pretty good. Tessa taught us some nice swing dancing moves durring seminar, sooo much fun! Even though i can't really dance....I love how none of the teachers tried to stop us too. This school is so different from my old school, it's like the total opposite or something.

After school was fun too. BROWNIES!! I swear i ate sooo many brownies today, i'm stuffed! They are just to good. We really need a better name for art club though. Oh and i might be going on a date friday, and i mean first date, ever! it is......insane? I'm still in shock, haha. So hopefully i can go.

bonsoir!
-Andi

SaSa Salsa

So I just finished reading Aud&Abby's blog. It was really intimidating. Now I'm scared to write my blog. I don't feel worthy.

My dogs just got back from a wild escape. I took Zoe with me to pick raspberries and she ran away. Ungrateful Labrador.

Salsa sounds so good right now. Maybe I'll put some on my grilled cheese (which my dad is currently making, hopefully he doesn't make it too greasy. He hates when things stick to the pan so he pours a bunch of canola oil in the bottom. So basically everything turns out fried or greasy.) That was a long parentheses. My 7th grade teacher told us that parentheses were like whispers in a sentence. She used to make us whisper everything we read aloud that was in a parentheses. I wish we still had to do that.

Swing dancing in the hallway was fun. Tessa is a good teacher. I really love our school. I realized today people there are almost always singing. (I was quite sad I missed Travis singing "It's a Hard-Knocked Life", though Lydia exaggerated and said he danced too) I think someone sings in almost every class. Though maybe not math. With only the three of us, that'd be a little weird.

(Love you all) *

*in a whisper, like a creepy stalker, yes

whoot!

bon jour!
another amazing day of school.....i swear i love school soooo much it's not even funny. Well basically abs told me to make a blog so here it is! ABBY IS A MATHSTAR!!!! i am so proud, i think i feel a few tears coming on...we also had homeroom today, and simply put i pretty much live for that class and i'm so excited for our homeroom food party firday, it's going to be awesome!

And to add on to the awesomeness that is my life, my mom made the most heavenly brownies i've ever tasted!! it was love.

Tomorrow is another DBQ morning, ick i hate getting up early but at least i have that Down By The Banks Tournament to look forward too! words cannot describe my excitement....plus homeroom later! haha