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!