QUOTE OF THE DAY
“There’s such a lot of different Anne’s in me. I sometimes think that is why I’m such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn’t be half so interesting.” -Anne of Green Gables
Just a quick update =)
Thanksgiving was nice .. I went to the beach and swam a few feet away from two dolphins.. Other than that it was work, work, work! Fortunately, I did get a lot done.. I'm living for Christmas break when I can just read and relax.. I have to complete a module for my online AP Calc class by December 15 which is definitely do-able; I just have to stay focused..
Also, my friend Toto and I plan to start a vlog once I get enough money to buy a camera, so that is definitely something to look forward to.
However, it is now past my bedtime, and I cannot get to sleep, and I have school tomorrow! Not good!
BOOKS READ IN NOVEMBER
A Separate Peace- John Knowles
The Lovely Bones- Alice Sebold
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant- Anne Tyler
(Only 3, pathetic, I know; however I might get another one finished before the end of the month)
Question of the day-
Do you like to use post-it notes?
YES! They are the only object in existence that gives me hope that there might be some bit of capacity for organization tucked away inside of my brain.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
ONE BIG OBNOXIOUS PITY PARTY (But I really do have so much to be thankful for)
QUOTE OF THE DAY!
“Do you need somebody, or do you need me? Oh, forget it, I don’t care.”- Lloyd Dobbler before he kisses Diane Court in Say Anything.
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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and, instead of putting me in a thankful mood, it is having the opposite effect. Therefore, even though I have way too much work that I should be doing, I am going to write a blog. First, listing the reasons why I am not thankful, then finding some things I should be thankful for.
1. My stupid keyboard is sucking. I actually didn't plan on including my sucky keyboard, but since I am currently using it, the extreme suckiness and incapability of letting me type a word without slamming on the "n" (or really any other letter, for that matter. My keyboard knows no patterns or rhythms. My keyboard has no master. My keyboard is an unpredictable, bratty, three year old child) button 4 million times, has been brought to my attention. ALSO! On the note of my laptop, something is long with my laptop charger (I think). It won't charge unless I hold the cord at an angle. Right now, I have the cord taped, so I'm hoping that works until I can afford a new laptop or charger, because those things cost a hundred bucks (soo, six years?). Speak of the devil, my laptop just decided to stop charging again. I hate you, crappy unreliable computer. Whatevs, I unplugged it because I am not going to deal with it right now.BLAARRG! I wouldn’t care so much, if I wasn’t taking three classes online; but considering that, this computer is a necessity. ANYFREAKIN’WAYS!
(Oh goodness, this is going to take longer than I expected.)
2. Softball. I have mixed feelings about softball. On one hand, I’m so happy that I am actually going to play a sport my senior year. Since I screwed up my knee the summer between junior and sophomore years and had a surgery that resulted in staph infection, another surgery, an allergic reaction, unholy amounts of medication, an ulcer, losing 30 pounds that I kind of needed, ten days in the hospital, a tube entering in my arm and running through my vein and stopping at my chest, ruining the phony ACL that the first surgery implanted, and the pure exhaustion that resulted from the above mentioned things, I wasn’t sure if I was every going to play sports again. However, I decided to give it a go… and I completely suck.
Well, I’m actually doing better than I hoped for, and it’s not that I can’t throw or catch anymore, because I can, it’s just that I can’t freaking run like I used to. I mean, that has a lot to do with the big bulky brace encasing a third of my leg. It won’t let me bend my knee completely. I need it because I can feel my knee get wobbly when I’m turning the bases, but…. I want to be able to dive face first into the grass chasing a fly ball, roll around a few times, then spring up into a dead sprint, without worrying about snapping my barely-there ACL. I want to be able to slide into home plate on a wild pitch, feel the sting of my burned skin from the friction of the clay against my thigh, and breath in the dust around the plate, while the umpire screams safe, and the crowd cheers. Stuff like that used to happen to me, believe it or not. Now I doubt my coach would let me steal home, considering I would be out before I even got the chance to slide. So, I’m going to work on it. Because, it’s my senior year, dag-nabbit!, and I will get a starting position on the team, and I will be “good” at the game on some level, even though I’m a cripple. I would do so much better if I just tossed the brace, but I don’t feel like being screamed at by every relative and friend I have when I retear my ACL. Actually, it’s not an ACL. It’s a poser hamstring tendon, that’s pretending to be my ACL.
3. Softball part b. (featuring drama) Though I am happy I returned to softball, my theatre teacher is not. He doesn’t think I will be able to juggle both the sport and the spring musical. But Christa said that she is going to run track, so I’m going to play softball. I’ve talked to Coach Jay about it, and he doesn’t seem to think there will be a problem. I am just worried that he is going to give me a sucky role in the play because I’m not committed or something. That would be really obnoxious considering all of the practice sooomeeboddyyy missed last year (Hint: it wasn’t me…. This time).
4. My brother has just been screaming at me a lot lately. He’s been screaming a lot at everybody lately. It’s getting ridiculous. No bueno.
5. My dad, brother, and I are doing absolutely nothing this weekend. We usually go to my grandma’s house, but she passed away a month ago, and my grandpa would prefer to spend Thanksgiving alone. Even if we couldn’t do that, we would usually go to a church dinner or something, but my dad got himself kicked out of our old church. (Where all my friends are… Gosh, I miss them)
So, as you can see, instead of giving thanks, I am throwing ONE GIANT OBNOXIOUS PITY PARTY! (That statement just needed to be in caps)
Man, it’s nice ranting to a computer.
1. I’m thankful that I even have a laptop. If I didn’t I wouldn’t be able to take the extra classes that I’m taking, and they make my transcript look nice. =] So until I can afford a new computer, I will depend on duct tape and patience.
2. I’m actually on a TEAM! I’m actually playing a SPORT! I’m actually getting some physical EXERCISE! Why am I not completely psyched about that?!
3. *sigh* This is a tough one. I’m thankful that the fall play we did went so well, and I am thankful that I had the opportunity to play the role I did in that production. I am also thankful for the fun times I have had in drama, and the chance I have to be in the spring musical and possibly continue drama in college.
4. My brother, can be nice as well as pure spite and malice. He’s like one of those sour patch kids. First he’s sour, then he’s sweet. I am also thankful that he listens to me. When I explain to him why his behavior is wrong, he gets it.
4. Well, when I said NOTHING, I lied. We are planning on going to the beach. So I’m thankful that we live near a beach, and I’m thankful we have a car. I’m also thankful that my dad, and I have been getting along.
5. I had a grandma and mom that loved and cared about me so much.
*bonus!*
6. I am thankful for this GORGEOUS weather!!!
7. As always, I am very thankful for my cats.
8. I made a lot of new school friends this year, and I am thankful for them.
9. I am also thankful for my old buddies that have stuck with me through a bunch of crap (Toto, Sarah Rosie, and Joelle =])
10. I AM THANKFUL FOR HARRY POTTER BECAUSE THE SEVENTH MOVIE WAS AMAZING COMPARED TO THE LAST COUPLE WHICH THEY SCREWED UP!! AND OF COURSE THE BOOKS ARE FANTASTIC!
11. I am thankful that I got to spend the summer with my aunt. That was really, really nice and NEEDED change.
12. I am thankful for food. Who isn’t?
13. I am thankful that Timbo got me an awesome hat from Germany, which makes me feel like a wizard when I wear it.
14. I’m thankful that I am a starter on A team. Though right now, Moomahd and Chase might actually be doing better than me…
15. I am thankful for all of my aunts and uncles and cousins <3
16. I am thankful for music.
17. I am thankful that I have a house, with air conditioning, electricty, and running water.
Well, that’s enough procrastination and angry ranting for today, kids.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Have you ever stolen a street sign before?
No. How do you even do that? Honestly, that seems like it would be really difficult and not even worth the street sign.
“Do you need somebody, or do you need me? Oh, forget it, I don’t care.”- Lloyd Dobbler before he kisses Diane Court in Say Anything.
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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and, instead of putting me in a thankful mood, it is having the opposite effect. Therefore, even though I have way too much work that I should be doing, I am going to write a blog. First, listing the reasons why I am not thankful, then finding some things I should be thankful for.
1. My stupid keyboard is sucking. I actually didn't plan on including my sucky keyboard, but since I am currently using it, the extreme suckiness and incapability of letting me type a word without slamming on the "n" (or really any other letter, for that matter. My keyboard knows no patterns or rhythms. My keyboard has no master. My keyboard is an unpredictable, bratty, three year old child) button 4 million times, has been brought to my attention. ALSO! On the note of my laptop, something is long with my laptop charger (I think). It won't charge unless I hold the cord at an angle. Right now, I have the cord taped, so I'm hoping that works until I can afford a new laptop or charger, because those things cost a hundred bucks (soo, six years?). Speak of the devil, my laptop just decided to stop charging again. I hate you, crappy unreliable computer. Whatevs, I unplugged it because I am not going to deal with it right now.BLAARRG! I wouldn’t care so much, if I wasn’t taking three classes online; but considering that, this computer is a necessity. ANYFREAKIN’WAYS!
(Oh goodness, this is going to take longer than I expected.)
2. Softball. I have mixed feelings about softball. On one hand, I’m so happy that I am actually going to play a sport my senior year. Since I screwed up my knee the summer between junior and sophomore years and had a surgery that resulted in staph infection, another surgery, an allergic reaction, unholy amounts of medication, an ulcer, losing 30 pounds that I kind of needed, ten days in the hospital, a tube entering in my arm and running through my vein and stopping at my chest, ruining the phony ACL that the first surgery implanted, and the pure exhaustion that resulted from the above mentioned things, I wasn’t sure if I was every going to play sports again. However, I decided to give it a go… and I completely suck.
Well, I’m actually doing better than I hoped for, and it’s not that I can’t throw or catch anymore, because I can, it’s just that I can’t freaking run like I used to. I mean, that has a lot to do with the big bulky brace encasing a third of my leg. It won’t let me bend my knee completely. I need it because I can feel my knee get wobbly when I’m turning the bases, but…. I want to be able to dive face first into the grass chasing a fly ball, roll around a few times, then spring up into a dead sprint, without worrying about snapping my barely-there ACL. I want to be able to slide into home plate on a wild pitch, feel the sting of my burned skin from the friction of the clay against my thigh, and breath in the dust around the plate, while the umpire screams safe, and the crowd cheers. Stuff like that used to happen to me, believe it or not. Now I doubt my coach would let me steal home, considering I would be out before I even got the chance to slide. So, I’m going to work on it. Because, it’s my senior year, dag-nabbit!, and I will get a starting position on the team, and I will be “good” at the game on some level, even though I’m a cripple. I would do so much better if I just tossed the brace, but I don’t feel like being screamed at by every relative and friend I have when I retear my ACL. Actually, it’s not an ACL. It’s a poser hamstring tendon, that’s pretending to be my ACL.
3. Softball part b. (featuring drama) Though I am happy I returned to softball, my theatre teacher is not. He doesn’t think I will be able to juggle both the sport and the spring musical. But Christa said that she is going to run track, so I’m going to play softball. I’ve talked to Coach Jay about it, and he doesn’t seem to think there will be a problem. I am just worried that he is going to give me a sucky role in the play because I’m not committed or something. That would be really obnoxious considering all of the practice sooomeeboddyyy missed last year (Hint: it wasn’t me…. This time).
4. My brother has just been screaming at me a lot lately. He’s been screaming a lot at everybody lately. It’s getting ridiculous. No bueno.
5. My dad, brother, and I are doing absolutely nothing this weekend. We usually go to my grandma’s house, but she passed away a month ago, and my grandpa would prefer to spend Thanksgiving alone. Even if we couldn’t do that, we would usually go to a church dinner or something, but my dad got himself kicked out of our old church. (Where all my friends are… Gosh, I miss them)
So, as you can see, instead of giving thanks, I am throwing ONE GIANT OBNOXIOUS PITY PARTY! (That statement just needed to be in caps)
Man, it’s nice ranting to a computer.
1. I’m thankful that I even have a laptop. If I didn’t I wouldn’t be able to take the extra classes that I’m taking, and they make my transcript look nice. =] So until I can afford a new computer, I will depend on duct tape and patience.
2. I’m actually on a TEAM! I’m actually playing a SPORT! I’m actually getting some physical EXERCISE! Why am I not completely psyched about that?!
3. *sigh* This is a tough one. I’m thankful that the fall play we did went so well, and I am thankful that I had the opportunity to play the role I did in that production. I am also thankful for the fun times I have had in drama, and the chance I have to be in the spring musical and possibly continue drama in college.
4. My brother, can be nice as well as pure spite and malice. He’s like one of those sour patch kids. First he’s sour, then he’s sweet. I am also thankful that he listens to me. When I explain to him why his behavior is wrong, he gets it.
4. Well, when I said NOTHING, I lied. We are planning on going to the beach. So I’m thankful that we live near a beach, and I’m thankful we have a car. I’m also thankful that my dad, and I have been getting along.
5. I had a grandma and mom that loved and cared about me so much.
*bonus!*
6. I am thankful for this GORGEOUS weather!!!
7. As always, I am very thankful for my cats.
8. I made a lot of new school friends this year, and I am thankful for them.
9. I am also thankful for my old buddies that have stuck with me through a bunch of crap (Toto, Sarah Rosie, and Joelle =])
10. I AM THANKFUL FOR HARRY POTTER BECAUSE THE SEVENTH MOVIE WAS AMAZING COMPARED TO THE LAST COUPLE WHICH THEY SCREWED UP!! AND OF COURSE THE BOOKS ARE FANTASTIC!
11. I am thankful that I got to spend the summer with my aunt. That was really, really nice and NEEDED change.
12. I am thankful for food. Who isn’t?
13. I am thankful that Timbo got me an awesome hat from Germany, which makes me feel like a wizard when I wear it.
14. I’m thankful that I am a starter on A team. Though right now, Moomahd and Chase might actually be doing better than me…
15. I am thankful for all of my aunts and uncles and cousins <3
16. I am thankful for music.
17. I am thankful that I have a house, with air conditioning, electricty, and running water.
Well, that’s enough procrastination and angry ranting for today, kids.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Have you ever stolen a street sign before?
No. How do you even do that? Honestly, that seems like it would be really difficult and not even worth the street sign.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
JK Rowling is fantastic
QUOTE OF THE DAY!
"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all." - JK Rowling
Oh gosh, I just fnished watching the JK Rowling/Oprah interview on youtube, and I cried. She truly is an amazing woman.
I go to Christian school, and I recently experienced for myself the world wide phenomenon that is Harry Potter. Now, I don't even try to hide my love for Harry Potter, so I hear a lot of junk from people at my school saying HP is Satanistic and such. It really is amazing how much people, especially Christians sometimes, can twist things. First of all, the Harry Potter books, while being funny and sometimes scary, contain some of the purest most beautiful elements that I have ever read. Ms. Rowling admits that the Harry Potter books would not exist if it was not for the death of her mother. A key theme in the series is the staying power of love. The love of Harry's mother saved his life, and, throughout the books, his parents continue to protect him, though they are dead. Harry's friendships also help him to cope and teach him huge lessons.
Ms. Rowling is also not afraid of recognizing evil. And why should she be? Evil exists.
It just amazes me that Rowling was able to take all of the pain she felt from the death of her mother and use it to create so many vivid characters, an entrancing story, and a totally new world.
I love her personality too. She says she is terrified of driving, and is still scared that if she isn't careful she could end up poor again. I have a lot of strange irrational fears as well, (including driving), as well.
I guess basically, I relate to her a lot (not including the billionaire and extrememly creative part). And she gives me hope =]
Oh, and as far as the religious opposition to Harry Potter, isn't it funny that she admits that parts of HP were allusions to the Bible? Also, she doesn't even believe in magic, so I really doubt she's trying to convert us all to witchcraft.
*sigh*
I would love to meet her one day and thank her. Harry Potter is a magnificent story and is helping me cope with my own mother's death.
QUESTION OF THE DAY!
3. Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?
Out!
"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all." - JK Rowling
Oh gosh, I just fnished watching the JK Rowling/Oprah interview on youtube, and I cried. She truly is an amazing woman.
I go to Christian school, and I recently experienced for myself the world wide phenomenon that is Harry Potter. Now, I don't even try to hide my love for Harry Potter, so I hear a lot of junk from people at my school saying HP is Satanistic and such. It really is amazing how much people, especially Christians sometimes, can twist things. First of all, the Harry Potter books, while being funny and sometimes scary, contain some of the purest most beautiful elements that I have ever read. Ms. Rowling admits that the Harry Potter books would not exist if it was not for the death of her mother. A key theme in the series is the staying power of love. The love of Harry's mother saved his life, and, throughout the books, his parents continue to protect him, though they are dead. Harry's friendships also help him to cope and teach him huge lessons.
Ms. Rowling is also not afraid of recognizing evil. And why should she be? Evil exists.
It just amazes me that Rowling was able to take all of the pain she felt from the death of her mother and use it to create so many vivid characters, an entrancing story, and a totally new world.
I love her personality too. She says she is terrified of driving, and is still scared that if she isn't careful she could end up poor again. I have a lot of strange irrational fears as well, (including driving), as well.
I guess basically, I relate to her a lot (not including the billionaire and extrememly creative part). And she gives me hope =]
Oh, and as far as the religious opposition to Harry Potter, isn't it funny that she admits that parts of HP were allusions to the Bible? Also, she doesn't even believe in magic, so I really doubt she's trying to convert us all to witchcraft.
*sigh*
I would love to meet her one day and thank her. Harry Potter is a magnificent story and is helping me cope with my own mother's death.
QUESTION OF THE DAY!
3. Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?
Out!
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