Two Truths and a Lie

I made this today. :)

Wrapping Up the Break

I realizea lot of what I'm posting is boring, and it's probably because I'm on spring break at home with nothing to do, but I'll work on coming up with actual stories and things to talk about. Today I went down to my grandparents' house for Easter. There was a delicious potluck and a quite enjoyable game of Bump with my mom and uncles. School starts tomorrow and I'll be back to rarely posting, I'm sure. I had a great time with my family today. My grandpa turns 70 tomorrow and the day after that my grandma turns 65. Crazy! We're all pretending he's turning 60. ;) Other than that, I got shoes for the Mr. Thunder Pageant, I applied for a job at McMenamins, and I found my ipod! Yay.

P.S. I forgot to mention a while ago that I decided not to do softball. Too much stress with my classes and I just wasn't feeling up to it.

These are 3 of the 5 cousins I saw today and my brothers. And me.

Spring Break Continued...

I hope to balance out the last post with some positivity. First off, I finished the headband. I twisted it once before connecting the ends and it's quite comfortable. :) Second, I've actually had a lovely past few days. I took my wee cousins on a nice outing with a picnic and a stroll through downtown. They are the sweetest girls. I'm going to miss them so much. I also spent some time with Christian and when we were on the brink of utter boredom we decided to make a movie. It's 7 1/2 minutes long at the moment and not anywhere near finished. Who knows if it ever will be, but it was a very fun way to pass the time. I personally prefer directing, editing, and filming to acting. Jake and his friend joined us. Today primarily consisted of waxing, resume-writing (thank you Mom), and How-I-Met-Your-Mother-watching. I still have to start Wuthering Heights but if I read about 40 pages tomorrow and Saturday I'll be done. My desk is clean, I've been fitted for my dress for Mr. Thunder, and I unfortunately did not receive the General Scholarship from WOU. This is my break. And Sunday--Easter--will be a lovely time at my grandparents' house with my family. It's been really nice to have a break.
Crap... I have to catch up on Calculus homework.
Although my mom is probably the only person who will read this, I rather like how my blog has evolved. I'll probably try to advertise it more when I start the next one this summer. Only 2 more months (plus like a week). I gotta find myself a job...

Spring Break

Well, I'm no longer sick. But this break so far has proven to be thoroughly uneventful. I have no real plans until next Sunday for Easter--it's going to be a long week. I've been doing a lot of writing in my journal, photography, making music, and today I started knitting a headband. It's been so long. Also this week I have to read the first nine chapters of Wuthering Heights. I seriously hope it isn't too boring, I don't need any more reason to be bored this week. Otherwise I've just been dicking around on my computer. For the most part my friends are out of town, working all the time, or just busy, so I've spent a lot of time alone the past couple days. The most exciting occurrence has been receiving my dress for Skyliner in the mail. I hope things brighten up a little soon.

Goats

I have been dreadfully sick lately. I have nasty cold and a cough and I feel quite awful. I stayed home from school today. But on a good note I received word today that I earned a renewable scholarship. It's my first one. I still have to apply for more but it's nice to hear about one. Not much else is really new... This video pretty much was the best part of my day.

Happy September

I feel so proud that I feel like blogging. Today was just very productive. I wrote my paper for AP Gov this morning and I'm surprised at how much I had to say. It was supposed to be about who you would vote for and why, but I wouldn't vote for either of them so I wrote about that instead. Also, I did my chores, pulled weeds, vacuumed out my car and washed the windows. Tomorrow I think I'll really wash it...it's filthy. And I ought to clean my room. But my oh my, as exciting as this story is, I have to end it here because I have nothing else to talk about! Perhaps I'll finish the Hunger Games...

Moments of Pride

I learned how to play Mad World on the piano (Gary Jules), and it's very easy to play but still--great song. Also I'm drinking tea. I don't like tea. This stuff is good. I made myself drink it 'cause I'm sick and have junk in my throat and I have to have a clear throat so I can sing in Fiddler on the Roof and tea's good for that. It's almost 1 AM...I'm really just rambling right now. Today I helped Kate set up her basement for her party on Friday. We painted the walls black, or at least added another coat, and splattered neon paint everywhere. Also there are black lights and strobes, and we hung sheets and Christmas lights all over the place. It looks amazing. I'm excited. Also, I finished my homework for AP Calculus today (reading the first chapter) so now I just have to make a chart of political issues and write a paper on who I'd vote for and why. :P Blurgh. I don't even care about politics. I have 11 days to write that, clean my room, clean the bathrooms (because I'm weird and am getting OCD about them), and wash/clean my car. It's been gathering filth all summer. Darn...I'm out of tea. I want more. :( Maybe I'll clean my room tonight. I often feel jealous towards other blog-writers. They all seem so intellectual. I don't even try very hard to have exceptional writing so it just sounds like me talking. In other news, I asked a cute guy for directions today. I know him from school and I saw him on the way to drop a friend off at her friend's house. He smiled at me as I passed him. Then on the way back I stopped for directions because I actually needed them. I never talk about guys on here. I don't see why I shouldn't, at least little things like that. It's just something in my life, and here I go rambling again. I think I'm really tired. I have a lot of laundry to put away and some is in the dryer. At least tomorrow I can sleep in. Oh! It's Keala's birthday! She's 7! Gah these kids are getting so old. And geez, so am I. I've heard that the last year of high school is loads of fun and it goes by fast. It's a bit frightening, but I'm mostly just extremely stoked for it. I can't wait to see what happens to all of our lives, even if I'll be sad to say goodbye to people. I'm gonna be so sad next fall... But that's over a year away. Wow this is a random one! I'm gonna make more tea. At least now I can bring it to rehearsal and stuff since I know I like it. Well, this kind anyway. By the way, rehearsals are SO much fun. We rotate dancing, singing, and acting the last 2 hours of the day. Dancing is my favorite. It's going to be so great! I've invited a bunch of family to come see the show in October. I can't wait to get totally done with all the songs so we can practice with the band/orchestra in the pit. My, my I say I've written enough for one post, especially since this is so all over the place. If anyone still reads my blog, please feel free to comment so I know you're there... Even if no one does, I'm not going to stop posting! :)

Fun With Photography

Mom

Cousin, Koa

Christian

 

Kacie

Maya

 

Me

Max

 1990 Honda Accord

 Maya

Me

Joe

Taylor

Jake

To whom it may concern:

Does the sight of them make you smile?

Or the sound of their voice?

Or the smell of their embrace?

Do they make you feel better?

When you're sad or already happy?

Do they surprise you?

Wonderfully?

Unintentionally?

Do you think of them often?

At school?

At work?

At home?

Does it sadden you to see them go?

Do you long for them when they're gone?

Do you keep a picture of them in your mind?

Do you worry about them?

...

Do they worry about me?

Do they keep a picture of me in their mind?

Does it sadden them to see me go?

Do they think of me often?

At home?

At work?

At school?

Do I surprise them?

Unintentionally?

Wonderfully?

Do I make them feel better?

When they're sad or already happy?

Does the sight of me make them smile?

Or the sound of my voice?

Or the smell of my embrace?

...

Do any of those things matter?

Absolutely.

Boundaries

     Some things I've learned have really helped me understand people better. I've talked a bit about boundaries before but they are awesome. It's hard to get along with people who have different boundaries than you. I really like the analogy that your boundaries are your fence and your yard. Everything in that yard is yours. If someone dumps a bunch of trash over the fence, it's not yours. It's theirs. They may say they did it because you did something else, but it's still their trash. You can throw it back over, you can make the fence bigger and taller, and sometimes those people will no longer be welcome inside them. A lot of people don't like boundaries. Some don't know how to build that kind of fence or it's so tall and thick that they don't let anybody in. I'm sort of annoying myself with this fence analogy now... Slowly, I've been learning how to just let things go and say "whatever." I'm better off being happy with people who appreciate me than with people who don't. I'd rather do what is best for me.

Abnormal Enjoyments

These are some things I've done in the past week or two that I don't normally do:

• Played a cowbell with a band
• Had a successful jam sesh
• Snowboarded after work
• Played in a toy store
• Wore a fake mustache as a beard around downtown
• Sat next to the statue on the bench downtown
• Put said mustache on a picture of a kid in Goody's
• Sneaked into a school play
• Played pool
• Had a movie night
• Played in another toy store
• Moved the hands of mannequins in Gap to face the wrong ways
• Had a real ice cream cone

Well hey it's February!

I'm procrastinating reading a textbook so I figured I'd blog. Today at driver's ed we saw pictures of people that got all mangled up in car crashes. :P Honestly I think it's their goal to scare us into being good drivers. I'm a little worried my blog is just boring now... If so, I deeply apologize. But I also don't really care because I'm just going to keep posting. Lucky for you, they're generally pretty short and won't take up too much time.
I have all these things that I wish I could do. That I will do when I actually have free time. However that won't be for like 3 months, unfortunately. These are in no particular order.

• Yoga
• Ice/Roller Skating
• Volunteer some more
• Hang out downtown when it's warmer
• Finish another scarf
• Reorganize my room
• Snowboard with friends
• Finish reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid

That's all I can think of at the moment. So I will leave you with this... Snargle blargle. Good night!

The semester is over...

We have no school tomorrow because of it. :) I'm kind of surprised that the year is half over. I start 2 new classes on Monday: Guitar Americana and Intro to Art. I decided that I'm not going to work tomorrow. I'm not on any schedule so it doesn't matter. Winter formal is next Saturday. But it's not a formal, it's just a white-out. Winter non-formal that we wear white to. It's ok though because formals are expensive! Which is why it's not a formal. Anywho, I am just rambling because it's been a little while since I've posted. I have a bunch of Val-o-grams to sell or send. They include a song sung by a group at my school, a box of chocolates, and a rose. They'll be going all over town to deliver them. :) I've been thinking about auditioning for one of those choirs and today I found out that I'll have to do a pretty prestigious audition. I'll have to sing a whole jazz song a cappella. I don't even know any jazz songs. Well, I probably do but didn't realize it. Still. Auditions are in April so if I want to do it I'll have to do some preparing.

Huzzah!

I finished my scarf! I'm so proud! I didn't make any mistakes and I taught myself how to 'bind off' to finish it. I'm so glad it's Friday. We have a three-day weekend. I should get my first paycheck tomorrow at work! It's supposed to be really busy up there. I also had my first behind-the-wheel session at driver's ed. Just in general, I am not a fan of driver's ed. However, it is quite useful. There has been really nice, warmish weather lately and I'll be sad when it's gone. I'm pretty much ready for the snow to leave now. Here I go, talking about the weather. I think it's a sign that I should stop writing. So bye!

Scarf

I've been knitting a scarf! I did a ton today and I'm really proud because I haven't made any mistakes! It's not done yet--there's about a foot to go. :)

Nothing really interesting is going on lately. Behind-the-wheel at driver's ed starts tomorrow after school. Also at school I'm doing a 'challenge day' thing. Right now I'm witnessing Kate tape guitar picks to her wall. We might make a collage from magazines. Not sure what of but let's do it! :)

I realize now that in the picture I wasn't looking at the camera.

Meh.

School's back. I won't get my first paycheck until the 14th. I start driver's ed tomorrow. Every one of my friends that have taken it said they hated it. Basically just meh. I have to go do homework now.

Sorry, this was a short, depressing post.

Winter break!

It's here!!! At last, freedom! Although I got homework from 3 teachers... But whatever! I can actually do some things now! Well maybe. I got a job. :) I took a drug test today and will probably start work on Monday at the mountain! I need to go Christmas/birthday shopping soon. And learn how to drive in the snow. I need to learn some Christmas songs on guitar. I'm wondering if there will be karaoke at the Christmas party tomorrow...because there better be.
I wonder if anyone is opposed to these very short posts I've been writing...there's not enough information to make a long post lately, I guess.

Ramblings

The concert went really well! However, it was 2 hours long. I think there were more good things than bad though. My solo went well but the lights turned off in the middle of it. I wasn't really nervous though, for which I'm pretty proud.
I'm really cold right now. I would wear my footsie pajamas but they have thunder thighs so I'd rather not. Anyway, it's the weekend! I'm so happy! Lately I've been working on thinking about everything I say. It's a difficult skill to acquire so I'm hoping I shall acquire it. Man, I'm hungry...
I'm in need of some serious sleep. I've been deprived from it all week. But I did find the best white elephant gift I've ever thought of. I think I might as well say what it is. It's a Barbie box from 1989, including a Barbie with its head taped back on, a Kelly doll, and a Madeline doll. There are clothes and accessories and everything. I put labels on it that says what's in it. I can't wait to see whoever opens it. The other gift will be a bikini top that's too small for me. (It's reversible!) Oh how I love white elephant.
Well this was a random post!

So...

I'm pretty bored right now so I think I'd like to blog. I could just go to sleep but I've decided to sleep downstairs tonight and it would take a bit of energy that I'm procrastinating from using. I'm going to sleep downstairs because my room has proved me to be hot, messy, and bugs keep getting in all the time. That screen on the window isn't being very loyal, I'm afraid. They're always in my lamp on my desk. :P

I did some math and my reading doesn't seem so difficult now. I have 33 (now 32) days, 791 pages, and I have to read at least 24 pages each day. I've got 40 pages down. I don't want to talk about school. It's summer. Blegh. Who's idea was it to give out homework during vacation?? Because they SUCK. I'm getting quite tired now. I'm just rambling. Um...I'm trying to think of something to write that isn't about school...having trouble...

Well my entire room is basically the same colors.
   

I'd say they're my favorites. I'm feeling a little extreme now... I have 2 walls of each color, bed spread, curtains (blue), picture frames, white board (blue), and closet bin storage thingys. Or is it thingies? And I just got some green locker shelves from my mom. Oh well. It's pretty. :)

I'm really bored now so I'm gonna sleep. G'night!

Gist of the Year

Since school's over, I forgot to say the gist of my freshman year.

I came to high school. I kept many friends, met knew people, made new friends, and lost a few. I learned some Spanish, got pretty good at ceramics, learned the guitar a bit, and got straight A's at the end. I got better at snowboarding and softball and decided I want to do cross country next year. I rearranged my room about a million times, and got rid of a bunch of crap I didn't need. For the most part, I didn't care what people thought of me. I just had fun. I played piano in the band room and someone started drumming along with me. I got up during lunch and joined a spelling bee competition between the different classes. I got the freshman 2nd place. I learned some songs on piano, watched new movies and geeked out on books. I dressed up for spirit week, went to football and basketball games, and had fun at dances. I rocked out to the school band, considered joining dance team next year, then changed my mind. I don't think I cried during class at all except a little watching the Gandhi movie. I became comfortable talking about nearly anything with my friends and...well women. I picked classes for next year, wrote in my journal a lot, wrote on this blog, and went on facebook a lot. I fell over countless times, got new music, and gave many hugs.