Can You Read My Mind?

NOTE.

2010-09-05T09:36:00.001-04:00

After a year away from Blogspot, I'm back. But not here. This is old news. In case anyone happens to stumble across this blog, I am now located at www.likeacloudofstarlings.blogspot.com and www.mykingdomforonelastdance.blogspot.com Thanks everyone!

An End, A Beginning, And One Big Cliche?

2009-09-01T12:28:00.003-04:00

Hello guys,

Well, I'm back from England...Yeah, it was cool. The plane ride was better than most, though it was a fair bit longer than most...Not that those two are at all connected. Completely disconnected, if anything. I ended up watching two episodes of The Simpsons. two episodes of Family Guy, Coraline, Star Trek(Half of it, anyway), That Mitchell And Webb Look, a documentary about Sir Allen Sugar, and listened to some Lady GaGa too. So it was cool other than the missing of the wonderful Mock The Week and Nevermind The Buzzcocks on the list. Sad. DX

But, I'm here now; Remarkably un-jet-lagged, thirsty, and sliding around on our new hard wood flooring. But, that is pointless like a lot of things. This post actually has a purpose!

I've been thinking...How long have I been writing this for? 15 months or so? Not this specific post, clearly, but this whole blog. I may not be that good at it or that interesting or anything, but I love doing it. But, from now on I'm going to stop writing here...

BUT WAIT! I've made a new blog; www.soulbutnotsoldier.wordpress.com . Yes, yes, Wordpress! I've been reading a few Wordpress blogs lately. I seem to be prefer the look of their pages. More organised and professional and stuff. So, I thought I'd give it a go...You know, new day, nearly a new school year, new style. I'll continue my regular blogging habits there and see how it goes...

Sol this blog is now no longer in use. Rest in peace, Can You Read My Mind, as I send you away to the vast Blogger graveyard. Hopefully, hint hint, some of these blogs readers will hop on over to my new blog, so there's not much difference in there.

Last post here...DONE!

- Naomi

As Anti-Social As Ever

2009-08-29T11:20:00.006-04:00

Hello blog universe,

Phew, after the never-ending blog epic that was my last post, I almost thought I wouldn't have worked up the energy quite yet to post...But, somehow, here I am!

Actually I still don't know if I have the energy, I'm simply doing this out of boredom. My aunt, uncle, and one of my cousins are over at the moment. Let's reiterate; My boring, math-y, genius cousin. His FUN, humorous, hitting-with-giant-inflatable-bananas(hehe) brother is still up in York enjoying doing whatever it is students do, before seeing Bill Bailey this evening, which not only makes the day sort of suck, but makes me totally jealous of him. Gawd, my stupid Drake And Josh-esque cousins are so annoying. So I'm here.

Yes, I guess I am being rather unnecessarily anti-social, but I cant say I like family do's and such. The purpose of them is simply to compare who looks like who the most and go off on strange little discussions about, in our case, education. At the moment my sister, dad, and aunt are outside playing croquet. Now, I know what you're thinking! And, no, we are not all outside drinking tea and scones in a pretty garden and laughing and being generally English. Tt's cold, windy, and has before involved at least one player nearly being the victim of another's fury in the form in a mallet across the head. That and the devilishly difficult course on a sloping-hill that leans towards a busy road would make it something more like Croquet; EXTREME!

The one positive event of the day was, before going on a walk, we all got our own little performance in the form of my uncle playing his bagpipes. Yes, yes, "Every family has one" and shizz. This was my dad's idea for his 50th birthday as he has an interest in peculiar instruments. Considering he's only had two lessons and a lot of people probably couldn't even blow enough to make a sound, he didn't sound too bad once he'd fixed all the pipes and knobs and such. And even when he did sound bad, as apparently said fun cousin once said, "That's what garden sheds are for"!

- Naomi(Short posts are fun, aren't they?)

PS- Read this - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8228053.stm -- music fans and weep. Another legend bites the dust, I guess. I can't wait for a heart-felt reunion in fifteen years time.

V Festival Day Two

2009-08-26T05:13:00.013-04:00

Oh my god, these post-anything-anything blogs take so darn long...Ugh...

Anyway, hello! To keep this as quick as possible, I'll just say if miraculously you simply stumbled across this blog without reading previous inserts, that this is the 2nd part of the tale of the music festival I went to this past weekend. Enjoy?

The traffic getting in was as uneventful as always, and we got their at eleven, instead of, ridiculously, ten in the morning the previous day. They let us in early, and it wasn't too crowded. Most of the campers were too hung-over to get out of their tents that morning, lucky for everyone else. We still had half an hour to use up, so we went off again to look at some of the stalls. We'd promised my sister a present, which was quite difficult when she doesn't like music at all...But, we did somehow find a small blue elephant model, and a dog finger puppet, after a long time spent looking.

We got to the main stage for twelve. Bjorn Again was the first act on the main stage. They're an awful ABBA tribute act, in case you don't know. My mom thought we should go see them "for a giggle", despite me making quite clear they'd almost certainly be something better and/or more reputable playing somewhere around the festival. They started twenty minutes late, though it gave me time to send texts into the festival's screen system and allow one ofn them o actually get through! They finally opened with Waterloo. That's the only song by them I knew, other than the keyboard line of the 2nd song.

Fortunately we only watched three songs by them before heading over to the 2nd stage. Our schedules had been miss-printed for that stage and we were trying to see if there would be anywhere that said so. There wasn't, unsurprisingly, though I thought paying another 20 pounds just to see what time five or six people were playing. Though, at that tine, The King Blues were on! I only know one song, which I have a sort of love-hate relationship with. The fact that I can't simply place them in one genre--My musical filing cabinet, of sorts--Annoys me no end.

We went to watch the act in the "Up and coming bands" tent after that. They were a strange hard rock act, but they seemed alright. We stayed for one song then went around the shops, yet again. We went to the official merchandise tent, in particular, and I came out with a blue and red t-shirt with "Virgin festival" on the front and a list of all the bands playing on the back, and a black Snow Patrol shirt, identical to the cover of A Hundred Thousand Suns cover. And my mom got a red mug with "V Fest" written across sideways. Not exactly an example of fine artistry or fashion in either cases, but good nonetheless.

At that point we got back to the main stage for Ocean Colour Scene. We were sat on the right of the stage for the first time, sitting down. I was told we couldn't go into the mosh pit until it cooled down, though considering most people around us were smoking/drinking/making out/all of the above, it wasn't a very pleasant place to be. I bought a an ice cream with a flake in(far superior to all American ice creams) while the band closed with The Day We Caught The Train, which is the one song by them I really like.

Presumably a large majority of people are simply skimming this, and if so, you must read this paragraph. We were walking to the 2nd stage when we heard booing and shouting start to come from the crowd, and I turned around to look at the screens by the stage. I saw them mention something about Snow Patrol, and I moved forward to get a closer look. The screens were flashing slowly between two messages

"We regret to inform you that Oasis have pulled out from headlining due to sickness"

"Snow Patrol will now be headlining The V Stage"

Understandably, this would annoy a lot of people. This show was to be the last show of their tour of Dig Out Your Soul, and by the the looks of things, the last show for quite a long time indeed. But "due to sickness"? Yeah, right. If, say, any other band there had pulled out due to sickness, people would be disappointed but at least they'd believe it. When Oasis pulls out, people just assume it's "Oasis being Oasis". People thought it was one of two things; Noel and Liam having another argument(They're brothers. They hate each other. They fight. Using Twitter. For crying out loud.), or simply just them being over-payed, lazy...ugh, you get my point. They'd played near their home town the night before, and went to a soccer game that afternoon too. They sound like they're practically at their death-beds. You may not like playing here Oasis, but for the record; Chelmsford>>>>>>>>>Manchester.

After this we did randomly stumble across one of my mom's old friends who didn't live too far away. We talked for a while--Nothing too interesting. We wondered over to the 2nd stage. The Proclaimerswere ending at this point. We sat down a way away from the stage and texted a few people about the big, unfortunate news. We only really stayed there for 500 Miles. They probably ended with that.

We walked through one of the smaller tents. A strange sort of shoe-shine band in white masks were playing. Personally better than the previous band, but still not that amazing. With no one of particular interest on, we went to watch an extended-set of James Morisson on the main stage, from a huge distance away. I only recognised Wonderful World out of the songs I heard. When I was, like, ten years old that was my favorite song. I thought the lyrics were sort of pretty. In the time passed, I hadn't found out that he'd become a lot of peoples' guilty pleasure, though that seemed fairly obvious now.

After him they played a gap in order to accommodate new Gallagher-related issues and we continued to text people, wander around the smaller tents, and eat. We got back to the main stage for about four. We made it a little way into the crowd for the next band; Biffy Clyro. My mom didn't seem too impressed, in typical parental style. Three pale, bearded, shirtless, tattooed Scottish blokes; What's not to enjoy? Though, you could hardly hear the singing over the trash of guitar, but I think that's the point when it comes to music such as that. We watched three or four songs--Including 57, my favorite--Before moving on.

For the thousandth time, we headed back to the second stage for Athlete. I only heard two songs; One I didn't know, and their best by a mile; Wires. I didn't know they were that popular, but hey, for music like that, they were remarkably good live.

Unfortunately, they were just ending then. We moved a way back, got some smoothies, and waited for the next act. Wait for it...Katy Perry. One or two of you may recall me in a moment rambling chaos describing Waking Up In Vegas as "too generic, even for music like that", or something along those lines. Over the past couple of months that--And Hot N Cold--did grow on me a fair bit. I've recently discovered that she is among a long list of my guilty pleasures. So, yes, we did end up watching her a bit. She's quite good live, jumping between giant flamingos and strawberries.Though we did go after Waking Up.

We headed back to the main stage yet again for James. James who, you might well be thinking yes? I very strange, rock-y pop-y I don't know what-y band I don't like too much, simply called James. I don't quite see the appeal. It's your normal set up, other than a flowery backdrop, an Andy Parsons-lookalike singer who seems to imitate Ian Curtis' dancing style, and a guy in a dress playing tambourines and trumpets. At first I thought that was a gimmick(Amy Winehouse came to play with The Specials the day before, so I was expecting something similar), but no, female clothing or otherwise, he is apparently doing that at every show. What a job, eh? We only sat through a three or four songs. If everything previous wasn't enough, they ended with the singer sucking in some helium from a floral balloon, singing the chorus of Wonderwall, and then walking off with a mysteriously-appearing six or seven year old blonde boy in his arms. Odd.

We'd got to the third or forth row, somehow, for Elbow. The sun was setting now, and thinking about it, that was the perfect them for them. Sooo pretty(<3).Snow Patrol. This slot was essentially schedule chaos. Snow patrol here, Keane on the second stage, and MGMT on the third! We were planning to move between them a bit, but considering we were close to the front and weren't stuck behind Hagrid this night, we decided to stay. Oh my god, was it worth it! They are incredible live. In fact, competing with the Killers from that standpoint. They opened with If There's A Rocket Tie Me To It, I believe that's their most recent single, to a strobe-lighted show, with Gary running, jumping, rocking out, all that good stuff...They also played Crack the Shutters, Run(Watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU_DAbCrpzg), Chasing Cars, Open Your Eyes, Shut Your Eyes, Make This Go On forever, Set The Fire To The Third Bar, Take Back The Cities, among others I've forgotten.

Few people were expecting an encore here. But, sure enough, they came back on, for the first part just Gary with an accoustic guitar, saying "This one's for Oasis" to a background of displeased Oasis fans(The few that remained!). But they changed their minds once they heard the opening guitar of WONDERWALL! That was amazing, too, and they followed it up with Champagne Supernova(Considering they'd never played it before, it was really good!), which of course got everyone singing, before ending with my favorite, You're All I Have <3<3<3<3 In simple terms, I LOVE SNOW PATROL!!

We went through the usual bedlam trying to get out, of course, and that was that. For a year, at least.

Sorry it took me so long to get this out to you guys, but Ill be faster next time. Comment, CBOx, you know it all...Hope you enjoyed it.

V Festival; Day One!

2009-08-25T04:53:00.021-04:00

Hello!

As mentioned yesterday in my blog, the past weekend I went to something called V Festival, which is a fairly big music festival over in the UK...And, considering this is actually an important event in my life as apposed to my usual topics of school work and bying CDs, I thought at least some of you might want to hear about it, right? Well, if you do or you don't, I must record this for "later reference", so, enjoy...?

We'd expected the traffic to be a problem on Saturday, so we had to leave a little earlier than I would have hoped. But unfortunately the roads turned out to have no problems at all, considering the campers had already set up Friday night. We were lead into the wrong car park for our tickets, and then walked to the first gate, two hours before we'd actually be let inside the arena.

With plenty of time to burn, we thought we'd walk all the way over to red campsite(We had to get camping tickets, though my mom didn't want to camp), mainly so she could complain how unkempt everyone else looked. It was huge, the campsite, and no matter how far back you looked you couldn't really see an end to it, which must've been a problem for the people in the very middle. In typical festival style there was a line of ten or fifteen tents selling, most commonly, boots, stripy socks, gloves, hates, and sunglasses. I got a pair of big green glasses, the ones with the bars across, before we walked to our closest gate, gate Six, and waited in line. As mentioned yesterday, we were there with a few friends--Under the names of C, G, and B, who came with their mom, step-son, and a couple of friends--J, and A--and their mom. (Disregard the names, as I'm guessing they ll be of no use whatsoever.) Deciding to meet up at this point was a huge mistake, and it turns out they were at Gate Three, the exact other end of the park.

For about an hour we stood, squished up around two or three hundred other people. We'd bought a timetable of who was playing where--Several cards on a string, designed to hang around a person's neck, which wasn't a terribly good style. We were eventually let inside at about 11:50, and we walked with the flow of the people, which turned out to be partly towards the bar, and partly towards the main stage.

McFly was the first band playing at the main stage. Surprising, considering the average McFly fan is too young for their parents to let them go to the festival. But our currently un-found friends wanted to see them, and we'd got to the 5th row, which was pretty cool. After setting up all the cameras and things(Some of the festival is aired on TV), they finally came on at 12:15. After the first song, the singer(Tom, I think his name is), thought the best way to open was "Hi. How are you?", and then the guitarist deemed that too boring and said "I think the real question is how many people are going to contract a sexually transmitted disease this weekend".Um.They played a half-hour run of mostly awful pop songs, including Star Girl, Lie, It's All About you, and a Beastie Boys cover(Yes, I can dislike a band and still know nearly all the song titles), before randomly bringing out two giant inflatable balloons, throwing them into the audience, announcing that we're "all touching McFly's balls", and ending with Five Colours In her Hair.

All the fifteen year old McFly fans in way too much mascara backed out and I moved forward to 2nd row. Starsailor were playing next, and I found out I was at least 20 years younger than their rest of their fans that day. Because they were early on in the day it was only a fifteen minute wait to set-up. They were actually fairly good live, and I liked the singer's jacket. They played Tell Me it's Not Over, , Four To The Floor, Alcoholic(Afterwards the singer--Who's name I've forgotten--Looks into the audience, Laughs and says "I never thought I'd see anyone crowd-surfing to Alcoholic. Well done to that girl."), You Never Get What You Deserve, Hurts Too Much, a couple older songs I didn't know, before ending with Good Souls.

During a far too short half hour of them, we'd got a text from our friends' mother explaining where she was located, as she didn't want to go into the crowd, something along the lines of "We're between the main stage and the Union tent". Since 11:50, four or five thousand people were now just sitting down around the main stage, and under her basic instructions there were a few problems. But several panicky texts later, and their mom dragged one of her children--"C"--out of the crowd, and we finally met, and were taken back to their picnic set up few hundred meters way from where we were standing for Starsailor, for cupcakes and orange juice, while watching Taylor Swift play a few songs on the stage(You Belong With Me, Our Song, Love Story, etc.). A man next to us started talking about The Killers, and after their mom offered him a snack we'd presumed it was the step-son we've never actually met. Turns out it was just a random stranger and his girlfriend, who were quite keen on the same music as me.

After Love Song was played and an unhealthy amount of candy was consumed, me, my mom, and my friend walked around some of the stalls before going to check out the 2nd stage. Other than "the God Shop", these were all more or less the same places with different names, selling the same strange rubbish, including a few places selling tutus. We got to the stage to hear the Noisettes play a couple of songs. Other than their singer having an amazing voice, she does have a lot of stage presence, even if we were too far away to experience the full effect of it. They ended with Don't Upset The Rhythm--The only song by them that most people know--and after that we walked back to our picnic set-up, and got to see G for the first time that day.

The Script were about to start when we got in line to about the 15th row. This was a very similar audience to Taylor Swift for the most part. the three band members came on slowly, one at a time, and opened with Talk You Down. They later played Break Even, Rusty Halo, We Cry, The End Where I Begin, and the Man Who Can't Be Moved. Singer Danny O''Something Irish' had by the time of that song regained his confidence from a previous incident of nearly falling over on camera("Sorry", he says "I was just having a drink with our drummer". Good on ya, Danny, that's how we demolish stereotypes!), and gave an absolutely amazing performance. He seemed genuinely awe-struck when he didn't even have to sing, but simply listen to several thousand people sing every single word back to him.

We'd moved up to forth row for Lily Allen, somehow. At this point everyone was pushing against each other a lot and several people backed out. By this time backdrops were getting somewhat more elaborate, and she had giant models of the letters in her name behind her. A huge fuss seems to be made nowadays about what female musicians wear on stage, as if Lady GaGa doesn't keep people occupied enough from that standpoint, so if you're interested; Black tank top, gray short-shorts, black sunglasses, huge black heels. Nothing too fancy. She did take her glasses off, revealing a random blue stripe across her forehead. Between announcing the latest cricket scores and taking out a cigarette(And lighting it. How typically fake and annoying and same as always), she played Littlest Things, The Fear, Not Fair, 22, Every one's At It, He Wasn't There, Fuck You, Smile, and LDN. That's the best thing about pop songs such as hers; You can fit in a lot into a fairly short time-space relative to what these artists normally get.

After this mass chaos ins sued. I thought it was time to finally face those notoriously disgusting festival toilets, so while my friend went to get a snack, I spent 20 minutes in a line. They did of course live up to expectations, but this wasn't the problem. This happened when trying to get back into the crowd. I couldn't see my mom's head from where I was, so blindly maneuvered myself back in.This would not have been a problem any other time in the day, but The Specials were up next, and their fans are late-20s drunk party animals who I simply couldn't work my way into. I tried a couple of times and failed, still looking for my mom. I walked back to our picnic area, thinking she might've just walked out. I got my friend back into the crowd to help look as he's considerably taller than I am. He thought it was a good idea for him to brave the toilet ques, and by this time The Specials were just starting. I was starting to panic, as at this point I had no one to rely on. I kept looking back into the crowd three or four times, before actually seeing her, looking for me. She'd deemed the crowd too unmanageable--It wouldn't be once inside, and we'd just lost our place, so understandably I was rather annoyed at this point.

We somehow made it back to what seemed to be the 20th row to watch the end of their act. I was trying to get a better place in line by waiting through, but let me tell you, they were terrible. Every single song sounded exactly the same, and people were very drunk indeed. Part way through my friend's brother and sister--Previously mentioned as B and G--worked their way through to find us, as they'd just got back from watching N-Dubz on the 2nd stage.

We'd moved forward to the 5th row for the next act; Razorlight. At this time I hadn't properly sat down for about five hours. Maybe it means I'm unfit or something, but my legs and back were really hurting at this point, and that was the longest set-up wait of the night. I wasted time by listening to my friend's stories of mosh pit mayhem during The Wombats, who I'd have loved to had seen, and sending texts into the festival's number(They have two screens on the sides of the stage and sometimes the texts get through. Most of which consist of inside jokes, drunken marriage proposals, and "Scream if you love V"!!). The man next to me said to B he'd seen The Killers five times that year, which made me jealous even though it's not like I've done/own few things when it comes to them. The band themselves were actually quite good live, and I do like them, but I was just eager for them to get off most of the time...But they did play Somewhere Else, In The Morning, America, Wire To Wire, and North London trash, among others I didn't know. Tabloid Lover is so unbelievably underrated. That would have been great live!

I moved up one row for the one and only, The Killers, but I did get the six and a half foot gentlemen in front of me to move out of the way, at least partly. Everyone was really pushed up tightly against each other at this time, all of course desperate to get to the very front, which caused quite a lot of madness during the concert. Said tall person and the girl next to him started arguing, while a couple beside me with strange west country accents basically broke up(Go 'ome then, I warna see tha killerrrrrs" she says repeatedly, almost unbearably), and two people behind me were apparently looking for their friend. One of them looks to the left, the other looks to the right, and then is followed by screams of "Oh my god, I thought I'd lost you". Wow. Strange.

It was such a relief for them to finally come on. It was totally dark by now, so I was looking forward to a good ol' Killers light show. This isn't, of course, my first Killers show, look back to January 27th and May 10th if you want to see the excruciating details of this. It was pretty similar, except for some reason they'd brought on a giant plastic cactus. Boys, it might have worked during Sam's Town, but it looks really cheap and tacky now. Brandon came on in the usual attire, plus the traditional feather-shouldered jacket, looking as marvelous as ever. I guess he'd have worn some 'liner for the camera too, always a bonus. Mark looked exactly the same. He's strange in that, since the beginning of the band, he's neither changed in weight, aged, changed his hair, or shaved or grown the beard very much at all. Ronnie looked the same as always--Terrible. Don't gel your hair back! Get rid of the mustache, it's worse than the My Name Is Earl one from several years back! And Dave, who I'd had the best view of, seemed to be no longer bothering with wearing a shirt under his waistcoat--A bad idea, considering the weight he's quite clearly gained. They played Human, Spaceman, A Dustland Fairytale, The World We Live In, Joy Ride, This is Your Life, Mr Brightside(Unbelievable live!), Jenny Was a Friend Of Mine, All These Things That I've Done, Somebody Told Me, a piano-based Smile Like You Mean it, For reasons Unknown, Read My Mind, Bones, Shadowplay, and closed with When You Were Young("Are you ready to receive this as hard as possible?" screams Brandon beforehand).

So, they ended amazing as always, and we tried to work our way through what had become an ocean of empty beer bottles. Me and my friend got separated from my mom and other friend, and spent a very long time trying to find his mom. In the dark. It took a long time, but we eventually found them, and it was amazing to sit down. Also, one of my favorite conversations in my life took place

Friend; Hey
His Mom; Hey. Where's your brother and Naomi's mom?
Friend; He took his shirt off.
Mom; Why is he naked?!
Friend; He took his shirt off.
Mom; Just wondering, Naomi, but did you mother take off her shirt too?

Well, anything can make you laugh at that point. They did eventually find us, my mother with all her clothes still on her. We parted with them once we finally got through to the cars, waited for half an hour to get out, and were home by one in the morning. It was amazing.

Stay "tuned" tomorrow for part two!

I Return; Tired, Sunburned, and Eager To Blog!

2009-08-24T16:13:00.006-04:00

Hello blogging universe!

How are you all? Enjoying summer, I guess? I'm at my grandparent's house at the moment, and thus finally blessed with Internet access. We only got here a few hours ago, after a stop-and-start six and a half hour drive from Essex, and was then forced to sit through a two-hour discussion on the American education system, like they expect me to know anything about it, from my grandmother. But at least I'm here.

"The Festival"--That is, V Festival-- was yesterday and Saturday. Sorry to brag, but it sort of was really cool....I came away with a sunburned head, beer in my hair, and aching legs but it was so worth it. But I'll be sure to tell you all about that in the next few days. It is way too much to talk about in one post, for a start, and also I'm really tired right now! But, if you're interested, I can talk about the few other things I've done while I've been here...

As far as people go, it's been pretty interesting catching up. I got to see my an aunt and one of my cousins a few days ago, which was really nice. They live way up in the north of England(Lucky them, no sarcasm intended!). When you live with an accent as stereotypical as mine, a Leeds accent can be nearly unreal! My best friend didn't want to see me because she seems to think avoiding people is fun, though I did bump in to her at a local maze and didn't really say much. I saw my three other better friends, though, and they hadn't really changed too much at all, surprisingly, other than a friend's obsession with Lady GaGa, and another friend now sporting a bit of eyeliner. We also spent a few days with a few really good friends who used to go to the same school I did. We randomly met them in Pizza hut on the 2nd day, and their mother has been insisting we come round everyday since! We also went to the first day of V with them, which was cool.

We went to this really cool local pool at one point. For someone who can't swim for their life, I think public pools are surprisingly fun. This one had rapids and slides and everything. And we went to a zoo fairly close by there another day for my sister's birthday, and I simultaneously discovered my extreme distaste for zoos in general. Come on, they're just animals, and we all now that it's all about the young ones!

We got to eat out one of the evenings too, at a faux 50s New York pizza place. Being utterly surrounded by Yankees merchandise is now such a bizarre circumstance for me! It was nice there, though.

On Tuesday we went to Lego Land which sort of is but still sort of isn't as babyish as it sounds, but who cares anyway? The lines there were really huge, plus the first ride we went on was only partly working, and the last one had a fifteen minute delay! But that payed off. Sorry to sound as teenage as possible, but there was a really cute guy in line! A girl in my homeroom once came in after April vacation and told as a story of meeting a "hottie", while in, I think it was, Spain. At the time I was thinking "Um, okay...", and then I discovered the wonders of random holiday boys. <3 Anyway... On Thursday we went into London. It's a nice place to go if you're just visiting, I wouldn't want to live there though. On my request we got to see Abbey Road which was cool until I was nearly killed by a taxi while doing the swinging-arm cross walk thing. And the studio looked nice, despite all the graffiti, very little of which was at all Beatles-related. And the British museum was nice. I got to see the Magna Carta(Signed by King John in 1215, the first written document to say that the even the monarchy must abide to the law, later becoming one of the most famous documents in British history), some of Galileo's early writings, the first book made in England, and a bible made around 900 years ago. And the Beatles had their own section. The first draft of Yesterday lyrics, oh my god! And we walked through Regent's park, my mother suddenly transformed herself into a cricket know-it-all as we walked past a stadium of some importance I couldn't care less about(By the way, England won the ashes, hoorah! I'm such a hypocrite!), we walked past Downing Street, went to Trafalgar square, St. Pauls' cathedral, and walked along the Thames.

Must go now, Mock The Week starts in ten minutes, and it's my 2nd to last time to experience some Frankie Boyle hilarity for a year, which is of grave importance. Comment, Cbox, you know it. xD

Off To Essex Today!

2009-08-03T04:54:00.005-04:00

Hey,

Today's my last day I'll be able to blog until...Er, August 24th, I think. Today we're going up to Essex, where I used to live. It only takes about two hours to get there. Where we're staying now is basically borderline south-east and south-west of England, and Essex is still south-east. We'll probably end up getting there so amazingly late though as my mother takes forever and a day to pack. The place we're staying is so pretty. It's a little one-story house on a farm. There's a big field behind the house, too, which I can enjoy unlike anywhere in the US because of the stupid mosquito's. And the farm has a dog, which runs around outside. <3

Since it's summer, I have the liberty of being able to talk about what I'm doing and not appear quite as boring, yes? Yes?!

Okay, Friday we went to a zoo around here(Around here meaning a couple of hours away). I decided to do my really pathetic habit of taking several pictures of each and every animal, nearly all of them blurry, to "capture the moment" even though it's not like it's my last time to go to a zoo or anything. The weather was so nice that day -- Most of the weather's been pretty on-and-off around here, but it was rather busy. Considering nearly everyone there was a mother with a baby, I felt sort of out of place. I also felt pretty sick of bumping into push chairs and hearing screaming in the "Please Be quiet; Nervous Animals" sections. And, I got unnecessarily annoyed with my sister as I normally do it zoos because she takes too long. You look for the animal, you find it, you look at the animal, then if it's doing anything interesting which it probably isn't you keep looking, if it isn't you keep on walking. You don't stay for ten minutes hoping you'll see young offspring doing something adorable! But, it was still fun, and I got a cool wooden lizard painted with the African-style colored dots on.

On Saturday we were supposed to go on a picnic with a couple of my mom's school friends. I'm guessing you know how boring it can be when parents get talking about "the good old days", right(To be fair I'm already talking about my "good old days"!)? It started raining so we ended up eating at one of the friend's houses. Their family is one of those old-fashioned, traditional, somewhat up-tight families, which is basically the dictionary definition of exactly what my family isn't. I remember being four or five years old and going there for the first time, and being creeped out by the hundreds of old portraits, but of course I'm over that now. The parents talked for a few hours about high school, Bruce Springsteen, and many weird and questionably "random" things in between. I was expecting to be sent away with the friend's daughter, a year older than me, which considering I barely know her would be the most awkward thing in the world. I'm so glad that didn't happen.

Yesterday we got to go see our grandparents for a bit, and later go rowing. That was really fun. But me and my sister had one oar each and my stroke was a lot stronger so we kept drifting to the left and bumping into people, but lots of people were doing that so it wasn't too bad. And I got ice cream. Cookies and cream, yum. <3

I heard Paparazzi, Lady GaGa's most recent single, and admittedly I quite like it, even if Lady GaGa is an "Expensive hooker" as a YouTube comment put it. That's what most singers are these days, it seems. It was the only song in the fifteen or twenty songs in the Top 40 countdown I liked(Yes, I did listen to it, for once!). I think I'm gonna get The Fame when I'm back in the US. Of course I could get it sooner but I don't think my mom or dad would be too impressed by the idea of disco sticks and such. See, I'm trying not to make a huge flippin' deal out of this music!

Also, I finished A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain yesterday. I'd got my head around the language, and did enjoy it. Even though the character was really pretentious and annoying, he was witty. I'll talk more about it some time.

Gotta go pack now because I left it way too late. I'll probably be able to CBox occasionally at friend's houses. I'll let you guys in on the summer excitement when I can.

Bye! <3

Blogging Time, Yo

2009-07-30T07:29:00.007-04:00

Hey guys,

To put a long, complicated story short, we now have a laptop here until Monday--A pretty good one, too. It was finally set up yesterday evening, and of course, I rushed straight to blogger! Well, it was second on third on my list at any rate.

So, how has everyone been as of late? That's something I don't talk about very often here, huh? I'm very self-absorbed, as you'll certainly have noticed, in particular when I'm rambling here.

As for me I'm still enjoying being in England and things.

In particular if you want to know what I've been doing , Saturday me, my mom, and my sister went to a nature reserve in town. I don't like nature reserves without the aid of my iPod, which I luckily remembered, so that was alright. It was partly forest, partly fields, and partly a small pond which made it slightly interesting. At one point I stormed into a special "Please Be Quiet" bird-viewing place, loudly saying "Do you like Blur?" to my mother. The birds heard me, too, though I never found out their opinions on the band.

On Sunday my mom went to see her two BFFs she's known since school. When I say BFFs, I do mean exactly that! They're constantly e-mailing, calling, and texting each other now. They'll be twittering within a few years. I stayed at my grandparents watching the swimming, and got very bored, before finally going home.

Monday we went to what I think is the oldest ancient Roman structure in England. It's a palace, not a villa like most, from an early date of the Roman occupation. We watched a short video, then went around the garden, then went around a small museum about it. I don't like ancient Roman history much, but the museum made every description of every aspect of the building really boring, other than getting to see actual jewelry and tools from the time. Then we went through a large building built over the remains, and looked at a few mosaics. A few were so amazingly well kept, and one only had one small patch missing. My sister spent some time in the children's area that every museum seems to have. But my highlight from the visit was there--There was a small pole where the kids are supposed to stick sticky-notes onto describing why they liked the museum. This consisted of scribbles, many "it was fun because it was fun", a few "I hated It it's so boring an old", a few notes from those 'children' describing how they've loved the place since their first visit in the 70s, and one which simply said "The Romans didn't discover America. Ha."!

Tuesday we went on another nature walk this time around a different pond. It doesn't take long to walk around there, but my sister took an up hill, longer route to find pheasant feathers. While they would surely help out my nonexistent collection in the hopes of creating my own Brandon jacket, it was tiring, and I fell when running down the hill, in front of a family with two young boys, who probably wouldn't have done so. Thank you very much, grip less old Converse.

And Wednesday revolved around one of those rare family-related things that's a bit too personal to blog about. But because of it, we got to have breakfast at McDonalds, which is a first for me. Me and my sister annoyed all the business people having coffee and reading the newspaper by having our drinks declare war on each other(Yes, I know what you're thinking. And, no, I'm surprisingly not a four-year-old boy), went to the beach briefly(Not 'going to the beach' as in the summery bathing suits, ice cream, getting a tan sort of way, but in the English, cold, wet, disappointed it isn't warmer even though it never is, sort of way), and drove around several streets all with the first word being 'Hammy'. In the afternoon we went to my grandparent's town. I got A Snow Patrol album, as I simply can't go into HMV without coming out with some CD or another. There was a small fair near the coast, so I played hook-the-duck ads got a big plastic beach ball. I put the small rope not intended to put around your wrist, um, twisted and stuck around my wrist, and got some funny looks while apparently hugging a beach ball in Marks And Spencers(Somewhat expensive grocery store).

And today a guy came around in the morning to look at the boiler, I obsessed over being able to use Facebook, and in the afternoon we went to a bird place in town. My mom was chosen to have an eagle fly over to her hand in the display which went on for far to long, between birds flying away and not returning for fifteen minutes.

And that's about all there is to it. It's Thursday which of course means MOCK THE WEEK/NEVERMIND THE BUZZCOCKS NIGHT on BBC 2, the absolute highlight of my life. The TV before seven o'clock here is getting rather boring for me at the moment, but I guess it's alright. At night there's always various comedy panel shows, or Dragons Den, or Gorden Ramsay, or a decent documentary, or something, which keeps me addicted. As for music, I've been listening to Snow Patrol, Lily Allen, Noah And The Whale, Blur, and I've now admitted to sort of liking P(!?)ATD's "I Write Sins, Not Tragedies'. I wonder what my parents think when they've heard "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?" a thousand times when I'm online.

PS, the (!?) wasn't a mistake.

Gotta go now, the television awaits. I'm in a oddly weird writing mood, I'm almost happy with what I've said! Must be all the Mark Twain I'm forced to read(Yeah, right). Comment, CBOX, and such xD

Bye,

I Waste My Summer On My Grandparent's Computer

2009-07-24T09:06:00.004-04:00

Hey guys...So, I actually have some time to do a post today, even if it is rather short and badly written. my mom isn't totally okay with the idea of me wasting my time online. She says I'm only allowed to go on a couple of blogs, my e-mail, and the Victims. Nothing else. But it's better than nothing, right?

The plane ride was good in comparison to some. I had pizza at the airport and watch an AirLingus flight to Ireland go out. my flight had a short delay at first due to some engine problem, but it was good 'cause when we set off it was totally dark and you got to see all the lights of Boston and it looked really cool. And, of course, when we landed we got to see the 'patchwork quilt' of England's fields. I watched The Simpsons, Top Gear, that sort of thing...The TV wasn't that great, to be honest.

We landed at about eight in the morning, local time, on Tuesday. Heathrow is such a cool place, and I don't know why...it's pretty crazy, which is almost certainly why I like it. We got a taxi to my grandparent's house after that. The taxi driver talked to my mom about swine flu, and then turned up the bad pop station for the rest of the journey once he realised we were in no mood to talk.. I slept for most of the day after that, and watched Dave(The world's greatest TV channel) in the evening.

Wednesday morning was rather slow. I finished john Green's Paper Towns, which I read in about four days. It's really good, I guess I'd recommend it. And I read my ten pages of A Connecticut Yankee. I'm having trouble with some bits of it, though I vaguely understand what's going on dome of the time. After lunch we walked to the local store down the road to get some things for my grandparents(And the cashier guy argued with his friend whether the man on the cover of my mom's magazine was Brad Pitt or not, despite his name also being printed on the cover) After that we got the key to my aunt's house. She moved to Switzerland a few months ago, but rents out her house. It's empty at the moment, so we got to stay there. There's this really pretty road we drive down where you're basically in the middle of a field, and you Can see really far up the road and the hill. I'll take a picture sometime. In general my aunt lives in a pretty area. We unpacked our stuff there, went searching for the non-existent computer, found a rowing machine, discovered the TV couldn't get Dave, and went out to Tescos, which is the main supermarket in the UK. So, we went in to the local one. But it was no ordinary Tescos, no, it was...A two-story Tescos. Oh my god, that's so awesome, right?! It was. We got a lot of food, most of which we could probably live without(the idea of me being able to live without Muller Corner yoghurts is questionable to some) and went up them shopping trolley-accessible ramp a few times.

Oh, and one thing, guess what I saw there? Someone in an Abercrombie t-shirt. What is this country coming to?!

Thursday morning we went into the center of town to find my sister a new bathing suit, which was remarkably hard. UK town centers make no sense. And, my sister was rather picky about it. We looked through about ten shops, before finding a suitable style in a suitable color, and suitable shape. Suitable being about one in thousand bathing suits. After lunch we went to the swimming pool in town. it's not exactly the best pool in the world, but going there is sort of a tradition for us. But it has a slide, and a fast-flowing bit where you get pushed around. And, for the record, I had a Slushy there, and the ice-to-juice ratio was totally, completely, utterly wrong! Hehe...I got to see a new episode of my favorite TV show, Mock The Week, that night, and a new episode of my 2nd favorite TV show, Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Both were absolutely hilarious.

As for today, we came to visit my grandparents house in the morning, and in the afternoon went to the center of their town to get some stuff. I got the new Starsailor Cd, the new Lily Allen CD, an Anthony Horowitz book, Guitar Hero On Tour; Decades, and a Killers t-shirt. It's pale blue with a rainbow palm tree on the front and "A Glorious Existence"(From joy Ride)written on the back.

Gotta go now. I hope you're all having a great summer, and if you're a friend, then sorry I can't talk more.

Plane Ride Tomorrow(Short-ish Post).

2009-07-19T15:37:00.006-04:00

Hey guys,

If you read my blog, then you'd know I'm going to England tomorrow...For, well, the whole summer, basically. Until August 31st. That's gonna be the reason for my partial blog absence until that time. I don't wanna go yet. I loved going to England last year, but doing it for this long is just ridiculous. We had to stay this long because of the music festival, but by that reasoning couldn't my parents have just set the going-out plane ride to a couple of weeks later than tomorrow? Oh well. Luckily, the plane ride isn't until the evening tomorrow. So I still have until about five to do stuff(And it takes about 45 minutes to drive into Boston, give or take). I don't know what I could possible do beforehand, though. Just, like, normal online stuff, probably. Oh, and read; No matter what, I'm determined to read ten pages of A Connecticut Yankee each day, no matter how much I'm coming to dislike it. By those outlines, I can finish the book in nineteen days and have it over and done with.

The plane ride will be by far the worst experience of the year so far, and that's not an exaggeration. No method of torture you could possible do to me(For whatever reason you might want to torture me O_O) could come close in pain to a seven-hour flight across the Atlantic. Beyond the stress of nearly being late for the flight(This happened last year), claustrophobia, airline food, my ever so slight fear of flying, my greater fear of the ocean, bumpy turbulent weather, the bathrooms you can barely move in, the staff who stop at no end to offer you things("Jesus Christ, I told you ten minutes ago, I DO NOT WANT ANYTHING TO DRINK!"), the baby behind you who kicks on your chair, and the hours upon hours of episodes of The Simpsons and Family Guy I've seen before, I get really, really, badly travel sick. So, basically, it sucks. My mother says I'll probably be growing out of it by now, but who knows? Good thing is, usually the wind blows this way, so we could shorten the trip down to 6 1/2 hours on a good day. Contrary to everything I just wrote, I'm trying not to think about it too much. Trying.

My parents are really stressed at the moment, understandably, so I just tend to stay out of their way as much as possible. I'm painfully working my way through my reading book, and at the same time racing through John Green's Paper Towns. John Green is a good author, and for a young adults author, in particular. I think I might just prefer this to Looking For Alaska, which I didn't finish because it seemed to feel rather anti-climax. Plus, I feel less like I have to hide this book from my parents. Looking For Alaska had a couple of scenes that were basically smut. It's odd that I've finally found a couple of books I enjoy. I'm not at all a book worm. I've watched a lot of TV(And my conclusion is this; Die die die die die 'Alex Russo', all of the characters in Wizards of Waverly place, and anyone who even associates themselves with it a little bit), and spending some time outside, normal music listening stuff, etc. In the morning I cleaned out my sister's hamster's cage for the first time, and later in the day we dropped of the hamster, and my sister's fishes(Who I've just learned have names! Skittles, Starburst, Ruby, Shoes, and Socks. Unique, huh?) and dropped them off at my sister's best friend's house while we're away. And in the evening we got to eat out at a nice little place a short way away. It was fun...And, I had the best steak in the whole entire universe.

Bye!

Three Days Until I'm Goin'

2009-07-17T14:14:00.007-04:00

Hey guys,

How are we today?

I haven't actual talked about my life since Sunday, if you were to ignore Harry Potter. Unfortunately not much has been going on with me. My sister's friend comes round a lot and I'm stuck in my room, at least until I get the energy to get ready(Which can take an awfully long time). I spend my time listening to new music, guiltily watching shows on Disney Channel(It's not that I find them entertaining, more that I'm bored with most other things), and using my computer...Oh, and let's not forget, promising myself I'll practice piano later, which I keep forgetting to actually do. Yesterday me, my sister, and the friend went shopping for our school stuff. Doing it early is so much better. I quite enjoy the task, for some reason. I always spend too much time over it though. Does it really matter what color my pencil case is? Well, I guess it does to me(It's GREEN!). My sister was worse, however. She spent ten minutes--And forty dollars--On decorations for her new locker. All dark blue. I can't blame her, I too was quite excited at the concept of having my own locker to decorate. After a month or so she too will come to realise that putting pictures up causes people to stare(Particularly the animal pictures she intends to use), you will be carrying a pencil case so a thing for holding pencils there is unnecessary, the locker racks you buy will fall down under the weight of your books causing more chaos then before, and most importantly you don't have much time to make it all pretty anyway. But at least she's excited for school now! O h,and in the line at Staples I saw this little light thing on one of the cheap stands. And, it was called a "MrBrightside"! How awesome is that?

After that my sister and the friend made what they called "Raspberry Lemonade". Doesn't that defeat the purpose of it being lemonade, then? Today--Well, it's only the early afternoon--We went food shopping in the morning. It was my turn to do self-service, I love doing that. Later I think we're going to the center of town, getting more brace elastics from the orthodontist, and from the doctors these patches that are supposed to stop my travel sickness from happening on the plane. Yeah right, I'm too resilient for that--Which is quite unfortunate in situations such as this.

My copy of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee arrived from Amazon yesterday. I've read about thirty pages so far, a lot for my poor reading speed. I ordered another book, Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen also as I couldn't really chose one from the reading list. I skimmed through that but wasn't too impressed. The general plot sounds alright but the writing style isn't too good. Granted, I am finding some of Mark Twain's annoyingly long sentences difficult to understand, but when I do get my head around it it's very interesting. And it has a lot of history in it which is great for me.

I'm in what I've decided to label as a musical slump. By that, I mean I can't find much I like. Well, to be honest, that was a few days ago. I've been listening to a lot of Keane. Go watch the music video for Bedshaped. It's so sad, but also so good. My other favorite songs at the moment are Mayonnaise by Smashing Pumpkins, Zero by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Feel Good Drag by Anberlin, and....um...(Okay, I'll admit it) Poker Face by Lady GaGa. The thing is, I dislike Lady GaGa simply on principle. But Poker Face is good, a couple of days ago I even got the guts to buy it on iTunes. That's hard for me with a song like that. Now don't get any ideas from this! I dislike the other of her songs I've heard. Okay, so Boys Boys Boys mentions my favorite band and that's cool...And the 'I wanna take a ride on your disco stick' thing in Love Game is amusing in a 10-year-old-boy way. Still, I feel my musical tastes dropping by the minute. Maybe I should stop it, I don't know...Anyone got any music suggestions for me? Something underground, preferably, or at least to those I know.

Oh, and has anyone checked out the single of the week on iTunes? I never payed much attention to it, but I was bored this morning. It's Fireflies by Owl City. I liked it. I played it a lot in the car to Stop N Shop this morning. My mother did not like it, at all, but my sister did. She's got a thing for synthpop music. It's really catchy, but just so electronic it's beyond mainstream pop music.

Gah, I leave for England Monday...I don't wanna go yet, oddly. It's something I look forward to the whole year. I need to get a load of music before then, I've realised, as I need to become familiar with the bands at the festival, and I won't be able to buy any songs until the end of August(I need to stop talking about music). And I wanna be able to read, and write, blogs. And I wanna be able to have my own space, something lacking when I'll be there.

Okay, enough of that. I'm gonna end this now, and return to my current universe of pop music, and long Mark Twain phrases I have to re-read to make sense of.

I Just Got Back From Seeing The One Movie Anyone Wants To See Today

2009-07-15T18:15:00.006-04:00

Yes, Harry Potter.( I'm not gonna reveal all of it, but if you haven't seen/read it already you shouldn't read this....)

Our life seems to revolve around my sister's friends at the moment and today was the friend's birthday so our timing was based around that. Id've loved to have seen it in the evening but that couldn't have worked out because my sister also had to go and see Up. We got there about one with our pre-ordered tickets my mom had bought in case of a selling-out situation. Luckily, I actually didn't see anyone in full wizard attire(By that I mean nothing more than a black cape and a big, pointy, gravity-defying black hat), but we did see some later when picking up my sister.

This one was one of five of the books I've read, but I hadn't read it since the release which was...about four years ago. So I had forgotten a lot of the plot details.

I thought it was good how the Dursleys didn't feature at all in this movie. I loved them, but if you look at it it's the same thing each book. I really loved one of the earlier scenes where Harry's about to arrive at The Burrow and you get a bit of a conversation where members of the family are popping out from various different floors, talking to them. You know, that's just totally The Weasleys. Oh, and also another early scene I loved, which was before Harry and Ron went into potions class and they had an extra period, and Professor McGonnagal is seemingly tiredly directing the first years around. Don't you just vividly remember being the confused, awkward first year walking to the wrong place in the school? It really shows real life, which was something that's gotten really good especially in these last two movies. And the progression from light and happy to dark in these past couple of films has been great, for me.

*toot tired to write fluently*

As for the acting, Rupert Grint--Ron--was amazing as ever. He's my favorite. I was never too impressed with Daniel's--Hary's--acting. It always looked like he was chosen simply because of the visual similarities, despite there most likely being many other guys his age with black hair and blue eyes. But, he got better each movie, so it was alright here. I liked Hermione in this one(Emma, yes? I only know these three as far as actual names go, hehe), but from the third one up I always thought she was quite good. I loved Dumbledore in this the most, though. It was the most perfect balance between the happy, loveable Dumbledore in the early parts, and the slamming-Harry-against-the-wall-"Did-You-Put-Your-Name-In-The-Goblet?" Dumbledore in the 5th one. Oh, and the young Tom Riddle was good. Of course you don' have to put an awful lot of emotion in there, but it was still enjoyable...

Contrary to my mother's strong opinions, I did, guiltily, enjoy all the romance bits. Lavender was just amazing...Her accessories, her weirdness, her stuff with Ron...I loved all of that. And Hermione's jealousy was great. And as for Ginny and Harry...Well, I didn't love it, it was alright. I thought they'd over-do it, though, and it wasn't like that. The kiss was alright, at least it was less awkward than the Cho kiss in the previous movie.

I liked Malfoy's bits. It shows how one can be changed, and how he has changed from the early times, and how he's a force to be reckoned with now.

And as for the death scene, I liked it(Other than Harry just standing there and doing nothing!). I thought the raising of the wands into the sky was too cliche. Far too cliche, for me. But after that, with the clouds, and abandonment, with Belletrix and co. smashing windows and setting things on fire...It was great, gave a real "End of the world" sense, if you catch my drift.

Oh, and did anyone else find the mentioned setting-things-on-fire parts sadder than Dumbledore's death? That's what I thought, because it's so much history, and happiness, and other sappy stuff. That's rather weird of me. But, hey, my emotions are really messed up in case you hadn't noticed that already.

I guess that's it. No star-rating system or anything. I really liked it, like most Harry Potter.

Oh, and by the way, I'm wearing a red t-shirt with "Muggle" written on it white. Hehe.

That's about it. Bye,

Shamelessly Stealing

2009-07-14T17:46:00.005-04:00

Today I use an idea that was in no way my idea. Credit goes to http://www.hayleyghoover.blogspot.com/ . The chances of her reading this are nearly impossible but I hope I'm allowed to use this anyway.

The Sexy/Unsexy List

Stuff That Is Sexy At The Moment

- Andrew VanWynGarden
- Giant home-made cookies
- This video, even if the points made are somewhat weak

- Blur's song "Song 2"
- Playing tennis with my mom
- My sister's friend's totally adorable dog!
- Canned lemonade
- The Vitamin String Quartet's tribute to The Killers
- Song parodies!
- Lists
- Unnecessary repetition of letters
- Countdowns(Harry Potter comes out in...three hours, 26 minutes!)

And The Unsexy

- Boredom
- My sister
- Mosquito bites
- Delusional Parasitosis
- The drunk high-schoolers who seem to be partying across the road
- My iPod--I'm so amazingly bored with every song I own
- iTunes--It's so amazingly frozen right now
- Phobias in general
- The girls in the Seven Things music video. There are girls who are, like, twelve years old...
- Curry
- Blogging when it's too late....

Enough of that. I shouldnt've started blogging now. Do you guys like it when I do long posts about my day, or would you rather I did more like this? I don't mind, either way. I'm so bored. I've been bored all day. My sister and her friend were in the room with the TV in and I avoid them. They're annoying. They were making a cat condo for the non-existent cat we seem to own. The good thing is we somehow ended up dog-sitting for them("Come drop your children, animals, and whatever else you happen to own off at my house! We feed them, entertain them, and even buy them stuff! It's free, and no matter what, my mother simply cannot say no!). The only person in this house who's good with animals is my dad, and with him at work he's useless(Other than the moment the dog ate a possibly-poisoned ant). My sister may love dogs but she's terrible with them. So my mom was stressed for most of the day, I was bored, my sister was mad at my mom for interfering so much, and thus the friend must have no doubt felt very awakward. The only one who posibly enjoyed themself today was the dog.

byeee xD

And My Plan Is Shattered(And Confusing Nothingess)

2009-07-12T17:29:00.008-04:00

I didn't blog yesterday, and thus my 'Blog Every Day During The Summer When Possible' plan is shattered. It was gonna happen. I don't know why I thought that was a good idea. I don't wanna spend 30 minutes to write the same things here every day. And more than that, no one wants to read it. Who wants to read my blog normally, for that matter?

Having to blog every day is almost as annoying as mosquitoes in the summer(Have you seen that Family Guy sketch?). Well, mosquitoes at the moment. Somehow my parents don't consider fixing the mosquito nets so there are no holes to be a top priority so we do have a problem with them. Clearly more importantly, we go out and look at lights and fireplaces and paint colors. That's what we did today. Due to a series of, er, unfortunate events, my sister's best friend and her younger brother had to come round yesterday, and stay the night. I feel I should do the part here of describing how mind-bogglingly annoying they were today, that's what most would do in this situation. But they're actually really easy to deal with. That's good because they have to come around here a lot at the moment.

Yesterday(Flicking between topics here, at this moment, sorry) me and my mom went into town on the hunt for the Mark Twain book I must read. The book store had just about every else he'd ever written. We found my sister's book, though, and now we've ordered the book I need which will hopefully arrive by Wednesday, and if not I'm screwed as far as the possibility of finishing it by September 3rd goes. I'm a slow reader, I know. My sister had spent the afternoon at her other best friend's summer house in New Hampshire, so there was a long couple of hours between picking up the previously mentioned friend and her brother and my sister coming home. I was in a sort of "Should I be entertaining them somehow until my sister gets back?" dilemma. She eventually came back, with half a pizza and three baby mice. They'd found them around their house--They were trying to get rid of the mice via poison, and the babies were all that were left. So they stayed the night, one dead by morning, the other by the afternoon, the third by the evening. They can't survive without their mother, really. They need her for warmth, and mouse milk(Have you ever milked a mouse? It's something I intend to do before I die) instead of the cow milk we were giving them. I got to hold one of them, but now all I can think of is the possibility I caught fleas or some sort of mouse disease .

My sister's friend left early this morning for a synchronised swimming thing. I woke up by the pleasant sound of my dad ripping up the carpets outside my bedroom, and spent the morning in my room, basically. In the afternoon we went out, as I'd said, shopping for stuff around our home. we decided on the light my parents want in their bedroom, among other things. Then we got ice cream--My dad's usual reward for an afternoon spent shopping. The thing with having an accent no one understands is the misunderstandings that come with them can be quite interesting. Unless this place's serving sizing were jaw-droppingly large, the guy must have thought my dad had said something other than the "Small" that he had asked for. I should've brought my camera and taken photos. Damn.

After we came home(And after I washed out the remains of mint chocolate chip ice cream dripped over my hands and wind-swept through my hair) my friend's 2nd friend--The one who gave her the mice--Came over. We had a mouse funeral and under the idea that the friend was upset over the mice, her and her younger sister got to stay. We washed the mouse's old cage and played a rule-less game of badminton(Unfortunately, I got stuck on the team with the youngest child under the idea my age might make me somehow better than everyone else. It doesn't work like that, at least for me). They left at about six. Then at about seven the mother of the first child(Who due to said circumstances had been away from the children for 24 hours) came and had dinner with us. Like parents do, they discussed the Tour De France, the weather, and most things in between. They did talk a lot about school since my sister and her daughter are starting middle school in September. It's weird, when I think about 6th grade...I always think "My sister seems too young for that". I think from being the oldest I just imagine my sister as younger than she is. I can't imagine her doing current events, doing her homework in homeroom, staying up all night finishing(Or, more commonly, starting) projects, or going to dances, or gossiping about the latest dating gossip. Though it's gonna happen. It's weird. Anyway, my mother has some sort of idea that I shall be taking the bus next year, too. It's stupid, yes, but I've always been driven to school by my mom. And now when she stays up all night listening to the songs I bought on iTunes and she's tired by the morning, she thinks she can just send me on the bus. Hm. I don't wake up early, for a start. And, I don't like the idea of sitting on a bumpy bus surrounded by so many annoying middle schoolers, even if it's not for very long. I guess as an 8th grader it's better than being a 6th grader and being slightly intimidated at first, but I just know I'd be up at the front with the little shorties anyway. There'll be a lot more discussion from that with my mother in the near future.

Well, that was ten times as long as it needed to be. Back to nothing. Bye!

A Stream Of Consciousness Mood(Rambles...)

2009-07-10T19:42:00.007-04:00

I love writing in stream of consciousness; Whatever comes to mind, basically, non-stop. We did this right at the beginning of the school year in English. He hated mine and I thought it was quite good. Too bad I can't spell it...Or spell much, in any case. And I need to stop making typos. And I need to stop thinking about school, which is quite impossible for me at the moment. And I need to stop putting so much thought into what I'm going to write here. That completely defeats the purpose of it. The purpose of it being something more interesting than what I normally do. It's interesting, and fun. I'm glad I'm not starting this one at eleven at night amongst AIM chats like I do a lot. That really sucks. I need to write in my journal tonight. I'm surprised the marker I drew on the cover of my journal didn't fade out. It's good. I need to cover it in hearts and stickers and other typical adolescent things. I like the song Fluorescent Adolescent by Arctic Monkeys. Why aren't I listening to any song this very moment? I listened to my iPod on speaker in the car today. Does anyone know the band Athlete? I'd heard of them before, but they reminded me too much of athlete's foot so I never listened to them. They're actually quite good. I'd heard this one song before--"Half Light". The computer nearly caught a virus from me trying to find the lyrics to that last night. It should have been fine. MacAfee isn't that great. Oh, wait, only one A in McAfee. I should've known that. Brings us back to the typos and stuff. Somehow that reminded me of the Spanish field trip several weeks ago. That was fun. The bus ride sucked. Oh, guess what! Me and my mom are gonna see a Broadway show in November! It's this one with Daniel Craig in. She only wants to see it because she's a fangirl of his. Personally I don't see the appeal, but whatever. I wonder how my dad puts up with it. I can see how I'm such a fangirl. It's in my blood. My mom collected these really expensive pamphlets from old concerts. They were on the floor last night in the spare room. The Police looked like a boy band back then. According to this thing I read Sting is really stuck up. They called it "The Lead Singer Problem " or something. Bono didn't seem stuck up either. I knew Morrisey was, he really is. He's songs are a tad overrated. Brandon isn't stuck up! How dare they! Wikipedia said he wanted to knock bands like Nirvana and Led Zepelling of their pedestal! WTF he never said anything of the sort! Stupid people, get your facts straight. I talk about him a lot. It's weird how when people mention Killers concerts I still get jealous despite having gone to two concerts already. Oh my god, not long until V Festival! I should count. We have a Top Gear calender hanging on the wall. It has good quotes and stuff. Top Gear isn't funny anymore. I wanna read what I've written. I'm reading what I've written so far. Hmm, I thought I'd written more than that. It's the style of writing, I know it. Out of ideas now. I might go into Boston tomorrow to this ship thing. Reminds me of this other ship thing I went to in the summer. I was a annoyed at my mother today. I was annoyed at my mother today. That sounded odd. I should bring my camera and load pictures here. Loading pictures is a pain. Photobucket is annoying. I dislike the picture count at the bottom of the page. Now they're stuck up. I can't be bothered to italicize. I wanna put a CD on. I wanna listen to The Script. Ooh cool my CD holder can hold two CDs in one pocket. Where's the case for The Script CD? That's okay, found it. I like the cover for this. Personally I don't think "Irish soul" is a good description for this band. That's what V Festival called them. The opening track is far too generic for my liking. They have a song called I'm Yours. Jason Mraz has a song called that too. You all know that, I know. Mraz is a weird name. Hayleyghoover likes him. He's alright. Waking Up In Vegas sounds far too generic. When I first heard of it I thought it should sound more unique. Don't Trust Me is unique for a song like that. They're playing at Warped Tour. They were talking about Warped Tour on a music magazine cover at Barnes and Noble today. Weezer were on the cover. They're cool. I need to watch Fuse so much more. Kinda repetitive, though. I'm writing a lot of sentence fragments. 2nd song on this album just started! it reminds me of the Abbey Road When You were Young version. I really wanna visit Abbey Road. It must be hell if you have to drive up there every day to work or something. The Beatles were cool. In the car Don't Look Back in Anger came on, that's by Oasis, and my mom's like "Is this Imagine by John Lennon?" and then when I tell her it isn't she knows all the words of it. That's weird. I've never actually listened to Imagine. It's supposed to be good. I love cliche songs. The Script DEFINITELY are not Irish soul. The verses in this are almost like rapping, but not. I'll write until the ed of this album. That'll be far too long. Maybe half way through. I need to check Facebook. No one'll be on at this time. My sister just joined ACC. She's gonna be such a n00b there. She'll never survive. God, I miss that website. I ate too much today. I worry about my weight too much. I went looking for a book on my school reading list today, and every shop didn't have them. That sucked. I wanna read the Mark Twain one. I first read a Mark Twain passage at the end of 4th grade, and I had no idea what the heck was happening. He was doing something with a Beatle at church. Haha, I just capitalised 'beatle'. John Lennon, Ringo Starr...Er, this is even weirder than before. I feel like I should be hyper but I'm not. Charles Dickens is incredible. I like his writing style more than most. I read the intro of Great Expectations in Barnes and Noble today. That's how I write in my dreams. Not in actual dreams. Why do we call both 'dreams'? That sentence made little sense, again. I love this. My thoughts flicker a lot. That's probably because I'm an introvert, at least partly, that's quite common. Introverts are cool. I think Charles Dickens was an introvert. And Charles Darwin. I think I'm getting my research crossed. My mother says I have an encyclopedic knowledge of music. I don't; It's called Wikipedia, mom. She's quite annoying. That's because I'm such a teenager. When does Harry potter come out? I wanna see that. Did you hear, the two Twilight people broke up? Kevin Jonas' marriage will never last. Danielle something. Something with a D. On YouTube WHATTHEBUCKSHOW said "Same letter initials are bad news, Lindsay Lohan". And then he's like, "But this is worse. We'll call her double D. Does that mean she has big boobs?". That's awesome. He has good quotes. He speaks like I write now. People who talk too slow on YouTube bug me. I shall write for one more song, and that's it. This'll be amusing to read back.What avatar will my sister pick for ACC? Something stupid. She's obsessed with fish on ACC. She can barely move in her house now, she has so many. That WHATTHEBUCK quote...Should I take it out? I won't. My sense of humour is odd. It can be very dark at times. Most people would hate it, think there's something wrong with me. There probably is something wrong with me. Yeah, that's what everyone says. People who boast weirdness 24/7 are annoying. That's most people. Middle schoolers are really annoying in general. I really wanna go to high school, but also I really don't. I wonder what 8th grade is like. Why am I talking about school AGAIN? Putting labels for this will be very difficult. Should I even do it? I wanna read. I wonder what books my mother owns. I talk about her loads here, little does she know. No where around here sells Starsailor. Wait, I always talk about music. I should talk about something else. Jeff Buckley. I have no idea. Rufus Weinwright is cool. Michael Jackson is scary. and I have probably scared everyone who started reading this off. Bye <3

My Day...

2009-07-09T19:20:00.015-04:00

...In ten pictures, and no more sentences.

More Polyvore and Stuff...

2009-07-08T18:59:00.006-04:00

Wanna see what I've been up to today? Well, this;

Let's Dance To Joy Division by SoulButNotSoldier featuring Christian Louboutin shoes

Something went wrong(Or there's a trick I've yet to discover) which left it to shrink half the size after I published it. I'm confused. Can anyone help? If it weren't for my sizing issue, this is the first set I actually like of mine. It still isn't good, but it's better than my Springsteen one...And, no, if you know anything about me, and I have no idea what you know about me, then you'll know I'm not like this in real life. I'm definitely not this feminine and bright and cutesy. It's just for the effect, you know?

To add to the Springsteen-look-a-like yesterday, today I saw someone who looked like George Lopez. What a place I live in, huh? But, no, I've never noticed these things before. My area is quite boring. I've never really seen that many people who look like celebrities for that matter...But, me and my sister used to have the Hannah Montana haircut, to the last detail. It was the type that made little old ladies in the supermarket go "Aww, how adorable! Your hair is so pretty!". Needless to say, me and my sister didn't like this much. In fact for tomboys like us, it was like receiving an insult more than a compliment. Glad those days are over. Anyway.

Today I was planning to wake up at nine. I woke up at 10:51. I proceeded to blame my mother for it, since the alarm on my iPod never actually wakes me up, and actual alarm clocks install the fear that is the feeling of 'It's school today...'. That wasted a remarkable amount of my day, actually. I spent the morning on Animal Crossing. I caught two Ocean Sunfishes and two Napoleonfishes(10,000 bells each. Woot)and had Gracie, the supposed fashion expert, critique my accessory-less cheer leading outfit(Not well critiqued...) and in the afternoon I watched TV, and then me, my sister, and my mother attempted to go to the English food store a while away. There was a lot of traffic so we eventually gave up, got lost, talked about parts of speech, and became bored. My life sucks.

I hate YouTube. There are, like, no decent piano tutorials on there unless it's for something as wildly popular as How To Save A Life. I could just take the guitar chords and do them on piano but that's not much fun. I organised my CDs, too. That was fun. I love organising stuff, but I live a messy life too. I don't clean for the prospect of a nice room, I clean for the enjoyment of cleaning. I discovered how few CDs I own...And how many are borrowed from my parents. They have good musical taste. Well, mostly just my mother. That's an odd thing in a family in that we all have similar musical interests. The only musicians on my iPod my mother has claimed to dislike are James Blunt and Duran Duran. So she has a lot of music I like...I must only own about twenty CDs myself. I collected together the ones I want to listen to while I England in my CD carrier - Day And Age by The Killers, Oracular Spectacular by MGMT, Yes by Pet Shop Boys, Definitely Maybe by Oasis, Grounds for divorce by Elbow, The Script by The Script, A Guide to Love Loss and Desperation by The Wombats, Morning Glory by Oasis,and the first Snow Patrol album(The name I've forgotten. It has Run and Chocolate on it.

That's it...Er, sorry.

Does anyone have any ideas what I should blog about tomorrow? I have no clue, and if I have no clue then it'll just be another repeat of this.

I. Suck. At Polyvore.

2009-07-07T14:56:00.004-04:00

So, a few weeks ago I actually joined Polyvore. Yeah, I know it's primarily a fashion website. I don't even know why I joined. Not only would it normally not be my thing, I suck at it. I've made...er, one set because I was bored. I keep starting others with an idea in my head, realise I'm not good enough, save it as a draft, and then never return to it. I wasn't made to Polvyore. But, here's my on and only set.

Oh, Thunder Road by SoulButNotSoldier featuring Jimmy Choo shoes

I loved Thunder Road at that point. I still love it. Ah, how my English teacher would be proud...He's quite the Springsteen fanboy. Speaking of that, yesterday I was out for a walk and I saw a guy in a car who looked just like Bruce Springsteen. I couldn't help but imagine him driving past my teacher's house, and my teacher comes out doing the overwhelmed-with-emotion crying with Born In The USA in his hand chasing the guy. That amused me, briefly.

Anyway, it's raining cats and dogs here, and all I've been doing is blogging, listening to Razorlight, and scribbling down the lyrics to Starlings(*points to sidebar*) on a piece of paper. I'm gonna try to learn Shattered on the keyboard later. Only problem is, one of the notes is lower than my keyboard goes. That's only once in the intro, I don't know how the rest of the song goes. That could prove to be a potential problem in learning this song. I might try to learn Never Say Never by The Fray sometime. I'm sure I'd still get enjoyment out of learning The Fray's entire discography, the piano is so pretty. Though after learning How To Save A Life the rest might be rather anti-climax. I'm afraid to say I'm also spending time on the ACC fanfiction page. That's what got me to join in the first place. Why am I back there? I really have no idea, the stories aren't exactly Dickens or anything. I need to e-mail some friends...And watch Katherine Tate on TV. See ya <3

My Really Bad AC Story

2009-07-06T21:22:00.003-04:00

Sometime this morning I was looking through my old files on this computer just to, you know, see what came up. And what I found was this file titled 'Out Of Control' that I couldn't remember writing. Turns out, it was this Animal Crossing fanfiction I wrote...well, over a year ago. It wasn't really a story, considering I wrote about six or seven chapters(Very, very short chapters). And, thank God I'm a better writer than I was then. Wanna see it? It sucks, as the previous sentences would suggest, but I just thought I'd show you the first two chapters if you're interested, which you're probably not. Notice repetition, comma-splicings, and the like.

"The sun began to set below the horizon. Streams of ruby red and golden yellow filtered through the nigh sky, casting elongated shadows along the dusty ground.

I sat behind Tom Nook's the department store in town, my feet leaning up against an apple tree. I was holding a sketch book, and began to draw Lamborghinis, as I watched the night begin.

As I began to "zone out" I felt a distinctive crack on the back of my head. I picked up the chestnut brown acorn, left over from autumn, which had been thrown at me.

"Oh ha ha" I spoke sarcastically, changing my stare to my friends sitting on a branch above me.

Angus, Poncho, Rod, and Punchy jumped down to look at me.

"Yo, Luce!" Poncho declared, shouting it out as if he intended for the whole of Ootoo for hear.

"Hey guys. Where have you been all day?" I replied.

"Nothin' that's what" Angus replied, in his "tough-guy" voice." KK's comin' tomorrow, and the whole world has to get ready for like a month beforehand. How dumb! There's nothin' to do…"

I saw the others roll their eyes behind him, and I smiled to myself.

"Well, dude, if you're THAT bored" exclaimed Rod" then let's go for a run around the orchard! Come on!" I watched Rod run ahead, but I decided to stay behind. Last time Rod went running at night he ran into a tree…

As Angus, Punchy, Poncho, and I walked towards the Cherry Willow Orchard the wind began to pick up. We walked north, towards the lake. The air contained a pungent smell of freshly cut grass, and deep amber flowers blossomed outside savannah's garden.

We entered the orchard, and walked down to the lake. Then, as if out of nowhere, we heard the Booming and overly sarcastic sounds of…them. Portia and Opal.

I bent down and peered my head through the overgrown cherry tree branches and ran over to the Big Willow. Portia and Opal loomed over a small figure, their overly-made-up faces snickering.

I soon noticed the "small figure" to be Dora. She was sitting on a patch of emerald green grass, a sketchbook in hand.

"What are YOU drawing then, Dora?" Opal teased, smiling and flickering her eyelashes.

"Just some patterns" Dora smiled, moving her patterns closer to her torso, self consciously.

"Well, show us then. Come on" Portia scoffed menacingly.

" Yeah, come on Dora" Opal moved closer, " I'm sure an A-list designer, like me, could critique your work" she said, emphasizing her use of "critique" to show her upper-class status.

Dora, running through her options, stood up.

"I'd love to, friends" she smiled, seeing as Portia and Opal were about to explode with laughter" But it's getting late, and I have to tidy my house. See you tomorrow" She waved, and skipped home, into the night.

" Ha, classic!" Opal cried

Portia spotted us among the branches.

" Now, THAT'S the way to do it, kids" she spoke to us. " See you later, chao!"

Once, she had removed her self from the scene, I picked up a piece of paper off the ground, that Dora had dropped. But, it was not just "a pattern"."

Yes, yes, I know what you're thinking about its quality, but I did enjoy writing it at the time. I do even have the urge to edit quite a lot of it(For a start, it's a relatively common fact that females in the Animal Crossing world are only allowed to wear dresses. So, why would she have her feet angled up an apple tree?), if not all, and it's too bad I can't remember a thing of the plot after what I'd written. Oh well.

I haven't got much to talk about. We just went to the mall today, ne and my mom. FYE didn't have the Starsalor album I wanted, and she got new perfume that makes the whole house smell like Abercrombie. well, it's more like Abercrombie with a slight hint of Hot Topic which is a very interesting scent to capture. I've been watching a lot of the Animal Crossing movie(And the AC obsession continues...)online. Now they've got at least half of it with an English voiceover. The movie is interesting, it makes you wish the actual games were that good. The plot is not as great. I've started to learn Shattered by O.A.R. on the piano, too, which is fun.

Bye,

July 5th 2009

2009-07-05T18:07:00.006-04:00

Okay, prize for the most uncreative blog title in the world goes to me, you know...

To be honest with you, Ive put no thought into what into what I'm gonna write here. And, to be even more honest with you, I'm kinda looking forward to those few weeks in England when I can't blog. I swear I haven't 'gone off' blogging, but I've been doing about every-other-day blogging since...well, I think it was just before Christmas. A break from the things we love reminds us of how much we love them, right?

The weather's finally been getting nice, after days of rain upon rain upon rain. Today was beautiful actually....I think after two years, I'm finally getting used to the weather in this country. I can actually stay outside for more than five minutes now without feeling like I'm dying in the heat. Well, that's one season down; I still hate the winters. The thing about being English is a ground-in dislike of 95% of all the weather you will ever get. We beg for snow and when it comes there's not enough of it, when we get enough snow it's too cold, when it's summer it's too hot, etc. But, let's move on...

Today has been just kind of slow. I'm in the habit of waking up really late(Even if I don't go to bed late) which wastes so much use able time. The morning was spent in a 'heated discussion' with just about every member of my family. It all started over my sister on Animal Crossing, but I actually can't remember what happened after that that caused such an argument. In the afternoon we made smoothies made of pineapple, mango, and passion fruit. wW have a 10-page book of smoothie recipes, and it seems my sister just picked out the first she saw for no reason. Turns out she doesn't like mang at all, or passion fruit that much. I'm also not a big fan of either fruits, but it still tasted alright. And we made Cinnamon buns--Not real ones, my family's too lazy for that, the Pillsbury all-you-have-to-do-is-cook-them ones. Those things taste surprisingly good, most things that are packaged to last normally taste bad. Oh, and I finally found my tennis racket that I've been looking for for weeks. It was way at the back of the basement, by the pieces of wood with nails sticking out of it, broken bags of beans for the beanbags, and plastic pieces of food we had to play with when me and my sister were, like, three.

As far as the last few days have gone, nothing has happened. Again, thanks to me and my whole family waking up far later than we should. Yesterday we went on a wild goose chase for a rug. But, it wasn't anything like Target or Sears , we had to drive an hour to a place, which is both expensive, and has a very limited range. So, it was too bad it was closed for the weekend, right? They could have at least said so on the website. And, yeah, I know it's July 4th weekend, but some shops are open so it's hard to find out. Then we were dragged around Lowe's to look at lights, me and my sister singing Best of You by Foo Fighters most of the time because we were bored. I'll be so over-joyed when the whole house is finally completed. The last people left it in a terrible state, not just falling to bits, but the decoration was awful. I'd heard they had a large family of teenage guys, but the wallpaper was horribly, unbearably feminine...Pink, and frilly, and lacy, and the kitchen even had pears and stuff on the wallpaper. One's decoration does say a lot about about the person(As the furniture commercials claim), and I can imagine the previous family being the creepy, anti-social, unnaturally-intelligent but insane family you tend to avoid just 'cause it feels right. We're fixing that(but I daresay our reputation isn't much better) but it is quite annoying, Knowing my dad however, as soon as the house is complete he'll find something else to do. My father is the sort who comes home to paint the walls, not watch 'the game' like most.

I haven't done much else...Reading blogs, writing, sudoku, and other stuff. I can now say I completely know How To Save A Life on the piano. It's difficult at first, working out which parts the bridge comes into. I tried singing along earlier. I can't sing, but it was fun. I've been thinking what to learn next...Mr. Brightside looks a bit too difficult for me to learn right away, but Sam's Town looks at the right level. Either that, or I'm learning Starlight by Muse, or Yesterday by The Beatles.

Byee,

Return Of The Quizzes

2009-07-04T15:40:00.005-04:00

So...er, remember a few months ago I said I'd make my own version of those personality quiz things? And never did? Well....Never say never, right? Have fun(It's long). xDD

Basic

1. Who are you?

2. What's your name?

3. What's your nickname?

4. How comfortable are you revealing your name?

5. When's your birthday?

6. Which country/state do you live in?

7. What color are your eyes?

8. What color is your hair?

9. Are you more tall, or short?

10. Do you like your appearance?

Favorites(And Also Least-Favorites)

11. Color?

12. Name?

13. Band?

14. Song?

15. Celebrity?

16. Country?

17. Animal?

18. Car?

19. Movie?

20. Book?

21. Food?

21. Drink?

22. Candy?

How Many...

23. Siblings do you have?

24. Pets do you/have you had?

25. Songs do you have on your iPod?

26. Friends would you estimate you have?

27. Cousins do you have?

28. Computers are in your house?

29. YouTube channels do you follow(If you're on YouTube)?

30. Blogs do you follow?

31. Of the Harry Potter books have you read?

32. Websites have you ever been banned from?

33. States have you visited?

34. Songs can you play on musical instruments?

35. Songs on your iPod made it to number one in the charts?

Have You Ever...

36. Met someone famous?

37. Been on TV?

38. Seen the 'miracle of birth' or whatever happen?

39. Fallen asleep in school?

40. Gotten suspended from school?

41. Been in a school talent show?

42. Seen a rare species of animal in the wild?

43. Gotten any of your work published?

44. Snuck out?

45. Stayed online all night?

Your Day

46. How was your day?

47. How are you feeling?

48. How bored did you get today?

49. How many people did you estimate you talked to?

59. How much time did you spend watching TV?

60. Did you 5-2-1 today?(Hehe, only Adele can answer this...)

Other

Star Wars or Star Trek?

Green Day or Linkin Park?

Looking forward to the new Harry Potter?

Do you like the movie Mean Girls?

How many blog followers do you have?

How often do you blog?

What's the weather like?

Did you like this quiz?

I'll fill out my answers soon...

Q-U-O-T-E-S(Warning...Er, Not All parts Are PG)

2009-07-03T17:18:00.006-04:00

After a day of working on the bridge of How To Save A Life, listening to Elbow on repeat, and watching The Princess Bride, I needed something somewhat interesting to blog about...And, well, the best I could come up with was putting together some of my favorite quotes...Er, yeah, not a great idea, but have I got anything better to do?

"When all else fails, bring out the jazz hands" -- Brandon Flowers

"You don't have to be a poet to say something profound" -- Brandon Flowers

"What kind of paint thinner were they sniffing when they thought of this?" -- Jeremy Clarkson

"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not" -- Kurt Cobain

"Aren't I too short to be sexy?" -- Matthew Bellamy

"It's not that I want to be like everyone else, but that I want more people to be like me" -- Anonymous

"I Don't know of any clothing that causes medical problems, but if you do I'd like to know because it sounds pretty amazing" -- Lady GaGa

" 'Smack my bitch up' doesn't actually mean 'beat up my girlfriend'. It's actually just pimp slang for getting your act together. Similarly tonight, I'm going to set fire to some orphans, eat their charred remains, have a cup of tea and a bath. " -- Simon Amstell

"I did think about giving up smoking, but I decided not to, because I'm not a quitter. I know that every cigarette uses up five minutes of my life, but each one also takes ten minutes to smoke. That's a five minute net gain, I reckon!" -- Ed Byrne

"*pretending to be presenting a nature documentary* And I'm standing here in my bathrobe, because I left my luggage at Heathrow Airport..." - Hugh Dennis

"Viewers of a nervous disposition my like to know that your TV is off, and I am talking to you from inside your head" -- Hugh Dennis

"*thinking up a fake name* *sees a pea* Er, Pe...*sees someone crying*ter...*a griffin flies in* Griffin! Peter Griffin! ...Damn!" -- Peter Griffin

"*Peter walks in* Peter, you've been gone for for hours, where have you been? Did you get the beans?" -- Lois
"No, but I got something better. Remember how you always wanted a real diamond engagement ring?" -- Peter
"Oh my god..." -- Lois
"That's right, I got us a horse!" -- Lois and Peter, Family Guy

"So Wikipedia says that addiction is any obsession, compulsion, or dependence on things such as crime, video games, excessive gambling, alcoholism, overeating, computer addiction, and pornography. Well, that just sounds like they plagiarised last night's entry in my diary. " -- 'Wheezywaiter' on YouTube

"As I see it, there are six ways to get boys to like you. The first way is to become a giraffe(And simultaneously get your giraffe freak on). The second way is to become World Of Warcraft." -- John Green

"For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change" -- Quentin Crisp

"*I try toe explain to my mother that I do have friends on the Internet, and not everyone is a pedophile*
"....How old, from where? Are you sure she's not 42-year-old Bill from Burnley?" -- My mother

"Those[Brandon Flowers'] pants are the tightest, skinniest, butt-flattering pair I've ever seen on him! I'm surprised he's still fertile, really" -- Girl on The Victims

"I'm like the Robert Plant that turned into Robert Tree" -- Dave Keuning

"Evil takes a human form in Regina George. Don't be fooled, because she may seem like your typical selfish, back-stabbing, slut-faced ho-bag, but in reality, she is so much more." - Janice from Mean Girls

"And I have the old GameCube game, not the new DS one. So I don't have the privilege of getting a haircut. No, slap some dweeby pointy hat that matches my munchkin-y dress thing on, and I'm good to go. " -- Adele

(Sorry, Adele, I just loved that...)

Okay...Granted, I wasn't too creative with the quotes, but it's better than nothing, right?

Why The Heck Must School Still Be Mentioned?

2009-07-02T14:59:00.007-04:00

...Well, I suppose it's important, despite it being July now.

My grades for 7th grade came in the mail today. Here's what I got;

1st Term
English; A-
Math; A+
Science; B+
Social Studies; A
Gym; A
Spanish; A

2nd Term
English; A-
Math; A-
Science; A
Social Studies B+
Gym; A
Spanish; B

3rd Term
English; A-
Math; B+
Science; B+
Social Studies; B-
Gym; A
Spanish; B+

So...I think I can guess that the third term of 7th grade is the worst I've done ever. But, I was totally expecting that. I don't care anymore. Ever since I was five years old starting school, I was one of those teacher's pets. Quite frankly, it can be quite an exhausting path, and one that I don't wish to take up anymore. Though, I don't see how I dropped so much in math. My quiz grades were alright, and I only forgot one homework assignment the whole term. She does have favorites though, and clearly I was not one.

Thinking about it, it's more "Did" now, rather than "Does have favorites". It's so weird to think I'm not in 7th grade anymore.

Also, I found out which team I'm on next year(Explained in the post a few days ago). I'n on the small team--The one which everyone knows is worse than the big team. But nearly everyone is on the small team at least once in the three years of middle school, so it was gonna happen. I am on the small team with Adele and RAH, though. I got the letter about it...Some, "We're gonna have a great, productive year" stuff and a list of everything we need. This year for the first time, we have to read a book over the summer. The options for my grade are

- Nothing But The Truth by Avi.
- Witness by Karen Hesse
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
- Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
- A Connecticut Yankee by Mark Twain
- Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie

None sound too appealing, but I'm not at all a book-ish person.

The weather here's been terrible, pouring rain and everything. we've just been doing a bit of shopping lately. Yesterday I got the new Elbow album(Well, technically my mother bought it. But, she hadn't even hard of them before I played Ground For Divorce to her the day before, so it might as well be mine). My mom also got The Offspring's Greatest Hits album, and I got the new(Or, new-ish) Razorlight album. And I got John Green's Paper Towns in Barnes and Noble, and I'd noticed that Looking For Alaska was under that area's Required Reading List. I loved that one. Today we went to the natural supermarket in town. They have some great stuff there. They had live music, too. Well, it was a woman with her guitar probably there simply for the money, despite all the hippie stuff she played. And, today I started learning the bridge of How To Save A Life on the piano because I've got the chorus down. It's really quite simple after doing the chorus, it has the same rhythm, and very similar notes. After that, I'm gonna try to learn a very simple version of When You were Young, or possible Sam's Town. They'll be easy to find online. Other than that, I've spent most of my day playing Animal Crossing City Folk. The annoying thing about this game is when you leave it for so long(*cough* six months *cough*) the whole world falls apart so much that you don't want to start playing again. I've been getting money, planting trees, the typical meaningless stuff that I enjoy for some reason. Today I went to the city to get rid of my guy's--Brandon--bed head(Back to the "Whole world falling apart" thing). In the wonderful world of animal crossing, you can't of course just request a hair cut. You have to go through a whole personality quiz to find out your ideal look. This could be considered quite an offensive procedure, considering no one's hair comes out the way they wanted it, and it's normally pretty ugly. Today, Brandon had the 'luck' of ending up with what was basically a Robert Pattinson cut! Hopefully if animal crossing is as real life-esque as the reviews suggest, the hair cut will go away after Brandon washes his hair. Too bad not even Animal Crossing is that sophisticated.

The music today has been nearly all Elbow. It's one of those albums where all the songs sound too slow, too long, and too similar to the last one, but it's quite good once you get past that. they have some amazing lyrics, especially in Starlings, the opening track. I'll be seeing them at V Festival, so it's good to get to know this album.

Sorry for the lack of good posts recently...I know I said I was saving good posts for the summer, but now that it's actually summer I'm totally out of ideas.

Forgive me?

I Dont Think I Could Feel Less Like Blogging Now

2009-06-30T21:40:00.003-04:00

Gah, it's annoying. I love blogging, I do, but I just don't feel like writing much recently...I promise, I'll try harder soon.

Me Describing My Day In The Shortest Way I Possibly Can

- Facebook is...like, stalker heaven. Also, I love it. I've been talking to English friends, which is more awesome than I can descrbie...I mean, yeah, some I didn't even like, but it's still soo cool.

- Elbow are really cool, and catchy.

- Blogging at this time is not a good idea.

- I certainly won't learn anything from blogigng at this hour

- Why the heck can't I take a decent picture of myself and look at least human?

- Oh my god, my dad actually likes Fall Out Boy?

- I kinda really want Violator by Depeche Mode right now

- The singer in Razorlight has reeeeeeealy bad teeth. Well...hopefully, they're fake, just for the music video.

- Happy birthday, Kayla!

- On Animal Crossing City Folk one of ym character's payed of his first mortgage!

- We got these new, really nice chicken nuggets today

- I. Am. So. Tired.

I'm sorry...Bye. DX

A Look Into My Introverted-Thinking Personality(Boring Ramble)

2009-06-30T12:47:00.012-04:00

Hello bloggers,

(PS, this is gonna be marked as written on the 30th because I started yesterday, but this post counts as being written today, 'kay?)

About...um, a week ago, I took an online version of the Myers-Briggs personality test. This personality test is one of the most famous ever, and places people into one of sixteen categories. The way it works is, basically, is each group has four letters.

The first letter; Either "I" or "E"(Introverted or extroverted)
The second letter; Either "N" or "S"(Intuitive or Sensing)
The third letter; Either "T" or "F"(Thinking or feeling)
The forth letter; Either "J" or "P"(Judging or perceiving)

This can be simple to understand for some, but just in case you don't know I might as well explain. The first letter bases itself around how we get our energy; Extroverts get theirs through socializing, introverts get theirs mainly from being alone and thinking. The second letter is based along how we gather information; The S gathers it in a together, simple, organised fashion(In simple terms), while the N gathers it from data already found, and gathers new ideas from it. The third is simple, the thinkers base their decisions on what is logical, and what the facts say, while feelers rely on what their emotions tell them, and what 'feel's best. The forth is about one's reaction to the outer world. Judgers work in a neat and orderly fashion,while perceivers are spontaneous, and react on what seems best at the time.

As you've probably already worked out I am rather obsessed with the general idea of the MBTI personalities and what they mean, how they work together, etc. Well, honestly I'm, obsessed with most things psychological especially personality quizzes. But, as self-absorbed human beings the one question that matters above and beyond all others is there; "Which personality am I?".

Well, for me, I don't fit perfectly into any one of the fifteen personalities. But from the research I've done, I think I'm either

- INTJ
- ISTJ
- ISTP

But, let's start with the individual letters. I've been having a lot of trouble on the 2nd and 4th letter...Because, well, in a spectrum from one initial to the other I'm pretty sure I'm nearly exactly in the middle. I do think this is good, but it makes deciding my personality difficult. But, the other two are a lot more simple.

Introverted

I've known of my introversion(That makes it sound bad, which of course it isn't) for a long time. I'm the most introverted person I've ever met(On the actual tests scoring at least 85%), probably the most introverted person you'll ever meet. Unlike many I do not consider this a personality flaw, I consider it a positive part of myself. I'm alone, I'm quiet, I'm misunderstood, like many Is. I consider extroverts in general to be attention-seeking, stupid, and annoying, but they are considered the desirable personality in our culture. And, although this is slightly irrelevant, introverts may make up only 25% of the population but 60% of the MENSA-applicable population(The top 2% of the population, on IQ) is made up of introverts, and many writers, poets, scientists, and others are also introverted(Not that I'm like that). Okay, moving on.

Thinking

This in itself is very self-explanatory. I do typically react on logic, not on feelings...For example, backstabbing makes no sense. Go one way or the other with your behavior, that makes total sense. I don't see the need to behave one way for attention(*cough* unlike everyone at my school *cough*), etc. I've never understood why anyone would act on something as flexible as emotion, but that's just me. And, for the record, it does not mean Ts have any less emotion than Fs, but rather that we just don't make our behaviors reflect how we are feeling at that time.

As I've said, the other two initials are proving very difficult for me and I doubt I'll ever come to a solid conclusion of which personality I actually am. But, I'll give a little description of the said personalities I think I could be.

INTJ

When I first took a version of the test, this is what came up...It isn't a close match, but I might as well have gone with it...INTJ's are in a section known as 'The Rationals', and are luckily named 'The Masterminds'. Whether I am or I aren't, who wouldn't be happy to be called a Mastermind? INTJs contribute to about 2% of the population(somewhere in the top five least common personalities). Female INTJs take up about 0.5% of the population(That goes with all T personalities. It'd probably be more difficult to find a male F, too). INTJs are commonly perfectionists, high-achievers, and nearly always working, or thinking. They can be very skilled at whatever they put their mind to. This is most commonly science and engineering. But, with this, comes arrogance(There, that sounds like me, right?). They also can be very creative thinking-outside-the-box type people, which adds to their success. However, they are only leaders when they have to be. The main Achilles Heel of the INTJ is at handling relationships(that's so me). They are difficult at making small talk, flirting, etc. but would enjoy a deep conversation with a select few. This all comes back to the ol' T in their personality; People just don't make sense.

Famous INTJs: Augustus Cesar, Hannibal, C.S. Lewis, Michelle Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.

ISTJ

ISTJs are good at keeping on a routine, keeping things in order, and classification. Similar to the INTJ--Again, 'cause of the IT thing--they can seem arrogant, cold, detached, aloof, and can be totally misunderstood by many. They're good at following plans, if read through thoroughly, step-by-step. They can get easily frustrated by people, especially when they don't stick to their plans and commitments like they said they would. Though, these feelings are typically kept to themselves. They take up about 11% of the population, again, mostly male.

Famous ISTJs; George Washington, Eeyore(?), Benjamin Harrison.

ISTP

One of the least common personalities, about 5% of people score as this. They can be intelligent, witty, and good at one they do, but save their energy only until it's worth using. This is, again, normally in science and engineering. They go around what they do in a somewhat confusing way to others, but one that makes complete sense to them. Once again, they aren't relationship people, and need quite a lot of space. They're not at all spontaneous. Despite their intelligence ISTPs aren't particularly good in school situations, even questioning its value. They also enjoy quite high-risk activities.

Famous INTPs; Tom Cruise, Frank Zappa, James Dean, Keith Richards.

Yes, I am obsessed with these personalities. It comes down to my ever-lasting interest in psychology, I suppose. The first test I took was at http://www.humanmetrics.com/ if you're interested.

Not a lot else to talk about. My sister got her braces today, and I also got the new Razorlight album at Best Buy. My grades for 7th grade and some info for 8th grade came in the mail today, too, which I guess I'll talk about tomorrow.

Bye,

Lyla! If You Can't Hear Me Call Then I Can't Say, 'Lyla, Heaven'll Help You Catch Me If I Fall'

2009-06-29T14:07:00.006-04:00

Title lyrics; Lyla by Oasis.

Sometime yesterday, my sister came up to me out-of-the-blue and asked "Could you do a thing on your blog about Lyla?" Lyla's my sister's hamster, and like any child with an animal she's totally obsessed with it. Though, I agreed, and here she is.

We got Lyla...Er, five or six weeks ago, I think. She's named Lyla because my sister's best friend's dog's name is Mila, so why not(I suppose)? She's a teddy bear hamster, which means she's larger than most other hamsters. She's quite young, from a litter of...four, I believe. I can't say I was paying much attention when we bought her. I have very little interest in animals, unlike most people...Lyla currently lives in her flimsy cage in our spare bedroom...Well, it's not so much a bedroom any more, as simply 'The Hamster Room' due to the space the thing 'needs' and it's terrible smell. It's first cage broke a few weeks ago...Hamsters are nocturnal, so she spends most of her time in a little space at the top of the cage, sleeping. The opening there has to be held down with a book in case she gets out, and she also sleeps under the tissue that's there for reasons I don't know. She's quite hyper for a hamster...Especially when she's in her ball thing. My sister's too scared to pick her up(And I'm sick of her biting me and peeing on the floors), and my sister's annoying baby talk, unconditionally-loving stuff gets really annoying. But, it's nice.

I'm sure my sister would prefer me to be far more complimentary, but I do get creative control on this...And, she doesn't know my blog URL, so she doesn't need to know what I say. xD

And, yeah, I don't really know why she wanted me to write about Lyla if she can't even read it. She probably thinks the hamster's gonna get famous; Right, from like fifteen subscribers who probably lost interest a very long time ago.

My day's been another 'fail'. My sister's friend(Surprisingly, not the one mentioned earlier about the dog) slept round last night. They basically obsessed over Lyla the whole time while I was left on AIM, listening to their relentless giggling. Today my sister had an orthodontist appointment this morning to get spacers before her braces on Wednesday. And later in that day I had to go back. They thought I needed spacers too, realised I didn't, took them out, and gave me new, stronger elastics that won't break after an hour of use. We also got to wander around the center of town after that. There's nothing to do in my town. I'm so far away from the center I can't even walk there(Unlike the two other middle schools in town, lucky them). my sister showed-off to her friend in a toy store by using all the little kids stuff...We spent, literally, half an hour there, half of which was spent by her friend deciding whether the things on her bracelet were gonna be sparkly or not. And we went to a candy store, they got bags of M&Ms and stuff and I got a blue raspberry slush(The sort that makes people go 'Stick out your tongue; It's blue!).

I'm done watching my new Family Guy DVD, writing, playing animal crossing, etc. for the day. I've been spending time using the wonder that is Facebook. Earlier I had a chat with a girl from my school in England. We barely talked then but, hey, it's still nice. Today I collected all my Killers memorabilia together and realised how little of it there is. The only size able part of it is the nine Killers t-shirts I own. I need more random junk(ten, once I go get the new one at Hot Topic this week)...Like, I dunno, I just feel like such a bad fan. Would you say so?

Today I've been listening to Foo Fighters, The Fratellis, The Zutons, and not much else. I haven't been in the mood for music much today.

See you,

Happy 32nd Birthday, Mark Stoermer!

2009-06-28T22:27:00.003-04:00

I 'heart' Mark Stoermer, bass guitarist in The Killers.

Summer '09; Day One Equals 'Fail'

2009-06-27T21:24:00.004-04:00

Hello random(or not) Internet people,

So, this would be my first day of summer in 2009...Interesting, right? And, although I can easily say I despise the painfully-overused Internet term "Fail" that's the best term my brain can come up with right now. Come on... I'm tired, and feel as though I haven't got enough of my computer life today! To top that level of "fail"this post is gonna be...just that. This is a poor way to start my "Blog every day during the summer" plan that's gonna crumble apart in no time. But, things might pick up soon.

My family, myself included, all have this annoying habit of being lazy as hell, which is why I'm mostly lounging around all day. This day was the same. I spent the morning online; Psychology websites, YouTube, and Facebook primarily. It's the biggest time waster in the world. In the afternoon I spent some time outside playing badminton with my sister. I slipped on a piece of moss and got a huge cut on my foot. I considered it a battle scar, because I'm just that stupid. I wrote out "I Heart Blog" in twigs, but there were so many others anyway you couldn't see it in the picture I took. I sang along while my sister played songs on Guitar Hero, also, which I loved but it annoyed her so much. Me, my mom, and my sister also went out later that day...Driving down the highway, my hand out of the window in that kinda fun-ish way, singing along to "Valerie" by The Zutons. That song is, like, my perfect driving song and I don't even know why. We got more hamster stuff in Pet Co, and went on the hunt in Target for hand-held fans. We also came out with a lot of stuff we didn't need, like an Elvis magnet, and plastic cups with an attached outer crazy straw.

And in the evening me and my mom went out for a walk around where I live. I don't do that much. It's because, you know, mother-daughter time always seems sort of awkward, because I'm unhealthy and can't really walk that far, and because I don't like passing people on the streets for some reason. It's usually the strangers I dislike most. You have all the joggers dressed in their sweatpants and tank tops and Nike shoes or whatever running for the exercise, and then there's me and my mother; Myself dressed in a green "Periodic Table Of Music" t-shirt, denim bermuda shorts, and Converse, and my mother dressed in a navy blue American Eagle t-shirt, white shorty-shorts, and flipflops(Yes, her clothes are far cooler than mine). Anyway, my point is that we don't at all fit in with the typical fitness-obsessed joggers you see, and they stare. We talked about going to England, Lego Land, and V Festival, and a lot of music, of course.

Remind me, I must blog earlier tomorrow. I really want to watch my new Family DVD, and other worthless stuff.

Music today; The King Blues, The Killers, The Zutons, Muse, Elbow, The Beatles

TV: Family Guy, ten billion Michael Jackson tributes, etc.

Here's a nice picture of my backyard I took this morning. Massachusetts looks so much more pleasant than it actually is.

xDD

Summer. It's As Simple as That

2009-06-26T13:42:00.005-04:00

As I've mentioned before and you've now doubt concluded by the title alone, it's now summer for me! Today was my last day, well, half day. We wrote letters to the soon-to-be 7th graders, watched School Of Rock(Which I've never seen. It's poserish, but high-ranked in it's poserish kind) and ate popcorn, cleaned out the remains of our lockers, cleaned the room a bit, and by eleven o'clock, after a hurry of yearbook-signings and slightly emotional farewells, I left 7th grade. I didn't really get the chance to say goodbye much(I feel guilty). One boy who I basically don't know said bye to me(Any idea why? It was kinda weird), and my English teacher told me how he'd be there at my first book signing when I'm supposedly a published author.

7th grade for me has been...As a teenage-ish year would go. It had it's ups, and its downs of course. And yeah I've whined a lot about it, but there were some really great times...

I've suddenly got the urge to do this, 'case I didn't do it for new year. Hoorah!

7th Grade High-Lights

1. The day in Spanish when the guys started throwing tennis balls. At the window, the door, people's feet, the general area of our teacher, even. My teacher has always said the typical "I have eyes in the back of my head thing"...And, well, that's such a lie. And it was at this point we came to turns with that fact, and decided to exploit it a little.

2. Correcting a quiz in English a few months ago. This person in question will take the nickname "J". We'd been asked to write the first and last stanzas of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, and we corrected them later that class. J got up to give his I-forgot-to-study version of the Raven which went along the lines of "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I read, and a knocking at my chamber door, it was a raven, a sexy raven..." It was hilarious!

3. One day when having a team meeting where a few guys had been asked to get in front of everyone and perform after doing the 'talking while the teacher's talking' thing. They sang a Barber Shop version of In The Jungle. And, well, it was clearly well planned and everything.

4. A last period Social Studies class a few months ago...Well, it's difficult to explain. M continually said "Soooo mysterious" in a really feminine voice, the teacher drew K a 'pretty' girlfriend on the whiteboard, people were shouting, etc. The normal weird stuff(Oh my gosh, that's a such a band name! *writes down*)

5. Basically every homeroom ever. Even if my teacher considers us her worst homeroom ever, there's no taking away from the fact that we're all, every one of us, awesome.

7th Grade Low-Lights

1. Doing our projects on politics In I think it was, October. We'd been split into the two political parties, and split into smaller groups on specific areas of it. We got health care. Which was what I wanted, but I couldn't help but hate it. The day of the presentation was just boring beyond belief.

2. The day in April my English teacher made me read my "Ode To A Skunk Cabbage"--Weird, yeah--in front of the whole class. Badly written, sloppy, half-complete, etc. For me, I could be reading my favorite poem ever, and just the reading alone makes it rather scary. But something I've written? Something I've written really badly? Not. Fun.

3. State Testing. Isn't that on everyone's lists? For me especially the long-writing essay. There was nothing interesting, fun, or anything about that.

4. The day in math a few months ago where my teacher picked on me to answer a question that I wasn't ready for. And, then continued to insist I did know the answer. Hey, if she makes classes so relentless than can she blame me for being half-asleep at the time?

5. Playing keyboard at the very beginning of the year. I enjoyed it--Really, honestly, I loved it--but my partner was such a ...Grr, I need to find appropriate words to put here. Moron? Hmm. She'd come in every day, sit down on the left side, insist it was too loud, and turn the volume down to a point where no one could hear anything, and therefore couldn't practice, and therefore fail that. She clearly has something against me that I've yet to understand but she wouldn't let it go..

Things To Look Forward To over The Summer

- Blogging, duh!
- Late night AIM chats with friends
- The new Harry Potter movie!
- Finding out which team I'm on next year(Each grade is split into two 'teams'; "East" the big team, and "West" the small team. Homeroom, English, math, Social studies, and Science are all based on that team, so finding out that is plays big part in your general happiness in the following year)
- Finding out which team my sister's gonna be on
- Swimming
- Going to England(Which includes the following)
- Seeing friends and family again
- Corner yogurts and Tescos ready-made tuna-sweetcorn sandwiches and microwavable chicken pot pies--Oh my!
- Lego Land. Don't judge, it's awesome
- The leisure pool near my aunt's that we got to every year
- Decently-warm weather
- Good ol' English late-night television
- V Festival' August 22nd and 23rd; The Killers, Oasis, MGMT, Snow Patrol, Razorlight, etc.
- And, possibly most important, the simple absence of school makes summer worth it.
- And, maybe even slightly more importantly than that, is that I'm really dreading 8th grade, and this is just a chance to forget about it ever so slightly.

And, I go back to school September 3rd...But, let's not dwell on that right now. It's summer! Sun happiness, freedom, friends, you know the general idea of it all. As far as blogging this summer goes...Well, obviously, it's still gonna happen. In fact, I'm going to try to make it happen every day. They're gonna be stupid, and boring, and same-ish, but it's really this time of year we all want to look back on most. I'm leaving for England July 20th and returning August 30th. About half of that is spent at my grandparents, when I definitely will have computer access about every day, so I'll be sure to make extra-short posts then. But, when I'm back where I used to live, computer access will be a problem. If I'm lucky, I could use my dad's computer, or blog at a friend's house, but of course I can't be certain. So, yes, just thought you might want to know that. xD

See ya,

Summer '09, baby!

1.5 Days Of 7th Grade Remain

2009-06-24T19:29:00.007-04:00

Hello,

Ah, just 1.5 days left of 7th grade! Then I'll be *gasp* an 8th grader. Well, I don't know...I wouldn't classify myself as an 8th grader until September 3rd when we go back. But I guess I wouldn't be a 7th grader either. Oh well, at least school will be out for summer. Not that it feels like summer nowadays. Damn it, Massachusetts, can you do nothing right?

This week, of course, has been a very slow week. We had our last official academic classes on Monday, which involved reflections, making clay models, a fun quiz, and working on actual math work. Otherwise we've been moving between various special events, watching The Simpsons, stuff like that. It's been fun...Speaking of which, I kinda love The Simpsons right now. I've watched The Simpsons since before I could speak. I was the kid who'd take The Simpsons--Full of jokes I wouldn't understand for a long time--Over the Teletubbies, Sesame street, etc. Oddly, I haven't entirely become the illiterate, troubled child my relatives feared I'd be. Anyway, now I'm rambling(More than usual). We had our talent show yesterday! Talent shows are amazing, mostly due to the fact that the majority have no talent whatsoever. Yeah, yeah, I know it takes a lot to perform in front of hundreds of people... But, still. Two girls did the commentating between acts, and they were awful at it. First off, they were 6th graders. And while I've meet loads of really amazing 6th graders, the ones at my school at least are just...Unbearable, which is the Best aay for me to describe it. You know how you obsess over the idea of leaving elementary for such a long time, yeah? Well when you eventually get to 6th grade, all that anticipation makes you a bratty, dramatic child that 7th and 8th graders will probably hate. Most of the acts were off-tune singers(Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, The "It's Too Late To Apologize" song, the "Every time we touch I get this feeling" song, a couple of Indian songs, etc.), a few dancers in odd, matching outfits(Star Struck by Lady GaGa, and Just Dance by...yeah, Lady GaGa again), a few bands, and a guy with his Chinese Yoyo(He's in my homeroom, so I'd already seen it every day for a couple of months). Dominique--Her French name, not her real-- Was amazing, though. *applauds*. Yay for someone with actual talent!

Today involved similar, relaxed stuff. Watched The Simpsons first period, and took down my board outside the classroom with my "Year's best work". Second and third periods a girl's dad came in to talk about Islam. It was interesting, but it did you go on...And, he had about 15 slides of his presentation, which goes to show how much talking went on. And we sort of got hit, yet again with the impossible "Don't stereotype" message, which is always worth blogging about. Forth period I had Spanish...Our last 7th grade Spanish class, because I have gym instead tomorrow. Ah, how I'll miss it; The endless student-made speeches about conjugations, the lengthy clap-for-the-teacher sessions to waste time, the guys hiding behind my teacher's desk, the guys throwing tennis balls because the teacher is just that oblivious, the uses of "Fiestas" to waste a class, my teacher's actions showing she was about to have a nervous breakdown. Ah, yes, that's all something to miss. My teacher really isn't much of a party--Or, "Fiesta"--Person, so we drank the Coke and ate the chips left over from the last 8th grade class and watched Toy Story 2 in Spanish, while I sat at the table with a few girls obsessing over a music video on someones pink iTouch. Fun, I suppose. After lunch I had health. We played yet another game of "Relationship Bingo", which I got sick of after five or six plays. Surely, one can only put up with so much of silly games such as bingo. I ended up with a toffee that I literally just remembered I had, and am now licking and hoping it won't pull my braces out. For the last period and a half, we had to watch a 6th grade thing in the auditorium. The music classes had made their own music videos. You had a lot of "A day in the life of *school name" which involved shaky, almost sea sick-inducing camerawork and shots of people walking through hallways. A few made no sense at all. One was an excuse for a few boys to play Star Wars with wooden sticks('cause it's not like Adele has a stick just like it that that she hides behind the bookshelf in homeroom and fences with, right?). A few involved the elementary kids at recess...Mostly staring at the camera the whole time, and one with my neighbor dancing like the possible-ADD child she is. we thankfully got to leave early and have a team meeting because a girl in my grade was leaving today. I barely knew her, but long goodbyes are always emotional for me, and everyone else. Until the speeches go on for far too long.

After school me, my mom, and my sister went to the mall to find my sister a dress for her 5th grade graduation. We were lucky first time in Gap--Don't judge that--and after we got a few clothes for my mom, batteries, a karate outfit for my sister's Build-A-Bear, FunYuns, a Nintendo points card, The Fray's "How To Save A Life" CD that I'm listening to now, and a Killers documentary DVD. Not all found in Gap, of course.

I've spent nearly all afternoon playing on my keyboard. ACC rehab does the weirdest things, you see, including doing stuff actually sort of worthwhile. I used to play piano but stopped after we moved...I was always bad at it anyway. Yesterday I picked up some of those "My first piano and me" books and started playing. Embarrassing, right? After I got sick of those I started learning How To Save A Life off YouTube. I can fluently do the main riff, and separately play the bass and treble of the chorus. I haven't started on the bridge yet. Later I'm gonna try to write it down, which will probably help put the chorus together. I feel so accomplished. I've wanted to play this song on piano since I first heard it...And, okay, it's so easy it's unbelievable, but I'm amazed at myself.

Music this past few days...er, The Fray of course, Weezer, Blink-182, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Cage The Elephant, stuff like that. Must listen to The Script soon.

Bye,

A Little Dedication Must Go Out...

2009-06-21T14:18:00.016-04:00

...To my father.

Wait, what? Why would I do that, just because it's Father's Day? No, I do think there's something else more important to talk about today.

He's a musiciain...

And a singer...

A show-man...

An award-winner

A fashion icon...

A husband...

A father...

A friend...

A fangirl's fantasy...

An actor(of sorts)...

A ping-pong champion(Hehe)...

<<<<<<<<<

A special, amazing, wonderful, sweet, talented man who is my idol

And lastly, a guy who turned 28 years old today, June 21st 2009. Happy Birthday, Brandon!!

I'm Saving Decent Blog Ideas For The Summer

2009-06-19T19:31:00.006-04:00

The title is the reason of all these 'updates'. I at least did a few interesting posts a few months ago, but not anymore...

This week's been one of the craziest of the year so far. Yesterday, as I'd explained on Wednesday, was my "Celebration Of Learning". It was so much better than last year. The math, as I'd also explained, involved us showing our Walking Rated tri-folds. By "presenting", I do mean standing there staring at the minute hand on the clock while parents come in, hoping their child was there. The nice ones ask questions, but that's rare. Events like this are the most boring things to happen in school. Especially because my math teacher--Trying her best to be friendly, which isn't in her nature(Children or otherwise)--who wouldn't let us sit down. In LA we read poetry, and disappointingly, when people finished reading we clapped in stead of the arty clicking thing you're supposed to do at most poetry readings. Oh, and what I've learned from this is "I will shoot you if you write a poem about war". I hate people who obsess over peace, quite frankly. we watched a video on some of the projects of the year, with all but one video not working. We did our walk-A-Thon, and I'd improved from last year! I ended about...10th to last. Better than my "Last place by a mile" place last time. There was also this thing where select people got to throw "Pies" at the teachers, and in the afternoon we had a long recess.

First period today we had Social Studies, and we'd actually started a new section with a week to go...Well, better than Social Studies last year, where we did Ancient India in two weeks, and Ancient China in four days, because my teacher had spent months on Mesopotamia. Literally. We'd started Islam. I thought it was so interesting. Except when my teacher brought up the post-9/11 prejudice we have against these people, which turned into Nazi Germany, which turned into Japanese people-Pearl Harbor, which turned into "We shouldn't have judgements about anyone". As much as you say "Oh, I get to know people before passing judgement", it's completely human nature to do so. I don't think there's any way for us to stop.

We had about 3/4 of science next. We talked about the food chain, and energy, and watched a slide show made by my teacher. It was interrupted because we had to go to a Parade in the gym. My sister's school principal is leaving this year, and this is the sort of dragged-out, babyish "Good bye!" thing that elementary schools tend to do far too much. This was taking place in our gym, despite theirs being literally next door(Connected schools) and equal in size. My school sat on the bleachers, looking as if we wanted no association to the teachers in clown outfits holding up plastic signs that say "Applause", and "Shh...". Honestly, we didn't, even if 90% in my grade went there only a couple of years ago. The grades piled in, one at a time, holding signs and wearing weird headbands and whatnot. The 400 people in my school, plus the 600 in her's, plus teachers, plus parents, led to a very claustrophobic atmosphere. A couple of middle school classes did embarrassing performances, including 8th grade Spanish with the song we'd tried to learn, and failed at, on Wednesday. Then each grade did their own performances. They were the sort of things put together in 15 minutes, poorly-performed, with teachers kneeling a few feet forward acting out the movements, with more enthusias, than each of their students put together. Even my English teacher, sitting a few feet in front of me, couldn't disagree when someone said "Ugh, this is taking forever!". We eventually got out of there after 2 1/2 periods.

I had health 5th period. Today we started depression and suicide, and we had to make a pie-graph of our last 24 hours, coloring each section with how we felt at the time. I took this far too far, ending up with twice as many sections as everyone around me. I had math 6th, and we were told to measure arts of the stairs around the building. Wouldn't you thing the measurements within one building, at least inside, would be exactly the same? It seemed really pointless. After lunch we had to clean up our journals in English for grading. Our teacher would ask us questions about what we'd learn etc. and talk about improvement. Luckily, I didn't get to go today. Phew!

Not much else to talk about. My 2nd ACC account got banned. They also replied to my e-mail, calling my notifications "Constant and unrelenting", which is of course an exaggeration. The ACC ruled are ridiculous. My sister's friend is at my house for the 5th time this week, and we went to Target to get tape because all the pictures on my wall are falling down. Currently they're on the other computer, watching "Beat It"; Alvin And The Chipmunks version(My sister and her friend, not the pictures on my wall). As for music, I've just been flicking through random songs on my iPod. My favorites at the moment are 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins, Panic Switch by Silversun Pickups, and Ain't No Rest For The Wicked by Cage The Elephant. Oh, in the Ain't No Rest music video, the singer is wearing these awesomely-colored skinny jeans. They're like purpey, reddy, marrony...They're awesome.

This weekend, I'm no doubt having my sister's friend round again, and on Sunday Adele and Matt are coming round because it's Brandon's birthday!

Bye,

Nothing Can Go Wrong When The World Smells Of Grass Cuttings xD

2009-06-17T16:39:00.004-04:00

Hello blog-readers,

We had the grass-cutter, or whatever I'm supposed to call him, 'round today. Now everything smells like grass cuttings. I love that smell. It kinda encouraged me to take some pointless pictures of my back yard. I'd show them to you, but my camera is being difficult. DX

Today during homeroom I told Adele I wouldn't blog today, I'd blog tomorrow when I actually had something to write about(Celebration Of Learning). She told me that I'd then hype it all up and type about it in one paragraph. This isn't far from the truth I suppose. So, here I am blogging instead of enjoying the above wonders of nature today. And, I don't know if I'll blog tomorrow, even if there is a paragraph worth of stuff to talk about.

I decided to be spontaneous. From now on, I'm going to post with labels. Crazy, right?

Ah, where to begin today. I had Enrichment first period. I basically read Harry Potter(Instead of Looking For Alaska, which I've now deemed inappropriate for reading in school) some more in the learning-assistant teacher's room. The teacher kept trying to start up a conversation with me. She'd been doing this a lot ever since yesterday when she read my completed poetry book and told me I had talent. I had never talked to her before that. Partly because I think she's a dominating know-it-all, and because I typically look down on the role of learning-assistant. I mean, every one's complaining about *gasp* THE ECONOMY at the moment. My school's already cut Art down to two weeks per year, we're losing 6th grade Latin next year(I think, or the year after) and I heard we're losing our librarian, too. But in my eyes those are all twice as important as an f-ing Learning-assistant teacher. It's really silly.

I had a double-period block of Science for 2nd and 3rd. We worked on researching the pond-water organism, animal, and plant we found when we went out to our school pond last week. I had to wait twenty minutes because the computers weren't working...Well, the third one worked. I have a particular fondness of all things microscopic so it was a good assignment, other than the fact I had to do Nematodes. They're really nothing more than microscopic worms. I looked a little into Water Bears. Now those are interesting if not rather disturbing to me. Want to know something else? I'm also slightly scared of biting, blood sucking(Or what could look like that) insects and microscopic insects. Ah, I'm so weird.

Spanish was a fun class, kinda. We had to sing a song. One that was rather too fast for any 7th grade Spanish kid to speak, let alone sing. We were split into groups of four to sing in front of everyone. Where the heck was she coming from when she did that? Stuff like that doesn't make people sing any louder. But it was fun to hear some of the popular guys screaming their lungs out to the song, and adding in some non-Spanish babbling from time to time. One guy even got a guitar from the music room--Probably more to escape Spanish than to play along to the song--which, considering it was very out of tune, was hilarious.

After lunch I had health. We got to go outside, and we did the ol' "Passive, aggressive, assertive behaviors" routine. And, guess what, we even did skits! How much more of an uncreative activity could you think of, seriously? Once again, the popular guys make classes like Health and Spanish worth going to. There was one when these two people were either drunk or high(Hard to tell, really) and then go "Unicorn!!" and run and crash into the largest guy in my class. And, where these two guys were going out, and (Of course) the one who was twice the height as the other played the girl.

We got to finish with a double class of Social studies. We're doing yet more last-minute work for the celebration we have tomorrow. We were put into groups to make posters. Mine was on the Byzantine Empire. Tomorrow we have to quiz our parents on the matter. I'd warned my mother of this. without my help, she could go two ways; "I'm an idiot", or "I'm English and therefore highly intelligent, especially on all things European". Both ways I'd love to avoid if I can. In the 2nd half some people, not me luckily, got to scrape of the blue tape on the floor, that had been put down three or four months ago for a Geography activity. My teacher found out the most effective way of doing so was scraping with the erasers from the "Flea Market Pencils" she got for 25 cents last summer, that don't sharpen. It all got insane as it usually does with last period classes. While clearing up someone had left a picture of Jesus on the floor...And, well, I thought the whole "JEEEESUS ON THE FLOOR, SOMEONE PICK UP JEEEESUS OF THE FLOOR" act was rather amusing. As much as I complain about my school, there have been so many funny memories over the year.

Speaking of basically everything said I don't believe I've talked about the Celebration of Learning yet, have I? It's something my school does every year. Parents come in to see all the marvelous things we'd done. It's pretty much all done in the week or so before the event of course. Tomorrow we're doing some poetry reading, parent-quizzing, showing our tri-folds in math, and I have no idea what in Science. And then we get to watch a slide show in the auditorium, and then the Walk-a-thon my grade's done, then we get to eat hot dogs and such. I don't know what in the afternoon. Probably watching a movie or something. Whatever happens, it's better than last year which was standing by my Science project for two hours, walking a mile behind everyone else, and not being able to eat amazing food because my teeth were enduring braces-pain at the time.

A couple other points worth making...

I have been banned from AnimalCrossingCommunity.com. Just to let you know. Well, I don't know if it's a perma-ban. I got a violation point added to my account for something I did--And got reported for previously--Over a month ago. Something's gone clearly wrong, and now I'm banned. But, you might want to send a PT to SoulNotSoldier. *winks*

Music's been up-and-down. I'm annoyed at Fuse for not properly updating their Top Ten Alternative Countdown yet. Posting the same thing but with a load of interviews does not make it any enjoyable...Well, Brandon was actually mentioned in an MGMT interview. God, just update it. I've been listening to The Script, Kasabian, and MGMT for the past few days. I want that Kasabian album, the new one. And I also found out Arctic Monkeys have a new album out in August.

See ya,

Oh My Gosh, I Have An Awesome Weekend Planned(This Is NOT Intentional Bragging, I Swear)

2009-06-14T14:14:00.006-04:00

Hey. Er...Like, nothing has happened recently. Might as well talk, anyway because I promised. Okay, when did I last post? Wednesday, Thursday? Wow, that's like forever for me. I think I'm rather obsessed with blogging.

The last two days of the week were alright. We had to work with the world's most insane class schedule--Courtesy of my science teacher--for the last couple of days. It made, and many would agree, no sense. It had to be shifted so we'd have extra time for our Math/Science projects. I wasn't too happy about that. Through a combination of laziness, carelessness, and my extremely dependant personality, I'm left jobless most of the time. I'd done the absolutely bare minimum for science, which no doubt contributed to it. I was more than happy to outline pencil marks in Sharpie, however, which is what I did the whole time. Friday was the worst from a boredom point. There were no computers left, and I'd been told to pick out the colors to use on the wings of the thing. Our group weren't even good at that, surprisingly, because we had one of those fashion-obsessed "I think I'm so cool" girls. Wouldn't she be able to match colors properly? Apparently not, which might explain why she's no where near as cool as she thinks she is. Our tri-fold looks like rainbow-colored vomit, or will do when we glue them on, and we're no where near as far as we should be. Fun. xD

The other day I got an e-mail from ticketmaster.com. I'm following a load of bands on there so they tell me when they're coming to Massachusetts. Wanna know who, this time? PET SHOP BOYS!! Cool, right? Well, I don't know, I think it is. Except, it's Saturday September 5th, the day after my 4th Killers show. House Of Blues. But oddly enough my mom said yet to the whole idea, and so...Another concert it is! It's gonna be the best weekend ever, except maybe V Festival, and we'd probably spend the rest of Sunday in Boston anyway. Funny story, actually, tickets came out on the 12th and I'd forgotten until the morning of the 13th. Even though they'd been out for over 24 hours, we still managed to get general admission! The Killers sell out in ten minutes, and Pet Shop Boys, after a day you can still get tickets to get right to the front? Shows how big they are, I guess. xD Anywho, I still look forward to it, even if I only have one album. I'll look into them more. Aaaaaah...<3

Yesterday I went into Barnes And Noble to buy a book. How bizarre is that? Actually it is rather weird, for me. The last book I bought was Oliver Twist in December because it was during a power cut and I had nothing else to read. I read about one chapter. I was on the hunt for Looking For Alaska by John Green. The only reason I'd wanted it was because John Green is a totally awesome YouTuber. Still I'd heard good reviews on it. I'd never ventured into the endless void that is teenage literature before now. These days, teenage literature is basically synonymous with "Twilight" which might be why. But considering I'm loving this book, I might bother to again...John has a unique way of writing, one that I can't really explain. A nice way of putting things, I suppose. I've been re-reading Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows at the moment but I by far prefer this one. I considered continually reading the book last night while trying to get to sleep...Well, honestly, I was hoping to fall asleep with the book in my hands. It'd make me feel far more accomplished than I actually am. xD

Time Spent Reading; About 24 hours

Pages Read; 66(A lot for me)

Today was a usual day. We went to this place a while away that sells English food. The whole isle of candy is my number one weakness, and I came out with far too much. And, he was playing Black Eyed Peas there today. He's usually playing some 80s rubbish(I'm full of contradictions, I know), like The Human League(Who you'd know as the "Don't you want me baby?" song from the Swiffer Wet Jet commercial, by the way), Right Said Fred, etc. I was slightly worried for him...Odd. xD

Music this week's been interesting. I've been repeatedly watching the Top 10 'Alternative' Music Videos on Fuse this week, because I was hoping for A Dustland Fairytale...Sadly, not there, but good anyway. I got this big addiction to No You Girls by Franz Ferdinand because of it. Actually I've spent a good deal of the week watching Fuse. The Offspring, The Fray, and Foo Fighters, specifically. And Green Day, but that was because there was nothing else on. Green Day get on my nerves, especially Know Your Enemy which I'm sick of hearing all the time. I've also been listening to Red Light Company(Who I recommended on iTunes. Silly iTunes for not having them already.), The Script, Chameleon Circuit, Kaiser Chiefs, and Snow Patrol. Good stuff.

PS, today I went on my Twitter for the first time I'm forever. I'm LoveBrandonLove if you want to follow me.

Those are really the only points I think are worth mentioning. God, this post sucks. Ideas...please?

Stupid picture time...

I'm Not Just A Metal Mouth Anymore...I'm Also An Elastic-Band Mouth(Plus more) xD

2009-06-10T11:31:00.006-04:00

Hey,

So...Tuesday marks one year of having braces, there or there abouts. Because I got them two days before the Walk-a-Thon at my school, which is the 18th this year. Today I went to get the colors changed for 'em. I've been happy, because I'm "nearly done" with braces, how ever long that might mean. There were really only a few teeth that had issues, though those issues were big. But they're looking surprisingly good now, if I do say so myself. Today I got these elastic band things, that attach from the hooks on my molars to two canines. They're apparently, like, small practice ones before I get bigger ones. They don't hurt, surprisingly, but I can only open my mouth half way now. And putting them in was a pain...But, this means I'm kinda closer to getting them off. It's supposed to be, I think, Januaary-ish time. Only 3/4 of the time it was originally supposed to be.

So, I guess I should fill you in on the more important stuff of the past couple of days. Yesterday I had a Spanish field trip! I'm sure my teacher is disgusted to her core at herself that we've spent some time without the textbooks; We've been working 100 miles per hour with Spanish work because we're so far behind the other two middle schools in town. Granted, we were only going to the next town over. First we went to this Mexican restaurant that everyone seemed to know, and that I'd typically I'd never been to before. We had chips and salsa, burritos, and these honey and sugar chip things. Yum. Oh, and I actually have a decently amusing story to say! The girls at my table; Me, B, Br, M, and Ma(Like the anti-stalker nicknames?) went to the bathroom. While I was waiting for them, Ma says "Oh, they've got hand sanitizer", so her and B, oddly, spent a few minutes discussing it. Afterwards, M says "Guys, it's toilet cleaner..." which it indeed was. Thinking about it, why would they put a hand sanitizer dispenser so low-ish to the ground? The funny part was going out and telling the prissy popular girls and seeing their faces, though. Never gets old. xD Afterwards we were going to go to a gallery with Mexican photography. We'd been split into our two Spanish classes, the others were at the gallery first. According to the texts my friends had been receiving, the driver had somehow got lost during the five minute drive from one destination to another, and we turned up late. And Hallelujah we did. The only photography I like is the colorful, weird-looking modern photography; I can assure you there was none there. Black and white pictures of flowers and Mexicans and tiny houses...Gah. We'd gone to a gallery last year, too, and having every little "And this could symbolize..." of each picture painfully dragged out doesn'tm ake things better. It was actually only about 15 minutes, hoorah. xD

Today in health, we got two "Singing telegrams" from two music groups. I love how the teacher gives vaguely noticeable themes to it. First we got Island In The Sun by Weezer(YEEEEES!), played by the one group who got the drum kit and electric guitars. Then we got a group of boys who song the "Feelin' Hot Hot Hot" song, if that's its name, extremely off-key the whole time.

And third period the band, orchestra, and chorus(Featuring none other than Adele; http://www.thatdarnadele.blogspot.com/) had their spring concert. It got me out of English. The orchestra went first, they sang Hallelujah off Shrek. I love that one, always have. If Shrek was a little lighter on the Smash Mouth I'm sure I'd have bought the soundtrack by now, if it's available...*shrugs*. Then they did Blackbird by The Beatles. This will seem so weird to Americans reading, but in England most schools are required to do at least some singing...Well, actually a lot of it. Everyone hated it, but in 4th grade we did a Beatles medley. This was one of the songs we had to do, and I still like it quite a bit. But school does sort of ruin just about everything, like Beatles songs. Also they ended with something I didn't know, and don't want to know. Unfortunately, I have no idea what the band or orchestra songs were called, though I doubt you care. The first two of the orchestra were by a German, if I remember correctly. All three ended with something not too impressive, with a sort of...Background "History of this country" speech by my Social Studies teacher. Weird, right?

And, to add to the immense drama and craziness(Yeah right...) of my last couple of days, today the hamster got out of its cage. It's currently in the spare bedroom, so it's not like it ran around the whole house. But it got under the bed, and it wouldn't come out. I had to help; Plastic hamster ball, flash light, and part of a carrot in hand. My sister was too traumatized to do a thing. she dropped a piece of brocoli on its head yesterday and now she's certain the thing hates her and is gonna go rabid and bite her finger off if she goes near. That went on for an hour before we had to go to the orthodontist. When we came back it was no longer under the bed...So, we looked around and it was in the corner under our heating-system rail thing(Whats it called?). It took so long to find because, as I've always said, it looks like a piece of fluff. It wasn't moving, and I was the assigned "Poker". Thank God, it wasn't dead; Merely asleep. Hamsters are nocturnal, you know. So then it spent some time under there, running before we could catch it. Then over an hour behind a drawer, that we couldn't get it out from. We had to wait for my dad to get home, and get it out by tipping the thing over, with a wall of pieces of wood around the drawers. Finally! This will no doubt happen again, but hopefully not soon. That hamster's evil, I'm sure.

Music? Er...I got The Script's album, I've probably mentioned that, and I'm listening to it a fair bit. It sounds kinda mainstream-in-the-working but they haven't got to that point in this country just yet. They have some sweet songs, though. I haven't listened to my Beatles album I got yet. The Killers' video for A Dustland Fairytale released yesterday(It's already 7th on iTunes music videos!), and it's been non-stop listening ever since. I might do a sort of "review" of it some time(Would that drive you crazy, the fangirling? I'd keep it to a limit.). The only review I've found so far was really negative("When in doubt, let's pick on Brandon Flowers' music, yes?". I hate journalists). It's cliche, but it had to be. It's pretty, and sweet, and kinda sad too, but it all turns out alright. Watch it. It's soooooo cool. And Nevada-y guess. And at the moment I love Hallelujah, as mentioned earlier. I've got a slower version by someone else on my iPod. It took some getting used to but I prefer it to the Shrek version.

Wow, that was choppy...

Bye,

'Song Obsessions'

2009-06-08T18:20:00.006-04:00

"Song Obsession"

Usually last 1-2 days. It's when you become obsessed with a song and you have the loop button playing that song on your iTunes for hours at a time. At the end of a couple of days it usually wears off.

It can be very annoying to other people, and you constantly get yelled at for singing it, but in the end the enjoyment you get from the song is usually worth it.

Thanks to whoever on urbandictionary.com wrote that. What a great website.

Anyway, I'm sure if you've listened to music at any point in your life, you've had this happen at least once before. Yes? Well, earlier today(In math, if I remember correctly) I was thinking about all the times I've had this...And, well, I thought I didn't have anything better to do, so I'd make a list for whoever actually bothers to read this. This could be awfully long, but it probably won't be. I won't feed you the typical "I love music more than life, I could name another five hundred songs", because it simply isn't true. I'll name all the ones I can think of, though.

(PS, iTunes is being stupid, so this is purely by memory)

Somebody Told Me - The Killers

I must've been...eight years old when this song came out. My unfortunate bubblegum pop phase, that every girl seems to go through, had thankfully ended a few of years earlier, and I'd started getting into the alt. rock, Brit pop type stuff I still listen to now. I was listening to the English "Now That's What I Call Music" CDs. I could never finish the whole thing; Too many songs, not enough of an attention span. Thankfully this was only the 2nd song on the CD right after Vertigo by U2. This was the first song ever that I became obsessed with, honestly, even though it might seem sort of cliche, it being The Killers and all. I would listen to this song continuously, at least for a week, and I still remained slightly obsessed with it until...

Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs

This song seemed to stalk me in 5th grade. I don't know about this country but it was everywhere in the UK. It lasted for a good while. It was the first song I listened to when I got my new iPod I remember, because my dad had put the whole album on and I'd listen to it over and over and over. Ah, Kaiser Chiefs, how I loved you as a 10/11 year old...

When You Were Young - The Killers

Without a doubt the biggest song obsession I've ever had. It lasted like three weeks, at its strongest, and I remember never putting my iPod down. This was, like, early 6th grade. I'd heard it before, I'd heard several Killers songs before, but this was what converted me from "The Killers are my favorite band" to "I'm obsessed with The Killers" if you want to make it all that black-and-white. That was such an amazing time...And although When You Were Young is far from my favorite Killers song, think about how different of a person I'd be without this one song!

Mr. Brightside - The Killers

...Yeah, it was gonna happen at some point here. I'd heard about this song, how it was "Better than When You Were Young". Better than When You Were Young? Like that's possible! But...well, it was for me. I'd heard it once, thinking "This song is really, really good but not too special". And then, by the end of that evening, and a few more listens "Oh my god this is the best song in the world". The magic I found in the chorus never ended, and neither did the times I listened to it on my iPod. It lasted...Er, about a month.

Sam's Town - The Killers

Before you question this, I promise this will not be all-Killers obsessions. I've usually gone on mini-obsessions, listening to a few songs at a time. This was a really, really big obsession at one point, though. I never understood why it got so little attention, I was listening to it so much. Amazing, amazing song. I got over it eventually...But, wow, it must have lasted a month at least("1-2 days?" That's nothing, apparently!)

The Anthem - Good Charlotte

I do wonder why I liked this so much. It appeared on my Pandora account one day, and thought it was pretty good. So, I bought it on iTunes and then the obsession came...It lasted about four days, I believe. Good song. Great intro. Really catchy, apparently

Zero - Smashing Pumpkins

My parents own Mellan Collie And The Infinite Sadness, so I just thought I'd put the album onto my iPod. I'd heard a few songs I loved. This happened at Camp Kieve(A week-long school trip for my grade, back in October), and lasted that week, and oddly, didn't continue into the weekend. Sitting on the unusably-squeaky bed opposite Adele's(Below me) and just listening to that song over and over again. One high point to the week, right?

I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor - Arctic Monkeys

This was right after I got my new iPod. I was actually buying this other Arctic Monkeys song at a time, and this was their most popular. I hadn't heard it in forever, but I still bought it. This lasted about...er, three days I think. And, my iPod kept freezing that whole time which was the cause for this one being cut short.

1985 - Bowling For Soup

I had/have an annoying habit of getting obsessed with pointless pop-punk songs, which I realised once I bought this. I did get a lot of enjoyment out of the lyrics of this song, which was probably what made it last. If it didn't have those lyrics, I don't know if I'd like it as much. Lasted about six days.

The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie

This came from listening to Nirvana's cover of it, and then deciding I might as well see the original...It's weird, but just so good. I can't say I'm a big David Bowie fan other than this...At the time we had a 48 hour power cut, and by the end of it my sister knew nearly all the lyrics.Llasted about three days.

Stacy's Mom - Fountains Of Wayne

I can purely blame this on Adele. It's pointless and stupid...But, yet again, it's just so catchy! Stacy's mom has got it goin' on! At least it gave me and Adele something to talk about for a few days...About five, actually.

Human - The Killers

Yes, they're back! This probably should have gone earlier in this timeline, but oh well. I wasn't too impressed with this song when I first heard it; On the day it first aired, before all the versions were taken from YouTube for copyright violations. But then..Just, wow. The Killers...Ah, they just never get old. It was like those first few plays of Mr Brightside all over again. Lasted about a week and a half.

Let It Be - The Beatles

You can't admit it's not a pretty song! I know, I know you've heard it so many times before but...The Beatles are legends. Their music just never gets old, and I completely adore this song. It was actually a really big obsession, lasting about a week.

Hey There Delilah - Plain White Ts

Don't judge, 'kay? It's catchy, and pretty, and sweet...And, yeah, I look really stereotypical right now. I love it. It lasted two days...Yeah, kinda sad.

Shattered(Turn The Car Around) - O.A.R.

My first real sad song obsession, I guess. I'm a sucker for sad songs, especially in the last couple of months...And, yeah, without meaning to I heard this song on the radio thinking it sounded like a really good song. Buying it and hearing the whiny, sad lyrics to it made it a whole lot more enjoyable to me. Lasted about five days.

And, most recently...

Don't Trust Me - 3Oh!3

*shudders* This is probably worse than Hey There Delilah but I still like it. It may be electro, but it sounds totally mainstream...But, yeah, it's still kinda electro, well sorta. I guess I don't have a real "other than it's catchy" reason for me liking this song. I hope my next obsession will be better, whatever it might be.

Enjoy it? See, I actually had an idea! Well...pathetic, but yeah...Oh! My sister got her hamster today! It's kinda tan, and looks like a big piece of fluff with it's eyes half shut. It's called Lila, and it's not as cute as she believes it is. She calls herself a tomboy, but really she's the type to carry around a Chihuahua in a designer purse. But at least it didn't get stuck in the tubes like I thought it might; It's a big type of hamster. And, I have a Spanish field trip tomorrow. I'll speak about it then.

Bye, love ya.

Oh My Good Golly Gosh; Concert Pictures!

2009-06-07T14:04:00.005-04:00

I know they're late(I'll write an intro in the comments; This is gonna be hard enough as it is!)

We've Got Galaxies And Planets And Moons. And An Awful Lot of Running To Do...

2009-06-06T19:42:00.005-04:00

(Title lyrics; An Awful Lot of Running by Chameleon Circuit)

That, my fellow bloggers, is what arrived in the mail today. In case you hadn't worked it out already, it's Chameleon Circuit's first album. Heard of them? If you haven't heard of the YouTubers that I'm about to post, then probably not.

www.youtube.com/nerimon

www.youtube.com/charlieissocoollike

www.youtube.com/littleradge

www.youtube.com/cowinparachute

Check them out, they're good. Anyway, it seems as though this post has turned into some free advertisement for the band just as it's starting, so I might as well continue. They're YouTubers obviously(Which is how they've got the fan they have), and they write songs about Doctor Who; Or 'Trock'--Timelord Rock--As the genre is called. This album released Monday...I only wanted a couple of songs on iTunes. I can't say I'm exactly a Doctor Who fan anymore. I was, a couple of years ago. I just sort of gave up watching them half way through series three, and have yet to return to finish the series, and start series four. Still, the episodes I've seen I absolutely love. But, I did end up ordering the whole album...I guess I'll explain that in a sec. I was, like, ridiculously excited to get this CD. Odd, considering I know like four songs, and only have a vague idea what some of them are about. It finally arrived today in the mail. My mom first mistook it for one of my dad's birthday presents, but after seeing the "DFTBA records" label, I snatched it and ripped the packaging off. I, like, fangirl screamed. Why? Look at this...

This little beauty was my whole reason for ordering the album. Nerimon--Alex--had said that about half of them would be signed like this! I get more pessimistic by the day, weirdly, so I didn't expect it to happen to me. But...Well, I was like "Oh my god!", even though its not like the chances of it happening were that slim. Still...It's absolutely amazing, right? Alex wrote on it!

Oh, and DFTBA stands for 'Don't Forget To Be Awesome' but apparently 'Don't forget that brains attract', 'Darling, fetch the battle axe', and 'Dinosaurs failed to beat asteroid' are equally acceptable.

This post must seem so stupid to others...I'm pretty sure I'm the only one reading who cares. But, this means I've mastered the art of uploading computer pictures to my blog. So, yes, enjoy that. This is the most successful thing of the day...All I've done is go birthday shopping for my dad in Barnes and Noble and to Pet Co for yet more hamster stuff, stay online, and watch TV. Oh, and I'm mastering Samurai Sudoku on the next difficulty. So...yeah, take that.

Bye, <33333

Hello, My Name Is Destiny

2009-06-04T20:00:00.007-04:00

The world is oh-so random and can take a new direction in an instant. This is great. Well, it is when it doesn't mess with my f-ing blog post ideas. I was going to tell you about the events of gym yesterday. Running 'The Mile'--Not just any ol' mile, the mile--. It was for fitness tests, that we have to do. I've come to hate this with a burning, intense passion. No quiz, test, essay, book, project, presentation, whatever could be any worse than this, as I see it. I'd had it all planned out; The nervousness, the running, the being left behind, the pain, the boredom, the embarrassment. And(I still find myself confused at why I feel this) it was terribly tragic when it wasn't...Well, that bad. I didn't even try, is the main reason. I walked. So, nothing hurt. That's the worst part, and avoiding that made it not even worth a post(So, why am I even writing this...?). 14 minutes, 17 seconds, baby. Last place.

Anyway, time for me to ramble about the few and far between important events of the last few days. Yesterday night, I had to go to this poetry thing in town. Around here we have a middle school poetry magazine called Applesauce. My English teacher, being the poetry-obsessive he is, forced us to enter a couple of poems. I entered two of my three complete poems of this year; "Mysterious Feline", and "Years And Years Ago". And of course with my "luck", Years And Years ago got accepted. I found this out a few weeks ago, and I'm surprised they've yet to uncover some editorial mistake that caused my badly-done, horribly-descriptive, obviously-cliche poem about my childhood(None of the events have ever happened to me) to be accepted. I was one of 22 from my town(Of four towns), seven from my school, six from my grade, and three from my English class. We had to show up(Though no one from my school did). I chose to sit far back. Typical me, not wanting to be in the exact place I'm in at that moment. The teacher from the school we were at gave us a poorly executed lecture on the history of the magazine; Every single addition, in fact. Then people were asked to read. Thank god my English teacher wasn't there to force me to read. While sitting through a story written by a boy who had some pretty disturbing knowledge of dangerous snakes, I noticed on the floor one of those "Hello, my name is... "stickers with the name Destiny."Hello, my name is Destiny". That's probably the most movie-like cliche event in my life. If you believe in omens and whatnot, then how cool was that? Me and my dad also agree that's a song title if ever there was one. Hehe. xD

Anyway, I read through some of the accepted work in the book in the car ride home. A billion poems about war, peace, cancer, angst, and your nostalgia towards your childhood can get pretty annoying, but there are a few amazing ones. I'm also astonished how anyone can write anything so personal, like how terribly they see themselves, and have it published in a magazine. That's way beyond my understanding.

Also, my mom told me in the back of the car that my sister is soon to be getting a hamster. In my mother's brain, "soon" can mine anything from 'in five minutes', to 'in five years' and I was slightly sceptical as to if this was going to be happening at all. Turns out, it actually is. It's an early birthday present from my sister's best friend. She even came round today to drop off an elaborate multi-colored cage for it. They set it up earlier, currently placed on the floor right where I walk when I go to my bedroom. I have issues with this...Because, through events that started off with a simple stick insect, led to my sister being promised a pet, and me also. I want a Guinea Pig. They're my favorite animal. Guinea Pigs can be kept both inside and outside. Outside in Boston is too cold for guinea pigs. Inside, there isn't enough space. So, no piggies for me. My sister's favorite small animal keeps changing, like every month or so. Hamsters are easier. So, she gets a hamster. I see this as unfair, wouldn't you? She gets a pet, and I don't. My day brought up my three concerts and one music festival asa substitue, but those really don't count. I want to see, what, three bands in concert? That's nothing. Besides, she's not even good with animals. I mean, she loves them, but she's scared of them half the time. It's gonna bite her one day, she's not going to want to touch it again, it's gonna be mine, which is alright. She's already planned some horribly-feminine name for it. It's like "Fairy Moon Berry", or something along those lines. And, when it bites her, I request a name change. Hmm, Brandon or Spock, what do you think?

Today was an okay day, nothing exactly to say. Health was interesting. we had this really shifty substitute that was thoughtfully named Mr Sub later in the class. We started talking about stress, and the class ended by a boy kissing the television. What a class we have, eh? And in Spanish our project on Venezuela was due. I went over to my partner's house yesterday afternoon to finish. I felt I'd actually had an input in this, however small it was. My school has a dance tonight. I've said it before, but I don't go to those things. But I'm sure we'll get some decent gossip out of it; Nothing much has happened since Clown Town.

Musically, I'm trying loads of stuff. Starsailor, Biffy Clyro, Razorlight, MGMT, generally indie stuff. I'm trying to get into some bands that are playing at the music festival this summer. Still got lots to go! I'm hopefully getting a few albums this weekend...The Script's one and only album, and hopefully something by either Starsailor or Snow patrol. I look forward to it. Maybe I'll get pictures up this weekend. Maybe.

Oh my gosh, if I ever have a band, we're so going to be called GENERALLY INDIE STUFF. I spend far too much time thinking of band names, as you can tell.

Bye, xD

Dedicated To My Beloved

2009-06-02T15:30:00.006-04:00

Train this chaos

Turn it into light

I've gotta see you one last night

Before the lions take their share

Leaves us in pieces

Scattered everywhere

Just give me a chance to hold on

Give me a chance to hold on

Just give me something to hold onto

It's so clear now that

You are all that I have

I have no fear

'cause you are all that I have

It's so clear now

That you are all that I have

I have no fear

'cause you are all that I have

- You're All I Have; Snow Patrol

SPOCK!!! <3333333333333333333333333

*shrugs* This is what happens when I'm out of blog ideas.

- Written by CamoLambo; AKA "Spock's Number One Fangirl Ever In The Whole Of Existance"

T-Tell Your Boyfriend, If He Says He's Got Beef...

2009-06-01T17:36:00.005-04:00

...To take it up with this freakin' song obsession! I'm sure you know by now, it's...*shudders* Don't Trust Me by 3Oh!3. I know, it's stupid, pointless, you hate it...But it's so darn catchy. I love it. I hate myself for loving it - It is a popular song after all. Don't ask me why I fear all things popular; My answer wouldn't be terribly good. All I know is, I hope I don't become addicted to another popular song any day soon. Buying a song that was in iTunes Top Ten up until last week is...Well, traumatizing for me. I feel inadequate. And I must look insane, no?

Anyway, hi. It's June. I like June...June is cool. Brandon's birthday is in June. School ends in June. The weather is nice in June. You get my idea, I'm guessing.

For me, I have a lot to say in this post, so...onto my day, as always(BLOG POST IDEAS, GIVE ME THEM!!). I had health first period. We discussed the homework we'd been given first. This assignment was actually somewhat on the awkward side. We'd been given these blue booklets, titled "*town name* CARES". As suggested, "cares" is an acronym of sorts, as things like that always are. It's basically a 20-something page book written by paranoid, over-protective parents of teenagers, to help other paranoid, over-protective parents in being...The said, paranoid over-protective parents their hearts are longing to be. And we had a few questions to answer...Which needed our parents' signatures and to answer a couple questions. Why she did this, I have no idea. I told my mom she didn't have to read the whole booklet, out of fear of there being some really awkward topics. Out of boredom later that night - Which is the cause for most of my actions - I did read the whole book, and there were some awkward topics which I avoided by that move. Yay for me! Anyway, after that we had to write down what we considered a "Hot person" to be. She got to keep the slips to continue next class, and I worry everyone else'll get to see them. Which is bad, considering dark hair, stubble, and a Killers t-shirt aren't very stereotypical. I don't see this ending very well. In fact, I dread health on Wednesday. Kill me, please.

Then I had Spanish, and I daydreamed for the vast majority of it. Someone came in to give a presentation for a project we're starting on photography. I don't know exactly what it's all about, what with the daydreaming and all. The presentation itself was really pathetic, most likely due to her patronizing manor...Oh well.

I had Social Studies next. My parents are on the lookout for anything that might be a sign of me slacking in school work. I told them I was ready for the Social Studies quiz today, that they somehow found out about. I lied, of course, I was nowhere near ready. I know the vague outlines of Christianity, but I'm no good at remembering names or anything like that. I took a stab at my nearly-perfected art of "copying off whoever's sitting next to you", which was my best bet. With that technique, the quiz was a piece of cake! Then I sat, and did nothing,

Then I had Science. I had to give in my badly-done homework on "walking". It also involved me facing his automatic stapler - Which everyone else is scared to death of. We did a sort of test earlier this year, and I was one of two people who didn't blink when we were told to staple something with it. Eyes of steel, baby! Because my teacher decided to be typical today, we returned to the topic of "Biology" which we had started and finished in October-ish time. We went outside, and had to find ten living things by the pond we have. Not knowing any plant names made this pretty hard, actually, and the girl I was following around wouldn't stop complaining about her limping leg that she got from dancing. Seriously? Nice attempt, is attention really that important for you? I eventually got ten living things, and that was that. xD

Lunch was a drag as always, because I really wanted to go online, but we're not allowed to on Mondays. *sigh* Then I had math. There really wasn't much to it, we just went over the homework that as due mid last week. This is average, honestly. She could talk for days on end about how to add 2 +2. And, yet, she wonders why not many people like her? I always see a sort of pressure coming from her, like she isn't as good as the other teachers. She isn't, no offense to her, but it's somewhat amusing to see. xD I had LA last period. We started off watching a YouTube clip of Billy Collins - A poet my teacher likes a lot - reading a couple of his poems. The 2nd one, that we'd read earlier that year(Hadn't appreciated it much) is actually very very funny when it's not written down and read over and over again. No one else seemed to get it though, and my teacher says its because we "Aren't old enough to get it". I don't see what's not to "get" about it; It's hilarious! Then we had to write our own poetry about something we'd made our mom at some point. The one day I actually have a half-decent idea for a poem, he says we don't have to write a poem. His example was a "Rambling autobiography", which held, in my eyes, an amazing resemblance to this very blog. It's sort of...Choppy sentences - This post is a perfect example of that, more than usual - Loads of "Ums...", "Ands...", random breaks into parentheses. It seems like a perfect example, right? Still, I'd waited all year for a decent idea to come to me; I was going to write a poem if it killed me. I'm sure it would kill me, if it wanted to, I hate poetry that much. In Enrichment we had to do the essay question to the Social Studies quiz. "What/Who helped spread the early Christianity in Rome?". Unfortunately, my plan of reading my notes in my locker while "grabbing a pencil" took far too long, so I had to face it alone. Well, when I say alone, I do mean cheating my way through 50% of it. That's as alone as I get when I don't know the answer. Later my science teacher took pictures of us, yes, walking, and then I read.

That was my day, in case you hadn't gathered that already. Ah, I forgot to mention the Bat Mitzvah! Well, we eventually found a boring, odd-looking, less-than-adequate dress in Macy's(Thanks, Adele), thank god. This is my first Bat Mitzvah, which was generally alright. The ceremony was interesting, though understandably confusing for me. The decoration of the party was amazing - The theme was "BTV", the girl's name beginning with a B, of course. The evening generally involved me standing around, looking awkward, flicking between groups of people as if we're friends, being forced to do stuff, dancing like an idiot, thinking to myself how much I don't like the songs playing(Though having them booming in a room with a hundred other people makes them far more enjoyable), feeling stupid, eating, feeling sorry for myself, and thinking of what to write later on about it. It's a perfect analogy for my life basically, other than it doesn't involve The Killers. I did, however, get a big pair of plastic sunglasses. I love big, bright sunglasses(Reminds me of the 80s...Wait, how can I be reminded of a time when I wasn't alive?). On Sunday I went to see Star Trek with the Human Fish. I know very little about Star Trek whatsoever. My parents used to watch episodes while they were having dinner. They were poorly done, confusing, boring, and they wouldn't pay a word of attention to me until the episode was over. All I know is, the adverts are comparing it to Star Wars(How could they?), so I might as well see what all the fuss was about. The movie was, I hand it to them, amazing. I think I've found myself a new idol in Spock, once I find something to idolize about him. Great, great movie.

"I'll monitor your frequencies" -- Oh, who wouldn't want to? It's Spock, after all! Kidding. Does anyone other than Adele understand that joke?

Ah, must go. Comment, tell me BLOG POST IDEAS, CBox, whatever...

Live Long and prosper, bloggers. <3

Walking, Dress Shopping, and "Sveeden"

2009-05-29T20:24:00.003-04:00

I'm becoming increasingly sick of things, like blog titles, that involve three things that seem pointless, but somehow, vaguely, fit into the idea of the blog post. What's up with the specifics of having three anyway? Two seems effortless, but four is rambling. Or maybe it's just me. Excuse me for being the billionth person to tell you they're OCD, but my mom says I am ever so slightly because I can't have anything, especially food for whatever reason, in even numbers. I don't think I am, though. Whatever, now I'm rambling...

Hii. My day's been alright. I have a really bad cough, and trust me you wouldn't be the first person today to wonder if I'm dying or not. But it's not like I talk to many people anyway, so it works. I woke up kind of tired, and had spent most of the night having a dream about Pirates Of The Caribbean. All I remember was it was definitely POTC, but the storyline was nothing like the movies - Except having beaches and ships. I'm sure it was more interesting than the actual movies. Anyway...I'd left my assignment notebook at school, so I had to do my math homework in homeroom. This was okay, 'cause math was 6th period and I could have got more time later in the day anyway.

I had Social Studies first period. It was pretty simple, we have a quiz on this whole Christianity in Rome section chapter week, and we were put into groups to write five quiz questions from a given section, as a review. I didn't contribute much - Or at all - but it wasn't too boring. This section has been alright. Then I had Science. For the next four weeks left of school, we're doing this project on walking. Which vaguely ties into what we're doing in math. My teacher could talk about it all day(And I'm sure he gladly would) but I still wouldn't understand how Newton's laws allow us to move. I understand the whole opposite-reaction thing when it comes to the third law, but how it allows us to walk is beyond me. I'm dreading Science Monday.

Then I had enrichment 3rd period. The band, orchestra, and chorus people were with us today, so we cleaned out binders and lockers. My locker has mostly been in good condition compared to last year, even though the teachers this year are pretty lax about it compared to last years'. But mine's been in need for a little attention lately. My binders didn't see much of an improvement, but I doubt that's capable of me. They're fine as I see it. Then I went into the LA room and read some Harry Potter while Adele, Dark Moon Fire, and "J" talked about names for his essay's character. Some people got to play the guitars that are in his room. Someone decided to keep playing the intro chords of Dani California by Red Hot Chili Peppers, which was pretty distracting.

Then I had Spanish. We were in the art room today, doing some project. We got a picture, had to make observations about it, and then write a story about it. I'm pretty sure it was some of the best writing I'd done this year. The teacher, Mr S, walks to my table handing the first pictures he sees to the girls around me, looks at me and flicks through the more light-hearted pictures of dogs and churches in his hand, and ends up giving me a picture of a dark...room, I'm guessing, with a crumbling brick wall outside. It made for interesting writing, but I have no idea what the oh-so-secret project is about still. And then I had health, where we talking about love and "slang words". The headmaster came in part way through, and I'm still wondering why he seemed so desperate to stay for half an hour, considering our conversations wouldn't be a typical subject of choice. However, I don't get the hype about this. Whenever you say you're going to health next, the immediate reaction from the person is "Ooh...That's gonna be awkward...good luck". And, although it was at first, the guys bring up so many jokes about it it's hilarious, not awkward.

I had math next. She didn't notice my badly done homework, surprisingly. We went over the homework, and she kept talking for the remainder of class. As far as clock-viewing goes, I'm at the worst possible angle, so I kept asking my friend how much was left. Hey, it is late lunch, after all...

Then I had lunch. We tried to sneak to the library, but we were caught. Me, Adele, Matt, and Rachel(Not the Rachel you've heard about before) went outside and walked around. I had LA last period. I was already slightly freaking out because we were told a 1/4 of our journal grade would be neatness, which I'd already failed. There were scribbles all over the front cover, varying from "The Killers <3333",>hated this. Hated it. The furthest I'd got through the whole activity was "My name is Robert". He had to come over and say "If you're not going to write, at least come over here and listen to others'". I feel so guilty about this I can't begin to describe it. I'm not trying to be some little rebel by not writing. I just have no idea what to write. Although it's pretty impossible, I hope he understands that. The last picture was some guy with a beard, and my teacher says "He looks Swedish", except with that accent that I'm nearly certain is fake, that's like "Sveedish". A girl in my class gets into an argument with him about the stereotype, and he ends up picking up a guitar and singing like that, with a chorus that goes something along the lines of "Sveeden, Sveeden, Sveeden...". We end up forced into the Social Studies room and singing this to them. I sort of stayed out, as I'm pretty sure the SS room thought we were crazy. Anything can happen in 8th period LA.

And so I walked out, trying to ignore the billion people who say "Sveeden" as they walk past me. We end up going to Kohl's among other places, in search for a dress for B's Bat Mitzvah tomorrow. Yeah, tomorrow. We tried at the mall yesterday, but were pretty unsuccessful. How hard is it to find a little black dress? Nothing with frills, nothing too big, nothing strap-less, nothing flowery, nothing made for a 50 year old, nothing too low cut...How hard is that? Nearly impossible, apparently. Afterwards I did some Sudoku, and discussed TV with my parents...Don't know why. Musically, it's been pretty varied - For my standards - Recently. Most commonly, The Fratellis, Kaiser Chiefs, and The Killers. My three favorite bands in 5th grade, by the way. Oh, and The Postal Service and a little bit of RHCP. It's been fun.

I ramble...

xD

Thirty Days! xDD

2009-05-26T18:11:00.004-04:00

Hey...

Today marks four months after my first Killers concert. For all who's calender knowledge isn't up to scratch, that's January 26th. It actually doesn't feel too long ago, although I thought it might.

Today also marks thirty days left of 7th grade. I want one of those countdown clock things to put in the sidebar. But I wouldn't be surprised if Adele already had one posted on her blog...I never have any good ideas, at least not first.

Okay, before going on, I need to ask...How boring are my posts? I need to know. All I ever do is talk about my day, and I can imagine it being really boring...But, are they?

Well, on we go...My day was actually pretty good, for a school day. My friend Rachel, who no longer blogs but used to, might be able to come with me to The Killers' concert in september. That'd be amazing! She's a big Killers fan too, and has never been to one of their concerts before. She'd really enjoy it, I'm sure. I found out Weezer and Blink 182 aren't playing a concert I can go to, which is a shame, but I'm guessing they'll be more shows after that.

And...Okay, I had LA first period. We did a few short, pointless things, and then got our quizzes back from last Friday to grade. Quite frankly, I wasn't in the mood for that. I have a cold(Or maybe The Swine...?). For one reason or another, I'd put the year the book was set in as "1893", not "1693", the correct answer. What on earth was I thinking when I wrote that? I suppose my teacher's thinking the same thing. I am dissapointed at that, since I loved the book. Then we got the new book - The last book of the year, thank God - called "Seed Folk". Like my techer said, it isn't as much of a book as a collection of poetry. It's fascinating, the different ways people write depending on who they are. I love it. We did some exercises on voice. My class seems to think ethe world speaks in southern accents.

Then I had Math, and we did some more walking rates. I'd be quite happy to shoot myself if I ever hear about walking rates again. The teacher got PO at me for not being able to find this worksheet...But, if she gives us a million sheets that look the same, can she blame us? I keep drifting in an out of paying attention, which gives me headaches, literally.

Then 'cause those were double periods I had lunch next. Me, Matt, Adele, and The Human Fish went to the computers(Sprawled out across the room, for some reason), and writing each others' blog URLs on the whiteboard for the world to see

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Matt's Blog - http://www.anidiotsmind.blogspot.com/
Adele's Blog - http://www.thatdarnadele.blogspot.com/
The Human Fish's Blog - http://www.dailydoseoflaughs.blogspot.com/

Check them out, they're better than mine.

Anyway, then I had enrichment after lunch. I read, while most people chose to go outside. The idea of going outside is usually very unfulfilling - It's never as interesting, or warm, as you want it. Despite the timeline of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows making very little sense to me whatsoever, I still seem slightly obsessed with reading it in school. And during classes, if I can manage it.

Then I had Spanish. We're starting a project on different Spanish speaking countries. We got to choose partners, which isn't a terribly enjoyable event in my Spanish class. The cliques basically work as - The popular girls, the popular boys, the unpopular girls, the unpopular boys. I suppose those aren't cliques, but more so the way the world works. As you'd imagine, I'm loosely fitted in the "Unpopular girls" group. There's five of us; Me, BN, MM, BS, and M(Don't know her last name, haha). And, if I had a nickel for every time I had to go "Can I join you as a three?"...Gah, it gets annoying. For this it's better than being alone. We had to do ours on Venezuela, because MM's relatives(Only a few) live there. We have to do extra work on it, so in the library the librarian showed us a website which shows you "practical information" about countries to visit. This included showing the most dangerous cities in Venezuela, and a list of diseases you potentially catch while there. Now, I can understand how this might appeal to some over-protective mothers out there who'd gladly put their children in plastic bubbles to keep away the germs...But, for this project? No.

Besides, why would you go to Venequala? No offense if you live there, but it doesn't seem like much of a 1st choice. It doesn't seem all that glamarous of a place.

Then I had gym last period. We were doing dodgeball again, and I'm surprised no one was suspicious that I somehow got myself out half the time...It's a clever trick, actually...Just walking out wiuthout anyone noticing. Better than playing the game I suppose.

That was today. I did some more Sudoku - yet again, spent some time online, the usual stuff. I put The Wombats' A Guide To Love, Loss, and Desperation on earlier. It's pretty good, but weird. My mom always says my music is so dramatic. So, it's petty weird for me to like a band that make songs with no real meaning. I mean, they have meaning, but it's pretty much only humour. I love "Kill The Director" the most at the moment. Unfortunatly, my parents think they're annoying and totally pointless, of course, so I couldn't listen much. I'll be seeing them at V Festival in the summer.

xDD

Memorial Day And All That

2009-05-25T11:56:00.006-04:00

I'm not American, but I get the day off so...

Like the picture? It fits, right?

Other than that, I have no idea what I'm doing today...Journal writing, Sudoku...You know, the normal stuff. I might bother to find the chord for my iPod player, which is what I call an eventful day. I'm probably going to watch more Harry Potter, too, as it seems that's what I've been doing all week. And I need to redo my freaking math homework, 'cause it wasn't on graph paper.

Bye,

NEVER See A Movie With Matt...

2009-05-24T19:21:00.006-04:00

...Is the lesson me and "Adele" learned today.

Last friday afternoon, while watching a presentation some kids in our grade did for this school project - Which was, of course, boring, pointless, and could have been put together in ten minutes - Either Matt or Adele, sitting either side of me, suggested going to a movie. I mean, the rest of the world seems to have seen Sar Trek, and I hadn't...

Anyway, turns out planning such a thing is a lot harder than it would seem. we planned for Friday night, and ended up going early Sunday afternoon, after having to plan around soccer games and the like. So, we got there for 12:20, and the movie had started at 12:15, by Matt's planning. And it was too bad Matt's planning was wrong, as the movie had started at 12.

So, we just start wandering around, 'cause there a loads of other stores there...Something we don't do very often at all. We went into Famous Footwear, and there were these really cute Converse...They were tiny! I wanted them...And, yeah, I don't know what I'd do with them. Then, because Matt used to live around there, we decided to walk to either his house, or his grandfather(Who may or may not have Swine Flu, apparently)'s house. We end walking down a somewhat suspicious alleyway behind Wal Mart, I think, with a lot of bottles on the ground. Just as we're about to pass "Vinny's Liquor Store", some guy in a car sticks his head out of his window and just...screams at us. Not so much screaming, but just making weird sounds. I'm guessing he was just leaving Vinny's Liquor Store, or possibly just a regular citizen of the town, as it isn't that great of an area. We walk back, and buy gummy bears and Coke at Market Basket, and call my mom to pick us up.

My mom wasn't too angry, but I don't know about Matt's or Sophie's....

So, overall, a great day, even though we didn't get to see Star Trek.

See, I'm keeping this short for once...

EXTENDED WEEKEND! BYE!

PS: Jammy Dodgers are the devil's cookie, I'm telling you. I do not look forward to picking out crumbs from my keyboard.,..

Under The Heat of The...Er...North-East Sun! I Have BIG Killers News!

2009-05-21T19:42:00.004-04:00

This is is what my English teacher would call a "Stream of Consciousness" blog post. That if, he knows what a blog is...Anyway, this is whatever comes to mind, really. Basically a whole blog post, all mixed up. Ready, set, GO!

It was so hot here today(hence the title). And, I mean, hot by New England standards. Maybe the title wasn't a good idea...I mean, it just reminds me that I live a world away from the original writers, who just happen to live under the heat of the south-west sun. *sigh*

We finished MCAS - state testing - TODAY! At least for a year. We got to use our calculators today which was pointless because it was no harder without them. Yay for overness. *gets out slap bracelet*

I WANT TO LISTEN TO MY IPOD PLAYER SO BADLY, but I lost the freaking chord for out...Or, misplaced. I can't survive without it at the moment, it seems.

Why does the volume changer on my CD player make little/barely any difference to the volume of the music, whatsoever?

I now listen to nerd music. On my iPod! Yes, I bought Chameleon Circuit's "Exterminate Regenerate" last night, and Hank Green's "Accio Deathly Hallows" on iTunes! In Chameleon Circuit, why on earth does Charlie get to sing more than Alex? Alex's voice is ten times as amazing. And, I've worked out, as worshiped(By nerds) as hank Green is, he isn't, in my opinion, that great of a musician if he didn't have his lyrics...I mean, apart from this one, though, the studio version isn't that good...Oh, and the DFTBA song.

"DFTA DFTB DFTBA".

Even without watching American Idol(it's more of a pandamenic than swine flue hahahaha! *bad joke I just made up)...why didn't Adam lambert win? He has, like, twice as many fangirls as the other dude. Why?!

This is...hard. Wow. I suck. xDDD

The other day I worked out the hidden meaning behind If You Seek Amy, because someone on ACC kind of...helped, unintentionally. It's...very creative. Though I don't think she wrote the music, so I don't think Britney should be taking credit for it, hm?

My post-concert depression is getting better, but still somewhat there. I think it'll be gone by next week.

Did you know Morissey/The Smiths have several songs written about shyness? I find that interresting, you know, it's an interesting song topic. I only found out the other day.

Oh, it was Ian Curtis' "death day", or whatever you want to call it, either yesterday or Wednesday. Great musician. xDD

I'm still trying to come to terms with why I'm obsessed with King Of The Hill. The episiodes, a lot of them, are actually kind of sad at least half the time. They're still amazing.

And my sense of humour goes down a few notches...And, for one reason or another, I'm finding Nerimon(On YouTube's) video "Jazz Lover" obsolutely hilarious.

So, no morals here, other than a love of jazz.

Speaking of which, i'm obsessed with Nerimon's videos in general at the moment. *giggle* Bacon Miller!!

New Killers video released the other day; The World We Live In! Too good for human eyes, but that goed for everything they do. Everyone reading must watch. The eyeliner returns!

I think a few new artists got added to the V Festival website the other day. No one I'm too interested in, but I'll have to listen to them sometime.

During enrichment today, someone's car had the licence plate "Fizz ed", or something like that, which I thought was pretty funny.

This is the first Thursday in the whole of seventh grade where I'm sure I haven't wanted to eat the first thing in sight. So, I eat a huge breakfast for MCAS...Then during MCAS, we get gum. Oddly enough, gum makes you less hungry, or so the weight loss programmas my mom used to watch say. So, gum could have made me through to at least half way through 6th period alone...And then, strawberry twizzlers! Then of course, gummy worms! Cookies! I mean, candy in schools, who wouldn't turn that down? Especially on a Thursday. And then lunch, where I forced myself to eat half a bagel to convince myself I'd had something healthy today, and then an ice cream. Then in enrichment :and because you all did so well, we're letting you eat popsicles!@. Why on earth didn't I turn that down? Ugh.

I have a strange urge to watch Harry Potter now, and I don't exactly know why. I was reading Deathly Hallows in 5th period today, but that one isn't a movie yet. Still, cool....xDD

Also, I miss Doctor Who. it's never on BBC America anymore.

I need to buy a dress this weekend. A journey that hasn't been performed in over two years!

My blog sucks...But, comments?

YOUR MUM!!

This is not, I swear, forced randomness. This is pathetic as far as randomness goes.

And, BIG NEWS! Well, you've heard it three times before, but here we go again...KILLERS COME BACK TO BOSTON, BABY! Weird. Of all states, why Massachusetts? Again? Hmm, lucky me. It's about 104 days from now...So, excited! And, I'll be close this time. Anyone know which day school starts again? This is September 4th...Friday. Still, it's gonna rock! Tickets come out next Wednesday. I am SO going!

I'll elaborate tomorrow.

Bye

DFTB DFTB DFTBA

Have You Ever....?

2009-05-20T14:57:00.013-04:00

"Have you ever been in love?

It can be a beautiful thing...

It can be....

Sometimes you wake up ...

And it's gone without a trace...

But you want it back...

You realise...

You wanna fight for it...

You wanna...

Breath that fire again!...

So you call for it...

Call out..."

- For Reasons Unknown(Live 2009); The Killers

And on an...an unrelated note...

Have you ever posted lyrics and pictures in a blog post?

Simple because you know you should post tonight...

Because you didn't post yesterday...

But want to save your few(If any) readers another ramble about your day...

It can be a beautiful thing...

It can be...

It can also bore the hell out of your readers...

Because they think she's bordering insanity with her "obsession" enough already...

Before she starts posting pictures, with lyrics about love...

Not that she is in love with the man in the pictures...

But you know that's her fantasy...

Even though you know everyone thinks it's really weird...

And you know she knows that already...

But continues to obsess...

And so you comment on that post...

Comment...

Hehe, bye <333

...Feelin' Swine-y?

2009-05-18T18:01:00.004-04:00

Hey,

I was going to do something somewhat more interesting...But today has been a weird day.

Firstly, Swine Flue, or "The Swine" as my Social studies teacher likes to call it, has been confirmed in my town. I understand that you're probably sick of hearing about it, and I also understand that it now has a new name, but I prefer Swine Flue. I don't catch up on gossip, but in Spanish today a few people have been talkin about it. A boy in my grade's younger brother got it, I heard. The other week my dad's company, being a medical company, sent us a pack with stuff to know about swine flu. Being sent a large box, containing what look like nothing more than white gas masks, and a giant envelope with "Pandemic Preparedness Kit" in big red letters was discouraging, to say the least, but this has totally freasked me out. Hopefully school will be closed, in the future...

And, yeah...Preparedness. xDD

Also, once Clown Town ended Friday night(will explain later), me and Matt were sitting on a bench waiting for my dad to pick me up, and on conversation I remember him saying "Nothing bad ever happens at *my school name*...". It's true, and now I know why; Everything bad happens at the elementary school! Of course, that's an exaggeration...But when I got home from school, my mom told me that my sister had told her that two kids were shot at her school. My immediate reaction was "You mean the highschool?"...But, nooo. a 5th grader had brought in a BB gun. I heard A 5th grader and 3rd grader got shot, but of course that coud be a rumour. I know what you're thinking; what kind of hell hole town does this person live in? Well...We don't. It might just be because I don't hear about it, since my school is in the middle of nowhere in town, but we live in a good area. Still...O_O

Thirdly, I got two notification points from ACC. One got added to my account, they sent an e-mail to my old account that my mom still checks...And, well, she isn't too happy.

If you consider all of the above pointless information...Then today was a normal day. Onto what happened.

Health was spent talking about...stuff that isn't worth mentioning. Spanish we did the normal stuff, and on the way out the spanish teacher told me my poem had been accepted to this town poetry thing that I was forced to enter...Great. It shows how much taste these poetry judges, whoever they are, have when they choose a poem like mine. And, for the record, I tried not to be chosen. I hate these things. I'm pretty sure I get extra credit for this; Not that I want it very much. In Social Studies, we took some more notes on religion, and had to read my two current events due. Gah, I hate those things too...Still, only one left for the rest of the year. Yay! Then in Science, I had a quiz on Newton's Laws of Motion, which I hate, but actually studied for. All was going well until "Explain the difference between weight and mass", which wasn't good. Let's put it this way...The world things your an idiot when you respond by saying "Mass is the force of Earth's gravity acting on the object, and weight is how much an object weighs". I'm excited for his response to that when we get the quiz back...Then I had lunch, and we snuck into the cpomputer lab, even though its supposedly closed on Monday and Friday. It's easy to do, as long as "The Blonde Teacher", as Coco calls her, isn't there. In math, we basically had a 48-minute long lecture...And, in LA, we had to write about whether we should ban the sales of water bottles...Simply because they're "bad for the environment". Screw the polar ice caps, honestly. Water bottles are conveniant. I got my essay back, that I got an A- on though I really deserved at least a D...Maybe he's happy at me 'cause of the poetry acceptance thing? Dunno. He didn't talk for long, though...He'd had back sugery that morning, and was apparently in pain. At the end of the period, some girl says "No offense, but why are you here?" which was amazing in my skewed sense of humour that I love. Then in enrichment, I read part of Witch of Blackbird Pond again, because I didn't have a book...

And, that was my day.

I have Math MCAs tomorrow and Thursday, which was what the lecutre was about. We'd heard it a billion times, but I guess it was better than regular math...Still, it;'s somewhat stressy, and I'm not looking forward to it. I can't say much more about it...I do need to find a book, still.

Ah, Clown Town! It was alright, both boring and fun, like a lot of things like this. We had to pick up my friend's sister, and Matt, so we were kind of late, not that there was any arrival time. We had to pass over this train track which like never has any trains...Except Friday, and a train that took five minutes to pass. And it wasn't going slow, either. So, we spent forever in a line waiting to get tickets(They played Just Like Heaven <333), and then walked areound a bit more; Me, 'Adele', Matt, Rachel, and we talked to a few other people that night, like the other Rachel. I have...issues going on rides that spin, which took 95% of all the rides there, and ended up going on one ride that I didn't enjoy whatsoever. We spent most of the time just walking around, honestly. When we first got there, Matt was dying to see Kyle's new "girlfriend". Kyle is Matt's enemy, and Kyle's girlfriend, Stefi, is a girl from a different middle school in town who Kyle had met only once before. Kyle's basically your typical Abercrombie-snob now, and Stefi seemed the same, though most of the time she was just talking to all her other middle school friends. Part way through, we see a group of our friends/enemies(Do your know your enemy?), and everyone just starts giggling, because Kyle and Stefi kissed...Three times in fact, over the space of 15 minutes. This may seem like nothing to some, but this is gossip at its finest for us. Everyone got so excited about it, even though Kyle and Stefi acted like they barely knew each other, and within a few minutes, basically everyone who cared, and everyone who didn't care(From both schools)knew about it. It got out of control, quite frankly. The thing is, Kyle isn't allowed to date until high school, let alone kiss a girl. So, there were a load of discussios today. 'Should we tell Kyle's parents(For whatever reason people may hold; Spite, hate, jealousy, etc.), or just let him get away with it?". Personally, Kyle seems to behave like a brat these days, so I say we should tell his parents. I think more people want him to get away with it, though, so we're onto a losing battle. It'll be a while before this dies down, I'm sure.

Wow...Does anyone actually care? Doubt it.

Okay...And, musically, I've been listening to The Killers, Muse, Chairlift, Modest Mouse, and O.A.R. today...Fun fun fun. xDD

Bye,

And Blogger.com Relives! Though, Not For Very Long, I'm Sure.

2009-05-14T17:56:00.006-04:00

Hey,

So...After watching another episode of Hotel Inspector, see last post, I came to check Blogger, and...Wow, five new posts! I think Blogger is living again, though probably not for that long...DX. Come on, everyone, post!

So...Onto my day. I hate doing these stuid posts now; I know no one cares about them. I suck at everything. Oh well.

Sorry...I actually got to school early for once, since my mother wans't fast asleep at the time. Not that I had any rush to get up, Thursdays being my least favorite day of the week. I got to homeroom, and got to meet our sub for the next couple of days(when I say meet, I say acknowledge his existance). My Social stufies teacer, my LA teacher, and our extra help teacher are at some event in Maine for the next couple of days, so we got subs. Ths teacher I'd had a couple of times before, and he's totally oblivious to everything...Like every substitue, basically.

I had gym first period. And, like most days, my partner seemed to be in a bad mood. And, today my stupid self decided I was going to swing half the shots with my left hand, and miss half the shots that came to my right hand anyway, so she got seriously annoyed at the end. I think she hates me anyway, so I never really had anything to lose. We lost all of our games but one, because the two girls we were against were idiots, basically. So, gym today really wasn't that good. xD

Then I had health. I hate having it this period. It takes a while to get from one room to another, and I'm always the first girl there. The teacher has commented on it every time so far, and it's embarassing. Simpy because I don't see the need to talk while getting changed, I arrive first. Today was spent watching another movie; Something similar to the female version of the movie we watched the other day. It was about a female athlete, who had fought to be treated as equally as the men. It was pretty interesting.

Then I had LA. I'd only had this substitue a couple of times before, I think both times were in Spanish, and she seemed nice. She subbed for the 1st term for health, though. So, like always, we got to write poetry. It seems Mr G has put an end to the "Poets Who have Committed Suicide" series, as this one seemed all too normal, for my liking. I got enough of "Blue skies, fluffy bunnies" poems last year, and this one was no better. We ended up talking half the time, and then a few boys read out their pointless poems...Including "My Day", and "My Fear".

They I had math. We got our quizzes back...Which I got a 77% on, bringing my quiz average down to a 91%. Ugh, I'm normally so good at what we're doing...But I had issues with negative signs and multiplictaion. I spent most of the time correcting the answers, basically looking at my partners' answers and having to sit through her "Check your work twice" speech. Then, we got to discuss our walking rate graphs for the last few minutes of class.

And then I have science, and it's always this time I get hungry...Not social studies, always science. It sucks. We basically did some more work on motion, and a worksheet. Then I had Social Studies...Which was the mostboring class of the day, but at least the sub didn't tell us his life story like in previous times. We had to answer questions about a couple of Roman fellas(?). I didn't really have much paper to hand, so I coudn't doodle, so I got reaaaly bored.

After lunch, we just had Dear, and I finished Witch Of Blackbird Pond! Amazing book. <333 I felt like I was the only one reading, though, as everyone else was exploiting the sub and basically shouting at the people sitting in the room across the hall. It did get sort of fun. xD

And then I came home...More sudoku...Wondering what to do without reading...Watched TV...Came on the computer, and here I am. Nothing interesting. Musically, it's still...THE KILLERS AND JUST THE KILLERS! Totally obsessed, with at least 30 songs at the moment. I'm still reminicing. <3 *sigh* ...*double sigh*. Stupid nostalgia. Anyway, I'm at a loss of what to do now...YouTube, or watching my new obsession, King Of The Hill? I want a series of that on DVD. Their animtion doesn't freak me out anymore, so I've discovered the weird humour in that show. Oh, tomorrow evening I'm going to this thing called Clown Town in the center of town! It sounds childish I know, but it's actually really fun. I can't wait!

Bye for now!

And The "Post-Concert Depression" Continues

2009-05-13T17:49:00.007-04:00

Helloooo,

As it seems, the best things in life always come to be the worst, in one way or another. Especially if you hype something up for months, counting down the days, the hours because you know it's gonna be amazing...And that's it, gone, all like that, with nothing to count down to, or so it seems. All you'd ever wanted, it felt, went by in no time at all, better than you could have experienced. At, that...Is how I feel at the moment.

(I know that sounded sappy)

Stupid "post-concert depression". At least, it's not as bad as in January. That was horrible...But I feel okay now. Being slightly pessimitic about the whole thing helped, but I'm still down about it all. And writing this post is kind of making it worse, and better at the same time...It'll ease with time, I'm sure. There's always August. xD

So...*big sigh*. My day, unfortunatly, was just like any other day. Which I hate. Though, Wednesdays are normally an alright day...My 2nd favorite, I worked out today, after Mondays. The stereotypically stupid/preppy girl at my science table announced to the world today that our wednesday schedules are "awkward". It makes a world of sense, right? I see the next Einstein in town! But, seriously, I like them. No one else seems to.

I had Enrichment first period. I wanted to read my book, so I went into the Social Studies room, only to be told I had to go to the English room, 'cause I was reading. And, the thing is, the whole point of reading was for those who were behind...So, I had to lie about being on chapter eleven, when I was actually on chapter twenty. Good thing is, my teacher didn't walk past and notice my finger placed oddly in a page towards the end of the book, to keep track of where I was.Hhe was hardly in the room the whole time, in fact. And I got a decent ammount read. It's a great book, in case you haven't figured that out by now.

Then I have Science, and quite honestly, I'm beginning to wish Newton had never written down these so called "laws of motion", that are so obvious they're human nature for us to know. Today was actually worst than most days in science, which is saying something. We're finally on the 3rd law of motion, the "Equal and opposite" thing, and my teacher basically talked for an hour and a half straight, with only one break, and about ten minutes on a worksheet. Science this year has been such a drag. xD

Then I had Spanish, and we're coming to the end of our three-day long section of "emotions", which is better than most. It's pretty pathetic how I still struggle memorizing basic verb congigations after six months of learning them, and it makes everything an awful lot harder. But, like my English teacher said, learning them in English really helped...Well, technically he said "Everything from now on is cake!", but this is good enough. Still, I'm going to fail Friday's quiz, wether the world is cake or not.

Then I had lunch. I had pancakes, which I know you were dying to discover. Then I went on the computer in the library, with Adele and Matt.

Then I had health. The...Er...biological diagrams of males of females on the board were discouraging, but it turned out we didn't even talk about them. Come on, people from my school, when do I experience this awkwardness I've heard so much about? There isn't much time left. Wait...Since I said that...That means bad things in future health classes...Anyway, today, we had to take yet another survey about "risky behaviors", just like the one in gym last week. Except, we couldn't skip select questions like in the other one. So it was like...

Question 1; Have you ever had a drink of alcohol, other than a few sips?
A; Yes
B: No

*circles B*

Question 2: How many times in the past 30 days have you had a drink of alcohol?

...

Yeah, it got annoyng.

Then we spent 15 minutes looking at these card things, with little relation to anything we're doing.

Then, I had double Social Studies, which was more or less as exciting as always. We just started out chapter on "Religion in Rome". I know close to nothing about it, and already it's more interesting than everything else we've done this year in SS. We took notes for a section we'd already taken notes for, then continued to talk about it, and then write a "Cause and effect" diagram, which is the most pointless exercise in existance, and seemed to take everyone else five tmes longer than it should have done. Then we took a five minute break, then came back and wrote yet more notes on Section number "Something-we've-Already-Covered-, I'm sure", and got a few quizzes back.

And...Then I came back home. I spent some time on the computer, checking my virtually-dead Facebook, trying to work out what on earth is wrong with mixpod.com, things like that. I did another Sudoku while watching BBC America on TV. I don't watch it much anymore, but I saw an episode of The Apprentice, one of my favorites shows, on there last night. It's addicting, in a weird sort of way. The right person got "fired" in my opinion, but I know who my next choice is. Today I saw this show about a woman who comes to failing hotels to bring them back to life; Basically the Gordon Ramsay, for hotels. Oh...That reminds me! Did you hear; Gordon Ramsay has been made BBC America's Dictator For Life. How many shows does that guy have anyway, and why does he get like to have 24 hours of all the programming?

Anyway, I just spent some more time on the computer, and did some homework. Musically, it's Killers and nothing else; Apparently, a common side-effect of Post-concert depression.

Oh joy.

Another awful blog post. I owe you.

Byeeee,

"...A Celebration Of Sorts; A Killers Concert!"

2009-05-10T16:12:00.013-04:00

It rocked so much!!!!!

Quite frankly, this post is going to be long enough, without the witty intro...Not that mine are witty in any way. Of course, it was amazing. I loved every second. and, it was twice as good as the concert in January. So, here we go, start to finish, I'll tell you what happened...And I'll spare you some of the fangirling and obsessing. Maybe.

As always, I got up on Saturday with the excitement of knowing I'd be seeing The Killers later that day. I spent some time online for the most part of the morning, put a new memory card in my camera, packed my things, and waited for everyone else to get ready to go. After a lot of time wondering about the weather, I ended up wearing my blue Killers sillouhette t-shirt, my denim shorts, and my new black Converse. I think we left at about twelve...First, we dropped my sister off at her friend's house for the weekend, and then we left.

The drive itself was about two and a half hours, around there. We drove south, through Boston, down into Rhode Island, and then west into Connecticut. The drive itself was okay...I put on my new Weezer album, and Day And Age. The new Weezer album, for all its worth, is okay. There's a lot of whiny songs that I'd never expect of Weezer, but I really love "We Are All On Drugs". I only listened to that album once, and it was Day and Age through the rest of the way...For reasons I don't know, I kind of love Boston, and tested my ability at taking photos while moving all the way through. I got a few really good shots of nothing in particular. The majority of the trip was spent in Massachusetts alone, which got really boring. After about an hour and a half, we crossed over into Rhode Island. I was so determined to get a shot of the "Welcome To Rhode Island" sign...And, for whatever reason, they tell you "welcome to *town name*, Rhode Island", and I think "That's it?", so I put my camera away...And 100 feet down the road, there's the "Welcome to Rhode Island" sign, so I was annoyed at that. To add to that odd events in Rhode Island, I later saw a father and son in a pick-up truck...Which is normal, right? Not if it was the son driving. And, no, I'm not talking about a father giving his 16-year-old driving lessons. He looked about eleven or twelve years old. We avoided that car.

Then we crossed into Connecticut, and the hotel we were staying at was only a couple of miles across the border...So, we parked the car, got out, and I realised it was remarkably colder in Connecticut, and I aws regretting wearing shorts. The hotel itself was nice...The room was kind of small, but there was a soda machine a little way away. And the lobby has really good cookies. So, we stayed in there for about 30 minutes, and then it was another 30 minutes to the arena., and it this point I was super insanely awesomely excited. The arena, The Mohegan Sun, was actually in an Indian Reservation, and we crossed into that after about 20 minutes.

The arena was right by a lake, though that was only one part of it. It was mostly a casino, with loads of shops, and a hotel, and an arena. This was about five we got there. The whole world seems to think that me seeing gambling will screw up my morals for the rest of my life, so we had to take a special route inside. So, we got in, and then tried to find a map, and wandered to the arena.

*writing first paragraph that actually has some point to it*. When we were walking, we ended up behind some guy all dressed in black, who was pulling a trolly-like thing, which had six or seven cymbals stacked on top. There was a piece of paper on top...So, naturally, I leaned over to see if this was for what I thought it was for. The guy turns around to see us, so I sort of backed off in case I'd get in trouble or something. My dad says to the guy, "Are these concert cymbals?", and the guy says "They will be tonight". So, indeed, they were what I thought they were for! Killers cymbals! The guy turns around and sees me in my Killers t-shirt, and says I can touch the cymbals! And...I lean forward...And, obviously, I touch a cymbal! A Killers cymbal! A KILLERS cymbal! Then I start to giggle like the little girl that I am, and the guy just sort of picks up his pace...Probably out of fear for me, and that he was in a rush.

We ended up finding the place. There was a group of about 20 people, standing in no real order, in front of six closed doors. Once we got our place among the group, my dad kept our place and me and my mom looked around to get food. I wasn't hungry, but I was going to be stuck there for forever, so wandering was good...

As it happens, Mohegan Sun is a very weird place. And I barely saw anything of it, 'cause of the restrictions. Outside where we were waiting, there was a giant plastic rock, with an anamatronic wolf on top, and by some slot machines there was the fake waterfall, that had to be at least 100 feet tall. It was...crazy, but interesting. The building was nice. So, then we came back...And waited, for a couple of hours. I spent the time looking out for other Victims(Not thast I was going to talk to them), and looking around at the other fans...What a mixed bunch they are. Me, the only person there who wasn't at least 16 years old, my mom, Victims, 30 year old mothers, gothy people, Abercrombies, girls who came just to see Brandon in skinny jeans, boys who'd come just to hear When You Were Young because it was on Guitar Hero, weirdos wearing t-shirts advertising bands that weren't The Killers...They were all there.

At seven, we were allowed in. They had put us in lines, and luckily I was in a short line, and they sent us through baggage search. Then we had to run to the guy who looked at our tickets and then to another line where we had to get wrist bands. It seemed like I was far back, so I got really stressed. Once they'd sent us through, we basically ran down an escalator, across some long corridor, and we gave our tickets to one more guy, and then we were allowed in the arena. We ran across to get our standing places. But, with all the fears I had...We got 2nd row, right in front of Dave(Their guitarist), and all the amps. And, the girls in front of us were sort of short. I thought I was going to be ten rows back, behind some six foot-something tall guy. I was ridiculously happy with our seats, like you wouldn't believe...I had a great view, at a great concert, seeing a great band. I knew it was going to be amazing at this point.

We waited for another hour, as about 20 new rows formed behind us. I just kind of listened onto what the girls in front of me were saying. One read out a text message she was sending, which read as "He's gonna be wearing all black and eyeliner and I'm gonna want to hump him"...I showed my mom how to use my camera, and we took a picture of a box which says "The Killers" on. At eight, the opening band, Chairlift, came on. To be honest, they sounded exactly the same as M83 for most of it. They played about eight songs, when I only knew two, but it was still fun.

After that, we had to wait for about 40 minutes, because something was wrong with the drums. I saw the guy with the cymbals earlier, trying to fix them. They brought on the K, and everyone screamed...It was so awesome! got a great picture of it.

After a while, my legs were sort of hurting, and I was sick of waiting, and seeing the same adverts again and again on the screens...The countdown started on the screen, and everyone screamed. They played a little synthy intro of no song, and then came running on. Dave ended up standing about three or four feet away from me, staring across until they started playing...I wasn't having so much of a fangirl moment...It was just really weird seeing them up so close, exactly like they always look. But, it was of course amazing. They introd with Human...Considering it's the most popular song of the album, I'd thought they'd do it later on. But, it was AMAZING! The screen had a beating red heart, and I started singing along. Total amazingness. I actually even screamed a bit.

Now, from this point on, I can't exactly remember the setlist. But, I'll tell you what I can remember, and update later.

I think next, they did This Is Your Life...Brandon introd it by saying "..This Is Your Life". Man of few words, haha. It was a good performance, and I loved his dancing in this one.

So, one of the first songs they did was Joy Ride, with what I think was an extended intro. Brandon wanders around the stage, closer to my side, and says "It's a saturday night! A celebration of sorts; A Killers concert! Let's see some dancing!", which I think is a geat way to get into Joy Ride. And, I actually did dance, which only The Killers can make me do. Joy Ride is one of the best live, too, because of the extra saxaphone. Great dancing from everyone, especially the band.

From what I remember, they played Somebody Told Me. This is great early on, because everyone just has to dance, and it gets everyone into the show. I started singing along ridiculously loud, and everyone started staring at me, but this one is just so unbelievable live.

Then, I think they played Smile Like You Mean it. I didn't really hear the intro at first, but once Brandon started singing, so did I. In the intro, Dave put is foot on the amp right near me, so he was even closer than before. Only a couple of feet between me and mone of my heros.

Then they played For Reasons Unknown. This one went to show how fast they are at going between songs. I didn't even notice Brandon had gotten his bass out! This one even had an extended middle...I can't remember the lyrics, since he kept changing them...Something like "Have you ever been in love? You feel those butterflies, those whimsical butterflies. You wake up one day, and that feeling can be gone without a trace. You know you want it back; You want to fight for it. You want to breath that fire again", those lyrics are so pretty, even if I haven't got them memorised just yet.

Then, sometime around now, they played Shadowplay. Personally, this is one of my favorite songs live, and tonight was no different. After the bridge, when he sings "Today the center of the city in the night, waiting for you" a couple of times, everyone started jumping up and down like crazy till the end of the song.

*just reliased this is going to be a billion paragraphs long*. Sorry. DX

Then...I think they played Sam's Town next, the Abbey Road version. It's not a terribly good one live, but they had extra bass which made it better than in January. They played Bling(Confession of A King), soon after, which has the best lyrics ever. Can't help but sing along.

Spaceman came next. I love it when Brandon sings super high live, 'cause it doesn't always hit the right note, and it sounds good. For some reason, Brandon came over and pretended to pull Dave's hair, which I thought was kind of funny, but odd. They played The World we Live In next. And they even played Change Your Mind, which was awesome, because they don't play it much. It's probably their most under-rated song, I loved it. Read My Mind came after that, and they even played the music video on the screen, but I couldn't see very clearly. During the solo, Dave came right into the middle of the stage, and Brandon just points to him. It was great.

Then Brandon said he'd "tell us a little story", which was basically the formation of The Killers. It was fun, though I knew all of it. Then he says "Dave gave me a casette with some ideas, and this was one of them..." and they started playing Mr Brightside. I expected that, but hearing those first few noted is so electrifying. Luckily, I avoided a mosh pit disaster that could have potentially happened during that song, and it was amazing. They went straight into All These Things That I've Done after that...Last song before the encore. It's sad, but amazng. Best live song ever. How could you resist singing along to "I got soul, but I'm not a soldier!", repeatedly, louder and louder. It's something everyone should experience at least once in their life. Or, you've wasted a life...kidding.

sSo, then they went off and we waited for the encore. For the encore, they started with Bones. Great, great song. One of my favorite songs of all time, and I'd be seriously annoyed if they didn't play it. Especially with the brass, it sounds so amazing live. Then they played Jenny Was A Friend of Mine...Possibly my favorite song of the night. Finally, Mark gets his moment!

Then, of course, they ended with When You Were Young. Brandon specifically said "Let's raise the roof with this son of a bitch!" which made me smile. It was an insane performance...And, well, I can't really find a way to describe it without repeating myself. Take every little bit of praise for the past million paragraphs and put it together, times two. That's how much it rocked. At the end Ronnie dropped one of his drumsticks, so Dave picked it up and started strumming with it.

And...now onto the little details. They had a great light show, and confetti and foreworks. As I said, I was only a few feet away from Dave at all times, and probably no more than 15 away from the love of my life. Brandon kept moving around(HE GOT ON AN AMP NEAR ME), so taking pictures was pretty impossible, but yay for Dave as he kept relatively still throughout the show. I got some when he had his foot on an amp, too. At one point, Dave licked hs guitar...And, Ronnie stood up from his drumset for no real reason, and Brandon said "We call him Ronnie the Unstoppable Vannucci jr!" which fits very nicely for him! Okay, but the best part of the show...Dave smiled at me. Seriously. He looked at me about three times during the show, but I found it hard to stare back because I was so nervous...But, he totally smiled at me during Jenny Was A Friend of Mine! I don't know why. Maybe because I'm young, because I smiled at him, or because I was being a freak and singing along way too dramatically to the chorus. He nearly laughed when it happened, and I definitely did. For whatever reason, Dave Keuning acknowledged my existance; And it was amazing.

After all of that, the roadies threw some flowers...I didn't catch one, but(Like last time) someone ended up giving me a nice little flower anyway. So, we went out, got a drink, and I looked through the horrible-quality photos my mom had taken, and thought about it all. My dad picked us up, and we drove back to the hotel. Todayw as spent driving through Connecticut, through Wethersfield, and abck home. And here I am now.

The concert was amazing. Way better than Boston, to say the least. I can't wait to August. It's gonna rock.

Hello? Anyone still reading, who isn't bored out of their mind? If so, congratulations.

Comment, cbox, tell your friends, blah blah blah.

BYE!!!!!

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'Cause I'm Miss Brightside

2009-05-08T20:08:00.004-04:00

Hi,

TOMORROW IS THE DAY!! THE DAY! I CAN'T WAIT!!! Oh my gosh! The Killers, The Killers, The Killers...Sometimes, I feel, like I don't love them quite like I used to. But moments like this make me love them just as I did on those first few listens of Mr Brightside. They're empowering to me. They can write beautiful lyrics. They're not all about love and heartbreak, like everything else on the radio, they can actually still be beautiful. And they mean so much to me. Maybe too much, but it only rarely bothers me. If 99% of everyone claims to love music, can I not claim to simply love one band? Eeryone seems to dislike it, but I think it's okay. They mean so much to me.

As you can tell, I simply can't wait for tomorrow now. It's gonna rock. If you go back to January 19 through to January 26, you'll see my random outbursts of excitement. I don't want to bore anyway. Instead...Yeah, I'll bore you, and randomly talk about my day for no reason. Also, it's hard to obsess right now...I'm doing like five things at the same time, on several different windows up. And I'm singing. So, concentrating right now is hard. It may not seem like I'm excited, but trust me, I am.

And, speaking of hard to concentrate 'cause of the concert, today was the most impossible day ever. Today was my friends' birthdays(Caralyn and Rachel; Happy birthday!), so I tried not to talk about the concert too much. I had Social Studies first period, and we had to draw Europe and its natural landmarks from memory. It was relaxed, and fun. I really need to learn to draw the north of the UK...The south was total perfection, but the rest looked like a top hat. And, I seemed to think there was some landmass the size of California inbetween France and Spain, and Russia ended up weird, but it was okay. I got most of the landmarks correct, at least. I had Science next, and we were doing these experiments...Basically, we had strings attached to the screws on our cars, with weights at the back. We lit the string with a match, and when it burned it released and the car and weight went flying. I was worried Brandon would get burned, but he turned out just fine.

Then I had Spanish. It was a multiple choice quiz, which I did okay on for the most part. And, I got to write "The Killers" in bubble writing on the back, which is always a plus. Then I had health...We're getting into what would be considered the "awkward topics" pretty soon. Today we watched a video about boys, and the balance between stereotype and biology in their growing up. It was actually very interesting. There was this experiment where the mother was playing with a baby, and then she just stopped...And about 70% of girls would sit there. I was part of the 30% who would start bawling. I was such a weird baby.

Then I had math, and we did some more algebra, I finished my graph, then went to my folder and finished my Samurai Sudoku we started a couple of weeks ago. I know it's weird for me to love Sudoku...But, want to know something even more weird? I love algebra. Like, it's my favorite math-y thing to do. Everyone seems to hate it, but it's so much...Fun! The longer the better, quite frankly. I love the ones where it has a million groupings, and it looks so confusing, and it takes forever to finish, but they're so much fun to me. I'd never get bored. Yeah, I'm a freak. Then we had lunch, and LA...Where we summarized an article about wether we should cut art and music programms in our schools...And, here's my opinion. We should. Everyone complains about not having money, when we waste money on stupid things. The elementary school got like seven Smart Boards a while back. We have a biggish library that only a handfull of people use. We have five homerooms per team(Big teams, at least), when we could use four. We don't need guidance councelors, as I see it. And, we don't need art, or music. Especially art. Why do it? We use art skills when doing other projects. And we do it at home. It doesn't teach us anything, and we get very little of it;. When worst comes to worse, Math, LA, and Science always...Come first.

...Crud, that ryhmed...

And then I came home, and put on Day And Age, and TOTALLY FANGIRLED OUT! I can barely think straight, which is why this post sucks. Oh, and there's to be a special guest at the concert...CHAIRLIFT! Heard of them? They're annoying, but catchy, two things that go hand-in-hand. They had a song in an iPod commercial once. I don't know if that means they're opening...Because I think M83 are still with them...But, it'll be cool. I also hope they'd do A Dustland Fairytale, too. God, they'd better be awesome. I know they will.

And...That's that. If I gt up early enough, then I'll have time for a post, but no promises. The plan for tomorrow is...Get up, get memory card for camera, pack stuff, blog, bug parents to get up and go, eventually leave, drive for like two hours down to Connecticut, wait in line for forever, get in, HAVE THE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE, wait outside for band, meet band, freak out, go back to hotel, try to sleep...And, on Sunday we're gonna drive down to Weathrsfield, look around CT for a while...Come back, talk to people, blog, do homework.

It's gonna rock.

A post tomorrow, I will try to do.

Wish me...Fun!

Naomi,

...Console Me In My Darkest Hour

2009-05-07T18:23:00.003-04:00

Hey,

^^^ Yeah, the title is obviously 100% lyrical, and while I seem to do that a lot, these lyrics have nothing whatsoever to do with what I'm going to write today. But, Day and Age is in the CD player and I can't help but sing a lot. Actually, I truly don't know I'm doing it half the time. I could be in deep thought, discussing the meaning of life or something(Yeah, like I'm that deep...), and at the same time be saying "Spaceman says everybody look down, it's all in your mind" without knowing it. It's really embarassing because all of a sudden I realise what I'm doing, and I feel stupid, especially when my parents are in the room. So, I usually don't put Day And Age on when anyone else is near me. Just as a preccaution. [/ramble]

So...hi! I owe my few bloggers a decent post about now, but I can't think of much. So, this is what you get for today. I apologize, after the concert hype dies down, I'll actually post something ubrelated to anything. I have the worst blog in all of human history, as you've probably noticed.

So, onto my day. Thursdays are basically the worst days of the week. Well, I have no reason to hate them other than having to have 7th period lunch, and gym. But that's enough for me hate something. So...In homeroom I made my friend Rachel really jealous about The Killers, chatted about pointless stuff, convinced Adele of the direction of Dave Keuning's fro growth, and sang a bit of "Spaceman", which was then stuck in Adele's head for the rest of the day. Hehe. 1st period I had gym. I was expecting dodgeball, but luckily we'd gone straight onto the next unit; Handball, and handtennis. You got to choose, again. I chose hand-tennis, since it was my favorite sport we played last year. There's only 14 of us...My friend didn't bring her sneakers today, so, yes, I was the loser who's partner was the gym teacher. It wasn't that bad, actually, since I think I'm better at tennis(And badminton) than any other sport I've played(My worst sport being swimming, I think). 2nd period I had Health...We watched videos on YouTube advertising "True Beauty" and showing the process it takes to get a model ready for a photoshoot, and then watched them computer-change her face too. And then...For the millionth time, we had to watch that Susan Boyle video. I guess it kind of fitted in to the idea of the class, but I'm sick of hearing about it. I can't imagine anything more embarassing, quite frankly, seeing these English things that Americans seem to find hilarious...Yeah, you haven't heard a Scottish accent before? Well, unlike you might think, Susan Boyle doesn't have a speach problem, that's an actual accent. Though that may be hard for you to believe, so you can just keep your stereotype of the UK...And we can all say you speak like cowboys, and leave it at that, hmm?

Anyway, then I had LA. We did some more poetry, but he didn't even look at what I'd written, probably 'cause he knew this just isn't my type of poetry. To describe the author(Who's name I can't remember), I must resort to using everyone's new favorite word..."Random". Yeah, it doesn't much too much sense, and I couldn't write it. Hippie nonsense poems annoys me, as does the idea of being a hippie...No offense. Then I had math, and we just started making graphs for our walking rates.

Then I had science, and Brandon The Car had to get three holes drilled into him, and then have three screws put in place...Luckily, nothing went over where his name is written, so I'm not too bothered. But it was a close one. And Social Studies I had a test, and the last question actually had something asbout Adam Lambert in it, which I found very amusing. And...after lunch I was forced to read a book that my friend gave to me, that I'm sure an eight year old could have read quite fluenty. She's the most patronizing person you'll ever meet.

And that was today. Day and Age just ended *bursts into tears*...Kidding, but this CD rocks. I can't believe the concert is in TWO DAYS, I'm so excited it's hard to desceribe! So..I won't try. I'd just be repeating myself. I have to study for Spanish soon, and work out what the weather's going to be like this weekend. Oh, and as far as music goes...it's Stacy's Mom by Fountains Of Wayne, Day And Age, and nothing else.

Bye!

Cinco De Mayo, And All That Jazz

2009-05-05T18:58:00.004-04:00

Hey guys,

Today was a normal day, concidering we're so far behind in Spanish we couldn't even have a celebration today like we rightfully deserve.

Otherwise, I've been okay. My alarm clock didn't go off, so I got up later...And was late to school, and then got the stuff for the wrong classes, and had to go back to my locker in the middle of homeroom, which annoyed me, but the day continues.

I have LA first...Double LA in fact, and hoorah for that. We were doing an essay test for the book, The Witch Of Blackbird Pond, that we're reading. I did five pages, double-spaces, describing the differences of Barbados and Connecticut in the 17th centuary, with five minutes left that I was "writing poetry" in. The essay went well, and for some reason I'm still having difficulty understanding, I really enjoyed writing it. It could basically have been taken as another MCAS test, but this one was awesome. The most likely reason is because I love the book. The only reason I'm at chapter eight is because I want to have some left for saturday afternoon and evening. The choices off books this year have been, like, amazing.

I had math what was technically 3rd period, but was actually 2nd, which was okay too. We were meseauring our walking rates, mine being 96 meters per minute; Slightly more than average. We also got new seats...Which are okay for me. Two other girls; One I like and I've sat with twice in math before, and one I've never sat with and hate with all my heart, so it should be interesting. Bretter than my last math seat, at least. And we worked out our quiz averages for the term; 95% FTW, though that's only because we're doing some algebra, which I love. And we got no homework...Though, I never finished last night's. If anyone has flown from Connecticut to Barbados before, just let me know. Thanks. xDD

We went to the library during recess, and onto ACC and blogging, nothing too interesting. Matt told me he'd washed Brandon The Rock, so I was of course unhappy with him for it. Matt slightly teased the boy in the other side of the room, and we got on with our lives...

After lunch, we got to watch Mean Girls in Enrichment. Now, the idea of this was for another social issues thing, to show the affects of girls being mean. Honestly, it proved nothing at all. The fact that my LA teacher has had a copy of Mean Girls for two years I find strange enough, but the idea that anyone can draw much of a meaning from it is even stranger. About twenty minutes of it was spent having to sit through computer problems, where we would only get shots of peoples' chests. So, we ended up watching 15 minutes, and I'm guilty of actually thinking it was an okay movie. I somehow wish school cliques worked to such a strict agenda, I'm sure that would be interesting. Unfortunatly, there was a lot of innapropriate stuff, and we're no longer allowedto watch it.

Then I had Spanish, which as said above, was spent doing nothing out of the ordinary. Then we had gym, where we had to take a "Healthy survey"...You know, drugs, alcohol, feelings, the usual stuff. Except it had about 100 questions, and took most of class...And I got to do nothing for the last tne minutes, which made an awesome gym class.

Then...I came home, and here I am now. This seems sort of short for a post, and I'm sorry, but I don't really feel like writing much. As for music, I haven't listened to much today, but a bit of The Killers. I'd still be listening to Day And Age, but I haven't had this room to myself all day. I'll buy some songs later. I've been doing a bit of preperation for Saturday, too...Like, checking the weather. It's supposed to rain. Yaaay. And, I'm gonna clear pictures off my camera tomorrow and get a new case for the Day and Age CD, since the original one has a huge crack on it. Oh, and the book I'm reading for school, Witch oF Blackbird Pond as I mentioned earlier, is set in Weathersfield in Connecticut, about thirty minutes away from the concert! We're staying in a hotel after, so on Sunday we'll be able to look around. I'll see if can take pictures, too, but there are no promises.

Yeah...I'm super tired today. Bye.

FOUR DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why Do I Keep Counting? Because I Can't Wait...One Week Left!

2009-05-02T21:23:00.003-04:00

Today = May 2nd 2009
My 2nd Concert Ever = May 9th 2008
9 - 2 = 7 days
7 days = One Week
One Week = It's nearly here!

I'd say I'm excited, as I am(But nothing could ever be as exciting as my first ever concert, could it?), but it doesn't feel real yet. See, here's the issue...I've kind of been neglecting my beloved Killers for the past few weeks to search for some new music. It's not that I'm bored with them, but I want to listen to some new and more varied music. Plus, I got six new CDs last week, so The Killers took a backseat for a while. That's why. BUT, from now on(For the next seven days...) no more hours dedicated to Foo Fighters, Pet Shop Boys, and The Smiths nonsense...Day And Age is going in the CD player tomorrow and not leaving, until I decide to put another TK album on instead. Haha. Then the excitement comes, and the obsessing...And the TOTAL FANGIRLING!!! But, I love it. I'd say we'd be well into the show by now, next Saturday. I hope they play A Dustland this time. And I hope I get to meet the band. And I hope I get to look all cute to the adults, and get near the front. And I hope Brandon sees me in the crowd. And I hope my dad lets me upload pictures this time. And I hope it's awesome, but that's a given, right?

There isn't that much to say today. When I woke up today the first thing I did was get up and check ACC, and go on Pandora Radio, and Pandora had decided to delete my account. And it wasn't like I was totally inactive, either, it had only been about a week. So, I made a new account...It's a shame, I miss it's old totally confusing attempts to work out what music I'd like, and totally fail. when I simply put one band, The Killers, in my "favorite music" lists, the recommendations it gives me are always spot-on. Except, I'm sick of every online radio place telling me how much I'd love Coldplay if I'm a Killers fan. I guess I like them, I have a few songs, but they do seem slightly overrated in my opinion. The first Coldplay song I'd heard, that I knew was Coldplay, was Speed Of Sound, which at the time was one of the worst songs I'd ever heard. It totally put me off.

There hasn't been an awful lot going on today. I have an addiction to my sister's lemonade that she keeps making, which is also loaded with a ton of sugar. And, she even bought these little blue plastic cups the other day to put it in. They're totally impractical, but I feel I can't have Lemonade without them in. xDD The morning was spent online, as always, and watching some "Making Of Little Britain" thing, which I'd seen a million times but still enjoy. These new DVDs which have, like, no "Making Of" special features things deserve not to be made, by the way.

I spent more time online in the afternoon, then went to the mall for more shorts...One denim, and one blue plaid. This trip was my mom's idea, actually, as I didn't feel like shopping whatsoever(Which is why I said I didn't want to look for Converse after that, like she suggested we should). Let me tell you, whatever you do, don't go into Aeropostale on a Saturday afternoon(Once again, don't judge me. I only buy shorts there). While we were walking around, someone's desperately bored mother said to my not-so-bored-mother(I'm a speed-shopper), "It's like Christmas shopping, it's so busy!" and she was right. As you can imagine, it's basically stuffed with girls who are little more than walking stereotypes, that give you dirty stares as to say "I don't see a brand name written across your chest, missy" and proceed to bump you as they walk past you at every oppurtunity. I mean, sorry, not all girls do that...Most are pre-occupied texting their friends who are in the same store as them. What do they talk about exactly?! I'm by the flip-flops, where are you?? A minute ago I just saw this super cute yellow t-shirt!! Clearly, I fail to understand the mechanics of being an American teenage girl.

When I got home, the weather was really nice and I spent some time outside before the mosquitos tried to eat me alive. Then I came back, watched some Little Britain, did two Sudokus, had dinner, and came back here. That's basically it.

I might make the name change to my blog tomorrow, which will probably excite me about next Saturday further, so it's all good. But, I don't know, because for other changes, I need Word, which has decided to totally mess up tonight and not allow me to write anything.

BYE!

Dancing(NOT To Joy Division) Among Other Things

2009-05-01T17:58:00.005-04:00

Hey guys,

First off, just eight days. Eight freakin' days until I next experience the "Best Night Of My Life" thing. A KILLERS CONCERT, OF COURSE! It's oh-so exciting, of course. But I can rave another day.

Fridays are definitely the best days of the week. You get a quiet day of school, relaxing, staying up late, AIM chats. They're simply the best. Today was, for no reason in particular, an amazing day.

I had Social studies first period. And, Ms B didn't give me all the "bull" that she basically promised in homeroom on Thursday, which is amazing. But I did get teased about it from this other boy later in the day, but not nearly as bad as if it happened in front of the class. We had half classes because of this thing happening 8th period, so each was only 24 minutes. We just wrote a few notes, and then had a little quiz(Very little!). Only six questions, in fact. I suck at US history, so thank god the "Which of Henry the 8th's wives gave birth to Elizebeth 2nd?" question came up. I've been focusing on the Stewart-era English history at the moment, and I've forgotten a lot of the stuff I know about the Tudor-era, but I surprisingly got it right. Anne Boleyn! I thought, it was either her, or Anne Of Cleeves. Even if I'd got it wrong, it was waaay better than some of the other answers...The two I heard were; Elizebeth the 2nd, and(You will laugh!)...Celine Dion. There are soo many things wrong with those two statements! Maybe that isn't such commen knowledge, though...I love English hstory.

Science was boring. We were doing these experiments, and we had a substitue.

Math was okay. We were doing this thing about traveling, in relation to The With Of Blackbird Pond, the book we're reading in English. Did you an 18th centuary boat travels at 2.3 miles per hour, while you walk at about 3 miles per hour? I wish I'd learned that so it could go on my post yesterday.

In English we started with a Fire drill. At least the weather was good, but we got a teacher shouting at us after because we were all talking too much. In actual English, we went over some of the characters of the book, for an essay test on Monday...Or Tuesday, I can't remember.

In Enrichment I just read..the Golden Compass, which is, quite frankly, horribly horribly overrated. I hate the book. I tried reading it once, and just gave up. I was bored out of my mind. In Spanish we did some translating, and in health we finished our "Alcohol And Drug Free" project, after spending forever and a day trimming the paper of our project. My partner just did all the work, since the radio was playing in the art teacher's room. They played a Coldplay song, and then something that was apparently by Bush...Anyway, in our 2nd enrichment, I did a crossword about Withc Of Black Bird Pond. You couldn't really read the words, but it was okay. We got to talk at the same time.

After lunch was when it got interesting, though. For this unit in gym, we got to choose between Floor Hockey and Gym. Being the tomboy that I am, I choose Floor Hockey...Even though I hate it. Today was our last week, and those who chose dance had to perform today, in front of the whole school. I can't imagine how they got the courage. The performance was rather boring, though. And there seemed to be an odd split of grades...A million 6th graders, about five 7th grade groups, and two 8th grade groups, one of them consisting of about ten girls. The first two songs were Britney Spears songs...The best of the horrible pop artists around, I have to admit, but I can't say I liked them. One group did Let It Rock, the best song played, and also the best dance routine...They were totally amazing. By the looks of it, more time had been spent by the groups in organising co-ordinating outfits than the dance routines, which would explain why they did amazing...No offence to them. At least they weren't in neon green tank tops, and silver leggings, like some people. There was another BS song by the girls in my gym class, and a few other okay-ish pop songs. One girl did a traditional Indian dance, and another did a swing-ish song from(What I'm guessing is) like 40 years ago, which was the only song that made my math teacher seem remotely interested. There was this one...odd group...Which consisted of two girls who would be considered "cool" and one boy who is bullied worse than everyone else. He does these things, and doesn't expect to be teased? Seriously? It's good that he does it, but he needs to know what to expect. The last one...The group of about 10 girls, was weird. They were dresssed in black, did some dancing, then went into the locker room, took the black things off, and came out dressed in the neon outfits and sunglasses they were wearing underneath(Except the sunglasses, obviously). After that, they just seemed to jump up and down in no real fashion to a song that can be best described as simply "girly". I didn't get the hype, but it was good to hear some music during the day...

Other stuff:

- Musically, my day has sucked. I'm bored with everything on my iPod. I've mostly been listening to The Killers, Foo Fighters, and Morissey today, though. I might put my Wombats CD on later, though I really want to listen to my iPod player, but I can't find the wire. Damn.
- I had a really depressing conversation with people on ACC today aboput relationship problems. I hope everything gets better for everyone.
- Go to www.anidiotsmind.blogspot.com
- Blogger is DEAD! Comment, CBox, blog...Whatever!
- OMG I'll be able to have Mrs Nerimon on my iPod soon? Sweet!
- I'm so not bored with Sudoku just yet
- I'm going into a Little Britain fase, yet again
- This post sucked, I know

Bye!

Did You Know...?

2009-04-29T19:21:00.003-04:00

I am currently writing this at 7:22 PM, Eastern Time?

I have been to four different time zones?

My homework is half complete?

Printing stuff of the Lamborghini website will totally drain your inc cartridge, and bug your parents?

"Did You See Me Coming?" will be the 2nd single of Pet Shop Boys' new album "Yes"?

Pet Shop Boys' first single was West End Girls, and is their most famous track?

I nearly share a birthday with Robert Smith, singer in The Cure?

The Beatles, The Zutons, and The Wombats are the only bands I've heard of who come from Liverpool?

Seth MacFarlane does the voices for Peter, Stewie, Brian, Tom Tucker, and Jake Tucker, on Family Guy?

Seth MacFarlane started writing Family Guy simply to impress a girl?

Seth MacFarlane was born in Connecticut?

I know way to much about everything relating to Family Guy?

The first featured vlogbrothers video was "Accio Deathly Hallows"?

Fred recently hit 1,000,000 subscribers on YouTube?

My next Killers concert is in ten days?

"REM" stands for Rapid Eye Movemnt?

There is a band that formed in 1980 named R.E.M?

Nirvana covered "The Man Who Sold The World" by David Bowie?

When You Were Young reached #1 in the US Modern Rock chart?

Tana Flowers is pregnant again?

Today Swine Flu was confirmed in Nevada?

Chameleon Circuit's first album comes out soon?

The 7th Harry Potter book will have to be split into two movies?

I have twelve subscribers, one of them being myself?

Liam Gallagher once criticised The Rolling Stones and U2, despise The Rolling Stones being 27 years older than Oasis, and U2 being 15 years older?

The Killers are sometimes known as "The best British band to come from America"?

The Killers' saxaphonist has a blog on their website?

Billy Corgan is now the only member of the original lineup of The Smashing Pumpkins?

Swine Flu causes death to 7% of its catchers?

I get nearly all of my trivia from Wikipedia?

The Killers once left their guitarist at Buger King when going to Glastonbury Music Fesitval?

Simon Amstell started his career in children's television, but was fired due to being "cruel and mean to children"?

Jeremey Clarkson is 6 foot 5?

Green Day have a new album coming out soon?

Muse have been nominated for nineteen awards for "Best Live Act" by very popular shows and magazines?

Matthew Bellamy is only 5 foot 7.?

Francis Cobain's middle name is "Bean", because her father Kurt Cobain said she looked like a bean on a scan?

Charlieissocoollike's most viwed video is "How To Be English"?

The oh-so-popular Susan Boyle video currently has 48, 206, 218 views on YouTube?

I'n babysitting my sister today?

I'm out of idea that aren't Killers related and wont bore you to death?

I've got to go now?

I'd like to know what you thought of this?

I'd like you to leave a comment?

I'd like to say "Bye" until I see you next?

Stuff That's Annoyed Me In The Past Few Days

2009-04-27T18:37:00.006-04:00

I'm a teenager. So, it's time for some moaning and whining, don't you think?

1. My mother...Surprise there? Well, specifically, we were at my friend The Human Fish's synchro show on Sunday. On top of it being like 85 degrees outside, we were in a really humid swimming pool. I don't own tank tops or flipflops(Total tomboy), I choose to die from heat exhaustion instead. It made it a whole lot hotter(I envy the swimmers), and I choose to buy a water. I wasn't even thirsty, but the water was cold. It got warm after a few minutes, and gave it to my mom 'cause I was sick of holding it. So, half way through when I'm actually thirsty, I ask for it back and there's like a centimeter left of water in there. Seriously, if I hadn't wanted it, she wouldn't have bought one and drunk any!

2. Again, my mother. When she first got her iPod, she spent a while taking the songs I bought and putting them onto her iPod. I put a stop to this of course, but now she starts doing this again. And, why? To quote her exactly: I understand with modern musicians...But, come on, Red Hot Chili Peppers, David Bowie? I've been listening to them since before you were born! Now, I've thought about this, and I still see no real reason why this makes any difference in the world. Can anyone please shed some light on my mother's effed-up pattern of thinking? If this is how it's working, then we can say bye-bye to Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Muse for her...They somehow don't matter as much. Oh, and you know what, she doesn't even like either of the said examples that much. I heard a song on the radio the other day that sounded like RHCP, so I said "Who's this?", and she said "Snow by RHCP. This used to be my favorite of their's, before I heard Scar Tissue". I tell her I like ST, she comes home and loads it onto her iPod, and then leter proceeds to tell me "Sorry, it was another song I was thinking of when I said Scar Tissue...I don't think it's by RHCP". WTF?

3. This guy on ACC, who probably can't take the time of his busy schedule to read this so I'll say how I feel. I absolutely hate those threads devoted to hating one type band or type of music. There's discussing, but that's just too far for my liking. Nearly all the threads are people who say they hate rap, pop, or The Jonas Brothers, in an attempt to unique, but it just makes them look more generic. So, he posts a thread talking titled "Posers are going to return", about fake Green Day fans. I hate it when people do this. First off, there's already a thread on ACC for Green Day fans, and it's not like it's totally dead. If he wants to discuss, discuss it there. He is being a total poser by making a new thread in itself. And, he continues making threads about Green Day thread. For cryung out loud, if someone doesn't like them, why is he expected to know what their first album is? Give it a break dude; It looks overly obsessive.

4. My English teacher today. It's poetry day, and for one reason or another we weren't writing poems, but "an ode to a skunk cabbage". We went out into the forest behind the field by this pond, to pick "skunk cabbages", foul smelling vegetables. Then we go sit on the grass, we're told to eat them, and then write about it. He may be trying to keep it interesting, but this was just weird. I didn't even eat it, or touch it. How am I supposed to write about something as pointless as that? These words that I type right now hold more meaning than that. So, I'd barely written anything(But I tried, I promise, I tried), and he says "Everyone's reading today". At this point I go into panic-attack mode. He told me like two weeks ago he wouldn't force me to read. So, this makes him a liar on top of everything else he's said. So he gets out his clipboard, and goes "Who's first...Hmm...Camo!". Damn it. That's malicious to add to the list. I say I can't, and he goes "Camo....". And that's patronizing to add to that list. The list is getting rather long, huh? Well, he says "very ho hum" after I read, and I spend the rest of the class deliberatley paying as little ammount of attention as possible, and writing a few not-so-appropriate words on my journal. I don't care if he sees them; Maybe he won't judge me like he does now. I'm beginning to think from now on that that's all I should do in his class. If he's going to do this again, there's no way I'm writing anymore.

5. Again, this girl on ACC. She was in an "OMIGISH ABERCROMBIE I LUVS IT <3333333">i got banned frum acc 4 2 days, 2 DAYS! JST 4 calling u a bad name. omigod, do u no how PO i am w/ u!? u back-stabbing...there r SO many things i want 2 say 2 u...but if i said it...acc would permanitely ban me 4ever. thats how PO i am at u! u no, life aint perfect. understand? u started bcuming SO full of ur stupid self, that u insulted me jst cuz my writing wuznt perfect. y do u even care how i write? ur not my mom r u? nope!! so i dont get y u want me 2 b the way U want me 2 b...im not gonna change myself jst cuz sum freak told me 2. & like i already said: u think ur making me look bad, but in reality, ur the 1 who looks bad. That's the longest post she'd written, and really there's multipe ways I could go to insult her here. After like three days, she kind of gave up, and left. Which adds hypocritical to her list.

6. Yet more people on another one of those "Weird and random" threads. It's these types of threads that will eventually lead to me getting the ACC ban-hammer. But, they need to give it up. If they are who they claim to be, then they're very normal indeed. They have friends. That's how everyone behaves. "Weird" doesn't mean that, okay? Weird is different; they are not in any way different.

7. Mike for leaving ACC(Sort of). *glares*

8. This girl in hockey for unintenionally hittind the puck(From about three feet away) into my foot, and hitting her stick at my rib cage. She does play hockey, so I think she should be able to do better than that.

9. These girls at school for claiming to be weird. Get over yourselves.

10. My mother for mocking my fake Liverpudlian accent. So what, if the only thing I can say in that accent is "Paul McCartney"? She couldn't do a Yorkshire accent either.

11. My...mother for getting annoyed at me for saying Swine Flu got into New York in front of my sister. This'll go away...Just like Bird Flu, no one in even cares about that anumore. But the point is, my sister freaked out. it's suspected in MA, but very mild. She was going to find out sooner or later.

And, that's about it. This helped get out some "teenage angst"(I can actually say that now!). My day other than the skunk cabbage incident was alright. Math was average, enrichment was average, Spanish was not too bad...And, that's it. I have some homework to do; Bye for now!

ELEVEN DAYS!!

I Need To Relax...And, Doctor Flowers Came To Town.

2009-04-26T18:44:00.006-04:00

Hey guys,

As always, spring break came and went; Fast. I regret not doing much...But enjoyed the experience. We have exactly two months left of school...Also known as eight weeks. In exact days, That's fourty or so, depending on sick days and days off. I'm obviously hoping that would go by too...The work will slow down, but the heat is going to get unbearable pretty soon. The school is pretty much broke. and so we can only afford to put airconditioning in a few rooms, none of which are classrooms. We have fans, but they don't do much unless you're right by them, but you do get to go to airconditioned rooms for no reason, and do easier work, so it gets okay at times. I'm now sick of school, as said, and I want the year to end. Badly. I want to go back to England, go swimming, go to V Festival, sleep in, do whatever I want, play outside...Not be stuck at school all day. School sucks, simple as that. I want it to end.

And, thus, I begin to stress out about the idea of having to go back to school tomorrow. I want this evening to never end, I don't want to go back there that much. I'm gonna fail every quiz I took on Friday, which is a decent reason to feel ths way, but everything else is irrational. The only thing I have to look forward to now is the concert; Just 13 days. I'm super, super excited...It's unreal, again. I can't believe it's gonna happen again...I feel lucky. I love ym Killers. <333

I don't want to explain it, so...Instead, here's Brandon Flowers....Well, Doctor Flowers, to help me feel better. Sorry for the post that is even more pathetic than normal.

Bye for now,

...Did I Do Something Wrong?

2009-04-25T15:03:00.006-04:00

Hey guys,

...Did I do something wrong? Today I woke up expecting to smell like teen spirit, but I guess it doesn't work like that. [/badlyricaljoke]

So, I'm now officially a teenager. I basically aired my thoughts about turning 13 yesterday, and I won't repeat myself. But, today has actually been really great. I couldn't really sleep, so I stayed up watching Family Guy for ages, and woke up around ten this morning. I waited for my parents, and then, of course, opened my presents.

I got...

- Purple Killers t-shirt with " got soul" on the front and "But I'm not a soldier" on the back in pink letter.

- Blue Killers t-shirt with the band sillhouetted in the background in multi-colored dots

- Killers poster- It's a picture of the set from the Human music video

- Black and whie Killers poster...The band are leaning against the wall in the background, except Brandon, who's at the front suspiciously tugging the collar of his shirt down. *shifty*

- Day And Age viny

- Four Killers buttons(Blue red and white)

- One Killers bag(Black tote bag with The Kilers in colored dots across)

- My new iPod(I got in advance)

- A Guide To Love Loss, and Desperation by The Wombats

- Franz Ferdinand byFranz Ferdinand

- Maladroit by Weezer

- Make Believe by weezer

- Yes by Pet Shop Boys

- Showbiz by Muse

- One Weezer t-shirt

- One Muse t-shirt

- One Chowder t-shirt(It has Schitnzel with "Rada" all across it....Don't judge me.)

- A black CD holder that says "Don't mess with my CDs" on the front!

And I'm apparently owed the MGMT album my mom couldn't find, a journal, and a new pair of Converse.

I love the presents...But, it does make me feel spoiled. Because of the in-advance iPod, my mom over purhcased. ...But it works in my favor! I'm wearing the I Got Soul t-shirt now...And the plaid shorts. I'm so relieved we got to go shopping the other day, it's so hot here...Actually, it's the hottest day of the year so far. I'm so hot I can barely write this. My sister's at the slip and slide at my neighbor's, but I don't want to go on my birthday...So, I fry inside instead.

My day otherwise hasn't been very different. I spent a few minutes ouside this morning, and then at lunch my mother revealed my cake to me. I said I wanted a carrot cake. Recently my mom's been buying tiny Carrot Cakes at market basket, and she puts them on the island in our kitchen, and every time I walk by I can't help but eat some of it. it was decorated with icing and marxipan carrots.

I didn't do much this afternoon. I spent a while trying to get into the labyrinth that is the Love Etc. CD case...it's one of those eco-friendly cardboard cases. I mean, losing vinyl was bad enough...But this? The CD is freakin' brilliant, as I thought it might be. In fact, it's so super amazing the lyrics take place as my AIM status today. Yay. xD I had a few phone conversations with relatives, did some sudoku, watched some TV...This evening we went out to eat at The Rainforest Cafe, which is a kind of tradition. Our meal took forever, and the place is so loud you can't ear yourself speak, but it's still good.

Okay, and just in honor of the day, how about a picture of the hottest/cutest/sexiest man alive? Oh yeah.

Bye!

One More Day, One More Day, One More Day...

2009-04-24T16:24:00.004-04:00

Hey,

Tomorrow I turn thirteen years old. And, yeah, this post is direceted very strongly towards me. But, this is apparently the biggest birthday so far...Well, according to "society".

Now, of course, I enjoy the presents. Let me find my birthday list(Saved on Word. Aren't I organised?)

- Showbiz- Muse
- Maladroit - weezer
- Male Believe - Weezer
- A Guide To Love, Loss, and Depseration - The Wombats
- Yes - Pet Shop Boys
- Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
- Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
- Climing To New Lows - MGMT
- The Killers...anything xD
- Muse t-shirt or poster
- Journal
- Money

Creative, huh? I did write this like three weeks ago, and there's some stuff I'd want to add to it, like Converse...Actually, I really don't know at all what I want. Having the Muse and Weezer albums would then complete my Muse and Weezer studio album collection, something I should have done a while back to consider myself a "fan". After the Let's Dance To Joy Division and Love Etc. obsessions a few weeks ago, I do need The Wombats and PSB albums. The others I'm less concerned about not getting...Besides, the MGMT will be totally impossible for my parents to find, and my parents are still claiming they already have a copy of Siamse Dream, though I don't see why...Wy would they get three SP albums? My dad only once slightly liked them, but now it seems he bored with all music in general(Examples? We were in Chilis once and he started bad-mouthing Foo Fighters, SP, RHCP...The list goes on.).

Of course, The Killers stuff is vague, which is good. I do want a Day And Age vinyl, and a poster would be nice, and at least one t-shirt from The Killers fansite. And there's a new Muse t-shirt at Hot Topic that I went...I went on the site to see if they had Killers stuff, and I cunningly slipped in how much I liked the shirt to my mom. I'm so sure I'm getting that one. Unlike most people's parents, my mother doesn't think Hot Topic holds the devil or something.

Anyway, I don't think rambling about my list would do much good, it just makes me feel materialistic. But I am. I know I don't want to turn thirteen...Everything is different. My parents will treat me a lot differently, I know, and that's the last thing I want.

Other than birthday stuff, I don't have too much to say...On Tuesday we went to this thing with my sister's friend's family, and Wednesday I stayed in. On Thursday I went shopping(which I rarely do)for shorts. Went into American Eagle and got a pair of black bermudas and a pair of navy bermudas, and went into Aero and got brown slightly-over-the-knee bermudas, and greeny-purply plaid bermudas. Don't judge me from the store list, 'cause I know if you don't know me you have a clear view of what I look like now. It's wrong. I've only recently started liking AE, and that was my first time into Aero...I only like the shorts they have there. The plaid ones are nice.

Wednesday evening I was on the computer, and my dad out-of-the-blue shouts up to me from downstaris "How cool are Blink 182?"...And I said "Pretty cool". And then he tells me in the summer Weezer are touring with Blink 182!! *fangirl scream*. It seems like a weird choice touring with Blink, and I might be in England at the time, but I want to go. I love Weezer sooo much. <33 I hope they release dates soon, as I hope do Muse. They've only released so far the dates they're opening for U2, in the autumn.

Oh, and today I went to a witch museum which was like fourty minutes away. That's the place that started the witch madness in New England a few hundred years ago. It was interesting, my LA teacher inspired me after having a talk with us last week(Or the week before?) about it. You go in, and sit in this big room, and it has a large bench around the outside that you sit on. Then, above your heads around the room, they have different scenes from it, and you hear a voice-over(Too bad all the voices were English accents. Grr.) describing it. Although it was very different from other tours of thre sort...You know, when they tell the story, they describe it and say how the people of the time thought about it? Well, they made it out that the people were complete idiots with no rational. We know it's true, but they don't normally it. Needlesstosay, I found it slightly amusing how a group of girls my age could twist the minds of Massachusetts and elsewhere that witches exist. Then the next room described the stereotypical "witch" and how it has evolved, and the last room showed modern day witches, or Wiccas, I think they were called. I just found out my aunt's friend is that religion.

So I bought a book about witches, we left, wandered around for forever, went to an okay-ish cafe when we later found out there was a Dunkin' Donuts just down the street, came home, picked up my sister from her friend's house, went to Stop N Shop to buy stuff for my cake, came home, watched TV while my sister and mom made the cake, went on the computer which caught a virus a few minutes later, watched more TV, and now I'm here. Fun fun fun.

Well, that's it. Sorry for the delay this week, guys, I have no real un-Sudoku-related reason for why I didn't post. I'll try to be good this week...Oh, and thanks for the voted on my poll!

Bye,

Spring Break, Music, and The World's Cutest Baby!

2009-04-21T11:52:00.007-04:00

Hi guys,

And, yet again, here I am struggling to word a slightly interesting first sentence to yet another not-so-interesting blog post...Eh, I'm not sure whatever I type will take away from me being the most boring human being alive.

Yesterday was an alright day. I woke up kind of late...11:30, which is late for me. I hear about people at school sleeping in until like two in the afternoon, and it still makes me wonder how that's possible. That's half a day wasted...So, I usually wake up around ten. I spent the remaining half hour of my morning on the computer, as I always do. In the afternoon my sister went round to my neighbor's friend's house...well, technically we're kind of neighbors too, but I don't kow them too well. Not that I really want to. When I first met the little boy, he had an Indiana Jones whip and chased me around the yard...I seriously wonder how that thing passed any Health And Safety guidelines whatsoever(The toy, not the boy!). It was huge, and in the hands of a five year old it left quite a mark on my leg. But it was good that she was out of the house. Ever since she got a Club Penguin membership card at Target she's been obsessed with the website. I haven't been on YouTube in a while because of it. So, since we couldn't drop my sister off at someone's house, we couldn't go to the Witch Museusm(My sister is such a wimp), so I spent the rest of the day inside. On the computer, writing, listening to music, watching several Family Guy DVDs on repeat, and doing Sudoku. I think I'm going into sudoku obsession. At school the other day in math we got to do this big sudoku...They're five squares joined at corner to make an "X". They are so much fun! While everyone in math was playing some sort of math related game Friday, there I was on my own...People kept asking if I eanted to play with them. They always do that. But, now I'm on my 3rd one and loving it...At the least, it keeps me occupied for this week(Which will fly by).

This day is no more interesting. It's raining, and my sister isn't out with our neighbors, or at her friend's house. If she was we'd actually be able to go out, but no I'm stuck inside writin' bout it here; But that's just as good, right?

And her come the random rambles...

So, what do any readers think of the stalker map? It's weird; I never thought I got so many views. Canada? Ireland? Greece? Switzerland? That's pretty darn cool. I was viewing the history yesterday, and I told my mom about it. Now she wants to read my blog, 'cause she thinks it would be good...It isn't good, they most likely found it via some Google search. And I don't think her reading my blog would be a good idea, to say the least.

Remember that topic "UK or US. Which is better?" I told you about yeasterday? Well, it's dying down now. It's a shame; It kept me occupied for a while. There's just this one moron posting some stuff. Okay, let me quote him -

we are a successful country. deal with it, the US beat your "lil mates" TWICE! We beat u guys TWICE! So "blimey!"We beat u guys twice! And u guys need the USA, u guys r lucky we dont team up with Canada and Australia and blow u to smitherenes.And patriotic ego? We are just so happy we dont go around speakin in a silly accent drinking tea and eating blueberry crumpets while doing weird jigs. We r just happy we r free and the best country in the world, while everyone else is just jealous of us.

He talks about this stuff, when really it gives Americans a horrible, horrible reputation. For a start, he can clearly barely type any English, which makes him look like an idiot in itself. Also, "lil mates"? Is that a rapper or something? 'cause I have no idea what that is. And, what the heck would Canada and Australia want to blow us up for? It's not like the US doesn't have enemies, right? But that's enough of that...

Oh, by the way, is anyone up for drinking some tea and eating blueberry crumpets, followed by discussions with silly accents, and doing "jigs"? ...No? You're right, me neither. How about some Coke, chocolate, and bloggin' instead? That's more like it. xDDD

On the topic of music...I'm into Depeche Mode right now. But, I feel oh-so stereotypical by liking them. Too bad I can't Imeem them or something since I NEVER HAVE THIS ROOM TO MYSELF ANYMORE. I'm relatively addicted to "I Feel You" right now...And I saw a commercial for their new album the other day. I might buy it; The single mentioned sounds good. Oh, yeah, and did I mention I love Everlong by Foo Fighters at the moment? I wonder where I got that from...

Also, THE KILLERS(*hug* *hug* *hug*) were on The Tonight Show yesterday. All the way through, I was worrying if they had enough time to perform. They had this crazy(And drunk) English comedian...Yeah, English. It made me want to crawl under a rock, stab myself several times, and die, I was that embarssed. But, they did get to perform. Brandon was wearing makeup, and he had his new sparkly black jacket on. Generally, it was a good performance, 'cept for some voice-cracking, but that makes it cute. They did Spaceman, as I thought. It's my favorite live song. Whenever I see things like this, it just reminds me why I love them so much, and that I should never stop listening to them, whatever I do. I stayed up for over an hour after that, into like two AM, listening to Killers songs and singing to my crowd of pictures on my wall. Yay. <33333

Oh, and, look who it is...

AMMON FLOWERS! Yes, the picture quality is terrible but that's the only one up. Trust me, buy the magazine...I have it. He's the cutest baby I've ever seen in my life...Cute little blondie. He has his daddy's eyes too, which is quite a gift. And, not that it matters...But, clearly, Ammon's daddy has got it goin' on.

Bye,

It's English Reminiscing Time, I Think...

2009-04-19T17:10:00.009-04:00

Hey guys,

A lot of you probably know that I'm English. Well, English but forcefully moved to the US a couple of years ago...well, I'm getting all sentimental again over England. *sigh*. It's reminiscing time...In the order that came onto my head, and nothing more.

The Stuff That I Think Of When I Think Of England(Americans, I'm not translating stuff you don't understand!)

- The Arctic Monkeys <33

- Glastonbury Music Festival <33333333

- Now That's What I Call Music CDs(Yeah, the English ones were once good. Don't judge me)

- Doctor Who

- Debenhams

- Marks And Spencers

- David Tennant

- Easter egg hunts at my old school(They were amazing)

- Friends <3

- Going to my grandparents houses in the summers

- Ricky Wilson

- Playing army games with my friend at school

- These summer..."fetes"(That's what they were called) at my old school

- Going swimming at the school pool

- People obsessing over cell phones

- My home country

- Frubes

- Charlieissocoollike

- T4 On The Beach

-Kids TV after school

- Orange juice

- Winegums

- Grass

- Sunshine

- Endless summers

- Firework shows

- The Fratellis

- Plays

- My old school <33

- Trampolines

- Birthday parties
- My 5th grade teacher

- "Somebody Told Me"

- Fighting with friends at school

- English spring rain

- Awesome birthday parties

- My friends Connor, Bradley, and Gabriella

- My first sleepover at my "friends" house...Best sleepover ever!

- Sweets(Cadburys FTW)

- Assemblies on Friday afternoons at school

- Talking about moving

- Finding out about moving...*sad*

- Memories

- Music

- Puddles

- Walking to school(Walking through puddles...)

- Running races in the summer

- BBC radio

- BBC3

- Club Penguin parties

- Dances

- Tuna sandwithces

- Hotdogs

- Dentists

- Fake American accents

- Harry Potter

- The ice cream machines they had at Pizza Hut

- LEGO LAND!!

- Tennis

- Late night TV shows

- Days in London

- The river Thames

- Liverpool accents

- Happiness

- The best times of my life...

I don't know if this is about me trying to describe to you my feelings of England, or me feeling oddly nastalgic(Love that word!) today about my childhood, about my old life....My best guess is the 2nd one. And, yeah, the "UK and US. Which is better?" thread on ACC didn't do anything to help that. It's funny how blind some people are to others...But anyway, I'm sure I'll get over it. I really shouldn't be home-sick over a place that is no longer my home.

Today was an okay day. We went to a place looking for furniture...Didn't buy anything, and my iPod lost charge a while through. Then we quicky went to some store to look at Converse...You know, they have these Union Flag ones that are advertising the Who. They're amazing, except I don't like The Who, and they have it on the tongue of the shoe. But this means my mom is hopefully gonna get me another pair of Converse for my birthday. soon, I'm gonna buy another pair of black ones soon anyway...my current ones are worn out, since I wear them everyday. If my mom gets me a pair for my birthday, I'd either want navy blue, pale blue, gray, or orange...I'm totally un-picky about Converse. I freakin' love em. Anyways, tomorrow my sister is possibly going to my friend's house, and me and my mom are going to the Salem Witch Museum,

Bye for now,