Minion Madness

Whua?

2009-04-27T08:49:00.000-07:00

I haven't a clue as to why photobucket is now attacking my blog...because everything that I personally fixed is fine. I guess whoever I stole my html code from is having issues....Gha.

This will take some maneuvering later today.

Last Day of Class

2009-04-14T10:58:00.000-07:00

Oh Hurray! Glory be!

School is out--except for three rigorous days of finals this weekend. I can see the light of summer again.

Obviously it's been fairly crazy these past few days. I had so much time when I revamped my blog, but after that I was busy writing papers and taking tests and doing whatever homework they decided to throw at me before I collapsed--now no more!!!

I should be studying for finals right now before heading off to the library, but hey, I've got a few days to do that. Instead, I sleep in ridiculously late, spend hours on the computer, sorting through my notebook for some sketches to scan--oh so delightful :)

And Sunday was easter---which means lots of chocolate! No homework + chocolate+lots of sleep = Really reall ridiculously happy minion.

Smiles everyone!

First Posting! Woot!

2009-03-24T19:32:00.000-07:00

So...
Yeah.

This will be the first real posting since I decided to go wild with my blog template. The rest of them were imaginary. They did not exist. Ever.....oh, wait, except for the glaring fact that they're under my recent posts, and I'm too lazy to get rid of them.

So.
Yeah.

I guess I'll have to say something interesting now...cause I'm suppose to....
OOOH! hey! I'll post a picture! They're worth a thousand words!

This is my grandmother's brooch--and it was her mom's before her, so it's really my great-grandmother's brooch. She gave it to me about a week or so ago. It's a family heirloom, and I thought it odd that she decided to give it to me, but one of many grand-daughters-instead of her other daughters. She was emptying out her jewelry box and wondered if I wanted anything, so I politely said yes, and WOMPF! She piled a bunch of stuff on me...such as this...

"It came from Alaska, I think it's worth some money," she said as she kept finding more things to give me...like this...

Sorry, some of these are a little blurry--but this last one is of a unicorn. :) She also gave me loads of other things, and really shiny pearly necklaces that would have been the "in" thing in about the 70s. Apparently people just like to give me things.

As for other updates on my life--I LOVE THE LIBRARY!
I just bought the entire hardback collection of the Work and the Glory Series, The Kingdom and the Crown Series (also hardback), a book of stories by Edgar Allen Poe, The Da Vinci Code, the first book to the Tennis Shoes among the Nephites, and a VHS of Mrs. Doubtfire for a grand total $4.87. Woot! Of course, these were used, but a lot of them were in very good condition, so I was fairly pleased with my mountain load of less than five dollars spent.

My Brother in the MTC Rocks!! He's getting ready to leave the MTC and head to Belgium by the 30th.

My younger sister just turned 17, and with one brother off in college apartment and the other in the MTC, that leaves it up to me to eat all the leftover pizza and cake :) YUM!

And I only have one month left of school!! Let's hope I can survive until then. :)

One pixel problem...

2009-03-22T08:52:00.000-07:00

I can't tell if it's my computer, or the original layout, but it seems like it's off by like one pixel somewhere....Gha!!!

Well, other than that, I think I'll almost ready to post something worth reading in the next few days. I've now changed the colors to my satisfaction and I think I'll be ready to go...

but that one pixel thing is bothering me.

Playing with the footer

2009-03-21T17:52:00.000-07:00

Tee hee....There's now a cool secret at the bottom of my blog.

No, it's not the new backward pencil, nor the eraser--those I added just to add a bit more personality.

It's in answer to the question "What is this place?"

And it's not the random Books and Shinies Text either...First person to figure it out wins!

Closer...

2009-03-20T09:22:00.000-07:00

Fixed the undefined thing....Of course everyone wanted to know that....
And I added the links to the Home, About, And Archives so they lead to deviantart and encyclopedia too instead of being pointless links to nowhere...

Now I'm trying to see if i can create my own random sticky note down at the bottom somehow, for photos or something...*shrugs* Html stuff is odd to say the least...

One of these days I'll say something worth while...when I have time...

smacks forehead

2009-03-19T12:14:00.000-07:00

It would help if I actually had time to fix everything before I actually started to revamp...

and for some reason I don't know how to get rid of the "Undefined thing" on the side by my posts....hmmm....this will take some careful experimenting

Blog Now Under Construction

2009-03-12T21:16:00.001-07:00

I'm in the process of revamping my blog in hopes of creating more interest for myself :)

I'm not sure I like this new one...so I'm still on the look out for something fun...

What's it mean?!

2009-02-11T17:46:00.000-08:00

Another random posting to let you all know that I'm alive...One of these days I'll revamp my blog and do more with it...but today is not that day.

With the same puzzled expression of the loveable Cucumber Larry as he sees the giant sign advertising Stuff-Mart, I asked aloud "what's it mean?"Words are very much an important part of my life. Of course, some words and phrases don't quite stand out as much as other words do. Such as "Embrace your independence" if the phrase were slapped on some random poster expressing the general sentiments of a fourth of july fling...however, this same phrase puzzled me today. These same words were found on the button of my jeans. What is anything supposed to mean when placed on jean buttons? Is there some double message its sending and I'm just not picking it up? Am I supposed to love the freedom of wearing pants instead of a skirt? Or is it more than this?....Am I supposed to embrace these particular jeans because they're somehow magically granting me independence in comparison to some other random set of jeans? Is some oracle message trying to get through to me via the top button?!and what kind of attention am I drawing to myself whenever I look down to read what my jean button says to me? It's a puzzle-ment. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?! I ASK YOU!

Oh the loveliness

2008-11-06T18:42:00.000-08:00

So mastah complained that I never blog. ...and I have nothing to say to that.

But I have been reading "Words to Live by" by C.S. Lewis, and it has a collection of his lovely thoughts. And I just found a quote that makes me go "Oh!" in such a delightful, sad, happy, lonely, sort of way. So here it is...

"People blush at praise--not only praise of their bodies, but praise of anything that is theirs. Most people exhibit some kind of modesty or bashfulness, at least at the beginning, in receiving any direct statement of another human being's affection for them, even if that affection is quite unrelated to sex or to the body at all. To be valued is an experience which involves a curious kind of self-consciousness. The subject is compelled to remember that it is also an object intently regarded: hence, in a well-ordered mind, feelings of unworthiness and anxiety, mingled with delight, spring up. There seems to be a spiritual, as well as a physical nakedness, fearful of being found ugly, embarrased at being found lovely, reluctant (even when not amorously reluctant) to be found at all."

Oh!

To be found at all!

It makes me happy and sad. Happy that I have lots of good friends...sad that some people are still lost out there.

does a happy dance

2008-10-22T11:19:00.000-07:00

I just survived editing 35 pages of manuscript for my creative writing class...

and my french test just got moved back...

Now I have time to finally clean my room :)

My Angelica. . .

2008-09-02T20:23:00.000-07:00

is my creative writing teacher....

yup.

That's right...

Carol Lynch Williams is my Creative Writing Teacher...

*gives chance for all to be jealous*

Thought you ought to know...

First Day of School

2008-09-02T08:02:00.001-07:00

Alrighty, I know I haven't really written anything useful at all since summer started, but Hey, it was summer. I had every right to neglect everything and be somewhat lazy and unproductive. However, being the first official day of school, I know I should bother to right something somewhat inspirational to set an example for the rest of the fall semester.

Umm....

I like eggrolls....

Yup. That's about the best I could think of at the moment. Hopefully this was the low point and not the high point of my mental functions for the year. Luckily for me, I have about 15 minutes to get my brain revved up again and remember all that stuff I had forgotten during the summer for my first class, which happens to be French. Doom on me....

Despite the fact that I can't remember a thing and am still not entirely what I should be doing with myself, I'm surprisingly psyched for this fall. I don't know...but I feel almost more confident...or maybe not quite. Since it might be shattered after my first class, but for the moment, I feel good. Perhaps it's the fading remenants of my enjoyable summer or the comfortable fact that my pants fit me for once rather than being too big...who knows? For the moment, this Elvish Pirate Gypsy Minion Fiend is content with the world.

trichotillomania

2008-07-01T11:42:00.000-07:00

an abnormal desire to pull out one's hair.

This was the word of the day. . .and I only have one question. Is there a word for an abnormal desire to pull someone else's hair? Not completely remove, but a friendly tug/yoink?

Just a thought.

Err...yeah....

Umm...not much in this end of the realm. Though I did get to go see pixar's latest wonder--WALL*E. It was marvelous. So much clever expression in two little robotic eyes. *sigh*

I know. I know....I'm not making all that much sense.

But I still love my job :D

Little to Say

2008-06-13T14:42:00.001-07:00

Except...I love my job :D

Employed!

2008-06-10T18:38:00.000-07:00

YAY! I am officially the Payson City Library's newest page...well...one of several actually. However, I now have a job shelving books and checking them in and generally being useful--IN A LIBRARY! *dies of happiness*....err...of course, I won't be reading the books and working at the same time....still, it's the place that makes me happy.

Doing nothing is time consuming

2008-06-05T10:43:00.000-07:00

Yup. It practically takes up my whole day. I can never seem to find enough time just to do something...lol...J/k.
Here's a little update on my life.
Sunday--gave a short lesson which I luckily didn't have to talk for very long because other people just kept giving announcements and things. So that made my day...unfortunately, I now have to give a talk in Sacrament meeting now for fifteen minutes. GHA! When will people realize that public speaking terrifies me and that I'm more designed for the behind the scenes sort of stuff than the front and center?
Monday--Chilled with Jekka at my house :D We ate cookies, flew kites, watched weird Al and various other silly singers, talked about dreams, learned how to read palms and Astral travel *snickers* Oh yes...very productive.
Tuesday--had an interview for librarian page *crosses fingers* I really need some cash...and I chilled with Jekka at her house. PRINCE CASPIAN ROCKS MY WORLD!!! We watched that movie again, played with her little kitty and tried to convince her bigger one to come out from behind the tv, and overall made a nuisance of ourselves
Wednesday--went to the BYU library! YAY! It was like going home again! I sooooo needed a book to read, and now I've got lots.

Yup..pretty much it right now...

One Word Tell All

2008-05-23T09:07:00.001-07:00

I'm kind of bored this morning--anxiously waiting for the Jekabird to shout out her mission call...
So I'll fill this thingy out.
1. Where is your cell phone? ....................Purse
2. Your significant other?.......................Neverland
3. Your hair?....................................growing
4. Your mother? .................................kitchen
5. Your father?..................................working
6. Your favorite thing?..........................BOOKS
7. Your dream last night?........................Caspian
8. Your favorite drink...........................water
9. Your dream/goal?..............................Published
10. The room you're in?..........................office
11. Your children?.....................................Non-existent
12. Your fear?...................................publicity
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years...........castlehouse
14. Where were you last night?...................dreaming
15. What you're not?.............................rich
16. Muffins......................................chocolate
17. One of your wish list items?.................BOOKS
18. Where you grew up?...........................California
19. What you read last.......................blog
20. What are you wearing?........................pajamas
21. Your TV?.....................................upstairs
22. Your pets?...................................None
23. Your computer? ..............................humming
24. Your life?..................................adventureless
25. Your mood?...................................anticipation
26. Missing someone?.............................Aslan
27. Your car?....................................non-existent
28. Something you're not wearing?................retainers (though I'll put those on in a sec...)
29. Favorite Store?..............................Wal-Mart
30. Your summer?.................................vague
31. Like someone?................................Fictional
32. Your favorite color?.........................Cerulean
33. Last time you laughed........................Today
34. Last time you cried?.........................Don't

Rain

2008-05-22T09:25:00.000-07:00

I love all this glorious rain. It rained almost all day yesterday and it's still raining this morning. Oh it is beautiful, loverly, and flat out wondermous.

But I think the rain makes my dreams go all weird...
Day before yesterday I dreamed about sliding down some mysterious ramps in the BYU library--which somehow had sprouted a massive 64 floors just to maintain the said slide...and I pressed all the buttons in the elevator only to get out and slide some more...
Yesterday I dreamed about Mastah getting married, and it was so sudden that she was starting to have second thoughts--which made me happy...until she made up her mind to go ahead and marry anyway in less than a week--which didn't make me quite so happy...
Then last night I dreamed I wanted to wear a good ole Scottish kilt...and I saw nothing wrong in the desire thereof...but the hamburger man double charged me on my debit card for the french fries I ordered and I never got to finish my frosty.

Not once in any of these dreams did I kill a spider or undead creature or fly. Such an odd deviation...

other than that, I honestly don't have all that much to say about my life. Since I don't have a job, unless you count my fantasy creature encyclopedia...and I don't have a social life...unless you count the thousands of hits from mysterious internet users...and I don't really feel like changing it.

AAAAAAHHHHH!!!

2008-05-18T18:09:00.001-07:00

AVATAR HAS DRIVEN ME CRAZY! *sniffles* there are no more episodes available online. Why can't they release everything all at once?!

Whoot!

2008-05-12T09:58:00.001-07:00

Smallish celebration...my fantasy creature encyclopedia has hit 10,000!!!

Want to go Penguin sledding with me?

2008-05-12T09:32:00.001-07:00

I'm addicted to Avatar now...that's all I can say *goes to watch another episode*

Give me a 10 for Simple Plan's Best Black and White Photo

2008-05-12T09:15:00.001-07:00

Give me a 10 for Simple Plan's Best Black and White Photo

Not wanting to grow up...

2008-05-08T10:04:00.000-07:00

So I had a job interview yesterday, and I know the job will be good for me...but when I was sitting there, trying to pass myself off as a professional adult I realized something...

I really didn't want the job...

Not because the pay was bad or the job was stupid or something...but because I really don't want my summer laziness to end anymore. I actually like being online for ridiculous hours working on my fantasy creature website (which is getting closer to hitting to 10,000 Whoot!). I like being able to read and play and do what I wish whenever I wish. I know I need the money and need to be saving up for college again and for my mission sometime next year...

but but but...

I don't want to be an adult just yet, and working a real job for real hours...answering phones and making invoices...just sounds too old for me right now. So, oddly enough, I'm actually hoping I don't get picked out of the three possibilites they interviewed for, because if I was hired then I'd have to get up in every morning and work!

I'm going to keep trying...

2008-05-05T12:30:00.000-07:00

So I'm not giving up on this scholarship thing--maybe if I'm lucky something will come of it. However, I need everyone's help. I need people to click on the link, view, vote, rate, and review the picture. The more people I have actually clicking on the picture, the better chance I have at winning it.... So here it goes....

Manimals
Brickfish

New Set of Glasses!

2008-05-01T09:03:00.000-07:00

Finally! It's about time!! After scrambling around and rearranging schedules and then rearranging the rearranged and phone calling---my new glasses have finally come in. The old pair, although repaired, have been retired--and I'm officially wearing my new set now.

The coolest bit--they come with magnetic sunglasses so I can see when I go outside...nasty sunlight...it burns us so...
The downside--they freakin' cost a fortune. They make you think you're getting a fabulous deal through the student insurance discount...only to pound you by saying how your lenses are so difficult to make that they cost more than usual...but you still get a discount...so basically you get them for a normal price and not really get a discount at all...

But they're lovely! I see sharper...or at least I think I do...and it's a slightly different look...but not too much so. My eyes are a bit more noticeable now...err...at least I think they are...anyways...it's nice to have new things.

Trying the impossible...

2008-04-29T09:35:00.000-07:00

So I want to try something...just a little experiment. I'm attempting to get into a scholarship--but it needs an active campaign in order to get anywhere with it. Maybe...just maybe...if everyone who viewed this, got on and voted for this picture--about once a day sadly--...perhaps I'll stand a chance... or perhaps I have a better chance of being struck by lightning. But I thought it was worth a try.

Family & Friends Photo Campaign
Brickfish

I feel soo....old

2008-04-26T16:42:00.000-07:00

I used to think I was fairly young at heart...until I spent the evening/morning with some kids less than half my age.

Wow.

If you ever want to play a game you've never played before...don't play it with a four year old. They'll win every single time--because they change the rules as they go. I've played clue...and obviously she hadn't...but that didn't stop her from winning three games in a row. There was no real concept of using the dice...we just threw it onto the square we wanted and said we'd go to that room...and she always somehow collected all the weapons and said she won...wow. I've never been beaten so thoroughly.

And then there's scary ghost stories at night.

She wanted to have them, but I'm a story writer--not a story teller, a completely different talent. So she made them up herself...and they were really quite...something. A bad shark killed the good whale and then some puppies said that the shark was guilty...and then they rescued the strawberries...

stunned me again with that one...

So it made me realize how much I've aged...and that was truly disheartening...until I decided that I didn't care and played horsies with her instead.

Looking for Work...

2008-04-25T08:39:00.001-07:00

So only two days out of school and already my mother is emphasizing the need to get a job this summer. I really need the cash to pay for next semester and my mission and all...

...but...gha...

work sounds so boring and adultish.

It'd be great if I could get enough hits to my website that it would pay for itself...or maybe if I could find some random photography place that would let me airbrush photos or something...but chances are...I'm probably going to get some random job that's absolutely boring and dreadful.

I was sooo looking forward to flying kites this summer and generally being lazy. Or writing my peter pan story or drawing sketches of monsters from under the bed or just laying in the sunshine with a book...

Oh well...I guess I can always figure out how to juggle things later. At the moment, I'm currently searching Utah's Job Workforce and seeing how many possibilities that I don't qualify for. I dunno...perhaps some random person who likes my encyclopedia will randomly pop up and tell me good job and just hire me to continue whatever it is I like doing...but that's leaving too much up to chance. Sooooooo.....err...this post is really boring....

Any suggestions?

FREEEEEEEEEEDOM!

2008-04-23T20:24:00.001-07:00

*collapses from exhaustion*

I can almost breathe now...

2008-04-22T17:44:00.001-07:00

I hate how jittery and anxious I get for tests. It could be a ridiculously easy, no thought required, just stick your name at the top sort of deal--and I would still panic if it has the name TEST or EXAM attached to the top. Even the word QUIZ is slightly nerve-racking. Seriously, I think these people are intentionally freaking poor students out by using such intimidating words in big, bold letters. I think they should rename some of these to something more creative and less scary--that way the student wouldn't be fogged up by all the terrible-soundingness of these words. I'll have to ponder on these...

Anyways, I took my humanities final today. It shouldn't have been all that big of a deal, simple slide identification of the artwork or name the composer of a music cliip. I studied well, and I should have been able to walk confidently into that room and fill out the answers with ease...
but I guess things never work out as I imagine they would. The minute the test is handed out and I see FINAL at the top, I tense up. Fight or flight survival mode becomes activated. If I could have, I would have run away or slashed the test to pieces--but neither option was available. So I plowed through it anyway despite the fact that I started shaking so bad I could scarcely hold my pencil....

Despite these jitters--I actually think I did quite well on the test over all. I could remember every time period, every composer, and every artist--so I think I'll at least have managed to scrape an A out of that class...or at least a high B, which would be totally acceptable.

So Now I can almost breathe...

Until I remember that evil French Final tomorrow at 7 in the morning. WHO WAS THE EVIL WARLORD THAT ASSIGNED THAT TIME?!!! Did he or she honestly think we sleep-deprived college students could think clearly in another language at 7:00? Did they even consider that some of us might have to commute for nearly an hour to even come to class? Do they want us to fail miserably?!! Lowering drastically our GPA to the point that we can't call ourselves proper students anymore? GHA!

Sorry...ranting there.

I honestly do enjoy french--but finals seriously wind me up a bit too tight. If I didn't love French so much I wouldn't have let it take such a bite into my GPA...*le sigh*

Oh...and I hit a bird on the way home.

Me, that timid, cautious, courteous driver hit a poor defenseless creature. It wasn't one of those stupid squawking things that intentionally get themselves hit. Small birds are usually quite good at avoiding traffic--but this one just underestimated by a fraction of an inch...and..well..let's just say I now have a gruesome collection of feathers in three places on that ole family cop car--three places. I guess it bounced...sad thought. But I can't really do anything about it....

So yeah...I'm pretty much writing at a million words a minute to avoiding thinking about the dreadfulness of all things...

But here's a happy thought---whatever happens tomorrow....IT will all be OVER by 10:00 am. I'll be free....This too shall pass...even if I do not.

snap crackle pop

2008-04-21T17:06:00.000-07:00

And there was much excitement in the library today!
As mastah and I were walking oh-so-ignorantly through the peaceful library...*dun duh dunnn!*
A cord that had been stuck in the door started sparking. It was like letting off a fire cracker in between those doors. Pretty spiffy. If we had walked through those doors 1 second earlier, mastah might have caught her pants on fire and I would have (being the good minion I am) pushed her dramatically past the flames and then extinguished her blazing pants by thwacking them with my jacket and go running for the window cleaner guy (who was cleaning the library atrium's windows with a really cool long pole to reach the high ones) so I could use the hose and bucket to douse the flames....err...yeah...something like that.

And...I watched the entire Bourne triology on Friday/Saturday with my good friend Melinda (who is secretly a member of the Resistance)...*sigh* they are sooooo wonderfully good. Those movies make me look at ball-point pens, toasters, and handtowels in an entirely new and thrilling way. Jason Bourne just keeps on going--no sleep, no food, no medical aid despite the fact he had been shot in the shoulder, blown into nearby vehicles because of a car bomb, and jumps from a high bridge onto a very painful looking pile of...wood? or something...err...yeah.

And my creature encyclopedia numbers are positively sky-rocketing. I was doing a little dance when they hit 3,000...last fridayish it was at 6,000--today its past 7,000. What is bringing in all these hits? They're just wikipedia entries for crying out loud...but I know not...

And my English final was way cool.
No work necessary except faking a terrible southern accent into a microphone. Radio plays rock my world...and so does Kix. I want to be a Kixie--by eating Kix. It's that 83% energy food that is made from...maybe I won't go into that--but let's just say it was fun.

And...I like starting sentences with the word AND

Just two more finals to go! ^-^

Pirate Sand Pixies...

2008-04-15T09:12:00.000-07:00

I was just contemplating my linky thingy that was based off the title for my peter pan story...and then an odd thought bounced on by... and I watched in fascination as it demonstrated the difference of one tiny space.

Pirates and Pixies....transformed into Pirate Sand Pixies...

Now I don't know about anyone else, but the idea of Pirate Sand Pixies sounds really really cool. I think someone should draw one for me. It would completely make my day.

Anyways, this odd idea had bounced its way and split into tiny little bouncy ball ideas in miniature that brought me to really other philosophical things bits of interesting randomness which probably don't make much sense in the way I connect one odd thing to another...

*One space in that repeated line God is no where verses God is now here.
*I think my Peter Pan story needs to have pirate sand pixies just for the fun of it
*cookies would probably do the trick of luring someone into...err...
*I like sand--sand castles, sand witches, sandwiches...and now Sand pixies...
*my imagination is off the wall...ideas bounce off the wall...bouncy balls!! ^-^
*it's a pity finals don't test my ability to think outside the celtic knot
*I wonder where the clouds like to go when they're playing hide and seek...
*what's the opposite of a black hole?
*Is it possible to travel between worlds by walking in that place between waking and sleeping, you know the place you still remember dreaming but aren't quick fully awake?
*What causes shoes to squeak, and how can I exploit this fact in a quiet hallway?

One down...three to go

2008-04-14T09:06:00.000-07:00

So my English final is basically out of the way now--YAY! I don't really have to worry about anything for that class except show up on the final day and watch with amusement the various interpretations of the text we read in class....

And then there's New Testament, Humanities, and French....Which will all be evil, but let's not worry about them at the moment.

And I think I'm becoming more like a sycophant of Foo every day...I'm attracted to very shiney things, and I can't help but smile at myself whenever I see an especially reflective surface, and I keep thinking of lovely ways of mixing chocolate to make candy...

or perhaps it's the fact that my braces are off...

Who put the S in Lisp?

2008-04-09T09:54:00.000-07:00

So I officially have my braces off now. It totally rocks just to smile at myself and brush my teeth in a wonderously satisfying way. . .I look forward eagerly to the time that I can eat crunchy foods like apples and carrots without worrying about breaking a bracket...

Unfortunately, there's a catch...

I have to wear a retainer all the time except when I eat. Not that a retainer is bad or anything...but I haven't mastered how to speak with a retainer in my mouth and not lisp my S sounds. So now I talk a bit like Sid in Ice Age. . .and my brother was enjoying my inability to speak properly without lisping that he lisped every word he possibly could--even words without the letter S at all...which is harder than it looks....

err...anyways...

THEY'RE OFF!!!

*and there was much rejoicing*

Snow tastes delicious

2008-04-07T08:59:00.000-07:00

Can you believe it? It's snowing again in huge chunky tasty flakes of white goodness...even though I was sooo hoping for spring. Spring rains would have been good too...but I guess it just wasn't meant to be.

At least conference was absolutely amazing.

I was a little worried at the random people standing outside--not necessarily the protestors, for I just feel sorry for those individuals who think we're iniquitous and whatnot--but the mormon protestors protesting the protestors. There was a freaky girl shouting "I AM SINGLE! I AM MORMON. I WANT TO MARRY IN THAT TEMPLE OVER THERE!!! COME CHECK ME OUT!" She outshouted the catholic preachers...and there was another guy with devil horns with a sign that said "My name is Satan--and these men are my street-preachers." ....No comment there, but I think they could have been a little more courteous to everyone...anyways

I went to the Saturday 2:oo session at the actual conference center for the first time ever. Ah, the blissful awesomeness. I must say that the acoustics are amazing in that building. The choir sang wonderfully and it just reverberates and echoes around the room in such a way that it feels like you're being wrapped around in the sound--but not so much that it garbles the sound. Twas lovely. And the seats are comfy...and best of all, I GOT TO HEAR THEM SPEAK!
*dies of happiness*
There is something about conference that is postively uplifting and grand. I have a hard time picking favorites because they're all soooo good--however, there were a few points that I loved especially...
*prayer is not a wishlist
*testimony is not a travel log or a health log
*Please do not let daddy touch the microwave, or the stove, or the dishwasher...

Feel free to post your favorite quotes too!

Oh...and I get my braces off tomorrow. So if you see me smile to myself for no apparent reason, it's because my teeth will be beautiful and straight and shiney :D

Chocolate's Revenge

2008-04-02T15:41:00.000-07:00

Sounds cool, don't it?

In fact, it sucks. Painfully so...

Story?

I was melting down the last bits of my chocolate easter bunny to be consumed with peanut butter, and I accidently microwaved it too long, currently being distracted by that wonderful liquid called water that makes me happy..err...anyways...The chocolate looked a little odd in the middle and so I poked it.

Bad Idea

Very Very Bad Idea

Very Very Very Very Very Bad Idea

Chocolate burns like....*expletive removed for those of more sensitive disposition* and because my finger was originally colder than the chocolate, it kind of formed a chocolate coating for a second so it stayed solid on my finger and continued to burn...until I sucked the offending chocolate off and stuck the injured index finger under cold water.

I have never seen my finger ever develop a blister so fast.

So now I can't type so well...and a middle finger does not replace the index whatsoever when it comes to typing..and yet I type anyway...cringing as I go...which I suppose is just as stupid as sticking my finger in burnt chocolate.

Untamed...

2008-04-02T09:14:00.000-07:00

I think I need a superhero alter ego.

Now that I'm pondering over myself, I see how mild and passive and ridiculously easy-going I am that I could easily pass for the hidden, mild-mannered identity of some outrageously cool superhero. I blend in so well with the crowd that I often don't even notice myself...Sometimes I feel so restricted--I want to do something completely spontaneous and cool, but I'm sooo...gha!...I don't know, trapped by the views of society around me that I don't dare step a toe out of line. It's like keeping an untamed wildcat or something inside a cage, it's fierce and wanting to be let free to be the true predator it really is...but it's handcuffed by an always happy and smiling, sweet mannered, nerdy handler who rules with a mind like a steel trap and an iron fist.

Let's ponder some really cool heroic names shall we? And for those days I feel particularly wild and adventures and out of this world, I can just as easily switch over to being that caped wonder. Let loose the beasty within and see what we can come up with.

*checks out superhero identity of the day on Humorscope*
Lightning Gal...
err...no

*tries again*
Flame Girl...
err...closer...

*randomly enters other people's names*
Lady Snake...
Definitely Not

Anyone have any suggestions?

Mini Adventures

2008-03-31T08:54:00.000-07:00

Yup...lots of little mini-adventures I thought I'd tell you about.

Friday, my new frames finally came in, now all I have to do is wait for them lenses and my new set of glasses will get here eventually. Luckily, my old pair had been repaired so waiting for them isn't as tramatic an experience as it might have sounded earlier.

Saturday, I flew a kite. I love flying kites, especially my dinky little finding nemo one with the funny ribbon tail. I haven't flown a kite since last summer, so I was pretty dang excited to see my colorful bit of plastic hugging them clouds again.

Sunday, It snowed. Holy cow...Did I mention I just flew a kite on Saturday? How could such springy winds blown in a several inch snow storm?

Monday--today--the roads were freakin' icy. I don't think I've ever seen traffic slowed up that badly all winter. It's like in the few brief days of spring, everyone forgot how to handle themselves in winter conditions. Cars were off the road, and my bus went about 20 miles under the spead limit, making me about twenty minutes late for a class that I normally attend. LUCKILY...class was canceled so I didn't miss a thing. Now I'm working on doing whatever homework I should have done over the weekend.

This upcoming Saturday--I have a ticket to go to General Conference 2:00 session. YAY! I can't wait to see all the wonderfulness up close.

Two weeks from nowish--I GET MY BRACES OFF!!!

k...I'm happy now :D

My new addiction...

2008-03-28T09:21:00.000-07:00

I just discovered facebook...and I'm surprised at how easy it is to spend time on it. Just thought you ought to know.

Side thought...

2008-03-25T19:45:00.000-07:00

I made a monster under the bed...he's now in my encyclopedia. ^-^

checks pulse

2008-03-25T08:52:00.000-07:00

Wow...I'm still alive.

Icky...

2008-03-19T08:55:00.001-07:00

Note to self:
2 papers before next class period--1 pg each...on more than 60 pages worth of reading
English paper due tonight--4pgs. minimum
New Testament Test and French Composition Writing Lab Thursday
French Composition due and French Written Exam Friday
Humanities Test Monday
French Oral Exam Tuesday...
And I'm sleepy....

Having tests every day for the next several days? Price: Hours of studying, and loss of sleep
Not having those grades running around indecently: Priceless...
Getting new frames sometime in the nearish future in order to see what the heck is in front of my nose: well...there's always my credit card....

Oh the joy of it all!

2008-03-12T09:15:00.000-07:00

My braces come off next month ^-^

That's about it...

Life all askew...

2008-03-10T09:24:00.001-07:00

Not really. But my glasses are....

Somehow they got strangely bent during the night.

No, I didn't fall asleep with them on...

No, they weren't crooked yesterday before I went to bed...

And possibly...a monster from under the bed tried them on...and believe me, their heads are not shaped for human eyewear.

Oh...and daylight savings time is evil.

I've never been very good at this game...

2008-03-07T09:11:00.000-08:00

I just got tagged, and now I'm it...I honestly don't think I can tag seven people who haven't already been tagged yet. My blogger fiends are few in number...
However...

I can at least give 7 random facts, if not 7 random people.
1. I'm 13 for the 7 year in a row. What a lucky number ;)
2. I like to scare myself in the mornings by leaving the lights off and stumbling around in the dark, wondering when those monsters under my bed will jump out at me and take me away. Sometimes that extra nervous edge is the only thing that wakes me up in the morning.
3. I believe in faeries. *claps hands* and sometimes I leave my window open just for Peter Pan to drop in. You never know...
4. I find myself singing odd little kid songs without realize that is what I'm doing--"I'm a little Teapot" and "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam" seems to be very popular in my subconscious.
5. I can roll my tongue and raise one eyebrow...and if you want me too, at the same time.
6. Sometimes when I'm really focused on something, I grip my nose... O_o
7. I cannot, for the life of me, wiggle any of my middle toes independently (you know, without scrunching up the others in the process).

So umm..I'm kind of surprised...

2008-03-06T09:30:00.000-08:00

I just got sent an email from someone concerning my Fantastical Creature Encyclopedia....

No, no one has yet been angry for having their artwork stolen and posted...in fact, a few were rather flattered...

but someone actually gave me stuff to work on next for more entries...

l ots of stuff...

My Fantastical Creature thingy was supposed to be something fun and happy that I did whenever I got bored between classes, but when I checked the number of hits for that page, I was rather startled. The number was a little under 3,000 yesterday, and today it's over 3,500.

People actually look at it!

I assumed most everyone would go to wikipedia or something to find out what they need, but I'm surprised that the number of viewings had climbed so quickly. My sister said that it was actually a cool idea, and if it were bigger loads of people would certainly flock to the blog...

so it kind of makes me want to work a little more at it....

who knows what kind of fun stuff this may bring...

So I thought our in-class activity was fun

2008-03-05T09:30:00.000-08:00

We were discussing psychoanalysis...and I enjoyed myself, so naturally, I did a google search and I found something rather lovely....Here, you guys do this first and then I'll post my answers on a comment.

Psychoanalyze Yourself
Don't read ahead, just answer the following questions with the first thought that comes to mind. Then read which each answer means at the end. (No cheating! )

1. You are not alone. You are walking in the woods. Who is with you?

2. You are walking in the woods. You see an animal. What kind of animal?

3. What interaction takes place between you and the animal?

4. You walk deeper in the woods. You enter a clearing, and before you is yourdream house. How big is it?

5. Is your dream house surrounded by a fence?

6. You enter the house. You walk into the dining room and see the dining room table. What do you see on and around the dining room table?

7. You exit the house and a cup is on the ground, what kind is it?

8. What do you do with the cup?

9. You walk to the edge of the property where you find yourself standing ata body of water. How large is it?

10. How will you cross the water?

Soooooo What did you guys answer?

The ANSWERS
1. The person who you are walking in the woods with is the most important to you.
2. The size of the animal is representative of your perception of the size of your problems in your life.
3. The severity of the interaction you have with the animal is representative of how you deal with your problems.
4. The size of your dream home is representative of the size of your ambition to solve your problems.
5. A lack of a fence is indicative of an open personality. People are welcome at all times. The presence of a fence indicates a closed personality. You'd prefer people not drop by unannounced.
6. If your answer did NOT include food, flowers, or people, then you are generally unhappy.
7. The durability of the material witch the cup is made of is representative of the perceived durability of your relationship.
8. What you did with the cup is representative of your attitude.
9. The size of the body of water is representative of the size of your sexual desire.
10. The way you cross the water is representative to how easy or hard you expect your life to be

Odd little thing, but I actually rather enjoyed myself doing this...

I cleaned my room

2008-03-03T09:27:00.000-08:00

Yup, it took me nearly all saturday to do it...and I absolutely refused to clean under the bed. It would have been an invasion of privacy for them monsters under there. i dusted, I vacuumed, I needlessly rearranged my collection of trinkets to make my room explorable again...Sophie was completely right to think that there is something satisfying about cleaning, and you can take out any suppressed feelings of anger and frustration by shaking a dustrag silly outside....Luckily for me, there were no spiders that I had to squish in the corners--because I don't think Howl would have appreciated that--but I have been killing them in my dreams again. Such monstrously sized spiders that bite me in my sleep and I kill them all with a satisfying crunch...err...anyways...

Mostly I cleaned my room because I didn't want to do any homework over the weekend. It's such a great excuse to not do something, and then I get that happy feeling of accomplishing something without actually accomplishing anything at all.

And I also decided that I've been especially vain lately. I found a picture of me that I actually didn't cringe at when I looked at it--and what did I do? I framed it, stuck it on my desk, and couldn't help but glance at it throughout the rest of that day. I just liked the look of myself. So I says to myself, "Self, I look pretty darn good in that picture." It's kind of a morale booster for those days I don't feel loverly because I can look at it and think, "Hey, I can be pretty if I wanted to be...but why bother?" Kind of random idea, but it works. So now whenever I'm at my desk, I just glance up to see little good-looking me staring coyishly back...err...anyways...

And I decided that I have been neglecting Neverland and Basementine as of late. These stories just can't wait any longer! I've been pushing them both out of my mind for ages, and now I absolutely must write about them! My only problem is that I have a French Test to study for and an English Midterm coming up...and the list goes on and on...

So when is a good time for me to write?

During this really long break I have now!

My Student Development class was only one block, and now that it's over with and done, I have a slightly longer break to do homework and whatnot before my next class. Of course, I should be doing the homework that I didn't do on saturday...but it can wait a little longer....GHA!

If only I could stop time for a few minutes each day so I can write whatever I please whenever I please. It would be such a wondermous relief.

hides behind a bookshelf

2008-02-29T09:15:00.000-08:00

That minion's minions are everywhere. They're watching me. My every move is watched by them. How could they possibly know I've been spending my time in the library? That minion is miles and miles away, and yet she knows. She knows that I know that she knows I'm in the library. They know my weakness for library books, yes, they knows that. How could they possibly know unless they're watching me?!

I like cheese

2008-02-25T09:21:00.000-08:00

Ok, that was really random....but I really do like cheese. It's positively delicious. Cheddar, mozzarella, monteray jack--all are wondermous....except swiss cheese is really gross.

As you can tell, I'm in a really random mood today.
Socks are cool, especially when one goes missing and you have to mix and match. I think they do that on purpose to get a little variety in their partners...

And gel pens.
Specially the kind that gets all over your fingers no matter how carefully you hold them...and then there's the kind that you know have just a little bit left and you struggle and struggle to get every last drop of ink out of the bottom and you just don't want to throw them away because there's still something in there...

and monsters under the bed rock!
I had the coolest dream that I've been meaning to write about for ages--and it's all about monsters under the bed. They kind of look like muppets, you know, the furry kind with long spindly sort of arms that are great for grabbing ankles and various assortments of odds and ends to pull them into that under the bed world...I've decided that there are two kingdoms down there under the bed: Attica and Basementine--and it's all under the bed with those silly missing socks and almost empty gel pens...and occassionaly the monsters come out to still your cheese from the refrigerator...

none this post probably made any sense to anyone but me....

but it was oh so much fun. ^-^

Oh Wow!

2008-02-21T09:54:00.000-08:00

So debbie got me thinking with her 100 post blog...how many posts do I have? So I says to myself "Self, I need to go look." And what do you know, this is post 100! Exactly. A little odd that our 100 post falls so close to each other.
And on a side note:
I hate tricksy tests. I hate the ones where you are given multiple choice that are worth a lot of points, so if you miss one or two it's really bad, and then they have to go and trick you with those answers that are A and C only...or...A, B, and D but D is an exception to the answer...or a sequence of events takes place and one of them occurs twice but the answers available only have it listed once and you have to have the events in order so you don't know which event came first or after...or or or! and then your head explodes...
Yup.
That was my New Testament test for today and I got a stupid 84%...I KNEW THAT MATERIAL! Tests aren't a basis of demonstrating your knowledge of the material...They test your comprehension of the silly trick wording of test and if you can't figure it out, you're a genius. If not...well..you're grade has just been shot and buried under a rock.

Now I have to take another exam, only this one is for french...and I hate oral exams (as I have ranted about in so many other posts, because frankly, they terrify me out of my wits and all words escape me.)

Bleh...Then there's that test for humanities next tuesday....*sigh*

Nevermind.

I refuse to think about it anymore.

Hi! ^-^

2008-02-14T09:17:00.000-08:00

ठुर्स्दय्स तेंद टू बे प्रेत्टी स्लो...एंड होनेस्त्ली, इ दोन'टी रेअल्ली हवे अल ठाट मच टू से अत थे मोमेंट. सुऊ...इ देसिदेद टू टाइप इन हिन्दी...नोट ठाट इ कैन तेल वहत इ'म टाइपिंग, बुत इ थौघ्त आईटी वास प्रेत्टी कूल नोनेठेलेस. ओह, एंड इ हवे अ मोचक इन्तेर्विएव टुडे फॉर माय स्तुदेंत देवेलोप्मेंट क्लास--सो इ हवे टू ड्रेस "प्रोफ़ेस्सिओनल्ल्य्." कोन्सेक़ुएन्त्ल्य्, इ दीद माय हेयर अल निस एंड वोरे अ प्रोफेशनल लूकिंग शर्ट एंड स्लाक्क्स एंड व्हात्नोत...बुत आईटी स्नोवेद, मकिंग अल माय एफ्फोर्ट्स टू अप्पार सोमेव्हत प्रेसेंताब्ले रठेर फुतिले एंड सिल्ली. ओह वेल्ल...तिस जुस्त अ प्रेतेंदर इन्तेर्विएव अन्य्वय...

OH!!!! GAIL CARSON LEVINE is coming on Friday! I'm sooooo going to see her.

Skipping Class

2008-02-11T08:18:00.000-08:00

Desperation has forced me to skip my first class today--sorry Debbie, I had no choice in the matter...err..I guess I did...but really, I didn't!!

Because my grandpa's funeral was held way up in Cache Valley (a delightful funeral by the way, they gave my grandpa a veteran's salut. Rifle shots and a trumpeter playing taps and everything!), I had no time over the weekend to do any homework whatsoever. So...Instead of going to English today, I went to the library to catch up on some reading and writing of some essays...like the 4 pager rough draft for English, and another 1 pager on the reading (and I mean a lot of reading!!!) for Humanities....

So, I feel rather guilty and evil for missing class...

but at the same time, I really needed the time to catch up and get stuff done...

Sleep Solves almost all things

2008-02-07T09:11:00.001-08:00

Soooooo....after feeling a bit sorry yesterday, I took a ridiculously long nap....

then my sister made some chocolate chip cookies that were oh so good...

AND I FEEL GREAT!

No more tears, or frowns, or even that empty sort of place that was there.

Just happy feelings.

Like family being near by, or friends, or good books...

I think if the world just got enough sleep, and chocolate it would be a much happier place. Just goes to show you can't keep a good minion down for long. They're come extra bouncy.

Oh, and I think my grandpa is definitely enjoying his reunion with grandma now. ^-^

Feeling a bit Glum...

2008-02-06T09:19:00.002-08:00

Aside from the fact that I'm tired, hungry, cold, wet, and overwhelmed with homework....I'm feeling a bit glum today.

No doubt Debbie noticed my odd silence today. I tried to use her happiness to lift me...and I tried to hide it by saying I was dead tired...

but in reality, I'm not tired physically...just mentally and emotionally.

My grandpa passed away this morning. He had a stroke the night before and slipped away peacefully. After two years or so of being without his beloved wife (who had passed away Christmas eve a while back), he was lonely and missed her dearly. Like President Hinckley, my grandpa can be quite happy now--and I should feel glad for him--and I do....

But that doesn't quite get rid of the ache I feel

Nor the desire to swallow and blink back some unwanted tears. I could really use a hug and a shoulder to cry on right now...

I'm at school and will not allow myself a good relieving cry just yet...

So I think I'll just go outside and give myself a good freezing in the snow.

That should snap me out of it....at least until I can go home.

Invisible Post

2008-02-05T09:25:00.000-08:00

Just because I can...I decided to make this post invisible...err...at least kind of harder to read anyway.

Cuz I'm bored.

I just finished reading Goose girl for the nth time (that never gets old) but I am currently under the nothing to read category again....

I go through books too quickly.

Bleh.

Maybe I can somehow take a nap in that gap under the library stairs...It's been done before...just not by me.

Or maybe I'll do my french homework.

ARRRRRRGGHHHH!!!

2008-02-01T09:11:00.000-08:00

My foot itches...inside my shoe. AND I CAN'T SCRATCH IT!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGH!!

I'm squirming and trying to get at it...but it's at just the right angle that I can't...quite...reach ...

Just when I think the itch has gone...it catches me unawares and itches like mad....

And I know it only itches because I'm thinking about it, and because I haven't satisfied the desire to take off my shoes in the middle of the library...

*kicks the desk in hopes of relieving the itch...or at least the anger*

And I'm hunry again...

So I have a song about me...

2008-01-28T18:52:00.000-08:00

That is...if my name were spelled with a Y instead of an I....which it isn't...so I guess this doesn't really count....BUT IT'S OH SOOOOOO FUNNY!!!

Throws me an apple

2008-01-23T09:21:00.000-08:00

"Merry."

"What?"

"I'm hungry."

I'm can sympathize with Pippin....it's only 10:20ish...and I'm starving!

I could use a second breakfast, elevensies, lunch, and afternoon tea....

Can't really explain why I'm so hungry though...normally I'm fine up until 1:00 or so....

Pity I can't eat anything in the library....

Oooooh the tragedy

2008-01-22T09:20:00.000-08:00

Sooooo....umm...yeah....it was the most heart-rending experience ever....

My water-bottle leaked all over my backpack.

For the most part, I was actually ok with this. My story notebook was wet, but I didn't mind so much since it merely crinkled their scribbled on pages rather than ruin anything. . . and my bigger books were carried in my arms, so they escaped the damage...

But oh...oh oh...

my book from the library was in there!

It got a soaking.

My backpack is designed to keep water out...and thus it was very good at keeping all that book damaging water in.

Book should never be exposed to such horrific conditions....I mourn for the loss of its fine condition...and I dread the fine they'll slap on me....*sniffles*

I thought that was you...

2008-01-14T09:09:00.000-08:00

Or then again, maybe not...

I'm not quite sure what to make of being mistaken for someone else. Some guy came up to me in the periodicals (where else would I be?) and said "I thought that was you," in a rather polite but familiar way. I looked at him once, gave him a blank deer-in-the-headlights sort of look and wondered to myself "Have I seen him before? No...I haven't the faintest idea who this guy is...Who is this guy? Why would he bother talking me for no apparent reason other than to say hello?...." I smiled equally polite and turned back to the computer screen....

Then he got this embarrassed look on his face and said "Oh wait! Nevermind. I thought you were someone else." and he left...

Just thought I'd note this unusual happenstance because there really isn't all that much for me to be doing at the moment...besides writing a paper and doing French homework...

Hanging out in the Periodicals

2008-01-10T09:16:00.000-08:00

Sooooo....I have a class that is over at 10:00 and my next class doesn't begin until 2:00. I have oodles and oodles of time and a lot of homework I can be finishing up during my spare time, but I would rather not. I know I should be doing stuff that is productive....

Hmm...

I am in a library....

BOOOOOOOOOOOKS!.....

Books books everywhere...but they're all boring non fiction, all the good stuff is upstairs in the juvenile fiction. Any suggestions? I need a riveting booklist for the new year.

And so I'm back!!!

2008-01-07T09:17:00.000-08:00

From christmas break....

yup...

Now what?...*is at a loss*

I haven't blogged for so long that I don't know what to do with myself anymore...

Should I talk about Christmas?

I like presents...^-^

Should I talk about New Years?

I watched a movie...^-^

Should I talk about school?

Mastah's in my class!!!! ^-^

Should I say something profound for all my fiends who are constantly wondering whether I've fallen desperately ill, or if I've been kidnapped, or if my computer exploded making me unable to blog--the suspense and anticipation killing them--wondering if I'll ever update my entries?

Nope ^-^

Birthday Girl

2007-12-20T08:10:00.000-08:00

I got pirate cookies! They are the bestest ever! Yummy frosting I ate with a spoon instead of spreading it on the fishies...

So...I decided not to take my last final on Tuesday--since what person ever wants to take a test on their birthday? soooo I stayed home, read, enjoyed my presents....AND ATE PIRATE COOKIES!!!!

Sooooooooooo delightful! oh the bliss! Oh the wonderfulness of them all! Piratey sugary scrumdidlyumptious cookies!

*bounces around*

^-^

and now I'll take my final today.

comes alive again

2007-12-11T08:16:00.000-08:00

I just finished reading east...I started it yester morn and finished yester eve...lol...not that my language has anything to do with the book...I just thought it sounded cool.

...anyways...

I LOVED IT!!!

I could not put this book down at all. It's kind of like beauty and the beast, but it's a different legend that I've heard before...Rose Red and Snow White...maybeish...but it is AWESOME!
It was so lovely that it made me want to curl up with a teddybear while I read...

and I just noticed I like to use ". . ." too much.

... ... ...

It says so much without saying anything at all.

Dies

2007-12-10T09:47:00.000-08:00

why is it if I don't think about something, I can do it without any problems...

and then if I think about it...I trip all over myself?

Stupid Oral Exams drive me crazy.

I have so many possibilities, so many brilliant ideas that I could say....and when I get there, I freeze and say nothing but "je ne sais pas." I don't know.

When I know I do know and should know...and know and know and know.....

blah.

At least it is over. THAT WAS THE LAST ONE THIS YEAR!!! ^-^

*is suddenly happy at the thought*

No more oral exams! No more freezing! No more...err....actually...there's still finals coming up, so I shouldn't party until after I've passed my classes...Zut.

Counting Down

2007-12-10T08:07:00.000-08:00

Yup...that's what I've been doing. Days until my birthday...days until finals are over...days until christmas...

Haven't really had much time for blogging lately. So I thought I'd post something nice before I die...I HATE FRENCH ORAL EXAMS!!!! ....

... ... ...

Anyways...

I just finished some books by Vivian Vande Velde. And besides having a freakin' awesome name, her books are very entertaining to read too. Heir apparent is funny, Magic can be Murder was awesome, and I'm getting ready to read the Book of Mordred---which looks way cool too....

but before I read Mordred, I think I'll read East.

YAY! I have books to read!!! ^-^

Clocks are weird

2007-12-03T08:36:00.000-08:00

Or at least this particular one is.

This will be the second time this clock has flashed 8:20 in the last fifteen minutes. When I first logged on, it was 8:20---then it somehow zipped back in time to 7:40--and now it's 8:00 and I do not doubt that it will hit 8:20 once again...

but my ever faithful watch informs me that it is really 9:40 am....

lovely.

Snow Snow Snow

2007-12-01T19:51:00.000-08:00

YAY! It's been snowing all day! Look at all the lovely inches of fluffy white stuff on the ground. Tis a happy thought.

Oh and I finished my frog prince story for creative writing. please read and comment. Email me if you want a copy and don't have it.

Where did the week go?

2007-11-30T09:57:00.000-08:00

Somehow it's friday already.

I should be writing a paper on a stupid lecture I went to for my humanities class right now. But I honestly have no comment on Beowulf, or the comics, or the movie--or even the lecture I went to.

And I still don't have a book.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Yup. That's about it.

I love humorscope!

2007-11-28T10:01:00.000-08:00

Your mind will go blank today. You won't mind -- it'll be a refreshing change from the raging torrents of thoughts that have been pouring through you lately. Plus, you'll get to stretch out in a sunbeam and take a nice nap.

Feeling strange?

2007-11-28T08:15:00.000-08:00

Not anymore. or at least not any stranger than usual. I think it was just lack of sleep. I feel happy now! ^-^

But now I really really really really really need a good book to read.

PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE

give me a booklist

Food! GLORIOUS FOOD!

2007-11-26T08:11:00.001-08:00

And I'm back.

Physically anyway.

Mentally I'm still on Thanksgiving vacation and wondering where it went. That's the problem with vacations. I enjoy myself so thoroughly doing nothing but eating and sleeping only to discover I have to go back to that painfully mundane lifestyle I had before my break.

I feel strange.

Stranger...anyway.

I'll let you know when I figure out what exactly it is I'm feeling...after I take a nap....

perhaps it's just indigestion from all that Turkey and Pie and Sweet Potatoes I consumed....

The Count Down...

2007-11-19T08:07:00.000-08:00

I feel sooooo blessedly relieved of stress that I may just float away to neverland.

yeah...

that would be good...

Thursday and Friday were soooo hectic. Three major tests and four papers all within two days. My brain was fried. And not a nice gooey burnt marshmallow fried. It was a burnt to an ash yucky bitter vegetable fried....as you can tell by my terrible metaphor.

And now there is nothing....

Nice and empty-headed spacey sort of feeling....

I had

a

dream

about

fairies

last night.

Ooooooh soooooo Happy....

It's sooooo lovely that I wish I could hold on to this feeling for a while.

In fact. . .I plan to.

Just a few more days until I can eat and sleep as much as I want.

Oooooh! And I finally read a Book of a Thousand Days. Twas delightful.

Now I need something else to keep me going during thanksgiving break....while they roll me off the floor like in charlie and the chocolate factory---you know what I mean. That blueberry incident....

I'll be like that. ^-^

Life after Dancesport

2007-11-12T10:00:00.000-08:00

Sooo...I went to the BYU dancesport on Saturday. I must admit, that I become even more clumsy in the spotlight than normal, but it was oodles of fun. I didn't mind being a dork in high heels when so many others in my class were being just as clumsy compared to the silver routine performers we were competing against.

So after messing up badly...I decided to make the most of my ticket and stayed for at least two additional hours of the competition and watched everyone else dance. While doing so, I discovered two things.

1. Little kids dancing the samba is just plain cute. And I will admit it. Those nine year olds can dance five times better than I can. The pre-teen competition was a blast to watch because, hey, any nine year old girl who can shimmy and wiggle her hips at the same time without making the boy look silly is fun to see. .....in contrast to older kids dancing the samba *shudders* Let's face it guys. The male race was not designed to move their hips and smile cheesily without appearing femmy. For the most part, I find men who can dance very appealing....but the emphasis is on MEN. Not *coughs* umm.....nevermind...

2. There is something about suitcoats with tails very delightful. It feels so formal and out of date that I love every bit about it. I didn't care much for the flowy evening gowns the golden level routine girls had to wear--but the guys suits were just plain fun to see.

umm...what else?

I'm going brain-dead without a book to read. Book of a Thousand Days is nearly impossibly to get a hold of at the library. .. any other recommendations for me to keep me occupied?

Now I just feel silly

2007-11-09T08:01:00.001-08:00

Soooooo....I saw this linky thing on Beth's blog and I thought, "hey, I'll give it a try." I would have been happy to get an elementary school result...but here it is...no lies about it.

Get a Cash Advance

Maybe the French posts put it in overkill...Debbie should be the mastah genius. Not me.

My picture of the week has been frozen

2007-11-08T08:26:00.000-08:00

or...at least... i dunno...It won't let me change it. Something's messed up...and I'm too lazy to experiment in fixing it....any ideas?

Stepping out of time...

2007-11-07T07:58:00.000-08:00

I have had some interesting feelings lately that I don't quite know how to describe--as if I temporarily step out of time.

It's not that time speeds up or slows down or stops; it's as if it doesn't exist at all.

I'd be taking a walk, and then suddenly it seems as if every detail becomes more vivid, more alive, more real--so much so that it doesn't feel real anymore. It's as if each moment stretches out into eternity, as if it will always be there in that same crystal clear moment for all time. Color is vibrant and even the dark spots in dead leaves seems beautiful. Vehicles and homes seem so temporary, but grass, trees, leaves, and sky all continue for ages. It's like I've stepped out of time temporarily and just enjoyed the beauty around me

...I dunno really...but it's like an eternal now.

It's not really that godlike perspective that many churchy people discuss, for that would involve past and future, but it's a fun and neat feeling that would last for several minutes at a time but feels as though it could go on forever. ...

Until I take a step back into time and feel everything fade back into its dull normality...

any explanations?

Curses on that Clock!

2007-11-05T08:18:00.001-08:00

I hate daylight savings time. Although I secretly revel in having an excuse to sleep in an extra hour on sunday, it totally messes up my internal clock. I was tired by 8:30 pm and wide awake by 4:30 pm. which is definitely no fun at all.

My weekend was good for the most part (despite my lack of reading material *sigh* I need a book to read!!!) I was lazy and ate far too much popcorn and candy for my own good.

... and my french oral exam was no better (or worse, I hope) than last time. My thanks for the suggestions on keeping my cool, but they didn't really help me. I realize I have a serious mental block for the setting. I practice all sorts of scenarios in my head and with a friend, but it doesn't really seem to prepare me for that brain freeze I get when the pressure is on. I'm not scared of my teacher, for if the situation demanded, I could probably carry on a decent conversation outside of the classroom without too much mental effort (so asking for practice with the teacher would be a bit odd for me). I think my biggest problem is this dreaded sense of anxiety that I tend to associate with tests and public speaking. When the two are combined, my brain decides that it can't handle anything else and just stops working.

Grrr....and then I go and expect too much of myself, wanting to be perfect RIGHT NOW! ...

*smiles contended*

There....

Now that I've ranted yet AGAIN on my internet blog, probably either boring you all or sparking some unneeded concern...I feel much better.

I think blogging is highly theraputic.

Crazy people should blog more.

Specials...

2007-11-01T08:29:00.000-07:00

So...I finally finished book three of this series...and I have to say one thing about it first before going into detail.

Woah.

I have never read anything this action packed before. It totally blew me away with suspense and action and twists and crazy science fiction ideas that are actually believable...I can't wait until I can get a hold of extras!!!....but the library doesn't have a copy for me to read just yet and now I'll have to wait for my next big thrill. *sighs* I'm still reeling from all the tension that built up and exploded near the end...

All Hallow's Eve was delightful. I was a little disappointed that I didn't throw together a masterpiece elvishpirategypsy costume...but I was too busy eating chocolate and devouring Specials to notice that disappointment for long...

Umm...watched "The Last Mimsy" and it was not what I was expecting. Delightful in its own way, and the little girl was especially cute...but as a whole, it was odd.

...what else...?

I have another terrifying French oral exam and need some ideas on how to keep from freaking myself into not saying anything. I practice everything over and over in my head until I almost have the book memorized....and then I forget how to say anything when it comes to the actual speaking part of the test. What can I do that will keep me confident while babbling in a foreign language?

Poetry Post

2007-10-29T19:08:00.000-07:00

Soooooo.....I have another poem that needs some desperate help! And unlike last time, I'll actually give you time to read it before I turn it in next week. .yup...that's about it for today ...well.....WHAT ARE YOU STANDING AROUND HERE FOR?!!! GET TO IT!

It just goes to show...

2007-10-24T08:19:00.000-07:00

That I'm a little too wrapped up in myself...

So I was hanging out in the periodicals and messing around with emails and whatnot, as I always do at this time of day, and a girl from my french class shows up. I don't know why, but the fact that I saw someone I knew in the library rather caught me off guard.

My first thought about seeing her here made me laugh at my idiotic way of looking at things.
What??? This is MY library. No one ever comes down to the periodicals...This is my corner of the library in which I see no one and no one sees me...It's my special boring place.

I think I get too wrapped up in thinking that life is my movie in which I'm the main character, my friends and family are side kicks and comic relief, and everyone else are just extras. They have no lives. They don't do anything when I'm not looking. They exist only at the time of day I happen to see them. Seeing my friend there made me step back and laugh at myself.

Then I decide to look for The Book of a Thousand days up in the juvenile section...and what happens? On the way there, I see my humanities teacher, plugging away at his Mac and listening to an iPod. So I have to laugh at myself again.

What??? Teachers have social life? They do something OTHER than teach MY class?

I find it funny that most of the time, I don't think of anyone other than myself as having normal activities such as sleep, schoolwork, and going to the library.

And come my ballroom dance class, partners for the next "competition" were picked. Mostly we just mosey around until we happen to make eye contact with whoever is standing nearby. Yesterday, there were five extra girls without a partner, myself included. So the teacher has a few guys double up--until everyone had a partner but me--and the teacher practically was begging for one more guy to dance with me (and don't worry someone else does eventually volunteer after a couple minutes or so). So comes the laughing at myself...

What?? You mean not every guy is just dying to dance with me??? Doesn't everyone find me graceful, beautiful, and absolutely stunning? I'M NOT PERFECT???!!!

After the previous incidents, I was in a rather accepting mood--I nearly giggled out loud, probably looking rather insanely happy for being picked last instead of a miserable, shy, wallflower. I realized that there were about fifty bajillion reasons for guys not to volunteer, and only a mere fraction of them really involved me as an individual. So instead of having my self-esteem plummet, it bounced in a funny lurching sort of way. I definitely get way too wrapped up in myself to think straight anymore.

and then...Life just makes me laugh sometimes.

Just Breathe

2007-10-22T08:01:00.000-07:00

Ok, I can do this...just one more test today--and I'll be free!!! I can party it up because I made it through midterms without snapping.

I feel daring, adventurous, bold.

Maybe I'll read a book!

Yeah! I like books. I miss them terribly when I haven't stroked their beloved spines in the past few days. Come to me, my preciouses!

Maybe I'll take some pictures!

Yeah! I like photography. I like color and leaves and mountains and whatever else happens to be in front of that digital camera lens.

Maybe I'll take a walk!

Yeah!....or maybe not on this one...

And then maybe I'll be a brilliant, productive student and actually study before I have to take the silly tests...

DEBBIE AND JEKKA!!!

2007-10-17T20:17:00.000-07:00

I have a poem that needs commenting on and it is in desperate need of some assistance. Go to the writers united stat!!!

My Humorscope

2007-10-17T10:16:00.001-07:00

"Good time to become involved in a secret plot to overthrow someone or something"

Good advice...'nuf said.

I look so...clunky...

2007-10-17T08:14:00.000-07:00

Soooo I had to do a critique on my dance quiz. For that quiz, I had to be dressed up and be videotaped...now after watching that tape, I realize how clunky I really am in high heels....

In my mind, I am a beautiful, graceful individual with no lack of coordination...

In reality--I have a long hard ways to go.

I guess I'm not the amazing brilliant dancer I thought I was...

For poetry, he's past his prime,
He takes an hour to find a rhyme :
His fire is out, his wit decay'd,
His fancy sunk, his Muse a jade.
I'd have him throw away his pen ;
But there's no talking to some men.
--Jonathan Swift

I thought this poem fit beautifully...only not with my poetry, but my dancing shoes...

I'd throw away those blasted heels, if it weren't so much fun to learn!

Sticking my neck out

2007-10-15T10:07:00.000-07:00

For the the guillotine...

Only to discover that I'm not to be executed after all.

My whole french rant on my last post is now rather pointless. I got my grade back for the oral examination--and much to my surprise (as well as some unexpected dismay) my grade was decent. After resigning myself to failing that class, oddly enjoying my own self pity, I discover that I may yet scrape off an A. My current french teacher is definitely more lenient than the ever bold Madame who taught me last semester (but I guess nearly everyone would fall under that category, because Madame-----wrote the french textbook.)

Yet I still have my humanities midterm to take...

so I guess I can always resign myself to the gallows instead.

I find it rather odd that there is always at least one class that I feel doomed to fail, only to be surprised when I do not...I know I'm being hard on myself, and thus bringing about so much stress, but it's kind of funny that I enjoy making myself slightly miserable.

whacks self with french textbook

2007-10-09T09:29:00.000-07:00

ZUT ALORS!!! Pourquoi peux-je penser et ecrire en francais mais je ne peut pas parler? Quand je pense en francais, c'est tres facile! Mais quand je parle, je tombe. J'ai un examen orale aujourd'hui.

L'examen devrait etait c'est ca

--Bonjour Jenni, Ca va?
--oui, ca va. Je suis un peu nerveuse parce que je deteste les examens et je deteste parler publique. Le deux ensemble? C'est difficile pour moi.
--D'accord. Lisez le passage, s'il vous plait.
(J'ai lu)
--Formidable! votre pronunciation est magnifique.
--Merci.
--Maintenent nous avons un petit joue de role. Vous aimez voyager et vous avez voyage beaucoup les temps. Imaginez et discutez. *imaginez l'aeroplane bruits* Bonjour! Tu viens de France?
--Mais non! J'habite en Utah.
--Ou est Utah? Au Canada?
--Non, aux etats-unis. J'aime voyager beaucoup pour le plaisir. Je suis allee le musee d'art, le louvre, etc. J'adore prendre des photos....

Alors que...Je ne fais pas bonne...
--Bonjour! Ca va?
--eeuuuhh....ca va...je suis tres tres nerveuse...je deteste les examens et parle en francais?
--Quoi? Tu le deteste?
--eeuuhh...les examens oral...
--hmm...desole...lisez le passage...
(j'ai lu)
--mmm....Maintenent nous avons un petit joue de role. Vous aimez voyager et vous avez voyage beaucoup les temps. Imaginez et discutez. *aeroplane bruits* Bonjour! Tu viens de France?
--non
--d'ou est vous?
--Utah...
--ou est Utah? en Canada?
--Non...eeuuhh...etats-unis...
--Pourquoi voyager?
--j'aime voyager....eeeuhh...je ne sais pas...je vais aller euuhh...Ireland?
--Vous avez une ancestre en Ireland?
--Non...mon pere...eeuhh...est alle un mission?
--Pour le government?
--non...l'eglise...

oui...non...non...oui...

MINCE!!! N'est pas vachement! N'est pas choeutte!

For those of you don't speak french...let's just say that the teacher had to painstakingly prompt me to say more than three words at a time. When I lost my train of thought, I just groaned looked at the desk...he was really nice about it, but I think speaking is a struggle for me, in both english and french. I sincerely doubt I received a very good score... *frowns* The problem is that I can speak it without thinking too hard about it, but with the pressure on, I fumble all over the place and my pronunciation becomes more americanized as I go.

And for those of you who do speak french, I do apologize for the lack of accents and basic grammar. I was too lazy to put them into Word and let it fix itself...

I love conference!

2007-10-08T08:32:00.000-07:00

Life seems so much easier to bear after conference! I sleep better, I'm determined to be better, and even my upcoming tests seem less of a challenge and more of a task of arranging my time to study properly.

Sleeping better: mmm....feels so good. I don't know what it is about conference, but I just get so comfortable listening that I want to fall asleep (I try not to of course, but I do take a nap between sessions! so did the rest of my family...you should have seen us. I was asleep on one couch...and when I woke up, I saw my sister on the other couch, with my mom asleep on her shoulder, and my dad snoozing on my mom's shoulder, and my other sister asleep on his shoulder. Delightful memory...) I got so much sleep this weekened that I'm alert and awake on this beautifully chilly monday morning!

Determined to be better: All these talks make me want to try harder....and they also make me a little guilty too. In two separate talks, they spoke of wasting time on the Internet or playing computer games (which I know I do too much of both). Although it is ok to to do a little of some, it is not ok to waste hours doing nothing when I could be serving or studying or improving myself. Sooo...I may blog a little less and actually do something with my life.

Tests look easier: Some of the test dates have been rearranged. Luckily for me, this means I have about an extra day of study for each test, and I can take it one at a time. Things look better when I don't lump it all together into a mountain of impossibility....

Yup...that's about it for today!

Oh! And please post comments on which talk or concept was one(though you're bound to have two or three or six...) of your personal favorites!

I hate midterms!

2007-10-05T07:58:00.000-07:00

As if I don't have enoughs stress from school and church and home stuff I need to get done, I have midterms all next week. It's just one test after another....I'm seriously going to suffer from anxiety attacks by the end of this year.

Here's what I've got:
Today: French test--always wickedly evil. Just when I think I know something, I discover that I don't know anything at all.--and I only got 6 hours of sleep last night not studying for this test but writing three other papers...not helping at all...
Monday or Tuesday--another french test. This one is completely oral. No way to bluff my way through this with. I have to actually speak what I know, and make up stuff as if I really knew what I was doing. They make us role play and improv--which I can't do in english let alone french.
Wednesday--Humanities test. I have yet to study for this one, and we've covered everything from the Iliad and the Odyssey to Plato and Sophocles to art and architecture....
Also Wednesday--Book of Mormon test. Open scripture but not open notes...looks like I'll be transfering all my notes to the margins of my scriptures soonish.
Thursday--An international ballrom dance lab--which is technically an official competition that we are required to compete with an assigned partner. Just when I thought I was done stressing over my recent quiz in high heels...

Also coming up: a fifteen minute presentation in my creative writing class on Abstract/Concrete language...I do so hate public speaking. Did you know that more people fear public speaking than death? I'd almost rather pass on than stand so exposed in front of everyone!

I'm sorry everyone...but lately I just need to vent out my problems. I know this is like...what the second time this week? Maybe conference will do something to cheer me up.

What's that noise?

2007-10-03T10:24:00.000-07:00

It's a humming noise...and it isn't stopping. No, it's not the computers. No, it isn't some obnoxious person who doesn't realize what he or she is doing...

What is it???

It's driving me crazy.

If I were just walking through, I probably wouldn't notice it at all. But I'm sitting here...at a computer...in a very quiet library, and the humming fills up the whole room. ...

...

oh...

It's that silly world globe in the periodicals. It has a motor or something to make it spin slowly...very slowly...terribly slowly...and it is humming...

off key...

is it possible for a machine to hum off key? Or am I just going nuts because I have nothing to do today during lunch but blog about a humming globe in the periodical section of the library...

I so need something to read.

A tribute to friends

2007-10-03T08:04:00.000-07:00

I don't know what it is about friends...but just being in the presence of one, or even chatting over the internet with one, makes me want to stand a little taller, smile a little wider, and laugh a little more often. Worries about school or home disappear and are replaced with just a happy feeling that life is good. I become more confident and feel better about myself. I want to be a bettter person and my whole goal in life changes to wanting to make my friend feel just as happy as I am at the moment. A crummy morning can be turned into a delightful afternoon just because a friend stopped to say hello...soooo...I know this sounds a little cheesy, but who doesn't like a little cheddar now and then?

I just want to say how happy I am that I have all of you as friends/fiends... ^-^

I need to whine...

2007-10-01T09:57:00.000-07:00

I seriously need to vent off some of my frustration and pain and exaggerate every little problem. Maybe after wallowing in self-pity for a few minutes, I can be like Howl and convince myself not to do something in order to do something. So you can totally ignore this post if you wish...in fact, I'd prefer it if you did--since it may sound more wretched than it really is.

Bleh...I was kind of sick on Friday, a strange light-headed feverish sort of dizzy that would leave me feeling alright one minute and awful the next. Whatever bug I picked up though, my sister had it several times worse. Poor Julie...Anyways...On top of being wretched ill, I had about three different papers I needed to write all on the same day as well as a mountain load of homework. The due dates got pushed back, but what is my natural response? Instead of using my sick day to finish my work and feel better come Monday, I read Howl's Moving castle while cuddled up in my cloak for comfort--alternating between sleeping and reading.

On Saturday, the day I was supposed to finish the papers I didn't do on Friday, I wasted my morning until about 1:00 when I had to leave to go see the Relief Society General Conference. I was well enough by that time to go, but it was cold and miserable and snowing. Snow! In September! Blah...At least we had great tickets near the front...

Soooo Sunday, I felt fine, but by this time overwhelmed. I had procrastinated my homework and felt guilty for not doing my visiting teaching that month or my family history calling. The moment I got home from church, I tried to relieve my guilty conscience by at least doing my geneology...until I had to write my paper and do the rest of my homework. Normally, I try not to do homework on sundays...but when the ox is in the mire...jfaioevneklvnasknm,.m.....I worked steadily for hours on end up until 11:30 pm...and I still didn't get all my assignments done! GHA! And because I hadn't finished, my brain refused to turn off until after midnight.

Normally midnight is a good time for people...but not for me. I get up at 5:30 every morning...that's only 5 hours of sleep and definitely not healthy. I'm tired, I'm cranky...and I think I've brought whatever illness I had back on myself by not doing what I should have. I'm getting that dizzy lightheaded feeling again and the slight shaking from being cold and warm at the same time...I hate everything at the moment... and lunch is starting to look really icky...which is definitely not a good sign, since I'm normally a starving student.

grr...I really shouldn't have written all these complaints...I have another paper to write before next class period, which leaves me 40 minutes to think of something random....without getting myself sick during class....

uguugh....I need my cloak and Beauty and my bed...

My French teacher is crazy

2007-09-25T19:56:00.000-07:00

in a very cool very funny way....here's the random video he had us watch....

I should apologize. . .

2007-09-25T08:01:00.000-07:00

but I won't.

and you can't make me!

Although I know I haven't written.

and I am probably bugging you with these half sentences.

But it's so much fun to write this way!

perhaps if it sounds enough like the way I think.

for it might not sound as bad.

and no this is not poetry.

however much it may look this way.

while poetry involves thinking.

but this does not.

all these subordinating dependent fragments are

but making my brain turn off.

Good.

Night.

in the middle.

of the morning.

ARRRRRR!!!! ^-^

2007-09-19T08:07:00.001-07:00

I just read somewhere that today is national talk like a pirate day!!!

Errr...I mean....

arrrr!!!!

I need to work on that piratey speech...

HAPPY!!!! ^-^

2007-09-18T08:10:00.000-07:00

I went to the bookstore yesterday with Mastah--and what gems did I find??? My own copies of Beauty with the wonderful perfect cover and Howl's moving castle. It is the best 14 dollars I ever spent. I love these two books and I was intending to get them sometime anyway. (So mastah, don't feel badish and thinking that you were the evil influence in my spending money on books. I seriously wanted too, but didn't have the courage to go to the bookstore to buy books for pleasure by my little lonesome self)

*is happy*

Howl and Sophie

*is happy*

Beast and Beauty

^-^

First set of heels...Ranting

2007-09-17T08:03:00.000-07:00

are icky...

seriously.

Whoever designed the high heeled shoe must have been an artist of pain. . .

Let me explain...

I'm taking a ballroom dance class--thinking that, hey, if I have to have some sort of p.e. credit, might as well learn to be more graceful or something. Anyways...they require girls to wear high heeled shoes to dance in, consequently I went to Wal-mart and tried a pair on for the first time ever.

My reaction:
EEEEEEEEP!!!! I'm falling over!!!!!*nearly sprains ankle*

Next pair:
EEEEEEEEP!!!! I'm falling over *nearly breaks leg*

Next pair:
ok...I can stand up in these at least...perhaps I can dance in this? *takes a step and nearly falls over again*

Sooooo....I tried several of these wretched creations on until I finally found a pair I could walk in...for two steps anyway. How this makes a girl more graceful is beyond me..in fact...dancing in general seems to be beyond me as well.

Ick...why do people want me to grow up? I shouldn't have to wear heels! I shouldn't have to have a credit card or a bank account or a job or a car....Why can't I stay at Neverland and never grow up??? *pouts and hides in room*

Yay! It's friday!

2007-09-14T08:07:00.000-07:00

I can sleep when I get home! *is excited* I love naps...and books...and doing nothing on fridays...I can always do my evil wicked tricksy homework on Saturday.

Yes...I've noticed my posts are really short lately...I'll think of something creative later.

Minion Madness

Whua?

Last Day of Class

First Posting! Woot!

One pixel problem...

Playing with the footer

Closer...

*smacks forehead*

Blog Now Under Construction

What's it mean?!

Oh the loveliness

*does a happy dance*

My Angelica. . .

First Day of School

trichotillomania

Little to Say

Employed!

Doing nothing is time consuming

One Word Tell All

Rain

AAAAAAHHHHH!!!

Whoot!

Want to go Penguin sledding with me?

Give me a 10 for Simple Plan's Best Black and White Photo

Not wanting to grow up...

I'm going to keep trying...

New Set of Glasses!

Trying the impossible...

I feel soo....old

Looking for Work...

FREEEEEEEEEEDOM!

I can almost breathe now...

*snap crackle pop*

Pirate Sand Pixies...

One down...three to go

Who put the S in Lisp?

Snow tastes delicious

Chocolate's Revenge

Untamed...

Mini Adventures

My new addiction...

Side thought...

*checks pulse*

Icky...

Oh the joy of it all!

Life all askew...

I've never been very good at this game...

So umm..I'm kind of surprised...

So I thought our in-class activity was fun

I cleaned my room

*hides behind a bookshelf*

I like cheese

Oh Wow!

Hi! ^-^

Skipping Class

Sleep Solves almost all things

Feeling a bit Glum...

Invisible Post

ARRRRRRGGHHHH!!!

So I have a song about me...

Throws me an apple

Oooooh the tragedy

I thought that was you...

Hanging out in the Periodicals

And so I'm back!!!

Birthday Girl

*comes alive again*

*Dies*

Counting Down

Clocks are weird

Snow Snow Snow

Where did the week go?

I love humorscope!

Feeling strange?

Food! GLORIOUS FOOD!

The Count Down...

Life after Dancesport

Now I just feel silly

My picture of the week has been frozen

Stepping out of time...

smacks forehead

does a happy dance

snap crackle pop

checks pulse

hides behind a bookshelf

comes alive again

Dies

whacks self with french textbook