Icky Icky

I'm sick today. Well, not really sick. Just in too much pain to go to school. My mom thinks it's appendicitis. I think it's a genetic thing and she had her appendix taken out so I guess it could be. All I know is, I slept horribly last night because I have this huge pain in my abdomen and I still have that huge pain. I have this horrible headache too. It's annoying. All I know is, I'm going to Hartland Saturday. For sure.

A Few Things...

So I got my haircut. I'm kind of torn about it. I considered posting a picture but decided against it. It's parted to the side and I'm not sure how I feel about it...One part of me screams "no" and the other part says, "aww, give it a try." I'm straddling the fence but so far, it's pretty comfy.

AP Euro is frazzling me. I'm not stressing over it, I'm just determined to do more for that class. Ahhhhhhhh!!!!

I love barbecue sauce. It's my favorite condiment. And yes, I knew you were wondering and it is important enough to publish on the internet.

Lately I've been thinking about why I don't like politics. I mean, I've known that I don't like them but I've been pulling a Ms. Bryen and asking myself "why." So here's the verdict: there are too many opinions concerning politics. With opinions come debates and trying to persuade the other person that their view is wrong and you're right. This whole scene creates discontent. I'm a very mellow, peaceful, and tranquil person and in this type of situation I don't like it. I just don't. Therefore, I do not like politics and I do not talk about them.

I'm veryveryvery excited for spring to be here! It's warming up ever so slightly and I really hope it doesn't snow this month. That would be terrible. I'm sick of this cold.

Epic Adventure Pictures

Yesterday, Andrea, Samantha, and I went on an epic adventure. It was fantabulous. Here are some pictures:

First, thanks to Andrea for taking all of the pictures!

Cadbury eggs!!!

The tire swing....


I'm a train conductor.

More shoes-including Andrea's!!!

More shoes!

"I'm Charles Lindbergh!"

Teeter-totter!!

The epitome of coolness.

Ninja pose!!!

Searching for something....

In the comfy blue swing, meant for small babies.

On the monkeybars.

Pretty much the coolest picture of Samantha ever.

My two-tone grey Vans!!

"I'm losing my grip! I'm falling! AHH!"

Really stuck in the coiled ladder thingy...

Hitler youth...?

Stuck in the coiled ladder thingy...

Her hair is almost touching the ground!!!

Try not to be jealous.

To Share...

This is what I'm looking forward to. A lot. May 1, 2009. Is there a midnight showing??

This is just funny.

Enjoy.

Inevitable is Change

I'm ready for change. I think that's why I really want a new hair cut. I would already have one but Ashley isn't calling my mom back so we can't really set up an appointment with her. It's frustrating-it's like she's fallen off the face of the earth or something. Who knows. But yeah-I want a new haircut. Something radically different than what I have like a new part, new length, new color, new whatever. Maybe not a new color but something different. I don't really know specifically what I want though... I'm just ready for a change-a change in scenery, people, place, etc.

Lately I've been thinking about my future career. I've considered so many from curator to linguistic anthropologist. I think I'd love to go to Africa and be a teacher or a doctor there. For about 2 years of my life I wanted to be an anesthesiologist then that died away. I'm just an easy-to-please type person. A lot of things interest me-especially intellectual things. I'm not a creative artsy person and I really admire people who are creative/artsy. When I go to college, I feel like I want to major in history, German, anthropology, nursing, English, business, economics, etc. Then I have to think, "do I really want to be researching for the rest of my life which is basically what anthropologists do?" I like to read but I definitely don't want to be an author. I would hate being a politician and lawyer. Teaching would be too frustrating for me. I just don't know. I feel like time is creeping up behind me and even though I have some time left in high school, it'll all be over. To me, high school is a serious time and it is the ultimate determining factor in one's future. I mean, it determines what kind of college you get into and to me, college is even more important than high school. High school is just the beginning of a long chain of dominoes: Life is a long chain of dominoes. Maybe I take life too seriously but I guess that's just the way I am.

Question: Is it odd to think that the whole idea of dying is somewhat comforting?

Rain

What is it that I love about rain? I don't know why, but I'm in love with it. It's just so perfect... I like to wander in it, get lost. It's just soothing. It's like the color grey. I feel like it describes me well. I'm rather a melancholy person.

We had a QB tournament yesterday. The most I remember about it was there was a Harry Potter question about Diagon Alley and Eshwar buzzed in and said Gringott's. He was so proud of himself at the time, too that he knew the answer. But he got it wrong. It's ok, we won that game by like 200 points anyway. We went up against Huron Valley and lost but it wasn't really even a team. It was this one guy and he knew every single answer that his team got. He was the only one that scored any points. We were creamed by DCD which was to be expected. There was a Mormon question but before the question ended, Andrew buzzed in and said the KKK. I couldn't help but marvel at the paradox that created in my mind. I had great noodles for lunch at Noodles & Co. Andrew is really good at singing the theme song for CSI. And Samantha should have been there when I totally powered a Henrik Ibsen question all because of a "syphilitic husband in Ghosts".

Rambling

I don't necessarily have anything new to blog about but I'm procrastinating my AP Euro homework so I thought I might as well do something a teeny bit productive. I have my cup of hot cocoa and I'm listening to Come Fly With Me by Frank Sinatra. It's actually pretty quiet in my house at 9:02 a.m. I'm thinking about different things and one that comes to mind is Stephen King. I've never read any of his works but he's my favorite author of the month. I'm not going to rant about it but if you'd like to know more, click here.
In my church we're starting a book club and the first book we're going to read is Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. My friend, Kyrie, and I have been asked to establish the book club and I think this is a good thing. This way, I can make sure we're all reading quality literature. :P But seriously.
Anyway I'm excited about it however I don't know of any other books we're going to read. I would have us read Rebecca but I don't know if it would be approved by our leaders. But I love that book. Maybe I'll blog about it someday. It's absolutely wonderful...if you like a dark, 1950's mystery novel. I'm thinking about some Dickens like Tale of Two Cities. Do you think some Edgar Alan Poe would be approved? Or maybe some Arthur Miller? All I can think of are the classics. I'm not very into modern authors but I'm thinking I'll have to look into that because the classics can get pretty arduous at times and they're not every one's cup of tea. If you have any suggestions, please let me know!
Kyrie and I are meeting this Saturday to make announcements for the first book club meeting. I'm excited. We're totally making 18th century invitations with time period verbiage and eloquent writing. It's totally cheesy but we figured since we're reading Jane Austen we might as well have the invitations sound like she wrote them. It's so lame but it's exactly something I would do and be thrilled about doing.