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5...GOLDEN RINGS [04 Oct 2003|08:45pm] [ mood | stoked beyond belief ] [ music | me, myself, and irene on tv ] yes, only 5 days until my return and I could not be more ecstatic. Today was really exciting today though because my mom and I went into DC to the 3rd National Book Festival in the Mall. It's this shin dig where a plethora of writers, poets, storytellers, etc. come to talk about their published works and sign. I listened to the beautiful Julie Andrews talk about her children's books, and I was going to get her to sign one of her books I read when I was little, but the line was too long. I also heard Pat Conroy and his wife, Cassandra King, talk about their novels, and I have been inspired to read more Conroy books because I've only read THE PRINCE OF TIDES, which is wonderful by the way. Lastly, I was able to see Wally Lamb, one of my favorite authors, talk about his books, my favorite being, SHE'S COME UNDONE, and it was a truly memorable experience. I completely forgot how close I live to Washington DC, and as I was walking along the Mall, I felt like I wasn't really there, an out of body experience. The Capitol building looked like a cardboard cut out against the setting sun. It was different. Then Mom and I bought Thai food, yum yum! I've had a craving for Indian food lately, but that Thai food hit the spot. Tomorrow, however is work, work, work day! Since I'm leaving this Thursday and missing 4 classes, I have to be totally done with all my current work so I can work ahead and not get bogged down before I return home in two a week. stress, stress, stress! It will be worth it though, I can tell. I mailed ryan's birthday present today. It's a MARY KATE OLSEN barbie doll. She used to have an ASHLEY, but she gave it to me when I moved. See, I hate, loathe, despise the olsen twins and it's a joke. I'm replacing her ashley and hopefully, she'll get a kick out of it. i am just so exhilerated about my trip this week. I can't even express my joy. I smile everytime I think about it, and get so happy thinking about all my friends and who I'm going to see. I can't wait to see cheena and ryan and karen. I miss them so, so, so much, and they can't even fathom how lonely i feel without them. I just keep praying that I haven't changed or that they haven't changed. You always hear stories where people move and when they come back, someone's changed and things aren't the same. I don't think i've changed, and i hope nobody back home has changed too much. this will probably be the last time i see them before next summer, and that's so far away. It's going to be very hard without seeing them. Already, we're starting to slowly lose touch, less letters, fewer emails. It's kind of sad, but there's not too much I can do about it except keep trying to maintain my friendships with the people I love. Anway, 5 days :)!!!!!!!!!!! No quote/word of the day today. Thank you for your understanding haha post comment

it's october already! [01 Oct 2003|06:56pm] [ mood | chipper ] [ music | nothing, i'm too happy to listen to tunes ] allo, allo, je regrette parce que je n'ai pas écrit beaucoup cette semaine, mais je suis très occupée, et je n'ai pas de temps pour mon journal de blurty! Quel horreur! I cannot believe it's already october! Tomorrow I'll have been in school for a whole month, and even though it feels like the month's gone by fairly quickly, when i actually look back on it, it was slow as hell. We're 1/8 of the way through the year! I've come to the conclusion that...I LOVE MY ENGLISH TEACHER haha, yes, the one i previously despised. well, now i admire him tremendously. He's the smartest human being I've ever met, and he's actually funny in a cynical, sarcastic way (the best way). No, but seriously, if you ask him what a word means, he'll give you the derivitives, the roots, language of origin, and explain it to you in terms of religion, literature, and physics. it's amazing hahaha. i'm so jealous. so guess what? today was my first day at cvhs that i almost actually enjoyed. that's right, things weren't so bad! meredith, jeanette, and i talked a lot at lunch and in/before english class. we were telling stories and laughing. it felt pretty comfortable and not forced. Progress in the making...and only 8 days until salvation!!!! i'm so excited. Like unbelievably ecstatic about it!!! i have all these smiley faces and stars in my assignment pad counting down the days! Plus, I smile everytime i think about it, literally! It's actually kind of sad how much i'm looking forward to this because i know as soon as it's over i'll be in the depths of despair. That was a line from anne shirley, my favorite girl :)! But, thinking about next weekend is the only thing that's been getting me through the past month and keeping me sane. Once it's over, i don't know what i'll do. oh, probably curl up in a little ball and die, while anticipatin summer! i think my friends are coming to visit me here this summer and that should be fun fun fun, maybe. my mom's at parents' night at cvhs right now and hopefully not embarrassing me, but at least it's my mom and not my dad. no offense pops, but jesus christ you always humiliate me lol. ahhh okay word of the day- concept- acutally another word for theme, like in literature aha quote of the day- "I've been working so hard. Can't the weekend just meet me half way?" -me post comment

mediocrity personified [30 Sep 2003|07:17pm] [ mood | bored ] [ music | sister's blaring clarinet ] today was dull, boring, bleak, uneventful, and worth of a yawn. i didn't do anything exciting, learn anything new, or experience anything great or noteworthy. i did, however, meet this weird girl in my journalism class. she's a freshman and only wears black and/or pink. that's it! she wants to be canadian and live in louisiana so she idolizes me lol. i've never before been idolized. she's kind of scary though, like she wants to have all these problems. She thinks she's OCD and depressed. plus she talks about suicide a lot. hmmm...well, she's cool though. i also had to blow a roll of film for photography which is due tomorrow. needless to say, all my shots are probably shit. i need to go eat dinner post comment

ANDREW DAN JUMBO DAY!!!! [27 Sep 2003|09:51am] [ mood | indifferent ] [ music | phantom planet ] In approximately 3 to 4 hours I will be sitting in front of sexy andrew dan jumbo at the home expo show in dulles! I'm pretty stoked. is that sad? yes, i suppose it is, but i don't really care. Yesterday dragged on FOREVER. My last class, science, we did a lab on boiling fucking water to illustrate changes of state with water...hmm sounds intriguing...not. Anyway, we had to take the water's temperature every minute, and it took 40 goddamn minutes to boil some water. They were the longest 40 minutes of my existence. UHH I couldn't wait to get out of there. I also had a math test yesterday, which i happened to fail miserably. it was one of those tests that while you're taking it it seems okay. I thought i was doing pretty well and everything, but then after I had turned it in I realized, "oh, I should have done that this way, or OHHH i found the wrong part." It made me feel mighty stupid. Math just isn't my forte. Last night I got this shit salad from subway. Don't ever get their salads; it tasted like chalk. the chicken was so dry I thought I was chewing tree bark. My sister ordered pizza, and I don't really care for pizza, but i ended up having a slice because my greens sucked so bad. Then I got to eat some keylime pie...FOOD OF THE GODS!!!!! It's so good; i want to try and make my own from scratch one day, maybe this weekend. I really hate the weekends because I have no friends here so I sit home all weekend with my family...woohoo! I can't drive so that hinders my ability to even go fucking shopping by myself, and i have no money because there is no time to have a job! I'm stuck. everyone around me seems to manage their time well: have a job, boyfriend/girlfriend, get good grades, and have time for a social life. I really don't get it. I feel so inadequate haha. that's not actually funny, at all. This is an "oh whoas me" sort of entry. But there are only about 14 days until "homecoming," which makes me really happy. it's the only thing that keeps me going. i don't know what the hell I'll do when that's gone and past, probably die...haha not really. Tomorrow I might go into DC and check out a museum (i know, i'm such an animal grrr...) because i admit to actually liking that stuff and being a loser. Is that such a bad thing though? Is it really "uncool" for people to be interested in intellectual things? Why is that such a bad thing? especially for a teenager? It should be a good thing. So what, I want to be educated? anyho, this weekend should be pretty dull except for andrew, which might turn out to be a dud...my life story! Word of the Day: wanton- adj. immoral, unchaste, cruel (i always see this word in shakespeare but never knew its definition...hm) Quote of the Day: "It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo, the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. 'cause sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How can the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end it's only a passing thing. A shadow, even darkness must pass. A new day will come and when the sun shines it will shine out clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folks in these stories had lots of chances in turning back only they didn't. They kept going because they wee holding onto something." -Samewise Gamgee "The Lord of the Rings" :) I LOVE MY SAMWISE GAMGEE post comment

tgtf-thank god tomorrow's friday [25 Sep 2003|06:08pm] [ mood | relieved ] [ music | john, again ] relief has finally hit! i love thursdays especially when i have my bday (hard day) because i don't have to do that shit load of homework until sunday night so i'm basically free. ahh, i feel so relaxed like some huge weight's been lifted off my poor, aching shoulders. today in english, lovely borah embarrassed the crap out of me. i turned so red haha, not really haha, but yeah...we turned in our journals for a 500 point grade and he'd look through them and i could see him making faces and scratching stuff out if he didn't like it. So i kept watching his face when he checked mine and all of a sudden he goes, "Rachel," and i was freaking out, "Rachel, when you look at yourself do you see an overly organized person? This notebook is the most organized thing I've ever seen. I bet you color coordinate your socks and have them all neatly folded." It was kind of funny though, and he also said he wished he could be as organized as me. But, I'm trying to figure out if he likes me or not because so far he's accused me of being a naturally nervous person and overly organized...hmmm suspicious. This weekend i'm all pumped because there's a huge design conference/show in dulles, va. i love decorating and that stuff so i'm going on saturday, and andrew dan jumbo's going to be there!!! he's the sexy, british carpenter from tlc's while you were out. My mom and I are both in love with him (kind of kinky, i know) so we're going to check it out on saturday. Lord, I can't wait until the weekend. It's odd because I don't actually like weekends. I never end up doing anything of interest, and i usually feel like i've wasted 2 nice days by sunday, but it's just psychologically soothing to not have school for 2 whole days!!! maybe i'm just odd, who knows. i think i've decided that I wish to become a vegetarian, or at least a pseudo vegetarian where I only eat meat when i get cravings, which isn't often. i don't know, but i just love veggies, casseroles, salads, stir fry, and all that other good health food. do you know that tofu is actually pretty darn good?? i even eat it raw sometimes...hmph! Word of the Day: table (no, not the object you eat on) v. to remove from consideration Quote of the Day: "We know what we are but not what we may be." -William Shakespeare post comment

blah blah blah [24 Sep 2003|07:42pm] [ mood | trying to be optimistic... ] [ music | new found glory ] have teachers suddenly formed a conspiracy against all students? i cannot remember another time in my life in which I've had this much work. Ever! it's ridiculous, but i'm not going to whine bc my whole journal is turning into a giant bitching sap story. jesus, even I don't want to read that shit. So, today! Hmm, let's see. I talked to some new people in science class today, brian, sarah, and danny, except that I'm not so sure if they would make good friends haha. See, i've been hanging out with a bunch of girls, but they're actually kind of dull. at first i thought they were just being quietish because i was around so they couldn't "express their true selves," but it's been a month and they're still boring. As of now, i'm trying to figure out if i should start looking for some different people to hang out with, you know just check my options and create a big, huge circle of friends haha. So back to science...these guys are really funny, and have a personality. their jokes and stories remind me of my friends back home. We started talking and it was cool. i was thinking, "hey, maybe i've found some cool people to hang out with," until they started asking me about my acid use...hmm...that's not cool. I don't know, maybe i'm a loser, fickle, goody-goody, but drugs just aren't cool. I think they're stupid and would never want to put that shit in my body. They started asking me like how much i can drink in an hour and if i do acid, which i don't, and i don't drink much either. Now, i'm kind of thinking i should steer clear of these people, or at least outside of school. They'll be my "science buddies." haha that was gay. I need to find some people who are a mixture of the boring goody goodies and the bad ass, funny kids. in conclusion, i'm confused at the moment, but what else is new? today is cheena's birthday! she's one of my best friends and i miss her tons, but i haven't found a decent "mailable" present yet, so unfortunately i have to be a loser and not send anything, which makes me feel bad and rude. I have a card and some other random stuff concerning inside jokes or what not, so i'll send that when i find time. i overheard a conversation today about pre-marital sex, and i think i've finally come to my stand on the topic. Pre-marital sex is okay, and necessary to establish a strong, mutual relationship. I know, that sounds shallow and DIRTY, but hear me out. in this day and age (yeah, i know i sound ancient) the majority of relationships and marriages build their foundation on sex. So, think what would happen if a couple got married without having sex, and on the honeymoon they realize they aren't at all sexually compatible. Now they can either take the time and effort to work out their sexual differences or just call it quits. Sadly, a lot of people today don't seem to care about relationships. They don't care enough to try and work out their problems; look at the divorce rate! Therefore, couples should have sex before they get married to ensure they are compatible together, etc. just an opinion. now, that doesn't mean they should go gallavanting about having rampant sex with numerous partners (woohoo the 60's live on), but i think it is an essential part of present day relationships. just being realistic!!! I just wanted to write that down before i lose my train of thought and forget my opinion all together. that happense sometimes when i get bogged down. I actually forget my own feelings and thoughts...scary. I must be getting alzheimers. See, i can do it. I can post an entry without being overly depressive and cynical! That doesn't mean my day was all hunky-dory, but my mission to stay positive in this horrible transition is working, or building at least. Who knows, one day i might own a pair of rose colored lenses. Word of the Day: juxtaposition-the placement of two words/ideas side by side to encourage comparison. This is often found in literature, art, documentation, etc. Quote of the Day: "Today I finally overcame trying to fit the world inside a picture frame..." -John Mayer 3x5 :) post comment

*(&#$@~#%!!!!!!!!! [23 Sep 2003|06:09pm] [ mood | irritated ] [ music | none ] Today was quite possibly the worst day of my life thus far! I know, I say that everyday, but this day was an exceptionally horrible day, like really bad. Remember how I said this week would drag by?? Well, it's fucking dragging. The power was out this morning in school so I got to sit in the dark during photography amid all my mexican friends haha. And apparently, if the power had remained off for like 30 more minutes, school would have been cancelled. errrrr, just my luck that it had to come back on. Then I had WHAP and we got our summer writing assignments back and I got a fucking 4, which is really bad, but is the equivalent of a B so I guess that's okay. I was hoping for a better mark though. Next, Waters tells us that next class (being Thursday) we'll have 2 make up quizzes on Ch. 7 and 8 because of stupid Isabel, and in addition to that, we'll have a lovely in-class essay...fabulous! So besides studying for the hard-ass quizzes that I fail anyway, I also get to plan out a compare-contrast essay concerning 2 of the millions of ancient civilizations. Why did I take ap again? Because I sure as hell can't recall! Then came lovely lunch where I sat there with another plastered smile on my face and pretended to be interested in the boring conversation of those around me. I really don't care about spaghetti dinners before football games. god, i miss my friends. After lunch, we had boring "sleep with my eyes open" french with Mme "I have no life" Keefe. We did near future today as in, conjugations of aller plus the infinitive, as in what you do before you learn the real future. And, you use the real future in French II, so yeah this is French IV. Then my favorite class, English! oh, it was dreadful, completely and utterly dreadful. I got a 9 on my last paper though which I was psyched about...but then...oh but then...here's the best part...we had another in class writing prompt today! This one was far worse, however, since it concerned Lincoln's second inaugural address and his rhetorical strategies...what? In english please? oh wait, THIS IS ENGLISH CLASS, my bad! Who would have guessed, huh? So mine was pitiful and at the end of class, Mr. Borah came by and I was like umm, mine won't print! So he sat there and fiddled with my computer, while reading my paper and making awful whincing faces like he'd been shot with some sort of medevial weapon. My computer wouldn't work, so he had to print it off HIS computer, givin him another opportunity to express his disgust concerning my shitty writing skills. Then he says "Not as good as the other one?" And I just stand there like, haha yeah, guess not, Mr. Borah, sir! What an idiot! So, basically I failed that one and probably will receive oh, a 3 to go nicely with my WHAP 4 hmmm...Well, I have to finish all my lovely homework since school is hell and all the teachers have gone nazi on me and are assigning loads of busy work. I'm so stressed that I'm going to burst. I mean it's quite scientific, really, I have all this stress building, and building, and building with nowhere to go, so it ultimately has to POP and i'll probably die...which who knows, could be a good thing in the long run? errr better go finish up Word of the Day: FUCK v. to copulate profusely, or can be used as an interjection such as "FUCK SCHOOL IS SO FUCKING BORING IT MAKES ME WANT TO FUCKING DIE!" note: can also be used as an adjective. Quote of the Day: "Will you stop for a while, stop trying to pull yourself together for some clear 'meaning'--some mementary summary?" -John Tagliabue 1 comment|post comment

just one of those weeks... [22 Sep 2003|09:14pm] [ mood | exhausted ] [ music | Rooney, haha i'm such a dork ] I can just tell this is going to be one of those piss poor weeks that drag on and on and on and on. Today we started school 2 hours later than normal, yet it still felt like one of the longest days of my life. I thought I was going to be in Geosystems for eternity! So in math we did diddley shit, and I'm failing! yay me. the grading scale is so different from that at my other school so i'll never make an A...again! We got back our quizzes and my dumbass dyke teacher is just a dumbass dyke. i don't understand what i did wrong on the quiz. it looked right to me, and somehow, i have to correct my already correct answers. Fun stuff! Then in journalism Mrs. "I treat my juniors like they're 5" is making us find a current events article and present it to the class...aww how sweet. Plus, we get to interview someone. I just can't wait! i'm shitting pickles of excitement (sarcasm). At lunch, I sat there like a nonexisting ghost and pretended to have fun while plastering a fake smile to my bored to death face. I did, however, enjoy my PB and J immensely. Then in French we took a stupid quiz about food. And we talked about random stuff. Finally, in science, we had another sub so we "researched" on the computers, which is actually the equivalent of all the guys looking at porn and at the end of class, trying to copy my answers. Good times, good times! So tomorrow I have hell with Borah and a WHAP quiz which I've yet to study. That should be interesting. I also have Photography tomorrow, only we haven't even started shooting. It's like a fucking art class. Okay, i didn't take art for a reason. But...all is well because ryan sent me a beautiful, long e-mail, and it made my day! I can't wait to go home! I'm so stoked and counting down the days until I'll yet again have a social life...for a weekend, but hey! And, our fridge is chalk full with luscious apples from our escapades yesterday. Too bad I'm sick to death of apples. I ate 5 yesterday. I need to start working out again...I'm starting to get hefty. Also, puppy, Ruban is gone. His mommy came and got him. It's so weird not having him around, but there's always my darling cat...whom I actually do love a lot. I can relate to cats better. We have a special connection haha. We're both unfriendly and bitchy! I'm going to be one of those old ladies with like thirteen cats and I'll spend every day inside feeding them and playing with them. Can't wait, gosh I love life! Oh shout out: Happy 16th Birthday David! (even though it's tomorrow) Congratulations to Ellyse on making H-coming court Congratulations to NickandKaren for making the big one year!!! Word of the Day: cull-to select; weed out (i've never known the technical definition before) Quote of the Day: "I'm sick of smiling And so is my jaw Can't you see my front is crumbling down?" -New Found Glory Sorry this entry is boring as hell. I'll try and come up with something good when I find the time. G'night post comment

JOHNNY APPLESEED LIVES ON [21 Sep 2003|07:26pm] [ mood | satisfied ] [ music | none surprisingly ] Today was the last day of my wonderful 4 day weekend! How depressing to think that I have to go back to the grind of school...hmm monotony. But today my dad came up to me while I was doing some homework and was like "hey, do you want to go apple picking?" When we lived in Sarnia we used to go apple picking every year, but I was also 7 so it was fun. Anyway, I pretended to look all excited and was all "yay, that sounds fun! Let's go" So we drove like an hour and a quarter out into rural Virginia and picked apples all afternoon. And you know what? It wasn't half bad? Besides smelling like fermented apples and vinegar, being bitten alive, and getting sweaty, I had a lot of fun. It reminded me so much of when I was little, plus the country side is gorgeous. I brought along my camera and shot half a roll of black and white. Except I brought the wrong camera :( so all my efforts won't even be of use. I brought my "pleasure" camera instead of the one for photography class. Oh well, I'll just reshoot. So tomorrow the geniouses who run Fairfax County Public Schools have decided to open all schools two hours earlier in the morning. I don't really know why since the hurricane has been gone since...oh Friday, but I don't have to go to school until after 9 so that's a bonus. I'll also have 2 extra hours in the morning to finish my homework and study for my jillions of quizzes tomorrow. Have you ever wondered about people and their pet peeves? Do you notice that most people partake in their pet peeves. For instance, if their pet peeve is people who talk about people behind their backs, those people often tend to talk about their own friends behind their backs. Human beings are such hypocrites. I admit that I do this as well. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people order food in restaurants or what not and don't eat it or throw it away. I catch myself doing that sometimes and it makes me mad. So now I get those doggie bags. I am so random! I write letters to my friends constantly because a) i love writing letters and b) it's the most convenient way to keep in touch (not really considering technology...but my letters are sp random. They skip around from one topic to another. They must be so annoying to read. Do you ever wonder what other people think of you? I'm sure tons of people think I'm weird or annoying. In baton rouge people called me the hot, dorky girl because I'm weird haha. Just a point to ponder. Also if you could have any super power what would you choose? I would either choose to fly or read minds. It would be awesome to fly because you'd feel so free and could just get away. I'd want to read minds because...well, it's obvious why. I'd want to have the ability to turn it off though. Just another random idea to think about. I better go finish my pre-calculus homework and wash the fermented apple odor off my body...yum! Word of the Day: lacksadaisical-uncaring Quote of the Day: "It is not our abilities but our choices that make us who we truly are." -Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets post comment

:) [20 Sep 2003|06:49pm] [ mood | content ] [ music | none, lsu football! ] this is funny: i got an email from my cousin in canada today and i had told her all about the hurricane and how school had been cancelled. she thought it was funny that we'd missed school because of a hurricane since hurricanes don't usually occur in canada. Then she told me that they had had school cancelled as well. Only that in her case, there was a bear on the premices. hahah i guess it's a difference in culture. anyway i'm in a good mood because i'm talking to some br friends. life's good...at the moment 1 comment|post comment

i looooove four day weekends [20 Sep 2003|12:32pm] [ mood | mellow ] [ music | phantom planet-CALIFORNIA ] It feels so great to have 4 consecutive days off of school. I'm so stress-free and have like no homework to do except for some minor studying tomorrow night. It's extremely relaxing! I've spent the morning enjoying the sun and listening to some tunes while reading. Yesterday there was a massive hurricane, and today, it's hot and sunny. Very weird. But there are still tons of places in VA without power or water which sucks ass, but I'm just thankful that we have electricity. So yeah, my dad was meddling with the internet and fucked up the main computer downstairs and now there's no internet except for on my sister's computer. She's nice enough to let me get on and check my mail, etc. but it's kind of a hassle to like ask permission everytime I'd like to get online. Also, never eat those little prepackaged tuna salad lunch snack things. They're fucking disgusting. It looked like cat puke and probably tasted like it. This week we painted our dining room and it was supposed to be a pretty red, but it ended up looking like raspberry sorbet combined with pepto bismol...hmmm not good. I think we're going to try and find a more suitable hue. I love painting and decorating our house. It's so much fun, and our new house is a lot bigger than the one in Baton Rouge so it's a good time. I'm such a dork haha. Yesterday Dad and I had some nice "bonding" time. We were decorating his office in the basement with photos and momentos he has from his trips around the world. It was actually fun because we found lots of old pictures and some snapshots from his childhood, so it was really cool to look through them all. The room looks good though and today we're going to arrange his "international beer can collection." Hahah Word of the Day: macabre- gross, ghastly, suggestive of horrible death and decay (ewww) Quote of the Day: "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." - Charles Schultz post comment

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and let there be light... [19 Sep 2003|12:35pm] [ mood | rejuvenated ] [ music | michelle branch ] Thank God the power has finally come back on, thus enabling me to see! So the hurricane did finally pick up last night, and it got moderately windy (not as dangerous as I'd hoped, but hey) and at about 9:30 last night the power went out while I was watching the weather channel. My house was insanely dark, but I got to walk around with a candle like in old times. I felt like Winnie Foster in Tuck Everlasting, a such a good movie! But anyway...it was kind of fun except it's very very hard to take out your contacts by candle light. I almost poked out my eye. Then my mom started getting nervous and made us all go downstairs in the basement "to brave the storm." We ended up playing like trivial pursuit or something rather so it wasn't a complete drag. Then we had to sleep down there incase of an emergency hahah. Well, the dog was so afraid of the storm that everytime the wind picked up he'd go crazy barking. Needless to say I am not well rested, but all is good since there was again no school today...yay! We ate ice cream for breakfast since everything in the fridge was starting to thaw and the milk was kind of warm...hmmm I probably have food poisoning, not really. Then my mom took Ruban, the dog we're looking after, for a walk to look at damage and such. Why is it that old people like to walk around and look at that kind of stuff? So apparently some big, huge dog started attacking little Ruban and it was quite a scene from what I've heard. Now the pup is limping and whining, NOT GOOD. The owner, Gloria, treats this dog like it's her only born child. It eats fucking munster cheese and turkey for breakfast in a special freaking bowl! So when she finds out her poor baby's been hurt, all hell will break loose. JOYFUL! Anyway nothing else has happened. I swept the front walk, got the mail, listened to some more John :) and cleaned my room. I think I will continue my movie marathon today and maybe read some Harry Potter or finish Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, which was supposed to have been read by the time school started...RIGHT Word of the Day: soporific-sleep-inducing Quote of the Day: "Birth is the opposite of death. Life has no opposite." - Dawson's Creek post comment

Where's Isabel [18 Sep 2003|01:10pm] [ mood | annoyed ] [ music | Just Molly Wringwald's droning voice... ] This here hurricane is traveling at the speed of molasses. I think I can actually see blue sky in the distance...what the hell? If I have to go to school tomorrow because of stupid Isabel, there's going to be trouble. So, I'm baking cookies and watching 16 Candles on VH1 instead. I hate this movie. It's completely unrealistic and Molly Wringwald isn't good enough for beautiful Matt Dillan! I'll fill out one of these instead: 1. FIRST NAME: rachel 2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? nope 3. SCHOOL: cvhs 4. MASCOT: wildcats 5. NICKNAME: boate, boater, rach, alice, cherry, rachelle 6. BIRTHDAY: 6-12 7. AGE: 16 9. GRADE: 11 10. GPA average: it was 3.9 now it's probably....1.7 haha 11. HEIGHT: i hate this question 5'2.5" (sigh) 12. SHOE SIZE: 7 13. HAIR COLOR: brown and boring 14. EYE COLOR: see above 15. SIBLINGS: ally, younger sister 16. LAST CD YOU BOUGHT: john mayer-heavier things 17. LAST MOVIE YOU SAW IN THE THEATRE: uptown girls 18. LAST MOVIE YOU RENTED: punch drunk love, which i've yet to watch 19. FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: used to be english, but now that I have borah... 20. LEAST FAVORITE SUBJECT: precal 21. DO YOU ACTUALLY LIKE MATH? sometimes depending 23. DO YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND? nope 24. HIS OR HER NAME: see above 25. FAVORITE ACTRESS: gwyneth paltrow, judi dench, i can't think right now 26. FAVORITE ACTOR: ummm for skill: robert redford, tom hanks, leonardo dicaprio, elijah wood for their sexy bodies: orlando bloom, heath ledger, hayden christensen, sean biggerstaff (lol), adam brody, etc. 27. FAVORITE MOVIE: shakespeare in love, life as a house, billy elliot, there are more, but i've drawn a blank 28. FAVORITE TV SHOW: the oc is pretty good, that 70's show, gilmore girls, scrubs... 29..DO YOU DO ANY DRUGS? nope 30. ARE YOU ON ANY SPORTS TEAM? haaaaa 31. HOW LONG ARE YOU IN THE SHOWER? 10-15 min 42. WHAT'S YOUR FAV. PLACE TO GO ON VACATION? skiing anywhere, but i'd love to go to italy, england, ireland, and switzerland 43. FAVORITE SCARY MOVIE: i hate scary movies, but what lies beneath almost made me shit my pants 34. IF YOU ARE A GIRL, WHAT MAKEUP DO YOU WEAR? mascara and eyeliner on a daily basis 35. GUYS WITH OR WITHOUT HATS? both? what a dumbass question 36. FAV. FOOD: hmmm...salad, fondue, ice cream, chicken in any form, chocolate, a lot of stuff 37. WORST FEAR: drowning or being raped 38. FAVORITE COLOR: i hate this question, it depends on what the color is being used for 39. BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD? when you're completely happy with who you are 40. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD? being stressed and depressed >>>>>>>>>WHAT DO YOU THINK OF...<<<<<<<<< 41. BILL CLINTON: i don't care 42. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT: doesn't exist, but lust at first sight does 43. ABORTION: borderline 44. TEENAGE SMOKING: big turnoff 45. EATING DISORDERS: disturbing 46. RAP: don't love it, but it's fun to dance to 48. MARILYN MANSON: scary guy 49. GUY BANDS: mmmmmbop hahaha 50. DEATH: unavoidable 51. TITANIC: gag me with a spoon... 52. JERRY SPRINGER: i think it's sad that he makes money off this 53. RAPE: see #37 54. SUICIDE: makes me sad 55. SOUTH PARK: i have to be in the mood to enjoy it WHEN YOU HEAR THIS NAME, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF? 56. RYAN: ryan lyle, one of my best friends 57. BOB: haha my dad's favorite name 58. ZACK: guy in my geosystems class 59. KATIE: the actress who plays joey on dawson's creek 60. DREW: aizpurua, a special, special being 61. STACEY: barbie's sister?? haha i don't know 62. STEPH: someone named stephanie... 63. BRIAN: my uncle, backstedt, a popular name 64. JENNA: this annoying girl in french 65. JASON: hahah trackman and jason's deli in br (both are yum yum) 66. JESSICA: ferreyra 67. HEATHER: a fat person name 68. AARON: lathan, who made homecoming court...congratulations 69. AMY: latchford from science class 70. SARAH: bedell 71. JOSHUA: i name i like 72. DANIEL: becker from choir hahaha 73. BRITTANY: spears whom i loathe... 74.CHRISTOPHER: "christopher columbus what do you think of that! A big fat lady sat upon my hat..." -a song i sang when i was little >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>AND....<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 75. DO YOU HAVE A JOB? currently searching 76. WHAT COLLEGE DO YOU GO TO OR WANT TO GO TO? errr stressful question, either somewhere in va or canada 77. RELIGION: technically the united church of canada...but they don't have those here 78. DO YOU BELIEVE IN HEAVEN AND HELL?: not sure 79. DO YOU BELIEVE IN ANGELS? not really, well not with harps, wings, and halos 80. DO YOU BELIEVE IN ALIENS? no, well not like ET aliens, maybe little microbes 81. DO YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF? not very often 82. DO YOU WANT TO GET MARRIED? yes, but outlook not too positive haha 83. WHAT DO YOU DO THAT MAKES YOUR FRIENDS MAD? probably get on their nerves...not really sure 84. DO YOU HAVE ANY STUFFED ANIMALS? mr. jimmy!!! 85. DO YOU HAVE ANY BAD HABITS? i'm judgemental and i curse too much 86. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE RESTARAUNT? oh lord, mexican: superior grill in br, indian: india's in br, thai: thai kitchen in br, deli style: jason's deli in br, and the silver diner's really cheesy and fun haha 87. WHERE IS YOUR FAVORITE HANGOUT? my basement??? i don't know, i have little time to hang out 88. PEPSI OR COKE: don't drink either 89. LETTERMAN OR LENO: the former 90. MTV or VH1: both haha, i'm a loser 91. SPICE GIRLS OR ALL SAINTS? spice girls i guess..i don't know 92. BEVERLY HILLS 90210 OR DAWSONS CREEK? dawson's creek, i admit i was an addict 93. 7TH HEAVEN OR PARTY OF FIVE: neither, they're both corny 94. DIET PEPSI OR PEPSI ONE: pepsi one if i must make a selection 95. APPLES OR ORANGES: oranges 96. CHOCOLATES OR FLOWERS: chocolate is so good depending on the brand, but flowers are so sweet and brighten up your day 97. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LOVE SONG?: again, gag me with a spoon 98. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BREAK-UP SONG: doesn't apply 99. SILVER OR GOLD: silver 100. IF YOU COULD BE ANYWHERE RIGHT NOW, WHERE WOULD YOU BE? in europe, basking in the sun with a gorgeous man hahaha 101. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING AT THIS VERY MOMENT? bring on isabel the hurricane 102. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SONG "PRETTY FLY FOR WHITE GUY"? hahaha seriously? 103. ARE YOU A VEGETARIAN? no, but i could be 104. FAVORITE KINDS OF CLOTHES: pj's, jeans, t-shirts, sweatshirts, comfy stuff...no black lacy lingerie...grrowl 105. THE LAST PHONE NUMBER YOU CALLED: my mom's cell 106. THE LAST TV SHOW YOU WATCHED: hollywood squares >>>>>>>>>>>HAVE YOU EVER...<<<<<<<<<<<< 107: BEEN ON A PLANE: yes 108. WENT SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN: yes 109. GONE SKINNY DIPPING: when i was little 110. CRIED IN PUBLIC: unfortunately a few times 111. LET A FRIEND CRY ON YOUR SHOULDER: when i moved...it was sad 112. FELL ASLEEP IN THE SHOWER/BATH: nope 113. FELL ASLEEP WHILE EATING: haha no, but that'd be hilarious 114. GONE TO CHURCH: not in a few years... 115. READ THE BIBLE: i have read it, but i don't read it often Okay, that was fun haha 2 comments|post comment

[18 Sep 2003|08:57am] [ mood | energetic ] [ music | John Mayer ] I could not be more excited with this whole hurricane deal thing! I don't have to school today, which means no Pre-Calculus or Journalism! Thank you God! The people here are kind of anal and obsess about these little, itty bitty storms that will probably cause zero damage in the area. But hey, that's fine with me if they want to obsess over Isabel, I don't have to be in math right now! Everyone I've talked to back home in Louisiana is all "I can't believe you have school off for this little storm? They ain't never seen no hurricon." People in Baton Rouge really don't talk like that, however; just another stereotype! Poor red necks haha. So I decided to start one of these journal things as a way to vent and get shit off my chest. I just moved to Virginia from Louisiana, and I miss all my friends immensely. Plus I miss my school because my new school is huge and ugly and cold and depressing and errrrr. Anyway, where was I? Right, I'll probably talk about my friends a whole bunch since I love them and miss them. But what am I going to do today? It's a pain in the ass because I don't know whether or not I have school tomorrow? I won't know if I have to do homework until tonight, and if school is on, then I'll be up until 2 in the morning rushing madly to finish my work. I mean, I don't want to spend my glorious hurricane day doing history!!! But I'm thinking MOVIE MARATHON in the basement with lots of food and blankets and ahh...relaxation. Maybe I'll watch the Lord of the Rings or some old movies. There's nothing like old, bad movies. It's officially 19 days until homecoming! This means that I get to go home in 19 days for a while, not like the gay dance/football game at school, which is really pretty insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Honestly, is it some great honor to be on the highly esteemed homecoming court? Get a life. So yeah I get to go home in 19 days for my friends birthday except she doesn't know that I'm coming. Surprise! It's going to be very fun. I swear that thinking about it is the only thing that keeps me going these days. I hate school. I've never hated school in my life until this year, but it's okay--life goes on. The gay homecoming is on November 1...boo! I haven't figured out what's happening there, since I don't know any guys or have a dress or even know what they do for homecoming here. The people I've been hanging out with don't seem to associate with guys...hmmm peculiar. Well, that needs to change asap. We're looking after Ruban this week. He's a cute, little pomeranian, and my dad's colleague is in Florida for his daughter's wedding. We got doggy duty, plus I get some spending money for doing it! Yeah, I know maybe I can buy a dress with the cash...umm or not! Hopefully things will work themselves out in that department. I got my new John Mayer CD the other day, and it's simply wonderful! It's really mellow compared to his first album, but I love it! Last year my friends and I skipped school and went to New Orleans to see him play at Jazz Fest for like 25 bucks! It was so great and I had a blast. So I've been listening to his new album non-stop. I'm in such a good mood that I won't ruin my first entry with the stress I'm embodying currently so I'll just leave at this for now. Word of the Day: dilettanti-someone who knows nothing about a subject but acts like a professional. (Like when you go to a football game and some ass is talking about everything the players are doing wrong when in reality they know diddly shit about football...so annoying!) Quote of the Day: "Life's going to suck soon enough" -"The OC" post comment

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