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I love college! [22 Nov 2004|10:51pm] [ mood | crazy ] [ music | Jackie playing the guitar! ] So I'm finally settling into college life, and I really love it here. This last weekend rocked my world! We saw the Dead Parrots Society. They weren't as good as I've seen them, but it was fun. Then we snuck into a bunch of dorms on north campus. Everyone was really nice, and some people even invited us to watch a movie with them! Saturday made me so happy! We went to the mall, and I bought a pretty shirt from Old Navy. Then we went to a super awesome concert at the VU. The Pale was there, and I love them so much! They are so nice and down to earth, and there music is so awesome. The other bands were AutumnPoetry, Blue Sky Mile, and Typical Ace. Typical was a bit younger, but they were pretty good. Autumn Poetry was like a pretty boy version of Dashboard Confessional, but they definetly had the moody emo thing down. Blue Sky Mile was more like punk, and they were from Seattle. Great stage presence, good music! We danced, I bought a shirt from them, and some pins, and Julie, Gina and I got Gabe's (the leader singer) autograph. Sunday I cranked out a four page paper and still had time to go see National Tresure in theaters. It was good, a but cheesy, but fun. Thanksgiving break starts Wednesday. I have to leave, I must study for the Journalism test I'm going to fail tomorrow morning. G'night! post comment

Fun survey thing that everyone should do! [16 Nov 2004|11:24pm] [ mood | lethargic ] [ music | "The Boys of Summer" ~The Ataris~ ] Anger 1. Who did you last get angry with? An as of yet unnamed person, but they are at Western. Or myself. 2. What is your weapon of choice? A straw or catapult made of a fork and plate. 3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex? Yes, but I'm pretty weak, so it probably wouldn't be a big deal. 4. How about of the same sex? I'm down with a good bitchslap. 5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you? I don't know, they didn't tell me. Well, I know there are definetly people, but I can't think of anyone in specific right now. 6. What is your pet peeve? Stupidity and intolerence. 7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily? I've done both. Sloth 1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time? Read for honors and journalism...oops... 2. What is the latest you've ever woken up? evening time...maybe around like 5. But I went to bed late! 3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't? Crystal! 4. What is the last lame excuse you made? "Hey, I can't talk right now..." 5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through? yes, but shhhh, don't tell. 6. When was the last time you got a good workout? Oh man...this summer some time. No, dancing!!! 7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today? Just once, good for me! Gluttony 1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice? Mocha Frappacinos with whipped cream and chocolate syrup. 2.Meat eaters: I don't really like red meat...I like chicken! 3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event? A shot, some Bailey's and a beer. Or the time with the Mike's and Ali... 4. Have you ever used a professional diet company? Um, no. 5. Do you have an issue with your weight? Eh...it's not a huge issue for me, I've gotten comfortable in my own skin. 6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods? Sweet and spicy, but seperately. 7. Have you ever looked at a small housepet or child and thought "food!"? Um, going with no. I've thought "Oh gross!" though. Lust 1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)? Ummm...a few? 2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)? Not many. 3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation? lol, not conciously. 4. Have you "done it"? nope 5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice? I like nice arms...not ripped, but nice. And pretty eyes. And good hair (not necessairly clean cut, I like shaggy hair!). 6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute? No, but oh my God, we saw one propostioning a guy in Tacoma!!!!! 7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy? No, no need. Greed 1. How many credit cards do you own? none, but I have a debit card which is almost as bad. 2. What's your guilty pleasure store? Borders...or Claire's...Oh, how about some Chanel? 3. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it? Buy really good Christmas presents for my family and W inc. Pay for college, get a good car, and shop! Get and Ipod, lol!!! 4. Would you rather be rich, or famous? Um, rich, I don't care if weirdos know me, I want to be able to take care of myself, family, and friends. Not just take care of, but spoil out of our minds! 5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks? If I had good enough hours so I could enjoy my money with people I love! 6. Have you ever stolen anything? Not anything of monetary value...well, Justin's car that one time. But lately, it was just a poster in Stack 8. 7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive? Ummm, around 1000 or so. Lame, I know. Pride 1. What one thing have you done that you're most proud of?Getting all of college this year paid for. That's right, no debt for me! And I'm even getting money back from the school! 2. What one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of? LOL, probably the same thing above. But my dad always says he's proud of me no matter what. 3. What thing would you like to accomplish in your life? I'd like to be remembered for a long time as a good person who did good things. 4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place? Yes, I have a nasty competitive streak (Grrrr, Stomachs of Steel...) 5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors? Um, probably, how could you resist that all the time? 6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score? Yes...I'm not proud of that one, but yes I have. 7. What did you do today that you're proud of? I updated my journal for the first time in 7 months! Envy 1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own? Anyone who has an Ipod can kiss my big toe. 2. Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces": In college? Almost anyone who doesn't live in a lightless cave like I do! 3. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be? Bill Gates, just to see what it would be like to not have any financial problems. Maybe not, he's not exactly pretty, lol. 4. Have you ever been cheated on? No...well...no, the answer's no. 5. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own? Oh sure. 6. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself? GOOD musical ability! 7. Do you wish you'd come up with this survey? nah, it's cool though 8. Finally, what is your favorite deadly sin? Hmmm, I like Lust, lol. Favorite? Uh...pride, cause that can be explained away. post comment

Not writing in this thing is lame! [16 Nov 2004|10:18pm] [ mood | giggly ] [ music | "Whose Line is it Anyway" on the TV in Tess/Jackie's room! ] I have always sucked at keeping diaries and journals. But here, I am trying, really, I am. So, this summer was amazing. Dudley kicked ass like always. It was Darkman's last summer I just found out, but it's okay, he's going to become a famous film maker! I miss everyone so much. The themes were good, the movie might take awhile to get here, but it will be worth it. Well, considering it was 3 months ago, 'nuff said. If you really want to know more, let me know and I shall educate you. So, I'm at Western finally! My first week sucked. Really, it was hell. I wanted to be a Central. Holy crap, it was bad! No offense to anyone there, hell I have friends there. Anyway...I had no roommate for awhile. I knew no one because my friend who was coming ended up not doing so. Yeah, it was lame. Then Ali, my lovely Alaskan roommate moved in and I made a bunch of friends. Tess, Jackie, Julie, Regan, Beth, Gina, Maggie, and Hau-Wei are the greatest people I could have hoped to meet! And I'm still meeting people, and I'm starting to really love it here. The weekends are wonderful! I saw Ryan Stiles live in a comedy show with my lovely friends. We've gone out to dinner many times, and gone on random shopping trips. We've been dancing a couple times, and I've really missed that. As my amiga Regan would say "Mmmmm, dancing." Last weekend Regan, Gina, Maggie, and I went to Tacoma. We saw Regan's friend Sean. That boy did the best, twisted Barney song I've ever heard. To try to repeat it, play the "I love you" song in a minor key, and sing with a twisted look on your face. And I got to see Safa!!! He's going to UPS, and is in a dance club. We got to see their fall recital, and it was excellent. I haven't seen him since graduation, and it made me happy. This weekend will be amazing as well! The Pale (who opened for Maroon 5 when I went to their concert in Sept.) is coming on Saturday, and I am so HAPPY! They are excellent, and it doesn't hurt that the lead singer can sing and play guitar and piano, and oh yeah, he's a cutie. The crew is coming with me, and we're going to see The Dead Parrots Society (an improv comedy group at WWU) on Friday. Yay weekend! I've been at school for a grand total of like two months and there's already some drama. There's a person here who gets on the nerves, and no one can say anything!!! Okay, that's enough venting for now. Short, I know. Boys are dumb! There are times when I would love to have a boyfriend, but other times, I know it would suck! And there's this guy here, who I don't even know, but damn...crushes are lame! He's really funny and nice. So, I told Gina that there was some interest on my part, and then today I told her it wasn't a big deal. lol, six hours later, he said we should study together. I won't lie, I'm happy, lol. And then I played stalker and found stuff on him. Okay, I'm stopping now, probably too much said already. Anyway, I'll try to keep this up, it's good for me. I heart you, and if you aren't at Western, I miss you bunches!!! "I wish I were an Oscar Meyer wiener..."~Regan~ (Hey the other song quote she shouted out was "I love you, you love me..." post comment

58 days til camp! [21 Apr 2004|06:25pm] [ mood | giddy ] [ music | Computer mix thing...I don't know, Terryl is singing now ] Well, my senior year is winding down. I've committed to Western and sent in my deposit and everything. I went on my trip to DC, which was awesome, I had such a blast! I met some wonderful kids and adults...and I can get a good job/internship at some major companies now too. I just have to finish some scholarships and 42 days of school, and then I'M DONE!!! I finally have a job at camp. I guess Darkman has gone crazy (or he's desperate) and I'm the Arts and Crafts director. Hey, it should be okay. I can have fun with that! And lots of staff are coming back, so it should be a blast. Might end up being my last summer, but I hope not. Prom is May 8th. I guess I should find a date, lol. Oh well, I'm so over high school right now, but I suppose I should go, it is my senior year. Maybe I'll have to find a date out of town again. Crys, Ren, and Jess need one too. I don't know if I have enough guy friends, lol. Crys and I figured out today that the only senior guy she can stand to go with is Trevor. But they haven't talked in forever, so that might be kinda weird. But we went through a list of all the senior guys and all got eliminated but him...well, and Justin and Ryan, but they were maybes. Okay, well, I need to go make dinner now, I'll write later. "Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?/I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated/life's like this you/you fall and you crawl and you brake and take what you get and turn it into/honestly you promise me I'm never gonna find ya fakin'/no no no." post comment

Two months 'til graduation! [10 Apr 2004|04:02pm] [ mood | bored ] [ music | A mix of most of the songs saved on my computer ] Tolo was a blast! I got the pictures back recently, which were very cute. Note to self: send Beast his pictures. It was just nice to go to a dance with a group of friends, and NO BOYFRIENDS!!!! Speaking of people who were at Tolo, Richie is supposed to be in town this weekend, but I haven't heard from him yet. And speaking of Richie, I had my camp interview yesterday. It was fun, and pretty easy. Darkman and Julie talked for a minute with me out of the room and then called me back to offer me a job. So I have my summer job. Now all I have to do is find out what position they'll put me in. I went to Western with my dad for a open campus thingy. I really liked it there. It was so nice, and pretty, and I felt really comfortable there. So, unless something major happens to change my mind, I'm probably going to end up there. Plus, it's on the westside...don't you wonder what I'm thinking about? I leave for D.C. on Tuesday, I fly out of Yakima at 8:25, and I'll be back on the 18th. I'm excited, but kinda nervous too. And I need to go buy a blazer of some sort, and a skirt. And a pair of black flats. I don't think I can tour DC in my three inch heels. If you want to call me, go ahead, it's not long distance if you use the cell. My number is 509-901-0741. Anyway, I have to go help my brother return some video games he rented. Take care all! "I don't care who you are/where you're from/ what you did/ as long as you love me." Makes them sound kinda desperate, doesn't it? post comment

Can't wait for the weekend! [15 Mar 2004|04:35pm] [ mood | relaxed ] [ music | Camp Mix, Breakfast at Tiffany's ] I haven't updated this thing in the longest time. Oops...Anyway, at my last entry, I was talking about Ren's surprise birthday breakfast. The cliffnotes version: we went to Denny's, ate, opened presents, and everybody went home. It was lovely. So now what's up in my life? I'm doing the senior thing, trying to pick a college. I've been accepted to Central, Western, and Cornell, and I haven't heard much from WSU. But they wrote me a nice letter saying they got my application. It was dated Feb. 27, and I got it last week. Oh well. I got the Horatio Alger scholarship, $10,000 over four years, and Cornell sent my financial aid package today. I would only have to pay about $4000 on my own. That's not too bad, but I really don't want to go to college in Iowa. I think I'm leaning towards Western, but it all depends on financial aid. Just a bit of advice for non-seniors out there, start scholarship applications NOW, don't wait til later. That's all I do in my spare time: scholarships. I've asked for so many letters of reccommendation, written so many essays, and filled out too many repetitive forms I'm about to scream. But if it pays off I'll be glad I did it. Song change, Enter Sandman Tolo is this Friday, and I already have my dress. Yay me! It's pretty, blue, beaded, and it cost a hell of a lot less than my prom dress. I'm going with Beasta...it should be fun, he's such an awesome person. And Ren is going with Matt, Crys is hopefully going with Richie, and all will be good. If Rich can get into town he's going to be staying with me until Sunday. It feels like I haven't seen him in forever, but we were talking today and it seems he was in town in January. Oh well, it feels like a long time. Song change, I Will Survive Meghan Ison suggested that our club do Relay for Life in the name of Chris Schaub. I think it's a really good idea, if we can get enough money raised. Mr. West Valley is doing a lot of cool stuff, I keep wanting to go to events, but no money and time stops me. MUST GO TO MR. WV PAGAENT!!!!!!!!!! Anyone want to go with me? The boys' opening dance number is from Robin Hood: Men in Tights. I want Ian or Safa to win...they better. Crys and I went to the play last Thursday, it was...interesting. I mean, the singing and acting was really good, but the story itself was odd. It was Little Shop of Horrors. I kept telling people to be careful how they said it (Connor called it Little Shop of Whores, but he's 10 so we'll forgive him). Although it is WV, and it can be applicable. Anyway...camp video is done, I just need to pay Darkman for the DVD form, and then it's mine! Well, once it's copied. I guess it's like two hours long. Okay, I'm leaving now...people should call me more often. Or e-mail. Or something. "Don't be so quick to walk away/Dance with me/I wanna rock your body/please stay/dance with me/you don't have to admit ya want to play/Dance with me/just let me rock you til the break of day" post comment

Time to kill... [26 Jan 2004|07:55am] [ mood | cold ] [ music | silence 'cause it's the library ] Wow, that could be taken in the wrong way. Anyway, I'm TAing for EJ and she kicked me out so she can give the quiz. I have the same class 5th period (AP Gov.) so it really isn't fair if I'm in the room. Oh well, I thought I'd make a quick note here. I guess this is going to be a shopping week. I think I'm going to Old Navy tonight after practice and then me and my gal pals are going to the Tri-Cities on Saturday. Hey, I'll get to see Beast! Cool! On Saturday (this past one) I was up at 5:45...isn't that disgusting? My friends and I thought we'd be clever by kidnapping our friend Erin and taking her to breakfast for her birthday. Well, we got to her house at like 6:30 AM(!!!!!) and her whole family was awake. We snuck back to her room and debated on who would tie the blindfold on her. Crystal said she would, but she wanted a disguise. We used an extra bandana and tied it over her face, like bandits in the old west would. Then we realized that if her head is on the pillow, it would be a little harder to get the bandana around her eyes. Finally, I just eased her head up and Crystal slipped it under her head. Unfortunetly, this woke her up so she sat up, yelled, and Crys quickly tied it. Ren grabbed a hair thing off her nightstand. I couldn't find her shoes!!!! I wasn't going to make her go out barefoot, so I had to ask where some were. I never found any, so we went to the living room. Her dad started cracking up and she asked him what was going on. He finally told us we could use his slippers (which were too big) and I gaave her her lettermans jacket and we were off. You may be asking yourself what was all this secrecy was for? What exotic location we were taking her to? COME ON PEOPLE, WE LIVE IN YAKIMA!!! What's open at 6 AM on a Saturday? So we took 1 comment|post comment

College sucks! [11 Jan 2004|01:24pm] [ mood | drained ] [ music | Some medley from American Idol ] I hate doing all the paperwork for college and scholarships. Maybe I'm just lazy. Or maybe it's cause I was out with Richie and Q last night until like 3. Oh well, it was fun. Richie was in town, staying with his brother, so I went and got him at like 8 or so, and we just hung out. The three of us went and got coffee, played video games with my brother, went Thunder Bowling, and watched most of Pirates. Before then, I went with my family to see LOTR: Return of the King. It was awesome, even though they left out so much stuff. We went and had dinner at Mongolian Grill too. I MISSED THE SELAH GAME!!!!!!!!!! I completely forgot, and I guess it was pretty awesome. And they announced Mr. West Valley contestants too! Salls told me who made it though, and my congrats go out to Safa and Ian, you guys rock, and I know I nominated you both! Well, I should stop procrastinating, I'll write later! "I don't wanna be like Cinderella/sittin in a cold dusty cellar/waitin' for somebody/to come and set me free/I don't wanna be like someone waiting/for a handsome prince to come and save me/oh I will survive unless somebody's by my side/don't wanna be no no no one else/I'd rather rescue myself/ I can slay my own dragons/I can dream my own dreams/my knight in shining armor/is me." post comment

Okay, so I'm not really drunk... [04 Jan 2004|01:30am] [ mood | drunk ] [ music | Some New Found Glory song stuck in my head ] Just a little buzzed. And that's even stretching it. It's all my dad's fault, he just keeps buying my Irish Cream, so yeah. It's no fun to drink alone either...hey Q, want some more Irish cream? Just come on over. I've decided if I ever drink socially, I'll never drink to get drunk. I don't understand that idea at all. I mean what's the point? Do people like vomiting and huge headaches? Anyway peoples, drink to get buzzed, but save some brain cells, asprin, and cleaning supplies by not getting drunk. Winter camp was last weekend, and it was a blast...and it sucked...but yeah. Basically, it was really cool seeing the staff and hanging out with them (Richie was there, which was a complete surprise!), but the kids were all in middle school and most were a bunch of punks. Don't get me wrong, some were really good, but others just cussed all the time, had no manners or respect for others, there were a bunch of thieves, plus it seemed like most didn't care. Like I said, seeing everyone was my highlight. Wait, and sledding, lol. My dad and I had a fight about camp. Basically he feels that I put it before everything else, it's for kids, and camp people really don't care about me. It almost makes me want to not come home to visit very often from college. He's not mad anymore, but I still don't think he'll accept camp the same again. After winter camp, most of the staff went out the night we got back. We (meaning Lyndall, Beast, Ewok, Richie, EE, Q, and myself) went out to dinner and went and saw the movie Cold Mountain. It was good as a movie, I guess, but the plot was predictable and I'm not a huge Nicole Kidman fan. Then we visited Mighty for awhile. Beasta, Q, Lyn, E and me went back to my house and watched Edward Scissorhands. Well, they did, I went to sleep and when I woke up the guys had went home and the girls were sleeping. Oh yeah, Christmas was good. Wow, I really haven't written in awhile. New Year's sucked cause my dad was mad at me and I was scared that if I went out he'd get even angrier. Oh well, and life goes on. Well, that's all I can think of ro write for now...remember "I trust everyone, it's the devil inside I don't trust." And let's see, I need a song...since I talked about camp a lot...From coast to coast/Camp Dudley is the most/I said from Coast to Coast/Camp Dudley is the most/na na na na na... post comment

4 more days to go! [21 Dec 2003|01:56pm] [ mood | chipper ] [ music | The blessed sound of silence ] I'm so glad my school is finally on winter break! I don't think I could handle anymore stupid nonsense. Oh well, it's been pretty good so far, and I hope it just gets better. On Friday, the school staff performed this random lip-sync/dancing/random show. It was really fun and entertaining. On Thursday, we had our match against Selah. We won, 2 and 1/2 games to 1 and 1/2. It was cool, and the girls were really nice. It was on the news too, but I didn't get to see it. Oh well... The bowling Christmas party was fun, I really wanted this purse that Bess brought, but Heather stole it from me. And then Shannon took it from her. Oh well, all in the Christmas spirit. I'm so mad! I wanted Homayra to get my gift, and Lindsey got it instead. Damn... My family watched movies again last night, this time The League of Extrordinary Gentlemen, which I really liked, and then Seabiscuit, which was really good. Fun times, but I really need to get out more often. The highlight of my week is watching movies. That means people need to call me!!!! Let's go do something!!! I got my cell phone finally! If you guys want to call me, it's 901-0741. Well, I need to go do something besides staring at this dumb computer! Call me over break!!! So gentle, so kind, she blows my mind, and I think I am.../fallin, fallin, but I see you goin'...away/ and I'm callin', callin'/and I want you to stay.~Interstate 451~ post comment

It's been awhile... [18 Dec 2003|09:10am] [ mood | hungry ] [ music | Some mix I made awhile ago ] Wow, turns out I suck at keeping this thing up. Oh well, I'm here now. If you didn't know, it's 9:00 in the morning, and I'm home...that's right, not at school! Hahahaha, I'm skipping! Well, not really. I TA for EJ first and she told me to go entertain myself outside the classroom, since there's a test right now. Well, I figured, why not go home? I don't have a second or third, so I'm home until 11:45. Yes, it's been a good morning! I both love and hate bowling. I got new shoes and grips in my ball, so that was fun. We have a match today against Selah...yay...no. Anyway, we had the first pep band game last Friday, it was fun. It seems I can still play the clarinet...not necessarily well, but I can play. The bowling team's Christmas party is tomorrow, that should be fun. And mis amigas and I are getting together on Monday to give our presents. I got Jessica, and I think I found some cool stuff to get her. I got her a frame I'm going to decorate, and then put the group Homecoming picture in it. I also got the nice lady at the mini-mart to give me a Pirates of the Caribbean poster. Since it's Jess's fav, I thought she'd like it. I love Christmas! I've done so much shopping lately...mostly for me too! Oops...well, my grandparents just gave the family cash, so my dad said it made more sense for him to just give me my share so I could spend it on myself. I got a bunch of money, and I've spent most of it. I got 5 sweaters, 2 jackets, some shoes, jewelry, and who knows what other random stuff I got. I have all my Christmas shopping done, and it's all wrapped. I'm so excited, 7 days to Christmas! Again, for the record, I hate boys. I still like a guy I thought I didn't like anymore, and what's worst, we're friends, so I see him quite often. And I think he likes some other girl. Oh well, at least he's my age, right? Blah, stupid drama. Oh well, such is the glorious life of the teenager! Winter camp is from the 26th to the 30th. I'm so excited cause we have like 80 kids signed up. This summer we had some weeks where the staff outnumbered the kids, so this is awesome! I think we actually might end up understaffed, and if so I asked Darkman if he wants me to find some people to work. Safa seemed interested and since he was already hired, he might get to work. If D needs the help. Oh, and I got a really cute pic of Seb, aka Root Beer, that he sent the staff from England. I miss that guy so much! Well, I guess I should go, I need to eat, I'm hungry, and didn't have breakfast. Until next time, hasta luego! Catch me if you can/I've got to make a get away/As the sun goes down, wakin' up my dreams/And in my mind you're with me once again/Out of my heart, into your head/And inside my heart there's a place for you/And in my mind, I'm with you once again/Out of me heart, into your head.~BBMak~ post comment

WEEKEND FINALLY!!!!! [05 Dec 2003|11:03pm] [ mood | sleepy ] [ music | the hum of florescent (?) lights ] Yes, it's the weekend!!!!! Yay! Anyway, this was a good week because it was my last week at the college. I'll miss my English class, but that's about it. Oh yeah, and my new friend Sarah, she's way cool. Speaking of college, I finally picked out some colleges to apply to: WSU, Western Washington and Central Washington. I thought I'd keep it basic and hope for a bunch of scholarships. My bowling team is number one in the league right now!!! Considering last year we were second to last, I'm really excited. We might have some trouble staying there after next week, but at least we got it for the weekend. Last Thursday, we took all four games from Sunnyside. Those are such nice girls too. I got moved from anchor (last) to lead-off. I kinda liked it, and I did okay. Also today we decided to have a Christmas bowling party and we are ordering our own bowling shirts. They're gonna be way cool. For the party, each person is bringing one present and we're going to play a White Elephant gift exchange, it's lots of fun. I already know what my gift is going to be: a Nalgene water bottle, with a bowling print fleece scarf and some filler candy. I want Homayra or Kim to get it, that would make me happy. And tomorrow in the paper, there's going to be a bowling preview for the season, should be okay,everyone should check it out! Speaking of gifts, my friends and I are doing Secret Santa, where we only buy for one person. Sallie has me and I have either Jenny or Jessica, Kim couldn't remember. Everything's not so secret. Pep band starts soon, our first game was supposed to be tonight, but the opponent Mt. Si couldn't make it. It's been rescheduled. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day. My dad has to go take his test so he can sell real estate. While he's gone, Connor and I are going to go Christmas shopping. That night, we are celebrating Connor's 10th Birthday with pizza, movies, and cake. Should be fun, we're gonna rent Pirates of the Caribbean, which i haven't seen. Everyone says it rocks. My boss Darkman (Tomas) sent out an e-mail asking who can work winter camp. I volunteered, I hope I get it, it's from December 26-30. Well, that's the cliffnotes version of my life. I'll try to write more often! G'night, I heart you all! "Girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money/Boys will laugh at girls when they're not funny..." ~Good Charlotte~ post comment

Tired, but I can't sleep... [29 Nov 2003|12:00am] [ mood | mellow ] [ music | Silence, 'cause my computer hates me ] I can't believe that it's only Saturday tomorrow, but I'm glad too. I have a ton of homework to do, including two essays. Oh well, college classes are almost done, then I'll just be a regular high school student again. How was everyone's Thanksgiving? My was good, my dad and I had fun cooking dinner, even though we forgot some stuff, but remembered it (like taking the meat for the stuffing out of the freezer, or getting milk to cook with). I think it all turned out pretty well; not bad considering it's the first Thanksgiving without my mom. And we have lots of leftovers too. Hey Salls, if you read this, thanks for the pies again, they were awesome and my family loved them too. Now that I know roughly how to make them, I'll have to try again! I've watched so many movies this weekend. Thursday night we watched "Anger Management" and "Swordfish," both good movies. AM is good for cheap laughs, but it's not a movie I'd watch over and over. Swordfish is awesome, I love that movie: computer hackers, hostage situations, billions of dollars...what else do you need? We actually own that one, if you want to borrow it, let me know. I also saw "Finding Nemo" with Connor, very cute movie, one of the better Disney movies I've seen. Tonight we went out and rented "X-men 2" and "The Italian Job" both of which were fantastic. I can't wait for X-3 to come out, I'm turning into such a nerd, one of those crazy obsessed people. Oh well, good movies. TIJ was great, like a mix of "Gone in 60-Seconds" and "Ocean's 11" (two more movies I love). Very good, I think I'll try to get it eventually. " 'This isn't about the money.'-Stella- 'Okay sweetheart, whatever you tell yourself so you can sleep at night.'-Steve-~Stella punches Steve~" -The Italian Job. If for some weird reason Crystal or Jessica reads this (or anyone who's gonna talk to them soon), one of you has my copy of "Trickster's Choice" and the library is threatening to kill me if it's not returned. If one of you has it, please give it to me or turn it in, okay? I know it's a great book, but you can't keep it unless you're gonna pay for it. Well, I can't think of much else to say. Take care, and g'night to all. "I'm gonna live where the green grass grows/watch my corn pop up in rows/every night get tucked in close to you/raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed/point our rockin' chairs towards the west/somthing(plant our greens? trees? dreams?)...where the peaceful river flows/ ohhh, where the green grass grows." That was the first country song that popped into my head, and is my song quote for this entry. post comment

Shouldn't be doing this, but oh well... [26 Nov 2003|10:35am] [ mood | bored ] [ music | The typing of my english class and "Stacey's Mom" in my head ] Sitting here in my English class, we're not doing anything, but we are in the computer lab so I thought I'd be productive and write here. We had a bowling match yesterday and went 4-0...we actually won all four from Selah!!! It was a good day even though I didn't do super well. Eh, actually, I did okay, it was my Baker frames that didn't go so hot. Such is life... Salls and I are going to bake pies today for Thanksgiving. And watch movies, I'm excited, should be fun. And I hope I can get the pictures back from the parent dance today. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and it's going to be just my dad, brother, and me. In a way, I'm glad, I don't need a bunch of family over. And I love Thanksgiving, especially the stuffing...yum...My dad and I are going to cook, and I'm probably going to do most of it. In a way, I'm pretty excited, I like to cook. Well, I should go before I get caught and yelled at by the Computer Nazis...leaving with a song quote, I like it, I think I'll do it more often. Anyway...All the girls in the bathroom talkin'/who they're gonna take to the Sadie Hawkins/My ears are burnin' but I keep on walkin'/smile on my face and an air guitar rockin. post comment

Weekends are the best time of the week! [22 Nov 2003|03:59pm] [ mood | peaceful ] [ music | Rock Mix, "Headstrong" ~Trapt~ ] Well, turns out I'm not so good at keeping this thing up. Oh well, I'm writing now, so I guess it's okay. It's been a good weekend so far. I caught a head cold from someone, and I was sick Thursday and Friday, and couldn't go to my college classes on Fri. Thank goodness for Sallie, she took some Spanish homework in for me. Well, I had arranged a bowling team party for Friday after practice, and I couldn't back out, so I got to clean the house for that, go shopping for food, and then go to practice, all while ill. After two nights of NyQuil and lots of sleep, I feel lots better now. Song change-Don't Leave Me, All-American Rejects. The party went well, most of the team came, and we just hung out, made our banner to hang up at matches, and played Mafia, the coolest game ever. We had a bowling match Thursday against Davis. I don't know what happened, but we should have killed them. But we didn't. We went 1 and 3, we won the last Baker game. Song change-I'm Just a Girl, No Doubt. I don't know if it was the lanes, or the fact that most of the team was sick, but we didn't bowl our best. I hate Minda Lanes by the way. Well, next time we play them, it'll be on our lanes, and we'll take them then. My assistant coach Mel had me change the way I throw my ball, I like it because it hooks harder, but it hurts my wrist after awhile. Oh well, he knows what he's doing. I went Thunder Bowling with Ren, her bro, and her bro's friend last night after my team left at like 10. It was a kick, I had fun. I don't see Ren enough anymore. The new trimester at the high school starts Monday, but because the college is on quarters I'm still there. I'll be taking 7 classes at once, fun...no...New song, I'd do Anything, Simple Plan. Well, once I'm done with YVCC, I don't think I'll be doing running start anymore, I want to be at the high school for stuff, like clubs and pep assemblies. My schedule will be TA for EJ (she has AP Gov. 1st, so when I leave 5th early, I won't miss too much. Plus Ren and Kim are in that class), Ram prep (which I'll try to block out cause I don't want to do the senior exit project), Stained glass (which I've always wanted to take, and Kim is in there with me), Chemistry-A, and AP Gov. Not too hard, but I need that with bowling taking up a ton of time. Song change-Understatement, New Found Glory. Well, today is my dad's birthday, he's like 56. My brother and I got him a jar of mixed roasted nuts, the movie McClintok (great John Wayne movie, by the way), and a Snickers bar. He seemed happy. New song, Found Myself, Terryl Greg. I'm talking to my grandpa (my mom's dad) on the other line right now, he's in Arizona right now. Anyway, my grandma (my dad's mom) is taking us out to dinner for my dad's birthday, so I should go. Thanks for listening, and I'll end with some music: Stacey's mom has got it goin' on/she's all I've want/and I've waited for so long/Stacey can't you see, you're just not the girl for me/ I know it may be wrong but I'm in love with Stacey's mom. post comment

Happy day! [15 Nov 2003|05:38pm] [ mood | excited ] [ music | Camp Mix, "Whenever, Wherever"~Shakira~ ] Hola! I'm in such a good mood, I had a fun day! Today was the bowling invitational, and I went with Kimber, Michelle B, Michelle F, Angela, Shannon, and Jessica to Moses Lake at bloody 8:45, which is too early for a Saturday morning. Anyway, after a pretty mellow drive there, we just chatted a bit, we got there at about 11. We ate lunch, and started warm-ups. There were only 4 other teams there. Ike, who is really good, Moses Lake, equally good, us, Sunnyside, who were the only team behind us last year, and Pasco, who are ok. Anyway, we knew we had gotten a lot better, but I didn't think we'd stand a chance at getting close to Ike or Moses Lake our first competitive outing. Well, our first game we beat Ike and tied Moses Lake at at total of like 769 pins (for five bowlers), thanks mainly to Shanaynay's 201 game. Oh, I was bowling anchor (last) by the way. Our second game, we beat Ike and Moses Lake and were in the lead by like 10 pins. (I bowled a 155 and 174). The overall winner was decided by total pin count for the whole day. Well, after taking the lead from the surprised other teams, we started evil Baker games. In those, each person of the 5-man (or woman in this case) team bowls only 2 frames. The first girl bowls frames 1 and 6, the second 2 and 7, etc. Well, we lost to Moses Lake by 5 pins, which, since I was anchor, I feel guilty about, and Ike came out of nowhere to bowl like a 169. We had 130, and ML had 135. Well, we still had the lead by 5 pins, but ML beat us again by 7, so they had the lead by 2. Ike had another kick-ass game, and somehow pulled the overall win from us and ML. We ended up with 3rd, losing 2nd by 2 pins, and 1st by 6. Yeah, that was kinda lame, but when last season we were 6th out of 7, I think we did awesome! As our coach April (she rocks by the way) said, we kicked ass. Now, those other schools have something to fear, lol! After it was all over, the Ike anchor Misty came over, shook my hand, and told us that we did awesome, and she wished us luck for the rest of the year. It was a nice gesture, so it ended the day well. After all that great excitement, we went out to the van to go home. Well, turns out that April had left the lights on for like half of the day, so the battery was almost dead, and we couldn't start the stupid van. It was hilarious. But we got jumper cables and it started right away. We went to McDonald's and got ice cream too. The ride home was fun, Kim and I were playing "Name that Tune" with my CD player, when our coach suggested playing a song game. We played a couple, and some other time-killing games that caused lots of laughs. It was such a fun trip, what a way to spend a Saturday! Well, I'm making dinner, so I should go...but I'll write again later! Have a good night! post comment

Busy, busy, busy! [13 Nov 2003|07:01pm] [ mood | cheerful ] [ music | "Friends" in the background ] Hey there, just thought I'd make a quick entry since I haven't in awhile. Today was a pretty good day, school went well enough. I'm so glad it's Friday tomorrow! Spanish was okay...I don't really like it...no speech since it's Thursday, and English was fun like always. I sat there in a funk because my prof. was talking about stupid works cited AGAIN! Some random guy walked by the room, and looked in the windows. Terryl looked kinda worried, so I asked him what was up. We decided that it was an assassin after his life, so he hid...in his coat. He was trying to be invisible by flipping up his collar, but you can guess how well that worked. The creepy guy left eventually, and Terryl was safe for the time being...lol, that kid cracks me up. I had fun at bowling today, my first game didn't go so well, but I got a 176 my second game. And when we bowled Baker games (one of the worst, and yet kinda coolest ideas to ever hit bowling) my team's second game was a 168 or something like that. Anyway, there's an invitational on Saturday, that only 7 girls get to go to, and my coach called me to let me know that I get to go. I hope Kim gets to come too, I haven't heard from her yet. I have a ton of homework to do...oops...and I'm missing the extra credit movie for Psych. I think it'll be okay though, I have a decent grade in the class. But I'm not so sure about the test tomorrow, I'm not prepared. I probably should go study. But tonight is the rerun of The OC, and I missed it last night! So I have to see it! Oh, Spanish journal, I have to do that! And that's psych article...oops, guess I have more homework than I thought! Well, I better go now, love y'all always! post comment

It's not even that late! [10 Nov 2003|10:39pm] [ mood | lonely ] [ music | Clay Aiken (Yeah, I know it's cheesy) ] So my house is creepily silent...I'm the only one awake, and I have headphones on so my music doesn't wake anyone up. Actually, it's kinda scary, some psychopath could sneak up on me, and I'd have no idea. So if I stop typi Nah, just joking. Anyway, I know my music choice is kinda sappy and lame, but I need that in my life right now. I love cheesy, classic romance, it's the best thing ever. So, if for some reason, someone reading this wants to romance me (or most any girl would appriciate it) be sweet and cheesy. Flowers and music are good choices, and most of all sincerity and honesty! Well, to explain the sappy mood, I was watching my beloved WB, and tonight is 7th Heaven and Everwood night. Well, on both shows they had the romance issues, with the main ones focusing on older girls dating younger guys (Chandler and that mom, Cecilia and Martin, Ephram and Madison, if you watch the shows). I personally think I have issues with dating guys my own age (right Crystal?), it seems every time I get involved with a guy, he's usually not near my age. Too old, too young, who cares, it won't matter once I'm 18, and less that 100 days to go 'til then (right around 97 or so)! By the way, I need awesome party ideas, this is my last big birthday bash, until 21 (not like I'd do anything bad...right...lol, j/k). Those shows depressed me kinda. But I love stupid fiction like that, it gives me enough false hope to keep going when I just want to stop. Oh well, such is life. I don't think I really have bad taste in guys...I hope...but I get the dumbest, most random crushes...in order to protect myself, I offer no more evidence outside that statement...plus, usually, I get over the completely random ones. I helped ASB today by joining the huge, 20 (give or take) person stapling committee, getting stuff ready for the Veteran's Day assembly stuff. If you're looking for a decent show, check out One Tree Hill, on the WB, Tuesday at 9 pm. The last movie I saw was...um...The Rundown, decent, but I'm not a fan of The Rock. I want to see Pirates of the Caribbean, it's supposed to be awesome. I got some pics from my favorite amphibian from Toppenish, Toad (aka Robert) of him, me and my favorite Brit Seb aka Root Beer at Sea-Tac, saying goodbye to my Rb ~sniff~. A lot of them turned out really cute, I'm excited to have them, thanks Ed (You know who you are)! Remember, there's nothing wrong with good old fashioned romance. I actually wrote a paper about that for my English 102 class and I called it "Where's the Love?" I leave you with this :"Lift me up/in your eyes/if you told me that is what Heaven is, well, you'd be right/Hold me close/to your heart/ I would go with you to the ends of the earth and we'll fly/I've been waiting forever for this/this is the night." post comment

It's a good day so far! [10 Nov 2003|11:34am] [ mood | excited ] [ music | My Camp Mix, specifically Enter Sandman~Metallica ] Well, my english class was canceled for today, and I got home really early. Even though Salls and I were sad cause we didn't get to talk to our favorite people, lol. I don't have to go to my psych class for awhile so I thought I'd write an entry here. I just got word today that I'm a semi-finalist for the "Horatio Alger Scholarship" which equal mucho money for college. Although, I don't know how many people are "semi-finalists" and I have more paper work to do, but if I get it, I get a good chunk of change. So knock on some wood and wish me luck. My dad made me change my music, it's Green Day, "Time of Your Life." Either way, it's good music. He hates my new fasination with punk and rock, but oh well, they aren't his ears, so why worry. I'm wearing my shirt from the Mother/son, Father/Daughter dance that we had last Friday. It was fun, my dad and I went to dinner with Salls and Kim and their dads, and Jess and her uncle. We got pictures and a great group pictures too. New song, Bootylicious~Destiny's Child~ It was a good DJ this year, he played a bunch of oldies and some new stuff too...although I never want to dance the Macarana for 10 minutes ever again! Salls or anyone else who reads this, we need to do something tonight or tomorrow, cause NO SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!! Someone better call me, IM me (if you didn't know at TwilightND14830), e-mail me, smoke signals or something, but I don't want to just hang around here. I guess there's supposed to be a good show at roXity tonight too. Anyone want to see a movie? Song change Get the Party Started ~Pink~ Or go bowling with me and Connor on Tuesday? Let me know! Okay, I gotta get some lunch before psych, talk to ya later! post comment

My Fatal Flaw [09 Nov 2003|04:38pm] [ mood | thoughtful ] [ music | Interstate 451 ] Taken from the show Everwood, which I love, by the way. This isn't meant to be sad or depressing (Beast!), it's meant to inspire you to be true to yourself, and to aspire to be the best you can. I think it's good advice and a meaningful little rant. Enjoy, and I heart you all! The more things change, the more they stay the same. I'm not sure who the first person was who said that. Probably Shakespeare. Or maybe Sting. But at the moment, it's the sentence that best explains my tragic flaw: my inability to change. I don't think I'm alone in this. The more I get to know other people, the more I realize it's kind of everyone's flaw. Staying exactly the same for as long as possible, standing perfectly still... It feels safer somehow. And if you are suffering, at least the pain is familiar. Because if you took that leap of faith, went outside the box, did something unexpected... Who knows what other pain might be out there, waiting for you. Chances are it could be even worse. So you maintain the status quo. Choose the road already traveled and it doesn't seem that bad. Not as far as flaws go. You're not a drug addict. You're not killing anyone... Except maybe yourself a little. When we finally do change, I don't think it happens like an earthquake or an explosion, where all of a sudden we're like this different person. I think it's smaller than that. The kind of thing most people wouldn't even notice unless they looked at us really close. Which, thank God, they never do. But you notice it. Inside you that change feels like a world of difference. And you hope this is it. This is the person you get to be forever... that you'll never have to change again. post comment

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