I Too Enjoy The Sound of My Voice

Not really though. If I'm thinking, I don't usually do it out loud. Maybe I should try that though..

So, in the time since my last post: I've gotten my bottom braces put on (highly bothersome), gone to play practices and had LOADS of fun (sort of), started my art class (ceramics, which I am really enjoying!) for this quarter, received and completed lots of homework, and now my foot is asleep. Why do our limbs do this? Hmmm? And how can I make it stop?! Research time. Hmm. Interesting.
Anyway, as I was saying I've had quite a lot of homework.
Well, now in the language arts class that somewhat irritates me we have a RESEARCH PROJECT! Oh boy. My only homework this long weekend (oh yes, we have Monday off from school yay!) consists of band practice, which I enjoy, and this research project. Technically, we only have the outline for our paper due on the Tuesday we have back at school, but the rough draft is due the next day. The rough draft of a 4-5 page paper. So I will be getting that started then.. If I can avoid procrastinating... We'll see. So the topic I chose was the Zodiac Killer. Dun dun DUNNN! He was an unidentified serial killer in Northern California who murdered five, wounded two, and claimed in his cryptic letters to the press and authorities that he had done in quite a few more. Interesting.

Reality In Snow

Today is: December 29, 2009.
As you might be aware already. (note the date stamp above the title..) ;]

I'm sure everyone is extremely interested in my holidays and how they have been going! So, Christmas was fun with lots of good presents given and received on my part if I do say so myself. ^_^ I might have wished for a little more snow and a little less rain in the weather forecast though. But we have about an inch of the fluffy stuff now I think? Which is enough.. as much as I would enjoy a foot or more. ;P Winter, it demands snow. No snow, and my only enjoyment is lost as my face freezes off needlessly. I could just keep reiterating this but what use is there! I suppose there are a few aspects of freezing temperatures that can be useful even without snow. For instance, buckets of water+pavement=ice and FUN? or danger.. either way that's always worth a try. :P

So as I said before, today is the twenty-ninth! The new year is swiftly approaching. Gasp! Are we all ready?

Anyone have any resolutions prepared? Mine may regard:

• Eating healthier and exercising regularly. (my perpetual chocolate high has gone on long enough!)
  
• Reading more. I need to make a list of novels I want to read... and then read them :D
• Finding the time to paint or draw or sew or express my creativity somehow and using it.
• Being kind to all people! Just kidding, I do that already right?
• Posting. Regularly? Yes that might be a good idea. And finding entertaining things to write about.
• Improving my writing SKILLZ so that these coming posts might actually be interesting.. ;P
• Coming up with ways to express feeling besides using smiley faces.. on which I have become heavily dependent.. but what else is there?! Cleverly constructed phrases? psshhh. scoff* perhaps..
  

This Snowman Rocks

In 5 days it will be my birthday! Yay! In 6 it would be a month since my last post so I figured I should do something soon. The past two weeks have gone by really slowly (finally?) at least as I've experienced them. We've had a lot of homework assigned it seems in the past days, and the auditions for the musical which is Music Man this year at school have started up as well. I tried out on Monday, got a callback Tuesday, and now I wait. I doubt anything fantastic will be coming to me in the way of roles. But that's fine by me considering the stress I can imagine brought on with all the pressure to do well and memorize lines and music. Blegh!! I like an easy workload if its going to be on top of school work which I MUST ALWAYS FINISH! Anyway, continuing along the lines of my current obsession with getting homework done on/ahead of time I need to go study and finish up some things for tomorrow.

One last note: it is so cold outside and walking home today from the bus was NOT FUN. Freezing wind blowing in my face? No thanks. Please, if it's going to be cold, let it snow more.

Monotony + Unhealthy Food That Just Keeps Coming = my life as of late..

Goodness, again the weeks feel entirely too short and the weekends shorter. I think the pace at which the days and weeks speed by is starting to get to me.

This past Saturday I had to get up in the morning for the entrance exam for my private school option for highschool. Blegh. It took three hours, but I hardly had to interact with people and I suppose it ended quick enough. Then on Sunday we visited the public high school's open house and looked around. I don't like any of this thinking about highschool because I can't seem to form any sort of decision on where I'll go. It's stressful.

Now it is Monday and I wore pajamas to school for the first of this week's special themed spirit days. Fun right? Sure. I don't know, I mean, I enjoyed today sort of, but tomorrow is 80's Day. I know I won't be doing anything for that. Then we have Jersey Day, and on Thursday, Red & White Day. Personally I would have preferred another hat day, since we don't normally get to wear hats, and it's a pretty simple but fun activity to participate in. Mismatch day as well, again simple to do but fun.

Also, Friday was planned as Michael Jackson Day.
My response? "Wow. WHAT?!"
It just strikes me as sort of ridiculous...
Anyway, not even sure if that one is still going on though.

Textbooks = Appropriate Tornado Protection?

(just to explain the title, on friday we had a severe weather drill and had to sit against the walls protecting our heads with books.. yeah) Anyway..
My favorite season: FALL. ..and spring too, but it's fall right now so, YAY.

Halloween was lots of fun, I was a witch. Now it is November 7th and last week went strangely fast. (again.. what is it with this? am I just getting really good at zoning out every day?) Seriously, Friday felt like a Tuesday. Odd.

I have a lot of homework this weekend. :[ But I've already gotten some of it started/done, so yay for accomplishing stuff! Also, I need to get some interesting books to read. I'm feeling literature deprived. ..of course I also need to find time to read...

So. Over fall break my(the "family's") camera broke. Who knows why. Blegh. So now we have a new one! ^_^ It is gray brown.. not candy red like the old one, but who cares when this one isn't broken!

Let's see, anything else.. oh yeah, poor Spencer had to get up at 4:30 this morning for debate/speech team. He's doing Lincoln-Douglas debate in a meet (the school they're going to for the meet is two hours away, hence the early rising) ^_^ I'm looking forward to seeing how it went when he gets back. (at 8:30pm, what a long day)

And now my mother has returned to me with lunch from McAlister's. ^_^ Joy.

Hugs Are Valuable Just Like Sarcasm

It is FALL! Halloween is nearing! Excitement! Fall break was last week (Oct. 22-25) and my family went to the most wonderful New York City! It was great fun, doing touristy things, visiting the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, sitting in Times Square, seeing Wicked on Broadway. :] I had a nice time. I'd definitely love to go back again sometime, although I have to wonder what it's like to live there. Probably pretty tiring. Maybe even more so than school! If you can believe that... Darn all this homework and such, I haven't been able to get to carving my pumpkins. :[ I shall be resolute in getting to it tomorrow!

We Are Dropping Like Flies

Again. Another week zips by! A little different this time though because I'm home from school this Friday, sick with a sore throat and slight fever. Sigh. I've spent the day sleeping, coughing up my insides, and drinking tea with honey. The first and third activities helped a bit. I dislike being absent from school. I guess I'm just a nerd like that, though mainly I'm just not a big fan of figuring out and doing all the work I miss. Work. Blegh. Oh look at that, seems it's time for another nap.