Winter Break

I'm so happy right now. I love winter break. I think everyone deserves this time just to relax! No one should be worrying about anything during this time. I can't believe we're half way through the year (or almost at least). 2010 is around the corner!

Some things I did today:
1. Stayed in bed until 4pm. Yes. 4:00 PM.
2. Went shopping at 6.
3. Came home at 9.
4. Wrote Christmas cards until 12:30 AM.

Kind of a boring day, but it wasn't too bad. I hope the laptop doesn't die. That would suck.
Anyways, have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

~Lisa

Today Isn't That Special.

I've got to get a few things down.

Every weekday since this year started, I've been getting 6 or less hours of sleep. I don't mind and I still function, but it's weird because when you lack sleep for a couple months, and then you gain that extra hour of sleep for one night, you can feel the difference. I've never really noticed that until junior year.

I've been so worried, stressed, pissed, and not happy for a while now. I don't think I've been truly happy for the last couple weeks. I need to learn how to tackle things without thinking a bunch. I feel like I'm incapable of doing things sometimes. It's difficult, and people tell me to give up or to stop. I don't want to give up anything. I want to keep pushing myself, but I the more I do that, the more I get worried. I can't relax, or seem to make myself take a break. I just keep going. I feel like there's not enough time in the day to finish things. I know it might sound like I'm complaining, but I'm only human. And I complain. I'm not going to sit there and hold everything inside until it all explodes into one emotional break down. I've never been this stressed out about school or life in general, ever! I don't know what to do, and I'm finding myself in a rut. I don't enjoy watching TV because I'm thinking about that essay. I don't enjoy dinner because I'm thinking about that test. I don't enjoy coming home because my mom has to leave for work anyways... This probably sounds really pathetic, but I hope things get better...

Um...I cried today, and I couldn't stop. My heart was racing really fast, and it was kind of hard to breathe. I don't know what happened, but it wasn't good. That's all I know...

The downfall to caring too much is worry. Worry is horrible.
What ever you do; don't worry, be happy!

Where the Wild Things Are

I watched this movie over the weekend. When I first saw the trailer, I thought it was going to be a really cute story, based off of the book! But, I was wrong. This movie has a deeper meaning than I expected it to have. I had a weird feeling the whole time that I was watching it. Even at the end! It was strange. But the movie was interesting! It's not your typical movie. I didn't mean to analyze the movie, but I ended up analyzing it anyways. My dad was saying he felt weird when he was watching it too. The movie messes with your mind. I don't know. If you haven't seen it, then you don't really know, but if you have, then I think you know what I'm talking about.

!!!!*SPOILERS BELOW*!!!!

The story is bascially about this little boy named Max. He lives with his mom and his sister, Claire. His mom is seeing other men because she divorced her husband, and Max lashes out at her because he's angry. After he bites her, he runs away to this imaginary world where these creatures roam, called the "Wild Things." Each one of them as a name and they all live together. KW, one of the creatures, left the group and Caroll (the main wild thing) wants her back so she can be with the group. He also wants the group to live together like they did before. So, Max comes along and delcares himself king of the wild things. He tries to improve their lives and bring them back together.

This sounds like a simple story, but each scene has a meaning behind it. It's really weird. If you haven't seen it, then I suggest you do! As I was watching the movie I analyzed it as it went on. Now, to start from the beginning. Max starts to build an igloo. He goes to his sister to see if she wants to take a look at it. Then, her friends come over, they get into a snow fight, and then they destroy his igloo. I think his igloo represents his fortress. He wants to live in his own little world where nothing can go wrong. And his sister's friends destroyed it. He's sad after this, and tells his mom that Claire didn't do anything about it. There's this one particular scene where he's in bed, looking at the model of the world. There's this plate on the stand that holds it up saying, "You own the world. Love Dad." or something like that. He associates this later with his crowning as he becomes king of the wild things. Because he "owns" the whole land when he finds them.

Another thing. When Max's sister, Claire, doesn't do anything about her friends destroying his igloo, Max gets mad and destroys her room. Throwing all her stuff and destroying everything. This is kind of the same as Caroll destroying his friends' houses because they aren't doing anything to try and live together peacefully, and to get KW back also.

Later, there's a scene where his mom is talking to this other guy, and he wants his mom to come upstairs to check out his fortress. But he goes downstairs, sees the guy, and acts out towards his mom. He bites his mom on the right arm, then his mom tells him "You're out of control!" and Max runs away. He takes a boat, and ends up on a land where he finds the Wild Things. When he ends up there, he sees Caroll and he says "No one is on my side! I guess I'm on my own side." This line instantly made me relate Caroll with Max. Max is on his own. It seems to be that his mother or his sister do not support him in the movie. So by this point, Caroll represents Max, and the other wild things represent the other parts of Max. KW represents a person though. When Caroll says that, I related that to when Max was having a snowball fight with his sister's friends. No one was on his side, and he was on his own. That's the first thing that I thought about.

The next thing that I analyzed was Caroll wanting KW to come back. I thought that maybe Caroll had a thing for KW, but it was something totally different. KW left Caroll for her two new friends, Bob and Terry. This is like Max's mother divorcing Max's father for other men, affecting Max, and making him act out. Caroll wanted KW to come back so they could be one happy family with the other wild things. Max wants the same thing with his parents. He wants his mom to stop dating other men and go back to his dad. Caroll, acting out also due to KW's absence, wants her to come back and stop hanging out with Bob and Terry.

There are many scenes in this movie. Another one is when Caroll finds out that Max isn't actually a king. He's just a normal boy. Caroll's friend, Douglas tells him that he was just acting along and tries to calm Caroll down. Caroll rips his arm off! That arm is the same arm that Max bit on his mom. So in that scene, since Caroll represents Max, Douglas is like his mom trying to tell him not to act out. Caroll gets even more angry and therefore rips his arm off. Max's mom tells him not to act out, so Max bites his mom's shoulder. Also, after that Caroll goes and tries to eat Max. KW finds Max and hides IN KW. Yes, inside KW. It was really weird. But anyway, Caroll confronts KW, but KW tells him to go away and so he does. KW says, "Can you believe he's like that?" And Max says, "He's just scared. And he only acts like that because he loves you. And he just wants to be a family." (or something around those worlds.) In this scene, KW represents Max's mother, and Caroll represents Max. Then, KW says, "Being a family is hard." And I think that line kind of gives the perspective of Max's mother. Because Max's mother has to deal with Max, work, and trying to find a new guy. Max doesn't respond to KW, but he wants to get out of her stomach!

Two more scenes that really spoke to me. One of the scenes was Caroll showing Max his perfect world. He builds a model and tells Max that he wants to build something like this; where all the wild things can live together in a peaceful place. Max says "Okay! Let's build it!" So they try to build it. Max promises that he will make everyone live together, and that everything will work out. The fortress is built and things aren't like Max promised. Caroll lashes out and says "We havne't been together since we built this fortress! We have to tear it down! Max, you promise that you'd take care of us and bring us together!" I think that the model that Caroll made represents everyone's ideal world. Everyone wants to live in a perfect world where everything is okay, and happy. But the fortress that they built shows how there is no such thing as a perfect world. Things fall apart, and not everything will work out in the end.

The last thing that I'd like to analyze. While everyone is working on building this fort, Max and Caroll talk and build it together. Caroll carves a heart with an "M" in the middle of it in the fort. Now, at the end, Caroll is still very pissed off, and Max has to leave to go back to his mother. He goes back to Caroll's model, which is destroyed, to hopefully find Caroll, but he isn't there. So, he creates a heart with sticks, and puts the letter "C" in the middle of the heart. Then, Max walks to the beach, and says goodbye to everyone. Caroll goes to his destroyed model, and sees the heart with the "C" in the middle and starts to cry. Caroll runs to the beach and says goodbye to Max by howling. Max howls back in a way of saying goodbye. In a sense, Max is saying goodbye to his old self (Caroll), because Caroll acts out, and is angry. He doesn't know how to control his feelings. And that's how Max used to be. He didn't know how to control his emotions, so he just bursted out in anger. By this point (when Max is on the boat, sailing home), Max has accepted the divorce between his mom and dad and is ready to move on, and to create a new and improved self. He also realizes that the only thing that matters is the people who love you. And that's all you need.

I gotta say, this movie made me cry. I don't know why...maybe it's because I kind of understood the meaning behind it, but not to a full sense until I tried thinking about it afterwards. In my opinion, movie in a nutshell, shows how kids feel and how they act towards the divorce of their parents. It makes me feel sad, and sympathetic for those kids whos parents divorce at such a young age. Because a lot of them feel like it's their fault, and they DON'T KNOW how to control their emotions towards the situation. This movie is very intense. It's not what I expected, but I'm glad that it symbolizes something. It's very interesting. If you haven't seen it, then I suggest you do. It's not cute like most people think. It just affects your mind in a weird way to make you feel like you've never felt. Some might see the true meaning, and some might not. Go see it. Where the Wild Things Are will affect you in a way that you've never experienced!

What's With This?!

Size 4 model, being fired for being "too fat"?!

Check this out.

This is the exact thing that promotes eating disorders! A 5'10" model that weighed 120 pounds was FIRED from Ralph Lauren because she couldn't fit into her sample clothes! That's crazy! I saw this on the news for a brief moment, but it was only a highlight of the whole segment. My exact reaction to my mom: "WHAT?! A MODEL, FIRED FOR BEING TOO FAT?!" I find this totally ridiculous! This sends a message to girls saying that they need to be even skinnier if they want to be "accepted" or "succeed".

The irony of that sentence just astonishes me.

MODEL. BEING. TOO FAT.

That's wrong.

There's a picture of her photoshopped in one of the magazine ads. Her figure doesn't even look like a natural woman figure! It actually looks a bit weird and off to me. The modeling industry is insane...

I Can't Do This Again!

Hello. It's almost October. In a month from now I'll be giving blood, and I'll be turning 17. I had a history test today that I studied for ALL of Sunday. It was insane. Junior year is twice as hard, if not harder, than sophomore year. It's going to be filled with stress and anxiety! ARGH! But...today I forgot my lunch. I didn't mind. I had money, but I didn't go and buy myself something to eat. I starved all day, and when my mom picked me up I had some food. The thing is, I didn't see starving as a bad thing but I know the effects of it. And I know I shouldn't starve myself. If I want to lose weight, then I have to do it the healthy way. I just hope I don't slip into those old habits again.

Homework this, homework that. Homework takes up a lot of my time and energy. To tell you the truth, I only truly like one class out of my whole schedule. (4th Block!)

Gahhh blahhh I'm just rambling on now... I do that a lot.

Good bye!

Goodbye Summer. Hello Junior Year.

Summer...it's gone! It went by too fast and now, school starts tomorrow! I'm not excited. I wish summer could last forever, but doesn't every student wish that? Junior year is gonna be difficult. :/ Argh!

This summer I:
-went to the Great Wolf Lodge.
-talked on the phone for hours on end.
-slept in.
-made some cash.
-became stress-free.
-hung out with awesome people

I'd say my summer was average. The Great Wolf was fun though! :)

I'm turning 17 in less tan 2 months.
Holy crap!

Life flies by.

Dear Blog,

This morning I woke up for an eye appointment. Good news: my eyesite might be stablizing! I've been waiting to hear that for so long now. Usually when I get my eyes checked, they say, "Lisa, I believe your eyesite is getting worse." Not this time! They used this eyedropper to dialate my eyes, and checked to see if I had any tumors and such. Perfectly healthly! Woohoo! But my eyes were sensitive to light for about an hour or so. Bad news: I have a tiny bit of astigmatism in my left eye. :(

Lately, I've been busy with work, but hey it's cash right? Haha. I can't believe it's August. Why does summer have to go by so fast...?

Summer; SLOW DOWN!
Thanks. :)

Summer, You Make Me SO Happy!

Here are 10 reasons why I love summer:

1. I don't have to wake up early and get ready for school!
2. I don't have any stress to deal with.
3. I kind of pay attention to the time but not really. Sometimes I forget the date...
4. It's a better time to go on vacations.
5. It's summer, so of course it's going to be sunny! (Unless you live where I live...)
7. I can manage my time easier.
8. I can talk on the phone until 1:30 AM without having to worry about my loss of sleep. (Except on work days.)
9. I can hang out with people more frequently than I could if I were in school.
10. I can kick back and relax.

Summer is simply fantastic.

Schools Out For The Summer!

Hello fellow bloggers! It's over. The school year is over.

I woke up not too long ago from a 6 hour nap, I'm so excited for this summer! All the stresses from this year are gone. Next year, junior year, is going to be so scary and difficult! My last class was Personal Family Studies and all I did was listen to presentations. It was a nice class to end with. And plus, I got a B in the classes that I thought I would get a C in. I think this year, I've grown more. I've learned how to break out of my shell, ask for help, and talk to people. I've learned more about myself this year than any other year that I've attended school. I've pushed myself to new heights that I never thought I could reach. Freshman year is like, "Okay high school! Let's start." It was kind of easy. Sophomore year is somewhat hard, but I tried, and I got what I deserved. Junior year (from what I've heard) is said to be the hardest year of high school. It's crazy how this year has already ended!! It feels like not too long ago, I started my 10th grade year, and now it's all over. I'm still in awe of it, and I'm letting it sink in. This summer is going to be full of sleeping in, working, getting my permit, and good times! I have to say, despite all the stress, this year was a great year, and I truly enjoyed it!

I hope you all have a fun-filled, fantastical, wonderful, AWESOME summer!

Yours Truly,
Lisa

Sprite Zero

Diet drinks are bad! I drank a Diet Shasta with "zero" calories and "zero" grams of sugar. It was loaded with Splenda. During P.E. I felt like throwing up, and I rose my chances of getting cancer! Not good...

I get lost in my music so much...I was sitting in math and I was listening to my iPod. I kind of zoned out, and stared at my paper for like 3 minutes. I love those moments where it's like you're just in your own little world and everything else around you doesn't matter. I was listening to this song.


I think I might actually go to bed somewhat early tonight. Have to finish my homework!

BY THE WAY:

4 AND A HALF MORE DAYS OF SCHOOL LEFT!!!

(No weekends included!)

Half Way Through!

We're already have way through 2009 guys! It's mind-blowing. I always remembered as a kid, thinking it'll take forever to get to 10th grade. And now sophmore year is almost over. Junior year is about to begin. It's so crazy. The senior graduation assembly was today. I sat at the bottom on the bleachers and listened to the speakers, the music, and watched the videos. Then a particular thought came to mind: soon, I'm going to be in one of those chairs! (probably in the back of the class) I only know a couple seniors. And I don't even know them personally either. It was weird seeing them practice for their graduation ceremony at the assembly. It's a scary thinking about going to college and I'm still unsure of what I want to be!

Moving onto a different subject, Tomorrow...I have a Biology test. Biology is THE WORST class ever. I think I'd actually enjoy Biology SOMEWHAT if the teacher were nicer and didn't think that I was a stupid student. All students make a mistake here and there, but that doesn't mean you gotta roll your eyes at them! ARGH! Oh-well... "The year's almost over." is what my mom said. And it's true! All you people still in high school, keep trying! We CAN pull through!

12 AND A HALF MORE DAYS OF SCHOOL!!!

(AGAIN, NOT INCLUDING THE WEEKENDS!)

Floating letters are always cool...

Hard Economic Times

At lunch, my friend and I went into the cafeteria. We saw this sign (picture above). I was like, "Wow, that's a real example of how bad of a state the U.S. is in." My friend was like, "That's so weird!" It's sad...and strange...and wow. That's all I have to say. Today, when I got home, I was watching Vh1, and I fell asleep. Then I woke up at 8:30 pm to "VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs". For the past month, I've been going to bed so late. Every night, past 12 am. It gets exhausting and I think it's becoming a habit. Maybe it's because I watch TV before I go to bed. Hmmm...

GOOD NEWS! 19 DAYS LEFT OF SCHOOL!!!

(NOT INCLUDING WEEKENDS)

Random Rantings

I'm thinking about doing my biology homework. My textbook is so beat-up, and it looks disgusting. I hate it when I look at old textbooks and touch them, cause they feel SO NASTY! I don't think I'm a germaphobe or anything, but textbooks that are written on, and that have been used for like 500 years are gross...but that's just my opinion. Nice textbooks (which are rare these days) don't feel as gross. Ha, I also hate it when I go to get a drink of water, and there's a loogie or some snot ball IN the drinking fountain. That's the sickest thing...! So, whenever I do find myself in that situation I either A.) Don't drink at all. or B.) Migrate to another drinking fountain. One more thing: I don't hate but dislike is when guys put their hand or hands down their pants. I bring this subject up with my friends and they're like "I know! What are they doing?!" or "They're just sticking their hands down their pants to keep their hands warm..." I'm like "What?! Okay..." I should work on my Biology homework...

I love cool images!

Are you joking me?!

Yes yes, I know it's supposed to be "kidding". I've cried more in this ONE WEEKEND than I've cried ALL YEAR! Ugh...it sucked, but now I guess I'm okay. My family fought on Saturday, and today my mom just blew up in my face, and she said that she's never really had a wonderful, special mother's day. I listened to her, left her alone, then made her a card later. We made up, and I realized that I need to change. I do treat her not-so-nicely sometimes, and I need to stop being selfish and be more responsible...

So to conclude this post, my weekend was an emotional roller coaster. And I hated it! But in the end...it all turned out okay.

Happenings

I haven't written on here in a while, so I thought I should write something. Hmmm...last night I got accepted into NHS! I was really excited, but now I realize that I actually have to do work...and get hours now. This week has been really easy going. The last couple of weeks I was involved with the Ramona Quimby play, and THAT took a lot of time. But the people in theatre are so awesome! Tomorrow, my family and I are going to my friend's house for dinner. And Saturday, my dad and I are going to play Zelda. :) Quality time, woohoo! Well, I don't know what else to write.

Math is confusing...
and
pressures sucks.

In Exactly 3 1/2 Years,

I'll be 20 years old,
out of high school,
and living an independent life.
Weird to think about...

But for now, I have math and other things to study for.
Today was my best friend's birthday! :)
I had a very fun weekend.
Obsessed is an awesome movie.

Goodbye Weekend.

This weekend was full of greatness and not so great...ness. Saturday was Lexi's Bday party! (which was amazingly fun.) We ate a bunch of food. There was this 2-3 foot long cardboard thing with Subway sandwiches on it. Gosh, I love Subway! I think there were about 12 people. We played telephone, truth circle, hung out, this one murder game where you have to guess who killed who, and...this cha-cha-chi-chi game. I don't even know what it's called. But I was the first one to get out. (Figures!) After all the fun and games, people went home, and the rest of us that remained went to Alysia's house. My mom picked me up at 10:00.

Sunday, today...did my homework, worked out, went to church, and made my mom get pissed off at me for complaining about my cold. She started yelling at me and...It was lame. Today was the first time in like a LONG WHILE that I've done an intense workout. It was great! This week I'm definitely going to the doctor. NO MORE coughing up lungs, runny noses, and deaf ears! I'm done with this cold!

Easter!

Easter, Easter, Happy Easter. A couple days ago at lunch we were talking about the Easter Bunny, Santa Clause, and the Tooth Fairy. I find it funny how parents make their kids believe these made up characters are actually real. They show up and give you presents, cash, or candy. When I was 4, I discovered that Santa was never real, cause the handwriting that was on the Christmas card was the same as my dad's. It read, "Merry Christmas! From Santa Clause" Then I showed it to my parents and they said Santa was real, and my dad denied his handwriting. I never believed them.

So yesterday my friend had a birthday. We went to the mall and watched The Haunting in Connecticut. It wasn't that scary, just kind of messed up. After that we ate at the Macaroni Grill. That's the most eventful thing that's happened since my weekend started.

My cold is still here. It needs to leave...and soon.

Hello Sun!

It's finally sunny! I haven't seen a day like this since the beginning of October in 2008. Today was just fantabulous! Almost everything went right, and it was stress-free! The thing that's making me freak out is the quarter finals for every day classes. In Biology I have a test, and in World History I have a short answer test and an essay which is due tomorrow! I'm scared...and this ALWAYS happens.

Blarg.

Conficker anyone?

I woke up from a nap hearing these similar words coming out of the TV, "There will be a new virus released on April 1st. It will be affecting more than 2 million computers. This is no April fools joke...." Now that I think about it, not too long ago we just had a debate about technology and today and I kinda see why the other people were against technology. The worm has probably affected more than 2 million computers by now. I've been running virus scans on my computer since I heard about it, but nothing has shown up yet. I hope the investigators catch whoever put it out. Maybe technology is causing problems for society...

Well, I was sick since spring break, and I didn't seem to feel any better until yesterday. Turns out, I was taking expired Motrin Ibuprofen tablets. "11/08" was the expiration date printed on the label. No wonder I haven't been getting better! My mom's like, "Lisa, next time look at the expiration date before you take the medication!" I felt really dumb after that. BUT, at least I'm getting better. And THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!

Mondays Are The Worst.

And I thought today was going to be semi-okay, but NO. Monday's are always the worst days out of the week. Biology wasn't fun, Math was a bore, World History was cool, lunch was okay, and P.E..... Oh man, P.E.! We started swimming. I forgot my swimsuit, so I had to barrow my friend's. When I got into the water, and did the side-stroke, my contact broke. I took it out, and there was a part of it missing. I thought Oh great. I'm screwed. The other piece must be in my eye or something... I couldn't feel anything, but I still don't know if that other piece is in or not. Another thing that happened: I tried opening the P.E. locker door, but it was locked. So I cussed really loud, and there was a teacher walking down the hall. He was all, "Whoa there! Potty mouth!" And I told him that I forgot my shorts for swimming...then he's like, "Oh, I understand." It was embarassing!

To add to that, I still have a fever, my throat is almost dead, and my mom said I sounded like a little boy on the phone....

I'm gonna hope and pray that tomorrow will be better.

Who Knew?

Who knew Theraflu Nighttime medicine could taste so terrible. I mean, most medicines taste bad, but this one tastes disgusting! When I was a little girl, my parents would give me this "cherry" flavored cold medicine. I absolutely hated it. It didn't taste like cherries at all! But when they gave me the grape one, it actually tasted semi-grapey. I didn't understand how that whole flavor thing worked. Anyways, I went to bed around 2:30 am last night, and I woke up at 7 am to this sore feeling in my throat. I drank some water and went back to sleep. Later when I actually got up, I checked my temp, and the thermometer read 100.3. That explained everything. It's a tough case of the sore throat. And now, I'm sitting here writing this blog and listening to some mellow jams.

Four Things I Learned Today:
1. I can make my hair somewhat wavey without using harmful heating tools!
2. I can also create cave woman looking hair.
3. All of Europe banned Atrazine.
4. Atrazine is connected with Ovarian, Prostate, and Breast cancer.

Say What They Want, Think What They Want.

I just absolutely LOVE IT when people talk about me. (total sarcasm...) I guess there's nothing I can do about it. All I know is that I'm me, and people who don't know me personally can judge me or not. It's heart-breaking to know that society puts labels on certain people just because of their past or how they look or how they act. I find it so fascinating and yet irritating all at once. When society does label or says things, all we have to do is brush it off and realize that those people aren't us. Be true to yourself and don't care about the stupid things.

So, besides all that, it's late. Spring break is going by really fast...too fast for my liking. The school days will be back before I can say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious ten times fast. This week has been good though. Tomorrow, I don't think I'm gonna do anything. Saturday...Can Drive! (plans always change) Sunday...Homework. I should sleep.

SPAH-RING BREAK!

I'm so happy! Finally, a break from school...a break from life...and a time to relax, and sleep in. :) These moments are rare, and only happen every once in a blue moon. I also got my 1st leadership service thing done today for NHS. We went around the neighborhood and collected clothes. I got 2 trash bags full, but there's still some neighbors that need to call me. Hopefully it all works out.

Spring Break Plans:
Saturday-Sunday: Relaxing.
Monday-Tuesday: Sleepover
Tuesday-Wednesday: More Relaxing.
Friday: Skate World :)
Saturday: Can Drive with my friend in her neighborhood.
Sunday: Homework.

I wish I were this talented.

Why?

I don't know! I'm stressing out about things that I shouldn't even be stressing out about!!!!! I think I need to get everything down and just GO! I got 6 hours of sleep last night, and the night before...and all week last week. Today was like an emotional roller coaster. I just wanna like...lasdjfwlkejflwkefj23lkrj12! I really wanna calm down... need to calm down.
I don't know what to do.

My brain is so whack, I seriously think I'm going crazy.

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Ugh.

The Every So Often Dental Cleaning

Woohoo! I finally got my teeth cleaned, and it feels great! I used to go to a dentist near where I live, but he wasn't the best. This one time, I had a cavity in the very back of my mouth, and I went to get it fixed. He ends up getting the cavity out but in the process, hurts my gum. It bleeds and my mouth is sore for the next couple of days. I thought this is the last straw, I'm telling my parents to go back to my old dentist! I complain to my mom and dad, and then we switch back to my old dentist. Him and his co-workers do such a good job! I'm glad I got the chance to go back. Other than getting a dental cleaning, I got piled on with a bunch of homework! The rest of this week is going to be especially busy. Why? Well, tomorrow will be a normal day, except for the Seminar in World History. It's worth like 50 points... but ya just gotta do it. And...Thursday, maybe going to the elementry school with my friend to ask the teacher if we can teach the kids after school for leadership experience. Friday, lots of things are due, and I'm gathering people to collect old clothing for kids/teens around my neighborhood.

Fun fun fun!

I Rarely Do This

If this isn't abstract then I don't know what is.

Sadie Hawkins Dance

It was okay. There were girls wearing dresses...and it's a country dance...but that's okay I guess. I got there around 8:00ish and it was SO EMPTY. Then at 9:00 the gym started getting packed, but I don't think it filled at all. It was fun dancing and stuff, but the DJ cow thing kept stopping inbetween songs. So, I decided to leave along with my friends. We went to Plaid Pantry, bought some unhealthy food items and various beverages. All of us shared sugar waffers, and drank soda in the parking lot. I felt like a homeless hillbilly. :) Then around 10:30 we walked back to the school, and tried to get into the dance again. Epic FAIL! Then, we walked to the football field and just ran around. So fun! Around....11:00 my mom picked me up and I went home. I thought the dance was going to be better than it actually was.

I have homework to work on and time to kill. Write later!

One of the Best Feelings

I love it when I wake up, and I feel well-rested and not completely exhausted! I went to sleep around 11:50ish last night, and I woke up at 11:30 am this morning. All those hours make up for the lost sleep these past couple of days. Yesterday, I went to parent teacher conferences, and the night before that I went to the NHS information meeting. PTC's went great! Except for that stupid C in my math class. And NHS...I have make my application and get some leadership things in. Anyways, today my best friend came over along with her grandpa, her sister, and her mom. We ate and drank tea surprisely. It was nice. :) We also downloaded new songs for our iPods. Then she left at 5 or something.

Sadie Hawkins at 8pm tonight! Who knew it'd take like 30 minutes just to do braided pig-tails and actually make them look good! I was so frustrated, but now my hair's done. I can't wait! It's gonna be bomb-diggity!

It's only Friday....whoa. That's so weird. It feels like it's Saturday.

Done For Now

I'm done with my audition! I felt so good after I walked out of the choir room. The monologue that I had originally memorized wasn't appropriate for the audition, so I decided to do a "light-hearted childhood story." I was going to do the one of how my best friend and I became friends, but I figured it wasn't long enough. Soooo, I picked a short story about us going fishing, and the police giving my dad a ticket... and it worked! Now, I have to wait for call backs. Then after that, yet another performance is needed for acceptance into Ramona Quimby. Going up in front of people is sometimes very nerve-racking and yet so rewarding in the end. (Well, in some cases at least.) I'm glad I can get out of my comfort zone and actually do something!

Worst thing today: Biology! Mrs. Swain, Ms. Swain (I really don't know) wasn't there, but we had a substitute. She was a nice lady, and all, but the thing that was assigned was so freaking annoying!!!!! I cussed way too much this morning, while I was in that class. I didn't mean to, but it's hard to put little tiny beads on wires and thread another wire through to make it look like a DNA model. I was about ready to throw my wired model across the room, or stomp on it, but I wasn't the only one getting frustrated. Many of the other students were too. It was SO CRAZY! I'm never going to take a beeding class in my life thanks to that ONE project.

This Week's Agenda:
- Tomorrow: come home, do homework, then NHS at 7pm.
- Thursday: PTC, then home/homework.
- Friday: Shopping/Sadie Hawkins! YEEHAH!


This song calms me.

Monologue Memorized!

I finally memorized my monologue for tomorrow's audition. I found this monologue like a week ago, but I just started to memorize/develop the character today. It's pretty sad actually. I'm surprised I got it all down! Tomorrow I'm basically spending all my time at school.

-Arrive around 7:30ish or 7:40 am.
-Get out at 2:50 and go to the auditorium/lobby .
-4:34 pm Monologue audition.
-After that stay at school until the career pathway summit.
-Mom picks me up around 9.
Then...homework. :(

This week is going to be busy busy busy! But I'm glad for that. Staying at home, doing nothing is so boring.

MAKE PEACE.

Late Night Bloggage

I should be in bed right now, sleeping, but I wanted to post a short blog. My friend slept over last night, and she left around 4:30 pm. The sleepover was fun! We did nothing productive whatsoever. I also went to Trader Joe's yesterday with my mom to buy things for the party today. I'm going to my best friend's house to meet her grandma at 6:00 pm. Woohooo...not really. I guess it won't be too bad. I'm such a big rambler. Anyway, something semi-interesting that happened yesterday: my friend and I were eating these jelly things (they're so good when they're frozen!) and I'm trying to get the plastic lid off with my teeth right? So I'm pulling and pulling on this thing and it just won't come off. My grip isn't tight enough so my teeth slip, and the edge of the plastic cup CUTS, yes, CUTS my gum! I was like, "OH CRAP!" And it bled. Not a pretty sight. Then my mom's like, "Lisa why do you always like to hurt yourself?" I'm all, "I don't LIKE TO it just happens!" It sucks to be uncareful about things... always remember to be cautious. (Especially when it comes to jelly cups!)


The beginning of this song always reminds me of the Apple company.

The Hero of Guitar

My friend is over. We're playing Guitar Hero 3. It's such an amazing game. Today, was actually a GOOD DAY! Not a lot of homework. I was flabbergasted. :) And tomorrow, I'm sleeping in! Woohoo! No alarm! Nicole has something to say...

Hello fellow human beings/men. How are you? I am developing Guitar Hero'd wrist. It hurts mucho. For all you stupid people that means a lot. Yes, a lot is two words. I learned that in fourth grade when I got that bonus point wrong. Mr. Bechtold tricked us. Only Tyler got it right. It sucked. I miss fourth grade. I got yelled at for laughing at a porno mag at 7-11. My teacher threatened to take away my self manager badge for that. He didn't though. He eventually took it away because I wrote a three sentence essay.... IT WASN'T FAIR THOUGH. He gave me the wrong names to research! HE NEVER APOLOGIZED. Sooo lame. D: Today in band I was running with my saxophone and I forgot what I ran into but the next thing I knew, my leg was scraped up and bleeding. That sucked too. So today I found out that pretend strokes are more important than my coffee. I guess I have to grow up and realize that when people can't breathe, I can't always get Starbucks. Whatever though. That was sarcasm I hope you know. hmmm I think I wrote a lot. I should start writing on my actual blog. =o I'm gonna go on facebook now and stalk some hotties.
-NICOOL. =D

Lisa again.
More guitar hero! Goodbye. :)

One of Those Days

I'm so tired. I'm ready to go to sleep for a couple hours but I still have homework so I can't. Today...oh today. It was slow, and it gradually got better as it went on. Two things made my day.

1. A kid walked into the entrance door of the library. His friends laughed and so did I, and my friend. It was hilarious! I bet it hurt though...
2. 95/100 on my essay + great comments on it. That essay is my pride and joy! (Gosh, I'm SUCH A DORK!)

Today was also the last day of bowling club. :( I didn't bowl much though. And, tomorrow, I'm staying for the swing dance club, but I'm not dancing with them. My friend and I are going to explore the school and hang out. It'll be fun.

NO SCHOOL FRIDAY!

Keep in Touch

I got home about an hour ago from my doctor's appointment. They tested everything, and overall I'm healthy, but I'm disgusted with my weight. I need to exercise more and stop eating so much. :( After the doctor's appointment my mom got the mail. And, I recieved my magazine, PLUS Mr. Caro's NHS letter. I'm still deciding on whether to join or not. Surprisingly, I'm right on the borderline with a 3.66 or something like that. I guess I'll talk to him tomorrow about it. After reading the letter, my mom called my dad. They talked for like 2 minutes, then she had to go out of the house (again). So me and my dad talked. It was great to just have a conversation with him and to hear his voice. I want him to come home... Well, anyways, on another note: ALL TESTS ARE DONE AND OVER WITH! I'm so happy! I thought my Biology test was gonna be way longer than it was, but turns out it was only 27 questions. :) My history test is a whole different story. I studied during my 1st, and 2nd period, but I was so paranoid and nervous, and I blanked out on a lot of things. Mr. Caro, if you're reading this, THANK YOU for letting us use our packets. Without mine, I would've failed horribly. Hopefully I got at least a B. I'm glad it's all over with. :) Another day of life, accomplished.

One last thing. I had the weirdest dream last night. So, I was with my friend and this one guy (I don't remember who the guy was) and it was snowing outside. There was about a foot or two...or three of snow, and we decided to go into some random shed. Now, the windows in this shed were broken, the blinds were broken, and the window frame was broken. It was really dark outside also. I hear this voice outside that says, "If you see THE LIGHT then you can come outside, but if you don't see THE LIGHT then you need to stay inside!" I look outside, and I see a light from a guy's flashlight, but we still stayed in the shed. Courtney (my friend) told me to fix the blinds, so I tried. Then she said, "Don't make too much noise, or else the creatures will hear us." So, I mess around with it, trying not to make any noise. After I'm done, she decides to fix the window frame, but she makes a HUGE noise. After that, we all go into panic! And then, out of the blue, there's a moose in the window. It jumps through and starts running around in the shed! We started to scream, and the guy said there would be 2 more moose chasing after it. Then...we all ran out into the fields, where there was no snow.
I don't know what happened to make me dream about a wild moose! That's so insane!

Oh man!

Today was actually an okay Monday. Usually, for me at least, Monday's are like the worst days of the week because it's a start of a new week, and you have to go back to school or work. It gets pretty frustrating sometimes. And...it's sunny! I love the sun! It's not even summer! This is truly amazing. :) It was raining quite a bit earlier today but I guess it cleared up. Yesterday, I never got to study for my Biology test or do my practice History ID. I was sick and I fell asleep on the couch. So...tomorrow! Oh my gosh, tomorrow I have my tests. I need to study like CRAZY here soon! In history, we did a practice ID test and I kind of got some stuff, but I still needed more. And Biology. OH DEAR. Science isn't that hard, until you start Bio. Biology is so confusing, and it's just BLARG! I don't know...I'm just rambling now. Anyways, I'll probably study here in a few minutes. I hope I do well!

STUDY STUDY STUDY!

March Already?

I looked at the calender on my digital clock about 15 minutes ago and it read "3/1/Sun". Then it hit me...it's March 1st! It's amazing how time flies by so fast. It felt like just yesterday I was starting my sophomore year, and now I'm more than half way through it! Gah, that's so mind-boggling. Today, my agenda:

-World History Homework
-Break
-Self Test on World History (Practice ID)
-Break
-Study for Biology Test
-Done son!

I don't know why, but I'm really nervous for my tests. Both my history test and my biology test are on the same day. I guess everyone gets nervous...ugh. So last night I got a phone call at like 11:50 from my best friend. She was at someone's house and she was really bored, but I was brushing my teeth. My mom picked up and said that I wasn't available. I wanted to talk to her because she sounded really bored over text messaging...but my mom said it was too late. So, I couldn't. It made me a little sad. :( I should probably go and finish my history packet. Procrastination = horrible.

Saturday Night

First blog. This blogger thing is interesting. I'll mess around with it. My scissors just fell onto my computer. Isn't that just wonderful? Today was so blah. I woke up, ate breakfast, washed my hair, then just moped around the house for a couple hours. I hate Saturdays like this. There's nothing to do! I know I should probably FIND SOMETHING to do, but it's 8:33 PM and I'm tired. My dad is in New York and hopefully he'll call later. I miss him a lot. And my mom's at the store, doing stuff. Good news, I found my one minute monologue for the Ramona Quimby audition! I can't wait! Just gotta memorize those words. Wish me luck!