School... Funness

I made it. I made it throught the whole entire first day - though in the first hour I thought I might die of sheer boredom and nerves and hunger... basically, I only made it through because just about every boy I like smiled at me. It was pretty great.

You know whats weird? When people stare at you, and stare at you, and won't look away until you meet their eyes, then you both smile awkwardly and look away, both probably wondering what in the name the other person was thinking. I know that when that happens to me I'm thinking, "What? What's wrong? Do I look funny? Is my hair messed up? Why the heck are you staring at me?" And then - this is weirder - when a boy does that to me. I mean, like, what?? Are you staring at me because you like me? Or because I look funny? And then I think, it must be the former, because nobody else is staring at me like that... then I get my hopes all up and they never look at me again the entire school year. Unless, you know, they get more sneaky about their staring.

That's a weird thought... makes me wonder how many people stare at me when I'm turned away...

Anyway, besides all that, school was pretty cool. I mean, basically, Wasatch rocks the world. We have awesome sports teams, a sweet facility, lots of classes, and sleek new technology. I'm totally psyched to begin the year, but totally scared, because I'm not sure I can draw good enough, and I'm afraid the homework will be crazy ridiculous, and I have lots of classes with older students in them - like, as in, scary, freaky, intimidating Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors. But I guess if I'm just cool about it, I'll make it through. Nobody'll ever have to know I'm a Freshie - I've been told I look like a Sophomore, so if nobody specifically states that I'm a Fresh I'll be fine. Besides, my school is chock-full of Mormons and we all more or less stand up for each other. You know. 'Cause we're just cool like that.

It was so crazy - I walked into my first class, right? And there were three people in it. Three people! Three little Freshies taking a class with all the scary upperclassmen. It was kinda funny actually. Just us three sitting there chillin while the teacher talked about the fancyness that would be our class. This should be fun, oui?

Haha! French! Bonjour, people. I'm gonna learn it all and be fluent someday! Yeah! Bring it on. I'll write the notes in my pink pie folder and practice every day with my friend and brother and maybe my sister when she calls. I can't wait!

Bring on high school!!

Education Week, Etc.

BYU rocks my socks off!

Heyy. So in case any of you were wondering, which you probably weren't, I'm LDS, or Mormon. And us Mormons have this fancy thing called Education Week, which happens right before school starts. Basically, it goes like this:  zillions of kids from everywhere come and chill at the Y, going to classes and learning all sorts of things about the gospel and dancing and dating and stuff. It's so fun! Which is kinda a weird thing to say - I mean, it's an extra week of school! You wake up early and sit around listening to lectures for hours on end! And every kid there calls it fun?? Haha I love Brad Wilcox. Oh man, he is hilarious. And so is Hank Smith, another awesome teacher there. That's why it's fun! The teachers are funny! And it helps everything that we're being righteous. The church is true! Haha:)

Anyway, it was great. I learned to dance the two-step, foxtrot, and tango. The dance was crazy fun, and it was awesome to hear Fireflies being blasted through the football stadium at a volume dangerous to the human being. Haha! You should've heard me and my bestie scream when that song came on. We were Owl City-deprived! I was suffering from withdrawl, and I'm not even kidding you. The boy we were hanging with thought we were crazy.

I danced every dance. It was pretty awesome. Lots of cute boys asked me and they all told me my name was pretty - every single one. I felt fancy. Thank you to my mom and dad for naming me that awesome name!

So me and my friend were talking after Ed Week finished and it was so funny. We were talking about the things we learned and the spirit we felt, and she said she felt Mormon - haha! I mean, we're always Mormon, and we always keep our standards and stuff, but sometimes we just feel more Mormon than normal, you know? It's like we got a spiritual high for a week and we're feeling awesome, like everything is possible. It feels good. It makes me wish I could go to OYA (Outdoor Youth Adventures) and Ed Week every year, because that's really an awesome dose of spirit. It's reinvigorating.

I'm having fun creating a movie... Movie Maker is a fancy program. Me and my friend wanted to make one, and so we just threw a bunch of random photos together and later we're going to put them to a song. It's gonna be sweet. We've got cupcake photos... sketches I drew and took pics of... and lots of pictures of me and her wearing my older sisters' wedding dresses, which we randomly found in my closet one day and decided to dress up in. I should post a link for it on here when we're done.

I get excited over the tiniest, most random things. Like signatures on emails. I was having way too much fun putting a quote from one of my favorites songs on it. Am I weird? Say yes.

Well... later, then. I'm going to go picniking and movie-making, and maybe I'll do some EHS assignments. Maybe... lol.

Look look! Lol is a drowing person, see:  lol
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...The water is kinda low...but you get the point.    <><  <--Thats a fish.

Oh, Crazy Me, Definitely.

Registration is tomorrow! Wish me luck! I've got to go and change a whole tone of my classes, and I'm wondering whether or not I should take Catalyst. It would mean I'd have to get rid of one of my other electives, but I'm thinking it's worth it. After all, the more I know, the better chance I have of getting into BYU with a scholorship (did I spell that right?) which will be awesome, and besides that, I'll have a lot more of my college classes done with and over before I'm out of high school. Good idea, right? It'll definitely be worth it, and I can just take the animation classes I missed out on in college anyway. The only reason I'm taking so many of them in the first place is because I want to go into my freshie year at college prepared. But maybe I don't need to be so crazy about it. And I've heard Catalyst is really fun.

But in the meantime, enjoy life, right? Have fun because before you know it, you're going to be an adult and life will stink.

Maybe that's a bit of an overstatement. But from what I've seen of it, life as an adult is a lot less fun than that of a teenager. So I'm going to have all the fun I possibly can right now, then make sure I don't turn all boring when I become an adult. (What a scary thought - me an adult.) It's like that one Facebook Flair says - "I shall never grow up, make believe is too much fun." There's another Flair, too, that's one of my favorites. It says:  "We're adults. When did that happen? And how do we make it stop?" That is a statement that I feel is very true to life. I don't want to be an adult! No matter how annoying my life can be, I love being a carefree teenager. It's too much fun to just want to give it up.

Anyway, now that I've ranted on about how I never want to grow up...

I feel like I'm just dragging myself through Emotion. I don't know how to keep going from the point I'm at. I mean, I know where I want to be eventually, but how to get there?

Aha moment! I'll blow something up! That always works when I'm trying to get a story moving again... lol. Actually, I went to this writer's workshop yesterday where this author came and talked to teenagers who like to write. She said she's writing a crazy, action-packed book right now, and she's blowing stuff up every other page. I like that idea:) Call me a pyro, but I love scenes where things explode. Fire and bangs and smoke curling into the sky, laughing at those who run, trying to escape from the roaring inferno that snaps at their heels and consumes the trees around them in a blaze of fiery red and orange...

Anyway.

Excuse my random indulgance in discriptive language. Just that talking about blowing stuff up reminded me of a scene in my story, where Max and her gang (for lack of a better word) go and blow up an enemy base, then run through the forest trying to escape for all they're worth... not going to say any more. I'll give away something important. Haha! You thought I'd divulge the oh-so-secretive story... well, no such luck, thiefs! You'll find no important ideas here!

Lol. I must be crazy.

Crazy Famous People? Or Crazy Me?

It occurs to me that many of my favorite singers/actors might be slightly crazy. For instance, lets take Adam Young. He's an extreme introvert and one of the funniest people I've heard of, and his blog is so random sometimes I don't even try to make sense of it. Bug zappers to“glockenspiel” to dancing? I don't know.

But perhaps an even better example is Johnny Depp. He plays Edward Scissorhands, Jack Sparrow, and the Mad Hatter. All basically insane, weird, misunderstood, and extreme characters. They're basically my favorites. And, he wants dual French citizenship (which is awesome, I admit) and he's old-fashioned about relationships (which is really abnormal for celebrities).

Actually, truth be told, those are the only two I really know about. I spent a whole day once researching Johnny Depp... call me crazy, but it's true. And I follow Owl City's blog. But most other actors/singers I don't pay much attention to. Except for when I want to disprove myths about them - for instance, I discovered today that Peter Facinelli (Carlisle Cullen in Twilight) is not, in fact, gay. He's married to Jennie Garth. This made me extremely happy because I love his character.

Peter Facinelli

Anyway. He's also Italian, which is pretty much awesome. Italian people are cool.

I must be crazy, putting an entire post on my blog about actors. Am I a girl, or am I a girl? Neither. I'm a crazy fangirl. I also like Jasper from the Twilight Saga, what's his name, Jackson Rathbone. And Daniel Radcliffe, too. He's super cool.

...That's basically my list of favorite actors. Currently my favorite singers list is limited to Adam Young, although I like The Postal Service, too. They're almost exactly the same style - I guess maybe I should expand my horizons a little, lol. I like a lot of other songs, too, but they're just kind of random. A song from this band here, a couple from that band there. Two from Justin Beiber, four from John Mayer, and three from Kelly Clarkson. You know. Just whatever sounds good.

Now that I've gone on and on about nothing in particular for long enough to make someone bored to death, I'll go. I suppose I'll be back in a day or two to talk about even more pointless, random stuff. Maybe I'll go off about my favorite movies, or my favorite books (other than the ones I've written, of course, no book could ever top those). Or maybe I'll have some sort of exciting update on how my book is coming along. Who knows. Tell you what - we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Later!

Ahhhh!

I can't comment on my own posts?? Help me, somebody!

Just in case anybody was wondering, SIS is an online grading system the schools use. Kids can log in and see their grades and classes. It's pretty fancy.

Anyway. So everybody who's read my book has told me it's a page-turner. I was pretty surprised, I have to say - but I guess I've read it so many times, I know what's going to happen next and stuff, so it doesn't hold quite as much suspense and excitment for me anymore. Now, the exciting thing for me is to get it edited and published! I can't wait! It just keeps creeping closer and closer, and as much as I'm scared I'm excited. But it's a good kind of scary - you know? It's the kind of scary that says, 'Oh my gosh, I'm actually going to do this and I'm so excited I'm scared sick!' That sounds confusing... lol.

I made pie today:) Well, actually, I made the crust a few weeks ago and then today, my mom made the filling (chocolate cream, yum) and I whipped the cream. Then we had pie for lunch. It was super yummy. I haven't had chocolate cream pie for forever!

So there's this site called Picnik. It's pretty much the coolest picture editing site in the world (actually, it's the only one I've ever seen). I make some pretty crazy pictures with it. These are a few of my favorites:

An awesom pic from a rodeo I went to in Canada

I sketched this, then took a picture. It's supposed to be the girl from my story.

Uh, this one uploaded sidways. These were some superdelish cupcakes me and my bestest friends made.

Anyway, it's a super duper fun site. Sorry about the sideways cupcakes...

Haha:) I love blogging. This is so fun! I can see why so many people do it. I think right now Blogspot is tweaking their site, so it's hard to do some things, like commenting on my own posts... that is really annoying. But I hope it gets better.

Most of my blog post today was pictures, but that's okay. I'm just having fun experimenting with all the different things I can do, so humor me for now. Eventually I'll get it all figured out.

What kind of school assignment tells you to go out and do six hours of service? That's ridiculous! With school starting soon, school shopping, friends, et cetera nobody would ever have that much time! Especially since it has to be 'a project that you wouldn’t normally do and must be one that you’re not already doing for another class or project'. But I've got to do it to get past my class - any suggestions?? This is my last assignment in this class and I just want to get it done so I can move on to the second quarter.

Anyway. So I can’t for the life of me figure out how to edit my blog posts – is there even a way to do that? But there’s a few things I didn’t post last time that I want to now. This is a link to the song Galaxies:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPqqeTxz6Tc

And this is a link to Kamikaze:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBJj3mmB37w

And last, a link to Alligator Sky: (this music video is weird, but whatever, right?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tY5RErnakc&ob=av2e

I love these songs. They're so cool! They make no sense to me, but maybe one of you will be able to devine some sort of meaning out of them, lol.

Also, I told you I love Julian Smith. He's hilarious! Let me send you my favorite videos of his:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuRuwR2JSXI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrmZriAHxhI

Basically that was all I wanted to say. I can't wait for school to start! As it gets closer it gets scarier. I'm pretty much terrified.

I Confess

Okay, so I admit I'm a little obsessive sometimes.

I'm an extreme fan of Owl City... I don't listen to much anything except his music. I like his emo, synth-pop style and some of his newest songs are really cool. Plus, he's Christian and all his songs are really happy and random and none of them swear which is nice. My favorite song is Kamikaze - it's a good song for playing as loud as you can get the volume to go. It's super cool. His Alligator Sky is awesome, too. I love the rap he put in it - it gives his music a fancy, different twist. I normally don't like rap, but put to Owl City's music, it sounds really good. My other favorite is definitely Galaxies. You have to really listen to the words on that one - most of them don't make sense, but the loudest and clearest part of the song might sound bad unless you listen to the rest of the words.

Also I'm a little obsessed with fantasy and science fiction. Two coolest genres in the world, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. I love writing it, reading it, watching it, imagining it. It's even better when they have action, too. Crazy fun. That's why I write - I can't get enough of what the rest of the world has to offer, so I make up my own.

Don't ever ask me what my favorite books are. I'll invariably reply, "The ones I've written."

My favorite food is Mexican food. My closest friend thinks I sound racist when I say Mexican, lol. But I really love their food. If you gave me a choice of anything or Mexican, I'd choose the Mexican. I love Cafe Rio and Don Pedro's. My favorite dish at Cafe Rio is the shredded pork salad with all the toppings and pinto beans. And the nachos and Don Pedro's are amazing. I love Mexican rice, too. It's really yummy.

I really wish school would start. I'm so bored all the time! I can't wait to start high school. It's going to be awesome. I'm taking all these fun classes and I'm going to learn French! But also I need to talk to my counseler before school starts and change up a few of the classes I got. Like, I checked on SIS to see what my classes were and they put me in English 9. I signed up for Honors Engish! And I've decided to drop AP Geography. But anyway. Still totally psyched.

Also I must admit I love to watch Julian Smith. He's hilarious! Mom thinks he's a total waste of time (and he is) but I personally think it's worth it. It's good to waste some time on occasion, especially if it makes you laugh. Laughing is good for the soul:)

I'm readin' a book, man! I'm readin' a book! Don't you ever interrupt me while I'm readin' a book! Haha:) That is such a true statement, though. And it could be tweaked a little too - Don't you ever interrupt me while I'm writin' an book!

Anyway. I sent my story to my older sister a few days ago, and she's reading over it, checking it out, editing a little. I have to admit I'm terrified. The only person I've ever let read my story is my bestie, and I have to wonder if any of it makes any sense at all and if it's as cheesy as it seems. I hope it's good! I wonder if it'll ever get published. I know I've said this before but I'm so scared I can't help but reiterate it. I guess I shouldn't worry, though. But I can't help it...

Anyway. We'll see what happens. In the meantime, I'll continue working on Emotion and this one other story I've started. I'm excited about this idea, too. It'll be awesome.