Hot N Cold

You might be wondering why I chose that for my title. Well, the reason is that I can't seem to get away from that song! I kid you not: On Monday, I heard that full song FIVE TIMES in the span of less than 12 hours. I'm dead serious! I heard it four times because the obnoxious little kids on the cul de sac right above my house are honestly OBSESSED with inviting the other little kids over nearly every afternoon, jumping on their trampoline, and BLASTING, and I mean BLASTING, a CD that they must have burned containing all of the songs that have been very popular in their own time during the past year or so. I can practically recite the soundtrack, but here is an example of the songs on there:

1. "Our Song", Taylor Swift
2. "Hot N Cold", Katy Perry (man voice detector.....BEEP.....BEEP......BEEP BEEP BEEP!)
3. "Disturbia", Rihanna
4. "Womanizer", Britney Ugh Spears
5. "Love Story", Taylor Swift
6. "Let It Rock", Kevin Rudolph
7. .........more Taylor Swift songs...............

As you can see, it's a pathetic list of those you-like-it-at-first-but-then-everyone-loves-it-and-you-start-to-hear-it-everywhere-and-before-you-know-it-it's-morphed-into-one-of-those-insanely-annoyingly-popular-songs-that-you-can't-get-away-from type of soundtracks. And they play it OVER AND OVER AND OVER again until you resort to closing all the windows and try to drown out the lingering background noise with your own iPod, only to realize that some of those very same songs have come back to haunt you from your own piece of machinery!

Oh, and I nearly forgot to tell you about the FIFTH time I heard that song on Monday! I also heard it at the ice skating rink.......I invited Nicole so she came with us to Costco (oh, fun fun, right?!), but we actually managed to keep ourselves amused and somewhat fed there. Unfortunately the taste-test booths were almost all closed, so all we managed to get was a piece of stale brownie and a cold, buttered square of sweet Hawaiian bread. Sounds disgusting thinking back, but hey we needed our nourishment! ;)

Then we went to...um, I forgot, we went on some other errand, and then we finally reached the ice skating rink. Noah's back hurt or something so he didn't skate with us :( But it was soo soo fun!! There weren't a ton of people there, but we still made fools of ourselves singing along badly with the music that they play while you are singing. And then trying to talk loud enough to drown out a song that you don't like. I have to say, I am getting SO sick of "Love Story." I hear it absoloutely everywhere I go, and it's starting to get on my nerves... But anyhoo back to my story. So Nicole and I kept almost-falling on top of each other, especially during the chicken dance -- we all nearly DIED of laughter -- but somehow we managed to stay up every time. All but ONE, that is. We were doing a slightly ridiculous but still fun obstacle course, and Nicole didn't know I was stopping so she bumped into me from behind and I fell and landed quite gracefully on my tailbone. Nicole of course found this hilarious, but I can't remember much else...Monday seems like a looooong time ago.

Okay, so this post is a bit of a monumental occasion. Why? Because I am finally posting - in PEACE - with my very own laptop!! I am so excited! And you know those late night gmail talks.......as much as I enjoy them, are we really willing to risk it again? I'm not sure. If we were ever caught, we would most likely be in big trouble. And my heart starts racing uncontrollably whenever I think I hear someone coming. And then in the morning I always expect my dad to bring it up or ask me what time I got to sleep. And what am I going to do, lie?! No way. Not only is it not right, but I am usually a pathetic liar. I don't know what to do!

Post soon! :)
Love, Brunette.

In Color (this is Brunette, I just titled this for you Blonde cuz you forgot to and I know you and I hate this song!)

Hey Brunette! I got all the same classes as you, (including Honors English), but I won't be doing Health, since I am doing Model United Nations and, therefore, have to take Health during the summer. For my electives:

1. Creative Writing
2. Speech, (because it includes Speech and Debate)
3. Theater Arts

Oh my gosh, I didn't really get a chance to talk to you in volleyall, but doesn't Advanced Biology sound HORRIBLE!? Thank God we're in the normal class. I'm glad I will know someone in Honors English because none of my friends are in it. :( Even the ones who are in AP English now with me. Anyways, did you see the books we have to read for Honors????? The Odyssey and Pride and Predjudice!!!!! AHHHH!!!!!! And they get to read the simplest books in the world! Still, I am really excited to be in that class! And in MUN! And I did a water polo clinic yesterday and I liked it, so I'll probably do that and I want to do the debate team too. Oh, yeah, and Campus Ministry...I'm going to be busy, but I am soooooo excited!

Oh, I loved your description of the Serra girl thing....hilarious! And true! My friends aren't like that, so that is the way I deal with it-I am not a flirt!!!!! I talk to some guys and people think I like them or whatever, but they're just my friends, which some people just can't understand!!!! Really just friends-can you imagine??? Hahahahaa. Like Drew, (Andrew). I talk to him a lot, I guess, but I don't like him like that at ALL! I mean, I know who he likes!

Well, g2g! Bye!!!!

Too Cool

Hey Blonde! You know what? I feel so, so sorry for you. You have to live with those Serra girls every day of your life. How do you DO it?! I wouldn't be able to put up with that. You see, I was at the Incoming Freshman Meeting on Thursday, (I saw you....you always look so CALM!) and for the longest time there was a big group of maybe 15, 20 girls that I know go to Serra (I recognized pretty much all of them), and it looked SO. STUPID. They were all standing in the gym, right in front of the door like they owned the place, and they were just talking aka gossipping like crazy, I imagine, in their little cliques. And every so often a guy would walk by and they would all turn at the same time and flirt with him from a distance and the poor guy would just shrug and walk away, leaving the girls to their chatter. It was nearly unbearable to watch. I mean, HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY LIVE WITH THAT?!?!
Anyway, on a different note, what classes did you get into? (If you already posted about that, then forgive me..I didn't check the blog before I published this, so I wouldn't know hahahaha) I would be VERY surpirised if you did not get into Honors English like I did; you are an excellent writer. Hmm, let's see...besides that I didn't get any honors classes, which I don't really mind I guess. I got Religion 1, Algebra 1, and Concepts in Science (I think that's what it's called..?). And for my electives I put 1) Beginning Video Production 2) Film as Art 3) Theatre Arts. I forgot what was the order for the last 2, but I'm pretty sure that was it.
And I just KNOW that you are dying to hear if I saw a certain someone there (aka Jake lol). And no, I didn't. He probably was there, but who knows? There were a ton of tall blond dudes there, so I might have seen him from the back and not realized it hahahahaha! But anyway....YOUR TURN SISTAH!
Love, Brunette :)

Both Sides of the Story (Phil Collins song!)

It's funny, when you think you know how some one is, and then you suddenly find out that they aren't that way at all. You see, I have this friend who I've known for like three years or so, and you'd think that we would be good friends by now, but I still feel sometimes that I hardly know her. I went to her house last week and I found out a lot of things about her... It was kind of weird. I mean, I like her, but she just seems so distant sometimes, and it's rare that I have a conversation where she really seems to open up. She didn't exactly open up, it was really more of a pointless conversation, but I found out a lot of things about her that I didn't know before. I always thought that she didn't do certain stuff that a lot of people, including myself do, cuz she was too "cool" for it or whatever, but as it turns out she doesn't do those things cuz she isn't ALLOWED to! It was weird to hear that stuff......I always thought differently of her until then. I don't think she really meant to change my opinion of her, but she did do that by talking to me. It wasn't in a bad way....I just think of her differently now. I always thought she was cool and had everything under control, like nothing could phaze her, but now I realize that she has soft spots too. She's just as vulnerable, if not more so, than me or you. She just chooses to cover it up with an "I don't care" attitude, but I wish she wouldn't. I wish she could see that those soft parts are beautiful, you don't have to hide them. Why do so many people do that? They don't want anyone to see their vulnerable spots, so they cover them up by acting all tough and cool. THey think that if someone were to see how they really are then people will think of them as weak. But it isn't that way at all.

Wow! I really don't understand what is oh-so-interesting about me and who I may or may not like! But apparently it's an absoultely FASCINATING topic to everyone but me! Everyone thinks I like Jason, but I never even said that! Marrin just thought I did and now Emily sort of thinks I do and then Jillian, (who knows how she heard this), told Danielle, Amanda C., Amanda B and Francesca that I do!!!!!!! I know because Danielle was at the fish fy and asked me who I like. I just laughed and was like, "Oh, no one...." and she's like, "I heard it was Jason!" And I'm like, "No!" And she's like, "You're blushing!" (which I probably was, but, so what? I blush at everything), and I'm like, "I am NOT." And then I remembered to ask, "Who told you that?" And she said, "Jillian."

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, g2g, I will post more l8r! Love, Blonde

SMILE

Spotlight

Hey Blonde!


I am sitting at the computer, "emailing" (aka secretly blogging), wearing an oversized USA jacket, enormous blue sweatpants (very OLD sweatpants) with doodles all over them (a result of being bored when I should be doing schoolwork). My mouth is tingly because I had extra-carbonated soda earlier. Oh yes, and I am wearing a santa hat. Normal for anyone else? Probably not. Normal for me? Yeah. XP

Today is Thursday which means.....well, it doesn't mean anything except that YESTERDAY was Biola! Which means that my group and I performed our play! Which means that I actually have something to write about!

So I woke up yesterday morning at five fifty, rushed to finish a rough draft of an essay (writing it the morning it's due? Yeah. Procrastinate is my middle name.), straighten my hair, get dressed in my lovely mean-girl costume which consisted of: White shirt, black undershirt, black skirt, white leggings, black flats, and a black-and-white striped scarf. Oh yes, I also had my evil black nail polish on (not because I'm eMO, because my character is eVIL.) Then my family and I rushed out the door, while I was breathless and carrying a bulletin board, my backpack, and a stuffed turtle.

Finally got to Biola, walked ever-so-gracefully inside (well, as gracefully as possible considering I was carrying the listed items above), met Taylor outside of the room we were going to perform in, and after going through our positions and setting up props, my group (Taylor, Felicity, Phillip, and I) watched the other group (Paige, Keira, Nate, and Gina) perform their play, a condensed version of Rumpelstitskin. I don't like that story to begin with, but their version was slightly different than the orginal, so it was fine. However, it didn't seem like they were prepared at all....they read from their scripts and even with the words in front of them they forgot their lines a few times. But it was cute. As I was watching their play, I was getting more and more butterflies in my stomach (I later learned that my whole group was feeling like that while they were watching it!). Then, finally, it was our turn to go up. We did a quick check to make sure all of the hidden props were in their proper places, and I quickly whispered to Taylor that I was making a last minute change as to what my character, the evil queen/Miss Popular Victoria, would throw at the Narrator. I realized that the script would call for me to throw an actual cell phone at Taylor, the narrator, and of course I wouldn't want to hit her with a phone (with my aim, it probably wouldn't matter anyway, but still.....). So I changed it so that instead of throwing the phone I would throw a nail filer. Less potential to hurt someone! We then raced to our positions (Phillip backstage, Taylor at the podium/narrator's stand, and Felicity and I waiting at the far right of the stage), and we began our performance of Cream Puff High (no, not like you're high on cream puffs -- it's the name of the highschool that our story is set in). And you know what? It actually went very well! We made the audience laugh when we wanted to, and I don't think anyone forgot their lines. My nervousness vanished the minute I got onstage, which was a miracle in itself. We didn't have microphones, so we had to speak loudly so that the audience could hear. I was pretty worried about that -- whenever I am in front of a large audience, my voice shakes. It's extremely embarrassing and it makes me blush even harder, but during the play it didn't happen at all! I was completely at ease (another miracle/impossibility). It was a great performance, and afterward people who I didn't even know would tell us how funny our play was. Kind of a good feeling hahahahaha :) But actually it was all thanks to the amazing Felicity; she wrote the entire script (which was hilarious! I don't think we did it justice with our acting), and knows a ton about acting. We were definitely blessed to have her in our group!

So then, after that, I had the rest of the day, which was mainly uneventful. Oh, funny story.... In history class, Mrs. Carlson was like, "Okay, everyone get our your syllabuses. Or, wait, would it be syllabi?" And I said, "I think it's syllabi...cuz like you would say octopi instead of octopuses." And then Sam is like, "I always wondered what the plural form of mongoose is." And I'm like, "Mongoose?!" And he's like, "Yeah, is it mongoose or mongeese or mongooses or mongi?" And then he just keeps talking about it and I want to tell him to shut up cuz it's just such a random topic, but everyone was laughing so I didn't say anything. Hahahaha, it's so weird how there are such strange, random discussions in my classes.....maybe that's why it can be fun to go to Biola -- at least you are entertained!

Hahahahahahaha well that is my post! Sorry, it's pretty long and descriptive....I actually had another post ready (about one of my "feelings"), but I thought this was more, uh, normal. Maybe I will publish the feelings post some other time.......

Love, Brunette :)

Hahaha well I am quickly posting b4 school since I had no time yesterday...hmmm what is there to say? Hope EYG went well...oh, yesterday, in English, I really did have pen on my face, (curteousy of Em), and when they told me I didn't believe them! I suppose they are the girls who called marker...
Yesterday we had a class spelling bee and I won it, so now I am moving on the middle-school one. I NEVER thought there was any way that I would win-Alex, Bill, and Jason are all in the class that we did it in and they're all, like, decathaletes. Really smart. I said that I didn't really care who won as long as Rachael or Jade didn't, but Lisa's like, 'No, you have to go kick Rachael and Jade's butts.' Haha and I did. I hate spelling bees though; I get totally stressed out and I'm, like, still shaking afterwards. Now I will have to study like crazy for the next one too. But, despite all that...I'm glad I won. :)

Poor Jack won too, in his class. A lot of people hate Jack because he tries to be cool, I guess, but he's very nice. A lot of people were being mean to him about it, so I went up to him and high-fived him and said, 'Good job, I won too!' It was a bit akward, but I'm glad I did it if maybe he might not be so depressed about it now. It's sad to see Jack all depressed acting because he never used to be before everyone started teasing him. I mean, he's always been very pompus, and now...

Well, that is it for today. It seems that Jessie has more friends now and I am very happy for her. Did my plan work? I like to think that I helped her, but she will never know!


Speaking of help, guess what I figured out for Jasmine? I can't believe I didn't think of it before! I made her friends with Lisa! They ate lunch together in a classroom. I gave Lisa a heads-up to make sure that they did and it worked! They are harldy best of friends yet, but, all in good time. I never want anyone to be friend-less and this gets both of them safely with a friend. I am so happy! Now I don't have to feel gulty about either of them.

Well, that's it for yesterday! I will probably post l8r today! I have decided I am going to stop bugging you about posting an just let you post when you feel like it. I will continue posting either way! Love, Blonde