Merry Christmas!

And with this Christmas wish is missed
The point I could convey
If only I could find the words to say to let You know how much You've touched my life
Because here is where You're finding me, in the exact same place as New Year's eve
And from a lack of my persistency
We're less than half as close as I want to be

And the first time
That You opened Your eyes did You realize that You would be my Savior
And the first breath that left Your lips
Did You know that it would change this world forever

And so this Christmas I'll compare the things I felt in prior years
To what this midnight made so clear
That You have come to meet me here

To look back and think that
This baby would one day save me
In the hope that what You did
That you were born so I might live
To look back and think that
This baby would one day save me

And I, I celebrate the day
That You were born to die
So I could one day pray for You to save my life

Ima let you finish...

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And a Jay-Z song was on...

It just doesn't stop being funny. If I haven't made you watch this yet, watch it right now.

It's awesome to be done with the semester, but being done with the semester means no tutoring, which means only one paycheck for a while. It is not going to be fun having to come up with rent with only one paycheck :(

Victoria is in town this week, which is awesome. I'm not to happy about the circumstances that bring her to Ohio, but seeing my BFF for a few days before Christmas is really great. Plus, her sister wants to get rid of a ton of clothes, so she's bringing them for me :) Also, our moms are going to get to hang out, and that hasn't happened for years! I'm so excited. Just keep Victoria in your prayers this week when she gets all the testing done at the Cleveland Clinic.

Eagle and Blondie will be here very very soon, and I'm also excited about that. I'm way more excited about seeing them than I am about Christmas.

Work is awesome. Can you believe I've kept a job for a year? Haha. Not that I get fired from jobs a lot, I've never been fired. I've just always been in this cycle of only having seasonal jobs. I'm looking into another job for the Spring, so wish me luck on that!

If you have been wondering what to get me for Christmas, here's a suggestion:




www.uglydoll.com is one of the happiest things in the entire world.



Well, it's time for me to go find *something* to eat before I go to work. I'll post something more exciting later, I promise!

I'm on your side, oh when times get rough

First, let me say I ADORE mix CDs from friends! I'm currently listening to the one Eagle made me, which is almost finished, so I will move on to the one from Dan.

I just finished up my honors project proposal and emailed it to my adviser. It's really a relief for just to have finished it, but I'm not sure if he'll go for it. It's kind of a crazy idea, but I'm all for it and all the work it takes to finish it. Anyone who has talked to me for at least 30 seconds knows that I am absolutely passionate about summer camp, teaching, and really just about the well being of children in general. So for my project, I want to combine summer camp and teaching, and go off of the idea that if a book worms program could happen, and Harry Potter and Little House on the Prairie programs could be CRAZY popular, why can't there be a summer camp program that's a little more academically based, but just as fun? I'm going to research reading and writing workshops, common problems girls face in schools, camp and school standards, etc and use all that to come up with a program (with lessons for each activity) based on the book Speak. So cross your fingers my adviser goes for this!

Now that the holiday is over, I am socially acceptably in the Christmas spirit! I will be buying my Christmas cards this week, and mailing presents soon after that! I just can't wait. I am more into Christmas this year than ever before, and I think that has a lot to do with my lack of church lately. I know that sounds crazy, but I honestly haven't been able to make it to church in a while for a variety of reasons, mostly lack of rides and abundance of work. Because I can't make it to church each week, I have to take it upon myself to find God in other places. I'm closer to God now than I was when I could go every week. Maybe the holiday shopping season is a blessing in disguise for me. I thank Him for every little thing in my life. All of my friends, my family, my health, my education, and absolutely everything I have. Everyone always says that Christmas is too commercialized and stuff, and to some extent I agree. But the way I look at it, I love how much Christmas is blown out of proportion. The next sentence is going to be a ridiculous thing only I would say. How SWEET is it that you can buy princess, Muppets, Mickey Mouse, Looney Toones, etc. decorations; how AWESOME is it that even Cinderella, Donald Duck, and Big Bird celebrate Jesus's birthday????? The answer is that it's AMAZING. I'm not trying to be all in your face religious-y lately. I totally respect the differing religious views of my friends. I just love Christmas! Let me know if I should calm it down.

Punctuation question: How do you punctuation singular possessive words ending with an S? Jesus' or Jesus's? hmmmm. I'm an English major and I never know what to do in that situation.

Currently, I am in the union, and there are a group of students in some sort of prayer ritual. I don't understand it, and I'm not even entirely sure of what religion it is. However, I love the fact that no one is staring at them in the least bit. They are just doing their thing, and everyone else is going on with their homework or lunch and stuff. There's even an event going on in the ballroom (across from where I am sitting) and no one is even blinking an eye. Yay diversity! I want to call every Ed professor I have ever had right now and scream "this is what diversity really is!" Nothing like their stupid lesson plans.

hmm what else. Well, yesterday I went outlet mall shopping with my brother and mom. It was fun! I found a dress to wear on New Years. Not quite like the American Eagle one I originally wanted, but just as cute and like, 35 dollars cheaper (YAY OUTLET MALLS-- the dress was 5 dollars!) I also got gifts for my grandma, Andrew, and Eagle. I've ordered Bart's and Blondie's, and I bought Star's and her kids gifts months ago (I'm a little eager about Christmas, I know). My mom's gift just needs to be assembled and she's done too. I love gifts!

If ANYONE is up for a buffet this weekend, call me. After last night, I have a serious Golden Corral craving. lol.

Tomorrow theres a bake sale in the polsky building for the writing lab. I'll be baking cookies tonight...should be interesting.

Well, that's it for now. I better start on my Black Literature paper! I'm copying and pasting the lyrics to my favorite song on the mix CD from Eags for you all to read and enjoy. Love it!!!

Hungry, I come to You
For I know You satisfy
I am empty but I know
Your love does not run dry
So I wait for You
So I wait for You

I'm falling on my knees
Offering all of me
Jesus, You're all this heart
Is living for
Broken, I run to You
For Your arms are open wide
I am weary but I know
Your touch restores my life
I'm falling on my knees
Offering all of me
Jesus, you're all this heart is living for.

Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?

I have to say, my friends are a bunch of cotton-headed-ninny-muggins who don't enjoy celebrating Christmas until AFTER Thanksgiving. I disagree. For one, since I work at the mall, I've been celebrating Christmas since like, September. People laughed at us for putting holiday dresses out so early, (but guess what, now all those people who waited for an "appropriate" time to buy a holiday dress are now having trouble finding the right sizes!) It seems like I haven't been to church in ages (thanks to the fact I work in retail and taking on some extra holiday hours), but I remember once last year, about this time, we walked into church and there were Christmas decorations up already. A lot of people were like "oh no, this is just too wrong! it's too early for this!" The pastor counteracted that by saying that in all of the holiday ridiculousness, everyone kind of forgets what Christmas is actually for. Why should we not celebrate Christmas as early as we can? I mean, Jesus is a kind of important guy :) so we ought to give Him as much celebration as possible. I'm all for that. Therefore, it is perfectly acceptable that I started listening to Nsync Christmas two weeks ago.

I told this to Becky, and she replied with "Jesus thinks you're tacky," which made me love her even more. I can't wait until December 28 when her and Tia come to see me! I'm so proud of Blondie for actually trying to make plans ahead of time to come see me!

Speaking of which, anyone who wants to have a mini-roadtrip to the Akron Canton airport on the 28 around 5ish pm let me know. I need a ride to go get Eagleeeee!

With all of the happy Christmasy things in my life, it's so hard to concentrate on school. Thanksgiving hasn't ever been a favorite of mine, but the socially acceptable Christmas celebrating is something I like. I'm excited to get to go to my Grandparents house for Thanksgiving dinner, and actually get to meet my little baby second cousins I've seen a million pictures of. I'm so excited that there are babies in the family! On Friday, I got lucky enough not to have to go into work until 8, and I'm pretty excited for the hours between Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, Bart, mom, and I are going to Sharon PA to go outlet mall shopping and explore Kraynaks. I'm excited for this weekend, it will be a nice break from school before finals (a nice break given that I get all my work done before Wednesday).

Anyway, this weekend was awesome. I am so proud of Circle K because of the turn-out at the panty party. There were 3 other clubs there (BW, Walsh, and Kent, and well we can say Marietta too if we just count Chad) and tons of people. We ended up going an hour over the time, and we collected over 100 dollars for the rape crisis center, and a whole lot of panties (I'm not sure quite how many). Crafts were fun too, we ended up decorating all of the tote bags. I also learned an important lesson, which is Chili's is not a good restaurant to take my Akron friends.

Well, right now I am at work without an appointment for almost the entire time I am here. Another tutor just asked what the paper I was writing is about, so now I'm feeling guilty and I'm actually going to do my homework.

You're essential to survive

I've been a liar and I'll never amount to
the kind of person who deserves to worship You.
You say I will not dwell on what I did but rather what I do.
You say I love you and that's what you are getting yourself into.

EXPECTO PATRONUM!!!

(That is me imitating the face that Harry makes when he does the patronus charm in movie 3)

I bet the person who gave Kat that snuggie never expected it to be used like this.

I have nothing to say except...

Today, Angela, Andrew, and I were all in Andrew's car, when we drove up to Angela's house to drop her off.

In her yard stood a big cross.

Then, all three of these things were said at once:

"That looks like a hate crime waiting to happen"
"Is there going to be a crucifixion in your yard?"
"We really need to hang up that scarecrow!"

I love my friends!

"Where no one knows my name..."

Kit Kat visited from Boston (where she goes to school) this weekend for Tiger Lily's wedding. OHHHH MY GOSH I had no idea how much I missed her until I saw her on Saturday. Thanksgiving is the next time she will be home, and even though that is only about a month away, I just can't wait. I miss my soul-same, my Kitty Powers. hahahaha. Anyway, everytime I hear the song "Boston" by Augustana, I think of her, and thinking of how I missed her inspired me to listen to that song, which inspired that title.

Speaking of Tiger Lily's wedding, everything was absolutely gorgeous. The day was sunny, the church was beautiful, she was beautiful, the cake was beautiful, the bridesmaids were beautiful...everything. I'm so happy for her!

I'm in the process of scheduling classes for next semester, and it is very exciting and very frustrating at the same time! Next semester, I'll take instructional techniques, tech, and do my honors project, and then in the fall I'll student teach. It's so happy to finally see an end to school. I like that I am at the point where I am planning lessons and such that I'll probably be using someday in my classroom. I'm planning on taking the Praxis in January, which is a scary thought, but otherwise I can't wait until I have my own class with my own rules and lessons.

I keep thinking of things to type, but then I suddenly get distracted by texts from my bff. At least it is making my office hour pass a little faster. The last text said "Is this what seperation anxiety looks like?"

Well, last week I downloaded the new Relient K cd, and now that I have had sufficient time to listen to and judge it, I can say I'm not overly impressed. I was so pumped about this music, too, because I read that Theissen wrote it all Walden-style and he went out to a cabin in the woods, made like Henry David Throeau, and wrote the entire album. All the songs are sad and break-up-y. Isn't he married? This makes me sad that if he is still married, that the songs are all, well, kind of fake emotions.

I'm getting a little bored of the older header on this blog, and may make a new one. But I can't decide which quote to use or anything! It's a tough decision!

That is all for now. It's almost time for class, and after class I have a Girl Scout Halloween/Juliette Low birthday celebration to attend!

Happy Sweetest Day!

"When I'm with most people, I'm embarrassed of my Pokemon knowledge, but not in this house..."
"You're embarrassed that you don't know as much as us!"

After 3 months of living with these people, I can honestly say I never expected to talk about Pokemon this much in my entire life...let alone on a daily basis. The good news is that we're getting along fine. So many people warned me about how bad it is to live with friends, and how we won't be friends when we move out, but at this point, I kind of doubt that.

Well, I should start this post out by saying I have absolutely no idea why I am up so early. My body woke me up about 7:45, which made me a little sad. During the week, I alternate between waking up at 6 and 7, and the one day I get to sleep in a little, I barely get past that point.

Today is Tiger Lily's wedding! I'm so happy for her. I have no doubts that her and Jared are going to have a great life together. It's going to be so great to see everyone together at this wedding. It will be like a mini reunion :)

The hype about the swine flu has me a little scared. I've heard a lot of people telling me they've known people who have had it. My mom was telling me she knows a family that were sick, so she called the doctor to make an appointment, and the doctor said not to come in because it sounded like the swine flu. He didn't want them to infect everyone in the office, so he just prescribed them stuff over the phone. That's some crazy stuff.

Classes are pretty stressful, but at least we've hit the halfway point. Next semester will be much easier. I'm loving the writing lab this semester. Yesterday, a student legitimately told me he had fun. I'm glad I can make tutoring fun.

I miss camp more every single day! I miss my friends so much. Eagle and I can't go a few hours without some sort of contact. I think Hallmark is also getting a good amount of money from us and the number of cards we send. Blondie and Eagle are coming to Ohio for New Years, and hopefully I can convince Elmo too! It will be so nice to see everyone again. I'm getting myself to reunion this year-no matter what!

That's all for now. I still have to find something to wear today...that sound be fun.

"Aren't Hufflepuffs just the happy dumb ones?"

aww, what a delightful way to begin an entry. Those are the words of Jessica, who knows little about Harry Potter, from a few days ago at Country Diner. Andrew is astonished that he would be a Hufflepuff, but everyone agrees. As a sidenote, no where in the books does it say that hufflepuffs are "happy and dumb," they are good friends. Friendship is their main trait. Just because they don't get to be cunning, chivalrous, pure-blood, brave, evil, or studious...that doesn't mean they're dumb :)

Speaking of Country Diner, I need to find someone who is good at claw machine. There are pokemon toys in it, and I need to win one before Andrew or Kat does to make them jealous.

My life lately has been super busy, and it shows no signs of stopping soon. I have 2 jobs, lots of homework, circle k, and now we'll add in field experiences for classes and getting around to writing that honors project proposal. My to do list is massive.

On a happy note, I met a boy I like. Here's hoping I won't scare him away.

On a more serious note, the Into the Light Walk was this past sunday. The walk is for suicide prevention and is run by a group called Suicide Prevention Education Alliance. It's a pretty cool organization because it's one of the few that I know of that focuses on curing/treating mental illnesses. It also focuses heavily on educating high school students, which I think is great. So many high school students have problems with depression and they never get help because they think it's normal, no listens to them, or the people who do listen say that they are just being dramatic. With all that said, I'm a big fan of the organization, and the walk they put on every year.

I have to say, though, it let me down on Sunday, and I'll tell you why. Circle K was being flashlight holders at the walk like we usually do (there are few lights in the zoo since it would confuse the animals, so we are there to direct walkers since the walk happens in the dark). My one friend, who has been effected by suicide more than anyone should have to be, decided to actually raise money and participate in the walk. The whole club was a huge support, and I'm really proud she did the walk. Anyway, as a flashlight holder, we had to go to our stations before the actual walk began. Before the walkers started off, I got a text from my friend saying she'd like someone to walk with. Of course, I was more than willing. I left my buddy at the flashlight spot, and ran back to the pavillion.

When I got there, my friend was sitting on a bench alone, looking obviously upset. Around her were all these people setting up for the end of the walk (where they put candles in bags with people's names on them) and others were cleaning up the food and things from the opening session. When I found my friend, she mentioned that the only person who had asked her if she was ok was a zoo employee. I'm still a little bothered by this. There were a lot of volunteers around, people who are trained to hear stories and help people dealing with bad situations, but they didn't seem to notice when someone was upset. Maybe they figured it was ok to be upset at an event like this? I don't know. I'm just really happy the zoo employee stopped to help. There are good people out there :)


Well, that's it for now. This was a small break between studying and class. After class there is more homework, Circle K, then more homework, sleep, then do it all again. Friday isn't coming fast enough this week...

Like Mountains in the Midwest

Let's just say I can't wait until next week when tutoring starts up! I'm so bored in between my classes on Tuesday's and Thursday's. Two hours in between!

So, I've made a recent discovery of the band "Owl City." I've been thinking forever that I need a new band to listen to, and the past couple times I've been in Andrew's car, he's played this one song (Designer Skyline) that I really like. Then I remembered all of Jen's away messages about Owl City, so I have youtubed them, and I am liking what I hear. Yay new music choices.

So, I've written a lot about this topic: what music will be oldies when we're old? I've decided that if nothing else, the following songs have staying power. Feel free to disagree: "Iris" by The Goo Goo Dolls, "How to Save a Life" and "Over my Head" by the Fray, "American Baby" by Dave Matthews Band, and I think "Vindicated" by Dashboard Confessional might have a chance. Also, at least one Creed song is going to make it, but I can't decide which one. I'm on the edge with the s0ng "All the Small Things" by Blink 182. Obviously it is not a *good* song, meaning it is clearly not a song of incredible depth or musical greatness, but I would bet 9 out of 10 people know it.

Speaking of music, yesterday I said something that I don't remember (which, in relation to this story is not important anyway) to which Andrew replied "I just learned what the song Skater Boy was really about!" I asked him to explain, worried that I've been misinterpreting the song for all these years (was there a hidden meaning no one ever told me? That's on my playlists for camp...should I take it off? Is it secretly innappropriate? These were the thoughts running through my head...) Andrew goes on to explain "So there was this skater boy, and this girl liked him but thought he wasn't good enough for her..." He went on to explain the entire song the way I (and everyone else in the world) has always understood it. It made my day. Oh, I heart my housemates.

I am happy to say that my two lovely Betta fish, Atticus and Scout, are still alive. I never really thought fish could be an entertaining pet, but they are making me laugh quite a bit. They have a divider between them (you know, so they don't eat each other which I hear Betta fish sometimes do). Well, this morning, I fed them and one of the food pellets on Scout's side stuck up against the divider. Atticus thought the food was on his side, so he spent about 3 minutes trying to eat it (and running into the divider trying to get it). I'm sure it would have gone on longer, but I didn't want him to hurt himself so I moved the piece of food closer to Scout. yay fish.

I have to say, the worst part about my class schedule is I don't know when to eat! I have a lunch and I want to eat it now, but it's only 10:15. I have class at 12 to 1:30, then again from 3:00-4:30. It's hard to decide which gap to eat in.

Speaking of food, I'm trying to see how long I can not eat meat. I've always wanted to try to be a vegetarian, so why not try now? I'm going to finish up the meat food I have at home already, but after that I doubt I'll buy any more meat products for a while.

I've been breaking out the old school game boy a lot with Pokemon blue. I am so frustrated with the tunnel to Cerulean City-I just can't seem to get through it! I can't beat Rocket! aghhhh! Obviously, getting Ivysaur to beat Rocket is the biggest problem in my life right now.

Gotta catch them all!

How about I start to write a blog about something of actual substance, instead of just heartfelt camp song lyrics? Does that sound good?

Before anyone gets bored and stops reading, I need to know who is good with Apple products. My ipod (you know, the classy hand-me-down one with the tape on the sides?) has kind of died. It doesn't play, but instead gives me an error that says something like "please plug into computer to restore." But nothing happens when it's plugged in. Sad day.

Obviously, camp went really well. I was so sad to leave, but I'll be ok because Eagle and Blondie are planning an incredible Ohio visit in January, and I am determined to make it to reunion this year. Being a UL at this camp is a world of difference between being a UL at my old camp. I worked so much harder than I ever have before, but it was a good challenge. I met some amazing people and amazing children, and I'm so glad I had the experience.

A few days after I got home from camp, I moved into the house, which is happy. My room is nice, and it has a closet (something I've never had in a room!). There is also plenty of space for all of my toys, which are displayed wonderfully on the TRINKET SHELVES. I also finally finished the piece of art I have been working on for about 3 years now.

That's my t-shirt quilt! Yay! And just turn your head sideways. I'm not going to take the time to try and rotate it. Oh, and the two pictures above my bed are from Elmo's patrol during week 7. One of them says "Thaks Pottre You roke!" I think that translates to "Thanks Potter, you rock!" but I can't be sure.

Remember when I was thinking about what songs would be oldies when we're old? I've decided at I might be wrong about some things, but The Fray Over my Head is definitely going to make it. I don't think anyone could disagree with that. How To Save a Life might make it, but Over my Head will I'm sure.

I only have one English class this semester, and it's my last real English class (meaning, my last English class through the English department. I have a couple more English related classes, but they are all through the COE, so they're a lot different). I really don't like English classes, mostly for the same reasons why Will hates them. Black American Literature should be pretty easy, I'm guessing. The first thing we're reading is A Raisin in the Sun, which I've had to read for about 5 other classes. The rest of my classes are education classes that you all probably don't care about/understand (content reading, special topics-language learning, ed. implementation), and I'm taking ASL 1 to bump myself up to full time. It should be a good semester. I'm pretty excited to go back to the writing lab too! Yay!

Laser quest last night was ridiculous. I love laser quest, even though I'm extremely bad at it. For the last round, we all decided to pick Pokemon names. I was Squirtle, Andrew was Bulbasaur, Sarah was Jigglypuff, and Kat was Evee. It was amazing, especially when the guy handed out score sheets and said all of our pokemon names in a row.

Well, that's all for now. I wish I had more to say, but I don't. Maybe once school starts again, there will be more internet worthy stories happening.

I'm a lumberjack, and I'm ok

Happy 22 birthday Emily.


Wish you were here to celebrate it with us.

the painted ponies, they go up and down

so, I'm feeling camp-sick already, and I've been home a week.

Anyway, according to the internet, Joni Mitchell wrote Circle Game. That's amazing! I guess I just always assume there's a group of hippie girl scout ladies that write all the songs.


Yesterday a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star

And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like when you're older must appease her
And promises of someday make her dreams

And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town
And they tell her take your time it won't be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down

And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

So the years spin by and now the girl is twenty
Though her dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
There'll be new dreams maybe better dreams and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through

And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

back in Ohio

When I was young I thought the stars were made for wishing on
And every hole deep in a tree must hide a leprechaun
Old houses all had secret rooms, if one could find the door
But who believes in magic anymore?

Magic is the sun that makes a rainbow out of rain
Magic keeps the dream alive to try, and try again
Magic is the love that stays when good friends have to leave
I do believe in magic, I believe

Growing up the grown-ups said one day I'd wake to find
That magic was a childish dream I'd have to leave behind
Like clothes that would no longer fit or toys that I'd ignore
I'd not believe in magic anymore

Magic is the sun that makes a rainbow out of rain
Magic keeps the dream alive to try, and try again
Magic is the love that stays when good friends have to leave
I do believe in magic, I believe

Although my childhood's far behind, I've learned to my surprise
That magic does not fade away, it wears a new disguise
a child, a friend, a smile, a song, the courage to stand tall
For loves the greatest magic of them all

Magic is the sun that makes a rainbow out of rain
Magic keeps the dream alive to try, and try again
Magic is the love that stays when good friends have to leave
I do believe in magic
For love's the greatest magic
I do believe in magic, I believe.

"I'm gonna sing, I'm gonna shout!"

I don't have much time to update, because I have a hair braiding date with Kit in the staff house (I paid her with a super huge ice cream cone from J's today). So, here's a picture. It was a sad attempt at a babysitter's club-esque picture :)

The kids come on Sunday-I'm super pumped!

Miss you all! Please write.

"you're an adult now. God help us"

Aww, isn't that precious?

Well, tonight was the last troop 746 meeting EVER, which is crazy! I've been going to their meetings since I was in 8th or 9th grade. I was basically in two troops for all of high school, mine and theirs. DD and I somehow became responsible for shopping for the little shindig tonight (mistake!) so we used some of the 30 dollars we were given to buy food to buy everyone a different foam animal hat (sidenote: we completely forgot the hot dog buns, which was the primary reason we were sent to the store to begin with). My mom got a bunny, Raelyn got a horse, Megan a toucan, Chris a giraffe, I chose a bear for myself, and obviously DD chose a duck. So, anyway, everyone cried a lot tonight, it being the last and all, which was kind of hilarious because we were all wearing these ridiculous hats. At one point, I kind of blurted out "Chris, you can't cry because there's a giraffe on your head!" hahahahaha Sadly, though, this is the last time for an unknown amount of time I will be able to enjoy Megan's delicious baked beans. Also, when my mom pinned DD with her bridge to adult girl scout pin, she said "You're an adult now. God help us"

Here's food for thought: what do you think will be oldies when we're old? Dan and I talked about this the other day, and he thinks that if we have oldies (and "oldies" don't remain the 50's-60's music it is now) that it will be things like The Goo Goo Dolls, Lifehouse, Coldplay, etc. I think that's probably true, but "oldies" consists of different genres of music that just happen to be from the same time period. I really think that Nsync is going to make it to be oldies, not because they are good, but because everyone knows them, and their songs are used in a lot of movies and stuff. I also think Britney Spears will probably make it to oldies status because of her recent craziness. I also think there's a good chance that bands like The Jonas Brothers and singers like Miley Cryrus are going to get oldies status because they have TV shows. Think about The Monkeys and The Partridge Family--the shows were probably more of an appeal than the actual music, right? But people knew the music anyway. I really think the majority of our "oldies" is going to be music made popular by TV and movies. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Life has been pretty uneventful lately. There is a camp food party on Saturday, so let me know if you want to come. I'm basically all the way packed, but everyday I think of another thing I want to bring. I'm trying to pack light, so I think packing so early was a mistake because I keep adding things. Work is awesome, I love it. The people there are so nice, and they are very happy to have me work when I can.

And since you all read this far, you get to see another picture:


Thats me, DD, Megan and Raelyn with our AWESOME hats (Life lesson-never give DD and I money and expect us to spend it responsibly).

18 more days...

Yay for only 18 more days until I leave for camp! No, I haven't started packing yet. Perhaps this weekend.

I leave early on June 10, so if you'd like to see me before then, call me!

My new camera came in! It isn't as great as the old one, but it's way better than I thought it would be for 40 dollars.

Tonight, I'll be scrapbooking with my mom and her friend. I guess that sounds boring, but I am going to work on a scrapbook of my camp pictures. Hopefully, I can have it finished so I can take it to camp and show everyone. Tomorrow, Dan and I are having some sort of adventure, potentially the Akron Art Muesuem.

I'd really like to go to the Cleveland Zoo before I leave. There is a dinosaur exhibit I'd really like to see. Anyone game for that?

I feel like I should have much more to write about, but I don't. I've been working and sleeping, mostly, so nothing worth updating about.

smile with your eyes

How does my family own two shedding pets and no lint roller?

It's only been summer for a week, and it's been fun.

Tuesday was Jen's birthday (Happy Birthday again Jen!) and her party was pretty fun, and included much crazy singing and paper throwing. Wednesday, we cleaned out the office, then Andrew, Jason and I went on a grand adventure to find the fourth season of Sabrina the Teenage Witch on DVD. Apparently, Sabrina fans are misinformed about which seasons are enjoyable, because no stores carry season 4, but they carry season 5! The show kind of goes downhill when she goes to college, haha. But overall, it was a wonderful adventure, and I had a good time with Andrew and Jason.

Hopefully there will be bigger adventures before I leave. I'd very much like to have a camp food party/going away party. We will just build a fire in my yard, and probably make foil dinners and doughboys (since I haven't had a doughboy in forever!) Wacky cake will probably also be involved, along with whatever food people bring to cook. So, whenever I figure out what day it is, I will be sure to let you know!

Well, my beloved canon took a poop and died a few weeks ago during a tragic water accident at Country Diner. It was sad, but I found a poloriod online for only 40 dollars, so I went ahead and bought it. Clearly, it won't be as good as my old camera, but it will have to do for now. I'm kind of impatient waiting for it though, because lots of photo worthy things have been happening. I imagine I'll get it next week. Also, it's pink! lol.

Lizzy is studying spelling right now, and one of her words this week is "fierce." That reminds me-I'm pretty disapointed in top model results this season. I didn't catch the entire episode, but I saw enough to see who won.
This is Teyona, who won:

Teyona looks exactly like 75 percent of all the other girls on top model. She's boring. And this is Allison, who was second place. She totally should have won:



So, I feel like I should have more to say, but I don't really right now. I'm really hungry, so time for a snack :)

boring beginning to summer

It's been a pretty boring week, but next week will be more exciting. Next week, I get to work twice (yay!), I get to help the Brownies tye-dye t-shirts (I'll be making one for myself hopefully), possibly getting new glasses, and hanging out with my bff Victoria as much as I possibly can before she goes back to Alabama. Tomorrow will be exciting too, since I am possibly going to March of Dimes and then going to this art show thing with my brother and my parents (where hopefully I can find something nice to give Jen for her birthday and my mom for Mother's day).

I'm pretty happy to be home, but I kind of miss being at school and having full control of the tv. I also miss everything I want/have to do being within walking distance.

I am watching What Not To Wear right now, and it's pretty entertaining. The people who go on this show seem to know they wear bad clothes before their friends even put them on the show. I have some nice clothes, but most of the time, I wear pretty bad clothes. It would be fun to go on that show, but I have no idea I'd be able to justify spending 5,000 dollars entirely on clothes. Whenever they buy jeans they are at least 60 dollars, and the most expensive pair of jeans I've ever considered buying was 40 (and I didn't buy them). Also, they focus mostly on buying dress/businessy clothes. What about all the other times? They throw away all your crappy clothes, so what do you wear when you walk the dog?

That's it for now. My life is pretty boring today.

it's never too late

Yay postsecret France!


I'm moving out tomorrow, and I'm pretty excited because that means I'm just that much closer to camp. Only a little over a month left! Prettymuch everything is packed, but I am really a bad packer, and I seem to have a ton of stuff-I took a huge load home today and there's still a huge load left!

Andrew is the proud owner of the first 3 seasons of Sabrina the Teenage Witch on DVD. I watched the first two discs of the first season today, and it was wonderful. Upon returning the dvds to Andrew, he said something equally as wonderful:

"What do Sabrina and I have in common? We both live with a talking cat!"

(clearly that's funnier when said out loud. Sabrina lives with Salem the talking cat, and we will live with Kat).

Jumping on the bandwagon

So, I'm jumping on the Dan , Andrew , and Kat bandwagon and trying out this blogspot thing. Hooray, right? Right.

Hopefully, via this blog, I will be able to update you all on what is going on during my summer. That is pretty unlikely though, considering my lack of regular internet access at camp. I'll be back at camp again this summer, and I'm super excited. I'm finally old enough to be a unit leader and a lot of my friends will be back, so I'm expecting a good, adventure filled summer.

Currently, I am very bored. Tomorrow is the beginning of exam week, and lucky for me, I have no exams. Unlucky for me, is that most of my friends do. So, after the writing lab lunch tomorrow, I'll be entirely done, with nothing left to do but pack up, go home, and sleep. Yay for being done with junior year!

I don't have much to say for right now, but there will be more updates soon!