You'll shoot your eye out...

This really is a fabulous movie:

I guess it's been a pretty exciting week...

My hair was already naturally kind of curly

but like any good american, I wanted MORE
So I got a perm. This is what it looks like now.

Then I asked Katie to help me fix it and she put it in hot rollers.



I looked like Baba Wawa:

Then I got a new phone...and daisy broke it.
I was just sitting on the floor, holding it in my hand, when all of a sudden she dropped her heavy bone on it and cracked the screen. It was a pretty big crack.
Thank goodness for packaging tape:

Then I made bachamel for my culinary skills class. I flavored it with boujion, salt, and pepper, with rosemary and chives on the side. It was served over some tasty scrambled eggs.



Then I discovered a funny youtube video...actually my friend kerri discovered a funny youtube video and showed it to me:


and then i found five dollars

J-O-E-L-L-E!!!!!!! I've been tagged

Here's the deal...
I'm supposed to :

1. Post these rules before I give the facts.
2. List one fact that is somehow relevant to my life for each letter of my middle name. If I don’t have a middle name, I am supposed to use the middle name I wish I had.
3. At the end of my blog post, I need to choose one person for each letter of my middle name to tag. (just a warning...I don't really know very many people with blogs, so step 3 is probably NOT gonna happen...but I can try)
Ready set go:

J is for Janis Joplin: Janis Joplin is important to me for 3 reasons. Reason number one: She's from the 60's. Reason number two: When I lose my voice I sound like her, and I lose my voice a lot. Reason number three: ...we both have frizzy hair.

O is for Oil Pastels: Anyone who knows me well knows I LOVE art! I love to paint, draw, sketch, color, take pictures, make movies...I just love to create things. Oil pastels are one of my favorite medias to work with. I love swirling the colors with my fingers, and blending all the layers together to create shadows and highlights. It's kind of like painting without the huge mess. :)

E is for Esther: Esther is my very FAVORITE book in the bible. I've read it several times, and each time I read it I learn something new. It's so exciting to see how God can use an ordinary girl to do such HUGE things. She basically saved an entire nation of people...it just doesn't get much cooler than that.

L is for Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds: I like the beatles...enough said.

L is for Laugh: I like to laugh. Sometimes I laugh a little too much, and sometimes I laugh when I shouldn't, but then again...I don't think there's ever really a time when you shouldn't laugh. Laughing is good for your face...It prevents wrinkles or something like that.

Watch this video and you'll never have wrinkles again...


E is for emo: No...I'm not an emo...I just like them...and this summer I accidently got an emo mullet...but don't worry, I don't have an emo mullet any more.

Every girl needs a gilbert blythe...

JUST A FEW RECENT EVENTS EVERYONE SHOULD BE AWARE OF:



1.) I came to the shocking realization that I only like fudge when I'm in the nude...I mean...oh my lanta...What did I just say? ...I meant to say the mood!
(Ya...learned a pretty important lesson on Friday...words don't always come out the way you want them to, and mine have a way of coming out very very very wrong.)


2.) My english teacher has a lisp and doesn't know how to use a computer.


3.) I got new glasses


4.) I was involved in the tiniest accident in the history of car accidents. (I rear ended the car in front of me as we were both slowing down for a yellow light. She was cut off by another driver and slammed on her brakes causing me to slam on my brakes and bump the back of her car. )There was literally NO damage on either car; even the plastic lining around my license plate was still in perfect condition. Yet somehow I was charged with an "Injury accident" and will most likely have to go to court for the supposed "whiplash" suffered by the driver of the other car. I guess it just seems a little fishy to me since I hardly even felt a jolt in my car. If she hadn't burst out of her ugly little chevy, screamed at me, and released her anger by kicking her shiny un-damaged bumper, I may have not even realize I'd hit her. So....long story short...sometimes people are mean and leave you crying in the middle of a busy street simply because they have nothing better to do with their boring little lives!


5.) I learned that when put in a stressful situation the worst word that comes to mind is "OH SHOOT!" (unlike the lady in the chevy who had a rather extended vocabulary)

6.) I discovered my mom's archeaological bible. It has information on EVERYTHING! It probably weighs about a thousand pounds. I haven't been able to stop reading it all week. I'm learning so many interesting things about the bible that I've never even thought of before. It has pages and pages of information explaining each verse in detail, and providing backround information on the location and time period of everything. I LOVE IT! It makes me feel smart.

7.) I got the solo for Chamber choir. (though at this point i'm still not sure whether to be excited or terrified.)


8.) I died my hair...the blonde thing just wasn't working for me


9.) I decided I need my own Gilbert...and I need him NOW!
Ahhhhh, Gilbert Blythe...basically the love of my life.


10.) I discovered that when I blow-dry my hair without a diffuser I have a fro

Please refrain from any
feelings of jealousy or
envy that may occur as a
result of the following
image:


In short: I lead a pretty exciting life...it's hard not to be jealous.

Tea Party...

So, tonight, me and a couple of my friends decided to dress up and have a tea party. There was tea, egg salad sandwiches, cheese and crackers, cucumbers and muffins...basically every food ever made. We also watched Where the Heart is. It was quite delightful.

This is Caroline trying to look serious

Our Cheesy Pose

Don't we look so sophisticated? hahaha

Caroline looks emo



Kerri does not look emo

Me...in my farmer's hat

Drinking tea

So ya, tea parties are fun!

What prayer can do...

Just a little video I made for Audrey. I hope you like it!

What I do when I'm bored during class:

Bilal Kamal...the president of classroom B111

Some old guy from the text book
And last, but certainly not least....Dr. Larson, the teacher

I had a GOOOOD day!

So, today after school I was standing with my friends in the hallway as usual when suddenly I heard someone singing. At first glance I didn't see anybody, but then I noticed a fuzzy head of hair bouncing up and down, just barely visible over my friend AJ's back-pack. This guy who was probably only about 4'10 or 4'11 was skipping down the hall singing "macho macho man" in the most painfully high voice I think I've ever heard. It didn't even phase my friends at all. As a matter of fact, AJ was the only one who even saw it. He just looked at me and smiled. I however, nearly fell to the ground laughing. I don't think I have ever laughed so hard at school. It totally made my day
So, the moral of the story is:
don't be afraid to make a fool out of yourself...it provides entertainment for other people.

"All you need is love"

Sometimes I just have these moments where my head is so full of thoughts that I can hardley put them to words, and when I do finally get them written down they don't even make sense because they are so jumbled together. I'm having one of those moments right now. I've written the first sentence to my blog at least 10 ten times. Earlier today I wrote down a portion of what i wanted to say and when I finally stopped to take an overall look at it I realized it was long enough to be an entire novel. I guess you just have to understand that I have a constant flow of thoughts and ideas running through my head all day; most of which are forgotten because i don't get the opportunity to record them. So, though I have much more I'd like to say, I'm going to try and focus on one thing...Harold and Maude.

Tonight I watched Harold and Maude for the first time with my friends Kerri and Caroline who have both seen it before. I still remember the first time Kerri tried to explain the plot of this 1970's film to me. The idea of a 20 year old man and an 80 year old woman falling in love just didn't click for me. I just couldn't understand what would posses someone to watch a movie like that; but the minute it began playing tonight, i gained a sudden understanding.

At first glance the relationship between Harold and Maude is kind of disturbing, but as you get deeper into the movie, a whole new meaning begins to surface. For those who haven't seen the movie, you may be curious as to what I'm talking about. In this movie, Harold is a young man who spends the majority of his time attending funerals and faking his own suicide when suddenly he meets Maude, a slightly crazy old woman who, essentially, teaches him how to live.

After watching this movie I've gained a whole new perspective on life. Maude could find beauty and adventure in what seemed like the most insignificant things, like doing summer-saults in a field, or running through the grass. Though she's a little unconventional, she is full of wisdom that Harold has never seen. Maude owns a universal key that can start just about any car, and everyday she steals someone else's vehicle. When Harold questions her about this, she simply responds by telling him that people are too attatched to their possesions (such as cars) and it's good for them to realize that these things aren't permanent. In another scene, Maude notices a dying baby tree in front of a public building, so she takes it and puts it in the first car she sees and drives off to plant it in forest.

Although Maude may not be the best person to model your life after, she does teach a very important lesson. Almost everything can be turned into something good if you look at it long enough. Flowers in a field may seem identical at first glance, but when you take a closer look, it's apparent that each one is very different.

Now that I've seen this movie I just feel like going outside and soaking everything in, finding beauty in everything I see. I want to run through a field a flowers, have a picnic at a construction site, or visit a greenhouse. God has given us so many blessings, yet we choose live each day the same way, forgetting all the amazing things he's given us. Why should we stick to the same daily routine when there is so much life to live. Our time on earth is limited, so why not make the most out of it. Take a risk, forget what people are thinking about you. Live life for the small things most people take for granted. Don't be afraid to be a little different...this is my challenge.

My mamma always said life is like a box of chocolates...

Well, I've actually had this blog for several days now, but have not posted yet due to a severe lack of inspiration. I guess it's just a little difficult for me to conjur up any creativity when the majority of my life is lived in a 3 story cement prison under the alias of Southwest High School. The adults at this facility have tried their absolute hardest to convince us that we should take pride in our "school" because it is a wonderful learning institution that by nature is better than all the others in Lincoln. As the sensable person i am, I have refused to buy into any of what they're saying. I'm just thankful there's only 2 years left on my sentence. Perhaps my theory seems a little far-fetched, but today, as I was walking to class with my friend Kara we noticed that the roof of the school was lined with barbed wire...Still unconvinced? That's what I thought!

I could ramble on about about my present state of punishment for the remainder of this blog, but the more i think about it, the more i realize that no one in their right mind would want to live through that, and the majority of you reading this right now(which may in fact be nobody since I have yet to get the word out about my blog) would most likely click the back button on your internet menu and return to whatever it was you were doing before you began reading this.

So, with that said, I think it would be beneficial to lighten the mood a bit and turn our focus to the future...a glorious place outside the confines of Southwest Highschool, and perhaps even Lincoln Nebraska; a place where the possibilities are limitless. In contemplating my options for the future once I've escaped, I created a list of all the things I would like to do in my lifetime. As i'm sure you can imagine, this list only covers but a mere sliver of what I would like to accomplish before I leave this earth, but to record everything; every thought and idea, would be a waste of the precious time i could have otherwise used to check a few things off my list.
Anways, enough of this useless babble...here's the list

-Paint a mural on the side of a building
-Make a documentary
-Make a career out of my music
-Share my testimony in front of a crowd of people
-Visit Prince Edward Island and sleep in a Cherry tree
-Run a marathon and eventually qualify for the boston
-Watch all the Dax Flame Videos
-Become an accomplished classical guitarist and Pianist
-Bring aid to a war-torn country
-Spend a year in Africa and keep a journal of all my drawings and sketches while i'm there
-Write a Biography
-Change someone's life in a profound way
-Publish a book
-Focus on what God wants me to be, not want other people want me to be
-Drink tea in a castle
-Become friends with everyone i meet
-Live each and every moment of my life to God's glory and never hold back!