a "hot" day in Lincoln Nebraska.

It was a pretty warm day in lincoln today (50 degrees). All the neighborhood children were running around in shorts and short-sleeves. Some were even running through sprinklers and sun-tanning. (alright, that part might be a bit of an exaggeration)
Anyways, Katie and I decided to take Daisy for a walk...then we gave her a bath with garnier fructise shampoo...

She looked really pretty...

For Female eyes only...

This entry is long overdue, but i suppose it's better late than never;

Last month, before Christmas, my choir had the opportunity to sing with the Lincoln Symphony. In order to prepare for this event, we had to attend numerous practices, one of which was down town, at the UNL campus.

After a couple hours of boring practice, the choir took a break for supper, which was served at a lutheran center there at the school. After we finished eating, I had the sudden urge to use the ladies room, so my friend Kerri and I made our way upstairs to the restroom. As I was in the stall, I could hear Kerri giggling, but wasn't sure why. She wouldn't tell me, but said I'd find out when i went to wash my hands.

Sure enough, sitting next to the sink, was a perfectly arranged boquet of tampons and pads packaged in flowery pink boxes that looked to be about 30 years old. The lady on the front of each box looked shockingly happy to be on her period, almost as if she were enjoying it.

I couldn't contain my excitement, I had to get some of these pads for myself, so I stuffed as many of the unusual boxes in my pockets as i could, but because they were so large i could only fit two.

As the generous person I am, I just HAD to share my findings with our choir director, Mrs Cotton. She was sitting at a small round table with a few other adults, so i had to be discreet. As I walked by the table, I dropped the package in front of her and ran away. (I should probably mention at this point that we chamber choir folk are all very close with our director, so it wasn't akward or wierd...she's kind of like our second mom.) I think she was very pleased by my surprise. She turned around and gave me a huge ear-to-ear smile, but she wasn't the only one smiling; everyone around her was grinning to. As the pad in the box was passed around the room i could tell everyone was jealous. They all wanted their own antique feminine napkins.

I snuck home with my own pad that night...here's the proof;

Don't you wish you were this peaceful during your period:

They were even complete with instructions :

Incase you couldn't tell by the picture on the front, there's a nice label on the side; Size No. 4 Feminine napkin.

Eight interesting things about Natalie...Finally

1.) My hair changes color/style almost every other week. It's been red, blond, brown, really dark brown, and magenta, it's also been wavy, curly, straight, puffy, flat, long, short, shoulder-length, it's been an emo mullet, I've had bangs and no bangs, layers and no layers, emo side-sweep...you name it, it's been on my head. (except for black, my mom still won't let me go black. It'll be my first color once i turn 18!)

Just a few of these crazy hairstyles.

2.)I'm notorious for my afro.

3.) My dream is to go to North Korea...the single most secretive country in the world.

A few facts

No outsiders are allowed in, and no people living there are allowed out.

Kim jong Il, the current leader has complete power over everything. The only books there are written by him and his father, Kim Il Song.

At night, the only lights in the entire country are located in the city of Pyong yang, where Kim Jong il lives, along with a few other wealthy people who work directly for him.

Twelve lane streets wind all throughout the country, with little girls in blue dresses directing non-existent traffic...the only people with cars are those who work for Kim Jong il.

All the buildings in North Korea are the same. They're all grey and made of concrete. The tallest hotel in the world is located there, but it is unfinished and there is no one staying in it because no one visits the country.

Many of the citizens have no idea that there is even a world outside North Korea, and those who do are forbidden to talk about it.

Kim Jong il hates america, yet he has one of the largest collections of american movies, and is the world's largest consumer of Henacy. (gangster alcohal!)

At night, you can see that South Korea is lit up, and North Korea is not.

The border between South and North Korea. The Men standing by the light blue building are guarding the North Korean Border. There are 2 instead of one to make sure neither try to run to the other side. The South Korean side is the one with the paved roads, the bottom of the picture is north Korea. The roads are cracked and made of dirt.


Little girls are assigned to direct traffic even thought there are no cars.

The tallest unfinished hotel in the world.

so, basically, entering North Korea would mean uncovering some of the world's biggest secrets. It would mean gaining information that know one else knows. I could be one of the only people with knowledge of what life is like on both sides of the border. It just seems so amazing and mind boggling to me. I can hardly even put it into words...I JUST WANT TO GO THERE!!!!

...so now that my little tangent is over, it's time for number 4.

4.) I have the best friends in the world:

Kara

Kerri

Kamala

Lauren

Scott (the left) and Jayce (the right)

AJ

Caroline and Carson

Bailey (on the left) and lauren...again

They're all basically amazing! :)

5.) I'm a Justin Timberlake fan.

6.) I totally wish i was from the UK. Sometimes I even speak in a british accent when no one is home.

7.) I watch George Lopez evernight at 10:00, and then i watch tyra at 11:00, and when i can't sleep i sometimes watch Janice Dickenson even though she's a botox-gone-wrong jerk who wishes she was as cool as tyra.

8.) I hate thinking about college. I don't want to leave all my friends, and I don't want to be forced to make a decision about what i want to do for the REST OF MY LIFE!

so, there you have it...8 random facts about natalie. you can go ahead and get back to living your life now.

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.