Full Moon

I've always loved the moon. When I was little, I would see it and say, "Friend moon!" and when I was in elementary school and started reading Harry Potter and other books like it, I started believing in magic. Not wave-your-wand or crash-boom-bang magic... but the natural magic of stars and lightning and the moon... Little things like that just make me happy and feel fulfilled. In the past, Full Moons mark really important dates for me. My 16th birthday was a full moon, I got asked on my first date by my crush at the time on a full moon... I don't know. Really good stuff seems to happen to me on the full moon.

So tonight, I'm happy because I got the phone number of the guy I like. ;) Luck or coincidence? I don't know. But I thank Friend Moon that she shines her brightest tonight.

Dumb stuff to do

Number 1 dumb thing I did yesterday was put a jalapeno seed on my tongue; it burned for 15 minutes after that. Oww... And no matter how much I scrub my hands, they still have some of the jalapeno on them, so every time I rub my eye it stings. Why me?!

Yesterday I went hiking with 3 of my friends to a treehouse they're building. I fell on my ass a total of 4 times on the way there and back. Way-to-go, me! Nothing to show for it but a teensy little scratch on my right hand, besides my bruised ego.

I built my google homepage last week and have officially looked at it way too much in the last week. My friends are right; you do rely on it. My favorite gadget is the weird circular clock (it spins!!) or the crossword puzzle or the horoscopes. Woot! I love that webpage!

Auditions for the spring musical (The Bard on Broadway) were last week and the song lists were posted friday. I will be singing in a trio. We're singing, "Matchmaker" from Fiddler on the Roof. Expect to hear a lot more about Musicals in the next 4 months or so.

Time I've spent on the musical so far: 4 hours.

Oh Texas...

Oh Texas weather, how I do love thee! One minute, you're frying me, the next you're freezing my royal little ass off me. School was cancelled today, and same tomorrow, which means... Oh, can you hear that sound?! That sounds to me a little like a 5 DAY WEEKEND. Oh yeah, oh yeah! -dances-

Yeah, so enough of my lame attempt at being cool for now. I got to dance around in the snow today. It ACTUALLY snowed today... most of the day it was either snowing or sleeting on us. My tree outside my front door, which usually I can fit an entire car under (and then some) is now brushing the ground, that laden down with ice. Yeah... crazy, huh? Well, tomorrow is also no school, so I guess I can spend all night reading an addicting book, but I think I'll sleep again. ;) So, goodnight, yall.

<3

Ice Day #1

Ahh, ice days. Yeah, just ice days... no such thing as a "snow" day down here in central Texas. It snowed once during my lifetime, and didn't last longer than 8am. All day I was essentially confined to my couch, my grandiose couch. Except for one jail break around 2pm, when mom sent me grocery shopping. How lovely. So all morning I sat on my couch watching discovery channel, and all afternoon I watched the movie "Pleasantville" (<- very good, btw) and Veronica Mars, this hilarious tv show. So yeah. Other than that, I did no homework and knitted one line. I now am working on quilt square #4 of 35. And if it takes me approxomately 10 minutes to knit 200 stitches, it will take me 113.75 minutes (1 hour and 53 minutes or 1.895 hours) to complete 1 square. If it takes me 1.895 hours to complete 1 square, and I have 35 squares, it will take me approxomately 66.354 hours to finish the entire quilt. Which, mind you, is 6 hours short of 3 days. So if I worked for one hour every day on the quilt, it would take me a little over 2 months to complete the entire quilt. And where will I find such an hour every day?! No idea. Well... maybe it'll be done before it gets cold again. Hah. Anyway, I'll be happy when it's done, just for the sake of wrapping it around myself and saying HAH I TOLD YOU I COULD DO IT! to anyone who dares approach. So take that, all you non-knitters.

I'm going to go record that all somewhere where I won't lose that. Goodnight, yall! It's finally time for me to hit the haystack.

Vanilla candles and Cigarette smoke

So I'm babysitting at the moment... easy job. "Just make yourself at home; the kids'll go to bed when they get tired.... so yeah. See you later!" and off she went. But before she went, she made sure to smoke a cigarette with her sister in the bathroom AND she's got a million differently scented candles burning all over the house, so the smell is simply disgusting. And now that the kids are being angels and keeping to themselves, I have all the freedom I want to watch tv, blog, AIM, or otherwise ignore them. I'm a bad babysitter, I know... but man. I'm TIRED. I went to bed at 4am last night. (<- dumb) and I'm exhausted...

First full week of school was tough, and seemed long and yet short. Because one day it was monday, and then all of a sudden it was friday. But every day seemed really long, by itself. Weird. I need more coffee.

So I'm chatting with this guy in Virginia right now... and I kinda wish I could talk on the phone with him while I'm bored, but I don't want to at the same time. It's weird. I hate being tired and caffeine-deprived.

So I'm going to attempt to find something else to do for now, and if I don't... well, I'll be back....

Fool me once

So I'm not so sure whether I'm a smart gal or not... because I keep falling into the same traps over and over again. You'd think that you'd learn... but no. Of course not. Exhibit a:

Starting around this time last year I started talking on the phone with a long-time internet pal. He lives halfway across the country from me, and of course I'd long since fallen in love with him. But one day I didn't call, and the next day, and the next, and then he'd blocked me from his buddy list and I didn't talk to him for about 8 months. Life was fine... I got over it... I heard from one of his friends that he was really hurt, so I tried to patch things up with him. Well, things are about as patched up as they can be, but I'm talking on the phone with him again. Will I fall into the same hole again? I don't know... I sure hope not. But I keep thinking about him when I've got moments alone...

Today I feel kinda weird because I've felt kind of sub-par all day. My best friend got a mustang today, a really pretty red convertible (we've named her Roxanne) and she's been petting it and swooning all over it all day... and while I'm the one who's had her license longer and who can actually drive, (my friend can't drive yet...) I still feel really jealous. I hate being jealous. Grrrrrr.

Word of the day: "Second-Wedding-Day" : A reception given by newly married couples on their return from the honeymoon. Hmm, when'd that get nixed? I'd like to have two wedding days. (With the same man). It means I get twice as much cake. ^^

Off to do something else with my time, rather than rant to people who will never read this. Ever. Unless I become famous, and y'all are reading this to glean interesting blackmail. In which case, there is none, so stop looking.

Just like old times

Tonight I'm feeling all old-timey... it feels really good. Around February of last year, I started to call an old internet friend, who I've been speaking to for a good five years by now. We talked for about an hour and a half every night and just simply never ran out of things to talk about. Any silences between us never felt awkward, and I knew that we would be friends for a very long time. But I guess I just got really busy and couldn't speak to him as often as I'd used to, and over the summer we barely talked at all. In fact, not at all... and tonight is the first time we've talked on the phone since March. And it wasn't weird at all. It barely felt like 10 months had passed at all. So yeah... Danny and I talked for an hour and ten minutes, but in the end he realized he had to call his dad and plan for Spring Break... so yeah. The only thing that would make this more perfect would be if i weren't locked up in my room. Grrrr. I don't like being inside when outside is simply so inviting at this time of night. But a) it's raining (<- doesn't really bother me) and b) it's 40 degrees (<- does bother me). So inside it is. But I cracked a window. So that made it better. ^^

Today was difficult because I've got a new schedule... most of the same classes (minus Theology and plus an extra History class) but it's all mixed up. Where I once had Algebra 7th period, now it's 1st, and what was 1st (English) is now 4th. Oh well. Tomorrow should be nice. I have Spanish AP (<- not nice... :( ) but then I have a study hall and then Desktop Publishing (the newspaper/yearbook class). Block Study Hall tomorrow. I should bring my laptop to school.... maybe I will. And a movie... Ooh goodie, maybe I'll bring Pirates of the Caribbean II, headphones, knitting and a coke. I think I'll do that.

I have the coolest calander for this year. It's a day-by-day of forgotten English words that aren't used anymore... (Yeah, I'm a geek, >.
Well... that's enough of a rant for tonight. <3

CrashBoomBang!

So tonight, a big flashy night of fireworks and champagne and shouting and celebrating was perfect for me. It wasn't spent with my friends, it wasn't spent with loud noises, but it was spent with some of the most important people in my life: My brother and my mom. I spent tonight out to dinner with my mom, and then we went and saw "Dream Girls" (which was okay) and then we got home in time to pour the champagne, toast, hug, and cry. Or, I felt like crying. I don't know why, but I feel like I got more out of this new years eve than I have in the past few years. So here are my new years resolutions:

1) Finish a book
2) Be more true to myself
3) Find a boyfriend

Okay, so 3's not really "new years resolution" worthy, but I'm teasing mom about it being on her list, or rather, she said to me this morning that, "This year's the last new years I'm spending alone" and so I figured I'd join her on that list. So there you have it. My resolutions.

Goodnight, guys. Have a great year.