"Audience"

I'm mad. Madder than my last post.

Earlier today, I went to go see "Raising Helen." Everything was going fine until I realized halfway through the movie that I was drinking Coke. I have been in the process of several tests (blood, etc.) at Riley for over a year, and Coke voids one of the tests, the test that was due tomorrow morning, the same test that Mom had to schedule three months in advance for. That ruined the movie for me, knowing that Mom would have a fit. And she did. For those who don't know, I can't stand being screamed at. I cry. Yes, one of the only times I'll cry. And so I cried while my mother cussed me out with the "f-word" and various other 4-lettered words. I tried to not let it get to me, but knowing that it was my fault that I followed with my 3-year tradition of getting Freeze-Frame Cokes at the movies made it worse. I stayed in the bathroom and cried for 10 minutes straight, and when I got online and talked to Ash and Nat for awhile, she was still screaming from the bottom of the stairs.

I thought she was over the whole, "You can't go to California now" thing, but when I was packing for Cali just now, she said, "You look like it's a definite thing. It's not, especially with that test you just ----ed up."

Nat's upset. So am I. And I can't stand her using cuss words. There's a reason I've cussed once in my life, and that was when I was 2 and I was following her example. What a wonderful role model.

So there's the main story. I'm mad. And upset. And Ash isn't online and Jane's not home. Great.

And now I've ranted. Goodnight.

"Don't worry. There's more birds in the sea. Wait! I mean, fish in the sky..."

Ashley = feeling a bit better

Well, I am feeling a bit better. Sorta. Not really. No. Never mind.
Actually, now I am feeling quite stupid, and so I must apologize to Nathan for acting completely insane. (Sarah, you were right. I feel better now.) So, I'm sorry Nathan!
Anyways... yeah. Wow, the whole thing has just hit me. I'm really feeling terrible now. I guess that I have been avoiding the issue for some time now, but now it's really hit me, and yeah. Although I know I'm not alone, I sure do feel so lonely. 'Tis a lonely Ashley, and I don't really think that there's anything anyone can do. You've all been really great though!
Oh, and for Sarah and Evan (although I am not sure that he reads this) I ate a bit today, actually, a few minutes ago, and I'm feeling really sick again. Argh. And all it was was rice!!!
Yeah. Saturday was a bitter sweet day. Sarah and Evan did all they could to keep my mind off it. It worked for a while too. They were all concerned because I was eating. Ah well. That's what friends do. Sarah and I walked around Broadripple for a bit and then came home and waited for Evan by sitting outside in the grass and cooing at birds. (Or at least I was, lol)(See below) And so yeah. Then Evan came by and we all sat out in the grass for a longer time until they got really hungry and so we went inside and they made me eat. Then, they amused themselves, and me, by going through Sarah's books. That was funny. It ended with me being dropped off at home around 11. It was quite random, but it worked. Thanks guys!!!
Okay, quote time.
"Ex astris scientia" Think motto of something. (Bets are that either Jonah or Nathan will get this one. They'll actually be the only ones to get this one...but hey! That's okay!) It's worth only 100 points total for them, because I know that they know where it's from. 160 total (including whose motto it is) for everyone else!
Scores:
Alison: 480
Michael: 470
Olivia:160
Evan: (the most random player in this game) 160
Everyone else: 0 C'mon people!!!
I guess that I should explain the new thing at hte bottom......
Well, you see, Sarah and I were sitting outside waiting on Evan on Saturday, and a dove came by. I was going, "Coo! Coo!" ANd it cooed back. And it started coming over, which became a whole, "Hey Ashley! The dove wants to date you!" thing with Sarah. Then, he flew away, and Sarah said:

"Don't worry. There's always more birds in the sea. Wait! I mean, fish in the sky! Argh..."

"HANABI - Episode II"

Crappy day. Crappy weekend. Crappy month.

Sorry about not blogging this weekend, but I was too busy with college parties/cookouts/tornadoes/visits with grandparents/a failed garage sale/etc. I'd rather not go into how much my parents lack in common sense. If I do, this entry will turn into a rant.

However, Saturday was the highlight of my summer thus far. While the morning was a bit more serious and unexpected, from noon until around 11 P.M., it was a blast. :P Ashley went with me shopping in Broad Ripple, where I found my wonderful lil' Japanese sign that says "No smoking on bed," "Good night," and "Please keep valuables and other items in headstage." I love it!!! Ahhh... Random Asian objects are my specialty. :) We ate at Ben & Jerry's, returned home at 5 to talk to Evan and Nat (haha... she still has no idea who you are!), and then sat outside to wait for Evan to drop by. And he did. For several hours. What fun! (And we have yet to bake and name the walnut cookie! Unfortunately, I don't like walnuts, but I'll help you make 'em!)

That was the good part. Now my parents are talking about NOT going to California, even though we already bought the tickets, I'm half-packed, and Nat and I are already psyched. She's even trying to arrange a time when I can meet her new boyfriend. (Mark's cute, too! Nat has good taste!) I hate how they always break their promises and blame it on me. (Like me spending all their money - well, I bought 5 pairs of shorts, but if it's going to be 90 degrees out there and all my shorts don't fit, then what the heck am I supposed to do??)

Ashley, you forgot to change the ending quote to...

"Don't worry. There's always more birds in the sea. Wait! I mean, fish in the sky! Argh..."

Sushi people = Need to blog

You all need to blog again! I have no idea why no one's blogged after my last one, but please, blog people!
My qoute for today is worth 300 points, but only if you can tell me a.)what it means and b.) Which type of people said it to whom and WHY....

"Nos morituri te salutant!"

Okie dokie?

Scores stand at:
Oliva- 160
Alison-480
Michael- 170
Evan- 160

Yeah. I am not doing too much better, but paradoxically (if that's not a word, it is now) I am. I'll be fine in a couple of weeks. It's just hit me really hard. Thank you all for all of your love and support. I could never ask for any better friends. <3

"Shelby! Don't make me come after you in my scooby doos!"

Tears

Okay yeah, I know that that isn't within my title scheme, but this is important.

I got a call this morning from my "uncle" Ray's brother. Ray died last night. Apparently, he's been in the hospital for the last week and his liver failed. To be honest, it doesn't seem real. I am really wishing that someone is going to call back and say "just joking" although I know that would never happen.

Currently I am at Sarah's house. She didn't want me to be alone, especially when I called her in tears after I got off the phone with him. So yeah. I'm just eh. So yeah, I just I'd write abiut this so that all of you know. (Aching Sushi and Compendium people.)

Quote:
In honor of Ray, a child at heart, "Tu parles comme les grandes personnes!" I'm gonna miss him so much!!!!

So also in honor of Ray, who would always stand in the backyard, and yell after his dog, Shleby:

"Shelby! Don't make me come after you in my scoobey doos!" (He had scoobey doo boxers.)

WE'RE FREE!!!

YAY! NO SCHOOL FOR OVER TWO MONTHS!!! I've been waiting so long for this summer and it's FINALLY HERE!!! Needless to say (in case you couldn't tell) I'm excited!

Yes, let's not talk about the French final, shall we? :-P I somehow managed to get an A- for the semester anyway, so I'm happy, especially since I got a B+ in geometry! So I'll have a great semester average, which is a relief. I just want to stay on the Academic Top 30!

Let's see...time for a "year in review" (or in some cases, second semester), eh??

G1-Lyceum- grr. I thought Ms. Means was a good teacher when she actually taught things that were meaningful, but 1) she didn't teach very often and 2) when she did, most of the lessons weren't meaningful (or part of the curriculum!). At least the class was easier than it would have been if we had Chapman, but I would have learned so much more. Plus everyone hated it because it was so unproductive, and I think we all started to take it less and less seriously as the year went by. So, in short, I won't be sad to see it go. At least I had good friends to keep me company! :o)

G2-World History- Mrs. Layman was a nice person but a hopelessly boring teacher. I learned a lot but I won't remember most of it because she didn't teach it in a way that made me care about the material. It was also a weird group of kids -- we had everyone from major overachievers to total slackers. And then there was the AP test...ugh. Yeah, that's another class I won't miss too much.

G3-Yearbook- I decided not to be on staff anymore, partly because I have too many other classes I want/need to take and partly because of my own decision. I came out with some good final products (pages), but I didn't feel my skills (writing) were used very well, and I didn't have a lot of support or people I could talk to. There were a lot of days when I wouldn't be able to do anything, and I'd just sit around bored. Plus I find it very awkward to interview random people, so that wasn't good, and most of the people on staff aren't my type. There are some great people, but there are others who wander around the halls most of the time, snort Pixie Sticks (I swear this happened), and talk too loudly about their weekend escapades (aka drinking parties and...well, you can guess what comes next). It's sort of sad, though, because Mrs. Francis is great, and there are some perks to being on staff, but in the end I just decided they weren't worth it if I still had to put up with the other stuff.

G4-SRT- Yearbook again, so we won't spend more time on that.

R5-Choir (Crystal Harmony)- That was hard for me. Crystal Harmony was completely different than it was last year -- new teacher, mostly new girls, etc. The chemistry between the girls wasn't as good, and frankly, they just weren't as good overall. I hated when people slacked off, when the teacher had to yell, when I was disappointed after concerts/performances. It just wasn't good, and choir is supposed to be good for me. It NEEDS to be good for me. Thankfully, I will be in Chamber Singers next year, which will be INCREDIBLE and I am THRILLED! :-D

R6-French- At first I really liked how Mrs. Mannweiler made the class so interactive and productive, but eventually it got on my nerves. It just seemed like she tried to do too much, and that lost my attention just as quickly as not doing anything. I at least enjoyed the discussions, and I also really liked having a smaller class. I'm looking forward to French IV and V with Hilgemeier!

R7-Etymology- This was one of my favorite classes. Mr. Everitt was an awesome teacher because he was so into his subject. He knew all about words and roots, and he had all sorts of examples to show us (for instance, he collects Calvin & Hobbes cartoons that use our vocab words). One of my favorite memories was when one of our words was "parody," and to illustrate what a parody was, he put on Weird Al Yankovich's (did I spell that right?) song "Amish Paradise." Not only did he play it, but he RAPPED TO IT. Oh man it was great. Words come pretty easily to me, so it wasn't a hard class at all, and some of the people were really funny. That was a really enjoyable class for me.

R8-Geometry- SO glad I switched teachers this semester -- Mrs. Witzerman was really nice, offered extra credit, and gave more points than Mr. Frankum did. I had an a A for two of the three six-weeks, which I never would have dreamed about first semester. I had my "freshman friends" to keep me company, and they were really fun. And, of course, I will always remember the day when Mrs. Witzerman gave us ice cream and let us listen to our CD players as we worked on our tessellation projects. :o)

So, there you have it, folks. My year in a nutshell -- well, at least class-wise. This summary doesn't include all the stress, work, and crappy parts that made me cry, but we won't go into that because I'm sure we all had times like that this year, and I'm even more sure that none of us really want to talk about them. Hope you all have a wonderful summer and that I will see you sometime! (Sarah: KOKOMO OR BUST!!)

"I GOTS EARS!" (Ashley, that was SO cute!)

Ashley = hiding for the summer!

Please, all you wonderful, intelligent, lovable, terrific French studnets, please, do not kill me. I enjoy living. I don't want to talk about the final.
Anyways...
I had fun today. It was much fun, although it was somewhat stressful. AH well. The movie was good. I enjoyed myself, alhtough I am quite tired now, so yeah. I am repeating myself.
So yeah. WE ARE JUNIORS!!! WOOHOO!
In Algebra today I didn't do anything. It was great. So much fun for me. I got SOOOOOOO bored though. Everyone was asking me what was on the French final. argh. They didn't understand what I was trying to tell them and I was getting quite frustrated when they didn't understand. Ah well. An hour wasted.
And then I took my Latin final. It was SO easy! Ah well. I am glad to have it finished.
Well, Alison's kicking all your butts in my quotes. She has 480 points. Olivia still has 160, and Michael has 10. Why is no one else joining in?? They're quite fun!!
And Ali was right. Horace said What prevents me from telling the truth with a smile? Good job Alison!! Woohoo! Next!
Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo. Have fun with that one!
Well, I'll let you go now....btw...

I (still) GOTS EARS!!!!

"Theme of A-Nation"

It's my orchestra period. Well, "orchestra," I should say. :P I'm actually in the North Star room.

In an hour and a half, we'll officially be juniors!! YAH! (We are soooo going shopping with the money I make from our garage sale Monday! I want to party NOW! But no, of course my health has to get in the way... :( NO MOVIES FOR AMARIS!)

I'm tired. And bored. And thus, I will end this post.

I GOTS EARS!

Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King

It is now out on DVD. Thought you all would like to know. i'm incredibly bored right now so i'd thought i'd blog and answer ashley's quote thingy. I actually like looking them up and stuff. it's interesting to see what the english translation is. Ridentem dicere verum, quid vetat?
What prohibits us to tell the truth laughing (through a joke)?
by: Horatius, Satirae
i don't really get this one though. but then, i don't get a lot of things. just a half of day left until we're outta school!!!!:-d i'm so happy!!! this year hasn't been the best, but i'm just glad that it's over. it only seemed like yesterday that i was walking into chem class. i'm sad to say this, but i'm gonna miss mr. webster. even though he was the most horrible teacher, he was a good guy and he was incredibly smart. a lil too smart to be teaching high school, but this was his last year and we were the last class that he was ever going to teach:( you guys should all go onto rateteachers.com and rate all your teachers. i think that's the website at least. i haven't been on there in a while, but it's really funny how they rate the teachers. there's a ton on lupold and mr. savage:-p
I've got ears!!!

We = Almost Juniors!

He!! How are you all? I am good. I have sugar and caffine ergo I am happy. Woohoo!
OKay! Let's start with the quote of the day. Michael now has 10 points for giving the motto, Alison has 310 points for giving the last two translations, but not the last motto, and Omom still has 160 points. The rest of you have 0. Come on! Okay, Combining Ali's and Michael's answers, it was the Olymic Motto which means higher, faster, stronger. Good job! The new one, if i can find my paper is:
Ridentem dicere verum quid vetat? Hee! You don't need to know who said it. If you do, you get 20 points! wOoT!
Okay...not much happened today. Took that English final, and I got an A. It was eh. Latin final tomorrow. I think that I'll actually study. I'm just going to look over some stuff, not really out and out study.
I wnat to know what I got on the French test!! Argh!!! Anyways.
Getting another guinea pig tonight. I have no idea what to name her though. Suggestions would be appriciated! (wow. This is a short post!)

I GOTS EARS!!!

"End of the World"

Or, at least school.

THE YEAR IS ALMOST OVER!!!! Daniel and I helped Layman out during SRT, carrying books, running papers to students, etc. It wasn't until then that I realized that I would never be in any of my green day classes again, excepting North Star SRT. It's so sad!! I'm getting all sentimental here! Argh... I don't adapt well to change.

Things I'll Miss This Summer:
- Snack Shop (haha)
- N* staffers sneaking out to buy us food
- Kelsey's outfits
- Kaylan and me feeling smart in Algebra II :P (Slack-off juniors!)
- World History - Ammar getting yelled at by the other guys, him yelling back; Courtney's hugs (haha); Daniel just being Daniel; the Millenium Series theme song
- French *tear*
- Christmas potato! (Evan will only be with us another year!)
- All of N* stuff
- Jonah *illegally* playing games on the school computer
- Jonah losing badly when I sit and watch (haha!)
- orchestra periods that weren't really orchestra periods (mostly this past month, when I left orchestra to work on "N* stuff")

I have no good memories of chem, so I'll stop there. :P

You know, Jane, posting more often would make us all happier and would lighten the load of entries you have to read. (hint, hint)

I GOTS EARS!

Scarlett

OMG!! WHY DO U PEOPLE WRITE SO MUCH?! geez! i guess i havent blogged in forever but i dont think i can go through and read everything! btw... is it really necessary, everyone, to add in the fact that i blurted out "alison?" at ashley's surprise birthday party?! *sigh... hehe.. oops.. about meeting of the minds.. i just have to say *sniff... IM SO PROUD OF EVERYONE!!! *tears... for the amount of time we had to work on that thing i think we did very well! YAY! but now i just cant wait til school is over!! finals are a big pain in the butt! btw.. did i mention that i utterly despise math? math is the bane of my existence...omg, who has read Gone with the Wind and it's sequel Scarlett?? YOU MUST ALL READ IT!!! I LOVE IT!!! I about sent anyone and everyone who tried to take the book from me within an inch of their lives!! i love rhett... *sigh.. im such a bookworm and a loser but i dont care! hehe.. anyways i have chem final and english final (whee) tomorrow so tootles and farewell!
I GOTS EARS!!! (i wont ask about this one.. hehe)

Grease

Summer days...wasting away???...i don't know the words so i'm not even gonna try.

summer feels so much close now that school is almost over. Just two more days and we're going to be juniors. it's unbelievable. exams this year seem so hard. i do'nt have anything tomorrow so that's why i have time to write in here. i've updated my profile too if you wanna check that out. i didn't realize this till today, but it said that i was a male in it...i just laughed!!! but it's all changed now. i realize that i didn't really say anything bout myself and i just started writing but you'll pretty much read about me in the profile.

as for the finals though, french was amazingly hard. I was guessing my through the last part of it so i really do hope that she just takes that section out. i know i did really badly even though i'd like to think i did well, but that's just not happening. but i'm not really caring anymore. school is over in two days and summer is going to start. i'm looking forward to it so much even though i don't even have anything planned. i guess i'll enjoy not having to do homework and waking up at 7 in the mornin'!

to answer's ashley's translation of Altius, Fortius, Citius...to show you how bored i am, i actually went online and looked up the meaning of these three words and came up with "Swifter, Higher, Stronger". If that's wrong, blame yahoo.com, lol.

Less than two days to go!!!

I GOTS EARS!!!!!

French Final = hard!!

Wow. That was a lot harder than I originally expected. I"m glad though. It made me think! Woohoo for thinking!!!!!
I will be attending on Friday, and getting a ride from Catie. :-D ALi- sorry if I seemed a bit out of it when you called before. I had just gotten up! I was tired.
Ah, well. No one has answered my last questions, which make me sad. So the score still stands tied at Alison- 160; Olivia - 160; everyone else? 0. That's right. Zero. Nada. Ha. Get out those latin dictionarires!! OR French dictionaries!!
Okay the answers to the last ones were:
1.) It so mysterious, the land of tears. And that is again by St. Ex. from LPP (And actually, you find both quotes in the same chapter about "la guerre entre les moutons et les fleurs." The war between the sheep and flowers.)
2.) I think therefore I am! And I believe Descartes said that. (A Frenchman!) Correct me if I am wrong.
Okay your next one is a motto. Give the translation and whose motto it is:
Altius, Fortius, Citius.
Ha. Have fun.
Not much more to report other than in 1.5 school days we will be juniors! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay yeah.
Short post just because.
Oh, changing the thing at the bottom. Most of you have heard me say this.
Oh, and correction from last time. Because I did not see Jonah or Nathan perform last night, they have yet to use up their Ashley dangeruosly coming to something they are in ticket. I have taken away the rest of yours. Sorry. BUT I had so much fun! It was an awesome show!!!

I GOTS EARS!!!!!

"Moments"

Last night had to be the most hilarious "everything-gone-wrong" performance I have ever done. For those not in attendance (like YouNa and Ali), I'll summarize.

1) Ms. Means' car broke down while she was loading refreshments in the trunk. She didn't get there until my group was setting up our scene. Keep in mind that we were the FIFTH out of SIX groups to perform.

2) Whoever did the lights screwed up almost our entire scene. They turned on the lights before I was ready to do the intro, which then got me flustered and I hesitated a few times, and almost every time we needed them to turn the lights off, they missed the cue. Imagine: all the suitors are "dead" on the floor, I've just screamed and dropped a bucket of apples, and Austin (who played Odysseus) has to raise his head and yell, "BLACK!"

3) Alvin forgot a couple of his lines, which then eliminated a few of mine. Ah, well.

4) The "luck" scene in which I walk across the stage and get run over by Aaron did not happen as planned. The lines went slower than in rehearsal, and I was already walking onstage a few seconds too early. However, Aaron made up for it by running into me and really causing me to fall. It worked well. :P However, when I dropped the bucket of apples, I found the apples and gathered them up, but the bucket had flown into a dark part of the audience and I had no time left to go looking for it. So, when Jane yelled, "There's a volcano under the house! It's erupting! We're all gonna die!" I just threw the apples up in the air and screamed. It was soooooo cheesy and fake, but apparently the audience liked it. :)

5) I accidentally left one of the apples onstage after our performance, and Katherine (who played Gandalf in the final skit) was kicking it around the stage as she walked. I thought it was hilarious. RANDOM APPLES!

I'll see about the movies, Alison. My mom actually has somewhere else to go that day, but if you could give me a ride, I should be able to go.

"Happy Towne: a self-sufficient community where the people are fed with the area's sole food source - a giant PopTart."

Meeting Of the Minds = Enjoyable!

It was GOOD!! I enjoyed myself!!! It was funny! (Although, sadly enough, I did not get to see Nathan and Jonah's... Or Beth's. I risked my life to get there! lol. Okay. Sarah, Jane, Olivia, Nathan, and Jonah have all used up their Ashley risking her life to get to something involving them ticket. Sorry! Mom and I drve 80 mph from Lafayette in traffic to get there. Ah well. Only because I love you all. (In a non romantic way mostly.) )
Anyways..
I don't think I did well on that Chem final. It was evil. I hate Chem. I ONLY HAVE 1 MORE DAY! WOOHOOO!!!! Ah well. I never have to take it again. I will be ending my days with physics, which I am looking forward to sooo much!!!
Yes! French final tomorrow! I can't wait! (Okay, Yes, I know I am weird. Don't laugh at me!! lol! That's my job!)
Hee! I am on such a dugar high right now. Sarah gave me ice cream!
Ah, French. That reminds me...
I don't know who posted the answer first to my question. I assume it's Omo, but I am not sure, so you will both get your points. And the correct translation is:
"But that's not a man! That's a mushroom!
A what?
A mushroom!"
And it was from Le petit prince by St. Exupery! Woohoo! Je l'aime! Now for another, actually, tonight we will have 2! :-)
1.) C'est tellment mysterieux, le pays des larmes! :-(
2.) Cogito ergo sum! :-)
Oh!
My day today was awesome! I got out of school at 11.30! Hee. Meaning I skipped most of Englsih, which makes me happy. (I also skipped SRT, but no one really cares about that.)
My day started off TERRIBLE.
I realized that I forgot my chem binder, that Routt was collecting, at home. I ran around the school going to various teachers to see if I could use their phone to call my mom to have her birng it. FINALLY, I got Deardorff's phone to work. (Collier let me use his, but I couldn't get it to work.) I also realized that hey! I only have a graphing calculator, and we're supposed to use only scientific on the test. SO I tracked Jane down and traded her calcs. I then went to US, which was absolutly hilarious. Watching juniors pretend to be chickens who are tackled to the ground and eaten in the dark is one of the most hilarious things I have ever seen.
Anyways, I then went to chem and failed my final.
I then got out of English to go with my mom to Lafayette. THat was fun. We stopped an ate, and then went to the mall. And actually, at the mall, I ran into one of my best frineds from grade school who recognized me right as I entered the pet shop. :-) I spent some time talking to her. I then went to hot topic where I got the best sweatshirt ever. If you saw me tonight, I probably said "I GOT EARS!" to you! It's such a cute swaetshirt. I don't believe Jane thinks so though.
Anyways. I went to the Denny's where I had a soda with my parents. We then all went to the psychologist. Woohoo. Family outing. Long story. Don't want to talk about it. The psychologist said that I need to start acting more like a teenager and not a thirty year old. Wow. That sounds weird. I think that he feels I have too many responsibities at home. SO yeah.
Mom and I then drove 80 to get to school in time. It took us 45 minutes! :-D Never again though.

Well that's about all for now...

Oh! Wait! I might be getting another guinea pig! YAY!

"Happy Towne: a self-sufficient community where the people are fed with the area's sole food source - a giant PopTart."

Dumb and Dumberer

just watched that movie in srt... today has been such a movie day. in anatomy and physiology, we watched ice age. i have to say it's really cute just cuz of the kid in ther and the big elephant. but it doesn't beat monster's incorporated with Boo saying "Mike Wizowski(?)" however you spell his name.

i totally get what you mean sarah. the finals that you have to study for the most comes first and the most useless ones comes last when you've got plenty of time to study for them. i just took my chem final today and it was not easy...but then, none of webster's tests are easy. for all you in webster's, be ready for a big curve on the final. i was sittiin' next to this girl who doodled on her paper the whole time and i'm pretty sure just randomly filled in answers on her scantron. you've gotta love people like that when the test is curved.

as to what is going on this week, anybody got plans on friday? we're getti'n outta school at 11 and if anybody wanted to see Day After Tomorrow, i'm going to see it with Catie Phillabaum. I know that ashley wants to go and to let you guys know ahead of time if you wanna come, the movie is at 1:15 and it's 2hrs and 4 min. not including previews. we were thinking grab a bite to eat somewhere and then the movie since we've got some time to kill from 11 - 1. so tell me if you wanna go!

" -'Mais ce n'est pas un homme! C'est un champignon!
- 'un quoi?'
-'Un champignon!!!' "
Now here it goes...i'm totally just guessing at this.
-But it's not a guy! It's a mushroom!
- A what?
-A mushroom!!!
you guys can all laugh at me if i got that translation wrong, but it's worth a shot. and i'm guessing it's from le petit prince. i seriously don't get that book!!! french or no french, it's gibberish to me..

To all you people in lyceum. good luck tonite, sry i can't come but i've got to cram for the french final and alg II test.

"Happy Towne: a self-sufficient community where the people are fed with the area's sole food source - a giant PopTart."

It's almost over...

Just 2 1/2 days left and then we will be free of school for almost three months! YAY! I am so ready for summer, you have no idea. Case in point: I should be studying for finals right now. I have French and geometry tomorrow -- ironically, those are the ones I need to study for the most, and I have them first. Then, the final I need to study for the least, etymology, is the one I have the most time to study for because I have it last period on Friday! Go figure. Ashley, I would ask how in the heck you could find a French final FUN, considering I am majorly stressing about how I can possibly remember all the stupid verb forms, but I already know the answer (knowing the francophone that you are) so I will not bother. :-P

I don't have time to do an overview of my year right now, but I have three more things to say:
1) If you come to Meeting of the Minds, don't be expecting brilliance. None of us want to do it anymore, even though the majority of the skits are good/humorous.
2) Summer gym sucks. Yay for Amaris and me because we don't have to take it ever again!!
3) Amaris, it's sad that you can't take French anymore! French IV is supposedly when it gets good! That technology credit is really bugging me, so my mom and I are going to try to find a way out of it. I have too many other classes I need to take.

OK, I'm out.

"Happy Towne: a self-sufficient community where the people are fed with the area's sole food source - a giant PopTart."

Tomorrow = Ashle being pressed for time!!!!

Oh argh. Chelsea (a.k.a. DEMON child) just deleted my nice long post...
Okay...
Tomorrow:
A. Go to US history
B.Take Chem final
C. Go home. (ha! My mom is the coolest! She's letting me skip my last two classes because I have nothing better to do in them. We have to go to Lafayette at like 4 though...)
D. Go to lafayette
E. HOPEFULLY go to Meeting of the Minds...I might be a bit late...I will definatly try to make it though. If it looks like I am going to be more than 15 minutes late, I might just bag it... I am going to TRY MY HARDEST to make it there though! I want to see you all!!!
F. Go home and study
Okay...
So yeah...
I am not looking forward to summer gym. At all. Enough said.
I AM looking forward to my French final though! I can't wait! I find them sooo much fun!!! (seriously!!)
Oh! And we're having an English essay on our Latin final! wOoT! Yay! Fun!!! Woohoo!!! :-D (seriously!!)
Okay yeah. Now, because Sarah stopped doing her question of the day, I will start with my TRA-DA-DA! Latin/French Quotes of the day. Rules: Translate. More points if you can name speaker/ book/etc. Okay? Okay. I will not tell you if they are Latin or French. You must guess. In this round, only Sarah is exempt, because she knows a.) WHat it means and b.) Where it is from. Okay, the quote is this:
" -'Mais ce n'est pas un homme! C'est un champignon!
- 'un quoi?'
-'Un champignon!!!' "
10 points for name of source and 150 points for translation. Go!

"Happy Towne: a self-sufficient community where the people are fed with the area's sole food source - a giant PopTart."

"Depend on You"

The last week of sophomore year... Even though we had some bad, nasty, not-so-good moments this past year, overall I have to say it was a good year. I know that I grew immensely as a result of it. Since Mike Kelly (another North Star staffer) just went to get some of us Burger King, I'll recap the year's events according to class.

G1: Lyceum
WELL... The class = boring or incredibly confusing. The people made it worthwhile, though. It was the only class I had with Jane, and having the class two years in a row made it more comfortable to be in there. LYCEUM PEOPLE ROCK!

G2/R2: North Star
Newspaper rocks. There's not much I can say to really sum up how incredibly fun and... There's no word for it. I love this class.

G3: AP World History
First semester was slow and boring, but second semester went by quickly. Personally, I think it was due to the people in that class and not Layman's methods. :) Daniel, Jonah and Ammar made it a bit more interesting, but Courtney was the most interesting by far (on the days that he came to class). LONG LIVE THE MILLENIUM SERIES THEME SONG!

G4: SRT
There were days when I was so crammed for time in SRT: finishing layouts on deadline day, going to Model UN meetings, AP study sessions, random conversations between Layman and Ammar about "The Apprentice," interviewing students for my news stories, hanging out in the Speech SRT... The list goes on and on.

R5/R8: Chemistry
I hated this class. Webster was a very good teacher in my opinion, but I just cannot stand the subject. I only have two more chem periods EVER! I'm soooooooo happy! Get me away from the slack-off juniors! (Note: Not all of the juniors slacked off [i.e. Kaitlin and Kendal worked harder than I did]. There were just some who always cheated and refused to do experiments and would not participate at all.)

R6/R5: French
I'm going to miss French next year. Ash, you'll have to fill me in on all that you guys do... I really liked French, but with two filled elective spots and a technology credit to get, I have no room for it next year. (Stupid technology requirement...) I also hope that when I apply for Japanese courses in college that they don't think that I quit French for the heck of it. I wanted to get to French V, but it's either quit French or not graduate because of a missing requirement. I loved French... Vive la France!!

R7: Chamber Orchestra
Orchestra was enjoyable. There were some days when practice seemed to drag on much longer than it needed to, but it's all worth it now. Besides, now that we're done with our concert, we have free time, which means NORTH STAR TIME! My last period of the year will be orchestra, which means I'll most likely be in here typing away for the last time as a sophomore. *tear* I'll miss it, but it's time to embrace change!

R8/G2: Algebra II
I came in dreading Algebra II and came out with a whole semester of A+'s. So much for thinking I'd fail the class.

That's my year. FUN! Hehe... OOH! My food's in! Time to eat, watch "Austin Powers," and work on my Algebra II review. My final's tomorrow. :(

"Happy Towne: a self-sufficient community where the people are fed with the area's sole food source - a giant PopTart."

Ferris Beuller's(?) Day Off

There's only a week of school left!!! unfortunately, that weeks is filled with finals:( considerin that i already took my math and orchestra final, and i'm exempt from my anatomy final, the only really hard finals that i'm gonna have are french and chemistry. photography and english should be a cinch:-d hope finals go well for everyone this week. i'm gonna be so sad when school actually does end. i love the first couple weeks that we're out of school, but after i'm done basking in boredom, i get sick of having nothing to do and not seeing all my friends. anyone know of anyplace that's hiring that pays somewhat well? i'm looking for a job that gives me 40 hr work weeks...but i haven't been able to find any.
since everyone's been saying what they did this weekend, i'll tell you bout my boring weekend.
On sat:
~went to rehearsal for IACA's (indianapolis association of chinese americans) lion dance that we will be performing during the indy 500 parade. any of you alls going, maybe i'll see ya there!!!
~went to what seemed like a billion places to fill out job applications like..target, united artist theatres, YMCA...
~went home and fell asleep at 7
on sun:
~woke up at 10
~walked aimlessly around my house looking for something to do till 11:15
~worked from 11:30-4
~got a haircut
~came home
~worked on finals project for photography
~get online

...isn't my life just so exciting?!?!?! lol...now it's almost midnight and i've gotta study for a vocab quiz tomorrow...has anybody learned anything in english this year?!?!?! cuz i know i haven't!!!

"Happy Towne: a self-sufficient community where the people are fed with the area's sole food source - a giant PopTart."

"I'm scoopin' up my baby bumblebee... Won't my mommy be so proud of me!"

No, that is not an Ayu song.

For those who don't know, I was at a Key Club event (KC Weekend) in Ashley, Ohio over the weekend. It was... an experience. That's about as well as I can sum it up in a sentence. Here's the longer - but still brief - version:

Friday
- got out of school at 9 (during Lyceum)
- arrived at Kiwanis International at 10
- left Indy in one of two vans (I sat beside Janice... :P)
- realized in the middle of our journey that I had brought shorts, but hadn't brought any shoes other than my boots
- refused Janice's offer to use her credit card to buy me extra shoes
- 2-hour District meeting while in the two vans via walkie-talkie; VERY heated debates
- arrived at Recreation Unlimited around 3 in the afternoon
- was pelted with hail as Janice ran around, laughing and screaming in joy
- tornado was spotted nearby; hid with the rest of the Indy Key Clubbers in a storage closet filled with dishes and Capri Suns; while in hiding I quizzed Janice with her Interdisc flashcards
- power went out
- improvised and said, "HEY! We have chairs, people, a piano, and Janice. Why not play musical chairs?"
- lost dreadfully at musical chairs
- ate dinner
- power came back on
- opening session; was lectured on people's behaviors and how to improve my character; formed teams (I was in the "B Sharps," Janice was part of "The Awesomer-est" group)
- went to bed at 12:30

Saturday
- got up at 6 (7 their time)
- got in the shower
- power went out again
- took shower in the dark
- found another Indy Key Clubber with an extra pair of shoes IN MY SIZE!
- cut myself shaving with my crappy razor so that I could wear the shorts :(
- went on the challenge course (best part of the trip!)
- nicknamed Steph "Treehugger"
- Bar-B-Q dinner (blech!)
- watched Janice play on the kiddie playground; joined in
- evening session; made the "perfect community" - my group did "Athens" and had Japanese stick people shaking hands (with English subtitles, of course!)
- walked 10 minutes to a campfire by the lake just to sit for 20 minutes, talk, and come back before curfew
- went to bed at 1 in the morning because of an impromptu Indiana District meeting at midnight

Sunday
- breakfast
- packed
- ending session
- left Ohio
- another hour-long meeting via walkie-talkie
- stopped at KFC on the way home, Janice and I bought the $19.99 Picnic Meal (large bucket of chicken, three large sides, six biscuits, and a 1/2 gallon drink, which Janice didn't want and gave to me) and shared it; got strange glances from other customers
- District meeting/debate in KFC
- spilled half the drink on my lap an hour and a half away from Indy; sat there soaked
- drove home

And that was my weekend. Think of if I had not put everything in a bulleted list!

"Happy Towne: a self-sufficient community where the people are fed with the area's sole food source - a giant PopTart."

This week = crazy

It's been a crazy week! But, now, it is finished. That makes me happy. I won't go into all the details of what made this week crazy, just know that it has been. In other news:
US history- That is the best class ever! All of you who are taking Interdisc next year are missing out on Collier. He's awesome! Because I turened my paper in 4 days early, I got my grade back already. 5 hours sitting at the computer really works! I got a 94%!!!! WOOHOO!!!! That makes me so incredibly happy! Then we did our presentation. He said, "I don't want to give you a 100% quite yet, because I wnat to see how the other groups do to have something to base it off of." He also said that "this project presentation would be a hard one for the other groups to beat." He also said, "You shouldn't be worried about your grades at all." Yay! THis makes me happy! So very happy! :-D Yay for a wonderful end to US history!!! YAY! for Walt Disney!
Okay...I am not going to be vague about this next part because someone *cough*OLIVIA*cough* would pry it out of me anyways, so yeah.
Mom got her tooth pulled last night. It was, as she called it, the first one behind the pointy one on the passenger side. Well, she had to have someone take her, because she was given not only painkillers, but valium. I told her that because I only had an English test that day, I could bring her that afternoon, after my US presentation. She said that my father offered to do it, because he was coming to get Chelsea and Chris anyways. Anyways, I got home from school and I was working on a chemistry experiment in the kitchen, when mom got home. Guess who she invited in? Well, I figured there was no way out, especially if you've been in my house, to get to my room from the kitchen without having to pass through the living room anyways. So I stayed in the kitchen working. (Actually, at this point, I was banging a a spoon against a huge block of ice.) Anyways, my dad was reading out loud what my mother could and could not have and how to take care of her. I figured this was something that could be important so *shock* *surprise* *gasp* I went and sat down in the livingroom. And don't even ask if I was nice. I wasn't mean. Yeah, so I sat there, listened, and even, *gasp* asked questions. I then was talking to mom about how I spilled NaOH on myself today in chem. I even included him in the conversation. And then the Chris got home and he and the kids left. See? I finally talked to him, and it only took me 11 months!
Now, I assume, that YouNa (and many Compendium people, except for Nathan) has no idea why I wouldn't be speaking to my father, so I will give her the uber short version: He beat up my mom. He threatened me. That's the short version. The long version is quite long, and I don't want to get into it.
Ah, then to all the Aching Sushi people, except sadly YouNa, for you are not here. In case non of you read notes please read and respnd:
"Hi! This is Michael over at Compendium. We've got a couple of Cons coming up and would love to have you guys there. Unless you're dreadfully bored of Government and funny stuff, WestWingCon (Part 1) might be your best option. There are others if that doesn't work out."
Well, that's all.

No time to say hello, goodbye! I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!

School = almost over!!!!!!

Wow! I can't believe how quickly this year has gone by!!! It seems like it just started and we were all bogged down with homework!!!
Ashley's review of her classes this year:**WARNING- RAMBLING AHEAD!!!! MUCH RAMBLING*****
Latin G1/R7: Well, I finally got out of G1 Latin!!! (First time EVER!) I can't really say that R7 is any better though...It's quite evil after French, but what can I say?? We have learned so much meaningless stuff in that class this year, and I will be happy to move up! Woohoo! for Latin III!
Algebra II G2/R5: Well, after having Frankum for three semesters, I was happy to get into Sachs class, and for some reason, I am doing better! We've expanded on so much this year, it's amazing. I can say though, that I still have no idea how to do augmented matrices. Please, don't ever ask me to do one. They are evil, but I understnad more of the material, so yeah.
Advanced Speech/Honors English 10 G3: Both are pointless. Not more I can say. I hate(d) both. The teachers are nice, I just haven't really learned anything. argh.
SRT: Wow, this has been the best SRT ever. Cash is the best SRT teacher. Let's see...highlights...Oh, there was the time of the lightsaber duels. That was great fun.
Chem R1/G2: Okay. Ha. I still have no idea what polar and nonpolar are....first semester was THE WORST CLASS EVER. When your teacher doesn't understand variables in algebra problems...wow...you know something's wrong...This semester's been good, except for my daily fights with my lab partner...argh.
French R6: THis still remains the best class ever, and I will be sad to leave Mme M.'s class. I love it so much, but I am looking forward to French with Mme H next year. It's going to be a blast!!! Question to LN people: How many are taking French IV next year?? Anyways, I love this class, it's great!!!!!! Speaking of which, guess what Mme McKenna's loaning me?? That's right! LE PETIT NICOLAS!!!!!! Woohoo! Not as wonderful as Le Petit Prince, but close! It's so cute!!!!! Another one to read, people!!
Theater R7/R8: I hated this class for most of the first semester, but now it's one of my favorites! (Behind French, of course!) I have learned so much in there! It's wonderful!
APUSH R8/G1: Mr. COllier is the best! I love being the only sophmore in US history! I'm special. :-D It's a great class, and I will laugh if one of you get my book next year! The book is absoultly BORING, but Ap is so much fun. I would have loved to do interdisc, but I wouldn't have changed APUSH for anything now though! It's been great!
Ha.
There's a quick overview of all my classes! I am so ready for next year! :-) Take psychology people! (That way I'm not alone!!)
Anyways...yeah.
Let's see....
Come to the theater showcase!!! It's Saturday at 7 pm in the little theater.
Well, I am still on a sugar high. Woohoo for SUGAR!!! :-D
That's all for now!!

No time to say hello, goodbye! I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!

So I'm slow...

It took me until a couple days ago to discover the notes that you can leave on entries! SO, after reading them, I have one thing to say: Thank you Nathan!!! That was so sweet of you to say! :-D

Ah, so THAT'S why Nathan wasn't at the choir banquet. Silly me. :-P (He won an award, too!) It was a great time! I also went to the Quill & Scroll/journalism banquet last night, which wasn't quite as meaningful, but oh well. I'm not going to be on staff next year, anyway. (I'm still debating whether or not that's a good choice, but I think it'll be better in the end.)

Speaking of which, I still haven't turned in my schedule changes. Urgh. Stupid technology credits that don't fit anywhere on my schedule. Why do they insist on making me take some class that I don't even need, when I could take another class that is much more challenging/stimulating? WHY don't they count photography as a technology credit, or even yearbook? Since when are computers and cameras not technology? Grr...

Sarah, you told me you would post pictures from the party! I WANT TO SEE! ;-)

Geometry was actually fun today (everyone remember this, because you will NEVER AGAIN hear me say that math is "fun"!). We finished working on our tessellation projects (which, for me, involved coloring), ate ice cream cones (I had three!) and I listened to my CD player. If only school was like that more often...

"FRIEND II"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASH!

(Haha... I don't think I got it out of my system on Tuesday.)

That party was SO nerve-wracking for me. (At least, planning was.) I had been pondering the idea of a surprise party for some time, but at about 9 o'clock on Monday evening I realized, Hey! This could actually work! So, Tuesday morning I rushed around the school, trying to find Jane, Alison, and Olivia to tell them about the party. I found Jane. That was it. (Technically, I also found Nathan, but as he was glued to Ashley AS ALWAYS, I couldn't tell him until later.) I had one person. ONE. Do you have any idea how worried I was then??

Luckily, it was a red day, and so I saw Alison in Chamber Orchestra. Unfortunately, it WAS a red day, so I had no way of contacting Olivia or Nathan. However, I sent out my lil' messengers (Ali and Jane) to find Olivia and Jonah and pass on the word. I would have tracked down everyone myself, but I had an orthodontist appointment during R7/Lunch and part of my R8 chem class.

I came home at 3:15, knowing that I had to get all of the supplies, the cake, the pizza, and the people organized by six o'clock. Not to mention I had to clean the house...

I decided that people were the most important at that time, and so I called Olivia to see if the word had gotten to her yet. It had, but because of the choir banquet she wasn't able to come. Darn it! I thought. That rules out Nathan, too. However, it was going to be a somewhat small party in the first place, so only having three guests (including myself) wouldn't be that bad of a celebration.

I then called Ash to make sure that she still was free. (*ahem* The "Oh! I forgot! I have to babysit!" incident from a few weeks ago...) She was, so I told her I was going to bring her over and we'd do something special, like movies or something. I also told her that Jane might come over to work on Meeting of the Minds with me. We got to talking about other things for a while before she suddenly says, "Someone wants to call you, Sarah! Gotta go! Bye!"

I was scared then.

But it was Nathan, who called for directions to my house just in case he could skip the choir banquet. About an hour after that, Jane arrived and we headed off to pick up Ashley. I was so nervous going over to pick her up because 1) I had never done a surprise party before, 2) it was an extremely last-minute thing, and 3) the Comstocks (MBoys to you, Jane!) and Alison had not arrived yet. Jane witnessed my paranoia. Just ask her, Ash!

We picked her up, had some conversation (with half-lies and such to keep her unsuspecting) and brought her back to the house. I walked in carrying the pizza (which I had told her was just for us three) and saw Nathan, Jonah and Alison hiding in the formal dining room.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW RELIEVED I WAS?!?!

Then came Jane's wonderful "Alison?" and everyone popped out. The party began, blah, blah, blah... I'll post pictures later. (I'm mailing some to you, YouNa, with your birthday present!)

There were so many things that could have gone wrong that didn't... Other than the fact that it rained and we couldn't play with bubbles. :(

That's a basic summary of the "behind-the-scenes" planning that I had to do to get the party going. To me, it was a success. I don't care if anyone else had fun, but as long as Ash had a good time, I'm happy. That was the whole point. But you guys do know that I'm expecting one for my 16th, don't ya? :P

"Ziggy, stop living vicariously through the cat!"
"Meow?"

Aladdin: The King of Thieves

i'm posting again!!! cuz i'm bored and i'm in english!! hahaha. im' surprised, i'm posting twice in a row...like..i mean day after day...i usually never do that. you guys know that yesterday was supposed to be like national not get gas day so that the gas companies would be screwed over therefore, gas prices would be cheaper. my mom said that they actually said somethign on the news about that..but then i heard in my SRT that it wasn't true. nevertheless, my mom didn't get gas just in case it was true because $2 per gallon is just way too expensive. you know what i think they should do...make a car that runs on candy...or sugar!!!! we've got plenty of that!!! i heard on ripley's believe it or not that they actually made a car that ran on pond scum. pretty sick, but if it works and it's cheaper, i'd go for it. also there was some news on people stealing used grease from restaurants which i also heard could be used for gas. so many different uses. that was completely random. lol. bell about to ring. blog y'allz later. it's thursday...so close to friday!!! :-D
Ziggy! Stop living vicariously through the cat! Meow....?

You all = THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, so long story made short: I LOVE YOU!!!! YOU ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST EVER!!!!!! Last nighgt was so much fun!
Okay long story made short with that: I came home from school, did some things around here which included starting my thank you notes,(yes, I do give thank you notes. Deal with it.) and etc. I talked to Sarah who told mem not to go anywhere because she was coming to get me at 6ish Jonah then called me to ask for Sarah's phone number. I then, because I am me, fell asleep on the couch. Around 6:30 I woke up and realized that someone was calling my name, and of course, it was Sarah. I ran and got ready, then we (Sarah, Jane and I) went to Sarah's house. When we got there, they went in the house first, (and I was still oblivious...) and then Jane said, "Alison!" I was like Alison's here? Then, I saw Nathan. I was like, Nathan's here? Then Jonah popped out. I said, Jonah's here???? To be honest, I was quite suprprised to see Jonah and Nathan. It was a wonderful surproise though. And yeah. Much hilarity happened from there. Sarah has pictures, which she's told me that she'll give me copies of. She even has pictures of Nathan picking me up! First time for everything, right?? Anyways, that was the overview of my birthday. I was even given a French cake! woohoo! Joyeux Anniversaire!!! :-D It was much fun, and I couldn't ask for a better birthday. :-D
I must now to that theater thing. Come to the theater showcase Saturday evening!!! Please!!!

Ziggy! Stop living vicariously through the cat!!! Meow......??????

She's All That

you the gurl ashley!!!! happy sweet sixteen yesterday...but i already said that to you! u liked your "surprise b-day party"? lol...if only jane didn't say, "alison?" j/k!!! anywayz, i don't thikn you'll feel sixteen until you get your license and you have a car that you can drive. i've been 16 for almost half a year and i still do'nt feel it...but now that i'm thinking bout it, i'll be 17 in 7 months....so scary!!!
on that french test...has she posted that on webgrades yet? cuz when i just checked right now....my latest quiz score was 36/40...so if that was the test...not bad for missing so many. i not so worried bout that test but i am gonna be so stressed out for the final. her finals are always so hard even though it's pretty much all multiple choice. good luck to everyone that has finals...which is all of us!! lol...hehehe
to sarah and youna though, i heard of boa...you know that they gave her plastic surgery cuz the people that advertise her and stuff thought that she had too much baby fat and that she was too young looking! i mean, she's only like 16 or something!!! give the girl a break. i do like her songs though, and that gurl can dance!!!
and remember everyone, jane's and sarah's birthdays are coming up!!!
the oldest thing in my fridge...where do i begin. you should never ask an asian that...cuz you take one look in the freezer and you're gonna be like...i don't even wanna start. i probably have frozen meat in one of the 3 freezers in my house that are still from when i just moved here....10 years ago...cuz in our chinese household, we believe that everythign can be preserved in a freezer which is exactly what we do. no matter how much freezerburn there is on it, we still cook it...and then when it turns out that the freezer burn is really that bad, we then throw it away and then dig somehwere. after a couple years, that stuff accumulates and the old stuff gets pushed to the back and therefore, our fridge has no room which is why we have to buy multiple ones. after a while, no one wants to touch the freezer therefore, nothing gets thrown away...what a lovely family i've got:-D
btw, sry for not posting so much but my internet at home isn't working so the only time that i can get online is on the computer at school or at someone else's house. so sry but i'll try to get on as much as possible.
Ziggy! Stop living vicariously through the cat! Meow....?

May 18 = Ashley's Birthday!

Yay! So I am happy today! I am finally 16! I finally don't feel so young in US history! AND in less than 2 weeks, I AM GOING TO BE A JUNIOR!!!!! bwahahah!!
Well, You know that the tables have turned when your theater grade is way higher than your French and Latin grade averaged. (First time for everything!)
Wow...so people actually remembered it was my birthday today...that's scary. I got roses from the McKennas, and other assorted things, which make me happy. AND I got a pear! Yay! YUM! I have yet to eat it htough. Actually, that is what I am going to do in a minute...:-D
Well...not much more here. Just thought that I would post because I am very happy today! Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D

Ziggy! Stop living vicariously through the cat! Meow....?

Oops!

*blushes* I knew Ashley's birthday was coming up, but I didn't get the chance to nail down the actual date, so...HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHLEY!!! Hopefully enough people actually remembered (haha) that they could make it memorable for you! And hey, who said I would have pried you about the letter from your dad? (OK, I probably would have, but hey, give me credit. I know *SOME* things have to stay personal.) Hope you have a great day!

Choir banquet tonight -- should be exciting! I always love being with choir people, and who doesn't like catered dinners and awards ceremonies? (Well, granted, not all awards ceremonies are great, but choir ones are better than most.)

Since I just posted, nothing else to say. TTYL!

"Happy Birthday"

Yes, I know, it's not part of Ayumi's repertoire, but...

IT'S ASHLEY'S BIRTHDAY!

We should all speak in French today, in honor of Ash. (Nous devrions parler en francais aujourd'hui parce que c'est son anniversaire!)

"Ziggy, stop living vicariously through the cat!"
"Meow...?"

Ashley = Almost 16

Woohoo! *dances* I'm almost 16! Woohoo! And yes, my dearest red day friends, I don't believe I told any of you.... hee hee! Too late now!!! Bwahaha....unless you are Sarah....evil Sarahsey. ANd evil Boggs! (He said that he's going to "wildly embarrass me!" Mean Boggs!!)
Ah well...such is life.
For my birthday Mom brought me shopping. yay! I now have 3 new shirts and a pair of jeans! yay!
Now, let me explain the bottom part again...
Sarah is convinced that my African Grey parrot is living vicariously through my cats...he kinda meows like them....ah well. He's cute. A bit more stupid than a box of chemically engineered smart rocks, but HEY! That's okay! I love him all the same. Points to the person who can name the singer he's named after!!!! (No answering Sarah!)
Anyways...
Yeah. Apparently, I have no clue what is happening on my birthday...something about abducting me...(Oh! Abducting comes from the Latin ab (from) and duco, ducere, to lead....wow. It's taken me that long to figure that out.)
Oh, and btw, my father sent me a birthday card.....
"As I wrote
you at Christmas, I hope that during the years
we had together I contributed at least something
to your success, maturity and integrity. You are
truly a remarkable and admirable young woman. "
Uh...yeah....not sure what to make of it. Just thought some of you would like to know so you wouldn't have to pry later. *cough*OLIVIA*cough* lol
Well I am off!

Ziggy! Stop living vicariously through the cat! Meow!!!

"Real Me"

Sarah's in heaven...

I found a site with samples of songs from about 100 J-pop/K-pop/C-pop artists. Evan referred Suzuki Ami to me, but I just realized, after playing two songs, that she can't sing. It's okay, Boggs. You were just trying to help. At least he doesn't listen to her himself. HOWEVER, I am now addicted to ZONE and all the rest of the all-girl bands.

Hey, YouNa? Do you listen to BoA? I know how popular she is over in South Korea, and I REALLY like her music, especially her Japanese songs. ("ID Peace B!" YEAH!) I've also started listening to Hyori and Fin.K.L.

I received a *wonderful* present from Arae this morning. :P It's a self-help book on dating. I still don't know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult. I'm leaning toward the latter. (Plus, the fact that Ash's mother picked it out for me makes me wonder. Hmmm.... Any hidden schemes from your mother, Ash? Is she considering me and Jean-Luc? :P)

Ahh... I love Utada Hikaru. (Random thought running through my brain at the moment.)

Since the last QotD did not receive any responses, I'm postponing the next one until... I have no idea when. Just felt like typing that. I'm in a restless mood. Deal with it.

For those of you in C lunch tomorrow, I won't be there. I have an orthodontist appointment at noon, so I'll be leaving in the middle of orchestra. Sorry!

Shout-outs:
Jane: POST! I already talked to you in person this morning about it, so come online and post!
Omo: Yay for Olivia! You posted! Hopefully you'll set an example to others and they'll begin to make time for OMAS!
Ashley: Thank your mother for me!
Alison: We need you posting, too!
YouNa: Miss ya! Get online and blog some more! I miss talking to you!

"Ziggy! Stop living vicariously through the cat!"
"Meow...?"

*takes a bow*

Clap for me, I'm posting again! (Haha, you know you love it.) Anyhoo, sorry about the lack of posts, but I definitely have had limited time on the 'net lately, and I also refuse to write in online diaries during yearbook, so...

Anyway, had a great weekend. Friday night I did homework (so that wasn't the great part). Saturday was spent at a Girl Scout campout. It's called Junior Jam, because all the Junior Girl Scouts (grades 4-6) from the area come to compete in different kinds of games. I'm a Senior Scout, so I got to be a judge. I was an art judge, which could have been really cool, if I'd had better events. Little trivia quizzes aren't so much fun. Oh well, at least I got to see the winners of the other events. That night my troop left to go to Nashville (Indiana, not Tennessee!) for dinner. We ate at the Hob Knob, which is a homey little place that mostly sells soup, salad, and sandwiches. We also bought fudge :o), poked around in some of the shops, and played putt-putt. Unfortunately I had to go home that night, because I was at church ALL DAY yesterday and I didn't want to exhaust myself before then!

Nine -- count them, NINE -- days till summer! (And Amaris, no summer gym this year! YAY!) Oh I can't wait! School and life in general haven't treated me that great this year, so I'm anxious for a nice, fun, stress-free break from it all!

BURGLE! :o)

Today = Sunday

Just in case you all are like me and woke up thinking that you missed g1, g2, and a good 1/3 of g3 already. Only I would do that, lol.
Well, it's official. I am one of the biggest dorks around. I couldn't sleep last night, due to much caffine and sugar, so I sat up and did my Latin homework followed by my French homework. And I don't have those classes until Tuesday!
Last night I went to see Van Helsing. Good movie. Predictable to the point of boredness though. Ah well. Good special effects though! And I liked the music a lot. It was really good, I thought. Neat guitar music. :-D
Two more weeks of school!! yay! btu no!!! at the same time..... Par tof me is looking forward to this whole IB thing. YAY! for challenges! but part ofme is not. BOO! for homework! Evil! But I think that overall it should be fun. There are some people I really like who are doing this with me, and there are others that I wish would. But I won't mention names. ahem. But I do understand the point of it's restrictive on your schedule. Eh, I was planning on taking a language anyways so, why not continue Latin, right? I'm only really worried about pre cal and physics. Ah, well. I'll get over it. That essay is freaking me out too.
Ah well. I have time to think and meditate and stress.
Moving on...
Speaking of essays, I finished my US one. WOOHOO! That means that I only have to work on theater this week. It's not a great essay, but it's better than my social darwinist essay, which I might just post on here for you people to read. I didn't take it seriously what so ever, and therefore it's hilarious in parts. I did no research. I even have the sentances, "Why would they name something that?? That's just silly!" One of my firends read it and laughed. She told me that I would never get a good grade on it. I got a perfect score. bwahaha. The moral of this story? There really isn't one.
Social Darwinist link: http://teenopendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=B703098&entry=10075
Well, that's all for now.

BURGlE!!!!!

"Independent..."

YO! Sorry... Had to start singing it. Wonderful, get-up-and-dance type of song. And who could beat Ayu's open-stadium performance of it when she threw giant-sized balloons at the fans?? (Jane can agree with me on this one. She actually saw it.)

From yesterday morning to mid-afternoon, I was at North Central, helping with their Special Olympics. My job was to write the names of the winners on the backs of their ribbons. At first, I was assigned to only do 12 stacks of 1st-4th place ribbons, but after it was all over with, I ended up having done close to 300... Can you say "hand cramp?"

Other than that, nothing incredibly fantastic has happened to me this weekend. I spent the rest of the day yesterday watching "Chasing Liberty" - which was cheesy, but when you're bored that doesn't matter - and "In America," which was such a beautiful movie. I loved it!

And seeing as how the QotD has actually succeeded in getting responses, I'll keep it going.

"And now, for Sunday's Question of the Day!"

What is the oldest food item in your fridge?
My answer: My mother is a neat-freak, much like I am, so our fridge is cleaned out once a month. However, while I don't have 7-year-old cottage cheese in my fridge (Only Jane will get that reference), I do have my Japanese junk food from North Star's trip to Washington D.C. last November. It is strawberry-flavored. At least, it was.

There. I posted. Now Ashley won't have to worry about double-posting. AND THE REST OF YOU, POST! *cough* Olivia, Jane *cough* If I can find time to post as much as I do, y'all can do the same! So end the silence!

BURGLE!!!

US history - boring

Therefore, I am putting it off. Or at least for a few hours.
And I will now answer YouNa's question about Latin....
Latin is a dead language, meaning no one speaks it anymore. It is the language that French, Spanish, and Italian stem from. It is also the class that I have right after French, which sucks. Let's see...some examples of Latin would be....
Cogito ergo sum. I think therefore I am
Vini, Vidi, Vici. I came I saw I conquered.
Ars gratias Artis. Art for the sake of art. (points go to the person who can name where that's from!)
Semper fidelis. Always Faithful
SPQR...something something que Romae
Eh, that's all I can think of that would make sense.
Anyways....
Yay for 13.5 hours of sleep! Woohoo! :-D
And YouNa, burgle comes from my inablity to use the English language. (Read the first paragraph of my last post. It'll make more sense.)
Well, I might post later. By the way YouNa, what's this Festival? I don't understand....

BURGLE!!!

Basement = Squishy.

Well folks, it rained and yeah, my basement is again, squishy. Argh. Double argh. Evil basement.
Well, our theater scene went much better than I planned, no offense. It's not that, it just seems as if she liked it more than I thought she was going to, for some reason. Ah well, it makes me happy all the same. :-D Oh, more about the scenes. We went third. A BUNCH of groups had to have their scripts with them! That's kinda sad, since we had sooo long to work on them. I thought that a lot of them could have been really good if the people had worked on them. Ah well.
Tomorrow I do plan on doing my US history paper. Without fail. It must be done. I at least want to get my outline done, so that I can easily write it this week. I really don't want to have to write it on my birthday though. That would totally suck.
I also have to start that theater thing...argh. I'll worry about that later, because that won't take me nearly as long ot write as US history. That is going to take a while. Argh. Somehow 4 page paper on Supreme Court decisions doesn't scream YAY! WRITE ME! HURRY! I'LL BE FUN!!! But whatever. I got to choose the topic too. This was the only thing that I KNEW that our libray would have anything on. (Our library is one of the worst school libraries EVER. They don't usually have anything useful on anything you're looking for. They had no books on the practice of psychology, psychology itself, and there was something else, although I can't remember what. Ah well. it just frustrates me to learn that we have The Federalist papers, but nothign on psy.) Anyways...
On to the question of the day: To be honest, I don't have a favorite key on my keyboard. I might also add theat I am three keys short since Ziggy, my wonderful African grey and the only one of my birds so far that hasn't bitten Nathan, tore my F1, F2, and esc key off, adn I now have no idea where they are. SO yeah.
Speaking of birds, Angel apparenly hates Nathan considering she jumped off the couch, and bit him fairly hard on the face as she clung to his back flapping her wings wildly. (Did I miss anything, Nathan?) To bring some of you up to date on my birds, because they are my life lol, I have an umbrella cockatoo named Angel, a servere macaw, (aka a pirate bird) named Tucker, (such a samrt name for a bird, right?) a red headed conure named Beaker, and an African grey, whom I love very very very very much named Ziggy, from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. (Points go to anyone (besides Nathan and/or Sarah) who can name the artist of that CD.
Alison, French wasn't all that bad. I mean, okay, so you might have messed up the plusque parfait. Eh. No big deal. You'll pick it up. Just remember: Imparfait for eitehr etre or avoir + the past participle of the verb. And please, French people who go to my school, PLEASE DON'T KILL ME! I've already been killed once this week, and I have a paper due on Friday!! I can't afford to come back from the grave in a big musical number again. I don't want to discuss the quiz any further. It was only out of 60 points.
Anyways...Ashley is tired. Ashley wants to sleep. yay for Ashley! Who's having trouble spelling her name! lol
I leave you with now:

BURGLE!!!!!!

The Scarlette Pimpernelle

I have no rewritten this post about three times because this computer is being stupid....AHHHH!!!
But about french since we seem to talk so much about french, I thought i'd give my title the "wonderful" movie that we saw in french about the guy with the secret identity. i think...no i know that i completely failed the french test cuz i couldn't remember how to do plus-que parfait. i'm a failure...btw...no need to stress on that fact...i know well:-p
Summer is here and it's so warm and nice outside...now we can save gas just by opening our windows since gas is also so expensive. School's gonna be over soon and i'm gonna miss y'alls that i only see at school. we must get together and do summer stuff...like go swimming and shop for summer stuff. i need a tan so bad...i pasty and that means i'm not gonna be wearing shorts for a while.
as to answering sarah's question, i love the period key. i dunno why, but i usually use it a lot when i'm trying cuz i love to link my ideas together. but if the question was more broad, i'd pick all the keys that you'd need to make all those really cute smiley faces. isn't this so cute?:Þ hehehe
BURGLE!!!!!

"Over"

...as in the fact that the school week will be over in just a few hours, and sophomore year will be permanently over (for hopefully all of us!) in a little more than two weeks. YES!

Sarah's in a happy mood. :P Can ya guess why??

YESASIA PACKAGE!

My last one until California. Thank goodness... less than a month and I can go online shopping again!

Call me stupid, but I just realized that my computer's DVD player is VCD compatible. Goodness, I'm slow. But in addition to that, it also means that I can stop annoying Mom with Ayumi's concerts. (Of course, I said "I can," not "I will." :P)

Hayes needs more food in the Snack Shop. I'm starving here!!!!

I was planning on posting and creating a new ending scheme, but 1) I was busy and could not post, and 2) Ash beat me to it. Of course, I would have chosen "Burgle!" Either that or Jonah's response to the subtitled Chinese movie we watched in World History: "Chairman Mao portraits: The gifts that keep on giving." (It was something to that effect.)

The Honors Program was indeed last night, and I was so completely surprised when I realized that I was being honored for Academic Top Ten. While I had known that I rounded out the Top Ten lineup at the last spot, I knew that Jane had a higher GPA than I did, yet she was not awarded. 0_o?? I only have a 3.973, and she has a 3.98-something, I think. Oh, well. Maybe something happened in this semester that brought me up. (Like my five A+'s in one six weeks, maybe?) I have no idea. All I know is that the people who were included in Top Ten surprised me. I won't say anything here as to hurt anyone's feelings, but it simply made me a bit angry. Ah, well. That's what happens when you hold grudges.

Is it time for the "Question of the Day?" I'll answer my own question and say "By George, you're right! It IS time for the QotD!"

Question of the Day: What is your favorite key on a computer keyboard?

My answer: The "Caps Lock" key. It makes it so much easier to type more "emotional" sentences in all caps for those of us who don't use the "touch typing" method.

BURGLE!!!

Cambrioler = to burgle

Ah, yes. Does anyone, besides me remember that? Let me explain... One fine day we were sitting in the best class ever, a.k.a. French III, and we were going over new vocabualry. We were learning about petty crimes in France in French. Ah, well. We got the word cambioler, which is to burglerize. I, being the wonderfully smart persont that I am, when asked what it meant, used my exceptional English skills and replied burgle. Hence, our new term, which can be used as a verb, adjective, and if I remember correctly, even a noun.
Ah, yes, let's now discuss, the Honors Awards Night thing. Out of the first two levels of Latin, I was the first person to show up. That is quite sad. They went through all of Latin I, and I was the only one from Latin II. Ah, well, I got the award, so yay for me. Although, unless undre penalty of death, I might not go to another. (Or if I am receiving something that I care about.) Ah well. It was okay. It could have been worse. I remember that the ones in middle school dragged on for HOURS! Yeah...but anyways...
Woohoo. I figured out how to do chemistry and I sucessfully completed my lab paper without actually doing the lab. Don't ask how.
I'm also apparently speaking for US history for 7 minutes over the music of Walt Disney. That should be intersting. At the very least. I also have to start that paper...I plan to start it on Saturday...unless I get distracted or decide to start theater...hmm...well...That whole papragraph was useless to everyone save myself.
Ah, and now to Olivia- I could send her an email...but eh. Anyways...1.) Thanks for joining! I see my "gentle reminder" did well. 2.) Title scheme...If I wanted to think, I could most likely name everyone's but I'd rather not. Ask me tomorrow in French. 3.) End with what everyone else ends with. Sarah and I thought we would change to BURGLE!!! because we were bored at lunch and Alison said she wasn't posting until it was changed for she couldn't think of anything to change it to....we change it periodically. So change it periodically. I believe that's all...anything else, I see you in French class, so then would be a good time to ask.
Well, that should be all for now. I do realize that this was really random and pointless, but get over it!
BURGLE!!!!

Have no fear, Olivia is here!

Sheesh, you people can stop sending me on guilt trips for not joining now. ;-P Hi everyone! I finally had the chance to sign up, so here I am. So what's this about a title scheme? My titles are usually whatever pops into my head (and lately I haven't bothered to use them at all, at least not always), so I'm not sure if I should have a scheme...? (Unless random counts as a scheme, haha.)

So, about me...I'm 16, a sophomore (soon to be junior! YAY!) at LN where I'm in choir and on the yearbook staff. I'm involved in way too many extracurriculars for my own good -- not that you'd know, because school currently swallows up all of my time! If I'm not stressing out over homework, you can find me online, with friends, or doing something with music. I have an older brother who's a freshman in college (well, technically sophomore, now) and a cat named Harry Potter (NOT Hewlett Packard! :-P). Uh...is that enough? lol

In other news, the choir concert was last night, and it was AMAZING! It was a pops theme (radio hits) and I think it was the best choir show I've been in. All of the choirs had great songs, and the audience seemed to be really into it. It was so exciting! Sad, too, though, because all of the seniors are leaving. *tear*

Well, I'll stop for now. See you later, my fellow bloggers! :o)

Sugar = Good. :-)

Bwahaha. I have been on a sugar high and very happy all day today, excpe t maybe in Algebra because I still don't quite understand it.
Yes, and just so that you know, I died last night, but I came back, because I actually didn't die, and so yeah.
Well, I more or less finished my chemistry, but I have no clue how to predict the boiling points for misc. solutions. Anyone care to explain???? (It's for Lab 44, Amaris. Ugh. I never actually did the lab, but I understand it. Ah well. THat's life
I petition that we change Your mother is an aardvark. Next person to post, DO SO. :-) Gentle reminder. :-)
ANYWAYS...
You all make me sad, with the exception of Nathan, because none of you can follow directions!!! (And Sarah, because she already told me that day at lunch.) WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE DISNEY MOVIES???? ALison, Jane, Olivia, Nathan, Sarah, and Jonah need not answer for they already have. That leaves...YouNa! And so, YouNa, what is your favorite Disney movie??? (And of course anyone else who is reading this and would like to help further my US history cause. Let's call it Manifest Destiny- Revisited, but not quite, which yes, I am aware that it makes no sense at all. Deal.)
Ah, and the answer to Sarah's question: None. I hate all Lucky Charms. I hate all cereal. With a passion. I hate it! (Even more than Algebra!!) When I was little twice I found worm-thingies in it, and now I won't eat it at all. yuk!!
I am going to the choir concert tonight. THat was kinda random but not really. Anyways, yeah.
And Sarah, yes, I do need those service hours. I'm going to count the Silly Sarfari place as my action service hours, and woodwind ensemble as my creativity service hours. And so I still need service service hours, if that makes sense, and to most of you, if not all of you that doesn't. Quick recap- IB sucks. Not only does it restrict your schedule, but you also must perform 150 service hours divded equally among Creativity, Action, and Service, abb. as CAS. I have to get thirty hours this summer, next fall, next spring, next summer, and the fall after that. Woohoo. And so yeah. Could you give me the dates of VBS?? That would be a help especially when trying to figure out when I can volunteer this summer at the other place.
Well, that's all for now.
Your mother is an aardvark!!

"Duty"

And speaking of which, Olivia has the obligation of checking her e-mail and joining us!

"Compendium" has just celebrated its 500th post, which includes a blog cameo by MOI! :P Plus, another one of our OMAS bloggers was featured in the 502nd? post. You know what I say to that: FREE PUBLICITY!

I agree with Ashley. Chemistry is the biggest waste of my time, second only to the awards ceremony "practice" from yesterday. And our class spends about three days per chapter, which is why we were forced to learn Chapters 16 and 17 and could not skip them like everyone else. Of course, the advantage to that is that we understand Chapter 18 a lot better than everyone else, which means less work for us! I can deal with that...

This may be a long entry, since I have basically nothing to do and the other newspaper staffers are watching "Titanic" - which they also did yesterday afternoon. Every time I watch it, I just want to curl up in a little ball, hidden somewhere. It's depressing enough to see it once in a lifetime, but this is the fourth time I've been in a room with "Titanic" showing. Goodness.

Let's look at the bright side: at least it's not "The Labyrinth." :P (Okay, Ashley! Pelt me with orange peels now! C'mon!)

I made a new blog layout for my personal blog site. Please don't look at it. It's a VERY rough draft.

Six days (after today) until Ash's 16th!! AWWWWWWW! You DO realize that's a red day? Le francais avec M. Mannweiler? She sooooo needs to sing "Happy Birthday" to you in French. :P Thank goodness I'm a summer baby. I won't have to deal with anyone singing to me in public. Well, except at my church's Vacation Bible School. I've been promoted from "adolescent VBS helper" to "teacher of 4-year-olds" because of my work there for the past two years as a recreation leader and an art helper, respectively. (Hey, Ash? Do you still need any more hours??) I'll be in charge of a group of about 10 kids, leading them to recreation, art, music, storytime, and lunch.

Guess who's my assistant? Mom. Isn't that ironic?

However, two things are different this year that make it even better than in past years: 1) my 4-year-old neighbor Holly is going to come, who is the most adorable thing (she loves Ash and Jane and can even recall their names when looking at my pictures), and 2) IT IS THE WEEK OF MY BIRTHDAY! The last day (June 25th) is a longer afternoon session followed by a cookout and activities! YAY! For once, I won't be sitting home alone on my birthday!

Now, time for (drumroll)... The Question of the Day! What is your favorite marshmallow shape in Lucky Charms and why? (And please do not say "because it's CUTE!" I'm trying to refrain from responses like that, too.)
My answer: I love the four-leaf clover because 1) it's my second-favorite color and 2) it's just so much fun to eat something of that shape. How many times have you eaten something shaped that way (other than a real four-leaf clover itself)? (pause) Ha! See? Told ya!

Tonight I have two Kiwanis induction ceremonies to host (LN and BRHS), so I most likely won't blog again until tomorrow in SRT. (That is, unless I'm teaching Ash chemistry, which would delay my posts until late Thursday night or Friday afternoon.) So, all you other people need to post! (points finger) I want to come back to OMAS and see several posts by everyone!

Your mother is an aardvark. (Can we change this soon, please??)

P.S. Jack just died. How sad.

Chemistry = EVIL!!!

Okay, so I now HATEchemistry. It is evil. It is the devil. I do not care about acids or bases. I do not. I am sorry. I do not understand. (And because I am giong into physics for IB I doubt that I will need this ever again, or at least ever in high school.)
Ah, and then there is statistics in Algebra. Don't like them either, but I at least understand them.
Anyways...
Back to things about which are worth talking.
I will answer Sarah's question. What bugs me the most....? Hmm...Interesting question. Let's see...I hate going over things 50 billion times! Like, in French, we'll spend SO LONG going over something that is SO EASY. We spend weeks on it! (And, that's not really the problem. THe real problem is that people hasven't learned the stuff from first year. By your 3rd year in French, you should be able to come up with a le/la/les or du/de/de l'/ des/ de la.) Same thing in Latin, only see Latin is a slacker class. You can easily do nothing. But still, I rewally wish that our teachers would push us a bit harder and that we wouldn't spend weeks going over things. Although sometimes the vocabualry mistakes made by the juniors in my Latin class are funny. ( Like getting the word manus (hand) mixed up with the word manibus which is spirits of the dead. It makes for a great sentance: The pig fled from the spirits of the dead of the slaves.
Okay...
I feel better now.
Moving on....
We have a theatre scene due Friday. Nathan and I know our lines forward and backward and we also know each others.
And YAY! Alison joined! Woohoo! My gentle reminder of CHECK YOUR EMIAL AND JOIN US actually worked. I am happy, lol! Now, I need to gentely remind Olivia....hmmmm....
7 more days until my birthday!! YAY! And then one month after that, I'll be able to drive myself!! And no, Jane I will not be running into you. (More likely, you'll be running into me!) You'd better not though. I can't afford to pay that much for insurance!
Oh, yes. Everyone who reads this, plese post a comment with yoru favorite Disney movie. (Unless of course I already asked you.) :-)
We got our projects for US history. Our group is doing Walt Disney :The man and his vision. Yay! Something fun! Not depressing like our last project, The Holocaust. We only get 45 minutes, but we're hoping that Collier lets us go longer considering we're the only ones presenting on the first day. Last time we talked for an hour. I am in charge of getting a poll of people's favorite disney movies, so please help the cause!! I am also in charge of the disney music, including musicals, which is also going to be fun!!
I will be quite surprised if anyone actually read all of this because a.)it was quite random b.) there was a large part of just ranting and c.) it was extremly random. Ah well.
Yourmother is an aardvark.

"Heartplace"

Allo again!

ALI JOINED! Woo-hoo!! Add Olivia and we could start a house- er, Blogger party!! :P

To help out the confused, such as Alison, my title scheme is just based on random song titles from Ayu's CDs. (I trust that everyone who knows me well enough knows Ayumi. If not, then you don't know me as well as you thought, did ya??) Speaking of which, I ordered one of her previously out-of-stock CDs the other day and it STILL hasn't arrived! Darn US postal system!! Grrr...

I'm beginning to sound like Jane. :P

I went to the Honors Program set-up today during SRT. (Actually, that would be about 10 minutes ago...) That, as Ash could tell you, was a complete waste of time. I walked in there, sat down with Ash and waited for about 10 minutes while the Top Ten seniors were told where to stand on the stage. Then we were excused. We did absolutely nothing.

While on the subject of wasting time, I'll continue the trend by posing an incredibly random question. It'll bring out sides of us we had no idea were hidden, and it'll make some people begin to think more. (JANE!) Who knows? We could start a "Question of the Day" type of thing.
Question for May 11, 2004: When you type, what is the one thing that bugs you most? Explain.
(Don't you love it when teachers ask you to explain events and topics that can't truly be explained??)
My answer: I hate the fact that I can never type "about" right. Each time, I stick the "o" before the "b" and I usually have to catch myself and correct it. Argh...

That's enough of my talking for today. Time to go around and post comments!! :)

Your mother is an aardvark!

Pretty Woman

I dunno why i started that as my title..but i did. Hey to you allz and yes ashley, i finally joined as you can see!!! I gave in to peer pressure. YOUNA!!!! wat up gurl??? I'm still not exactly gettin' what the title has to do with our post...since the couple of ones that i read from you guys...i didn't connect with the title...except for maybe ashley's...lol. btw, to all the drivers on the road...watch out for the newly soon to be graduated class of drivers ed (jane)...they will be terrorizing the road. haha. i don't really know what everyone is talking bout with the movie that you guys want youna to watch...but your mother is an aardvark!!!

Gone with the Wind

hallo everyone! yay! ashley gets to work with animals but i feel sorry for the animals considering how wonderfully nice she is to them!!! hehe.. o and i expect u to run into something sometime ashley!!! u must! let's see.. i almost ran a red light, almost hit a like neighborhood sign thingy (well my neighborhood sign thingy to be exact!), um.. i almost ran off the road, and many numerous other things.. and that's a total of driving only 7 hours! i think i shall be a fantastic driver! hehe... driver's ed is almost done tho!! we are finished this thursday!! yayayay!!! oh@ and by the way YouNa... YOU DO NOT WANNA SEE THAT MOVIE! I REPEAT DO NOT WATCH THE LABYRINTH! it can kill brain cells!! it was made by people on crack!! say no to drugs!!!! o and for u people who are like language obsessed... (ahem*ashley) i shall lay blame on that traumatizing movie, M boy II, and the highly infected "couch of love" hehe... well that's all i've got today so tootles!

P.S. Math is EVIL and ur mother is an aardvark!! (happy ashley?! i used a title and i said that stupid line from that stupid movie!!! hehe)

Ashley = SO VERY HAPPY!!!!!!!

WOOHOO!!!!!!! ASHLEY HAS SERVICE HOURS!!!! AND PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH HER ON HER SCHEDULE!!! WOOHOOO!!!!!
I am so unbelievable happy right now. You see, (I will recap for YouNa) I am a member of the IB (International Bac. Programme) and we need 150 service hours for our community service deal thingy. Ah well, my neighbor told me about this place called Silly Safaris and said that they work wiht animals and such and that it would be perfect for me. And so, I emailed them. I waited, and I didn't get any email back. UNTIL TODAY!! THey want to interview me and such and they say that they will work with me around my hours! (Especially because I have summer school. YUK! lol) I am soooo unbelievably happy. This so makes up for waking up aat 1:30 this morning adn not bein able to go back to sleep. I still have yet to take a nap. lol Ah well. That's all I am going to post for now.
Thanks to the Compendium people! (We still wanted to get an okay from you before we really started. Thanks!)

Your mother is an aardvark, (with whom I will soon be working!! WOOHOO!!!)

"HANABI"

PEOPLE ARE COMMENTING! YES!!!!! :P

"A Song for XX"

I changed the layout. Hope you guys like it. :P

"WE WISH"

Allo!!! Greetings from the journalism room! During school hours! (GASP!)

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! The originators of "Compendium" know about us!!!! (gasp!) Haha... I might be the reason behind that. *hides* Yes, Jonah, you should be flattered. You get the chance to bow!! :P

WOOHOO! Ali's gonna join!! By the way, I'm inviting Olivia. I'm sure YouNa wants to hear from her. (Right, YouNa??)

Ashley not hitting any mailboxes or trash cans? You need to come drive over here on Mondays. That's trash day for us. :P And I did notice a lack of response about the "Couch of Love." I personally thought it was funny. ADMIT IT! YOU DID, TOO!
And if anyone makes fun of Ash's infatuation- *ahem* I mean, LOVE, for French, I'll seriously take care of it. She's not the only one planning to major in a language in college. (points to self)

Time for shoutouts:
Ash: I WANNA SEE THE GIFTS!!! SHOW ME!!!
Jane: Girl, you have to get online more. And tell your parents I apologize for Saturday night. (Well, technically it was Sunday morning...)
YouNa: We'll get you a copy of the movie and send it. How about that? It has English subtitles. :) And Ashley had the initial spark to get the blog going; I had wanted to do one before, but at that time Jane's computer was not compatible with Blogger. >_< What school festival are you talking about? Tell us more! :)
Alison: GET ON HERE!
Olivia: DITTO! (Well, once I've invited you...*guilty blush*) :P

EDIT WE NOW HAVE COMMENTS! YES!
Your mother is an aardvark.

Ashley = Good driver

And I just got back from driving my mother on errands. I invited Ali to join, Sarah! :-) We could also invite Olivia, if you wanted. Anyways....I didn't hit anything, and I didn't even come CLOSE to hitting anything! YAY! And the people rejoice. :-)
Happy mother's day to all the mothers, although I don't know of any who read this...I come close, but I am not technically. lol
Boy, I am tired though! Before we went on errands, I helped shovel rocks outside! Arhg.
And now to specific people:
Jane- TITLE SCHEME. Use one!!!! (A gentle reminder)
YouNa- I am in French, and I LOVE it! This is my 3rd year of French, and I am so going to major in it in college! (No laughing other people!) I am also in Latin, but I don't love it as much as I love French. Le francais est la langue la plus chouette!!!
Sarah-Oh! I got something for Jonah and Nathan. Remind me to show you! They're fun! They feel funny! (notice how I am not responing to your couch joke. It's not funny. :-) )
Oh and by the way people- Please post in your next post your title scheme so that we all know. And please end with our ending. We'll end up changing it periodically, so after a while, go ahead, and we'll all use a new one. Currently it's:
Your mother is an aardvark!

"RAINBOW"

YAHOO! YouNa's posted! (And twice, at that!)

Now, if only Ali would join....

Infectious smiles... Yeah, that would be us. :) Jane got her braces off awhile ago. I'm not sure of the exact date, but Jane could most likely tell you. Unfortunately, I still have mine on... :( BLAH!

My personal favorite was the picture of the "Couch of Love..." :P Right, Ash??

*Even on Mother's Day, your mother is still an aardvark.*

"Friend"

Link to pictures from tonight's festivities. :P

"And Then..."

AIM sucks as of right now.

P.S... forgot these in my ealier posts... ur mother is an aardvark!

btw.... The Labyrinth was created by crackheads!!!

"Seasons"

Ann Nyung!

C'est Amaris, the Asian wannabe...
STATS:
Sign: Cancer
Occupation: Student
Happiest when: Receiving YesAsia packages in the mail, watching "Joan of Arcadia," chatting online, reading, writing
First love: Chocolate ice cream
Main enemy: Procrastination
Greeted each morning by: A Miniature Schnauzer (Shannon) and a Shih Tzu (Cookie)
Favorite scents: Rain, vanilla

As for title schemes, mine will be following a pattern of random Ayumi Hamasaki song titles. (Yes, she is a Japanese pop/rock artist, for those who don't know. And yes, she sings in Japanese. No, I don't know Japanese, but soon I will. :P)
Good night, everyone! Sayonara!

ASHWEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehe... im sure u can guess who this is! i am a true asian! hehe... umm.. about me.. im just.. um.. me! altho i am known under some titles such as satan, janey waney poo (*cringe), the b*tch (hehe), and numerous other things... but that's all i can think of for now.. tootles!

Your mother = Aardvark

Hello! Hola! Bonjour! Salvete omnes! And how are you all?? Shall we play the guessing game to guess hwo I am. Ah but you already should know.
To bring people up to date. My name is Ashley. You can call me Arae. Not Ashwee; I hate that...with a passion.
Let's see...I will give you all a mini bio on me. I am 15 soon to be 16. I live with my mom, sister, adn brother. I am unable to type well. :-) I cannot speel. ;-)
I am random. Ask anyone. I love my birds! I love rubber duckies! I love Labrynth! BWAHAHA!
(Ah, and at this point, I should most likely add where we got our name from and the part about the aadvark.)
"Oh my aching sushi!" comes from the best movie ever, THe Labryinth, with David Bowie, as does the "Your mother is an aardvark!"
I must give credit where credit is due. Our idea for this came from Compendium of Stupidity. (WE LOVE YOU!!! and only slightly in a romantic way! lol) Ah well. We are borrowing yoru ideas for this for now, at least until we get started, if that is okay. (Please let me know. :-) )
Ah, and just so you know, we will be stealing the idea of title schemes, if that's okay with the Compendium crowd. (Again, let me know.) For the time being, mine will be (someone/something) = (someone/something else) I'll get bored sooner or later and then I'll change it...OH! I could do Le petit princed quotes, although I already did that in my TOD. Ah well. I will reuse them for this.
Another thing, like Compendium, because as I stated before, they are our insipration and such, we would like to use their idea of ending with a certain sentance/phrase. (Again, some Compendium person, tell me if this is okay.)
Anyways, as far as rules,
1.) Don't go too long without posting
2.) Don't over post.
3.) Don't make fun of the other bloggers.
4.) Use nice language.
I don't believe too many people will be reading this other than us, so we'll just leave it there for now. Alrighty? Alrighty. Love ya all lots and lots!!

Your mother is an aardvark!