Cool as a fish

Hey guys,
Have you ever heard the above expression? (Just a penny for your thoughts - I'm simultaneously bored and confused.)

Western! Ternaders!

You get Moriah, McKenzie, Hannah, a camera and Moriah's backyard together and this is what you get.

I'm... Done.

I'm done with school.

I'm a sophomore.

I don't have to go to school all summer.

Wow.

This hasn't quite sunk in yet.

Does One Vote Really Count?

Well, most people don't believe it, but yeah. Back in 1776, it was one vote that decided America would speak english instead of German. That would be weird. Well, not really, since it would have been the official American language since there was an America, but still. This also points out that there's already been a vote, the official American language IS english. Not spanish. It annoys me when I see signs with english and spanish on them, because like, America's the melting pot. And it would be a pretty boring melting pot if it only had two foods in it. So why discriminate against the other people? Grr...
And it was one vote that brought Adolf Hitler to power. I don't think I need to go over what damage THAT did. So have I convinced you yet that one vote counts?

This is us, of course...:)

Haha, just kidding. Ignore everything that isn't singing, this was just the most complete version I could find. Simply incredible.

Twilight

I don't know how many of you have read Twilight, but here's my review of it.

I was skeptical of it at first. All I knew of it was that this girl in my Seminary class named Sydney loved it and wanted to marry Edward Cullen. I kept hearing about the book, though, and everyone I talked to who had read the book loved it. I decided to try it. I started off by reading how the idea for Twilight was born on the book's website. It sounded interesting enough, so Amanda Swanson loaned me her copy. It sat on my desk for a while, waiting for me to put down the textbooks. Yesterday, I finally did.

I started it around 5pm and stayed up until around midnight to finish it. (I did have a break for dinner - I wasn't about to miss spring rolls!) I loved the book. I thought that the beginning was very well done - a beginning for the character and the reader. I thought Bella was a little pessimistic, but I really loved her anyway. Her observances and musings were very entertaining, but Edward totally stole the show.

I had heard that people thought Edward was amazing. That doesn't even cover it. Edward is pretty much the perfect man. He's cryptic at first. We have no idea what he's thinking. And then the character unfolds. As Edward gives up trying to stay away from Bella, the reader gives up trying to not love Edward. Edward is gentlemanly, smart, mysterious, amazingly good-looking, interesting, strong enough to dent a truck, brave, fast and all around incredible. Wow.

The characters in this book are very interesting. I don't think that the characters of Bella's friends are very deep or developed, but the complete opposite is true of Edward's vampire family. They're very intricate characters and I can't wait to read more about them.

The setting of the book could not be more perfect for the story. I personally love rain and trees, so the rainiest place in the country with a bunch of trees immediately appealed to me.

The language of the book was amazing. The descriptions of characters, of places, even of things was incredible.

I seriously cannot wait to read more. Wow.

Tornado Watch

(Supposedly it touched down in Weld, but that's just a side note)

So. What'd you guys think of that today?

So...

So guys,
Some of us have plans for the summer, some of us don't, but we should all hang out together so we don't go stir-crazy.

Ranting (Because it keeps me sane)

Yes, I know I do this pretty often, but I really need to just let it out. Before I murder someone (like the admiral) or commit suicide myself.

So... List of people's heads I want to bite off.

Ms. Reifschneider: "You know what?! Fine! Just don't bring your friggin instruments anymore! I'm so sick of you guys disrespecting me and not doing your best. (keep in mind, this is the 3rd to last day of orchestra) Just stop whining, you big fat WHINERS!!" (umm.. can you get anymore immature?)

Phoebe: "Wait, Nathan, you failed your Protein Synthesis science test? Really? *annoying twitter* Because I got like a 98% on that one! *annoying twitter* I was soooo proud of myself." (good for you Phoebe! wow... 98%. I would be amazed. That is, if I actually cared.)

Little Kindergarteners Who I Had to Help on Field Day for Student Aid Today (I was at the beanie bag toss, and I had to organize them.): I said, "Umm, hey, can this girl join your group?" Little kids say, "NO! We started in this group, and we're going to end in this group! She doesn't belong here!" *glares at girl they are excluding* Me: "Ok then..."

Our School Administrators: Yay! We are now 40th nation in the school! I don't think I'll EVER forget such an accomplishment. I mean, how could I, with the way you shove it in everyone's face at every possible moment? Oh but don't forget, though we're 40th now, we CAN AND WILL be NUMBER 1 !!! Go P2P!! Go school spirit!! *barf*

Ok. I think I'm done now. Oh, kelsey, this cracked me up. My violin teacher thought that they flower you drew on my back was a tatoo and she sorta freaked out a little... lol. at least she didn't see the old balding lady. Then she really woulda flipped out.

Quote(s) of the week

Dwight: "I know that kid...he's the one who sneeks onto my property and steals my hemp!"

Pizza Boy: "I know that guy. He's the farmer who grows the crappy weed."

~The Office

Another Question.

Has anyone heard of the musical Seesaw? It was made in the 1970s. 1976 i think. So it's fairly recent.

Whoops.

I just fell asleep on my math homework. Thankfully, my sister woke me up before I started drooling.

I am so sick of school. I'm ready to be done. Right now.

12 days. 12 days.

The Chronicles of Narnia- Prince Caspian

Wow. This is an incredible movie. For fans of the book, don't look at it as if it's going to follow the book exactly- mainly because it doesn't. However, it holds truer to the book than I was expecting. Parts are just a bit more jumbled up and out of order. Oh my gosh, I don't even know what to say about it. It was rated PG, but I think a PG 13 rating would be better. Most of the movie was spent immersed in battle- a bit more than necessary. Miraz's death, I thought, was rather drawn out, but everything that went into it was good. Sure, there's rarely blood and you almost never see anything due to camera handling. But that doesn't change the fact that this is pretty much a war movie. People are dying left and right and that's not something that should merely be considered parental guidance! The part with the White Witch, the hag, and the were-wolf was weird. I wish that part could have adhered to the book more because it seemed just sort of out-there and sketchy. But it was good the way they handled the scene and the fight there. I thought it would have been better if they'd all vocalized more. Once they discover they've been brought to Narnia they all automatically understand that it's been hundreds of years. I for one thought that deserved a bit more recognition, because it's actually important. The scene during the night where Lucy has a dream was vague and unexplained. You think it's real and then it instantly cuts away and she's sleeping again. That confused me! One thing I wish they had done was use names. No one who came out of that movie knew who Reepicheap was, or Trumpkin the Dwarf, but they were some of the very central characters! In future movies that's going to trip them up. When they're in Aslan's Howe (that's the Narnian hideout, since it was never named), Lucy tells Edmund "maybe its us who need to prove ourselves to him." That's a mistake. It sounds all profound and stuff, but it's wrong. The children can't prove anything to Aslan. No one can. The whole point is that we are pathetic and useless and can't do anything on our own. It's all Aslan. I think that would confuse viewers. The kiss between Caspian and Susan: better than I had feared. It's ending something, not initiating it. However, since it's so close to the end and everything, I think people might get caught up in it. It's supposed to be a love story between Aslan and his children, not Caspian and a lover. Hm. And just a nit picky thing- Caspian is supposed to be blonde. That would be difficult, since the Telmarines are portrayed as Spaniards. I thought that was a fairly good interpretation, because they are supposed to be a different race. At the same time, it was occasionally difficult to understand them. The ending scene with the door was really good. The song I felt, even though Kelsey thought it was a bit out of place, was really good. It represented the transition back to our world...It was interesting the way Peter and Susan knew they weren't coming back. It worked though. Coming back to our world is so sad. And then this dude who was hitting on Susan earlier called to her, calling her Phyllis, as she'd told him at the beginning. And it was like, oh......... It was so sad. I was sad. Susan never goes back. That's it for her. She abandons Narnia! That's so sad. *tear*

The End of School

Yes, it's near. It fills me with an odd sort of feeling of nostalgia and anticipation. I sorta hate school nowadays, but still. I love all of you guys. And I'll miss you. And I don't really look forward to days and days of nothingness.

Finals ahead... I hate finals. I wasn't joking when I said finals were meant to fail students. I mean, if you're a bad student there's no way you're going to get an amazing grade on the final and bring your grade up, but even good students fail finals. And it can bring your grade down like 5%. And I feel really bad for the ppl w/ like 89% because they have to get like a 95% or higher on their final to get an A. And that just sucks for them.

Who is going to the awards ceremony next wednesday? I hope we don't have to listen to speeches about "how P2P is now the 47th school in the nation" even though I'm sure we will...

Argh... I've been feeling to dreary and not-fun lately. Sorry if I depressed you...

Seussical

I think I have made up my mind about the Seussical ideas next year. I don't think we should do it. For one thing, the music doesn't hit me like other songs do - I personally like some of the songs in Music Man much better. And second, I don't feel like we've got the right dynamic at our school for this particular musical - the only person I can really see in any part is Matt possibly as Horton - I can't see anyone else really fitting a role. And of course, there's the fact that Centaurus did it last year. So that's my take. Other opinions?

An Amazing Song and Some Unrelated Musings

This song is called "It's Possible" and it's from Seussical. And oh my gosh, the little boy that's singing is AMAZING! I am in love with his voice! And this song!

Olive has hit the blog again. Yay!

Mindy is part of the blog now. Yay!

I'm sick. Not yay. But I'm sort of getting better. Yay!

Well, that's all for now, folks!

What I Want to do Before I Die

So I've already shown Katie and Kelsifiers parts of this, but this is a list of things I want to do before I die.

1. Go hang gliding.
2. Live in sin.
3. Have a honest to goodness food/cake fight.
4. Throw an apple at a little kid.
5. Seduce a Mormon with my shoulders and knees.
6. Become a hairstylist.
7. Get into a drunken brawl. (Though I won't be drunk. psh. I wouldn't be that stupid. I do want to win this drunken brawl!)
8. Get drunk. or high.
9. Be one of those musicians on Pearl Street and see how much money I could get. (With my lovely voice, who knows? :P)
10. Freeze my tongue to a flag pole.

Orchestra Auditions

AHH! Today was my first audition for an outside orchestra. I got into HPYS thank goodness! But she was prolly influenced because I was in the orchestra the first year. And I don't think I played that well. Whatever. I'll see how good I really am when I audition for other orchestras and see how that turns out.

Mindy, don't worry. I'm pretty much 97% sure I'm going to HPYS, but I'm auditioning for Front Range just because I didn't get in last year, and I want to see if I'm good enough this year. And I might audition for BYS because my teacher really wants me to.

So, this is my sad, music-consumed life.

Just random thought, but how would it feel to be really fat? like I'm talking morbidly obese. Can you think about how much that would suck? Like you're lugging around 200-300 more pounds than your body should be carrying. It must get awfully tiring...

Who I am!

My Sweet Baboo

The below quiz

The URL to the above quiz can be found at http://www.quizilla.com/users/anonymousnowhere/quizzes/Which%20Peanuts%20Character%20are%20You?/

Which Peanuts Character Are You?

Some Days This Feels Like the Story of My Life...

Strangle Air In Front of Me

Lately, that's all I seem to be doing. Strangling imaginary people. Well, real people that I wish were in my hands at that moment. But aren't.

List of people I've been wanting to strangle lately:

The Nazi Reifshneider: Why do me and Roo get stuck it the worst sextet ever made in history w/ the hardest piece?? WHY US??

Alana Blades ("What is communism?" uh... well... I dunno. WE'VE JUST LEARNED ABOUT IT FOR THE PAST 3 FLIPPIN YEARS)

Kaylin - does she even have a brain anymore? or did it go down the gutter? Literally and figuratively...

Joon - my god GET A COMB. And stop talking like an idiot for 5 seconds can you!!??

The people in my spanish class: yes, Senora Meiler is a crappy teacher, but she's not going to get any better and we have a month left of school SO STOP WHINING!!

That's it... for now... ARGH! *Strangles more imaginary people*

Probability...he he he >.<

Has anyone else noticed that the percentages and statistics for the new poll (fav color) aren't matching up?

ARG

Gah! I can't get the perspective on this stupid guillotine to work! Curse Ms. Hollis and her enthusiasm for french-revolution based cartoons!

So...tired...

Oh my goodness this weekend has been totally amazing!!! And I am really tired right now.
Thursday night: Moriah and Hannah and Kaylin came over, watched Enchanted, ate popcorn and cheesecake. Yum :)

Friday morning: went out to breakfast with some friends... haha

Friday night: had a movie night. Didn't watch movies. Just the way I like them.

Saturday: LEFT FOR BRECKENRIDGE!!!

So I just got back from Breck today at like 5:45 and I am really tired. It was me, AJ, David, Thomas, Drew Bloom, Matt, Matt's dad, Mr. Gaskins, Laura, Christine, and Molly Crouse. It was so much fun! We played Mafia (or, "partytime"- we did our very best to keep it completely G-rated) in the multiple indoor/outdoor pools and hot tubs, walked through town, played frisbee, went to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and Dairy Queen, set off the car alarm like 4 times, had trolley races, played poo sticks in the river, got snowballs thrown at us by firemen...Oh, it was awesome. But I'm really tired now.

Love
Y'all
Good
Night

Drumroll, Please

I have received an e-mail from BYU StarTalk program and...

I AM GOING TO CHINESE CAMP THIS SUMMER!

It starts on June 23rd.

I'll get back on July 16th.

Gah!

OMG! Mindy's definition.

This totally cracked me up...

1. Used to replace the you in 'i love you' but it can also mean the whole phrase,so instead of saying 'i love you' say mindy. Also used to say 'i luv you to'

2. paradoxal; contrary to common sense, yet is perhaps true. A woman that is an enigma. Hard to figure but worth the effort

and again... more scandalous things that I won't post... and again. if you really feel like it you can look it up yourself.

Katie's Definition

A happy person who is a good listener and reliable friend. Likes to party and is always there when you need her.


the name katie is usualy given to one who happens to be exceptionaly well at pleasing their partner. katie's happen to be very good at making the opposite sex rather "turned on". one would not regret having been with a katie.


A happy, friendly person who likes to be around friends and gives lots of hugs


And there was more... some not so scandalous. one VERY scandalous. very inappropriate, so I didn't post it because I know Katie would murder me. But you can go look it up yourself.

Definition of Moriah

My name's definition:

"someone who is really fly
has a LOT of style and popular
very hott and loves to have fun"

Yeah...