Sooo...hey

It's been a while. My computer kind of broke. I got busy with fall semester finals. I did the Christmas break thing (it was sweeet :D). I came back to school. I got sick (twice). I did the Spring break thing. And now here I am, a little more than halfway through the semester. I just gotta say...
English sucks.
It sucks the fun out of my days at times, and it does this thing where it hangs over my head and yet I still put it off until way late. And that's bad. Can't I just not have to do it anymore?
Apparently not. I still have to write that 12-15 page research paper. Oh, and the annotated bibliography. So, may I repeat?
English sucks.
(No offense to those who enjoy English, but I am entitled to my own opinion, aren't I?)

I'm All Grad-Je-Ated ;)

Just look:

(Nothing like tall friends to make you feel short, huh?)

Recently

Recently I...

• Colored my hand...and some eggs, I guess (that was around Easter, so I guess it wasn't so recent)

• I've been chillin' with my cat. Because she's silly ;)

(The book that's crossing in front of her is called "How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You") 

 All the gift wrappings from my little sister's birthday party

Her favorite box. I don't know why she sits in it...but I like it :) 

•  I experimented with my creative skills

• I did some Calculus

Including going to the Calculus Marathon

(And so did Rachel...)

• And I've been thinking about graduation...

• I went to MORP (kind of, I guess we never really made it to the dance. Minigolf + Slurpees sounded better, and it was, we did go to the COLORFUL day date though and ended up with weird things drawn on my windows...)

A little more on Morp: 

So...I went with Matt Merkley. It was fun. The day date was throwing colored chalk at everyone and we got VERY chalky. Especially me, because I'm short, so the top of my head was an easy (and immobile target). Most of mine came off though. And then we went to Walmart and were amused by all the reactions we got from kids. Like..."Wow." and "Daddy, what's that?"

In the evening we gathered at a park for yummy sandwiches and such. There were many people dressed as pirates. But we dressed like normal people. Instead of spending $20 at the dance, I spent about $14 on mini golf (because he had a pass of all passes and mini golf is amazing) and Slurpees  The song theme of the night was "When I Was Your Man" by Bruno Mars, which was on the radio at one point. Before going home, we went and drank our Slurpees on some swings at this random playground. It was great fun, although a little chilly. 

So...that was my Morp experience. Now back to other recent stuff...

• I babysat for one of my young women's leaders a couple of times. Her kids are...amusing

 And let's just say they'd do well in some Radio ugly-offs. ;)

•  And I've had a LOT of fast food/going out to eat. Betos, Taco Bell, Chili's, Red Robin, LOTS of pizza (Little Caesar's, Brick Oven, Papa Murphy's)...yeah. I've eaten out (or in but from out) a lot.

And...look at my face in this next one:

• I cleaned my room really, really well. Unfortunately...it kind of got dirtied up again. The main thing though, is that I FINALLY put all the books I've bought in the last year or so on my book case!

I'm kind of starting up a new pile though ;)

• And I got some AWESOME bowling shoes for my birthday! (Okay, so I opened and wore them early, it had to be done)

That made me REALLY happy. And I'm really excited for my birthday. YAY! :)

Also, some things I did but don't have pictures to go along with:

• I looked through the entire yearbook. And I am SO excited for the early release party!
• I took two AP tests (English and Biology) that I hopefully passed! (with a 4 in English, I hope)
• I wrote a ridiculously long, difficult English research paper on Celiac Disease
• I took my statistics final, which will give me an A in that class if I got a 78% or something like that
• I went to a golf banquet (I also finally got to golf 9 rounds at Fox Hollow, and that was fun)
• I (OBVIOUSLY) read a whole ton of books
• I graduated seminary (whew, that was sooo much work ;D)
• And...

I HAVE ROOMMATES, FOR COLLEGE. WITH NAMES!!

Amanda, Bekah (who will be my ROOM-mate), Jessica, Erika, and Tori.

So weird to think about! I've even corresponded with Tori and Bekah and they seem really cool. :)

Hopefully this fall will be AMAZING!

And....that's most of what I've done recently (minus a few, probably insignificant, things that I forgot and like I said most likely aren't important anyway :D)

Dear High School, College, and The Future

Okay, first of all: high school.
You've been kind of great. Some days were better than others, but overall you've given me a fairly pleasurable experience. But seriously, what is up with AP English? Can't you just expel that evil for the happiness of all seniors? Or at least make it stop torturing us at a certain point (like...maybe now, or 5 1/2 days ago?). I understand that your life is hard and all, but...give me a break. Please?

Next: College.
You know, you're kind of scary. I feel like I have everything planned out, but I don't really know anything about you. You're like this big mysterious place that is making me leave my home to attend you. But...you'll probably be fun. And hopefully not too stressful or confusing. Please don't make me too responsible, I still want to be sort of juvenile sometimes, okay?

Finally, The Future.
Capitalized and ominous. You are the unknown, the thing I can only hope goes well and...I guess there's not really a lot to say about you. See you around. :D

This Just In...

"Russ purchases music." "I do. I don't own a single song..." -Russ Mayo :D

Forgery 101

That's what we do in Russ's class. Today we learned names... I love the American education system.

Gov & Cit

I had my first class of that just barely, with Embley. Franklin's in my class, so that's cool :) It was actually pretty good. I feel like I talked a lot. It was kind of weird. I seriously hate politics, but somehow when they come up, I have a lot to say. Anyway, here's a quote:

"If men were angels, no government would be necessary." -James Madison

Right, I Totally Believe That ;)

"We were constantly bombarded by girls coming to visit us." -Van Djik

Failings

The fire alarm just went off.
That's the second occasion in recent times.
And that sucks, because it's cold and snowy outside.
Dang it kiln! You're so lame for smoking and making us stand outside for almost 40 MINUTES.
Blah

Those Poor Sensitive B-Cells

"You're too sensitive, we'll kill you." -Van Djik

Regarding Vaccines

Dear Universe,
I just thought I'd let you know. I now know much more about the human immune system. I understand how vaccines work. I feel pretty good about that. I like biology. :)
Just thought I'd let you know,
                                               Me

Eloquence

"Number...the next thing..." -Van Djik

A Simile

"I just said, 'she runs like a drunk penguin.'" -Cassie Wood

More Alcohol...Because of Biology

"They could build shorter stone walls which would give them more time to get drunk at the pub." -Van Djik

Biology is AWKWARD

"Basically, if you're not having sex, you might as well be dead." -Van Djik

I worry. A lot.

Awkward Biology

I've got two for you today:

"Everyone likes the male ones..." -Van Djik

"We picked male cones." -Rachel Eldredge

Strange Words

"You can't have a guy going, 'I wanna mate with the girl over there with the pretty eyes and FLUFFY TAIL." -Van Djik

A Little Violent There, Van Djik

"I could slit its throat, pull out its heart and find its genes." -Van Djik

So that's what happened to your bunny...

Bio

In biology a few weeks ago, we learned about saccharides (sugars).

So I wrote with them. 

Yeah. ;)

Thanks, Bayles

"I didn't swear! I don't do that...in class...on purpose." -Bayles