Needless Lyrics

I'm going to keep at this blogging thing. Regardless of the fact that no one is reading it. I've given up on making it mildly entertaining. But in five years I want to be able to look back and cry from laughter at how much I've changed.

So in Fuel on Sundays at church we've broken up into little prayer groups. We all get together for like 5 minutes at the beginning of each lesson and write down each others prayer requests. I kind of dreaded it a little at first. Only because of how well we all haven't gotten along in the past year or so. It's actually really nice though; kind of reminds us why we all liked each other in the first place.

But I've kind of noticed a running theme in all of our requests each week. College.
It scares me to death.

I've known our entire small group for at least five years, most of them longer than that. The idea of everyone going off to school is so weird. I've known several of these people longer than I've known how to tie my shoes, longer than I've been able to form a compound sentence. It's so bizarre.

And obviously this extends past the people I know at church. College is being talked about everrrywhere.

There are definitely people that I think will be fine, that will adjust well. But there are a few that I'm almost certain will be knocking on mom and dad's door, not knowing how to boil water, within thee first two weeks of being away.

There are a few people I won't be sad to not see as regularly (or..never again..). But there are ALSO a few I hate the idea of losing touch with. I'm a pretty dependent person. I am. Not in the sense that I need someone constantly being with me, or always hanging out with fifteen different people. But I rely on my close friends to keep my spirits up. When I'm down, I talk to people. When I'm frustrated, I talk to people. When I'm happy, I talk to people. And yes, I will meet new people at school. But I know that there are certain friendships that probably won't last if we're not seeing each other once a week. And I hate that.

I like the people that I'm close with now. Yes, I so badly want to meet new people; to experience new things. But I don't want to lose that small circle of people that I love. People keep telling me that if they really matter they won't go anywhere. But I know that's crap. I've transferred schools enough times to know that sometimes, no matter how much you give it, there are just some relationships that don't work when you're not around someone.


Meh, anyway. Today I got in my first..wreck? Collision? Hah, I don't know.

I'm rounding a turn in my stupidly curvy neighborhood and the short bus appears and is in the MIDDLE OF THE STREET. I'm not talking like, was a little on my side of the street; where I can just kind of skirt into the little lip/curb thing. I mean like, if I didn't move I was going to be run over. So, I got over. A mailbox just happened to be inhabiting the same piece of earth I wanted. BEST PART? The bus kept driving. So, my mirror and car ended their relationship. I was crying, people were waving at me as I left the neighborhood looking like someone just died. It was a great afternoon.

Now, I shall go lay down and catch up on TV I've missed this week because I was being a good senior, doing her homework.

Oh, one more thing. I was thinking today, while taking mindless government notes, that I've had well over five gallons of green tea in the past two months. I can't decide if that's healthy or not.

Today is a BEAUTIFUL day. I keep standing in the doorway. AH, I love this weather.

Went to lunch with Elizabeth today to work on the yearbook cover. It was good times. We went to Little Azio's. They have these huge garage door windows and they were open and it was BEAUTIFUL. Ah, so nice.

This past weekend was so weird. Something just felt off. It wasn't a BAD thing, just..weird.

Yesterday was FULL of weirdness. I talked to people I haven't really spoken to in forever. It was good. Very weird, but very nice. It made me realize how grateful I am to have a ton of people in my life that really care about me. Regardless of how often we talk, they'll always be there for me. And, it kind of hit me how much I WILL actually miss them all next year.

I shall now go take an insanely long shower, get more green tea, and then ENJOY the outside.

I would REALLY love it if Christmas would hurry up. I love the whole wintery season. Cold weather, Christmas trees, and baking. AND SO MUCH MORE.

I just -AH- I love it. I love putting up the tree; I love cooking yummy things. AND I CAN WEAR MY SCARVES. I have a strong love and respect for scarves. I got a beauuuutiful one for my birthday. And I can't WAIT to wear it.

But I'm getting ahead of myself. Fall still needs to really kick in. Which, is still fine with me. I love fall just as much as winter. Leaves, college football, and LAYERS. Woo. I'm pumped.


Today was a nice one for the most part. It was a little hectic to begin with. But after finishing my physics test (we'll see how that goes), things were pretty smooth.

Chorus was good, not too many people, but a good group nonetheless. That's what got me really in the whole Christmasy mood. We're practicing all of our songs for Christmas. And I love them all. We're singing the Charlie Brown Christmas song. Christmas timeeee is hereeeee. I adore that song. It's so cute.

So that is all, I must go do homework and eat and things.

Because The Office comes on tonight! I know you've all been waiting.

So, hello blog. I've decided something. I've decided that I'm going to be completely honest with you. I'm going to try my hardest to just write what I feel. I'm going to try my VERY hardest to pretend as though no one is reading you.

That will be hard. But I'm going to try. I will also try to do it more frequently. The posts won't always be funny (not that they ever are...) and they certainly won't always be entertaining. But since I'm AWFUL at keeping any kind of journal, I'd like to have something to look back at in a couple years.

SO HERE WE GO.

Today was good. Went to Starbucks this morning. That was a good time. I haven't been in a while, and I always appreciate some good coffee. We of course get stalked by another creepy fellow. Because that ALWAYS happens. We decided to move outside because I, of course, had picked a spot in direct sunlight. And guess what, CREEPY MAN came out with us! It was good times. We always get creeped on at Starbucks.

Other than that, today was mostly relaxing. No school, Taco Bell for dinner, laughing...today was a good day.

It's days like today that make me forget about all of the college stuff I can't stop thinking about (which I should probably blog about if I'm really going for this whole honestly thing).

So yes, that's pretty much it. Pretty uneventful day. Tomorrow doesn't look too much more exciting. Lots of quality time with Frankenstein and my physics book. Woo!

It's eating me. I need a break. I'm so tired of people and trying to please everyone, keep everyone happy. I'm tired of trying and not feeling like people need me like I need them. BLAH.

On a slightly happier note I went to GCSU on Monday with Morgan, Mrs. Diana, and my mom. That was a good time. We laughed a lot and had a great time. But it wasn't really..for me I don't think. It was a nice campus and all, good programs, nice people. Just not for me.

Yesterday I went to a yearbook conference in Chattanooga. And again, very nice. We had a good time. But it was just a long time to be in the car for one day.

Now, I'm working on my government paper and praying for the weekend to be here as soon as possible. Woo.

I'm feelin' ZIPPY tonight.

So this weekend is my birthday. And I'm not so excited. I mean, I suppose I'm excited for the actual BIRTHDAY but I'm not exactly excited for the eight hour drive to the mountains.

BUT ANYWAY.

On Sunday, I was feeling a little down. Mostly because I didn't get out of the house because I was feeling a little under the weather and when I DON'T get out of the house, things aren't pretty. I was convinced that my stay at home Monday wouldn't be any better.

BUT THEN, I won tickets. Tickets to see one of my FAVORITE bands play. The Fray. :D
I was happy. And, it's a small event, only 200 attendees. AH. Intense.
It's just funny to me how I can be so down one second and then BAM! God's like, "Hey, hey look. Stop complaining, things are good. Here, let me prove it to you." And then things like that happen.

And really, this was definitely a God thing. Because the chances of me being able to win ANYTHING on the radio are about as great as everyone sprouting a tail and breathing under water. Really, same odds.

So yes, I'm very excited by that. Was definitely a good start to my week.

Now, I shall go read Frankenstein and go to sleep.

See you all tomorrow perhaps?

FINALLY!

I'm so happy to finally be able to say that. I can't even express to you how happy that makes me. Not...because it means I'm the oldest or anything, just because it means I'm so close to being done with high school. So many people try to tell me that high school is "the best four years of your life," but if THESE are my best years, I'm not really looking forward to the rest of it..

Don't get me wrong, I've had some fantastic times. I mean, I wouldn't trade this past summer for anything in the world, but aside from the summers and the other few good times, I really haven't liked it that much. I really, honestly, hate school. And don't get me wrong, I love learning. I LOVE finding out new things. But I just really hate learning about things that I don't care about..at all. I know everyone has to learn all of it, but that doesn't really make it any easier.

So I'm glad to finally be nearing the end of it all. And I'm excited for what God has in store for me up ahead.

But as for right now..I'm good with where I am. I love the people that are close to me, and that's all that really matters. :)

Today was a FANTASTIC day. I don't know why, but it was.
I got to school on time, which is..always a nice way to start things off. School went by pretty..uneventfully. Well, and I got Starbucks somewhere in there.. And THAT is always a welcomed part of any day.

After, I went and got a skirt for school and a sweet tea from McDonalds. I'm pretty sure the world could be ending, a meteor speeding towards my head, and if I had a sweet tea, I'd be able to deal.

Then, we went home and my mom painted my nails. :D I'm pretty self-sufficient, but this is one talent I have yet to master. And whenever I try, it always ends...horribly, with fingernail polish somewhere I did not intend for it to be.

And after that I headed to the movies, met Amanda, and we saw Julie & Julia. It was ADORABLE. I, for some reason, did not have very high expectations for it, but it was so cute. It made me laugh and smile and just put me in a good mood. AND it ended great. (Happy, but not perfect.)

AND THEN..Amanda and I got to jump her car off of mine (Is that even how you phrase that?). That was a good time..haha
I'm glad I can at least say I've done it now. AND IT WORKED..SO THAT WAS GOOD TIMES.

And on the way home I had the windows down (AND IT WASN'T MISERABLY HOT! It was warm..but bearable.) and the music loud and that's just a perfect ending to any day. :)

Today was good, I think tomorrow will be good. This WEEK will be good. I'm being positive. That's the only way I'll make it through this year without strangling someone.

HAPPY TIMES!
Off to watch Big Brother. :)

Uncle Kracker-Smile

is teaching me things. SCARY.
I was looking back at something I wrote on the night before the last day of 9th grade, and it made me smile. I was much more self-actualized then. That's a little pitiful.

Anyway, I edited it, added to it, and took away some things. But, for the most part, it all still holds true. A lot of it still sounds like the 9th grade me, but that's ok. I'm going to post it, even though no one appears to be reading any longer, I SHALL POST.

LIFE.

It's not always great.
It hardly ever goes like we planned and usually even less like we wanted it to. Things go wrong and things are messed up, people make mistakes, and say the wrong things.
But we have to learn to forgive. Because before we know it, the time has passed and our chance is gone. And there's no taking that moment back, no rewind or re-do button.
We have to learn to not regret anything we say or do. Because in the moment we said or did the wrong thing, we did exactly what we truly wanted to do.
We have to learn that people grow apart, not every one of our best friends will really stay our best friend. People change, grow apart, and make new friends.
We have to learn that change is the thing that shapes us, makes us who we are. Change tests us and pushes us to our limits. It tells us who we really, truly are.
We have to learn that our family really is the one thing that we can always count on. We can mess up, scream, and yell and they will still be there, ready to stand up for us even when we made the wrong choice.
We have to learn that sometimes, it's our friends that act more like family. Sometimes it's our friends who we can really count on to always be there when our families are unbearable.
We have to learn that at some point, we're going to have our hearts broken. And chances are, at least once, it’ll get broken by the one person we thought we could really trust. It’ll be the one person we swore we were in love with.
We have to learn that people don't always mean to hurt us. Sometimes it's simply that they've changed. And other times they realize that they didn't really love us, like we loved them. They know it's better to end it before it hurts any more than it has to.
We have to learn that some of the time, we have to believe in ourselves in order to get by. Sometimes no one, not even our closest friends and family will stand behind us. There will come a time when no one can understand why we’re struggling, and we’ll have to be the ones to pick ourselves up.
We have to learn to move on. We can’t experience new things until we’ve accepted the old.
We have to learn that we won’t always get along and agree with our best friends. They say that fighting can make a relationship stronger. No two people are exactly the same, no two people agree on everything.
We have to learn that we will get hurt. Our family will hurt us, our friends will hurt us, and the one person who said they’d never hurt us. But that’s ok, because if we move on, it can make us stronger.
And at some point, we have to accept that life's not perfect. But if we try our hardest to make it the best we can, if we forgive those that love us, if we’re as honest as we can be, and if we love as best we know how, it can come about as close as it gets.

90. I'm over sensitive, and not very good at hiding it. If you've upset me or pissed me off, you'll know it.
89. I cry when I get really angry. It's true. Ask people.
88. I hate it when you say something stupid, and people WILL NOT forget about it. We all make mistakes people, move on.
87. I am not a crafty person. I try my hardest, but glue and I just don't get along.
86. I hate when people aren't respectful of their elders. I mean, it's fine if you don't like them..or if you just don't agree with them, but at least give them some respect.
85. I get hungry at really odd times during the day. Like, around 3pm..and really late at night.
84. I never sleep on my back, ever. If I am, there's something wrong with me and you should probably wake me up.
83. I love traveling, LOVE IT. Road trips are my favorite, even if I'm just going somewhere closer.
82. I'm really hypocritical when it comes to messes. I'm fine with MY mess, but I don't like anyone else's.
81. It takes me forever to fall asleep. That is unless I'm talking to someone, then I'm out in a few minutes.

More..later.
Almost done with school. So close.

100 things..ALL. ABOUT. ME.
But I'm not THAT mean, I'm splitting them up. :)
I haven't had a whole lot to blog about, so I'm going to start another list of things you might not know about me. :D

100. I love Sudoku, seriously. It takes me a while on anything past a medium level, but I still love doing them.
99. The TV shows I watch vary far and wide. I love House, but I love The Hills. I'm addicted to Gossip Girl, but I watch Mythbusters almost every week. Dirty Jobs cracks me up, and I've watch Grey's Anatomy from the start.
98. I HATE math, HATE it. Not only am I no good at it, I just don't see a need for anything much past Algebra 2 in life. Well, unless you're going to be a mathematician. Then..maybe.
97. I'm incredibly stubborn, but at the same time, I'm more than willing to hear another opinion on something. Just..don't expect me to change my mind, at least not right away. :)
96. I like planning. I like knowing exactly what to do and when to do it. I HATE "fly by the seat of the pants" people. I'm all for spontaneity, if you're say..on a trip. But if you want me to get something done or be somewhere, I need details.
95. I associate everything with something else..smells, songs, movies, books. Thunderstorms=McDonald's Fries, 8th grade=Daniel Powter- Bad Day. You name it, I'll tell you what I associate with it. :)
94. I get very passionate about things, very quickly.
93. I'm really bad about automatically assuming everyone understands exactly what I mean when I'm texting/emailing. If you don't, please ask.
92. I really hate it when people aren't honest with me. PLEASE tell me what you really think instead of skirting around the subject.
91. I'm very, VERY picky about my iPod, everything needs an album cover and everything needs a title and an artist. And if not, then I'm..not a happy camper. :) haha

So..I'm sorry for the lack of posts lately. School is ALMOST over (FIVE DAYS. OHMAHLORD), so I SHOULD be posting more frequently. The performances for church and school are done, so things are finally settling down a little. The day after we get out, we're heading to Alabama for my cousin's graduation. And then..summer. And I can drive this year. AH. I'm excited.

Now..off to dissect a fish. :|

I cannot blog everyday. I cannot.

However, I shall try again in June/July.

That is all.
FO REAL.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

I promise you I have been blogging..just..not online.
First I was out of town, doing family things, with painfully slow internet. And then I come home from the grandpaent's house, AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW? Our internet is out!
Not funny Bellsouth/AT&T/mysterious internet box. NOT funny. I do not appreciate it one bit. (It actually turned out that the guys that are working on putting AT&T U-verse in the neighborhood bumped our line. PSH. No excuse.)

And THEN the next day, which I believe was Thursday, I soon learn that our water has been cut off. Which again, is just AWESOME. There are people out there I tell you, people wanting my to get in touch with my caveman side. What NEXT horrible people? Are you going to take away my electricity? Or the air conditioning?
The answer? OH YES. THEY TRIED. Because what do you know?! Friday we have tornado warnings! And my mother was convinced that a storm was SURE to blow RIGHT through our house at ANY moment. So Friday night, I spent most of the time in our basement computer room on the floor, listening to the same weather report on the radio again, and again. OH AND ONE MORE TIME. Not to mention the fact that the magic people DID flicker power on and off again, threatening me with their power.
(But then we went to iHop for dinner at 9pm so I suppose that makes up for the rest of that day. But I put this in parenthesis so not to take away from the drama of the day.)

Also, Thursday night I realized I left my power cord for my laptop in Alabama. So I'm without my laptop until they can ship it over here. I miss it. I'm at a loss without it. I've been reading a lot this week. Three books since Tuesday in fact.

But now, I must go and do Eastery things. Like..eat my chocolate eggs and sleep.
I'll be posting those blogs periodically throughout the week along with the blog for that day.

BYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYE.

Well, it's fun now. Ask me again in 15 days.

(I'm posting both here (where I normally post), and here, by the way.)

As most of you don't know, I got rats about a month ago. They were mostly for my science fair (which I got 1st in thank you very much), but I also really, really wanted them. :)

Rats have a horrible rep for being nasty, disease caring rodents. And while they ARE rodents, they're not dirty at all. They're constantly cleaning themselves and they WANT to keel their cage clean. And, unlike hamsters or guinea pigs, they want to be with you, they love companionship.

NOT to mention, they're adorable.

And, as awful as the quality is, this is even MORE adorable.
AH HUGE PICTURES. But her name's Eloise. :)

I got two the first go-round. One was a bit older than the other and she refused to warm up to us and started getting slightly aggressive towards the other one, so we had to take her back. We got a tiny little one instead. A week after we got her, it was very apparent that she wasn't healthy. But we'd already fallen in love with her and couldn't think of taking her back. So we called the store and they said we'd have to "return her" so they could get her well and then we could "buy her" again.

Anyway, today I went to PetSmart to get a ball and to visit the baby rat. (And let my just tell you, THEY GROW SO FAST. It makes me sad, because they've had her all week. And then I'll have her for about two days and then we're going out of town for spring break. So when I get back, she'll be so big! Sad times everyone, sad times.)

And now I'm watching Eloise run around in her ball and it is hilariously funny.

BUT ALAS. I should be going, doing school work. All of that.
I'm loving this BEDA thing. Gives me something to distract myself with. :D hah

So um, I have this feeling..that most of you have no idea who Maureen Johnson is.
And that's ok, I'll forgive you this one time. And if you don't know who she is, chances are, you don't read her blog. And again, one time, I'll forgive.

But go here and read that post before continuing.


So, I follow Maureen on Twitter as well, and I watched her start talking about blogging everyday in April (BEDA..she's SO darn clever). And I was happy, and smiling..because I love her. And her blog is hilarious.
However, it didn't occur to me until 12:49, March 30th (Edit: This is what happens when you blog late at night. You start think there's only 30 days in a month..), that, "HEY. I could do that too!" So here I am. About to blog everyday in April.
AND I encourage you all do to it as well. It'd be great fun, getting back into the swing of things and all of that.

Now, I also realize that spring break is coming up this weekend and most of you are going out of town (or..out of the country). But I don't think that this should stop you. Still continue to write daily, just post it all when you get back! It'll be SO MUCH FUN.

So yes, join my. Write your hearts out. And...have some fun maybe?

:D

So, turns out there was a reason for the intense pain I've been feeling in my mouth/jaw/face for the last 24 hours or so.

Alveolar osteitis or, dry sockets. Which basically means that the blood clot that is temporarily in place of the tooth that was just pulled is lost. Which is bad because not only does it serve to help stop bleeding, but it also protects the nerves of the bone that is now exposed after the surgery.

KILLER PAIN. I mean, I've been hurt before. I know pain. But this is unlike anything I've ever felt. It radiates through the entire left side of my face (because, don't you know, the whole right side of my face is doing just fine). And, it only happens to about 10% of the people that have tooth extractions, so..you know..LUCKY ME.

So we went back to the oral surgeon, he packed a long piece of gauze in there with some sort of medicine on the end DOWN INTO THE HEALING WOUND and told me that I get to come back again tomorrow (and possibly once more after that) to have it done again. OH. BOY. SO MUCH FUN. I'm just thrilled, in case you couldn't tell.

On a lighter note, I saw a trailer for a "Disney Nature" film I hadn't seen before today. It's called Earth. And um,

HOLY CRAP. CAN WE SAW AMAZING?
(And I swear the guys voice in the trailer is Mufasa. MMMMMHM)
I definitely had a little fangirly moment after watching it. IT LOOKS SO GOOD.

It's from Alastair Fothergill, who is an award winning British producers and director. It was co-shot with the BBC series 'Planet Earth' and 'The Blue Planet'.

OH MAH LORD. I'm so excited. It's going to be amazing. It follows the migration on three species (Polar Bears, Humpback Whales, and Elephants). It comes out April 22, 2009 (Earth Day) and I could not possibly be more excited.
Who's going with me?

And I know I didn't have to post today, but I just felt like it, so I did.

This post is going to suck.
Because I need to go to bed. And my mouth hurts.

Funny.
Entertaining.
Awesome.
Not YouTube, but still ADORABLE.

That's all.
Sorry.
But...I don't really care.

So tonight after American Idol I started watching Primetime's: What Would You Do?
And this show is definitely a show for me.

It's all about, in case you didn't know, what people would do in certain situations. So there is a set of actors that know what's going on, and then the hidden cameras wait and see how strangers react.
Some of the situations that I've seen are...

-What would you do if you saw a couple fighting and the man was getting physically forceful?
-What would you do if you saw an obviously intoxicated woman trying drive her two kids home?
-What would you do if you saw a baby in a car on a hot day, and then saw the mom leave the baby again?
-What would you do if you went to an open house and witnessed people stealing items in the staged home?
-What would you do if you saw an elderly man that obviously shouldn't be driving, trying to drive away?
-What would you do if you saw a man trying to lure away a young child at the park?

AHHH. I love this show. I get so upset when I watch because the whole time I'm thinking what'd I would do if I saw any of this happen. Of course while I'm watching I'm telling myself (and everyone else in the room) that I would speak up in a heart beat, that I wouldn't let any of this happen. But would I really?

They also do a good job of switching up the actors. So instead of it being a scruffy looking guy trying to get the little girl to go away with him, what if it was a clean cut guy? What if it appeared they knew each other?

Did more people stop to offer help if it was a couple of a different race? What if it was the man getting yelled at?

It's so interesting to think about. Not to mention watching all of the reactions of the people.

So what WOULD you do in one of those situations? EH?!

Oh, and I'd love to do some posts about my opinions on..stuff..anything really.
So if you all have any ideaaaaas, let me know.

Well, no one really seemed fazed by my music posting last week, so I'm going to go ALL OUT and post some REALLY RANDOM artists and pray that someone likes something.

First up...Nickel Creek.
Now, you've probably heard of them before..but I'm betting you haven't actually listened..
So here you are, some links to listen.
HERE! is one..and just for kicks, it's set to House clips. HAH.
And this is one of my favorites by them. The lyrics are really...touching? MAKES ME TEAR UP A BIT.
And this is another one of theirs that I like.
They're not, I guess, what you'd call 'normal' for what most teenagers listen to, but the harmonies (and..you know me, THOSE HARMONIES GET ME EVERY TIME) are beautiful.
Nickel Creek is who I turn to during my homework, or while I'm trying to read. Because even though I know their songs by heart, I can listen, but not sing. Which, is a rarity for me.

Nerina Pallot is another interesting one. She's..from..JERSEY, yes, Jersey. Her voice is pretty unique and I just..ahh, I love it.
Check this, this, and this for some of my favorites of hers.

And I could now go on a long rant about Norah Jones and how I can't go on a road trip without listening to at least one of her songs, but I won't. I'll save that for another week. I'll let you marinate on those for now. :)


Edit: Ah, I just realize that the banner thing at the top isn't centered just right.
THAT WILL NOT DO.

How I loathe thee.

Sometimes I have no problem finding things on Stumble, other times, it gives me nothing.

See, because I could do this quick and dirty and just link you to a bunch of random websites that I find hilarious/insightful/weird. Like this:

Like this!
Or this...
OR THIS!

But I won't. Because I'm a better person than that. Well, occasionally.

But a few months ago I found this. And that my friends, is one of the funniest things I have ever read in my life. And if I were to meet that man someday, I might just have to hug him. Or something. I've read it all at least three times, and it never gets old.

And here's another website along the same lines. However, this guy isn't insane, just hilarious. I want a boy like him. I've also read that multiple times.


That's all for now, sorry for the lateness...again. I'm feeling a little bit off.
It seems having teeth ripped out of your face'll do that do to you.

Not all of these are from THIS week, but I've been a little busy..

But here we go.














Um..pretty sunset, stuck in traffic. WOOHOO. It gets better. Well, sort of.
















After picking Rob up from the dance we decided we needed Burger King because it was like 10 and we hadn't had dinner. So he felt the need to stick his tie behind him, because he didn't want it in his food. OF COURSE.
















This would be the little girl I babysat last a few weekends ago. She was eating oatmeal and asked me to put her hair up, I was thinking a hair tie. BUT NO, silly Katie. She asked me to use a chip clip. It was all I could do not to laugh.
















Now, this was weird. We were driving to my oral surgeon consultation down highway 9 and we passed this. Now if you can't see it that well, the white stuff is ice. It was cold enough, but it hadn't rained or anything. It was just this random spot of ice on the side of the road. REALLY WEIRD, but..really cool.
















And this, my friends, is who I've gotten especially close to the last two days.
It's my 'curved ice pack' given to me by the lovely oral surgeon people. I'd like to think this is what saved my from swelling up like a chipmunk after having my wisdom teeth removed. Or maybe I was just lucky. Either way, I definitely had to include it in this week's pictures.


So, sorry to disappoint, but I'm afraid there won't be a video this week.
I'm not really feeling up to it. :/

So, VIDEO TIME!

I'm so tired. So excuse any weirdness of this post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HXUhShhmY

I love this song. I love this video. It's breathtaking at first.

The video used about 3225 still shots in all. There was 4 weeks of pre-production set up, but the actual shooting only took 2 days.

It's absolutely beautiful and so original. It feels like the music and video just melt together.
It's wonderful.

And after watching it for the 100th time I realize that they HAD to have used artificial lighting, because the light coming in from the window never moves. HMM.

:)

So I'm going to go even after not having said much, today was a rather long, stressful day. And a rather frustrating evening.

So as I'm sitting at the Morris house helping (if you can call it that, maybe just helping to maintain the sanity) watch the little boy that is at their house every Monday night, I started to wonder something.

..that you can all get addicted to! WOOHOO.

So if you're like me, after watching the Vlogbrothers (WHICH I KNOW YOU DID) you branched out to other YouTubers..watch other videos..

And eventually you will come across a website called "I'm In Like With You". And if you know what's best for you, STAY AWAY.

I did, for a long while. But now I have gone against my better judgment and joined.

Basically it's an online gaming site and you play against other people. With each game you play you get points based on how well you place. And if you're at all like me, you can't stop playing until you beat somebody. It's very addictive, but very fun.

This is not a link.
LALALA.

On another note I saw 'He's Just Not That Into You' tonight. And while it may be horribly predictable, it was a really cute movie. And apparently it had something to it seeing as how I'm still thinking about some of it.

That's all for nowww.
I can't think of anything to talk about. This is not good. IDEAS?!

-Katie

So last year sometime, I can't recall where, I read something that a girl had written.

Basically she was asking for advice about what to about talking to her parents. She said she really wanted to go to The Killers concert that was in the next city over. She could take the train, be there in 30 minutes, and the concert would be over relatively early.

The problem?
She said her parents didn't know she listened to music.

I was blown away. They didn't know she listened to music? How was that possible?

Some other people got to talking to her and she also said that her parents didn't listen to music and they never had. They only ever listened to talk radio in the car.

Maybe I've just been blessed to grow up in a house where I'm constantly surrounded by music of some sort, but it's such a foreign idea to me to not have music around.
Whether it be the radio, my iPod, somebody's computer, Robert on the guitar, or my mom on the piano, there's almost always something going on somewhere.

So..yeah. I just thought that was a little crazy. What do YOUUU think (Brian and my mom..haha)?

-Katie

Oh, and this wasn't the thing I've been thinking about. But I don't like the way it sounds yet. :)

So I'm working on another post right now that I've been thinking a lot about lately. But, being who I am I can't post it yet seeing that I need to rewrite something 853 times before I'm somewhat happy with it.

So until then..

I'm posting my 25 Things over here that I also posted on Facebook.
Because you see, that took me a FREAKING LONG TIME. I don't think it was supposed to, but I was trying to think of things that people might honestly not know about me. And either I failed miserably and you all know me entirely too well or I actually DID freak you out and no one had the guts to say anything about it.

So here it is again, read it again. DARE YOU.

And tell me, what did you actually not know about me?

1. My full name is Katherine Lee Shamblin. (Copied Haley :D)

2. I'm insanely OCD about weird things. And you might think you know..but you really don't..FOR INSTANCE...
-I always have to have the volume on an even number. And if is isn't, I won't stop thinking about it, until I can change it.
-I ALWAYS start going up stairs with my left foot(like, left foot on the ground), and I really hate it when I don't end on my right foot.
-I always chew my food a certain way. I bite into it and then chew from the left side, then to the right side...yeah..
-AND..I've pretty much gotten over this, but I need to feel like both hands have touched something an equal amount. Like, if I touch something with my left hand..I have to with my right hand. I don't do this much anymore though.
-I almost forgot about this, BOOKS. I never break the spine, EVER. And I don't dogear the pages..or..anything. I'm very careful with my books. Yeah.

I don't like freak when something doesn't happen..I just like it when it does. (:

3. I realize that's extremely weird. It's ok, be weirded out. :|
And if it makes you feel any better, my family didn't know any of this until I was writing this, haha.

4. My mother is a freak. She is absolutely insane, but we get a long really well most days. Which I love. Especially when she says things like, "That's just obscene."

5. I'm really opinionated. About everything. Go ahead, ask me. I'll have an opinion on it.
(This may or may not be well known..)

6. I HATE OTHER DRIVERS. And I realize that I'm a new driver, but at least I know the laws . AND I USE MY BLINKERS. If you've ever ridden in the car with me, you know how much I hate people who don't use their blinkers. Really, ask Robert.
And how could I forget to mention, Sara Cloud, who taught me 'don't be that driver.' hah :)

7. I looooove traveling. LOVE IT. Driving...flying...seeing new places. OH YES. Ask me to go somewhere with you, I will. Which I got from my great-grandmother. :)

8. I don't really like kids. If I'm babysitting, it's purely for the money. They're just too..moist.
(I'm thinking I'll feel differently about my own children. I hope.)

9. I have a twisted sense of humor. It's true. Ask people I watch House with. And this like this make me laugh. A lot.

10. I love having those friends that you can just look at know that you're both thinking the exact same thing. I have a few of those.

11. I love steamed vegetables. Love them. I would eat them everyday. Like..carrots..broccoli..asparagus. Yum.

I'm thinking most of you (I love that I talk like a bunch of people are reading this. LOVE IT.) don't know about my, somewhat strange, love of YouTube. So I'm going to enlighten you all.

A good portion of the people I know, only use YouTube for certain things. Things like, music videos, how-to's, and clips of TV/movies come to mind. But what I've realized, is that a lot of people don't even realize that there's another side of the website.

Aside from people uploading various copyrighted material, there is also the online community known as 'vloggers' (Video Blog-Vlog. OH HOW CLEVER.).

I stumbled upon a video of 'charlieissocoollike' back in the summer of 2007. One of his videos had been featured. Coincidentally, the video was titled, "How To Get Featured On YouTube". I went to his channel page and watched the few other videos he had uploaded previously. I was instantly hooked. Talking to a camera, about whatever you want, and having possibly thousands of people hearing what you have to say? That, my friend, is awesome.

So it went from there.
I'm not entirely sure of the order, but the number of people I'm subscribed to now borders somewhere along the 75 mark.
I just love hearing what other people have to say, not to mention some of them are just hilarious.

But one channel, has really captured my attention over the last year.
They're two brothers that started making videos January 1, 2007. I, sadly, didn't catch them until early January of 2008, but that's OK.
Starting on January 1st of 2007, each brother made a video, every other weekday, for an entire year. The really hard part? They couldn't 'textually' communicate for the entire duration of that year. Meaning, no texts, no emails, no letters, no cards, nothing.
One of the brothers is the fairly well known author, John Green. (Author of Looking For Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, and Paper Towns)
I caught up one week when I was sick, and went from there. They continued to make videos all through last year and still do today.


My recommendation to you? Watch them, from the beginning. You WILL love them. Promise. Well, you will if you have that inner-nerd (or not so inner..) just waiting to shine through like I did..do.

So go, start from January 1, 2007 and move to now.
http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers
Do it.
Or I will be sad.

And we don't want that...right?
:D

I'm now off to continue to blow my nose ever other half minute and eat Popsicles until I can't taste anything else.

-Katie

[Edit: Didn't mean for this to run so long. OH WELL.]

So I was at Walmart on Saturday with my mom. She was picking up some groceries and I was looking for some Vitamin E for...something she's doing.

So as I'm looking around for what she needed, a box caught my eye, with a very..nasty looking picture printed on the front.
At first glance it looked a little like a worm on this box, but from closer investigation, I realized it was not a worm, but it was in fact a colon.

Now, I'm smart enough to know that no one has a pretty colon. But that's why you don't stick it on a box. And if you do, lie about what it looks like.

So this is what I saw first, the sign above the display:













Now, not only is the worm like colon on the box a turn off, look at the people on the sign. Is this the 80s? I don't think so. And I'm all for equality, equal representation, all of that. But really?
AND WHAT is up with the on the left? She looks a little too happy to have her "Colon Cleanser 2002" if you know what I mean...and I'm sure you all know what I mean.

And here, is what the actual box looks like:













THAT, my friends, is disgusting, you would have to pay ME to get that. Yuck.
That's just bad advertising, is that the best they can do? A worm like colon?
And don't even get me started with the name...


And this pen also made me laugh. Not so much bad advertising, but just...













I mean, I personally thought that was kind of...odd. And I love medical..stuff. But that's just a little weird for my taste. And I'm pretty sure most moms don't want their kids walking around with that...OH, and this was in the teacher's store...hm...


But that's all for now.

-Katie

So I'm posting before it's 'beautimous'. I gave up on trying to post that lovely little picture I made.
(BRIAN, HTML HELP WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED)

[Edit: Except, I've got it now. But..give me some time to sort out the details..]

But uh, yeah. Hello..everyone..no one..whichever. I've had several failed attempts at blogging. Well, one success I suppose, if you count the lovely Xanga phase everyone went through in seventh grade. But here I am again.

I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to talk about. But..I can usually think of something to say..usually.

SO THIS IS IT.
The next post will be more exciting, I promise.
I'm off to continue watching Castaway and critique every move he makes and alert the room of what I would have done instead. Because, as you all know, I'm quite skilled when it comes to survival life.

-Katie