I had another one of Those Days. Those days where everything is funny to you for whatever reason and you just can't stop laughing.
Oh, wait, except for the very beginning of today. At the very beginning of today I was about ready to have a panic attack because I'd forgotten my dance pants at home and my teacher's crazy when it comes to Non-Dresses-- ( Read more... )

See, people, this is what school days are SUPPOSED to be like. Today was awesome in a very quiet, mellow way, but it was also very funny. And you know what I just realized? I totally called it, too! This morning when I was writing Alex the customary Study Hall time-wasting note, I said "This is going to be a good day." I meant just because I looked ( Read more... )

You know, life is good when you've a mug of cinnamon tea in one hand and a satchel of lavender in the other. Not that I'm planning to dunk the lavender in the tea or anything (ew!), I actually was in the middle of hanging it under my ceiling fan again, because it fell down sometime last night when I had the fan going full-force to put me in a ( Read more... )

Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for the daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere

Every time I listen to this song, I can't help but think of outdoor school. That was the first time I ever heard it, at the campfire-side counselor talent show, where this counselor named Jade sang it and accompanied herself on her guitar. For whatever ( Read more... )

Oh, goodness. It is so nice to be able to sleep nonstop from 10 PM to 11 AM. I don't think I've gotten this much sleep in a looong time, but now I'm totally refreshed. I have to figure out what I'm going to do today. I think Jessica and I were planning on hanging out because I had to ditch her yesterday for the vigil, but I'd have to call her and ( Read more... )

Not for a cigarette, you fiends. I'm fourteen years old! I meant it for a candle, of course. Not that I need it anymore--both of my candles have burnt to puddles and wick stubs in the one and a half hours I stood on the corner of two busy streets at the Candlelight Vigil for the victims of the Genocide in Sudan.I'd nearly forgotten about it when I ( Read more... )

Don't even ask about the title. I told my iPod (fondly named Franziska, thanks to our own resident name-master Stephen, who also provided me with "Esmerelda" for my English project. Srsly, where do you think of these names, dude?). Anyway, I told my iPod that if she would kindly select a song for me from Shuffle, I would title the entry accordingly ( Read more... )

Actually, that's not true. If I were to pick up the phone and dial any one of probably ten or so numbers, I guarantee that at least five of my friends would pick up. But I was singing along to my iPod, and it felt like an appropriate title for this entry, so I wrote it down.
I am sick. Not with a cold. Just sick to my stomach in a way that's got me ( Read more... )

Today turned out much more interesting than previously expected. I pried my eyes open this morning thinking "I'm super tired, but I've already been asleep for twelve hours, and I've got all day to lounge around. Why waste any more of it thinking?" So I shuffled down the hall and said hi to my parents and made myself a couple Dereks (but they were ( Read more... )

Oh, the gloriously lethargic joy of the weekend[y areas of my life]! They allow me to enjoy what is, in my opinion, the very best feeling in the world--when you get into bed on Friday night and press the 'alarm off' button on the sadistic twit that calls itself your alarm clock. My plans for this weekend are fairly elementary: aaabsolutely nothing ( Read more... )