Quizbowl last night. Everything was going just dandily until the final match, in which we encountered Stepsister from Planet Weird--a girl previously described as "probably home-schooled and a fan of the flute." But last night her true identity hit me full force. Which is why I'll be properly armed with a blow dryer next tournament. And fully ( Read more... )

Damn swimming. When a young, attractive, svelte being such as myself gets it in her pretty little head that she's going to make state and proceeds to fix her start, turns, and stroke, shouldn't that mean something? And by something, I don't mean "Lucie adds two seconds to her already sucky time ( Read more... )

I've discovered a comeback that ensures a helpless guffaw with each and every use! Seriously! People NEVER get tired of this.

Me: Bye, Mom. I'm going to Caroline's to watch Gilmore Girls.
Mom: And what time will you be home?
Me: TIME FOR YOU TO GET A WATCH.

Billy: Do you know what time we have to get there for the meet tomorrow?
Me: TIME FOR YOU TO GET ( Read more... )

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Holy shit. Remind me never to tell a lie again.

Today was Senior Reflection day or something at school, while the rest of the classes took standardized tests. Having already sat through the leadership retreat this summer, I decided I'd had my fill of Monteaux-fueled spiritual growth. So Caroline, Kelsey, Olivia, and I went to Luna's instead for ( Read more... )

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(For those who want to see the Jason Schwartzman on Conan thing, I think it's gonna rerun late tonight/early tomorrow morning on NBC)

It's raining too hard to go to school. My contacts suck. My English paper is drivel. That crapmound of a Physics test is going to be handed back. With all this wonderfulness occurring today, I'm pretty sure we'll have ( Read more... )

So my life is now complete, having seen the pivotal clip of 9-year-old Jason Schwartzman's short film, "One Man, One Reality ( Read more... )

WHOA. WHOA. I just walked into my room (fully clean for the first time since, say, 2002) and the WINDOW was OPEN! It's been painted shut for, like, fourteen years! Granted, there's a screen on it too, so I'm not afforded a full backstage pass to the open air, but it's a start. I wonder how they got the screen on--especially without me finding out ( ( Read more... )

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Ashley Tisdale is completely dead to me. Not that her existence was ever a huge factor in my day-to-day life ( Read more... )