wow. a very out of the ordinary evening. i think it was a good thing though.

i love looking back on old times. feeling old because we're already forgetting names of people in our 8th grade class. going through the freshman yearbook and finding old crushes! beautiful. it makes me glad that melissa works at jcp because sometimes those crushes get fired up again, and she can get the inside scoop for me ( Read more... )

NCYL interview today. i hate interviews so much. i don't get nervous or freak out before or during the whole thing, and i can explain myself pretty well. but man, i just want to get it over with, and i always freak out just as soon as i get far enough away from the interviewers. i think i did well. i probably won't get the scholarship, but at least ( Read more... )

today the fam drove down to camp to visit my aunt, uncle, and cousins from colorado. we also sort of visited my aunt, uncle, and cousins from ankeny, who we never see except on holidays. it's really pathetic how we all get so absorbed in our own lives we can't even call each other or stop by when we live so close ( Read more... )

branson was fun. it makes me want to get a condo someday. it also makes me want to work on scrapping my france pics. everyone wants a copy of the beautiful black and white picture of the eiffel tower, so i think i'm going to make it into a card or something. holler if you want one ( Read more... )

i got my NCYL pics taken. from what i've seen they're pretty okay. i don't really know. they made me smile in most of them, i hate my smile. if the pictures are superior quality, then i just might get them, even though my mom doesn't love the price, i'd be willing to dish out a few bucks for kick ass pictures. getting my picture taken repeatedly, ( Read more... )

wow. i never seriously thought about wishing death upon someone, but after tonight's incident... yeah. no one deserves to be in trapped in such a situation, no one.

i love getting dehydrated to the point when i'm selling programs like a mad man and trying to earn hard core dollars i begin to feel ill and stop giving a shit, turn my back and just sit down as i wait for the man in charge to come to my box so i can get water. then as i'm walking to the store he told me go to everything starts getting fuzzy. then ( Read more... )

i'm having such a great time. the family is awesome and we get along pretty well despite the huge language barrier! Cèline, the girl my age, is a sweetie. and she plays the piano like a mad man!!! today we are going to have a picnic with her friends! i'm excited!! be sure to take time to miss me ( Read more... )

***This entry is replacing my typical farewell e-mail...i'm too tired to do both ( Read more... )