I'm not a huge fan of fantasy. However, I read the book Everlost by Neal Shusterman. It is...kind of a fantasy. I don't know. However, it is a quick read. Took me two days, and as some of you know, I'm quite busy. Anyhow, I really enjoyed this book, even though it followed the fantasy recipe somewhat, it had an interesting twist. Instead of some fantasy land, (well, maybe it is...) it's a story about kids not quite alive and not quite dead. What happens is that they get lost on the way to the "light", and they end up in Everlost, condemned to exist forever. Very interesting. I enjoyed it, as it was a gripper, and it wasn't the usual 700+ page fantasy novel. (You've seen those, right?)
BTW, happy Halloween! Hope you guys have plans and have fun. However, if you are like me, that's fine, too. I'm just staying home, watching a pleasant boring movie, and going to bed nice and early to hopefully recover from a "trifling cold."
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Sadie Hawkins
This years Sadie Hawkins was the funnest dance I've ever been to (with a date). The only flaw was that no one would listen to me about my ideas about the day activities. They just...thought one up two weeks ago like this: (We were in the showers after practice) "We need to come up with a day activity, come up with some ideas." I leave the showers to go get dressed while I contemplate fun ideas like carving Jack-O-Lanterns, then blowing them up. One of the girls run up to me five minutes later and says, "We're going to go to laser quest."
Laser Quest? I've never enjoyed laser games...I get to shoot people. Woo hoo. I come up with a variety of ideas, paint fights, the zoo, a hike--stuff that would keep us outside, and indeed, it was a glorious day yesterday. I actually got some people convinced to go to the zoo, of all things, but they decided to shoot that idea down with the rest of them. Laser Quest. My, my.
When we arrive at the place to play a blinding stupid game of laser quest, we were 16 people. The person at the front desk told us we had to reserve a game...wait, I thought they were smart enough to do that! But they didn't. So, we finally all got together, and, we can't play a game. I weakly suggest the zoo. Everyone scorns the idea. I like the zoo. What's so wrong with the zoo?
Anyhow...for the day activity, we ended up at some place called Playland, or something. It was full of huge blown up things you'd see at a carnival. All of them (or so it seemed) were reserved for 10 and under. We played around, and eventually played tag, for which we got yelled at. We lasted 45 minutes for 20 dollars. Joy.
For dinner we had Panda Express "cater" us, and we each paid twenty dollars. I was slightly frustrated, because if we went to the place itself, everyone could have gotten what they like, about 12 bucks per couple. Instead, we had huge buckets of white rice, chow mein, fried rice, orange chicken, and sweet and sour pork.
The dance was interesting. Our group for some reason just couldn't dance. Everyone was just standing around in little groups, looking very awkward. That's when I had the brilliant idea of...foot tag! It was a very amusing sight to behold, because the person who was "it" and whoever they were chasing, were often running around to the beat in dance-move type steps. Only, really fast. It was very amusing. The only way I can somewhat properly describe it...it reminded me of a Russian dance.
My partner and I enjoyed it. We danced fast to the slow dances, and danced extremely fast to the fast dances. How fast? you may ask. So fast that my neck feels like it has a whip lash.
Then we went and had some pie, played a quick game of mad gab, then we went home. I'm very glad it didn't drag 'til one o'clock. I was snugly home at 11:45 after dropping off a few people, and I was glad.
Next time, I hope to have more voice and be more in charge. I doubt it will happen though, as the girls have put it, "I have less experience in dates and dating." He he. I don't care.
Laser Quest? I've never enjoyed laser games...I get to shoot people. Woo hoo. I come up with a variety of ideas, paint fights, the zoo, a hike--stuff that would keep us outside, and indeed, it was a glorious day yesterday. I actually got some people convinced to go to the zoo, of all things, but they decided to shoot that idea down with the rest of them. Laser Quest. My, my.
When we arrive at the place to play a blinding stupid game of laser quest, we were 16 people. The person at the front desk told us we had to reserve a game...wait, I thought they were smart enough to do that! But they didn't. So, we finally all got together, and, we can't play a game. I weakly suggest the zoo. Everyone scorns the idea. I like the zoo. What's so wrong with the zoo?
Anyhow...for the day activity, we ended up at some place called Playland, or something. It was full of huge blown up things you'd see at a carnival. All of them (or so it seemed) were reserved for 10 and under. We played around, and eventually played tag, for which we got yelled at. We lasted 45 minutes for 20 dollars. Joy.
For dinner we had Panda Express "cater" us, and we each paid twenty dollars. I was slightly frustrated, because if we went to the place itself, everyone could have gotten what they like, about 12 bucks per couple. Instead, we had huge buckets of white rice, chow mein, fried rice, orange chicken, and sweet and sour pork.
The dance was interesting. Our group for some reason just couldn't dance. Everyone was just standing around in little groups, looking very awkward. That's when I had the brilliant idea of...foot tag! It was a very amusing sight to behold, because the person who was "it" and whoever they were chasing, were often running around to the beat in dance-move type steps. Only, really fast. It was very amusing. The only way I can somewhat properly describe it...it reminded me of a Russian dance.
My partner and I enjoyed it. We danced fast to the slow dances, and danced extremely fast to the fast dances. How fast? you may ask. So fast that my neck feels like it has a whip lash.
Then we went and had some pie, played a quick game of mad gab, then we went home. I'm very glad it didn't drag 'til one o'clock. I was snugly home at 11:45 after dropping off a few people, and I was glad.
Next time, I hope to have more voice and be more in charge. I doubt it will happen though, as the girls have put it, "I have less experience in dates and dating." He he. I don't care.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Reliving daily wonders of my childhood
As I walked to church today, the sun was directed at my face. As usual, I kept walking, and kept looking, and kept blinking. But when I blinked...many little childhood things came back to me. I used to be so puzzled as to why when I blinked inside, or in dimly lit areas, it'd be a "black" blink. But when I blinked outside, facing the sun, it was a "red" blink. I remember puzzling over this, only I didn't think very logically as I explained it. All I knew that sometimes I'd blink, and it'd be black, and sometimes red. Y'all probably don't even know what I'm talking about.
What about the rainbow you can see if you squinch your eyes slightly facing the sun? Yes. There is a rainbow. Try it sometime.
What about...staring into the vast blue sky, only to see weird specks floating around, and if you move your eyeballs quickly, those specks move, but at a different rate than your eyeballs? I forgot all about those...until today. Now I'm noticing them more than ever and it's driving me crazy! (do you even know what I'm talking about? There's weird specks of...stuff floating on your eyeball juice, apparently.)
What about just lying down, and watching the clouds roll by?
What about playing in the leaves in the fall, only to realize that pile has been there for a while, and little creepy crawlies are in the leaves?
What about snooping in all the weird corners in your house, knowing every nook and cranny to the speck...only to forget about them a few years later, and even more years later, discover it again...only to sit down and...remember?
What about watching an ant hill, how all the ants work and run and lift?
What about crying hysterically in school and you can't stop, because a teacher had been mean to you, and accused you wrongly?
What about kicking the crackling leaves in the brisk autumn air, without a care in the world?
Where did my childish cute gait go? The one that shows I don't have full control of my limbs yet, the one that says, "I don't know where I'm going, and I don't care if I get there last or first."
What about being amazed by every little gadget you got in your kids meal?
What about the exhilarating joy of being able to finally reach something that you could never reach before?
What about....
I am not, and never will be done growing up.
What about the rainbow you can see if you squinch your eyes slightly facing the sun? Yes. There is a rainbow. Try it sometime.
What about...staring into the vast blue sky, only to see weird specks floating around, and if you move your eyeballs quickly, those specks move, but at a different rate than your eyeballs? I forgot all about those...until today. Now I'm noticing them more than ever and it's driving me crazy! (do you even know what I'm talking about? There's weird specks of...stuff floating on your eyeball juice, apparently.)
What about just lying down, and watching the clouds roll by?
What about playing in the leaves in the fall, only to realize that pile has been there for a while, and little creepy crawlies are in the leaves?
What about snooping in all the weird corners in your house, knowing every nook and cranny to the speck...only to forget about them a few years later, and even more years later, discover it again...only to sit down and...remember?
What about watching an ant hill, how all the ants work and run and lift?
What about crying hysterically in school and you can't stop, because a teacher had been mean to you, and accused you wrongly?
What about kicking the crackling leaves in the brisk autumn air, without a care in the world?
Where did my childish cute gait go? The one that shows I don't have full control of my limbs yet, the one that says, "I don't know where I'm going, and I don't care if I get there last or first."
What about being amazed by every little gadget you got in your kids meal?
What about the exhilarating joy of being able to finally reach something that you could never reach before?
What about....
I am not, and never will be done growing up.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Sadie Hawkin's Dance...
The theme is "Superhero Sadies" and everyone I've talked to are going as Batman, Spiderman, Superman, etc. The usual superheroes. I've come up with something quite different for my shirt:
No. It isn't wonderwoman. That would probably go with Superman. No. It's something I made up at a lunch table in ninth grade, and now I get to let it be known: Wedgie Woman! That image above will appear on the front of my shirt, and on the back it will say:
No. It isn't wonderwoman. That would probably go with Superman. No. It's something I made up at a lunch table in ninth grade, and now I get to let it be known: Wedgie Woman! That image above will appear on the front of my shirt, and on the back it will say:
Wedgie Woman
Enemy to sagging pants, butt cracks, and other obsceneties of that nature.
Defender of Modesty.
Full of Fury.
Fear her wrath.
Now that I know who I'm going to be...who is my friend going to be? Captain Underpants? I think not...and my brainstorming is failing to help me.
Life goes by so fast.
While getting ready for bed yesternight, I asked my mom if I needed to get up early for anything. Dad said, "Yes, we need to wake you up at 5 am!" Appalled, I asked why. Mom replies, "Just to look at you." My dad asked my mom where she got that phrase...from her parents? He went on to explain that when he was young, you had to ask to be excused for dinner. Often his father would reply, "No. Stay here. I want to look at you for a while."
It seems only yesterday I was a little girl (yes, I was little at one point in my life) running around, pretending that I was Jungle Girl, swinging from the trees, saving animals.
It seems only yesterday that I finally finished my first book that contained 10 sentences, after much frustration.
It seems only yesterday that I would cuddle with my mom sitting on the heater under a warm blanket in winter as I read her the first few books of the Boxcart series.
It seems only yesterday my dad would be a "monster," lying on the ground. If you sat on his back, and scratched it, he would come alive, and he would try to get you to tickle you.
It seems only yesterday I was at elementary school, a little tomboy oddball who no one wanted to play recess with. I forced the boys to let me play with them. I quickly made friends that were mostly boys. Tackle football behind the aide's back was the funnest thing I ever played, apart from four square with tennis raquets and balls, or hockey with brooms.
It seems only yesterday that I had a conversation with my mom, my upcoming fears for middle school. What if I don't make friends? I don't want to do my hair. Will I find all of my classes?
It seems only yesterday that I was upset because I couldn't find my Yellow Submarine CD, only to find I left it in Mrs. Yates's classroom.
It seems only yesterday that I started high school, fearing that I'll get shot. Rumors weren't true.
It seems only yesterday that I...oh, wait. That was yesterday...
Looking back on time, and precious moments remembered, I am terrified at how fast time goes. I am already 17 years old!
Life really is a pop quiz. You are with a bunch of friends in the premortal, then you walk into a room to take pop quiz, trying to get all the answers right. As you take the pop quiz, you notice the people also taking it all arrive at different times, some people get less time to take the pop quiz than others, and each person is unexpectedly told to stop their test, and to exit out of a different door. Then you are told to stop the test, you walk out of the room. You joyfully reunite with friends that finished before you, and wait for others to finish.
Life is so quick. Enjoy it. Live it.
It seems only yesterday I was a little girl (yes, I was little at one point in my life) running around, pretending that I was Jungle Girl, swinging from the trees, saving animals.
It seems only yesterday that I finally finished my first book that contained 10 sentences, after much frustration.
It seems only yesterday that I would cuddle with my mom sitting on the heater under a warm blanket in winter as I read her the first few books of the Boxcart series.
It seems only yesterday my dad would be a "monster," lying on the ground. If you sat on his back, and scratched it, he would come alive, and he would try to get you to tickle you.
It seems only yesterday I was at elementary school, a little tomboy oddball who no one wanted to play recess with. I forced the boys to let me play with them. I quickly made friends that were mostly boys. Tackle football behind the aide's back was the funnest thing I ever played, apart from four square with tennis raquets and balls, or hockey with brooms.
It seems only yesterday that I had a conversation with my mom, my upcoming fears for middle school. What if I don't make friends? I don't want to do my hair. Will I find all of my classes?
It seems only yesterday that I was upset because I couldn't find my Yellow Submarine CD, only to find I left it in Mrs. Yates's classroom.
It seems only yesterday that I started high school, fearing that I'll get shot. Rumors weren't true.
It seems only yesterday that I...oh, wait. That was yesterday...
Looking back on time, and precious moments remembered, I am terrified at how fast time goes. I am already 17 years old!
Life really is a pop quiz. You are with a bunch of friends in the premortal, then you walk into a room to take pop quiz, trying to get all the answers right. As you take the pop quiz, you notice the people also taking it all arrive at different times, some people get less time to take the pop quiz than others, and each person is unexpectedly told to stop their test, and to exit out of a different door. Then you are told to stop the test, you walk out of the room. You joyfully reunite with friends that finished before you, and wait for others to finish.
Life is so quick. Enjoy it. Live it.
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