Me so excited. Meme So exicttted. Holy God, I can't even type. My great Aunt is 91, and she never had any kids. I'm the only female great-neice that she has, and she definitely prefers me to the others. The last time I went up to visit her, she and I planned out a trip. She said when she was in her 20s, she went all around Europe, and that was the best time of her life. She told me how much she learned and how it affected her, and she promised that she wanted the same for me. It'll be my graduation present. We went to the travel agent that she used to use, and here's what we got:
June 4: Graduation - It's a Saturday evening.
June 5: Make sure everything's packed; drive up to Chicago, IL
June 6-8: Plane to New York, NY. Do some touring of the big city.
June 9-14: Arrive in London, England. See the major tourist things and experience the city as an American should.
June 15-18: Tour all around Ireland.
June 19-29: Plane to Paris, France. Spend a few days touring Paris, then the rest of the week touring the country.
June 30-July 5: Plane to Florence, Italy. Two days in Florence, then one day in Milan and three days in Rome.
July 6-10: Plane to Germany.
July 11-16: Plane to Spain.
July 17-31: Back to England. This time, I'll be spending my time trying to experience the less touristy-attractions. See what it's like to live there for real; experience the same things as every-day English folk do.
August 1: Back to NYC. To avoid ridiculous jetlag and culture shock, I'll relax here for a day.
August 2: Back to Springfield, IL.
Late August/September: ...College.
We talked with the agent about maybe, if I'm not dead, I could think about spending less time in England. He thought maybe instead of two weeks at the end, I could cut it down to one and visit another place. His thoughts were Australia, Canada, India, Greece, or Poland. I'm game for everything but Canada... Too similar to home. But let me know your thoughts! I'm excited!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
To the Moon and Back Again
It's halfway through October already. What the hell. I feel like two weeks ago, I was still sun bathing in my back yard. Blah, time is going by way too fast, and this girl is certainly not a fan.
Anyway, I have a few trips coming up, and since this is the first weekend the ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR that I haven't had any homework, I figured I should get planning.
Trip #1: St. Louis, MO. Panic! at the Disco is playing at this shitty bar in Sauget, which is a little town across the river from St. Louis. Sauget, pronounced "saw-jay", has three attractions, the bar we're heading to, which is open 24/7; the country's largest sex eporium; and the country's second biggest titty bar. Yayyy. The concert's on the 10th of November, which is a Thursday, so after school, my mom is going to grab me and three of my friends and hustle us over. I can't wait.
Trip #2: Anaheim, CA. This year, myself and three friends decided to go to VidCon 2012. We'll fly over that Wednesday and be in VidCon mode Thursday/Friday/Saturday.Then friend #1 is leaving to hang out with his California-born family members and the rest of us will fend for ourselves.
Trip #3: Anaheim/Los Angelas, CA. After he leaves, the rest of us will stay a few days in Anaheim and go to Disneyland. Seriously, I'm a Disney fanatic to the max. I LOVELOVeLOVELOVELOVE me some magic. After two-three days of that, we'll drive to L.A. where we'll stay a night and do some touring. Just because we can. Also, we have to use LAX anyways, so we figured, why not.
Trip #4: Orlando, FL. Fall of 2012, my dad is taking me and my younger brother and my best friend back to Disney World, because it's kinda maybe seriously the best place EVERRRR. Screw the first week of senior year. I've never experienced anything better than Disney.
Trip #5: Europe. Omg. This is a story completely seperate. New post?
Anyway, I have a few trips coming up, and since this is the first weekend the ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR that I haven't had any homework, I figured I should get planning.
Trip #1: St. Louis, MO. Panic! at the Disco is playing at this shitty bar in Sauget, which is a little town across the river from St. Louis. Sauget, pronounced "saw-jay", has three attractions, the bar we're heading to, which is open 24/7; the country's largest sex eporium; and the country's second biggest titty bar. Yayyy. The concert's on the 10th of November, which is a Thursday, so after school, my mom is going to grab me and three of my friends and hustle us over. I can't wait.
Trip #2: Anaheim, CA. This year, myself and three friends decided to go to VidCon 2012. We'll fly over that Wednesday and be in VidCon mode Thursday/Friday/Saturday.Then friend #1 is leaving to hang out with his California-born family members and the rest of us will fend for ourselves.
Trip #3: Anaheim/Los Angelas, CA. After he leaves, the rest of us will stay a few days in Anaheim and go to Disneyland. Seriously, I'm a Disney fanatic to the max. I LOVELOVeLOVELOVELOVE me some magic. After two-three days of that, we'll drive to L.A. where we'll stay a night and do some touring. Just because we can. Also, we have to use LAX anyways, so we figured, why not.
Trip #4: Orlando, FL. Fall of 2012, my dad is taking me and my younger brother and my best friend back to Disney World, because it's kinda maybe seriously the best place EVERRRR. Screw the first week of senior year. I've never experienced anything better than Disney.
Trip #5: Europe. Omg. This is a story completely seperate. New post?
Thursday, September 29, 2011
My Last Homecoming... *Heart Breaks*
This is (as of now) my third, and final, celebrated homecoming week. I'm excited, but I'm nervous, too. For me, homecoming has always been me having super duper high expectations, and then not getting them met. It's expensive and stressful, and I don't even know what I'm gonna do about Prom. Probably kill myself, that's what. Damnit. High School is stupid. College will be stupid. My life right now = stupid. Also, messy. I need to clean up my act. And my room. And this blog, because holy crap, I suck at writing.
JHKJnfaks,dnf.,asnfd Shiitttttt.
Done.
JHKJnfaks,dnf.,asnfd Shiitttttt.
Done.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Worst Tuesday Ever
I've been alive for a lot of Tuesdays. I'm actually pretty sure I was born on a Tuesday. So excluding the time when I popped out of my mom's vagina, this has without a doubt been the worst Tuesday of my existance. I'll just give you a little schedule of suck:
6.45: Wake up. I think about what I might wear while I'm trying to bust out of my sleepy haze and settle on a sweatshirt and some shorts. Then I realize that since it's been so chilly the past few weeks, I've worn jeans and NOT SHAVEN MY LEGS. I always shower at night, and shaving your legs is just weird business when you aren't fully submerged in water. I power through it.
7.00: Get the rest of the way ready. Normal business.
7.30: Realize it's time for me to leave, and I still haven't eaten. Or made coffee. I'm one of those people who desperately needs caffeine or some other drug (legal or illegal, I don't care) flowing through my system in the morning.
7.40: Leave the house, bagel in hand.
7.42: SHIT. I LEFT MY COFFEE.
7.43: I'll be tardy if I turn around. So I get upset and start figuring out if there's any place to stop on the way. HINT: There's not.
7:56: Arrive at school. This is the first week I've started driving myself to school, because in the past my friend Carter drove me. But then this week, my dad left and I had permission to take my own car. Anyway, our school requires students to have parking stickers in their cars, and to get one you have to fill tons of forms out. I walked into the office, ready to turn my form in. The secretary says it's ok, and then gives me a sticker. And then she says I have to run back and put in on my car. NOW.
7:58: "Please, ma'am, can you just put me on a special list? I'm going to be tardy!"
7:59: "Well, I guess you had better hurry!" *EVIL GRIN*
8.00: Tardy.
8.07: Get back inside; ask again for a pass. After much deliberation, she agrees and writes me one up. Then she looks at my form, and realized that I hadn't written the serial number for my car. THE FUCKING SERIAL NUMBER. I'm sorry, but... No.
8.09: More arguing ensues.
8.13: I finally leave, pass in hand. Then I realize I have to go to my locker. DAMMIT.
8.17: Finally show up to band. We're outside, marching. BLEHBLEHBLEH. He didn't accept my pass, jerkhole.
9.20: Weirdo who sits behind me in history tells me, and I quote, "Your tits look nice, let's fuck."
9.21: Vomit on his face.
9.21: Just kidding. Maybe.
10.00: Get assigned various shitty partners for an AP Lit group paper. Undoubtedly a Group F. We spent the entire hour doing nothing. At fucking all.
11.00: Pop Quiz in AP CALCULUS! W00t! Good thing I'm really prepared! Oh, wait. I'm not.
12.30: Almost die of hunger. Lunch is finally served, and it's one of those awkward, awkward days. You know what I'm talking about.
2.15: Talk to my friends during Physics about my best friend, who's fucking her crazy, ugly, psychotic ex. I had been holding it in since June. I really, realllllly needed to talk to someone who would be on my side.
2.56: Casually tell best friend that everyone thinks what she's doing with this guy is ew. She laughs.
2.57: Gas light comes on as I'm driving home.
3.05: "Hey we need to Skype when you get home" -Best Friend
3.15: Skyping: "Why did you do that?" -Best Friend
3.25: Skyping: "It's kind of a betrayal..." - Best Friend
3.35: Skyping: "How many people did you telll!?!??" -Best Friend
3.36: Sign off
3.40: Shoot self in face.
3.41: DEAD.
Fuck.
6.45: Wake up. I think about what I might wear while I'm trying to bust out of my sleepy haze and settle on a sweatshirt and some shorts. Then I realize that since it's been so chilly the past few weeks, I've worn jeans and NOT SHAVEN MY LEGS. I always shower at night, and shaving your legs is just weird business when you aren't fully submerged in water. I power through it.
7.00: Get the rest of the way ready. Normal business.
7.30: Realize it's time for me to leave, and I still haven't eaten. Or made coffee. I'm one of those people who desperately needs caffeine or some other drug (legal or illegal, I don't care) flowing through my system in the morning.
7.40: Leave the house, bagel in hand.
7.42: SHIT. I LEFT MY COFFEE.
7.43: I'll be tardy if I turn around. So I get upset and start figuring out if there's any place to stop on the way. HINT: There's not.
7:56: Arrive at school. This is the first week I've started driving myself to school, because in the past my friend Carter drove me. But then this week, my dad left and I had permission to take my own car. Anyway, our school requires students to have parking stickers in their cars, and to get one you have to fill tons of forms out. I walked into the office, ready to turn my form in. The secretary says it's ok, and then gives me a sticker. And then she says I have to run back and put in on my car. NOW.
7:58: "Please, ma'am, can you just put me on a special list? I'm going to be tardy!"
7:59: "Well, I guess you had better hurry!" *EVIL GRIN*
8.00: Tardy.
8.07: Get back inside; ask again for a pass. After much deliberation, she agrees and writes me one up. Then she looks at my form, and realized that I hadn't written the serial number for my car. THE FUCKING SERIAL NUMBER. I'm sorry, but... No.
8.09: More arguing ensues.
8.13: I finally leave, pass in hand. Then I realize I have to go to my locker. DAMMIT.
8.17: Finally show up to band. We're outside, marching. BLEHBLEHBLEH. He didn't accept my pass, jerkhole.
9.20: Weirdo who sits behind me in history tells me, and I quote, "Your tits look nice, let's fuck."
9.21: Vomit on his face.
9.21: Just kidding. Maybe.
10.00: Get assigned various shitty partners for an AP Lit group paper. Undoubtedly a Group F. We spent the entire hour doing nothing. At fucking all.
11.00: Pop Quiz in AP CALCULUS! W00t! Good thing I'm really prepared! Oh, wait. I'm not.
12.30: Almost die of hunger. Lunch is finally served, and it's one of those awkward, awkward days. You know what I'm talking about.
2.15: Talk to my friends during Physics about my best friend, who's fucking her crazy, ugly, psychotic ex. I had been holding it in since June. I really, realllllly needed to talk to someone who would be on my side.
2.56: Casually tell best friend that everyone thinks what she's doing with this guy is ew. She laughs.
2.57: Gas light comes on as I'm driving home.
3.05: "Hey we need to Skype when you get home" -Best Friend
3.15: Skyping: "Why did you do that?" -Best Friend
3.25: Skyping: "It's kind of a betrayal..." - Best Friend
3.35: Skyping: "How many people did you telll!?!??" -Best Friend
3.36: Sign off
3.40: Shoot self in face.
3.41: DEAD.
Fuck.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Totes Finished
After two hours of work and ten hours of break, I've finallllly finished my two papers. I'm glad I decided to take AP Lang/Comp this year, because it's definitely forcing me to get my shit together. Except in Physics, but that's seriously just because my teacher is a straight up bitch who hates me. I had her last year for Chem, and she didn't like me then, either. But now not only do I suck at science, I'm also obnoxious. Whatever, I still blame her. But that's it for school... The first month was surprisingly ok.
Something that may or may not make me fail junior year: British television. I got my new laptop a few weeks ago, and now I can't stop watching Hulu before I go to sleep. I've watched the first two seasons of "Skins" and a couple of random episodes of some other shit. But the best thing in my life?? "Misfits". That show is better than sex, and I don't even have to put on makeup to get it. If you've never watched/heard of it, I pray that you GET ON IT. If you don't, I really can't see us being friends. Or even acquaintences. I won't even look at you. So go watch it, and then we can chat (:
Something that may or may not make me fail junior year: British television. I got my new laptop a few weeks ago, and now I can't stop watching Hulu before I go to sleep. I've watched the first two seasons of "Skins" and a couple of random episodes of some other shit. But the best thing in my life?? "Misfits". That show is better than sex, and I don't even have to put on makeup to get it. If you've never watched/heard of it, I pray that you GET ON IT. If you don't, I really can't see us being friends. Or even acquaintences. I won't even look at you. So go watch it, and then we can chat (:
Monday, September 5, 2011
ALL TIME FAVES: MOVIES/TV
I thought I'd be able to take that little break and then be done... But I got onto Word and just stared at the page for far too long, and now I'm back. With all the movie-viewing I've been doing lately, I thought I'd make a list of my favorites by category. It should be very clear to you by now how little I want to write my other papers. Leggo!
ACTION:
3) Inception
2) Taken
1) The Lookout
COMEDY:
3/4) Blades of Glory/Easy A
2) The Hangover
1) Fired Up!
ROMANCE:
3) 10 Things I Hate About You
2) The Proposal
1) (500) Days of Summer
CHILDHOOD:
3) The Lion King
2) The Little Mermaid
1) Aladdin
HORROR:
3) Urban Legend
2) Silence of the Lambs
1) Fright Night
SCI-FI/FANTASY:
3) HPatSorcerer'sStone
2) Star Trek
1) HPatDeathlyHollows
DRAMA/SUSPENSE:
3) Cloverfield
2) The Dark Knight
1) Fight Club
TV SHOWS:
5) The Office (USA!)
4) The Vampire Diaries
3) House
2) Dexter
1) Dr. Who
ULTIMATE TOP 5:
5) Mad Men
4) Glee
3) Aladdin
2) Fright Night
1) (500 Days of Summer)
So there we have it. I obviously bent catergories a little bit to fit myself, but whatever. This is my blog; I'll do as I choose. I consider myself a really dorky weirdo, so I'd love to hear what you guys think. What're your top 5? I promise I really am done now.
ACTION:
3) Inception
2) Taken
1) The Lookout
COMEDY:
3/4) Blades of Glory/Easy A
2) The Hangover
1) Fired Up!
ROMANCE:
3) 10 Things I Hate About You
2) The Proposal
1) (500) Days of Summer
CHILDHOOD:
3) The Lion King
2) The Little Mermaid
1) Aladdin
HORROR:
3) Urban Legend
2) Silence of the Lambs
1) Fright Night
SCI-FI/FANTASY:
3) HPatSorcerer'sStone
2) Star Trek
1) HPatDeathlyHollows
DRAMA/SUSPENSE:
3) Cloverfield
2) The Dark Knight
1) Fight Club
TV SHOWS:
5) The Office (USA!)
4) The Vampire Diaries
3) House
2) Dexter
1) Dr. Who
ULTIMATE TOP 5:
5) Mad Men
4) Glee
3) Aladdin
2) Fright Night
1) (500 Days of Summer)
So there we have it. I obviously bent catergories a little bit to fit myself, but whatever. This is my blog; I'll do as I choose. I consider myself a really dorky weirdo, so I'd love to hear what you guys think. What're your top 5? I promise I really am done now.
Lazy Monday
What? I'm writing again already?! Yep, you read that correctly. Normally I wouldn't be doing this. But I'm supposed to be writing two 10 page papers for AP Composition, and I just can't bring myself to do it right now. Do you know how difficult it is to write ten pages about how Katy Perry is the true American icon? Yeah, me neither, because I haven't started.
Today I went to the movies... Again. This weekend I've seen three (3!) films, and that makes me super excited. As you know, I saw "Apollo 18" mid-day yesterday, and then last night I went with my dad to see "Fright Night". "Fright Night" was definitely better than "Apollo 18". As in, it was fucking brilliant. I'm going to buy it when it comes out. And then today I saw "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". It made me cry, and that made me upset. Also, whenever Tom Felton said anything, I kept expecting him to end his sentences with 'Potter'. Like, "What the hell are you doing, POTTER?" but that didn't happen. Was he supposed to be English still? I didn't think so. If not, his accent work was probably the shittiest thing I've ever heard. It's a good thing he's so beautiful... Speaking of, James Franco was also absolutely amazing. I forgot how brilliant he was. AGH, def a fave.
I think that's it... ILOVEYOURFACE,BYE!
Today I went to the movies... Again. This weekend I've seen three (3!) films, and that makes me super excited. As you know, I saw "Apollo 18" mid-day yesterday, and then last night I went with my dad to see "Fright Night". "Fright Night" was definitely better than "Apollo 18". As in, it was fucking brilliant. I'm going to buy it when it comes out. And then today I saw "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". It made me cry, and that made me upset. Also, whenever Tom Felton said anything, I kept expecting him to end his sentences with 'Potter'. Like, "What the hell are you doing, POTTER?" but that didn't happen. Was he supposed to be English still? I didn't think so. If not, his accent work was probably the shittiest thing I've ever heard. It's a good thing he's so beautiful... Speaking of, James Franco was also absolutely amazing. I forgot how brilliant he was. AGH, def a fave.
I think that's it... ILOVEYOURFACE,BYE!
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Apollo 18/Blog #64202.4
Yooo. It's been roughly... A long time since I posted anything here. It's a good thing no one reads it. I just got back from the theater - I saw "Apollo 18". If you have no idea what that is, IMDb describes it as:
"Decades-old found footage from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 mission, where two American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon."
Cool shit, I say. I'm definitely a sucker for films that are shot in the home-video format, so I was with this thing all the way. It did have come really awesome film techniques and some witty dialogue, but there were a few moments where I was just sitting in my comfy red seat thinking, "WTF." Ultimately, though, I'd give it an 8.5/10. One of the best things about this movie, however, isn't even part of the film itself. It's playing up that whole we-recovered-lost-footage-from-the-government-OMG!-thing, and that's getting a lot of internet attention. At the very beginning of the film, it said all of the footage came from a website entitled lunartruth.com, but if you actually try to go to that address, it tells you it's been taken down. Here are some comments from various internet viewers concerning that website and the movie:
"Calm down your boners everyone. It's a ridiculous marketing ploy. The website didn't exist until 3 months after they stared filming the movie. It was never a real website." -TheAlesanarocks (YouTube)
"I bet you guys that some one hacked into NASA or where ever they keep the secret footage, took the videos and made it as a movie!!!!! Then NASA hired the best person they could to hack into LunaTruth.com and get the the site offline! (we saw this movie earlier tonight. creepy. seemed like real footage!!!!" -Mnnmcutie (Blogger)
"your so stupid its not real, you probly think paranormal activity is real too" -Trevor Wasney, Troll
"they didnt just lie to us about some things..... they lied to us about everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Anonymous
These people all make me very, very happy. Especially Trevor, because he's sassy and sucks at spelling. I forgive him, though, because you honestly don't need to know proper English in order to survive in America. I applaud his usage of "too". Also, I like excited bitches who use a billion exclamation points. We get it, you're fucking crazy. Mnnmcutie probably has the best review, right after Trev, because her logic is perfection. She has a very solid argument, and ending her (his... its?) little rant with "seems like it's real!" definitely adds to her logos. It's off the charts, I swear. Her lack of a second parentheses upsets me, though. Dammit, Mnnm, I had such high hopes for you!
In conclusion, I really enjoyed this movie, as well as everyone's reactions. I'm going to try to write things more often, but I that doesn't really mean anything... Anyway, it's really cold in my house, and I would like have dinner. Chinese food, bitches.
"Decades-old found footage from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 mission, where two American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon."
Cool shit, I say. I'm definitely a sucker for films that are shot in the home-video format, so I was with this thing all the way. It did have come really awesome film techniques and some witty dialogue, but there were a few moments where I was just sitting in my comfy red seat thinking, "WTF." Ultimately, though, I'd give it an 8.5/10. One of the best things about this movie, however, isn't even part of the film itself. It's playing up that whole we-recovered-lost-footage-from-the-government-OMG!-thing, and that's getting a lot of internet attention. At the very beginning of the film, it said all of the footage came from a website entitled lunartruth.com, but if you actually try to go to that address, it tells you it's been taken down. Here are some comments from various internet viewers concerning that website and the movie:
"Calm down your boners everyone. It's a ridiculous marketing ploy. The website didn't exist until 3 months after they stared filming the movie. It was never a real website." -TheAlesanarocks (YouTube)
"I bet you guys that some one hacked into NASA or where ever they keep the secret footage, took the videos and made it as a movie!!!!! Then NASA hired the best person they could to hack into LunaTruth.com and get the the site offline! (we saw this movie earlier tonight. creepy. seemed like real footage!!!!" -Mnnmcutie (Blogger)
"your so stupid its not real, you probly think paranormal activity is real too" -Trevor Wasney, Troll
"they didnt just lie to us about some things..... they lied to us about everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Anonymous
These people all make me very, very happy. Especially Trevor, because he's sassy and sucks at spelling. I forgive him, though, because you honestly don't need to know proper English in order to survive in America. I applaud his usage of "too". Also, I like excited bitches who use a billion exclamation points. We get it, you're fucking crazy. Mnnmcutie probably has the best review, right after Trev, because her logic is perfection. She has a very solid argument, and ending her (his... its?) little rant with "seems like it's real!" definitely adds to her logos. It's off the charts, I swear. Her lack of a second parentheses upsets me, though. Dammit, Mnnm, I had such high hopes for you!
In conclusion, I really enjoyed this movie, as well as everyone's reactions. I'm going to try to write things more often, but I that doesn't really mean anything... Anyway, it's really cold in my house, and I would like have dinner. Chinese food, bitches.
Friday, January 21, 2011
The Birth of This Blog
I don't really like blogs, even though I've made roughly 15 so far. The only reason this one is here is that I really want to hear the new Panic! At the Disco song on a regular basis. Obviously, for copyright reasons, their label doesn't want it all around YouTube, so they'll keep flagging and deleting videos when they see them. However, if a video's embedded, it won't completely disappear, so I'll still have it even after it's "gone". I'm a genius, I know. No one's going to read this, but I need some justification.
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