Since one

It was really great having Kirsten come visit for a few days. I wish she could've stayed longer though. It feels really good to know that even though I haven't seen her in years, things still feel the same between us, and we're still best friends. I love that even though we've been so far apart and spent half of our teenage years living different lives, it still feels like just yesterday we were playing with barbies and catching frogs in her backyard. I really hope she comes back up to Connecticut or Maine so we could see each other more. The only bad thing about her coming to visit is having to say goodbye all over again.

I have to go back to work on Thursday, which is a really hard thing for me to do. I really have a hard time doing what I do and dealing with the people I deal with. I'm absolutely dreading it. My co-workers are great, but the job is just so physically and emotionally draining. I hate to sound so negative, but aside from Kirsten coming to visit, I've had very little fun this summer. No beach, no road trips, no friends, no nothing. I really hope things can become more positive.

To all my friends: summer's not over yet, give me a call!

p.s. I STILL can't drive on the highway :-/
p.p.s. Kirsten, I PROMISE I'm coming to Maine with you as soon as possible!

"Oh the humanity!"

I seriously cannot get over how hilarious this was when I was little, and it still kills me to watch it. I'm so glad my generation got all the awesome Nickelodeon shows!

Don't mind the end where whoever made the video messed it up with a lame voice-over.



:-D

HPP

I was in the paper today with one of my students from swimming lessons!



She's only 6, she was really brave!

I feel bad Arielle didn't get in on the picture, she was in the water below us helping catch all the kids!

Picture taken from myrecordjournal.com, obviously

LOL

Activists preparing against use of 'brown note' at Dem convention

"Political activists planning protest rallies at the upcoming Democratic Convention in Denver have their stomachs in knots over a rumor about a crowd control weapon - known as the “crap cannon” - that might be unleashed against them.

Also called “Brown Note,” it is believed to be an infrasound frequency that debilitates a person by making them defecate involuntarily."


Anyone remember this episode of Southpark> where they try to slip in the brown noise into my Country Tis of Thee? hahaha well guys, I can still say that one of my goals in life is to discover the brown noise

Light Above the Trees

New goal: learn to play the shakuhachi haha

Top places I NEED to go

-See as much of the United States as I can(Alaska!)

-Japan

-London/Ireland/Scotland/the UK

-Egypt

-Brazil/Argentina/South America

-Guatemala/Costa Rica/Panama/Central America

-Germany

-Kenya

-Rome/Greece/Turkey/Croatia/Mediterranean area

-China

-Saudi Arabia/UAE/Israel/Jordan/that whole general area




Basically the whole world, but those are the top spots as of right now!

How come everytime I empty the lint trap in the dryer, the lint is always a totally different color than the clothes that were being dried?

I love doing laundry, for real. I don't understand why people hate doing it. To be honest, I only just learned how to do my own laundry a few months ago. I can't keep my room clean or pick up after myself, but I can do laundry in a second.

I'm completely re-doing my room. All of the shit is off my walls. I miss it. I'm painting my now mint green walls a nice tan color ("creamy nougat" yum) with my current zebra wall being replaced with a nice yellow ("mustard seed" also yum) I want to put up a bunch of the little things my grandpa brought home from his travels around the world. I know he's got some African masks and necklaces from Kenya, little Alaskan totem poles, a boomerang from Australia, some wooden shoes from Holland, and my favorite, a picture of him on a camel in front of the pyramids in Giza.

I'm also rearranging my furniture, which has always sucked, because not only does most of my stuff weigh a million pounds, but my bed has always been in the corner it's in now, and everytime I move it, it feels weird and I end up moving it back.

Also, I planted two Hydrangea plants in my backyard with my mom (yay!) I am happy to say they are thriving thanks to my (mom's and dad's) green thumb and some Miracle Grow!



gotta go put my clothes in the dryer, haha

Earth Day

Thanks, holy angel's church, for cutting down the 30+ year old trees that have been growing on "church property". Why you chose to cut down these trees that have been there for decades, are hundreds of yards away from anything they may disturb and have been a beautiful sight and signiture land mark is a mystery to me. Maybe you should've asked God first. I feel like he might have something to say about not destroying "God's green earth." Also, thanks for all the sawdust thats now floating around my whole neighborhood.

Happy Earth Day everybody. I hope you all planted a bunch of trees instead of cutting them down!

the bouncing souls :-)

Here is wishing you the bluest skies
Hoping something better comes tomorrow
Hoping all the verses rhyme
The very best of choruses too

Follow all the doubt and sadness
I know that better things are on their way

Here is hoping all the days ahead
Won’t be as bitter as the ones behind you
Be an optimist instead
And somehow happiness will find you

Forget what happened yesterday
I know that better things are on their way

It’s really good to see you rocking out and having fun
Living like you’ve just begun
Accept your life and what it brings
I hope tomorrow you find better things
I know tomorrow you’ll find better things

Here is wishing you the bluest skies
Hoping something better comes tomorrow
Hoping all the verses rhyme
The very best of choruses too

Follow all the doubt and sadness
I know that better things are on their way

It’s really good to see you rocking out and having fun
Living like you’ve just begun
Accept your life and what it brings
I hope tomorrow you find better things
I know tomorrow you’ll find better things
I know tomorrow you’ll find better things

Forget what happened yesterday
I know that better things are on their way

I know you got a lot of good things happening up ahead
The past is gone, it’s all been said
So here’s to what the future brings
I hope tomorrow you’ll find better things
I hope tomorrow you’ll find better things
I hope tomorrow you’ll find better things
I hope tomorrow you’ll find better things
I know tomorrow you’ll find better things

weird...

I miss high school. A lot.