Goodbye

Would everyone post what day they're leaving for college? I'd like to put it in my date book, just so I know. Plus, add your college addresses for my address book, so I can keep in touch. I bought the cutest notecards, so I will actually send you guys notes. Email is nice too, make sure you post those as well. Wait, nevermind, don't do that, you'll get stalked and get sent junk mail. My apologies, I wasn't thinking. I'll get everyone's info at Miryam's party. But please post the dates you are leaving. Thanks! (P.S. I leave the 17th.)

Farewell to me.......

Since I am leaving on August 8 for Michigan (for family vacation) and then going straight from Michigan to St. Michael's College in Vermont (the institution that is lucky enough to educate me for the next four years), I am having a wee partay chez moi (at my house, for all you freaky non-French speakers) on Tuesday, August 2 around 8pm. Please bring yourself, I would love to see you one final time before I go away until Christmas! And I would not be sad if you brought food.

WHEE!

I am finally 18 years old. Because today is my 18th birthday! I am so excited I can go clubbing now. But I am unexcited because Mr. Parker is leaving on my birthday which means that I cannot hang out with my favorite Shmorker on my birthday. Oh well. Whee!

You betcha!

You have no idea how many times I have heard that phrase in the last week. I'm back from Minnesota only to see everyone else leave. Oh joy. Party at my house on the 7th, if you all can make it. The date might change. That is all.

last minute and maybe a last chance

ok so tonight i want to get a huge group of people and go to the city museum. one last time before everybody leaves and we wont have time to do it in the future. i know it is really last minute and stuff but please, if you are reading this, come. the sicth is this: meet at my house around 8- 830 then we can carpool down there and parry it up. also, since people are planning to leave on trips and whatnot, i vote that we party it up all night! we just hang out all night somewhere. if people need some place to crash, my house is cool (boys are welcome too). so if you are going to come, call me so i know who to wait for and whatever. k? great! i hope to see you all there!!!

"come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination" ~ willy wonka

facebook... *shudders*

perhaps this argument isn't particularly strong coming from a someone who is at this very moment "blogging", but still, i believe the issue needs to be addressed. facebook... god, where do i start. what a worthless, sorry substitute for actual human interaction. seriously people, is it that freaking hard to meet someone for the first time - i can't believe i am actually going to say it - *gasp* face to face?! personally, the thought of thousands of complete strangers (just because you go to the same school as i do does NOT mean i know you) having such personal information as my phone number and my picture as well as (obviously) the school i attend, scares the shit out of me. although i am not a user of other online blogging utensils, there is something slightly more comfortable about the anonymity of such programs as livejournal and other blogging programs. but with facebook there is no escape.

ok, sorry to everyone out there that is on facebook. it was not my intention to offend anyone. just needed to get that out there.

apparently i am now good enough to be jeff's friend... yay

tonight tonight

if anyone's looking for something to do tonight, i'm thinking muny. "mame" is showing and i know i like at least one song. i'm gonna go early to get free seats so call me if you want to reserve one. that's about it. happy thursday (except to those construction workers who decided to get up at godawful hours of the morning to repair a neighbors porch....)

updates on the wedding!

soooooooooooo liz is getting married may 13 at noon in the old cathedral!!! she came over today and we talked about so much stuff! she has a lot of places picked for the reception, but hasn't picked one yet. and the ring is GORGEOUS. it has a big diamond in the middle, and ten itty-bitty ones on each side. each side is split into five, and they are in a row next to each other. they're so tiny! so yea, i don't even know if anyone cares about reading all the details i'm going to post, but i'm just so excited and i want everyone to know! eeeeeeeeeee!!!!! yay love!

i just wanted to say

that i hate college right now.

Marker of the Week!

Introducing the Marker of the Week!

Anna

or as i better know her, annarita. annarita you crack me up like no one else. i can always depend on you for a chuckle or a guffaw. we've had some amazing times, from when you first gave me a balloon in homeroom on my birthday to our lotr musical (which i just found my lyrics and music to, by the way, so we can resurrect it!) to bookmarkers to ... to... to everything. you've always been there. thanks for that. you're an awesome singer/actress/stage manager/writer/composer/techie/motivator/tote bag/and above all, friend.................CAN DO!

'twas a very lovely cake. i loved it.

since all i really had to say was encompassed in the title, here are two limericks i wrote while bored at work. enjoy.

there once was a humorous limerick
composed by a comical maverick.
'twas so funny, i'm told,
that quite soon it was sold
and is now seen on sitcoms of slapstick.

there once was a man from miami
who had a big pig for a mammy.
he starred in a play,
but the critics said 'nay--'
they thought his performances hammy.

are those wedding bells i hear? HELL YES

my sister liz is getting married!!!!!!!!! probably next may, cause they want to have the wedding before her and all her fiance's med school friends will graduate and leave. i'm going to be a bridesmaid!! i'm SO EXCITED! i haven't seen the ring yet, but apparently it's gorgeous. she and sean (her bf) have been talking about this for a LONG time so it's not unexpected, but we didn't know when he was going to propose. ahhskldfhaoiwe thawg[ awhiog]i i'm so happy! he proposed at the chase hotel. they had a date, and he surprised her by having it in a suite. that's why i'm babysitting his lil sis's on thursday night, cause his dad is coming in town to have dinner with them and my dad (dun dun dun....). so anyways, i'm off. just wanted to let everyone know!!! and then i saw sean at the gym where i work (he plays bball a lot) and i was like, hey brother. and he looked so hungover and he was like, we were celebrating all night....and i'm just like yay! you're going to be in mi familia! i like you! whhheeeeeeee!!!!!!!

...when the first emperor penguin decided to stay, to love, in the harshest place on Earth.

yea, so i've seen the end of The March of the Penguins at least 7 times, thanks to my job at the chase cinemas (please come and see me. it can get so boring sometimes.) when i pass out candy and stuff, i usually slip in and wait for the end of the movie, and then open the door when the credits start rollin and give people stuff.
i work with some pretty cool people, though, which is good. most of the girls i'm really uncomfortable around. i dunno, they just don't really like to talk. i'll try to make conversations, and i'll get a grunt or one word answer. i'm like, oh cool, let's make this more awkward. except this girl i worked with today, i thought my boss introduced her as Erin, but when she logged on into her name on the register, it said Irum, and her bracelet said it too, and she said she's from Pakistan, so i guess that's her name. But I definitely called her Erin, and she didn't correct me. a mystery...the guys are so much more laid back, and talkative. My favs are john, tom, ej, marcus, and frank. john was SO quiet at first, he like, never talked. but we started talking a lot, and then this freakishly tall women was getting some snacks, and she had really dark features, and some sort of eastern european accent, i think slovakian or something. so we were trying to guess where she was from, and he commented on her accent and suddenly goes, god that's so HOT! i was so taken aback, cause even though he's like, 24 he looks younger than he is and is really introverted (or seemingly so). i almost started laughing in his face, but then i stopped myself. it was just really funny. tom's just really funny, and so is marcus, and are always really helpful and let me know what i'm supposed to do without making me feel stupid (unlike most of the girls). and ej is like, super talkative and fun and helpful, and so is frank. he's like, THE smallest dude i've ever seen! he's so adorable! i think he and jenny might have somethin going on. they're always joking, and laughing together, and the two of them and dawn went out to eat onetime (dawn's really cool, too. i haven't worked with her yet though, just met her). my fav girls are dawn, yaffa, jenny, and irum. even though jenny doesn't talk much with me, she's cool and stuff, and we get along. yaffa's fun, and doesn't make me feel dumb. there's this one girl though, i think her name is kelly, and she hasn't bothered to introduce herself to me. she did ask me (sort of snottily) if i would hold the door for people who had a bunch of snacks, but has never said anything else to me. i was like, excuse me, i'm new, you should take it upon yourself to introduce yourself to me. and it's really obvious when i'm standing there and she's joking around with everybody else and like, pointedly ignoring me. for the time being, i've decided she's kind of a bitch.
so i've been at work ALL WEEKEND and today (monday) from 11:30-6, and then i saw charlie and the chocolate factory (for the third time) with my dad. that's why i haven't seen anyone, and i really miss you guys. i'm kind of busy this week (fam din din on tues eve, work 2:00-9:30 on wed, babysit for my sis's fiance's lil sis's, and friday i have relay for life. and again, i'm working THIS ENTIRE weekend). the next night i have available is the first tuesday of august, so hey, i'm going to find out what's going on, and call peeps. i miss you all.
anyways, so that's some stuff about my work. sorry this was kind of boring, and long, but since i haven't talked to anyone, i wanted to get it out. k bye.

As promised, the femme Napoleon Dynamite 

Marker Splotches Superlatives

so i never turned in my senior superlatives sheet because i figured the people i voted for wouldn't get in because all the people were my friends. and hey, you're my friends, so here's my superlatives (the highlights). feel free to add yours.

Superlatives
Best Car/Mode of Transportation- Carolyn
Biggest Mooch- Laura
Best Laugh- Sarah
Biggest Actress- Sarah/Anna
Best Singer- Angela/Reba
Smartest- Angela
Nicest- Nicole/Steph
Biggest Party Animal- Miryam
Worst Driver- Carolyn/Amanda
Funniest- Everyone

Most Likely To...
Be President- ME! Haha, watch out Jeff
Not Go To College- Keegan
Get Arrested- Dailee
Start a Women's Rights Movement- Anna
Marry Their Highschool Sweetheart- Margaret/Reba (not to freak you guys out...)
Become Famous- Ella (like in the storyboard artist arena)
Marry For Money- Amanda
Start Their Own Business- Katie (hey, i can see it....)
Win the Lottery- Jacquelyn
Be a Mini-Van Mom- Carolyn (ha)

Senior Favorites
Spring Break Spot- Lake of the Ozarks
Guy's School- SLUH, i guess
Fashion Trends- Boy shorts
Store- Target
Party of the Year- ummm, post-prom? swing-dancing?
Saying- "Ride that Pony"

Song For Miryam

Miryam, I missed you so much while you were at camp I wrote a song for you. Here it goes!

Curly Fries,
Curly Fries,
I love you more than curly fries,
If I had a choice between curly fries and you,
I would pick you.
Curly Fries,
Curly Fries,
I like you more than curly fries!

I can stand a lot of things, I can even stand up, but I can't stand this!

No, you!

I LOVE YOU MIRYAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
whee!!!!!

Guess who's back. Back again.

Nope, not Slim Shady. It is I, Miryam. You probably didn't even know I was gone. But I am back. From Girl Scout Camp. Woot woot for being a counselor. So fucking fun. Omfg. I will soon post a picture of the femme Napoleon Dynamite. Holy crap. I know. It's amazing. I'm hoping to be at Amanda's. So wheeeee! I love!

me need you- and don't ignore this people- i know what crosses your mind- please help- :(

hey! those with digital cameras, i need your still photos from anything this summer! it's apart of my girls gone wild thing. i have this slide show thing before (it works with the music), but i have no stills. so please, email 'em (mford1987@yahoo.com) or post 'em. otherwise it'll just be pictures of obtuse because i have a lot of him. and i hope to be finished with the movie soon (hopefully before anyone leaves). and it'll be kickass. and tear-jerking

The Parking Situation

So it turns out we do know where our parking permits for the street are. We have six of them so if you park where it says no parking thurs-sun blah blah blah, come in and get a permit from me. then you shall be safe from the mob. i mean police. whatever. but before you leave i will need them back seeing as i cannot duplicate them. and for those of you who like to be on time, there will be room in the driveway for one or two cars.

it's so true

michelle (barron) is on college visits/interviews and when she was asked to describe her high school, this was it: "nerinx is a place where your cds and cell phone are safe in your unlocked locker, but your krispy kreme doughnuts are not."

so last night i had this dream...

i had this dream last night that i was going to the library. i think i was driving. but i must have turned without realizing it, because suddenly i was on this street that made me turn left and led up this big wooded hill. at the top there was a fence, and i guy guarding it because i believe there was a funeral going on on the other side, which was probably within the botanical garden. so i turned around and started riding my bike down the hill. as i was going down, the funeral party started coming up the hill (walking, i think). i think they were bosnian, which is kind of unimportant, but anyway i gathered that the grandmother had died. they were sitting around waiting until they had to process into the funeral (or something). i was going to leave but then they started having this interesting discussion about history and culture, illustrated by informative posters that an aunt had. then i noticed this guy my age near the back, who was trying to put some plastic on his ear to cover up an earring. i asked him about it and told him that i had just gotten my ears pierced, too, and he said that his grandma didn't want him to pierce his ear so he was covering it up out of respect. we had a nice conversation, but then he had to go into the funeral. he invited me to go with them, but i said that i probably shouldn't.

also last night, i had a dream that somehow involved killing lots of people in a casino/bar type setting, because the people were evil (except for margaret and paul, who showed up again!), but they kept beating down on me psychologically until i didn't know who to kill and i had to run outside. yeah... that's pretty much all i remember. except that i think i also had a camp-related dream that involved a camper throwing up, so i carried her to the nurse. the end.

um... sorry if you just read all that.

Boredom

So I'm bored, and at work and I have nothing to do and it's not even 10 am, and I get off at 12:30. Balls. I get my haircut today! Woot! (Wow, I've never used that expression. Guess there's a first time for everything.) Since this post is worthless, I'm going to apologize, but at least it kept me busy for all of two minutes.

bee-bop

hey all!
ok, i've been working on this for a while, and i've compiled a cd that commemorates our years at nerinx together. it has various musical, dance, and all around appliable numbers on it. i even managed to get them in the order i think they belong in according to what year we were in (roughly). i will be handing out some copies at amandas on sat, but some people may have to get someone else to burn a copy for them simply due to the fact that cds cost money...and i don't have any. I will get at least 6 copies in circuit to reliable people who also own cd burners...and are generous with their own cds. I will have a list of the songs though for anyone to look at to see if they would like a copy of this nerinx memorobielia (can't spell). anyway, just fyi. let me know what you think...

am joining nudist colony.

there is very little more depressing than spending hours shopping and leaving without pants.

gee, that makes it sound like i was half naked leaving the store... fear not.

i won't be talking to the following people for some time now out of sheer jealousy:
margaret
angela
missy
carolyn
keegan
possibly jacquelyn
(get butts, why don't you!?)
anyone else i may talk to. unless i realize that you belong on this list.

true sadness

i hope everyone remembers aida umali from nerin's business office, because she passed away this monday from a brain anyereusm (sorry i can't spell). if anyone else really loved her like i did and wants to go to the visitation, it's tomorrow (thursday) at kutis funeral home from 3pm-9pm. i think it'd be very nice to show her family that the students loved her. the mass is friday at 10am at st. marks, too, although i probably won't go to that.

just wanted to share some fond memories of ida, like her candy corn. and her sweet little face. and her giving me an exam card without any grief. awww. she was so cute. sigh, anyway, if you want to go to the visitation, call me on my cell.

New Cell Phone

I got my new cell phone today! Whee! I was disappointed though bceause my dad showed me on the internet what phone I was getting and it is the same one I got last time and I was hoping he would have upgraded me. However, his work is paying for the phone and they decided the free phone is better than the phone that costs. Oh well I can't argue because they did pay for my plan. Anyways if anyone wants the number well call my house or something and ask for it.

Popo

Popo meaning police of course. Last night I had one of the scariest moments of my life.
I was driving home from mikee's, lalalalala. Listening to my The Faint CD. Everything was ok, my mind was a little preoccupied, but whatever. I saw some cops on the side of the road, so I decided to slow down the speed a little - you know to speed limit. After a while I was like, ok I am safe.... so I speed back up... and then I see it. A car parked on the side, it looked like a normal broken down car, but no, as I passed it turned its lights on, and flashed them at me. So I was like "DAMN! Oh good, maybe it will just flash the lights, not pull me over....". My hopes were dashed into the dirt a few moments later when I saw it pull out onto the highway and start coming after me (I knew it was me cause there was no one else around). So I pull over - and like 100 feet in front of me is the little "St. Louis City Limit" sign. I again was quite mad, but I couldn't really pull back out onto the highway and keep driving...
So I then remember - oh yeah, license and registration. Fuck what is registration? It is the insurance card right? So I reach over to the glove department for the card, and there is a bunch of random shit in there. Finally I find the card and turn around to see a flashlight shining right in my face. I almost screamed.... So I am shaking so bad I can barely hand him the two cards (the insurance one severely bent...). So he is like "Where are you heading?" "Home" "Where do you live" "Uh.... the city" I got a look then.... I am so used to just saying the city, I forget to give specifics because usually people don't know what I am talking about... "S-s-s-soulard" was all I could mutter. "Uh huh. Late for curfew or something?" "N-n-n-no sir." "Do you know why I pulled you over?" "Yes sir. I was speeding" "Any idea how fast?" "uh...... 70?" (Shit, I had no idea, I thought I was going 70 because that is what I usually go and I had just been speeding back up) "Try 80." My heart sinks. Oh shit. I am in for it now.
So he goes away for like 5 minutes while I sit there shaking almost seizurish.... I thought I was gonna have a heart attack, puke, and faint all at the same time. So the little city sign is in the distance mocking me and I am just sitting there hoping he lets me off easy..... praying......
He comes back and goes "So Kathleen...." for a split sec I was like "huh?" but then I was like, oh yeah, thats my name. duh. "Here is your citation. Your court date is August 10th at 7 pm". My heart sinks yet again. I didnt think it could sink any lower. At this point I think it is somwhere down in my toes. Then he says some other stuff that I don't even remember, I was shaking so bad.... then he tells me to sign the paper thing. So I answer by saying "Os." See, in karate os is like a really spirited yes. And so when you are given directions or something by a higher ranking person, you say "yes sir, no sir, or os" and I am so used to just saying os that it is like a reflex. I sank lower in my chair then. I was like PLEASE say he didn't hear that. So I quickly followed it with lots of "yes sirs" and stuff. So then he finally says "Slow down and drive safe. Have a nice night." I was like right.... nice night. thanks. you just ruined it stupid.
I was shaking so bad the entire way home. I called obtuse like five minutes later and burst out crying the entire way home. blah blah blah. I never want to get pulled over again. Speed limit or 5 over for me from now on (watch, in two weeks I will be back up to 80).
I havent told the 'rents yet. I didn't want to wake em up last night, so I am telling them when they get home from work tonight. pray they dont slaughter me. they better not, my sister has gotten pulled over a bunch of times, i just dont ever know how they reacted because I was never there when she told em.
*shudder shudder*

update

ok, so i've been questioned by a few people as to how i've been since my surgery earlier this summer... so i'll use our lovely blog to tell you all what's been going on... ok, so as most of you know i've been sick since about january and we really didn't know what was going on.... i missed alot of school second semester and underwent lots of fun testing... so doctors came to the conclusion that it was gallbladder disease and hey that was cool... it runs in my family... and that i had a lactose intolerancy (haha! that's only slightly true now)... anywho, i had the gallbladder taken out two days after graduation and had a fun two week recovery period... so a couple weeks go by and i'm not feeling any better.... go back to the doctor.. few more tests and taadaa! we know what's wrong... celiac disease, which basically means that i can't eat gluten... so breads, pastas, baked goods, fries, basically anything with flour or modified food starches are out.... but it's cool b/c i'm slowly adjusting and i'm feeling sooooo much better! so thank you to all that came and visited after my surgery, and for all the support over this past month and a half.. you guys are awesome!!!

Marker of the Week!

Introducing the Marker of this Week!

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Carolyn!

so it goes without saying that carolyn is by far the coolest person ever. from the motorcycle to the trashbag prom dress to the 20-something t-shirts on the last day of uniforms to the starburst outfit to completely ruling the booth, it's apparent you absolutely rock. i like to think that i got to know you a little better this year, which makes it even harder in leaving for school. even though you drive like a maniac and get us lost in pine lawn, you're still one awesome chica.

sadness

frankie muniz (aka malcolm from malcolm in the middle) just got engaged... i'm so sad... i've had a major crush on that guy like forever!!!!

shindiggy part II

So the jury came back and the boyos are allowed to spend the night. Yeah! Thats it. Bye.

PARTY!!

im so excited for tonight. im sure no one wants to read this and you dont have to. but i have to get the excitment out because squealing really loud isnt fun unless someone else is with you and my whole family is out of town tonight so whee! christie is letting me borrow this really hot outfit that hides all my fat so ill be looking sexy. im so excited. mike and steve are picking me and hilary up. whee! and im also in a really good mood because margaret got a swim cast put on and she has changed from moping around the house being a depressed little girl to the bouncing aorund happy off the walls margaret that i love. shes sooooo cute! i love hearing little kids laugh its the cutest thing ever and margaret has the best little kid laugh i have ever heard. i love my baby girl.

WHEE FOR TONIGHT!!! MIRYAM AS SOON AS YOU GET BACK I WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING!!

NEW SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!

ok, so i know i've told you all at one point or another how badly i wanted to transfer from southwest to tulsa... well guess what... I'M GOING TO TULSA!!! woohoo... no transferring crap... i'm just going to start there in the fall... i'm a little more than excited (granted my dad is shunning me and won't go down to help move me in and my mom won't get off work so i'm driving myself down there for orientation week and move in... but i don't care... i get to go finally!)

'arry Potter

Well, I am now a little more than half-way through the book, and I have to say it's pretty good. I am thoroughly enjoying myself reading it. Although things do look as grim as usual. Generally I like it.

shindiggy

Announcement to all:

The long awaited day is almost upon us. I'm going to have another pary. I know it's been a rather long time. So here are the details. Next Saturday night, 8 o'clock. Bring a swimsuit, towel, you know. The ladies can for sure spend the night so bring sleeping bags, etc. The jury (meaning my mother) is still out on the fellas spending the night but it's looking good. So, I'll get back to you on that. Whoever so desires can come. Tell everyone. Bring any games or movies or any other form of entertainment that you want. On the food front: I have some soda, some frozen shit and whatnot. If you want anything else (yummy dip, 3 ways, etc.) you'll have to bring it yourself. Parkingwise, you can park from my house towards the high school (away from brentwood) or in the parking lot up at brentwood unless you want a ticket. Ummm, yeah, I think thats it. If you have any questions, call me or comment. Later gators.

Pissy people at work

Sonic today was so crazy. We were being audited, so everything had to be done absolutely perfectly. And of course, we ran out of ice cream and limes while the auditor was there. But I was never taught the correct way to clean and cut limes, so the manager told me not to cut any. Without fail, we had about 10 orders that needed limes. So I just sent them out without any. And to make matters worse, it was pouring down rain. We have also never been that busy since I've been there. There wasn't even room on the counter to put all the drinks and ice cream things I was making. But we got 96% so I guess it all worked out ok. One girl was sitting down and looking all bummed and I asked if she was tired, you know, just trying to make small talk. And she said, "No, I just found out I'm pregnant". Now I don't really know her that well, so I was like, "Wow. That's big news." She didn't look happy about it. Awkward.......

uniforms

Don't know if you can see the massiveness of that pile, but these are all my uniform clothes from the past four years. Collared shirts, shorts, pants, skirts, sweaters, etc. I did the math and apparently I had enough to make 184 different outfits. Yikes. What am I supposed to do with all this crap now? I wouldn't be caught dead wearing some of that stuff. Anyone want to buy some hideous blue pants that are fireproof?

funny (and obscene) site

here is a very funny site... it's obscene as well... but i found it and decided to share it with all of you... take the end of the URL and erase Steph and put in your name before going to the site:

http://home.elka.edu.pl/~pgrabow1/kolezka.swf?name=Steph

My Day

So I woke up and drove Christie to work and then went to piano. Piano went good my teacher told me I am moving faster than any student shes had before. Then I came home and my dad said he was trying to clean and so he wanted me to do something wth the kids. So me, Michelle, Marge, and Mikey went to Jack-In-The-Box. The entire place was quiet until we got there. Ugh those freaking kids are so loud. Mike was banging on the windows trying to get people who were going through the drive through to wave at him. He was successful a couple times but mostly was just making a lot of racket.

So after an embarrassing exit where I had to drag Margaret and grab Mike out because they didn't want to leave we went to target to pick up some crap for Michelle. Mike broke something. And you know how kids are? Every five minutes running up with a new toy begging for you to buy it for them.

So after we finally got out of there we went to the bank. I was all excited cause I had two 330 dollar paychecks cause I had been working 30 hours a week for the past month. So we get into the bank and I'm filling out a deposit slip and trying to get the kids to shut up and I glance up and realize I'm standing right across from Mike Colon. He went to my gradeschool and I'm sure some of the Nerinx girls know him (he's the cute boy from CBC's Jazz Band who plays the drums and conducted or directed or whatever you call it that nice mixture of random songs this year). Anyways that was embarrassing cause I had half of Michaels cheesburger all over my shirt still and chunks of my hair were hanging out of my ponty tail from fighting children.

So I wrestled them back in the car and neither can buckle their seat belts you know cause of Margarets cast and cause Mike...well just cant. So they kept unbuckling them while I was buckling the other one in. And Michelle was just sitting there laughing and not helping. So finally I dragged the snots out to Best Buy to pick up the Sims Expansion Pack. Anyways on the drive there "Holla Back Girl" came on and we were all entertained by Mike singing "It is bananas, B-a-n-a-n-a-s!". So we got there I had to endure more protesting because I wouldn't buy "School Tycoon" (it was only ten dollars...I cant imagine why it was so cheap).

So on the car ride home I was all frustrated and I couldn't wait to get the brats home. So I notice its quiet in the back and I look back there and Shelly was sleeping in the front seat and Mike and Marge were sleeping in this cute little pile. It was totally worth dealing with the brats all day to see that.

It made me think how bad I feel. About leaving for college. As if I'm not already depressed about leaving my job and my friends but feeling bad about leaving them too. Its not the same as it is with Michelle and Christie. They both are old enough to remember me and have memories of me. Margaret is old enough to remember but she doesnt really know much about me. And Mike is too young to remember. So its like I'm gonna miss out on their growing up and they aren't even going to know me. It really really bothers me that its like that. A lot. Anyways I'm sure everyone stopped reading this paragraphs ago but...you know typing it out is more important than people reading it so...K bye.

Good times...

Alrighty, as most of you know, I just reread the Laura Ingalls Wilder books, and I found a song in there that fit my high school years. Each year got better and better, along with the summers in between. Sorry for the mushiness, but hell, we've only got about one month left, and I really want you guys to know how much I love all of you. Here goes:

Golden years are passing by,

Happy, happy golden years,

Passing on the wings of time,

These happy golden years.

Call them back as they go by,

Sweet their memories are,

Oh, improve them as they fly,

These happy golden years.

now will you stop bitching?

i finished burning all the girls gone wild dvds, so you can stop reminding me. it only took 3 months of nagging for it to get done. anyway, if your dvd didn't work, give it back to me or change with another person because some dvds work in only computers and some only in dvd players. so just mess around. and as always, i can make it a vhs. so just give me your faulty ones. kay?

and if anyone has any ideas about girls gone wild summer vaca edition, please lemme know. i'm liking the letting everyone take the camera to their work place, but i'm just a wee bit scared for it. anyway, that's it.

Riiiiight....

So Dave decided that he wants to drive out to Maine, oh, next week. Rent a car from Enterprise, and drive the 1347 miles to Phippsburg,ME. Jesus Christ. Anyone know how many miles per gallon a mini van gets? Or a cargo van? Anything? Alrighty, I'm off to get books from the library. Hasta.
P.S. What's going on tonight? Call me. Whoa, almost typed my phone number. Oopsies.

benny dick

I'v been corrupted and seduced by the devil! oh lord! why dost thou torture me so with these unclean and sacreligious temptations of the soul?? why? why??? ok enough with the drama. just read. please. and then go and get corrupted for the sixth time this friday night! all i have to say is "kiss my bum, benny!"

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050713/people_nm/pope_harrypotter_dc_2

"did what? goodnight." ~ dumbledore, hp and the prisoner of azkaban movie

what i'm doing tonight (and tomorrow)

so tonight, having nothing to do, i have scoured the pages of the get out and am supremely satisfied with my conclusion. so tonight i am going to:

thurman community cafe (for dinner, not for any special event but because it's important to support local businesses)

and then, the muny (free seats obviously) for jesus christ superstar

anyone in?

tomorrow, since i work early on saturday and don't really care that much about harry potter, i am going to see the princess bride, which is showing in "gazebo park" (you know, by school) for free at 9 o clock.

wow, two in one day

hey, i just set up aim on my *new laptop* and i don't have any screen names. So if you all would be so kind as to send me yours...or your list of peeps to my email, that would be super. check my profile for my new screen name. i suppose i'll actually use it next year, so keep it handy.

blimey, my heart's going that fast

one day, 13 hours, 18 minutes, 10 seconds left...
let it sink in.

I feel so cool

I just got my laptop! I just got my laptop! (That was me jumping around, dancing, and singing around my house.) yay! now I feel official! I am going to college! Woohoo! I want to name it, so...if anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to post them. I've already installed my Age of Mythology on here, so after I install Pharaoh (sp?) and put all my music on here, I'm ready to roll! I mean, I'll have my games, my music, my email, my internet, and my dvd player...what more do I need for college?

ayuda me!!! that means help me

ok so i know we have to reserve some willy wonka tickets but i dont know how!!! i dont really know how to go about doing that. so if anybody can help me out here, i will give you some ice cream, or a cookie. oh and also, who wants to go on friday? there are shows at both the esquire and the galleria at like 4 something. thst the only time that we can go before the HP party. so again, all help is appriciated. thanks and i love you guys.

"oh, she is a bad nut" ~ charlie and the chocolate factory

My Midsummer Night's Dream

the post-dispatch is coming out with a cardinals' mid-season report tomorrow- you know, an overview of the first half, good stuff, bad stuff, etc. so i decided, since there was only one post today, and i'm slightly bored, i'm doing a mid-summer report. it'd be cool if you added yours.

Almost two months ago, I proclaimed that this would be the "Best Summer Ever". I determined this because I wasn't going to any camps or family vacations or any like unsavory events. So, far, I believe this is true. It started out well, with graduation parties (16 total! I win!), then moved on with Cardinals' games and hanging out and then my dance recital. Those were definitely the high points. I love Amanda's pool and Carolyn's adopted one. I also love Mikee's hill and Jax's trampoline and basically anyone's house that is not my own.

Some low points were definitely Crohn's stuff. But I'm better now (back on the steroids baby! I'm addicted!), so I hope that's all for the low points of the summer.

Back to high points- the weather has been amazingly nice. I hate the heat, which is 19% of why I'm going to New England for school. But it's been so cool lately (thanks Hurricane Dennis!). But that's also kinda sucky because when it's cooler, no one wants ice cream so I'm not scheduled to work. But it's all good because I'm also babysitting, painting and cleaning this lady's house, and working at my dad's school, so I've managed to make a tidy sum in my checking account.

So happy Mid-Summer everyone! Now I'm going to have a dream. (I hope Oberon is in it...)

People!!

I finally found out who my roommate is for college and she is so awesome! She's a liberal from Berlin, New Hampshire. Her name is Emily and she's really into politics and loves the same sort of classes and stuff that I do. Plus, she already has a TV, fridge, and microwave. I feel kinda bad, I mean, I offered to bring an iron and ironing board, but how pathetic is that? Hmmmm, maybe a DVD player or VCR. Wheeeeee!

5000 and counting!

I would like to congratulate you all on over 5000 views of the webpage since april whenever. so we should probably be at more like 6000 but who cares (besides jeff of course who suggested it in the first place and i think would have a heart attack if i took it off....). We are simply amazing and this little experiment hasn't flopped horribly like I thought it would. snaps to you all. keep on viewing it up and living so you have things to post about. yay. don't ask me what those previous sentences were all about.... its 2:45 in the morning and I worked 11.5 hours today and got a flat tire fifteen minutes before I was supposed to be at work (thankfully I was at home and my mom and dad were under 15 minutes away so I just waited for them to come home and then sped to work, getting there at regular time even though I was supposed to be there 15 minutes early....) so I am a little out of my mind. Now I am just rambling, bordering on complaining about my day..... ok bye bye and i love you all.

didja ever

didja ever think about the concept of the blog? and does anyone ever confuse the different posts and comments? its like standing in a big room full of groups of very talkative people and moving from one conversation to another...commenting on each in turn and coming back to the really enthralling ones...just so you know its best to read the blog before like 3 am when you are half awake because otherwise all the posts run together...soon you are reading about a guy named mike who turned into harry potter and was camping in the woods when he got bombed but then he went home and his house was broken into but his wallet was stolen so he couldn't buy a tent or the 6th harry potter book...

Marker of the Week!

Introducing the Marker of the Week!

Margaret

i love margaret/marge/merge/hey, uh... (i never know what to call her...). this is one of the best pictures i took at prom, just a spontaenous shot of margaret with paul's jacket. she looks absolutely adorable so i wanted to share it with everyone. ummm, what else? ah, i could go on for quite a while about her amazing acting abilities, but i think we all saw her beautiful performance as "humpty dumpty" in alice in wonderland. she knows she awesome. she's also supersweet and got a great sense of style. i really like the cargo and tank top trend she's started.

NOTICE: TO ALL TRUMAN FOLK

if anyone meets a girl at truman named Emily Tobias, be nice to her. she's going there, and she was my best friend from the womb. we're not really friends now (grew apart) but she's really cool. so befriend her, cause she's fun and cool. that's all!

things i love

i love ellen degeneres. she is so so so so funny! i'm watching her show right now (11 am, weekdays). that's all.

I know this is a totally horrible picture; I took a picture of a page in SLUH's yearbook. But I AM IN SLUH'S YEARBOOK!!!!!!!! And I only look a little bit like a poo! 

Nick Susi sporting a stunning new style 

We should be in the freakin' Josten's pamphlet or something. Freakin' adorable. 

How can you not love this face? 

Kix is definitely the best cereal ever.

I appreciate diversity and culture and language differences and blahdy blah blah, so I think my favorite part of my job is trying to communicate pool rules to the foreign lads and lassies who don't speakie no Englishie. There was a guy in his late 30s who came to the pool yesterday and proceeded to get into the water. In the clothes he had just been working out it. And no he did not shower first. Then he decided that the best way to use a kickboard would be to stick it down the front of his shirt. And paddle around like.......two....paddling.......things. And all he could say was "I don't know". Ok, sir. It's obvious you don't know. So I pretty much just gave up on him.

party_part-ay_shindig_social_hootenany_hoedown_et cetera_

hey dudes. my mother is out of town. so logically, brian and i are having a PARTY! whoop-de-do. please come. details:

TUESDAY (you know, this one coming up, the 12th)
6 or 7 or whenever you want to show up (my brother's friends will be taking over at some point, but after the they might be giants show)
bring some food, soda, whatever. also bring anything you want/think will be fun, e.g. board games, movies, food, jump ropes, you know, whatever. use your imagination.

(if you don't know where i live (or more or less who i am), please just mention if you would like to come and i could help you out.)

everything will be alright in the end

... just gotta keep telling myself that

i wish everything felt alright right now though
rough day....

Got Harry?

ok so here is the dilly: the harry potter party starts at 9:00 at the brentwood Borders. we can meet at my house at anytime before that so we can arrive there on time. im very punctual so yes i'd like to be there around 9. people, girls and those with a penis, can spend the night at my house after the party and we can shill and do whatever. all are invited but please let me know if you are coming (even if i already know you are. i just need to confirm). call me or email me or whatever. but please let me know asap so i can allert the Unit to the # of peeps who are going to be crashing in my crib. oh yeah thats right, i slanged your bum. anyhoo. la la la hope to hear from you all!

"mmm... alas, earwax" ~ Albus Dumbledore, HP and the sorcerors stone

Miryam I Love You!!

Guy #1: Hey...uh...
Guy #2: Huh? What? Wha...what is it?
Guy #1: Nevermind. (looking down disheartened)
Guy #2: No come on, you gotta tell me. You gotta tell me. OK?
Guy #1: No. (throw head around)
Guy #2: No just tell me - I gotta know. I'm curious now.
Guy #1: No. (arms flapping)
Guy #2: Yeah...come on...tell me. Come on tell me.
Guy #1: No. (more flapping arms and throwing of the head)
Guy #2: Tell me!
Guy #1: Nooooo. (more flapping arms and throwing of the head)
Guy #2: Yeah...come on. Tell me. Whats the worst that can happen?
Guy #1: Noooooooo...I don't wanna. (rolling around on the floor)
Guy #2: But you gotta, you gotta tell me. Just tell me or I'll slap you in the face.
Guy #1: And if you slap me in the face I'm gonna slap you back...and I don't think we want any fights going on over here.
Guy #2: Slap fight.
Guy #2: (gnawing on Guy #1's hand)
Guy #1: What are you doing?
Guy #2: (still gnawing on Guy #1's hand)
Guy #1: Are you...are you trying to eat me?
Guy #2: That's pretty good...ya.
Guy #1: Alright ok, yea. Come on...don't do that. I mean, come on. What are you doing?
Guy #2: I just wanna know what you're talking about. I wanna know what you were gonna say...you know?
Guy #1: Alright I'll tell ya, I'll tell you.....................

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? DON'T YOU WANT TO KNOW?
**Is the suspense killing you yet? To find out what happens next click this link:
http://knoxskorner.com/movies.phtml
Then scroll down to under 2004 and click the third link: "That One Song"
Then either click the picture of the two clay people,
or click where it says "View in Current Window" or "View in New Window"
ENJOY!!

My parents must be on drugs.....

So guess who's leaving in a few hours to go to Mizzou? Blah, blah, blah. Everyone's been there, right? Well, I cannot believe who I'm going with. Kevin (my bf, for those of you who are lost in the dust). And his brother. His brother John, whose frat is having a partay tonight. And we are not returning until tomorrow morning. Crazy.

AHHH its almost here!!!!

ok just think about it, this time next week i will be bunkered in my room readnig the 6th harry potter book!!!! i am beyond being excited. ok so heres the deal; there is a harry potter party at borders on brentwood on th 15th and it goes until midnight when the people who have reserved copies can get them. i will be ther along with several of you, but if for some reason you havent heard about this then you are now invited! so im thinking about having people meet at my house or something and people can spend the night after the party so we can all be big dorks and read the book. any ? can be asked to me or any borders employee. or check out the borders website. im soooo looking forward to this, so get everybody you know to come and party with us!

"yeah we'll call you, if we ever need somebody mental" ~ ronnykins!! harry potter and the chamber of secrets

whoops, damn

so i had that post about how having crohn's disease sucks and i had to spend the day at the hospital with needles in me and getting a cat scan and then went home and cried. then jeff commented on how none of that was anything to cry about. i and responded and he responded and then i just deleted the damn post. but i realized that made Marker Splotches have on 499 posts. so i had to make another one. yea for 500.

hooray!

Happy 500th Post!

I just wanted to draw everyone's attention to the fact that this is Marker Splotches' 500th post since its creation in April. How cool/loserish are we? And I decided I'm having a party when we get 5000 visitors. And none of you are invited.

heart attack

Marker Splotches
i have seen the face of god... yes, you heard me right. i fucking met billy corgan. not just met, mind you, held a conversation. he even told me where he was staying in town, and the bar he would be at... dear god i almost shat myself. what a way to spend my first day back in the states...

life lessons

now, i've discovered that there are many lessons to be learned at work, and i've decided to share them with you.

1. people hate to wait (i know this is a no-brainer, but at my work we wait for very very valid reasons! and we even give people something to do while they wait!)
2. people respect chains (or velvet cords), but not turnstiles. i'm not sure what's wrong with the turnstiles.
3. people get a great deal of enjoyment out of watching someone do more than one job. (see, we rotate every hour, so several times a day i encounter the same people, who without fail make a comment about how i've shown up or "how did you get here?" (duh, the same way you did))
4. (in abstract terms for the gentlemen among us) sometimes the doorbell rings and you think, oh, aunt flo must be here. so you run to the door but no one's there. that's because aunt flo sucks. even when she's not there.
5. grade school classes are worthless. case and point: me and my 8 or so years of French.
me: how many people do you have in your group?
lady: i speak french. bonjour.
me: bonjour. (pause while i struggle with the language) je ne parle pas francais.
and that's all i could come up with. i couldn't figure out how to say "how many" or any such useful phrase.

that's all for now.

my house was broken into

i came home on thursday night from peter's house with joey and paul, and my front door was open, and the screen was jammed open, right? and there were no lights on and no cars home. i was um, paul, this isn't right, and he's like, let's go back to my house. so we went there, and i called everyone in my family, and then the police. my worst fear was that someone had broken in and the police would find binder slaughtered in my house...i was so fucking scared. so the police came to paul's, then mr. barker, paul, joey and i went to my house, and they check it out, went through the whole place. turns out this guy was walking down the alley, saw my house was totally dark (my dad forgot to turn on the lights when he left), and the flood lights that are sensored that are in our backyard were burnt out. so he came in through tbe back window into our dining room. he moved all the plants and this shelf out of the way, and climbed in. there's this huge handprint that he left too, but he was wearing gloves so they didn't get any prints. and apparently he heard my cat upstairs (anyone who's seen binder KNOWS he makes noise when he jumps around upstairs), so the guy rips open the front door, and breaks the screen door in his haste to leave. not a single thing was taken, and the only stuff that was disturbed were the plants and shelf he moved.
so binder was twitchy and on edge all last night, but then he sleeped with me, which was cool. and he's been a little weird this morning, too. the scariest part is that if i hadn't gone to peter's house last night after i saw mad hot ballroom, i could've come in while he was in the house, or been home while he tried. how freaky is that???? so thank you thank you thank you peter for having people over last night! and thank you ella and jax (sorry, can't spell!) and paul and joey for being so indecisive about doing something last night! and thank you taco bell for taking so long with our order! all of these contributed to my not being home while a creepy man was violating my home.
they took our backdoor key, which goes to our front door as well, so we had the locks changed this morning.
um yea so people, my advice is to get a cat that weighs 20 pounds (and it's all muscle, baby!!) and that makes lots of noise. it'll keep people away.

so yea, dave k's partay

so is anyone going to dave king's party on saturday? i know keegan put a post about it, but i want to know if anyone is going. my dad might take me out there, if he can. if he can't, then i probably won't go cause i don't want to make other people come get me. so lemme know if people are going, so i can ask him to drive me. um, yea.

The Willy

Yesterday at work, I was talking to this girl Katie about this really really hot counselor named Ryan. So we were being giggly and girly and whatever and Will came up and was like, "He's my boyfriend". And Katie said, "You better give him up right now". And then Will said, "No way! He likes the Willy" (hold it, here comes the punch line) "and I don't mean my name!" I laughed for about a minute. (I was gonna say five hours, but I decided not to exaggerate; almost as long as I laughed when the cat blew up in The Boondock Saints which, by the way, is my new favorite movie.) Hmmm, guess you had to be there.......

Whoa shit

There was a bombing in London, 40 people killed and hundreds injured. It is reported that this is the worst attack on London since WWII. I just thought everyone should know.-- And on lighter news, Angelina Jolie is adopting a little girl from Ethiopia, she's 5 months old and will be named Zahara Marley Jolie. It is also noted that officials in Ethiopia deem the cost of adopting a child to be around $20,000, so as to thwart bad guys. That's the news as of 2:23pm, July 7. This is reporter Keegan Kelley signing off.

I've tried frozen biscuits, frozen water, frozen celery seeds, but nothing works as well as frozen corn. It just falls perfectly into my eye sockets.

I despise allergic conjunctivitis.

let's go camping

guys, i totally think we should take a camping trip together. how fun would that be? we can rent a couple sites, go someplace with plumbing and a place to swim... let me hear some feedback here... first weekend in august maybe? (by the way, carolyn, could your parents get us a discount on a campsite somewhere?)

springfield here i come!

so i'll be down in springfield for orientation at SMS until Friday night
i've only been to the city once so this should be pretty cool
i'm kinda concerned with the schedule of events though b/c it seems as though the orientation staff likes to put on skits... hopefully they will be amusing
anywho, there is alot of downtime starting with tonight so if you want to save me from boredom either call (can't guarantee i'll answer but funny messages are nice) or text me at www.cingular.com/sendamessage
wish me luck.. this should be interesting

Marker of the Week!

Introducing the Marker of this Week!
(sorry it's a little late)

>
REBA

i absolutely live and die for reba (in a non-creepy sense). we've had our good times (freshman lunch in the courtyard) to the bad times (arwen trying to take over middle-earth), but we always pull through. i love reba to death because she wore a peasant-ish dress to prom and will read and book you give her. she listens when you talk and is very fair.

oh yes...she was one of the only reasons i got through waiting for godot rehearsals. PIG!

Song lyrics...

Alrighty, Mrm posted some lyrics that she thought people would like, and here's my go at it. The first two remind me of college, and how much I love you guys, how much I'll miss you, and secretly, how jealous I am that I won't be at Truman with all of you, just for the fact that so many of my friends are going there. I love Mizzou and it will be a great fit for me, but still...anyway, here's the first Carole King song, "So Far Away":

So far away, doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?

It would be so fine to see your face at my door

Doesn't help to know you're just time away

Long ago I reached for you and there you stood

Holding you again could only do me good

How I wish I could, but you're so far away

One more song about movin' along the highway

Can't say much of anything that's new

If I could only work this life out my way

I'd rather spend it bein' close to you.

But you're so far away, doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore

It would be so fine to see your face at my door

Doesn't help to know you're so far away

Travelin' around sure gets me down and lonely

Nothin' else to do but close my mind

I sure do hope the road don't come to own me

There's so many dreams

I've yet to find

But you're so far away

Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore

It would be so fine to see your face at my door

And it doesn't help to know youre so far away...

And it's kinda true, with the majority of us going to different colleges. And here's just another feel good song that describes how you feel to your closest friend, or something like that. It's how I'll feel when I'm away at Mizzou, far away from my closest ones. "Home Again":

Somethimes I wonder if I'm ever gonna make it home again

It's so far and outta sight

I really need someone to talk to, and nobody else

Knows how to comfort me tonight

Snow is cold, rain is wet

Chills my soul right to the marrow

I won't be happy till I see you alone

Till I'm home again and feeling right

And here's one to remind all of you how pretty and gorgeous you all are. "Beautiful":

You've got to get up every morning

With a smile in your face

And show the world all the love in your heart

Then people gonna treat you better

You're gonna find, yes you will

That you're beatiful as you feel

Waiting at the station with a workday wind a-blowing

I've got nothing to do but watch the passers-by

Mirrored in their faces I see frustration growing

And they don't see it showing, why do I?

You've got to get up every morning

With a smile in your face

And show the world all the love in your heart

The people gonna treat you better

You're gonna find, yes you will

That you're beatiful as you feel

I have often asked myself for reason for sadness

In a world where tears are just a lullabye

If there's any answer, maybe love can end the madness

Maybe not, oh, but we can only try

You've got to get up every morning

With a smile in your face

And show the world all the love in your heart

The people gonna treat you better

You're gonna find, yes you will

That you're beatiful as you feel

Just some words of wisdom I'd like to impart to you all, at 1:43 in the AM, Tuesday night. I love the lyrics so much, but I highlighted some of the most important parts because I'm a loser like that. So until tomorrow...Ciao.

I love sherbet.

Try to tell me what I shouldn't do

You should know by now

I won't listen to you

Walk around with my hands

Up in the air

'Cause I don't care

'Cause I'm all right

I'm fine

Just freak out let it go

I'm gonna live my life

I can't ever run and hide

I won't compromise

'Cause I'll never know

I'm gonna close my eyes

I can't watch the time go by

I won't keep it inside

Freak out let it go

Just freak out let it go

You don't always have to do everything right

Stand up for yourself

And put up a fight

Walk around with your hands up in the air

Like you don't care

'Cause I'm all right

I'm fine

Just freak out let it go

I'm gonna live my life
I can't ever run and hide
I won't compromise
'Cause I'll never know
I'm gonna close my eyes
I can't watch the time go by
I won't keep it inside
Freak out let it go
Just freak out let it go

Let it go

On my own

Let it go

Just let me live my life

I can't ever run and hide

I won't compromise

'Cause i'll never know

I'm gonna close my eyes

I can't watch the time go by

I won't keep it inside

Freak out let it go

Gonna freak out let it go

If you DON'T know who sings this song, do you like the lyrics?

my shout out to jax

i haven't read the blog lately so i kinda missed the last marker of the week. so i decided to dedicate a whole post to jax, cause she's cool like that.

now let me take you back to the summer before freshman year. it was warm out, as summers tend to be and i walked into the E9 computer lab w/ rebecca (known as reba to everyone else). we were given our seats, seperate from each other. i was unsure of what to do. so i look to my left. someone not worth remembering. i look to my right and who might it be? Jacquelyn!!

we didn't really talk much, us both being too shy (hard to believe, i know). but at some point in time we became friends. i don't know if it was that summer or later in the school year but my annoyingness didn't make her run in terror. and now that i have know her for 4 years what can i say? she's a bitch (jk).

jax, you fucking rock my world with your trampoline, wonderful sense of humor, kick ass red shoes, and tiny hampster (how is he doing by the way? was the leg broken?) i also remember the classes i had with you such as soph religion (thanks for being my pillow), and sen religion (thank god i didn't have to endure that alone with missy. god, i hate her. jk)

well, i think this is more than long enough. plus i'm in the middle of a book that i wanna finish reading. so, i hope you all enjoyed my ramblings.

Twinkle, twinkle

Working at the YMCA, where lots of small children and old people take classes in the pool, I have begun to contemplate the life cycle. On Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:15, there is a 3-5 year olds' swim class and a water exercise class for the elderly going on. The little kids sing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" while they practice floating on their backs, looking up at the ceiling, and the old folks sing it while they hold both ends of a noodle and stretch from side to side. Much like young children do in preschool or kindergarten or whatnot, the old folks also practice saying their vowels, to stretch their face muscles. And I have to admit, I kind of use "baby talk" when I talk to the older ladies. You know the kind of fake-ish voice I'm talking about. It's so weird to look at them and think that they were once my age and that I will one day be their age (well, I hope so anyway). Sometimes I feel like I'm not doing enough in life and I should do more cause I don't have much teenage time left. But sometimes I think I should relax more and just live for the moment and not try to be doing something memorable all the time. And I also don't know who to spend my time with. I know I haven't been hanging out with the Nerinx group much at all, and I certainly miss it, but I also love the people I have been hanging out with. I was actually crying in church on Sunday thinking about how much I'm going to miss everybody. I'm definitely excited for college, but it seems like everybody is going to school with a friend, somebody they're close with. (I know you're not, Carolyn.) And I have to start all over. Or, maybe, I get to start all over. I'm not sure, but this year I've kinda felt like I've changed so much that I've become someone I don't want to be. Or maybe just that I seem like someone I'm not. So I guess college will give me the chance to start being who I really think I am. Not that I completely know myself, and it's good to have different sides, I guess, but I recently I've felt like I'm a totally different person when I'm with certain people. I have to find the right combination of those sides of myself. And I have to figure out what I need to change about myself. I know everybody can't like everybody, but I want to be the kind of person that people say, "Miryam? Oh, I know her, she's swell". But I don't want to be so nice that I'm a pushover. I guess I'll just have to pay close attention to people's reactions to me, so I can figure out what about me makes them tic. Or maybe I should stop thinking about it and just exist and continue how I've been going on. Some changes are necessary, though. Like right now, I need to change the fact that I have snot about to run into my mouth. Three cheers for pink eye.

Barbeque Party

Dave King is having a party at his house on Saturday, July 9 at 5:30. I am supposed to tell all the girls, since I have all the phone numbers and such. Whatever. That is all, I am extremely busy at work, goddamn.

Me, with frozen biscuts over my itchy, burning eyeballs, being fed delicious ice cream by Sarah, the best mommy in the world. 

they never go away!!!

i need college essay ideas.
yes, that's right. i have to write more college essays. just when i thought the days of applications and essays were gone.. pow! they are back. but, i can't complain b/c i knew it was coming. here's the story: i'm not exactly going to my first choice school, but i'm determined to make it there, so i'm in the lovely process of transferring. i've been talking to admission concelors, filling out paperwork, and getting copies of everything to try to make this work. so wish me luck, because i may be transferring as soon as january! which would be amazing. anyway, i really do need help with an essay topic, so think back to august and september when we first did this. thanks.

america! i love america! (the band)(and sometimes the country)

so i'm in a real conundrum about how i feel about this holiday. between the lies and the glorified patriotism and the drunk guy in a wifebeater at the parade shouting "u-s-a! u-s-a! i love america!", it's hard to find a reason to like this day. then you see something like this.


or this


and then this.


so i figure a holiday that gives an opportunity for little kids to decorate their bikes with streamers and dress in only red, white, and blue can't be that bad.

happy july 4th everyone.

manties

i figured you guys would get a kick out of this:

http://www.manties.net

Me, making the Sonic uniform look purdy damn good (minus the red eye, oh well, it matches my sexy visor and oversized shirt) 

Frustrating

so today was mikes bday. me and sarah got him a cookie cake and everything. he told me that no one has done anything for his birthday for years and that i am amazing and kissed me on the cheek right in front of all my customers and everything. i almost swooned.
but get this. get this. i was like the first person he told about his "party tonight". he was just coming up with plans on the phone standing right behind me. and so i was like the second person invited. a. may. zing.
but hold up. dont get excited yet. once again. ONCE A FUCKING GAIN. i had to say no because...whats that...oh ya im fucking 17 and wont be 18 for another month. by the time i finally fucking turn 18 we'll all be leaving for college (mike included...hes starting college now cause he just got out of the marines...ugh isnt that so hot? boys who are in the marines are hot on my list). so i will have what two three weeks to party with him before i have to leave. oh well maybe thatwill give me enough time to work on the flaws (though very very few) with my bod so that im so super hot no one will be able to look at me. cept mike. cause hes super hott too.

happy independence day!

here's my annual july 2 tirade. i usually make it to anyone who sticks around long enough, so that means about 2 people have heard it. you may remember it from us history, but one can never be sure. so here it is, the real independence day.

on july 2, 1776, after more than 80 drafts, thomas jefferson read the declaration of independence to the first continental congress as we today know it. president , john hancock, and his secretary, charles thomson, signed it. two days passed. nothing happened. note that- nothing happened on july 4 (it was noted, however, that jefferson bought ladies' handgloves and a thermometer). it's wasn't until one month later on august 2 that the rest of the delegates signed the document. so i would like to reclaim july 2 as the true independence day and then august 2 as another day to have a party. which i will.

ok, just had to say that. and by the way, John Adams is my homeboy.

works cite:
mccullough, john adams, simon & schuster. new york: 2001; pg. 178 (good read for anyone who cares about america)

working

anyone going to the show at nerinx tonight? (besides the people who are in it, of course)

B.Y.O.W.B.

Want an ego boost? Go to a club. Club Velvet if you like. I had soooo many guys say things like, "I wanna take you home", "I want your phone number", "Can I buy you a drink?", "You get me so hot", moan groan pant, "Can we leave for a while?", "Your body is bangin'". Well thank you gentlemen (yeah right), but I'm here to get my freak on with nobody in particular and have a good time. And yes, Carolyn, I stole your acronym. Bring Your Own White Boy. All of the American white guys had some girl attached to his penis. As in he came with her. Granted, there are hot black and foreign guys, but it did seem a tad strange. My thighs have never been so worn out. Doing squats in aerobics class is nothing compared to dancing. I was dancing with one guy who was basically just dry humping me and this other guy motioned for him to back me up into him. So he did. Then we moved down the line to another guy. And then to a-freakin-nother! I said to the guy, "I can't stand anymore". At that point I was pretty much sitting in their laps while they rubbed their precious jewels against me. The whole experience was pretty much exactly what I expected though. Guys trying to put their hands up my dress, kissing and licking my cleavage, squeezing my butt like there's no tomorrow, basically having dry sex. It was freaky fun. Too bad it was $15. I mean, I got a $10/week budget. Tonight was special though, cause it was Margaret's birthday celebration, but I definitely want to go again. I guess I'll have to save my dough. The best part is........it's a great workout for you legs! Burn calories, have fun, feel damn hott. I'm game.

I hope you are happy.

I hope everyone, especially Laura, is happy that I have put a picture of a fugly lady in my profile. I actually think this may be the fugliest one so far......

Hey Laura, how's about I put this fugly pic as my profile pic? Sounds like a good idea to me! 

Here ya friggin go, LoHo.

Hov also knows it. She "gets in on the trade off as well".

How much do you love me?

For Sale: Dane Cook's email address and AIM screen name
Contact: Miryam................you know where I be at
Interesting Trades Accepted

Disappointed

Ok so last night I went to the Cardinals game wth a group of like 15 people and I was getitng bored with them. So when we walked back everyone was just standing outside their cars talking. Sarah Meyer drove me and everyone parked under the bridge under the highway (you know what I'm talking about). Anyways the whole group was standing around gossiping and such and so I grabbed Sarah's cell phone and called Mike. He was at the bar with Tom and T-Bone! I love Tom and T-Bone and Mike! So he told them all I said hi and they said they wanted to hook up with me. So Mike was like "I'm going to be out all night tonight so call me when you get home and I'll come pick you up we can do something". So I called him when I got home and he didnt answer his phone. I was sooooo pissed. I love those guys so much they are so cool. Oh well Mike's birthday is tomorrow so I can party it up with him tomorrow.

Angel

Right so a lady came in today and called me "sweet angel" and "darling baby". I was creeped out. ANd it reminded me that I hate compliments with a passion, for a very stupid reason. And just for the record, I just felt like rambling, it's not a "look at me and feel sorry for me" cuz everyone knows how much I hate that. Anywho, here it goes: When people give me compliments to my face I really don't know how to respond, and most of the time I don't believe them at all. I think it stems from when I was in grade school, when the guys wanted to get with one of the popular girls (who I was friends with) they'd always compliment me on something. So I just never believe those "common" compliments such as, "you're so pretty, intelligent, funny, nice" etc, etc. Anyway, enough bitching, who's excited for clubbing tonight? I am! Woo hoo, I've had my outfit picked out since the beginning of the week. I know, I'm a loser, but hey, I think we already established and accepted that fact. Ciao!

�antidisestablishmentarianism

a few things:
1- check out my photoblog (turns out a picture DOES last longer). i got some shots of busch and botanical gardens. i'm going to forest park soon to get some other shots. (so i'm rethinking the whole "college" thing and just becoming a freelance photographer for national geographic. thoughts?)
2- anybody having a fourth of july party that i could invite myself to so that i can avoid our annual block party and thus the johnson-budds?
3- mountain dew/pepsi has a promotion this summer to collect points and get mlb gear. if anyone drinks the stuff and doesn't care about the points, please save your caps for yours truly who really wants another cardinals' hat. that'd be cool.

uh, that's about it, i guess. i have to go because my mom is renting me out to her friends to clean their houses. eh, $10/hour. i'll clean for that.

laura's birthday

today is laura ditch's 19th birthday... if you want to send something her way email her b/c she is too lazy to join our blog
laura0105@juno.com

duck tape update

ok, so we didn't win the scholarship. but you guys fucking rock for voting. thanks so much. check the website july 8th to see who won (i hope the colonial people won).