Christmas Eve

Ahh, what a beautiful time of year. I absolutely love the Christmas season.

What's not to love?

• Department stores take like 70% off of all stuff that "MUST GO"
• You get to stuff yourself with delicious holiday foods, without feeling COMEPLETLY bad about it..
• People give you free gifts
• And the most important, the family gathers together to enjoy happy holiday merryment together.

Today is Christmas eve, and it feels good just to be alive. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday. I know I'm going to stuff my mouth. Enjoy the gifts!

I Can Explain..

I can explain..

I can come up with about 67 reasons why I haven't posted in the last month and a half..

1. I'm a growing girl.
2. I need my calcium.
3. I have sway back.
4. I need a car.
5. I'm job-hunting.
6. I got my license.
7. I need a boyfriend.
8. I gave physical therapy.
9. I'm an inspiring linguist.
10. I have 3 cats.
11. I am taking Pre-Calculus.
12. I'm Rick James.
13. I'm broke.
14. I found Osama.
15. I found Obama.
16. I had to go to church.
17. I needed to take care of my sick great aunt Myrtle.
18. I don't have a great aunt named Myrtle.
19. I couldn't find the time.
20. I didn't look for it.
21. I took imaginary Yoga classes.
22. I quit Gymnastics.
23. I'm what Willis was talking about.
24. I want my baby back ribs.
25. I was too busy solving world hunger...
26. I baked some cookies.
27. I built a turbo jet-pack.
28. I told some "Yo-Momma" jokes.
29. I was selling Tamales.
30. I was organizing a bake sale.
31. I was making moles.
32. I bought a purse.
33. I threatened this guy's life for calling me fat.
34. Yes I did.
35. I ate some soup.
36. I went to Japan..
37. I meant Japan, Texas.
    I decided to dress up as Michael Jackson for Halloween.
38. I wanted to dance Thriller.
39. I settled for some random dead girl instead.
40. I bought a limosuine..
41. I can't even spell that.
42. I survived Hurricane Ike.
43. I bargained for car insurance.
44. I had to brush my teeth.
45. I need to clip my toe nails.
46. I designed a clothing line.
47. I met up with some Rodeo Clowns and had some tea
48. I'll be Back.
49. I had indegestion.
50. I killed kenny.
51. I started a Dixie Banjo Band.
52. I organized an orchestra.
53. I had to learn Pig Latin.
54. I slapped a Hobo.
55. I dissected a cheeseburger.
56. I banned Soda.
57. I started a riot over re-runs on tv.
58. I had to pay for gas.
59. I got an average of 4.83 hours a sleep per night for the past month.
60. I had to learn my ever so vital Tae Kwan Do skills.
61. I am your Father.
62. I was sending mail to Hungary.
63. I had to re-watch The Godfather.
64. I won the lottery.
65. I was in Oregon.
66. I was out shopping for some shoe laces.
67. I was too busy making this list of excuses.

WHEW!

There you go. 67 Reasons why I have been gone. There are more, but I will leave it at that.

Hmm, I haven't watched any movies lately. Nothing good has been coming out. It's weird posting in this blog. I mean I know about a year and a few months ago I was posting in it every single day, but jeez, it so foreign to me now.

Speaking of foreign. In about 11 Days, I am about to give $450 for my current project. I am trying to raise money to go to Costa Rica.. and some other things.

Costa Rica is one of those once in a life time things. I say that because the school is taking a trip there and its like 10 days. Every single thing is paid for all you need is money for souvenirs. I would like to go on this trip. I can decide to back out of or pay the money. Not sure which one I would like to do yet, but I know what I want to do. This is going to be a big deal for me. I'm doing it all by myself. Which means I will have to add a part-time job to my busy schedule. I've been trying to do that all summer already, but it didn't go so well. My life began to get so complicated and time just began to run out. I'm telling you, there just aren't enough hours in a day.

This trip should be great if it isn't I think I'm gonna.. I don't know I will be greatly dissapointed.

But after this trip, the day I get back I am going to be saving up for a special trip. Better than this Costa Rica one by far. This one will have meaning, but I can't say what kind yet.

I'm going to give myself a graduation present. You know most people get big presents from their parents, but my parents are broke, so I'm just going to take care of the job.

I'm going to save for Europe. It should be interesting in itself, but extremely expensive. I believe I can do it. If I succeed with this Costa Rica trip, then I know I will be amazing with Europe.

It's not impossible to save money folks! Just cut back and put things away.

Look who's talking.

I think I am one of the worst compulsive spenders in the universe. Possibly.

One minute I'm all like.. "Oh I have to save money or I'm gonna go broke!" Then the next minute, I'm at Catos buying this season's most fashionable handbag.

Either way I've got to put a tigher grip on myself. Get more edgyyy.

Ahh the Celebrity showdown is in about 3 days. Meanwhile the rest of the country is wondering where the REAL Presidential candidates are.

Leah's Maritime Rules For Becoming the Next President of the

UNITED STATES:

• Rule Number One - Remember to NOT Appear on SNL for the votes of the greater idiots.
• Rule Number Two - Always think of what you're going to say before you talk.. Right McCain?
• Rule Number Three - Make sure you're Family name isn't Close to the most wanted terrorist in the World.
• Rule Number Four - Don't take your kids out trick or treating and expect to have a normal night.. YOU'RE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT!
• Rule Number Five - If you are going to use the fact that you were in the war to gain the love of thousands, at least LIE and say you did something USEFUL!
• Rule Number Six - Don't roll your eyes on national television.
• Rule Number Seven - Make sure you have protection from the people that want to kill you the moment you are inaurgurated.
• Rule Number Eight - Don't go running around naked on the beach. YOU REPRESENT AMERICA FOOL!
• Rule Number Nine - Don't create cheesy and extremely tacky slogans like "NObama," and "MCPAIN" for your campaign
• Rule Number 10 - At least PRETEND to make improvements for America sheesh.

SO which one are you? An Elephant or a Donkey? Personally I'm an Elephonkey, but this election, I'm completely and utterly neutral. The candidates don't please me at all. I wonder if that third party could win.

It was an extremely fun night this Halloween was. I got to express my anger through being a makeup artist. There wasn't really much anger but I got to get creative on people's faces. It was fuunnn. A couple of people said I should be a visual effects artist. I was like alright now it wasn't THAT GOOD, lol.. but it was pretty frickin' sweet.

Positive Reinforcement

Alright just to let everyone know my existance is still eminent..

I decided to make a post today!

I cant believe that I have gotten so lazy with this blog, seriously last year I wrote at least one a day.

Now it's like.. 1 every few weeks.

Well sorta..

Kinda a month.

But that's my fault. So let's see, what did I miss?

Happy Fourth of July!

Alright now..

Crazy Phelps family?

Who hasn't heard of those guys? They have a flippin' website.

Cinco De Mayo

Whoops, this is actually the day AFTER Cinco de Mayo, but at least I remembered.

We didn't really do anything. I was supposed to dress up the traditional dress, but then it was banned so we didn't dress up at all.

We are having a party on Thursday :/

This girl gave me a box of cookies today. It was really random. I bet they had drugs in them or something.

103 Days until the targeted date.

I was invited to this grand ball party at the end of may. Turns out we have to dress fancy. Hmm.. I have a banquet on Saturday!

We gotta dress fancy for that too.

Nothing much to say besides the blisters and William and My split. GRR.

Happy Dia De Los...

Uh, how do you say "Easter" in spanish?

Whoops.

So it's late and I wanted to write an Easter post. [Ok, so it isn't really that late, but I have to get up in 6 hours.]

I began my assignment: The completion of the book "1984." BORESVILLE. I can only hope it gets better in the future. Right now it just goes on and on about this guy's dictoritative daily life as a Record filer. BoO.

So Easter was great. I have a story to tell about this guy Kenny, but I don't have time right now.

Oh and there's one more thing. I don't believe in the easter bunny. I didn't see no easter bunny yesterday when I was up stuffing colorful plastic eggs with candy.

EASTER BUNNY = HOAX!

(>'.')><('.'<)

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Hmm, there is another one of these, but I can't remember it.

You people that actually read this should be proud of me. I have done 2 in a row. That is a miracle in my eyes. Well it has come and gone. As soon as this week begins I will probably go back to my old ways. It's the circle of Life.

Time to Leap

Well, I figured I would only be able to do this once in 4 years, so why not make a post on leap day. I just made one yesterday, and I am not used to making posts so frequently.

Depressing right?

What did I watch tonight?

G.I Jane: Kinda got boring, so I didn't finish that.

Sleepy Hollow: I have seen that one before, so I wasn't really surprised at all the fake blood.

Species: That one actually made me laugh; the thought of a large cocoon eating people.

Sixteen Candles: You know, the cliche teenager movie with the hot guy that everyone likes.

Spongebob to Atlantis: Nickolodeon special, what can I say?

The Matrix: It was on, but sadly the other viewers wanted to watch Reba.

Urban Legend: Kinda lame; I can't believe I sat through roughly 10 mins of it.

Did I just type that list in Alphabetical order? Sweet.

SO I'm done posting for today. I can't remember the last time I posted more than once in a week.

St. Vinny

Ahh. Today is the day that brings joy to this month. I think almost every month has a holiday of some sort. Valentines day is among my favorite. It makes me smile.

THOUGHTS:

"Valentine's Day is an odd holiday. I'm not one to care for it too much. I think we end up putting to much value on the "togetherness" aspect of our lives. I think in some cases it could even make relationships worse as couples stress over what to get each other, trying to get the "perfect" thing for their partner.

I'm of the opinion that if you want to express your love to another, why wait for a particular day to do so? To me, sending me roses on a regular day for no particular reason would be much more well received than sending me roses on Valentine's Day. I think I end up questioning the motives of my partner giving me things -- does he feel obliged because it's Valentine's Day and society says that he should give something to me? If that's the case, then I would rather he not give me anything at all.

I don't want society to dictate to me when I should show affection to my partner and when he should show affection to me. My boy and I may do something nice for each other, like draw a bubble bath or cook, or give a massage or watch a movie together -- but we do these things on a normal basis anyways." -- Reishka

"Love is when you can't be apart from someone for too long...you're always thinking of them, and when you're with them you never want to say goodbye. Love is far from simple. It's quite complex. It's a mix of about everything. It's sadness, joy, passion, hatred, excitement, it's almost every feeling you can imagine and more. You know love when you find it, it's that person that when they smile it brightens up your day, you can't stop staring at them for fear of losing them, they're always on your mind, you daydream of being with them, even if they're less than 20 feet away...and you can't stand it when they're not with you, the worst feeling you could ever feel is when you know that person you love is not with you...you can't tell when love will happen, you just know when it does, that moment when you first lay eyes on that person, and you never want to look away...that is love. Nothing less. "

On the Rocks.

That was a fun night.

I haven't made a post in here since last year! (I know that was a lame joke.)

Didn't want to miss out on the first post of the year. I don't know what kind of feeling I am getting from 2008. It feels normal. I remember I thought that 2007 felt 'uncomfortable.' Then I got used to it.

My gaa--I can already see February. In a week from today it will already be the 8th. OMG THIS YEAR IS OVER ALREADY!

Just kidding. :D

Only 364 more days until we do this all over again.

Last one.

Happy New Year everyone!

Or at least New Years Eve. It's only 7 here. :)

I just wanted to put in a last post for this year. My little blog has done well..

See you in 2008!

Muscles

Aah, I did something healthy for once, and look what happens.

I woke up extremely sore this morning but.. it was for a good cause.

I WENT RUNNING.

Yes, yes, it's very hard to believe. It was supposed to be a joint effort, but my partner skipped out on me.

I cleaned so much.. I don't think I have ever cleaned so hard in my life. The sad part about all this cleaning is that it will probably not stay like this, considering my hectic life during the weekdays of school. Truely saddening.

Leaves me no time.

So I decided to clean it for now, and wait and see how long it lasts.

In the 2 day period I last made a post, I watched 4 MORE movies, but not all at once.

I remember it was required to read this book for a grade in elementary school. Then we watched the movie afterwards, and I really liked it. It is about this group of kids, who make up a sort of family together, but are also a part of a gang called the "Greasers." This movie has some actors in it that later became famous like, Ralph Macchio, Tom Cruise, and Patrick Swayze.

I think pretty much everyone knows about this movie. I wasn't going to watch it at first, but then.. I decided to. "This is my Jean-nay" I love that part. Was it me, or did that movie seem like it was extremely long?

This movie was great when I saw it as a little kid, and now. It's funny: I thought it was scary back then. To all those who don't know about this, it is about this couple that owns this huge house, and then later they are killed, and then this other family buys it. The thing is, the couple ends up haunting that house... I really like this movie, and I never realized it was by Tim Burton. I should have guessed considering he always has weirdo creepy themes to all his movies. Alec Baldwin was in this? Who would have known?

And today, I watched this one. I have seen it before too. It's so... I don't know. Makes you wonder how some things are possible. This one is about this guy (Johnny Depp) who is a writer, and then one day this weirdo hick shows up and says that he stole one of his storys and published it. Then the hick threatens him and stuff.. blah blah blah go watch it.

Wazzup

Turtle racing?

Rachel's favorite show. DUMB.

What did I miss? Oh Christmas!

It was good on this end. I had lots of fun with the family :) TOO much food, but that was all good. Everyone loved their presents.

This week was great. I really enjoyed staying home. Too bad this break is almost over. Not just this break, but the year as well. It's truely saddening.

I did something I haven't done in years. I watched a movie. In fact, I watched 4 movies. :D

Ooo, Sleepy Hollow. It was so predictable. Even though I have never seen this before. The whole "chopping of the heads" thing was too fake. The story is a classic though.

Hmm, this movie was ok. It just came on, I wasn't interested at first but then it got better. About some assassin guy that hunts humans, and then runs from the FBI, predictable.

I have seen this one before. It is so twisted. The worst thing about this movie was that annoying lisp Detective Grahm had in this movie. Little weird, and psychotic, but it was ok.

Very cute movie. A little late for Christmas though, but it was good. About this elf, well human, that was raised by elves, and he thinks he's an elf, and then he goes to New York city. Classic.

[Excellent!]

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through th--oh wait.. Christmas is here. Nevermind.

That's right, I said it. Christmas is here. So you know what that means. Only 6 more days left in this year. I really sad you know. I can't believe it went by so fast.

Sucks because I was up late last night doing some cleaning before today. I would say at least until 2:30 a.m. I didn't hear Santa. Maybe he was running late...

My family was so good to me this year. Seriously, you should see the loot.

It's so cold today. BUT-no snow. I regret living here sometimes. It is always hot year-around, and...andd umm.. That's it. I love everything else :D

I put the title that because about a month ago, I watched a classic movie called "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure."

It was fularious. <--- IS this a word?

Man, I love Christmas. I love the unity around the world. Makes me smile :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Winding Down

The past few days, I haven't been doing pretty much of anything. It's kind of sad how much time I have wasted during the holiday.

For example:

"I sat down to do some catching up with my reading, and then I ended up staring at the walls in deep thought for a good 30 minutes."

It's terrible!

I have to admit, I have been doing this all week. Is it a sign?

Haha, well, I never got around to doing anything, and I still haven't put up those Thanksgiving photos--Dang.

I think this is bad for real.

You know how the day after Thanksgiving is supposed to be Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year? You know the one getting ready for Christmas? I didn't even go out!

Knowing me and my addiction to new things, that was just obsurd!

It's so surprising to me to be that lazy.

I did end up staying on MSN for so long all of these days.

I wonder why.. COUGH*

The weather was on drugs today, like many other things in my life. It was on and off, thundering and lightening. Then it would stop.. a minute later, it would start to sprinkle, and then Rain hard again! It was bipolar...

Run Little Turkey!

And there was nothing left but the feathers.

DIA- "Let's all have a moment of silence for all the turkeys around the world."

So today was a day of thanks, and I sure was feeling it in my belly.

What is Thanksgiving exactly?

"Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional North American holiday to give thanks for the things that one has at the conclusion of the harvest season. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada.

First Thanksgiving
The earliest Thanksgiving events in the British Colonies were held at what is present day Berkeley Plantation in Virginia in 1619 and at Plymouth in present day Massachusetts in 1621.

A long weekend
In the United States, Thanksgiving Day, always a Thursday, is part of four- or five-day long weekend which usually marks a pause in school and college calendars. Many workers (78% in 2007) are given both Thanksgiving and the day after as paid holidays, and others with leave benefits are allowed to take a vacation day. The day after Thanksgiving is promoted as the unofficial holiday of Black Friday: the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season. Many retailers open very early (for example, 5 A.M. or earlier) and offer "doorbuster" deals and loss leaders to draw people to their stores.

Travel
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving Day, and the following Sunday, last day of the long weekend, are typically two of the heaviest annual travel days for passengers airlines, intercity rail and bus services, and highway travel.

Traditional celebration
Thanksgiving meals are traditionally family events where certain kinds of food are served. As is evidenced by the tremendous level of travel, significant effort is made by family members to gather for the Thanksgiving celebration. Family participation is notably inclusive ranging from the very youngest to the most senior. First and foremost, turkey is the featured item in most Thanksgiving feasts (so much so that Thanksgiving is sometimes facetiously referred to as "Turkey Day"). Stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn, turnips, rolls, pecan pie, and pumpkin pie are commonly associated with Thanksgiving dinner, although it was quite probable that many of these culinary items did not feature in the first Thanksgiving in 1621. Often guests bring food items or help with cooking in the kitchen as part of a communal meal."

Ok, So I am not that smart. I so stole that from Wikipedia.

The Day Before

Thanksgiving is tomorrow.

I can't wait to sink my teeth into some of those goodies in there.

All this preparing is making me tired. Who though of all this anyway? OH yeah; the Pilgrims and the Indians.

The Day After

What happens the day after the 4th of July?

Usually people savour the time they have on the holiday, because the next day, they are going to have to recover from their severe hangovers, clean up all the firecrackers, make the relatives go home, and eat--eat--eat leftovers.. Yuck!

Luckily, I don't have to do any of that because I didn't do any of that last night! In fact, it rained so hard, that I didn't even think ANYBODY was able to do it.

We celebrated, but it was an indoor celebration. Josephine then got sick the next morning, but it wasn't from drinking. I promise! I had to go to the store and pick up some medicine.

After she slowly recovered, we went out the this new resturaunt in town called "El Jimador" SO delicious! I couldn't even eat half of what I ordered. I got a Chimichanga.. if that's even how you spell it.

I took it home, and when I walked in, I went straight to the couch. I was tired! I was just about to relax, when I looked down at the carpet, and saw an ant. Just one ant.

Then, I saw another one. "Ok, two." I thought. I kept looking, and saw more and more. "Where are these ants coming from???" I was getting worried. They could have found a home in my house! I then spotted a trail of ants leading into the living room from the outside. They were building a home! I murdered them all with a nice hefty portion of Raid.

Now, would you say "murdered" is the right word? Yes! I would! Do you know the damage an ant colony can do?? Especially to human skin, like mine, who's with one bite can make the area swell up like a big water balloon. I'm not allergic, but I can get a bad rash. Maybe that is allergic.. I'm not sure.

I went to the bedroom, and was about to set my computer down, when I looked on the bed and they were in there too! I thought I was hyperventilating! I ripped off all my bedspreads, and sheet, and took the pillowcases off and pulled my bed from the window.

Is this over-reacting? NO! What if I had not have seen those? What if I had of laid down to rest, and woke up with ants all over my body?

There was not a small amount. It was pretty large. All wrapped in my bedspreads, and then I threw them in the washer and in the dryer. I drowned them, and burned the remaining to a crisp.

Is this over-reacting?

NO.

I like ants, but outside, not inside.

Everything was so wet today. I am suprised the house didn't get flooded. I hate it when I look at the neighbors lawn, and it is like a river over there. I could be next.