• Nov 29 I couldn't get into the freaking health office yesterday, but we got a hold of my shot record. I thought for a while that that would clear it up and I'd be set. Then I talked to the lady at the VU health office and learned I still need a second MMR and a TDAP. Plus I didn't do so hot on that math quiz directly after. It's cold and rainy, my hair looked good until I walked outside, and college has me totes stressed out and depressed. At least I get to hang with friends tonight.
• Nov 28 I'm supposed to get a couple of shots today. There's a chance I will miss two important classes if I can't get in at noon exactly. We can't even call until noon, because apparently that nurse has a super busy and important life. I'm very behind on school anyway, cuz I was a complete bum over Thanksgiving break. It's hideous outside and if I do make it to school in time, I'll have to walk in the rain. The Elantra is still running, as far as I know, so maybe we dodged a bullet there. But I still can't use it because Colleen is. I still haven't heard from Trent which sucks cuz I kinda miss talking to him. Plus, I'm having a bad hair day. And I really don't want to get two shots today, anyways! #whining
• Nov 27 The Elantra wouldn't start today. We finally got it to after a while a but I think this a sign of more bad things to come. How many cars are going to die on us?! And why does this always happen at Christmas?
• Nov 26 >: [ This is my perplexed and annoyed face. Life is confusing today. I bet my horoscope would say something along the lines of, When Neptune aligns with Saturn, look out for conflicting emotions and contrasting ideas. Being a Virgo, you will try to analyze and resolve the problems you will face today, but it's no use. Take a page out of laid-back Libra's book and let life happen. You might just be surprised! , or some crap. Do Neptune and Saturn ever align? I don't think they have anything to do with conflict anyway. But the rest of it is probably pretty accurate. I should totes be a horoscope writer. My psychic name would be like, Madam Tara, Seer of the Stars. For a made up, totally inaccurate daily horoscope, contact Madam Tara today!
  • results may vary
• Nov 25 I am enjoying my holiday and don't want to go back to school. At the same time, my family has been driving me crazy at times. And the prospect of decorating for Christmas at my apartment sounds delightful. Oh, well. Right now I'm just going to enjoy the next couple of days with much-too-early Christmas songs and fattening desserts.
• Nov 24 Welst, happy Thanksgiving. Of course I have a lot to be thankful for. Most of all my family, being so close to the end of my first college semester, MUSIC, and the amazing things God is doing. I'm a pretty stupid, selfish person wtih my priorities all willy-nilly at times, but He still continues to bless me and work in my life. So, now that I've done the cliche thing and listed what I'm thankful for, I'm going to steal my Mom's Kindle and play word games til I can't keep my eyes open.
• Nov 23 Indoor rock climbing was so awesome! The first time up was pretty nerve wracking, but after a couple more times I got pretty into it. We took a breakt for dinner at Five Guys, then went back for more. Commence forearm, shoulder and neck pain!
• Nov 22 Sometimes my family drives me absolutely crazy. Luckily, they're the only people on earth who make up for the craziness, and who also put up with my own neurotic tendencies.
• Nov 21 I'm so ready for Christmas. And to be free of drama. Unfortunately, Christmas and drama go together like.. two annoying things that go together.
• Nov 20 Regan's brithday party was a smash hit. We painted seven faces (including Michael's and Dylan's), and Reagan got a buttload of presents. No toys for Christmas for her. In other news, I have a vague plan for my near future. Take some more general classes, nothing too difficult, get my GPA up, then look at transferring next Fall or the one after. Right now I am very interested in working with kids. I'm not sure how I'm going to put that into practice, but it's a direction and it just feels good to have direction. Also, I really feel like God is working in my life right now. Our family's been through a lot lately, but I know God is working through it. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.
• Nov 19 Happy birthday, Lesley. I hope it didn't suck. I didn't have a sucky time, and neither did Caitey as far as I can tell. By the way, next year is Time Capsule year, if we can find it and the ground isn't frozen. Just sayin'.
• Nov 18 Michael went off on a district youth lock-in at VU tonight, and apparently had himself a little stalker. Guess it runs in the family.
• Nov 17 I find that when I'm completely content, I don't have a lot to say. Nothing to complain about, nothing to really be super excited about, just comlpetely content to sit back and enjoy that feeling of not being rushed, or stressed or keyed-up. It's like my brain doesn't have to work as hard. Which in a way makes me glad for the variety of life. I mean it's one of the reasons, at least.
• Nov 16 A plan has developed. A plan to set up my good friends Bessie and Cameron. This plan was devloped bewteen myself and Trent. We think it's a smashing plan. Then again, I did swear to never tamper with the ways of love again but... What could go wrong with this?
• Nov 15 Why is it that I suddenly got good at the farther into the book, more complicted math? But not chapters 1-4 which should've been a cake walk? C'est la vie. "La vie. Ha ha ha." Shut up! That joke is dead!
• Nov 14 Ugh, still feel yucky and asthmatic. Which doesn't seem like a word and reminds me too much of arithmetic. I missed school today over this, and I already feel homework creeping up on me.
• Nov 13 My family feels like Job. First the divorce, then the cars, then the cars AGAIN, then the computer (thank God it's working again), then the ER. Not to mention the money is evaporting faster than usual due to all these things. Part of me feels like Satan has sunk his fingers in, and the other tells me that if my dad wasn't so stubborn about tithing this wouldn't be happening. Did I mention that my pastor challenged everyone to tithe this month? Coincidence? I think not.
• Nov 12 Glad to see my best friend. Not glad that she has a mysterious virus.
• Nov 11 Happy 11/11/11. That's all I have to say.
• Nov 10 So, I guess it was snowing in some parts of Indiana tonight. NOT COOL. There should never be snow before Thanksgiving. And it'd be cool if that rule also applied to after Christmas, but unfortunately, neither one is a rule. So most likely we'll have a grayish cold Thanksgiving, a mucky brown Christmas, a blinding white January (but not New Year's, or course) and a miserably bleak February. And the Groundhog won't see his freakin'shadow so we'll have six more weeks of Winter. THANKS A LOT, YOU TUNNELING S.O.B.! I'm sorry, it's just really cold in my room right now. I'm going to go take a Zanex now. (jk. Winners don't do drugs.)
• Nov 9 I'm becoming increasingly intrigued by the Civil Wars. I wish I could find some beautiful man with whom I could instantly click and write amazing songs with. That's exactly what I want. Puttin it on my Christmas list. Dear Santa...
• Nov 8 I can't believe Colleen's really getting a divorce. She's really having a rough time, but she's not exactly the easiest person to help. She can be so defensive and ends up pushing people away who are trying to help. I predict the holdays to be some of the most dramatic ever. And that includes the Thanksgiving when Gramma's teeth fell in the corn.
• Nov 7 wowie zowie I got a 96 on my last math test. That's pretty sweet. I just found out the Vlogbrothers are starting an educational channel on YouTube in January and I have a feeling I'll learn more from them than I have so far from college, based on the fact that I always learn more from not only them but TVand things, anyway. It holds my attention, tells me and shows me all at the same time. It'll be like Bill Nye the Science Guy, only cooler.
• Nov 6 Spent the entire day shopping. I'm exhuausted and also a light fixture fell on my head so I have no profound thoughts to share, except OWIE, MY HEAD HURTS, OWIE.
• Nov 5 Oh my gosh I got up at 6:30 am today. But then I had a ton of fun and got to experience new and interesting things, like The Bean statue in Millenium Park and real life Chicago style pizza, which was delicious. I love my friends.
• Nov 4 Got to see my bestest bestie today and catch up :)
• Nov 3 Home work is piling up again. Skipped CCF to finish up speech and English, only I didn't completely finish either one. The good news is I'm doing slightly bettter in math (last time I checked) and I feel pretty good about the rest of school. Now I just need to find out more about my elusive guidance counselor. I wonder if they'll (that's right, I don't even know the sex of...it) be able to offer me any guidance or if that's just one of those space-filler adjectives, like a "hostess" at a retaurant.
• Nov 2 I've become infatuated with Arrested Development. Michael Cera as a 14 year old. Heeheeheeheehee.
• Nov 1 Happy November. As usual, I can't believe it. I came home today since class is cancelled tomorrow. There's a lot going on at home. There's a lot that I can't do anything about. I'm content, though. That's not a feeling you have every day, and not one to be taken for granted. I'm usually stressing out about something, so I'm going to enjoy this while it lasts. I'm positive it won't last through finals, but a little stress never hurt anyone. Too much stress, yes. But a little is good for motivation.
• Oct 31 Happy Halloween :) Found out today both my Wed. classes are cancelled by some freak chance. Yaaay! I really don't hate college too much at all. If only I were reasonably good at math. But that would just be too easy. Math quiz tomorrow. Meh.
• Oct 30 Thought of the Day has mor or less turned into Recount of the Day. That's okay sometimes, but I think I need to... think more. Today I spent a lot of time thinking about God. I thought my computer was totally fried and was completely freaking out, asking God why does something always have to be going wrong. I went to sleep because I was too depressed to do anything else and, lo and behold, when I woke up Michael was using my laptop. It was back to normal and I made a point to thank God for it. I think He's been doing that kind of thing on purpose lately. A way of saying, "I give and I take away, but I know what's best so trust me."
• Oct 29 Good day, celebrating Mom's birthday. A bit of drama, as with every family gathering, but you'll have that. Looking forward to taking Reagan Trick-or-Treating tomorow night, followed by The Great Pumpkin :D
• Oct 28 Haunted Hayride! It wasn't so haunted, but they tried pretty hard. At one point I thought for sure the old "chainless chainsaw" gag had gone wrong and gotten stuck in my hair, but it turns out some guy without a chainsaw just grabbed my hair. So that was a little scary. The thought of being bald always scared me. Also, got to grab dinner and a movie with Medium Sis (The Rum Diary-most hilarious). A very good day :)
• Oct 27 Today was kinda boring again, but I went to CCF and hung out with friends and watched Tangled afterwards. Hilary locked our door and fell asleep so it took me a while to get into my own room. It was pretty funny actually. Looking forward to tomorrow. P.S. I think Rocky Horror's off, seeing as Josh is an old coot.
• Oct 26 Meh. Boring day. But looking forward to an awesome weekend. Can't get here soon enough. Guess I'll watch another dumb Netflix instant movie. I feel like a bum.
• Oct 25 Went to see a movie with Adey tonight. Real Steel. Wasn't too psyched about it but it actually wasn't half bad. Found out Rocky Horror is playing at Showplace 8 on Saturday. I am psyched about that :) Also, prettysurethisguyatCCFhasathingforme. I couldn't tell ya why, just a hunch.
• Oct 24 Speech went well. Not much else happened today. Would've rather gone to Farmville (a.k.a Hobson's Farm by people who are not Reagan) with family + home school group.
• Oct 23 Speech COMPLETE! I hope I do a good job of effectively portraying just what it means to be a Nerdfighter. Lots to do before I head back tomorrow. Guess I should stop wasting time online...
• Oct 22 Had an amazing jam session with the fam tonight. I love that we're all musical. Totally rocks. It was great to see them all again.
• Oct 21 Hmm... an uneventful day for once. But not too bad.
• Oct 20 Stayed up til one talking to friends in my toasty-warm room. Hil already left for the weekend so Liv crashed in her bed, seeing as her room isn't so toasty. I hope that girl gets an electric blanket soon. This week flew by. Back home again tomorrow :)
• Oct 19 Holy cow, I just found out my YouTube videos are eligible to gain revenue! There are some weird copyright guidelines that I'm not too sure about, so that'll have to be carefully looked over, but the fact that I've attracted enough attention to be asked is totally exciting! Also, I found out today that the in-class essay I was sure I messed up was the best grade in the class (96%), that Mr. Groneman really liked it and thinks I'm a good writer. Also that he emailed me to let me know some guy in his other class is trying to get a student writing group together and thought I might be intereseted in "trying out some new lyrics". He sent that earlier this month so the moment's passed now, but I thought it was extremely nice of him to remember my interest in songwriting. I signed my lease today, hung out with my friends and watched two mindless romantic comdedies in a row. Needless to say, I am in a great mood. P.S. We're starting a new section in English on advertising that actually sounds fun and speech class only lasted fifteen minutes today!
• Oct 18 Preparing for weekend visitors. This involves rapidly cleaning areas of the house that haven't been touched in months, putting up with Mom's and Dad's frantic scrambling and violent outbursts of, "Light a fire under your son!" and, "You're an adult, look around and see what needs done!" It'll be worth it when the guests arrive; Grandma, Uncle Tim, Uncle Tim's Girlfriend and Cousin Tyler, Kevin Sr., Kevin Jr., and Aunt Lynn. It's been toooo long. The only downside will be enduring Aunt Lynn's attempts to be simultaneously the cool best friend and the extremely wise and experienced world traveler/author. (She's been working on an ever-elusive book for years that no one knows anything about.)
• Oct 17 Yaaaaay football! In the rain. Then Dairy Queen. And Euchre. Good day.
• Oct 16 Had a good time making Michael and Dad try on hats at Walmart. Michael ended up with a Sock Monkey tobogan and Dad got a fedora. Neither had any intention of buying a hat when they stepped into the store. Colleen got me into a couple new bands today. I love discovering new music :)
• Oct 15 It's ma daddy's birthday. We spent the evening eating cake and laughing our heads off while playing American Trivia. Michael can crack everybody up, but it was a dumb comment from Caitey and a wiseass comment from me that got even my dad to crack a smile. The Q: What actor is most famous for his line, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn"? Her answer: "Winston Churchill!" The comment: "Oh yes, I loved Winston Churchill in Gone With the Wind. He has a such a sexy smile."
• Oct 14 FREEE!!! I totally bombed that test but I'm not that concerned. It is good to be home. Walking around town with Michael, fighting with him and Reagan at the table, smarting off to my Dad only to receive a threat for a thumping.. Gooood times.
• Oct 13 One more test tomorrow, then I'm FREEEEEEEE!!!
• Oct 12 God is amazing. That's all I want to say.
• Oct 11 CCF is pretty much awesome. Unfortunately their Dating&Marraige Bible study kinda has me wanting a bf... I've come to the conclusion that I need to stop waiting for the "logical" time and the "logical" reasons to appear, because there ARE NONE. It is what it is: A selfish, but sometimes necessary, desire to make life a little more bearable. But, that doesn't mean that I need to stop waiting for the logical guy to appear. That's the problem, right there.
• Oct 10 Midterms are freaking me out. The promise of Fall Break is what's keeping me going. It's a beacon of hope, and also represents a new chapter. We'll be entering into new material for the remainder of the semester and preparing for finals hurray! But a break is what I need. I just wish Caitey had the same break as I do so we could plan to do something extra fun :( What happened to VU and ISU being sister schools?
• Oct 9 How is it that time is going by so fast? Today was much better than yesterday and the day before but I've got a lot of studying to do. P.S. new video on Facebook and youtube if ya wanna check that out...
• Oct 8 Rough week. Getting better, but could use some prayer.
• Oct 7 I don't even wanna talk about it.
• Oct 6 What started as a horrible day, God finished as a good one. One class tomorrow then heading home :)
• Oct 5 This guy from Indy who sits next to me in speech class was drilling me with questions about living in a small town today. He said he saw things like it in movies but didn't believe it could be true until he moved to Vincennes. He asked about our hospitals and I told him Mary Sherman closed down. He was like, "Closed down? You can't just shut hospitals down." I then proceeded to tell him it was because it had astbestos. Then I enjoyed his reaction :)
• Oct 4 I don't wanna speak too soon but I think I nailed that math quiz. First time I've said that since... ever.
• Oct 3 So much homework. So little time. So little money. So little job. So little motivation to get a job.
• Oct 2 Isn't today Aaron Benefiel's birthday? Why do I know that? By the way (and by, "by the way", I mean totally off subject and out of the way), I am nearly positive that John Green accidentally took a picture of the back of my head at the concert last night and I didn't even see him. How cool would it have been to be able to say that I got to see the amazing Avett Brothers AND John Green on the same night? John Green's nerdtastic voice over the beautiful notes of Scott and Seth's indescribable musical talents. Oh well, it's still awesome to assume I was in both of their presences at the same time.
• Oct 1 Oh, Avett Brothers. Why can't I find a guy half as good as either of you, who isn't married and thirty? Right,because maturity comes through age and having one special, respectable, loving woman in your life. I forgot. But how do these girls get so lucky to stumble upon an immature young man and see him turn into a 6'4" musical genius? If I'd been that Jenny you wrote about, Seth, I'd sleep soundly every night and tell you what's on my mind without raising my voice a bit. I think a little part of me blissed out and died when you sang that song tonight.
• Sep 30 Watched the Gladiator with roomies and friends, took a late trip home, and I'm sleeping in tomorrow. It's a good day.
• Sep 29 I joined the CCF praise team tonight :) I take a just about any and every oportunity to sing. The shower, the car, on stage. Especially on stage, and especially when it's for Jesus.
• Sep 28 Midterms are coming up. I now know what it's like to be one of those people freaking out about midterms. This is new.
• Sep 27 I had every reason not to be optimistic. I believe that is the lowest grade I've ever received. Even lower than that heart-crushing C on a grammar paper in third grade.
• Sep 26 Back at school, hurrah. Getting my latest math test score tomorrow.Not optimistic.
• Sep 25 I love the missions meetings at church. And I love church. And I love late night IHOP runs, even when it's pouring down rain.
• Sep 23 Steak 'n Shake, Books-A-Million and Starbucks today with Bess-kah. Yeah, I combined their names like a Hollywood "It" couple. Then we wrote a song and put another one on YouTube. It was a good day.
• Sep 22 I skipped a class for the first time today. I had a headache and a math test to study for. I still didn't do great on that math test, but I would've been screwed if I hadn't finished the practice one. Guess I'll never know what I missed out on today in psychology... **flash to Mean Girls scene where coach gives sex talk**
• Sep 21 Oh math, you plague my existence. Why must you be so difficult? So wiley and elusive? Your variables, they wound. Your linear equations, they mar!
• Sep 20 I think it'd be really awesome to be a resident at the CCF building. Of course, I'd suck at it, but I think it'd be an awesome experience.
• Sep 19 Jordan's fiance randomly showed and made us fried potatoes, bacon and toast at nine 'o clock tonight. Then we watched Aladdin. I love my roommates :)
• Sep 18 I think it's a rule that I only like guys who ignore me. I need psychological help.
• Sep 17 Huh. I believe today is Samantha Meier's 21st birthday. Some things you'll never forget. I get sad when I think about her and "what might've been", if she had chosen to stay friends with us all these years. Unfortunately, you can't control other people. Sometimes I think the world would be a better place if I could. Then I remember, oh yeah, I'm not God. And even He doesn't do that.
• Sep 16 Wow BritBeat was freaking awesome. That's the most fun I've had in a while. I'd totes be their groupie if I wasn't in college. Then again, it might be worth dropping out...
• Sep 15 Whooooa month is half over. How did that happen? September has gone by faster than any other month this year (...that I recall). I had a dream last night that I forgot to turn in my English paper and I forgot to buy a manila envelope to put all my notes and stuff in like my prof. wanted. Freaked the crap out of me. Definitely won't be forgetting now.
• Sep 14 Ohmygosh. It is SOOOOO boring here tonight! Where's a random, out-of-the-blue rave when you need one?!
• Sep 13 Grrr. Home work is stressing me out. Hate it. How is it that I've gone my entire life without using a thimb drive? #homeschoolfail
• Sep 12 Owie, my head hurts, owie. Owie, my head hurts, owie (insert obnoxious music notes and Josh's off-key voice here)
• Sep 11 Everyone's talking about where they were when the attack happened ten years ago today. And honestly, I don't remember where I was or what I was doing. I remember hearing about it soon afterwards, watching the news highlights, the ticker that was running across the bottom of the screen. I didn't realize what it meant for our country, and I'm not sure I do even now. But I do know that it was a tragedy. I just wish we would have this kind of respect and consideration for the fact that thousands of people die every day. It wouldn't be that hard to change things, especially for Americans who have more resources and opportunites than most. Think about the impact starvation and milaria have on the world every day. Those are easy fixes that we are definitely capable of. Not to mention the lack of clean water, which I'm growing more and more passionate about the more I learn of what a toll it takes on communities and individuals. Speaking of which, food for thought: http://www.hydromissions.com/index.htm
• Sep 10 My bed at home is much more comfy than my bed in Vincennes. But right now my home smells like cabbage. My Vincennes home never does. I've just been inspired to make a Compare/Contrast List of Vincennes and Home. P.S. I moved my Super blah blah blah Summer List to archives, but if I complete either of the last two things before September 23, it will technically still count. However, chances are slim. Now for a Totally Sweet Autumn of Awesomeness To Do List.
• Sep 9 So last night I got to witness the story of Esther transformed into a hilarious, two man musical. Sometimes it hits me how amazing God is at orchestrating seemingly unconnected events in the lives of ready and willing people. "And who knows but that you have been brought to this position for such a time as this?" (Esther 4:14)
• Sep 8 Monty Python with rommies+friends :D Awesome to the max.
• Sep 7 Whew. Speech complete. I was a nervous wreck, but I did at least as good anyone else, and much better than some. Glad that's over. 1 down, 6 to go.
• Sep 6 CCF was cool tonight. Life is a dot on an eternal line.
• Sep 5 What an eventful Labor Day. What started out as a quick trip to my mom's relatives' house and back turned into an all day trip from Hell. We got about thirty minutes out of town and the van starterd knocking. The water pump is going out or some shiz so we had to turn around and pile in Caitey's car. We finally arrive, two hours late. Have a nice lunch, visit, and get back on the road to go see my Grandma's gravesite and headtstone. On the way there, Caitey's car is making a funny noise. We pull into some stranger's driveway and Colleen's going to take a look. As she starts to get out, I notice a vicious dog with, like, three tails (no joke), running right at us. So Colleen decides not to get out. As we drive past she yells, "You have three tails!" In case the dog was wondering. We finally get to the cemetary and look at the car. The ball joint is coming loose. You can't drive on that. The wheel could fly completely off at any second. We go ahead to Grandma's gravesite and pay our respects, wondering what in the world we're going to do because we have NO cell service, seeing as we're in the middle of Kurtz. Just then, we see a white car pull in. Colleen takes off, shouting "It's Ruth!" Thank God it was Ruth, my mom's aunt. We tentatively drove Caitey's car to Ruth's farm nearby, then she took us back to her house, fed us and entertained us untill my dad, who was on the way home via the same route we were on, could come get us. Unfortunately, he was much closer to home than to us, so he had to go ahead and take Micheal home, unload all their luggage, and turn around to get us. He didn't get back to us till after eight. We wanted to be HOME at six. On the way home, we very, very, narrowly missed this dog in the middle of the road, who's dumb owners were standing in the road, calling for it. Then we almost ran over a mouse. Yeah, a freakin' mouse. WHY WERE YOU IN THE ROAD, MOUSE? We made it home around ten. We all had homework and other pressing things to do. But at least Ruth came by.
• Sep 4 Made turnovers in youth group tonight. We're practicing for the Corn Festival where we will be selling said turnovers. Didn't have much to do with Jesus, but they were pretty delicious.
• Sep 3 Wow that speech is coming up quick. I wrote part of it in my sleep. Not too bad, either.
• Sep 2 Got to spend some time with my mommy today :) Cracker Barrel, Books-A-Million, Kroger, now a movie. Sad that Lil Brother and Daddy are gone for the weekend (at my grandparents' for the holiday), but I'll get to see them, as well as a few of my more distant relatives, on Labor Day. Not to mention my Sisterly Sisters, whom I do not see nearly enough these days.
• Sep 1 Can't believe another month has gone by. Took that math test, not too sure about it. I don't think I failed though, so that's good. Just English tomorrow, then home for a three day weekend! Yeeyuh.
• Aug 31 What an awesome day. Picnic with Mom and Reagan, totes adorbs guy talked to me in English, then Bessie, Bekah and I had dinner and went to the Gregg Park bandstand to play guitar. Not only did a bicycle gang of 10 year old boys give us 31 cents, but then a group of, like, 7 hot guys came and watched, shouting out requests and clapping after every song. I came home to find that Hil's and my room was finally THE PARTY ROOM. We've discussed before how it always should be, since we have an awesome A/C and no one else does, but for some reason we always hang in Liv's and Katy's room, or Jordie's and Kristie's room. We chalked it up to not having a TV. But last night we were the winners. Laughed our heads off and had a jolly good time with all us girls, Trenton and Cam. Math test tomorrow :/ Oh well.
• Aug 30 Caught up on homework, looking forward to a picnic with Mother and Lil'est Sis tomorrow :) Life is good right now.
• Aug 29 It's my birthday today. I have to go back to school soon, but speech is cancelled so I only have one class today :) I hope it's a good day.
• Aug 28 It was a weird day. I'll just say that. But I got a bunch of awesome presents from awesome people.
• Aug 27 Pizza and Rango with Caits and Ryne tonight for an early b-day celebration.
• Aug 26 "I'm... home. I'M HOME! I'm home I'm home I'm home!" -SpongeBob Square Pants.
• Aug 25 Movie with Medium Sis :)
• Aug 24 This week is sort of blurring together. Freaking myself out about homework unnecessarily. My professors expect nothing of us this week, apparently. That's a relief. Too bad I already busted my butt to get a bunch of stuff done. But I'm ahead effyeah.
• Aug 23 Second day, bout the same as the first. Got to see my Big Sis today. Making some friends, which is good :)
• Aug 22 first day wasn't too bad. No homework so far and I got to go on a CCF city wide scavenger hunt. Good times.
• Aug 21 finally arrived at the apartment, groceries in tow, at eleven pm tonight. First day of classes tomorrow and im freaking out a little not gonna lie.
• Aug 20 Stuff is moved in. Other stuff is bought. Now there's just the food to buy. Then I will officially be moving out. It's going ot be weird not being able to rush home at the end of the day and tell every interesting (or not so interesting) detail to Mom or Caitey. Hopefully I'll be able to talk to my room mates. And there's always phone calls and weekends to catch up. And eventually I'll be moved out for good. I freaked out tonight when the words "quarter life crisis" floated through my head because I am approaching the end of the first quarter of my life. That's bigger than not being a teenager anymore. That's half way to middle age. And it's scary as hell. But at the same time it's a tiny, little, miniscule bit exciting because I'll be able to do things I've never been able to do before. And I like the thought of putting awkward teenage days behind and being independent and a contributing member of society. I don't think I'll ever shake the label of being a weirdly religious, home school jungle freak, but maybe it won't be so important if I can be a decent person with a suitable job. But I'm not going to base my life and career choices on what other people will think. So not worth it.
• Aug 19 I'm moving all my most prized possessions out of my house tomorrow. That is scary and exciting to me.
• Aug 18 Bought some new shoes today. Then went for coffee with friends. It's too bad we got more drama than a Catholic middle school. Things change. Meh.
• Aug 17 Terre Haute with friends. Buying pink hair dye at Sally's Beauty Supply. MacDo's, Starbucks,and a peach pie... Well, no. No peach pie. I was just trying to #rapmyday. But we did DOMINATE at A to Z, which was supermegatotesawesomefun.
• Aug 16 All That on TeenNick. Awwww yeah.
• Aug 15 Colleen showed me around VU today, and thank God she did. I would've been so lost next Monday if she hadn't. In other news, glad to see my Summer To Do List is nearly complete. Nine down, two to go... (tchyeah right)
• Aug 14 Love is dumb. Luckily I have lots of people I love not in the dumb way to talk to about it.
• Aug 13 WARRIOR DASH! I didn't do half bad. It was pretty crazy. Would so do it again next year.
• Aug 12 It's Friday, Friday.. fun fun fun. Sorry about that.
• Aug 11 Last night of work. Wowzies.
• Aug 10 The weather today was beautiful! I got to look at my new apartment. It's a Springy, bright blue-green. Our room overlooks the porch, and you know what that means? Our window leads right out onto the flat roof! Which of course means rooftop concerts. Yeeyah. I am getting so excited.
• Aug 9 Gooood tiiiimes. White Mocha Frappuccino mmm. Oh yeah,and my bestie's home. JK. Highlight of week! But that mocha was pretty good, too...
• Aug 8 It feels like a countdown till I move out and I'm running out of time. I hate the fact that you get old and die, but I love the fact that this life eventually ends.
• Aug 7 Got stood up tonight and, if fate had been on my side, would've been asked out by another, better choice. We just haaad to go to DQ tonight. What happened to 'When one door shuts, a window opens', or whatever? Oh, well. BADTRAT. Hey, did you know abbreviating Boys Are Dumb, Throw Rocks At Them spells BADTRAT? Fun fact of the day.
• Aug 6 All signed up for classes! Scored better on the placement test than expected, which is always good. Also went by and saw the apartment I'll be living in (the outside. No one was home and it was locked). I'm really getting excited! I also bought a few things for my room, and btw, I have a totes awes front porch. It's blue. My classes don't seem too hard. I think speech will be the most challenging, seeing as I have a fear of public speaking. But I'll probably get over it. Hope so. Also, check out my stupid vlog if you haven't. Oh yeah, and I have a date tomorrow. I'm not worried at all heheheheheh... shifty eyes shifty eyes.
• Aug 5 Yeah, so... disregard most of what I said yesterday. I totally made a vlog video. Here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bDogevLZvw
• Aug 4 So I just wrote out my Thought today and clicked 'save' as usual. Then this crazy, angry-looking, red message appeared that said it was an invalid list because it exceeded some 65,000 characters or whatever. So I copied Jan-April onto another list and put it in the Archives. I'm very sad but that's the way it had to be. I was going to talk about how I'd had this idea bouncing around in my head for a couple of weeks now that I might start a vlog to record the events of my freshman year of college, but I only have a crappy detachable web cam and no editing software so there'd be no cuts and it'd be really low quality and boring. I went on to say that if I were to win a contest for a free camcorder and video editing software or by chance came into a large sum of money I'd do it. I ended with the thought of starting out with a blog, even though I tried that once and it didn't work out that well. Here's hoping I win that made-up contest!
• Aug 3 Waiting for my oatmeal to cool down... Last day of work tomorrow before a three day weekend. And before too long, my last day at Kerns period. Time is running out before college but I feel like I have more to do than ever. Stressful :( ....

Oh, my oatmeal's ready!

• Aug 2 I've been taking care of the Seprodis' animals for them while they're on a mission trip/family vacation. I am in love with their Great Dane. She's easily the calmest, sweetest and most timid out of the four dogs in the house. The other three are lap dogs. A Lhasa Apso, a Miniature Pinscher and a Japanese Chin. But then I've always had a soft spot for big dogs. Anyway, Mom and I went over there last night and watched 'Arthur' on their 60" flat screen TV with the LG Soundbar. Insane. I think Limitless would've been a better pick, but it was still awesome.
• Aug 1 So, I thought this weird guy was inviting himself over to my friend's house who I am housesitting for, but it turned out he was just attempting to ask me out for lunch. Then I got sick so we had to reschedule. Now I'm seeing him Sunday night. Did I mention I've never met this guy? Should be a barrel of fun.
• July 31 I don't want it to be August :( On a different note, I sang a song at church tonight and did pretty ok, if I say so myself. And I do. Obviously. I mean, I just did. I really don't understand why we have all these completely pointless sayings that are really just stating the obvious. "I'm just sayin'..." Duh. "We'll see what happens." Uh, yeah we will! "If it's meant to be, it will happen." What kind of advice is that? Not only is it obvious, but it still leaves things hanging in the air. What if it's not meant to be? Thanks, Confucious! Seriously. Ok, that was my rant of the day. Goodbye, July. Sounds like a song. Or, GNFAB, as John Green would say.
• July 30 New cashier at work. Had a cinnamon roll for dinner (nutritous). Then went to a party. It was ok. Kinda hot and boring. That is all.
• July 29 I don't remember anything I did or thought today. Oh, I found out that guy I thought hated me doesn't hate me. Well, he might, but it turns out there's an explanation to his weird behavior. It's a dumb explanation but at least there's a reason he won't look at or talk to me. Turns out he has a pycho-nazi, female-version-of-cody-francis- girlfriend. If it got back to her that he was taling to me, he'd have hell to pay. Of course, this makes me want to talk to him even more. Dump that grrrrrl!
• July 28 Caitey and Ryne are making us late because they can't tear themselves away from Scrabble. Being a couple makes you instantly 50% more selfish. At least. These statistics brought to you by the Kennedy Statistical Foundation.
• July 27 Back to school shopping, holla! New backpack wth laptop pocket, highlighters- VARIETY PACK- , poster puddy, ID case, Post-It flags and a jump drive -jumpdrive?- shaped like a TURTLE! Pretty sweet.
• July 26 Sooo, my Aunt Jacquie is trying to set me up with this guy she works with. I'm very apprehensive because I don't know the guy or where he stands as far as religion, and besides, these things never work out for me. Plenty of people have tried. In fact, Caroline Gamble, song leader of our church, long time family friend, is simultaneously trying to set me up with one of her grandson. Oh, and this "Bryan Gilbert" fellow, whom Stacy says doesn't know how to spell his own last name?, gave me his number written on the back of a cigarette carton tonight. Classy. I really have my pick of the litter. NOT.
• July 25 Last night my neighbor called around midnight. She said she was listening to her police radio when she heard an ambulance call for our other neighbor, Dave's (a.k.a. Reagan's dad) house for a male with chest pains. We look outside and sure enough there are two ambulances and a cop car. So Caitey and I run over to make sure someone's there with Reagan. We get to the door just as the emergency vehicles are pulling away. There's Dave sitting on the couch. He comes to the door, and, to make a long story short, tells us that his ex wife is crazy and called the ambulance for no reason. Reagan's in bed asleep. Then apparently in the wee hours of the morning Dave took his ex wife back to the mental hospitle and Reagan stayed with her 77 year old great grandmother. I wasn't aware we were living on Wysteria Lane, but it's like freaking Desperate Housewives up in here.
• July 24 Learned about a place called... hold on, I forget. Gotta Google it... File...New tab...search... Well, couldn't find it. Place de Esquileto, we'll say. 10 to 12 people die there every single day. It's not even a town. It's a dump within a town, just outside of Rio. Heard all this in the Missionary Meeting at church tonight. Their entire economic system is based on garbage. They rummage through the garbage to find food, clothes, and anything they can sell to make enough money to buy drugs for that day. Then they wake up and do it again. A Nazarene church in the area opened a school and started teaching people the importness first of cleanliness, then of NOT DOING DRUGS. Of course, then the drug dealers were super pissed that they weren't selling as many drugs. It's a bad siutation. Let's pray for that, k?
• July 23 I don't want to talk about work, so I'll mention the only other thing I did today: Went to lunch with Caitey at Subway, and didn't even have that bread-y smell the rest of the day! It was quite tasty. Or toasty. HAHAHAHAHA goodonetara
• July 22 Trained for Warrior Dash tonight. At least I know I'm no bigger of a wuss than Caitey.
• July 21 Hung out with Nick O. last night and the one before. He's an ok kid but, in the words of Kato, "He's- a bit of a dick."
• July 20 I got to go swimming again today, to Jiffy Treet with Bekah, then out to New Lebanon to show her where I used to live. She tried to show me her grandma's old house out that way, but she couldn't find it, which resulted in me being able to cross numbers 6 and 7 off my Summer to do List. Then we blew bubbles in the park and caught up with one Mr. Nick Okeli, headed back to my house to watch The Rocker, and called it a night. It kind of scares me to think I won't be able to randomly do things like that anymore come Fall, but maybe it's not such a bad thing. Things change, and I'll have new friends to (hopefully) do new fun things with.
• July 19 It seems like every day I work, I have a very boring Thought of the Day. I think work just sucks all interesting thoughts out of my head or something. One interesting thing that's been on my mind a lot is that I'm moving out Aug 15. Which is less than a month away. Also, I'm signing up for classes Aug. 6, which is the same week my cousin Tyler is coming to stay with us :) Good times.
• July 18 Today was mostly uproductive, but I did do a ton of laundry and got to swim in the city pool after hours since I totes know the manager. I'll be plenty productive when I start school and have no other choice. Might as well enjoy my Summer.
• July 17 It's my Dead Gramma's Birthday. I have three grandmas (technically) so it's important to specify. Also, HP7 Part II was awesome. But that was yesterday. I'm still excited about the awesomeness. I wanna watch Part I. No, not part "I" like EYE. Part ONE! Like 1. Duh.
• July 16 Hmm... I can't think of anything particularly interesting to write about today... Hmm... nope. Nuh uh. Nothing. Nada. No. ohexceptiwalkedintomylivingroomtofindmybestfriendwho'supposedtobeinWisconsinsittingonymycouch. Whatever. HOLY CRAP.
• July 15 Uhhh... worked today. Boring. You don't wanna hear about it. Oh, you do? I made some pizzas, I cleaned some stuff, I found a baby chimp in the Dumpster... Ok, I made that last part up. But it was soooooo boring. I just wanted to zest it up a little! Sue me!
• July 14 Bought some tee shirts tonight. And some fabric paint. Then spent a good thirty minutes Googling AVPM quotes. Yes, they're all related. And now I want to watch AVPM and AVPS.
• July 13 Well, I am finally officially accepted into VU. So that's a relief! I sign up for classes and take the placement test Aug. 5th and 6th. One step closer :)
• July 12 Got to work on time. Left work on time. Tried the new BBQ pulled pork sub at SubWay. Delicious. Also, watched a NEW Adventure Time AND The Glee Project. Good times.
• July 11 Between VBS and work I've barely had time for anything else. Did manage to squeeze in cleaning my room so thoroughly that there is nothing in there and sorting through last year's teen magazines for Back-To-School shopping inspirtaion, though.
• July 10 Tonight was the first night of VBS. Mom and I were in charge of the Pre K class. Always a good time. Seriously though, I always enjoy VBS week. And for some reason, I'm ALWAYS with the Pre K class. Through all the churches I've been to over the years, it's always Pre K. But it's cool. I connect with those kids. On an unrelated note, I received my Harry Potter Premier Challenge. Gonna be tricky, but surely my Graphic Design Major sister will help me out.
• July 9 Well, Mr. Ryne Horn is back in town. His first words in a month to me were, "What do you want?!" and mine to him were, "I want to talk to my sister, douche bag!" It's a great relationship.
• July 8 My dog escaped at 4:30 this morning. Luckily my brother caught him and trapped him in the garage. But I still had to get out of my warm bed and go deal with it. Which resulted in me sleeping til 11:45. Oh, well. I have work in a couple hours and don't want to be exhausted for it. Who gets up early on Saturdays anyway?
• June 7 The power went out at work tonight. About a million times. I somehow got everything done in time. Yeah, wasn't allowed to go home early. It's cool though. Can always use money.
• July 6 Today was... odd. I was busy pretty much all day. Now I feel kinda down in the dumps. "Down in the dumps" isn't a phrase I often use, but it is so appropriate today that there is really no other way to put it. I'm not depressed, exactly. Just down. In the dumps. Of life. If my parents don't email that stupid lady at VU, and if she doesn't respond immediately, I'ma have to bust a cap. I can't hardly stand this anymore. It is stressing me out beyond belief. Oh! But good news in another area. 2nd Best Bestie is going to dump that sorry excuse for a man of hers. Hopefully. She said she's going to. I don't know that it will happen, but I can hope. And pray. Apparently A LOT of people are rooting for her to do it. Some of them for the sole reason that they want to replace that sorry excuse for a man, but hey, at least she's got moral support. Ok, my thoughts are obviously all over the place. I think I need to go to bed.
• July 5 The lady I was supposed to train tonight didn't show, so now I have to work instead of her Saturday night, because she won't know what she's doing. I also have to work Thursday and Friday night so that's really lame. But Josh came over tonight and we played In a Pickle and also there was cake so that's good.
• July 4 Well, it's Independence Day and I'm glad to say I live in a free country. I'm also glad to say I got to play with sparklers, make Java Chip Frappuccinos (almost as good as Starbucks!) and spend the day with my family and friends. Though most of my friends aren't in the state and some aren't even in the country. It must be strange for them, knowing it's the celebration of our nation's birth but seeing no sign of it, hearing no fireworks, smelling no smoke. And not having their family and friends around to remind them why the day is important. What makes living in this sometimes exasperating country worth the while. Because, while it's cliche and we've heard it our whole lives, freedom isn't free. It's a privelege and I don't know how I'd survive if I suddenly had that freedom ripped away. I take it for granted like I'm sure we all do sometimes. Sometimes it hits me how lucky I am. Anyway, it's been a while since I had a Thought this long. I've said my piece now I'm gonna go watch a dumb movie on NetFlix or do something else equally pointless and unproductive. God bless America. (Yes, that was cynicism. Sorry.)
• July 3 Had a good day. Wore a new dress. Ate an icecream sandwich. Wrote a new song. Hey you can almost sing that to the tune of that "Had a Bad Day" song, whatever it's called. Man, that song is catchy. Had a bad day, takin' one down, sing a sad song just to turn it around... DANG IT! It's stuck in my head.
• July 2 Fireworks tonight :) We decided to go out to the baseball diamond instead of fighting the crowds at the lake. Then these idiots showed up and started setting off their own right behind us. Then we left and drove around and almost hit some drunkards, and got railroaded. Then we went home. Then I found five dollars...
• July 1 No. It can't be July. On the brightside, I've got the whole weekend free and fireworks and cookouts and sparklers to look forward to.
• June 30 Still sick, feeling better, called in for the first time in nine months aah!
• June 29 Still sick.
• June 28 Sick.
• June 27 As it turns out... I like French films. With subtitles of course. But maybe, if I watch enough, one day I won't need subtitles. Reach for the stars.
• June 26 Wow. Hall Pass was thoroughly disgusting. Guess I should've known. Played guitar at Colleen's tonight and we discussed how awesome we sound together and how unfair it is that the world may never know because we live in this tiny, lifeless town. I'm just so positive tonight!
• June 25 Don't you just hate those dates that are forever stuck in your head? Like today, for instance, is my ex's birthday. I know my bestfriend from 4th grade's brithday, her phone number, the guy I was in love with for most of my childhood's birthday. And number. The anniversary of my break-up, the anniversary of when we started dating... I could go on. But I won't.
• June 24 Today my Big Sis turned 25. Which means I'm almost 20. I don't want to be 20. I sure do love my family though :) Apparently Micahel gave the neighbor boy a heart attack doing his legendary Ape Run. Colleen tried to smuggle me green apple vodka, Reagan was making the usual hilarious comments and even Tyler showed up! Plus there was cake. Birthdays beat all. Except Christmas of couse.
• June 23 My shifts got switched around to accommodate a girl who can't even do the job. Well, not so much accommodate as avoid having her work on a Friday because she can't even complete half the jobs she's supposed to on a slow night. Goes to prove the idea that good people get dumped on. Seems to run in my family.
• June 22 Demming Park with Mom and Reagan, picked up Dad after missing him for a week and a half, rocked out to myself on the radio with Bessie and Bekah, bible study and a beautiful sidewalk mural of a jungle scene on the bandstand at the park. Lovely day and P.S. the weather hasn't been more perfect all year.
• June 21 What to say about today... I had to work early, and it rained a lot. But now I get to eat donuts and watch a movie. Silver lining... light at the end of the tunnel... philosophical stuff... blah blah.
• June 20 Spending the night at Amber's :) Always a good time. Too bad her pool isn't up yet.
• June 19 How is it that I made it through the first nineteen years of my life without watching Dirty Dancing? Not that it was life changing.
• June 18 Well, it wasn't no Wild ' Crazy Weekend, but it's been a good one. The debauchery continues tomorrow. Ha. Debauchery. Tchtyeah right.
• June 17 My parents are out of town. Today was spent swimmming, eating pizza, then cheesecake with sparkling red grape juice, and watching a chick flick with Bessie and Bekah. So really, I didn't do anything that I wouldn't normally be able to do with my parents around, but I'm not the kind of person to do that anyway.
• June 16 I watched a movie tonight called Crazy Heart. I think I'll buy the soundtrack.
• June 15 I got to go to Terre Haute with two of my best friends and Medium Sis tonight. Had delcious Steak 'n Shake, met Josh at Demming Park for some Frisbee Golf madness, then topped it off with Starbucks. We squeezed some Bible Jesus Goodness in there, made an old lady laugh hysterically after telling her, yes we're obnoxious, but at least we're obnoxious Christians, then took Bessie home almost forty minutes late. Hopefully her mother will continue to allow her to hang out with me anyway. Good times. I'm going to be sad when this Summer is over.
• June 14 Watched the new X Men movie tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it. I wonder if mutants really are the future? Sometimes I wish I was a mutant. But one that could hide it, like how most of them can. It's too bad Beast went and shot himself up with that faulty antidote. He was pretty beast-a-licious. He actually reminded me a lot of Hank Green, which is funny because his character's name is Hank. Only this guy is 21, 6'2", and muscular. New celebrity crush.
• June 13 June is, like, half over and this Summer is slipping through my fingers. But I'm reevaluating the need to complete the last thing on my Super Amazing...etc., List. I mean, I guess I wouldn't turn it down if the opportunity presented itself, with a really cool, awesome, hot nice, fun, sold-out Christian guy, mind you. But definitely not feelin totally desperado like I was. Wrote a song about it. Always good.
• June 12 Michael has poison sumac, Lauren won't stop blowin up my phone, had a fire + s'mores. Then Michael had to go to the ER cuz he also has an ear infection. Weird day. Food was good, though.
• June 11 Went to Starbucks and played the funnest game in the world tonight. Why are there always foreign people hanging out in those outside chairs? I WANT THOSE CHAIRS!!!
• June 10 So... they have Open Mic Night every Monday at the legendary Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. My wanna go.
• June 9 Whew. Didn't have to work today. Took Reagan to the lake and there was a freaking water moccasin right by the beach. If you didn't know, water moccasins are posionous. So we left. Then we had some Tro Sno and ordered pizza for dinner. A pretty good day off. Back to work tomorrow. And the next day.
• June 8 Vincennes got my transcript, which means it's not lost in limbo. So that's good. College and work are consuming my mind!!! I really hope Nicole shows up tomorrow. I really doubt Nicole shows up tomorrow.
• June 7 I unloaded the truck. It wasn't fun. And I'm 90% sure Nicole isn't going to show Thrusday, which will mean me working every day this week, which will mean going into overtime, which isn't allowed, but what can we do?
• June 6 My entire body hurts. And I have to unload the truck tomorrow. Meh.
• June 5 I just played football with Aaron Benefiel, Adam Dean, Amber Dickerson and some kid named Sparks. Weird night. But totally fun.
• June 4 These kids are awesome. Home now. Sore. Tired. Happy. Sleeping.
• June 3 Camping is fun. And exhausting.
• June 2 My Super Amazing Summer of Fun to do list isn't coming along too well :( Sad times. Then again, it isn't technically Summer yet.
• June 1 New month! This year is half over and that is crazy. Also it's very hot and three of our four cars have no AC. Why is it that a very basic invention that has been around for years should be so hard to come by?
• May 31 So I missed out on an excellent opportunity to kiss a German guy tonight. I could've crossed the last thing off my Summer to do list, and written a hit song about it. Something like, "I kissed a Kraut and I liked it..." Or something.
• May 30 I shouldn't allow people to influence my mood so much. But then what should? Nothing but God. Well, let me rephrase that. Nothing should influence my attitude but God.
• May 29 Today marks the second anniversary of the day the world's most horrible relationship met its inevitbale demise. I think Audrey Hepburn and Hitler would've been a better match. Yes, I've been single for two straight years and I wouldn't have it any other way.
• May 28 I was kind of dreading my family reunion. But I actually really enjoyed myself and ended up in a great mood. There's something about your family. Even though I don't really know them, there's still a special bond there that makes you comfortable with them and makes you want to know them better. Just the knowledge that you're related is enough. Plus I got to eat at Chili's which is always good, and when I we got home (we were locked out, but even that didn't bring down my mood), I found I had received my tax return (free money!) and The Avett Brothers album (I and Love and You) that I ordered from BestBuy.com. Sweeet day.
• May 27 So... I'm moving to Vincennes come Fall. Living on campus. With five other girls. Yeah, only one bathroom.
• May 26 Ok, we need two pizza people working at Kern's each shift. It's getting ridiclous.
• May 25 I want to be a Pirate. Or a mermaid. But not the vicious, man-stealing-raping-then-devouring kind. You know, just like Ariel and Urchin and King Tritan.
• May 24 On days like these I wish I didn't have a job. But then I'd have no money to get Dairy Queen on days like these. Life sucks.
• May 23 This weather is beyond weird. I got to hang with two of my besties and eat half a Cookie Monster Cookie from Angell's so the weather didn't bother me too much :)
• May 22 I love Jesus. And I love writing Jesus songs.
• May 21 The world did not end at 6:00 p.m. tonight and I have to say I'm glad. I know it's dumb, but I spent the hour before the ultimate demise of human kind thinking about my life and what I would want to have done differently if the world really was ending. I kept coming back to my relationship with God and how I didn't feel as if I had done a lot. The bible says to store up your treasure in Heaven. You are rewarded for the things you do. I know you shouldn't just do things to receive those rewards, like a point system or something, but in a way it kind of is like that. I mean, I've been on one mission trip, I've done some youth service projects, I play on the praise team at church, I help with VBS, etc., but all those things are convenient and somewhat enjoyable anyway. So I've made it my goal to be more of a servant for Christ. God help me.
• May 20 Best day ever! Hung out with Lesley, then had dinner with Bessie and Bekah. After dinner, we saw "Something Borrowed" and hit up the Robinson Wal-Mart where I bought a PICNIC BASKET! So of course we HAD to have a midnight picnic. We loaded up the basket with the most random of food, grabbed our guitars and headed to the park. I laughed so hard, and had so much fun. Just had to remember not to put anything on Facebook about it, lest Jewell see it and ban Bessie from ever coming to my house again. Nights like these make all the other ones tolerable.
• May 19 Another boring day but tomorrow's gonna be AWESOME.
• May 18 A boooorrring day. But I am LOVING the Avett Brothers.
• May 17 Work was uneventful. It dragged by pretty slowly, but I got a lot done. A lot of people talked to me today. Weird. Maybe my don't-talk-to-me barrier isn't as impenetrable when I work Nancy, seeing as I've known her my entire life and all. Weird that I'm more relaxed when I work with my boss though...
• May 16 I don't think I've had this uneventful of a day in a long time. It was kind of nice though. I got four new shirts for 18 bucks! So that's always good. Also, the sequel to 13 Little Blue Envelopes, which I finished before I went to bed o_0 It was better than the first in my oppinion, which rarely ever happens. Very unrealistic, but books are meant as a means of escape from every day life, right?
• May 15 I lead music this evening at church alongside my dad. It was far from perfect, but afterward everyone told us how much they appreciated it and how thakful they were to have us on the praise team and as a part of the church. It's always good to hear words of affirmation. I thrive on it. If I'm doing a good job, tell me and I'll do even better. On the other hand though, if I'm obviously doing a terrible job, don't tell me I'm doing a good job cuz I'll know you're lying and just get pissed off.
• May 14 Fabulous weekend with my friends riding bikes, eating waaay to much and watching THOR! If I had to pick a Super Hero BF it might have to be him.
• May 13 Friday the Thirteenth! Aaaah! And yet it's Free Sweet Tea day at gas stations all over Terre Haute, the Grand Re-Opening of Steak'n Shake, and Frappeccino Happy Hour (or "Frappy Hour", as I like to call it) at Starbucks. Unlucky day, my butt.
• May 12 This recording/producing stuff is tricky. It's coming along slowly but surely. More slowly than surely though.
• May 11 New cashier to replace Alex. Say what you will about Alex, but sometimes I looked forward to working with her. She was entertaining and easy to talk to. This new lady is nice enough, if a bit obnoxious. I wonder if the reason I take a liking to younger folk and sometimes slightly dumb people is because I don't feel intimidated by them. It's like, "I know I'm more knowledgeable than you on many subjects and don't really care what you think of me, so I can relax and be myself." Like how I can only be myself around guys I have no interest in. That's dumb.
• May 10 Just found out everyone in Lawrenceburg has respiratory infections so no Cincinnati for us :( On the brightside, a camping trip might take its place.
• May 9 Went shopping for flowers/landscaping materials today (my mom's mother's day gift). I love outdoors-y stuff. The yard is looking much more nature-y.
• May 8 Mother's Day was generally uneventful. Some family time, a nap, church. Our usual youth leader had to take his son to Riley (still praying about that) so we had a sub; one Mr. Scott Gambill. And to be completely honest I thought it went a lot better than usual. I know Chad's trying to do better and has made us a promise to be more in depth and not just goof off every Sunday, so I hope he follows through with that. In the mean time, I'm just sticking around hoping I can help out and looking for other opportunities along the way.
• May 7 Playing Who Would You Rather...? With Colleen and Michael. It's funny to watch Michael squirm. "Katy Perry or Emma Watson?" "I don't know... Emma Watson with her long hair back I guess....." *face is beet red*
• May 6 Pretty ok night at work, awesome songwriting session at home, then some family time. Not the most exciting Friday night, but I liked it.
• May 5 I'm sosososo tempted to say "to heck with college" and just start using all that time and energy I would be using to work on my music career. Albums don't make themseleves, people! Sigh. If only there was some sort of guarantee that I wouldn't end up flat broke, living with my parents for the rest of the life. College it is!
• May 4 Plugging along with Job. Looking forward to reading the commentary on the upcoming chapters. That's where I always get confused. Wtf, Eliphaz? What are you even saying?
• May 3 I figured out Pro Tools! Well, parts of it anyway. Still have the itisneverquietinmyhouse problem. But I'm considering installing Pro Tools on my laptop. One problem; it takes a whole GB of memory and my tiny laptop doesn't have very much to spare. I could get an external hard drive, right? But that's just more money that I don't really have. I don't know. Technology gives me headaches!
• May 2 So, I've started recording. And it's awesome and everything. Except for one problem: IT IS NEVER QUIET IN MY HOUSE! See, condensor mics are veeeerry sensative. So my giant brother walking through the living room AND COUGHING would be picked up. Right in the middle of a very slow, beautiful, touching love song. So that's no good. Also, still haven't figured out Pro Tools.
• May 1 Part II Since I've sucked, and since I wanted to update something anyway, here's May 1 Part II: I went back to Guitar Center, after many ridiculous phone calls to three different employess who all told me different things, and got everything straightened out. I got ProTools (!!!) which is totes awes recording software that professionals use, plus a new mic and an interface with Phantom Power source so I can actually use the mic, and a mic cable that I can use with the interface and with an amp/mixer/whatevs for live stuff, too. I'm frakkin' excited. I haven't laid down any tracks (I LOVE the way that sounds!) yet because my family is totally bogging up the place, washing dishes and doing laundry and that's no good for recording. But as soon as I do, I'll be all up on the interweb. Praise the Lord this is all working out.
• May 1 So, I have SUCKED at Thought of the Day for the last few days. But in my defense, the last few days have been hellish. I've worked all of them, extra long shifts and found out that my mom has to have heart surgery tomorrow. She's getting her arteries cleaned out and they have to blow up a balloon in there. Not kidding. Plus we've had torrential rain and wind damage all over town, I bought an awesome mic (which should be a relief) but now we can't get it to record on either one of our computers (which is why it isn't) and I'm freaking out about that a little. For some reason though, I've been feeling better and more lively lately. Maybe it's that Spring is finally here (despite the hideous weather) or maybe it's what God is doing for me (even though I'm still sucking). I don't know, but I'm glad for it. A good way to start off the month, I'd say.