stop being so sassy, Mr. Sassypants Wednesday, 12.31.03 :: 06:40 p.m. Alrighty, I'm back in Salisbury, and very very tired. I slept for 16 hours last night, after our extraordinarily boring trip back from BC through Delaware. I swear, after Wilmington there's a big fat load of NOTHING until you get to Norfolk. So, hello and happy New Year from the Middle of Nowhere! York plans have been changed, partly because Mom's a sicko, and partly because Laura's being Laura (speaks for itself these days), so Mom and I will probably come up this weekend. Pics from our second Christmas are up, very amusing :) Good times, let me tell you... Hockey in the basement with duct tape and beer cans, sneaking a ton of candy into the movie theater, sword fights with sticks, flying off the inflatable air mattress, midnight snacks at 2 AM, homestar runner (everybody to the limit!), ebaumsworld, the crazy game of Monopoly, baby wipes for Breezy, sticky buns, and more movies than you can shake a stick at. Mmm. Now I'm just hanging out and kinda regretting not having anyone to party with tonight, not to mention kiss :( love ye <3 Oh, and I'm reading this book. Avast! Arrr, bring on the horizon... and really bad eggs... drink up me hearties, yo ho! Here's to the last day of 2003, Delmarva style: That stupid chicken made the top three headlines for this year. Happy New Year everyone :)

that dog bounces Friday, 12.26.03 :: 11:01 a.m. Heeeeyy chicos, hope everyone had a very merry Christmas, an extremely happy Chanukah, a wonderful Kwanzaa? That's for YOU Zarin ;) jk jk, hehe. Anyway, we're leaving for our big post-Christmas hoopla in the big BC, land of coffee. That's Bucks County for those of you who have absolutely no clue what the heck I'm talking about. I have a fuzzy new sweater on, the Red Hot Chili Peppers in the car stereo, a bunch of presents to give to people (my secret pal included!) in this huge bag, and bob is downstairs so dad can feed him. I'm all set. Oh, and I can see again! I'm back to hard contacts, after trying (very hard, I might add) to deal with the @#$%^% soft ones. Well, that's it. If you get bored between now and New Years, call me! If you don't have my cell number, ask around, someone has to have it. Eh, but that's a lot of work. Hehe. Love ya'll and Happy Holidays!

God bless you, every one. Wednesday, 12.24.03 :: 09:39 p.m. Are YOU a victim of The Christmas Spirit? Is the obligatory feeling of Christmas Avarice washing over you? YES! you say. YES YES YES! Oh, God rest ye merry Americans, let nothing you dismay... I mean, not that I'm not all for it. I'd just like a little non-materialistic joy in their too. Bring on the figgy pudding, carols and grandmothers, yo. Merry Christmas :)

literating Monday, 12.22.03 :: 08:16 p.m. "It was simply that he walked on a ground level of his own devising." "'Right, pass the word along: no one is to look like a sock, understand?'" "'Can't have this sort of thing going on. Daft anti-gods and miscellaneous whatnots being created just because people've thought about 'em? We could have anything turn up, anyway. Supposing some idiot says there must be a god of indigestion, eh?' Glingleglingleglingle" "...since they did not always have their mental compasses pointing due Real..." Mmm, Terry Pratchett. Unlike today, tomorrow I have things to do! Things like going to the mall, going to a flower shop that for one reason or another sells candy baskets, getting advance RotK tickets for the 7:45 show, baking a pecan pie and a coffee cake, finishing various other Christmas-related things, picking up my contacts, and then (finally) seeing RotK for the second time. For real this time.

i saw the world spin beneath you Saturday, 12.20.0.03 :: 07:26 p.m. "Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder. Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies. Elves are glamourous. They project glamour. Elves are terrific. They beget terror. The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning. No one ever said elves are nice. Elves are bad." -Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies RotK is up for four Golden Globes: Best Drama, Best Director, Best Score, and Best Song. Hmm... Oh, and Johnny Depp is up for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. Yay!

stuff and junk Friday, 12.19.03 :: 11:58 p.m. This is why I love Natanya: That's a blow up postcard with little squishy styrofoam pieces inside, in case you couldn't tell. Who thinks of these things?? Maybe I could be a cool postcard designer when I grow up. So. TWO WEEKS OF NO SCHOOL. Who'll join me in saying HOLY CRAP THIS IS EXCELLENT! Oh, shoot, most of you aren't done yet. I hope Monday and Tuesday aren't too excruciating for all of youse in Dork PA :) I actually accomplished things today, against all odds. Went to school, took my @#$#$^&&!! precalc test (hate hate hate math. Teh Stupid Numbers of Academic Sodomy. That's right, SODOMY! omg so tired). Ok, so I like parenthetical expressions. Yup yup. So, after gov't, I I decided that I didn't feel much like sticking around for the various "parties" that were going to make up the better part of my afternoon classes. Result? Lil gets the nurse to call Mom and tell her to pick me up 'cause I felt sick. This was all pre-planned of course. Everything went nicely, and I am now officially a Master Slacker [tm]. As if there was any doubt of that. HAH! Mom, Lura, and I went to the geriatric Xmas dinner at the Lutheran retirement place thing. They had Xmas karaoke and really yummy roast beef, it was interesting. Granny totally kicked Laura's butt (and mine, though not quite as badly) in Rummy 300. Oh, and Lura gave us a wonderful rendition of "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" while I taught her how to swing dance. Then it was off to BN, after taking Mum home. Poor sleepy Mum. I almost ran over a huge yellow metal ladder on Rt. 50 on the way to BN... 'twas scary. The only reason that I didn't was because I saw the sparks as the pick-up truck in front of me hit it. He ended up with two completely blown tires and almost crashed into a lightpost. Ekk. Aaaand now I'm sitting here reading various Spanish books and studying for the Spanish SAT II. I'm planning to kick some butt on this thing, let me tell you. Major pompeis. But that can wait. This is way more procrastinatic (yeah new word!), so I shall indulge the Master Slacker [tm] in me. WEIRD THINGS ABOUT ME YOU MAY NOT KNOW NOR WISH TO EVER KNOW 1. My former complete tone-deafness is going away, if gradually. This is a good thing! I think this is a direct result of listening to too much bad a cappella music and hating it. 2. I was almost a soccer player. Say wha? 3. I started taking Spanish in kindergarden, switched schools, and continued taking it through first grade. Then I switched schools again and they didn't have little people Spanish anymore. So I forgot it all. 4. Speaking of switching schools, I've attended schools in a total of six school districts. Don't recommend it, but I certainly don't represent the worst case scenario for these kinds of things. 5. I hate any kind of bug if it's inside. They don't really bother me when I'm outside. 6. I was in a school bus accident when I was in second grade (I think). 7. I sprained my right arm on the playground that same year. 8. This is the same arm that I broke when I was really little. I tried to climb out of my crib and my arm decided it didn't want to follow. 9. I invariably fall asleep on long car trips. Or short ones. 10. I can fall asleep anywhere. ANYWHERE. This includes the shower (standing up), the back of a sofa, at my computer desk, on the floor etc... 11. I hate wearing white socks all the time. 12. I love jazz music. 13. I still wear the glasses that I got in fourth grade. This will change soon, thankfully. 14. I'm good with directions if you let me look at a map beforehand. Otherwise, forget it. 15. I can parallel park, but I have issues with parking normally. 16. I've stepped on a needle and felt it hit bone. 17. I've never left the US, or even the east coast. This is because, for some reason, my parents don't like to go anywhere, or to let me go anywhere. CANADA hasn't even been graced with my presence. Come ON. States that I've been to: MD, PA, CT, FL, NY, MA, NJ (woot! Jersey!), DE, VA, NC... uh yeah.. That was fun! 18. I'm right handed. 19. My sister sounds like me, apparently. 20. I've never gone camping or gone skiiing. 21. I have a betta fish named Taynoccio aka Bob. He occationally tries to commit suicide by jumping out of his bowl. 22. I also currently have four plants in my room. These include an orchid that's about to bloom (from Joe), a basket with random plants in it, a small Xmas tree and a really tall bamboo shoot thing. The latter two are Joe's though, I'm just plant sitting. 23. I am always sick for Easter. 24. For the past two years I've successfully given up the three C's for Lent: cookies, candy, and chocolate. 25. My favorite ice cream flavors are Handel's peach and funky money, and then Phish Food! 26. I'd much rather talk on the phone than online. This has to do with the fact that I can't type correctly. Working on that... 27. I like wearing jeans, a tank top, and flip flops. It's seriously the uniform of life. 28. I could live on sushi, given the opportunity. 29. I love Ukrop's. WHY ARE THEY ONLY IN VA??? At least, I think that's only where they are. I mean, thare. 30. Joe, the wonderful boyfriend (omg the B word!) who is the Master At Life [tm] and I can't finish a sentence without using the word "prow." 31. I want to learn something like five languages. 32. I'm completely obsessed with LotR. And if you don't know what that stands for, you obviously either don't talk to me very often, or you've been living under a rock for the past three years. 33. I heart oreos. Especially the chocolate ones. 34. I own a bull stuffed animal named Carl, a flamingo named Blair, a bear that I have dubbed "Bear," another bear named "The Richmond Bear," and a cow named "Prow Cow." 35. I can definitly taste that paper stuff that they make you lick in Bio as a genetic test. But I can't do that cool tongue thing. 36. I can dislocate my shoulder at will. 37. I enjoy drawing people without their knowledge. 38. I don't like modern art. 39. I hate math, but love Chemistry. Also love to read, but don't like using pronouns. 40. I love to swim, kayak, sail, run, bike etc... 41. I can juggle, pogo stick, juggle while pogo sticking, and walk on stilts. 42. I used to be able to play tennis. Now I just settle for track and field hockey. 43. I can play the flute, tin whistle, fife, and recorder. I can also play Ode to Joy on the violen, and The Entertainer on the piano. 44. I like almost any kind of music. 45. I always stay up way too late, and then sleep through lunch the next day. Eh, bad habit. Mmm, sleep. Nice, wonderful sleep, my preciousss.

SHE RISES! Thursday, 12.18.03 :: 07:39 p.m. No, I am not dead, sorry! I'm just extremely tired. Sleepy. Bushwhacked. Plum tuckered out. My fingers are having a hard time finding the right keys. I suppose it doesn't help that I don't type correctly, but its coo'. A rundown: Joe = awesome. RotK = yum! Therefore, Joe + RotK = awesyum! HAHAHAHA! But no, really, you have to go see this movie. I want to eat it it's so good. Joe gave me a poster from it with Legolas AND Gimli on it, so now my huge blank wall ain't so blank no more. :) Today I ended up going on an art field trip to Balmer (yaaay Balmer!). Fuimos a dos museos de arte, y comimos en el Harborplace. Thai, mmm. So let's see, in the last two days, I've gotten maybe 9 hours of sleep, including naps. I = tired. Yeah I am. So, night all - I don't know about you, but I can't wait for Xmas! Actually, I can't wait until the day after Xmas because I may get to see my Yorkies and then we're heading up to Ainee's to see EVERYONE! This NEVER happens! <3

lend me some suga', i am your NEIGHBOR! Sunday, 12.14.03 :: 05:23 p.m. I am: hating Tess. popping Tylenol like there's no tomorrow. really REALLY hoping for a snow/sleet delay tomorrow morning. shivering. it's frickin freezin in here. missing people. you know who ya are. wondering if your belly-button is attatched to anything... no one seems to know the answer to this. DIE DIE DIE TESSSSSSS mrh!

it was supposed to be farcical Friday, 12.12.03 :: 05:01 p.m. In light of recent events... "Just don't hit things." Thanks Mom :) Having done my happy dance, and eaten my victory fries, I will now announce that yes, I did pass the driving test. HALLELUJAH! All may now rejoice. Indeed. ~ Barnes and Noble ~ Christmas tree ~ Wrapping ~ Reading Hogfather :) ~ Working on the @#%#%&^%* Tess debate. Tess died last night, did you know? ~ Scholarship shiznit ~ Phone! I must get out of my anti-social habits. Bad for the health, and mental sanity. <3 [EDIT] Check BN, reading and scholarships shiz. No checks for the other stuff. This means tomorrow will be a very long day. Oh, and the roof of the engineering building at The College of NJ collapsed yesterday. It was a flat roof. Something along the lines of thirty computers have been destroyed, the College was without Internet access for a while, and a bunch of the phone lines were down. This is during finals week, mind you. Did I mention that it was a ENGINEERING building? Brand spankin' new, too. We love TCNJ, even though Ainee hates it and would have everyone who works there fired, except herself, of course. She would just retire. Mom and I went to Wally World, and hung out in the fish aisle for awhile, among other things. There was this beautiful (handsome?) red and gold male betta that I really wanted to rescue. Poor thing, living in such a tiny amount of putrid blue water. I mean, tinier than they usually allot the bettas at Wal-Mart. I think he had fin rot :( Everyone go rescue a betta now, go! We'll start a cult. If you don't want a fish around, you could always give it to me! Gonna go change Bob's water now. Hearting Bob, he's growing really quickly! "Though here's a tip, though. Just 'ho, ho, ho' will do. Don't say, 'Cower brief mortals' unless you want them to grow up to be moneylenders or some such."

and the moon is the only light you'll see Friday, 12.12.03 :: 12:09 a.m. I did it in 24 seconds. I deserved a B+!! Take the How Dexterous Are You? Quiz!! PS. Happy 20th Joe! hehe, le sleep.

cradlin' a cat Thursday, 12.11.03 :: 06:56 p.m. "...He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving. This was largely because of his 'Zen' method of navigation, which was simply to find any car that looked as if it knew where it was going and follow it. The results were more often surprising than successful, but he felt it was worth it for the sake of the occasions when it was both."

1.5 years <3 Thursday, 12.11.03 :: 03:58 p.m. heyla, hey hey la English vocab projects S-U-C-K. So do debate projects. With my luck, I'll have to do the debate on Wednesday, after staying up till like 4:30 AM for the RotK premiere. I mean, the RotK PREMIERE!!!! So close... Two hours of sleep just isn't enough. Hope all my Yorkies (hehe) got those silly research papers done before, oh, 4 AM? I liked having people to talk to to at 1 and 2 in the morning though. Doesn't usually happen :) Anyway, I am le tired, so I'm going to have a nap. Then maybe I'll fire ze missiles. I've been having a lot of bad feelings lately. Let's hope they don't amount to anything...

i walk through the hills Tuesday, 12.9.03 :: 05:02 p.m. So I've been going through a bunch of stuff from when I was really little, and I found the story that I wrote for a contest in first grade... Mrs. Heill's class has a small mouse living in their classroom, but they didn't know it for a long time. The mouse lived behind the dictionaries and listened very carefully to Mrs. Heill and the children. He was a very smart mouse so he learned to read, write and use the computer. At night, after Mrs. Heill went home, the mouse practiced reading in the Book Corner and using the computer. His favorite program was Number Munchers. He had learned to add and subtract by sneaking into Lindsay's deak to study her math homework! Sometime the mouse would hide in the pocket of Lindsay's jumper and go to the music class. He listened to all of the children's songs and to Mrs. Lawyer. He could only practice singing at night and didn't have and other mice to hear him. But sometimes he would sing so loudly that he broke glass. By accident he shattered Mrs. Heill's vase and the flowers and water went every where. Mrs. Heill was not happy the next morning. The day Mrs. Heill told that children that they must never take any drugs except medicine from the doctor, the mouse listened very carefully. She reminded the class never to eat or drink anything that isn't food. It could be a poison or a drug. And some drugs even look like candy. So if you aren't sure, ask a grownup you trust. The mouse decided that he needed to watch out for his kids. So he hid in Lindsay's pocket more and went to the playground, the cafeteria, the lockers and everywhere. The mouse knew that he could smell the difference between drugs and candy and protect his children. One day a teenager came to Pot Spring and left some on the playground. The mouse saw it form the window. He knew he had to go to the playground. He sneaked into Lindsay's hairbow! On the playground Noelle and Alexis picked up what looked like candy. The mouse sniffed and he knew they were drugs. He had to stop Lindsay, Noelle and Alexis from eating them! So he did the only thing he could think to do. He sang his loudesy note. The children dropped the drugs and put their fingers in their ears. The mouse jumped out of Lindsay's bow and introduced himself to Mrs. Heill and the class. He told them the candy was drugs. He saved the day! Now the mouse knows all of the Pot Spring kids. He looks out for them and doesn't nee to hide in the day time. And there were never any more drugs at Pot Spring because nobody wanted to hear the mouse sing again! The End of Lindsay's Trice's Book. heheh, good stuff. here's what a certificate from first grade says: ¡Felicitaciones Lindita T! ¡por un trabajo bien hecho! Continua con tu magnifico trabajo. Firma, doña Bonita Clarke. Isn't that great? Soy Lindita! Haha, and my teacher called herself pretty :)

the chocolate at the bottom of the cup Monday, 12.8.03 :: 11:04 p.m. Take the Which Stroke are you? Quiz I can't seem to stop spilling things on me. And I don't even notice it. Hrm. Am v. tired. Enjoyed bubble bath with my book and Enya v. much. Yuuuuum! "... and then Jack chopped down the beanstalk, adding murder and ecological vandalim to the theft, enticement and trepass charges already mentioned, but he got away with it and lived happily ever after without so much as a guilty twinge about what he had done. Which proves that you can be excused just about anything if you're a hero, because no one asks inconvenient questions. And now," she closed the book with a snap, "It's time for bed."

but baby it's cooold outside Sunday, 12.7.03 :: 06:16 p.m. Snowglobe! Wrapping always frustrates me. ALWAYS. You only do it once a year (not counting birthdays, which I deal with by finding pretty bags... or bags with muscle-y guys on them, right Hulia?), and you suck at it while you're doing it during that one time. At least, I do... and Mom makes fun of me 'cause she's the All-Powerful Queen of Wrapping. She could wrap you up while you're sleeping, and tie the bows so tight that you'd never get out. Mean wrapping skillz, yo. So, while I was wrapping (or trying to), Aunt Kathy called. Wanna hear the joke she told me? Ok, everyone knows that male reindeer have antlers, right? They grow them during summer, use them during mating season, then they fall off in the fall, usually in November. Well, female reindeer grow antlers too, and keep them until after they give birth in the spring. This means that all of Santa's reindeer are female, from Dasher to Dancer to Rudolph... Only women would be able to drag a fat man in a red velvet suit all around the world in one night and not get lost. Ouch, take that!

let it snow Saturday, 12.6.03 :: 05:19 p.m. We got an entire 0.25 inches of snow!! It made everything very pretty, but is ill-suited for playing in. I went and jumped on some for the heck of it, and attempted to make a snowman. Pictures may come later if "Mr. X" lasts the night. And if Dad lets me use the camera. Doubtful. Went shopping for Mom with Dad and Laura (she was forced to come) after Saturday school, and we did sooo well. We even found a quiche bowl! Do you know how hard it is to find one of those? HARD. Anyway, then we went to BN. Now, as youse all know, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is coming out on the 17th. This means that they're really hyping it up (previews and such)... well, The cast of the movie has completely monopolized the entire shelf of magazines that have anything to do with movies. It's like five or six magazines, and as you look from one to another it's Elijah... then Viggo... then Billy... then all the hobbits... yuuuum. :) I didnt look, but I'm sure they're on the covers of others. It's sad that this is the last year that such things will happen over this trilogy. *tear* But I can't wait for Return of the King, in allll it's Hollywood glory. RotK Trailer! So hott. And now time to go see Elf!

walk like an egyptian.. Thursday, 12.4.03 :: 011:14 p.m. Looong day... but the awesome Christmas claymation-y cartoons on ABC Family make it all better. I've watched them ever since I was two, and it just wouldn't be Christmas (or December, for that matter), without my cartoons. Speaking of December, we all know that December = winter = snow, right? Well since it's technically not winter yet (that's on the 21st or something), I guess we just get freezing rain. But I like freezing rain! It's means that maybe, just maybe, we won't have school tomorrow. And that would utterly rock. *crosses fingers* ...*and toes* Comcast just doubled our modem's speed. This is COOL. :D Random conversation with Laura (who, I might add, gets to go visit her sister in England for practically a month. This means that I say that I "hate" her, while I really love her to death. Laura, I hate you.) :) This is edited for length's sake... Learning2Fly2291: by golly it might snow! Learning2Fly2291: i'm ghetto yo! Learning2Fly2291: i also know how to sew! Learning2Fly2291: i be a poet. SO. LiL6471: you moFO Learning2Fly2291: WHOA LiL6471: ghetto ho? Learning2Fly2291: i ate a cheerio LiL6471: it might fit on your toe Learning2Fly2291: at night my eyeballs glow LiL6471: uh... low? LiL6471: DOH Learning2Fly2291: today i saw a crow! Learning2Fly2291: dude go with the flow LiL6471: like grape jell-o Learning2Fly2291: i wish i had a fro LiL6471: me too!! LiL6471: i mean, um, fo' sho'? Learning2Fly2291: haha! Learning2Fly2291: you better believe it, bro LiL6471: hahah you have me beat :-) Learning2Fly2291: I AM THE MASTER! LiL6471: yeah but i have an ore-O LiL6471: oooooooohhh Learning2Fly2291: o no! Learning2Fly2291: you're dating joe LiL6471: who does occationally have a fro Learning2Fly2291: haha! that i would like to see, yo LiL6471: sometimes ya gotta mow the fro Learning2Fly2291: good one like WHOA Learning2Fly2291: i like edgar allen poe LiL6471: scary stuff a go-go Learning2Fly2291: my new nickname is spanky popo Learning2Fly2291: (fo rizzle yo) LiL6471: so retro Learning2Fly2291: school sure does blow LiL6471: yeah, too many bimbOs LiL6471: f'real yo Learning2Fly2291: o, i totally know Learning2Fly2291: julia's dog is named beau Learning2Fly2291: bo? Learning2Fly2291: do you know? LiL6471: beau! Learning2Fly2291: co LiL6471: damn, cow doesnt work Learning2Fly2291: i wish it did... let's try it Learning2Fly2291: holy cow! LiL6471: ouch, not so co' LiL6471: coo'? LiL6471: that doesnt work either! LiL6471: oh no! Learning2Fly2291: good lord! Learning2Fly2291: RED ALERT RED ALERT Learning2Fly2291: I LIKE TO ROW LiL6471: mmm, row Learning2Fly2291: like your boat Learning2Fly2291: haha! LiL6471: mmm, boat Learning2Fly2291: mmmm PS Next weeks ER is going to kick bootay. We get CARTER! Yeah Juliaaaaaa PPS :(

procrastination! Wednesday, 12.3.03 :: 09:06 p.m. Take the 100 Acre Personality Quiz! silly old bear.

she reads! she gonna dosomething! Wednesday, 12.3.03 :: 07:50 p.m. The Illustrated Precalc Period "Evan" is from New York. He is now a juvenile delinquent counselor in Salisbury. You can check out his holiday list, if you'd like. I don't know his last name. He reads people's notes out loud in class, and calls people "Chainsaw." Evan likes to assign the odd problems for homework, "because I'm odd! Get it??" Evan wants to be our friend, he doesn't think we're bad kids. Evidently, good kids don't do work. Evan likes when people stand on chairs. He even renders Andrew the Annoying speechless. SPEECHLESS. Ah, you're our savior, Evan. I have much work to do, however I am putting it off in a major way. Am not thinking about the end of the week, for it will not be pretty. Two of my favorite people called today: Ainee and Aunt Kathy. Since mom was out helping Granny, I got to talk to them! Aunt Kathy can always always make me laugh... something I definitely need right now. aaand I'm off to make some Cds. Shhh, don't tell the RIAA. <3