looking back seemed girly. it never should be.

Can I Borrow Someone's Cowboy Hat?
- Sunday, August 22, 2004 | 01:39 p.m. -

Because I'm goin to the Tracy Byrd concert next Saturday!! Yay! One little problem though... I need a sub for work! And its a Saturday night, so no one will do it! Aaah! At the end of every sentence theres an exclamation point! Why stop there!?!!!!! Ok, thats enough.

So Pretty It Makes My Eyes Tear Up...
- Saturday, August 21, 2004 | 09:54 p.m. -

Today was SUCH a super day! Why, you ask? Because I got THE PRETTIEST DRESS EVER!

How insanely jealous does that make you? Well, I'll make you more jealous and tell you that its terry cloth and its sooo comfy and I got it for $14. Yay! And I was going to get the matching bikini top and bottoms, but then I remembered that its terrycloth and is it supposed to get wet? Oh well, i just got another bikini last week anyway, so I didn't want to kill it.

Other than buy the most beautiful dress on earth, I didn't do much today. I worked and then got out an hour early (Yay!), and made lots of money so that I can go back and buy the matching bikini peices. Hee. Thats the way to spend your paychecks! Anyway, just as another reminder, there IS a tag board on the side (and I gots messages!) and they're pretty. Tell me if you like my dress. And if you don't... don't tell me.

Fine, Buddies, DITCH ME!
- Friday, August 20, 2004 | 09:48 p.m. -

What a day, let me tell you! So I go to dryland, and then swimming. With time trials. And I sucked. Baaaadly. But at this point I don't care if I make varsity because if I don't, then no morning practices. And easier practices. And less reason for sabotage. But The Bitch will still reign all. Damn.

Ugh, and then straight from work I went to work, where I was supposed to get out early and go out with my friends whom I won't name (Lindsey and Shannon), but I didn't get out of work early. Actually I did, but it was only a half hour early, and by that time they were far far gone to the mini-golfing place. DAMN YOU!! And then in a desperate move to go out I called/IM-ed several people yet no one was there. everyone busy. On Friday night. Except me... cause I got ditched. :(

Thats OK, because I'm cooler.

Ew, so after work I called for a ride (car in Indiana) and no one was there. And I was all... OK? So then Ian gave me a ride (hee) home and I found a note saying that my dad had gotten a new car (how did I not know about this???), an they were picking my precious C-Dog O'Bling-Bling from Indiana. So they all came back (with a sassy new Mercury Mountaineer, might I add) and all is good.

Sydney's field name on Alias is mountaineer. There's my small bit of Alias trivia for the day. By the way, I havn't watched that show in aaaages! Mmm... Shirtless Vaughn - I really need to watch the beginning of the second season finale now.

Oh, another funny story about swimming today. So we were all sitting in a group after we swam, and Danni fell on the ground for some unknown reason (I think someone pushed her)and everyone started cracking up. Then The Bitch starts looking at us all laughing and being happy and enjoying ourselves, and she GLARES. then Molly (Our Captain) goes "Hey, you guys. Stop having fun! We're not allowed to have fun, remember?" Even the captains mock The Bitch. I love it. And we all laughed at Molly's comment, but then realized just how RIGHT she was. And we all sat in a moment of wistful silence.

OOOOH! Please go to the left hand side of the page and leave me messgaes on my new Tag Board. Ooooh. Advanced! It's at the end under all the words. But not under all the words on the page. Only under the words on the left... Just go the the left. Hee!

Possible Sharks & Minnows? No? DAMN YOU!
- Friday, August 20, 2004 | 12:04 p.m. -

Work was fun last night. Right after swim practice me and Lauren went straight to work, and we were really hungry. So I headed over to the concession stand, and the guys were giving away FREE FOOD!!! Apparently they were going off to college the next day, and they just gave everything away free cuase they weren't coming back. Ahahaha! I ate sooo much. I had 2 soft pretzels, M&Ms, Skittles and lots of AirHeads and Slushies. It was amazing. And then I went home and ate some more.

I had to get up early for work today. At 9. And no one came. It wasn't bad though, I got Starbucks before I came (no Gingerbread Lattes yet...) and then one of the guard went to get Einstien Bagles. And all I had to do was sit and read 217 pages of Bridget Jones's Diary. And I got paid.

So I was looking back on my past few previous entries and I realized that all I complain about is The Bitch ans swimming. So, I figure, hell, why stop there? Damn, we have time trials today. And we have to run before that. Sucks. But at least we don't have to swim 758437573524093 laps like we have every other practice. Yesterday after our main set The Bitch is all, Allright guys, lets go into the other pool. The DEEP one... And I was all, Hell YEAH - sharks and minnows time! Yay! But, alas, there was no sharks and minnows... we did vertical kicking. Bastardwhore.

And, onece again, after practice I have to go to work. For the second time today. But mayeb since I worked 3 hours this morning, I'll get to go home early tonight. Yeah. OH! And we got these 'Hinsdale Pool 2004 Yearbooks!' And they have pictures in them... YES! Pictures of REALLY hot shirtless guys (some people know what I'm talking about... heh heh). Perhaps I'll post some, perhaps not. Either way, I'm going to nap before dryland. Later.

Taking Sabotage to a New Level
- Wednesday, August 18, 2004 | 08:44 p.m. -

Swimming was a BITCH AND A HALF today. No, more like 7 bitches. 7 bitches and a whore. Yeah, thats about right... the point was that it SUCKED, but its not too clear from that... Ok, back to the main point. It was sooo hard. I sprinted ALL OUT for 6 400's, and it was hard, and The Bitch made us run again.

Oooooh... funny story. OK, so she said that after school we MUST stay on school property at all times until swim practice! Who the HELL is she, our babysitter? We have a RIGHT to go out and hang with our friends after a strenuous day of mental work-outage. Well, two can play at THAT game, my friends.

...So The Bitch thinks she can keep us locked up in Benet, eh? She planted a little seed in my mind today, when during one of our 'lectures', she said that if we get a pass from a teacher we can get out of our 'Detention Time' (she didn't call it that, it just amuses me). You know what THAT means???
Sabotage
Ah-hahaha! We've found a loophole on her fool-proof planning. A weakness, if you will. We'll get passes everyday form different teachers to 'see our grades' (or similar BS), and really sneak out to Panera or Starbucks. And bring some back for EVERYONE ELSE! HAHAHAHAHA! Its unstoppable. You'll see...

So today when we were 'cross-training'/RUNNING FOR NO REASON (other than the fact she lives on seeing others in pain), The Bitch is like "Ok, girls, jog it in!" And at the EXACT SAME TIME, me and Linz look at eachother and go "We'll jog it up your ass." In perfect unison. It was grand, grand indeed. Although I think she heard... who cares?

After practice me and Allie, Linz and... Meghan (unwanted) went to Burger King because Meghan 'needed a cheeseburger' and I was driving her home. So on our way Allie goes, 'Linz, I'll ride with you.' I'm fine with that, but in doing so Allie left the Ravenous Beast with me. Alone. In the car. Aaah! The whole way there was 'I'M SO HUNGRY! *growl* MUST. EAT. CHEESEBURGER!! AAAAAAAAH!' No, seriously, just like that. And then we got there and she got cheeseburgers galore (OK... maybe only one) AND large fries to top it off. Never again will I willingly feed the Ravenous Beast with her glutton-like growl. Swim season's gunna be HELL for her cause she can't go anywhere to go get food. And We're not tellin her the 'Pass Trick'. So take that Beast... take that.

She can BITE ME!
- Tuesday, August 17, 2004 | 09:13 p.m. -

Uuuuuuugh... what a hectic couple of days. Where to begin:: Ok, school. School's in, like, 7 days. I've been in denial too long, summer's finally over. Thats sad, because when school starts, I loose my freedom (and Conan O'Brien... [unless I tape]). Sorry for the double parenthesis there. That was strange. And I have to get up at 8 O CLOCK tomorrow to register for my classes! 8! Thats lunacy... Yesterday I woke up at 11:23, and missed 23 minuted of Conan. And I was fine wih that (I already saw that episode). But 8? Noooooo!

And swimming. Oh... There are SO many words I could use to describe swimming. They are all negative. Very negative words!! The actuall swimming is pretty bad. But combine that with torturous dryland... HELL NO! My legs are soooo sore from yesterday I can barely walk. Its horrible.

And The Bitch... I hate The Bitch more than anything I can think of. I'm so mad. I was doing alright in lane 5 today, but The Bitch moved me up to Lane 6!! I was in that lane yesterday, and I moved from it to Lane 5! Psh, talk about counterproductive. Oh yeah, and at the end of practice, I'm like, I need to leave 15 minutes early to go to work. And The Bitch is all, Uhh, thats just for today, right? And I'm all, Yeah, but maybe Thursday and Friday. And then (this part infuriates me), The Bitch goes, Well, try to find a sub, mmm-kay? ... did I just hear this right? YOU didn't tell us about the practice in time for us to find subs, YOU do not control my life, and YOU don't even know my name so why do you care IF I LEAVE 15 MINUTES EARLY WHEN THE PRACTICE IS 2 AND A HALF HOURS LONG!!!!

The Bitch can suck it.

Well, other than that, life's been OK. I've worked a lot, so my paycheck will be quite large. *Does Paycheck Shimmy!!* tonight was OK at work. There were isolated thunderstorms, and LOTS of lightening, so no one came, and we closed early. It was OK. Well, I am completely wiped out from all that swimming, so I'm going to head off to bed.

Pointless Trip to the Gas Station
- Saturday, August 14, 2004 | 02:51 p.m. -

Fun night last night... after work (I got out early!!), I went over to Kristen's. Shannon was there (i've not seen her all summer), and she got pretty highlights just like me. And Lindsey was ther too. We sat and talked and made fun of the Olympics, and people with accents that speak in different languages. It was much better than working.

Ew. And then on the way home, I had to stop and get gas, and Lindsey was driving behind me, and when I wasn't looking, she stealthily followed me into the gas station! And then we had a laugh, and I told her she could go. I shoulda had her stay, cause I was driving my mom's car (C-Dog is in Indiana being fixed), and I couldn't find the lever for the gas door. So I never actually got gas. Good thing I was only a little ways on empty.

Oh, by the way, to anyone who should happen to be reading this, go to the left-hand side of my page under the links, and go to Valentor.com. There are directions to the Valentor's home!!

Ugh! I'm so aggravated. I can't download a good version of Redneck Woman by Gretchen Wilson. I've tried, at least, 15 times. All of them are looped and skip and they SUCK! And I need a copy for my Sassy Country Music CD. I cannot burn it without Redneck Woman. I refuse. Makes me mad. Oh well. I gotta work later. At least I'm working with fun people tonight. I'm out.

Hmm... I wonder
- Thursday, August 12, 2004 | 03:49 p.m. -

So today I was just taking my daily shower (psh, no one believes that...), and I get a call from the Pool. Was my boss asking me if I want to come into work today. Hmm... let me think about that. Thats one of those questions that's like: 'Would you rather be eaten alive in freezing rain by poisonous african ants, or stay in your home all warm and safe." Not a toughty there. so I now have a day off. Although, I am a litle pissed that I took a shower and put my contacts in... now i have no one to impress.

Touch. Cowboy. Hotdog. Dead.
- Wednesday, August 11, 2004 | 03:33 p.m. -

I had a day off yesterday. I was good. No, SUPER! Me and Kath went to Yorktown to window shop cause we had no moneys. So we're lookin all over the mall for cheap dirty underware, but Gadzooks and Anchor Blue are closed, so we had a tough time. Then we found JC Penney's and got really cute panties for like 50 cents. Ok, maybe $2, but the point is that they were cheap. Then we saw Sarah at Wet Seal, and she was going to come see Harold and Kumar go to White Castle with us, but then she ditched us later...

And then we saw Lexie, too. And it was crazy because there were a lot of Benet people there. Then we went to go see Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, which was the FUNNIEST movie I've seen in a long time. Even better than Anchorman and Dodgeball. It was sooo funny... My dad's like,

"What did you girls go see."
"We saw Harold and Kumar go to White Castle."
"Whats that about."
"....Seriously, Dad? Um, I guess its about Harold and Kumar going to White Casle."
"Oh, ok."

Most pointless conversation of my life. But overall it was a nice day off. And then I went to sleep. Heh.

Today is FREEZING! And thats a good thing. Why, you ask? Becaue I have to work togight, and no one is going to be there. *Dances for the Weather* And I'll probably be able to go home early, I'm crossing my fingers. So today my mom took me to the ear doctor because I told her that I think I'm going deaf in my right ear. I was kidding! And I told her I was kidding but I had to go anyway. They put me in this soundproof little room, and the lady made me repeat every word she said. "Cowboy." "Ballpark." "Kill." "Touch." ...It was really creepy.

Then we went back to JC Penney's today, and I got a new swim suit. Its all pretty and polka-dotted! Yay! And I got some flip-flops and 2 new bras! And all together it was under $25! I was a super bargain-er. Ew. I realized that when I was trying on my suit that I have a REALLY wide back. Why? Its gross. Its probably cause I'm a butterflyer. Hmm... maybe I'll switch to backstroke next year. Or breaststroke. Anything but butterfly. And my shoulders are really wide too. Its so gross, so very gross.

So we seriously have NO FOOD IN OUR HOUSE. It's sick. I got so desperate for food I ate a can of kidney beans yesterday. Granted, I like kidney beans, but still... I was just looking through my freezer, and guess what I found?
HASH BROWNS!!!
That makes me sooo happy cause they're like my favorite food ever. Mmm... with LOTS AND LOTS of ketchup. *Sigh* I'm in heaven.

Oooooo, Pretty Pictures!
- Monday, August 9, 2004 | 09:50 p.m. -

Work was tortuous HELL tonight. Uuuuugh... it was bad. So I came in early for Kristy and I realize that ALL my friends are working 1st shift. And I had to work second. It was no good. No good at all. And very boring.

So we have to read The Picture of Dorian Gray for school. I got the book, and today during my breaks I started to read it. I don't think I have the right version... It's 328 pages long. Nothing wrong with that, right? WRONG! Every page on the right side of the book is a picture. But thats all right, ya know why? The illustrated pictures of Dorian make him really hot. Drawings can be sexy too, right? ...maybe not. Oh well. And the print's so big, only 2 or 3 paragraphs fit on a page. It's a children's copy or something... But then again, I read so damn slow, its not that bad. The test on it will be about events in the book, so as long as I read it, I think I'll be covered.

You know what's a really good song that I can't stop listening to? Magic Stick by 50 cent. Thats quality. Family fun for everyone. Good music right there. Good indeed. Except I need to download a new version of it, cause the one I got has some REALLY strange music at the end. Kinda creeps me out to listen to it.

Speaking of "creeps me out", I saw Collateral on Saturday night after work. It was pretty good, but not as good as the critics said it was. TOM CRUISE IS SOOOOO SEXY WITH GREY HAIR, IT'S WRONG. But so right... I'll stop. Some people just look better with grey hair. And Tom Cruise is one of them. So is Peirce Brosnan. Mmm, Pierce Brosnan. SO hot. Yay. I heard that they were replacing him for James Bond. DAMN. I will never see another Bond movie ever again. Unless they pick that other really hot guy. Heh. Then I'll be a Bond fin once more. *Sigh* Hot old men are good.

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- Monday, August 9, 2004 | 02:14 p.m. -

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i feel a little bit better.

Funniest thing I've ever seen
- Saturday, August 7, 2004 | 01:03 p.m. -

If you can, try to read the print in the middle.

It's Because of my Sassyness
- Saturday, August 7, 2004 | 10:56 a.m. -

...That I got my computer taken away. It's sure been awhile. Actually only a few days, but it seems like a really long time since I've last been on. The past few days have been Hell. HELL!!! All I do is sit and watch reruns of Conan (nothing wrong w/ that), and Days of our Lives. It's a sad, sad thing.

So yesterday I talked to Lindsey and we tried to think up ways to sabotage this year's swim season::

Ways To Sabotage Swimming
Call the security guards, pretend to be the coach, and tell them that we found another pool to swim in.
The whole team swims out to the middle of the pool and does nothing.
Push the coach in the kickboard/pull-bouy bin, close the lid, and sit on top so she can't get out.
Force her to let us play the name game for hours and have a "team bonding/slacking" party.
Cause some Junior/Senior problems (like 2 years ago) and not practice and have lots of team meetings.

Those were some of the MANY ideas we had for this year... Heh. We're so evil. And, for the record, I havn't even met the new coach yet, and I still want to lock her in the kickboard bin. I hate her. Bitch. What an awful whore! She's having MANDATORY morning practices for varsity, and Saturday morning practices!!! Bitch! I don't like her one bit. And then she's taking away our team meetings and our FREEDOM! AAAaaaah! Whore.

So anyways... I got a LOT done today. I woke up, took shower, went to Jewel and mowed the lawn. Very productive for a Saturday morning. And I got the computer back. Yay! And I made $10. Oh, sorry, and another thing about the new coach. She switched our before-school practices to 2-6!!! Ugh. I thought they were going to be in the morning again, so I filled out my work availability for nights, and now the whore has taken that from me too! Ugh... THE ANGER! Anyway, going to eat lunch now, I'm out.

Stressful... So Stressful...
- Wednesday, August 4, 2004 | 02:59 p.m. -

Very stressful day, indeed. So I wake up this morning to the sound of the doorbell. Was the delivery men from Sam's Club delivering (well, yeah...) my mattress. All was fine until they were done bringing it down stairs into my room.

"Ok, have nice day."
"Uh... what about the box spring?"
"No, you no order box spring. Ok, have nice day."

So apparently the box spring dosn't come with the matress. Psh, who thinks up that? Idiot. So then, of couse, its all MY fault for not ordering one, when the poeple of Sam's Club lied to me and told me that it CAME WITH THE STUPID MATRESS!!! AAAH!

So then my mom got really mad and left the house for, like, 5 hours. Oh, did I mention that we didn't have any power all day? So, NO CONAN!!!! I hate today. today sucks. All I did today was watch Days of our Lives and General Hopital once the power resumed. And you know what's really funny? I havn't watched Days of our Lives in over a year, and ITS THE EXACT SAME STORYLINE!! Heh. I love soaps. No, not really.

So yesterday I got the Big & Rich CD. Yeah, not so hot. When you hear Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) on the radio, you think aww... how cute and semi-scandelous. But the WHOLE CD is 47638652 times non-cute and 5784376532760943 times more scandelous, and actually, overall pathetic. I think I just have to warm up to it a little bit. Yeah, that'll take a while.

Truely think that I will die of boredom. No, REALLY. Its 3:00-ish and I'm still in my pajamas, and, let's face it, will still be in pajamas until tomorrow morning. Maybe I shouldn't have taken so much time of work... No, but I did, and it was a good thing. Woah, I just went all Martha Stuert there. Sorry. *Yawns* Well, there's always ALIAS DVD's to combat boredom. I'm out.

I Hate Escaladers
- Monday, August 2, 2004 | 10:54 p.m. -

What a fun night... aside from my bleeding foot and feeling like vomitting, it was nice. Let's recap it, shall we?

So Ashley, Erica and I decided to go see Anchorman. It was allright, but Dodgeball was a lot funnier. I didn't expect it to be too funny anyway, but it had it's laughable moments. Then after the movie we all decided to head on over to Noodles & Co. I drove down Butterfeild there with Erica with Ashley following behind us. When we got there, we see this shady man in his mid-30's getting out of his car and approaching us.

"Hey Ladies..."
"Oh Shit..."
"Ladies, this Mexican restaurant is closed until Thursday, come back later."

Yeah... what we didn't realize was that Noodles & Co was combined with some burrito house/place-thingy, and it was funny cause he thought we wanted to go to his place. Heh. Nope. So we settled on a close Chipotle (It was my first time going!!!) and we ate there. I had the 4 taco meal (Think I'm gunna throw it all up), and it was REALLY spicey. So I drank 3 Diet Cokes, and I know that there's no chance that I'll be getting to bed before 2AM. Oh well, more Conan for me.

Then after Chipotle, we decided to go to OakBrook Mall for no appearent reason. I think at one time there was a plan, but I don't remember it. So we walked around the closed mall (It was 10PM). Then Erica and I decided to have escalader racing contests. Ya know, the ones where you run down the Up escalader, and up the Down escalader. I won (of course!), but a few minutes later, I realized my foot was sticking to my flip-flop in an unhealthy way. I looked down and saw that I had a huge bleeding cut on my heel and the blood was dripping down my foot. Gross, I know. Damn escaladers... Anywho, we cleaned it up at California Pizza kitchen, and were on to our next stop.

We then decided to drive to Target and buy one of those little board games and play in the parking lot. Alas, they were closed, and we all went home.

Tomorrow Ashley and I are going to Best Buy, and I'm gunna get the Big & Rich CD and 13 Going on 30. Oh yeah. What the HELL is Jennifer Garner doing with Ben Affleck? Eeeeeew! They're on the cover of USWeekly and are 'supposedly' dating. Its all crap, I bought the magazine... but they did say that her and Michael Vartan broke up. Sad. It really is. He's SO DAMN SEXY! But, we all knew it. Anywho, sorry for the long rant, I'll update tomorrow. I'm out.

My Lovely Day in Retrospect
- Sunday, August 1, 2004 | 11:03 a.m. -

So yesterday was quite the day. We, as a family, all went to the Cubs game downtown. It was surprisingly fun. Like 15 minuted before the game started they called my brother down to the feild and announced his name and he got to meet some big player/coach person and hand him the lineup. I was the photographer extraordinair. I would post pictures, but it takes too long. It was allright.

Then my parents ruined my evening by deciding not to go eat downtown like planned (I had to change my plans for that!), and was looking foward to potentially spending my Saturday night alone. But, alas, Sarah called and we were off to Jade Dragon for lovely chinese food. And she tought I should name my car C-Dog O'Bling-Bling. Its catchy, I think it will stay.

So today, my parents have just left to send my brother off to camp. And they took C-Dog O'Bling-Bling with them to get repairs on the taillight and AC. And I'm thrilled that its finally sunny, so I can sit out and tan. Oh! And the pervy neighboor-children are gone, so I can tan in the back yard without them looking over the fence. Yay!!!

Mmm... eating left-overs from 46732647326914 nights ago when I made a pasta recipe from Everyday Italian. Very good. Well, its nearing noon - when the suns at its highest peak... off to the backyard. Eew, its already August. Ick.

The Green Ford Taurus. Choice of Celebrities.
- Friday, July 30, 2004 | 12:11 a.m. -

And which celebrities, you ask, own the Ford Taurus? CONAN O'BRIEN! YAY! I drive the same sweet-ass ride as the Cone-Zone. And yes, I did just refer to him as that. There was just a segment on the show about how he wanted to sell it (no!). And some guy didn't believe him, so Conan went in the glove compartment and got out the registration. And his signature was on it. And it was real! Yay. But then at the end of the show, C-Dog O'Bling-Bling gave it to Brad Pitt (who was a guest)... DAMNIT! I would pay at least $300 to have his car. Lucky Brad...

Just got back from Molly's. We walked around her neighborhood and took pictures running through sprinklers, trying to climb walls, and stealing hard-hats and it was really fun. Then we watched Intolerable Cruelty, the bestest movie ever. At least we didn't go to Fridays again. Its just so nice hanging out with my friends again. And doing stupid things. I love cheese. And my green Ford Taurus.

I'm a Coffee-Jitterbug
- Tuesday, July 27, 2004 | 09:25 p.m. -

As I was peacefully sleeping at 6:00 this morning, far far away in dreamland, my nice little slumber was inturrupted by a horse voice shouting down the stairs: "Kelly, wake up and drive me to the KIA dealer!" ...was the mother trying to get her car fixed. Ugh. So I rolled out of bed, put on the first thing I picked up off the floor and headed out the door to the Kia dealer. Was practically falling asleep at the wheel because I thought I could stay up late last night to try and fine funny Conan O'Brien qoutes on-line. (No one told me I had to slave away this morning so.very.early!) Wrong night to do that.

In the end, all was OK. Why, you ask? MOTHER BOUGHT ME STARBUCKS. Hurrah! I was freezing my ass off with all the windows down and with my frapiccino, but it was so worth it. Mmmm... Starbucks. And I made her buy me gas too. Mmmm... gas. Then I went back to bed, only to wake up again at the beckon of my alarm clock telling me it was *drum roll* CONAN time. Yay! All was good, once again.

Then all was not good, when later my mom forced me to go to LifetimeFitness with her, and forced me to swim laps. Blah blah, you're not in shape. Blah blah, you won't make varsity again. Blah Blah, you're getting too fat... Ugh! But the sad/true thing is is that I really am out of shape. I swam 10 laps and was completely out of breath. Thats not good. So I just used a kickboard for the rest of the 'hour' that I told my mom I swam (AKA Hot Tub Time). I think I'm going to go work-out again tomorrow. Actually, I don't have much of a choice. The beast will make me. The beast always gets her way.

Added like 578463584692564 country songs to my MP3 player. I think I'm back into my country kick again. It just gets good some times. Not only did I add country songs, I added 'Old School' country songs. Ya know, the ones that were popular in 1996. They just get better over time. Yee haw. Anywho, going to download more music, I'm out.

Its Not for Another 5 Months People!
- Monday, July 26, 2004 | 07:41 p.m. -

...Christmas, that is. Ugh. I was in Hobby Lobby with my mom today, and we were walking around looking for mirrors for my room, when we stumble upon some workers putting up ornaments and wreaths. Its WRONG. Seriously, WHO buys christmas stuff 5 months before. Presents... Maybe? Decorations... No. Its kinda wierd because you'd think they'd be putting up Halloween stuff first. And then Thanksgiving stuff. I can't wait. My FaVoRiTe time of year. Mmmm... turkey and stuffing and sweet potatoes... *shudders with delight*

Today was absolutely lovely! Woke up at 8, then relized I could go back to sleep because I don't have work/summer school. Then my mom woke me up at 11 on accident, and I probably would've slept longer, but I decided to get up to watch reruns of Conan O'Brien on comedy central. Then all sat I watched TV and went on-line and made plans with friends I have not talked to all summer. Was very lovely. And tomorrow will be the same as today, except tomorrow I'm going to go see Anchorman. Looking v. forward to my time off.

Hells YEAH
- Sunday, July 25, 2004 | 09:46 p.m. -

Barbie Got Back! Go you! You're the closest thing
ever to a true black Barbie. Shake that fat
ass of yours.

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IT BURNS, BURNS!!!!!!
- Sunday, July 25, 2004 | 09:07 p.m. -

Ow. Cannot talk / eat because I cut my whole mouth eating stupid sharp lemon drops. You'd think they'd be safe to eat... but no. And its really burns too. The candy is getting in my cuts. Ick.

Work sucked. Very boring. At least I got to go home early, but I still had to work for 4 hours. Grr... YAY! Tonight was my last night of work in 2 weeks! *Jumps for Joy* Yeah, I'm "going on vacation." Heh. By 'vacation', I mean watching Tv, going to the movies everynight, and sleeping in til 11 AM. Life is good.

Its Like a Glove To My Body!
- Saturday, July 24, 2004 | 10:33 p.m. -

I can stay up late tonight... yay! Why? Because I'm not working first shift tomorrow. I switched for the second shift, at night, when its cold, and no one comes to the pool, and I get paid for playing cards, in the guard room, and I'm now using unnecessary amounts of commas. Whew. All better.

Ew, I just realized that I still have my swimsuit on. Wierd... I havn't been at work for almost 2 1/2 hours. But ya know what, I like it. It keeps my body warm. Well, so do the other clothes be cause I AM wearing other clothes, but it's so... nice. *Smiles with pure glee*

I just can't stop listening to the song Jacksonville by Josh Turner. Mmmm... He's SO GODDAMN SEXY. I mean, if you just heard him, he sounds like an old man in his 50's... but when you see the music video's its like... DAY-UM! It hits you like a deer in the road, cause, ya know what, he's looking all sorts of sexy. *Sigh* More pictures of Josh Turner. Thats what the world needs ...More Josh Turner. Shirtless. Cheese! Whaaaat?

I thought I saw lightening...
- Saturday, July 24, 2004 | 10:07 p.m. -

Work was actually kinda fun tonight. No one was there. Well, only like 8 people the whole night. We had to sit in the chair for 15 minutes and then we got a 45 minute break, so I'm glad I got money tonight. Yay.

So I was sitting outside and I saw a flash out of the corner of my eye... that means LIGHTENING. So I run to the office and I'm all, Hey, I saw lightening. And the manager's all, really? And I'm like, Yeah... I think. So a minute later he comes outside and sits with me in the chairs, and he's all, I don't see any lightening... you wern't lying? And I'm all, NO!! The HELL? He didn't believe me. Ugh. Jackass.

I Just Ate Paint...
- Saturday, July 24, 2004 | 02:02 p.m. -

It was an accident. Really. Don't little babaies usually die from eating paint chips. I think there's lead in them or something. Ooops, *nervous laughter*... Yeah. Oh, I painted my room! *Dances* Its all pretty and green. And pretty. !! Yay. It only took an hour to do the whole room. We're fast like speedy jungle-type cats. Or something. Anywho, the task is completed and the blisters were worth the effort.

Ew. Work tonight. Blah. I don't relly work with anyone good. Unless people switched shifts. Which I hope has happened. Oooh... doorbell.

Was some teenage girl trying to get me to buy some chocolates. Promising me that, "If you bite into the turtles, they will not bite you back." ...Right. OK. End of conversation right there! I draw the line when food is being described using human qualities. Ick. Anyway, must get ready for work.

Ew, Ew and more EEEEEWWWW!
- Friday, July 23, 2004 | 10:17 p.m. -

Just got this off IMDB.com... Tell me it isn't true!

Hollywood actor Ben Affleck has been romantically linked to his Daredevil co-star Jennifer Garner. Affleck, who was reportedly dating TV executive Enza Sambataro after his split from Gigli co-star Jennifer Lopez, is now at the center of media claims he and Garner have been enjoying romantic outings in Canada. Garner - rumored to have recently split from her Alias co-star Michael Vartan, who's currently making the movie Monster-in-Law with J.Lo - is staying at a rented private home in Vancouver, Canada as she makes her Daredevil spin-off Elektra. And while Affleck has mostly been in Los Angeles, sources tell America's Star magazine he's made at least one three-hour flight to the Canadian city to visit Garner. A source says, "(They were spotted in) downtown Vancouver kissing and holding hands. They were also seen kissing and hanging out in between set-ups at her trailer." Representatives for both stars deny there is any romance.

I think I'm going to vomit. A Lot. This article's made me almost lose respect for her. Ugh. How could anyone break up with Michael Vartan... He's SO HOT!

Summer Begins TODAY
- Friday, July 23, 2004 | 09:51 p.m. -

... with my final day of chemistry. We took the final and then watched Holes. Crap movie, it really is. Then me and Ashley went to TGI Fridays (the second time in 4 days... pathetic) and got potato skins and dessert. Ew. One of the skins was tiny, crispy, shriveled and dripping with bacon grease, so we diagnosed it with 'cancer'. Yet Ashley ate it anyway. WHY???

Then me and my mom bought the paint for my room. Hurrah! Painting commences tomorrow. Be there. No, not really. And then we looked at comforters and blankets. Still waiting for that matress we ordered on-line to come... really hope it does. Watch them like trick us, and steal the credit card number. AAH!

Work was very amusing tonight. It was in the 60's and yet for some unknown reason, people still show up. No one was at the pool at 8:30, so Abby's like, Hey, let's go swimming. And I'm all, Sure, why not? So we go into the diving well for, oh, about 10 minutes. And at 8:40... PEOPLE SHOW UP. It's 2 men and their 16 children. Each man has 8 kids. Its SICK & WRONG. So for the rest of the night we were guarding and freezing our asses off. Then we changed the lifeguarding dry-erase board from::

Inservice this Friday from 9 - 12
Great inservice on Friday.
Turn in your availiability to me on this Thursday.

TO::

I service from 9 - 12
eat rice this Friday
Turn me on this Thursday.

Abby got a picture of it, I'll post it when I can. Now I'm all warm and cozy in my jammies, and can - for once in my life - sleep in tomorrow. Although I have to work from 4-9:30 tomorrow. At least I get a little break next week. Then swimming starts. Then school starts. Then my life ends. Oh well... better enjoy the next 4 weeks.

My Room Is NAKED
- Thursday, July 22, 2004 | 05:00 p.m. -

What a strange couple of days. OK, from the beginning...

So Tuesday after SAT class Molly, Lindsey and I decided to go to TGIFridays. Bad idea. Our waiter who affectionatly referred to himself as "Jason Z" hit on us like no other. LIKE NO OTHER. He was all, Hey ladies, what age? And we're all like, get off perv. And he's all like, I want to make sweet sweet lurve to you right here, RIGHT NOW. And we're all, yeah, that'll happen... Then he's all, DA-um, don't worry ladies, I use protection. And we're all, Get me the F outta here. And then he's all, Can I give you some dessert chicas? Then We're all, we'll take the check, jackass.

...Well, it went something like that.

Anywho, it was was wrong, and it must be stopped. Never EVER going to that Fridays again. Ick. It was the worst verbal rape-age I've ever seen.

Then yesterday my mommy taked all the furniture outta my room. IT'S NAKED!!! Last night I slept on my matress in the middle of the floor. It was a very sad occurance. And we also went to pick out paint, and we ordered my matress on-line. It should be coming in a matter of days... hurrah!

Starbucks is my God. Their ice cream is sooo good. I ate a whole quart of it in the past 24 hours. Normally I'd feel really bad, but its LowFat, so there's really nothing to lose. And its coffee... and anything coffee flavored tastes amazing. But ice cream and Fraps are the best.

Tomorrow's my last day of chemistry!!!

Yay! It's all over and done with. Thank holy buddah. And me and Ashley are going to Fridays after (not the rapist one). But the final's gunna suck. Badly. The first semester was easy, but this one... not so much. All I really have to do is memroize the practice test and re-copy it tomorrow, but it still will be stressful. Anywho, I'm off to SAT class (last one!) and will update later on tomorrow.

Dedicated to My Dinner::
- Saturday, July 17, 2004 | 10:27 p.m. -

A Poem to a Tenderloin

Oh!
How
tender!
the
sweet
blood of
your loin!
Don't
touch the
tenderness
of the
loin!
DON'T!
you don't
listen!
Are you
tender?
YES!
Tendery
Tenderness!
YYEESS!

Tender-
ness-
Loining

Meaningful. Thought provoking. I should do this for a living.

All Bow Down To MEEEEEE!
- Saturday, July 17, 2004 | 02:30 p.m. -

Yes, that includes you. Look at my layout. I added a hint of pink to it. I'm not going to lie, it was a challenge. Oh was it EVER. Alas, I win, and all is good. And if you havn't worshipped me yet, please do so before you leave.

I'm so proud of my baby. It's soo pretty. all pretty and pink and blue... *Sigh* I'm in love.

Ew, so I have to work tonight. And I'm not really working with people I know either. Grr... at least my hair looks nice. And I also promised Vixie I'd visit her at the bakery at 1:30... another Ooops. I went shopping today! And I got Three (3!!!) Pretty skirts. Two are navy blue and one is pink. And they're made of cloth, so I can wear them to work tonight. And they're beautiful. And I got back to school crap too. Notebooks and plenty of lovely blue pens (To add to my OCD. I know, its wierd. But so is black pen.)

So last night, Maggie and I went to go see Mean Girls for the 5674652659 (forth) time. It was enjoyable. Veeery. And then since it was Friday, they have these old car shows in downtown Downers Grove. As I was slowly cruising down the winding roads of Main Street, we see this incredible old obnoxious car with two teenagers in it blasting their "kickass" ghetto music. As soon as the stoplights caught us up to eachother, we put on our ever-popular favorite jam, "Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)" and blasted it as loud as my little speakers would allow. But do not be fooled... they are loud. We sure did show those children. What a fun night.