Seattle Vacation- Day One

Okay, so I know no one really reads this. So it's mostly for my own benefit. But if you are reading, welcome! Hopefully this will be a fairly interesting account of my trip.

Location: Salt Lake City, UT to Boise, ID
Clothing for the day: Jeans, blue tee, athletic shoes
Places visited: None, really
Places we've eaten at: McDonald's for lunch, Applebee's for dinner

Vacation has started! This morning was pretty stressful trying to get ready to go, but I'm here now, so I guess we did okay.

We mostly just drove today, so there's not much to say. It was pretty boring. More details after some things happen!

Book Meme

Wow, can't believe I never finished this! This is a book meme mum did a while back. You go through and bold the ones that you've read, and italicize the ones that you want to read. I had started this back last summer, so this summer I went through and made a few changes. It's funny how many of these I read this year. :)

1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J.K. Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (J.K. Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
16. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (J.K. Rowling)
17. Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
21. The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. 1984 (George Orwell)
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)
45. Bible
46. Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Scott Fitzgerald)
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrew Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
63. War and Peace (Tolsoy)
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)[we talked about her when we read Dracula]
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davies)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Helen Fielding)
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell)
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. The World According To Garp (John Irving)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (John Steinbeck)
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen)
86. Watership Down (Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. In the Skin of a Lion (Michael Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)9
7. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)

Okay, so I haven't read as many as mom. But just wait till I'm done with high school!

I'm Going To Do Better. Really!

Yeah, I know it's been forever since I last posted. But it's summer now! I should have more time, right?

Well, not really. I'm crazy busy with cross country, online classes, clarinet, being a driver (who would've guessed kids needed to go so many places?!), getting CAS hours, and everything else. But with a work load that big, why not add one more thing?

So, official goal: I'm going to update my blog at least once every week for the rest of the summer. This does not include the week I'm on vacation (although if mum will let me use her laptop, I might anyway) or the week I'm at camp. So we'll see how that goes. :)

Friday Fill-In

Hosted by Janet at Friday Fill-Ins

I see this everyweek on alisonwonderland's blog, and I thought it looked like fun. So I'm doing it this week, hopefully the first in a long series.

1. I absolutely and completely love Christmas.

2. Purple and blue (especially at Temple Square) are my favorite colors for the Christmas tree lights.

3. The candles in the window have electric bulbs.

4. The Year Without A Santa Claus is one of my most favorite Christmas movies (But I really haven't seen very many).

5. My favorite Christmas lyrics are probably the ones from "Grown-Up Christmas List".

6. I'm dreaming of a...honestly, I don't know. The first thing that pops into my head is "White Christmas," but honestly, I don't really care too much about the weather.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to going to bed early (hopefully), tomorrow my plans include going to lunch and to see The Nutcracker ballet with a friend, and Sunday, I want to have gotten some sleep!

Random Thoughts #3

Here we go again!

Random thought of the day: I can't think of one right now. Maybe just the fact that derivitives are fun. I'm really enjoying learning them. But that might just be because I'm a math geek. 8) (That's a face with glasses, in case you're wondering. Not that all geeks wear glasses.)

Random face of the day: ^_^ It's a happy face with eyes closed, and I use it a lot. So there it is. ^_^

Random song of the day: "Grown-Up Christmas List." I actually sound quite good when I sing this one, if I do say so myself.

Random quote of the day: Might add one later. Don't have one right now. :(

This one's short; sorry. Thanks for reading!

Random Thoughts #2

So we're in english right now. Except our teacher gave us a free day. So I'm actually in the library. Since I really have nothing to do, I thought I'd blog. So here's random thoughts again!

Random thought of the day: I feel kind of lonely. Like no one really wants me. *sigh* I guess I should probably just snap out of it and get on with my life. Ugh.

Random song of the day: "Our Song" by Taylor Swift. Because it's cute, and it's stuck in my head. Do I need more reason than that?

Random book of the day: I guess it should actually be "Random books of the day," but whatever. The Midnighters series by Scott Westerfeld. Actually, anything by him is pretty good.

This is one of my shorter random thoughts posts, but that's okay. At least I got one in today. :)

Random Thoughts #1

Actually, this is Random Thoughts #4 or 5. It used to be on a forum-type thing on the chemistry website, but it's down right now. Since I was having such fun with it, I decided to continue posting on here. Especially since I need to blog here more. So here we go.

Random thought of the day: Um...I really can't think of one right now. Today in history, we found out that one of the only advantages the South had in the Civil War was cotton. So our teacher said, "And everyone knows cotton balls don't do much damage when shot out of guns." So I drew a comic. It was funny. But I don't have it with me, and I can't scan it, either. So you'll just have to imagine it. Have fun!

Random song of the day: Pines of Rome: First movement. Brownie points to whoever can figure out what it's called! Or maybe I'll give you a present. Or REAL brownies. XD

Random quote of the day: "I can't wait to see them so I can tell them what such scuzzes they are. Like, 'Mom and Dad, you are such scum!'"-Gazzy, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment

Random battery of the day: AA. Because it's sitting next to me.

That's all for today! I still think this is really fun.

A Fang-style Poem

The other day in English, we had to write poems about fog. Because I had just read Maximum Ride, and was thinking about how Fang had a blog, I decided to write a poem from his point of view and then put it on my blog. So here it is!

Tired eyes open,
Stiff limbs stretch.
A glance reveals the others still asleep.

All is silent.
Outside: fog.
Thick like a blanket;
Impossible to see through.

Wings spread.
I take flight.
Wet and cold,
It hits me like a wall.
Fog is airborne water,
And I am an airborne person.

The only sound
Is the air
Displaced by my wing strokes
As I fly.
Climbing quickly.
Cool, crisp air fills my lungs.

Looking down,
Nothing but white.
Looking up,
Clear blue sky.
Free.

It's been a long time...

It's been a long time since I've posted here, either. I commented on that fact at my book blog, too.

I guess the fact that I've been so busy also says that I have a lot to blog about. In many ways, that's true. I have a couple of cross-country things I'd love to share, and I also have a pass-along game that I need to get posted. So I'll be back soon! I'll try to blog for a little bit each day, or maybe every other day. I guess we'll see what happens!

E-mail type meme

I saw this meme on alisonwonderland's blog (that's where I get most of them), and it reminded me of those "get to know you" type e-mails. I find those fun to fill out, so I decided to do this one.

1. Are you taller than your mom?
Nope, but hopefully it'll happen soon.

2. What color is your car?
I don't have one yet, but I wouldn't mind silver or blue.

3. What is the closest thing to you that is red?
My brother's backpack.

4. What is your ringtone?
"Catch You Catch Me", the Cardcaptor Sakura season 1 theme song (which I programmed in my phone all by myself!).

5. Are you sick?
No.

6. What color is your favorite pillow?
Well, it's orange right now, but it usually has a blue pillow case.

7.What is your favorite video game?
I don't really play video games, but from what I've played I'd have to say Mario Party, or, if I felt like being active, DDR.

8. Had a nap today?
Yup.

9. Gold or silver?
Silver.

10. Is there an animal that creeps you out?
Most animals I don't mind, but actually meeting them is a whole other matter.

11. Who was the last person you rode an elevator with?
(This is my mom's answer, so I'll just leave it here) My family - as we were leaving the hotel at the end of our recent vacation.

12. Did you go ice skating as a kid?
Yes, but I'm not very good at it.

13. Ever have stitches?
Nah.

14. Favorite non-alcoholic drink?
Water!

15. How long ago did you kiss someone?
Nevah.

16. What's something you want to do before you die?
I'm not entirely sure...solo with an orchestra, I guess.

17. Have you ever caught something on fire?
Besides a candle once, when my science teacher found out I'd never lit a candle and had me do it? No.

18. Have you ever seen a ghost?
Not really...

19.Have you ever seen the northern lights?
That'd be great, but not yet.

20. Do you know how to use chop sticks?
Quite competently.

21. Name something good that happened today.
I got to eat french toast, bacon, and eggs for dinner.

22. What room are you in?
The family room where the kid's computer is.

23. Are you worried about something you can't control?
I do it occasionaly (like the weather), but I don't usually.

24. Do you take daily medications?
Nope.

25. Ever been in a fight?
Not a fight where you punch each other or anything, but I have given the cold shoulder to people.

26. Are you wearing nail polish?
No, but I like the clear one.

27. Favorite color?
Blue and green.

28. Innie or outie?
Innie.

29. Ever used a Ouija board?
No...what is that anywho?

30. Sweet or sour?
Sweeter is better!

31. Sun or Moon?
Moon (and stars). I kinda like the dark.

32. What shoes did you wear today?
Black skecher sandal sort of things.

33. Favorite eye color of the opposite sex?
Blue.

34. Most important quality in any relationship?
Respect. I think that covers most other things...

35. Favorite zombie movie?
The one that Bella goes to with Jessica (unfortunately, I don't remember what it's called).

36. Time of day you were born?
7:20ish.

37. Do you know your blood type?
A positive, I do believe.

38. What would you spend $5000 on right now if you were handed it?
A wood clarinet, and if I had any left, it'd go into savings.

39. Name something annoying in public transit.
Random people coming up and talking to you like they've known you all your life.

40. Did you grow up in the city or country?
Um...well, it's a city, but it's not huge or anything. No tall buildings...

41. Would you ever consider going on a reality TV show if offered a large sum of money?
It depends on what it made me do.

42. Have you flown in your dreams?
Well, it was more like swimming in the air, but I guess that counts.

43. Hugs or kisses?
Chocolate kisses, person hugs.

44. You have $10 to spend in the dollar store ... what do you get?
Notebooks and pencils, and maybe some candy.

45. Slurpee flavor?
I've only had a slurpee once, and it was strawberry lemonade, which was pretty good, so I guess we'll go with that one.

MP3 meme again

I've done this meme already, but I thought it'd be fun to do it again. So what you do is you put your mp3 player on shuffle, and the song that comes up is the answer. So here it goes!

How am I feeling today? "I Believe" by Jericho Road
I must be feeling very believing today. :D

What do my friends really think of me? "What is This Feeling?" from Wicked
They...loathe me? Or maybe I loathe them.

How can I be happy? "See the Light" by Jericho Road
I can be happy by seeing the light...literally and spiritually. (Not having any sun gives you vitamin D deficiency)

What is some good advice for me? "Think of Me" by Jerico Road
I'm supposed to think of someone. Huh. (btw, this is Syaoran and Sakura's (from Cardcaptor Sakura, not Tsubasa) theme song, proclamed by me)

What is the story of my life? "The Other Side of Me" by Hannah Montana
I guess this means I wish people would see the other side of me, although they don't really.

How will I be remembered? "Typical Girl" by Cheri Magill

I refuse to be your typical girl,
There's plenty of her in this world

I guess this means I'll be remembered as not being the same as everyone else, and doing things my own way.

What do I think my current theme song is? "Reluctant Hero" by Cheri Magill

What is it you want me to do?
You fill up and leave me here at zero
Now it's time that I resign as your reluctant hero.

I can see where this one applies. Lately everyone's been dumping their problems on me, which completely drains me, leaving me a mess. I've thought of this as my theme song before, too.

What does everyone else think my current theme song is? "Just Like You" by Hannah Montana
This is a lot like "The Other Side of Me", saying that although I may seem different, I'm actually a lot the same.

What should I do with my life? "I Could Get Used to This" by Everlife
I'm not entirely sure what this one means...I just realized it was a great Edward and Bella song, though. :)

What is my best feature? "Praise the Man" from EFY 2005
Once again, not sure what this means...maybe my spirituallity?

What describes my secrets? "Green Into Gold" by David Lanz
Does that mean my secrets are just sort of there, like green, but really are gold? Who knows?!

How do I treat others? "Dancing Through Life" from Wicked
I treat others lightly, just kinda going with it? Or that I try to convince people to just treat things lightly?(Some of these are confusing...)

What's in store for this weekend? "Conviction Of the Heart" by Jericho Road
Well, I will be going to church...

That one made a whole lot more sense than the last one, so I'm glad it worked out. It is kind of funny that I would get 4 of the 7 Jericho Road songs on here, but no High School Musical, Ella Enchanted, or more of Everlife, Wicked, or Classical. Who knows?

Scattergories Meme

I saw alisonwonderland doing this meme, and I thought it looked like fun, so I decided to do it as well. You take the first letter of your first name and think of things that start with that letter for each category. My name is Elisabeth, so I'll be using the letter "E."

Famous singer: Ella Fitzgerald (a woman jazz singer) or Elvis Presley

Four-letter word: egad (the first four letter word I saw in the dictionary when looking for a word)

Street name: Eastridge Road (does that count as a street name?)

Color: Emerald

Gifts/presents: Earrings

Vehicle: Explorer (Ford)
,br> Something in a souvenir shop: Enormous prices (it's true!)

Boy name: Edward <3

Girl name: Esme (as we are continuing with the Twilight theme XD)

Movie title: Ella Enchanted

Drink: Eventyrbrus carbonated red-colored drink Norway (wow, this one was hard!)

Occupation: Engineer (I've had some people tell me I should do this)

Flower: Epiphyllum (orchid cactus) (I was having a hard time finding actual flowers, my favorite other one that I found was Elodea, sounds pretty, right? Well, it's actually the plant floating in the bottom of ponds...)

Celebrity: Emma Watson (Wow, I didn't realize this one was so easy! There are 3 celebrities with my same name (spelled the same and everything) and lots others, including Ellen DeGeneres and Emma Roberts, both of which I like)

Magazine: The Edge (for fiction stuff)

U.S. city: El Paso

Pro sports team: Enforcers (this is actually a pro football team in LA...of women!)

Something found in a kitchen: Egg Separator

Reason for being late for work: Extra-curricular activities

Something you throw away: Eggplants (although not everyone would agree with me on this one!)

Something you shout: "eeeeeek!"

Cartoon character: Eeyore

Happy Birthday, Edward!

Today is the birthday of one of my favorite book characters, Edward Cullen from Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. So, I wrote a small song in celebration of his 106th...I mean, 17th birthday today.

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear, smart, sexy, funny, sweet, gorgeous, and anything-else-I-forgot Edward;
Happy birthday to you!

Hope you all liked it! And just FYI, the picture is of Henry Cavill, who is Stephenie Meyer's pick for the actor portraying Edward (not that she really has any say in the whole movie thing, but if she did, this is who she'd cast).

Drinking Straws!!!

Okay, so I got this meme off of Blogdrive Insanity. It should be fun. It happens to be about drinking straws...

1. What's your favorite beverage to suck up through a straw?
I like drinking soda through a straw, because of the bubbles.

2. Do you prefer the ordinary straight straws, or the crazy, colorful, twisted straws?
How about bendy straws? I don't like them if they're totally straight, and they're too crazy if they're all twisted and things.

3. Do you ever make those loud sucking noises at the end of the drink to annoy other people? And does that annoy you?
Sometimes I do it to annoy people (if they are people I know won't get too annoyed), but my brother does it way too much, and that annoys me.

4. Name one thing to do with a drinking straw other than using it to drink.
How about name one thing to use as a drinking straw for using it to drink? I like using the Redvines as straws; if you bite off both ends, it's hollow inside.

Clipart from clipart.crossmap.com.

Hey guys! It's New Year's Eve, so I'm filling out a survey that I got from my mom.

1. Where did you ring in 2006? At home, watching Miss Congeniality 2 with my mum.

2. What was your status on Valentine's Day? Single :P

3. Were you in school anytime this year? Try almost every day.

4. How did you earn your keep? I did chores around the house, but that's about it.

5. Did you ever have to go to the hospital? Nah, just normal doctor stuff.

6. Did you ever encounter the police? Nope, I'm a good girl.

7. Where did you go on vacation? Idaho Falls, and just around Utah. But we've got some good California stuff planned for 2007, including a band tour that I can't wait for!

8. What did you purchase that was over $500? I don't think I did...

9. Did you know anybody who got married?I don't think so.

10. Did you know anybody who passed away? Yes, sadly; both a family friend and my baby cousin.

11. Did you run into anybody you graduated high school with? Well, possibly, since the people I see everyday are the ones I'm going to graduate with.

12. Did you move anywhere? Nope, and that's a good thing.

13. What sporting events did you go to? Not too many...school football games, I guess, but that was mostly just because pep band played there.

14. What concerts did you go to? I performed in several (including Middle School, High School, and a Utah Youth Symphony one), and I also got to go to the opera.

15. Are you registered to vote? Nope, but I will be in two years.

16. If so, did you do your patriotic duty on November 7? See above answer.

17. Where do you live now? Utah

18. Describe your birthday. It didn't feel like my birthday, especially because I never had a party and the fact that not too many people remembered. Thanks so much to those who did!

19. What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2006? I started high school! But I actually knew that was going to happen... I went on a date! That definitely wasn't expected.

20. What is one thing you regretted this year? I don't know specifically, but I regret a lot of things.

21. What's something you learned about yourself? That I might actually have a chance of surviving high school.

22. Any new additions to your family? Nope.

23. What was your best month? December!

24. What from pop culture will you remember 2006 by? I don't know, because I don't pay too much attention to the whole pop culture thing, although I'm sure there's something that I know, I just don't know it yet...

Well, that's all for this year! See ya in 2007!

Another Christmas Meme!

Since I have decided to do memes to keep my blog updated, I'm starting now! Because it's Christmas time, I'm going to do a Christmas meme about songs that I found on Blog Drive Insanity. So here it is:
What are your favorite Christmas songs?
There are too many of those, but I listed a few two memes ago, if you wanted to go see.

What Christmas song do you dislike?
Well, I'm not sure I really dislike any of them, but Jingle Bell Rock starts getting annoying by the 10th time you've heard it in an hour.

Do you prefer Christmas carols, classics, or new interpretations?
I like a combination of all three of them. :D

Was this a good musical year for you? What were your favorite purchases/downloads/new discoveries?
It was definately a good musical year for me. This year I found three new musicals that I now love: High School Musical, West Side Story, and Wicked. It was great.

From Now On...

I've decided to make it a goal to keep my blog somewhat updated. Hopefully that isn't to ambitious for me, especially with all the homework that I have to do. To make it easier, I've decided to use memes to give me something to write about. Thanks to "The Daily Meme", I'll have plenty to choose from. So, keep checking back, hopefully I have some good ones!

Yup. Another one.

I found another meme on my mum's blog. What you do is put your mp3 player on shuffle, read the question, go to the next song, and put it down, no matter what it is. Sometimes the answers don't make sense, but oh, well. Anyway, here it is!

How am I feeling today? The First Noel-Vanessa Williams I guess I'm in a christmas mood...who knows?

What do my friends really think of me? Joy to the World/For Unto Us A Child Is Born-Amy Grant I really don't know what to think about this one... maybe I'm a joy to them!

How can I be happy? Carol of the Bells-Voice Male Who knows about his one, either? Maybe I'll be happy if I'm caroling? (Sorry about all the Christmas songs!)

What is some good advice for me? Green into Gold-David Lanz Turning green into gold is good advice? How about this one (it's kinda interpretive): I did this song as acompaniment for a book report one time, so maybe it means I should be reading a book!

What is the story of my life? Don't Look Down-Cheri Magill Well, I am scared of heights. Maybe that's it.

How will I be remembered? I Know He Lives-EFY 2005 Maybe remembered as a good, faithful person?

What do I think my current theme song is? Gracious Good Shepherd-Vanessa Williams Actually, I think it's "Top of the World" by Mandy Moore right now, but since that one's not even on my mp3 player, there's not even a chance of getting it. Oh, well.

What does everyone else think my current theme song is? Remember Gethsemene-Lauri Carrigan "When you're down, and that frown on your face just won't fade...there's someone who knows your pain, because He suffered in your name." I guess it works. :)

What should I do with my life? Don't Hide Your Face-Jericho Road Don't know what to make of this.

What is my best feature? O Come Emmanuel-Voice Male Who knows?

What describes my secrets? Baby, What You Going To Do?-Donny Osmond Okay...whatever this is supposed to mean...

How do I treat others? Ready-Cheri Magill I don't know what this one's about either.

What's in store for this weekend? Tractin' In A Winter Wonderland-Voice Male This is one of the funniest songs I've ever heard, so maybe the weekend will be full of laughs.

Christmas Time is Here!

It's almost Christmas! My favorite holiday is just about here! And to celebrate, I'd like to fill out this meme (what does that mean?) that I stole from my mom, who stole it from someone else... but anyways, here it goes:

1. Eggnog or hot chocolate? Hot chocolate makes the world go round, as a friend of mine said.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just put them under the tree? You know what? I really don't know about this one... however, I think that the elves wrap, too time consuming for Santa to do it all.

3. Colored lights on the tree, or white? White, definately. It reminds us of the true meaning of Christmas.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? Nah, but it might be fun...

5. When do you put your decorations up? Whenever mom gets around to it - definitely not more than a few weeks before Christmas. *sneaky smile*

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? You're kidding, right? I have to pick a favorite? That's just crazy. I like all of them. :)

7. What's a favorite holiday memory from your childhood? I dunno... they're all pretty good.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? Well, I guess... pre-school maybe. That's when I learned that he really exists (and that has to be the truth, my teachers have said so)!

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? No, because we're usually not done wrapping them yet. :P

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? See mom's blog, she describes it well.

11. Snow! Love it or dread it? I hate having to drive in it... but I love sledding in it or watching it fall as long as I'm inside and wraped up in a nice warm blanket with some hot chocolate and a good book to read!

12. Can you ice skate? I've tried twice, apparently I have no sense of balance (found that out when I was learning to ride a bike in 7th grade, but that's a story for another day). However, I'd better learn fast, I need to know by the 27th (another story that will be told later)!

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Um... nope, not really. I have to say "Thanks, mum and dad, for the mp3 player (I don't go almost anywhere without it!) and for the sketch book (I've used basically the whole thing up!)"

14. What's the most important thing about the holidays for you? Thinking about the true meaning of Christmas... and being together with family. And maybe getting sleep.

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert? I dunno.... it's dessert, do you expect me to pick? However, what I really feel like now is one of those chocolate oranges.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Stockings first, then brunch, THEN presents. It heightens the suspense.

17. What tops your tree? Nothing, currently. But it still looks nice.

18. Which do you prefer - giving or receiving? I love giving things and seeing the looks on their faces when they get it. That's always the best part. However, getting stuff is fun, too.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song? This is music we're talking about, people. I can't have a favorite of these either. I really like "Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)", "What Child is This?", "Angels We Have Heard on High", "Carol of the Bells", "Patapan", "Baby, It's Cold Outside" and "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen". And, of course, my new favorite, "Tractin' in a Winter Wonderland". I probably have a lot more, but I'm going to stop listing now.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or yum? Heck, it's sugar! I'll eat all the sugar I can get my hands on (although you probably don't want to see me after that).

Anyways, I hope that was fun! It was definitely fun for me!

Just Sittin' (for once!)

Hey all you guys (all you guys? psh, I doubt that many people ever read this) that are reading this! If you are, you must be a dedicated reader, considering I haven't blogged in so long.... Anyway, it's 6th Period Computer Tech, and I've finished all my Microsoft Word assignments... Apparently I'm a faster typer than most people. So now I'm blogging. :D This is the one time in a long time that I've been able to just sit.... I've been so busy lately I don't know what to do! But it's fun.... We're doing a musical!!!! Everyone come see West Side Story @ Hillcrest High School. Spread the word! I do believe tickets are on sale now, but I need to find out more about that. Someone in Seminary this morning mentioned it. So... mebe come see. I'll be in the pit orchestra playing my heart out. Great musical, really is. It's funny, I'll be doing things and I'll think of some really great things to blog about, but I don't have time! Now that I finally have time to blog, I can't think of any of the things I wanted to blog about. XP Oh, well. Mebe I'll write them down. Anyways, I'm signing out now. So, see ya all later!