Forever For Ford

I'm not sure when it started, or why, but I've always liked Ford trucks.
Maybe that's why I asked for my first vehicle to be a Ford Ranger.
I didn't get it though.
Instead, my dad found me a Ford F-150.
I can't find it within me to say that I don't want the upgrade...
;D
Yesterday, we went to Indiana to pick it up. (It was having some body work being done to it.) When I look at it in our driveway, I have to pause for a moment just to remind myself, "Hey, that's mine." I find it humorous that when I see it, I still am unsure if it really is mine. (I'm sure once I actually drive it, I might start getting used to the idea. ;D)

It's not any different from any other F-150 (as far as I know ;D [Transformer? Yes? No?]), so I guess I shouldn't be making such a big hullabaloo about it. Still, it's my first vehicle, so I can't help my excitement! :)

I just hope I don't crash it! D:

Oh! By the way, my driving experience: very little.
I guess I won't be "On the Open Road" anytime soon, huh? :/

Two Weeks...

I cannot wait until June 4th! That's the day we leave for Disney World!
I am so ready to be out of school, but I'm even more ready to be in Disney World!
Lately, there's been a lot of times where something has made me think of WDW, such as when the air conditioner kicked on in one of my classes. I felt the cool air brush over my skin, whisking away the previous suffering from the heat. It made me think of being in the buses at WDW. I remember feeling the wave of relief hitting me as soon as I step away from the humid, Florida air and into the cool, refreshing Disney transportation bus after a long day in the park.
Sadly, this desire to be in Disney World has also distracted me from my work. During a test, I was suddenly reminded of WDW and suddenly found it a bit more difficult to concentrate on the test in front of me.
Thank goodness I won't have to deal with anymore WDW distractions while doing schoolwork in a few days!
Three days...that's all I have left since I'm not taking any finals.
-Sigh- I just can't wait for these two weeks to be over.
Though, I don't think I'll enjoy that 14 hour drive very much.
Oh well. It's what's after  that that's getting me excited anyways!
:D

ETHEL!!!

Once again, my procrastination has caught up with me.
Though, this time I had forgotten about it because I procrastinated for so long.
Sad, huh?

Mr Fuller's project was assigned...well...probably at the beginning of this nine weeks, if not earlier.
I wasn't sure of what the project was exactly about, so I sort of brushed it off for the time being.
Now that it's caught up with me, I've found myself very busy lately.
In fact, Monday night, I stayed up past midnight working on my group's "wagon" for the project.
(We did the Oregon Trail. Have you played the game? There's no way you can't have a wagon!)
Anyways, my group consisted of Stacie, Alyssa, Kelsey, Emily, and Sanora (who I just met the day of filming).
The plan was that we would meet up at Panther Creek at 10 Tuesday morning, then go to Goodwill for costumes. Then, we would find a good spot in the park and film the project.
Turns out, no one was going to have a costume because they were broke. ('Cept for me and Stacie, I went to Goodwill the previous day. What I bought didn't go together, so I split it into two outfits.)
And the weather was going to be bad that day.
And my palmcorder's batteries were horrible. (So we'd need to charge a lot if it took us very long.)
And transportation was an issue for my family because we are short a vehicle, and we'd need a truck to transport the wagon, which would most likely get torn up while on the road. (It was made of cardboard.)
Everything seemed to be saying that going to Panther Creek would be a bad idea.
So I called everyone and asked them if they could come over to my house to film instead.
In the end, I realized it was best that we filmed it there.
(1. The wagon was already constructed there, so it wouldn't shred on the road from traveling. 2. I found some usable clothing for everyone in some stuff we were getting rid of, so--costume problem solved! 3. My garage is made of wood, so it fit in some scenes well. 4. My mom didn't have to drive me anywhere. No transportation issues! 5. I had supplies that were needed that wouldn't be found in Panther Creek.)

During the filming, we had some issues, but nothing very serious. A few times I found myself wanting to smack some people for certain reasons...(AHEM. Below.)
-Stacie and Kelsey for laughing so much that we had to do A LOT of retakes. (5 retakes on a 10 second scene, and still needing to do one more) - -"
-Emily for constantly saying, "Don't slam my door!" when she was storekeeper. ;P
-Alyssa for being able to fit into a dress my sister wore when she was 10!! (Ok, so I can't be mad at her for not being overweight. XDDD Sorry, Alyssa. ;] )
-Annnnddd me--for sounding like an IDIOT on the film.

I think everyone had fun, for the most part at least. I doubt we would've laughed as much at the film's turnout if it had been made with only the original people (Stacie, Alyssa, and me).
(If you've seen it, then LOL at Kelsey "drowning" and Stacie's reaction to it. XDD
ETHEL!!!....-gasp- OH GOD!)

Oh! Before I forget, I'm sorry to the whole group for being so bossy/commanding. I...just felt like showing off my leadership skills...?

Pfft. Like I have any worthy of showing off. XD

BTW: I totally photoshopped myself into this picture. Originally, I was the one taking it! ;D

Bumblebee

My dad just bought me my first vehicle ('01 red F-150) and it got me to thinking about vehicles.
Especially a certain vehicle that I admire so much for it being yellow, which is was one of my least favorite colors.

Bumblebee.

That is one car I'd love to have. I wish I could buy one, but I wish it actually came with a personality.

:/

I like Bee a lot. My DS cover is of Bee (see picture)!

I like him so much, that my dad even promised to get me one if I meet his requirements:

-get a "free-ride" (fully-paid scholarship) to UK

...Ouch. Sounds difficult. Though, I think I'll at least be eligible for one if I have a 3.75 GPA (mine is currently 3.70) and have at least a 31 on the ACT (I got a 29). 

Sounds like my Chevy Camaro isn't too far off!

:D

Now, if you don't know Bee, here's a pic:

For those of you who remember it, Bee has a little disco ball hanging from the rear-view mirror. Yes, I would have one, too, if I get a Camaro. :)

"J" Shaped Cheese Curl

Okay, so I went to Stacie's house instead of being home alone while my parents went out for dinner.
Guess what we played?
As usual, Silent Hill.
BUT, we started a new game: Silent Hill 4: The Room.
Stacie had to use a regular PlayStation 2 controller instead of her wireless ones, so I "allowed" her to play instead of me. (I was comfy where I was sitting. XDD)
Anyways, she had to sit closer to the TV and was standing up (doing something, but I can't remember) when all of a sudden, we hear this:
“WURAAAAAAAAAH!!!"
Stacie jumped and fell backwards, luckily stumbling into the chair behind her.
I...couldn't...stop...laughing.
Thankfully, neither could she.
We sat there for a good full minute, plus more, just laughing at what just happend.
It became the highlight of my day.
Well, so far at least.

Later on, Stacie and I got drinks and I asked if she had any Cheese Balls (my favorites snack when I go to her house). She didn't, but she had some partially-stale cheese curls. So we put them in a bowl and went back to the family/living/front room. Later, I started to put one of the cheese curls in my mouth and noticed something. It was shaped perfectly like a "J." I told Stacie about it, and she said "J for James!" (Silent Hill 2 main character)
I laughed and ate the cheese curl, then said, "Oh no! I ate James!"
She took her turn of laughing and told me about one of the game's ending wher James kills himself. Then she went on to say that they should have a "Michelle ending," where "Michelle eats James!" XD
Again, laughter.

Don't you love those times in games where you pay no heed to desperate cries of help?
In the game, there's this girl who thinks all of this bad stuff is just a dream named Cynthia. She calls Henry's (SH4 main character) phone and pleads, "Hurry...Save me!"
At this part, I was standing and had a good view of Stacie's front door. During Cynthia's plea, I noticed movement outside and followed it with my eyes. It was a bunny! Right after Cynthia said, "Save me!" I said to Stacie, "Dude! There’s a bunny in your yard! Look! Look! Look!” And, of course, she got up to see it.
Man, I love ignoring fake people's cries of help. XD

Other random quotes and incidents from/during the game:
1. “...but none of them is particularly interesting,” Bad grammar, Silent Hill 4!
2. “(You put the Book Scrap in the Scrapbook.)” XDDDD MAN, I love that!
3. Stacie says, "Who sits on their bed looking for a broom? If I was looking for a broom, I'd be walking around, not sitting down!"
4. “BOOOMM!” Stacie jumped in her chair and grabbed her...foot...instinctively to protect it from harm. XD
At the end, Stacie said it was my turn to play. Guess what I did? I pulled out my DS and distracted her with a storyline-video from Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days. XD
I'm such a coward. :P

Hadn't the Foggiest Notion

Okay, the reason for my title being what it is is even foggy to me. (Lame joke.)

I took this picture on the way to school this morning.
The fog, as you can see, was crazy. We could only see about half of a mile around us. Though, everyone still traveled a little above the speed limit on the bypass as if they were oblivious to the current weather status.
But oh well, that's people for you.

My dad's birthday will be arriving soon (not telling you when, you stalker people, you). I guess my parents will go out for dinner and I'll be home alone... :o

If you know any looney guys, send them over! I need to work on my contraption-building and "problem-solving" skills! ;D

Nah, I'm just kidding. I don't want any random people showing up at my house. I'd probably freak out and call my parents, therefore, ruining their dinner. :(

Random:

Yesterday is History. Tomorrow is Mystery. Today is a Gift. That's why we call it the Present.

I thought that was a pretty cool quote. :)

Finish of a Forever Unfinished Blog

I'd like to think that I'm just relaxing for the major amount of stress that I'll be in next week (AP Test), though, part of me knows that I'm also somewhat slacking this week.
And last week.
But more this week than the last.
I've waited to do most of my homework at school on the day it's due and I've lazed about at home. I think it's because I'm tired of school, homework, family disputes (which are ending, I hope/believe), and feeling like I have no energy left.
During school, my goal is to get through the day while being a good student. A second ago, I looked up from my computer to observe the students in front of me and the teacher. Right now, my definition of a good student is someone who pays attention to the lesson, is not distracted by their laptop,cell phone, friends, etc., and lets the teacher know that they are listening and that they aren't standing up there for no good reason.
I think I've failed my goal and it's only 2nd period.
(I hate it when I do that.)

But anyway, I-- (-insert stomach growl here-).
...Ugh. One hour until lunch.

BUT ANYWAYS--After school is over, my goal changes to getting homework done.
Well, I failed there.

...I'm sorry to not go with the flow of this blog again, but when I typed "failed," I paused and realized that this is a very negative blog and no one will be happy reading it (unless you are filled with joy by my misery).
So, I'm going to stop here so I don't ruin your day, too.
Good day, and if I don't see you later--good night.

Not What I Planned

Over Spring Break, my grandmother and aunt (on my mother's side) came to our house. They live in different states and came here because my mother's Aunt Nelly just had a stroke and it was expected of her to die soon, so they wanted to see her, or at least be here for the funeral.

When we have company that spend the night at my house, I always have to give up my room because it's the "guest room." It's the only room that doesn't have things that only I would want (like a bazillion Johnny Depp and Twilight posters...cough cough Joy.) So I temporarily moved to my brother's room since he was off at work that week. I was planning on playing a lot of games in there anyways, so it didn't bother me any.

Though, the funny thing is I hardly touched a video game that week.

In fact, I didn't even start Kingdom Hearts.

That week did not go as planned at all.

Instead of playing nonstop Kingdom Hearts, I played a lot of Rummy and some Guess Who with Aunt Angela. :D My aunt is loads of fun (like my mommy), but I never get to see her, so I was definitely happy to have someone to play games with. Actually, I beat her once in Rummy! We kept score on a napkin (it was the closest thing to us) and she told me to "frame it 'cause it won't happen again!" XD
And it sure didn't.
The next game of Rummy, she beat me by about 1,000 points.
But anyways, I pinned the napkin on the corkboard on our fridge to show off my 90-point win!

(By the way, that's my shadow. The napkin has not been used. :P)

Spring Break was not what I originally hoped it would be, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

...

Ok, maybe I would like to have done a little more homework.

But, hey, I got through it didn't I?

PS: I think I won most of the Guess Who games, so she was Rummy Champion and I was Guess Who Champion. :)

Evil Remnants

Well, I just let my "little nuisance" outside and saw a very evil being.
A wheelbarrow.
To be specific, a wheelbarrow that is still in the sunroom half-way full of wood that I brought inside a while back when we actually had sn--...that one four letter word.
(And there's a few pieces in the living room next to the fireplace, too.)
I thought, "Guess who's going to be told to put that away over Spring Break?"
Heh, yeah. Me.
I have glared at that wheelbarrow and thought that line almost everytime I've gone out to that room.
And as a result of this glaring, I have realized something.
Sadly, I'm not like Matilda and the wheelbarrow half-full of wood will not move on it's own.
What a pity. That'd be cool.

So, I will be looking forward to manually transporting the wood back to the woodpile behind the back-garage in the back of our yard.
Yippee.

The Little Nuisance

My dog is sleeping peacefully next to me at the moment and made me think of this one email I sent to Stacie about Ginger, my dog. We were talking about how her dog, Kirby, kept her up all night and I shared how my dog likes to keep me awake, too.
Talking about it, made me think of that previous weekend when Ginger seemed to be...bothersome.

Joy didn't want Ginger sleeping in her room because Ginger came in from outisde soaking wet and ending up leaving (practically) a puddle of water and some dirt in her bed. So she put her in my room.


And shut the door.

(Now, don't get me wrong, I ALWAYS shut my door, BUT if I know Ginger is sleeping with me that night, or that she will when she's done "roaming the house," I put one of my houseshoes between the door and wall. It's a big enough gap that she can get through, and I'm happy because my door is mostly closed and blocks out most outer noise.)

But anyways, she shut the door.

Of course, I knew nothing of this because I was sitll asleep, but I do recall feeling Ginger laying down beside me and being wet.

When my door is shut and Ginger hears the front door, hears that my family is present (by their talking), or wants to be let out, she sits in front of my door and whines, occasionally barking. I try to ignore her and sleep, but usually that lasts only a couple minutes at a time.

So eventually, she wakes me up and I'm annoyed because I'm cozy under my blankets and I don't want to get up to let her out so I yell at her and tell her to get on my bed. (Yes, I am very lazy in the mornings.)
Usually, she stops whining loudly for about 10 seconds when I do this and then thinks that if she whines softer, she won't get in trouble.

Too bad I can still hear her though!!

I keep yelling at her and force her to come close enough to my bed that I can reach over and pick her up to place her on my bed. And what does she do next? She waits till I'm done touching her and get back under the covers then jumps off my bed and goes to the door to whine again.
Finally, I'm at the point where I KNOW I won't be able to fall back asleep because I'm so awake and so annoyed, so I throw the covers off and let her out. Then I somewhat-slam my door shut so she can't get in.
Sometimes when she comes in my room from somewhere in the middle of the night, she feels like she can be lazy and make me do everything for her! She'll stand up by my bed and whine and whine and whine until I wake up and pull her up there. As usual, I don't want to move and I tell her to get up there. So she "pretends" to try to get up there by bracing for a jump going up and down about three times then stops and stares at me as if saying, "I can't do it. I will later, just pull me up now."

Eventually, she either goes away or I pull her up and try to jostle her as much as possible when she lays down on me before I can lay on my pillow again.


So does my "little nuisance" sound like anyone else's? ;P
EDIT: ...I hate it when I misspell something! :(