Pro-Life Trip

Yeah, so, I just wrote this enormous blog about the pro-life trip, ALL about it, and it decided to delete itself. I am utterly beside myself. I guess I have to start again. Be forewarned: this draft of my entry is not likely to have nearly the intensity of wit and charm as it's former, more beloved version. Damn computers.

I have been home from the pro-life trip for a few days now, but certain health problems have kept me from doing things, such as attending school and blogging, and this has been my first opportunity to tell about the trip. Actually, I am only trying to avoid going to sleep, because sleep leads to tomorrow, which leads to a doctor's appointment, which inevitably leads to the excitement that comes from having numerous blood tests done, which really doesn't top my "Super Duper Fun Things To Do List." I mean, it's on there, sure, right above Eat 25 Pounds of Broccoli in One Hour and just below Be Forced To Watch Family Guy Repeatedly for the Rest of the Month, but it can't hold its own among the best. Still, just like Judy Hepperfeld, I intend to plow on.

The trip went pretty well, all around. It is really hard to compare it to the trips of the previous two years. Lots of my friends went this year, which was really nice, but the constant preoccupation with "chaperone checks" was a little over the top. Fr. Larry was better this year...no embarrassing confessions or debates about modest clothing...but that Acolyte Joe guy (also known, fondly of course, as Aztec Joe, Aardvark Joe, Applejack Joe, etc.) was soo mixing medications. Half of the time, he treated us like we weren't worthy of his respect, and the other half of the time he was acting all 'buddy-buddy.' It was completely confusing. He was the reason that the security was so tight this trip...he seemed to be petrified of losing anyone and being blamed for it, so he acted like a drill sergeant when it came to making sure everyone was with their respective chaperones. Other parts of the trip were more lax...sleeping arrangements, being in rooms, etc. But it was still pretty good.

Trip highlights. It took us 21 hours to get from St. Louis, Missouri, to Washington, D.C. 21 hours. That is a really long time to be on a bus. At least the sleeping arrangements were good. Lindsay slept in the aisle of the bus in her sleeping bag, so I got to sleep across two seats instead of just one. What a luxury! I confess that I am utterly spoiled. I felt bad for the boys, though...all three of them had to sleep in the three seats in the back of the bus, them and their sleeping-next-to-boys phobia. Cough cough case study cough cough. Anyways...there was some trouble with ice on the way to D.C. -- we almost turned around and headed back here, but we pushed through, so that was all good.

Once we got there, we only had time for ordering pizza and collapsing into bed. We were up early on Sunday morning for church at St. Dominic...it was really pretty, Gothic or maybe Neo-Gothic, with light airy colors. I liked it a lot. And the priest was a really loud, happy fellow. I tell you, I wish I could go to church in a place like that every Sunday. It's architecture alone makes a person feel more spiritual.

After church, it was time to hit the museums. Due to the conflict between our two leaders (Asthma Joe, who was completely anal about time, place, direction, etc., and Fr. Larry, who has always been a bit more laid back), it took us awhile to finally locate an open metro, purchase tickets, and finally get to the Pope John Paul II museum, our first stop. It was fun, actually...making video testimonials stands out most clearly in my mind...and afterward, it was off to the Smithsonian. Everyone who hadn't been on the trip before either went to the Holocaust museum or to the National History or American History Museums. Only a select few -- namely, Cara, Joe, one other kid, and I, went to the Art Museum. Sigh... I saw Picasso's The Frugal Repast, so I was happy. Then, a quick stop at the National Archives at Joe's request, and it was off to the Old Post Office Pavilion for dinner. Too bad it was closed. Yay for good planning. Back to the hotel for Chinese food. Ah, also, another note about that day...it was the day I asked God to send me new feet as my other ones were dead from walking, I don't know, 28 miles? Sounds about correct. No more walking please.

Eh ok, so, I'll have to finish writing about the trip tomorrow after having copious amounts of blood removed by those greedy vampires. That's such a gross mental image. I'm so done.

If I die tomorrow, no one can have my chocolate lotion, it smells much too good.

Natalie

remind me to never go tanning again... and to stop eating. (jk...)

You Know You're From Missouri When...

so not too much going on...i miss everyone terribly, and i hope they are ok buried under all that snow in DC. oh and im a lobster because i went tanning today and yeah. damn. i thought this was funny...

Growing up in Missouri: 1. You've never met any celebrities. 2. Everyone you know has been on a "Float Trip". 3."Vacation" means driving to Silver Dollar City, Worlds of Fun, or Six Flags. 4. You've seen all the biggest bands ten years AFTER they were popular. 5. You measure distance in minutes rather than miles. For example, "Well, Webb City's only 20 minutes away." 6. Down south to you means Arkansas. 7. The phrase "I'm going to the Lake this weekend" only means one thing. 8. You know several people who have hit a deer. 9. You think Missouri is spelled with an "ah" at the end (KC special). 10.Your school classes were canceled because of cold 11.You know what "Party Cove" is. 12.Your school classes were canceled because of heat. 13.You instinctively ask someone you've just met, "What High School did you go to?" 14.You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day. 15.You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better". 16.You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July. 17.You see people wear bib overalls at funerals. 18.You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one n it, no matter what time of the year. 19.You knew in your heart that Mizzou can beat Nebraska in football. 20.You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example "Where's my coat at?" 21.All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, or grain. 22.You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked. 23.You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows. 24.You carry jumper cables in your car and know that everyone else should. 25.You went to skating parties as a kid. 26.You only own three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup. 27.You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. 28.You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie. 29.The local paper covers national and international headlines on, one page, but requires six pages for sports. 30.You think I-44 is pronounced "farty-far." (St. Louis only.) 31.You'll pay for your kids to go to college unless they want to go to KU. 32You think that "deer season" is a National Holiday. 33.You know that Concordia is halfway between Kansas City and Columbia, and Columbia is halfway between St. Louis and Kansas City, and the Warrenton Outlet Mall is halfway between Columbia and St. Louis. 34.You can't think of anything better than sitting on the porch in the middle of the summer during a thunderstorm. 35.You know which leaves make good toilet paper. 36. You've said, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity." 37.You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer (a.k.a. Construction), Still Summer and Football. 38.You know if another Missourian is from the Boot-heel, Ozarks, Eastern, or Western Missouri as soon as they open their mouth. 39.You know that Harry S Truman, Walt Disney and Mark Twain are all from Missouri. 40.You failed World Geography in school because you thought Cuba, Cairo,Milan, Versailles, California, Nevada, Paris, Houston, Cabool, Louisiana, Springfield, and Mexico were cities in Missouri. (And they are!) 41.You think a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor. 42.You know what "HOME OF THE THROWED ROLL" means.

Survey Says...

dinner with joe was really fun tonight. all the dierbergs ppl think that im his girlfriend. lol. and then we went to borders and i got my book...yay new book! im so excited! and im getting my hair cut tomorrow. so three cheers for that! lol. its going to completely suck when everyone leaves me and goes on the prolife trip. =( im sad. i will miss you guys!!!

and im copying off natalie and doing that survey. (megan do the survey too!! im not gonna email this one...i think people are getting sick of me emailing them! so here goes:

THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW

1. black Orange Beach hoodie

2. gray and pink sweat pants

3. my ugly (but extrememly comfortable) slippers

THREE THINGS ON MY DESK

1. bottle of water

2. -Summer- by Edith Wharton...my new book!

3. blank tape that i recorded The OC on

THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE

1. fall in love

2. be a famous news anchor/reporter/the next Mary Hart

3. skydive (good one natalie! lets go together!)

THREE GOOD WAYS TO DESCRIBE MY PERSONALITY 1. loud

2. sarcastic

3. easily amused

THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY

1. very cynical

2. takes me forever to make a decision

3. i can be kind of obnoxious sometimes...

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY

1. eyes

2. nails

3. lips

THREE THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY

1. my hair (its sooo damn thin!)

2. my legs

3. stomach/lower back-ish area

THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST

1. thats hot (ok i swear i said that before paris hilton)

2. amazing

3. meh/death/yeah (lol)

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO

1. new york city

2. italy

3. paris or london

THREE NAMES THAT I GO BY

1. Sarah

2. Sarah-beth (my grandma and my mom call me that)

3. uhh any ideas people?

THREE FOODS I LOVE

1. cinnamon crunch bagel sliced like this (up and down) with hazelnut cream cheese

2. lasagna

3. my grandma's potato salad..mmm'mmm

THREE FOODS I DESPISE 1. hot brocolli 2. mushrooms

3. super super spicy stuff

THREE BOOKS THAT I LOVE 1. This Lullaby

2. To Kill a Mockingbird

3. Traveling Pants books

THREE FAVORITE PAST-TIMES

1. adventures with dana

2. girls' nights

3. reading

THREE FAVORITE BANDS

1. Trapt

2. Nickelback

3. Rascal Flatts

THREE FAVORITE DRINKS

1. lemonade

2. mountain dew

3. strawbery dacqueri (not spelled right. oh well. good one natalie!)

ok thats about it. oh man i love surveys. lol ok im done.

-Sarah

oh and we read this in lit today and i really liked it...so here goes..."Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live, and could not spare any more time for that one. It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves." - Henry David Thoreau.

interpret that however you wish. ok im done. oh and i know my spacing and/or colors are way off on this thing, but blogger is being stupid...so its not my fault!

"3 Things" Survey

THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW

1. ducky pajama pants

2. Strawberry Shortcake t-shirt

3. class ring

THREE THINGS ON MY DESK

1. jar of M&Ms

2. ocean breeze candle from Bath & Body Works

3. anatomy textbook

THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE

1. go to Harvard or Columbia, dangit!

2. skydive

3. be in a movie

THREE GOOD WAYS TO DESCRIBE MY PERSONALITY

1. dreamer

2. determined

3. chocoholic

THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY

1. too sarcastic

2. need for perfection

3. too shy

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY

1. eyelashes

2. hair

3. being tall

THREE THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY

1. hands

2. feet

3. hips

THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST

1. yeah

2. dirty!

3. meh

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO

1. egypt

2. france

3. ENGLAND

THREE NAMES THAT I GO BY

1. natalie

2. natalia

3. natalie noo <--- new one, thanks to megan and laura...the "noo" is pronounced "new"

THREE FOODS I LOVE

1. mmm chinese food...omg i DIE for chinese food, especially beef with broccoli

2. Italian food, most especially fetticine alfredo with chicken, shrimp, or crab...I also adore seafood

3. CHOCOLATE, which deserves its own food group

THREE FOODS I DESPISE

1. vegetables

2. vegetables

3. VEGETABLES

THREE BOOKS THAT I LOVE

1. To Kill A Mockingbird

2.Little Women

3. Ella Enchanted

THREE FAVORITE PAST-TIMES

1. reading

2. being onstage

3. being with friends

THREE FAVORITE BANDS

1. Frank Sinatra

2. The Beatles

3. Aretha Franklin

THREE FAVORITE DRINKS

1. grape juice

2. ice water

3. strawberry daiquiries

Yeah pro-life trip! Woo woo! I'll write when I get back!

YNatalieY

Bad Day, Bad Day

There is very little that could have happened that could have made this day worse. I was in a horrible mood for most of the day, the product of former worries and stupid things that just had to go wrong all at the same time. Puh!

I don't really want to focus on that, though. I could go on and on about the pointlessness of Student Council, and about how the only thing that pre-cal class is good for is catching up on one's reading: but I won't. Not today.

I am immensely excited about the pro-life trip...two more days! I really wish that Sarah could go...and I hope that Lindsay gets better soon, we've missed her at school.

Started working on my application some. Eh...it's still so...daunting. Mrs. Potthast told me to take my time, though, and I think that she'll help me some, but we shall see. I will tell everyone what I'm talking about whenever I find out if I got in or not. We shall see.

I haven't blogged much lately at all, and when I have, it's been as dull as this entry is. Puh. As I go through the day, I find myself writing blogs in my head, but I never write the beginning part down, which is stupid, because then I would be able to jog my memory with something that I actually wanted to write. Too bad my head is feeling amazingly heavy right now.

Death of cheerleading tomorrow morning. 6:45. At least we got it changed from 6:30. And for those of you who think that 15 extra minutes of sleep isn't a big difference, well...think of the merit that comes from eating 15 extra M&Ms, or from watching Grease 15 extra times. Mind-boggling.

Today's Gilmorism:

LORELAI: Oh, is this everyone from the Edgar Allen Poe Society?

MICHEL: If you mean the I-should-be-sterilized-so-that-my-disturbing-idiosyncrasies-aren't-passed-onto-the-next-generation society, then yes, that's them.

LORELAI: [to guests checking in] Hi, welcome to the Independence Inn.

MR. HATLESTAD: Thank you. We're Jim and Milly Hatlestad.

LORELAI: Okay, I've got you right here. Well, once again, welcome, and let me assure you there are no human body parts buried in the floor of your room to keep you awake tonight. Sound good?

MR. HATLESTAD: I guess.

LORELAI: Room 8.

[The Hatlestads walk away]

LORELAI: The Tell-Tale Heart. That's a Poe story. Did they not get that?

MICHEL: The Hatlestads are not with the Poe Society

Natalie

just updating to update. cheering tonight...meh. i really dont hate cheerleading. i actually quite enjoy the sport...its just that our team sucks, our fans suck, and some members of my squad can annoy the hell out of me. oh well. natalie and i got bagels, so yeah to that. and i think perhaps my mom found some stuff under my bed that she really shouldnt have seen...so heres to hoping she didnt actually see it....eh. and if she did, she isnt talking to me about it so lets just hope that continues... anyway its late and im tired. 'night. -sarah

ahh gilmore girls...classic. only a little over a week till new episodes! wonderful! anyway. working sucks. i hate it. ok so i sound incredibly spoiled saying that, but it does. my job's not hard, it requires little to no actual thought. and almost all the people are really cool. but i just...eh. we got a new kid today. his name is chris and he's 17 and goes to west. he's pretty cute and really nice. lindsay and tim met him. well, kind of. so that should make work a little less sucky. i just feel...meh. thats pretty much it. just meh. -sarah

Mucho Praise for Gilmore Girls

Yes, well, it seems to be a tradition for many bloggers to post songs, or quotes, or poems. While this is all very nice, today I'd like to propose a daily alternative - Gilmorisms! Ahh at last, I can share the joy of Gilmore Girls with everyone who reads the blog! Imagine. My lifelong dream, realized. Hold on, I'm having a moment...wait...nevermind, it's over. Well, here's today's Gilmorism that takes place when Lorelai has just come to pick up Rory from her summer Congress thing-a-majig:

LORELAI: Hey, I got you gifts.

RORY: What? I’m the one that left town, I’m supposed to get you gifts.

LORELAI: Oh, but I got here early and there was nothing to do except feed gummy bears to the bomb-sniffing dogs which, apparently, the United States government frowns upon.

RORY: You got in trouble with the government while you were waiting for me?

LORELAI: Just a little. RORY: How much is a little?

LORELAI: Learn Russian.

Ah, classic.

Natalie

DEATH TO...

DEATH to stupid back spasms, dumb nurses, xrays, physical therapy, moms being overprotected and freaking out about the non-existent ice on the road, stupid movies where the main character DIES, gay cheerleading, everyone having a boyfriend except me, and eating a lot of food before going to bed and getting really fat.

Ahem...Lu-M-bar Spasms (thank you megan)

going to the doctor again tomorrow. my dad says its not gonna get better, you gotta deal with it. but theres gotta be something out there with all this modern medicine floating around, right? eh who knows. im up for anything. bring on the drugs! lol. thats about it. super bored...just...meh. -sarah "Do what you love... Be not simply good-- be good for something.- Henry David Thoreau. yes, i am quoting from lit. oh and how's this for a laugh? amanda told me yesterday she thinks i look like hilary duff. something about the lips? lol. im amused.

I'm Alive, I Swear

Just a short post to assure you all that I am, indeed, alive. I haven't really written constantly for awhile, and that's almost unheard of around here. But...so many things have been swarming around my brain, most of them academic. I really am such a nerd. It could be a lot worse, though, so I'll count my blessings. I just realllllllly want a certain academic thing of mine to come through, but I won't know until I apply for it, so probably not for a few weeks at least. I have to turn in my application, but I need time to sit down and contemplate what to write for each question. I need something creative, but I'm nervous to begin...I don't know what they're looking for. Well, we'll see. In other news...wow, I've been so productive today. I took notes in history for the first time ever, and I've done all of the homework for tomorrow that I can possibly do. There is still some anatomy that I'm unsure of, but I can take care of that tomorrow. Ehh, anatomy...I'm already failing...again. After that stupid, stupid pop quiz! On a diagram, no less. Too bad I didn't study the stupid diagram :-\....meh, oh well. I'm just not looking forward to spending a whole new quarter killing myself to bring my grade up....again. Not fun at all.

I am looking forward to the new Gilmore Girls episode soooo much! Two weeks from now...mmm. Gilmore Girls is the best show ever, along with Boy Meets World, of course. I love love love love love love love love it.

Well, I'm off. Good night all. Everyone...smile and be nice to each other.

YNatalieY

I retire...

I'm done. Sarah??? meh...I'm done. -Lindsay

i just dont feel like it. i just dont. even for blogging...

yay for pink.

ok i changed the colors...yay for pink. heehee. i wish i knew how to make it all cool and personalized...oh well. -sarah

Lunbar Spasms

ok who changed the colors? its gray and green and orange....and boy-ish!!!! i like it, but i miss our pink-ness! so come on u two, fess up! lol jk. ok i just had a wild idea...what if we took a picture of the three of us, and i took it to walgreens, i wonder if krystal could make it onto a disk for me? so then we could put our picture on here? how cool would that be? hmmm.... (oh and lindsay just fessed up to changing the colors...) so in other news. im supposed to be at work right now, but im not. doctor's orders. here's some words of wisdom for u: never ignore the doctor's orders. i finally got to go to the doctor on friday because of my back pain, and she came to the conclusion that i have several massive lunbar spasms in my back. so she prescribed me some muscle relaxers and wrote me an excuse to not work yesterday or today. well i worked yesterday anyway (because i made a deal with my parents that if i went out friday with liz i had to work saturday) and when i got home from work, it hurt sooo bad. i could barely walk. it was bad. so then today i took my dr's excuse and talked to my manager and didnt go in. so i went to pantera's for a little bit for the snobiz party (which was so much fun. i havent seen anybody in so long.) and then came home and laid around and dried to do chem (yeah i didnt get very far) and us history (eh its just chartrand.) and watched tv with my mom. and all i have to say is that god bless ib profen, muscle relaxers, and heating pads. =) friday night was really fun, i went shopping with liz and then we met up with her boyfriend and his friends and brother. it was fun. his friend tyler was really cute. i miss hanging out with liz. we get along really well, we've just...drifted apart. but hopefully that changes, cuz hanging out with her is always great. and we got awesome underwear. they'r pink and say "catholic girls do it better" its amazing. but now i best be going... 'night! Sarah.

Yesterday...All my Troubles seemed so far away!

Ahh Lindsay...I really do appreciate your sudden enthusiasm for blogging twice in one day. Your diligence is quite admirable, lol. I haven't really blogged for awhile, so here is some thrilling news that I'm sure will blow you away...and if it doesn't, it will at least push you down. Well...let's just say, you'll definitely feel a slight breeze. Yeah. Yesterday was such an amazing day. I had gone to bed late the night before because I talked to my friend Bridget on the phone for, like, an hour, which was really nice because I hadn't talked to her in forever. I woke up later than I was supposed to, got ready in a hurry, then went downtown to buy tickets for RENT (which is quite an interesting show, to say the least). Then we went to the mall to kill time before the show, ate two delicious chocolate-chip bagels, and went downtown again in time to find our seats and make sure that no one with a large head sat in front of us. I love seeing shows...honestly, it could be any show, and I could have the time of my life. I'm really glad I went and saw it. Afterwards, we headed to the club for dinner, which is always yummy, then back home to fix my computer and watch my homecoming dress in How to Lose A Guy in Ten Days. Just...perfection of a day, you know? And it wasn't even over! I also got to talk to some of my friends, laugh hysterically, and engage in a war of world domination. Who could have invented such a day? Today, my grandma and cousins left to fly back to Austria. My grandma was really upset...she always gets upset when she has to leave my dad. I'll be seeing them soon, though, I hope. It depends on when we can go see them, or when they can come here again. It all depends on timing. I'm supposed to be cleaning my room right now, which I've been neglecting for hours...ok, days actually...so I suppose I should return to that. I just wanted everyone to know that I think things are going really well. And I hope they stay that way. Me Y You all! Peace, love, and dancing hamsters that sing "Jingle Bells" Natalie

College...

Yes..so I'm babysitting here in this big humungo mansion!!! Seriously the computer I am sitting at is at least a foot or more tall!! Its awesome!!! An the unawesome thing about this den/computer room I am in is that there is this big humungous elk/deer head thing staring at me. It's humungous and mounted on the wall right above my head. Anywho...I babysat here last night if I didnt already mention that in my last blog. (5:45-10:30) So it wasnt that bad and I made $45. puh. So I had to babysit for them again today. They came to pick me up at 2:30 in a Hummer Limo thing. It was absolutely the most amazing limo thing I have ever been in. Light up floor in like five different neon colors, a wavy mirror on the ceiling outlined in red tube light and little windows with colorful martini and wine glasses all over. Oh and did I mention that it was humungo gigantic!! Heh!! So yeah that was cool. And I got here and they will be gone until maybe 4:00 in the morning or later. So here I sit for more than 12 hours. Oh what a great weekend!!! Ahhhhh. Well I wateched the rams game it was m-azing. Yeah Rams!!! Beat those stupid Seahawks!! Oh I love football!! I'm so mad that my dad had to sell his season tickets this year. Hopefully we can get them back next year. The whole vibe downtown before a game is m-azing!! I absolutely adore it!! Well anyway the rest of my night/day has been devoted to the website of Quincy University! I really dont know where my obsession with the school came from. Well actually now that I think about it, it came from good ole Sarah!! (and the college fair at our school earlier this fall) I looked at all of the degrees they offer. I used to think maybe I would want to be a Nurse (and I havent totallly ruled out that possibility quite yet), and then I really wanted to major in psychology and work in some sort of field in psychology (but I dont know), and then there is my other wish to major in communications(journalism) and work for some big magazine writing articles or designing their covers and layouts (Oh that would be awesome) Yeah I think maybe thats it. I want to do something involving creativity (artsy crap). Hmmmm I'lll have to research that. Heh I have time. -Lindsay

You found me

When no one else was looking

How did you know just where I would be

Yeah you broke through all of my confusion

The ups and the downs and you still didn't leave

I guess that you saw what nobody could see

You found me

So here we are

And that's pretty far

When you think of where we've been

No going backI'm fading out

All that has faded me within

You're by my side

Now everything's fineI can believe

I was hiding

Till you came along

And showed me where I belong

You found me

When no one else was looking

How did you know just where I would be

Yeah you broke through all of my confusion

The ups and the downs and you still didn't leave

I guess that you saw what nobody could see

The good and the bad and the things (everything) in between

You found me

Ahhh ha!!!

White Fang!!!!!!!!!!!! That is the movie that I was talking about. It does exist!!! Yes... Natalie, hehhehe.... I'm gonna rent that movie and we are going to watch it. Ha yes..!!! And the next thing I have to say. Lorelai!!! I babysat last night and will babysit again for another 12 hours. And I got so bored last night I pulled a book of baby names, and I wrote down all of my favorites... which I have to say is not to many..... 1. Lorelai Kay 2. Kari Sue 3. Brendan James 4. Andrew Joseph 5. Sydney Yeah Omg guys.... I get so bored babysitting!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhh, so pathetic....!!! Oh yeah, my new favoritest show is Gilmore Girls!!! It is amazing... and I think maybe I got the two girls I babysit hooked on it too, so perhaps we can have a Gilmore Girls marathon tonight!!! YES!!! Cause ya know I'll be there for forever!! There goes the weekend!! But I suppose its not that bad, I get paid 10 dollars an hour.!! So lots of moolah!! Yeah so I g2g get ready to go they are gonna be here in an hour to get me!! -Lindsay And I just thought these were kinda cute proposal things I found... -Convince the local theater to spell out your proposal on their marquee. Phrase it like a film title: "The Love of a Lifetime, starring (insert names here)." -Gather all your friends for a big softball game. Give the outfielders signs that spell your intended's name and, "Will you marry me?" When he or she comes up to bat, signal them to display the signs. Tell your soon-be-fiance that if he or she hits one out of the park, a different kind of diamond awaits him or her! -Take out a full-page ad in a newspaper you know your honey reads daily. Be nearby while they read, lest you miss the look on his or her face! -Tie a red velvet ribbon from one spot in your home to another. Attach little notes recalling perfect moments in your relationship along the way. You wait at the last stop, ring in hand. -Spell your proposal out in glow-in-the-dark star stickers on your ceiling. Get into bed, turn the lights off, and wait for the inevitable gasp. -If it's cold and snowy, build a snowman -- or snowwoman -- and set the ring box in his or her stick arms. -Play Hangman and have the phrase be "Marry Me." I just thought some of those were kinda funny. So enjoy

Quotes from "The Book"

Ladies and gentleman, today is a day for quotes. Enjoy.

"No one can study chemistry and see the wonderful way in which certain elements combine with the nicety of the most delicate machine ever invented, and not come to the inevitable conclusion that there is a Big Engineer who is running this universe." -Thomas Edison

"God is a circle whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere." -Empedocles

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them." -Henry David Thoreau

"It is better to have loved and lost, than not to love at all." -Alfred, Lord Tennyson

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle." -John Watson

"The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears." -John Vance Cheney

"Now I know I've got a heart, 'cause it's breaking." -The Tin Man

"Sometimes I amaze myself. I say this humbly." -Don King

"Courage is grace under pressure." -Ernest Hemingway

"To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are." -Muhammad Ali

Good night all.

Natalie

Dult to Back Pain

yeah theres definately something wrong with my back...it kills...but im going to the doctor friday, thank God. im posting this here cuz i know i will probably lose the paper and i dont want to forget this quote. Sometimes you just have to take the leap and build your wings on the way down. -Kobi Yamada ok so its a quote Barnhart gave us...oh well i like it. -sarah (to all you culturally un-diverse people out there, dult is "death" in German!)

Exactly 1 Year Ago...

so i realize i just blogged, but this hit me and ive gotta get it out. i was just thinking how incredibly different things were exactly a year ago. It's December 3. Which means i spent new years at dana's house, we went to jarred's, the derrick's. the next day/night i also stayed with dana and we went to a movie with danny and jarred. (which i still have the ticket stub to.) and that was the first time id ever done more than just peck on the lips. (wow im a loser. dont laugh.) and then on the 3rd, when i finaly went home, i was at home for about 2 hours when dana called me and her mom came and picked me up to go back over to her house because danny and jarred were there, and my parents didnt know about them yet. and i may have spent the night again? hell i dont even remember. and thats how many weekends went for the next 2 months. friday and saturday nights at dana's house, random boys, (we accumulated quite a few) crazy adventures, and the ritual of fried greasy food when we got home. one night we actually had 5 different boys on their way to get us...man o man. and then came valentine's day, and coronation, and dana and mike. and from then on it was dana and mike, and then me and whatever friend of mike's came with us. nothing ever really happened with those boys, it just makes me look like a whore. (althought im definately NOT...but i swear dana's mom probably thought i was.) and then bad friday, and grouding...and bad saturday, and more grouding. and eventualy the musical, and summer, and dana leaving for michigan. wow. this past new years was spent teaching austrian boys how to virtual bowl. quite different from last years festivites, which included jarred's parentless house, going back to dana's because jarred was his parents' D.D., calling danny, him taking us to derrick's house and us meeting ryan, kyle, [fat] stephanie, and several other girls. wow. ryan is now an ass, kyle is a mean bitch, and well stephanie always was a bitch. so yeah. man o man. oh and yeah dana lives 600 miles away. could things have possible changed any more?

so i havent blogged since last year...haha. ok dumb joke. im done. anyway. things are pretty good. lindsay and i found out some hysterical stuff at lunch today...haha crabs... my new classes are good. i have possibly the best schedule ever. my A and C days are: Chemistry, Acting, Computers, Lettering and Design. how amazing? and B and D days have never been hard. so woo hoo for that. so i cant help but feeling incredibly dumb. i was so worried about christmas break, and everything i thought was going to happen, and none of it did. im incredibly relieved, and yet dissapointed at the same time. i just cant help but feel let down. but i guess i have a right to be...i mean some people just turn into pricks for no reason, right? right. and theres absolutely nothing i can do about that, except stand up and keep going. and thats what im doing, and what i should have done a long time ago. in other news, austrian boys are adorable. joachim and yotar. haha. we taught them how to play virtual bowling. it was hysterical. and we showed them fireworks. picture this people: natalie's mom and me setting off mortars and bottle rockets. haha it was grand. somewhat dangerous, but the dangerous stuff is always the most fun. so thats about it...and its late (well not really but oh well) and im tired. so i best be gettin going... *~SaraH~* PS natalie, i am sure you will do absolutely amazing on ur ACT and SAT. i know you will be incredibly nervous, and im here if/when you need me for support. but if it helps any, i believe in you so much! i love you girlie!

Going Back

First day back...always a thrill. The day started off pretty well, with a longer homeroom and lit class. I was highly annoyed in french class, to tell the truth; after how annoying that exam was, I have a low tolerance level in that class. I was able to finish Jane Eyre from all the reading time I got in French and in U.S. history. Ahh....and the delights of having a seat change and getting to sit in the back of the pre-cal class! It won't do a lot to help my concentration in there, but at least I will be able to sleep/read/do other homework in there in peace. Ehh another not-so-cool thing about today...I was supposed to go to cheerleading practice after school, but I had to miss it because my mom needed me to pick up Nikki from school. Leebs was understanding, but only because of how I act in cheerleading. It's a long story, really, about the different personalities I have for different aspects of life. Everyone has them really. I guess that sometimes it may be hard for people to reconcile two different ideas about the same person into one being, but for me, I suppose people will have to make do. Which will explain why one of my friends thinks that I have a certain quality (one that I employ during cheerleading, mainly because I don't care) when I don't at all. But as that sounds extremely vague, I suppose I'll move on to other things.

I'm kind of excited about seeing my new classes tomorrow; granted, both of my new classes are religion ones, but I also switch study halls, and now Joe has study hall at the same time as me. Also, I finally have a lunch with Lindsay! It will be on D days, but honestly...there has never been a year when I haven't had a lunch with her. And there hasn't been a year in which I haven't had a class with Sarah. What is this world coming to? I tell you.

One thing I am not looking forward to is getting back into the whole homework blahness schedule. Christmas break was so amazingly relaxing. I loved the feeling of peace, and the fact that I wasn't stressed about anatomy tests or exams or anything. I had so much time to actually have time to myself; I got to read, and watch Gilmore Girls, and be with my family and friends, with nothing preventing me from being totally focused on happiness. That usually only ever comes during the summer, but this break was really great.

On a completely different note -- college. Well wow...there is so much to think about, all about the ACT and the SAT and all...wow...I am really nervous. I'm taking the ACT in February and the SAT (the new one worth 2400 points instead of 1600, complete with a new essay section) in March, and to tell the truth, I am scared out of my wits. I really with all my heart want to get into two places. Please don't laugh, but I have been busting my butt since, umm, forever to get into them, and I'm still really apprehensive that the Board of Admissions people will look at my transcripts and application and laugh. And then they won't just send back a normal rejection letter, oh no, it will be a ridiculing letter making fun of my pathetic achievements. Actually, I'm not afraid of that at all, but I am afraid of not getting in. And as stupid as this may sound, I would do anything to get into Columbia and Yale. And not Columbia in Missouri, either. Don't get me started on the difference. But I suppose I started this rant just to say that I reallllly need to do well on the ACT and SAT in order to get in, and I'm afraid that I won't.

That's enough of that, though. No more doubt for today. I just get worried sometimes that everything I've worked for will amount to nothing one day. I don't think that I could take that.

Well that's all for tonight. Thanks for reading. Heh that was my longest blog in a while! I feel accomplished. Good night all! Eat chocolate.

God...the chocolate industry should pay me for all of the advertising I do for them.

YNatalieY

Yeah 2005!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, so its 2005!!! woo hoo, how exciting. So 2004 was an interesting year, thats for sure. A lot of new expieriences happened during 2004. A lot of heart break, and a lot of love. It was for sure a year to be remembered. So yeah thats 2004 for you. Last night was a lot of fun. I am the bowling champion!! oh yeah!! Joe's game is a blast. I love it. And I think the austrain boys liked it a lot too. Well I'm exhausted and I think I'm gonna go read or do something. So I'll write later maybe. -Lindsay