misc. thoughts for you.

Hi.

I'm still painting you know.

I did a good deal with the snow day we had today.

I also played a lot of Animal Crossing.

The flea market in my town was Sunday;

I went back in time for it.

This got me thinking about tag sales.

I really like tag sales. I can't wait for spring and summer.

It's not like I'm in a hurry for winter to leave,

I really like winter. But autumn's my favorite, no doubt.

I need glasses.

This isn't like,

I took a sporadic trip to the optometrist's and they were like,

'Kid, get yourself some spectacles.'

It's more like,

I can't see.

And I've known I can't see

for a good while now.

And I want to kind of sort of

fix that and do something about it?

So. I needz them. And I wantz them because

I needz them, and that's all there is to it.

I'm actually looking forward

to seeing things more clearly.

Is that weird?

The other day Cookie asked me

if I had seen the new naruto manga

on the television, if I'm not mistaken,

and I turned it around

and asked him

if he was only asking me this

because he thought I was asian,

when I know that he knows I'm not,

hell, he's probably the only boy

I've met that hasn't gone to elementary school with me

or known me all their life to pronounce my last name correctly.

ANYWAY.

I asked him this

in response to his question,

and he actually looked taken aback

that I'd ask such a thing of him

and he ended the conversation with

stating my full name outloud.

That was it.

Then we started talking

about something else.

But then I just felt bad

because it was only a joke

and not even offensive to him

or myself, or anyone else for that matter,

because I'm often mistaken for being asian,

when I personally don't think I look

the slightest bit asian,

and just. I don't know!

It was a joke.

The only reason someone might take me for asian

other than looking at me is because it's my flucking

ethnicity or whatever on flucking,

myspace.

AND THAT'S A JOKE TOO

because of all the reasons

I just made clear above.

I'm just a big joke.

It honestly didn't bother me this bad at the time.

Writing about it now sort of sparked some

hidden emotion I guess.

I think it's telling me

I should kiddingly joke less often.

I am finally finished with my monstrosity of a coil pot.

I don't even know what I'm going to do with it.
It's like an umbrella holder for christ's sake.

Three coats of milky way glaze.

I am so essciiitedddd.

I also finished my robot in the same class period.

He's a beaut as well. I really like him.

I'm going to paint all his little bolts after he's glazed.

Mia transfers into my ceramics class next week!

I am also, very very excited.

I also enjoy being greeted by

cut-out photos of

Prince and a naked Kevin Barnes

stuck to my locker on school day mornings.

Bruce Springsteen is on the way, meelz.

Tomorrow I hang with Canadian FAM

since they're arriving for my grandma's birthday

which is on superbowl sunday.

I have to clean my room right now.

I gained a total of 9 subscribers on youtube

this past weekend, btw.

weiiiirdddd.

Okay!

I'm going to clean up a bit

have my nightly cup of tea

chill, and go to bed early.

Have a terrific night.

xx

Dis mai finger:

mhm

wtf

I thought I

wasn't

one of those kids

who can't get used

to writing the new year

on their papers.

I talked with Mia about this

not too long ago and how

neither of us

have had any

trouble writing

2009

and now

I'm throwing away

all my work from

last semester

and on the few papers I have

from the beginning of this month

2008 is written

on the majority of them.

wtf

and there's a leaf in this entry

for no reason at all.

AND

looking at it now,

it seems like

the palette

for my blog, currently.

AND

fleet foxes for the mega win.

xx

1/20/09

A celebration all day.

My eyes have never

been more glued to

a television screen

than they were today.

I'm so happy. So happy.

I hope you're doing

Fantastic.

xx

1/18/09

Today I looked like this.

It snowed quite a bit.
But it was that kind of
Continuous snow
Throughout the entire day
So that whenever you looked out the window
It was still going,
Pretty-ing
All the barren
‘tree arms’.
I learned today
That ‘tree arms’
Are what I used to call
Tree branches.
My mom decided yesterday
That we’d find all our old
Home movies
And watch them all,
Re-labeling
And re-organizing
So that we can transfer them
From VHS tapes
To DVDs.
This saddens me
A whole lot,
Because I’ve always loved
VHS tapes,
I grew up using them
Like every other kid my age,
And I feel like transferring them
To DVDs is somehow erasing
A part of my childhood
When I know it’s really not,
It just feels that way.
So we have a portable TV
Given to us by my grandma’s
Ex-boyfriend who was a clown,
Hooked up in our kitchen.
And it’s really comforting
To hear my mom’s soothing voice
From ten years prior
echoing in sync
with her laughter now while
playing back tapes
of her kids ‘being silly’
and carefree and just
being children.

So I had been
Out of the loop
For far too long
And decided to watch the
Back to the Future trilogy
Today
And really
Really
Liked it.
I cleaned my room as well
And played Simpson’s Clue
With my brother and cousin
And played with my cat
Who’s really worrying me lately.
Tomorrow I’m going to
Do my religion midterm project
And maybe study for spanish
And review for history
(Although I doubt I will),
And I’ll finally sketch out
The second half of the foreground
For my painting
And hopefully start working on that
By the end of the night.

I’m so excited
For the inauguration
I could pee everywhere.
I was thinking Tuesday would be
A regular school day,
And that I’d be in ceramics when
The ceremony would start
So I might’ve had a chance to actually watch it
But then I remembered that Tuesday
Is our E and F midterm,
So I’ll most likely miss
The beginning of the inauguration.
I read the letter
Obama wrote to his daughters
Today.
To put it simply, it was beautiful.
This is going to sound weird to say,
But I’m looking forward to finally
Being proud of my country again.
Yep.
Well,
I’ve got myself a glass of apple juice
And some warm socks on my feet
And a sleepy mind,
So I’m probably going
To go to bed in a bit.
Hope you’re as happy as can be.
Talk to you soon.
xx
elise

crackle

crunch.

It sounds like there's a party in my kitchen.

But there's no party.
Second night in a row
sitting in my bedroom
with a pounding headache
and a cup of tea.
Today was the beginning
of midterm week.
I'm not ready, I know it.
But I'm not worried in the least.




My schedule lately includes:
Waking up
School
Bringing my friends home
Painting
Homework
Painting
A little sleep




I'm so glad
I don't get migranes anymore.
Those were the absolute worst.
In Canada, one of my relatives told me
That they've never had a migrane.
I think that's pretty lucky.



Lately I've been listening to
Interpol and
Say Hi to Your Mom.
I've been enjoying that.


I'm planning on surprising you
with photos I've taken
of the progression I've made
in my first 'real' painting.
I'm not telling you what it is.
S'kind of weird.
I don't know where the idea
came from but
I like how it's turning out.
I don't know why I never
painted before.
My dad painted,
my uncle painted,
and I found out on
New Year's my cousin
Luiz paints
wicked
sick.


I'm excited for reading.
I have so many new books
books, from the Christmas
before the most recent
that I haven't even read.
Like I said,
I'm excited.


Thanks Meelz for showing me
Garden State.
It was just
one of those movies
that you keep thinking about
days after days of already watching it,
wondering what the characters are up to,
how they chillin'.

I apologise if this entry
seems to jump around
from topic to topic
but I feel like this is how
my entries are going to be from now on
or at least how they will be
when I decide to sort of blog
with a headache distracting me.
What a foolish thing to do.
Blog with a headache.
K, I'm going toooo
paint.
xx