10/30/09

Hi. I think this is the greatest photo ever. The one above, the greatest. Ever. Above, greatest. Ever. I've been so fascinated by tattoos lately. I have an abundance of photos saved, so I figured I might as well rid of them and conserve space by posting them here. I just think they're interesting:

Some people are so creative. Some of these are so cool I considered copying them. Some of these are temporary tattoos. Okay only one, and it's the last one. Still awesome. That's all!

Hey, it's my birthday.

Well, it still is if I post this before midnight, that is. Anyway, hello. This has been quite the long week for me, I must say. Wednesday night Mia's brother Alex picked up Sam and I and brought us to the bowling alley to surprise Mia for her birthday. Jimmy Mazz and Kim were there too, and we all went to Primavera afterward to celebrate. I gave Mia a pogo stick, not just from me but from all her peelz.

Last night Kara, Brianna, Mia and I all went out to 99 as a sort of joint-birthday party for Mia again and for myself. We ate some foodz, and went to the dollar store, and gamestop, and stop and shop, and iparty.. So much fun, I love that plaza. Mia bought me this snazzy jerkin' sweater at the dollar store, it has a moon and a falcon on it. We all went to my house afterward and chatted over ice cream cake and presents at my kitchen table, my dad was being so goofy.

And today I went to church for the first time in maybe a month, visited my abuelito who turns 94 tomorrow, and went out to dinner with my entire family including my grandma and Frank. We went to Primavera, I couldn't resist. And it made my dad happy, he's friends with the owners, they sponsor the radio station or something. We went back to my house for cake once more and laughed a lot over tea and cookies. My mom got me this really pretty gold bracelet with a glass blowed heart charm on it, so cute. And my grandma got me this awesome little crystal piece of a cake or cupcake or somethingerother. I can't really tell what it is, but it has little rubies all over it. Also, so cute. And I got maybe 120 dollars in total, counting cards from Canadian family and such.

I forgot to mention that Mia bought me a grey thermal shirt with buttons on it and a purple/teal/red/several other colors button up sweater from savers. Brianna made me this wicked awesome green/yellow/purple/teal bracelet which I am never taking off, ever. And Kara bought me a very multi-colored pull-over and a second sweater that looks a lot like a winter hat I bought at that liquidation sale downtown, once. Both from savers. I LOVE YOU GUYS, SEEING AS HOW I KNOW YOU'RE ALL READING THIS SINCE ALL WE TALKED ABOUT AT DINNER WAS HOW WE READ EACH OTHER'S BLOGS. Geeks. (And I wish Sam could have made it :[ )

Alright! Enough about that, I wanted to show you guys the Wild Thing's project Booooooom's been having for the past few days (weeks?) on their site. It's probably one of the best internet projects I've ever come across, I can't get enough. They basically asked whoever wanted to participate to make a fort however they pleased, to mail in a photo of said fort, and that a winner will be chosen for the best fort. Here are a few of my favorite photos:

Oh man. I'm far too sleepy to go on. And it seems it's already the 12th. Let the unbirthdays begin. Alrightie, I'm off to dreamland, hopefully not of THIS MAN ( thisman.org ), but of less disturbing things. Like ribbons and tropical fish.

(continuation - 10:44 AM)

Well I can't say that any of my dreams last night were realistic, just plain strange. I don't want to talk about it. Um, if you want to follow the Wild Thing's project or just check out any of the other photos Booooooom's posted so far you can click heeere (and skim through the similar posts as well):

http://www.booooooom.com/2009/10/05/where-the-wild-things-are-wild-things-forts-contest/

(continuation - 11:09 PM)

Haha, I've been wanting to get around to posting this all day! But I was at Mia's for most of the afternoon, which was very fun by the way. We're working on a project for English class where we have to make Igbo tribal masks, and we papier mache'ed (..sp?) each other's faces, it was great. I'm skipping play practice yet again tomorrow to go over her house so we can finish this thing. I think it's going to turn out so stellar, even if our masks look a little creepy so far.

Aren't we beautiful? More tomorrow.

Couldn't find that photograph. This is all I came up with.

10/03/09

Hi, I just wanted to tell you that I've changed my halloween plans. Kara's mom ordered me a shark costume since their car is beach themed for the trunk or treat we're going to. So I'm psyched about that, the costume is radical to say the least. As for school I had planned on being the mad hatter, but I decided to switch and be pocahontas instead. I mean, I still want to be the mad hatter in the future, but you have to have just the right attire to pull that one off, and to actually be recognized as that character. The blazer I got doesn't really comply to that, and Jack told me he's been searching for the perfect top hat for ages and still hasn't found one. So, I figured pocahontas wouldn't be too difficult since I look like her anyway, and it gives me an excuse to purchase some mocs as well. I was pocahontas once as a kid, I cried because my mom made me wear makeup. I was just searching for the photographs, but I haven't found any yet. When I do I'll be sure to post them here. For now I figured I'd post this little girl's photo. How cute is she?

09/21/09

Hi, I didn't go to school today. I made tea and a bagel with strawberry cream cheese (new favorite thing ever) for breakfast, and a grilled cheese with some minestrone soup for lunch. My mom had another job interview today. Money's tight lately. I kind of wish I had gone to school, I realized when I awoke that I missed out on pinwheels for peace. From what I've been told it's not a huge deal but I would've liked to have gone out for it, it was real foggy this morning. I plan on biking over there later to check it out.

Did I tell you I tried out for the school play? We're doing And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, and I'm an understudy for some unidentified part. I'm pleased with being an understudy, I'm not all that good at acting and its a small cast anyhow. But hey Brianna's Mrs. Rogers! This way I'll get to spend more time with her at rehearsals after school every day, since we don't have any classes together this year. I have the book And Then There Were None, I think I'm going to start reading it tonight.

I had so much trouble last night coming up with my myth for DeCoteau's class. I kept going back to fireflies and spiders, but in the end I chose whales. So that's what I'm doing, a myth about whales, and why they have such strange mating calls. Solid idea, I think so. I spent most of my morning youtubing whale calls and googling pictures of beluga whales. I think I'm forming a soft spot for belugas to be quite honest. I can't get over how cute they are.









I saw 500 Days of Summer at the theaters with Kara the other night, and I'll admit it didn't live up to my expectations. It was decent to say the least, but I ended up despising Summer's character, which made it difficult to enjoy the film over all. Just like Peace Like A River.. I didn't particularly care for Reuben, the narrator, and that kind of zoned me out from liking the story in general. But yeah, Summer was fucking annoying and totally ruined Tom, not for life of course since the story had to end on a somewhat uplifting note but, man. She disappointed me. And I really like Zooey Dechanel! I guess you could say she did a good job playing an awful character, enough to make me like her less, even though I know that's not true and that I just wasn't fond of the role she played. Joseph Gordon-Levitt though, boy is he a heartthrob. So my choice of meat. Okay we're stopping there before I make anymore a fool of myself. (One last note, doesn't he look like cheekychen with a little scruff on 'im? I think so.)


I've been so into Portugal. The Man recently, particularly Church Mouth. God that album is good, Shade is definitely my favorite track. And Johnny Gourley's not too bad to look at either. Why am I such a girl? I've also been listening to Ricky Turner's gĕullah non-stop. That was actually the last album played before my ipod broke when I was walking home from school the other day. I really like The Earth, His Banner, and Father's House. I can't stop singing 'em. You can download it here:

http://www.filefactory.com/file/ag9h46d/n/g_ullah_zip

Still don't know what I'm going to do about my ipod.. It refuses to cooperate, and that makes me very sad. I've also taken up Bloc again, I lost them for a while there. I've been listening to the last half of A Weekend In The City particularly since I feel like I don't know it as well as I do the first half, which is a strange feeling since I'm a definite album listener compared to a song listener. Anyway. I'm really looking forward to the new Lightspeed Champion, I saw Devonte comment on a video of his the other day that two new albums are in the works. I've yet to purchase Chris Garneau's El Radio and Portugal.'s Satanic Satanist but I'm getting to it! And! Mia just informed me today of Devendra Banhart's latest album being released on the 27th of October. Also, quite exciting.







Hm.. What else to go on about incessantly.. I started played Ocarina of Time again. I've gotten a lot better, it's such a fantastic game. I find myself listening to Team Teamwork after every time I play and I think it's becoming a bit of a problem. My itunes and internet weren't working this morning and I was just about writhing on the floor without ma Busta Rhymes set to the Gerudo Valley theme. I don't know why, because it's honestly not all that good. Like it's clever and all, but I don't know. THX DEREK PEELZ, even though I know he doesn't read this. I wonder who does read this. It's pretty embarrassing actually. In fact, just about everything I do internet-wise is embarrassing. My myspace, my facebook, my youtube. My youtube especially, jeez. Why am I so self-concious of how I present myself via internet? Because I sure as hell don't care what people think of me in real life. Le sigh. Enough of this.





All photos except the beluga photo are courtesy of booooooom.com so I suggest you check it out, s'probably one of my favorite sites evar. I actually follow them on facebook and blogger, so get to it.

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You know you go to catholic school when there are sticky notes proclaming that you're "wonderful" and "beautiful" stuck to the flush handles and soap dispensers in the school bathroom.

09/05/09

Hello. School's begun, here's my sched-juhluh:


A - Religion 2 - Mr. Anziano
B - World History 2 - Mrs. Tenerowicz
C - Hon. Chemistry - Ms. Mariani
D - Spanish 2 - Ms. Callahan

E - Intro Art 1 - Ms. Morrisino

F - Hon. English 2 - Mr. DeCoteau
G - H Math2/Al2/Geo - Mr. House


Surprisingly, religion looks promising this year. Curious, I know, me enjoying anything halfway Catholic, but Mr. A defines what it means to be a 'pretty chill guy' and I know Ryan loved having him as a teacher, so I'm really looking forward to that class. Ms. T (Why Ms.?) is so quickly becoming a favorite teacher of mine, I can feel it in ma bonez. She's such an easily likeable person, the more you get to know her the more you wish you knew her. Her energy and wit are to die for, lest I forget to mention her chunky necklaces and urge to call you "dear" with every chance she gets. Ugh, so cool. I can't say much about Ms. Mariani yet, I don't think she's quite her teaching self yet since she's chair glued due to some infected toe nonsense. Sounds weird, but she said she doesn't believe in teaching from behind a desk, yet that's all she's capable of as of right now seeing as how she's not allowed on her feet. Eh, we'll see. Senora Callahan is so one of those teachers you had as a little kid and loved like a second mother. She's all about warm smiles and organization and dressing cute for her job. Her voice is sick too, very smooth-sounding and sweet. I like her so far, she's also my homeroom teacher. Ms. Morrisino's stylin' as ever, running the art department like it's nobody's business. I feel art class is going to be much more consistent and.. demanding? than ceramics was last year since we have actual set projects planned out and sketches due every week. It'll be fun all the same I'm sure, there's some interesting people in that class. Mr. DeCoteau. What more need be said. I drew a picture of him for my mom so she could get the full-effect, but it didn't compare in the least to meeting him in person. Mia says his hair and belly are her favorite parts about him, but his monotone voice and electric slide walk take the cake for me. I feel like he doesn't get the credit he deserves as a teacher, most say he's a pushover, but I think he's very intelligent in a nonchalant sort of way. He really liked my definition of culture, took it word for word and made it the class definition in fact, haha. And finally, Mr. House. What a cute dad! Not sure why I think of him as a cute dad compared to a cute teacher, but that's all I think of when I see him. His whole family is adorable, regardless. He likes to talk, a lot, and sure does love his math, boy. I really like him too, that class should be fun.


Well! Now that you know what I think of all my teachers, how about checkin' out this wicked sick photo of a basking shark?

Heh? Heeeeh? How about that. So cool, right? I wish I watched more of shark week when it was on :[

Ryan and Sean set up the N64 last week and have been playing lots of OoT and Majora's Mask lately. I love watching them play, I become so absorbed even as a spectator. And Koji Kondo is pure genius, no doubt about that. Agh, lahve eet.

I found my Lemmings CD a few weeks back and learned how to play it on my computer using a DOSbox, so happy about that. My dad found me the manual with all the level passwords up to level 49 too, so if I ever feel like cheating, I can! >:D
Also I woke up this morning to the Jehovah Witnesses, with the Pokémon theme stuck in my head, so I downloaded it BTjunkie style and have been listening to it on repeat for quite a while.. I found all my Pokémon cards the other day, too. So. Many. Fluck Pikacku, nobody ever liked you.

That's better.
Man, I had some weird dream last night. Something about a pet hamster eating all my butterfingers then freezing to death in an avalanche somewhere in Colarado.. His body, encased in an ice cube, was served on a silver platter that night at dinner, and my whole family, including Ricky Turner and Lukky, were in hysterics laughing when the hamster was put in front of me. And just as I started to bawl my eyes out the Ghost Busters and Gregory Peck from Roman Holiday busted down the gold doors of the crazy dining room we were all in, and demanded to see my passport. Then Ryan was wearing the sweater my aunt Guedelia saved from Steiger's and gave to me, and I got really mad at him for stretching it out that I slapped him and made him sing me some Shania Twain song. It was strange.



I was just going through my phone, deleting unnecessary pictures and videos and decided to go through what was left of the notes I save on there. I'm just going to delete them all since I need a new phone anyway, but here's a list of what seems to be important to me, or at least enough to make a note of it in my phone:

The name Berry
Grace Jones = Janelle Monáe
Brownsugar Oatmeal
Bulletproof Vests
Flying Things
Sleeping Lessons
My cousin Danny DeVito
Fungus Lovers

Hm.
Hey I just remembered I took a picture of that sweater my aunt Guedelia gave me to show Mia:

And here's another sweater, given to me by Wilma. It has shoulder pads.