i think i am plagued with the inability to sleep on Christmas Eve. it didn't even FEEL like Christmas Eve and it still took me like 2.5 hours to go to sleep. and i woke up at 5... geeeeeez. but anyways. then we did the general "kids come downstairs and we all open presents thing." and we were done by 7:30. wow. my big present was money (love it). and there were socks, scarves, hats, etc, to go along.
after all this i got dressed. we had two more Christmases (each set of Grandparents).
okay i know there was a reason i wrote all of this down for you... but right now i'm just not sure what it is.
so anyway. i leave for KC with Philip on Sunday. here's the guest list: Shelby Churchman, Kaitlyn Lassalle, Molly McGuirt, Joy Metz, Jessica Metz, Sara Lague, Philip Lee, Marcus Brinkman, Garrett Marcantel, and sombody named JC whom i do not know... i don't think you know how excited i am. so, because i love packing oh so very much (but, really, i do. i LOVEEEE it :]]]), i pulled out my large, green, North Face duffel today, piled stuff on top of it, and made a wal-mart list.
yeah this is all really boring. so i'm going to go start 17 Again and lounge in these really really really really really amazing new fleece pants from REI and shweeet snowflake knee socks.
deuces.
12.25.2009
12.21.2009
booksssss.
i really love to read. but during school i just seem to forget how much i love reading--probably due the lack of time and desire to read after my homework is finished.
i woke up today with the incredible urge to go to the library. so i did. and i came home with four books (a bit ambitious for the break, i know). the books are incredibly varied, and i'm really excited about all of them...
1. someday this pain will be useful to you by Peter Cameron [this is kind of a teen angst novel, but not. it's high-level (uses bigger and more complicated words and sentences than most books found in the Young Adult fiction) and has been compared to Catcher in the Rye. so far, it's great]
2. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe [this is a classic. i could have read it for extra credit this semester but did not get the chance to. i still wanted to read it though, so i got it... call me a nerd.]
3. Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiani [every series of books needs an easy-read teen novel. it's about a girl who has to move from NYC to a boarding school in Indiana. "I saw a full moon over a pristine lake, and I met a boy and I didn't panic, and he kissed me three times, and I laughed and I had fun and I danced. In Indiana!" precious, no? yes.]
4. garbage by A.R. Ammons [this is a poem (a 120-page-long poem) that i have started reading before but never got around to finishing. i really love it, though. and i do want to finish it.]
i must be crazy to want to read all these over my four-week break from school...
i woke up today with the incredible urge to go to the library. so i did. and i came home with four books (a bit ambitious for the break, i know). the books are incredibly varied, and i'm really excited about all of them...
1. someday this pain will be useful to you by Peter Cameron [this is kind of a teen angst novel, but not. it's high-level (uses bigger and more complicated words and sentences than most books found in the Young Adult fiction) and has been compared to Catcher in the Rye. so far, it's great]
2. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe [this is a classic. i could have read it for extra credit this semester but did not get the chance to. i still wanted to read it though, so i got it... call me a nerd.]
3. Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiani [every series of books needs an easy-read teen novel. it's about a girl who has to move from NYC to a boarding school in Indiana. "I saw a full moon over a pristine lake, and I met a boy and I didn't panic, and he kissed me three times, and I laughed and I had fun and I danced. In Indiana!" precious, no? yes.]
4. garbage by A.R. Ammons [this is a poem (a 120-page-long poem) that i have started reading before but never got around to finishing. i really love it, though. and i do want to finish it.]
i must be crazy to want to read all these over my four-week break from school...
12.17.2009
ha. ha.
currently listening to: Regina Spektor radio (yes, still). favorite songs from today "True Affections" by The Blow an "Folding Chair" by Regina Spektor.
okay i'm pretty sure this blog is my favorite means of procrastination...
i took an english exam earlier today. my teacher told us "this easy exam is a reward for all of your hard work this semester." so ptl for that, right? right. ummm i also got my PSAT score back today: it dropped one point. earlier this year, my mom said she would give me $100 if i brought it up. which is very uncharacteristic, but hey, i wasn't complaining... but it dropped. blahhh. haha. oh well. my ACT will get me scholarships.
finally, finals. i have my two hard finals tomorrow. i've been studying basically since like 2. i'm dyinggg. i've never studied this much. ever before in my life. ever.
okay i just needed a break. i'm going to start working again. see you guyses lata.
okay i'm pretty sure this blog is my favorite means of procrastination...
i took an english exam earlier today. my teacher told us "this easy exam is a reward for all of your hard work this semester." so ptl for that, right? right. ummm i also got my PSAT score back today: it dropped one point. earlier this year, my mom said she would give me $100 if i brought it up. which is very uncharacteristic, but hey, i wasn't complaining... but it dropped. blahhh. haha. oh well. my ACT will get me scholarships.
finally, finals. i have my two hard finals tomorrow. i've been studying basically since like 2. i'm dyinggg. i've never studied this much. ever before in my life. ever.
okay i just needed a break. i'm going to start working again. see you guyses lata.
12.15.2009
Regina Spektor
you know those posts that are short and really aren't that interesting? this is one of those posts...
i've been almost obsessed with Regina Spektor radio on Pandora. Regina Spektor, the Beatles, Feist, Ingrid Michaelson, Kate Nash, Coldplay... i'm convinced this is what is getting me through finals week (and online traffic school, ew).
i've been almost obsessed with Regina Spektor radio on Pandora. Regina Spektor, the Beatles, Feist, Ingrid Michaelson, Kate Nash, Coldplay... i'm convinced this is what is getting me through finals week (and online traffic school, ew).
12.12.2009
on my lips
i'm not a songwriter. i've written one before it was bogus. but i really needed to give it a shot tonight. i don't know why. i just felt that urge...
on my lips
sometimes i feel i'm falling
but i know you'll catch me
sometimes i feel like crawling
you always bring me to my feet
sometimes i feel like crying
and you're always there
sometimes i feel i'm dying
but i know you care
i need you now
yes, i need you now
on my own, i am nothing
i need you to mold me
all i know is you are something
completely pure and holy
when i feel so far away
i know that you will hear me
when i can't find the words to say
you are still near me
i need you now,
yes i need you now
come save me, come free me
from affliction's grip
when i'm drowning in the ocean
your name is on my lips
and i need you
and i need you
and i need you now
E A2 C#m7 B
C#m7 A E B
on my lips
sometimes i feel i'm falling
but i know you'll catch me
sometimes i feel like crawling
you always bring me to my feet
sometimes i feel like crying
and you're always there
sometimes i feel i'm dying
but i know you care
i need you now
yes, i need you now
on my own, i am nothing
i need you to mold me
all i know is you are something
completely pure and holy
when i feel so far away
i know that you will hear me
when i can't find the words to say
you are still near me
i need you now,
yes i need you now
come save me, come free me
from affliction's grip
when i'm drowning in the ocean
your name is on my lips
and i need you
and i need you
and i need you now
E A2 C#m7 B
C#m7 A E B
12.10.2009
no no no.
i am incredibly frustrated right now. because i just spent at least two hours gathering information and typing an introduction to the final essay in my HOD project only to have microsoft word crash, causing me to lose it all. i really am just ready to get this over with. today marked the one-month anniversary of the beginning of the project. i'm over it, to say the least.
kay. back to writing.
kay. back to writing.
12.09.2009
"for You alone are worthy, for You alone are worthy, for You alone are worthy Christ the Lord..."
tonight, in an acoustic, coffee-house setting i was left alone in my thoughts. we sang those words over and over. the beauty of dozens of teenagers taking a break from studies and whatever else is going on in their lives to worship our Savior amazes me. but that song isn't what got to me... we sang "Be Near" by Shane and Shane. i almost lost it. you know those songs that make you cry every time you hear them? yeah, Be Near is that song for me. i don't even really know what was going through my head, other than the simple thoughts of God's incredible love for us--something i often take for granted. i really don't know why i'm telling you this, or even where it is going, but i guess i feel like i just needed to vent a little bit. i really don't even know.
tonight, in an acoustic, coffee-house setting i was left alone in my thoughts. we sang those words over and over. the beauty of dozens of teenagers taking a break from studies and whatever else is going on in their lives to worship our Savior amazes me. but that song isn't what got to me... we sang "Be Near" by Shane and Shane. i almost lost it. you know those songs that make you cry every time you hear them? yeah, Be Near is that song for me. i don't even really know what was going through my head, other than the simple thoughts of God's incredible love for us--something i often take for granted. i really don't know why i'm telling you this, or even where it is going, but i guess i feel like i just needed to vent a little bit. i really don't even know.
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