Another MeMe

August 21, 2009 at 11:46 am (Random, Skating)
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I got this from Lindsey, Sophie’s classmate.

1. What time did you get up this morning?
Miss B. is working welcome week, so we had to get up at 8:30. That’s actually late for me… I don’t have skating this week and I’m used to getting up at 3:30am!

2. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
I have not been to a cinema here. The only people who ever get to go to movies are Kit-Kat! I want to see My Sister’s Keeper… but not with anyone else. Too many questions… And The Time Traveler’s Wife looks good; MB said it was really true to the book.

3. What is your favorite TV show?
Grey’s Anatomy. It’s bad…

4. What is your favorite dessert?
anything with apples… like cinnamon apples, apple pie a la mode, etc…

5. Favorite sandwich?
any panini. right now, I’m really loving reubens!

6. Favorite item of clothing?
Oh right now, Hope’s NYC sweatshirt that I’ve kind-of stolen. We’re not going to see her until October, so why not? Otherwise, my skates of course!

7. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would
you go?
I go a lot of places for skating…but I don’t really get to tour or anything. Probably London.

8. Morning or night person?
I have to be a morning person because I am a skater…

9. Any Pets?
None

10. Texting or IMing?
I don’t really like either. I text a lot though because it’s convenient with skating. But I don’t like when people send chain texts and stuff.

11. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share with us?
I have a great new sweatshirt! Um…jk…it’s not really mine…

12. What did you want to be when you were little?
A doctor

13. How are you today?
Well-rested. Ready to move people in…

14. What is your favorite candy?
Not Kit-Kats for sure. I’d say Twix.

15. What are you listening to right now?
Regina Spektor, which Sam is kind-of mad about…but I LOVE HER! AND… Ingrid’s new CD comes out the 25th!!! SO EXCITED!!!!!!

16. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Light blue… like snow :)

17. Favorite restaurant?
Panera by far

18. Summer or winter?
Winter

19. Hugs or Kisses?
Hugs, and cheek kisses (OH SKATING)

20. What is under your bed?
Oh, wait! I DON’T HAVE A BED! That’s right! Miss B. ran out of space, so me and every doll after me do not have a bed or a room! This is a major fail. Under MB’s bed? Extra bathroom supplies, suitcases, books in a shelf thing, and printer paper.

21. What are you afraid of?
Nothing really. Nothing I would tell the grand online world…

22. How many towns/cities have you lived in?
Just one, until I moved to OWT. Now I’ve lived in 3: Omaha, a town near Cleveland OH, and Kennebunk, ME

23. hearts or stars?
stars

24. Most embarassing moment?
odd questions…

25. Favorite genre of movies?
Action

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Preview!

July 2, 2009 at 11:41 pm (Friends)
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So we’re actually falling-asleep-tired, but I just thought I’d share some exciting news as a “preview” for my next entry. I’ll have pics tomorrow. Miss B. read an online tutorial (I’ll give the link tomorrow too) on how to curl hair, because she has straight hair and doesn’t know how to deal with those of us who have curly hair. So Sierra has been begging to get her hair restyled, but Miss B. didn’t know how to do it until now. She spent about an hour doing it tonight. (Maybe that’s why she’s so tired?!) And Sierra looks amazing!! I have to say, Sierra has been so nice to me since the moment I came here, and she’s just downright fun to be around. Tomorrow I’m going to take my round 3 LMPT picture too (I know I was supposed to stay on top of things and get them done way ahead of time…but we hadn’t got the logistics for this one figured out yet. We still haven’t really got it figured out, but we figure we’ll run with it). At the moment we’re having a sleepover. And yes, Harper is invited. I had to, because she was in the room at the time. She and Miss B. are really close and they seriously have unspoken conversations. Sam is really close to Miss B. too, maybe even more so, but they don’t discuss things in secret in front of other people. They just joke around and pretend to hate each other, which is funny. The secrecy drives me nuts. Anyway, Sierra joined us because she’d been hanging out with Hope, who’s downstairs trying to deal with Baby-Ruthie. Hopefully Emily will help her now that Sierra’s joined us. There isn’t any more room in Miss B.’s room for any more of our sleeping bags unless we don’t want to all face each other, so Sierra’s just going to have to share with someone for now. Also, Sam is playing guitar. She’s actually really good at it. She’s playing a bunch of Meiko stuff, which makes me extremely happy.

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Relaxing

June 2, 2009 at 4:03 pm (College, Friends, My Lovely Life, Skating)
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Sorry I haven’t updated in awhile, but there is truly nothing going on. Besides skating practice, skating practice, and skating practice. But really, what else is new in life? I have a doctor here too, who is not as cool as Dr. Kolberts but will do for the short times I stay in OH. Who knows if I will even be here next summer, if I’m off doing some internship thing…? Anyway, once we got home and unpacked from our 15-hour drive from good old Omaha, we all changed into casual summer clothes and went downstairs to hang out with some other OWT girls. I have to say, I am getting along really well with most of them. I doubted I would, but they are all really accepting and nice. I really like Kira; she’s going to be a college junior next year and is a ton of fun.

One of us is thinking about entering the Little Miss Playthings Contest this year. We’re not sure who yet. Hope really wants to do it but Sam thinks I should. Honestly I don’t see why – okay, I do think I’m a bit photogenic, but some of the themes seem a little daunting. Like “Lines”. I am not a photographer! And “Heroes” – I don’t really have one. But it would be a ton of fun, so I’m thinking about it. Then again, I don’t want to compete with Hope about it if it comes to that point (but on the other hand, isn’t she like the star of *everything*? She’d totally go off on me about being spoiled if I did this, though…).

I’m hearing some odd things from Baby-Ruthie. They have capes, and they say they’re investigating something that requires sneaking around at night. I don’t really want to know what they’re up to. They just got back from Chicago, so maybe it has something to do with that. Baby has told me she’s pretending to be “Narcissa”. From Harry Potter?! By the way, did you know her real name is Ruby? I didn’t. I don’t see why she goes by Baby when she has such a pretty real name.

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I wait for you.

April 29, 2009 at 12:11 am (Friends, My Lovely Life, Random)
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So I got a new dress, Hope implied that I was spoiled (no contest there, really), Hope decided she liked the dress better on her, Hope claimed the dress. Pretty typical story around here.

Here it is on me.
Midnight Holly Dress

The Story

On another note, I am continually amazed at the religious allusions in 80s/90s pop-rock, such as U2, Peter Gabriel, etc. Most recently, I discovered “With or Without You” has this whole allusion to Jesus being crucified. Even though I’m usually lukewarm on my religion, I really connected to this one. (Sam has been begging me to do something about the “lukewarm” thing, but whatever.)

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Weekend Out

April 14, 2009 at 6:39 pm (College, Friends)
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Well, there has been some drama around here. The good thing is that I think I’ve finally started to make a friend. We aren’t very close yet, but Sam is really fun to hang out with. She has a unique taste in music and we like to compare what we listen to. We each like some of what the other likes. Right now Sam is on a 60s/classic rock kick and it’s all very bouncy, so we have dance parties! It’s a great time. Miss B. likes to join in the dance parties too.
Harper, though, I think is kind-of mad. She and Sam are supposedly best friends, but since I came Sam has been really nice and made a point to try to include me, while Harper and Hope are pretty cliquey and keep to themselves. Now that Sam and I are friends, all of a sudden Harper hates both of us. Or, at least that’s what it feels like. She and Hope whisper more then ever and shut up quickly when Sam tries to talk to them, and Harper and Miss B. had a “long talk” the other day. It’s really annoying. Why is it so hard to share friends?! It’s not like they never hang out. Sam always tries to include them both in our parties and things but now they’re busy or not interested.
So this weekend Miss B. took me with her while she stayed at a hotel with her grandparents on break. I didn’t really do much, but it was nice to get away from the drama here. On the way out, I heard her say something to Sam about “talking”. I think she expected Sam to clear up the situation since she is kind-of in the middle of it. From what I can tell, though, nothing happened. Harper and Hope are being polite but still not interested in hanging out with us, and Sam said she was really glad I came back. I want to go home, but this summer I am staying with OWT for some summer classes. I hope the people back there are not as cliquey, but from my past experiences they definitely are. I don’t know WHAT I’m going to do…

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Flying

March 5, 2009 at 4:14 pm (College, My Lovely Life)
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So tomorrow we are flying back to OWT for spring break and everyone’s going to be there. I NEED to get out of here! I have this one really stressful class with tons of reading… I’d go into it, but I’m just so tired of it that I don’t think I can talk about it anymore. Harper and I have been discussing it for the past two days. Hope is so lucky she doesn’t actually go to school here because it’s a requirement! And Sam is taking some classes to transfer for college next year but she’s just taking whatever she wants, not core classes.
I’m sorry I haven’t written for awhile… it’s this class! I know how I talked about how college was easier than I thought. Now I’m just frustrated! What’s more, I found out I have to go to the doctor to update one of my prescriptions which is going to be LOVELY. And I think a lot of – ok, ALL – the girls here are really nosy. I don’t need them to know what medications I’m taking. That’s totally private. To complain even more, I have to get a local doctor which is going to honestly suck. I like Dr. K. I wish I was going home for break too… as I’ve said, I find it so hard to get along with everyone.
Sorry for the short post; gotta pack.

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El Toro of Love

February 14, 2009 at 2:11 pm (College, Friends, My Lovely Life, Random)
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Yesterday was at first disastrous. We played Truth or Dare, which – as Sam predicted – turned out horribly. I don’t know why, but they kept attacking me with really personal questions. They didn’t ask anyone else as mean questions. Most of the truths were more like “What did you really get on that test?”, which, compared to what I was asked, was pretty benign. Then Hope kept bugging me to be on her Relay for Life team, which I Do. Not. Want. To. Do. I’ve been asked to do it before and I just don’t think it would be fun. I was so glad we weren’t playing Truth or Dare then because I know they would’ve asked me why. UGH. But we got some really cute shirts in the mail that have Valentine’s Day sayings/pictures on them. Then Cupid Elmo flew over and gave us a Hershey’s bar that was decorated and said “From a Secret Admirer!” We were really confused and about to eat the chocolate when this red bull came up to us and started going on about how his love “burns like the heat of a thousand jalepenos”. It was pretty funny. Harper suspects he is one of Stitch’s friends sent over to bug us.
A Secret Admirer – Album
El Toro of Love

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This is not that hard

January 29, 2009 at 12:51 am (College, Friends, Random)
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OK, I was homeschooled, right, so I really don’t know too much about normal school. Well, everyone I kept talking to said college is really difficult. I honestly kind-of think that once you hit a specific point, the material doesn’t get that much harder (at least in subjects like history), just more detailed and specific. And you are just expected to think more. It’s not as bad as everyone made it out to be. Plus we have tons of free time. Miss B.’s friend gave her a scrapbooking kit and she said she might let me work on it. That would be so cool – I’ve never scrapbooked before. Hope is still trying to trick me into doing Relay for Life. I don’t want to. Harper said she is going to do it, and Sam said she probably will then too but really, I would just feel uncomfortable. Hope is totally pumped about it, Harper’s kind-of embarrassed (why, I am not sure), and Sam doesn’t want to leave me alone if she doesn’t do it, but I can tell she’s really trying to support Hope.

16 random things about me (idea stolen from Miss B.’s facebook):
1. I am a competitive ice skater and just placed third in nationals.
2. I have made my own ice skating costumes ever since I started. My mom and coach help.
3. I am really good friends with my coach, Coach OH!
4. It takes me a long time to trust people. I make friends pretty quickly but my very good friends are few and I’ve known them for a long, long time.
5. I am pretty outgoing and some people might describe me as brutally honest and/or blunt.
6. I am fascinated by medicine. I want to be a pediatric oncologist who specializes in leukemia.
7. Coach OH! is supposed to move to Omaha soon, but in the meantime I am working with a new coach who is really cool, but he’s really demanding. I like that in a coach.
8. If I had gone to “normal” school I’d have missed so many days I would have probably been kicked out.
9. This past spring and summer I sailed around the world with my venturing crew.
10. I was never a Girl Scout, but I did take ballet. Those are like the two essential elements of girlhood. I am back taking ballet now because of skating.
11. Miss B. has this box of popcorn on her shelf that she won’t share with me, and popcorn is my favorite food. When I smell it, I can’t resist making a bag myself or stealing some from wherever it is. It’s like an addiction.
12. Contrary to a lot of homeschoolers, I’ve never taken an online course. I like having someone there in person to teach me. I have taken classes with other kids before I came to college.
13. I’m not sure if I want to have kids, but I think it would be after I got my career established. But I do want a big white wedding. And to marry a lobsterman and live on an island in the blue bay. No seriously.
14. I am still waiting for a prince to come whisk me away on his white horse. I LOVE Disney films.
15. I like to go around singing random lines from songs, really off-key. Currently my favorite is “How Lucky We Are” by Meiko. It tends to drive people crazy.
16. I can tie every knot in the Boy Scout handbook, except for the noose. I refuse to learn that one, for obvious reasons. I love tying knots. Learning them can be hard at first, but really rewarding, at least for me.

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One day, we’ll turn on the TV and we won’t see nothing about war.

January 24, 2009 at 3:32 pm (Friends, My Lovely Life)
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How lucky we are.

You know, there are five gazillion things going on in the world than whatever you were complaining about right now. So just stop.

I know awhile ago I was talking about how I’m not really sure if I believe in God. Well that hasn’t really changed, but I want it to. Hope, Harper and Sam all have really strong faiths, even though they believe in different things. I don’t know what I believe. But I was listening to them last night – not really doing anything, just listening (Miss B. was watching Grey’s like obsessively… so if she was doing nothing, we felt justified). And one of them was complaining about something and Sam said, “Well, I’m going to pull a Mrs. M. here, but you just need to shut up and offer that up to God. There’s noting you can do about it.” Wow. Imagine letting it just disappear and leaving it up to someone else. Sounds good, right? (Mrs. M. is one of Miss B.’s friends, by the way.)

So then I thought that I would really want to be able to do that. I’m technically Catholic, but I don’t really practice or anything. I have a lot of questions and doubts. I get really pissed off at my life a LOT. But what Samantha said made me think – maybe I brood too much.

Then I heard this song by Meiko – I’ve heard it before, but I really listened this time… and I kind-of got from it not that she totally hates where she is in life at that time, but more that she has hope it will get better, and that hope makes her feel like her life will be ok. My life is OK, compared to a few years ago. According to that song, I’m kind-of at the point where I can say how lucky I am. I mean, I could go to the Olympics. That’s pretty amazing considering the rest of my life.

So I think maybe I like my life. Or I will soon. I feel now that that acceptance needs to come with me thinking more about my religion. But it is really nice. And when that morning comes, I’ll make coffee and you’ll read the paper. We’ll talk about our plans and I’ll keep saying how lucky we are.

In honor of Miss B. I posted the Cleveland performance… haha.

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Twitter

January 22, 2009 at 5:59 pm (Friends)
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We (the four of us at college) just got a twitter account. Hope made one, but then since we don’t all have emails we just all went on hers. I am not sure how happy she is about it! Anyway, I don’t think I can embed it, but here is the link: Our Twitter Account.

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