I dreamed we were back in Oklahoma. We (being me, my mom, and my cousin) were filling up the car at a gas station in front of walmart when we saw one of my other cousins. She had been in a car accident and had a huge sling on her left arm. She had two children with her and was even pumping gas with a kid on her hip. Next I was in the store. Mom had asked me to buy beer but I didn't want to, so she had me buy water instead. After that, me and my brother were walking through some kind of massive sweet shop. I talked him into buying me some cake. We find an entire section of the store with penguin-themed items and I buy a few, all for $1. I wanted to get a pen, too, but it was twenty. $19.95 to be exact. I wasn't paying that much, so we left. I also remember hearing girls gossipping near the frozen food section in walmart and being in my dad's truck and driving to Georgia at some point.
I think my dream was trying to tell me that even with something good (being back in Oklahoma), there's something wrong with it (my cousin, the beer, prices).
More later. I wasn't even really up to writing this.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Birthday Adventures!
I have had a busy day! My dad took me shopping for my birthday (Sweet 16, heeeeey!) and here's a non-photographic rendition of what all went down.
Our first destination was Wal-Mart where I got......
(wait for it; drumroll, if you please, Tommy, haha!)
Left 4 Dead 2!
Yes, one of my favorite purchases of the day, I can now shoot zombies in the gut on a mere whim. Mindless, brain-eating flesh-bags will cower at the mention of my sniper rifle, my AK-47, and the frying pan I found in that shack back at the swampy camp ground.
Except for the witch. She can go cry in her emo corner and, y'know, not kill me...
Next place, which I drove to, was the mall in Tupelo. We had some time to kill, so we decided to go to Old Navy and all first. It kind of freaked me out driving through there though, and I turned in the wrong places sometimes, but I made it there in one piece. Got a t-shirt and some cargo pants at Old Navy. I know, I was bad. No more t-shirts, I promise!... Yeah. Well I got my pants on clearance and the shirt was a special thingy, so only about $10 altogether. (Lemmetellya, I wanted some cargo pants like nobodies business!)
We walked over to Sally's, but it wasn't open yet. Then we walked over to Rue 21. Which wasn't open yet. Nooooo!
OK, dad didn't think it was such a hot idea for me to drive again, so he drove us over to the mall. We kind of had to sit for a little while and wait on the stores to open, but I figured since most of the good stores were on one side, we'd go down the other one to kill some time. Barnes and Noble was down the cruddy side and once I got in there, by the time I got out, everything was open. I got a book called The Hunger Games, which my English teacher had told us about. I was also THISCLOSE to buying this other book, called Infinity, but it was $20. Oh, but the promise of witches, werewolves, and zombies was so tempting!
More walking, along with my commentary of various stores. (Buckle = Expen$ive, maxRave = has-been store, A&E = smells good, but that's it, etc.) Went in American Eagle because I saw this really cute shirt in there, but it was actually 3 different pieces. I hate when stores do that because it looks so cute, but is so expensive! And often not the right size, but anyway. Aeropostale was much more promising, got a shirt on sale (which looks great, btw) and two tank tops (also kind of sale-ish.) Oh, and we had to walk in GameStop, just to satisfy my sick need of being surrounded with hundreds of games.
For the first time in forever, I went in Claire's. Part of what got me in there was a Glee ad, and partly to see if their earrings were as cute as they were three years ago. I did end up buying some earrings, a ring (with a strawberry on it!), some bobby pins, and a stuffed penguin. I know, I'm a sucker for the little guys. Next came Ulta, where I spent way more than I meant to. I was looking for the China Glaze and OPI nail polishes and found the China ones first with a sale. I got 3, haha! I'm a sucker for nail polish. It's amazing, by the way. I've used two of them already and they've lasted through a bath, whoo! Didn't pick up any OPI, though, since it was $12.50 a bottle. I just don't believe in spending a fortune on makeup! Anyway, I also found those Maybellene Color Sensation things. It's a lip stain instead of a gloss or lipstick. I love it since it doesn't feel like I'm wearing anything. Kind of dries out your lips a little, though, so I'd suggest a good lip balm or gloss if you get any. (Eos lip balm, anyone?) Also found this concealer, but I'll wait until tomorrow to find out if it works. So far it's been worth the $35 I spent in there, haha! (Eventually I just had to make myself get out of there, so yeah, it could've been disastrous!)
Because it was my birthday and my daddy loves me and all, he drove back so I could go in Rue 21. Shirt on sale and some perfume. It's called Tarea and is my new favorite! And cheap to boot. Sales = <3
Dad had also been looking for a Coca Cola flavored slushie, and guess what we found? Slushies!:)
Oooh, this was so cool. Dad drove over to the Elvis Presley memorial thing and I got to see his house! Ahh it was so cool! Gah, I'm a dork, haha.
Our first destination was Wal-Mart where I got......
(wait for it; drumroll, if you please, Tommy, haha!)
Left 4 Dead 2!
Yes, one of my favorite purchases of the day, I can now shoot zombies in the gut on a mere whim. Mindless, brain-eating flesh-bags will cower at the mention of my sniper rifle, my AK-47, and the frying pan I found in that shack back at the swampy camp ground.
Except for the witch. She can go cry in her emo corner and, y'know, not kill me...
Next place, which I drove to, was the mall in Tupelo. We had some time to kill, so we decided to go to Old Navy and all first. It kind of freaked me out driving through there though, and I turned in the wrong places sometimes, but I made it there in one piece. Got a t-shirt and some cargo pants at Old Navy. I know, I was bad. No more t-shirts, I promise!... Yeah. Well I got my pants on clearance and the shirt was a special thingy, so only about $10 altogether. (Lemmetellya, I wanted some cargo pants like nobodies business!)
We walked over to Sally's, but it wasn't open yet. Then we walked over to Rue 21. Which wasn't open yet. Nooooo!
OK, dad didn't think it was such a hot idea for me to drive again, so he drove us over to the mall. We kind of had to sit for a little while and wait on the stores to open, but I figured since most of the good stores were on one side, we'd go down the other one to kill some time. Barnes and Noble was down the cruddy side and once I got in there, by the time I got out, everything was open. I got a book called The Hunger Games, which my English teacher had told us about. I was also THISCLOSE to buying this other book, called Infinity, but it was $20. Oh, but the promise of witches, werewolves, and zombies was so tempting!
More walking, along with my commentary of various stores. (Buckle = Expen$ive, maxRave = has-been store, A&E = smells good, but that's it, etc.) Went in American Eagle because I saw this really cute shirt in there, but it was actually 3 different pieces. I hate when stores do that because it looks so cute, but is so expensive! And often not the right size, but anyway. Aeropostale was much more promising, got a shirt on sale (which looks great, btw) and two tank tops (also kind of sale-ish.) Oh, and we had to walk in GameStop, just to satisfy my sick need of being surrounded with hundreds of games.
For the first time in forever, I went in Claire's. Part of what got me in there was a Glee ad, and partly to see if their earrings were as cute as they were three years ago. I did end up buying some earrings, a ring (with a strawberry on it!), some bobby pins, and a stuffed penguin. I know, I'm a sucker for the little guys. Next came Ulta, where I spent way more than I meant to. I was looking for the China Glaze and OPI nail polishes and found the China ones first with a sale. I got 3, haha! I'm a sucker for nail polish. It's amazing, by the way. I've used two of them already and they've lasted through a bath, whoo! Didn't pick up any OPI, though, since it was $12.50 a bottle. I just don't believe in spending a fortune on makeup! Anyway, I also found those Maybellene Color Sensation things. It's a lip stain instead of a gloss or lipstick. I love it since it doesn't feel like I'm wearing anything. Kind of dries out your lips a little, though, so I'd suggest a good lip balm or gloss if you get any. (Eos lip balm, anyone?) Also found this concealer, but I'll wait until tomorrow to find out if it works. So far it's been worth the $35 I spent in there, haha! (Eventually I just had to make myself get out of there, so yeah, it could've been disastrous!)
Because it was my birthday and my daddy loves me and all, he drove back so I could go in Rue 21. Shirt on sale and some perfume. It's called Tarea and is my new favorite! And cheap to boot. Sales = <3
Dad had also been looking for a Coca Cola flavored slushie, and guess what we found? Slushies!:)
Oooh, this was so cool. Dad drove over to the Elvis Presley memorial thing and I got to see his house! Ahh it was so cool! Gah, I'm a dork, haha.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Learning Your Numbers+How NOT to Read!
Rant time!
Since school's started, I've noticed a few trends in my World History class: lack of knowledge of Roman Numerals and decent reading skills. I'll admit I'm not always a strong reader (even though Coach always calls on me and makes me read an entire page instead of a paragraph like everyone else. Gah, some people...) but at least I'll stop and look at the word so I don't have an HB moment.
This is part actually a funny story. This girl in my class (just HB for security's sake) was reading one day and the page said something about eternal damnation. Well when she read it, she said "eternal Dalmatian," so apparently we're all doomed to little spotted dogs.
OK, so Roman Numerals. Learn them! I = 1 (one), V = 5 (five), and X = 10 (ten). XIV = 14, XVI = 16. VIII = 8, XIII = 13. Believe it or not, someone actually made the last mistake.
Larger numerals come first. If there is a smaller one in front, subtract it from the next. Only ONE can go in front of a larger. IIX is NOT 8, you've just slapped some crap down and I have no idea what you were saying.
I'll tell you how I learned it -- I grew up on Disney cartoons and at the beginning of ever cartoon there's a "title page," if you will, and it has everything like "Walt Disney Production" and "Donald Duck Cartoon" along with the date in Roman Numerals. If it says MCMXL, I know the cartoon was made in 1940. (M = 1,000, C = 100, L = 50. Subtract the C from the second M and you have 1900. L minus X is 40; add it together and the year is 1940.) Cartoons got me started, but when I started playing the Final Fantasy games the whole thing was reinforced since they're all about some Roman Numerals.
Now take this sample from Wikipedia (my best friend):
"...sights on establishing a studio in the movie industry's capital city, Hollywood, California.
Hollywood
Disney and his brother pooled their money to set up a cartoon studio in Hollywood. Needing to find a distributor for his new Alice Comedies — which he started making while in Kansas City, but never got to distribute — Disney sent an unfinished print to New York distributor Margaret Winkler, who promptly wrote back to him. She was keen on a distribution deal with Disney for more live-action/animated shorts based upon Alice's Wonderland.
Alice Comedies
Virginia Davis (the live-action star of Alice’s Wonderland) and her family were relocated at Disney's request from Kansas City to Hollywood, as were Iwerks and his family. This was the beginning of the..."
Yes, it is the article on Walt Disney, because the man was a genius. "Hollywood" and "Alice Comedies" are headers for a section of the article. You do not have to read them! My real pet peeve is this one guy who always gets called on to read and I simply despise the way he reads. I can't type how it's said, but it grinds on my every last nerve to hear him read. Like I said, I'm not that great either. Sometimes I get to going too fast and the words jumble up in my head. (Mild form of dyslexia?)
OK, rant over. Now please excuse me while I write my English II paper...
....
I lied a little. I made ensemble! It's so exciting to get to sing and dance! Anyway, we've pretty much gotten our first song at least decent. Here's the real thing. BTW, our theme is Glee. How great is that show?!
Since school's started, I've noticed a few trends in my World History class: lack of knowledge of Roman Numerals and decent reading skills. I'll admit I'm not always a strong reader (even though Coach always calls on me and makes me read an entire page instead of a paragraph like everyone else. Gah, some people...) but at least I'll stop and look at the word so I don't have an HB moment.
This is part actually a funny story. This girl in my class (just HB for security's sake) was reading one day and the page said something about eternal damnation. Well when she read it, she said "eternal Dalmatian," so apparently we're all doomed to little spotted dogs.
OK, so Roman Numerals. Learn them! I = 1 (one), V = 5 (five), and X = 10 (ten). XIV = 14, XVI = 16. VIII = 8, XIII = 13. Believe it or not, someone actually made the last mistake.
Larger numerals come first. If there is a smaller one in front, subtract it from the next. Only ONE can go in front of a larger. IIX is NOT 8, you've just slapped some crap down and I have no idea what you were saying.
I'll tell you how I learned it -- I grew up on Disney cartoons and at the beginning of ever cartoon there's a "title page," if you will, and it has everything like "Walt Disney Production" and "Donald Duck Cartoon" along with the date in Roman Numerals. If it says MCMXL, I know the cartoon was made in 1940. (M = 1,000, C = 100, L = 50. Subtract the C from the second M and you have 1900. L minus X is 40; add it together and the year is 1940.) Cartoons got me started, but when I started playing the Final Fantasy games the whole thing was reinforced since they're all about some Roman Numerals.
Now take this sample from Wikipedia (my best friend):
"...sights on establishing a studio in the movie industry's capital city, Hollywood, California.
Hollywood
Disney and his brother pooled their money to set up a cartoon studio in Hollywood. Needing to find a distributor for his new Alice Comedies — which he started making while in Kansas City, but never got to distribute — Disney sent an unfinished print to New York distributor Margaret Winkler, who promptly wrote back to him. She was keen on a distribution deal with Disney for more live-action/animated shorts based upon Alice's Wonderland.
Alice Comedies
Virginia Davis (the live-action star of Alice’s Wonderland) and her family were relocated at Disney's request from Kansas City to Hollywood, as were Iwerks and his family. This was the beginning of the..."
Yes, it is the article on Walt Disney, because the man was a genius. "Hollywood" and "Alice Comedies" are headers for a section of the article. You do not have to read them! My real pet peeve is this one guy who always gets called on to read and I simply despise the way he reads. I can't type how it's said, but it grinds on my every last nerve to hear him read. Like I said, I'm not that great either. Sometimes I get to going too fast and the words jumble up in my head. (Mild form of dyslexia?)
OK, rant over. Now please excuse me while I write my English II paper...
....
I lied a little. I made ensemble! It's so exciting to get to sing and dance! Anyway, we've pretty much gotten our first song at least decent. Here's the real thing. BTW, our theme is Glee. How great is that show?!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
My friends come out of the closet!
This is just a short story of something that happened today, and is dedicated to Austin, Sawyer, Wesley, and Dylan!
So we were standing around today, waiting for the bell to ring to end class, and Wesley, Austin, and Sawyer go into the storage closet (where we put our robots when we're not working on them) to look at some kind of computer. Dylan has the bright idea to go over, close the door, and hold it closed to see what they do. So Sawyer yanks the door open and everyone looks over at the doorknob, which has been pulled half way out of the door. (This is where everyone starts making 'coming out' jokes.) Mrs. Welch walks over and puts it back in place, saying something about raising three boys and having to know how to fix things. :)
Wesley calls it his first gay moment, haha!
So we were standing around today, waiting for the bell to ring to end class, and Wesley, Austin, and Sawyer go into the storage closet (where we put our robots when we're not working on them) to look at some kind of computer. Dylan has the bright idea to go over, close the door, and hold it closed to see what they do. So Sawyer yanks the door open and everyone looks over at the doorknob, which has been pulled half way out of the door. (This is where everyone starts making 'coming out' jokes.) Mrs. Welch walks over and puts it back in place, saying something about raising three boys and having to know how to fix things. :)
Wesley calls it his first gay moment, haha!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Mall Haul!
This post is specifically for my aunt! Because I love her, she asked what all I got, and I had fun taking a bunch of pictures. :)
OK, so my best friend Sarah and I went shopping today and hit the jackpot! I'll try to take you step by step, but I don't have the best memory. Bear with me, haha!
Old Navy is pretty pricey, but their clothes are acutally realistic sizes. These two shirts are both mediums! Sarah picked the sleeved one and mom found the beaded one. I know I was supposed to get away from black and white, but these were too cute!
Rue 21 is a lot better than I gave it credit! Sarah found that red shirt, and lemmetellya, it is adorable! Probably going to wear it Monday to school. The ear rings were a must, simply because of the strawberries. And my little wallet? Love it! I had to pick between that one and a green zebra striped one, but that was the only star one I saw, and I'm all about the uniqueness. That black jacket right there is probably my favorite item of today. Can't wait to wear it.
After this, we went into Sally's, but didn't get anything. I didn't find the eyelash curler I was looking for and Sarah didn't find her Jessica Simpson hair extentions. Oh, but the nail polish...
Shoe Carnival was having a sale, so I got these babies for $11! They're so comfortable, too, it's like walking on a cloud! A cloud! Ha!
So we drove to the mall and ate. Mmm, Chick-fil-a...
I don't know where we went first, so let's start with JCPenny. I saw these shirts on the mannequin and thought, "We have to get one of those!" But there was a 'buy one get one for $1' sale, so I got two.
Ulta is actually a really cool store, despite their lack of check out ladies. Got some bronzer and a lash curler. It wasn't the Shu Uemura like I'd heard about, but I figured it was pretty good. And the bronzer has a mirror and brush with it! How cool is that?
Sarah got me into this store called Rainbow, which at first glance had some good stuff, but I dont' know if I'd go in again. Not trying to be rude or anything, but it kind of felt like a black person's store. Nothing wrong with that, but it's not my style. I did, however, find the vest like I've been looking for! Gonna wear it with my peace sign t-shirt.
Even with all the money I had left at this point, I still wasn't willing to spend $10 on a bottle of lotion. Even if it was lemon scented... :(
Anyway, Sarah and I both got one of these. It's hand sanitizer, smells great, and has this little holder/clippy thing and is on my keys right now!
Aeropostale returns! I've always wanted an Aeropostale shirt (well, one that I can wear to school) and finally found one. It is way expensive in there. Not as bad as Abercrombie, but still. The price wasn't too bad, though, so that was cool.
I needed some bracelets BAD, so I got some. :P
And, of course, what's a mall run without GameStop? I'm a sucker for a man in assassin's robes, haha! No, but really, I love the history ties in these games. I already knew some of my history class because of them... Plus, it is SO satisfying to stab a guy in the face! I know, you're thinking, "But Susan, why didn't you get Left 4 Dead 2?" While that is pretty much my favorite game of all time, the used game was $35 and the new was $40, hardly worth it yet. Oh, yeah, and the whole rated M thing. Psshh, I can so pass for 17....
Couple weird things today. There were like a million sales on jeans, but I didn't get any. Dang. And for going in with $216 and leaving with $26, I didn't do half bad. Did I mention I love a good sale? Haha :)
OK, so my best friend Sarah and I went shopping today and hit the jackpot! I'll try to take you step by step, but I don't have the best memory. Bear with me, haha!
Old Navy is pretty pricey, but their clothes are acutally realistic sizes. These two shirts are both mediums! Sarah picked the sleeved one and mom found the beaded one. I know I was supposed to get away from black and white, but these were too cute!
Rue 21 is a lot better than I gave it credit! Sarah found that red shirt, and lemmetellya, it is adorable! Probably going to wear it Monday to school. The ear rings were a must, simply because of the strawberries. And my little wallet? Love it! I had to pick between that one and a green zebra striped one, but that was the only star one I saw, and I'm all about the uniqueness. That black jacket right there is probably my favorite item of today. Can't wait to wear it.
After this, we went into Sally's, but didn't get anything. I didn't find the eyelash curler I was looking for and Sarah didn't find her Jessica Simpson hair extentions. Oh, but the nail polish...
Shoe Carnival was having a sale, so I got these babies for $11! They're so comfortable, too, it's like walking on a cloud! A cloud! Ha!
So we drove to the mall and ate. Mmm, Chick-fil-a...
I don't know where we went first, so let's start with JCPenny. I saw these shirts on the mannequin and thought, "We have to get one of those!" But there was a 'buy one get one for $1' sale, so I got two.
Ulta is actually a really cool store, despite their lack of check out ladies. Got some bronzer and a lash curler. It wasn't the Shu Uemura like I'd heard about, but I figured it was pretty good. And the bronzer has a mirror and brush with it! How cool is that?
Sarah got me into this store called Rainbow, which at first glance had some good stuff, but I dont' know if I'd go in again. Not trying to be rude or anything, but it kind of felt like a black person's store. Nothing wrong with that, but it's not my style. I did, however, find the vest like I've been looking for! Gonna wear it with my peace sign t-shirt.
Even with all the money I had left at this point, I still wasn't willing to spend $10 on a bottle of lotion. Even if it was lemon scented... :(
Anyway, Sarah and I both got one of these. It's hand sanitizer, smells great, and has this little holder/clippy thing and is on my keys right now!
Aeropostale returns! I've always wanted an Aeropostale shirt (well, one that I can wear to school) and finally found one. It is way expensive in there. Not as bad as Abercrombie, but still. The price wasn't too bad, though, so that was cool.
I needed some bracelets BAD, so I got some. :P
And, of course, what's a mall run without GameStop? I'm a sucker for a man in assassin's robes, haha! No, but really, I love the history ties in these games. I already knew some of my history class because of them... Plus, it is SO satisfying to stab a guy in the face! I know, you're thinking, "But Susan, why didn't you get Left 4 Dead 2?" While that is pretty much my favorite game of all time, the used game was $35 and the new was $40, hardly worth it yet. Oh, yeah, and the whole rated M thing. Psshh, I can so pass for 17....
Couple weird things today. There were like a million sales on jeans, but I didn't get any. Dang. And for going in with $216 and leaving with $26, I didn't do half bad. Did I mention I love a good sale? Haha :)
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Loooong week....
Yeah, it's been a while.
My dad was in the hospital for a good part of this week, so I haven't even been home longer than it takes us to let the dog out.
Anyway, he's all better now, came home yesterday, and doing good as far as I can tell.
Right now I'm kinda tired, spent all day yesterday cleaning and then had to sleep in my own bed (lol).
Yup, but things are getting back to normal. Playin some Assassin's Creed, watchin some FMA (Brotherhood FTW!) and freaking over Al's woman voice. (Yeah, to see more about that, check out my other blog.)
Ciao for now~
My dad was in the hospital for a good part of this week, so I haven't even been home longer than it takes us to let the dog out.
Anyway, he's all better now, came home yesterday, and doing good as far as I can tell.
Right now I'm kinda tired, spent all day yesterday cleaning and then had to sleep in my own bed (lol).
Yup, but things are getting back to normal. Playin some Assassin's Creed, watchin some FMA (Brotherhood FTW!) and freaking over Al's woman voice. (Yeah, to see more about that, check out my other blog.)
Ciao for now~
Friday, July 30, 2010
More Pencils, More Rulebooks, More Teacher's Dirty Looks...
Last day of band camp was today! Whoa, it was longer than last year, a bit more tiring, but a heck of a lot more fun. Oh the things I could tell you... Anyway, school starts next Thursday. Call me crazy, but I'm ready for school to start back; this has been a boring summer! But I want to see my friends and meet some new people and stuff... We're going to a vocational center for some of our classes this year, so hopefully they won't all me peeps from our school. Also, I want to listen to some Alice Cooper now...
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