Halloween

It's halloween! I still need to go buy stuff for my costume... as a zombie.

Well, happy halloween! I got stuff to go do.

Zombie

Finally, another sunny day. I've been waiting for it! I checked the forecast for the rest of the week and next week and it all says sunshine. I hope it stays like that. You never know in Texas weather. Or in any weather, I guess. My friend in Ohio told me once that in Ohio they say, "If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes." That made me laugh. Sometimes, not always, that's the case here. I often wonder what it would be like if I lived in England. My mom used to live there and she told me 90% of the time it's cloudy and rainy and miserable, and if there's sunshine, it's brief. That sounds so dismal, but I guess if I had lived there all my life, I would be used to it and nothing else anyways. In this case of living in Texas, I'm used to ridiculous and extreme heat and humidity. But, that's why I like fall! The weather is perfect.

Tomorrow is Halloween. I don't know what I'm doing for it... Sad. But I still want to be a zombie.

Well, it's been an interesting morning. I don't feel very well, but I think I will be okay. Maybe I am just hungry. Yeah, maybe that's probably it. I have that humanities quiz today. I will pass, I know it. I have been studying since Monday and I pay attention. So, yeah. Thank goodness my best friend had an extra scantron for me, I forgot to bring mine. He drove me to school, too, because he came over this morning and he wanted to go get food before school, so then we decided we would just take one care since, coincidentally, we go into school and get out of school at the same time Tuesdays/Thursdays. So, it works out. I don't see him that often, so this is sort of exciting. I hate not seeing some of my best friends all the time. I have this other friend that has her best friend in every single class, he drives her to and from school, and he goes over to her house every single day after school, and they work at the same place. Now, in retrospect, that would sound like too much, and it would be easy to get annoyed by them, but in another light, they are lucky they have that. It could be like me where I really don't see them that often.

Today I spent all day making delicious treats and sugar cookies. It was a lot of fun. We made brownies, peanut butter/chocolate graham cracker bars, and sugar cookies in the shape of halloween things like pumpkins, ghosts, and bats. It was so festive. Then we delivered them to people. Felt good.

Now I am making a birthday present for my friend in photoshop. I'm editing one of his pictures. It's awesome.

I have so much to do this week and today. A lot of studying and homework, all that jazz. And I found out one of my best friends that just moved back here is moving back to the place she just moved here from on Sunday. It's sad. But, I know I'll see her again and all, so it's all right. I have enough on my mind anyway, juggling everything else in life. I am doing pretty well in school, though, so that's an upside. I do my part of the work. I do homework everyday and study for hours. And, it seems to be paying off so. Makes me feel accomplished.

We're learning about personality in Psychology. It's so interesting.

Photoshoot

Yuck, another dreary day. It's gross. I wish it was sunny. I want to do a photoshoot. Well, I just did one inside, but sometimes I like natural light better than artificial. Sometimes artificial sends a yellow sort of light. I mean, that can be fixed in photoshop, but overall, natural light looks better. It gives the features a slightly different look and feel. I haven't done a photoshoot in a while because my camera has been out of commission, but I just did one with a few roses I have. I guess it turned out okay. I can't wait to edit them. But, I need to get my priorities straight, too, since I've got a bit of homework and studying, as usual.

Man. Life is busy...

East vs West

East's homecoming game was last night against West and they won! It was a really great game. They were tied at one time, but won in the end. It was fun seeing everyone there, too. So many people with their mums and garters. Makes me miss when I had mine last year. Oh, well. But yeah, everyone was having a lot of fun and, as usual, East's side of the stadium was completely full compared to the half empty other side. Makes all us East siders wonder why less people go to the other school's games. Oh, well. But anyway, everyone was also really pumped about the homecoming dance that will be tonight. Hope all my friends still in high school have a good time. I did when I went. Good times.

I still can't believe it's been a whole year since I went. Time flies.

I swear, life is becoming more and more of a roller coaster lately. In a good way, I guess. I finally got some things worked out and my stress level has considerably gone down. So, I suppose you can say things are looking up. I got a great grade of my Psychology test, I found out today, and my best friend that I haven't seen in a week came to see me this morning before school. Those things pretty much made my day. It's stuff like this that reminds me that things are going to be okay eventually.

I'm going to the Homecoming football game for my high school on Friday. I'm excited, but it's going to be really really cold. Also, there's going to be so many people there that I am going to be jumping around the stadium the entire time sitting with one group of friends to the next. Should be interesting. I hope they win, too

It's rainy today. I walked over to my old high school to print some stuff and it was raining and me and my friend had an umbrella but there were lots and lots of puddles. We were soaked from the knee down. It was funny, though. On the way back, I jumped in a giant puddle and got my friend even more wet and she screamed. It made me laugh. These are the good times I'm going to remember. That rain was cold, too. All the high schoolers looked at us like we were crazy when we were laughing and joking through the parking lot. My friend made a joke and said, "Look at all the kids!" But they aren't THAT young. I mean, we just graduated in June, too. We're still kids, too. Sort of.

Growing up is weird.

Warm

My laptop is really warm in my lap. It's okay, though, no worries. Mac builds their fans under the keyboard so there's little chance it will overheat because I am not blocking the fans or anything as I would if they were in the bottom of the comp. In fact, I have a cover for the bottom of my laptop. It keeps it clean. I am very paranoid about getting it dirty and stuff. My friend said last night, "That thing is your life." No, it's not. I just try really hard to take care of it. For something so expensive, you SHOULD take good care of it. It's only fair, in my opinion.

Not sure why I'm talking about this. I guess it was because I was noticing it getting a bit warm. Which is okay, it should get warm, it's a powerful machine. I love it.

Well, this was short. Busy day tomorrow. Oh, boy.

Almost Over

Well, I can't believe it's already almost the end of October. I have to say, this college schedule makes the days fly by extremely quickly. I mean, once October is over, November will go quick, too, because we get out for Thanksgiving holiday, then we only have two weeks in December. That sounds really good to me. This is wild, at this rate I will be done at CCCCD completely. That is, if I pass my classes. Which I will, though. I am working very hard in all of my classes. I studied for 3 hours on Friday and 4 hours on Sunday. I want to do well. At this point, the only thing holding me back is how my printer decided to break on me. It's irritating, but I have other ways to print, so that's good. But, it is still nice to have a working printer in the home. I mean, I have papers in my classes each week, so not having a printer is a set back. I've got a few things I need to type this week... It shouldn't be too hard, though.

KISS

Last night was awesome, I dyed my hair, and then me and my best friend went to a Halloween dance thing where my brother and 3 of this friends dressed up as KISS. They did a LEGIT job. When I walked in, I had to do a double take because they were so close to the real thing. They had on the high heel boots, face paint, black wigs, tight leather pants, and everything. They were the life of the dance. I got a picture with them. And they told me that after the dance they went to Chili's and when they walked in people started cheering and saying "YEAH, KISS!" It sounds so hilarious. Me and my best friend were dressed up in goofy clothes with our makeup done horribly, and we looked pretty funny. We went to Wal-Mart after the dance to buy a pumpkin and we got a lot of funny looks and the cashier was funny about it. I think it's cool when people can laugh at something like that instead of frowning upon it or something. But, overall, last night was fantastic. I can't wait for actual Halloween. I'm going to be a Zombie. I need to go get some face paint and stuff. I'm going to rip up a shirt and cover it with fake blood and stuff. This is gunna be fun!

I absolutely, positively LOVE October.

Texas Football

Today I woke up around 11:30 to my mom and brother watching the UT-OU game. I wanted to watch it, too, but I had stuff to get done. I caught some of it though, and it was a great game. UT won, woo! I went to Mckinney today to help out a friend and while I was driving through a neighborhood we saw a giant blow up OU football player in a front yard. We were both really surprised someone in Texas would risk that one. We both laughed at the fact that no one had stole it by now or something like that. Come on, they ARE pretty brave to have the up in Mckinney, Texas. It doesn't really matter, though, I guess, UT won anyway. And, last night I went to the Plano East game in Wylie, and we beat them, too. So, this weekend has been win-win. That's pretty awesome. I'm super proud of East this year, seeing as last year their team wasn't so hot. I'll tell you this, I'll watch college and high school football, but that's it. And you know, in a small kind of way, senior high football here can be close to watching and going to a college game anyway. The stadiums are huge and the hype can be comparable. You've got to love Texas football.

So today I went to school then came home and did homework for four hours and studied for a test during that four hours. It was uneventful. I kept getting interrupted and I feel an odd sort of lump in my throat which could potentially be an oncoming sore throat. I really hope not.

Going to the East game tonight. It's an away game at the Wylie stadium. My best friend and I are going. Gunna meet up with a friend, too. Fun.

Happy Friday.

Busy

You never ever know what life will throw at you. This week has been so stressful with so many things happening all at once, causing me to be extremely distracted. I can't afford to be distracted, though, I have a lot of obligations for school that I cannot get around, nor do I want to. Let's just say I just got all my dominoes up and all of the sudden, someone came and just knocked them all down. It's so stressful. I already said that, but it's just because it is. I want to try and get all my dominoes back up. I hope things improve, not just for me, but for some other people that are having some problems, too.

I haven't updated since Monday. I've been busy.

Leaves

Last night, after a long weekend of having little to no contact with any of my friends (I'm not sure why...), my best friend came over. It was awesome. I was sick all weekend and didn't even get to leave the house, so that was great that he came over. I am finally starting to feel a bit better, but still a bit under the weather. And goodness, it's cold today. It's all rainy and dreary, too. I hope the sun comes out. It didn't come out yesterday, either. It's quite depressing. I also quite surprised that the leaves on the trees haven't started to change color. It's nearly the middle of October, and they are still green. Hmm. I hope they do turn soon, it give the season such a nice feel. I'm seeing acorns everywhere, too. I step on them when I leave out of the front door. They are all still green, though, not brown. Hm.

"Things have changed for me." - That Green Gentleman by Panic At The Disco

I'm sick. So for today's entry I will post random lyrics:

On The Wing - Owl City

Breathe and I’ll carry you away into the velvet sky
And we’ll stir the stars around
And watch them fall away into the Hudson Bay
And plummet out of sight and sound
The open summer breeze will sweep you through the hills
Where I live in the alpine heights
Below the Northern Lights, I spend my coldest nights
Alone, awake and thinking of...the weekend we were in love

Home among these mountain tops can be so awfully dull
A thousand miles from the tide
But photos on the walls of New York shopping malls
Distract me so I stay inside
I wish the rockets stayed over the promenade
Cuz I would make a hook and eye
And fish them from the sky, my darling, she and I
We’re hanging on so take us high
To sing the world goodbye:

I am floating away
Lost in a silent ballet
I’m dreaming you’re out in the blue and I am right beside you
Awake to take in the view
Late nights and early parades
Still photos and noisy arcades
My darling, we’re both on the wing, look down and keep on singing!
And we can go anywhere

Are you there?
Are you there, or are you just a decoy dream in my head?
Am I home or am I simply tumbling all alone?

Cold

It was extremely cold and rainy today, and that does not help since I don't feel up to par. I think I may be getting sick but I really hope not. I've been trying really hard not to get sick, though. I've been drinking orange juice and have been washing my hands a lot, as well as using hand sanitizer. Maybe I just don't feel well due to the fact I haven't gotten a lot of sleep lately. I don't get much of a break in the morning anymore. It sort of irks me when one of my friend complains about how they are so tired and how school sucks for them when 2 days a week they don't go in until 2:30 for a dance class and 2 days a week they have a couple classes with a long lunch break, on top of not even having a class on Fridays. I don't know, I don't want to sound mean, but in my opinion, they have it pretty easy. I have to get up early every single school day, all my classes being classes that require a lot of work, effort, and studying. I think I have all rights to be tired all the time. I guess this is just sort of a rant. In my opinion, if you're going to complain to someone about something, make sure that you know that the other person doesn't have it worse than you, or else you just end up looking like you're whining. I mean, we all have a right to complain, but sometimes there are circumstances where you shouldn't complain about certain thing to certain people. Thus, resulting in to what I am ranting about right now. I guess that's just how life is sometimes.

Dreams Again

I just took a nap... It ASTOUNDS me how many dreams I have have in an hour and 30 minute period. I don't even get that many dreams (sometimes) during the actual night. Some people say that they don't dream at all. But, everyone dreams, yet dream amnesia is quite common for a lot of people. I obviously don't get dream amnesia. Sometimes I wish I did, my dreams can get really overwhelming sometimes...

Good Deeds Day

Nice things that I've done lately:

• Took my friend to work.
• Picked up my sister from school everyday.
• Did my chores.
• Helped out a struggling friend.
• Woke up and hour and a half early because my best friend needed me.
• Helped my friend with an essay.
• Started an art project for my best friend -- and just accepted another, from him as well.
• Made my sister laugh.
• Gave music to a friend.
• Listened.
• Made people smile.
• Asked how people were.
• Gave compliments.
• Proof read my friend's essay.
• Explained to another friend what a thesis was.
• Drew a lot of my friends pictures.
• Said thank you.
• Said I appreciate you.

Rain & House

Today was a gloomy day. It was sprinkling when I was walking into school, it rained, and then it was sprinkling on my way to my car. Not too fun. It always stresses me out when it rains on Tues/Thurs because those are the days I bring my laptop to school. I take notes in psychology. The powerpoint slides go by quick, so I've found using my laptop to take notes a more efficient way to get the information. Maybe it was the rain, but I was sleepy today. Although, it could have had something to do with staying up late last night and getting up early today. Probably. And it looks like that will be the case tomorrow, too. Meh. That's life. Although, I could have slept in an hour and a half longer today, but there were some circumstances that lead to me getting up earlier. It's okay, it was worth it.

After school, I watched the new episode of House that I missed last night. It was great. It's getting back into the old House feel that it used to have before House started ODing and hallucinating. Fun times. I'm also happy that the old team from the first season is back together. Sure, the other teams that followed the original team grew on me, but I always felt that I liked the original, first House team. I knew that had to come back eventually. This episode was intense, too... I can't believe Chase did what he did. I can see that being a huge problem in future episodes. House is doing so much better, though. He's actually being kind. He was so messed up before. He's alright now, still with a hint of the arrogant, rude House that we all love.

Short

I don't have much to talk about today. I had a lot of math homework today, I helped my friend with her homework, I have a few papers to write, and just a lot to do overall. Seems like it's going to be a pretty busy week school-wise. Well, when is it not? I always have a lot to do despite the fact I'm only taking 4 classes. That's because I took a summer school course, which is so worth it. You get credits out of the way so quickly. It's only 5 weeks long, too. I plan on taking summer school each summer. It's a plan.

I just wish I knew exactly what I want to do eventually at a university. I mean, I have time, but it would be nice to know now so I could plan. We'll see what happens, I guess. I remember my one friend was concerned that she didn't know what she wanted to do and her university needed to know what classes she needed to take for her major, but she has no idea. It's a confusing time.

This is short.

Thrillvania

So last night I had the best time ever at Thrillvania. It's a thrill park with haunted houses. Here's a link so you can see what I'm talking about: CLICK

It was intense. There was a fun house, a maze in field, a trail in the woods, and a giant haunted house. Everything you could think of chased us around. Chainsaw guys, werewolves, scarecrows clowns, monsters, zombies, everything! They would jump out of places and follow you around and breath up your neck. There was this one part while we were walking through the trail in the woods and it got really quiet and while we were walking I looked to the left and realize I saw someone and all of the sudden that person revved a chainsaw, and we all bolted off as fast as we could! He started chasing us through the woods. I swear, I had a lot of adrenaline as I ran from that guy. Just as we thought we were safe for a second, we rested in front of the door of where we were supposed to go next we got startled by a scarecrow that was right next to the door. We didn't know he was real. We ran again, through the door. It was soon over after that, and we just laughed that it was over. That was not even near as bad as the main, giant haunted house. That place was full of fake blood, fake dead people, and everything else you could think of to be in a haunted house. I got startled quite a few times when monsters and clowns jumped out. What was insane was in the very last room where you get out of the house, a bloody chainsaw guy was literally a foot away from you, revving the chainsaw and blocking our exit. We all backed up against the wall and finally we just had to run past him really quickly. We all started laughing from relief when we got outside.

We did way more things, but that's just a few things that happened. Overall, nothing was really scary, it was just startling. It was a blast! I want to go again.

New Music

Thought I'd try something a little different with the text. Cool.

So I just got a mix cd from a friend with all kinds of things like PlayRadioPlay!, Muse, and some other bands. I love getting new music. It introduces me to new bands, and I love listening to new bands, too. Sometimes all the same music over and over can get irritating in my iTunes and iPod. I need more, though. My iTunes only has about 2 GB's worth of music. My iPod has more, though. It has about 2 GB left out of 8. I am glad I went with the 8 Gb because I almost got the 4 GB, and I would have quickly ran out of room. Music is such a large part of my life. I always have music playing (unless I just really really need silence). I love all kinds of genres. Pretty much the only thing I can not stand is Screamo. Everything else is great. One of the most bizarre genres I've ever had is Psychedelic Trance. That stuff is really cool, but if you're not in the mood for it, it just sounds like a bunch of noise. Infected Mushroom is a good Psychedelic Trance group from Israel. But, I like everything down to country and rap. The works. Techno is also one of my personal favorites, next to Alternative Rock and Electronica. But, on a really relaxing day, I will more than welcome classical music. Sometimes there's nothing better than a little Mozart or Vivaldi.

"Music is what feelings sound like." -Anonymous

Math and Dyslexia

I had a lot of math homework today. 27 question. I thought it was going to take an extremely long time, but luckily the unit we're doing right now is over square root. It's quick and easy. I finished it in under 30 minutes, which is saying something. Math is not my forte. Never has been. However, I seem to be doing alright at the moment. Last unit was rough, though. They had word problems. For some reason, ever since I was younger, I've always struggled with word problems. Maybe it has to do with my mild case of dyslexia. You know, I've never been tested, but I have most of the symptoms, which are:

• Difficulty determining the meaning (idea content) of a simple sentence
• Difficulty learning to recognize written words
• Difficulty rhyming
• May occur in combination with writing or arithmetic learning problems

I don't have difficulty in rhyming or recognizing words, but I definitely have the two other symptoms. I also mix up letters and words when I read. Sometimes I don't have any problems with reading, but other times I have a really hard time comprehending and reading the words I see on a page. Thus, if you combine the two, creating a word problem in math, you know I'm not going to do well on it. I have had problems all through school, but for some odd reason didn't do anything about it. I mean, I don't need to be in special classes for it, but it has definitely shown to be a tad bit of a set back. Not too much, though.

The other day I was talking to a friend on AIM (AOL instant messenger), and I said "Oh, now you've put me on the stop." I meant to say "spot" not "stop", and my friend says, "Dyslexia at it's finest right there." I sort of chuckled and corrected my typo. I mean, maybe it was just my hands getting confused, or maybe it was dyslexia. I don't know. Either way, I know I have a problem with it.

I'm just glad there's no word problems in this new unit in math.