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My parents went to conferences for my advanced algebra, APUSH, and photography classes. We also went to an extra credit Spanish conference. MAN, I am SOY PUMPED.

I didn't attend the math, history, and art conferences, so my parents filled me in. Basically, for all of my classes, my teachers had nothing but good things to say. They think I'm a very good student with an excellent work ethic, unlike most people.

My advanced algebra teacher said she will gladly give me a letter of recommendation, without my parents even asking or mentioning it. :D

My APUSH teacher said that I have the option of not taking the college board test. Saywhu, I know that seems dumb, but my parents said they're leaving the decision up to me. The teacher says that I can still benefit from the class without taking the college level exam, if the exam stresses me out too much. I'm not sure yet, but I kind of feel a little bit better knowing that I might not have to take the exam.

My parents told my photography teacher that I wanted to pursue photography as a career, and she has a lot of ideas. Next year, she'll want me to take 3 art classes- Art IV, Beginning Photoshop, and Advanced Photoshop. ALL IN ONE YEAR! OMG! Also, if I can't fit Art IV into my schedule, I'd have a class period of private instruction from the teacher. SO AWESOME. I feel better now that she knows about my plans for the future, so she can give me a lot of ideas now. :D

...yeah. And my Spanish teacher said I'm doing really well- I take a lot of risks and make a noticeable effort to learn the language unlike most people. Woot!

This has kind of put me in a good mood about school. I am currently getting straight A's. Well, and a C in APUSH. ~almost straight A's. I guess I'm just really happy with how I'm doing in school right now, because finally all of my hard work during the first quarter has paid off.

*satisfied sigh*

It's that time of year again. My sister, who is part of an acapella group at Drake University, is in the 104.1 Lite Holiday Idol contest, a local competition of sorts in the Des Moines area. And she needs all of your help.

I'm going to sound as obnoxious as someone who wants Paramore to win the goddamn Fuse 'best of' award- YOU ALL NEED TO VOTE TO LIKE CRAZY TO HELP HER WIN. After you've voted, SPREAD THE WORD LIKE NO OTHER and have all of your friends vote. What you need to understand, however, is that this is A MILLION times more important and significant that some stupid internet award for a music TV channel. Here's why:

This contest has a prize of monetary value. No, they are not like the M!ll!0N@R3Z and obsessed with money like that, rather, this money prize goes to 2 sources. Half of their money will be donated to the House of Mercy charity of Des Moines, IA, and the other half will go towards paying for their necessities as a music group- music, uniforms, etc.

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

Go to their contest entry page here. Listen to their song, which should be embedded on the page. (If you would like an MP3 of this song, let me know.) You can read all about the acapella group on this page.

On November 21st, which is SATURDAY, voting begins. Go back to that page, and in the green bar near the top of the page, click the VOTE button on the far right.

I will be posting more information on their status in the contest, and how the voting process works once it starts. I do believe you need to sign up for an accoun to vote, but it's not a hassle at all, and I haven't gotten any spam emails whatsoever from the website since voting last year.

A link to the voting page will be posted once voting begins. Everyone, please, show your support!

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Red= Silly
Brown= Cute
White=Stunning
Green=Gorgeous
Blue= Sexy
Aqua=Freaky
Yellow= Innocent
Purple= Happy
Black= EMO
Orange=Funny
Gray= Dumb
Pink=Preppy
Multicolored= Tree- hugging
Other= Hot
None=sexy beast


What kind of pants are you wearing?
Shorts= Cheerleader
Skirt/ Skort= chika
Corduroy= Cagefighter
Skinny jeans= scene kid
Ripped Jeans= Skater
Cammo= Hillbilly
Jeans= Pot head
Cargo=Clown
Sweats/ Basketballshort s= Jock
None=tomboy
Pajama Pants=Slut
Pajama Shorts= stripper
bootie shorts= lover


What is your Natural hair color?
Dark Brown= With a hot boyfriend/ girlfriend
Auburn/Red= with a nice smile
Black= With a broken heart
Blonde= that has an amazing ass
Dirty Blonde= That flirts too much.
Brown= with a great personality
Strawberryblond e= That is to much to handle
Light brown= that has pretty eyes


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No moar 365. I just can't do it.

You'd think after 3 failed attempts, it would mean something.

Also, Dallace, come here and eat all of my food like you said you would.

LOL sorry, that song has been stuck in my head all day today.

HAI GUISE, I HAVETH INTERNET-ETH NOWETH. Er, eth. Tomorrow, I owe you six photos to be all caught up in my 365 project. Fuckery already! What is this? I promise, things will work out. But I was without internet for the entire weekend. Oh, how lost I felt.

Milwaukee was amazing and I am still completely scared for college. More to come later on this.

Also, I fucking hate advanced biology and dioramas. Jfc I'm a junior in high school, I should not be making a model of Monkey Island for a grade. ~sigh.

Send me links to things I missed out on. Aaaaaaaaaanddddd go.

Forgot my daily post. Slacking already. 2 photos tomorrow.

But hey, I was doing some intense studying.

I know you guys are all super cool kids that have to listen to cool undiscovered bands, so here's one for you.

Nothing But Shoes. They have 2 songs up now, and although the audio quality is not the best, you need to get over yourself and realize that this band basically formed within the last few months, and they recorded it themselves with the technology they had.

With that being said, GO LISTEN NOW. And when you're done listening, LISTEN AGAIN. And after you've listened again, head over to Katie's Buzznet page and tell her what you think. ;)

I'll be posting a link to the band's MySpace on my page, so whenever you're lurking, and I know you do, you can find the link and listen. Sound good? I THINK SO.

I'm positive I can finish this one and you're about to see why. First photo to come soon.

This is a shit picture and I took it before I neatly organized everything. I showed it all to my dad, and he LOLed at your ID card. Hahaha sorry. The poor pineapple lumps are crushed to bits, but OM NOM NOM THEY SO GOOD. I'm eating the crunchie bar for dessert, and I can't wait. I am ABSOLUTLEY in love with the printed photograph (on my keyboard), and I read the picture book and OMG IT IS SO CUUUTE! I'm babbling a ton because I'm so excited. I also lurrvee the bracelets, I'm wearing them now!

Guys, this is why we make BFFS on Buzznet and send each other stuff. Look at how awesome it is.

So I was out to dinner, and while waiting in line to order my food, I coughed a little. Some woman who was standing in front of me, who I do not know at all, just turns around and announces to entire restaurant, "SWINE FLU, SWINE FLU!" while pointing at me, and then turns back around.

How fucking rude and inconsiderate of you. Do you have any manners at all?

Just, ugh.

NO PICTURES, ONLY MEMORIES. JS.

(If you don't want to read my life story, skip everything until I say so.)

This has been edited at Katie's request. She felt unincluded. You all should know, she invited me to this concert, and it was for her birthday.

So, I recently experienced one of THE best nights/continuation of the best 48 hours OF MY LIFE. And because I love you, I'm going to fill you in on every single detail. Oh, the things I do for you all.

This all goes back to 2:49 on Friday afternoon, sitting in Honors American Literature and Composition, hating my life. The second it turned 2:50, I showed the teacher my early release note and like, literally just ran the fuck out of the classroom. NDB. Drove home as fast as I could (while being safe, promise =D), threw my stuff in a duffel, and left for Chitown WITH MY FRIEND KATIE. . It took a two hour drive and an hour and twenty six minute train ride before arriving.

KATIE AND I got to the hotel, which was right across the street from the House of Blues. (The Westin, not the Hotel SAX, for those familiar with the area.) Which I must say, looked really odd. It was this big, black, oddly shaped building and just looked weird. The hotel I was staying at was super fancy pants-esque. WE spent some time walking around the city, discovering that it was way too cold for my liking, and then went back to the hotel to eat some really weird food. Because everything was fancy and not normal.

The next morning, I woke up around 7:30, and after everyone was all ready, finally left the hotel around 9:00. There were already people in line outside the venue, but only a few. We openly called them freaks, because even though we did end up waiting in line for, uh, 4 and a half hours, we didn't get up at 5 in the morning and have a legit camp out session.

We (that being KATIE AND MYSELF) walked around the city for a couple hours, ate more food, and did some shopping. I GOT SOME SUPER SCENE GLASSES. LIKE YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE. THEY'RE PLAID, KAY?

(Important things start now!)

We got to the venue at 2:00, after quickly freshening up at the hotel. There were only two other people in line. One of those people being a dude in a chair who I believed was some form of security of HOB staff, until I later found out he was just a dad holding a place for his daughters. LAME. However, he also told me there were about 50 people in the restaurant that were technically ahead of the line itself, but to get in, you had to spend 15 dollars. I eventually thought that all of those kids would get kicked out and be sent to the back so I found a nice chunk of sidewalk, sat down, and started doing my homework. My friend's mom was awesome enough to run back and forth between the hotel and the venue, so for the first three hours of the wait, I studied (or lack thereof) while bundled up in a coat.

About ten minutes after arriving at the venue, these two girls show up. Their exact words were: "Are y'all here for the Paramore show?" We were all still unsure if we were waiting in the right spot, but we just decided to go with it. These two girls, eventually joined by about 6 more, stuck out the 4 and a half hour wait with us. We honestly became, like, BFFLS in that short amount of time. We all watched the show together, and somehow, found each other on Facebook within 24 hours following the show. Oh, the internet.

This amazing awesomeness that I can't really explain happened with all of our buddies over those 4 and a half hours. Including many trips into the Crimson Lounge, which was some really creepy place attatched to the Hotel SAX (where we were also told Paramore was staying...eeep!) we went to pee about 10 times. It was almost like an out of body experience.

Now, as far as the kids who were waiting inside- they all got kicked out. They were moved to a different line- apparently, in this line, if you pay 15 dollars, they let you in first. THE. STUPIDEST. THING. EVER. HOB staff kept coming by and trying to talk us into it, but I refused. I also wasn't positive if they'd keep their word, too. Jerks. Our line lost some people to this- and I was now forreal forreal at the absolutle front of this line. And, yeah, I felt like a big deal, because this line stretched all the way down the alley to the street, two blocks down the street, and over the bridge.

After a while, probably an hour or so before doors, more staff came out (after trying to scam us into buying their two dollar hot chocolate- in a 4 ounce styrofoam cup!) and made us get into two lines and stand for the rest of the time until we were let in. We weren't too happy with this, but we got over it. Some time after that, I spy Jonathon from The Swellers. If you know who I'm talking about (he plays drums in the band), he's the kind of guy you can point out easily. Er, he has really awkward ears. That's the only way I think I can describe it. I kind of whispered to my new (and old) friend(s), "Hey, there's the guy from The Swellers!" It took most of the line a while to really notice and or care, but eventually, we did, and we hung out with him and his brother, Nick, who is the the singer/lead guitarist from the band. For a taste of all the LULZ we had, make reference to the title of this journal.

The time finally came for doors to open, but again, the bitchy staff waited on letting us in the venue, so by the time I finally got in, there were three solid rows lined up already. MAN, I WAS PISSED. But I took my place on the right side of the stage as close as I could get, and continued inching closer and closer. There were so many kids there that kept trying to get in front of me. HA.

I honestly turned around, looked at this one girl, and asked her- "is this your first concert?"

(Girl nods, while discreetly trying to take my spot.)

I reply- "Oh, that's cute." And with that, I kind of (gently, geez) pushed her behind me.

THE SWELLERS.

Indescribably (spelling fail?) amazing. Holy fuck. I loved their set the most. All you Parawhores can go cry about it. They are honestly one of the best bands I have heard live to date. All of their songs were so much fun. The Swellers are the kind of band that I listen to often enough that I can recognize any of their songs when played live, but I'll never be able to sing any of the words. At this point in the show, I was standing with one of my "line buddies", who also happens to love this band as much as I do. It seemed like no one else around us was having as much fun as we were, which sucked. I recall dancing and getting really into the music and having a great time, while everyone else around me just kind of stood there and looked bored. That always makes me upset- I mean, the least you can do is look like you're having a good time, or get a little bit into the music. To end this section on a happy note- OMGILOVETHESWELLERS, KTHNKSBAI.

OH, and during their set, my friends pointed to someone on the balcony and they were all- OMG CLAIRE, LOOK! I've been without my glasses forever now, so I was completely blind, and had no idea who they were pointing to. We all waved to this person on the balcony, and after like, 2 seconds, they smiled and waved back. I was like, who was that? Oh, um, Hayley Williams. NBD.

Oh, and I got a guitar pick thrown at me. It hit me in the eye. And then some other girl got it. YAY.

PAPER ROUTE.

Just so I can say this right away- every single dude in this band is sooooo dreamy. They're also, like, sooooo married. Some really obnoxious girl screamed to no one in particular on stage- "You're dreamy!" One of the band members kinda smirked and held up his hand, displaying a ring. I laughed, like, hahahahaha, pwned. THEIR SET WAS SO BEYOND COOL. Again, this band- I know all of their music, and listen to it occasionally, but when I hear any one of their songs live, I immediatley recognize it. Some of my favorites were played, including Carousel, Enemy Among Us, and Are We All Forgotten (I do know the words to this one, and I sang along to it! Yeah!). Again, people looked bored and just stood around. I was less than amused. 

GUYS, BANDS HAVE OPENERS FOR A REASON. APPRECIATE THEM, KAY?

THINGS THAT WERE AWESOMESAUCE ABOUT THEIR SET:

1.) This cool, weird, metal thing. It was on stage. I had no idea what it was, until it was used. Then, I remembered that its one of those odds and ends type musical instruments, and that I learned about it at music camp 3 years ago. I freaked out when I realized this. Basically, it's this thing that's really sensitive to vibrations or something of any sort, so if you move your hands over it or something, it makes this cool noise. And basically, I freaked out, because when I learned this three years ago, I could care less and thought it was stupid. But when I saw it being used in this setting, I was all OMG COOL.

2.) They had this miniature drum set on a riser that was used during some songs. And I thought it was really cool. Because during one of the songs, their drummer would play these mini- drums on a riser, making him look cooler than everyone else.

3.) Overall- I wasn't totally thrilled to see Paper Route live. I mean, their music is decent, but people had been telling me that their set was boring and almost put them to sleep. I, myself could never even picture their music being played live, making me less than excited. But this performance changed all of that. Their performance was just beyond awesome. I almost caught a drumstick. The tall kid next to me caught it. I wanted to steal it from him.

And now, the part that you're all waiting for, and the part I bet you started reading at....

PARAMORE.

As usual, the wait in between sets was SO EFFING LONG. The other bands kept it to like, 15 minutes. THAT'S DEEC, GUISE. Paramore took like, 10 years. They played Sunny Day Real Estate, mostly Diary (and I'm just lucky because this is the only SDRE album I know), and Jimmy Eat World, mostly Futures (which is luckily one of my faves!) before the band came out. I got to about the 3rd or 4th row at best for the first half of the set. I'm pretty sure I didn't see Josh at all. Not once at all. Either he was ~hidden in the haze, I'm blind, or he was just on the other side of the stage. Could be a combination of all three. To be honest, I didn't even see the band come out, due to lamesauce tall people standing in front of me.

OKAY SO, this set was great. It was fun. Jeremy was actually really close to me, because he kept being awesome and standing on an amp and leaning over the crowd. Honestly, HE IS SO ADORABLE. Just...adorable. Hayley also got really close when she came to the side of the stage I was on. IT WAS SO COOL, basically because I never thought I'd ever see this band that close before. I'm going to try and remember most of their set for you, but I'll probably fail at doing so. HERE GOES:

They opened with their intro song- "Intro". This one wins the Most Original Title Ever award, I swearz. After that, they went straight into Ignorance. From this point on, I jumped around and danced to every song. I had been told by people on LJ (paramoremusic, wuddduppp) that the floor at Chicago HOB was like a trampoline, and when everyone jumps around, its really fun. I never believed them until I experienced this myself, and it was AWESOME. I almost thought the floor would cave in or something. I do believe that they played That's What You Get next. Wait, maybe I Caught Myself came first. I think it did. But I'm not entirely sure. As for That's What You Get- even though I totally overplayed this song two years ago (when I first became a fan, squeee!) and pretty much can't listen to it any more for that reason, I always get excited when it's played live. I don't think they played this song when I saw them over the summer with No Doubt. Naturally, I always look forward to singing along with the gang vocals, and that was really fun. I was sick at the concert (but was well armed with cough drops and Day Quil, so the illness didn't bring me down too much), and knowing that this weekend in its entirety was only going to make me more sick, I didn't sing as loudly as I would have wanted to. (But then again, you should never sing loudly at concerts. Its cute that the band encourages you to, but first, the band is not going to notice you or point you out if you sing louder than the kids around you, and second, if you can even hear yourself singing when you're at a show, then that's bad. Thirdly, never blame the band for losing your voice, idiot.) The songs that were played in the middle of the set consisted of  The Miracle Outro (but I couldn't experience all of the awesome passionate kneeling and extreme emotions, because I couldn't see. But it did happen), Crush Crush Crush, Looking Up, Turn It Off, Careful, Decode, Emergency, Conspiracy, Here We Go Again (with the outro) and Where The Lines Overlap. But not in that order at all. The middle of the set is always mushy when it comes to my memory, but I'm positive that they played all of those songs. Well, pretty positive. And just to let you know, Looking Up is my absolute favorite song on brand new eyes, no ifs, ands, or buts about it, so I got really excited when they played it.

FOR SOME DIRECT PERFORMANCE QUOTES, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DID REMEMBER GUISE:

(Hayley, in response to having a ring thrown at her on stage)

"Thank you! What almost killed me, I will now wear as jewlery."

To be honest, people threw a lot of things on stage that night. And what I found to be super cool was that she put on every single bracelet, and read almost every sign help up in the crowd. (Some loser who I knew from waiting in line had these papers his cousin gave him- they consisted of his name and phone number. Sadly, he got three of those on stage. He was yelling "READ IT, READ IT!" But I never think she did.)

(and another quote from Hayley, basically because no one else said anything except for her)

"Now, just becauase I have a mic stand on this song, doesn't mean it's slow. There's just the slight possibility that I might..uh...die."

Really though, she was kidding.

Then, as the set had to finally come to a close, they did the most awesome thing ever.

THEY PLAYED MISGUIDED GHOSTS. YES, MISGUIDED GHOSTS. It was so amazing and perfect- it almost felt like the band had left and they played the cd through a loudspeaker. But more awesome. The only part of it that sucked was that they all sat down, so I couldn't see them. (Except for Zac, who was standing, playing a really cool hand drum. This was the only time I really saw him.) I think what I liked best about it, was that the entire band was still involved, even though it was an acoustic song.

Following this song was, as expected, Misery Business. I think the lyrics should officially be changed and the word 'involving' should be permenantley replaced with 'HEY JOSH!!'. Jussayyin. I, and probably a lot of other people thought it would be their last song at first. But then of course, we all did the "one more song" chant. The band had left the stage, but probably less than a minute later, they all came back. 

"Did you think that was going to be our last song? Oh, well, we have one more for you!"

BRICK

BY

BORING

BRICK

Such an amazing song to be saved for last. It was PERFECT. And, in the final chorus, all of the band members came out and either sang, or did something to contribute to the song. One of the guys in Paper Route had a random drum and drumstick and played it held over his head.

And then, just like that, the best 4 hours of my life were over.

Also, I discovered that Hayley and I have the exact same shoes. WUDDUPP.

I tried to book it out of there and make it to the merch table, but it was insane. Every other show I've been to, I've always had to leave early, so buying merch has never been a problem for me. I knew that I should have left during Misguided Ghosts, but I really didn't want to leave. The area by the merch was super crowded, and once I finally got to the Paper Route booth, I was going to buy something, but they didn't have my size for that shirt. I told the merch girl (not guy! shocker!) that I'd think about it and come back, because I couldn't decide on a shirt. Paper Route was hanging out there, taking pictures with everyone, and the singer was being so adorbz. He said something like, DEES GON' BE DUH BEST PEEKCHA EVARRRR GIRLFRAAN! as he was taking a picture with a fan. I could barely see The Swellers merch, but it looked really cool from what I could see. Then, out of nowhere, a security guard comes and starts yelling, EVERYONE NEEDS TO LEAVE. YOU CAN'T BUY MERCH ANY MORE. Then, I see another guy pop up, and he told me, "If you're going to buy merch, I'd get over there" and runs away. I pushed and shoved my way up to the Paramore table, to FINALLY buy my copy of BNE, as I had planned, but another security guard was there and kept saying MERCH IS CLOSED. EVERYONE LEAVE. I was SO BUMMED. I even saw Aaron Holmes, you know, the guy I miiight have creeped on at Starbucks? (In my mind, he's TOTES FAMUZ.) I kind of looked at him, like, PLZ MERCH PLZ? and he looked at me like, SRSLY, GTFO. I was really sad. (Note, I bought my copy of bne at Target the next day.)

Oddly enough, I found my friend in all of this mess, we bought some 4 dollar Gatorade (it had to be said, because it really just sucks) and left the venue. We found our line buddies, and headed outside with them. We met up with The Swellers again, and since they're just SO COOL, they sold us our cd outside the venue. I got it autographed and all that shizzz, and then, as we were leaving, I went up to Nick and said, "Don't tell Paramore this, but your set was my favorite." And forreal, I was being super honest. OHMYGOSH, I really would like to belive I made this guy's day at that given moment. His eyes lit up and he was all "REEAAALLYYY?!", like, in a high pitched girlish squeal. He was really happy about that. I think I might have given him a high five, and we talked for a few minutes about random schtuff, including how he should get a life sized version of the cool metaly thing Paper Route has, and then use it via trapeze. This led to us talking about how ridiculously awesome P!NK is. I wanted to stay and hang out with the band and my new friends some more, but KATIE was beyond tired and we went back to the hotel. (I kinda missed out on more LULZ and a picture sesh.) I am a little bummed that I still have not met Paramore, unlike half the people on Buzznet. WUTEVS, some day.

All in all, it was the best night of my life. But then again, I say that after every concert I go to.

WOW YOU GUYS. It's been who knows how long since I've actually sat my ass down and written a formal ~blog. Pft, like you care about my personal life? For 10 minutes and 33.6 seconds, I'm going to pretend that you really do.

School is back in full swing, and it basically sucks a bunch of hairy balls. However, at the current moment, it's being alright. I'm keeping my grades under control with all A's, only with the exception of a C in AP US history and a D in Honors American Literature and Composition (but hey, that's only because my teacher hasn't graded my 60 point make up essay test yet. I can only hope I did well, or I'm still screwed.) For once in my life, advanced algebra is understandable, (that's UNDERSTANDABLE, not EASY) and I have just about the awesomest teacher ever. Spanish (III) is going well, and I'm starting to get used to a class where the teacher speaks rapid fire spanish and I have to learn to keep up. I gave my memorized 'about me' speech yesterday, and it went really well. (Honestly, I talked about my love of No Doubt for a solid 2 minutes.) My photography class is pretty cool, but the teacher and I get on terribly. I try not to tell myself that, but I'm pretty sure she doesn't like me. BUT WHATEVER, I'm here to learn and all I care about is gaining the knowledge I need, and that's it. I should at least mention how miserable APUSH is making me, but I need to think that even if it sucks and it makes me want to cry myself to sleep, (and God forbid, if I fail the exam like I did for AP Euro), it's all giving me practice for college. FUCK COLLEGE. I'M NOT LIKING THIS WHOLE GETTING OLDER THING ONE BIT. Our cross country meet was at an elementary school today, and I got to walk past a bunch of cubbies, teensy desks, and pillows for nap time. Like, remember when school was FUN AWESOMESAUCE?

Cross country is the fucking bomb. Oh wow, I did just call something "the bomb"? But forreal, it is SO RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME. I love my team. Even though some of the kids on team are the annoying populars that I don't like to associate myself with (you know the type- they're super nice to you all the time, but for some reason, you still hate them), they cheer me on all the time, and just as much as they would every one else. TO BE HONEST, I didn't even think they knew my name. (Espescially the ~really cute team captian. WOW THOSE WORDS DID NOT JUST COME OUT OF MY MOUTH.) I can't even begin to believe the amazing shape I must be getting in. This is like, the best sport ever. Like I've said, the team is just so great. There's around 90 of us, but we all get along and have a good time and support each other- from the #1 varsity to the dead last JV (of which I am neither.) I feel like babbling a lot about cross country especially today, because I just had, by far, my BEST race of all time. I finished in juuuuuust about 22 minutes and 34 seconds. (My first mile split was 8:58, and my 2 mile time was somewhere around 18 minutes.) WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW, my best time before this was 23:11, and that was at my time trial. Every other race- I didn't even come close to that time. I am just so completely satisfied with my race today, but my hip is hurting like crazy. My hip seems like an awkward place for an injury, but I've concluded that it's been messed up for a while, and I haven't done anything about it, so now I'm suffering the consequences. :(

As far as my favorite music of the moment, since I could never get away without talking about my current obsessions:

Now- Mates of State

This is the FUNNEST SONG EVER. It's so amazing. I am labeling it as my new favorite song for life.

You and I- Anarbor

IT DOESN'T JUST CHANGE KEYS ONCE, BUT IT CHANGES KEYS TWO TIMES! TWO TIMES!

Gaia Bleeds (Make Way For Man)- Set Your Goals

I hated this song with a passion when I first bought the album back in July (got it at Target on the release day, yo!), but it has grown on me and I now love this song more than any other song on the album. I can't explain why I love it so much, I just do.

Read Between The Lines- KSM

OHMYGOD. I hated this song two days ago. TWO FUCKING DAYS AGO. Now, it's one of my favorites. HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT HAPPEN. It's like a love/hate relationship. They are honestly one of the girliest-wannabe-rebellious-but-cool bands ever, and their majority of their fans are probably, oh fuck, a bunch of tweenies? Their songs are so disgustingly unoriginal, they have that sound like they popped straight out of an issue of one of those IQ-decreasing issues of J-14, and I can point out a million musical no-no's per tune, but DAMNIT, THE SONG IS SO CATCHY. SO SO CATCHY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I LIKE IT SO MUCH. UGHHHHHHH. At least I have the guts to admit this.

Loose Lips- Kimya Dawson

All thanks to my mixtrade from Raquala, this song is amazing. There is no other explanation.

Paparazzi/Poker Face- Lady Gaga

I don't know what's more embarassing: liking KSM, or liking Lady Gaga. I truely believe we all have our pop guilty pleasures, so there Buzznet- those are mine. WHATCHA GUNNA DO 'BOUT ITTTTT. (I kid, I kid)

BRAND NEW (FUCKING) EYES IN ITS ENTIRETY. HOLY FUCK.

I know you think you're cool because you refuse to listen to it until Tuesday, but I'm enjoying myself quite a bit jamming out to this masterpiece in my car. 16 days until I see them!

Kiss With A Fist- Florence And The Machine

JENNIFER'S BODY SOUNDTRACK FTW. I haven't seen the film. I'm hoping I'll get to soon. I have a sticker that says Extra Salty, but I have plans to mail it to a certain New Zealander who's name rhymes with............Shallace.

One Fine Day- The Chiffons

Shoo-be-doo-bee-ooh-op. A song my sister has gotten me into. Probably one of the few songs I know from that time period.

Fear of Flying- A Rocket To The Moon

I almost just typed A Rocket To The Maine. WUT. Epic results of a failure?

Ghost- The Academy Is...

I never owned up to liking Santi as much as I do, because it still is my least favorite of all of their releases. This song is an exception to everything I just said. Also, who has Lost In Pacific Time EP and loves it? (Raises hand!)

Carry On- Bayside

Any Bayside will always be one of my favorite songs of the moment, and recently, I've been going on a 'The Walking Wounded' listening spree.

Cigarette Eyes- Matt Costa

My second favorite MC song, to Mr. Pitiful. You know, the song that's in every single movie and commerical of 2009?

Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?- She And Him

Another favorite thanks in Raquala and my mixtrade. I LURVE EEET.

And for the record, I did vlog once I got my mixtrade, but the video would never upload to either Buzznet or YouTube, so I've given up all hope. I still need to document this some how.....

THATS IT. THATS ALL. CONGRATULATIONS IF YOU READ ALL OF THIS. :)

SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 films, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own account, paste it. Then, put x's next to the films you've seen, add them up, change the header adding your number, and click post at the bottom. Have fun.

( ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease

(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
( ) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
( ) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
( ) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane FTW!!!!!!!!

Total: 3

( ) The Princess Bride
( ) AnchorMan
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
( ) Labyrinth
(x) Saw
(x) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
( ) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
(x) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Total so far: 8

( ) Scream
( ) Scream 2
(x) Scream 3
( ) Scary Movie
(x) Scary Movie 2
(x) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
( ) American Pie
( ) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp

Total so far: 11

(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
( ) Harry Potter 3
( ) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
( ) The Wedding Singer
(x) Little Black Book
( ) The Village
(x) Lilo & Stitch

Total so far: 15

(x) Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
( ) Butterfly Effect
(x) 13 Going on 30
( ) I, Robot
( ) Robots

Total so far: 19

( ) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( ) Along Came Polly
( ) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
( ) Never Been Kissed
( ) Meet The Parents
( ) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
(x) Joe Dirt
( ) King Kong

Total so far: 21

(x) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal I love it so much
(x) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
(x) Passport to Paris PFFFTTTT.
() Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
() Final Destination
() Final Destination 2
(x) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
(x) The Ring
(x) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber

Total so far: 29

( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
( ) Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( )Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
( ) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards

Total so far: 29

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child's Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
() Bride of Chucky
( ) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
( ) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
() Coach Carter
() The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
( ) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask

Total so far: 31

( ) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Sleven
( ) Ocean's Eleven
( ) Ocean's Twelve
( ) Bourne Identity
( ) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Bourne Ultimatum
( ) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
() Curious George

Total so far: 32

( ) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(x) ET
(x)Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
( ) Maid in Manhattan
(xx) War of the Worlds Both the 1953 and 2005 versions, so I'm counting it twice. ;)
( ) Rush Hour
( ) Rush Hour 2

Total so far: 36

( ) Best Bet
( ) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
( ) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
( ) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
( )The Terminator
( )The Terminator 2
( )The Terminator 3

Total so far: 39

( ) X-Men
( ) X-Men 2
( ) X-Men 3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
(x) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
( ) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2

Total so far: 47

( ) Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
( ) Old School
( ) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf's Tribe
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
( ) The 40-year-old Virgin

Total so far: 48

( ) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
( ) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
( ) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King(well, half of it, i fell asleep during it)
( ) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
( ) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
( ) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Total so far: 48

( ) Baseketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
( ) Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
( ) American History X
( ) Three

Total so Far: 49

( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
( ) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( ) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard

Total so far: 51

( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
( ) Hulk
( ) Dawn Of the Dead
( ) Hook
(x) Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
( ) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
( ) Waterworld

Total so far: 52

( ) Kill Bill vol 1
( ) Kill Bill vol 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) The Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness

Total so far: 52

( ) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
( ) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
( ) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
( ) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
( ) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
( ) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor

Total so far: 52

( ) The Matrix
( ) The Matrix Reloaded
( ) The Matrix Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
( ) Red Dragon
( ) Silence of the Lambs
( ) Hannibal

Now Add them up and... 52
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YOU R NO LONGAR.

OHAI

Buzznet lovin'

YAI. 

I love re-arranging my room. Just feels so awesome.

And lastly, if you have not, please BUZZ my Song of Summer journal. Today's the last day of the contest, and I really could use the help! =D

I have just reached my birth year in Buzz. Should I feel special? I kind of want to.

Real life franz that become e-franz = win. BUT NOT UNLESS YOU ADD THEM. 

Go on, just guess. 

I really wish the Song of Summer contest was actually based on content. Does anyone realize that it is 100% based on Buzz?

It's not fair to write poop, then notespam everyone into Buzzing your entry.

I honestly don't stand a chance at winning because the quality of everything I wrote really doesn't matter. n______n