Voting... Meeting... CACTUS UPDATE!!!!

So Far #2 is winning... NEED MORE VOTES!!!!!!!!

Well... tonight I have a meeting for everyone going on the Youth Mission Trip with my church... I hope it's as fun as last year... I have to be there at 6:00 so...

CACTUS Update!!!!
Chorus: We're pretty good...
Drama: WE SUCK!!!!
Creative Writing: It's okay **Voice implies that it isn't**
Art: GREAT!!!!
Dance: We are TERRIBLE!!!! EVEN WORSE THAN DRAMA!!!!!
Orf: We're pretty decent...

That is our week in a nutshell... so far at least...

Oh well... If we suck on Sunday, at least it will only be in front of the entire congregation... No Biggie...

Okay... We're VOTING!!!!!!!!!

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So... as you can see, I have many options for banners... I want your opinions on which one is the best... To Vote, just go over to the side bar, and find the poll, and vote for your favorite... Or you could just leave a comment...

It doesn't have to go with the current background, I will change that to match if need be...

One Month... ONE MONTH!!!!!!!!

Yay!!! It's only ONE month until Mockingjay comes out!!!! August 24!! (Today's July 24 if you can't read the thingy that say's what the day is **Encouraging Smile**) I Can't Wait!!!!!!

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what’s worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss’s family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. 

Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins’s groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.

UGH!!!!! Grr...

Well... I'm reading Fire Study at the moment... It's the third book in the series with Poison Study, and Magic Study... I've read the series before, but while I was writing the reviews for them, I had a sudden urge to read them again... so, I requested them from the library and now I'm reading them!!! Again... Overall, my favorite is Poison Study, but my favorite parts are in Magic Study and Fire Study... after I finish these, I'll probably have to re-read the Glass books... which I suppose is a good thing since Spy Glass is coming out September 1... barely more than a month away...

I'm about half-way through Fire Study... The Trio... Yelena-the main character, Leif-her brother, & Moon-Man-her Story Weaver, are traveling across Sitia trying to stop Cahil from releasing a great power upon the country... Did I mention that Yelena is the All-Powerful, reckless Soul-Finder??? She can return lost souls to their rightful place... whether that be in the Sky or their bodies... And she can even raise the dead??? Even thought they're changed and are trying to go back to the sky... Or That the Diivian Warpers are taking over the country??? That they have one of the Master Magicians (there are 4 and are the highest political & magical power in the country) as their leader???

I know... it's all very confusing... Just be glad I didn't even try to explain Valek.... or Ixia... **Shudders** They're the 'bad guys' that help save Sitia from total annihilation... (Big Word!!! **Happy Dance**)

Um... what else??? Oh... I watched Eureka last night... GD (Global Dynamics) turned into an angry mob and tried to kill Fargo... the guy in charge... when the only people not effected were Jack (the Sheriff), Allyson (Head of the Infirmary), and Tess...(Head of Section 5, dangerous experiments) and no one knows why...

Then we watched Haven...Which was along the same lines as Eureka,which was weird... all the insane people got better, and all the sane people went berserk... angry with rage... it was very weird...

Well... I gotta go get supper ready... for myself... my parents are going somewhere apparently...

Ella Enchanted... & Poison Study... With A Side Of Puking...

I watched a movie last night!! **Happy Dance** It was... Ella Enchanted... I told my parents to request it the day before Easter... Um??? Wasn't Easter in April??? Or was it March??? Oh well... it was about a girl named Ella (Obviosly) and she had a curse cast on her, she would always do what people told her to... but she fell in love with the prince, and the king (who hated his nephew) used the curse against her, and she almost killed him, but she overcame the curse becuase of her love for him, but she was thrown in jail, her friends rescued the prince, becuase the King was trying to kill him... again... and they succeded in rescuing him...and you know the rest... They got married and lived happily ever after...

I read Poison Study Today... yeah... I'd read it before but, I'd forgotten all the good parts!!! how could I have forgotten??? It's one of the Best Books Ever!!!!!!!!



Oh well... Tonight I was, like, really sick... I felt like I was going to throw up every time I moved... even if I only moved my fingers!!! It was terrible... Ugh... my stomach churns just thinking about it... I was about ready to throw up and then all of a sudden... I was all better!! It was a miracle...

Well... I'd better go...

The Sky is Everywhere...

I read this book last night... it's AWESOME!!!! I know I say that about pretty much every book, but this one really is!!! It's about a girl whose sister just died, and she's confused becuase she likes her sister's boyfriend, and all the while, there another boy she likes... its all very confusing... but it's sooooo good!!! And for you Band Geeks... you know who you are... she plays Clarinet... and she's second seat or something... She could be first, but doesn't like the solos!! (I'm liking this girl) and she works at a deli... and lives with her Grandma and Uncle Big... It's just really funny!!!

Um... Yesterday, (Before I read The Sky is Everywhere) My dad showed me how to mow our lawn, I can hear my Best Friend gasping in horror... asking how many trees did I uproot... My reply to that would be... I did a really good job, now shut up and finish reading... I'm just kidding... I only missed a few spots, and afterwards, I felt really good for some reason... I don't know why but I felt like I could do anything...

I also redid that Hogwarts Puzzle yesterday!! I wasn't as fun though...

Oh Well... You guys better Read The Sky Is Everywhere!!!!!!!!!

Two Books and Some Notes

I finally started Ender's Game... I forgot how good it is... For those of you who haven't read this, it's about a boy who gets chosen to attend Battle School, and faces a lot of things in his life... but overall, it's a good book...

Sadly... I'm not to my favorite part yet... the point where he's commander of Dragon Army... very exiting stuff...

I got a book called The Sky is Everywhere, from the library today... I'll probably read that, after I finish Ender's Game...

I'll have to start taking notes on Ender's Game... I'm reading it for Central and I have to write a report for it during the first week of school... so I need to get those notes done...

Gotta go... suppers ready!! I think we're having Hot Chicken Salad...

Bad Books... **Sadly Shakes Her Head**

I Started Anything But Typical today... if you like the kind of books I do... DON'T READ THIS!!!!! It was sooooooo boring... It was about a boy with autism who wrote stories online and then he went to a conference.. So yeah... Don't Read it!!!

Yesterday, we went to my grandma's... and ate Brunch with her...

Not much going on... I'm bored out of my mind!!!!! Maybe I'll read Ender's Game... but maybe not...

BF's and Too Much Food...

I went to my BF's today... it was fun... I took my Harry Potter Movies and we watched #5... Order of the Phoenix... It was fun... I said that already... I'm just in weird mode... forgive me...

Well... Her dad want's her to walk a mile everyday, (which she doesn't always I might add...) and so we did that... while it was, like, 90 outside... and she was complaining because it was too hot... and I retorted that I was actually quite comfortable... and asked me "HOW CAN YOU NOT BE HOT???? IT'S LIKE 110 OUT HERE!!!!!" Yeah... she actually did yell it... she didn't hear her mom say that it was 92... **Smiles Mischievously** We talked about random stuff... So yeah...

Um... When we went back in and had supper, I ate WAY too much... Her dad bought KFC, and I don't remember the last time I'd had KFC... Boy was it good... I liked the beans... unfortunatly I got a stomachache... **Sad Face**

My BF let me borrow some of her music... most of it is contry... which she's gotten me hooked on... sadly... She let me borrow... 8 CD's...

1. The Bird & The Bee Sides - Reliant K
2. Carnival Ride - Carrie Underwood
3. Coming Up To Breathe - MercyMe
4. The Light Meets The Dark - Tenth Avenue North
5. Me & My Gang - Rascal Flatts
6. Over & Underneath - Tenth Avenue North
7. Revelation - Third Day
8. What If We - Brandon Heath

So Yeah... I geuss some of them are Christan Rock... Oh Well...

Well... See Y'all Tomorrow!!

ANOTHER ONE!!!!!!!!!

I read another book today... This one was The Adoration of Jenna Fox... It's a Bob book... now I've read... I don't know, 5 of them...

It was about a girl who survived a accident that she wasn't supposed to... she lost all her memory and then found out that her body was completely reconstructed... and yeah... she fell in love but she wasn't supposed to be alive so... it ends up that she lives forever... (sorry I kinda just spoiled the entire book **Sad Face**)

Oh well... I got Ender's Game from the Library... It's on the Reading list for Central, ya know?? I haven't started it yet... **Shrugs** I have until the begining of school so... no pressure...

Well... that's it... not much going on around here... so... yeah... Bye...

FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I Have To Wait For Mastiff **Sigh**

I Finished Bloodhound!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!! Beka was even better than in Terrier!! Although I don't like Dale as much as I like Rosto... **Snicker** You should have seen how much I was yelling at the book... saying that Beka better not fall for Dale or I will get very, very, VERY, MAD!!!!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!! She Fell for him... **Sigh** At least she got her heart broken... serves her right... SHE ISN'T SUPPOSED TO FALL FOR A BANK CLERK!!!!!!!! She's supposed to fall for the awesome, charming, dangerous King of The Thieves... ROSTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ugh... I could just kill Tammy right now... but, alas... I can't... **Sigh** **You ask why I can't** Why Can't I? Well, It's not what you may think... I could care less that it would be illegal (SHHH! Don't tell the important people!) It's becuase she wouldn't be able to finish the third book in the series... She left off the second book with a sort-of cliff-hanger... Which! I told myself to steer clear of... I HATE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UGH!!! Why does the world hate me?????

But! Mastiff should be good... they're back in Corus... (They had been in a Port in Bloodhound) With Rosto **Holds back a snide comment** The problem is that Crown Prince has been kidnapped... **Everyone looks at me like I've lost my mind** The Prince who is heir to the Throne??? Ring a bell??? So yeah... He's, like, a little baby I think... **Gasp** I know... terrible thing... kidnapping a baby... even if he's a Prince... (They're so cocky...)

We don't have a cover yet... but that doesn't matter... who needs a cover??

Terriers and Bloodhounds...

<<---- Yay!!! I finished Terrier!! YAY!!!!!!!!! It was AWESOME!!! Beka, the main character, was, like, I don't know, a total female Goddess. She kicked Butt!!!!! she could do anything!!!

I also started Bloodhound... **Happy Dance** The sequel to Terrier!!! YAY!!! ---->>

I'm sorry if I seem like I'm hyped up on sugar... I'm not... becuase I can't have sugar!! Well, not very much... **Smiles Mischievously**

I found something online today... **gasps** Yes... I was online... It was the first Chapter of Spy Glass **Collective Gasp** Yes... It is the awesomeness, final ending to the Glass Trilogy... **Sighs** Oh well... I only hate endings... **Wipes cheek** I know... it usually means I have to stop reading... **Sad Face**

Oh well... See you tomorrow!!!!!!

Back To Basics... I Think...

I won't put you though the torture of Twilight bashing anymore... **Sad Face**

So, um... I um... Oh! I did a puzzle!!! It was kinda easy, yet kinda hard... It was only 550 pieces... which was what made it easy, but it had a lake in the middle, so I had to guess which piece went where, because they all looked the same... ugh... The lake was like half of the puzzle! It was a puzzle of Hogwarts... and Hogsmede... and the Forbidden Forest and the Black Lake... Which isn't very black...

Yeah, that took, like, 4 or 5 hours... I also read a lot today!! Yay! I read some more of Terrier... I'd started it on our trip to Colorado... but I hadn't gotten very far... but I read, like, 200 pages today... IN TWO & A HALF HOURS!!!! Yay!!! **Happy Dance** Terrier is one of the last books by Tamora Pierce that I haven't read... It's about a girl training to be a guard in the Lower City, the most dangerous part of Corus, the capitol of Tortall...Very interesting... Plus... there a little bit of romance **Smiles Mischievously**

I don't have much left in that book so... I'll go finish it!!!

P.S. Sorry about such a short Post!! **Sad Face**

Sorry, But I Gotta Do This...

Okay... I know that lately I've been on a anti-Twilight rant, thing... I guess it's all the Press about Eclipse... I hope the Press for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One is a lot bigger than this... Otherwise I'm going to be MAD!!!!!!! Ugh... I know that some of my readers are Twilight fans but I DON'T CARE!!!! Read the sign and be enlightened... The Majority of Twilight fans are the simple-minded teenage girls who don't know something so bad if it hits them in their make-up covered faces...

If you don't do it for me do it for the poor little kitties... They're becoming Extinct Because all the people don't realize that the thought of Twilight is causing the deaths...

Did you know that Harry Potter was once subject to criticism because it "encourages teenagers to use magic." If Harry Potter Encourages Magic... Then why doesn't Twilight "encourage women and girls to let the men in their lives control their every action?" Bella just lets Edward do anything for her, and when he leaves she has a mental breakdown...

For once in my life, I'm actually glad I'm blonde... before... I couldn't care less...!

(Below) This is true... I wonder if Stephanie Meyer actually thought of this when she chose the cover of her book... Because vampires are dammed... and Adam & Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden... Isn't that basically the same thing?


So... When you die a horrible death because you drank the cool-aid and lived a life of the insecure because you were hoping a vampire would come and rescue you... think of the reasons I've listed... and... live a real life...

Edward Vs. Jacob...

Yes, Little pretties... I created this marvelous piece of art... and, yes... I hate Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse & Breaking Dawn... It ain't, no secret... I'm like the worlds, greatest advocate against the Twilight Saga... I'm like, famous at my school because of it... BF? Don't you go saying I'm not because you know it's true... She's probably complaining that she hates it more than me but... she doesn't... I can hear her now... "You don't have a sister who quotes the worst parts over and over again... and you don't have to live with everyone at school yapping about it all the time" You know what my dear BF? I feel your pain... but I have to live with a brother who complains about all the girls at his school complaining about how bad the movies are because they're too lazy to read the books... but this is my response to anyone who tells me that... I've read the books... I've seen the first two movies... THEY ALL SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I literally scream it at them... unless its during class... then I only mildly yell...

And all this about Edward vs. Jacob... Seriously?? That's like comparing dirty underwear to dirty socks... one sucks, and the other sucks even more...

I like this comparison better... Peeta vs. Gale... From the Hunger Games... I just read the last like, 50 pages of Catching Fire... UGH!!!! WHY CAN'T MOCKINGJAY COME OUT NOW???????? Ugh... you want to know why I hate & love Catching Fire at the same time?? I love it because it's one of the best books ever... and I hate it because of this... The last part of the book...

"Katniss," Gale say softly.
I recognize that voice. It's the same one he uses to approach wounded animals before he delivers a deathblow. I instinctively raise my hand to block his words but he catches it and holds on tightly.
"Don't," I whisper.
But Gale is not one to keep secrets from me. "Katniss, there is no District Twelve."

END OF BOOK TWO

I hate it!!!! I hate cliff-hangers!!!!

Okay... enough about the one worst things in the literacy world... uh...yeah... things to avoid

1. Vampires
2. Werewolves
3. Romantic novels (Especially teen ones)
4. Cliff-hangers
5. Series where you have to wait for more books...

Custer and On To HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After we got back from Mount Rushmore Tuesday night, we went out to eat and then went back to the hotel and went to bed...

Yesterday morning, we went to breakfast, and repacked the van and went to the visitors center... after listening to a guy ramble for a while, we got information about Custer State Park... we drove there, and saw some very, very beautiful veiws... at a lake... called Lake Legion...

We went for a hike and I took, like, 30 or 40 pictures...  it was fun...

Then we got back in the van and drove around for a while... took more pictures...

My brother didn't get out once... the weirdo... Oh well...

Not much to talk about other than the breath-taking views...

Then there was the Buffalo... They were fun!! And the Donkey's!!

My brother wanted to go to the South Dakota Air and Space Museum...

It was so Boring I almost CRIED!!!!!!!!!!!

It sucked... I am not, at all, interested in anything that has to do with air or space... But my brother and Dad are absolutely amazed by all of it... and, they expect me to be too... which, in itself, is even worse...

Oh well... I ended up doing a puzzle they had in the shop...

Then we left and started for home... a 10 hour drive... started at 3:30... Yep... we didn't get home till 1:30 pm this morning... It SUCKED!!!!! I can't sleep in a moving vehicle, unless I'm dead tired... which, I wasn't... and yeah... I was awake the entire time...

I was glad that I didn't eat the Burger King like the rest of my family... I hate Burger King and I probably would've thrown it all up... instead I had crackers for supper... not very filling... but it was better than eating a Double Whopper out of a Eclipse wrapper... Personally I don't get what all the fuss is about... they're terrible books... the only reason the movies are better is because it's only 2 & a 1/2 hours of horrible instead of days...

Forever... and Ever... and Ever... Then It's Rushmore

Today, we left  Denver... We went through Wyoming and into South Dakota... yep... We left at 8:00 (Mountain Time) & It was going to be, like, 6 hours... Sucks Right??

This is one of the most interesting parts of Wyoming... That we saw at least... Other than than the Exit that had nothing but fireworks stores...

We drove for 20 minutes once, without seeing another living soul... The prairie was endless... It went on forever, and ever, and ever...


And ever...

And ever...

And ever...

Oh well... I had my iPod... I had to recharge it twice... I went through my songs at least once, maybe twice... which isn't hard when you have 86...

It ended up being more like 7 & a 1/2 hours... we got turned around in one of the few towns that we went through...

At last we got to Custer... and we checked into our hotel at 3:30 and unloaded... Then my parents decided that we should go to Mount Rushmore... yep... we got 5 minutes out of the vehicle and then we were back in, driving another 20 minutes to get there... but it was worth it...

I had the feeling that I was standing among living history... It was AWESOME!!!!

We- or should I say, I took a lot of pictures the only problem was that it was drizzly and cloudy and miserable... luckily the pictures don't show it!

My parents bought me a T-Shirt and one of those crushed pennies... it's awesome...

I'll put some more of our pictures on....

Mount Evans... I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ugh...

Pretty Right?? I guess it looks alright... when you don't have a head-ache the size of the mountain you're on... This is part of Mount Evans... One of the highest mountains in the Rockies... at 14,240 feet above sea-level... yeah... seems like nothing could happen... Yet... I got... Altitude Sickness... sneeky stuff... no matter what your physical condition, it could still effect you...

It was 32 Degrees at the Summit... Boy, was I glad I wore pants that day... in Denver it was, like, 80... not Surprising for early July...

We saw baby Mountain Goats... we couldn't pet, feed or do anything to effect them... there's a fine of 300$ for touching one... **Sad Face** They probably had some disease on them anyway...

My mom was the one who started driving up the mountain... (1 hour up, 1 hour down) until she got to a part right on the edge of the cliff... she was a wee bit scared... she stopped at the first place... and my dad drove the rest of the way... much to my dismay... There were needlepoint turns... my dad was driving, like, 30 MPH and yeah... We were on the outside lane... My brother was like "Uh, Dad? Could you take the turns a little slower? Sis' is looking a little green..."

And I'm pretty sure I was... but not from Dad's sharp turns... By this point, (Half-way up the mountain) The Altitude Sickness was in full swing... my stomach was lurching... My head was hurting like I'd just hit myself in the face with a Softball bat... Believe me... I know this by experience... After another half an hour, we got to the summit... Took a bunch of pictures... got my head throbbing even worse... listened in on a Ranger Talk... and then headed back down the mountain... The Summit took about half an hour... UGH!!!!!

After we got down to the bottom of the Mountain... we decided to take the 'Scenic Route' back to Denver... I think you can guess where this is going... It ended up being shrouded by trees... and curvy... and STILL TOO HIGH FOR COMFORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My headache got worse because of the curves... this time I almost threw up... Gross right? What's with me and trowing up? Sorry, back to the problem at hand...

It was twice as long as the ride over... and we came out somewhere we had know idea where it was... eventually we found our way back to Denver... By that time, my headache was almost completely gone... THANK GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!

That's the highlights of today... yep...

P.S. I took all these pictures... with my headache... **HAPPY DANCE**

Happy Fourth of July... I Went to a Museum!

Yep...I went to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science... very exciting... We saw space stuff, Rocks and gems (like the one to the right) Egyptian Mummies, Fossils and Dinosaurs, Space Exhibits, stuffed animals... They had everything!!

Oh well... It took us forever to get there though... about half an hour... and then we spent 2-3 hours there... and then we spent an hour at Rock Bottom eating supper... I had an Original Chicken Sandwich.... and then we walked around a mall for a while...

We stopped at Barns & Noble!!!!!! **HAPPY DANCE**  Anyone who knows me, knows I LOVE Barns & Noble!!! I didn't get to buy anything **Sad Face** but I looked at they're planners... They didn't have one that I could use... Next year I need a daily planner for central, because they give us tiny ones that we can barely use... (Mean people) so... yea, I'm kinda taking it upon myself to make sure I'm as productive as possible...

Um... here are some more pictures from the museum so... yea...

Oh Well... Happy Fourth!

Ugh... Too Much Prarie... At Least They've Got Good Fireworks...

Okay... we traveled to Colorado today... that meant getting up at 6:00 and leaving by 7:00... 11 hours on the road... a messed up watch and one massive headache... yep... life's good... Just kidding... I've never been past Omaha so I had no real idea of how Nebraska looked... but let me say... I wouldn't care to see it again... in the 4, 5 hours we spent driving through the state, I saw one interesting thing... TWO TRAINS!!!!!! Crossing each other a max speed... yep... that's the highlight of the drive... until we reached Denver... about 15 minutes from where we're going... Then my brother decides he's bored and insists on playing I Spy... I won... then we played the Alphabet game... How old do you think he is? I'll give you a hint... He just got his driver's license this year...

Then we got to my parent's friend's house... watched TV for a while... (My parent's friend had to work for about an hour) ate pizza for supper, and played cards... then when... (I'll just call him PF) then when PF got back we went out, talked to some of his friends, and went to see the fireworks... big, giant, and a  pyromaniac's dream! (Yes, my friends... I am a pyromaniac) but my ears hurt for a while... It was only 10:00 when they ended but since we're in Mountain time... it felt like 11:00 to me...

When we got back my brother turned the TV to BBC America... guess what was on... I'll give you a hint... it is a TV show on Saturday nights, that some episodes creep me out so much... the last time I saw this episode I couldn't fall asleep for hours... it was played the night before Mother's Day... Anyone remember that post? The one with the stupid, annoying, freaky, WEEPING ANGELS???? I hate them...why did they have to play that on July 3rd?

Oh well... I'm falling asleep typing this, I should probably turn in...

See Ya!

**Yawn**... Hi... **Tired Wave**

Hi... **Yawn** I'm, like, really tired... We didn't get home till almost ten... and then my mom made me clean the bathroom this morning... yep... I got to

1. scrub the floor
2. clean the toilet
3. wash the shower
4. Bleach the tub
5. wipe... I mean scrub the counter
6. Use Windex on the mirrors... 

Did I miss anything? Oh, and by the way... It wasn't in that order...

I should probably tell you how this came around... I'd just gotten done with breakfast and was going back to my room when my mom told me I had to:

1. Pack for our Colorado Trip
2. Clean the Bathroom
3. Clean my Bedroom
4. Clean the Livingroom

All by noon... can to understand why I'm so tired??

Now I'm hiding in my room so my mom doesn't make me clean something else... I'll tell her I'm doing homework! Although that wouldn't work if I'm asleep... I'm literally falling asleep here... even though I have music blaring right in front of my face...

Oh Well... Um... Oh! I got my Central Schedule!!! **HAPPY DANCE** I'm in Radically-Accelerated Geometry... 1 & 1/2 years of math in 1 year!!!

I'm listening to Colbie Caillat...

Well... I better go... I'll try to post on our trip... We leave tomorrow and won't get back until the 7th... Will you guy's be able to live without me?? **A lot of vigorous shacking of heads** Good... if you'd said you could I'd have to kill you...

Well... Bye!