Not your average Friday.

okay, so the lovely lauren is taking a break....
so today i have some happy stats for the week :D
ps: all pictures link back to flickr. yay!

1 - Taking one exam out of seven. I exempted all four core classes (even though I shouldn't, but I did) and took two exams early. French was the only one left. There was way too much article stuff on there and I wish I understood it as good as everyone else. At least I liked the tense section.

2 - Speaking of school, I AM A SENIOR!!! (finally) thank you nickelodeon, I'm halfway there. I never really thought I'd make it this far. There are many people I wish could have made it with me, and I'll miss a few dearly next May. But I see that I've already said goodbye, and that's one less tear I'll have to schedule in on graduation day.

3 - Picking up a transcript request form. upperclassmen only, and I can request about 10 different schools to send my grades to. oh, and I've discovered that St. Edward's is already open! So, college, here I come.

4 - Getting the craft room re-organized, at least. I can see almost everything!

5 - Finding a huge, cedar hope box. (except, the seller dropped the ball. the next step is to use the telephone... I dread it.)

6 - Watching my dog curl up in a ball like a puppy, which he's never done until recently. His haircut makes him look so much nicer and younger.

well that's it. no, not yet..... almost:
I AM SICK.
meh. there. nighty night :D

Fill in the Blank Friday #3

1. One fashion trend I really regret is: well, my hippie phase, really. It was solely based off of the fact that everyone said I was a hippie, and so I kept dressing like it. But the problem was that I am attracted to the more relaxed version of a rocker look. So, it was halfway stuck in between. I'm a little better at changing on a daily basis, now.

my hippie look never got this cool.

2. The one thing that always completes any outfit is converse or my slip-ons sans socks. that is the key.

3. I would describe my personal style as a relaxed rocker meets college kid at the beach. Jeans, soft tee shirts and feminine blouses, with thin hoodies and knock off sun glasses. maybe a billowy skirt and a polo and vans or converse. i suppose you could call it indie. but that's coincidental.

4. My fashion muse is no one. I don't really take hints from anyone. I just pick out what looks good on me, and what is soft and comfortable. i like a lot of past trends, like vintage things, & LOVE thrifting.

5. If I could own one designer piece of clothing it would be anything from the Clandestine collaboration with DKNY. (or if i could live with the prices, marc jacobs accessories!!)

6. I would love to raid the wardrobe of Miranda Cosgrove. Well, actually i'd like to raid the costume closet. She always has the most fun looking clothes on.

7. Today I am wearing super soft shorts, slip-ons (no socks), and a cotton tee. yay for softness & summer!

PS - apparently i'm OLDER than miranda cosgrove. wow. though, looking up a simple picture of her, i do feel sorry (again) for celebrities. depressing, really, what people post and say.

I've got a story to tell today.

It's about a boy. [groan] Oh shut up, the lot of you! .... This boy has let himself go - his hair has grown out! It's almost long. Just a smidge more and it will be very flattering. I have an inkling his silly mum will be cutting it, but I wish I could tell her not to. So many boys just look so much nicer with longer hair. One just has to experiment to find the right length.

Anywho. So I noticed it today. and it wasn't like "WOW your hair is really long!" it was more of a "hey, i didn't know you had curly hair." [yea, well, it's getting longer] "oh. it looks cute though." but, BUT, it was like a weird thing for me. I couldn't stop looking at him. He doesn't realize that he's pretty photogenic, and if he just stood up a little straighter and maybe got in some pretty sunshine, that he would be so cute! And I just couldn't get his little curly curls out of my mind, all the WHOLE bus ride. well, it was more like half of it, but still.

Now, said boy has never really been any interest of mine, and it got me thinking.
About things. Things which made me a little sad. As usual.
Things like, why didn't anyone ask me to prom? I mean, I don't really care about the thing, but if you want to go to prom with me, then can't we go somewhere else too? Or can I suffer a night of prom and then we go somewhere else another day? Is that so hard?

I don't mean to be desperate, but I feel like everyone's so used to these girls getting boys or being involved with boys or just generally being That Type Of Girl. I don't mean ditzy or slut, but one that can flirt and be girly and cute and maybe even a little sexy. And I can be That Girl. Which would be appreciated. But it's not, adding to all the other things that are MINE first, and everyone else is more recognized for it. This is getting into a whole other story.

I would like someone to step up and say, "hey, I don't want any silly relationship rules and social guidelines. I just want to be friends. Can we go get some ice cream and wander around being stupid and taking pictures and holding hands because it's cute and well, I like looking cute, darn tootin'."


PS: BWAHAHAHA I couldn't resist putting a wittle baby turtle for the 'cute' reference. There were lots of other animals, but I want permitted photos. And, it directly relates to the described cuteness. AND AND the reading cop relates to the 'story' bit, and the Mulan screencap, well... it's MULAN, of course it relates. Beside, that cpatin has the hottest voice. Oh, yea, what a man :P

Fill in the Blank Friday #2

original post here.
the pictures are linked back.

1. The very best thing about the summer is used to be randomly meeting up with elliot and cole and ridding bikes up and down the hill because my over-protective parents wouldn't let me ride past the hill. so they and elliots and coles brothers would try to get me to ride, and then they'd all leave, and elliot and cole would kinda ask too, but i'd say no, and then i'd leave to go back to my over-protective parents. it's still hard and i have to correct myself now and use past tense. it's not fair that i have to use past tense for this. it's silly how much I miss this.

2. My first crush ever was this kid named Nick. All the girls loved him. He actually "went out" this girl that i am kind of good friends with. that was back in ... eh... 2nd grade? he moved away in 4th grade and I stopped liking him soon after. but she's so nice and i'm kind of usually nice, and we have random classes together and we say hi and here we are, end of junior year, laughing about theatre and crazy Gatsby.

3. This may sound really silly but I've always had a thing for guys that remind me of the captain in Mulan that she ends up in love (of course) with, and I think I'll Make a Man Out of You is a quite sexy song. well, at least the chorus. and where the captain sings. actually, only when the captain sings. and talks. yes.

4. I squeeze my toothpaste from the top. when i pick it up, my thumb is at the top, and when i squeeze it, that's where the leverage ends up at and so that's the biggest dent. when it stops working so much I smoosh all the toothpaste from the end to the front using the end of the counter.

5. My absolute favorite "comfort food" is buttery, salty, cheezy, Idaho potatoes... and cookies, especially chocolate chip. But not together (:

6. A random fact about me is that I do judge and, even if you're a great person, if you are in my sight in the wrong place at the wrong time, I can pretty much hate you. and then everything then on is used against you so that I sound more legit. even though you probably are annoying. and use stupid accents. and get moody when someone critiques you. and even though people are constantly doing the 'shooting-myself-in-the-head' sign thing whenever your speak, and even a teacher has done it, even though you can't listen to me as we do a duet scene, that's okay. i'm sure you're a really great person. i just can't see it. ...... .... Okay, yes i'm ranting on about someone particular. and i do all these things, and i know i shouldn't. but i do.

7. The one piece of technology that truly makes my life better and I couldn't live without is the digital camera. I love all kinds of photography but I love that I can decide if I really want to spend money on developing a picture, or if it should just go away. Huzzah for conservation!(?) I do wish my current digital camera had a viewfinder. sometimes just can't beat that little glass window for a new point of view. what can i say, i like the nostalgia :)

lookee! i'm doing it again!

signing up for things that are amazing, hoping i can actually do them! i think i might be on a plane which would be wonderfully creative. i can see it now - some wacky hats, plastic tea cups from goodwill & 3 oz bottles of tea hiding in our purses. ahh that sounds so silly and fun and great. I DO wish to get a colorful cocktail dress for the wedding - i don't like to be in black for weddings, and i think that white should only be worn by the bride. i'm getting side tracked....

virtual mad tea party <3

http://afancifultwist.typepad.com/a_fanciful_twist/2010/04/the-mad-tea-party-2010-an-invitation-surprise.html

click that. the info's at the bottom of the post.

Fill In the Blank Friday #1

Maybe this will help me post more often... I check my dashboard way to much to excuse myself from posting here. oh, and the original post here & carrie's post here

1. My favorite book growing up was the 'dark green dots'. There was this reading program thing at my elementary school, and colors stood for your reading level. Dark green (like Beverly Cleary's books) was just above average , but I read so much that my teacher kept moving me up. I eventually got to the blues in 3rd or 4th grade, by the time the program faded out, so I got to read HP and other harder books, but I still thought the best books were the dark green ones. (ps - there is a movie soon out about this book. it doesn't seem anything like the book i read!)



2. The funniest book I've ever read was... oh, when have I ever really laughed at a book? Besides HP, because I'm trying to be creative here. Hmm, just had a glance at my book shelf, and I think it's the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series, that I just finished back in February. The film that Nickelodeon made is nothing nothing nothing like the books. The majority of the plot in the film never even happens in the books. Ever. But it is probably the most light-hearted book I've read in a while. You have to have been a 14 year old girl to understand and laugh at it.



3. The one book that has truly changed my life is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. My sister gave this book to me for my eleventh (?) birthday. I didn't get why she thought it was so great, and I didn't like it at first. I had only heard whispers of it, because I wasn't a reader then like I am now. I wasn't even a fan at first. I thought the names were weird, and that only stupid nerd boys liked wizard books. I can't even express how much this series has changed my life. Now, I pretty much life my life thinking What Would Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore Do? (begin shameless promotion of awesomeness) Visit the HP Alliance to fight the Dark Arts in the real world.


4. If you're looking for a real "tear jerker" you should probably read How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff. It's full of teen agnst, commentary on war and the current word, and of course, the struggle to find the simplicity of happiness and love. Okay okay, so, more teen angst. But, BUT, I've read this book more than twice, and every. single. time. I cry like a baby by the end. It is a somewhat typical young adult novel, but it focuses on the adult, not the young. It is pieced together wonderfully. The main character's world isn't really defined in detail, so you can't really figure out exactly what the war is about that is going on around the MC, or why it even started in the first place, or why people can't just stop the fighting. If you read the book, hopefully that will drive you crazy too, until you realize that that's the true to life gosh darn reality, and then, you will just be sad. On top of the actual story, too. Which is beautiful and somewhat tragic. Just read this book, okay?


5. If I could meet any author living or dead I would want to meet ... hmm. I am going to be a little less deep on this one and choose Thomas Jefferson. After all he is the author of the Declaration... I'd ask a few questions. Why all the funky capitalization? Also, what does he think about how far this country has come? And other nerdy journalist questions. I'd be writing a feature on that one.


6. The next book on my "to read" list is: eve·ry·thing (ěv'rē-thĭng') pron.
1. All things or all of a group of things; All relevant matters: told each other everything.
2. The most important fact or consideration: In business, timing is everything.
photos from carmel kozlov & patgrider @ flickr, respectively

7. If I was snowed into remote cabin in the woods and could only choose three books to bring with me I'd bring two books I love and one book I haven't read. One - Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, only because I've read PoA the most, and DH only 4 times. (nerd alert!) Two - Possibly The Great Gatsby because I've just read it. Or maybe The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Or maybe Wuthering Heights with a pen and pencil, so I can finally figure out where everything is happening. I always loose track. Three - The Bible, both parts. I've never read it, and I wish to read it without anyone else really knowing unless I say something, because I don't want anyone thinking I'm reading it because I want to be Christian - because I am not reading it for that purpose. I want to read it to satisfy my own personal curiosity, and to read a (supposedly) wonderful piece of literature.

that's it for this friday! see you next week!

~ polexia :D

Flickr Favorites Friday

Flick favorites I think I've done (or thought about doing) before.

Tonight's search word was 'henna'. Henna is used to decorate skin with intricate designs, many times before Indian weddings. It is made into a paste which leaves behind a stain - the method has been around for ages, but now you can buy little kits with 'just-add-water' paste and even pre made designs to look at. According to wikipedia, the plant is called Lawsonia inermis, and is not FDA approved, because it is (rarely) known to cause seizures. Black or natural henna is not at all related to the actual henna plant.

I simply adore the look of traditional henna, and think that it is a great alternative to permanent tattoos, because the reddish brown color compliments skin colors so much better than black or green tattoo inks. Plus, you can try out a design, and if you don't like it, the tattoo fades naturally over a few weeks.


top left: henname @ flickr

top right: henname @ flickr

bottom left: zen @ flickr

bottom right: kenzilicious @ flickr