Draining

HI GUYS.

Thank you Carolyn (I watch Skins at various websites online), Megan, Sabrina (yes, I did mean you about the iHOP thing, TYPO.), Claire, Lisa, andS Alycia (iHOP is WONDERFUL).

Sorry I skipped another day yesterday, I was really, really exhausted. But I bought my paint yesterday and will be painting tomorrow!

Today I-

• Woke up and had chocolate cheerios for breakfast.
• Took a three hour nap.
• Got picked up by Alison.
• Waited with her in the parking lot of a Catholic church to meet up with some lady who she's selling an old textbook to.
• Realized she forgot her Costco membership card.
• Went to Wal-Mart
• Saw animal placenta (yes, really) for sale in the shampoo & conditioner section
• Found out that the plastic storage drawers I want for my room are 17 dollars each.
• Got a bunch of school supplies for Alison.
• Failed to find a pair of plain black tights.
• Lurked around the whole grocery section with Alison, almost bought the supplies to make dirt cups, and then this chocolate fudge brownie thing, but ultimately decided against it since there's chocolate chip cookies in my kitchen.
• Bought a frozen pizza, raisins, and butter.
• Came home, ate said frozen pizza, and now my stomach is in pain.
• Said goodbye to Alison, and got really sad even though I'm seeing her tomorrow.
• Realized my wallet is still in Alison's purse.
• Realized Alison left her recently developed photos on my bed.
• Ate mint chocolate chip ice cream out of a teacup.
• Decided I'd clean my bathroom tonight.

Alright, off for now. Goodnight guys!

Sawdust & Diamonds

Hi, today was productive and I am very tired.

Thanks to ye who commented; Elizabeth, Vanessa, Amy, Claire (YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO IHOP?!), and Alycia (I'm glad you got a listography).

Ah, but yes. I woke up this morning, wandered all zombie-like out of my bedroom and into the kitchen to find that there we had almost nothing to eat, so I resorted to toast and a fiber bar for my breakfast. After my shower I watched "American History X" with my dad. It was a really, really incredible movie. Brutal to watch at times, but really incredible. GO WATCH IT.

After that my dad and I went to go pick up my little sister from her friend's birthday party, and we got lost trying to find it. Once we got there I got to eat the cutest (but not the tastiest) cupcake ever.

We went to Home Depot and got some things we needed, but we also looked at paint and painting supplies, and my dad agreed to buy some of it, and I picked out the color I want. It's a lovely shade of light blue called "Sailor Mickey". I couldn't resist picking from the Disney line of paints... hahaha.

We concluded our errand-running with a trip to Publix. We got a ton of food, thankfully, including chocolate chip cookies (they're not homemade, but they're still delicious), mint chocolate chip ice cream (my favorite), and pizza dough. When we got home I got to make pizza for dinner.

AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN

I got a text message from Ally (of FTFK), telling me to drop everything I was doing and get on Skype, because she had to show me something.

And when I answered her video call, GUESS WHO WAS SITTING NEXT TO HER.

DANA!!!!!!

I freaked out for a solid ten minutes. I was so happy for them, I had no idea they had planned this. Dana was visiting some family that live near Ally, so Ally's boyfriend drove Ally out to see her. Isn't that exciting and amazing? I Skyped with them for over an hour, and even though I was really happy to see them together I also felt sad that I wasn't there with them. But we discussed possible future plans for me to take a train to see Ally or for Dana to come visit me, and that gave me hope. It won't be for a while, but still.

I felt like this just really helped solidify FTFK. We have such a strong bond and we really are a family. The girls have become SO important to me over the past year and a half, it's ridiculous.

And I can't wait for the day we all get to be together at the same time. But seeing as we're all underage and live all over the country, it's really difficult right now. One day, though...

Anyway. I'm off for the night. I need sleep. Love you guys.

Baby Birch

Hello blog readers!

It's eight thirty, and I am writing this to you from the comfort of my bed.

Last night was so much fun. Amy and I stayed up until four in the morning, alternating between watching Skins and Supernatural, with healthy doses of Facebook creeping and fun video making thrown in for good measure.

When we woke up this morning (or rather, this afternoon) I cooked up a glorious breakfast for the two of us, consisting of pancakes and lots and lots of maple syrup. We washed it all down with more Skins and cold milk, and when we had to say our goodbyes at four o'clock, my heart broke a little.

Beyond that, today has been really uneventful. Shortly after Amy left I mixed together egg yolk and olive oil and put in my hair to try and help with the dryness. It helped. And then I trimmed off my dead ends, they'd gotten so out of control.

I watched more Skins (I'm now on episode eight of season three) and I think the friendship between Emily and JJ rivals that of Cassie and Chris in cuteness and perfection. Cook, even though he's a huge jerk, is really entertaining to watch, and Effy is just so gorgeous and enigmatic and Freddie has the best collarbones ever.

I also love the relationship between Emily and Naomi, I think the writers of this show did such a good job with it. It feels very real and very honest, and it's rare to see a teen drama show pull it off without making it stereotypical or sugar-coated (oh, hello there Degrassi, South of Nowhere, and everything on the CW and MTV!). I think Emily is the sweetest, cutest little thing (girl crush!) and Naomi's character is perfect. And I appreciate that the fact that they both deal with their sexuality in different ways; Emily fears facing her sister and her family, and Naomi fears facing herself.

I adore Thomas and I think he's wonderfully sweet. And Pandora... When I first started season three, I thought Pandora was going to be just this flat side-kick character for Effy, the awkward and childish comic relief with no real depth, but it's nice to see her with her own storyline, and this whole other side to her (in reference the whole Cook-Pandora-Thomas triangle).

Okay. Enough Skins ranting and raving.

I got a present from my Nana today! A new cupcake cookbook (Hello, Cupcake! by Karen Tack) and an icing syringe with decorating tips. I find icing syringes a little frustrating to work with, I'm used to the old fashioned decorating bags, but I guess I could practice with it, and hey, new tips!

I also got the new Seventeen magazine in yesterday. I'm happy about Katy Perry being on the cover- maybe it's just because she resembles the trashier, more mainstream version of Zooey Deschanel, but there's something I really like about her (plus, "California Girls" is so darn catchy), and I thought her interview was really cute.

For those of you that also get Seventeen, I just want you to know that I would like to own EVERYTHING on pages 52 & 54.

Okay guys. I'm getting sleepy. See you tomorrow!

Sweet Darlin'

Hey guys! Thanks and such to Sabrina, Tristen, Claire, and Anna. You guys are the sweetest.

I'm going to have to write this post fast, because Amy should be here soon.

But basically last night was a lot of fun. Ginger!Alison and I talked and bonded a lot and I really enjoy her. We've never really hung out one-on-one like that before but after last night I think it should definitely become a regular occurrence. This morning Ginger!Alison and I walked to Rita's, and I got a chocolate custard kid's cone, and it was delicious. She also showed me this super awesome trance remix of the Inspector Gadget theme.

Ginger!Alison is one of those people who, even though we've never been extremely close before, I feel instantly comfortable talking to her and sharing things that I don't tell most people.

Anyway, after she left my house I took a shower and a nap, and Amy and I decided she would spend the night here tonight, so that's exciting.

AND OH MY GOSH AMY'S IN MY ROOM GOT TO GO BYE

Catch & Release

Hey! Big thanks to Anna and Sabrina. Especially Anna, your comment really made my day.

So it's almost nine o'clock, and I feel like putting today's blog into list form.

Things accomplished since my last blog entry:

• Left Alison's house with a huge smile on my face.
• Entered into a competition with my dad and stepmom to see who could get the best score on the Dante's Inferno quiz thing.
• Got Level 2 of Hell on aforementioned quiz. My dad got level six, and my stepmom lucked out and went to Limbo, because she's a good person, unlike me and my dad.
• Woke up this morning with the most hellish cramps EVER.
• Did some yoga/workouts, and realized that my arms are getting really impressive.
• Cleaned out my iTunes! I deleted over a thousand tracks that I don't listen to, made sure everything had proper album artwork, correct genres and release years on albums, etc. I feel cleansed and refreshed.

Now, I am just waiting around because my friend Ginger!Alison (not the same Alison from yesterday, but a different one, who is ginger) is spending the night at my house because I guess her house has a mold problem. Alright.

Also I have been spending an excessive amount of time lately listening to Stornoway. You should go check them out!

Anyway. That's all for now. I'm going to go clean the dried up blue toothpaste spit out of my sink, so that Ginger!Alison is not too traumatized by the disgrace-to-sanitation that is my house. She's never been here before, obviously.

PANIC AT THE DISCO BLOCK PARTY!

Please disregard the completely irrelevant blog title. I am currently typing this via Alison's laptop; I am sitting on her bed while she writes a letter to Michelle (who is still at camp).

Today was surprisingly productive and fun. I woke up at ten thirty, took a much needed shower, made some french toast (which was amazing) and took a four hour nap. I'm impressive.

I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing, and when I answered, I was treated to Alison's beautiful voice, telling me she would be on her way to my house soon.

Alison came over and we looked at all of Ally (of FTFK)'s Facebook pictures and felt really really bad about ourselves, because we don't have boyfriends to take disgustingly cute pictures with, and we, in general, suck at life. After this, I got out of my pajamas (at five o'clock in the afternoon, of course) and we made our way to Plato's Closet to sell off that giant bag of clothing I recently amassed while cleaning out my room. We managed to wait in the store for a good thirty minutes while the sales-girl inspected my items without any major temptation to spend our non-existent money. I got thirty dollars from the sale, which is the most money I've seen in months, hah. They didn't take alot of my clothes though, namely this fluffy and really expensive Hollister parka I wore last winter. But still. Thirty bucks. Success.

We then wandered around Joann's fabrics, because Alison said she needed something from there but couldn't remember what. Posh Spice's mom works there, so I texted her to see if she was working today and if I could say hi. She wasn't. I was sad. But there were lots of fun cake decorating and cupcake supplies to look at! We left empty-handed, but that was okay.

We stopped at Walgreen's so that Alison could drop off some film (I love her and her analog-y goodness) and then at Albertson's so that I could use the Coinstar machine- which made me another ten dollars. I'm bankin' today. Obviously.

I'll take this moment to note what an awesome driver Alison is. While attempting to enter the Walgreen's parking lot, we went in through the side entrance, which was marked with an upside-down "DO NOT ENTER" sign... Sketch. And then we were parking in the Albertson's parking lot, she didn't quite make it all the way into the proper space... There was also a creepy old man. While leaving we completely cut across the parking lot in the most ridiculous diagonal way possible.

Then we came back to Alison's house and gorged ourselves on Sloppy Joes and chocolate chip muffins. Because we're gross. And now... here we are.

We also made plans for Alison to come with me next time I spend a weekend at my mom's. I think it'll be a good experience for both of us to get out of the suburbs.

Now Alison is being cute, laying across the foot of the bed watching The Suite Life on Deck. I really love her. A lot. I'm going to join her now.

Thanks for reading, y'all!

HEY. SO. SKIPPED A DAY.

WHATTUP BLOG READERS.

Special thanks to Carolyn & Megan!

I skipped a day because the past two days I have been going, going, going, non-stop.

Unfortunately, it hasn't been interesting worth relaying to you in detail.

I cleaned out my room. And not just a general tidying up, I legitimately went through and cleaned out every nook and cranny of the place. The space under my bed and my olad chest of drawers is empty, and the only thing on my floor besides my bed is ten pairs of shoes and the six big plastic bags I crammed every article of clothing I own into. I took everything off the walls except the shelves, and the only part of the room I left untouched was my famous wall-of-books.

I went through all of my clothes as well, and put that I don't want/doesn't fit me right/never wear/etc. into a giant garbage bag, which I will take and sell to Plato's closet (a second-hand/consignment shop) tomorrow, and hopefully get some extra cash to help with the other renovation costs. I took inventory of everything, and listed it all on listography. And the list brought me to the conclusion that for fall/winter, I could use some new jeans/bottoms and and bras. I'll also need a new winter coat, and a couple hoodies. And I'd like a new pair of Oxfords.

Also yesterday, I cleaned my refrigerator. Which was even more intense than my room. I took the entire interior of the fridge apart- all the shelves and drawers and such- cleaned and sanitized everything thoroughly and individually, and made it all like new. And my fridge was a scary place beforehand. Lots of mysterious spills, possible life forms, and what was once an opened pack of individually wrapped apple slices. No joke guys, it was nasty. I took pictures of the experience.

So yeah, non stop intensity. Today was a chill day though. I didn't do anything particularly interesting, but I did make lots of interesting plans for the coming weeks, so, expect more interesting blogs!

Love you guys!