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1. I never thought I would go to college.

Okay, so this one may have stemmed from the feeling that I was never going to get out of school, but still. I used to wonder why on earth anyone would willingly choose to do more school once they were out. Answer? Because it’s awesome, that’s why.

2. I never thought I would go to prom.

Seriously. Growing up Prom was an evil, stupid dance thing that was invented by the evil public schools. Way to much evil mixed with awkwardness for me. Besides, I was different. I was the homeschooler. Homeschoolers don’t have prom. Enter Junior year of highschool when all of my (homeschooled) friends were at prom. Yeah, no way was I missing my senior prom after that.

3. I never thought I would read comic books.

I promise, I somehow grew up under the impression that comic books were stupid, brain rotting inventions far worse than the television. Like, for real. I was so wrong. Comic books are freaking amazing! And they don’t rot your brain out, that’s clearly my brain delving inside itself to try and find my secret telepathic abilities. Duh.

4. I never thought I’d drive a car.

Reasons? Well, number one, I had Mama and Daddy to take me wherever I went. Why bother? And two, it seemed so strange to try and learn something that was clearly so natural to my parents. Idk why, but the thought of it becoming that natural for me was just weird.

5. I never thought I would ever watch any kind of sport.

Granted, I grew up in Kentucky where basketball is king. And I despise basketball. This one changed immediately when I discovered the wondrous world of football. (Though, I’m not as into it as I was a couple years ago, I do still enjoy it and claim fanhood.)

6. I never thought I would read Harry Potter.

I know, I know, scandalous, right? But sadly, true. Very, very true. I used to think Harry Potter was stupid. Probably mostly because EVERYONE else in the world was reading/watching and I wasn’t allowed to (until the seventh book came out. Then it was all me not being interested until highschool.) Boy was I wrong.

7. I never thought I would dye my hair.

Heh. I know right? I used to think this was the stupidest idea ever. Why would people not be happy with their hair color. (Of course this was when I was little mind you and always perceived my hair to be a gorgeous golden blonde waterfall cascading down my back. O.o) Anyways, now I’m not even sure of how may times I’ve dyed it. Let’s see…. There was the once with kool-aid. Then there was the initial bleach and pink dye. Then a second box of pink. Then another bleach and pink dye job followed by a second box of pink not to long after. Then I put blond dye on it and then later bleached it again with more blond dye right after. Finally, one last box of blonde dye before I got frustrated with it bleaching on its own at the beach and deciding I was sick of dying my hair and was just going to have really bad roots as it grows out.

8. I never thought I would live on campus.

This sort of ties into the whole never going to college thing because once I finally did  realize why all these crazy people choose to go to more school, I was mortified by the idea of moving out of my house and living somewhere else to go to school. Granted, I am still only like 25 minutes from home, but I am living on campus. And for the most part, loving it. I’ll miss it next year….

9. I never thought I’d learn to ride a horse.

Okay, so not entirely true, as this on is something I always WANTED to do, but I’d pretty much given up on it. Enter Ms. Jennifer. She amazingly offered to trade me riding lessons for work helping her at a barn she worked at. And I learned how to ride a horse. Not very well, but I learned.

10. I never thought I would enjoy a “normal” dance.

Here normal means not ballroom. Lol. The first time I went to a 4-H dance, I hated it. The idea grew on me after a while and now I love them. I still can’t handle most secular un-hindered dancing though and only enjoy these types of dances when I’m with people I know fairly well.

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I really REALLY want to post something. Like REALLY badly. For several weeks now. So I’m just going to type and we’ll see what happens.

This year, Spring Break was possibly the BEST spring break ever. Maybe because when I was in HS and before it was Mama who choose when we took spring break… Or it could quite possibly be the two days we spent at the beach (one of which the BF got to come down for…. *happy dance*) And then there’s the part where I’ve been away from home for a while and got to spend a week at home with my amazing family. But really, I think the beach trip took the cake. (not that that’s hard to do with me since I’ve realized that I don’t really like cake…)

BTW, in case you’re wondering, Spanish is WAY easier with a professor. I’m hoping this holds true with math too since I’m going to try and take a course next fall. Oh boy.

Hunger Games was fantabulous. (ohmygosh, spellchecker is telling me that’s a real word. O.o) It was so real seeming to and the horrid style of videography that I hated in the Bourne movies cause it was so distraction, well, it was actually pretty awesome in the Hunger Games. I’m sort of wondering if the screen size affects that at all. Anyways, I loved the movie and the only part I noticed missing that I actually went “awww that wasn’t in the movie!” was the part where District 11 send Katniss the bread right after Rue dies. That and the part whre Haymitch has to send her sleeping medicine or whatever so that she can leave Peeta. But I forgot that part until Mama mentioned it, so really only the bread. Rue was adorable by the way. Much better than I could have imagined her really, she has such a sweet face. One thing I really like that they sort of changed was the fact that they included the reactions of people in District 12 (Like Katniss’s mother and sister and Gale.) and then in other places as well (like the revolt in District 11) that happened at the same time but you don’t find out about until book 2 or 3 since it’s written from Katniss’s perspective.

Ooooo! I just found out that GG5 is waiting for me at the library! Super excited (I’ll just have to find a time to go pick it up now…) I’ve been dying to know what happens to Cammie. Especially since Ally Carter posted those shorts in the pov of the othe characters. Very stoked!

I have reestablished that I am horrible at painting. Luckily as a BA and not a BFA student I can avoid taking an actual Painting class. I also discovered today that it takes a lot of guidance for me to draw abstractly. How ironic is that?

Another thing I’ve learned, apparently homeschoolers are the only people who have heard of cleps. O.o Okay, so not entirely true, I have said the word to a few public schoolers who knew what I was talking about. But still.

On a sad note, I should probably mention that my precious kitty is gone. Sammy went MIA a month or so ago and hasn’t turned back up. We can only assume he’s dead. :’( Speaking of which, one should never EVER text one’s sibling who is in college and tell her that her beloved cat is dead. Leave that news breaking in the gentle hands of the parents. Trust me. Also, the best place to find out about said beloved cat’s passing is at the BF’s house. That way you can totally cry and have someone actually comfort you. Because let’s face it, my friends aren’t exactly used to me breaking down into tears like that. (well, there was the time that there was a tornado and I got upset and started sobbing… or the time I was crying and screaming at my computer…)

Also, Zeke doesn’t know his own name. Or that he’s supposed to let my and lil sis hug him to death. Or that he’s supposed to come beg for belly rubs when I’m hanging up laundry or curl up around my head when I lie down or try to chew the corners of my books or… well I guess I’m going to have to face the reality that he isn’t Samson…

I finally finished The Help over Spring Break! It was amazing, Definitely better than the movie, though the movie is totally worth the time as well.

Sarah’s Key, which is a book that Mama and I read in Europe makes a pretty good movie. It was also the first foreign film I’ve seen. Or at least seen and known that it was a foreign film…

That’s about all I can think of so I guess I’ll wrap it up with this: In case you wondered, all skeletons are nude. And gender un-specific… unless you’re Dr. Brennan that is…

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So earlier this week I was going through pictures for my slideshow for my graduation party. And as I went through them I realized something. Sometimes the best memories are in the pictures that no one planned on. By that I mean the times when we didn’t say we needed the camera because it was a big event. The best memories often come when life just happens. So as I went through these photos I realized that my favorties weren’t always from dances, or competitions, or retreats, or even big trips. My favorties were from Bible study, and goofing of in Wal-Mart, and messing around in the front yard with my best friend and the times I actually let a sib take hold of my camera. Those are the times I’ll remember forever, even when I forget. Those are the times that make me who I am. Those are the times that are precious. Sure the others are great to, and many of them include memories that will last forever. But it was a wonderful reminder that Life is full of precious moments, not just big events. Just something to think about.

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Yesterday was my bloversery!!!!! Two years now since I started this blog! Wow! And today is the 4th of July (and we get to go to the Village after church!), and Tuesday was the release date for Percy Jackson and the Lightening Theif AND Only the Good Spy Young (Which I reserved once we got home!). And we got to go camping and MaryAnna came over the mountain to see us! (Indy-la says you got High Gold darling is this true?) Ahhhh, this a great week.

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Sooooooo, I had the REALLY evil idea, well actually mom and I had this idea, and Daddy and Ms. L liked it. So, we got Maryanna to write Indy a letter at camp, and spray it with perfume. Much evilness. LOL. It was fun, Dad says he went read and the other guys were teasing him about the smell. LMHO. It was so evil.

Also, I just watched the trailer for a movie that promises to be awesome. It’s based off of this book:

SCREAMAGE!!!!!!!!!! Of course it’ll be awesome for seveal reasons. 1. These movies always are. 2. It’ll have Caspian in it and he is totally swoon-worthy.

SEE:

Ok so in other news……SOMEONE had a birthday!!!!!!!

NINJA IS SEVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ACK! My baby brother is growing up!!!!!

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Soooo, BookSnob’s mom calls yesterday. Leaves a message. Wants mom to call her back. Did I mention we were at the dinner table when said message is discovered? So the entire table looks at Inday and is like, “Indy, aht did you do?” Hehe, we got full staljer-hoax confession out of him, a lecture from dad about created extra e-mail addresses, and then it turns out Indy wasn’t in trouble after all. We still needed that lecture probably though.

Also, had the girls over last friday. Watche P&P and swooned at Mr. Darcy. (Hey girls, can I post pix?) Oh, and MaryAnna and I wore our awesome matche Winter Jam shirts, without consultation.

We got T-Mac Portable sounds for Easter, And I got an awesome pink and purple plaid over the shoulder book bag. (I’ve been dying to have one for months.)

And I glued a bazillion (and one, I let GCS count them) pictures to a back board for a 4-H project with the little glue stick that could. I swear, it just barely lasted through all the pix, and I didn’t think it would make it, but it did.

Oh, and never EVER give my 14-yr-old brother one of these:

He’s MUY annoying with the one I gave him. HE keeps blowing it in my face. Never give him another one. Thank you.

Oh, and I got a 16 pg research paper written last week, without having to go through fluffing to make the page number. (actually it may have turned out 17 pgs, and oh carp, mom I just realized there’s no bibliography, oops, I’ll fix that later.) It was supposed to be at least 15 pgs, and I usually have trouble reaching my required pg #, but not this time. I fell good about it, though mom still has to go over it and then I have to edit it and turn in the final draft.

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Hmmmm……Is this messed up for anyone else????? Just wondering.

Oh, I wrote a report on absolutely nothing today. (It was SUPPOSED to be on Poe’s The Raven, but since um, I didn’t understand it I sort of just wrote words.) I also wrote a different report that was supposed to be one page. I gave mom three. It was on Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights movement. (We went to the BCRI yesterday.)

Oh, we also saw the Spy Next Door yesterday. Sort of the Pacifier meets the Karate Kid and Alex Rider. Except the spy was Chackie Chan, not some 14 yr. old. Speaking of Karate Kid, they’re doing a remake which looks really REALLY good. And they appear to  have twisted the story line enough to were it’s not exactly a remake. That’s going on me increasingly growing “what to see” list.

Oh, I watched Fireproof again the other day. It’s a REALLY good movie too. And I got Pride and Prejudice about a week ago. I absolutely LOVE that movie. *swoon* Mr. Darcy is now on my “swoon list” BookSnob. Officially. Indy tried to watch the last half with me. (He and dad were somewhere while the rest went to the library/park (I wasn’t feeling well) and they came home while I was watching it.) He was very confused. It was worse than when he saw only the last half of Phantom.

Let’s see…Oh! I reserved Alex today. (Guess what BookSnob, the library said I could actually have him. As long as he’s not called away by the MI6.) So anyways. I’m reading Green right now. It’s book 0 in the Circle by Ted Dekker. (Really good books, AMAZING author. Do read.)

Oh, I lerned thatif you’re stressed then eat fruits that are high in Vitamin C, it releaves the stress. Also, did you know we (at least women) lose our sense of thirst as we get older. That’s why if you feel hungry you should always drink something first. Cause you might really be thirsty.

I had to create a piece of cubism art work to day. It took two tries, but I think I got it.

It was SO gorgeous outside today. And WARM. Ah, delicious rays of sunshine *sigh*. Well, I guess that’s all. TURTLES!

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Jedi is now Ron/ You know, Ron from Harry Potter. Why? Well, he decided to make a wand, just for fun. It broke. Twice. He has now broken a total of three wands, and lost at least one. If you don’t know why this makes himw Ron, read/watch The Chamber of Secrets, but I will not tell you because it would spoil some very funny occurenses.

In other news, Grandpa and Granma Jo are coming today!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!! Alright, that’s all I got for now. See ya later.

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I got a new camera yesterday. I’m VERY excited about it. It’s a Nikkon CoolPix and is red. Oh, I also got a new mp3 player. THAT was my birthday present from Mom and Dad. Excited about it too. i will post some pix from the camera soon.

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Dance Class started today. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

It was kinda sad, a lot of people graduated last year so we won’t see them at dance class anymore.

We did frog jumps in the advanced class (Swing is the dance for the month BTW). It was fun. I got to dance with JM so that was good. There are some guys (a.k.a Root Beer) I wouldn’t trust to do that move with. He’s been dancing for, like, forever so I trust him. Oh, it’s really hard to do when you have a guy who’s really short. That’s slightly scarry.

That’s all. Oh, wait I think I just said that, well Jet just said that, on Teddy Travels. Oh, well.

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