Adios!

A Moo Perspective on telling it how it is and saying goodbye...

What REALLY happened this summer...


This summer was the summer of my life. It was a summer where I actually felt like I was growing up and I actually felt like a teenager, even though I'm 18. (Guess it's never too late)


I spent a week at a hospital because of my sister's hip surgery. It was there where I discovered what I really wanted to do for the rest of my life. That stay inspired a change of interest in my major, and an appreciation for my sister's bravery.


A few weeks later I spent a week at HOBY. Most of the time I felt like a third wheel, but I had a very awesome friend to count on throughout the week, despite his awkwardness. (See the "awkward" blog below) :)


I saw so many 3D movies this summer, it was crazy: from Captain America to the Glee Concert. I keep the 3D glasses, so I have a collection now.


I went to the Midnight premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2, after having an all-day harry potter marathon at my house with friends.


I got pulled over for the first time for having my brights on as a cop passed by.


I drove myself to places, since I live in a small town it was necessary to go shopping or to the movies. My independence increased.


It was my first summer living on a farm...and it was great. No allergies and all the perks of watching the sunrise, sunset, and thunderstorms perfectly.


I came to actually look forward to Mondays during this summer. :)


I was "in a relationship" for the first time in my life during the summer. I don't like talking about it...but it happened and it was part of my summer. We broke it off before coming to college due to the long distance. Which sucks because before, he was my guy best friend and we have inside jokes that I can't even begin to explain to other people. He suggested we be friends and keep in touch during college. Lately, it really hasn't been working out. Who knows, it could be the best thing that ever happened to me. Truth is, I don't think I need to feel like i'm being ignored or avoided. Time to move on and grow up, i guess.


I blogged for a year during my senior year of high school. I plan to blog again about the college experience...the whole idea is still "under construction." This is a goodbye though. This should be the last entry on this blog. It's been great! :)




next chapter, please.
-alexthenerdette

A Moo Perspective on being a year old...(a.k.a. this blog has adhd...beware)

It's been a year since I decided to start this blog. Even though I haven't blogged much lately I think today deserves...well...something. I'm not sure if it's time to just officially close this chapter of my life and move on...or if I should just continue. I really just wanted to update what's going on now, but I'm finding myself at loss for words or "funny" things to say. Finding humor in those little things in life that used to make me happy has gotten more difficult to do. No, the silliness and the stupid stories are not behind me, but they are in the past, just gone. I'm either a. growing up, maturing or b. finding out that being grown up and learning life lessons just plainly sucks. Or maybe it's just a really messed up combination of the two...which makes sense. I'm about to embark on a new journey called college. All I can hope for is that in the midst of the horror and life-changing process I'll find something worth smiling about. 

Last year I was sitting in my backyard reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone when I had an epiphany (to blog). Now a year later I'm sitting at my desk about to get started on reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in order to prepare for Part 2 next Friday. 

holy shenanigans! And now i've just realized harry freakin' potter has changed my life. From the books, movies, parody musicals, to wrock bands it's always been there. Leave it to me blogging about my own thoughts to have epiphanies like this... I think I should just breathe deeply for a while now...

damn,

-alexthenerdette

HOBY: Media staff, daydreaming about naps, being "snap happy", dancing to "It's raining men!", and weeeee!

(Last week I spent Wednesday through Sunday at a leadership seminar called HOBY. It's my third year at HOBY and I still can't figure out how to explain it. It's just simply an amazing place to be...that's all I can say. I tried blogging the experience...it doesn't do it justice. It's from my perspective (well duh) but still... here it goes I guess.)

Day 1 at HOBY: "I'm so exhausted...it's not even funny...well maybe it is."

This morning was confusing. I got up, showered, got ready for the day and on my way out the door I found out I didn't need to be ready for another hour. Grrreat... So yeah. I called my mother and sister on skype. It's what I do. :)

Then I met with the media staff and we got ready for registration. Do you know how awkward it is to go around taking pictures of people you don't know? Very. But it's all good. HOBY people are understanding...and OUTSTANDING! (see what I did there? eh? ehh?)

In the afternoon we were about to start a session when they announced a tornado warning. We were in the "shelter" for about an hour-ish? That's where a mixture of exhaustion and giddiness kicked in. Before I knew it I was laughing uncontrollably...and out loud...which is not normal for me. Yeah, that's right. One of my tasks today was updating the HOBY blog. After blogging about HOBY, I finally went to my room around 2AM...probably fell asleep around 2:30. Life is ok.

Day 2 at HOBY: "Ooh I feel so good and ooh I knew I would and oooh I feel SO GOOD!"

My roommate's alarm/radio went off at 5:50 AM. So I got up 10 minutes earlier than I planned, got in the shower and got ready...yeahhh...nbd.

I'm taking pictures and videos of stuff....yeahh..

Pssst.... Don't tell anyone...but sometimes I find myself daydreaming about naps. Sad but true. I wish I wasn't so tired. 

11:37AM - What?!?? Almost lunchtime? FOOOOOD! (I don't know why exactly, but whenever it's time to eat at HOBY I get superexcited.)

Lunch was great. Now off to the carnival and olympics. 

Yes. I cheered. Finally. Anyway...

After fun in the sun I am currently (11:40 PM) working on the slideshow for Sunday. It's something I like because I actually know what I'm doing. 

By the way, the j-staff is dancing to "It's raining men" to start up the dance. Girls are guys and guys are girls. Yeahh... definitely interesting...in a good way though

Day 3 at HOBY: *yawn* i'm sorry!

I had a late night talk with mah roommate. I would call it awesome! We finally fell asleep around 3-ish... Right now I'm writing this during the education panel. I should be excited for tonight, the dance and all...but i'm not. I so wish I was...

(I had no time to blog after this because of the dance, reflections, and media staff duties. Long story short, I had starbucks frappuccino's to wake up for the dance...which worked magnificently. The dance was the best ever...I can't even describe how epically fun it was. Reflections were as always, just amazing and heartwarming, and my media staff duties (completing the final slideshow for the following morning) took all night long. So I had another coffee before I started that and pulled an all-nighter with my eyes glued to the computer screen. It was all so worth it though because it was pretty good. The media staff rocked it! Just sayin... :) The coffee-drinking with having weeks worth of sleep deprivation was NOT worth it though because I was a lunatic mess on Sunday morning. I got so hyper that at one point I was making sound effects for everything...as in "weee" and "yaay" I'll just stop there. You get it. Then after a few hours of that, I kept falling asleep and jolting awake during the final ending ceremony. Good thing I had my awesome friend there to help keep me awake by coming up with creative, alternative ways to clap. Don't ask.. there was finger pointing,  and "single ladies" dance moves involved. :) I regret feeling so tired all the time. The week prior to this was not the easiest, but I still had a great time I met awesome people and I got to be part of something so special! I love HOBY. True story. That is all for now.)

Yes. That's the "short" version of things...trust me.

-alexthenerdette

A Moo Perspective on awkward conversations featuring MFW...

Soooo...yeahhhhh.....

This is me and my friend Michael (MFW).
We took a break from the HOBY dance to have an
awkward conversation. You can probably
tell from the looks on our faces... :)

How 'bout that weather eh? It's all...partly cloudy and stuff...

Yeahhh.... *glances around nervously*

Mhmm...yep...

word yo,

-alexthenerdette

p.s. Michael your "hoby hug" note makes me smile SO much! Unfortunately, I never got around to having time to write you one so here it goes. I'm glad that in reality we mastered the art of conversation because we have the best conversations ever! Although I should probably apologize if I freaked you out during the time we were in the tornado shelter place when I kept laughing at everything and hitting my hat/head on my knees. I still remember what we were laughing at...you know the guys that were "old" and how they should ask them how old they are...yeahhh... Thanks for helping me with that first blog. It helped me realize that very detailed blog posts are necessary and awesome like letting people know that no spoons were used and stuff like that. On Saturday right before the dance I was freaking out because I was so exhausted and we still had a long night of dancing and reflecting ahead I was planning on wallflowering and sneaking into the movie room for a nap, then we tried out some out-of-this world dance moves (especially the single ladies one) and I was so glad I didn't give into the exhaustion. That was the best dance I've ever been to! You are so awesome and I'm so glad I have gotten to know you! You did a fantastic job in Ops...man were these ambassadors lucky to have you on the Ops staff this year! Thanks for joining me while I was working on the final slideshow in the lounge...sorry you had to stay in there the whole time (and for waking you up!) I appreciated your company, especially when I was "choking/about to spit out my coffee while laughing" and your Ops instincts kicked in and you offered me something to spit it out in. I mean, that was awesome and hilarious in a good way!  I really hope you do drive up to KU and I hope I can drive to K-state. So yeahhh.... :)

-alexthegirlthatgetshighonstarbucksfrappuccinos (mocha flavored by the way...just in case you're feelin the coffee love lol)

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."

Lemme try this again...ahem...

I graduated from high school yesterday. 

Yea. It just sort of hit me kind of like how this blog is going right now. It went from normal me complaining about the future...then BAM! I graduate in the next blog. 

It was a perfect day. It had just the right amounts of laughter, tears, and bittersweet moments. I gave a speech as valedictorian. Even though public speaking really isn't my thing, and even though I was so nervous, I'm really glad I got to address my classmates like that. I wish only the best things for them, but I'd never been able to express it until yesterday. I've always been the kind of person that even though I have something nice to say I won't say it for fear of speaking up and actually being heard. (it's weird...don't judge) So I got to be all honest about stuff...and mushy feely... :) if that makes sense. 

I didn't cry. For the first half of the ceremony I was so nervous about my speech, then afterwards I was in a state of such relaxation that I was just happy and taking it all in. Our ceremony had this time in which the graduates got to take flowers to their families. "Don't Say Goodbye" by Skillet played and I went over to my family and found my sister bawling. I'm pretty sure that, psychologically speaking, I didn't cry because of her. Seeing her cry broke my heart but the protective side of me kicked in and as always I had to be strong. I teared up during the ending prayer. It was all so real and yet it was like a dream, a blur. 

I've got a lot of growing up to do, I know that. But the journey has begun. I couldn't be more grateful, and I couldn't be happier. 

...and so summer break begins. 

Aloha,

-alexthenerdette

I graduated from high school yesterday.

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-alexthenerdette

I'm gonna miss this...

Yep, this is the view out my bedroom window. What I wake up to every morning. I'm gonna miss this...

Too much has happened since the last time I wrote for you, my dear blog. 

A lot, a lot, a lot....

BUT...

Yesterday I officially picked my dorm room for next fall. By the time my group got to pick, all the female dorms in the "good" dorms were taken. So I got stuck in a typical, traditional, freshman, dorm. 

blehhhhhhh...

I should have seen it coming, but...i didn't. I'm a freshman...again...

*siiigh*

I don't wanna grow up. I don't wanna give up this amazing view I get every morning... I'm going to be living in a city. An actual city. No more wheatfields, dirt roads, and streets without stoplights.

Yea i know...i can already tell my roommate isn't going to like me either. Promise I won't mention the wheatfields though...

a complaint-filled blog...surprise, surprise, 

-alex

A little less attitude and a little more gratitude...

Alright, alright...It's time to 'fess up about life and stuff right?

No? Who am I? You don't remember me? 

Oh. Well...this is awkward...

Anyway...

It's me, the out-of-shape, coffee-loving girl with an offensive optic nerve, a strong desire to be a zucchini,  and a knack for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Yep, all me. So it's been a month since I've updated this blog thing. A lot of things have happened lately and I think it's time to write them down for future laughing material. 

So in this past month, I have made up my mind about future plans regarding college and my career. I recently went on a college campus visit and there is no other place I would want to go. Strangely enough that's the only campus visit I've gone on and it's most certainly the last. Some buildings remind me of Hogwarts and the main campus library is HUGE. So exciting! I've already been admitted and everything. So yaaaaay.

I also took a dorm tour. I do remember most of it but it's hard to remember everything when the student volunteer that is showing you around is Ken (from Ken and Barbie) in human form. No joke. Honestly I'm not much of an extremely boy crazy, "oh-my-god-he's-so-cute!" kind of girl BUT he was gorgeous. That is all. Moving on...ahem...

Oh, wait. The dorms were better than I expected though...yea that's all I can remember right now...

I also watched the Superbowl for the first time in my life. Hey! Don't give me that look. I only watched it because of GLEE though, so I could catch the special Sunday episode. I see you are resorting to a death glare now. I've got two words for ya. Darren. Criss.

i'm out,

-alexthenerdette

p.s. grammar (especially commas) sucks royal hippogriff...be kind

Livin' the Moo life...

- I just submitted an online scholarship form with a total of EIGHT essay questions. Breathing is now a lot easier....phew

- There was a two-hour delay at school today and there will also be one for tomorrow.

- You know what's worse than finding out that there is slippery slusheed ice under soft looking snow? Finding the weirdest animal tracks on the snow. That's definitely worse. After that you don't give a care in the world if there is slippery snow/ice. You run. Or I ran (after I followed the tracks for awhile...then I ran like hell). Yea....well...I would...

- Just Dance 2 for Wii is strangely addicting. Make it stop!

- The old summer insomniac me is coming back. I don't like it. I like sleep, even though I seem to be fine without it...hmmmm

- Everyone in my Skype contact list has feelings for coconuts and it's all my fault. If you don't get this go watch Friends. It's your only hope. 

- Currently reading Ender's Game. I haven't read an actual book since last summer which explains why It's taken me about a week to get to page 50. I'm not a slow reader at all, but I keep forgetting that I have it. Such sadness...I know.

- My hair is really short right now. This morning I couldn't stand myself. Right now, though, I'm pretty sure I'll keep it like this for awhile. Me like.

- I changed my weights class to a very boring, almost pointless current event class. It's all good though, I never knew photobooth could be so much fun! 

- I don't think I've stopped talking and humming since I got home from school today. My sister had to put headphones in because I guess I was too annoying. This is me apologizing. Sorry sis... I can't believe I'm the older one either...

- I know for a fact that I've been enjoying Toby Turner's vlogs way too much. Why? Because today I referred to myself having the hungerness and thirstyness. Just like that...with the ness's....yea...

Well this is it for now. Mhmm...

moo,

-alexthenerdette

A Moo Perspective on 2010: a look back...

Two thousand ten. Twenty ten. The two-o one-o. 2010.

What a freakin' awesome year...

I still remember what my life was like exactly one year ago. Exactly. Not even kidding. A year ago on New Year's Eve I was on facebook pretty much the whole night and I wasn't even chatting with anyone, I was just there. Lame? Yea I know, but a lot has changed since then, I promise. Anyways I still remember that a little bit after midnight someone that I didn't know that well from school wished me a Happy New Year's on facebook. I responded back politely, and surprisingly enough the conversation never stopped. That's how I began the new year, making a new friend, something I'd always been terrible at. 

That kind of says a lot about this year for me. I made some new friends. It came to the point where I actually wanted to be at school because I looked forward to seeing the people there. Unfortunately there are some "friends" that shouldn't be trusted and jerkish guys that should be ignored, I learned that the hard way. During the summer I had the opportunity to meet a lot of really amazing people at leadership camps and I'm still close with some of them. I also moved out to the country and that was a pretty big change.

This year also brought in that long-awaited senior year of high school. Senior year is probably the main reason why this year has been so awesome. I can't really describe why, all I can say is I've really learned to appreciate the people around me and I feel extremely blessed to have them in my life. This year involved a lot of me learning about life. I connected way more with the world around me, I don't know if that makes sense. I guess I simply grew up. 

Okay, so this is getting pretty sappy and personal for me, so like any introverted, private person I'm gonna stop sayin stuff. So I'm gonna end this by quoting one of my favorite Sparklife writers...

"Happy New Year!  May your 2011 be full of zucchinis, requited crushes, and the biggest pair of Confidence Pants the world has EVER SEEN!"

-alexthenerdette

A memorable day to forget...

Maybe it's time to talk about it (or blog...whatever). Maybe it's time to let it out and let it go...for good. December 23, 2010 wasn't terrible but it is and will forever be one of the most memorable days of my life. 

I happened to be in St. Louis, Missouri that day for my sister's surgery at the children's hospital. That morning I was already up and ready at four in the morning along with my sister and mom to go to the hospital for the early appointment. I had seen my sister being taken away to the OR before, but it was only a fuzzy memory of when I was six years old. I got to relive that once again, and even though I knew it was for the best it wasn't easy to be there. 

So that's how that morning went. Since it was a minor procedure, my sister was able to leave that same day. So we began to travel home, hoping that the expected wintry weather would give us a chance to make it home safely. 

And it did, but unfortunately before we got home safely certain things happened that have left me 1.) scarred for life 2.) thankful to be alive. 

During the late afternoon as we traveled back on the interstate, I saw three very recent major car accidents along the road. It was only misty at the time, the weather wasn't that bad at all. About an hour later we went through a somewhat large city. We began drawing nearer to a bridge at about 25 miles per hour and the completely unexpected happened as the car got on the bridge. All of the sudden we began to slide/spin all over the road. The bridge was rather long and at one point the car got too near to the right side of the rails then it quickly slid to the middle of the road. So yea. We almost fell off a bridge. It was a fantastic thing that we were the only ones on the bridge at the time or else I don't know if I'd be here right now. Alive that is. Just sayin...

So anyways we make it to a real road (non-slippery by the way) it's still misty, but now it's below freezing temperature. Control over the car is gained, yet we are still in shock and stupefied by the incident. So okay we're off the bridge driving safely and very slowly on the highway out of city limits (kinda in the middle of nowhere), still taking in what just happened when a car pulls into the highway coming towards us. Normal car coming towards us on the highway. Nothing strange about that. I blinked and the next thing I knew it was spinning towards us, we get somewhat out of the way and the car spins into the ditch. They didn't roll over or anything so the traffic just kept on going. We decided to stop on the side of the road still unsure of what to do. As we slow down to stop on the side, we start to slide too, but only just a little bit. But I cannot explain the fear that I felt in those milliseconds. 

Since we were in the middle of nowhere we had no choice but to go on. It was now a mixture of mist, snow, and ice. But it was expected to get even worse in a few hours. So we drove 30 miles an hour for a few hours. I closed my eyes every time a car passed us. We finally got out of that awful weather and that awful highway. As we got closer to our destination the weather got a lot more pleasant. (My younger less-grateful self that hadn't gone through this experience would call it "boring" weather.) Then I got a call from my dad. He was just letting us know that it was a good thing that we kept going because the highway we had just been on had gotten a lot worse and that there had been multiple car accidents. I pretty much cried the rest of the way home. That could've been me. But even worse, that was someone else. I wanted to stop the cars headed in that direction, but I couldn't. I don't know the people that were involved in the car accidents. I don't know if they survived I don't know anything, but they were on my mind a lot. When we got home late that night (actually early morning) I realized I had lost feeling in my legs and arms from being so tense. The headache that followed wasn't all that great either but we were all here...safe. It was the best Christmas gift ever.

Memorable. It's the only adjective I can use to describe this day. In its good ways and its bad ways it was memorable. And it's time to write it down, appreciate it for whatever it was, learn from it, and let it go. 

G'bye,

-alexthenerdette

Warning: Cranky blogger...

I really don't like to write when I'm having a bad day because you know those melancholic violin songs out there in the world? Well I end up reminding myself of a really sucky, out-of-tune version of one of those. 

Oh well... Please accept my apologies. You're gonna stop reading now? Fine. Whatever keeps the buoyancy in your flotation apparatus... Bye?

Anyway...

The weights class that I've been complaining about constantly will end soon! Unfortunately that means that until then I'll be tested for improvement until that final day of class. It actually began today. So it's official and even down on paper that I really did get stronger. But once again that means that by 10:00 in the morning I'm exhausted and cranky. How unfortunate. 

Tomorrow is also the day of my first final. My thoughts today were consumed by vocabulary words and definitions and meanings of root words and stuff like that... I was almost obsessed.

I also found out that my sister will be having surgery the 23rd of December. First of all hasn't she been through enough? And second of all Christmas break plans are definitely gonna be different this year.

So what exactly did I do when I got home after school? (because I have nothing to do after school cuz i'm just cool like that)

That's right. I took a nap. I went back to feeling like a very childish, cranky 10 year-old and forgot about the world for awhile. 

-alexthenerdette

p.s. again i apologize

hello december...by the way awkward is sooooo "in" this year...

Oh hello there!

*waves*

Don't be rude. Wave back you! There ya go. Hey easy there don't hurt yourself. Stop. No really.

Hope this finds you enjoying a delightful December day. 

Anyway as this week comes to an end I think I should probably update on what's up in life just so in the future I can maybe remember stuff and be like, "Oh, yea I remember that. Ha ha ha." Then I'll have a roaring laugh at how much of a walking awkward pause I was during high school. After the laughter's over I'll probably reflect on how nothing's changed... Then maybe I'll get depressed, but for the meantime...

Life was awesome this week. I learned a few things. First that saying "lima beans," is a great way to change a conversation and fill in awkward pauses. I also learned that if you are forced to play knockout in weights class and you refuse to give some effort and just stand there until someone gets you out, you get to sit out. It's the best feeling. I also learned to appreciate college professors who enjoy sports because one of my classes was cut short just because everyone (including the instructor) really didn't want to miss a game. This week was full of awkwardness though. It's funny now, but at that time it wasn't. Awkward lunch conversation revelations, awkward weightlifting workouts that require awkward spotting techniques, and stuff like that...

I also realized that I've been video blogging (vlogging) for two years now. The thing is that first year I had no idea that vlogging was "something" and I didn't know of other famous youtube vloggers. It's not something that makes me proud of myself really, I just feel sort of accomplished in a way. What? That's sorta the same thing? What. Ever. It's not official though since I've never uploaded anything to da internetz and I probably never will. 

I prefer blogging. Blogging is cool. Even though my blogging is as interesting as watching grass grow...

*awkward pause*

-alexthenerdette

Sometimes I start typing, and stuff happens...

naps, food, christmas lights, Full House quotes, F.R.I.E.N.D.S., we♥it, facebook, twitter, blogger, iMovie, vlogging, movies, harry potter, glee, rue, Mr. Feeny's wise advice, ignored homework, modern family, being a stalker on tumblr, youtube, red nail polish, photobooth, candles, procrastination, awesomness

If I could "tag" this 5 day break I just had, it would look like that list above.

Well it's Monday tomorrow...again. Wait. WHAT? Monday again? 

What's with this vicious cycle of, like, Mondays and stuff?

Oh it's not that bad actually. I'm kinda looking forward to going back to school. I'm sorry but that's just how I feel. No, i'm not lying. Hey stop looking at me like that! Okay, okay I take it back, I take it back! 

Well...

Is it just me or does it seem like it's time for a pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks? No worries, it's not me either since I've never had one, but I hear they're delicious. It's just what I hear though. If you've never had one either then I would suggest NOT google-ing it because you might fall in love... How do I know that? Oh you know, it's what I hear... Who knows right? 

Wait, what is that you say? You don't like coffee related places or coffee related drinks or just coffee in general? Well I guess I can't do anything for ya. But, hey, I hear the Death Eaters are recruiting - and they could probably use a person like you. 

OH MAN, YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOME ALOE FOR THAT BUUUUURRRRRRNN.

-alexthenerdette


p.s. oh just go for it, you know you want to...just click that's all...

Homework is overrated, naps are wonderful, and this deer just kinda made my day...

So today was a good day. I'm officially done with homework for one of my classes for forever. Also, I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger. What was I thinking? Naps are wonderful. 

I should also add that right now I'm pretty sure there's a deer running around my house. Seriously. 

Around the beginning of November I remember saying something about Christmas spirit becoming more legit. Well, now that November is about to end I think it's time to kick it up a notch. I'm not a big fan of October related "events" or Thanksgiving, but Christmas? It's the holiday to live for! 

Anyway, as for the present moment...umm...Happy Friday?

Boop!

-alexthenerdette

TGI...WINFY? WOCNIT. D...

Thank goodness it's...wait it's not friday yet? Well of course not it's Thursday. Duh...

So in the words of Phoebe Buffay, "Happy needless-turkey-murder day!"

And that's about it. 

bye,

-alexthenerdette

p.s. Dan Radcliffe is Harry Potter. Just watch. http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/4wz9 

This is from equilibriumatteatime.tumblr. It's way too awesome isn't it?

I solemnly swear that for the next 5 days I'll be up to no good...

 Okay, okay. I haven't blogged for awhile because whenever I want to blog my laptop turns into a potato-throwing cactus named Mo. 

True story.

Anyhoo...

Thanksgiving break. No school Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday plus the weekend. That's what's up! I have been looking forward for this mainly because I have a lot of scholarships to fill out, and they tend to take up a lot of time. I've also been procrastinating on some homework for my independent study class. So you four chapters full of medical terminology for me to learn, I will be seeing you soon. Yes that's right I'm looking forward to this break because of homework and school stuff when most people just want to get more sleep. I can get by pretty well without enough sleep so yes, I am messed up. 

The thing about "breaks" though is that to me, it means being confined to my house for how ever many days long the break is. That was perfectly fine when I was twelve, but not so much nowadays. I'm sure I'll be at the school parking lot waiting in my car for school to start at 3 a.m. on Monday morning. You just wait. Or don't...that would be creepy. 

La la la la laaa dee do dee wop la...

Oh? You're still here? Sorry 'bout that. 

Soooooooo

Anyone feeling generous and awesome enough to get me the Glee Christmas CD?

Yea. Neither is my sister. Oh you anti-gleeks. Tsk, tsk... You make me want to hurl my cactus-throwing potato at your face. Yes, I have one of those too. 

After this week I'll be a proud member of Hermits United,

-alexthenerdette

p.s. whatever.

Dear me, your definition of "cool" is flabbergasting...

Since a weekend isn't a weekend without an adequate amount of procrastination, I decided to forget about homework and watch f.r.i.e.n.d.s while organizing files on my laptop. 

I ended up finding a lot of videos of me, from last year, complaining about chemistry homework, showing off cool socks, and successfully making Harry Potter references to almost everything. I also found over 800 pictures of me making weird faces and being silly...or stupid...or a combination of the two.

Yes. I was an idiot. Probably still am BUT it's all Photo Booth's fault. 

Thanks to the videos, though, I remembered a few very hilarious things that happened last year. 

One was when I was running in my front yard and I somehow tripped and my shoe went flying and got stuck in a pine tree. And how I got stuck in the tree trying to get my shoe out. When I "vlogged" about the incident I still hadn't found the shoe. 

I also vlogged when I found out I was allergic to Chapstick. So I kind of looked like I had gone 'lipstick crazy' just because my lips were abnormally red and swollen. 

So I have a few things to tell my 17-year-old self. 

1. Your definition of "cool" is flabbergasting. Get rid of the socks. 

2. Kudos to you for referring to chemistry class as "Potions." Made things more interesting...

3. Sure a picture can be worth a thousand words, but a thousand pictures...aren't worth anything. And they take up a lot of space on this hard drive thingy-ish. 

I'm lame, but i guess that's okay...

-alexthenerdette

"This isn't a hard drive. This is a swirling vortex of entropy!" 

(-Sheldon from "The Big Bang Theory" and my addition of the words "hard drive.")