urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8 ctr4ever_8 ctr4ever_8 2009-07-29T01:25:28Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:77431 2009-07-29T01:04:13Z 2009-07-29T01:25:28Z Haha, so here I am again, making one of my few appearances on livejournal. :P<br /><br />I went to Disneyland, and that was super fun! I don't have much to say about it other than that...<br /><br />I got my AP scores, and I got a 5 on APUSH, a 5 on English, and a 2 on Calc, haha. If you don't know what AP is, it means Advanced Placement- you take the class, and then at the end of the year you can take the AP Exam to get a score 1-5 (1 being the worst and 5 being the best). If you get a 3 or above on the test, you can get college credit. I was so shocked when I opened up the envelope and saw that I had gotten 5s in APUSH and English. I totally wasn't expecting it, but I guess I was way better prepared for the tests than I thought. Calc, on the other hand... I got exactly what I predicted, haha. At least I didn't get a 1. :P<br /><br />I start school again in less than a month. It's kind of got me freaking out. 0.0<br /><br />Oh, I just remembered, I had these two really weird dreams while I was in Chicago this weekend... In one, I went through a whole day before realizing that it was my birthday. Haha. In the other one, this guy tried to kiss me, and I totally rejected him... Like "Ummm... no." It was not a guy I know, it was just some random guy my brain made up. It was really random, haha. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:77213 2009-07-08T15:50:27Z 2009-07-08T15:50:27Z Haha, yeah. I suck at updating. :P<br /><br />We won the state championship for lacrosse! Woohoo! The coaches promised us that if we won, we could go to Disneyland, so we leave this Friday to go to Disneyland for the weekend. I'm really excited because I've never been before.<br /><br />I managed all As for second semester! Yay!<br /><br />I'm going to start my Senior year of high school in a couple of months. O.O I've been looking at college stuff and it's all got me very freaked out. I start applying for colleges and scholarships in September.<br /><br />I'm an aunt! My beautiful niece was born two weeks ago. :)<br /><br />I've been working as a babysitter this summer. Normally I wouldn't mind, but... These kids are turning out to be brats. Thank goodness it's just a summer job and I'll never have to see them again once school starts.<br /><br />Hmmm... Yeah, that's pretty much it. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:77001 2009-04-24T21:45:19Z 2009-04-24T21:45:19Z I get all warm and fuzzy inside when I watch/listen to this.<br /><br /><lj-embed id="2" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:76657 2009-03-13T05:03:42Z 2009-03-13T05:03:42Z Why have I spent the last 2 months, 2 hours a night practicing, as well as every other weekend out of town?<br /><br />Apparently it was so that I could stand on the sideline and watch my team win. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:75657 2009-01-02T01:49:08Z 2009-01-02T01:49:08Z So... I made a goal to read 100 books in 2008, and I fell two short of that goal. I'm not upset, though, I read more books in a year than most people read in 5 or 6 years... So yeah... Here's the list, if anyone's interested. :P<br /> <br /> 1. Nobody's Prize<br /> 2. Tattoo<br /> 3. Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo<br /> 4. The Squad<br /> 5. The Shadow-Speaker<br /> 6. The Waterstone<br /> 7. Secrets of My Suburban Life<br /> 8. The Joys of Love<br /> 9. Leaving Simplicity<br /> 10. The Brothers Torres<br /> 11. City of Bones<br /> 12. Fearless<br /> 13. The Dead and the Gone<br /> 14. The Squad: Killer Spirit<br /> 15. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks<br /> 16. My Life: The Musical<br /> 17. Genius Squad<br /> 18. Guinevere's Gift<br /> 19. Skin Deep<br /> 20. Lord of the Flies<br /> 21. The Alchemyst<br /> 22. Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret<br /> 23. Nick of Time<br /> 24. Cicada Summer<br /> 25. Beauty and the Bully<br /> 26. For Young Women Only<br /> 27. The After Life<br /> 28. Austenland<br /> 29. The Dragon's Lair<br /> 30. Way to Be!<br /> 31. Mere Christianity<br /> 32. Chill<br /> 33. Black Rabbit Summer<br /> 34. Brave New World<br /> 35. The Scarlet Letter<br /> 36. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer<br /> 37. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow<br /> 38. Artemis Fowl<br /> 39. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone<br /> 40. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident<br /> 41. Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code<br /> 42. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets<br /> 43. Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception<br /> 44. Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony<br /> 45. Huckleberry Finn<br /> 46. Dear John<br /> 47. Mister Monday<br /> 48. Big Fat Manifesto<br /> 49. Goose Girl<br /> 50. Grim Tuesday<br /> 51. Airhead<br /> 52. The Possibilities of Sainthood<br /> 53. Cybele's Secret<br /> 54. Hard Love<br /> 55. Enna Burning<br /> 56. Drowned Wednesday<br /> 57. Hurricane Song<br /> 58. Graceling<br /> 59. Sir Thursday<br /> 60. Perfect You<br /> 61. Lady Friday<br /> 62. The Year of Disappearances<br /> 63. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<br /> 64. River Secrets<br /> 65. Princess Academy<br /> 66. Breaking Dawn<br /> 67. Eragon<br /> 68. Book of a Thousand Days<br /> 69. Summer in the City<br /> 70. Something to Blog About<br /> 71. Inkheart<br /> 72. The Secret Rites of Social Butterflies<br /> 73. Eldest<br /> 74. Inkspell<br /> 75. Outside Beauty<br /> 76. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<br /> 77. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix<br /> 78. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince<br /> 79. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment<br /> 80. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows<br /> 81. The Postcard<br /> 82. Suite Scarlett<br /> 83. The Secret Journal of Brett Colton<br /> 84. Stolen<br /> 85. Physik<br /> 86. Mousetraps<br /> 87. Maximum Ride: School's Out- Forever<br /> 88. Selkie Girl<br /> 89. When the Bough Breaks<br /> 90. This I Believe II<br /> 91. Pride and Prejudice<br /> 92. Brisingr<br /> 93. The Smile<br /> 94. Generation Green<br /> 95. Aurelie<br /> 96. The Tales of Beedle the Bard<br /> 97. The Ghosts of Kerfol<br /> 98. Queste urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:75395 2008-11-16T00:28:44Z 2008-11-16T00:28:44Z I GOT A 32 ON THE ACT!!!!! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:75056 2008-11-14T03:41:44Z 2008-11-14T03:41:44Z Okay, so I suck at updating. I think a monthly bullet-pointed list is about as good as it's going to get.<br /><ul><li>Homecoming was AWESOME! I had tons of fun, and Jacob and I rocked it on the dance floor swing dancing... He said he had a bunch of people coming up to him later asking him who I was and talking about how amazing our dancing was. :P</li><li>Lacrosse is going well... I feel like it's finally clicking, and I must say I've never loved playing defense more. It totally rocks my world.</li><li>My grandma passed away last wednesday, and the funeral was on monday. It's tough, but at the same time, she has had Alzheimer's for several years now, and she didn't even remember any of us any more. Plus she has been having a lot of health problems in the last couple of years. I imagine she is much happier now with her sanity back and without the pain of a broken-down body to deal with.</li><li>I am really struggling with my workload for school. I have three AP classes and an honors class, plus my two electives. I also have to get 12 service hours a semester for NHS, I am a group leader for Freshman Mentors, I am Head Choir Librarian, and I am in the District Honor Choir... I just keep telling myself that this year is all about getting into the college I want and getting a scholarship. But it's crazy. Today I left the house at 6 AM and didn't get home until 8 PM, because after school I had District Honor Choir rehearsal, then tutoring, then lacrosse practice, then a lacrosse scrimmage</li><li>Two things on a happier note: I have a solo in our December concert! :) It is the first solo I've gotten since elementary school, and I'm really excited, but nervous. Also, my brother's wife is pregnant! I am going to be an aunt!!!! :)</li></ul> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:74864 2008-10-18T01:09:53Z 2008-10-18T01:09:53Z Haha, it has officially been two months since I last posted. A lot has happened. The big things I can think of:<br /><ul><li>I twisted my ankle a few weeks ago at lacrosse practice, and it ended up being a sprain. I was on crutches for a few days, and I couldn't go back to practice until last week. I have to wear an ankle brace every time I play from now on.</li><li>I got asked to homecoming a couple of weeks ago by one of my really good guy friends, Jacob. It's&nbsp; tomorrow night, and I'm super excited. It's definitely going to be a blast.</li><li>Our choir concert was a couple of weeks ago, and we did pretty well. We have a new director this year (again) and though she's young, she knows what she's doing. Of course, we didn't have one of our songs memorized in time for the concert because she started class fifteen minutes after the bell every day, but... oh well. Hopefully she learned not to do that anymore. :P</li></ul>Sorry I've been so crappy about updating, but it's probably not going to get any better. :P My Junior year is kind of eating my life right now. XP<br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:74288 2008-08-06T06:12:16Z 2008-08-06T06:12:16Z I have no idea why, but my head hurts... I took some Advil, and that helped a little, but not enough. I can't figure it out. Usually if I get a headache, it's because I'm dehydrated or I have low blood sugar and need to eat. But neither of those fits, and I think I would remember it if I hit my head. Maybe I'm just tired and need to go to bed, but I don't usually get headaches when I'm tired. It's weird.<br /><br />Anyway... I went to the midnight release party at Barnes & Noble for Breaking Dawn on Friday night, and I stayed up until 5 am Saturday reading it. Then I slept for 5 hours and I finished it by midnight. I could have finished it way earlier in the day, but I was sad to see it end. It was undoubtedly THE best book of the series so far and one of the best (if not THE best) books I have ever read. Stephenie Meyer has been holding out on us, I think, but it makes me excited to see what she'll write next. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:74036 2008-07-29T07:13:53Z 2008-07-29T07:13:53Z I just got home from a lacrosse tournament in Chicago, and I'm suffering from some serious jet lag, so it's time for bed. Anyway, it was awesome fun, and I am terrible at posting on here. :P I shall have to write more soon. :)<br /><br />BREAKING DAWN COMES OUT ON SATURDAY!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:73901 2008-06-27T02:58:20Z 2008-06-27T02:58:20Z <a href="http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/35062/People_Never_Really_Think" title="Wordle: People Never Really Think" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/60ae549a01140d4f7370602c37b433545fbcaf6494bbb4577cc3bf0f7f73592c/P2WlxyVijxKvg21p_8hVUEMdsf-ah7h0yEGQQ75Wwd7W51fAndSoCgUxEkN7UR4k5hQH0w3bbBNJGG0imA4-7Xk9jnbDNPC-2VJZqhojNw:BWCkTbS34KIGgQ95QWZq_g" style="padding:4px;border:1px solid #ddd" fetchpriority="high"></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:73346 2008-06-06T05:47:05Z 2008-06-06T05:47:05Z I decided it was time for a something different, so I changed the colors/images, but kept the same basic layout. The image is one of my favorite bands- Love You Long Time. They are awesome techno/powerpop, but unfortunately they are practically unknown outside the mormon population of Cali, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona. They're coming to town tomorrow night, and I am ecstatic to see them in concert for the second time, so I figured this would be fitting. :) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:73194 2008-05-23T06:26:08Z 2008-05-23T06:26:08Z Finally, a little relaxation... This last month especially has been really really crazy, and I've just gotten super stressed out, so a little break will be good, and then I need to get started on summer reading for English and start working out in preparation for the lacrosse camp I'm going to and the team trip we're taking to a tournament in Chicago. Woohoo! Now, however, it's time for bed. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:72583 2008-04-09T14:11:19Z 2008-04-09T14:11:19Z I am sick of hearing from people that life isn't fair. Not because I disagree. No, I totally acknowledge that Life is not, nor will it ever be, fair. The reason I hate hearing it is because of the connotation... Most often when people say that life isn't fair, it's with the unspoken attitude that there is no use trying to change it. Life isn't fair, so just accept it and move on. That is so ridiculous. There isn't any point in trying to make things "more fair," for lack of a better phrase, than they are? Excuse me, but that sounds severely pessimistic and totally dumb, and it drives me absolutely crazy.<br />Ergh. Yesterday was a frustrating day... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:72306 2008-03-31T22:01:43Z 2008-03-31T22:01:43Z Today I learned that<br /><ul><li>it's possible to laugh hysterically and cry hard in the same day, and both can feel good.</li><li>there is a difference, when two people have an argument, between one person giving up and letting the other person have their way and the two people coming to an agreement.</li><li>taking sides isn't usually effective, even when you've heard both sides.</li><li>there is no such thing as hopeless.</li></ul> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:72066 2008-03-06T04:30:48Z 2008-03-06T04:30:48Z break it out<br /> Get it all out<br /> and start freakin out<br /> just so we can make it out<br /> get off your feet and<br /> make this count<br /> ohh<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> You got so much love in you<br /> You got so much love in you<br /> I'm amazed that I'm talkin' to you<br /> You look like the songs that I've heard my whole life coming true<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> I'm thinking 'bout other things I heard about today<br /> All this week and tomorrow<br /> And how these hands could create some better things for bettering<br /> but you see for now I got my own things<br /> ...<br /> Do you feel<br /> The weight of the world singing sorrow<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> I'm stuck here alone in the traffic lines<br /> For couples in love in the h-o-v flyby<br /> ...<br /> So I'll be picking me up,<br /> Breaking me down<br /> I was lost, was I found?<br /> I wanna feel everything<br /> When everything feels wrong with me<br /> Take a look and brace myself<br /> Everybody wants to make it count<br /> <br /> Save me<br /> 'Cause I can never float, sinking<br /> Amaze me<br /> And I would be there holding on for life<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> All I have is all of me, and that's all that I can give.<br /> Our disappointed hearts will heal, our hearts will spill over you,<br /> over you over me, over this<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> you've got everybody talking<br /> you've got everybody going<br /> and you've got everybody acting crazy<br /> I'm not gonna say you don't<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> i'm trying as hard as i can<br /> but i'd rather write a song than a business plan<br /> because this is me, saying words i actually mean<br /> i won't compromise this thing just to make it<br /> <br /> i want to, thats a given but<br /> i can't imagine the same way as you oh, you<br /> no i'll never do the things they do just to make it<br /> ...<br /> do you even know what you're even saying<br /> or are you just saying it cause someone else said it?<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> now in your eyes i can't find you<br /> <br /> sorry that I'm taken aback but how I am you never ask<br /> and I don't need such sympathy but a care would be so nice to have<br /> once in awhile you mean more to me than I could ever tell<br /> so sorry that I'm taken aback but I just can't help it<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> and here with you, under these colors<br /> I'll stay with you, there is no other<br /> we share a name, we share a wonder<br /> and on the road ahead we'll keep going further<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> run to you, i will run, i will run<br /> i will move right on through all these things that i have done<br /> and you'll take me back, i don't know why<br /> i wanna say i'll never do it again<br /> but i can't, but i will try<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> Hold it up<br /> Hold it tight<br /> Moments live or moments die<br /> Hold it up<br /> Hold it strong<br /> Stay right here where you belong<br /> Hold it up<br /> Hold it tight<br /> The only plans of mine<br /> Might sound to you cliché<br /> But, I just plan to live the rest of my life<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> because I want to and I need to<br /> <br /> waiting, waiting, I'm trying<br /> to get out, to get out but I'm locked right in<br /> so take this, take this away from me now<br /> so I can live, so I can live<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> I don't want you thinking I'm unhappy<br /> What is closer to the truth<br /> Is if I lived 'til I was one-hundred and two<br /> I just don't think I'll ever get over you<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> ^So good I can't even stand it... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:71887 2008-02-28T22:16:46Z 2008-02-28T22:16:46Z So I guess I should post something. :P Mostly I'm really starting to get burnt out- not terribly, but we'll just say that I'm going to be ecstatic to have Spring Break in a couple of weeks.<br />The first JV game for lacrosse is next Monday, and I'm excited and nervous all at once. On the one hand, I feel like we have a pretty solid team, but at the same time, I don't know how we'll really do... Last year, the majority of the girls were okay and we had two or three really skilled girls who pretty much carried the team, but this year I feel like it's more evened out, which I don't think is a bad thing, just something we need to get used to. The big thing is getting everyone into the game and how it's really played, I think. We'll see how it goes, anyway....<br /><br />Oh, I guess I never mentioned this, but my older brother got engaged back in December, and he's getting married in May. :) I'm excited already- his fiancee asked me to be one of her bridesmaids, and I can't wait! I already have my dress and my shoes, and they're gorgeous. I can't wait!!! :D urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:71505 2008-02-11T01:14:39Z 2008-02-11T01:14:39Z Banana Monkeys! All day long! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:71406 2008-01-02T05:38:43Z 2008-01-02T05:38:43Z Woohoo for feeling like a total jerk and knowing that I have every reason to feel like a total jerk. Because he definitely was sincere in complimenting me and I totally shot him down. Apparently I never got the tact gene. Instead, I got the "talent for saying the wrong thing at precisely the worst time" gene. GO ME. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:70813 2007-12-28T03:45:32Z 2007-12-28T03:45:32Z I need help coming up with things for this:&nbsp;<span class="ljuser i-ljuser i-ljuser-type-C " data-ljuser="jan1_2008" lj:user="jan1_2008" ><a href="https://jan1-2008.livejournal.com/profile/" target="_self" class="i-ljuser-profile" ><img class="i-ljuser-userhead" src="https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/community.png?v=556&v=923.1" /></a><a href="https://jan1-2008.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username" target="_self" ><b>jan1_2008</b></a></span>.<br />Anybody got any suggestions? I know this is a personal thing for me, but any random suggestions would be welcome, because I only have 42 things on my list right now. :) Thanks urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:70567 2007-12-25T18:01:01Z 2007-12-25T18:01:01Z :) I hope you all had a great one. <br /><br />As a gag gift, my dad got me the book <u>1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die</u>, because I read so much. It is quite literally about three inches thick. 0.0 It was funny, though. I also got several other books that I've been wanting (including the entire <u>Uglies</u> series by Scott Westerfield and the couple of <u>Artemis Fowl</u> books that were missing from my collection, as well as <u>Tamar</u> by Mal Peet), pajama pants, some t-shirts, hair clips, etc. One of the family gifts was the Hairspray DVD, so we watched that this morning before/during/after breakfast, and the munchkins are watching Pirates of the Caribbean 3 right now. All-in-all, a good day. :) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:70280 2007-12-22T03:56:46Z 2007-12-22T03:56:46Z Winter Break is finally here and I survived my first semester of classes for the year. I got As in Spanish, Biology, Chorus, and AP Euro, and I got Bs in Pre-Calc and English. Not bad, but I was kind of hoping for an A in Pre-Calc. Still, not terrible.<br /><br />Lacrosse try-outs were last week and I'm on JV. The coaches said it was a choice between putting me on Varsity and having me play ten minutes a game or putting me on JV and having me play forty-five minutes a game, and that there's a pretty big likelihood that I'll be moved up to Varsity by the end of the season. Still, it would have been nice to be on Varsity. Mixed emotions, I guess. I'm okay with it, but I'd still rather be on Varsity. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:70083 2007-12-15T00:53:30Z 2007-12-15T00:53:30Z Have you ever just felt a burning need to do something amazing? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:69752 2007-12-01T16:07:35Z 2007-12-01T16:08:47Z Tip of the Day:<br /><br />I don't like feeling used.<br /><br />So, the next time you feel like calling me up and asking me to hang out just so you can try to get information out of me, DON'T.<br /><br />----<br /><br />Okay, done venting.<br /><br />Umm... It's been a while, to say the least. Life is good. Our choir concert is next Friday, and it's going to be awesome. Lacrosse try-outs are the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday after that, and I'm really hoping to make Varsity, but we'll see. I managed to get my mile time down to 7:44, which is the fastest I've ever done it. I have my permit now and have been driving a little bit, though probably not as much as I should because it absolutely terrifies me. I tried out for the Senior Directed One-Act Plays and got into one called Final Dress Rehearsal, which is quite funny. Ummm... I think that's pretty much it.<br /><br /><br />EDIT: I can't believe I forgot this: IT'S RAINING! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ctr4ever_8:69602 2007-11-20T03:58:42Z 2007-11-20T03:58:42Z So, I got a betta fish. And his name is Edward Duke F-I-S-H. He and I are best friends. ;)<br /><br />Seriously, though, he is awesome and adorable. Yay!!!