i want to live

Ponyo, Ponyo, Ponyo fishy by the seaaa!

kerd2006 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:53:12 GMT

PONYO. WAS. AWESOOOOOMMMEEEEEE!

Dali

kerd2006 — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:39:43 GMT

Anyone know where I can find a print of a Dali self portrait? Preferably one where he's got the O.O face, crazed look in his eyes, and regal mustache. I love the one where he's got flowers on the tips of his stache... ha!

HERRO

kerd2006 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:45:33 GMT

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Craaazy day. Silly string. Boiled water. Funsies at lunch. Silly string and gifts. SNOW!!!! Got locked out of my car. Played in said snow. Snowball fight with random people. Kara almost got punched.

Goodnight. (:

Oh, I'm thinking about getting a new Livejournal.. I doubt I will do it because EVERYTHING is here but I'd like to start a new one and really WRITE when I write, rather than random rambles etc. Dunno though!

Also, I have realized I don't really feel all that imaginative/creative lately. Lets hope some shining ray of hope beams down upon me in my slumber tonight, because I have my first drawing & comp class tomorrow. Woohoo!

LOLOLO SUMMER

kerd2006 — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:03:21 GMT

So there I was, getting my haircut by a new haircutmanthing named Dan. He was shampooing my skull and we were making small talk about this and that. We talked about school and he asked what I was majoring in and I said animation. I explained that USI doesn't have that major. Without missing a beat, he responded,

"Go to IUPUI. My friend is up there and he wants to work at Pixar."

Am I missing the obvious because I'm too afraid to make the move or what.. I have to decide.. I have to.. or nothing will transfer and I'm going to be a freshman all over again. ):

I also found out Ball State offers an animation minor from one of the interns I work with. I pooped myself a little but I'm not sure about BSU. Its just a minor. Who knows really. We'll see, I've mailed both schools. I'm mailing the illustration professor at USI as well to see what he thinks.

ANYWAYS I did get my haircut and I think we're going to try and train my bangs over so I can sort of haaaave.. bangs. SORT of. I love my longer bangs so it wouldn't be a big change but enough to sort of mix things up a bit.

Do you ever have one of those days where you just feel really revitalized and you want to go out and do everything you've ever thought of doing? Haha, today I want to get my ears and nose pierced double shot. But I'm indecisive and I hate needles so LOLOLOL GOOD ONE HUH!!!!!!

I'm started to get excited about moving in and going to school.. Kara will be really fun to live with I think. We (me, kara & drew) are going to try and get a little bit of independent animation going. Drew and I were discussing how we're going to animation a pair of pants with a moustache going into a restaurant and meeting a gay cat waiter (tyler) and a chef crab. I am going to miss Drew terribly though. But I love him so whatever distance can suck my weiner for a while!

Also,
http://ohnoits.ytmnd.com/
LOLOLOLOOLOL

Fall Out Boy Concert

kerd2006 — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:17:13 GMT

SO! Lots of fun things going on right now. I currently have in my posession Daniel Knight's beast camera and I've been roaming around town taking lots of pictures with it. I'm attending a wedding tomorrow with him & Brooke and we're going to photography it up. It will be a long 12 hour day. I'll get 100 bucks though so that's something to think about isn't it?

Now, onto the mother effing FALL OUT BOY CONCERT!!!!!

Last Friday Drew & I drove up to Indy only to find that our concert was postponed until Tuesday. We couldn't believe it. Luckily, we went to Hardees and had sexy burgers of tastiness and then found out that we could both get off work to go. SO, we did. Onto Tuesday. We arrived at the Venue a little earlier than the time before and we were some of the first people there. (in the grand scheme of things since there were 11,000 + by the end of the night.) We stood behind a couple of gay guys that were talking about buttsecks and slashing their wrists. It was awkward. Very, very awkward. We got through the gate, went to the merch line and I got a new Clandestine necklace thing that I think I'm going to hang in my car or use on my keychain. I also got a shirt and a poster. Drew got a Cobra Starship shirt since.. well most of the FOB shirts blew. We then went to the box office to pick up our meet & greet bands when I realized... I FORGOT MY ID!!!! The lady was a real sport about it and she got me back out the gate and I sprinted to my car that was days away. Finally, a security man comes up and asks if I need a rider and I was nude in the golf car faster than you can say sweet Susan. I got to my car, demolished my wallet in order to find my license, and then we floored it and went back to the gate where he got me past 32320 people and back inside. We got our bands, then went to wait for the meet & greet. I was really nervous and felt like I was dying because I had just ran for the first time in months, lmao. Drew bought me a coke and I could hardly drink it. Finally when everyone was assembled (during this time we missed Cobra Starship) we got in line and headed towards the m&g. While waiting in that line we talked to Dirty, Gabe went by on a bike a few times and Travis Barker went by. We also talked to various FOB people and Cobra band members walked by as well I think? Charlie came up, bald and stupid, blowing his whistle acting like the god of the world. He was a major asshole I'll tell you that much. We march down to this little building and the boys came out and I guess I know what starstruck feels like now! I clung to Drew's body as I oogled Peter in all his glory. Andy was fugly as I suspected and Joe's hair was crazy. PATRICK WAS ADORABLE LIKE A ROTUND TEDDY BEAR, I LOVED HIM SO MUCH! Charlie kept blowing his whistle and the line moved really fast, it almost sucked that we were at the head of it. I asked Patrick to sign my beast of a poster and he laughed and said, "It isn't that much of a beast." And I wanted to tell him I loved him for being precious and humble. Next was Andy, and I didn't know what to say to him because I wanted to puke in my mouth so I said hi and he signed. Said hi to Joe and he signed as well. It was then I noticed Drew getting in trouble for asking Pete to draw him a cat. Pete was laughing and Charlie told the kids in line to not ask the band stupid questions. I asked if I could risk it, he said go ahead and I slammed my hands down on the desk, leaned in towards Pete and said, "Will you draw me a cat Peter?" and he said yes and Charlie got in my ear and blew his stupid whistle. I said, "Guess I won't ever be hearing out of that ear again." And Pete sort of looked towards Charlie as if he were thinkingm, "Fuckhead." He signed, Drew me a kitty and I told him thank you and he said your welcome and smirked and I wanted to rape his body. MWAHAHA.

We then got back in line and started talking to the girls infront of us. We had to get our picture with them. The girl infront of me said, "I call Pete!" and my heart sank but I was too excited to really care at that point. We got back up on the stand they were on and lo and behold, the right side of Pete was not taken. I probably made a face like this O_O and I wheeled over to him robot style. He put his arm around me and I clung to him like a baby Koala. Except not really because I wanted to puke. Drew came in beside us and then they shot the photo and reluctantly I let go to Mr. Wentz and walked off the stand like a zombie. BEST DAY EVER!!!!!!!

For days I thought my ear was dead for sure so that sort of ruined Paul Wall and The Academy Is for me. Paul Wall gave out grills and SUCKED but I laughed because... lmao, Paul Wall. What are you even doing here? TAI was awesome as usual, Beckett might as well should have not been wearing any pants because they were so tight. I thought of Brittany. Then I thought about how Beckett probably didn't have a weiner because.. well, no man wears pants like that. +44 was alright but we went to get something to drink for half of that. My ear started to feel better and we went back in the stadium (we were pretty FREAKIN' close might I add) and +44 played an old Blink song and that made me crazy happy. The anticipation heightened when FOB was preparing to come on, and all the girls stripped nude and screamed. Then they somehow burst out of the stage looking bewildered and they started to play. Drew and I sang and danced practically the whole time and I either had a camera or a phone in my hand for most of the concert. It was amazing, I really let myself get into this one because the batteries died in my camera and who knows when I'll see them again. They played Happy Tree Friends on the video screen during Carpul Tunnel of Love, and shot baseballs at dirty and sang Beat It by Michael Jackson. Then Patrick was telling us about how sorry he was they postponed the show and he sang "Nobody want to see us together" by Akon and it was ironic because I was just telling Drew how much I hated that song, lmao. Everyone held up their phones at one point and it looked like space. SO MANY PEOPLE!!! It was an absolute BLAST. Panic puts on a really good show but wow, FOB is great live. Confetti, fire, Pete and Joe randomly appearing out in the crowd somehow?? Pete licking his guitar... and doing the salute (Brittany I screamed like a tiny little girl out of joy) and jumping off things and spinning and Andy being awkward on the drums. And Joe being Joe! At the end Pete sort of got in the pit and confetti went SKOOOO at our bodies, and it was over.

We walked away talking about how it was one of the greatest things, let alone concerts, we ever experienced.

It took us 2292902901091091901 days to get out of Verizon Wireless Ampitheater and we searched for a Steak & Shake. The first one we went to was packed so we drove on and found another packed one but went inside regardless. It was nummers and full of FOB fans. On the way home I saw a shooting star and the night was perfect, HAHAHAH.

So there you have it, I wrote that quickly, forgot SO many things and sounded like a 12 year old fangirl which I secretly am on the inside. Now I will shower for I smell terrible. Good day sirs.

LALALA

kerd2006 — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:59:55 GMT

I love life.
I love the boy.
I love college.
I'm farking hungry.
I love my dog.
I love cletus.
I want a new baby animal to fondle.
Like a turtle. Brittany & Rachel got me thinking about them.
Did anyone watch Barbara Walters inverview Terri Irwin?
It broke my heart. ):
"I've lost my prince."
OOOGHGHOGOGHOGHGHO.
*dies on the inside*
<3

La.

kerd2006 — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 04:23:43 GMT

Just got home.

First successful night drive with all my windows rolled down and the sunroof open without getting frozen out or having my teeth chatter. Lovely. Just...... perfect. <3

"Listen To the Music" is stuck in my head.

I think I'm going to vomit up happiness.

I've decided I'm too lazy to type relevant things. :)

NAME TIME OKAYBYE

kerd2006 — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:32:43 GMT

Koby
Kobi
Khobi
Kaiser
I MUST CHOOSE!
I will decide today if it is the last thing I do.

FYI: Kaiser means King or Emporer in German, though it is /sort of/ a common GSD name, while a form of Koby is not. But Kaiser sounds manly, and sup @ Kaiser Chiefs? Lolz.

OBEEEEEEESE. <3

Cletus, meet puppy.

AGHSTKHFDSsdfsd he fell asleep in my bed. <3

FROLIC.

Sunset at my Dad's.

Little cousin Noah whom I watched this week. SO CUTE.

For Sam when she gets back from SanFran.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M BE SAYIN' BOOOIii. ~*~juice4evr~*~

NEW PUPPY WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

kerd2006 — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:12:58 GMT

OOOOOOH ♥ ♥ ♥

NEW PUPPY. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

He's a purebred German Shepherd. His coloration is pretty rare because he has two recessive alleles instead of two dominant or one dominant, one recessive, so his color is "diluted". Instead of the typical black & tan he is liver and tan, because he's coat will be a red/brown and tan. Right now he has sea green/blue eyes, and they're suppose to turn bright gold around 6 months of age I think. At least I've read that's what happens in most cases.

I AM IN LOVE. ♥

I need to name him! He's going to be HUGE so he has to have a manly, German name. Here is what I have so far...

Rolf - Remember that little brown puppy from Muppet Babies? Yep! It also means "Wolf Counsel" or "Famous Wolf" in German. I love this name.

Fritz - No actual meaning, just a German name. My Dad liked it and it was one of the first names that came to mind.

Konan - In slight honor of Conan O'Brien. "Hound, wolf; high." Anglicized form of Conán (Celtic).

Fenris - Wolf-related. Scandinavian mythology: Fenris was a giant wolf who had the power to threaten the gods. (Thanks guys for reminding me this name is from The Sight & HP. Woo! I knew it was familiar!)

Hans - Gift from God. That's just the first thing most people suggest. XD

Koby/Kobi - German Dark; dark-haired. (forgot this the first time!)

Gromit - I forgot to list this one. :o

If you have any suggestions, send them my way! I want something pretty unique and something a little threatening like ODEN'S RAVEN or THOR! Lirl, but nothing overly manly. He's precious and chocolate in color. AND A FETUS. <33333333333333333333333333333333333333 MY HEART IS GOING TO EXPLODE!

WAHOO

kerd2006 — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 04:43:12 GMT

Okay, to all photographers...

I've been playing with my Canon Powershot S2 IS, aaaaand, quite frankly, I am more of a hands on learner, so after reading so much of the manual I said screw it and have been teaching myself how to work this sucker from there on out. However, in portrait mode, I cannot achieve the "blurry" backgrounds I want. It says nothing about it in the manual. Also; this is sort of mostly directed towards Sam.. remember when we talked about the shutter speeds & getting the stars to go WOOSH etc? Okay, I tried that and I screwed up, mainly because I just tested to see if I could get anything at all sans a tripod and whatnot, so any pointers there?

That's all I can think of to ask right now. Also, I have all these filters and lenses, and I don't know what I should do with them all! If you know anything at all about telephoto lenses & wideangle lenses, or filters, please drop me a line. ♥

i died for ur sins!! LOL!!!!

kerd2006 — Thu, 19 May 2005 01:59:56 GMT

JESUS WAS HERE AND HE PLANTED A BIG KISS ON KERIS FOREHEAD BEFORE RUNNING AWAY IN THE NUDE!

Happy Easter!!

kerd2006 — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:03:17 GMT

HAPPY EASTER, LOVES!!

Today, we celebrate the day when Jesus was resurrected to return to us as a rabbit that hides colored eggs. :)

.|| Paid Account ||.

kerd2006 — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 04:59:19 GMT

I just purchased myself a Paid Account.

I have absolutely no idea what to do.

If you can offer me any advice on making my journal look nice, or can offer better tutorials than the ~howto Journal, please, let me know. :) I would probably love you for all of time.

YARRAYARY HAR HAR

kerd2006 — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:27:53 GMT

You scored as Emo & More. Emo and Screamo.

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Indie Rock

75%

Indie

67%

Country

63%

Classic Rock.

46%

Industrial

29%

Punk and Pop Punk.

29%

Mainstream

29%

Hip Hop and Rap

29%

Britpop

17%

Ska

13%

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{ JOY TO THE WORLLLLD! }

kerd2006 — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 04:54:46 GMT

JOY TO THE WOOOOORRRRLLLDDDDD!!!!

I saw Mohabi kissing Santa Claus
Underneath the mistletoe last night.
He didn't see me creep
down the stairs to have a peep;
He thought that I was tucked
up in my bedroom fast asleep.
Then, I saw 'Habi tickle Santa Claus
Underneath his beard so snowy white;
Oh, what a laugh it would have been
If Blade had only seen
Mohabi kissing Santa Claus last night

-PUDDLE- SO EXCITED. CANNOT WAIT. OMG. TWO FOOT OF SNOW IN TWO DAYS. I HAVE SO MANY STORIES TO TELL BUT I'M LAZY! SEE PICS [ONLY DAY ONE, WE GOT MORE :O]...
[ 1.) THE COUG'. ]
[ 1.) Our deck. ]

I SHOULD BE DEPRESSED BECAUSE MY iPOD HASN'T CAME YET AND CHRISTMAS TRADITION WITH MY MOM'S SIDE POSTPONED DUE TO THE SNOW. BUT WOOOOOO! I'm.. LIRL theres a channel, the title of this program is called "Yule Log" and it's just.. Christmas music with a close-up shot of logs roasting in the fireplace.

NOAH IS CUTE I LOVE HIM. I wish to squeeze him to deaaath. How Jason had such an adorable child I shall never know.

AKWARD MOMENT AT GRANDMA D'S TONIGHT! Amy, Matt's girlfriend, got a Chinese Zodiac scroll and she read me my horoscope, and at the end, it said, "BEWARE THE COCK!" and Amy, Mark and I were like LOZLZOZOZOZOZ... everyone else gaped at us in slight akwardness. OOPS!

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE YOU!

Possum - It's wuts fer dinnur!

kerd2006 — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 20:15:37 GMT

Today was.. hm.. exhilarating. :D However.. let me start with yesterday..

So yesterday I was suppose to get my haircut. Sara came along and we got there late, so I had to reschedule. I'm getting either highlights or lowlights.. or both.. no idea. Suggestions? We then went to target where we saw a man with a mighty.. well.. fragile.. really.. handlebar moustache. I pointed him out to Sara and she about died laughing. We almost went back to get a picture with him. Then, in the parking lot, as we were leaving, I look up and he's INFRONT of us and we almost KILLED HIM. HAHAHAHHAHAHAhaha. Good one. I waved frantically at him. I love that man.

We got to the mall and shopped a wee bit, then Louie called and she and Katie found us and we told her of the moustache man. On the way out of.. or into.. The Vanity, we saw.. get this.. SANTA CLAUSE. My breath caught in my chest and we stared at him and Sara says, "ACT CASUAL!" so I leaned against a bench and started looking around.. but then as he passed I stared once again. Because I love Santa.

We met up with Jill in Dry Ice and we went to the food court and got Sbarro pizza. The cashier guy was hot. Not in a.. radiating hotness, it was more of how.. he acted. I don't know, some people just exude character and this was what I picked up from him. I am attracted to character. ENOUGH GIRLY RANTS.

We vowed to get our picture with Santa when we got Kara to come with us.. I ended up getting a black/periwinkle blue Puma sweatshirt, a purse from Aeropostale for me and then one for Sara for Christmas, some black and pink sweatpants at Target, annnd.. some Khaki pants for the Open House at work on Saturday. Wooooooooooo!

Oh, note to self. Ask for Glo by J. Lo for Christmas. I dislike J. Lo but her perfume smells like MMMM. We played with it at Lazarus, and I remembered it from a Christmas card Jen sent me last year and she sprayed it all over the card so I could smell it. I like it.

...We then went into Hot Topic and Spences. YES. YES. YES. NAPOLEON DYNAMITE THINGS. YESSS. While looking at the posters, I came across a Napoleon Dynamite one and squealed, resulting in a lot of stares but OH WELL! A guy that worked there goes, "... you guys think Napoleon is hot?" and we grimaed and then thought better of it, and replied, "YES." He fearfully stalked back to the front counter. Needless to say, I got it, and we got Kara a Happy Bunny card that says, "SANTA IS COMING! - I think I just threw up a little." EHHEHEHEh. We played with orgasm keychains and.. stared in fear at the.. female.. pleasure wall then ran away giggling like the immature fiends we are.

We also passed by a calender booth and I spotted the Orlando Bloom calender from a mile away, so I took off running and slid on my knees and grabbed it. The guy working the register started laughing and asked me if I was okay, and I just stared up at him with teary eyes and said, "I am now..", and I clutched the poster. Then we found a Lion King one and I was torn between the two so we finally ran away into the distance. Sara and I left Jill and went to Wal*Mart to pick up a Santa Hat for Kara. CREEPY. On the highway, this guy kept coming up beside us and matching his speed with ours and staring at us and we were in the slow lane so we couldn't really.. do anything, so I finally sped up and tried to lose him but cars got in the way and it was creepy. He was like.. 30 something. EHRSEHSEH.

AND THEN I WENT TO DADS AND WE HAD A GOOD TIME THERE AND THEN I WENT HOME THE END!

Career day was HOTTTTT. First, we went to Cosmetology, where I volunteered to get my hair done. It looked alright, but it started pounding with pain after .1 seconds. Cosmetologists make a decent amount of money after being in the business a decent amount of time. I am mildly interested. It is always a possibility, I suppose, but it is not a top choice.

We then went to Radio/Television Broadcasting and we saw Rhanda Stewart who is a local news reporter. I was like :OOOOOO because.. yeah, I was impressed by her television skillz and such and it was neat seeing her in person. She showed us videos of her live reports and there was one she was with a Chimpanzee, and might I add, Britney Spears also held that Chimpanzee. Apparently he was also on Viva La Bam and Vanity Fair Magazine. She said he was a pervert because he stuck his hand down her shirt, but she was proud because he did that to Britney Spears too said the trainer. I laughed. During her presentation Mr. Mac went by the room twice and was like :O at her because she was very pretty and every decent looking woman in the world he freaks out over. He's like.. 30 something and still thinks he's a ladies man. He.. you'd have to know him. It was odd.

We went to Media Arts and had a good time there annnd then did crap in Spanish ASS I FORGOT I HAVE A LOT OF SPANISH HOMEWORK oh well who cares and then we went to the gym, where Meghann and I traded shoes momentarily because she decided mine were hot and wanted them. Rachel was looking for someone to cut the last two periods with her to go to E-ville to get a Mystic Tan. She talked me into doing it and my Mom was like the only Mom that would agree to it so after lunch I had Rachel talk to my Mom and she agreed WOOOOOO. She called in and said I had an appointment, HOWEVER.. :D the school nurse said she was growing suspicious because I was like the fourth person to leave at 1:15. HAHAHHAaha, Meghann and Amanda cut too. I laugh. My Mom even COVERED for me, she said, "OH.. KERI DOESN'T EVER REALLY HANG OUT WITH THEM..." which is sort of true so HAHAHAHA IN YOUR FACE PEGGY STEWART, SCHOOL NURSE.

I hope she doesn't confront me about it tomorrow. :) Shh. I won't rub it in her face just yet.

So, we went and that was awesome but Rachel forgot her ID and neither of us are 18 yet and we weren't signed up at Premiere, so we were like FU and went to Florida Tan. They were like "ARE YOU 18?" "YES." "OKAY YAY GO IN!" They gave us a tour, wtf, annnd.. they have some hardcore tanning begs. The B-Sting 5000? LIRL I LAUGHED. She got really technical and patted it's side and was like, "THIS BABY HERE IS THE BEST WE GOT.." it reminded me of a man cooing over his souped up car.

We came home and I went to work and YAAAAAY I'm suddenly lazy THE END.

kerd2006 — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 21:09:50 GMT

Keri

The name of Keri creates an overly-sensitive nature which causes you to sense and feel far more than you can understand or put into words. You have a deep, artistic, and creative side which shows through a love for music and literature. Writing is a more natural mode of expression for your deeper thoughts and feelings than the spoken word. You have an ability to concentrate and work intently on anything which holds your interest. However, you prefer to avoid routine, monotony, and mental tasks. You enjoy the out-of-doors and find your greatest peace and relaxation from the beauty and harmony of nature. You prefer to limit your friendships and associations to those who share your interests and appreciate your quiet, refined ways. Others often find it difficult to understand you. Your feelings tend to build up within you and, if you cannot release them through a creative, constructive channel, you could suffer with frustration, moods, and much inner turmoil. This name causes tension in the region of the solar plexus, as well as the heart and lungs. Health problems would centre in those areas of the body.

You Are the Enthusiast

7

You are outgoing and playful - always seeing the happy side to life.

You're enthusiastic and excitable. You love anything new.

Multi-talented, you do many things well... and find success easy.

You prefer to keep things light with others. Opening up is hard for you.

What number are you?

I was amused. Just got home from shopping. I got a Napoleon Dynamite poster and some other random things. Had a gooood time. Tiiired. LOVE.

.x|[ you know you're from Small Town when... ]|x.

kerd2006 — Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:09:57 GMT

You Know You're From a Small Town When...

The "road hog" in front of you on Main Street is a farmer's combine.

The local phone book has only one yellow page.

Third Street is on the edge of town.

You leave your jacket on the back of the chair in the cafe, and when you go back the next day, it's still there, on the same chair.

You don't signal turns because everyone knows where you're going, anyway.

No social events can be scheduled when the school gym floor is being varnished.

You call a wrong number and they supply you with the correct one.

Everyone knows all the news before it's published; they just read the hometown paper to see whether the publisher got it right.

The city limits signs are both on the same post!

The City jail is called amoeba, because it only has one cell. - Psst, we have no jail. :)

The McDonalds only has one Golden Arch.

The one-block-long Main Street dead ends in both directions.

Second Street is in the next town over.

There's no place to go that you shouldn't.

A "Night on the Town" takes only 11 minutes.

The mayor had to annex property to eat a foot-long hot dog.

The New Year's baby was born in October.

Running from the cops consists of hiding in the cornfield.

You have to name six surrounding towns to explain to people where you're from.

You have to drive five miles out in the country to smoke a cigarette.

Headline news is who grew the biggest vegetable this year.

There is no point in high-school reunions because everyone knows what everyone else is doing anyway.

Driving cars up and down the main drag is a universal high school experience.

You can name everyone you graduated with.

You know what 4-H is.

You ever went to parties at a pasture, barn, or in the middle of a dirt road.

You said the 'f' word and your parents knew within the hour.

You schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers, since you know which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't - same goes with the game warden.

You ever went cow-tipping or snipe hunting.

School gets canceled for state sporting events.

You could never buy cigarettes because all the store clerks knew how old you were and if you were old enough, they would still tell your folks.

When you did find someone old enough and brave enough to buy cigarettes, you still had to go out to the country and drive back roads to smoke them.

You were ever in the Homecoming parade.

You have ever gone home for Homecoming.

It was cool to date someone from the neighboring town.

You had senior skip day.

The whole school went to the same party after graduation.

You don't give directions by street names or references (turn by Nelson's house, go two blocks to the Anderson's turn left and it's four houses left of the football field).

The golf course had only 9 holes

You can't help but date a friend's ex-girlfriend.

Your car stays filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason.

You think kids that ride skateboards are weird.

The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snooty" but is actually just like your town.

Getting paid minimum wage is considered a great job.

You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as "rich" people.

The people in the city dress funny, then you pick up on the trend a few years later.

You bragged to your friends because you got pipes on your truck for your birthday.

Anyone you want can be found at either the Dairy Queen or the feed store.

You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town.

Football coaches suggest that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.

Directions are given using "the" stop light as a reference

The city council meets at the coffee shop.

Your letter jacket was worn after your 19th birthday.

You have ever taken a trailer or dog to school on a daily basis.

Weekend excitement involves a trip to the grocery store.

Even the ugly people enter beauty contests.

You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride.

Your teachers call you by your older siblings names.

Your teachers remember when they taught your parents.

You can charge at all the local stores.

The closest McDonald's is 45 miles away.

So is the closest mall.

It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower.

Everyone who played sports had to play on every type of team, or there wouldn't be enough people to have a team.

Being able to hit a road sign with a beer bottle while driving down the highway is considered a necessary skill.

A cool vehicle had big tires or a bad-ass stereo.

You can remember when your town finally got cable.

Driving to the party on a four wheeler is quite normal.

You thought the 30-year-old guy that still was at all the parties was cool.

The town population increases by one-third when the universities go on break.

The best burgers in town are at the rink.

You know exactly where to go when the party is at "the lake".

You lost your virginity at a bush party.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from a small town.

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kerd2006 — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 19:35:07 GMT

Seventeen only comes once in a lifetime
Don't it just fly by wild and free
Goin any way the wind blew, baby

Seventeen, livin on crazy dreams

Rock and roll and faded blue jeans
And standing on the edge of everything
Seventeen

Today I bid farewell to my Sweet Sixteen. Oh, what a year it as been. In the last year I have grown so much. I have matured as a person and I have a grip on life and who I am, and it feels amazing. I feel loved so much it hurts, today has proven that. I have the greatest friends on the face of the earth. I wish I could only express my gratitude. </i>I love you all.</i> I have to run now, for Jen, Sam and Drew are on the phone. And, I love them severely.

I was told today that 17 would be the greatest year of my life.

Sux.

kerd2006 — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 21:58:45 GMT

WTF. TOBOE (WOLF ON MY LJ ICON) DIED.... AND QUENT.. ANNDDD HUBB WHYYYY? *SOBBB* sux. Thats what I get for missing a few episodes. UTTER CONFUSION.

OH, ORLI ISN'T ENGAGED BY THE WAY. =DDDDDDDDD *GLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

You know I wanna do it again.

kerd2006 — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 06:47:22 GMT

WELL, I AM OFF TO KUNSTFEST (GERMAN FESTIVAL) TO WEAR A BONNET, APRON, BONNET AND SHAWL! DAY ONE, HERE I COME! NO APPLE DUMPLINGS FOR ME UNLESS A MINION BRINGS ME ONE. GOD KARA, JILL AND I ARE SEXY. TIME FOR THE PILGRIMAGE!

WOOOOO BABY. WOO!

Happy Tree Friends!

kerd2006 — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 12:45:39 GMT

This Journal is Friends Only, meaning if you are not a close companion of mine, then you suck weenie and you can't read my deep, dark secrets! It is likely that I'm going to talk about you behind your back in my journal and you won't know because you aren't my friend! MWAAAHAHAHAAAA. :O NoIloveyoujustkidding. It's been friends only for a while but I thought I'd try to be cool like all the other kiddies and announce it. I'll probably be doing a major friends cut soon, so I don't have to skim over journals I never read to get to my friend's, so if you want to continue reading my caffiene induced rants, please, let me know. Most of you probably have a good idea if you will stay on or not so, yeah. Some journals I read but I haven't had time to comment lately, so, OH WELL I WIN HEEEEEE!

Mucho Gracias.

kerd2006 — Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:07:41 GMT

I love you guys. Really, what would I do without you? My life is blessed with so many good people it's insane. I'm sorry I take a lot of you for granted and I don't comment on your OWN posts enough. I don't avoid them, when I am around I will read and comment, just know that I too and there for you and if you really would like my opinion on anything, you can personally ask me. I'd be more than happy to help you like you've all done for me countless times. Your advice and support is so helpful, even on the little things. Many, many thanks.

I woke up FOUR MINUTES before my alarm went off due to a phone call. Don't you hate that? Thats four treasured minutes of sleep out the window. Sara was calling and I talked to her for a bit then showered, and then we went shopping. I got a Larry the Cable Guy CD, two pair of jeans, annnd.. oh, happy bunny dice from Hot Topic, and two pair of sweatpants because I do love being comfy, I do. Err, then we.. oh wait I totally left out the part of us going to Fazzoli's. I saw someone that use to go to my school there and she isn't.. how I remember her. She looks the same but she dresses in black and she dyed her hair and had chains etc. I wanted to talk to her but I'm a bit shy when it comes to that, and she was with who I assumed to be her boyfriend. Oh well. Maybe some other time. We then went to Wal-Mart, where we went through with our "Lets be really cool and get lame lunchboxes. So we can be cool." plan. We selected four, all Lisa Frank. XD Mine is purple, with a purple kitten (equipped with rainbow wings), many sparkly things and hearts flying around all over it and it says things like, "CUTE, ANGEL, GURLIE" all over it. Sara's is light blue with two yellow puppies on it and it says, "Puppy Love", annd.. it has heart cherries all over it. Kara's is pink with LOLLIES all over it and an obnoxiously preppy looking girl on it and Kara is so anti pink.. it's hysterical. Jill's is black and it says like.. Vegas, Chicago, and other large city names on it and it sports this girl with a pink feather boa on the front. PERFECT. We are so hot it is unbelievable. *rolls in self hot with her whores* While I was talking to Kara on the phone about which lunchbox she would like, two guys walked past and recognized Sara and we talked to them for awhile. They amused me, one had a Yoda shirt on and it said "Pull my finger" and he had wristbands that were all "LOLOL NINTENDO" and the other one was like *RAPES JUICE BOTTLES THAT HAVE RANDOM CARTOON CHARACTERS ON THEM* annnnnnd. Things. THE END.

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kerd2006 — Sun, 08 Aug 2004 16:03:10 GMT

What the hell is a life anyways? Apparently it's not enjoying yourself and indulging in the things you enjoy most. No, that makes you an outcast, a freak, strange. Get a life. Those three words feel like someone just lodged a scolding hot fire poker in my gut. Thats the best way I can describe it. It hurts especially when only moments before you were priding over how well balanced you seem to be and how happy you are with the things you are doing. But, all isn't what it seems I suppose. A couple harsh words and your sure-footedness comes tumbling down and you find yourself bawling your eyes out and wondering what went wrong. A few simple words make you question who you are and what you've been doing with your time and whether or not you are at the level you were intended to be at. I do not excel. I have talent in many areas but sadly my interest them has dwindled with time. Volleyball, softball, band, 4H, horseback riding, school, art.. sadly, art is one of the few remaining things I truly enjoy doing that I actually crave. I have no will for sports anymore, it's pointless and though I keep in moderate shape during the season which I really enjoy, I just find them irrational and the point of the game has been long since lost. It's no longer fun, it's just competition. A way to gain a title for your coach. Thats all. Band.. I began before I really had a true apprecation for it and didn't pay enough attention and now I feel like I should know more than I actually do. 4H, I guess it became too much of a hassle. My Dad was probably quite sick of taking me back and forth to the meetings, but now I have a car. Am I in 4H? Nope. I have three horses and I never make time to go out and ride them. Why? No idea. It's one of my favorite things in the world to do. School? Hah.. school. Why try when there is not even a stable education system to back up our efforts? There are no classes offered in the areas I wish to take part in, nothing. I'm beginning the school year unsure of whether or not I'll even have a Media Arts, Spanish, and English teacher. Plus, you can pull the same grades by NOT trying you can when you DO try. Eventually I noticed this, as well as my classmates, and we all just fell into the same rythym. What makes that bad is, I love to learn. I love it. No doubt about that, things interest me and when I know what I'm talking about I love that sense of knowledge and accomplishment. I don't ever feel that anymore.

To have a life to anyone around here means going out on weekends. Going out on weekends means going to parties where there are drugs, alcohol, and plenty of sex for all. ALL MY FAVORITE THINGS! Not to mention, each and every one of those people attending these parties are severely immature and I don't want to be around them. That could also tie into the softball/school even things. When I mean these people are immature, I am not exaggerating one bit. There are roughly 70 + people in my entire High School, and I've known the majority of them since Kindergarten. I am not stretching the truth. Not at all.

So, since they don't sell lives at Wal*Mart, here is my own five step plan for "getting a life".

1.) Quit drawing entirely. It just takes up too much time and is underappreciated by both my school and the majority of the world. I'm really just wasting my life away enjoying myself.
2.) Stop going online. Everyone online is a pedophile, they want to rape me. I'm so stupid for wasting my time on the people that I adore.
3.) Start building up my popularity. Once I get in with the popular crowd, I will ditch all my real friends that have stood by me through everything.
4.) Become emotionally confused and rely on alcohol and drugs to take the pain away. Hey, thats what everyone else does, why haven't I realized it?
5.) Disobey my parents (my Dad, really) despite their concern and show them what "having a life" is like today. Fuck them. Let them have a taste of what having a normal kid is like. Thats what.. he wants afterall.

So there you have it. My five step plan. Easy as pie. Now I can be like all the other kids who actually have lives. Sadly, once I get I life, I'll be told that I am a terrible child and what I am doing is wrong, making my parents hippocrits. Yes, I am overreacting. Yes, I will be over this in a couple of days. No, I won't slit my wrists or commit suicide because then I'd be labeled cliche and there is NO way I would ever do that to myself or the people I love, ever. But, I was just told by my Dad that I need to get a life when I thought I had one all along. That really hurts. I don't know if my reaction to this is just a result of my hate for Jeannie which is day by day growing larger, or my way of getting revenge on my Dad for marrying a woman I despise, even when he promised me he wouldn't. He's never broken a promise, and the one he broke was the one I trusted he'd keep the most. I hate Jeannie, and she hates me. As a result, I give my Dad the cold shoulder and he assumes that I hate him, when I don't. I do not hate. Hating is just something I find terribly difficult to do and when I do hate it's real. It's well thought out and normally even if I do hate I'm too shy to even admit it. I don't want to make anyone upset with me. I feel very strange. I'm very tired of being sad. I'm not sad very often and lately theres just so many things that rub me the wrong way or a couple recent events that I just can't forget. I can't shrug it off. And I hate Jeannie. I hate her. None of my friends and the majority of my family dislikes her too. I hate her because she was rude to Jen when she came over, not directly but I don't even recall her even greeting her. She and I never exchanged words except when I was forced to thank her for the nice vacation. Really the vacation just laid a guilt trip on me and after I series of events I felt like a lot of blame was laid on me. That doesn't make sense at all to you but it does to me and I dare not explain because that would take entirely too long. Ahh, lost my train of thought. Thank God for Jill. *lives in happy state*

I just feel like a bad person right now. I'm just.. dying inside, so to speak. Not to the point of where I can catch myself but it's just a matter of.. things. I'm very angry with my Dad and he's very angry with me I am sure but I've had it. I love my Dad. I do not want to argue with him and I blame all of this on Jeannie because she IS the source of most of the bad in my life. I feel sick. I wish school would start. I wish I could rewind time. I wish Jeannie.. no I better not say that. But I can secretly wish it even though a blanket of guilt comes over me when I do. I still think it.

You don't have to reply to this. If you read it, I'm really sorry. I have to write this down or I'll end up huddling in a corner somewhere about to explode. Pay this no heed. I just feel pretty weird right now and I can't really.. explain it to anyone in one clean sweep so I'll just write it down and it will feel like I've told someone. I wish my Mom would come home.

FLORIDA OR BUST!!!!1!111

kerd2006 — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:19:27 GMT

Well, this will be my last entry before I am......

OFF TO

FLORIDA TO

MEET JEN!!!!

[INSERT MANIACAL DANCE MOVEMENT HERE ]

Kara will be arriving late this evening and we'll finish packing, probably stay up all night out of excitement, and we'll depart tomorrow afternoon around 11:00 AM. We will then drive as far as our hearts desire, crash, wake up the next day, go to Disney World, (for hot Disney Character loving), and then continue to our final destination. Sunday evening, JEN WILL ARRIVE! We will run towards one another in Slow-mo and we shall embrace. THEN WE WILL KISS PASSIONA.... oh wait. ^-^; BUT THEN WE WILL RUSH INTO THE HOTEL ROOM, BUILD A FORT LIKE SADDAM, AND PLACE A SIGN ON THE FRONT THAT SAYS, "GURLiEZ ONlEee plz (asl?)" and if Danielle tries to enter we'll punch her in the FACE. In the FAAAACE! *SHAKES A FIST* And if Jeannie tries to enter we will self destruct. THEN, we will run down to the beach and set off fireworks. THEN we will set up furniture on the elevator and when people try to board will be question, "Do you have an appointment?" Or perhaps we will just stare at them, and they will stare at us, and then the door will close and we will sink into OBLIVION. =D

But, this will be the best week of my life. Thats all I have to say. I can't believe it's happening, I'm finally meeting Jen. I would get all emotional about it but I am late for a dentist appointment and I'll do all the "I LOVE HER SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND I FINALLY MET HER." Stuff later. She, Kara and I will have a blast, and the world will never be the same.

Everyone: *Goes outside and sees a mushroom cloud in the general direction of Florida.* "Ahh.. Jen, Kara, and Keri." *Wanders off into the Sunset.*

I'll be arriving home a week from Sunday I believe? Refreshed, relaxed, and HAPPIER THAN I'VE EVER BEEN! And I'm happy.. a lot. SO HAAAA.

I LOVE YOU ALL!! I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD WEEK PLZ. IF YOU REALLY REALLY REALLY WANT A POSTCARD TRY AND LET ME KNOW BEFORE TONIGHT! You know how to contact me.

P.S. Sorry if I killed your LJ I'm REALLY EXCITED. KTHNX.

*rides off into the sunset with jen and kara*