A room without books is like a body without a soul.

New Journal.

2006-07-15T06:13:10Z

Yes. I made a new LJ. Shuddup. It's consumingnovels. So add me. I probably added you already.

I'm just not that much of a vertigo girl anymore, you know?

meme gacked from jacyevans

2006-06-15T05:23:08Z

How many keys are on your keychain?
3. House key, volvo key, honda key.

What curse word do you use the most?
Damn.

Do you own an iPod?
Yes, and it is a beautiful thing.

What time is your alarm clock set for?
7:05 a.m. But I usually hit snooze and get an extra 8 minutes.

How many suitcases do you own?
None personally. My family has a lot though, due to all the traveling and what not.

Do you wear flip-flops even when it's cold outside?
No. My feet get cold even when it's warm outside.

Where do you buy your groceries from?
My mom usually gets them from HEB, Walmart, or Target.

Would you rather take the picture or be in the picture?
Depends on how I look.

What was the last movie you watched?
Casanova (YAY!)

Do any of your friends have children?
No, thank goodness.

If you won the lottery, what's the first thing you would buy?
I would pay for all of my college.

Has anyone ever called you lazy?
My mom.

Do you ever take medication to help you fall asleep faster?
Tylenol PM

What CD is currently in your CD player?
What CD player?

Do you prefer regular or chocolate milk?
Chocolate. Mmmm

Has anyone told you a secret this week?
Yes.

When was the last time someone hit on you?
At the bank last week. I was wearing my grown up clothes and the guy was hoottttt.

What did you have for dinner?
Spaghetti and salad.

Do you wear hoodies often?
Not so much hoodies as the zip up versions of them.

Can you whistle?
Not very well.

Have you ever participated in a protest?
No, I don't believe so.

Who was the last person to call you?
Jennifer.

What is your favorite ride at an amusement park?
ROLLER COASTERS!!! I love the Batman.

Do you think people talk about you behind your back?
Probably, but hopefully there isn't too much bad stuff to say.

What area code are you in right now?
972

Did you watch cartoons as a child?
I would still watch them if I still watched TV....

How big is your local mall?
Parks is average.

How many siblings do you have?
2

Are you shy around the opposite sex?
Depends on the person really.

What is your biggest regret?
Not being more outgoing in high school.

When was the last time you laughed so hard your sides hurt?
Tuesday when I hung out with Ambero and Casey. They always make me laugh like crazy.

What movie do you know every line to?
Pirate of the Caribbean, kind of.

Do you own any band t-shirts?
Uhm, I have a Doors shirt...let's see... oh, and pink floyd.

When was your last plane ride?
Coming from Japan to the states....it's been awhile.

How many chairs are at your dining room table?
6

Do you read for fun?
I read to live, man.

Can you speak any languages other than English?
Teeny bits of Japanese and French.

Do you do your own dishes?
Hardly. That's my brothers' job. Haha.

What color is your bedroom painted?
GREEN!!

Have you ever cried in public?
Yes. I hate doing that. I feel helpless.

Do you have a desktop computer or a laptop?
Laptop, yo.

Which do you make, wishes or plans?
Mostly wishes.

Are you always trying to learn new things?
More like a random fact picker upper

Do you shower on a daily basis?
Heck yes. Who doesn't?

Are you currently wanting any piercings or tattoos?
Nope... I'm fine the way I am.

Do you believe that the guy should pay on the first date?
Yes, I'm old fashioned.

Can you skip rocks?
Haha, no.

Have you ever been to Jamaica?
Nooo.

What to snack on at the movie theater?
Popcorn, coke, chocolate.

Who was your favorite teacher?
Mrs. Hammonds and Coach Williams.

Have you ever dated someone out of your race?
No, but I would.

What is the weather like?
Way too hot.

Would you ever date someone covered in tattoos?
Depends on if there was more to them then just those tattoos.

Do you have an online journal?
LJ!

What was your favorite class in high school?
English

Do you enjoy traveling via airplanes?
I don't enjoy it but I don't hate it either.

What personality trait is a must-have in your preferred gender? Sense of humor.

Have you ever been attracted to someone physically unattractive?
Yes.

When was the last time you slept on the floor?
Probably the last time I slept over at Casey's.

What is your favorite alcoholic drink?
I don't know.

Does your closest Starbucks have a drive-thru?
Yes.

Do you like your living arrangement?
Yeah

What is your mother's hometown?
Macon, Georgia

How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
5, but it's not very good functioning. Like, I'm a zombie.

Do you eat breakfast daily?
I eat something.

What was the last thing to scare you?
I was ironing my pants in my parents' room earlier today and my brother came in (I didn't notice him) and burped and it scared the CRAP out of me. I like tackled him and tried to kill him. Well, not really. I screamed.

Are your days full and fast-paced?
Not so much.

Did you ever get in trouble for talking in class?
Yes, mostly in journalism.... Colvin would ask us not to laugh so loud.

What is your favorite fruit?
Peaches are good, strawberries and cherries.

Do you pay attention to calories on the back of packages?
If I'm bored.

How old will you be turning on your next birthday?
18 :)

Are you picky about spelling and grammar?
Yeah.

Do you believe in life on other planets?
There's got to be.

Have you ever been to Six Flags?
YES! FUN!

Who was the last person to piss you off?
My dad.

Do you believe that God has a gender?
Hmm... no.

What was the last thing you ate?
Spaghetti.

Do you get along better with the same or opposite sex?
Depends.

What did you dress up as for your first Halloween?
The earliest one I remember is dressing up as Barbie with this creepy plastic mask.... I think I was four or five.

How did your parents pick your name?
My dad was a gemologist at the time and they wanted to give me a name that had to do with jewels. Voila! Amber.

Do you like mustard?
No. It's gross. Unless it's honey mustard and then only with chicken nuggets and french fries.

What do you tell yourself when times get hard?
Just go to sleep.

Would you ever sky dive?
I think I'm too scared for that.

Do you sleep on your side, tummy, or back? All. Mostly side and back though.

What character from a movie most reminds you of yourself?
Oh... hmmmm. Lizzy from Pride & Prejudice.

Have you ever bid for something on ebay?
No.

What do you think of Angelina Jolie being pregnant?
Babies are great.

Do you enjoy giving hugs?
Yes. I especially like getting them from my mom. They make me feel sooooooo gooooood.

Would you consider yourself to be fashionable?
Hmmm no, not really.

Do you own a digital camera?
No.

If someone you had no interest in dating expressed interest in dating you, how would you feel?
Flattered

What celebrities have you been compared to?
Geena Davis, Kate Winslet, and Kirsten Dunst

Who is your favorite Star Wars character?
Han Solo (Hot!)

Does it annoy you when someone says they'll call but never do?
Very much.

What books, if any, have made you cry?
I could never make a list. I don't even remember half of the books I've read.

Do you think you're attractive?
Not especially

What are you allergic to?
Nothing really. Although, when I eat Reese's my throat gets itchy.

Are you a jealous person?
Yes. I can't help it.

What's your opinion on sex without emotional commitment?
If you can manage that, then... well, good for you, I guess.

Do you ever feel guilty after eating meat?
Not unless Ambero says, "Moo" or something...

If you were born the opposite sex, what would your name have been?
Jack. In fact, my dad wanted to name me Amber Jack.... don't ask.

It's been six years....

2006-06-14T18:11:45Z

I just heard my mom mention my dad and I just realized that I didn't see him at all yesterday. Not once. That's kind of weird.

Laura is leaving tomorrow to go on vacation (GAAAAHH) and I don't know what I'm going to do. I've been trying to work on the website today but it's just been a pain in the butt. It's so frustrating. I'm trying not to make it look gay. And that's hard.

Who doesn't want cheese?

2006-06-14T04:55:24Z

I have got a horrible headache, but I've had one since I've gotten off of work. I think it's a migraine.... I don't know for sure. It made me feel dizzy and faint, especially when we were in Half Price Books. Despite my terrible headache, I had fun with Ambero and Casey!! Haha, Ambero and I were such nerds. When Casey told us that we could come in Jared's house for a minute we got all excited -- his house is quite huge and we'd never been in it before. Oooooh yes, we are nerds.

I bought a cool pirate shirt and a necklace to go with it. I was going to get some other stuff, but ran out of cash, so I'm making Ambero go out again with me on Thursday. I want to get some comfortable but cute shirts to wear when I go down to SFA. I'm really tired of all of my other shirts. Blah. Okay, I'm just talking about nothing -- which tends to happen quite often.

TO DO:
Finish writing thank-you cards (AND MAIL THEM!)
Wash twin sheets and stuff to bring to orientation.
Find confirmation letter.
Clean room (AND VACUUM)
Buy iPod wall charger.
Transfer money to savings account (on Thursday)
Give pictures to Casey.
Buy Steven a b-day present.
Put book on tape on iPod.

I'm sure there are other things to do... gah. Okay, I should sleep. I am very, very tired.

If I was any sleepier....

2006-06-13T18:56:43Z

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry. A virtual scream is about all I'm going to get right now. Screaming out loud would probably send my mother and Laura into fits. I'm just... you know. Maybe you don't know, but whatever it is, I'm just in such a tired mood that I'm pretty much sick of everything right now.

Last night I tried to read that pirate book I bought when Ambero was with me but it was just so awful I didn't even get past the second chapter. It is most definitely being taken to the used book store. I don't understand how crap like that can get published -- unless there are just millions of stupid people out there waiting to gobble up crappy books....

I go to freshman orientation at SFA on Sunday. I have to drive down there all by myself. My mom and I took a practive drive last Sunday so that I could get used to it. It wasn't really all that bad, just kind of boring -- 3 hours by myself in a car? Yeah, I'm going to have to find a really good book on tape. Maybe Ambero and Casey will want to go to Half Price Books or something when we hang out tonight???

OMG, I am an awful friend. I totally forgot we were supposed to hang out last night. What kind of friend does that?

Okay, off to do some boring records management stuff.

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2006-06-01T20:16:45Z

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neck pain!

2006-06-01T19:09:54Z

So sometime during the night, while I was dreaming, I twisted my neck into some painful position and pulled a muscle and now I cannot move it without excruciating pain. Whenever it happened, I massaged my neck and then had to sleep on my back -- very uncomfortable for me as I'm totally a sleeping on the side curled up a little kind of person.

Needless to say I'm not at work today and I had the hardest time trying to put on a clean shirt this morning.

Oh. The. Pain.

I lied -- music meme.

2006-06-01T05:01:35Z

Music meme fliched from: photosinensis

The rules: Open *insert MP3 player here*, put your entire music library on shuffle, and for each item, play the song that comes up.

Opening credits: The Militia Marches (from the Pride & Prejudice Soundtrack) – Haha, I think that’s kind of funny.

Waking up: Straight Up (Sean Paul) – I’ve never actually listened to this song. My brother just put that whole CD on my iTunes, but it sounds entirely too energetic for me in the morning.

Average day: Don’t Panic (Cold Play) – I like this one. Hah. It fits.

First Date: Luxurious (Gwen Stefani) – So rich in love that I’m rolling in cashmere? Shweet.

Falling In Love: Amie (Damien Rice). -- No explosions? Unusual and strange from nothing at all? Though there is some story of old. Maybe it makes sense?

Fight Scene: The only difference between martyrdom and suicide is press coverage (Panic! At the Disco) – Haha, it must be a dancing fight scene.

Breaking Up: Intermission (Panic! At the Disco) Now this is funny. Techno and oddity for the breakup.

Getting Back Together: If I Ain’t Got You (Alicia Keys) – eh. Normal?

Secret Love: Dio (Tenacious D) – This makes absolutely no sense, unless maybe you just focus on “passing the torch”

Life's Okay: Don’t Pass Me By (The Beatles) – Strange. Maybe if you just consider the title and not the lyrics?

Mental Breakdown: Demon Days (Gorillaz) – Well, I’ll be having a very peaceful breakdown.

Driving: Inertiatic ESP (The Mars Volta) – Rocking out AND lyrics include “I’m lost” which happens sometimes.

Learning A Lesson: Sick as a Dog (Aerosmith) – Err… I don’t know?

Deep Thought: There are Worse Things I Could Do (Grease Soundtrack) – Heheh, I think this is interesting.

Flashback: Bitter (Nine Days) – I don’t know that the lyrics are particularly fitting, but since this song reminds me of a certain point in my life, I think it fits.

Partying: Good Times Are Going to Come (Aqualung) – Err…no. Unless you only consider the title.

Happy Dance: My Humps (Black Eyed Peas) – AHAHAHAHAHA!

Regretting: Yellow (Cold Play) - ??? Dunno about that.

Long Night Alone: My Friends (Red Hot Chili Peppers) – Fitting in some aspects, I think anyway.

Death Song: Leaving Netherfield (Pride & Prejudice Soundtrack) – I think it’s funny that I began and ended with P&P and in the first I’m marching in and leaving in the last. I hope my death song is this lulling.

I just can't keep it in my pants...

2006-05-26T17:36:55Z

Last night was interesting. It was my last night at the theater and everyone was sad that I was leaving, so that made me feel pretty good. Haha. Evan was all like, "Dammit, now I won't have anyone to beat me with the phone." which made me laugh. We have so much fun in box. *le sigh* I'm glad we worked together last night. He bought me a strawberry creme slush from Sonic and it was pretty tasty. They are like one of my most favorite things ever.

Haha, and we were being so retarded. I was trying to shove my shirt in my pants because I cut it (we get XXL shirts that we have to wear and I am more of a small-medium girl so they are like dresses on me and when I tuck them in I have this huge ring around my butt from the shirt) and I said, "Gah! I can't keep it in my pants!" and we started laughing like maniacs. There were lots of those kinds of funny things said. See, at my new job, I work with my mom and Laura (who is 30) and we can't have jokes like that. Although we do get to talk about the hot deputies that come in. There was a police and drug regulator (or something like that) meeting yesterday at City Hall and we were all trying to be sneaky and try to get peeks at them to see if there were any hott ones. Apparently Laura saw one with long hair and nice muscles but I missed him because I had to take out the mail, so I made her give me one of her Reese's.

Dickerson was pretty sad about me leaving so he was hanging out in box with us last night and we were talking in accents. I think our accents could most closely be compared with those of the guys from the Smirnoff comercials. Haha, and we started making up songs and such. I am so not going to miss actually working there, but I am going to miss some of the people - like Evan, Dickerson, Ms. Lacy, Moore (because he's so hot, but he's going to join the army on June 6th...*sniffs*), Chris, Michael (even though he is a horny perv who I must always roll my eyes at), Phillip, JB, Tiffany, and Wherley. Poo.

Dickerson and I exchanged Myspaces so we can keep in touch.

When I was on my way home (about Midnight thirty), Andru called me and asked if I wanted to help him and Jerpi in some madcap scheme. Let's just say, that I didn't get home until almost 3 in the morning, and there was lots of running, peeling out, and one guy with a lisp who talked to us with a shotgun in his hand. Yeah, it was awesomely scary.

So now I am tres exhausted, but I don't care. Haha.

Yay! Me and Ambero are hanging out today! Cici's and X-Men. It shall be an excellent evening.

Insomnia....

2006-05-23T07:29:50Z

Considering the late hour, I think it is safe to say that I am having a little trouble with insomnia tonight. I mean, I’m pretty much extremely exhausted and yet I can’t go to sleep. And I’m coughing, and trying to do it very quietly so I don’t wake up my parents and have them spray chloraseptic down my throat. I really, really hate that stuff.

I mean, the only reason I can think of for having trouble sleeping is that I’m nervous about starting my new job tomorrow. But why should I be nervous? I go by city hall all the time. And, cripes, my mom will be my boss. And anyone who knows my mom knows that she is pretty sweet and I have nothing to fear… though she does start cackling evilly occasionally now that I’ve been officially hired.

Anyway, there is absolutely no reason for me to have trouble sleeping. And I wish my throat would stop tickling from wanting to cough. I mean, I put a stupid cough drop in my mouth, why isn’t it working?!

Okay, am going to attempt going to sleep again.

Ahh! Demon Bugs!

2006-05-23T07:25:12Z

I fear to tread into my own bathroom at night. Why is this, you ask? Well, the answer is quite simple. There have been a few sightings of very large and very scary bugs crawling around on the bathroom floor, which have incited numerous screams and screeches of terror from myself.

My dad has tried to reassure me that they are just big water bugs that have come into the house accidentally. While the gesture is appreciated, I know what they really are.

They are highly trained bug assassins. That’s right. They are the reason that I no longer plod into the bathroom in the middle of the night, eyes all squinty when I turn the light on, walking blindlessly.

Sure, they look harmless to a guy, such as my brothers who are often the ones that come running when my Scream of Terror wakes them up. But in reality they have been sent to kill me by an evil Queen Ant Overlord who seeks to punish me for the Great Bug Squashing Incident of ’99.

My slaughter of her brethren has incited a need for retribution, for revenge, and for my death!

Hence, the creepy black bugs that occasionally sneak into our bathroom. If they were truly innocent bugs that crawled in on mistake, then I would not be the only one to see them. And they wouldn’t come in the middle of the night when they know that I am most vulnerable to sneak attacks due to my completely exhausted state. No! If they were indeed innocent, they would run away from me, not at me once I start shrieking.

So there you have it. I have a hit put on me by a Queen Ant Overlord. Just thought I’d let you all know so that when the day comes that I don’t update this lovely LiveJournal anymore, you’ll know that those creepy black bugs have finally gotten me.

In which I mostly ramble about Pants.

2006-05-23T04:53:52Z

I’m starting at City Hall tomorrow. YAY! That means more money. But I don’t have the pants for this job. I need to go pants shopping. I need to look like a Professional Individual which is not very easy to do in jeans and skirts that don’t really fit anymore, because when do I really wear skirts anyway?

Needless to say, I need pants. But I also need money. So I shall buy one pair of pants until I get paid, and then there shall be mountains of pants! Hurrah! PANTS!

Okay, okay, I will shut up about pants now.

I got The Sims 2 University today and it is awesome. Only, the Sims get very low on the fun meter very fast. I suppose this is because doing schoolwork sucks the fun right out of them. But that’s not fair because then all they want to do is play games and refuse to go to their exams unless you let them play. Very frustrating. But very fun!

You know, it’s hard to have a serious entry when all I can think about is getting pants. Seriously. All I see are little pairs of pants just dancing across the screen going, “You need me! Hahaha! I am pants! You are not! Whee!”

Very annoying, let me tell you.

OH GOD! I also need shoes to go with my graduation dress. Finishing high school is very expensive and requires lots of clothes. Sigh. I should have been thinking about this LONG AGO. But no, Amber just wants jeans and t-shirts and converse and nothing else! And now what do I have to wear! NOTHING! Big fat nothing. Sheesh. I need to invest in Quality Clothing. And some new jeans, because really, everyone needs new jeans…

Did you know Old Navy has a “PANTS” section on their website? Shush. I’m just trying to calm myself a little about the pants situation. If I know there are pants to be bought tomorrow, I will not die. I shall just buy the pants and have ONE PAIR OF PANTS.

Well, I do have two pairs already. But there are five days in a week and you cannot wear two pairs of pants two or three times a week. That is stupid. And…stupid. *sniffs* I need pants. And not those stupid cropped pants that are all over the place either. I cannot wear cropped pants because I already have cropped short legs and they just look like high waters on me because I have SHORT LEGS.

And you know what? Regular pants don’t fit right either because the legs are too long. Why can’t they make more pants for short people? Yes, I know there are short people pants, but they are pretty damn hard to find when I really need them. I mean, I’m just doomed to walk around in too long pants for all of my life. People will stare and point and laugh and say, “Look at that girl with her pants dragging all over the place! Isn’t she pitiful?” And then I will just have to wear stilts or something and I’m very clumsy…so that’s really not a good idea at all. Not for me and not for anyone in my general vicinity.

Ooh, Old Navy has trousers for $24.50! It is almost too good to be true! And they have black, brown, khaki, gray…and dare I say it? – NAVY. That’s enough pants for everyday of the week. AND! Yes, AND! They have them in “short” for the people who have leg deficiencies such as me.

Yegads. I’m going to have to shop like a demon tomorrow! I don’t get off of work at city hall until 4:30 and then I’ll have to drive to Cedar Hill and that takes about twenty minutes, which puts me and 4:50 and they I have to find the pants… so that gives me until about… oh, let’s say between 5:15 and 5:30 and I have to be at work at the theater at 6 so all the rest is driving time to my other job. Where I will have to work until 11! Sheesh. When am I going to eat dinner?

Oh well. The pants are more important. I shall just bring some animal crackers or something. And eat a big lunch. Yeah, that’s the plan.

And just so you know, I AM quitting the theater once and for all! I’m just finishing my two days this week, then I shall be done working in that horrid customer filled place.

Alright. It’s like almost midnight and I have to get up for work at 7, and I am not good at operating on little sleep. Hence the whole sleep addiction thing. But really, I’m a big procrastinator about actually going to sleep.

Okay, shutting up for real now. And going to sleep. Well, I’ll probably read a little first, but I will go to sleep within the next twenty…or thirty…make that forty minutes

Relapse!

2006-05-20T17:04:20Z

Now, my mother was just in here, and I am pretty sure that she was talking to me, but all I heard was "Bless your...use chloraseptic..." and then she was gone.

Yesterday was our last day of school and it was pretty sad. I mean, I know I'll hardly see any of those people again. Some people were pretty funny about it. Ryan and Justin came up to me and were all like, "Have a nice life, Amber" and gave me hugs. Aww, and I'm really going to miss Jimmy and Martha because they are totally awesome and weird - so we all get along. I can't imagine having had a staff that wasn't as weird as I am. :(

Last night at work was so embarassing. I mean, I've been sick since last saturday, so that's like a week....and I went to the doctor on Wednesday, but felt kind of silly because I wasn't even feeling that bad anymore. And yesterday I didn't really feel to bad at all, just mostly congested. So on my way to work, I got some lotion injected tissues and brought them to work with me. Fortunantely, I got put in box with Evan because we are super cool when we work together. And I was fine... But like after I got back from my break I started coughing a lot. Like really bad, I was coughing so hard I thought I was going to throw up. I had to sit down in the back of our box and I was just coughing and Evan patted me on the back and dragged the trash can near me and said, "Do you want me to call Wherley? You need to go home." I shook my head because, I've just kind of been on and off sick and when I feel bad it doesn't usually last for very long and I didn't want to feel stupid when Wherley got in there and I wasn't even coughing any more or something.

But I kept coughing and Wherley just came in and I was coughing so hard I was kind of crying a little bit and he was like, "Okay, you need to go home." So I went and clocked out and people were looking at me because I probably sounded like one of my lungs was about to jump out of my throat and everyone was asking if I was okay and I wanted to say, "DO I LOOK OK?" but I was coughing so hard I could only blurt out one word answers. I got to my car, and my hands were shaking and I was all sweaty and cold and hot so I went back in and found Wherley and he but his arm around me (probably because I looked like I was about to fall over) and I asked him if he could help me find someone to take me home. So he was going to go talk to Shack and he said that if she couldn't take me that he would. But, Ms. Shack ended up being able to take me and some stupid girls that I work with were all standing around and said, "Oh, is there something wrong with her?" and Wherley was like, "Obviously."

I was all trying to apologize to Shack and stuff because I feel bad about being sick and missing work because I've been sick so many times this year that I'm afriad that they might think that I'm faking it or something, but she kept saying it was alright and was talking to me - probably to try to calm me down or something. She dropped me off and I got inside my house and my parents swooped in and sprayed chloraseptic all down my throat and gave me two tablespoons of Hydro DP which NUMBED me and put me to sleep in like fifteen minutes and now I still feel like a piece of crap and my throat feels like it's been through a grinder, but, I'm hardly coughing. I had to call in this morning...gah.

I HATE BEING SICK. I feel so pitiful. And it was so embarassing that I lost complete control last night. Gah, I could hardly hold myself up I was coughing so hard and then there was the crying thing because it hurt so bad. I hope they don't all think that I'm a big baby.

Two more days of school.

2006-05-18T02:28:48Z

Brian came out. It's weird, but not weird at the same time. Like, there were all kinds of clues and whatnot, and Ambero and I would joke about him being gay and whatnot, but it is just a little weird to know that he is actually gay. I don't think any less of him of course, but, it does shed a different light on things. Hehe.

I only have two more days of school. Yes! And we have about a week or so until graduation. So exciting. I'm pretty sure that I'm going to be working two jobs this summer, and I've got everything all set up to go to college - which I am VERY ready to go to.

Also, have been sick since Prom day. I have...uhm... upper respiratory tract infection? Something like that. It makes me cough like an old lady with emphysema. That's THREE times that I've been sick this year. Twice with strep and now this. If that isn't a piece of crap then I don't know what is.

Arg, I better go to bed soon. I have to get up earlier tomorrow and work tomorrow night until 11pm. Don't want to be completely exhausted on Friday.

Five more days of school!!!!

2006-05-13T05:02:19Z

Today was quite possibly the most awesome day of my whole week. I woke up late, got to school early, sat with Ambero before the bell rang, had DONUTS during psychology and we started watching A Beautiful Mind which I have never seen before and is pretty good.

Bad part of day = journalism. The Colvin has the crappiest mood swings in the world. I swear, part of the day she was all being cool and crap and then before you knew it, she was in full on exorcist mode. Scaaaaaaary.

We had our senior pep rally, which was fun to make fun of because it was so TERRIBLE. It was the most poorly organized and put together pep rally I'd ever been too. And this stupid girl that is stupid (am I being repetitive?) got "Most Likely to be a Millionaire," which absolutely made no sense, which I said to Ambero. She replied that she would be a millionaire because she's a "high dollar ho," which does make sense.

At lunch we laughed our asses off, need I say more?

Work was pretty fun. I know, who would think I would say that work was fun. But as soon as I walked in, I saw Chris and he was all like, "ARE YOU GOING TO BE IN BOX!?" And I was like, "Of course." He got all excited, "Yess! I've been by myself all day." I thought he looked cute in a very silly sort of way because he got his head shaved, there is just a little itty bit of hair left. Haha. It makes his ears stick out like he's a little boy.

Oh, and then there's Moore. *dreamy sigh* We were talking about his problem with approaching girls. I asked him if it was because he was scared and he said yeah, that he was afraid of being rejected. I made the bug eyes because he is super hawt and who would reject him, right? And then.... brace yourselves, he said, "So, do you have a boyfriend?" And I am all like, "Omg, omg, omg, did he just ask that? Does it mean anything?" yeah, my mind went into overdrive.

Plus Phillip was flirting with me, and that is always nice because he is very cute. I am so dancing with him at Prom, he keeps reminding me.

Ahhhh, life is grand and graduation is on the 27th.

Peace out.

We hate Journalism.

2006-05-08T15:11:48Z

Ambero: FIRE OPAL!
Amber: *scared jerk*
Ambero: Thank you for that. You looked properly frightened.

+ random Family Guy quote.

"Peter, did you read the fine print on this loan contract?"

"Um, if by read you mean imagined a naked lady, then yes."

Golden Arches of Freedom; Huffah!

2006-04-04T18:38:36Z

So, I did my first really rebellious thing ever. Tomorrow supposed to be Senior Skip day, but I'm not skipping because I have too many abscences from being sick, so I can't miss any more days or I won't be exempt from my exams. Ambero and I were just talking during second period about how crappy lunch is on Tuesdays - seriously, crappy lunch day is officially, Tuesday.

SO! Being very unlike my usual rule abiding old lady self, we skipped out of lunch to go to McDonalds. Haha, I know it doesn't sound that bad, but I really don't do stuff like that. No one stopped us or anything (we don't have off-campus lunch) and we made it back to school a little late. Not very late, just a little.

How interesting! Well, for me anyway. I mean, I really don't do anything that interesting.

I swear, everyone and their mama is on MySpace. I mean, I have a MySpace but I don't really update it or anything, I just have one to keep in touch with people I know. I looked up my best friend from like the 3rd and 4th grade - Joanna - on there yesterday and found her. She's changed a lot, it was weird. The reason I looked her up was because I've seen her brother lately. And boy oh boy is he hot. I like to call him... John Mayer boy. Yeah. Hotness. He works with this guy in my fifth period Journalism and we were kind of talking about him the other day - and I mentioned that whenever I would get bored playing with Joanna, I would go in his room and we would play Star Wars with his like fifty bajillion action figures. And the guy I was talking to laughed and said that he probably still played with them, but now he's really into Batman and then he looked at me and grinned and said we would be perfect together.

So I laughed and he came back the next day and said that he had gone in to work that day and told John Mayer boy that I liked Batman as well and that he should go out with me. Very embarassing. He also said some other stuff, but I won't post that because I think he didn't really say that. I think he was just trying to freak me out.

pure_vertigo @ 2006-02-22T12:38:00

2006-02-22T18:39:31Z

Amber: Yes, you're way more dramatic that me.
Brian: I'm not the one going around crying, "Doom! DOOOOOOOOOM!" when I have a paper due.
Amber: DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!

pure_vertigo @ 2006-02-10T11:09:00

2006-02-10T17:15:58Z

I'm bored and my paycheck was Le Suck. What I really want is a movie to watch, seeing is there is nothing good on TV to watch in the middle of the day when you have no form of cable.

I wish I could go do something with Ambero tonight, but my mom will be all "!!! You're sick!" but of course she still wants me to wake up super early tomorrow to go to UIL. I don't want to go. My dad doesn't think I should go. He thinks the reason I keep getting sick is that I'm not resting enough. But I get bored resting.

When my mom comes home for lunch I'll ask if her if I can rent The Corpse Bride and something else. Yay! Movies.

Oh, well, yesterday I mostly though that I just had a bit of a wonky sinus infection or something, but when I went to the doctor she said, "You poor thing, you have strep again. No school until Monday." And I was thinking, "STREP!?!?! I just had strep!" You'd think I'd have built up some sort of immunity to it by now.

Off to wallow around in some more boredness.

What's taters?

2006-02-07T01:12:19Z

OOooh me and Ambero had so much fun last night. We laughed so much and talked in crazy voices so much that my throat hurt. And yeah... hehe.

(Upon talking about a cool bean store)
Ambero: I've only ever had two kinds of beans, pinto beans and refried beans.
Amber: THEY'RE THE SAME BEAN!

Heheheheh. Yeah. We had fun. And I'm REALLY EXCITED about magazine ads. I went crazy today. In fifth period we did mega brainstorming on the board and it was fun. Ashli took a picture of me and she said I looked like a teacher. Hah.

Ooooh, and I cleaned out my car really good when I got home from school today - vaccumed, disinfected, armoralled... yeah. It looks pimptastic now.

Why don't you step outside for a few years...

2006-02-05T03:19:34Z

SHOPPING! I went with my mom today since I decided against waking up at 4 o'clock this morning to go to UIL. - Freakishly early considering I didn't get home from work last night until 11:30. I'd say the best part about going out with my mom was that she bought me a Cinnamon Dolche Frappacino. MMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmm. Oh, and she bought me a book.

I just finished reading The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, which was awesome. It's a huge book that takes quite awhile to get through, but it is really good. Now I don't know what to read next. Probably The Secret History of the Pink Carnation again.

Work last night wasn't too bad. I worked at Podium - which I haven't done in the five months that I've been back at the theater. But it was easy, all I had to do was tear tickets and smile at people while I told them where their movies were. No checking IDs! Yessssss. No butter! Yesssss.

I saw Annapolis on Thursday with Andru (I love going places with him - he always pays! ^_^) and it was alright. Not excellent or anything, but there is lots of shirtless James Franco, so it's coo' with me.

Nothing really that interesting is going on...

I luff books.

2006-01-31T02:32:08Z

Today was a really nice day. Psychology was fun. Journalism wasn't bad, in fact, I sort of got to relax today. Economics was wonderful in that we didn't have any of those stupid worksheets to do and we only had to watch a recording of Bush on Face the Nation. Oh, and in Eco, Derek was most definitely flirting with me, so I, of course, flirted back. :D English - immensely easy - all we did was notecards in the library.

I put in a job application at the Waxahachie Daily Light, and Jerpi might be moving to another department so maybe I can have his job. Muahaha. He said he would put in lots of good words for me. I told them some of them should be of the "awesome" "cool" variety.

And I've been writing, which is in itself, very...well, it makes me feel better.

And as for being angry, I'm not. I'll just forget that person entirely. :)

and includes:
The Once and Future King
The Poisonwood Bible
Emma
Here be Dragons
The Sunne in Splendour
The Masque of the Black Tulip
The Red Tent
The Constant Princess
The Historian
The Virgin's Lover
Leonardo's Swans
Turning Angel
Helen of Troy
Wicked

Mostly historicals. I've found lately it is hard for me to get into anything contemporary.

pure_vertigo @ 2006-01-20T20:32:00

2006-01-21T02:35:06Z

freaky

I walked in my brother's room to ask him a question and we had the exact same song going at exact the same part. (I had my iPizzle).

Yeah. It was weird.

By the way....

2005-11-09T19:38:31Z

Does anyone watch Bones or House because I love those shows and I don't know anyone else who watches them. :(

New episode of LOST tonight!!!

pure_vertigo @ 2005-10-04T13:42:00

2005-10-04T18:50:25Z

It has been decided that I cannot even eat just one M&M without getting hyper. And I made the mistake of consuming Zebra Cakes and other chocolates at lunch and am now so hyper. So hyper.

Fourth period we were laughing so hard I was crying.

Ambero said this about me: And then some other craps happened. And Amber shoved a big piece of cornbread in her mouth at lunch... I honestly didn't think she'd do it but she's a crazy kid, so I shouldn't be surprised.

Compliment? I dunno.

But I did pretty hella good on my report card!
Of course Amber made 6 100s. AGAIN!
(I'm always so upstaged...*cries*)

I have two jobs now.

Me and Ambero went to see Corpse Bride on Friday and Gio was there so he came to sit next to me and just made fun of me during the movie. What else is new? WHO DOESN'T MAKE FUN OF ME!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Sorry. I'm not really angry about that.