GRADES!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I'm at school, which (hopefully) will be winding down and I (hopefully) will get out of Spanish with a C. If I retake that test. And turn in the homework. And do the diary thing that she wants us to do every weekend. If I do that, I'm good. Hopefully. But I have a D in Spanish right now. I REALLY want to NOT have to redo Spanish. Nothing against my Spanish teacher or anything, but I just really don't want to have to redo Spanish. That would be really annoying. REALLY annoying. And I have a Geometry test today. I want to do well on that because that will (hopefully) raise my grade to a 78 or 79 so I can get a B average for the year. And I HOPE I do well on the next -how many are there? THREE? -history tests so I can get a B in History. And I'm definitely not going to get a 4.0 GPA this quarter, much less a 4.0 for the year. It'll be a stretch to get a 3.0 for the year. Well, it'll be a stretch to get a 3.0 this quarter, due to my lousy Spanish grade. HANG ON! Before I leave, MORE LYRICS!!! who is he Who is he with his marry me With his ring and his marry me the nerve the gall This is not Not what was meant to be How could he ruin it all With those two words I thought I knew him Thought that he knew me When did it change What did I miss A kiss When I thought all along That we were meant to find frontiers How could I be so wrong How I need How I need my sisters here If I can't share my dreams What were they for I thought our promise That we would never change and never part I thought together We'd amaze the world How can I live my dreams or even start when everything has come apart I thought home was all I'd ever want My attic all I'd ever need Now nothing feels the way it was before And I don't know how to proceed I only know I'm meant for something more I've got to know if I can be Astonishing There's a life That I am meant to lead A life like nothing I have known I can feel it And it's far from here I've got to find it on my own Even now I feel it's heat upon my skin A life of passion that pulls me from within A life that I am making to begin There must be somewhere I can be Astonishing Astonishing I'll find my way I'll find it my way I'll find it in unexpected and unknown I'll find my life in my own way Today Here I go And there's no turning back My great adventure has begun I may be small But I've got giant plans To shine as brightly as the sun I will blaze until I find my time and place I will be fearless Surrendering modesty and grace I will not disappear without a trace I'll shout and start a riot Be anything but quiet Christopher Columbus I'll be Astonishing Astonishing Astonishing at last
I know that the capitalization is awkward, and I know that It's in paragraph form (again), so...yeah.
That was "Astonishing" from Little Women, another awesome musical!
WOOT!
going now.

The joys of SOL week....

Yes, I am at home. Yes, I am listening to music (kind of) loudly. But, in my defense, it's Carbon Leaf, and Carbon Leaf is amazing, and nobody is home except for me. And half of my Carbon Leaf songs are going to hit 100 plays soon...as in I'll have heard them 100 times. Wow. I didn't know I liked Carbon Leaf so much. Their old-ish songs are some of their best, in my opinion. Like "One Prairie Outpost" and "When I'm Alone" and "Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat" and "Life Less Ordinary." Those are really good songs. Not that their other songs aren't good, but I think those are the best. But that's just me. And...yeah. I would post a part of a story, but there's one problem-I don't have any part of any story with me right now. And here are some lyrics because I'm bored (Life Less Ordinary by Carbon Leaf):
Live a life less ordinary/ Live a life extraordinary with me/ Live a life less sedentary/ Live a life evolutionary with me/ Well I hate to be a bother/ But it's you and there's no other/ I do believe/ You can call me naive but/ I know me very well/ At least as far as I can tell/ And I know what I need// The night you came into my life/ Well it took the bones of me, took the bones of me/ You blew away my storm and strife/ And shook the bones of me, shook the bones of me/ By the way, I do know why you stayed away/ I will keep tongue-tied next time// Live a life less ordinary/ Live a life extraordinary with me/ My face had said too much/ Before our hands could even touch/ To greet a hello/ So much for going slow/ A little later on that year/ I told you that I loved you dear/ What do you know/ This you weren't prepared to hear/ I'm a saddened man, I'm a broken boy/ I'm a toddler with a complex toy/ I've fallen apart/ since the ambush of your heart// The night you came into my life/ Well it took the bones of me, took the bones of me/ You blew away my storm and strife/ And shook the bones of me, shook the bones of me/ By the way, I do know why you stayed away/ I will keep tongue-tied but// Honey understand, honey understand/ I won't make demands/ Honey understand, honey understand/ We could walk without a plan/ Honey understand honey/ honey understand/ I won't rest in stone all alone/ Honey understand, honey understand/ I'm all ready to go/ But you already know// Live a life less ordinary/ Live a life extraordinary with me/ If I could name you in this song/ Would it make you smile and sing along/ This is the goal/ to get into your soul/ If I could make you dance for joy/ Could that be the second-chance decoy/ The bird-in-hand I would need/ To help you understand// The night you came into my life/ well it took the bones of me, took the bones of me/ You blew away my storm and strife/ And shook the bones of me, shook the bones of me/ By the way, I do know why you stayed away/ I will keep tongue-tied next time

Now I'm listening to Desperation Song by Carbon Leaf. It, too, is a very good song. It's one of their more Celtic-y songs, but it's still good. Carbon Leaf is really awesome. I love them. Apparently they have a new album out, but I haven't heard anything on it yet. Oh, well.
And I should probably leave now if I want to get to school on time...

awesome music :)

So I am currently listening to "100 years" by Five For Fighting, and I seriously think it's one of THE best songs ever. It's got a decent piano part, too. At least at the beginning. And it's just a brilliant song altogether. And now it's over. Now I'm listening to "stay" by Lisa Loeb. She's also rather awesome, even though she's like forty. But that shouldn't be held against her, because she's one of the few artists out there today who actually sings her songs instead of yelling them into the recording device to the beat of a loud drum and some other stuff.

You say I only hear what I want to.
You say I talk so all the time so.
And I thought what I felt was simple,
and I thought that I don't belong,
and now that I am leaving,
now I know that I did something wrong
'cause I missed you.
Yeah yeah, I missed you.
And you say
I only hear what I want to:
I don't listen hard,
don't pay attention
to the distance that you're running to anyone, anywhere,
I don't understand if you really care,
I'm only hearing negative: no, no, no.
So I turned the radio on,
I turned the radio up,
and this woman was singing my song:
lover's in love, and the other's run away,
lover is crying 'cause the other won't stay.
Some of us hover when we weep for the other
who was dying since the day they were born.
Well, well, this is not that;
I think that I'm throwing, but I'm thrown.
And I thought I'd live forever,
but now I'm not so sure.
You try to tell me that I'm clever,
but that won't take me anyhow,
or anywhere with you.
You said that I was naive,
and I thought that I was strong.
I thought, "hey, I can leave, I can leave."
Oh, but now I know that I was wrong,
'cause I missed you.
Yeah, I miss you.
You said, "I caught you 'cause I want you
and one day I'll let you go."
You try to give away a keeper,
or keep me 'cause you know you're just scared to lose.
And you say,
"Stay."
And you say I only hear what I want to.

And I totally didn't just copy all that off the Internet at all... but it IS a good song. You have to hear some of her songs to hear just how rather awesome she is, because of the simple fact that she's not some crazy half-drunk singer trying to make music by yelling a lot and banging a drum-she's actually singing and she actually has something that sounds somewhat like backup music. It's rather awesome. Okay I'm done ranting about Lisa Loeb. In case you were wondering. But I have some more lyrics for you! Yes, they're Lisa Loeb Lyrics (alliteration is rather awesome). They're of "Truthfully." It's probably my favorite Lisa Loeb song ever. Here it is:

This isn't what I like to call flattery,
but I know that I believe that I've found what's true
that I've found what's you
Truthfully I
I'm finding finally
Truthfully you
you helped me find at last
Truthfully we
are finding out what's true
And truthfully I am finding out what's you
Surprise, cause I was flying the plane
Surprise, cause now I'm smiling again
Surprise, cause you showed up with your parachute
Surprise, I'm kind of happy you showed up
Truthfully I
I'm finding finally
Truthfully you
you helped me find at last
Truthfully we
are finding out what's true
And truthfully I am finding out what's you
Truthfully, I really can't explain,
I'm floating, I'm smiling again
Truthfully, I can't ignore you,
cause I've been waiting for you
Truthfully, I'm not desperate,
I haven't changed my mind since we first met
but the last thing I want to do
is tell you that I'm right for you
Truthfully I
I'm finding finally
Truthfully you
you helped me find at last
Truthfully we
are finding out what's true
And truthfully I am finding out what's you
I'm finding finally
Truthfully, I'm finding out what's you
I'm smiling again
Truthfully

And I totally didn't copy those lyrics off the Internet either! But whatever. I have to go do homework. Or rather, I have to go review geometry for a test tomorrow. And I have to review with my dad. And...yeah. So I have to go now. I'm leaving. Wait, dad's not done with whatever he's doing. And now he is. So I'm going.

Hey! A post without an LOL!!

Yes, surprising but true, I have decided to post more than about two sentences. How epic is that? Well, this week, we have SOL tests, so Tuesday, Wednesday, and today I had to do testing in the morning, and tomorrow I don't have to come into school because I don't take Algebra 2, so I don't have to do the SOL. And the people who don't do the SOL don't come in until 12. So I'm probably going to bike around and do absolutely nothing for a while and then go to school. Perfect day. Not really. And then on Saturday I'm getting my glasses (AND I'LL FINALLY BE ABLE TO SEE LONG DISTANCES!! WOOT!!) and then I'm babysitting. And I'll actually be able to see the kids (that was supposed to be a joke, but it was really lame so you can disregard it).
I have to work today, too. I got my first paycheck last night, and it still says I'm working desk/snack bar, which isn't cool because I'm a GUARD. And it was almost the same as my first paycheck last year, too, even though I worked an hour more this year. Oh, well. What the heck. Yesterday was the staff meeting, which is why I got the paycheck (thanks, captain obvious). And I have to wear a bikini. I HATE bikinis. More exactly, I hate WEARING bikinis. I don't look good in bikinis. And it's just really awkward for me to be wearing a bikini when I'm not a size zero. I'm not sure what size I am, but I'm DEFINITELY not a size zero. And it feels really awkward for me. I don't know why. It just does.
I REALLY hope I got a decent grade on the History SOL. I've never gotten a full 600 (that's full marks), I don't think, and I don't think I've ever gotten an advanced pass since I left elementary school. Then again, I don't think I've EVER gotten an advanced pass. I don't remember. But I think it went well. The weird thing is, though, whenever I think a test went well, I often end up doing rather lousily on it. That's why I only have an A in chorus and English this year. And gym. I think. I'm not sure. And that's it. It's rather annoying. But whatever.
So....................................yeah.

Yes, I know. Another photo.

I know this is like the millionth photo I've put up, but I don't care. It's cute, and for once, it's not a celebrity one. It's rather awesome, though. And I love it.

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I know I'm going overboard with the lol celeb thing, but I don't care. And I know this one is kind of awkward, but I think it's still funny. Kind of. Cute, more like, but whatever. I like it.


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HAHAHAHA!!!!!!

I love this.

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So.........yeah.

Ungora/Indigo #7

Avanna's birth parents were human, but her adopted parents, whom she met at age seven (the year she arrived in our community), were a scholar fairy and a wood nymph.
Nobody in our community really had parents, though. Yes, there were the cabins they slept in and the people they called mom and dad, but they learned about life from the abundant forest, learned social skills in the rough center of our community with the other kids. We had a very literal meaning of "a village to raise a child"-no kid was out of sight for long, and if one looked about to cry, any number of people would give them a hug. Everyone knew everyone, and nobody was antagonized unless they did something absolutely horrible.
Avanna was waiting for me by the usual not-exactly-an-entrance that I normally used to enter the community on the way back from the woods. This was unusual-I was usually the one to find her.
"You're late," she pouted. She was good at getting her way-like the princess, she was blond, pale-skinned, and blue-eyed, but Avanna still had a bit of the youthful innocence around her, probably because she was barely taller than five feet and her eyes could get huge and innocent when she wanted them to, successfully making any stranger think she was an adorable eight-year-old instead of a fifteen-year old trying to get her way or wanted you to forget she had done something wrong. She kind of looked like the princesses in the fairy tales your mom told you. This only worked on strangers, though, or those who didn't know her well. If it was someone who actually knew her and was used to what I call her "pretty glare," she wouldn't get out of any misdeed and she wouldn't get what she wanted. It took people a little while to get used to the pretty glare, as I had learned the hard way-we were always partners in crime, and so she'd always blame it on me and give them a pretty glare and I'd have to go clean the potty holes or something gross like that.
"What happened?" she asked.
"I had a run-in with an annoying royal," I told her as we walked into the not-exactly-center of the community. We didn't actually have anything like a town square or Main Street or anything like they did in the towns and cities like Jannask or Ganda, firstly because we made everything ourselves so there was no need for shops, and secondly because it would be too dangerous to make an official network between the houses, because it would be easier for us to be tracked.
"You didn't SAY that she was annoying, did you?"
"No, of COURSE I didn't. But Princess Cacyta of Bayast doesn't seem to like people like us."
"You met the PRINCESS?"
"Yeah."
"You weren't horribly rude or anything, were you?"
"Well, I didn't know she was the princess until halfway through the conversation-"
"So you were rude?" she interrupted, slightly awed and fearful at the same time.
"I didn't say that," I said indignantly.
"But you said-" she began to protest.
"I SAID that I didn't know she was princess until-"
"Well, did she seem mad?"
"Sort of," I admitted. "But that was probably because she didn't feel she deserved to be out in the wild with mud on her boots and an arrow pointing at her nose."
"You pulled an arrow on her?" Avanna cried hysterically. She was almost like my mom sometimes. It was rather annoying.
"She was following me."
"But she was the PRINCESS!"
"I didn't KNOW she was the princess when I pulled the arrow on her-"
"But WHY did you pull the arrow on her?"
"Because she was following me! What would you have done if someone was creepily stalking you?"
"Catch them by surprise and then negotiate strenuously, of course."
"'Negotiate strenuously' here meaning 'glare prettily and hope they'll leave?'"
"Yeah."
"So why did you come find me?" I wondered as we entered the central whatever-it-was of our community. " You usually sleep in."
"There's news," she said, suddenly scared. "There's a new guy."
New guys, or rather, strangers in general, always made Avanna nervous (she was awesome once you got to know her, but before you were formally introduced and had at least two conversations she wouldn't say anything), but she hadn't got THIS nervous since she first arrived in the woods.
"Well, is he evil or gorgeous?"
"No. Well, yes. Well, I don't know. He says he's on our side, but he also said he's from Ungora's court. He wants to talk to you and Layla."
"Why me?"
"I don't know. He was scary when he got here, he was panicking so much, but Layla calmed him down. They're at your place."
"I'm going to see what they want." I darted across the clearing and ran silently through the forest.
"Be careful!" Avanna called after me, but I barely heard. I was already deep in the forest. Layla and I lived in a tree house on the farthest reaches of the community's borders. Most of us live in trees, but Layla was more reclusive than most, and she claimed that she needed the exercise involved in walking to the main part of the area. By the time I got to the right tree, I was out of breath. I sprouted wings and got u without the ladder and retracted the wings as soon as I was inside the house. It wasn't very large on the outside, but my mom was part witch, so she had done some sort of spell to make it bigger inside without making any sort of difference on the outside.

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I know, I know, I'm going crazy with the lol-celeb thing, but whatever. This one is awesome, too. And I love it. Especially because it's Gimili, and Gimili is awesome.


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YODA!!!!!!!

Love this one also. It's rather epic. And awesome.
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LEGOLAS!!!!!

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I love this picture. More like the caption. But whatever.
p.s. I read. And he's not a priss. Not really, anyway. Not in the book, anyway.

bored.

Yes, I know that this is my earliest post on a weekday, but that is because the SOLs are today and I got out early because we're allowed to go once 3/4ths of the room is done with the test, and that happened by 11:15. Then I went off and did some stuff and now I'm here. So....yeah. Today was Geometry. Tomorrow is Biology, then World History. Friday I can sleep in and come in at 12 because I don't take Algebra 1 or Algebra 2. For high schoolers, we technically aren't allowed to come to school until 12 because that's when the SOLs end, technically, and class starts at 12:30. Or 12:35, technically, but whatever. And I have to work today. It's going to be rather embarrassing, because I'm still a guard in training. Well, that's not the embarrassing part. The embarrassing part is going to be the fact that I have to wear shorts and I got a sunburn on my thighs on Sunday from white water rafting and not re-doing the sunscreen on my legs. And the sunburn is right where today's shorts end, so it's going to be really embarrassing. I'm not wearing shorts right now, but I have to wear shorts for guarding to make it easier to save someone if I'm in shorts. I hope I don't have to be on the stand alone today. It's going to be scary if I am. If I am alone on the stand, some poor kid is probably going to die and I'm going to have save them and I'm going to mess up and get yelled at. So that's why I probably shouldn't be on the stand alone. Well, not yet, anyway. Yes, well, knowing me, I'd mess it up once I had enough confidence to be on the stand alone. I'd probably be a failure if I ever tried to save someone's life. I remember my status after I finished the lifeguarding course-it was the same week I got my black belt, so I was like, "If I accidentally beat someone unconscious with my black belt awesomeness, would I be legally required to save them?" because I could get sued if I didn't save them and I was wearing my guard shirt. And I've probably said that before, but whatever. I'm saying it again. All right, I'm going now. I guess. No, actually, I'm going to post some of a story or something. Maybe. Later.